Ⅰ.GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Complete each of the following 15 sentences with the most likely answer. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
1. "Since you are nearly 35, it's about time you ______ married," the mother told her son.
A.get
B.got
C.should get
D.must get
A B C D
B
[考点] 本题考查虚拟语气。 [解析] it's about time+(that)从句,从句中的谓语动词用过去式。
2. After ______ seemed an endless wait, it was finally his turn to have the job interview.
Ⅱ.CLOZE Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. If you speak English, you might be acquainted with quite a few other languages as well: Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish, and Thai, to name just a 1 . You may not be fluent in any of these languages, but every, day you use words from their vocabularies. In fact, 2 two or more different cultures establish and maintain contact over an extended period of time, the vocabulary of each culture's language 3 word borrowing from each of the other cultures' languages. English has borrowed words liberally from other languages to 4 its vocabulary. In the United States, much of this word borrowing resulted 5 immigration. The United States has been peopled 6 by immigrants, from its birth to the present day. One great wave of immigration to the United States took place from about 1820 to 1850. Millions of people 7 poverty and famine in their countries of origin 8 improving the quality of their lives. From Western Europe came millions of immigrants—Irish, Germans, Scandinavians. Each of these groups brought with it a(n) 9 culture. Language of each culture eventually would be woven 10 the cultural fabric of the developing nation. From 1880 to the 1920s, 11 wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe and other places of the world 12 the cultural vitality of the United States. Each of these cultures has 13 the vocabulary of American English. Immigration to the United States 11 to this day. Immigrants brought with them new words that have reshaped American English during the past two 15 . American English will keep changing in the future.
1.
A.bit
B.little
C.lot
D.few
A B C D
D
[解析] name just a few表示“仅举几例”,符合语境,用在此处表示仅仅列举一些语言。a bit表示“一点”,a bit of后跟不可数名词;a little表示“一点”,后跟不可数名词;a lot表示“许多,大量”,a lot of后跟不可数名词或可数名词。
Ⅲ.PARAPHRASING Choose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentences or the italicized part. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
1. This [the discovery by Copernicus] is a deflation of our pretensions, to be sure, but it is also the opening up to our view of a vast and awesome universe. ______
A.This shakes our blind belief in the mistaken conclusions.
B.This changes the wild imagination of our own power.
C.Our foolish sense of pride is greatly challenged.
D.Our self-important manner is disapproved.
A B C D
A
[解析] 本句大意:这当然煞了我们人类的自命不凡的傲气,但是同时(哥白尼的学说)也开阔了我们的眼界,使我们看到一个漫无边际的、令人敬畏的宇宙。open up to向……开放。A项意为:这动摇了我们对错误结论的盲目相信。二者意思相近。
2. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. ______
A.Love is a romantic relationship for the rich, but a practical issue for the poor.
B.Romantic stories are attached to the rich while tragic stories to the poor.
C.Rich people can afford to be romantic while the jobless cannot.
D.People with money can find love, while poor people in love cannot find jobs.
5. "We've got to believe it [the warning of the coming missiles]," he said, looking at her steadily in the eye, "we can't afford not to." ______
A....we should not give up the chance to see the missiles.
B....there's reason to ignore the warning.
C....there's little time we can waste.
D....we can't run the risk.
A B C D
D
[解析] 本句大意:“我们必须相信这是真的,”他盯着她的双眼说,“我们不敢不信呀!”look sb. in the eye(s)/face正面看着某人,毫无愧色地正视某人。D项意为:我们不能冒险。二者意思相近。
6. Toddy Beamish opposed everything he [ Mr. Fotheringay ] said by a monotonous but effective "So you say," and drove him to the limit of his patience. ______
A....Toddy made him so angry that he could hardly stand it.
B....Toddy gave him a ride and drove at top speed.
7. Even the cottage, which has an irregularity and coloring that make it fit snugly into the landscape, looks nearly as much a piece of natural history as the tree. ______
A.The cottage appears as old as the tree.
B.The cottage fits perfectly among the beautiful trees.
C.The cottage seems a natural part of its surroundings.
