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Soonvip更新更快更新更快出分更穩(wěn)真題真題資料1/5Exam ： Soonvip-62Time ： 2006-6Version ： DEMO5/5PART1-英語(yǔ)PassageIALifeLivedontheMontanaFrontierIn1863,fiveadventurerscampinginagulchhighintheRockyMountains

happenedupon

oneofthelargestgolddepositsinNorthAmerica.Withinayear,10,000peoplehadrushedtoAlderGulch,theMontanaTerritorywasestablished,andnearbyVirginiaCitybecame

it's

firstincorporatedtownandterritorialcapital.(3)In1871,fifteen-year-oldSarahGammon—anAfricanAmericanborninNorthCarolinaandthenraisedbyherauntinTennesseeaftertheCivilWar—washiredbyJudgeMurphytohelpcareforhisthreechildrenonthelongtrekbycoveredwagontotheMontanaTerritory.JudgeMurphyhadbeencalledtoserve

as

themagistrateofVirginiaCity.OncesettledinVirginiaCityandaccustomedtolifeinthisgold-rushboomtown,Sarahfoundworkasahotelchambermaid.In1873,shemarriedWilliamBrown,butherhusbandpassedaway

lessthan

adecadelater.In1884,Sarahremarried,thistimetoasuccessful

manwhowastwentyyearsolderthansheandwhowasalsoagoldminer,

StephenBickford.TheBickfordswereanenterprising

couple.Purchasing

two-thirdsoftheVirginiaCityWaterCompanyin1888.

On

theirstewardship,thecitywaterserviceimproved.Theyreplacedthehollowed-outlogsusedtotransportwaterwithmetal

pipes,they

allowedfortheintroductionofindoorplumbing.

Keepingchangefromthesaleoffarmproductsinasugarbowl,

Sarahalsoranthe

family

farm

sellingfruit,vegetables,poultry,anddairyproductstopeopleinthecommunity.[2]Afterherhusband'sdeathin1900,shecontinuedtooverseebothoperations.[3]Shetookacorrespondencecourseinbusinessmanagementandthenacquiredtheremainingone-thirdofthewatercompany,becomingthesoleproprietor.[4]Withhelpfromtwoofherchildren,ElmerandVirginia,Sarahmanagedthecompanyuntilherdeathin1931.(12)Sidesteppedbyprogressand

frozen

intimeVirginiaCityisnowalivinghistorical

museumpreserving,

asliceoffrontierlife.Asoneofthestatesearliestsettlersandbusinesspeople,SarahGammonvBickfordholdsanimportantplaceiitshistory.NOCHANGEaccidentallystumbledupagainstunintentionallywithoutplanningdiscoveredascertainedandverifiedtheexistenceofAnswer：

A2.NOCHANGEItsits'TheirAnswer：

B3.Athispoint,thewriterisconsideringaddingthefollowingtruestatement:

Infact,VirginiaCitywasoriginallynamedVarina,afterthewifeofJeffersonDavis,presidentoftheConfederateStatesofAmericaduringtheCivilWar.

Shouldthewriteraddthissentencehere?Yes,becauseit'simportanttoknowthatVirginiaCityhadanothername,asthewomanportrayedinthisessayhadtwodifferentnames.Yes,becauseareferencetotheCivilWarindicatesthatotherhistoricaleventsweregoingonatthistime.No,becausetheformernameofthecityisirrelevanttothemaintopicofthisessay.No,becausetheCivilWarwasatragiceventinUnitedStateshistory.Answer：

C4.NOCHANGEForLikeToAnswer：

A5.NOCHANGElessthenfewerthanfewerthenAnswer：

APART2-數(shù)學(xué)

Whichofthefollowingexpressionsisequivalentto3x

+6y

+9z

?3(x

+2y

+3z)

3(x

+2y

+9z)3(x

+6y

+9z)3(x

+2y)+3z18(x

+

y

+

z)Answer：

AWhenwritteninsymbols,"Thesquareofthesumof

x

and

y"isrepresentedas:(x2

+

y2)2x2

+

y2x2

+

yx

+

y2(x

+

y)2Answer：

ETheodometerinDaNae'scarread18,790mileswhensheleftonatripand19,168mileswhenshereturned.DaNaedrovethecarfor7hoursonthetrip.Basedontheodometerreadings,whatwasheraveragedrivingspeedonthetrip,tothenearestmileperhour?6865555440Answer：

DTheinteriordimensionsofarectangularaquariumare3feetby2feetby2feet.Whatisthevolume,incubicfeet,oftheinterioroftheaquarium?712243236Answer：

BIf

a

isarealnumberand4a

=64,then2×2a

=?

