B〕A collection of hair samples from various barber shops.

C〕A method to measure the amount of water in human hair.

D〕A chart illustrating the movement of the rain system.

66.What is the practical value of Cerling’s research?

A〕It helps analyze the quality of water in different regions.

B〕It helps the police determine where a crime is committed.

C〕It helps the police narrow down possibilities in detective work.

D〕It helps identify the drinking habits of the person under investigation.

Part V Cloze〔15 minutes〕

Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A〕，B〕，C〕and D〕on the right side of the paper.Yoshould choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此局部试题请在答题卡２上作答。

Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers.He’s young,successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable__67__.He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf,a sport utility vehicle.But now he uses__68__subways and trains.“It’s not inconvenient at all,〞he says.__69__,“having a car is so 20th century.〞

Suda reflects a worrisome__70__in Japan;the automobile is losing its emotional appeal,__71__among the young,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices.__72__mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular,everything in between is__73__.Last year sales fell 6.7 percent,7.6 percent__74__yodon’t count the mini-car market.There have been__75__one-year drops in other nations:sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007__76__a tax increase.But experts say Japan is__77__in that sales have been decreasing steadily__78__time.Since 1990,yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.

Alarmed by this state of__79__,the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association〔JAMA〕__80__a comprehensive study of the market in 2006.It found that a__81__wealth gap,demographic〔人口结构〕changes and__82__lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their__83__longer,replace their cars with smaller ones__84__give up car ownership altogether.JAMA__85__a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year.Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer,further consolidation〔合并〕in the automotive sector is__86__.

67.A〕profit C〕income B〕payment D〕budget

68.A〕mostly C〕occasionally

B〕partially D〕rarely

69.A〕Therefore C〕Otherwise

B〕Besides D〕Consequently

70.A〕drift C〕current

B〕tide D〕trend

71.A〕remarkably C〕specially

B〕essentially D〕particularly

72.A〕While C〕When

B〕Because D〕Since

73.A〕surging C〕slipping

B〕stretching D〕shaking

74.A〕unless C〕as

B〕if D〕after

75.A〕lower C〕broader

B〕slighter D〕larger

76.A〕liable to C〕thanks to

B〕in terms of D〕in view of

77.A〕unique C〕mysterious

B〕similar D〕strange

78.A〕over C〕on

B〕against D〕behind

79.A〕mess C〕growth

B〕boom D〕decay

80.A〕proceeded C〕launched