1、BFT（阅读）-试卷 2及答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 1(总题数：1，分数：16.00)Read the article below. Choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(AH)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Googles New Music Service Google outstripped
2、 its arch-rival, Apple, with the launch of a subscription music streaming service on Wednesday while simultaneously mounting a threat to other providers such as Spotify. The service, labouring under the full name of Google Play Music All Access, was unveiled at Google I/O, the tech giants annual dev
3、eloper conference in San Francisco. 1 Revealing the music service, Chris Yerga, Googles engineering director, said users would be able to stream from a vast library on any device, using the Android operating system. “This is radio without rules. Its as leanback as you want to, or as interactive as y
4、ou want to,“ said Yerga. 2A “listen now“ feature will create a mix of favourite artists or genres based on previously listened-to songs. In the US, All Access will cost $9.99 a month after a 30-day free trial. Spotify Premium, a similar service, costs $9.99. 3There was no immediate announcement of p
5、ricing in other territories. Google has signed licensing deals with music companies including, Sony, Universal and Warner, and millions of songs will be available for the service, which will go live from Wednesday. 4The tech giants have become increasingly interested in subscription services thanks
6、to the popularity of Spotify, which has more than six million paying subscribers and more than 24 million active users in 28 countries. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the UK-based BPI, which represents record labels, welcomed the announcement by Google. “ 5There are more than a million paying subs
7、cribers and millions more enjoying free and ad-supported music.“ he said. The entry of a player with the reach of Google will persuade many more consumers to experience having millions of songs to play instantly on their phone, tablet or PC.“ Googles announcement was greeted with loud applause by de
8、velopers in San Francisco. 6Larry Page, the Google CEO, who has been suffering from a vocal-cords defect, made an unexpectedly long appearance at the conference, where he bemoaned the “negativity“ which he believes is holding back the technology industry. The company revealed that more than 900 mill
9、ion devices using Android had now been activated, up from 400 million a year ago. 7The 900m figure does not include tens of millions of smartphones in China which also use Androids basic software - called “Android Open Source Platform“ - but do not connect to Googles services, and so cannot contact
10、its “activation“ servers. Google unveiled new tools for developers including the ability to track peoples physical activity when they are carrying an Android device, a move that will usher in a new generation of fitness applications. Brian McClendon, Googles head of maps, said its mapping service ha
11、d been rebuilt “from the ground up“. Google Maps will pay greater attention to each individuals personal use of the maps, highlighting places they frequently visit and making suggestions for other venues. The maps will change as they are used. Clicking on a museum will highlight other museums in the
12、 area, and users photos will also be displayed in the maps. 8A Users who sign up by 30 June will get a reduced price of $7.99 per month.B The announcement comes as Apple considers its own music service.C And delegates also heard about significant updates to its mapping services.D They began lining u
13、p to attend the sold-out Google I/O at 5 a.m.E Users will be able to search for an artist and add tracks to their library.F The new functions will be rolled out in the coming months.G Hugo Barra, vice-president of Android product management, said 48 billion Android apps had now been installed worldw
14、ide.H Streaming is the fastest growing part of the 330m digital music sector in Britain.（分数：16.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_二、Part 2(总题数：2，分数：20.00)Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. Five Painful Facts You Need to Know0. First of all,
15、 lets set the record straight: Pain is normal. About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain. So what is pain and why do so many suffer so long? Pain is felt when electrical signals are sent from nerve endings to your brain, which in turn can release painkillers called endorphins
16、and generate reactions that range from instant and physical to long-term and emotional. Beyond that, scientific understanding gets painfully fuzzy. Heres whats known:1. When youre in pain, you know it. But if scientists could fully grasp how pain works and why, they might be able to help you more. T
17、he American Academy of Pain Medicine defines pain as “an unpleasant sensation and emotional response to that sensation.“ Some pain is the result of an obvious injury. Other times, it is caused by damaged nerves that are not so easy to pinpoint. “Pain is complex and defies our ability to establish a
18、clear definition,“ says Kathryn Weiner, director of the American Academy of Pain Management. “Pain is far more than neural transmission and sensory transduction. Pain is a complex mixture of emotions, culture, experience, spirit and sensation.“2. If you have chronic pain, you know how demoralizing a
19、nd debilitating it can be, physically and mentally. It can prevent you from doing things and make you irritable for reasons nobody else understands. But thats only half the story. People with chronic backaches have brains as much as 11 percent smaller than those of non-sufferers, scientists reported
20、 in 2004. They dont know why. “It is possible its just the stress of having to live with the condition,“ said study leader A. Vania Apkarian of Northwestern University. “The neurons become overactive or tired of the activity.“3. It may not eliminate the phrase “Not tonight, honey .“ but a 2006 study
21、 found that migraine sufferers had levels of sexual desire 20 percent higher than those suffering from tension headaches. The finding suggests sexual desire and migraines might be influenced by the same brain chemical, and getting a better handle on the link could lead to better treatments, at least
22、 for the pain portion of the equation.4. Any man who has watched a woman having a baby without using drugs would swear that women can tolerate anything. But the truth is, it hurts more than you can imagine. Women have more nerve receptors than men. As an example, women have 34 nerve fibers per squar
23、e centimeter of facial skin, while men average just 17. And in a 2005 study, women were found to report more pain throughout their lifetimes and, compared to men, they feel pain in more areas of their body and for longer durations.5. Animal research could offer clues to eventually relieve human suff
24、ering. Take the naked mole rat, a hairless and nearly blind subterranean creature. A study this year found it feels neither the pain of acid nor the sting of chili peppers. If researchers can figure out why, they might be on the road to new sorts of painkilling therapies for humans. In 2006, scienti
25、sts found a pathway for the transmission of chronic pain in rats that they hope will translate into better understanding of human chronic pain. Lobsters feel no pain, even when boiled, scientists said in a 2005 report that is just one more salvo in a long-running debate.Questions9-13(10 marks) For q
