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READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.
The megafires of California
Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires in the western United States
Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States, with Southern California being the hardest hit area. There’s a reason fire squads battling more frequent blazes in Southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting fires fanned by the ‘Santa Ana Winds’. The wildfires themselves, experts say, are generally hotter, faster, and spread more erratically than in the past.
Megafires, also called ‘siege fires’, are the increasingly frequent blazes that burn 500, 000 acres or more — 10 times the size of the average forest fire of 20 years ago. Some recent wildfires are among the biggest ever in California in terms of acreage burned, according to state figures and news reports.
One explanation for the trend to more superhot fires is that the region, which usually has dry summers, has had significantly below normal precipitation in many recent years. Another reason, experts say, is related to the century-long policy of the US Forest Service to stop wildfires as quickly as possible. The unintentional consequence has been to halt the natural eradication of underbrush, now the primary fuel for megafires.
Three other factors contribute to the trend, they add. First is climate change, marked by a 1-degree Fahrenheit rise in average yearly temperature across the western states. Second is fire seasons that on average are 78 days longer than they were 20 years ago. Third is increased construction of homes in wooded areas.
‘We are increasingly building our homes in fire-prone ecosystems,’ says Dominik Kulakowski, adjunct professor of biology at Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Worcester, Massachusetts. ‘Doing that in many of the forests of the western US is like building homes on the side of an active volcano.’
In California, where population growth has averaged more than 600, 000 a year for at least a decade, more residential housing is being built. ‘What once was open space is now residential homes providing fuel to make fires burn with greater intensity,’ says Terry McHale of the California Department of Forestry firefighters’ union. ‘With so much dryness, so many communities to catch fire, so many fronts to fight, it becomes an almost incredible job.’
That said, many experts give California high marks for making progress on preparedness in recent years, after some of the largest fires in state history scorched thousands of acres, burned thousands of homes, and killed numerous people. Stung in the past by criticism of bungling that allowed fires to spread when they might have been contained, personnel are meeting the peculiar challenges of neighborhood — and canyon- hopping fires better than previously, observers say.
State promises to provide more up-to-date engines, planes, and helicopters to fight fires have been fulfilled. Firefighters’ unions that in the past complained of dilapidated equipment, old fire engines, and insufficient blueprints for fire safety are now praising the state’s commitment, noting that funding for firefighting has increased, despite huge cuts in many other programs. ‘We are pleased that the current state administration has been very proactive in its support of us, and [has] come through with budgetary support of the infrastructure needs we have long sought,’ says Mr. McHale of the firefighters’ union.
Besides providing money to upgrade the fire engines that must traverse the mammoth state and wind along serpentine canyon roads, the state has invested in better command-and-control facilities as well as in the strategies to run them. ‘In the fire sieges of earlier years, we found that other jurisdictions and states were willing to offer mutual-aid help, but we were not able to communicate adequately with them,’ says Kim Zagaris, chief of the state’s Office of Emergency Services Fire and Rescue Branch. After a commission examined and revamped communications procedures, the statewide response ‘has become far more professional and responsive,’ he says. There is a sense among both government officials and residents that the speed, dedication, and coordination of firefighters from several states and jurisdictions are resulting in greater efficiency than in past ‘siege fire’ situations.
In recent years, the Southern California region has improved building codes, evacuation procedures, and procurement of new technology. ‘I am extraordinarily impressed by the improvements we have witnessed,’ says Randy Jacobs, a Southern California-based lawyer who has had to evacuate both his home and business to escape wildfires. ‘Notwithstanding all the damage that will continue to be caused by wildfires, we will no longer suffer the loss of life endured in the past because of the fire prevention and firefighting measures that have been put in place,’ he says.
Test 4
Questions 1-6
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.
Wildfires
Characteristics of wildfires and wildfire conditions today compared to the past:
— occurrence: more frequent
— temperature: hotter
— speed: faster
— movement: 1 more unpredictably
— size of fires: 2 greater on average than two decades ago
Reasons wildfires cause more damage today compared to the past:
— rainfall: 3 average
— more brush to act as 4
— increase in yearly temperature
— extended fire 5
— more building of 6 in vulnerable places
Questions 7-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 7—13 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
7 The amount of open space in California has diminished over the last ten years.
8 Many experts believe California has made little progress in readying itself to fight fires.
9 Personnel in the past have been criticised for mishandling fire containment.
10 California has replaced a range of firefighting tools.
11 More firefighters have been hired to improve fire-fighting capacity.
12 Citizens and government groups disapprove of the efforts of different states and agencies working together.
13 Randy Jacobs believes that loss of life from fires will continue at the same levels, despite changes made.
READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading
Passage 2 below.
