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I. 根据英语和汉语提示完成句子,每小题只能写出一个单词的适当形式(8分)
1. I should like to know what his action (表明).
2. You cant be (依赖的) on your parents all your life.
3. The system produced enough energy to (给……加热) several thousand homes.
4. Do you get an (补助) for clothing?
5. We need to promote an open (交流) of ideas and information.
6. Youll need some cash in local (货币) but you can also use your credit card.
7. Gerry offered to (和……合作) me at tennis.
8. At what age should women have a (选举权).
II. 单项填空(25分)
1. If to a high temperature, water will change to vapor.
A. being heatedB. heated
C. having heatedD. heat
2. In wartime most young men are expected to join the .
A. powerB. force
C. strengthD. forces
3. I at the meeting that I did not support him.
A. claimedB. declared
C. explainedD. thought
4. —Will you go skiing with me this winter vacation?
—It .
A. all dependB. all depends
C. is all dependedD. is all depending
5. Do you know why John didnt at the party yesterday evening?
A. show offB. show down
C. show upD. show in
6. are more important than technical skill.
A. Creativity and originality
B. Creative and original
C. Inventing and formality
D. Discovering and originality
7. Your composition must be after class.
A. handed toB. handed out
C. handed inD. handed over
8. There are several in this novel who are different in .
A. character; characterB. character; characters
C. characters; characterD. characters; characters
9. The child the streets alone.
A. was found to wander
B. was found wandering
C. found wandering
D. was found to wandering
10. The government has failed to the economic decline.
A. bounceB. return
C. reverseD. refuse
11. That big company is heavy debt and its financial problems alarm bells ringing in big cities all over the world.
A. in; have setB. under; are setting
C. under; have fixedD. in; are fixing
12. This is a simple idea, but which is hard .
A. one; to put into practice
B. that; to put into practice
C. it; to be put into practice
D. the one; to be put into practice
13. People living near the airport cannot the noise during the night and new rules about night flights. A. stop; put offB. bear; keep back
C. prevent; take offD. stand; push for
14. The new product will not sell well it properly.
A. if; is designed
B. unless; is promoted
C. until;is improved
D. as long as; is developed
15. Bob Geldof, who organized Live Aid, to raise money for the famine and it to be a great success.
A. intended; turned out
B. tried; turned over
C. hoped; turned in
D. wished; turned up
16. My plan about to go abroad for further education or not is entirely dependent my studies.
A. if; inB. when; on
C. whether; onD. whether; in
17. Governments in many developing countries work hard to education for children, , they must also take it into consideration whether they are willing to take the opportunities.
A. provide; besidesB. supply; on top of
C. offer; whats moreD. give; in addition
18. The big storm has done great to the city and more than 30 lives.
A. damage; claimB. destroy; saved
C. harm; blamedD. damage; claimed
19. It is time that we action to the plan.
A. will make; carry out
B. took; try out
C. have made; carry on
D. should take; try on
20. —Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?
—No, I my homework all day yesterday.
A. was doingB. would do
C. has doneD. do
21. The workers the glasses and marked on each box “This Side Up”.
A. carriedB. delivered
C. pressedD. packed
22. —Everybody is going to climb the mountain. Can I go too, mom?
— Wait till you are old enough, dear.
A. Will you?B. Why not?
C. I hope so.D. Im afraid not.
23. We havent discussed yet we are going to place our new furniture.
A. thatB. which
C. whatD. where
24. With Fathers Day around the corner, I have taken some money out of the bank presents for my dad.
A. buyB. to buy
C. buyingD. to have bought
25. The young man was last seen his office in New Town at 7 p.m.
A. leavingB. left
C. to leaveD. leave
III. 完形填空(20分)
After I graduated from my university, I found a job at a local diner. I learned a lot from the job, especially from a fellow 1.
Cathy was in her 60s and had extraordinary selfrespect, something I was really lacking. I looked up to Cathy 2 she was doing what she loved—3 people—and nobody did it 4. She always made everyone, customers and coworkers, 5 and feel good. Being a waitress changed my life. One of my 6 customers was Fred Tomsbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him 7, I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the newfound confidence I 8 from Cathy, I dreamed of having my own 9. But when I called my parents to ask for a loan, they said, “We just dont have the 10.” The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “Whats up? Youre not smiling today.” I 11 my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me.”
