37. What can be learned from the passage about giving birth to baby sea horses?

　　A. It is dangerous for the female. B. It happens once a year

　　C. It is hard work for the male D. It occurs in the deep sea.

　　38. To protect himself and his eggs, the male sea horse does all the following EXCEPT______.

　　A. changing his color B. gripping a piece of grass

　　C. staying motionless D. enlarging his pouch

　　39. The author suggests when sea horse babies are ready to be born _______.

　　A. the male sea horse seems very happy

　　B. it is difficult for them to come out

　　C. the female sea horse joins the male

　　D. they need large space in the pouch

　　40. Which fact does the author want the reader to remember most?

　　A. The male sea horse gives birth to the young.

　　B. The female sea horse lays up to 200 eggs at a time.

　　C. Baby sea horse are born in groups of five or more.

　　D. The female will return every day to check on the eggs.

Passage Three

　　When 23- year-old Eric Atienza graduated from college last year, he didn’t have a job. Not wanting to give up his apartment and move back with his parents, he did what many young Americans are doing: he signed up with a temp agency, which places workers on short-term jobs. Temporary workers such as Atienza comprise 20 per5cent of the US workforce. In 1985, 417,000 workers were classified as temporary help. In 2005, there are more than 2.5 million, according to Labour Department data.

　　Using temporary workers allows companies to increase or decrease the number of staff as their workloads change. It also allows companies to avoid the costs involved in hiring and firing long-term employees.

　　Many temp agency owners and career specialists say temping is a good way for recent graduates to get experience. “Short-term jobs let graduates try out different companies to find the best fit,” said Pegi Wheatley, owner of McCall Staffing, a San Francisco temp agency.

　　But things don’t always work out that way. “When I started temping, I had this notion that a temporary job could turn full-time. It worked for a friend of mine, but that didn’t happen for me,” , said Atienza, who quickly became bored with his office work. Atienza stayed with the temp agency because he could earn US $ 10 an hour doing office work. Other short-term jobs, such as working as a store clerk or in a café, pay about US $ 7.

　　But there were trade-offs for the higher pay. Because in the US, health insurance is provided through employer, most temps are not eligible for workplace health benefits. Atienza ran the risk that an accident or illness would land him in the hospital with no way to pay the bill. Other drawbacks, though less serious, still mean that temping for most graduates is exactly what its name implies ---- a temporary choice. Instability, gaps between contracts, lack of vacation time and isolation from other employees are often- cited negatives.

　　“Temping gave me the time to figure out what I wanted to do, because I could pay off my bills. But none of that came from the jobs themselves,” said Atienza, who quit temping last month in favor of a full-time job.

　　41. Atienza took a short-term job mainly because _______.

　　A. he didn’t want to give up his apartment

　　B. he liked to try out different companies

　　C. he wanted to get more experience

　　D. he couldn’t find a long-term job

　　42. According to the passage, in the year of 2005, the United States had a workforce of more than ______.

　　A. 25 million

　　B. 12.5 million

　　C. 4.17 million

　　D. 2.5 million

　　43. Which is NOT mentioned as an advantage of temping?

　　A. It gives recent graduates experience.

　　B. It enables employers to adjust their workforce.

　　C. A temporary job will turn full-time.

　　D. Employers can reduce their costs.

　　44. Atinenza stayed with the temp agency for some time because______.

　　A. he liked his office work

　　B. he was satisfied with the pay

　　C. his employer provided health insurance

　　D. he hated gaps between contracts

　　45. What does the word “trade-offs” in Paragraph 5 mean?

　　A. Benefits

　　B. Compromises

　　C. Risks

　　D. Disadvantages.

　　Passage Four

　　Scientists are hoping to eliminate malaria (疟疾 ) by developing a genetically modified mosquito that cannot transmit the disease. Malaria has long troubled the populations of South America, Africa, and Asia, where mosquito bites infect up to 500 million people a year with this serious and sometimes fatal parasitic blood disease. For generations, scientists have been trying to eliminate malaria by developing new drugs and using pesticide (杀虫剂) to wipe out local mosquito populations. But these measures aren’t working ---- and some scientists, like Greg Lanzaro, say that because of drug resistance and population changes, malaria is actually more prevalent now than it was 20 years ago. Lanzaro says he has a better way to stop the spread of malaria : genetically modifying mosquitoes so they are unable to carry the disease.

　　Lanzaro and his colleagues are planning a multi- year project to produce malaria- resistant mosquitoes ---- and he thinks they can do it wihin five years. “We can get foreign into mosquitoes and they go where they’re supposed to go,” Lanzaro says , pointing out that scientists have already succeeded in genetically engineering mosquitoes that cannot transmit malaria to birds and mice. And, he says, scientists are quickly making progress on genes that block transmission of the disease to humans as well.