Second nature
Your personality isn’t necessarily set in stone. With a little experimentation, people can reshape their temperaments and inject passion, optimism, joy and courage into their lives
A Psychologists have long held that a person’s character cannot undergo a transformation in any meaningful way and that the key traits of personality are determined at a very young age. However, researchers have begun looking more closely at ways we can change. Positive psychologists have identified 24 qualities we admire, such as loyalty and kindness, and are studying them to find out why they come so naturally to some people. What they’re discovering is that many of these qualities amount to habitual behaviour that determines the way we respond to the world. The good news is that all this can be learned. Some qualities are less challenging to develop than others, optimism being one of them. However, developing qualities requires mastering a range of skills which are diverse and sometimes surprising. For example, to bring more joy and passion into your life, you must be open to experiencing negative emotions. Cultivating such qualities will help you realise your full potential.
B ‘The evidence is good that most personality traits can be altered,’ says Christopher Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, who cites himself as an example. Inherently introverted, he realised early on that as an academic, his reticence would prove disastrous in the lecture hall. So he learned to be more outgoing and to entertain his classes. ‘Now my extroverted behaviour is spontaneous,’ he says.
C David Fajgenbaum had to make a similar transition. He was preparing for university, when he had an accident that put an end to his sports career. On campus, he quickly found that beyond ordinary counselling, the university had no services for students who were undergoing physical rehabilitation and suffering from depression like him. He therefore launched a support group to help others in similar situations. He took action despite his own pain — a typical response of an optimist.
D Suzanne Segerstrom, professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, believes that the key to increasing optimism is through cultivating optimistic behaviour, rather than positive thinking. She recommends you train yourself to pay attention to good fortune by writing down three positive things that come about each day. This will help you convince yourself that favourable outcomes actually happen all the time, making it easier to begin taking action.
E You can recognise a person who is passionate about a pursuit by the way they are so strongly involved in it. Tanya Streeter’s passion is freediving — the sport of plunging deep into the water without tanks or other breathing equipment. Beginning in 1998, she set nine world records and can hold her breath for six minutes. The physical stamina required for this sport is intense but the psychological demands are even more overwhelming. Streeter learned to untangle her fears from her judgment of what her body and mind could do. ‘In my career as a competitive freediver, there was a limit to what I could do — but it wasn’t anywhere near what I thought it was,’ she says.
F Finding a pursuit that excites you can improve anyone’s life. The secret about consuming passions, though, according to psychologist Paul Silvia of the University of North Carolina, is that ‘they require discipline, hard work and ability, which is why they are so rewarding.’ Psychologist Todd Kashdan has this advice for those people taking up a new passion: ‘As a newcomer, you also have to tolerate and laugh at your own ignorance. You must be willing to accept the negative feelings that come your way,’ he says.
G In 2004, physician-scientist Mauro Zappaterra began his PhD research at Harvard Medical School. Unfortunately, he was miserable as his research wasn’t compatible with his curiosity about healing. He finally took a break and during eight months in Santa Fe, Zappaterra learned about alternative healing techniques not taught at Harvard. When he got back, he switched labs to study how cerebrospinal fluid nourishes the developing nervous system. He also vowed to look for the joy in everything, including failure, as this could help him learn about his research and himself.
One thing that can hold joy back is a person’s concentration on avoiding failure rather than their looking forward to doing something well. ‘Focusing on being safe might get in the way of your reaching your goals,’ explains Kashdan. For example, are you hoping to get through a business lunch without embarrassing yourself, or are you thinking about how fascinating the conversation might be?
H Usually, we think of courage in physical terms but ordinary life demands something else. For marketing executive Kenneth Pedeleose, it meant speaking out against something he thought was ethically wrong. The new manager was intimidating staff so Pedeleose carefully recorded each instance of bullying and eventually took the evidence to a senior director, knowing his own job security would be threatened. Eventually the manager was the one to go. According to Cynthia Pury, a psychologist at Clemson University, Pedeleose’s story proves the point that courage is not motivated by fearlessness, but by moral obligation. Pury also believes that people can acquire courage. Many of her students said that faced with a risky situation, they first tried to calm themselves down, then looked for a way to mitigate the danger, just as Pedeleose did by documenting his allegations.
Over the long term, picking up a new character trait may help you move toward being the person you want to be. And in the short term, the effort itself could be surprisingly rewarding, a kind of internal adventure.
Questions 14-18
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet
Psychologists have traditionally believed that a personality 14 was impossible and that by a 15 , a person’s character tends to be fixed. This is not true according to positive psychologists, who say that our personal qualities can be seen as habitual behaviour. One of the easiest qualities to acquire is 16 . However, regardless of the quality, it is necessary to learn a wide variety of different 17 in order for a new quality to develop; for example, a person must understand and feel some 18 in order to increase their happiness.
Questions 19-22
Look at the following statements (Questions 19-22) and the list of people below.
