Section II:Reading Comprehension Each of the three passages below is followed by some questions.For each question there are four answers.Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Put your choice in the ANSWERSHEET.(20 points)Text 1 In May 1989, space shuttle“Atlantis”released in outer space probe“Megallan,”which is now on her 15-month and one-billion-kilometer flight to Venus.A new phase in space exploration has begun.The planet Venus is only slightly smaller than Earth;it is the only other object in the solar system, in fact, that even comes close to earth's size.Venus has a similar density, so it is probably made of approximately the same stuff, and it has an atmosphere, complete with clouds.It is also the closest planet to earth, and thus the most similar in distance from the sun.In short, Venus seems to justify its long-held nickname of“earth's twin.”The surface temperature of Venus reaches some 900F.Added to that is an atmospheric pressure about 90 times Earth's:High overhead in the carbon dioxide(CO2)that passes for air is a layer of clouds, perhaps 10 to 20 miles thick, whose little drops consist mostly of sulfuricacid(H2SO4)

Read the following text . Choose the best word ( s ) for each numbered blank and mark A , B , C or D on theANSWER SHEET . ( 10 points ) Harlan Coben believes that if youre a writer , youll find the time ; and that if you cant find the time , then writing isnt a priority and youre not a writer . For him , writing is a 1 joba job like any other . He has 2 it with plumbing , pointing at that a plumber doesnt wake up and say that he cant work with pipes today . 3 , like most writers these days , youre holiday down a job to pay the bills , its not 4 to find the time towrite . But its not impossible . It requires determination and single - mindedness . 5 that most bestselling authorsbegan writing when they were doing other things to earn a living . And today , even writers who are fairly 6 oftenhave to do other work to 7 their writing income . As Harlan Coben has suggested , its a 8 of priorities . To make writing a priority , youll have to 9 someof your day - to - day activities and some things you really enjoy . Depending on your 10 and your lifestyle , thatmight mean spending less time watching television or listening to music , though some people can write 11 theylisten to music . You might have to 12 the amount of exercise or sport you do . Youll have to make social mediaan 13 activity rather than a daily , time - consuming 14 . Therell probably have to be less socializing with yourfriends and less time with your family . Its a 15 learning curve , and it wont always make you popular . Theres just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for , 16 your writingand thats reading . Any writer needs to read as much and as widely as they can ; its the one 17 supportersomething you cantdo without . Time is finite . The older you get , the 18 it seems to go . We need to use it as carefully and as 19 as we can . That means prioritising our activities so that we spend most time on the things we really want to do . If youre awriter , that means 20 writing . 1 . [ A ] difficult [ B ] normal [ C ] steady [ D ] pleasant 2 . [ A ] combined [ B ] compared [ C ] confused [ D ] confronted 3 . [ A ] If [ B ] Though [ C ] Once [ D ] Unless 4 . [ A ] enough [ B ] strange [ C ] wrong [ D ] easy 5 . [ A ] Accept [ B ] Explain [ C ] Remember [ D

Bccausc the targct is(6).Pcoplc complained that buses were latc andinfrequent.(7),the number of buses and bus lanes were increased, and drivers werc(8)or punished according to the time they took,And drivers hit these targets.Butthey(9)hit cyclists.If the targetwas changed to(10)you would have moreinspectors and more sensitive pricing.lf the criterion changed to safety, you would getmorc(ll)drivers who obcyed traffic laws.But both thesc criteria would be at thccxpense of time.There is another(12):people became immensely inventive in hitting targets.Have you(13)that you can leave on a flight an hour late but still arrive on time?Tailwinds? Of course not! Airlines have simply changed the time a(14)is meant totake.A onc-hour flight is nowbilled as a two-hour flightThe(15)of the story is simple.Most jobs are multidimensional, with multiplecriteria.Choose one criterion and you may well(16)others.Everything can be donefaster and made cheaper, but there is a(17)Setting targets can and does haveunforeseen negative consequences.This is not an argument against target-setting.But it is an argument for exploringconsequences first.All good targets should have multiple criteria(18>critical factor

Section I Use of English Directions:Read the following passage.For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWERSHEETI.(10 points)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11,2009.It is the first worldwide epidemic _1_ by the World Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert _2_ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising _3_ in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is“_4_”in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general,_5_ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the _6_ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global _7_ in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths _8_ healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _9_ in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade _10_ warmer weather arrived.Bu