In a new article, Zehr, a professor at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, describes his success in using the Caped Crusader (披篷骑士) to engage students in the study of physiology.
"Batman (蝙蝠侠) has such powerful influence on readers because he is a fictional human with superpowers that seem within reach if we only work at it," writes Zehr, in a new article published in Advances in Physiology Education, a journal of the American Physiological Society. Zehr believes that it is not Batman's vast wealth that allows him to protect the citizens of Gotham City (哥谭市) , but his dedication to developing a wide range of physical skills.
Zehr uses Batman to establish a framework, grounded in his fictional universe as well as our real one, in order to discuss the various components of exercise and physical training and illustrate how the body's physiological systems respond. His experiences in teaching undergraduate courses in physiology and neurophysiology made him realize that connecting science to popular culture helped students understand the lessons better.
He first presented a formal analysis of the personal and physical discipline that would be required to transform an ordinary person into a superhero in his book, Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero. The book drew on Zehr's understanding and work in human movement and the plasticity of nerves and muscles associated with exercise. By coincidence, the book was published in the wake of The Dark Knight, the blockbuster movie which recounts Batman and his arch-enemy, the Joker.
With the casting almost complete for the sequel(续集), The Dark Knight Rises, Dr. Zehr writes about his experiences connecting science to popular culture, which is captured in the Advances, article, "A Personal View: From Claude Bernard to the Batcave and Beyond: Using Batman as a hook for physiology education." 
【小题1】In Zehr's opinion, what makes Batman be able to defend his citizens?

第三节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

【阅读】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in the US for 17 years, I had no _21_ about my ability to hold their attention and to _22_ on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “_23_ !” and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat _24_ about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness(尴尬)was over, I quickly _25_ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact – packed lecture, sure to gain their respect – perhaps 26 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a (n) _27 of achievements.

My students _28  diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually _29_ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. _30_ her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a _31_ subject. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework(哲学体系)of Western thought and laid the historical _32_for all the works we’ll study in class.” I complained. “How _33_ they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

It was a long term, and it _34_ became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as _35_ of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise _36_ questions and provide enough background so that students could _37_ their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide _38_ information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

_39  , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a _40  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

