25. According to the author, a born naturalist should first of all be
A) full of ambition B) full of enthusiasm
C) knowledgeable D) self-disciplined
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behaviour. Viewed
biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing
weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey (猎物) into a goalmouth. If his aim is
accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our
forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving (进化) as cooperative hunters. Their
very survival depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of
life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers,
aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male-group attackers.
Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their
food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was
put to a new use －－ that of controlling and domesticating their prey. The hunt became
suddely out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and
uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.
The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting
for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting
sequencer but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the
sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that were no longer essential to their survival,
to be sure, the kill may have been eaten, but there were other, much simpler ways of obtaining
a meaty meal.
26. The author believes that sporting activities
A) are forms of biological development B) are essentially forms of taming the prey
C) have actually developed from hunting D) Have changed the ways of hunting
27. For over a million years, our forefathers were basically
A) any member of the opposing team B) the goal-mouth
C) the goal keeper D) the football
28. For over a million years, our foregathers were basically
A) co-operating hunters , B) successful farmers
C) runners and jumpers D) skillful sportsmen
29. The word "operation" (Para. 4, Line 4) refers to
A) domesticating animals B) hunting
C) prey killing D) sports activities
30. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A) It is farming that gives human beings enough leisure time for sporting activities.
B) Farming is very important in human civilization because it saves human beings from
risks and uncertainties of hunting for survival.
C) It is hunting that provides human beings with much simpler ways of obtaining meaty
meals.
D) Sporting activities satisfy the desire of modern man to exercise hunting skills which his
forefathers developed for survival.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passages:
The world is known to us through many senses, not just hearing, smell, vision, and at
close range, touch and taste.
Our skins let us know whether the air is moist or dry
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