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PASSAGE 1 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
1 A
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 D
6 A
7 B
8 D
9 C
10 B
 PASSAGE 2 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
11 C
12 A
13 A
14 C
15 B
16 D
17 A
18 C
19 B
20 A
 PASSAGE 3 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
21 A
22 C
23 B
24 C
25 C
26 A
27 B
28 C
29 C
30 D
31 D
 PASSAGE 4 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
32 B
33 D
34 C
35 D
36 B
37 D
38 A
39 B
40 D
41 A
42 C
 PASSAGE 5 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
43 C
44 D
45 B
46 B
47 D
48 D
49 C
50 C
51 D
52 B
 PASSAGE 1 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
1 D
2 B
3 B
4 D
5 D
6 C
7 A
8 A
9 C
10 D
11 A
 PASSAGE 2 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
12 C
13 D
14 B
15 C
16 C
17 B
18 C
19 D
20 D
21 B
22 A
 PASSAGE 3 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
23 A
24 D
25 C
26 A
27 D
28 A
29 B
30 B
31 C
32 C
33 A
 PASSAGE 4 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
34 A
35 D
36 B
37 C
38 D
39 A
40 A
41 B
42 D
43 C
44 A
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Reading

Passage 1

1. A.

The article reflects Sir Thomas's affirmation and appreciation of Mr.

Crawford, while Fanny disagrees and is not attracted to Crawford. As
can be seen from the dialogue between the two in lines 50 to 62 of the
article. So choose A.

2. C.

"look," "start," and "exclamation" do not reflect ， Fanny's nervousness;

B error,the article does not mention the character's decision;；C correctly,

here shows Fanny's shock at what happened, the reaction was strong;and
D error, the importance of Si r Thomas notificationsis not emphasized
here.

3. B.

See Question 4 Resolution.

4. A.

The "quite out of my power to return his good opinion" in option A is

similar in semantics to question 3 C option unreturned and supports the
C of question 3, so A Cis chosen. The remaining options do not reflect
that Crawford's feelings toward Fanny are not rewarding and therefore
not chosen.

5. D.

"I do not catch your meaning"is a common sentence, where catch means
understanding, so choose D.

6. A.

Fannywford feels like he's made it very clear to Mr. Cr. Crawfordathat he
can see from lines 11-13 --"Itold him without a change ofgency that it
wasvery disagreeable to me, and a quite out of mypower to return his
goodopinion," but Sir THomas said the feedback he received was, "I' Mr.
Crawford considers himself "received as much to proceed"(17-18 (lines).
That is, .Crawford thinks Fanny is encouraging himself. Hearing Sir

THomas say that,，Fanny was thrilled that he didn't give the support (25-

39 （ lines). So it's clear that there's something wrong with the

communication between the two men. Fanny's rejection of Mr. Crawford

is not as obvious as she thought, so it corresponds to option A.

7. B.

Fanny used a counter-question before the 28th line, "HowcanMr.

Crawford say such a thing?" "It means Fanny's excited. Add 28-39 to say
as much as (exciting performance), as well as the front and Sir. Thomas's
back and forth (see Question 6 parsing as a stepping stone) says Fanny
is excited.
8. D.

56 lines"not merely situation in life, fortune... "It shows that Crawford is

rich, and Fanny has no objection to that, so he chose D. Option ABC is a
point of view, not a true,so don't choose.

9. C.

See question 10 resolution.

10. B.

Question 9 asks for idea， that refers to, from Sir Thomas to words

(lines 81-83) )"YoungYoung as you are, and having seen nevery any one,
it is hardly possible you willions",” combined with that sentence." That is

quite out of the question" (hardly possible for out of the ”（ question)

can be concluded that Sir Thomas believes that Fanny is not deeply
involved in theworld,Sir has never seen anyone, can not like others. So
the idea that that refers idea to is option C of Question 9. C What's not
said later about the event is that Fanny likes other people, and there are
hints elsewhere in the article that Fanny's face turns into scarlet, crimson,
for example, the last paragraph says Fanny"prepareherself against the
fartherquestioning".

