Ⅰ.CLOZE Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. A famous scientist who had made an important medical breakthrough was being interviewed. A newspaper reporter asked him why he thought he was able to be 1 more creative than the average person. He said that it all came from a(n) 2 that occurred when he was about two years old. He was trying to 3 a bottle of milk from the refrigerator 4 he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling the milk all 5 the floor. His mother came into the kitchen. 6 yelling at him, giving him a lecture or 7 him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have 8 ! I have rarely seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the 9 has already been done. Would you like to get 10 and play in 'the sea of milk for a few minutes before we clean it up? This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment 11 he knew he didn't need to be 12 to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 13 for learning something new, which is, after all, what 14 experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't 15 , we usually learn something from it.
[解析] 本题考查固定搭配与词组辨析。选项中四个词都有害怕、担心的意思,其用法分别为,afraid:be afraid to do sth.和be afraid of sth.;fearful:be fearful of和be fearful that;worried:be worried that, be worried about;frightened:be frightened of,be frightened to do sth.和be frightened that,它含有惊恐之意。此句意为“他认识到他再也不必担心犯错误了”,afraid符合搭配。
6. This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young.
A.This is the best thing to do to keep fit.
B.This is the right way to stay young.
C.This is the healthy food one should eat in old age.
D.This is the secret of maintaining a youthful appearance.
A B C D
B
[解析] recipe for意为“……的诀窍;方法”。本句意为我想这就是保持年轻的诀窍。
7. Her [Doris,] salesmanship was irresistible. Before the light changed half a dozen times she disposed of the entire batch [of Saturday Evening Post.].
A....she destroyed every copy of the book.
B....she gave out all the magazines in her bag.
C....she sold every single copy she had brought.
D....she got rid of what she did not want in the batch.
8. My mother replied that I was blessed with a rare determination to make something of myself.
A.My mother answered that I was gifted with a rare determination to make something.
B.In the reply to the executive't question, my mother said that I was bestowed with a determination which can seldom be found in other boys to attain some achievements.
C.In the reply to the executive't question 9 my mother said that I was strongly determined to grow up to be a successful man.
D.My mother said that I was seldom blessed with a determination to attain some achievements.
A B C D
B
[解析] be blessed with意为“具有”。本句意为母亲答道我很幸运有非凡的决心要做出些成就来。
9. I stared at the canteen as if it were a mirage.
A.I imagined seeing a canteen.
B.I looked at the canteen closely.
C.I knew there wasn't a canteen actually.
D.I couldn't believe that the canteen was still there.
A B C D
D
[解析] as if意为“似乎,好像”。本句意为我瞪眼瞧着这只水壶,仿佛在看一个虚幻的影像。即本句意为我不相信水壶仍然在那里。
10. A little girl tramping around in the Pennsylvania woods near her home feels close to the birds and plants and animals. She is at ease with them.
A.She enjoys being close to them.
B.She finds it easy to make friends with them.
C.She feels relaxed and comfortable with them.
D.She regards them as closer friends than humans.
A B C D
C
[解析] at ease意为“自由自在;舒适”。本句意为一个小姑娘在宾夕法尼亚州离自己家不远处的树林里漫步,她对林中的鸟儿、花草树木和动物们倍感亲近。她与树林里的生灵在一起感到自在。
PART TWO
Ⅳ.WRITING Write a composition about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned
1. Topic: What do you think of Edison's greatest contribution to human progress? Use the following outline as a guide. · Name this contribution. · Give an example or examples to show how he achieved this contribution. · Give a brief comment on this contribution.
As a great inventor, Edison did not merely make the incandescent lamp、the phonograph and innumerable other devises practicable for general use, what is more important, he demonstrated the power or applied science so concretely, so understandably, so convincingly that he altered the mentality of mankind. Because of his success, people accepted the revolutionary conception that man could by the use of his intelligence invent a new mode of living on this planet. In the past, people had resided the conditions of life as essentially unchanged and beyond man control. Now they adopted the conviction that anything could be changed and everything could be controlled. Edison supplied the homely demonstrations that ensured the popular acceptance of science and clinched the popular argument about the place of science in man's outlook upon life. Edison combined and perfected previous discoveries to make them convenient and profitable, so many investors were willing to invest their money to scientific research.