Before long he handed me checks totaling $50,000—along with a 12 that read, “The only collateral on this loan is my trust in your 13 as a person. Good people with a dream should have the 14 to realize that dream.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 15 working at the diner, making 16 for the restaurant I would open. My plans failed, 17, and I lost the money.
Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was 18 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent. 19 I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to 20 my own firm.
1. A. memberB. waitress
C. citizenD. student
2. A. becauseB. though
C. whileD. unless
3. A. helpingB. respecting
C. servingD. praising
4. A. fasterB. better
C. harderD. later
5. A. drinkB. digest
C. smileD. sing
6. A. regularB. favorite
C. toughD. fresh
7. A. eatingB. greeting
C. orderingD. coming
8. A. found outB. picked up
C. got backD. took away
9. A. restaurantB. confidence
C. houseD. work
10. A. choiceB. way
C. ideaD. money
11. A. exchangedB. discussed
C. sharedD. analyzed
12. A. letterB. sign
C. noticeD. note
13. A. honestyB. responsibility
C. devotionD. motivation
14. A. patienceB. luck
C. timeD. chance
15. A. lovedB. practiced
C. continuedD. enjoyed
16. A. adjustmentsB. plans
C. decisionsD. suggestions
17. A. insteadB. therefore
C. thoughD. meanwhile
18. A. hiredB. rejected
C. encouragedD. determined
19. A. FortunatelyB. Excitedly
C. PersonallyD. Eventually
20. A. designB. open
C. manageD. expand
IV. 阅读理解(30分)
A
There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved. I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weatherbeaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car. I looked forward to the return journey.
1. The author expected the train trip to be .
A. adventurousB. pleasant
C. excitingD. dull
2. What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?
A. The friendly country people.
B. The mountains along the way.
C. The crowds of people in the streets.
D. The simple lunch served on the train.
3. Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph?
A. chooseB. enjoy
C. prepare forD. carry on
4. What can we learn from the story?
A. Comfort in traveling by train.
B. Pleasure of living in the country.
C. Reading gives people delight.
D. Smiles brighten people up.
B
Science cant explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread allround good cheer. Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband / wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people—half of them pet owners—while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband / wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more released around Pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets dont judge.
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and were put on a dietandexercise programs; a separate group of 56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better,losing an average of 12 pound, more then 15%of their body weight. Dog owners didnt lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall—mostly with their dogs—and found it worth doing.
5. What does the text mainly discuss?
A. What pets bring to their owners
B. How pets help people calm down
C. Peoples opinions of keeping pets
D. Pets value in medical research
6. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if .
A. he has a pet companion
B. he has less stress of work
C. he often dose mental arithmetic
D. he is taken care of by his family
7. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?
A. They have lower blood pressure.
B. They become more patient.
C. They are less nervous.
D. They are in higher spirits.
8. The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that .
A. people with dogs did more exercise
B. dogs lost the same weight as people did
C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D. people without dogs found the program unhelpful
C Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which form different cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.
Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such nonindustrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps”, of longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eskimos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.
Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreedupon time has arrived and the event can take place.
In contrast,exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, industrialized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example, all of the workers must work at the same time. Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all. 9. By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means .
A. they live all over the world
B. they are different from other animals
C. they live in one place, district or country, considered as a whole
D. they are divided into many groups
10. Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies. This is because people in those societies .
A. dont have the word TIME in their languages
B. dont get used to using clocks and other timepieces
C. dont measure time in their daily lives
D. dont need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule
11. The Australian aborigines way of “telling time” is based on .
A. the change of the sun rays
B. the movement of the earth in relation to the sun
C. the position of the stone
D. the position of the tree or the cliff
12. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A. Time and Culture
B. The Measurement of Time
C. Time schedule and Daily Life
D. Clock, Calendar and Society
D
Grownups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn. The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for ones future development. 13. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. People remember well what they learned in childhood.
B. Children have a better memory than grownups.
C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.