Match each statement with the correct person, A-G.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 19-22 on your answer sheet
19 People must accept that they do not know much when first trying something new.
20 It is important for people to actively notice when good things happen.
21 Courage can be learned once its origins in a sense of responsibility are understood.
22 It is possible to overcome shyness when faced with the need to speak in public.
List of People
A Christopher Peterson
B David Fajgenbaum
C Suzanne Segerstrom
D Tanya Streeter
E Todd Kashdan
F Kenneth Pedeleose
G Cynthia Pury
Questions 23-26
Reading Passage 2 has eight sections, A-H.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet
23 a mention of how rational thinking enabled someone to achieve physical goals
24 an account of how someone overcame a sad experience
25 a description of how someone decided to rethink their academic career path
26 an example of how someone risked his career out of a sense of duty
READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.
When evolution runs backwards
Evolution isn’t supposed to run backwards — yet an increasing number of examples show that it does and that it can sometimes represent the future of a species
The description of any animal as an ‘evolutionary throwback’ is controversial. For the better part of a century, most biologists have been reluctant to use those words, mindful of a principle of evolution that says ‘evolution cannot run backwards’. But as more and more examples come to light and modern genetics enters the scene, that principle is having to be rewritten. Not only are evolutionary throwbacks possible, they sometimes play an important role in the forward march of evolution.
The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an ‘atavism’, from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather. The word has ugly connotations thanks largely to Cesare Lombroso, a 19th-century Italian medic who argued that criminals were born not made and could be identified by certain physical features that were throwbacks to a primitive, sub-human state.
While Lombroso was measuring criminals, a Belgian palaeontologist called Louis Dollo was studying fossil records and coming to the opposite conclusion. In 1890 he proposed that evolution was irreversible: that ‘an organism is unable to return, even partially, to a previous stage already realised in the ranks of its ancestors’. Early 20th-century biologists came to a similar conclusion, though they qualified it in terms of probability, stating that there is no reason why evolution cannot run backwards — it is just very unlikely. And so the idea of irreversibility in evolution stuck and came to be known as ‘Dollo’s law’.
If Dollo’s law is right, atavisms should occur only very rarely, if at all. Yet almost since the idea took root, exceptions have been cropping up. In 1919, for example, a humpback whale with a pair of leg-like appendages over a metre long, complete with a full set of limb bones, was caught off Vancouver Island in Canada. Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews argued at the time that the whale must be a throwback to a land-living ancestor. ‘I can see no other explanation,’ he wrote in 1921.
Since then, so many other examples have been discovered that it no longer makes sense to say that evolution is as good as irreversible. And this poses a puzzle: how can characteristics that disappeared millions of years ago suddenly reappear? In 1994, Rudolf Raff and colleagues at Indiana University in the USA decided to use genetics to put a number on the probability of evolution going into reverse. They reasoned that while some evolutionary changes involve the loss of genes and are therefore irreversible, others may be the result of genes being switched off. If these silent genes are somehow switched back on, they argued, long-lost traits could reappear.
Raff’s team went on to calculate the likelihood of it happening. Silent genes accumulate random mutations, they reasoned, eventually rendering them useless. So how long can a gene survive in a species if it is no longer used? The team calculated that there is a good chance of silent genes surviving for up to 6 million years in at least a few individuals in a population, and that some might survive as long as 10 million years. In other words, throwbacks are possible, but only to the relatively recent evolutionary past.
As a possible example, the team pointed to the mole salamanders of Mexico and California. Like most amphibians these begin life in a juvenile ‘tadpole’ state, then metamorphose into the adult form — except for one species, the axolotl, which famously lives its entire life as a juvenile. The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it. From a detailed analysis of the salamanders’ family tree, however, it is clear that the other lineages evolved from an ancestor that itself had lost the ability to metamorphose. In other words, metamorphosis in mole salamanders is an atavism. The salamander example fits with Raff’s 10-million-year time frame.
More recently, however, examples have been reported that break the time limit, suggesting that silent genes may not be the whole story. In a paper published last year, biologist Gunter Wagner of Yale University reported some work on the evolutionary history of a group of South American lizards called Bachia. Many of these have minuscule limbs; some look more like snakes than lizards and a few have completely lost the toes on their hind limbs. Other species, however, sport up to four toes on their hind legs. The simplest explanation is that the toed lineages never lost their toes, but Wagner begs to differ. According to his analysis of the Bachia family tree, the toed species re-evolved toes from toeless ancestors and, what is more, digit loss and gain has occurred on more than one occasion over tens of millions of years.
So what’s going on? One possibility is that these traits are lost and then simply reappear, in much the same way that similar structures can independently arise in unrelated species, such as the dorsal fins of sharks and killer whales. Another more intriguing possibility is that the genetic information needed to make toes somehow survived for tens or perhaps hundreds of millions of years in the lizards and was reactivated. These atavistic traits provided an advantage and spread through the population, effectively reversing evolution.
But if silent genes degrade within 6 to 10 million years, how can long-lost traits be reactivated over longer timescales? The answer may lie in the womb. Early embryos of many species develop ancestral features. Snake embryos, for example, sprout hind limb buds. Later in development these features disappear thanks to developmental programs that say ‘lose the leg’. If for any reason this does not happen, the ancestral feature may not disappear, leading to an atavism.
