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第一部分 英語知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)）

第一節(jié) 單項填空

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

1. As they were classmates， ____ was no wonder that they should do the work in the same way.

A. thisB. that

C. thereD. it

2. Good food， good sleep， and no exercise. That’s ____ he gained weight.

A. whenB. how

C. whatD. whether

3. It was from only a few supplies that she had bought in the village ____ the hostess cooked such a nice dinner.

A. whereB. that

C. whenD. which

4. This is a reading room， boy. You must act in a way ____ won’t disturb others.

A. in whichB. it

C. whichD. as

5. Mr Smith showed his student some old maps ____ from the library.

A. to borrowB. to be borrowed

C. borrowedD. borrowing

6. There is someone knocking at the door. Who ____ it be？

A. canB. will

C. needD. must

7. ____ so delicious， the food in this market was sold out soon.

A. TastingB. Tasted

C. Having been tastedD. Being tasted

8. Gina was holidaying with her family in a wildlife park ____ she was bitten on the leg by a lion.

A. whenB. while

C. sinceD. once

9. Is this the first time that you ____ Chengdu？

A. visitB. are visiting

C. had visitedD. have visited

10. — I doubt whether I can pass the coming entrance examination.

— ____ . Everything is possible.

A. Don’t mention itB. Never give up

C. Behave yourselfD. It depends

第二節(jié) 完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Believe it or not， sometimes love can make what seems impossible really possible.

Years ago a professor gave a group of graduate students this 11 to finish their paper： Go to the 12 residential area （居民區(qū)）， take 200 13 ， between the ages of 12 and 16， get to know their backgrounds and surroundings， and then 14 their chances for the future.

The students， after 15 social research figures， talking to the boys， and 16 much data， drew a conclusion that 90 percent of the boys would spend some time in prison or 17 to commit a crime. Twenty-five years later， another group of graduate students was given the job of 18 the prediction. They went back to the same 19 . Some of the boys， who by then had grown up， were still there， a few had died， and some had moved 20 ， but they got in touch with 180 of the 21 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison.

Why was it that these men， who had 22 in a breeding place of crime， had such a surprisingly good record？ The researchers were continually told， “Well， there was a teacher...” They looked through the data further， 23 found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this 24 ， who was now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this remarkable 25 over that group of children？ Could she give them any reason why these boys should have 26 so well just because of her？

“No，” she said. “No， I really couldn’t.” And then， thinking back over the years， she said 27 ， more to herself than to her 28 ， “I loved those boys...” So， if you are a teacher， remember to 29 more about your students， regardless of their scores， backgrounds and environments， for 30 can change everything.

11. A. topicB. wayC. taskD. reward

12. A. richestB. poorestC. nearestD. smallest

13. A. patientsB. workersC. girlsD. boys

14. A. predictB. offerC. helpD. seize

15. A. experimenting withB. filling inC. referring toD. working out

16. A. inputtingB. ignoringC. comparingD. forgetting

17. A. needB. tendC. decideD. plan

18. A. knowingB. recognizingC. realizingD. testing

19. A. placeB. universityC. hospitalD. factory

20. A. downB. onC. aroundD. away

21. A. missingB. originalC. lastD. remaining

22. A. workedB. traveledC. livedD. played

23. A. thoughB. soC. butD. and

24. A. teacherB. friendC. classmateD. sister

25. A. changeB. influenceC. shareD. responsibility

26. A. grewB. taughtC. learnedD. behaved

27. A. nervouslyB. sadlyC. thoughtfullyD. curiously

28. A. questionersB. childrenC. studentsD. neighbors

29. A. appreciateB. argueC. careD. know

30. A. loveB. moneyC. friendshipD. help

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)）

第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。

A

The Festival of Cultures

August 11-14

City Park

The Festival of Cultures is an annual （一年一度的） event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival’s many activities.

Crafts （工藝品）： See the fine art of basket weaving from Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Watch the delicate art of making paper umbrellas from Thailand and the decorative craft of papery picador， or paper cutting， from Mexico. All craft demonstrations provide a firsthand view of how things are made. You will appreciate the process involved in making these products.

Music and Dance： Experience musical instruments that you have never heard before. Listen to the music of a shoo from Japan， a bull-roarer from Australia， a sitar from India， and a chakay from Thailand. You will also be entertained by folk dances from around the world， such as the troika from Russia and the mayim mayim from Israel. From 1：00 PM to 3：00 PM on August 14， special folk-dancing classes for children will be offered. Children ranging in age from 6-8 can learn the kinderpolka from Germany. Children ranging in age from 9-12 can learn the raspa from Mexico.