Passage 2

11. C.

C Correctly,computer corresponds to modern technology, indicating that

modern technology makes people less dependent on memory. A and B
are Socrates' views and are not directly linked. D does not directly point
to the link between technology and memory.

12. A.

People who read the table to see the overall picture of the artwork have a
weaker impression of the artwork than those who observe it directly, or
refer to the 39 lines "TestTest participants... " museumtour", so choose
A. BCD does not match the article statement.

13. A.

In combination with the context, it is known that the word facility means
"convenient and easy", so choose A. BCDs are not contextual.

14. C.

Article 68 line"What's more, participants “ remembereded details about

the object that hadn't zoomed in on "Visible is a step-by-step
relationship with the previous article; the person zooming in remembers
not only the details of the enlarged artwork, but also the details of the
artwork that is not magnified. This phenomenon is unexpected, so choose
C. The remaining options do not have information in the article.

15. B.

See 16 Question Resolution.

16. D.

the slight uptick in focus ” B “increasing one’ minimally”， D The D

sentence explains that zooming in when taking a picture can bring the
effect of the memory closer to direct observation, consistent with the
second half of the above question B option; The remaining options do not
prove the B option on the question, so they are not selected.

17. A.

The first sentence of the lastparagraph, "Of course, an impaired memory

for photographs doesn't haveto be a bad thing at all", is the main thrust
of the paragraph, that is, the impact of taking pictures on memory is not
a badthing. The last sentence borrows Einstein's Ethos instructions to
look back at the memory fragments after taking the picture, so choose A.
Option D is wrong, and the main purpose of the last paragraph is to give
in, not to refute it.

18. C.

See the table.

19. B.

The last line of the corresponding table, experiment 2-2, shows， that

individuals who partially enlarge the artwork are the least likely to
remember the location of the artwork in the museum, so choose B.

20. A.

Compare columns 2 and 4 of the table to see that option A is correct.

Check the table easy to know BCD error, so choose A.
Passage 3

21. A.

The article mainly discusses the study of the body size of moose on Isle
Royale Island, and what factors affect the body size of moose on the
island, so choose A. Option B is part of the content, not the main thrust
of the article. C Error, the article does not discuss the survival crisis of
elk. D Error, the article does not mention contenty.

22. C.

The beginning of the article describes Peterson's collection of moose

bones, from line 7, "the display is part of the world's largest collection
of the moose bones"is visible on a large scale,so choose “ C. The
paragraph does not mention the distinctive features of the moose on Isle

Royale, so A is wrong, the paragraph does not mention central question,，

so B is wrong, and the paragraph does not highlight the relationship

between the moose and its habitat, so D is wrong.

23. B.

The ACD option does not have the corresponding information in the
article. B Options can be found in Question 24 Resolution.

24. C.

C sentence "... When a few Canadian moose probably swam 20 miles of

Lake Superior to the 210-square-mile island 30 of predator-free boreal
forest "in "predator-free"predator-freeindicates that isle Royale's moose
has no natural enemies, corresponding to 23 question b selection, so this
question” C. The remaining options do not mention predatorand arenot
selected.

25. C.

From"The metatarsus in a moose make up the hind leg"it can be seen

that make up means formation, composition,form of the C option has a
composition meaning, so choose C. A is reconcile and does not match

the context；B arranges Arrangement.，D balances option reconciles are

reconcile and do not match the context;

26. A.

In conjunction with the above,"Island rule" meansthat the average size of

an individual born on the same animalisland is less than the average size
of a land-based individual, and Peterson's analysis is consistent with this.
The article does not force Peterson's research to support Island rule,so
option C is incorrect. BD is not expressed as accurately as option A, so
choose A.

27. B.

See question 28 for analysis.

