2007考研英语强化班授课讲义(十一)

I. Use of English (Cloze)

    The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed.___1___until recently, people who were left-handed were considered___2___, and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally___3___, but it is still a disadvantage in a world___4___most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and implements are still___5___for right-handed people.

    In sports,___6___contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the “___7___” side may result in throwing___8___many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the___ 9___of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many___10___at a professional level, a___11___proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole.

    The word “right” in many languages means “correct” or is___12___with lawfulness, whereas the words associated___ 13___“left”, such as “sinister”, generally have___14___associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is a close___15___between death and the left hand.

    In the past, in___16___Western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was___17___behind the child’s back so that it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose,___18___will certainly be more left-handers, and probably___19___people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their___20___hand.

 1. A. Down     B. Never     C. Up      D. Not
 2. A. unique            B. special            C. normal         D. abnormal
 3. A. accepted          B. admitted           C. approved        D. acknowledged
 4. A. when             B. that               C. where         D. which
 5. A. ordered           B. designed           C. planned        D. supposed
 6. A. by              B. for                C. at             D. in
 7. A. proper           B. indirect            C. correct          D. wrong
 8. A. away             B. down               C. off            D. up
 9. A. minority          B. majority           C. plenty          D. lack
10. A. games           B. hobbies            C. activities       D. rounds
11. A. more           B. higher             C. better          D. smaller
12. A. related           B. mixed              C. connected       D. combined
13. A. by             B. with               C. to           D. at
14. A. negative          B. positive           C. similar        D. equal
15. A. division             B. examination             C. combination         D. association
16. A. all               B. mostly             C. any            D. most
17. A. tied              B. attached           C. brought       D. removed
18. A. those             B. these              C. there         D. they
19. A. no              B. more               C. greater         D. fewer
20. A. left              B. right              C. either         D. correct 转贴于：博学在线_考研

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II. 选择搭配题

Directions:The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-- 45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-E to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.  (10 points)

[A] The world has 800 million hungry people. Until now, food supplies have been increased by improved varieties, pesticides and artificial fertilizers: the green revolution. Now we’re on the edge of a new revolution: a genetic one.

[B] As we move into this new era of agriculture we’re embarking on an experiment. But remember that the world has seen any number of experiments before. We have been refining species of wheat for several thousand years. Genetic engineers like me are not doing anything as dramatic as making a cabbage into a cauliflower—as has been done by plant breeders in the past. We’re simply tapping into the whole gene pool, rather than concentrating on one species at a time.

[C] It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world that benefits most from GM foods. It’s true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be too expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here—once the technology has been developed for money-spinning crops, like maize, soya beans and cotton, it will filter down and become affordable for all. This doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that famines will disappear, but severity and duration will be helped by an improved ability to produce and distribute food.

[D] The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep pace with the world’s predicted population growth to ten or eleven billion. It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either. What is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land available for agriculture.来源：www.bx166.com

[E] Currently there are some 20,000 chemicals in use, but the scientists only have detailed information on around 1,000 of them. To see the advantages of GM food you have only to consider the recent press revelation that the average lettuce receives eleven pesticide applications before it reaches the supermarket shelf. I’m sure chemicals and their role in disease will become a big issue in the next century as the population of the developed world worries increasingly about its health.

[F] There