PartIICloze(15points)Apreviouslyunknowndisease，SARShasenteredourdailyvocabulary．Nowweliveinits_21．WhileSARS22centerstage,anancientandmoreinfectiondiseaseis23itsuglyhead.Thatdiseaseispanicorirrationalfear.WeneedtohaveahealthyfearforSARSandtotakeprudent24inpreventingitsspread.Butpanicfearcreates25itfears.ThepanicwhichisgeneratedbySARSwill26ourimmunesystemwhich27usmoresusceptible28thisdreadeddisease.WhileSARSisknownto29transmittedthroughclosepersonalcontact,fearistransmittedthroughallformsofmedia,includingemail.Onlyan30SARSpatientcantransmitSARStoothers.Butfearcanbetransmittedbyanyone,sometimesevenwiththebestofintentions.Asweknow,fearaboutitdoeshurtus.So,howdowe31withfear?Admitourfearandkeepmoving32bylivingourlivesasnormallyaspossiblewhiletakingnecessaryprecautions.Forexample,itis33tostopshakingthehandofahealthyfriend.Atthesametime,itisalwaysagoodpracticetowashourhandsbeforeameal–this_34bedonewhetherornotSARS35.Acceptfearasapriceofprogress.SARSwillhitusoritwon't.Ourfearwillnotpositivelychangetheoutcome.21A.shadeB.shadowC.silhouetteD.image22A.takesB.istakingC.hasbeentakenD.hastaken23A.raisingB.risingC.arisingD.elevating24A.rootB.risksC.stepsD.place25A.thatBifC.whoseD.what26A.weakenB.disableC.lessenD.cripple27A.makeB.makesC.makingD.made28A.forB.withC.toD.at29A.beB.beingC.havebeenD.have30A.infectionB.infectC.infectingD.infected31A.workB.dealC.cutD.gataway32A.forwardB.aboutC.downD.away33A.idiotB.sillyC.ridiculousD.foolish34A.couldB.mayC.mustD.should35A.persistsB.consistsC.existsD.insistsPartIIIReadingComprehension(30minutes,20points)Passage1Itmaylooklikejustanotherplaygroup,butauniqueeducationalcenterinManhattanisreallygivingbabiessomethingtotalkabout."It'saschooltoteachlanguagestobabiesandyoungchildrenwithgames,songs--someoftheclassesalsohaveartsandcrafts,"saidFrancoisThibaut,thefounderoftheLangrageWorkshopforChildren,aplacewherebabiesbecomebilingual.ChildrenasyoungasfewmonthsareexposedtoFrenchandSpanishbeforemanyofthemcanevenspeakEnglish.Educatorsusespecialsongsandvisual(视觉的)aidstoensurethatwhenachildisreadytotalk,thelanguageswillnotbesoforeign."Childrenhaveauniquecapacitytolearnmanylanguagesatthesametime,"saidThibaut."Alreadyatninemonths,achildcantellthedifferencesbetweenthesoundsheorshehasheardsincebirthandthesoundsheorshehasneverheardyet."Thibautsaysthebesttimetoexposechildrentolanguageisfrombirthto3yearsold.Forthelast30years,theschoolhasbeenusingwhatitcallstheThibarutTechnique,asystemthatcombineslanguagelessonswithchild'splay.“IalwayswantedtolearnSpanish,butbythetimeIgottohighschoolitwastoolatetopickitupandspeakfluently,”saidMarcLazare,whoenrolledhissonattheschool."Ifiguredatthisage,two,it'saperfecttimeforhimtolearn.”Asidefromlearningalanguage,thekidsalsogainatremendoussenseofconfidence.OneyoungstudentboastedthatasidefromFrench,shecanspeakfivelanguages(thoughthatincluded"monkey"and"lion").Theschoolgiveschildrenthetoolstocommunicate,andsometimesthatgivesthemanadvantageovertheirparents."IthinktheysometimesspeakFrenchwhentheythinkIwon’tunderstandthem,”saidparentFosterGibbonsDependingontheagegroup,classesrunfrom45minutesupto2hours.Evenwhenthestudentsarenotinclass,theprogramisdesignedtomakesurethelearningcontinuesathome.Tapesandbooksareincludedsokidscanpracticeontheirown.(359)41.Theword"bilingual"inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans______.A.capableofusingtwolanguagesB...
