Ⅰ.Vocabulary & Structure Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.
6. Three new buildings ______ on the campus by the end of this year.
A.will be built
B.are going to be built
C.will have been built
D.have been built
A B C D
C
[解析] 句意:到今年年底,校园内将建起三座新楼。该题考查的是将来完成时。将来完成时表示将来某时间之前或某一行为发生之前所完成的动作,常和by或by the time等引出的时间状语连用,由“will/shall+have+过去分词”构成。本题的时间状语是by the end of this year,所以应该用将来完成时,另外题干中还有被动的含义,因此用将来完成时的被动结构“will/shall+have been+过去分词”,答案选C。
7. To learn Chinese cooking, you should practice ______.
A.so much you can
B.so much as you can
C.much as you can
D.as much as you can
A B C D
D
[解析] 句意:学习中国烹饪,你应该尽可能多地练习实践。该题考查的是词的固定搭配。as much as... can的意思是“尽……最大能力;尽可能”,因此,选择答案D。
8. Our department has a large collection of books, ______ are in English.
A.many of which
B.many of them
C.many ones
D.their many
A B C D
A
[解析] 句意:我们系有很多藏书,其中很多是英语书。该题考查的是非限制性定语从句,即定语从句和先行词之间有逗号隔开。非限制性定语从句和主句的关系比较松散,只起补充说明的作用,即使省略也不影响主句意思的完整。修饰物时,只能用which来引导,that不能引导非限制性定语从句。因此,本题中用many of which引导出一个非限制性定语从句,选择A。
9. ______, the professor is still trying to learn a new language.
11. Not until quite recently ______ any idea of what a guided rocket is like.
A.did I have
B.do I have
C.should I have
D.would I have
A B C D
A
[解析] 句意:直到最近我才了解了一些关于引导火箭的情况。本题考查not until...(直到……才……)置于句首引起句子的部分倒装。根据句中的时间副词recently(最近,近来,时间点),可以判断动词应该用过去时,因此选择A。注意recently和完成时连用时表示时间的长度。如:I haven't been sleeping well recently.
12. ______ breaks the law will be punished sooner or later.
Ⅱ.Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 4 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets 5 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 6 to find gold or other valuable things 7 in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to think out what it could be. Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker's pockets 10 usual, he said to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things 11 this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the 12 . Tomorrow I'm going to 13 . I promise I shall not tell 14 if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for 15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."
1.
A.towards
B.down
C.to
D.up
A B C D
D
[解析] 词语搭配题。由下文第五句“The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it.”可知这个工人越过边界后,走下山坡,所以到达边界之前应该是朝山坡上走。故选up。
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer.
Passage 1 If you own a car, you are probably considering buying some kind of car insurance (保险). However, when you are actually purchasing ear insurance, it can be difficult for you to decide which is your best choice. The ideal buying process is to first research and decide, then purchase. Research first Before buying car insurance, you should find out the purpose of your purchase and how the insurance meets your needs. Decide on suitable Car Insurance Policies (保单) A neglected part of car insurance is the part which covers medical bills. Medical payments can add up very quickly in an accident situation, and the insurance should cover the bills incurred (招致) both by you and by the passengers in your car. Make sure you know the full value that your insurance covers. Purchase the best Car Insurance for your needs You have a number of choices when it comes to the actual purchase of the car insurance. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and these may be influenced by your individual taste and previous buying experience. Insurance companies may offer you good advice, but prices on the Internet are often better.
1. According to the first paragraph, when buying car insurance, one should first ______.
A.decide on the number of policies to purchase
B.do careful research on the different choices
C.choose the best insurance company
D.look for the lowest insurance rate
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第一段最后一句“The ideal buying process is to first research and decide, then purchase.”可知B为正确答案。
2. The purpose of research is to find out whether the car insurance ______.
A.includes all the advantages
B.best meets your needs
C.offers the best rate
D.is easy to purchase
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第二段可知研究的目的是为了让你买的汽车保险满足你的需要,因此应该选B。
3. When buying car insurance, people often neglect ______.
A.the damage to the car
B.the bills paid by the passengers
C.the part covering the medical bills
D.the background of the insurance company
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第三段第一句话“A neglected part of ear insurance is the part which covers medical bills.”可知C为正确答案。