Questions 27-31
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet.
27 When discussing the theory developed by Louis Dollo, the writer says that
A it was immediately referred to as Dollo’s law.
B it supported the possibility of evolutionary throwbacks.
C it was modified by biologists in the early twentieth century.
D it was based on many years of research.
28 The humpback whale caught off Vancouver Island is mentioned because of
A the exceptional size of its body.
B the way it exemplifies Dollo’s law.
C the amount of local controversy it caused.
D the reason given for its unusual features.
29 What is said about ‘silent genes’?
A Their numbers vary according to species.
B Raff disagreed with the use of the term.
C They could lead to the re-emergence of certain characteristics.
D They can have an unlimited life span.
30 The writer mentions the mole salamander because
A it exemplifies what happens in the development of most amphibians.
B it suggests that Raff’s theory is correct.
C it has lost and regained more than one ability.
D its ancestors have become the subject of extensive research.
31 Which of the following does Wagner claim?
A Members of the Bachia lizard family have lost and regained certain features several times.
B Evidence shows that the evolution of the Bachia lizard is due to the environment.
C His research into South American lizards supports Raff’s assertions.
D His findings will apply to other species of South American lizards.
Questions 32-36
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 32-36 on your answer sheet.
32 For a long time biologists rejected
33 Opposing views on evolutionary throwbacks are represented by
34 Examples of evolutionary throwbacks have led to
35 The shark and killer whale are mentioned to exemplify
36 One explanation for the findings of Wagner’s research is
A the question of how certain long-lost traits could reappear.
B the occurrence of a particular feature in different species.
C parallels drawn between behaviour and appearance.
D the continued existence of certain genetic information.
E the doubts felt about evolutionary throwbacks.
F the possibility of evolution being reversible.
G Dollo’s findings and the convictions held by Lombroso.
Questions 37-40
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3?
In boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
37 Wagner was the first person to do research on South American lizards.
38 Wagner believes that Bachia lizards with toes had toeless ancestors.
39 The temporary occurrence of long-lost traits in embryos is rare.
40 Evolutionary throwbacks might be caused by developmental problems in the womb.
接下来我们一起来了解一下剑桥雅思10Test4阅读答案及解析。
Passage 1
Question 1
参考译文： 风向的运动：____更加无法预测。
难度及答案：难度低;答案为spread
关键词：movement
定位原文： 第 1 段最后1句“The wildfire themselves... than in the past” 专家表示，总的来说， 现在的森林大火比过去温度更高，蔓延的得更快，扩散踪迹更为飘忽不定。
解题思路： 原文中erratically与题目中unpredictably属于同义替换，因此spread为movement的特点。
Question 2
参考译文：火势的大小，比过去20年前平均大了_____。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为10/ten times
关键词： size of fires
定位原文：第 2 段第 1 句“…10 times the size of average...20 years ago.” 这种大火烧毁的土地面积相当于20年前一般森林大火破坏面积的10倍。
解题思路：原文中 10 times the size of average 与题目中 greater on average than 属于同义替换，因此应当填入10/ten times。
