国防科技大学2010-2011学年春季学期.doc

国防科技大学学年学期During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 得分 二、释义题（共5小题，每小题6分，共30分） II. Paraphrase Directions: Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. Crab connoisseurs need not lament because king crab legs are still available at the festival, along with plenty of other seafood. 2. Countries should refrain from introducing weapons into outer space. To this end, it is necessary to conclude respective international instruments through negotiation, with a view to maintaining global strategic balance and stability and promoting nuclear disarmament. 3. She wondered why all the faces staring down at her bore such shocked expressions. 4. Some of the graves belonged to long-lost royalty or heroes who had perished saving others. 5. No effort is spared to let city dwellers imagine they are living anywhere but in a city: patches of grass in the more modest suburbs, broader spreads in the richer ones further out; prim new trees planted along the streets; at the foot of the larger backyards, a pretense to bosky woodlands. 得分 三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） III. Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each of them there are four choices marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You should decide on the best choice and write down the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One The first birds appeared during late Jurassic times. These birds are known from four very good skeletons, two incomplete skeletons, and an isolated feather, all from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany. This fine-grained rock, which is extensively quarried for lithographic stone, was evidently deposited in a shallow coral