　　The most difficult part scientifically, Lanzaro says, is figuring out how to get the lab-engineered mosquitoes to spread their genes into natural populations After all, he points out, it’s useless to engineer mosquitoes in the lab that can’t transmit malaria when there are millions out in the wild that can. To solve this problem, Lanzaro wants to load up a mobile piece of DNA with the malaria- resistant gene, and then insert it into a group of mosquito embryos. The malaria-resistant gene would be integrated directly into the mosquitoes’ DNA, making it impossible for those mosquitoes to tr5ansmit the parasite that causes malaria. In this way a small group of lab-raised mosquitoes could be released into the wild, and by interbreeding with wild mosquitoes, eventually transmit the beneficial gene to the entire population.

　　46. One reason for malaria to be more widespread now is that ______.

　　A. more people have moved to malaria-infected areas

　　B. mosquitoes have become resistant to pesticides

　　C. genetically modified mosquitoes still transmit the disease

　　D. mosquitoes bite as many as 500 million people a year

　　47. Lanzaro is hopeful that in a few year man can ______.

　　A. start to eliminate malaria

　　B. cure parasitic blood diseases

　　C. prevent mice form transmitting parasites

　　D. acquire immunity against malaria

　　48. Lanzaro is confident that scientists can block the transmissions of malaria to humans because

　　_______.

　　A. natural mosquito populations do not change

　　B. scientists have succeeded with birds and mice

　　C. foreign genes always go where they are required

　　D. lab- raised mosquitoes will not be resistant to drugs

　　49. What is the most difficult part of Lanzaro’s project?

　　A. Spreading malaria- resistant genes into natural mosquito populations

　　B. Raising malaria- resistant mosquitoes

　　C. Making genes that block the transmission of malaria

　　D. Identifying malaria-resistant genes

　　50. According to the passage , a fundamental way to wipe out malaria is to ______.

　　A. develop new malaria-resistant drugs

　　B. produce effective pesticides to kill mosquitoes

　　C. change the genetic makeup of mosquitoes

　　D. remove people from malaria – infected areas

　　Passage Five

　　According to Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip (系列漫画) Dilbert, the annual performance review is “one of the most frightening and weakening experiences in every employee’s life. Adam’s stor5ies and comic figures poke fun at the workplace, but his characterization of people’s feelings about the annual performance review has its serious side. Although a recent study of 437 companies indicates that effective annual performance reviews can help raise profits, most employees of those companies hate them.

　　In theory, annual performance reviews are constructive and positive interactions between managers and employees working together to attain maximum performance and strengthen the organization. In reality, they often create division, undermine morale, and spark anger and jealousy. Thus although the object of the annual performance review is to improve performance, it often has the opposite result. A programmer at an IT firm was stunned to learn at her annual performance review that she was denied a promotion because she wasn’t a “term player.” What were the data used to make this judgment? She didn’t smile in the company photo.

　　Although this story might sound as if it came straight out of Dilbert, it is a true account of one woman’s experience. By following a few ideas and guidelines from industry analysis, this kind of ordeal can be avoided:

　　To end the year with a positive and useful performance review, managers and employees must start the year by working together to establish clear goals and expectations.

　　It may be helpful to allow employees to propose a list of people associated with the company who will be in a good position to assess their performance at the end of the year; these people may be co-workers, suppliers ,or even customers.

　　Goals should be measurable but flexible, and everyone should sign off on the plan.

　　By checking employees’ progress at about nine months, managers can give them a chance to correct mistakes and provide guidance to those who need it before the year is out.

　　When conducting the review, managers should highlight strengths and weaknesses during the past year and discuss future responsibilities, avoiding punishment or blame.

　　In short, when employees leave their performance reviews, they should be focusing on what they can do better in the year ahead, not worrying about what went into their files about the past.

　　51. In his comic strip Dilbert, Scott Adams _______.

　　A. make fun of working people

　　B. tells a story about as woman employee

　　C. promote team spirit among co-workers

　　D. mocks annual performance reviews

　　52. All the following are mentioned as the drawbacks of annual performance reviews EXCEPT

　　________.

　　A. reducing efficiency

　　B. creating tension

　　C. undermining morale

　　D. inducing anger

　　53. The word “ordeal” Paragraph 3 probably refers to _____.

　　A. likelihood of promotion

　　B. depressive experience

　　C. poor performance

　　D. unrealistic expectation

　　54. The annual performance reviews, to be effective, must focus on ________.

　　A. making employees aware of their company’s future goals

　　B. involving employees in assessing their own performance

　　C. encouraging employees to achieve better future performance

　　D. highlighting what responsibilities employees have failed in

　　55. The general attitude of the author toward Adam’s comic strip Dilbert is ________.

　　A. negative

　　B. positive

　　C. neutral

　　D. unclear