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(A)and
(B) but
(C) the one
(D) those)

27.(A)unconscionably (B) presumptuously (C)scmpulously (D) impudently)

28.(A)Combining (B) To combine (C) Having combined (D) Combined)

29.(A)tunneled (B) hampered (C) dumped (D) impeded) (c)All languages are works in progress. But English’s globalization, 30_ in the history of languages, will revolutionize it in ways we can only imagine. In the future, there could be a tri-English world, —31— in which you could speak a local English-based dialect at home, a national variety at work or school, and international Standard English to talk to foreigners. With native speakers a shrinking minority of the world’s Anglophones, there’s a growing sense that students should stop trying to _32 Brighton or Boston English, and embrace their own local versions. Researchers are starting to study non-native speakers' “mistakes”一“She look very sad, for example—as structured grammars. In a generation’s time, teachers might —33— be correcting students if they say “a book who” or “a person which.” A famous linguist asks why some Asians, who cannot articulate the “th” sound very —34—, should spend hours trying to say “thing” instead of “sing” or “ting”，International pilots, she points out, already pronounce the word “three” as “tree” in radio dispatches, —35_ “tree” is more widely comprehensible.

30.(A, unprecedented (B) unpretentious (C) impoverished (D) imperative)

32.(A)retrieve (B) contrive (C) concoct (D) emulate)

33.(A)invariably

34. (A)implicitly

35.(A)for (C) radically (D)constantly) (C)providently (D) discreetly) (C) nevertheless (D) nonetheless) (B) scarcely (B) distinctly (B)hence III. Reading Comprehension: 10% (a)A longitudinal fissure separates the human brain into two distinct cerebral hemispheres, connected by the corpus callositm(The arched bridge of nervous tissue that connects the two cerebral hemispheres, allowing communication between the right and left sides of the brain.). The sides resemble each other and each hemisphere's structure is generally mirrored by the other side. Yet despite the strong anatomical similarities, the functions of each cortical hemisphere are managed differently. For example, the lateral sulcus (any of the narrow fissures separating adjacent convolutions of the brain.) generally is longer in the left hemisphere than that in the right hemisphere. Broad generalizations are often made in popular psychology about one side or the other having characteristic labels such as "logical" for the left side or "creative" for the right. These labels need to be treated carefully; although a lateral dominance is measurable, these characteristics are in fact existent in both sides, and experimental evidence provides little support for correlating the structural differences between the sides with functional differences. The extent of any modularity, or specialization of brain ftinction by area, remains under investigation, If a specific region of the brain or even an entire hemisphere is either injured or destroyed, its functions can sometimes be assumed by a neighboring region, even in the opposite hemisphere, depending upon the area damaged and the patient's age. When injury interferes with pathways from one area to another, alternative (indirect) connections may come to exist to communicate information with detached areas, despite the inefficiencies. While functions are lateral ized, these are only a tendency. The trend across many individuals may also vary significantly as to how any specific function is implemented. The areas of exploration of this causal or effectual difference of a particular brain function includes its grogs anatomy, dendritic structure, and neurotransmitter distribution. The structural and chemical variance of a particular brain function, between the two hemispheres of one brain or between the same hemisphere of two different brains, is still being studied. Short of having undergone a hemispherectomy (removal of a cerebral hemisphere), no one is a "left-brain only" or "right-brain only" person. Brain function lateralization is evident in the phenomena of right- or lefl-handedness and of right or left ear preference, but a person's preferred hand is not a clear indication of the location of brain function. Although 95% of right-handed people have lefl-hemisphere dominance for language, 18.8% of left-handed people have right-liemisphere dominance for language function. Additionally, 19.8% of the left-handed have bilateral language functions. Even within various language ftinctions (e.g., semantics, syntax, prosody), degree (and even hemisphere) of dominance may differ.

36. Which of the following statements is true? (A)The right hemisphere and the left one of our brain have symmetric structures and their functions are similar. (B)The author thinks that the function of the right side of our brain controls creativity only, (C)The two sides of our brain share similar structures but some parts of their structures have different length. (D)There is strong evidence that two sides of our brain function differently.)

37. In this'passage, what does the word “assumed” mean? (A)undertalcen (B) imagined (C) replaced (D) amended)