D. Stories for children are easy to remember.
14. According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is .
A. a result of overlearning
B. a special case of cramming
C. a skill to deal with math problems
D. a basic step towards advanced studies
15. What is the authors opinion on cramming?
A. It leads to failure in college exams.
B. Its helpful only in a limited way.
C. Its possible to result in poor memory.
D. It increases students learning interest.
V. 任务型阅读(10分)
请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意:每空格1个单词。
For centuries people dreamed of going into space. This dream began to seem possible when highflying rockets were built in the early 1900s.
In 1903 a Russian teacher named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky figured out how to use rockets for space travel. His plan was the first one in rocket science to use correct scientific calculation. About 30 years later, a U. S. scientist named Robert Goddard built the first rockets that could reach high altitudes. During World War II, German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives. After the war, scientists from Germany went to the United States and the Soviet Union to help those countries build space rockets.
These two countries were soon racing to get to space first. Each of these countries wanted to prove that it was stronger and more advanced than the other one. Both countries also had powerful bombs. People in the United States were worried when the Soviets were first to launch a space satellite, which was called Sputnik. The Soviets were also first to send a person into space. Yury Gagarin orbited the earth in the Vostok I spaceship in 1961.
The US government set a goal for its space program to be the first country to put a person on the Moon. The U. S. space program built a series of Apollo spaceship. These vehicles were powered by huge Saturn 5 rockets. In 1969 Apollo II took three men to the moon successfully. Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
The Soviets may have lost the race to fly people to the Moon, but they built the first space station in 1971. The United States also built a space station. The space stations allowed people to live and work in space. Then the Soviet Union and the United States cooperated to hook two spaceships together in space. This action ended the “space race”. Today a much larger space station built by several countries together orbits Earth. Another new way to go to space is by space shuttle. A space shuttle, first made in the United States in 1981, looks like an airplane. Astronauts who fly spaceships have used shuttles to help put satellites into space. History of space travelTime1Events1Information concernedEarly 1900s1Highflying rockets were built. 1It made the ancient dream of going to space possible to come (1).19031Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (2) a way to use rockets for space travel. 1He planned to put correct scientific calculation to use in rocket science. Around (3)1Robert Goddard
built new rockets. 1The rockets could fly very (4) in the sky. During and after World War II1German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives. 1Germany was ahead of all the other countries in building space rockets and later it even offered (5) to the Soviet Union and the United States.1The Soviet Union and the United States competed to get to space first. 1The Soviet Union became the (6) of the race when it launched the first satellite and sent the first astronaut into space. 19691The United States (7) in putting a person on the moon. 1In one way, it (8) the Soviet Union by becoming the first country to fly people to the moon. 1970s1The Soviets built the first space station and was soon followed by Americans. And they finally ended the “space race” by (9).1Astronauts can live and work in space stations. 1980s—1Space shuttles are used as new vehicles for space (10). 1Shuttles are also used to help put satellites into space. VI. 汉英翻译(7分)
请根据汉语和英语提示完成下列各句(词数不限)。
1. 我刚一合眼,就开始想象奇形怪状的东西。
Scarcely had I closed my eyes when I began to .
2. 通过考试的学生将升到大学去学习。
Students who pass the test will .
3. 我们都要面对价格上涨的同样问题。
We are all faced of rising costs.
4. 在有些情况下,产量增加了3倍多。
output has increased more than fourfold.
5. 我不同意你的计划,因为它不合理。
I cant because it is not reasonable.
6. 夫妻俩在各自选择的事业上都很成功。
Husband and wife were in their chosen careers.
7. 毫无疑问我们会成功的。
There is that we will be successful.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. indicates2. dependent3. heat
4. allowance5. exchange6. currency
7. partner8. vote
Ⅱ. 1—5 BDBBC6—10 ACCBC11—15 AADBA
16—20 CADBA21—25 DDDBA
Ⅲ. 1—5 BACBC6—10 ADBAD11—15 CDADC
16—20 BCADB
Ⅳ. 1—4 DABD5—8 DACA9—12 CDAA
13—15 AAB
Ⅴ. 1. true2. discovered / found3. 1933
4. high5. help6. winner7. succeeded
8. beat / defeated9. cooperation / cooperating
10. travel
Ⅵ. 1. imagine the most fantastic shapes
2. be promoted to a university
3. with the same problem
4. In some cases
5. subscribe to your plan
6. similarly successful
7. no doubt
(作者:康传桂,海安县李堡中学)
