Part I Reading comprehension (40%)共四篇，其中一篇来自教材，占10%；Passage 61.1) Yes, it is.2) Once the technology had evolved, it became possible. It is just a matter of time.3) The faster you go, the slower time seems to move for you with respect to everyone else. This concept is known as “time dilation.”4) travel at the speed of light;5) If your speed finally reaches the speed of light then time actually stands still, exceed the speed of light and its thought that time will start to flow backward.6) An effect of Relativity is that the faster you go, the heavier you become and as you reach the speed of light, you become infinitely heavy.7) The technique is called “quantum tunneling”. It is used by electrons orbiting around atoms to instantly move from point A to point B without passing through the space between.8)It is actually only technology stopping us from doing it.2.1) 即使如我面前的杯子这么普通的东西也可以说某种程度上掌握了时间旅行。
它在桌子上放着，看似无所事事，然而实际上正在穿越时空，无情地，它的速度是每天走一天。
2）如果我跑到这咖啡店的速度接近光速，当我坐下来时，我的年龄小于我周围的人。
实际上，我已经走到他们的未来。
3) 剩下的就是当宇宙倒退时，以这个速度飞行，在适当的时候减速，然后在1973年7月突然出现，那是有史以来最伟大的时刻——我出生啦。
Passage 71.1)By altering the function of one gene, the life span of a species of roundworm could beincreased from the usual two weeks to a month.Study with roundworms found that certain anticonvulsant drugs had a substantial impact on life expectancy. The drugs lengthened the life of the worms by up to 50 percent.2) The research has fueled speculation that there soon may be drugs available that could have related life-extending effects in humans.3) Currently, heart disease is treated by drugs or, in more serious cases, with bypass surgeries and angioplasties.4) Heart “patch” someday soon could be used to repair damaged heart tissue, essentially returning the heart to pre-heart attack functionality.5) The most exciting part of the research into regenerative therapies is the prospect that future regenerative treatments could focus on causing damaged tissues to repair themselves in the body.6) The conventional wisdom is that energy supplies are dwindling while demand is rising, creating a condition in which a serious social and economic dislocation is unavoidable, if not actually imminent.7) It is not just oil that is in abundance. Coal abounds in the United States and can be burned much more cleanly now than in the past, making it, once again, a very viable resource for the generation of electricity.8) Of all the natural resources available, by far the most important are man’s own God-given abilities.2.据美国心脏协会介绍，每年有大约50万人死于心脏病。
据估计，有多达650万美国人深受心绞痛及其他心脏病带来的胸痛之苦。
目前，治疗心脏病的方法主要是药物，或病情比较严重时，采用心脏搭桥手术或者血管造影术。
最危重的情况下，心脏移植可以延续病人生命。
不过很快可能会有一种新颖革新的技术补充或者替代这些治疗手段。
Passage81.1) Malicious hackers, hi-tech bank robbers and identity thieves were the stuff of science fiction novels; few outside the industry of information technology had more than a passing knowledge of their damaging potential.2)The fact that “this all went on behind the scenes-and the average citizen knew little about it” changes.3) A number of malicious and highly publicized computer viruses; the terrorist attacks of September 20014) Advantage:create vast new opportunities to enrich our lives and improve our economy; Disadvantage: also offer a tempting target for vandals, criminals and terrorists.5)We halted development on several key products and invested more than $ 100 million to evaluate our existing software for security issues, and to train our developers to build security into our future products from the ground up.6)Existing industry standards, business practices and regulations already do much to ensure the security of personal information.7) It creates computing systems that will be self-managing, self-repairing and inherently resilient.8) open answer9) open answer10) open answer2.1) reliable 2) flawless 3) disclosed 4) transactional 5) skyrocketed 6) viable 7) deterrence 8) Implement 9)has been implemented; be implemented 10) aggression3.1) 再三考虑后，我决定坚持我原来的计划。
2) 我已授权她在我外出的时候代我执行公务。
行动给我。
3) 我们应该增加农业和农村基础设施建设投资，改善农村生产和生活条件。
4) 橡胶比木头弹性更大。
5) 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明.6) 他警告说，黎巴嫩的战斗可能会造成中东地区的不稳定。
7) 他曾坐牢的过去被公开毁了他的竞选公职的机会。
8) 他是一个很耐心的领导者和指导，我很崇拜他。
9) 失败并没有阻止他再次尝试。
10) 战争和自然灾害都是死亡率上升的原因。
Passage91.1) support an argument 2) It could be used in many different Paragraph 4 explains how the problem presented in paragraph 3 came to be solved．4) Indicate one of the important developments made possible by the introduction of Watt's steam engine 5) They were used in the construction of canals and turnpikes2.1) abundant 2) exploiting 3) multiplied 4) continued 5) dramatically 6) succeeded 7) efficient 8) various 9) operated 10) liberation3.1) 工业革命标志着人类历史上一个重要的转折点；最终影响了日常生活的几乎每个方面。