4. According to the last paragraph, your choice of car insurance may also be influenced by ______.
A.your driving habits
B.the kind of car to be insured
C.the attitude of your family members
D.your own taste and buying experience
A B C D
D
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第四段第二句话“...and these may be influenced by your individual taste and previous buying experience.”可知D为正确答案。
5. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A.Medical Bills Covered in Car Insurance
B.Importance of Buying Car Insurance
C.Advice on Buying Car Insurance
D.Advantages of Car Insurance
A B C D
C
[解析] 主旨大意题。通过对文章的阅读可知作者主要介绍了买汽车保险的一些建议。故选C。
Passage 2 I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention, and especially if it's given from the heart. When people are talking, there's no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they're saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don't value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying "I'm so sorry." when someone is in pain. One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to her. Subtly, her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care. I have ever learned to respond to someone cuing by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them. This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.
1. What does the author value most in the communication with each other?
A.Deep understanding.
B.Saying "I'm sorry".
C.Attention from heart.
D.Doing nothing.
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。题干问:作者认为在交流中,下列哪项最为重要。从第一段第三句“...is our attention, and especially if it's given from the heart.”和倒数第二、三句“Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don't value ourselves or our love enough to know this.”可知,来自内心的关心比理解他们所说的更为重要。所以答案为C。
2. The woman's patient stopped telling her story to most people because ______.
3. If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may ______.
A.hurt his feelings
B.make him embarrassed
C.encourage him to continue to cry
D.stop him from letting out his sorrow
A B C D
D
[解析] 推理判断题。题干问:如果别人在哭的时候你向他递手绢的话,那会怎么样。从第三段第二句中的“...until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness.”可知,你在试图阻止他,让他无法继续排解他的忧伤。所以此处应选D。
4. It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, ______.
A.listening is a perfect way to respond to others
B.people keep silent because they don't know the answer
C.keeping silent means being too shy to speak
D.it is easy to form the habit of listening silently
5. Which of the following might be the author's opinion about communication?
A.Keep silent.
B.Just listen.
C.Be careful.
D.Tell your own story.
A B C D
B
[解析] 主旨大意题。通读全文,尤其是第一段第一、二句以及第三段的第三句“Now I just listen”可知,作者认为在交流的时候倾听更为重要,所以应选B。
Passage 3 Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes(撞毁). Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent strips, called chevrons (人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the Foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of strips on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal(致命) traffic accidents, according to the Foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the Foundation will carry its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (危险) are the greatest—curves (弯), exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars (水平障碍物) painted across roads can initially(最初) cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are, but also make a lane(车道) appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.
2. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that ______.
A.they should avoid speed-related hazards
B.they are driving in the wrong lane
C.they should slow down their speed
D.they are coming near to the speed limit
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。由第一段第四句“But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down”. 可知C项正确。
3. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ______.
A.can keep drivers awake
B.can cut road accidents in half
C.will look more attractive
D.will have a longer effect on drivers
A B C D
D
[解析] 推理判断题。由最后两段对比可知,人字形线比直线、水平线对控制车速有更长久的影响。
4. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ______.
A.try out the Japanese method in certain areas
B.change the road signs across the country
C.replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons
D.repeat the Japanese road patterns
A B C D
A
[解析] 事实细节题。由文章第二段内容“...the Foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country, ”可知他们在精心挑选的几条路上试验日本的模式。
5. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?
A.They are suitable only on broad roads.
B.They are falling out of use in the United States.
C.They are ignored in a long period of time.
D.They cannot be used successfully to traffic circles.