48163264Answer：

CPART3-閱讀PassageIPROSEFICTION:Thispassageisadaptedfromthenovel

ChamberMusic

byDorisGrumbach(?1979byDorisGrumbach).Thenarrator,CarolineMaclaren,wasmarriedtoawell-knowncomposer,RobertMaclaren.

TheCommunity

referstoanartists'colony.Ihavedecidedtowritethisaccountbecause,longmylifehasbeen,ithasgivenmeasnoopportunitybeforethistosaywhatIwishtoputdownhere.Perhapsthetimewasnotrighttodoitbefore.WhenIwasyoung,andevenintomymiddleyears,ascrimofsilencesurroundedwhatreallyhappenedinourlives.Iftherewastalk,itwasquietconjectureabouttheindiscretionsofourfriendsandneighbors.Rumorandgossipwereconveyedinwhispers.Secretsweresurelynobetterkeptthantheyarenow,buttheylivedquietly,underthebreath.Theyneverappearedinpublicprintorwerereportedbyprofessionalgossipsontheairwaves.Theywereconfinedtotheinnercoilsoftheprivateear,afootaway,perhaps,nofarther.Weclosetedoursecrets,orforgotthem.Thiswecalleddecorum,andwelivedsecurelyunderitswarmprotection.ButnowtheMaclarenFoundation,whichIheadedforSomanyyears,almostfiftybynow,wishestohaveapermanentrecordofRobert'slife,andmine.Ourstogether,toputitmoreexactly,andminealonewiththeCommunity,afterhisdeath.Thegovernmenthasbecomeinterested,theytellme,in"thearts."Thereisachancethat,withitsfinancialhelp,insomeplace,theCommunitywillberestoredtolife.Myinitialreluctancetoaccedetotheirrequestisamatterofpersonalhabit,Isuppose.Iamanoldwomanborninthelastquarterofthenineteenthcentury,withallthatdecentage'sloveofacalmsurfacetooursociety.Itwasthenthecustomtohavearegular,uniformpatterntoourlives,topresentthehistorianwithonlythosefactswhichwouldcontributetoanorderlypicture.SoIamnotequippedtowriteaconfessioninthemodernsense.WhetherwhatIrememberherewillbeusefulasarecordtothenewFoundationIcannotsay.Iamofanagenottocare,almostninety.

Myhearingisdefective,mybonesseemtolieuponeachotherlike

drykindling,myskinfallsawayinslacklittlepinchesofflesh.Iamdryandbrittle,Istrainandbreakeasily.

RarelyanymoredoIinsertmytworowsofteeth;fewpersonsbothertovisit.IwritethisdescriptionofmyselfnotbecauseIwantpity—whopitiestheveryold?—buttoexplainmyunaccustomedopennessinthisaccount.Ihavenothingtolosethat:extremeoldagehasnotalreadytakenfromme,andnotimetogain.Thewaytheworldthinksofmemaywellchange,buteventhat,ifithappens,Iwillnotsurvive.TheFoundationpromisesmethatitwillbesometimebeforethehistoryofthefoundingoftheCommunitycanbecompletelycollatedandthatithasnoplans:topublishit.Iwillnotbeheretowitnesstheastonishmentofthereader.IamcomfortedbytherealizationthatthereisnooneIknowalivetobesurprisedatme.Fortherepresentationoftruth,oldageisafreeingagent.Nooneshouldwriteofherlifeuntilallthewitnessesandacquaintances,familyandlovers,aredead.

Inaddition,ithelpstooutlivethemodeofone'stimeuntilithaschangedbeyondrecognition.Thenoneis

leftalonewithwhatwas.