Storytelling： Listen for hours as professional storytellers charm （取悅） you with captivating tales. Fables， folktales， and ballads from various countries will be told. By popular demand， Gwendolyn Washington， a famous African American storyteller， is back.

Food： Enjoy irresistible foods from other countries， such as gyros from Greece， seafood paella from Spain， crepes from France， and tandoori chicken from India. These tasty dishes will be difficult to pass up.

Tickets August 11-13 Tickets August 14

Adults $3 Adults $3

Ages 13-18 $2 Ages 13-18 $2

Ages 6-12 $1 Ages 12 and under Free

Ages 6 and underFree

The Festival of Cultures is sponsored by the World Marketplace. For more information about the festival， call （800） 555-0199.

31. In the festival， you are most likely to see the art of making ____ .

A. paperB. umbrellas

C. bamboo bedsD. flower vases

32. Which of these is a dance from Germany？

A. The troika.B. The raspa.

C. The kinderpolka.D. The mayim mayim.

33. The underlined word “irresistible” probably means ____ .

A. in large quantitiesB. with natural tastes

C. not able to be refusedD. hot but delicious

34. For a family with children aged 6-12， which day would be the best bargain for visiting the festival？

A. August 11.B. August 12.

C. August 13.D. August 14.

B

There is a story about British poet Samuel Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door. That was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem， he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem， which could otherwise have been a masterpiece， would now never be more than a fragment （片段）. This story tells us how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought， which brings us to the cell phone.

We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cell phones， and this is actually a healthy， protective development. “I didn’t hear it ring” or “I didn’t realize my phone had shut off” are among the lies that we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach. In fact， we have “Do Not Disturb” signs on the doors of hotel rooms， so why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones？ Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while？

Cell phones make long-distance communication common， but also endanger our time. Now， time alone or a conversation with someone next to us without being interrupted by a phone is something to be cherished. Sometimes， even cell phone devotees （愛好者）， myself usually included， can’t help wanting to throw their phones away.

But we don’t and won’t， and there is really no need. We have to develop a healthy contempt （輕視） for the rings of our own phones. Ease yourself of making and receiving cell phone calls. If we don’t talk to the caller right now， we surely will shortly later. A cell phone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from the person next to us. The call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg， who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie， but most likely it is not， so I’d better think about the idea that I just had for a new story， or the slice of pizza I’ll eat for lunch.

35. The writer tells us the story in Paragraph 1 to ____ .

A. direct readers’ attention to the main topicB. show how important inspiration is to a poet

C. encourage readers to read the works of the poetD. emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone

36. The writer thinks telling “white lies” on the cell phones is ____ .

A. a way of showing that you don’t like the callerB. natural for us to keep our secret

C. basically a good way to protect one’s privacyD. something we should feel guilty about

37. According to the text， what’s the most annoying problem caused by cell phones？

A. People always can’t help making phone calls.

B. People feel guilty when they can’t answer the cell phones.

C. Phone calls interrupt people’s private time.

D. Cell phone radiation is harmful to the human body.

38. What does the last paragraph suggest？

A. We sometimes throw the phone away when it is too disturbing.

B. Never let cell phones interfere too much with your life.

C. Coleridge once called to talk about the author’s novel.

D. Cell phones brought us so much convenience.

C

Smoggy weather has become common in China. But these days， air pollution levels in the north eastern city of Harbin surpassed the previous record levels.

The city was essentially shut down after PM2.5， fine particulate （微粒物） pollution that is considered hazardous （有害的）， reached levels of 1，000 micrograms per cubic meter—40 times the safety level recommended by the World Health Organization. Schools， motorways and an airport were closed on Tuesday as visibility （能見度） in some areas of the city dropped to less than 10 meters.

Photos from Harbin showed people covering their mouths with masks and scarves， moving like ghostly shadows through the fog. Cars and motorcycles are moving slowly as traffic came to a standstill with traffic lights barely visible.

Just days previously， the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer （IARC） classified air pollution as a carcinogen （致癌物）. It stated that there is “sufficient evidence” that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer and also linked it with an increased risk of bladder cancer. It’s said that exposure has increased significantly particularly in “rapidly industrial countries with large populations”.

“The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances”， Dr Kurt Straif， head of the IARC said in a press released. “We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general， but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths.”

On the Chinese social media site Weibo， many users complained about the pollution and shared their concerns. References to “feed people with smog” have become popular on Weibo.

