现在下面有2篇阅读，1篇完形和2篇新题型，大家可以最后练练考感，冲刺一下！

　提醒一下：大家做阅读应该养成做题的良好习惯，永远养成“看题目找答案，看主旨答案定细节答案的习惯！”——首先可以简单阅读一下首段，然后就可以边看题目边找答案了，在做细节题目的时候，始终把握细节要和主旨保持一致的习惯，几个细节题加起来也可以确定真正的主旨是什么了。这样做，又快又准！建议大家把最新的2008年考研的阅读题这样去做做！实践一下！

　第一篇 阅读理解——从鸡蛋中培养流感疫苗

Modern technology has put men on the moon and deciphered the human genome. But when it comes to brewing up flu to make vaccines, science still turns to the incredible edible egg. Ever since the 1940s, vaccine makers have grown large batches of virus inside chicken eggs. But given that some 36,000 Americans die of flu each year, it’s remarkable that our first line of defense is still what Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson calls “the cumbersome and archaic egg-based production.” New cell-based technologies are in the pipeline, however, and may finally get the support they need now that the United States is faced with a critical shortage of flu vaccine. Although experts disagree on whether new ways of producing vaccine could have prevented a shortage like the one happening today, there is no doubt that the existing system has serious flaws.

Each year, vaccine manufacturers place advance orders for millions of specially grown chicken eggs. Meanwhile, public-health officials monitor circulating strains of flu, and each March they recommend three strains—two influenza A strains and one B strain—for manufacturers to include in vaccines. In the late spring and summer, automated machines inject virus into eggs and later suck out the influenza-rich goop. Virus from the eggs’ innards gets killed and processed to remove egg proteins and other contaminants before being packaged into vials for fall shipment.

Why has this egg method persisted for six decades? The main reason is that it’s reliable. But even though the eggs are reliable, they have serious drawbacks. One is the long lead time needed to order the eggs. That means it’s hard to make more vaccine in a hurry, in case of a shortage or unexpected outbreak. And eggs may simply be too cumbersome to keep up with the hundreds of millions of doses required to handle the demand for flu vaccine.

What’s more, some flu strains don’t grow well in eggs. Last year, scientists were unable to include the Fujian strain in the vaccine formulation. It was a relatively new strain, and manufacturers simply couldn’t find a quick way to adapt it so that it grew well in eggs. “We knew the strain was out there,” recalls Theodore Eickhoff of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, “but public-health officials were left without a vaccine—and, consequently, a more severe flu season.”

Worse, the viruses that pose the greatest threat might be hardest to grow in eggs. That’s because global pandemics like the one that killed over 50 million people between 1918 and 1920 are thought to occur when a bird influenza changes in a way that lets it cross the species barrier and infect humans. Since humans haven’t encountered the new virus before, they have little protective immunity. The deadly bird flu circulating in Asia in 1997 and 1998, for example, worried public-health officials because it spread to some people who handled birds and killed them—although the bug never circulated among humans. But when scientists tried to make vaccine the old-fashioned way, the bird flu quickly killed the eggs.

1. The moon-landing is mentioned in the first paragraph to illustrate_____.

［A］ technology cannot solve all of our human problems

［B］ progress in vaccine research for influenza has lagged behind

［C］ great achievements have been made by men in exploring the unknown

［D］ the development of vaccine production methods can not be stopped

2. What step is essential to the traditional production of flu vaccine?

［A］ Manufacturers implant the vaccine into ordered chicken eggs.

［B］ Scientists identify the exact strain soon after a flu pandemic starts.

［C］ Public health measures are taken as an important pandemic-fighting tool.

［D］ Viruses are deadened and made clean before being put into vaccine use.

3. The foremost reason why the egg-based method is defective lies in_____.

［A］ the complex process of vaccine production ［B］ its potential threat to human being

［C］ the low survival rate for new flu vaccines ［D］ its contribution to the flu vaccine shortage

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

［A］ Flu vaccines now mainly use egg-based technology.

［B］ A bird influenza has once circulated among humans.

［C］ Safety can be greatly improved with cell-culture vaccines.

［D］ Modern vaccine production methods are to replace egg-based methods.