Ⅳ.READING COMPREHENSION Read the two passages and choose the most likely answer to each of the questions. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
Passage 1 The Palace Hotel at Fort Romper was painted a light blue, a color of blue found on the legs of a certain bird that makes it bright in any surroundings. The Palace Hotel, then, looked always loud and screaming in a way that made the bright winter scenes of Nebraska seem only a dull gray. It stood alone, and when the snow was failing, the town two hundred yards away could not be seen. When a traveler came from the railroad station, he was obliged to pass the Palace Hotel before he came to the group of low houses which was Fort Romper. It was believed that no traveler could pass the Palace Hotel without looking at it. Pat Scully, the hotel-owner, had proved himself a master at choosing paints. It is true that on clear days, when the long lines of trains swept through Fort Romper, passengers were surprised at the sight. Those that knew the brown-reds, and the dark greens of the eastern part of the country laughingly expressed shame, pity and shock. But to the citizens of this western town and to the people who stopped there, Pat Scully had performed a wonder. As if the displayed delights of such a blue hotel were not sufficiently inviting, Scully went every morning and evening to meet the trains that stopped at Romper. He would express greetings and welcome to anyone he might see hesitating. One morning when a snow-covered engine dragged its long string of cars to the station, Scully performed the marvelous trick of catching three men. One was a shaky and quick-eyed Swede, with a great, shining, cheap bag; one was a tall, sun-browned cowboy, who was on his way to a job near the Dakota border; one was a little silent man from the east coast, who didn't look like it and didn't announce it. Scully practically made them prisoners. He was so quick and merry and kindly that each probably felt it would be cruel to try to escape. So they followed the eager little man. He wore a heavy fur cap pulled tightly down on his head. It caused his two red ears to stand out stiffly, as if they were made of fin. At last, Scully grandly conducted them through the door of the blue hotel. The room which they entered was small. It was occupied mostly by a huge stove in the center, which was burning with great force. At various points on its surface the iron had become shiny and glowed yellow from the heat. Beside the stove, Scully's son, Johnnie, was playing a game of cards with an old farmer. They were quarreling. With loud words Scully stopped their play, and hurried his son upstairs with the bags of the new guests. He himself led them to three bowls of the icy water. The cowboy and the Easterner washed themselves in this water until they were as red as fire. The Swede, however, merely placed his fingers in the bowl. It was noticeable throughout these proceedings that the three travelers were made to feel that Scully was very kind indeed. He was giving out great favors. Afterwards, they returned to the first room. There, sitting about the stove, they listened to Scully shouting at his daughters, who were preparing the noon meal. They employed the silence of experienced men who moved carefully among new people. The Swede was especially silent. He seemed to be occupied in making secret judgments of each man in the room. One might have thought that he had the sense of foolish fear which accompanied guilt. He looked like a badly frightened man.
1. What does the writer mean by "loud and screaming" in Paragraph 1? ______
A.The size of the hotel was extremely big.
B.The color of the hotel was eye-catching.
C.The shape of the hotel looked terribly scary.
D.The name of the hotel was perfectly-chosen.
A B C D
B
[解析] 词义理解题。由第一段第一句可知,皇宫酒店被涂成了浅蓝色,这是一种在某种鸟的腿上发现的颜色,这种颜色使得这种鸟在任何环境下都能被看见。所以,第一段第二句中的loud and screaming指的是这种浅蓝色容易被人看见。故选B。
2. Which of the following is TRUE in terms of "color"? ______
A.People in the country were particular about color.
B.People in the country didn't care much about color.
C.People from eastern and western parts had different views on color.
D.People from eastern and western parts held the same view on color.
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。由第二段最后两句可知,东部地区的人和西部地区的人对颜色有不同的观点,故选C。
3. What can be inferred about the business of the Palace Hotel? ______
5. Which of the following descriptions of the hotel is TRUE? ______
A.Its location was inconvenient.
B.Its conditions were unsatisfactory.
C.The building's color was unpleasant.
D.The owner's children were troublesome.