28. C.

The C option is correct. The article mentions that the phenomenon cannot
be explained by physiology, but only by the hunting of small moose by
wolves. "There are normal growth patterns for the 27-question B option,
so C supports the B B-option for 27 C B questions." In addition,option A
The option is wrong, and the article is not compared separately before
and after the arrival of the wolves D .The option has nothing to do with
the question, so 27 Selection B of 27 is incorrect, the article does not
compare the body size of mainland moose and C option did not explain

the link between the arrival of wolves and changes in moose body size；

island moose before and after the arrival of wolves; Body size;

29. C.

See chart. (Note that it's male Isle Royale Moose.)）

30. D.

Look at Figure 2 and see that Isle Royale moose and mainland moose are
both distributed in the 410-420mm interval, so choose D.

31. D.

The problem is to lock， the mainland moose,， with the figure knowing

that the male's length interval is 390-430mm,， while the female's is 370-

420mm,and the female's metatarsal length interval is more, so choose D.

32 .B

Analysis: The question asks what the three or four lines of "strange
throbbing" and "discontent" and "a yearning" have achieved.

B Correctly, women's,”groups can be seen in the, phrases "problem",

"suffered", "struggled suffered’ with it"andare problem dissatisfied with
the life around men. But as can beseen from "she was afraid to ask herself
the silent question",this dissatisfactionexists in their mind and is not
expressed, so it is repressed discontent. Other answers are inaccurate.

33. D.

The second paragraph begins by saying,"For 15 years, none of the works

written about women, written for women, have mentioned this desire."
This desire is corresponding to the first paragraph of the"Each
suburban wife struggled with italone". So the corresponding D option:
these works do not challenge the mainstream view of the situation of the
suburban women (but rather the traditional point of view).

34.C

Analysis: The second paragraph begins by saying,"For 15 years, none of

the works written about women, written for women, have mentioned this
desire." "Over and over women heard in voices of tradition and of
Freudian sophistication they..." to illustrate the scope of these works:
traditional, academic (Freud) works say so. So the corresponding C
option: these voices are mentioned to show that women can hear the
same advice from a variety of sources, and the recommendation refers
to"they can desire no greater than the content to glory in the content of
the femini nity".nity
35.D

Parsing ; Question: According to Article 1 in the mid-twentieth century,

Women in the United States who value professional success are generally
treated. The article begins with 27 lines:They were taught to pity the
neurotic, unfeminine, unhappy women who 30 wanted to be poets or
physicists or presidents. They learned that truly feminine women do not
want careers, higher education, political rights so professional

women are pity, ， pity reflects a condescension,arrogant attitude.

Corresponds to the D option.

36 .B

Analysis: See question above

37.D

Analysis: Question asks from what angle article 2 was written

”organization Select D, you can see from the first sentence of the text
(starting at line 42) that "We,men and women whohereby compositionis
represented by a organization, a group that is vocal anddemanding
change."

38.A

Analysis: The question asks which option indicates that members of

this organization are inspired by international events

A The answer is most adverse:"as part of the world-wide revolution of

human rights now take place within and beyond our national borders"
means that american women's rights are also part of the world's equantity
revolution.

39. B

Parsing: Asks which option is most similar to the interpretation of the

word true in the article

The answer genuine is correct, because it means a partnership of genuine

equality, plus true and genuine are synonyms and should be chosen B
true

40. D

Analysis: Ask those experts in P1 what they think of the men's and
women's equal rights movement in P2.

The answer is D because the expertsin"A thousand expert voices

applauded their femininity, their regency, their new maturity" P1 feel that
women's social responsibility is what they do now, the goddaughter.
"applaud"reflects the expert's attitude toward this state of women, praise.
So they feel that the status quo can satisfy women without changing.
Corresponds to the D option.

41.A

Analysis: The question asks what the P2 point of view is different from
P1 A The answer is correct, P1 does emphasize social injustice and
repression of women, but does not mention the difficulties of men. Read
from line 55 of P2 to the end of the paragraph, where "andof the economic
burdens of their support...." does mention that true cooperation between
men and women can make the pressure to earn money more evenly
distributed.

42.C

Analysis: Question asks which of the following techniques is used in P2

compared to P1.

P1 merely describes the current situation of women's oppression but

does not make an appeal. P2, however, presents demand directly,see
line 74. So it is most appropriateto choose C and call forconcrete action.

