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Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceand 

blackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Lookingbackonmychildhood，Iamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornandnotmade.Althoughwewerebroughtupinthesameway,mybrothersandsisterssoonabandonedtheirpressed（紧抱的）flowersandinsects.Unlike 

them,Ihandnoearformusicandlanguages,IwasnotanearlyreaderandIcouldnotdomentalarithmetic.

BeforeWorldWarIwespentoursummerholidaysinHungary.Ihaveonlythedimmemoryofthehousewelivedin,ofmyroomandmytoys.（76） 

NordoIrecallclearlythelargefamilyofgrandparents,aunts,unclesandcousinswhogatherednextdoor. 

ButIdohaveacrystal-clearmemoryofdogs,thefarmanimals,thelocalbirdsandaboveall,theinsects.

Iamanaturalist,notascientist.Ihaveastrongloveofthenaturalworld,andmyenthusiasmhasledmeintovariedinvestigations.Ilovedis-cussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnightoiloil,readingaboutotherpeople’sobservationsanddiscoveries.Thensomethinghappensthatbringstheseobservationstogetherinmyconsciousmind.Suddenlyyoufancyyouseetheanswertotheriddle（谜）,becauseitallseemstofit 

together.Thishasresultedinmypublishing300papersandbooks,whichsomemighthonorwiththetitleofscientificresearch.

Butcuriosity,akeeneye,agoodmemoryandenjoymentoftheanimalandplantworlddonotmakeascientist;

oneoftheoutstandingand 

essentialqualitiesrequiredisself-discipline,aqualityIlack.Ascientistcanbemade.Anaturalistisborn.Ifyoucancombinethetwo,yougetthebestofbothworlds. 

1.Accordingtotheauthor,abornnaturalistshouldfirstofallbe____.A.fullofenthusiasm

B.self-disciplined

C.fullofambition

D.knowledgeable

2.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthattheauthor_____.

A.losthishearingwhenhewasachild

B.didn’tlikehisbrothersandsisters

C.wasborntoanaturalist’sfamily

D.wasinterestedinflowersandinsectsinhischildhood

3.Theauthorsaysthatheisanaturalistratherthanascientist 

probablybecausehethinkshe_____.

A.justreadsaboutotherpeople’sobservationsanddiscoveries

B.comesupwithsolutionsinmostnaturalways

C.hasagreatdealoftroubledoingmentalarithmetic

D.lackssomeofthequalitiesrequiredofscientist

4.Theauthorcan’trememberhisrelativesclearlybecause_____.

A.hewasfullyoccupiedwithobservingnature

B.hedidn’tliveverylongwiththem

C.thefamilywasextremelylarge

D.hewastooyoungwhenhelivedwiththem

5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theauthorbelievesthatabornnaturalistcannotbeascientist.

B.Theauthor’sbrothersandsistersweregoodatmusicand 

languages.

C.Theauthorreadalotofbooksaboutthenaturalworldandtheoil 

industry.

D.Theauthorspentalotoftimeworkingonriddles. 

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

IfyouhaveachancetogotoFinland,youwillprobablybesurprised 

tofindhow“foolish”theFinnishpeopleare.

Takethetaxidriversforexample.TaxisinFinlandaremostlyhigh- 

classBenzwithafareoftwoUSdollarsakilometer.Youcangoanywhere 

inone,tellthedrivertodropyouatanyplace,saythatyouhavesome 

businesstoattendto,andthenwalkoffwithoutpayingyourfare.The 

driverwouldnotshowtheleastsignofanxiety.

Thediningroomsinallbighotelsnotonlyservetheirguests,butalsoserveoutsidediners.Hotelguestshavetheirmealsfree,sotheynaturallygotothefreediningroomstohavetheirmeals.Themosttheywoulddotoshowtheirgoodfaithistowavetheirregistrationcardtothewaiter.Withsuchaloosecheck,youcaneasilyuseanyoldregistrationcardtotakeacoupleoffriendstodinefreeofcharge.

TheFinnishworkersarepaidbythehour. 

（77） 

Theyareverymuchontheirownassoonastheyhaveagreedwiththebossontherate. 

Fromthenontheyjustsayhowmanyhourstheyhaveworkedand 

theywillbepaid 

accordingly.

Withsomanyloopholes（漏洞）ineverydaylife,surelyFinlandmustbeaheaventothosewholovetotake“pettyadvantages”.Butthestrangethingis,allthetaxipassengerswouldalwayscomebacktopaytheirfareaftertheyhaveattendedtotheirbusiness;

notasingleoutsiderhaseverbeen 

foundinthefreehoteldiningrooms.Andworkersalwaysgiveanhonest 

accountoftheexacthourstheyputin.AstheFinnsalwaysactongood 

faithinever