1. I should like to know what his action (表明).
2. You cant be (依赖的) on your parents all your life.
3. The system produced enough energy to (给……加热) several thousand homes.
4. Do you get an (补助) for clothing?
5. We need to promote an open (交流) of ideas and information.
6. Youll need some cash in local (货币) but you can also use your credit card.
7. Gerry offered to (和……合作) me at tennis.
8. At what age should women have a (选举权).
II. 单项填空(25分)
1. If to a high temperature, water will change to vapor.
A. being heatedB. heated
C. having heatedD. heat
2. In wartime most young men are expected to join the .
A. powerB. force
C. strengthD. forces
3. I at the meeting that I did not support him.
A. claimedB. declared
C. explainedD. thought
4. —Will you go skiing with me this winter vacation?
—It .
A. all dependB. all depends
C. is all dependedD. is all depending
5. Do you know why John didnt at the party yesterday evening?
A. show offB. show down
C. show upD. show in
6. are more important than technical skill.
A. Creativity and originality
B. Creative and original
C. Inventing and formality
D. Discovering and originality
7. Your composition must be after class.
A. handed toB. handed out
C. handed inD. handed over
8. There are several in this novel who are different in .
A. character; characterB. character; characters
C. characters; characterD. characters; characters
9. The child the streets alone.
A. was found to wander
B. was found wandering
C. found wandering
D. was found to wandering
10. The government has failed to the economic decline.
A. bounceB. return
C. reverseD. refuse
11. That big company is heavy debt and its financial problems alarm bells ringing in big cities all over the world.
A. in; have setB. under; are setting
C. under; have fixedD. in; are fixing
12. This is a simple idea, but which is hard .
A. one; to put into practice
B. that; to put into practice
C. it; to be put into practice
D. the one; to be put into practice
13. People living near the airport cannot the noise during the night and new rules about night flights. A. stop; put offB. bear; keep back
C. prevent; take offD. stand; push for
14. The new product will not sell well it properly.
A. if; is designed
B. unless; is promoted
C. until;is improved
D. as long as; is developed
15. Bob Geldof, who organized Live Aid, to raise money for the famine and it to be a great success.
A. intended; turned out
B. tried; turned over
C. hoped; turned in
D. wished; turned up
16. My plan about to go abroad for further education or not is entirely dependent my studies.
A. if; inB. when; on
C. whether; onD. whether; in
17. Governments in many developing countries work hard to education for children, , they must also take it into consideration whether they are willing to take the opportunities.
A. provide; besidesB. supply; on top of
C. offer; whats moreD. give; in addition
18. The big storm has done great to the city and more than 30 lives.
A. damage; claimB. destroy; saved
C. harm; blamedD. damage; claimed
19. It is time that we action to the plan.
A. will make; carry out
B. took; try out
C. have made; carry on
D. should take; try on
20. —Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?
—No, I my homework all day yesterday.
A. was doingB. would do
C. has doneD. do
21. The workers the glasses and marked on each box “This Side Up”.
A. carriedB. delivered
C. pressedD. packed
22. —Everybody is going to climb the mountain. Can I go too, mom?
— Wait till you are old enough, dear.
A. Will you?B. Why not?
C. I hope so.D. Im afraid not.
23. We havent discussed yet we are going to place our new furniture.
A. thatB. which
C. whatD. where
24. With Fathers Day around the corner, I have taken some money out of the bank presents for my dad.
A. buyB. to buy
C. buyingD. to have bought
25. The young man was last seen his office in New Town at 7 p.m.
A. leavingB. left
C. to leaveD. leave
III. 完形填空(20分)
After I graduated from my university, I found a job at a local diner. I learned a lot from the job, especially from a fellow 1.
Cathy was in her 60s and had extraordinary selfrespect, something I was really lacking. I looked up to Cathy 2 she was doing what she loved—3 people—and nobody did it 4. She always made everyone, customers and coworkers, 5 and feel good. Being a waitress changed my life. One of my 6 customers was Fred Tomsbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him 7, I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the newfound confidence I 8 from Cathy, I dreamed of having my own 9. But when I called my parents to ask for a loan, they said, “We just dont have the 10.” The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “Whats up? Youre not smiling today.” I 11 my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me.”
