Part II Listening Comprehension.(30 minutes)
Part III Reading Comprehension.(40 minutes)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
57、根據以下資料，回答57-66題：
        New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harshconditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the artrecords of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found．Tell el-Amarna was the capital of ancient Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh (法老) Akhenaten, who abandoned most of Egypt's old gods in favor of the Aten sun disk andbrought in a new and more expressive style of art．Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1362BC, built and lived in Tell el-Amarna in central Egypt for 15 years．The city was largely abandoned shortlyafter his death and the ascendance of the famous boy king Tutankhamun to the throne．Studies on the remains of ordinary ancient Egyptians in a cemetery in Tell el-Amarna showed thatmany of them suffered from anem/a (貧血癥 ), fractured bones, stunted growth and high juvenilemortality rates, according to professors Barry Kemp and Jerome Rose, who led the research．Rose, a professor of anthropology (人類學) in the University of Arkansas in the United States, saidadults buried in the cemetery were probably brought there from other parts of Egypt．"This means that wehave a period of deprivation in Egypt prior to the Amarna phase．So maybe things were not so good for theaverage Egyptian and maybe Akhenaten said we have to change to make things better," he said．Kemp, director of the Amarna Project which seeks in part to increase public knowledge of Tell el-Amarna and surrounding region, said little attention has been given to the cemeteries of ordinary ancient Egyptians．Rose displayed pictures showing spinal (脊柱) injuries among teenagers, probably because of accidents during construction work to build the city．The study showed that anemia ran at 74 percent among children and teenagers, and at 44 percentamong adults, Rose said．The average height of men was 159 cm (5 feet 2 inches) and 153 cm among women．"Adult heights are used as an indicator for overall standard of living," he said．"Short statures(身長) reflect a diet deficient in protein．．．People were not growing to their full potential．"

What is the findings of the study mentioned in the passage?
A．The ancient Tell el-Amarna was famous for its art records．
B．The artistic exhibition of ancient Tell el-Amarna was trustworthy．
C．The art records of Tell el-Amarna showed ancient Egyptians' real life．
D．Life was really tough for average Egyptians in ancient Tell el-Amarna．


58、 According to the passage, we can learn that Akhenaten______．
A．brought the ancient Egypt to a period of the greatest prosperity
B．mainly held the reins of the ancient government in central Egypt
C．worshiped Egypt's old gods, especially favored the sun God Aten
D．asked his men to create an original pattern of artistic representation


59、 What's the researchers' attitude towards the ordinary ancient Egyptians' life?
A．Indifferent．
B．Sympathetic．
C．Sorrowful．
D．Admiring．


60、 According to the passage, what is the aim of the Amarna Project?
A．To assist the public to obtain more detailed information about ancient Egyptians．
B．To attract people's attention to the tombs of common people in ancient Egypt
C．To unveil the brilliant cultures of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna．
D．To help people understand a certain capital of ancient Egypt and its neighborhood better．


61、 Why does the author mention ancient Egyptian adult heights in the last part of the passage ?
A．To realistically describe common people's physical conditions at that time．
B．To reveal the oppressive working pressure faced with ordinary Egyptians．
C．To illustrate the fact that the quality of common life was truly low of the day．
D．To demonstrate the average Egyptian's unhealthy diet habits in ancient times．

62、根據以下資料，回答62-71題：
        Drink from plastic bottles can raise the body's levels of a controversial "gender-bending" chemical by more than two thirds, according to tests．
        Experts have been concerned about the possible health effects of bisphenolA (BPA．--an everyday chemical used in many plastic food and drink containers and tins as well as clear baby bottles--which is officially classified as toxic in some countries．A study found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate (聚碳酸酯) bottles showed a 69 percent increase in their urine (尿液) of BPA．
        Researchers did not say how much liquid was drunk per day．Researchers from Harvard School ofPublic Health studied 77 students, who had first undergone a seven-day "washout" phase in which theydrank all cold beverages (飲料) from stainless steel bottles in order to minimise BPA exposure．
        They were then given two polycarbonate bottles and asked to drink all cold beverages from themduring the next week．Previous studies have suggested that high levels of BPA consumption are linked tobirth defects, growth problems and an increased risk of heart disease．In particular there are fears thatheating the bottles, as parents would do when warming their baby's milk, causes the chemical to leak inpotentially dangerous quantities into the liquid contained within．
        "If you heat those bottles, as is the case with baby bottles, we would expect the levels to beconsiderably higher．This would be of concern since infants may be particularly susceptible to BPA'shormone gland-disrupting (擾亂腺體極速分泌) potential．" said the senior author of the latest study, Karin B．Michels．
        Most adults carry BPA in their bodies but expert opinion on the risks is divided．The European Food Safety Authority believes that people naturally convert the chemical into less harmful substances in the body．
        Previous studies had found that BPA could leach (滲出 ) from polycarbonate bottles into theircontents, but this study is the first to show the size of the corresponding increase in urinary BPAconcentrations in humans．
        Harvard researcher Jenny Carwile said, "While previous studies have demonstrated that BPA is linkedto adverse health effects, this study fills in a missing piece of the puzzle--whether or not polycarbonateplastic bottles are an important contributor to the amount of BPA in the body．"

What do we know about bisphenol A (BPA．from the beginning of the passage?
A．It is certain substance taken in by human beings every day．
B．It is a component contained in a number of plastic products．
C．It is an element that plays a decisive role in people's gender．
D．It is a kind of chemical that is universally regarded poisonous．


63、 According to Paragraph 4, the "washout" phase was designed to______．
A．make the research be accomplished with a result as satisfactory as possible
B．obtain references for the possible health effects of stainless steel bottles
C．eliminate substances in bodies that may affect the result of the research
D．limit the sort of beverages taken in by participants to the minimum level


64、 What result can be expected if baby bottles containing polycarbonate are heated?
A．The liquid in the bottles would absorb limited amount of converted BPA．
B．The infants should be seriously bothered by such disease as heart attack．
C．Babies would consume more BPA if they drink the liquid in the bottles．
D．The infants would undoubtedly refuse to drink the liquid in the bottles．


65、 How do experts evaluate the hazard that can be caused by BPA?
A．They think it is so common in bodies that it isn't hazardous material．
B．Different groups hold different viewpoints on this issue．
C．They believe it will be transformed into other safe materials．
D．They consider the amount of BPA in bodies decides its harmfulness．


66、 What is the significance of the study talked about in this passage?
A．It proved the assumption on BPA that studies previously．
B．It clarified the high risks that BPA may pose to people's health．
C．It confirmed the principal source of the substance BPA．
D．It showed what's responsible for the rising level of BPA in humans.

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