5. In the author’s view, the new vaccine production method seems to be_____.

［A］ remarkable ［B］ criticized ［C］ efficient ［D］ accepted

　第二篇：阅读理解——从中学到大学的学生间隔年

Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year (a year between school and university when some students earn money, travel, etc.) and a misty look will come into their eyes. There are some disasters and even the most motivated, organised gap student does require family back-up, financial, emotional and physical. The parental mistiness is not just about the brilliant experience that has matured their offspring; it is vicarious living. We all wish pre-university gap years had been the fashion in our day. We can see how much tougher our kids become; how much more prepared to benefit from university or to decide positively that they are going to do something other than a degree.

Gap years are fashionable, as is reflected in the huge growth in the number of charities and private companies offering them. Pictures of Prince William toiling in Chile have helped, but the trend has been gathering steam for a decade. The range of gap packages starts with backpacking, includes working with charities, building hospitals and schools and, very commonly, working as a language assistant, teaching English. With this trend, however, comes a danger. Once parents feel that a well-structured year is essential to their would-be undergraduate’s progress to a better university, a good degree, an impressive CV and well paid employment, as the gap companies’ blurbs suggest it might be, then parents will start organizing—and paying for—the gaps.

Where there are disasters, according to Richard Oliver, director of the gap companies’ umbrella organization, the Year Out Group, it is usually because of poor planning. That can be the fault of the company or of the student, he says, but the best insurance is thoughtful preparation. “When people get it wrong, it is usually medical or, especially among girls, it is that they have not been away from home before or because expectation does not match reality.”

The point of a gap year is that it should be the time when the school leaver gets to do the thing that he or she fancies. Kids don’t mature if mum and dad decide how they are going to mature. If the 18-year-old’s way of maturing is to slob out on Hampstead Heath soaking up sunshine or spending a year working with fishermen in Cornwall, then that’s what will be productive for that person. The consensus, however, is that some structure is an advantage and that the prime mover needs to be the student.

The 18-year-old who was dispatched by his parents at two weeks’ notice to Canada to learn to be a snowboarding instructor at a cost of ￡5,800, probably came back with little more than a hangover. The 18-year-old on the same package who worked for his fare and spent the rest of his year instructing in resorts from New Zealand to Switzerland, and came back to apply for university, is the positive counterbalance.

1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that parents of gap students may_____.

［A］ help children to be prepared for disasters

［B］ receive all kinds of support from their children

［C］ have rich experience in bringing up their offspring

［D］ experience watching children grow up

2. According to the text, which of the following is true?

［A］ the popularity of gap years results from an increasing number of charities.

［B］ Prince William was working hard during his gap year.

［C］ gap years are not as fashionable as they were ten years ago.

［D］ a well-structured gap year is a guarantee of university success.

3. The word “packages” (Line 3, Paragraph 2) means_____.

［A］ parcels carried in travelling ［B］ a comprehensive set of activities

［C］ something presented in a particular way ［D］ charity actions

4. What can cause the disasters of gap years?

［A］ Intervention of parents. ［B］ Careful planning.

［C］ Good health. ［D］ Realistic expectation.

5. An 18-year-old is believed to take a meaningful gap year when he/she_____.

［A］ lives up to his/her parents’ expectations

［B］ spends time being lazy and doing nothing

［C］ learns skills by spending parents’ money

［D］ earns his or her living and gains working experience

　大家做新题型的时候，也要养成先根据一些线索词初步定位选项，然后看空的上下文和每段主旨确定选项。

　第一篇：新题型——7选5题型

Archaeological study covers an extremely long span of time and a great variety of subjects. The earliest subjects of archaeological study date from the origins of humanity. These include fossil remains believed to be of human ancestors who lived 3.5 million to 4.5 million years ago. The earliest archaeological sites include those at Hadar, Ethiopia; Laetoli, Tanzania; East Turkana, Kenya; and elsewhere in East Africa. These sites contain evidence of the first appearance of bipedal (upright-walking, apelike early humans).41. ___________