Before long he handed me checks totaling $50,000—along with a 12 that read, “The only collateral on this loan is my trust in your 13 as a person. Good people with a dream should have the 14 to realize that dream.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 15 working at the diner, making 16 for the restaurant I would open. My plans failed, 17, and I lost the money.
Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was 18 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent. 19 I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to 20 my own firm.
1. A. memberB. waitress
C. citizenD. student
2. A. becauseB. though
C. whileD. unless
3. A. helpingB. respecting
C. servingD. praising
4. A. fasterB. better
C. harderD. later
5. A. drinkB. digest
C. smileD. sing
6. A. regularB. favorite
C. toughD. fresh
7. A. eatingB. greeting
C. orderingD. coming
8. A. found outB. picked up
C. got backD. took away
9. A. restaurantB. confidence
C. houseD. work
10. A. choiceB. way
C. ideaD. money
11. A. exchangedB. discussed
C. sharedD. analyzed
12. A. letterB. sign
C. noticeD. note
13. A. honestyB. responsibility
C. devotionD. motivation
14. A. patienceB. luck
C. timeD. chance
15. A. lovedB. practiced
C. continuedD. enjoyed
16. A. adjustmentsB. plans
C. decisionsD. suggestions
17. A. insteadB. therefore
C. thoughD. meanwhile
18. A. hiredB. rejected
C. encouragedD. determined
19. A. FortunatelyB. Excitedly
C. PersonallyD. Eventually
20. A. designB. open
C. manageD. expand
IV. 阅读理解(30分)
A
There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved. I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weatherbeaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car. I looked forward to the return journey.
1. The author expected the train trip to be .
A. adventurousB. pleasant
C. excitingD. dull
2. What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?
A. The friendly country people.
B. The mountains along the way.
C. The crowds of people in the streets.
D. The simple lunch served on the train.
3. Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph?
A. chooseB. enjoy
C. prepare forD. carry on
4. What can we learn from the story?
A. Comfort in traveling by train.
B. Pleasure of living in the country.
C. Reading gives people delight.
D. Smiles brighten people up.
B
Science cant explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread allround good cheer. Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband / wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people—half of them pet owners—while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband / wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more released around Pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets dont judge.
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and were put on a dietandexercise programs; a separate group of 56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better,losing an average of 12 pound, more then 15%of their body weight. Dog owners didnt lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall—mostly with their dogs—and found it worth doing.
5. What does the text mainly discuss?
A. What pets bring to their owners
B. How pets help people calm down
C. Peoples opinions of keeping pets
D. Pets value in medical research
6. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if .
A. he has a pet companion
B. he has less stress of work
C. he often dose mental arithmetic
D. he is taken care of by his family
7. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?
A. They have lower blood pressure.
B. They become more patient.
C. They are less nervous.
D. They are in higher spirits.
8. The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that .
A. people with dogs did more exercise
B. dogs lost the same weight as people did
C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D. people without dogs found the program unhelpful
C Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which form different cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.
Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such nonindustrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps”, of longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eskimos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.
Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreedupon time has arrived and the event can take place.
In contrast,exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, industrialized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example, all of the workers must work at the same time. Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all. 9. By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means .
A. they live all over the world
B. they are different from other animals
C. they live in one place, district or country, considered as a whole
D. they are divided into many groups
10. Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies. This is because people in those societies .
A. dont have the word TIME in their languages
B. dont get used to using clocks and other timepieces
C. dont measure time in their daily lives
D. dont need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule
11. The Australian aborigines way of “telling time” is based on .
A. the change of the sun rays
B. the movement of the earth in relation to the sun
C. the position of the stone
D. the position of the tree or the cliff
12. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A. Time and Culture
B. The Measurement of Time
C. Time schedule and Daily Life
D. Clock, Calendar and Society
D
Grownups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn. The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for ones future development. 13. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. People remember well what they learned in childhood.
B. Children have a better memory than grownups.
C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.