Thewrinkled,spottedhandwritesofatimeoutofthememoryofeveryonealivebutitself.Sowhatonetellsisunavailabletoverificationorcorrection.Iwritethis,then,becauseIamfreedbymysurvivalintoextremeoldage,andbecauseIwriteintheairoffreertimes.Whetherthisairisentirelysalutary,whethertheoldmustofchests,ofclosets,belljars,andhorsehairsofasisnotabetterclimateforthestorageoftheprivatelife,Idonotknow.ButItireveryquicklythesedaysandmustspeakopenly,foronce.Iamnowfree.Extraordinaryforme,andforoneofmytime,Iintendtoputdownextraordinarytruths.Irejectedtheoffertodictatetoasecretary,decidingIwouldcelebratemyninetiethyearwithafinalefforttodonatetopapermyinnerlifetogetherwiththeexternalsalreadyknown.Iwouldputitdowninmyownhandasaway,Ithink,ofsignifying,attestingtothetruthbythewitnessofmyhandwritingaswellastheforceofmyownwords.TheFoundationwillsay:Whatyouhavemanagedonlypartialandpersonal,torememberisperhaps

biasedtruth.YouhavenotgivenusRobert'struth.

Surelyitwouldhavedifferedfromyours.Iwouldreply:True.Heneverwroteabouthislife.But,atthelast,Ithink,thehistorian'sviewalwayssuperimposesitselfuponhistory.Outofavastamountofavailablefactsfromaninfiniteacreagehechooseswhatfitshislimitedandsinglevisionandwritesonestory.Inthiscase,thestoryisminealone.ItisallIamabletoknow.Aspresentedinthepassage,howdoesthenarrator'sattitudetowardwritingheraccountchangeovertime?Sheishesitantatfirstbutlaterembracestheprojectasausefulopportunity.Sheisenthusiasticabouttheworkuntilsherealizesshecan'ttell"Robert'struth."SheisreluctanttowritetheaccountbutrelentswhentheFoundationofferstopublishit.Sheishighlymotivateduntilshebeginstofeelthelimitingeffectsofheradvancedage.Answer：

AThesecondparagraph(thehighlightedportion)primarilyemphasizesanearlierera's:senseofdiscretion.lackofintimacy.lackofhonesty.senseofoptimism.Answer：

AThenarratormakesclearthattheFoundationisnowinterestedinanaccountofherandRobert'slivesbecause:Robert'sfamehasgrownsubstantiallysincehisdeath.Foundationofficialsworryshewillnotlivemuchlonger.itwould

helpcorrectthepublichistoryofthe

Community.itcouldhelpsolicitfundsneededtoreviveCommunity.Answer：

DThenarratorindicatesthatsheprovidestheinformationinthehighlightedportioninorderto:evokethesympathyofthereader.explainwhyhercurrentwritingisunusuallyfrank.suggestthatoldagehasrobbedherofvitality.revealthatshehasnothingtoloseandlittlemotivationtowrite.Answer：

BWhenthenarratortalksaboutbeing"leftalonewithwhatwas“(inthehighlightedportion),shemostnearlymeansthatshe:findsmostpeoplepreferlivinginthepasttoenjoyingthepresent.hasthefreedomnowtorecreatethepastwithoutfearofcontradiction.feelsabandonedbythosewhohavediedbeforeher.thinksoutlivingone'stimecanbeexhilaratingbutsometimeslonely.Answer：

BPART4-科學(xué)PassageITransientluminousevents(TLEs)arebriefflashesoflightthatappearabovelargethunderstormclouds.ATLEisproducedbyapositivecloud-to-ground(+CG)lightningstroke.However,notevery+CGlightningstrokeisfollowedbyaTLE.Figure1showsthetypicalshape,width,andaltitudesof3typesofTLEs—redsprites,bluejets,andelves.Table1showsthetypicalduration(inmilliseconds,msec)andbrightness(inkiloRayleighs,kR)ofeachtypeofTLE.Figure2showsthenumberof+CGlightningstrokesofagivenpeakelectricalcurrent(inkiloamperes,kA)from6thunderstormsandthepercentofthose+CGlightningstrokesthatproducedaTLE.Figure1adaptedfromW.Lyons,R.J.Vavrek,andR.Holle,"MysteriousFlashes:RedSprites—BlueJets-Elves”?2000bytheNationalEarthScienceTeachersAssociation.Figure2adaptedfromW.Lyonsetal.,"CharacteristicsofThunderstormsandLightningFlashe