The first physically modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared in tropical Africa between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago—dates determined by molecular biologists and archaeologists working together. Dozens of archaeological sites throughout Asia and Europe show how people migrated from Africa and settled in these two continents during the last Ice Age (100,000 to 15,000 years ago). 42. ___________

Archaeologists have documented that the development of agriculture took place about 10,000 years ago. Early domestication—the planting and harvesting of plants and the breeding and herding of animals—is evident in such places as the ancient settlement of Jericho in Jordan and in Tehuacán Valley in Mexico. Archaeology plays a major role in the study of early civilizations, such as those of the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, who built the city of Ur, and the ancient Egyptians, who are famous for the pyramids near the city of Giza and the royal sepulchers (tombs) of the Valley of the Kings at Thebes. 43. ___________

Archaeological research spans the entire development of phenomena that are unique to humans. For instance, archaeology tells the story of when people learned to bury their dead and developed beliefs in an afterlife. Sites containing signs of the first simple but purposeful burials in graves date to as early as 40,000 years ago in Europe and Southwest Asia. By the time people lived in civilizations, burials and funeral ceremonies had become extremely important and elaborate rituals. 44. ___________

Archaeology also examines more recent historical periods. Some archaeologists work with historians to study American colonial life, for example. They have learned such diverse information as how the earliest colonial settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, traded glass beads for food with native Algonquian peoples; how the lives of slaves on plantations reflected their roots in Africa; and how the first major cities in the United States developed. 45. ___________

［A］ For example, the Moche lords of Sipán in coastal Peru were buried in about AD 400 in fine cotton dress and with exquisite ornaments of bead, gold, and silver. Few burials rival their lavish sepulchers. Being able to trace the development of such rituals over thousands of years has added to our understanding of the development of human intellect and spirit.

［B］ By 40,000 years ago people could be found hunting and gathering food across most of the regions of Africa. Populations in different regions employed various technological developments in adapting to their different environments and climates.

［C］ Archaeological studies have also provided much information about the people who first arrived in the Americas over 12,000 years ago.

［D］ The first fossil records of vascular plants—that is, land plants with tissue that carries food—appeared in the Silurian period. They were simple plants that had not developed separate stems and leaves.

［E］ Laetoli even reveals footprints of humans from 3.6 million years ago. Some sites also contain evidence of the earliest use of simple tools. Archaeologists have also recorded how primitive forms of humans spread out of Africa into Asia about 1.8 million years ago, then into Europe about 900,000 years ago.

［F］ One research project involves the study of garbage in present-day cities across the United States. This garbage is the modern equivalent of the remains found in the archaeological record. In the future, archaeologists will continue to move into new realms of study.

［G］ Other sites that represent great human achievement are as varied as the cliff dwellings of the ancient Anasazi (a group of early Native Americans of North America) at Mesa Verde, Colorado; the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains of Peru; and the mysterious, massive stone portrait heads of remote Easter Island in the Pacific.

第二篇：新题型------5选5排序题

［A］ You may have to impress the company HR representatives as well. HR reps are typically trained to ask very specific and personal questions, like what salary you expect and what you’ve made in the past. They might ask you about your impressions of the company and the people who interviewed you. They might also ask if you have other offers. If so, chances are good that they are willing to compete for you. But if you say that you have other offers, be prepared to back it up with the who, what and when, because they might challenge you. The HR reps are also the people who will conduct or arrange reference and background checks. They might have the final say.

［B］ Besides management, you might also interview with one or more of your future coworkers. Regardless of the questions they ask, what they most really want to know is how well you’ll fit into the team, if you’ll cause them more work instead of less, and if they should feel threatened by you. When answering, be eager enough to show that you are a good team player and will pull your load, but not so eager as to appear to be a back-stabbing ladder climber!

［C］ Always research a company before you interview, and remember that attire, body language and manners count, big time. Try to avoid common mistakes. You may think that this is common sense, but crazy stuff really happens!

［D］ Job interviewing is one of the most popular career topics on the Web. But no career advisor can tell you exactly what to say during a job interview. Interviews are just too up-close and personal for that. About the best that career advisors can do, is to give you some tips about the typical questions to expect, so you can practice answering them ahead of time. But, while there are many canned interview questions, there are few canned answers. The rest is up to you.

