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一四级英语每日练习Passage1Itiswellknownthatteenageboystendtodobetter1)______maththangirls,thatmalehighschoolstudentsaremorelikelythantheirfemalecounterparts2)______advancedmathcourseslikecalculus,thatvirtuallyallthegreatmathematicians3)______men.Arewomenbornwith4)______mathematicalability?Ordoessociety'ssexismslowtheirprogress?In1980,twoJohnsHopkinsUniversityresearcherstried5)______theeternalnature/nurturedebate.JulianStanleyandCamillaBenbow6)______10,000talentedseventhandeighthgradersbetween1972and1979.UsingtheScholasticAptitudeTest,inwhichmathquestionsaremeanttomeasureabilityratherthanknowledge,theydiscovered7)______sexdifferences.8)______theverbalabilitiesofthemalesandfemales9)______differed,twiceasmanyboysasgirlsscoredover500(onascaleof200to800)onmathematicalability;atthe700level,theratiowas14to1.Theconclusion:maleshave10)______superiormathematicalreasoningability.BenbowandStanley'sfindings,11)______werepublishedinScience,disturbedsomemenand12)______women.NowthereiscomfortforthosepeopleinanewstudyfromtheUniversityofChicagothatsuggestsmath13)______not,afterall,anaturalmaledomain.Prof.ZalmanUsiskinstudied1,366tenthgraders.Theywereselectedfromgeometryclassesandtestedontheirabilitytosolvegeometryproofs,asubjectrequiring14)______abstractreasoningandspatialability.Theconclusion15)______byUsiskin:therearenosexdifferencesinmathability.1.A.atB.toC.ofD.about2.A.intacklingB.tacklingC.totackleD.abouttackling3.A.mightbeB.havebeenC.mustbeD.hadbeen4.A.smallerB.lessC.fewerD.notmore5.A.tosettleB.tosetC.settlingD.setting6.A.weretestedB.havetestedC.weretestingD.hadtested7.A.distinctB.instinctC.remoteD.vague8.A.SinceB.HoweverC.AsD.While9.A.scarcelynotB.virtuallyC.largelyD.hardly10.A.superficiallyB.universallyC.inherentlyD.initially11.A.asB.thatC.whichD.all12.A.fewB.notafewC.notfewD.quitefew13.A.beB.wereC.wasD.is14.A.noneofB.neitherofC.eitherD.both15.A.gotB.gainedC.reachedD.accomplishedPassage2Weallknowthatamagiciandoesnotreallydependonmagictoperformhistricks,butonhisabilitytoactatgreatspeed.16)______,thisdoesnotpreventusfromenjoyingwatchingamagician17)______rabbitsfromahat.18)______thegreatestmagicianofalltimewasHarryHoudiniwhodiedin1926.Houdinimasteredtheartof19)______.Hecouldfreehimselffromthetighttestknotsorthemostcomplicatedlocksinseconds.20)______noonereallyknowshowhedidthis,thereisnodoubt21)______hehadmadeaclosestudyofeverytypeoflockeverinvented.Helikedtocarryasmallsteelneedleliketoolstrappedtohislegandheusedthisinplaceofakey.HoudinionceaskedtheChicagopolicetolockhiminprison.They22)______himinchainsandlockedhimup,buthefreedhimself23)______aninstant.Thepolice24)______himofhavingusedatoolandlockedhimupagain.Thistimeheworenoclothesandtherewerechainsroundhisneck,waist,wrists,andlegs;butheagainescapedinafewminutes.Houdinihadprobablyhiddenhisneedleinawaxlike25)______anddroppeditonthefloorinthepassage.26)______hewentpast,hesteppedonitsothatitstucktothebottomofhisfoot.Hismostfamousescape,however,was27)______astonishing.Hewasheavilychainedupandenclosedinanemptywoodenchest,thelidof28)______wasnaileddown.The29)______wasdroppedintotheseainNewYorkharbor.InoneminuteHoudinihadswumtothesurface.Whenthechestwas30)______,itwasopenedandthechainswerefoundinside.16.A.GenerallyB.HoweverC.PossiblyD.Likewise17.A.toproduceB.whoproducesC.produceD.howtoproduce18.A.OutofthequestionB.ThoughC.ProbablyD.Undoubted19.A.escapingB.lockingC.openingD.dropping20.A.SurprisinglyB.ObviouslyC.PerhapsD.Although21.A.ifB.whetherC.astoD.that22.A.involvedB.closedC.connectedD.bound23.A.atB.byC.inD.for24.A.ridB.chargedC.accusedD.deprived25.A.candleB.mudC.somethingD.substance26.A.AsB.UsuallyC.MaybeD.Then27.A.overallB.allbutC.nolongerD.altogether28.A.itB.whichC.thatD.him29.A.chestB.bodyC.lidD.chain30.A.broughtupB.sunkC.brokenapartD.snapped二Passage3WhowontheWorldcup1998footballgame?WhathappenedattheUnitedNations?Howdidthecriticslikethenewplay?31)______aneventtakesplace,newspapersareonthestreetsgivingthedetails.Whereveranythinghappensintheworld,reportersareonthespottogatherthenews.Newspapershaveonebasic32)______,togetthenewsasquicklyaspossiblefromitssource,fromthosewhomakeittothosewhowantto33)______it.Radio,telegraph,television,and34)______inventionsbroughtcompetitionfornewspapers.Sodidthedevelopmentofmagazinesandothermeansofcommunication.35)______,thiscompetitionmerelyspurredthenewspaperson.Theyquicklymakeuseofthenewerandfastermeansofcommunicationtoimprovethe36)______andthustheefficiencyoftheirownoperations.Todaymorenewspapersare37)______andreadthaneverbefore.Competitionalsolednewspaperstobranchoutintomanyotherfields.Besideskeepingreaders38)______ofthelatestnews,today'snewspaperseducateandinfluencereadersaboutpoliticsandotherimportantandseriousmatters.Newspapersinfluencereaders'economicchoices39)______advertising.Mostnewspapersdependonadvertisingfortheirvery40)______.Newspapersaresoldatapricethat41)______evenasmallfractionofthecostofproduction.Themain42)______ofincomeformostnewspapersiscommercialadvertising.Thesuccessinsellingadvertisingdependsonanewspaper'svaluetoadvertisers.T