Passage Two

　　Questions 62 to 66 are based in the following passage.

　　When Mike Kelly first set out to build his own private space-ferry service, he figures his bread-and-butter business would be lofting satellite into high earth orbit. Now he thinks he may have figured wrong. "People were always asking me when they could go," says Kelly, who runs Kelly Space Technology, "I realized the real market is in space tourism."

　　According to preliminary market surveys, there are 10,000 would-be space tourists willing to spend $1 million each to visit the final frontier. Space Adventures in Arlington have taken more than 130 deposits for a two-hour, $98,000 space tour tentatively set to occur by 2005. This may sound great, but there are a few hurdles. Putting a simple satellite into orbit—with no oxygen, life support or return trip necessary—already costs and astronomical $2,200/kg. And that doesn't include the cost of insuring rich and possibly litigious(愛打官司的)passengers. The entire group of entrepreneurs trying to corner the spacetourism market has between them "just enough money to blow up one rocket".

　　The U.S. space agency has plenty of money but zero interest in making space less expensive for the little guys. So the little guys are racing to do what the government has failed to do: design a reusable launch system that's inexpensive, safe and reliable. Kelly Space's prototype looks like a plane that has sprouted rocket engines. Rotary Rocket in California has a booster with rotors to make a helicopter-style return to earth. The first passenger countdowns are still years away, but bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington are already informally discussing flight regulations. After all, you can't be too prepared for a trip to that galaxy far, far away.

　　62. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　[A] Take Vacations in Space [C] Flight Regulations in Space Travels

　　[B] Building Hotels in Space [D] Cost of Space Traveling

　　63. The phrase "bread-and-butter business" (Line 1, Pare.1) most probably means ________.

　　[A] a business to sell bread and butter [C] the business to make a living

　　[B] a business to produce bread and butter [D] a traveling agency

　　64. How much is the 2-hour space tour for each person according to Space Adventures in Arlington?

　　[A] $1 million. [B] $10,000. [C] $98,000 [D] $22,000

　　65. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　[A] The biggest hurdle for the space-tourism project is lack of a life supporting system.

　　[B] The entrepreneurs trying to explore the space-tourism have plenty of money.

　　[C] The government has little interests in this project.

　　[D] The first passenger countdowns are within a few years.

　　66. What's the author's tone in the last sentence of the passage?

　　[A] Objective. [C] Approving.

　　[B] Ironical. [D] Enthusiastic.

　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　47. E 該空需填入動詞原形，結合原意“和大多數美國人一梯狀，你(的體重)可能也有幾磅需要________”可知，E(去除)最符合文意。

　　48. F 結合常識和下文可知，F最符合文意。

　　49. A 結合句意“令人驚奇的是，為了看到長期________效果你不必節食或常去健身館”，可知空格處需填一形容詞，初選后留下A、D。由于下文只是講到運動會幫助減肥，但并未說明它的效果明顯，所以此處宜選用意思上更寬泛的positive(正面的，有效的)。

　　50. H 下文舉例的breathing, blood circulation and digestion都是人體的基本功能，且其后的functioning已給出了提示，故H最符合文意。

　　51. B 該空需填入形容詞，結合常識和句意“任何時候只要你活動，你都需要________能量”來看選項，B(額外的)符合文意。

　　52. C 該句句意為“采用這兩種能量消耗來源中的哪一種取決于你活動的強度和________”，結合下文提到的...low to moderately intense and of long duration...可知C最符合文意。

　　53. J 結合句意“(活動的)強度越低，身體越________于脂肪作為其燃料”，該空應填入能和on搭配的動詞，J最符合文意。

　　54. D 結合常識可知，有氧運動是最有效的減肥方式，選項中D最符合文意。

　　55. L 該空需填入副詞，選項中只有L和N可作副詞，由下文提到的walking, running, swimming, dancing, and jumping等可推知在這些有氧運動中四肢的活動是反復的，故排除N。

　　56. I 該空需填入動詞的過去分詞，結合句意“如果你已經________高強度、爆發性的運動，你會燃燒更多的脂肪”可知I最符合文意。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　57. C 推斷題。由文章第一段最后一句可知，由于我們每個人天生的能力和后天成長的環境不同，所以我們對成功的定義很泛，由此可以推斷，作者認為能力和環境是獲得成功的基本條件，故選C。

　　58. C 語義題。結合文章第二段第二句中的poor shepherd(貧窮的牧羊人)和選項可以推斷，C(節約的)正確，thrifty意為“節儉的，樸素的”;wealthy(富有的)，wasteful(浪費的)，miserable(悲慘的)均排除。

　　59. D 細節題。文章第二段倒數第二句指出，有的人已經很富有了卻認為自己不成功是因為他們是根據自己的目標判斷成功與否的，所以D正確。

　　60. D 推斷題。文章最后一句指出，在沒有盡全力做自己喜歡的事而失敗之前，失敗都不算真正的失敗，由此推斷，文章最后一段暗示，成功就是盡全力做自己喜歡的事情，所以D正確。

　　61. A 主旨題。本文第一句是全文的主題句，即每個人對成功的定義都不同，在接下來的幾段中作者從不同角度定義了成功，所以A正確。

　　Passage Two

　　62. A 主旨題。通讀全文可知，文章討論的是太空旅游業的可行性，所以A正確。其他三項均沒有全面概括文章大意。

　　63. C 語義題。文章第一段首句指出，“麥克開始倒立自己的太空旅行社時，他構想他的________將能把人造衛星送上地球軌道”。A(賣面包和黃油的生意)，B(生產面包和黃油的生意)，C(謀生生意)，D(旅游中介)四個選項中，C最符合題意。bread-and-butter意為“實用的，生計的”。

　　64. C 細節題。文章第二段第二句指出，公司收取了130多份定金，費用是兩小時98，000美元，所以C正確。

　　65. C 推斷題。文章第三段提到，太空旅行最大的困難是資金問題，美國政府對此沒什么興趣，所以C正確;A(計劃的最大困難是生命維持系統問題)，B(開發此市場的企業家們有足夠的資金)，D(首次航行在幾年內就可實現)，均與原文不符，故排除。

　　66. B 觀點態度題。根據上下文可知，作者認為實現太空旅行還很遙遠，而有人卻已經開始制定規劃了，作者的話語中(that galaxy far, far away)含有諷刺意味，所以B正確;A(客觀的)，C(贊同的)、D(熱衷的)均不正確。

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