26、uestions 9-13, choose from the list AG which best summarizes each part of the article. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(AG)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. Women feel more painB. Chronic pain is commonC. Chronic pain shrinks brainsD. Migraines and sex go togethe
27、rE. Pain brings about more stressF. Scientists dont understand pain fullyG Animal research may relieve human pain（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1: 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2: 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3: 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4: 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 5: 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Using t
28、he information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(AG)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. chronic painB. brain chemicalC. nerve receptorsD. a clear definitionE. damaged nervesF. painkilling ther
29、apiesG. an emotional response（分数：10.00）(1).As scientists dont know much about pain, its hard to provide 1of it.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Some pain is the result of 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).People suffer both physically and emotionally if they have 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).It is found that men have fewer 1than w
30、omen.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Study on animals may finally discover some new 1for human beings.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_三、Part 3(总题数：1，分数：14.00)Read the following passage and answer questions 19-25. For questions 1925, choose the correct answer A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. While still in
31、its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states, at least UN is getting people off welfare. Its estimated that more than two million have left the roles since 1994. In the past four years, welfare in rolls in Athens country has been cut in half. But 70 percent
32、 of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens country poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent twice the national average. For advocates for the poor, thats an indication that much more needs to be done. “More people are gett
33、ing jobs, but its not making their lives any better,“ says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the center in budget and policy priorities in Washington. Canter analysis of US census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a great percentage of single, fame-headed household were earning money
34、on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory. “Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin that was poisoning the fa
35、mily,“ says Rector. A welfare reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. Its beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important. Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked,“ then the country can make other policy changes aimed at im
36、proving living standards.（分数：14.00）(1).It can be seen from the passage that the author _.（分数：2.00）A.is over-enthusiastic about the success of welfare reformB.insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poorC.believes the reform has reduced the governments burdenD.considers welfare refor
37、m to be fundamentally successful(2).Why arent people enjoying better lives when they have jobs?（分数：2.00）A.Because their wages are low.B.Because many families are divorced.C.Because the cost of living is rising.D.Because government aid is now rare.(3).What is worth noting form the example of Athens c
38、ountry is that _.（分数：2.00）A.60 percent of the population no longer relies on welfareB.70 percent of the people there have been employed for two yearsC.the living standards of most people are going downD.great efforts should be made to improve peoples living standards(4).From the passage we know that
39、 welfare reform aims at_.（分数：2.00）A.providing more jobsB.saving welfare fundsC.rebuilding the work ethicD.cutting government expenses(5).According to the passage, before the welfare reform was carried out,_.（分数：2.00）A.the poor used to rely on government aidB.the poverty rate was lowerC.the average w
40、orker was paid higher wagesD.average living standards were higher(6).From the passage we can infer that before 1994 _.（分数：2.00）A.most of the people depended on governmentB.most of the people took jobsC.we dont know as the passage didnt sayD.most of the people live a richer life(7).About the welfare
41、reform the authors attitude is _.（分数：2.00）A.indifferentB.positiveC.objectiveD.critical四、Part 4(总题数：1，分数：40.00)Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. For questions 2645, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet. Do you want to send an e-mail message to the White H
42、ouse? Good luck. In the past,【C1】_President Bush or at least those assigned to read his mail what was【C2】_your mind it was necessary only to sit down at a personal computer connected to the Internet and【C3】_a note to presidentwhitehouse.gov. But this week, Tom Matzzie, an online organizer with the A
43、.F.L.-C.I.O., discovered that 【C4】_with the White House had become a bit more【C5】_. When Mr. Matzzie sent an e-mail protesting【C6】_a Bush administration policy, the message was bounced back with an automated reply, saying he had to send it again in a new way. Under a system【C7】_on the White House We
44、bsite【C8】_the first time last week, those who want to send a message to President Bush must now【C9】_as many as nine Web pages and【C10】_a detailed form that starts by asking whether the message sender supports White House policy【C11】_differs with it. The white House says the new e-mail system is an e
45、ffort to be more responsive【C12】_the public and offer the administration “real time“ access【C13】_citizen comments. Completing a message to the president also requires【C14】_a subject from the provided list, then entering a full name, organization, address and e-mail address.【C15】_the message is sent,
46、 the writer must wait for an automated response【C16】_his message,【C17】_whether the addressee intended to send the message. The message is delivered to the White House only after the person using that e-mail address【C18】_it. “Over【C19】_, its a very cumbersome process,“ said Jakob Nielsen, an authorit
47、y on Web design. “Its probably designed deliberately to【C20】_on their e-mail.“（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.tellingB.to tellC.tellD.told(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.onB.inC.atD.of(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.cutoffB.see offC.dash offD.give off(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.connectionB.communicationC.linkD.relationship(5).【C5】（分数：2.
48、00）A.dauntingB.efficientC.flexibleD.costly(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.forB.againstC.onD.over(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.is deployedB.deploredC.deployedD.employed(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.atB.onC.forD.in(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.navigateB.moveC.experienceD.travel(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.fill withB.fill inC.fill upD.fill(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.andB.orC.notD.nor(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.toB.forC.ofD.on(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.toB.forC.ofD.over(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）