A B C D
C
[解析] 推理判断题。根据第四段第二句“However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.”可知随着驾驶员对这些线越来越熟悉,交通很快又会返回全速的状态。
Passage 4 When you were looking for a reliable, honest auto mechanic, how did you find him? Before you went into that restaurant you recently tried, how did you know that it served great food? If you're like most everyone on the planet, you want to lower your risk of a big ugly surprise so you asked people you trust to refer you to a business they trust. We all rely on our friends and associates to recommend going—or not going—to a particular business. Marketers call this friend-to-friend endorsement (认可) of a business "word-of-mouth advertising". It is the most powerful form of advertising. It is also the most difficult to create. When you do a great job for your customers or a rotten job, people are going to talk about your business. Unfortunately, because we humans seem to feel negative emotions more intensely than positive ones, we're more inclined to tell more of our friends about bad experiences with a business than positive ones. Understand this: Customers believe their own experience. You can't make them believe that your company is wonderful when they felt they were treated badly. So, to get positive word-of-mouth going for your business, especially from your demanding customers in this service-based economy, you've got to do a really outstanding job for everyone, exactly. And when you do, you build a great reputation. That takes time. But it forges a link with your customers and prospective customers in a way that no advertising and no promotional coupon(优惠券) ever could. The good news is that because there are so many different businesses chasing after your customers' money, people want to know whom they can trust. So people are going to be talking about you. Create a free sales force for your business—an army of delighted customers who tell everyone they know how good your company is to do business with. That's a great antidote(解毒剂) to defection.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A.A person should rely on his friends for a business.
B.A good name will bring you money.
C.A company can make customers believe that it's wonderful.
D.A company should advertise everything to survive.
2. According to the author, whether we'll go to a place or not depends on ______.
A.media advertising
B.department store display window
C.word-of-mouth advertising
D.the business fame
A B C D
C
[解析] 推理判断题。由题干关键词go to...or not定位至第二段第一句“We all rely on our friends and associates to recommend going—or not going—to a particular business. (我们信赖我们的朋友和同事来推荐去还是不去一家特定的商店)”。接下来第二句“Marketers call this friend-to-friend endorsement of a business 'word-of-mouth advertising'. (市场营销人员把这种行为叫作‘口头广告’)”,也就是“word-of-mouth advertising”,即C所给答案是作者所认为的去不去一个地方的依据。A. 媒体广告、B. 商店橱窗广告、D. 商业名声,这些都不是。
3. Why are we more likely to tell more of our friends about unsatisfied experiences with a business than satisfied ones?
A.Because we aren't inclined to have a negative feeling.
B.Because we often feel negative emotions more intensely.
C.Because we seem to feel more intensely.
D.Because we often hear people express their negative emotions.
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。由题干关键词experiences with a business定位至第三段第二句“Unfortunately, because we humans seem to feel negative emotions more intensely than positive ones... bad experiences with a business than positive ones.”可知,我们更倾向于诉说不好的经历是因为我们对消极的情感感受更强烈,B最接近此意。A. 我们不易产生消极的情感,这与文章中所表达的我们对消极的情感感受更强烈相矛盾;C. 我们好像感觉很强烈,没有说对什么感觉很强烈;D. 我们经常听到人们表达他们消极的情感,这一点文章中并未提及,只是说人们易产生消极的情感。
4. According to the author, when you do a really outstanding job in service, you will ______.
A.build a bad reputation
B.break the link with your customer
C.get a positive word-of-mouth advertising for your business
D.earn big money
A B C D
C
[解析] 推理判断题。由题干关键词outstanding job定位至第四段“So, to get positive word-of-mouth going for your business, especially from your demanding customers in this service-based economy, you've got to do a really outstanding job...”可知,为你的生意获得好的口头评价,特别是在服务为基础的经济社会里,从高要求的顾客那里获得这种好的口头评价,你必须要做出突出的工作。由此可推断c为正确答案。A“建立一个坏名声”和B“破坏和顾客的关系”与文章内容相反;D“赚大钱”文中并未提及。
5. What's the meaning of the word "defection" (Last Line, Para. 6)?
1. Directions: For this part, you're required to write a composition on the topic My View on Network Education. You should write at least 100 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition on the Answer Sheet. (1)目前网络教育成为热潮: (2)你认为这股热潮形成的原因; (3)你对网络教育的评价。
My View on Network Education
Nowadays, more and more modern technology is being applied to teaching. At present, the network education is playing an increasingly significant role in modern education. And what are the reasons people are drawn to network education? As far as I am concerned, firstly, it is convenient and efficient for people to learn online, where resources are bountiful. Secondly, network education is economical. Students can communicate with teachers via network, thus avoid the inconvenience of driving to another place for classes. Thirdly, people now attach importance to online learning, because they can always find the most up-to-date information on the Internet. All in all, network education has already become an indispensable way to learn knowledge. Therefore, network education, as a means of contemporary education, is worth popularizing.