北京市西城区2006年抽样测试英语试卷

Soon it became political and popular .Politicians rushed to the town to talk about politics and promised how they would find the solution if they were elected . Everyone was so sick that they didn’t care about politics .Everyone was in a position where he or she didn’t know what to do anymore .They went to the post office to mail posts out asking for help .The poor town didn’t know how to deal with the situation.
 One day ,a well-known scientist from New York came to the town with a huge box containing many instruments and his possessions .He went to pools and the port and made measurements. He was quiet and polite .The one day he made a speech at a newspaper meeting-room to announce his findings.
 “I am sorry to say your water supply is so heavily polluted ;it is poisoned .I know who has been poisoning you all for such a long time. It is you who have been poisoning yourselves with pollution. A great deal of rubbish has been thrown into the water day after day. No one here has taken good care of the environment .It is no wonder all of you have been sick .” Shocked at the news ,the people present were lost in thought.
60．Which is the correct order of the facts described in the story?
 a. People suffered from poisoning.
 b. Politicians came to make promises.
 c. People began to realize the real cause.
 d. Pork was thrown away.
 e. The water there was polluted.
 f. A scientist came to check the water .
 A．e, a ,d ,b ,f ,c B．e, a ,d ,c ,f ,b C．a, e ,b ,d ,c, f D．f, c ,d ,b ,e ,a
61．What does the underlined phrase “took the position” mean in the passage ?
 A．took the job B．took the place C．held the opinion D．made the suggestion
62．Which of the following statements is correct?
 A．Everyone was so sick of politics that they didn’t care about those politicians.
 B．According to the scientist from New York ,not all the population in the town have taken
       good care of the environment.
 C．The reason why the people in the town  got sick was that they ate the pork poisoned by
       the heavily polluted water.
 D．If the people in the town hadn’t  polluted the water supply ,they would not have suffered
       from poisoning or sickness.
63．After reading the passage ,we can infer that            .
 A．politicians took every chance to make themselves elected
 B．pork was the main food of the people in the town
 C．people in the town were not well-educated
 D．even some police officers were getting ill
 
 C
  Are you preparing for a big test ? If so ,you may want to go play some basketball in between hitting the books .Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron ,a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University ,studies brain development .According to her research ,it seems that exercise can make blood vessels（血管）,including those in the brain ,stronger and more fully developed .Dr . Cameron is sure that this allows people who exercise to think better .As she says , “while we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can actually cause physical changes in the brain.”
 The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies .Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active .Even a little movement can show big results .Margaret Barnes ,a scientist ,also believes in the importance of exercise .She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in primary school or high school can result from a lack of movement as babies . “Babies need movement that encourages and excites their five senses .They need to set up a connection between motion and memory . In this way ,as they get older ,children will begin to connect physical activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.
 Older people can develop their brains as well. Cornell University studied a group of seniors who have a short-term memory increase of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult ,but it does have to increase the heart rate . Also ,just like the motion for babies ,exercise for older people should not be too simple. Learning some new skills or actions ,such as with yoga or tai-chi helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people ,any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful . The main aim is to increase the brain’s flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as two to three hours of exercise a week.