Question 3
参考译文：降水：____平均值。
难度及答案：难度低;答案为below.
关键词： rainfall
定位原文： 第3段第1句“One explanation for the trend to…in many recent years.” 关于频发超级火灾这—趋势，其屮-个解释便是该地区通常夏天干燥，且近几年降水远远低于正常水平。
解题思路：原文中 precipitation、normal 与题目中 rainfall 、average 分别属于同义替换，因此应当填入below。
Question 4
参考译文： 更多的灌木丛被用于_____
难度及答案：难度低;答案为fuel
关键词： brush
定位原文： 第 3 段最后1句话 “The unintentional consequence... primary fuel for megafires.”由此产生了无意识的后果，中断了灌木丛自然的根除过程，现在致使灌木丛成为特大火灾的主要燃料。
解题思路：根据原文可知brush的特性，原文underbrush与题目中brush属于同义替换. 因此空格应填入fuel。
Question 5
参考译文： 扩大的火灾____
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为seasons
关键词： extended fire
定位原文： 第 4 段第 3 句 “Second is fire seasons that... 20 years ago.” 第二点是火险季节相比20年前平均延长了78天。
解题思路： 根据原文可知有什么东西在过去的20年里变长了。因此答案为seasons。
Question 6
参考译文： 更多的______建在容易着火的区域。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为homes/housing
关键词： more building
定位原文： 第 4 段最后一句 “Third is increased construction of homes...” 第三，是在多树地区，房屋的不断扩建。
解题思路： 根据原文可知homes变多了，因此可以填入homes/housing。
Question 7
参考译文： 在加利福尼亚州的空旷土地的数量在过去的十年里已经减少了很多。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为TRUE
关键词： open space 、diminished
定位原文： 第6段第1句“In California, where…built.”至少十多年来，加利福尼亚州平均每年增加60多万人口，越来越多的住宅正在建造当中。
解题思路： 原文中有a decade对应题目问的last ten years，且原文提到有更多的住房被建造，与题目中space属于同义替换，因此答案为TRUE。
Question 8
参考译文： 很多专家认为加利福尼亚州的灭火准备工作没有进展。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为FALSE
关键词： many experts 、 little progress
定位原文： 第 7 段第 1 句 “That said many... killed numerous people.” 据称，有史以来最大的几场火灾烤焦了成千上万英亩的土地， 烧毁了数以万计的房屋， 烧死大量的居民之后，许多专家给予了加利福尼亚州相当高的评价，因其近几年来在消防准备工作中取得的进步。
解题思路： 根据关键词定位至第7段，找到experts的态度，experts的态度为high marks on making progress on preparedness，因此与题目不符合，为 FALSE。
Question 9
参考译文： 消防工作人员过去被指责错误地处理火灾。
难度及答案： 难度难;答案为TRUE
关键词： personnel 、 criticize for mishandling fire containment
定位原文： 第 7 段最后一句 “Stung in the past…previously，observers say.” 观察家们表示这些火灾本该受到控制却依旧蔓延开来，相关部门过去被严厉指责为工作不力。如今，他们正面临着来自周边地区和峡谷的前所未有的巨大挑战。
解题思路： 该题难点在于对应原文为长难句，通过对对应原文的解读，可知题干所描述内容与原文相符，因此为TRUE。
Question 10
参考译文：加利福尼亚已经更换了一批消防用具。
难度及答案：难度中等;答案为TRUE
关键词： arrange of firefighting tools
定位原文： 第 8 段第 1 句 “State promises to provide…fulfilled.” 州政府已经实现了关于提供更多先进的消防车、飞机和直升机以对抗火灾的承诺。
解题思路： 通过对应原文可知，题干所描述事件正确因此为true。
Question 11
参考译文： 已经雇佣了更多的消防人员来提高处理火灾的能力。
难度及答案： 难度中;答案为NOT GIVEN
关键词： More firefighters
定位原文：无
解题思路： 因为原文中无法找到题干所描述的事件，因此答案为NOT GIVEN。
Question 12
参考译文：居民和政府组织不同意不同的州和社会组织之间的合作-
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为FALSE
关键词：disapprove 、 working together
定位原文： 第 8 段第 3 句 “We are pleased that…of the firefighters union.” “我们很高兴现任加利福尼亚州的行政部门.非常积极主动地支持我们，同时已经通过了我们渴望已久的、满足基础设施需求的预算支持方案。”消防队联盟的麦克黑尔先生表示。
解题思路： 根据对应原文，发现居民和政府对于州际之间联合是proactive的态度，而是题干中所说的disapprove，因此为FALSE。
Question 13
参考译文：Randy Jacobs认为因为火灾而失去生命的人的数量不会改变，尽管(在救火能力上)已经有了改变。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为FALSE
关键词： Randy Jacobs、the same level.
定位原文： 第 10 段最后—句 “Notwithstanding all the damage.., he says.” “尽管由森林 大火引起的损失还将持续，但我们不会像过去那样蒙受生命损失了，因为火灾预防和消防措施已经到位。”他说道。
解题思路： 由原文可知we will no longer suffer... endured in the past.题干描述与之不符, 因此为FALSE。
Passage 2
Questions 14-15
参考译文：传统意义上，心理学家认为人的性格是不可能____并且在一个人_____时候，性格就已经定型了。
难度及答案：难度低;答案为 transformation/change; young age
关键词：第1空的关键闻为traditionally believe、impossible;第二空的关键词为person's character tend to be fixed.