Passage5

43.C

Analysis: This article is about a radiation-resistant nanomaterial, so

choose C.

44.D

Analysis: The question asks what roleUberuaga's comments played in the

first natural paragraph.

The first half of U's review explains in detail the specific causes of a
natural phenomenon, namely that radiation makes metals fragile because
lasers increase thethatsize of atoms; “ ", refers to the behavior of this
phenomenon,even if the metal cannot berestored to its original shape.
Corresponds to the D option.

45 .B
Analysis: The question asks what the gap is moving in the direction of
grain Gap sub-movement is a larger and easier gap at grain boundaries.

46.B

Parsing: Interstitial means that gaps can be filled. When the irradiated
atoms leave a mark,theinterstitial will fill in and choose B.

47.D

Parsing ; The question is which option best explains why substances with
nanocrystalline structures and substances with the same composition
but no nanostructures have different properties when exposed to
radiation.

Answer D was chosen because there is corresponding text support in the

text: gaps in nanomaterials fill gaps and are therefore more tenacious.

48.D

Analysis: See the above problem analysis

49 .C

Parsing: The question asks the author whateffect the phrase"a shorter
finish line for their-catch-uprace" is intended to have

Here in this article to the readers without background knowledge to

explain the concept of science, in an easy-to-understand language can
help non-professional readers understand. So choose C
50 .C

Analysis: The question asks what is the main function of the last natural
paragraph of the article.

Starting from line 85, "But these results give some insight into what kind
of interfaces you might need to get some benefit in nuclear environments,
both for fission and fusion reactors." The results show that people
understand how to benefit from the nuclear environment, so it is C to
discuss the significance of the experiment.

51:： D

Analysis: Question: What scientists need to worry about if brass (copper

and zinc alloys) are to be used in such experiments. Quote
original:Radiation does tend to make the crystal grain size grow over time
in some metals such as copper, but using an alloy of two materials that
don't mix, and the can't create larger crystals, can solve that problem. So
the point is that the two materials can't mix and they won't make crystal
bigger. The D option is a rewrite ofthe original text"an alloy of two
materials that don't mix, and therefore can't create larger crystals".

52:： B

Analysis: See question above

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Writing

Passage1

1. D.

Analysis: Which question is most appropriate for the answer below.

The answer is, in fact, this is a small town called GB in the United States.
The question then is to ask which place on Earth this remote place is
uninhabitable. Select D

2. B.

Parsing: The colon has an explanation, and here it means that the town's
name is green bank

3. B.

Parsing; this spot is a singration noun, which is referred to by it. Add the
be verb and you'll only be able to pick the B answer

4. D.

Parsing: The word 'other' has been used to indicate that signals from
other galaxies are repeated except for option D.

5. D.

Analysis: The title is wrong

6. C.

Parsing: The key word for the fifth sentence is mountain,， and because

the proprietary term Quiet Zone has no specific explanation, it is certain

that Quiet Zone has appeared once. In this way, the answer is not C,
successfully took on the above sentence of Allegheny C Mountain.

7. A.

Analysis:Urbanities refers to urban people, so you should follow who

8. A.

Parsing:Leave is the simplest, no extra than the answer to the name.

Emigrate from is too formal and generally crosses borders;flee is an
escape, not a normal departure;and retreat is generally used for the
withdrawal of troops

9. C.

Parsing: Here's the scientist at the observatory should be Jay Lockman's

co-language, separated by a pair of commas, pick C.

10. D.

Analysis: The previous sentence mentions band,so the next sentence

must be related to the band, but also highlight the music in Green Bank
and the music experience of the modern society is different, so choose D
11. A.

Parsing: These residents refer to these people who moved to green bank,
the previous sentence said to move to the local is due to health reasons,
to add this sentence explains what these health reasons are, so choose
A

12. C.

Parsing: Look at the first half of the sentence to know to use the general
past, so choose C

13. D.

Parsing: Because the verb rejecting must have been issued by the
mathematician, the verb must be Euclid,so choose D

14. B.

conform to B；The rest of the answers are inaccurate Parsing: conform

conform: to be similar or identical/to act in accordance with prevailing

standards or customs;；

15. C.

Parsing: "hyperbolic plane"as a proprietary noun requires an insertion to

explain, with apair of commas split before and after, so choose C

16. C.

Parsing: As you can see from the challenge and it wasn't't until in the
next paragraph, it's not easy to make a precise bi-curve model, and
scientists encounter a lot of resistance, so choose the C answer. None
of the remaining answers showed the challenge of a two-curve model.