21. A. worry       B. idea            C. doubt                  D. experience

22. A. impress     B. put             C. leave                    D. fix

23. A. Attention   B. Look out        C. At ease                  D. Stand up

24. A. puzzled     B. sure            C. curious                  D. worried

25. A.found             B. returned          C. regained       D. followed

26. A. more             B. even            C. yet            D. still

27. A. thought          B. sense           C. feeling        D. idea

28. A. wrote            B. borrowed        C. kept           D. read

29. A. replaced         B. taken            C. caught        D. moved

30. A. Naturally        B. Perhaps             C. Fortunately   D. Reasonably

31. A. different        B. same              C. similar       D. usual

32. A. happenings       B. characters       C. development   D. background

33. A. should           B. can                C. will          D. must

34. A. immediately       B. certainly         C. simply        D. gradually

35. A. that             B. what             C. those         D. ones

36. A. difficult        B. interesting        C. ordinary      D. unusual

37. A. draw             B. get              C. decide        D. give

38. A. strange          B. standard         C. exact         D. serious

39. A. Therefore       B. However           C. Besides       D. Though

40. A. normal             B. happy            C. good          D. better

C
A villa (别墅) designed to resist earthquakes with “self-healing” cracks in its walls, thanks to nanotechnology (纳米技术) applications with self-healing polymers (聚合物), is to be built on a Greek mountainside. The villa’s walls will include special particles that turn into a liquid when squeezed (压榨) under pressure, flow into cracks, and then harden to form a solid material.
The NanoManufacturing Institute (NMI), based in Leeds University, will play a key role in an EU project to construct the home by December 2010. The project, called “Intelligent Safe and Secure Buildings” (ISSB) is funded under the EU’s Sixth Framework program. This potentially life-saving scheme is led by German building manufacturer Knauf. The villa will be built in Amphilochia, in western Greece, where Knauf currently runs a manufacturing plant. If the experiment is successful, more tremor-resistant（防震）homes could be built in earthquake zones across the globe. NMI chief executive Professor Terry Wilkins said, “What we’re trying to achieve here is very exciting. We’re looking to use polymers in much tougher situations than ever before on a larger scale.” Monitors contained in the villa’s walls will be able to collect vast amounts of data about the building over time. Wireless sensors will record any stresses and vibrations, as well as temperature, humidity and gas levels.
The walls are to be built from new load-bearing steel frames and high-strength gypsum（石膏）board. Prof Wilkins said, “If there are any problems, the intelligent sensor network will be able to alert residents immediately so they have time to escape.” If whole groups of houses are so constructed, we could use a larger network of sensors to get even more information. “If the house falls down, we have got hand-held devices that can be used over the rubble to pick out where the embedded（嵌入的）sensors are hidden to get some information about how the villa collapsed.” Also, we can get information about anyone who may be around, so it potentially becomes a tool for rescue.
66. The aim of the passage is to ________.
A. report a piece of interesting news                   B. promote tremor-resistant homes
C. inform us of the nanotechnology development D. tell us about a tremor-resistant home
67. The villa can resist earthquakes because _______.
A. it will be built on a special place
B. the cracks in its walls can be healed by the polymers
C. the special particles can make its walls stronger
D. the intelligent sensor network can tell people where there is a crack
68. If the tremor-resistant home falls down, _______.
A. rescue work can be done more quickly and accurately
B. the intelligent sensor network will stop working
C. no one can be hurt in the earthquake
D. a warning signal will be given to other residents
69. What Prof Wilkins said suggests that _______.
A. he is doubtful about the project
B. he thinks the tremor-resistant home is perfectly designed
C. he is confident in the tremor-resistant home
D. the tremor-resistant home still needs to be tested in a real situation
70. It can be inferred from the passage that tremor-resistant home _______.
A. is still being tried out                                          B. is already under construction
C. has been in wide use                                     D. will be put into wide use soon

As China becomes increasingly urbanized (城市化), it has to find space for its urban and
rural citizens as both groups become increasingly integrated. Experts suggest a possible model
way may be “re-inventing” a “garden city”.
China’s mega-cities are bursting at the borders and the country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind. It is estimated that by 2025, China will have 400 million more people living in its cities, raising its urban population to 900 million. Besides, new satellite towns are mushrooming on the urban fringes while city ring roads are rippling outwards into the countryside at amazing speed. Satellite maps collected by Professor Joshua Bolchover at the University of Hong Kong bring the problem sharply into focus. They track the changing rural-urban framework in the past 30 years, and suggest that cities are cruelly destroying surrounding rural land and rapidly reducing the amount of arable（可耕种的）land, which gives way to new residential blocks, new industrial zones, new financial centers and the other inevitable signs and signatures of economic growth.
This, however, is not sustainable growth pattern, especially when China has the world’s largest population to feed. So concerned urban planners are starting to note the social and physical effects of diaspora（大移居）when replaced rural communities are forced into the cities.
On the other hand, a trend of thought is gradually taking shape and this is the concept of the “garden city”, a combination of country and city that is being proposed by architects and city planners. Hua Li, from Tao Architects, is among the many professionals with such a voice. His argument is supported by a long-term study on this subject. As Hua says, the answer is to preserve patches of productive farmland within urban boundaries. Less transportation means we have fresh agricultural products at lower costs and less carbon emission in the city. And urban farmland can also be showcased for agricultural tourism and education.
The concept is already practiced at the grassroot level. Agriculture has gone into the air, up to roof and balcony in some communities in the cities. It’s common to see organic “hanging garden” on the roof of some traditional courtyard home. According to some people, the rooftop project translate to tangible (=" practical)" benefits, such as safe, nutritious vegetables, a cooler home in summer. Some say thanks to the tomatoes they plant that are natural insect killers, there’re fewer mosquitoes. Apart from these, it also contributes to better bonding with neighbors. Zhang, a doctor in Beijing, began creating his hanging garden five years ago. Since his garden became home to 30 kinds of vegetables and fruit --- all enough to feed his family, neighbors have enjoyed dropping by for a relaxing chat or just to see how well the lovely vegetables and fruit are doing.
Although people like Zhang are still rare and the greening of roof space with vegetables and fruit takes skill and energy, with more positive media exposure and advanced technology there is the prospect that garden city will become common practice in the near future. By then, cities will no longer look so gray when seen from the satellites.
【小题1】What is the purpose of paragraph 2?