定位原文：A 部分第 1 段第 1 句 “Psychologists have long…a very young age.” 心理学家 长期以来持有一种观点，即人们的性格在任何有意义的方式下都不会经受改变， 并且人们的主要性格特点在小时候就已经确定了。
解题思路：根据对应原文发现原文有两个分句刚好对应题目的两个空格，从and前的分句中 cannot undergo 对应 impossible, 因此第 1 个空格为 transformation 从第2空格句中发现空格前有定冠词“a”，且traits of personality对应person's characteristics，determined 对应 fixed，因此第 2 空为 young age。
Questions 16
参考译文： 其中一个最容易获得的品质是___。
难度及答案： 难度高;答案为optimism
关键词： the easiest qualities
定位原文： A部分第2段第1句“Some qualities... of them.”有一些品质没有另一些品质如此难以开发，乐观这个品质就是其中一个。
解题思路： 从对应原文中找到比较级，原文中出现比较级的部分一般为考点。文中指出有一些品质没有另外一些品质那么难养成，乐观(optimism)就是其中一个，与 one of the easiest 对应，此空格填 optimism。
Questions 17
参考译文： 但是，不管是哪种品行，人们都有必要学习各种各样的______以发展新的品行。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为skills/techniques 。
关键词：learn、 a wide variety of
定位原文： A部分第2段第2句“However, developing qualities...and sometimes surprising.”但是，人们想要开发这些品质要求掌握一系列的技巧，这些技巧五花八门，有时候还可能让人很吃惊。
解题思路： 原文中的learn、a range of与题目中master、a wide variety of 分别为同义替换，因此此空可填 techniques/skills。
Questions 18
参考译文： 例如，一个人必须要明白和感受一些_____.目的是提高他们的快乐程度。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为 negative emotions/feelings
关键词： understand and feel 、 increase their happiness
定位原文： A部分第2段第3句“For example, to bring more…emotions.” 例如，你如果想为你的生活增加更多的快乐和激情，你必须敞开胸怀对待消极的情绪。
解题思路： 原文中 bring more joy and passion in my life、experience 与題干中 increase their happiness、understand and fed分别属于同义替换。因此，本题答案为 negative, emotion。
Questions 19
参考译文： 他们必须接受这个事实，即人们在第一次尝试一些新事物的时候知道的不多。
难度及答案：难度高;答案为E
关键词： accept、 first trying something new
定位原文： F 部分第 3，4 句 “Psychologist Todd Kashdan has this…he says.” 心理学家 Todd Kashdan提供了这类的建议给人们去获取这些新的激情。他说：“作为一个新人，你通常需要去忍受并嘲笑自己的无知。你必须接受那些消极的情绪。”
解题思路： 在对应原文中找到Kashdan的态度，原文中own ignorance、accept与題干中 they do not know、tolerate and laugh at your own 分别属于同义替换，因此此题配对E项。
Question 20
参考译文： 去主动留意美好的事情对一个人是很重要的。
难度答案： 难度高;答案为C
关键词： actively notice、 good things happen
定位原文： D段第2句“She recommends you train...come about each day.”她建议人们应该训练自己去关注那些美好的事情并且记录下每天发生的三件美好的事情。这样做有助于自己说服自己让人开心的事情每时每刻都在发生，也更加容易使你采取实际的行动(去做积极的事情)。
解题思路： 参照对应原文，找到了Segerstrom的态度，原文中train yourselves to pay attention to、positive things that come about each day 与题干中的actively notice、good things happen分别属于同义替换，因此此题答案为C。
Question 21
参考译文：勇气是可以学习的，只要人们意识到勇气源于责任感。
难度及答案：难度高;答案为G
关键词： courage、 sense of responsibilities
定位原文： H 部分第 I 段第 5 句 “According to Cynthia Pury... obligation.” 根据一位来自克莱姆森大学的心理学会Cynthia Pury的观点，Pedeleose的故事证明了一个观点，这个观点就是勇气不是被无畏所激发，而是通过道德责任所激发。
解题思路： 参照对应原文，原文中moral obligation与题干中sense of responsibilities属于同义替换，且由原文中可知courage是obligation产生的，因此此題答案为G。
Question 22
参考译文： 当面对需要在公众面前演讲的需求时，害羞是可以被克服的。
难度及答案：难度中等;答案为A
关键词： overcome shyness、speak in public
定位原文： B部分第3句“So he learned to be…his classes.”因此，他开始学怎样变得亲和， 怎样活跃他的课堂。
解题思路： 根据对应原文，原文中 be more outgoing、entertain his classes 与题干中 overcome shyness、speak in the public分别属于同义替换，因此本题答案为A。
Question 23
参考译文：提到了关于提到如何理性的思考，从而达到生理上的目标。
难度及答案：难度中等;答案为E
关键词：rational thinking、physical goals
定位原文： E 部分第 5 句 “Streeter learned to untangle... and mind could do.” Streeter 通过判断自己身体和心理可以承受的程度，学习了如何去解除她的恐惧。
解题思路： 题干中rational thinking对应原文learn to untangle her fears，原文全句表达了 Streeter战胜了她心理上和生理上的恐惧，达到了自己的目标，即为题干中的 physical goals，因此此题匹配E段。
Question 24
参考译文：解释一个人是如何克服悲伤的心情的经历。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为C
关键词：overcome a sad experience
定位原文： C部分全文，再发生了一场终止他运动生涯的意外时，David Fajgenbaum也做过相似的性格转换，那时他正准备上大学。在大学校园里，他很快发现：除了普通的询问，学校里并没有为像他那样正在经受生理恢复和心理沮丧的学生提供服务。 他因此发起了一个提供服务小组去帮助其他的那些和他有着相似境况的人。他对于这样的情况采取了行动，尽管他自己也在经受运伤痛，这是一种积极者的反应。
解题思路： C段全文在描写David Fajgenbaum在事故之运如何以一种乐观的心态面对已经积极的帮助他人的。因此匹配C段。
Question 25
参考译文： 描述一个人如何决定去重新思考自己的学术研究之路。
难度及答案： 难度高;答案为G
关键词： rethink their academic career path
定位原文： G部分第1段，在2004年，医学科学家Mauro Zappaterra开始在哈佛大学医学院开展他的博士学位的研究。不幸的是，他相当痛苦，因为他的研究与他所好奇的关于治疗相关疾病的方案不相符合。最终他在Santa Fe休息了一段时间，在这八个月的时间里，Zappaterra学到一种没有在哈佛学过的可替代的治疗技术。当回来的时候，他改变了他的实验项目，转而研究脑脊髓液是如何滋养神经系统的发展。他也发誓要在一切事物中，包括失败中，寻找快乐。因为失败可以帮助他了解自己的研究和他自身。
解题思路： G段描述了 Zappaterra这个人从事的研究方向。从G段第四句描述了 Zappaterra 转变了自己的研究方向，因此该题匹配G段。
Question 26
参考译文：举例说明一个人出于责任感不惜以自己的事业作为代价.