17. B.

Analysis: As can be found from the previous text, 1997 the bi-curve model
is challenging; So it's a failure for us to launch a prototype of Eugenio
Beltrami, so it's best to take a turning point with but and choose B.

18. C.

Parsing: Simply express 'solve the problem', the other answers are too
sudden to match the tone of the article.

19. D.

Parsing: The following mentions confusingwords such as stitches, and if

you don't explain here exactly what crochet is going to confuse the reader,
choose D to explain in detail.

20. D.

Parsing: This sentence should be about the benefits of the model, not the
benefits of the model, so don't use from;

21. B.
Parsing:Today prompts that when you need to now, a plule of the host
does not require a single three, which adds up to B

22. A.

Parsing:B error, because the center of this article is not geometric

mathematics,modeling is not the origin of geometric mathematics. C
error, because the title of the article is crafting mathematical models, soit
is notirrelevant information. D error, without mentioning euclidean
geometry is very important for modern mathematics.

23. A.

Parsing:Butt is a verse that connects two well-formed complete

sentences and represents a transition, so select A

24. D.

Parsing: Because the content components of the side-by-side need to be

similar, it can be seen from the and ties below that there are three nouns
side by side, so select D

25. C.

Parsing:Master is the most concise and not short of meaning.

26. A.

Parsing: Again,the A answer is the most concise. The rest, while

expressing the same meaning, are repetitive and cumbersome
27. D.

Parsing: The following is a complete sentence starting from in, with only
D grammaticallyselected, while the colon table explains the meaning of
the description.

28. A.

Parsing: The table shows that traditional training takes longer than a
semi-traditional half-VR approach, so A is the most appropriate choice.

29. B.

Analysis: The two sides of the comparison should be welding students

trained student with VR and students trained in traditional ways in the
experiment to do the comparison, so choose B

30. B.

Parsing: Insertion, comma to add a pair, select B

31. C.

Parsing: As can be seen from the comments in the table, the three below
horizontal fillet weld are more difficult than it is, but the training with the
VR component is also better, so choose C.

32. C.
Analysis: The next sentence is about the limitations of VR training
methods, so C is the most appropriate, indicating that VR is not ultusive,
it is best to exist as an auxiliary training, can not be noisy to seize the
main place instead of the actual training.

33. A.

Parsing: Although the previous sentence mentions the limitations of VR,

the following content is generally praising VR,so choose still as a turning
point.

34. A.

Parsing: Although simple phrases can be connected with commas, such

as this particularly long, with a lot of adjectives modified phrases to be
separated by a sign, so choose A

35. D.

Parsing: You don't need to add a comma because the insertion hasn't
finished selecting D.

36. B.

Parsing: This sentence is used to describe the characteristics of the panel

and is used for in addition(other than that), so it is appropriate to follow
the third sentence.

37. C.
Analysis: The post accuses separate paintings, so counterargument
should present the benefits of separating this series of paintings. The
only benefit in the option is C

38. D.

Parsing: Later explains how separating the panels makes the contents of
the painting narrative incoherent, so choose D

39. A.

Parsing: A colon can indicate an explanation. The lack of labor in the north
is what attracts southern workers in the north, so it's explained by a colon.

40. A.

Resolution: No option other than A is a formal written expression.

41. B.

Analysis: is "traveler's bee (plu) ", so choose B

42. D.

Parsing: The previous dozen of appearances must say yellow,so select

yellow as the host below

43. C.

Analysis: The previous meaning is that the Great Migration is of great

significance, and the most significant of the options is C,the Great
Migration is mainly the large movement of people in the north and south

44. A.
Parsing:As evidenced by idiom matching
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