D. Stories for children are easy to remember.
14. According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is .
A. a result of overlearning
B. a special case of cramming
C. a skill to deal with math problems
D. a basic step towards advanced studies
15. What is the authors opinion on cramming?
A. It leads to failure in college exams.
B. Its helpful only in a limited way.
C. Its possible to result in poor memory.
D. It increases students learning interest.
V. 任务型阅读(10分)
请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意:每空格1个单词。
For centuries people dreamed of going into space. This dream began to seem possible when highflying rockets were built in the early 1900s.
In 1903 a Russian teacher named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky figured out how to use rockets for space travel. His plan was the first one in rocket science to use correct scientific calculation. About 30 years later, a U. S. scientist named Robert Goddard built the first rockets that could reach high altitudes. During World War II, German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives. After the war, scientists from Germany went to the United States and the Soviet Union to help those countries build space rockets.
These two countries were soon racing to get to space first. Each of these countries wanted to prove that it was stronger and more advanced than the other one. Both countries also had powerful bombs. People in the United States were worried when the Soviets were first to launch a space satellite, which was called Sputnik. The Soviets were also first to send a person into space. Yury Gagarin orbited the earth in the Vostok I spaceship in 1961.
The US government set a goal for its space program to be the first country to put a person on the Moon. The U. S. space program built a series of Apollo spaceship. These vehicles were powered by huge Saturn 5 rockets. In 1969 Apollo II took three men to the moon successfully. Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
The Soviets may have lost the race to fly people to the Moon, but they built the first space station in 1971. The United States also built a space station. The space stations allowed people to live and work in space. Then the Soviet Union and the United States cooperated to hook two spaceships together in space. This action ended the “space race”. Today a much larger space station built by several countries together orbits Earth. Another new way to go to space is by space shuttle. A space shuttle, first made in the United States in 1981, looks like an airplane. Astronauts who fly spaceships have used shuttles to help put satellites into space. History of space travelTime1Events1Information concernedEarly 1900s1Highflying rockets were built. 1It made the ancient dream of going to space possible to come (1).19031Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (2) a way to use rockets for space travel. 1He planned to put correct scientific calculation to use in rocket science. Around (3)1Robert Goddard
built new rockets. 1The rockets could fly very (4) in the sky. During and after World War II1German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and carry dangerous explosives. 1Germany was ahead of all the other countries in building space rockets and later it even offered (5) to the Soviet Union and the United States.1The Soviet Union and the United States competed to get to space first. 1The Soviet Union became the (6) of the race when it launched the first satellite and sent the first astronaut into space. 19691The United States (7) in putting a person on the moon. 1In one way, it (8) the Soviet Union by becoming the first country to fly people to the moon. 1970s1The Soviets built the first space station and was soon followed by Americans. And they finally ended the “space race” by (9).1Astronauts can live and work in space stations. 1980s—1Space shuttles are used as new vehicles for space (10). 1Shuttles are also used to help put satellites into space. VI. 汉英翻译(7分)
请根据汉语和英语提示完成下列各句(词数不限)。
1. 我刚一合眼,就开始想象奇形怪状的东西。
Scarcely had I closed my eyes when I began to .
2. 通过考试的学生将升到大学去学习。
Students who pass the test will .
3. 我们都要面对价格上涨的同样问题。
We are all faced of rising costs.
4. 在有些情况下,产量增加了3倍多。
output has increased more than fourfold.
5. 我不同意你的计划,因为它不合理。
I cant because it is not reasonable.
6. 夫妻俩在各自选择的事业上都很成功。
Husband and wife were in their chosen careers.
7. 毫无疑问我们会成功的。
There is that we will be successful.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. indicates2. dependent3. heat
4. allowance5. exchange6. currency
7. partner8. vote
Ⅱ. 1—5 BDBBC6—10 ACCBC11—15 AADBA
16—20 CADBA21—25 DDDBA
Ⅲ. 1—5 BACBC6—10 ADBAD11—15 CDADC
16—20 BCADB
Ⅳ. 1—4 DABD5—8 DACA9—12 CDAA
13—15 AAB
Ⅴ. 1. true2. discovered / found3. 1933
4. high5. help6. winner7. succeeded
8. beat / defeated9. cooperation / cooperating
10. travel
Ⅵ. 1. imagine the most fantastic shapes
2. be promoted to a university
3. with the same problem
4. In some cases
5. subscribe to your plan
6. similarly successful
7. no doubt
(作者:康传桂,海安县李堡中学)