“The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual. There won’t be a sudden outbreak of symptoms， but normally three to five days after the smoggy weather occurs， there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors，” Deng Ying， a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.

39. As thick smog has become a common scene in Harbin， ____ .

A. students there always ask for sick leavesB. people in the city can only see as far as 20 meters

C. workers there are advised to stay at homeD. the urban traffic has been seriously influenced

40. When exposed to outdoor air pollution， what kind of disease can be caused？

A. Cancer of stomach.B. Breast cancer.

C. Bladder cancer.D. Ovarian cancer.

41. According to Dr Kurt Straif， we can learn that ____ .

A. the effect of the smoggy weather is gradual

B. “feed people with smog” has become a hot word

C. air pollution is the main environmental cause of cancer deaths

D. exposure has greatly increased in countries with large populations

42. The purpose of this passage is to ____ .

A. awaken people’s environmental awareness

B. warn people not to go out in smoggy weather

C. describe the effects of air pollution on people’s health

D. tell people the danger of driving in smoggy weather

D

Weather changes when the temperature and the amount of water in the atmosphere change. We can see and feel water coming from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists （氣象學(xué)家） call this the water cycle.

There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapour in clouds condenses （凝結(jié)）. Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into the ground and feeds streams and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun evaporates some of the water in the ground and in the rivers， lakes， and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapour. The vapour rises onto the air. Water vapour is normally invisible. On a very damp or humid day， however， you can sometimes see water vapour rising from a puddle （水坑） or pond in a mist （薄霧） above the water. Water vapour also gets into the air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapour from their leaves. People and land animals drink water and breathe out water vapour. In all these ways the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to earth， and the cycle starts again. It continues even if snow or hail falls instead because both eventually melt to form water. The amount of water vapour in the air depends on the temperature. The air is more moist （潮濕） in the tropics than in the cold polar regions.

43. What is the passage mainly about？

A. Water cycle.B. Water vapour.

C. How rain forms.D. How vapour forms.

44. How many ways of the water returning to the air are discussed in the text？

A. Two.B. Three.

C. Four.D. Five.

45. Whether water vapour can be seen or not depends on ____ .

A. how much water is evaporatedB. what kind of water is evaporated

C. in which way water is evaporatedD. how the weather is

46. From the passage we know ____ .

A. it gets more rain in the tropics than in cold polar regions because there is less vapour

B. there is more water vapour in the air in the tropics than in cold polar regions

C. there is more water vapour in the air in cold polar region than in the tropics

D. the amount of water vapour in the air depends on how often it rains

E

Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze their embarrassing errors， he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.

One of the women， for instance， on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer，” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed （顛倒） in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures”.

Twenty per cent of all errors were “test failures”—primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept， put them on—much to his surprise. A woman victim reported： “I got into the bath with my socks on.”

The commonest problem was information “storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew， went into a room and forgot why they were there， mislaid something， or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.

The research so far suggests that while the “central processor” of the brain is liberated （解放） from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine， it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “captured” by another frequently and recently used programme， resulting in embarrassing errors.

47. What’s the purpose of Professor Reason’s research？

A. To find the causes which lead to computer failures.

B. To compare computer functions with brain workings.

C. To classify and explain some errors in human actions.

D. To show the difference between men and women in their reasoning.

48. Which of the following might be grouped under “programme assembly failures”？

A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy.

B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.

C. An old man， with his shoes on， was trying to put on his socks.

D. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking.

49. The underlined word “verifying” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “____”.

A. checkingB. stoppingC. changingD. improving

50. According to the passage， the information “storage failures” refer to ____ .

A. the removal of one’s total memory

B. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory

C. the breaking of information collecting system

D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness

第二節(jié) 根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項多余選項。

— Officer， I have something important to report. I have just had my money stolen.

— 51

— Ok. Thank you！

— You’re welcome. 52

— About ten minutes ago.

— And where was it stolen？

— 53 I saw somebody had been following me from the time I left the bank.

— The bank？

— Well， you see， I went to the bank to exchange some traveler’s checks for money. 54

— How much did you exchange？

— About 450 dollars.

— 55

— All of it.

— I see.

A. How does it happen？

B. When did it take place？

C. I can’t remember clearly.

D. And how much was stolen？

E. So I can buy my airline ticket back home.

F. Before you begin， why not take a seat and calm down a little？

G. It was probably on the moving stair coming up from the underground.

51. _____ 52. _____ 53. _____ 54. _____ 55. _____