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withasinglelinethroughthecenter.（划线部分为第四部分的翻译题。

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Questionslto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Inthe1920s,scientistsfoundacollectionofbonesnearbeijing,China.

Theybelievedthattheboneswerehumanandthattheywereabout500,000yearsold.

Theyalsobelievedtheboneswereimportantbecausetheywere

fromalittle-knownstageintheevolutionofhumanbeings.

TheboneswereinBeijinguntil1941.

Then,becausetheJapanesearmywasadvancingtowardsthecity,thescientistsdecidedtosendthebonestotheUnitedStates

forsafety.Sincethennobodyheardanythingaboutthematall.

Dr.HarryL.Shapiro,ProfessorofAnthropologyatColumbiaUniversity,hasbeensearchingforthemeversince.Hebeoievesthat

theywerestolenbytheAmericanarmywhosejobwastotakethemtotheU.S.A.

Hecouldberight.Afterthewar,aChicagobusinessmanoffered

$5,000toanybodywithinformationaboutthebones.Awomanphonedhimandtoldhimsheknewwheretheboneswere.

Hearrangedtomeetheronthe102ndflooroftheEmpireState

BuildinginNewYork.TheymetandshetoldhimthatherhusbandhadcomehomefromChindwithfossilsofaprehistoricman.Sheshowedhimaphotographofthem.Thenshewalkedawayandwasneverheardfromagain.

Afewyearslater,however,aSydneybusinessmanreportedthathehadthebonesandthathehadburiedtheminaforestinTasmania.Heofferedtosaywhereforalargesumofmoney.Thenhe,too,wasnever

heardfromagain.

orwhere.

Someone,somewhere,hasthesebones,butnobodyseemstoknowwho

1、Howoldwerethebonesthoughttobe?

A.Fivethousandyearsold.

D.Amillionyearsold.

2、WhywerethebonessenttotheU.S.A.?

A.BecauseAmericanslikedcollectingoldthings.

B.BecausethebonesmightfallintothehandsofJapaneseinvaders.

C.Becaisetheycouldbesoldforaoltofmoney.

D.BecausetheChinesedidn’tneedthem.

3、WhathappenedtothewomananershemadecontactwiththeChicagobusinessman?

A.ShemadefriendSW“hhim．

B.Shegotalargesamofmoneyfrom

C.Shewasinvolvedinanaccident．

D.Shecompletelydisappeared．

Whathappenedafewyearslater?

A．ASydneybusinessmanOfferedalargeamountlofmoneytobuythebones．

B．Nobodyheardanythingmoreaboutthebones．

C．ASydneybusinessmanfoundthebonesinaforestinTasmania

D．AnAustraHanSaidtheboneswereburiedinTasmania．

Wecaninferfromthepassagethat.

C.thebonesmusthavebeenintheAustraUanhandS

D.theSydneybusinessmanmusthaveto1dahePassage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Largeanimalsthatinhabitthedeserthaveevolvedanumberofadaptationsforreducingtheeffectsofextremeheat.Oneadaptationistobelightincolor,andtoreflectratherthanabsorbthesun’s

ray.Desertmammalsalsoadaptfromthenormalmammalianpractice

ofmaintainingacomstantbodytemperature.Insteadoftryingtokeepdownthebodytemperaturedeepinsidethebody,whichwouldinvolve

theexpenditure

of

waterandenetgy,desert

mammals

allowtheir

temperatureto

rise

towhatwouldnormally

befever

height,and

temperatureas

high

as46degreesCelsius

hasbeen

measuredin

desertnight,indeed

thetemperaturemayfallunusuallylowby

dawn,

aslowas34degreesCelsiusinthecamel.Thisisanadvantagesince

Grant’sgazelles.Theoverheatedbodythencoolsdownduringthecold

theheatofthefirsthoursofdaylightisabsorbedinwarmingup

thebody,andanexcessivebuildupofheatdoesnotbeginuntilwellintotheday.

ofbodywatertoapointthatwouldbefatalfornon-adaptedanimals.Thecamelcanloseupto30percentofitsbodyweightas

waterwithoutharmtoitself,whereashumanbeingsdieafterolsing

only12to13percentoftheirbodyweight.Anequallyimportantadaptatiomistheabilitytoreplenish（补充）thiswaterlossat

onedrink.Desertanimalscandrinkprodigious（庞大的）volumesina

shorttime,andcamelshavebeenknowntoimbibeover100litersin

afewminutes.Averydehydrated（脱水的）person,ontheotherhand,can’tdrinkenoughwatertodehydrateatonedrink,becausethehumanstomachisnotsufficientlybigandbecauseatoorapiddilution

ofthebodyfluidscausesdeathfromwaterintoxication.Thetoleranceofwaterlossisofobviousadvantageinthedesert,asanimalsdo

nothavetoremainnearawaterholebutcanobainfoodfrompastures

farawaytofeedwhenextremelydehydrated.6、whichisthe