8. Not until the year of 1954 ______ made the capital of this province.
A.the city was
B.when the city was
C.was the city
D.Was when the city
A B C D
C
[解析] 译文:直到1954年这座城市才被确定为省会。本题考查倒装句式。“Not”置于句首,句子要部分倒装,原句应为:“The city was made the capital of this province not until the year of 1954”。
9. Students, taking business courses are sometimes a little ______ to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in their syllabuses of study.
Ⅱ.CLOZE Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. Customs officers at a London airport yesterday found $500,000 worth of drugs which were being smuggled (走私) into Britain in boxes marked "Urgent Medical Supplies". The authorities might have suspected for some time 1 drugs were being brought into the country in this way. The 2 is believed to be the work of a well-organized international group. Four men were arrested at 3 airport and held for questioning, 4 it is unlikely that they are organizers. In 5 they declared that they were unaware of what the boxes contained and 6 acted in good faith in bringing them into Britain. This is the third time 7 six months that attempts have been made to smuggle 8 goods through Customs by declaring them to 9 medical supplies. They are frequently 10 in special containers and a warning is given that they may be 11 if they are not handled with care. 12 are determined to put a 13 to this practice, said one of the Customs officers today. 14 is no way these people are going to get away 15 this any longer. We have the full co-operation of the International Police who are as anxious as we are to track down the main source of supply.
Ⅳ.READING COMPREHENSION Read the two passages and choose the most likely answer to each of the questions.
Passage 1 Is American society full of untouchables? From my own experiences, I would say no. In fact, it never even occurred to me that some people might be annoyed by a friendly pat on the shoulder. But after our discussion about this in class the other day, I visited several friends on the matter. My family and I seem to be somewhat in the minority. For example, my family, while not being made up of the greatest cheek kissers, has always been very generous with hugs, hand squeezes, arm-in-arm walks, and comforting shoulder pats. All of this is spontaneous. Nobody has ever said to me, "Now, Linda, go kiss your Aunt Ada." It just so happened I thought enough of my Aunt Ada to want to kiss her now and then when she had been especially nice. When Dad introduces me to anyone, he always has that big protective arm right around my shoulders that tells me he is proud of me far better than his words could. I wouldn't think of walking into Grandma's house without grabbing both of her hands in a tight squeeze and smiling into her eyes so that she can get a good look at her granddaughter. My husband and I went bowling with my cousin and his wife the other night, and he often threw his arm around my shoulders or Virgo's as we visited. I didn't think that was queer at all. In fact, I thought it was very sweet the way he has accepted Virgo in the family. How comforting it was to have my aunt's arm around me after my Grandpa's funeral! She knew how very close we were, and her words would never have been warm and understanding as that arm was. Several people I talked to about this had different thoughts. One lady I work with said she didn't like people "pawing" her. A girlfriend said she had no reservations about kissing her husband, but couldn't kiss her parents, although she wished she could. My answer to that would be for heaven's sake TRY!!! Don't regret it later that you didn't. I was uneasy about going into a swimming pool for the first time, and even after that first step was taken, it was a long time before I felt comfortable in my role as a swimmer. Now I love to swim and I think what a loss it would have been if I had been afraid to try, then follow through. I think the analogy holds for life. If you want to be more affectionate with your loved ones, just try, and keep at it. Soon it may become so natural you will wonder what all the fuss was about. Don't be like my cousin Jo, who loved her father dearly but just couldn't show it. When she was 18, she finally brought herself to kiss him, but it was too late; he was in his coffin, unable to feel the delightful sense of touch the living have to share, if we only will.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.It encourages people to use physical touches more often.
B.It describes her family and their relationships.
C.It deals with the skills of greeting people.
D.It briefly introduces different fashions of greeting each other.
Passage 2 The human brain contains 10 thousand million ceils and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to as-semble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (软件) or by altering the architecture but that too will happen. I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (桂) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own de-sign. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon's long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe. As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments9 harmful to ourselves. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space' home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.
1. In what way can we make a machine intelligent?______
A.By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
B.By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
C.By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
D.By reproducing it.
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。第一段最后一句话:“...by loading in the right software or by altering the architecture...”。
2. What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?______
A.He believes they will be useful to human beings.
B.He believes that they will control us in the future.
C.He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.
D.He doesn't consider the construction of such machines possible.
3. The word "carbon" (Line 3, Para. 2) stands for ______.
A.intelligent robots
B.a chemical element
C.an organic substance
D.human beings
A B C D
D
[解析] 细节理解题。因为我们人类身体的主要化学成分是碳,所以在这里作者用碳指代人类。
4. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when ______.
A.its intelligence and cost are beyond question
B.it is able to bear the rough environment
C.it is made as complex as the human brain
D.its architecture is different from that of the present ones
A B C D
A
[解析] 细节理解题。第三段第一句话:“As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines...”。由此可知,只要机器人的智力达到人类的水平,而且它的成本也不成问题,机器人就能帮助我们人类开拓我们的领域。
5. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of self-reproduction
B.with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability
C.once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will possess intelligence
D.robots will have control of the vast, man-made word in space
A B C D
B
[解析] 推理判断题。文章开篇说:“Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability...”紧接着“but...”继续论述作者的个人观点,即随着科技的迅速发展,人工智能终会实现。由此我们也可以推断出人们已经认识到这种可能性的存在。跟其他相同主题的文章不同,本文作者认为人工智能实现之后,可为人类所利用,为人类服务,而机器人会操控人类并没有涉及。
PART TWO
Ⅴ.WORD DERIVATION Complete each of the following sentences with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in brackets.
1. It's ______ to learn these good sentences by heart. (advise)
advisable
[解析] 译文:用心学习这些句子是对的。此处需要一个形容词,advisable适当的。
2. His bananas were taken over at the customs because he was trying to bring them into the country ______. (legally)
Ⅵ.SENTENCE TRANSLATION Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 数千人挤进了大厅去看时装表演。
Thousands of people packed into the hall to watch the fashion show.
2. 孩子们都盼着听他们喜爱的那位流行歌星现场演唱。
The kids are looking forward to hearing their favourite pop star sing in person.
3. 我们惊讶地发现衣衫褴楼的老头儿其实是一个百万富翁。
To our great surprise, the old man in shabby clothes was in fact a millionaire.
4. 我抬起头,意识到大家都在以赞赏的目光注视着我。
I raised my head/looked up and became aware that everyone was gazing at me admiringly.
5. 一些跨国公司一直在评估中国,看能否成为他们产品的潜在市场。
A number of multinationals have been sizing up China as a possible market for their products.
Ⅶ.WRITING Write a composition about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned.
1. Topic: How do friendships often differ for women and men in France? Use the following outline as a guide. · A summary of of the difference. · Give an example or examples to show the difference. · Give a brief comment on the difference.
In France, as in many European countries, friends generally are of the same sex, and friendship is seen as basically a relationship between men. Frenchwomen laugh at the idea that "women can be friends", but they also admit sometimes that for women "it a different thing". And many French people doubt the possibility of a friendship between a man and a woman. There is also the kind of relationship within a group--men and women who have worked together for a long time, who may be very close, sharing great loyalty and warmth of feeling. They may call one another "copains"--a word that in English becomes "friends" but has more the feeling of "pals" or "buddies". In French eyes this is not friendship, although two members of such a group may well be friends.