［E］ Be prepared to attend a second interview at the same company, and maybe even a third or fourth. If you’re called back for more interviews, it means that they’re interested in you. But, it doesn’t mean you’re a shoo-in. Most likely, they are narrowing the competition, so keep up the good work!

［F］ To put you somewhat at ease, many interviewers really don’t know how to interview effectively. Frontline interviewers are typically managers and supervisors who have never been or are barely trained in interviewing techniques. They’re a little nervous too, just like you. Some don’t even prepare in advance. This makes it easier for you to take control of the interview, if you have prepared. But in controlling an interview, it’s not a good idea to try to dominate. Instead, try to steer it toward landing the job.

［G］ After interviewing, immediately send a thank you letter to each of your interviewers. It’s professional and expected, and might even be the deciding factor in your favor.

［H］ Remember, it’s a two-way street. It’s the employer’s chance to judge you, but it’s also very much your chance to judge the employer. In fact, if you handle yourself well and ask the right questions, you’ll put the interviewer in the position of selling the company to you. If this happens, you’re probably doing well.

Order: 41.( )→42. ( ) →43. ( ) →A→44. ( ) →45. ( ) →46. ( ) →G

　第一篇：完形

Space Shuttle Project is one of the first huge-typed spaceflight instruments used for many times in the world, organized by American National Aviation and Spaceflight Bureau, the main researches of __1__ are researching and making the system of space shuttle, suggesting and choosing ___2___ and landing ports, deciding the scheme of reclaiming the roll booster of solid rocket, ___3___ the establishment of repairing the roll booster, and rebuilding and expanding the building of the ___4___ and controlling system.

At the beginning of 1969, the United States set up a group that specially researched the development direction of spaceflight with __5__ for the next stage, ___6___ by deputy president.After __7__ and research, it suggested that an aerocraft with great benefits in project, five orbit implements were prescribed to be made,___10__ "Exploitation","Columbia","Challenger","Discovery" and "Atlands."

In 1970, spaceflight got into an all-round __11__ of research and manufacture.The whole project had to delay more than three years. Five orbit implements were __12__ to be four and flight experiment for six times was also decreased for four, ___13___ the number of production was cut down, according to the original scheme. In April 1971 this ___14___ was decided that Kennedy Space Centre was used for the launching and landing port for space shuttles,and Edwards Air Base was used for the __15__ landing port. In February 1977, "Exploitation" Orbit Implement started to have entering and landing experiments in Edwards Air Base. From May 12,1981 to July 4, 1982, "Columbia" Space Shuttle successfully finished four flight experiments for research and manufacture, ___ 16___ meant that the __17__ and manufactures were over in __18__ form.

It __19__ about 12 years and cost more than 75 billion US dollars to finish the whole project. On November 11, 1990, space shuttles began to fly for __20_.

1. A. what B. which C. where D. that

2. A. labeling B. hauling C. hawking D. launching

3. A. building B. breach C. breed D. bug

4. A. obscuring B. reject C. observing D. refine

5. A. people B. member C. man D. person

6. A. led B. deprived C. leaked D. diluted

7. A. weapon B. investigation C. wisdom D. irritation

8. A. economics B. finance C. accounting D. economy

9. A. in B. with C. by D. through

10.A. modified B. propelled C. named D. provoked

11.A. conviction B. stage C. context D. stand

12.A. dedicated B. boosted C. browsed D. decreased

13.A. as B. if C. though D. once

14.A. parallel B.outfit C. programme D. outlet

15.A. uniform B.spark C. unity D. spare

16.A. whereas B.what C. whether D. which

17.A. resolution B.renaissance C. researches D. resemblance

18.A. due B.sober C.drastic D. feeble

19.A. spent B.took C.consumed D. absorbed

20.A. commerce B.business C.trade D.transaction

　最后希望每位同学都能在考试前快速的把单词再过个2-3遍，快速看，尤其是看自己不太认识的单词，这样可以做到单词瞬间记忆非常牢固，考试好像所有的单词都认识，都浮现出来。这一点尤为重要。抓住最后的时刻，再坚持一点点！