A B C D
B
[解析] 推理判断题。由第六段第二句可知,房间很小,所以可推测酒店的条件让人不满意。故选B。
Passage 2 In China today, Internet addiction has acquired a symbolic function that is about more than health. At Film Forum on August 6th, "Web Junkie", by the Israeli filmmakers, takes us inside an Internet-addiction treatment center in Beijing to chronicle the ways in which technology, wealth, and autonomy are altering the ties between young people and the elders who strain to comprehend those changes. Jim is a sixteen-year-old who was playing World of Warcraft ten hours a day by the time his parents gave up on him. In a series of powerful scenes in counseling sessions, we watch a family failing under the pressures of work and expectation. His father, a thin, quiet man, admits to beating his son and trying to stab him "just to scare" him into obedience, before admitting that they have no way to communicate. "It's worse than talking to a stranger," the father says. The son threatens suicide. "At home, I feel I don't exist," he tells his parents, trying to explain why he escaped into the emotional refuge of a vast online world. "On the Internet, I have friends who care about me," he says. A moment later, with little provocation, he picks up a metal stool and asks his father, "Do you want to die?" The most revealing moments in "Web Junkie" have little to do with the Internet or addiction; they are about private, perceptual changes within families, as young Chinese men and their parents struggle with questions of individuality, personal freedom, self-development, and trust. Many of the parents seem to be loving but preoccupied, and they would prefer to pin their troubles on mysterious new technologies than on the underlying causes of their children's distress. The parents, raised in another China, have no way to relate to their children, and little time to try. In one scene, a clinician places phone calls to parent after parent, trying in vain to persuade them to leave work and accompany their children in treatment. In a final reunion scene, parents greet their children awkwardly as a voice through a loudspeaker advises, "Parents, hug your kids." Professor Tao Ran, the founder of the center and a pioneer in Web-addiction treatment in China, is a particularly surprising character. At first, he is cast as the quack (冒牌医生) exclaiming about the Web as "digital heroin". But then he addresses a room full of parents and describes, insightfully, that a generation of only children, who face narrowing job prospects and heavy pressure to support their aging parents, present a challenge that China has never faced. "Do you know how lonely your kids are?" he asks. "So where do they look for friends? The Internet." "Web Junkie" does not end with any tidy answers. The devotion that young Chinese feel to the Internet is driven by deep factors ranging from youth unemployment and income inequality to demographic imbalance between men and women. Even for those who are growing up with more prosperity and autonomy than their parents ever imagined, the Web is an escape from reality. In one scene, a kid is sitting patiently while a technician fits his head with a peculiar bonnet made of rubber tubing and wires. "Close your eyes and think about something happy," the clinician says. Asked, upon his departure, what he learned at the Chinese Teenagers Mental Growth Center, one young man shrugs and says, "How to escape."
1. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase "Web Junkie"? ______
5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? ______
A.Solutions to Web Addiction
B.Helping the Lonely Children
C.The Evil Influences of the Internet
D."Web Junkies" Behind the Scene Story
A B C D
D
[解析] 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章主要围绕“Web Junkie”这部电影展开,故选D。
PART TWO
Ⅴ.WORD DERIVATION Complete each of the following sentences with a (compound) word derived from the one (s) given in brackets. Write your word on the answer sheet.
1. The invention of the silicon chip was a ______ in the history of the computer. (land, mark)
landmark
2. If you keep yourself busy, you don't have time to get ______. (depress)
depressed
3. There's absolutely no ______ between the different groups—nobody knows what anyone else is doing. (coordinate)
coordination
4. Smile, nods and ______ faces added to the general pleasant atmosphere in the city. (cheer)
cheerful
5. I think that frequent short vacations are much more ______ than a long annual holiday. (desire)
desirable
6. The obvious sign of his ______ is that he keeps glancing at his watch. (nervous)
nervousness
7. Parents will know if their children are ill or ______ from their behaviors. (comfortable)
uncomfortable
8. Last month Smith hired some workmen to remodel and ______ the farm buildings. (large)
enlarge
9. When applying for a visa extension, ______ state the reasons why you need it. (simple)
simply
10. It's ______ to invest in stocks without good advice. (risk)
risky
Ⅵ.SENTENCE TRANSLATION Translate the following sentences into English and write your sentences on the answer sheet.
1. 使她感到伤心的是她们的友谊未能经得起时间的考验。
What made her sad was that their friendship did not stand the test of time.
2. 他看报纸的时候孩子们不断地打扰,使他很烦。
He was annoyed that the children kept on disturbing him while he was reading the newspaper.
3. 我们不得不去适应快速变化的世界。
We've got to adjust ourselves to the rapidly changing world.
4. 输了比赛,那些男孩子们非常难过,觉得辜负了学校的期望。
The boys felt very upset when they lost the game, thinking they failed to live up to the expectations of the school.
5. 我们的经济改革已经取得了不少成绩,但还有更多事情要做。
We have done a lot in our economic reform, but we still have a long way to go.
Ⅶ.WRITING
1. Write a composition on the answer sheet in about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned. TOPIC: Suppose you were, Baron Hausberg, the millionaire. Explain how you got to know Hughie Erskine and what you did in return for the pound he gave you. ● Who you are and where you met Hughie. ● How you felt when he gave you a pound. ● Why you gave him ten thousand pounds in return.
[范文] I'm Baron Hausberg. As a millionaire, I have enough money to buy the whole of London! One day, I asked my artist friend Alan Trevor to paint me as a beggar. As he was finishing the picture, a charming young man walked into Alan's studio. He must have been a very sympathetic person. Seeing such a wrinkle-faced old man in rags, he put a pound into my hand. I was startled at first but soon realized that he took me for a real beggar. Later I learned from Alan all about the young man's story. He was in need of money because his girlfriend's father would not allow them to marry if he did not possess ten thousand pounds. Deeply touched by the young man's kindness, I decided to help him. The following day I had a check for £10,000 delivered to him as a wedding gift.