第1部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）

　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　1 The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
　　A  influence         B  force          C  surprise         D  power

　　2 Can you follow the plot?
　　A  change           B  investigate     C  understand       D  write

　　3 Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
　　A  mental           B  physical       C  natural          D  hard

　　4 In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed.
　　A  judgment         B  result         C  decision         D  event

　　5 Norman Blamey is an artist of deep convictions.
　　A  beliefs           B  statements      C  suggestions      D  claims

　　6 Up to now, the work has been easy.
　　A  So             B  So long          C  So far          D  So that

　　7 The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
　　A  supposed       B  excited          C  discussed        D  suggested

　　8 Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.
　　A  Afterwards     B  Therefore        C  However         D  Furthermore

　　9 The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
　　A  sight          B  view            C  look            D  point

　　10 Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
　　A  tensely         B  nearly         C  closely           D  carefully

　　11 The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
　　A  invented        B  explained       C  considered       D  accepted

　　12 He talks tough but has a tender heart.
　　A  heavy          B  strong          C  wild           D  kind

　　13 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy
　　A  making         B  taking          C  expecting       D  discussing

　　14 Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.
　　A  waste          B  buy             C  sell            D  use

　　15 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
　　A  function        B  ability           C  volume        D  power

　　第2部分：　阅读判断（第16~22题，每题1分，共7分）

　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑

　　Using HIV Virus to Cure Cancer

　　Scientists are planning to use human immunodeficiency(免疫缺陷)virus(HIV), one of mankind’s most feared viruses, as a carrier of genes which can fight cancer and a range of diseases that cannot be cured. The experts say HIV has an almost perfect ability to avoid the body’s immune(免疫的)defenses, making it ideal for carrying replacement genes into patients’ bodies, according to the Observer.

　　A team at the California-based Salk Institute, one of the world’s leading research centers on biological sciences, has created a special new breed of HIV and has started negotiations with the U>S> Food and Drug Administration(FDA)to begin clinical gene therapy(治疗) trials this year. The first trials are expected to involve patients suffering from cancers that cannot be cured by surgery although project leader Professor Inder Verma said the HIV technique would have” far wider applications”.

　　The plan remains very likely to cause controversy since it involves making use of a virus which has caused more than 22 million deaths around the world in the past two decades. Verma said that the idea of using HIV for a beneficial purpose was “shocking” but the fierce nature of HIV had disappeared by having all six of the potentially deadly genes removed.

　　Illnesses such as various cancers are caused when a gene in a patient’s body fails to work properly. In the past two years, breakthroughs in genetics(遗传学)have led gene therapy scientists to try and replace the genes that do not function normally.

　　Unfortunately, the body’s immune defenses have been known to attack the modified genes and make them lose their effects before they can start their task and progress in the field has been held up by the lack of a suitable carrier.  
        
　　The HIV virus has the ability to escape from, and then destroy, the immune defense cells designed to protect our bodies and this makes it attractive to scientists as a way of secretly conveying replacement genes into patients’ bodies.

　　16 FDA has approved the plan of using HIV to cure cancer in humans.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

　　17 The idea of using HIV for a beneficial purpose has been widely accepted.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

　　18 HIV can be safely used to cure cancer only if the deadly genes have been removed.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

　　19 The HIV virus is an excellent warrior to fight the body’s immune cells.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

　　20 Other countries are also expected to begin clinical gene therapy trials soon.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

 
　　21 It is the lack of money that has held up the progress in using replacement genes to cure cancer.
　　A  Right             B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned   

　　22 The HIV virus has caused more deaths in developed countries.
　　A  Right              B  Wrong             C  Not mentioned