26. [A] meaning [B] sense [C] case [D] situation

    27. [A] Not [B] No [C] None [D] Nor

    28. [A] type [B] form [C] sort [DJ way

    29.[A} between [B] among [C] of [D] from

    30. [A] changes [B] varies [C] shifts [D] alters

    31. [A] areas [ B ] parts [ C ] countries [ D ] spaces

    32. [A] direction [B] guide [C] symbol [D] model

    33. [A] given [B] responded [C] satisfied [D] answered

    34. [A] Because [B]When [C]lf [D] Whether

    35. [A] as [B]in [C]like [D] near

    36. [A] custom [B] use [C] tradition [D] habit

    37. [A] aim [B） propose [C] select [D] tend

    38. [A] fashion [B] mistake [C] nonsense [D] possibility

    39. [A] everything [B] nothing [C] anything [D] things

    40. [A] where [B] that [C] which [D] wherever

    41. [A] to [B] with [C] on [D] as

    42. [A] practical [B] domestic [C] native [D] new

    43. [A] care [B] affect [C] trouble [D] matter

    44. [A] effective [B] sensitive [C] ordinary [D] careful

    45. [A] listen [B] hear [C] notice [D] find

    Section 11 Reading Comprehension

    （40 minutes）

    Part A

    Directions：

    Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A， B， C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.

    Text I

    If you want to stay young， sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors， who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise-and as a result， we are ageing unnecessarily soon.

    Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age， and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.

    With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University， he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.

    Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain， which relate to intellect （智能 ） and emotion， and deter-mine the human character. （ The rear section of the brain， which controls functions like eating and breathing， does not contract with age， and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties （功能）。

    Contraction of front and side parts-as cells die off-was observed in some subjects in their thirties， but it was still not evident in some sixty-and-seventy-year-olds.

    Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age-using the head.

    The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk， says Matsuzawa， are lawyers， followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are， however， as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker， bus driver and shop assistant.

    Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain， " he says. "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don ' t rely on pocket calculators. "