Section A Directions:In this
section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the
passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding
letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line
through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more
than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following
passage. Lance Armstrong is thirty-three years old and
is one of the best athletes in the world. Scientists say his body operates
better than the (47) person. For example, his heart can
(48) more than two hundred times a minute. It pumps an
extremely large amount of blood and oxygen to his legs. Edward
Coyle, head of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Texas in
Austin, tested Armstrong five times from 1992 until 1995. Each time, the cyclist
rode a (49) bike for twenty-five minutes with the work rate
increasing every five minutes. Scientists measured Armstrong’s
(50) against the amount of oxygen he breathed. Doctor Coyle
discovered an 8% increase in Armstrong’s muscle power. Doctor Coyle
(51) Armstrong might have developed more of a certain kind
of muscle during his seven years of training. Doctor Coyle also
discovered that Armstrong was able to reduce his body weight and body fat before
his Tour de France victories. This enabled him to increase his power in relation
to his body weight by 18%. Doctor Coyle says the results of the (52)
show that long-term training has more of an effect on athletes than
scientists thought. Lance Armstrong is (53)
in another way. In 1996, when he was twenty-five, he discovered he had cancer of
the testicles (睾丸), which had spread to his lungs and brain. Armstrong received
chemical (54) and several operations on his brain. After he
(55) , he began training again in 1998. The next year he won
his first Tour de France race. Many people who have (56) and
are living with cancer believe he is a hero. A) bite
B) study
C) average D) suspected
E) exercise F) beat
G) unique H)
survived I) performance J) recovered
K) fixed L)
departed M) frequent N) treatment
O) breakthrough