第二节  信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答卷上的相应位置作答。

首先阅读下面上海世博会期间举行的专题论坛会议信息：

A. Theme Forum1: ICT and Urban Development

The forum includes a plenary session, a Dialogue of Information Innovation and Urban Development and three sub-main forums and four in –depth sessions on key subjects:·ICT and Urban Management·ICT and Industries·ICT and Logistics·ICT and Urban Life·ICT and Education·The forum explores the cities’ future through the development of information and communication technologies, focusing on issues of urban management, urban life and urban integration in the global economic framework.

B. Theme Forum 2: Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration

Cultural heritage and urban regeneration are parallel goals in a city’s development roadmap. The Shanghai World Expo seeks to pursue both objectives and give expression to effective practical approaches. Cultural diversity, cultural integration, the preservation and extension of cultural heritage are key dimensions of the cultural aspects that are so vital to the city and its regeneration.

C. Theme Forum 3: Science & Technology Innovation and Urban Future

This Forum will cover topical questions such as: what is the role of science and technology innovation in urban security and sustainable development? How to improve the cities’ overall competitiveness through science and technology innovation? How will science and technology innovation lead us to a better quality of life in the future? Focusing on the different aspects of safety, development, competitiveness, and lifestyle, the different sessions will connect science and technology innovation with the Expo theme of “Better City, Better Life.”

D. Theme Forum 4: Towards a Low-Carbon City: Environmental Protection and Urban Responsibilities

This forum covers a wide range of issues involving urban environmental systems as well as the utilization, protection and governance of the environment. These issues are to be discussed by the government, enterprises from three different levels of responsibility, focusing on serious global and regional environmental problems involving climate change, water pollution, etc. the forum will deliver the message that a more harmonious environment- would make a better city; that a resource-saving and environment-friendly urban development pattern would make our native earth better.

E. Theme Forum 5: Economic Transformations and Urban-Rural Relations

Economic Transformations is a vital proposition in the world economic theory and practice today. More developing countries are confronted with double pressure from both the economic and the industrial structure conversion（转换）, in which the key question is how to realize the transformation from a traditional agricultural society to a modern industrial one. as a country with the largest population, especially the agricultural population, China’s experiences and lessons accumulated from the process of urban and rural development are of referential and research value to the vast developing countries.

F. Theme Forum 6: harmonious City and Livable Life

This forum will debate key issues such as: How to create city that can satisfy the different needs of people’s settled life and achieve the goal of “Better City, Better Life?” the forum will cove three major areas: urban space, urban society and urban environment. It will also present in-depth discussions on the relationship between a livable city and its communities, focusing on the following hot topics: the Harmonious City·Housing Policies and Harmonious Life·Social Policies and the Harmonious City.

下面是五位不同职责的人员，请根据他们的职责匹配合适他们参加的论坛会议。

56．Mr. A

    Studying key issues on promoting economic and social development with science and technology;

57．Mr. B

    Managing the cultural and artistic industry; directing the reform of the cultural system; drawing up the policies on cultural industry; participating in planning and implementing（贯彻）the construction of the civic cultural infrastructure.

58．Mr. C

    Drawing up plans for environmental protection; supervising pollution prevention and ecological protection in key areas and key rivers fixed by central, provincial or municipal government; supervising and managing pollution prevention of water, air, gas, noise, solid waste and poisonous chemicals in the city.

59．Mr. D

    Formulating policies for industrialized agricultural operations; providing guidance to adjust the industrialized agricultural structure; putting forward suggestions on deepening the rural economic restructuring across the city; providing guidance to set up the system of non-government services in agricultural development.

60．Mr. E

    Enforcing state laws, regulations, guidelines and policies related to communications and post telecommunications; assuming medium-and long-term plans of the local communications and telecommunications sectors, as well as their key annual technical renovation projects.