难度及答案; 难度中等;答案为H
关键词： risked his career、sense of duty
定位原文： H部分第 1 段第 3 句“ The new manger was intimidating ...would be threatened.” 一个新上任的经理恐吓员工，Pedeleose明知自己的事业会遭到威胁，仍仔细地录下他每次作恶的片段，并且最终将证据交给高级主管。
解题思路： 原文以Pedeleose为例，讲述他出于道义举报领导的不良行为的事迹。文中的 his own job security would be threatened 与题目中的 risked his career属于同义替换。
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Question 27
参考译文： 当讨论Louis Dollo的理论时,作者说____
难度及答案：难度中等;答案为C。
关键词： Louis Dollo
定位原文： 第3段第2, 3句“In 1890...”在1890年，他提出进化是不可以逆转的：“一个有机体不能够回转到之前它的祖先已经实现了的阶段，哪怕只是一部分。” 在20世纪早期，生物学家得出一个相似的结论，即尽管他们认同返祖现象的可能性，并表示没有理由证明为什么进化不能被反向运行，但他们就是认为发生的可能性极小。
解题思路： 根据关键词Louis Dollo定位至第3段，得知他提出进化是不可逆转的，可是20世纪的时候，生物学家认为没有原因不可逆转，也就是进化是可逆转的。所 以是答案C。
Question 28
参考译文： 文中提到在Vancouver岛附近捉到的座头鲸，因为_____。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为D
关键词： humpback whale、vancouver
定位原文： 第4段前4句“If Dollo’s...”如果多洛氏法则是正确的，返祖现象就算真的有， 应该也很少发生。然而，几乎自这种想法产生起，就已经出现特例了。比如， 在1919年，一头座头鲸在加拿大温哥华岛被捕获，它带有一双长达1米、像脚的附肢，且有着一套完整的肢骨。探险家Roy Chapman Andrews在那时表明这头鲸鱼一定是某种陆地生活的祖先动物的反向进化结果。
解题思路： 原文中对于座头鲸的特征有详细的描述，为什么长成这个样子也做出了解释，说是一种反向进化的结果。所以选择D。
Question 29
参考译文： 关于“休眠基因”有何描述?
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为C
关键词： silent genes
定位原文： 第5段最后一句“If these...”如果这些休眠基因在以某种方式再次激活，他们表示，生物长时间丢失的特征可以重现。
解题思路： 关键词silent genes 在原文中重现。long-lost traits 替换了 certain characteristics，原文中的 reappear替换了 re-emergence。
Question 30
参考译文： 作者提到鼹钝口螈，因为_____
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为B
关键词： mole salamander
定位原文： 第7段第1句及最后—句“As a possible example...”作为一个有可能例证的事件， 团队列举了墨西哥和加利福尼亜的鼹钝口螈。鼹钝口螈的例子与Raff的1000万年的学说框架相符合。
解题思路： 找到mole salamander这个例子并不难，难度在于解题点在这段的最后一句话， 距离有点远而已。原文最后一句fits With与选项B中的correct属于同义替换c。证明Raff的理论是正确的。
Question 31
参考译文： 下面哪一个是Wagner的理论?
难度及答案：难度低;答案为A
关键词： Wagner
定位原文： 第8段第2句到段尾“In a paper...”在一个去年发表的文章中，耶鲁大学的生物学家Gunter Wagner汇报了一些关于南美蜥蜴Bachia进化史研究的工作。 它们中的一些拥有非常小的肢节;有一些看起来更像蛇而非蜥錫;有一些完全失去了后肢的趾头。然而，其他的则彰显出了后肢的四个趾头。 最简单的解释就是这些有趾的蜥蜴品种从没有失去过趾头，但Wagner并不认同。根据他对 Bachia的族谱的区别，有趾的物种从它们无趾的祖先进化而成，更有甚者，脚趾的消失和产生在过去的数百万年间发生过不止一次。
解题思路： 根据关键词Wagner定位至第8段。最后一句中的re-evolved、loss and gain和 occurred on more than one occasion 与选项 A 中的 lost and regained several times属于同义替换。
Question 32
参考译文： 很长一段时间，生物学家都拒绝____。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为F
关键词： for a long time、biologist、rejected
定位原文：第1段第2句“For the better part…”在一个世纪的大部分时间里，大多数生物学家不愿意用反向进化等这些词，他们铭记着一个进化原则即“进化是不可以反向运行的”。
解题思路： 这个題不难，原文中for the better part of a century替换了 for a long time，原文中reluctant 替换了 rejected。
Question 33
参考译文： 对于返祖进化持有相对立的观点代表有_____。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为G
关键词： opposing views
定位原文： 第3段第1句“While Lombroso...”当Lombroso在观测犯人时，一位比利时的古生物学家Louis Dollo正在研究化石记录并得出了相反的结论。
解题思路： 根据关键词opposing views定位到第3句opposite condusion，句话里的两个人的意见是相反的。
Question 34
参考译文： 反向进化的例子导致了____。
难度及答案： 难度中等;答案为A
关键词： examples 、 led to
定位原文： 第5段前两句“Since then...”自从那时起，很多其他的例子已被发现，所以进化是不可逆转的这种观点再也无法成立了。这同时产生了困惑：消失了几千万年的特征是如何能重新出现的?
解题思路： 关键词examples中原文中重现。原文中propose与题目中led to属于同义替换， 原文中 characteristics that disappeared millions of years ago 与选项 A 中 long?est traits 也属于同义替换。
Question 35
参考译文： 提到鲨鱼和虎鲸是为了_____.
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为B
关键词： shark、killer whale
定位原文： 倒数第2段第2句“One possibility is…”其中一个可能性就是这三种特性只是失去了，之后又简单地重现。这就像相似的结构可以独立地产生在没有血缘关系的物种中，就像鲨鱼和虎鲸的背部的鳍一样。
解题思路： 根据关键词定位至倒数第2段。原文中similar structures替换了选项B中的particular feature，原文中 unrelated species 替换了选项 B 中的 different species。
Question 36
参考译文：Wabner 的研究成果的解释之一是____.
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为D.
关键词： explanation finding、Wagner
定位原文： 倒数第2段第3句‘Another more...” 另一种更加有吸引力的可能性是那些用来生长趾头的基因信息在蜥蜴上存活了几百或者是几千万年，并且这种基因信息被重新激活了。
解题思路： 倒数第2段讲了 Wagner的发现。原文中的possibility与题目中的explanation 属于同义替换。原文中survive与选项D中continued existence属于同义替换。
Question 37
参考译文： Wagner是第一个做南美洲蜥蜴研究的人。
答案及难度： 难度低;答案为NOT GIVEN .
关键词： Wagner 、south American lizards
定位原文： 第8段第2 句 “In a paper...” 在一个去年发表的文章中，耶鲁大学的生物学家 Gunter Wagner汇报了一些关于南美蜥蜴Bachia进化史研究的工作。
解题思路： 在文中并没有提到Wagner是否是第一人，所以未提及。
Question 38
参考译文： Wagner相信有趾头的Bachia撕锡，其祖先并没有趾头。
难度及答案: 难度低; 答案为YES
关键词： Bachia lizards，toeless、ancestors
定位原文： 第8段最后两句“The simplest.,”最简单的解释就是这些有趾的蜥蜴品种从没有失去过趾头， 但Wagner并不认同。根据他对Bachia的族谱的区别，有趾的物种从它们无趾的祖先进化而成，更有甚者，脚趾的消失和产生在过去的数百万年间发生过不止一次。
解题思路：关键词Bachia和toeless在文中重现，根锯Wagner的调查.它们是从toeless ancestors进化来的;文中内容与题目一致。
Question 39
参考译文： 胚胎时期，短暂出现了消失很久的特点的这种情况是非常少见的。
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为NO。
关键词： embryos
定位原文： 最后1段第3句话 “Early embryos...”许多物种早期的胚胎发展出了祖先的特性。
解题思路： 关键词embryos在文中重现。原文中说这种现象存在于许多物种中(many species),可是题目说这个现象非常少见(rare)，所以很明显矛盾。其中，原文中ancestral features与题目中long-lost trails 属于同义替换。
Question 40
参考译文： 反向进化可能是由于子宫内的发展问题
难度及答案： 难度低;答案为YES
关键词： womb、developmental
定位原文： 最后1段最后两句“Later in development...”这些特性在后期发展中由于某些进化程式消失了，该程式可能导致“腿部的消失”。如果因为任何原因这些事情没有发生，祖先的种种特性也许就不会消失，导致返祖现象。
解题思路： 根据关键间womb和developmental定位至最后一段。 原文中thanks to 中caused by属于同义替换。最后一句说，如果发展的过程没有进行的话，那么就会造成返祖现象，与题目一致，所以答案为YES。
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