2013.9(第4部分)完形填空(五个选项全新版)电大统考英语

第四部分完形填空（2013年9月）
Passage 1
American people divide their days into several blocks of time, and plan different activities 21 different times.
American time is "on the dot"(准确地). If something is supposed to happen at eight o'clock, it will begin at eight. Americans value promptness(准时)and may become angry if a person is more than 15 minutes late 22 a good reason. If you know you are going to be late, call in advance and let someone know. 23 you arrive late, you should apologize and explain why. Americans arrive 24 time for doctors' appointments. The doctor may keep you 25 , but if you keep the doctor waiting, you may get a bill with the doctor's time!
美国人把每天分成很多时间段，在不同的时段安排不同的事情。

美国人的时间是精确的。

如果某事安排在8点整，它就在8点整开始。

美国人看重准时，如果一个人没有可信的原因而迟到超过15分钟他很生气。

如果你知道会迟到，提前打电话，让人知道。

如果你到晚了，要道歉并解释原因。

美国人会按医生的约定按时到达。

医生可能让你等，但如果你让医生等，你需要为医生的时间买单。

21. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
22. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
23. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
24. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
25. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
答案：AEDCB
Passage 2
Social customs and ways of behaving are changing. __21__ was considered impolite many years ago is now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was thought to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke in the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman __22__ a fool of himself by smoking when a woman was in the room.
Customs __23__ from country to country, but the important thing __24__ is not to do anything that might make other people feel __25__, especially if they are your guests. You are expected to find a way to keep them from feeling foolish.
社会习惯和行为方式的改变。

有些社会习惯以前被认为不礼貌的，现在越来越被接受。

几年前，男人在街上吸烟是不礼貌的行为。

没有人会认为自己是绅士，当有女士在房间里时他在吸烟。

习惯在国家间是不同的，变化的，但最重要的事情是，不要做任何能让别人感觉不舒服的事情，特别是当他们是你们的客人的时候。

你要做一些避免让他们觉得不明知的行为。

21. A. uncomfortable B. would make C. to remember D. what E. vary
22. A. uncomfortable B. would make C. to remember D. what E. vary
23. A. uncomfortable B. would make C. to remember D. what E. vary
24. A. uncomfortable B. would make C. to remember D. what E. vary
25. A. uncomfortable B. would make C. to remember D. what E. vary
答案：DBECA
Passage 3
The Internet began more than thirty years ago, and its goal was to increase communication among universities, the government and some major American businesses by linking their computers together. The Internet makes it easy for them to send large 21 of information quickly.
As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In 1981, the Internet linked 13 computers. Only nine years later, it 22 more than 350,000 computers. Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to the Internet.
The Internet has changed the way people work. They can travel from place to place 23 getting in touch with their office all the time via the Internet. A recent report in the America magazine, Newsweek, said more than 89 million Americana now use the Internet at work. Companies around the world now use the Internet. One can hardly imagine how business could be done 24 the Internet.
The Internet is becoming more important than any one had thought possible. And its importance is
25 to increase more in the future.
因特网30年前开始多起来，它的目标在于提高大学间的联系。

政府和一些主要的美国商业都是通过计算机来实现他们之间的联系。

因特网让他们之间传递大量的信息变得很迅速。

随着时间的推移，越来越多的人开始使用因特网。

1981年，因特网连接13台计算机。

仅仅9年之后，它连接超过三万五千台计算机。

今天专家们说，大约有3亿台的计算机通过因特网连接。

因特网改变了人们的工作。

他们从一个地方到另一个地方旅行，然而能通过因特网实现他们工作的联系。

美国《新闻周刊》杂志最新的报道，在美国大约有八千九百万的人使用电脑工作。

电脑因为因特网遍布全国。

无法想想，生意如果没有因特网该如何去做。

因特网变得越来越重要，这是任何人都无法想象的。

它的重要性希望在将来能更大。

21. A. linked B. expected C. amount D. while E. without
22. A. linked B. expected C. amount D. while E. without
23. A. linked B. expected C. amount D. while E. without
24. A. linked B. expected C. amount D. while E. without
25. A. linked B. expected C. amount D. while E. without
答案：CADEB
Passage 4
Mumu is a Chinese boy. But now he___21__in the UK. He lives and ___22__ with Mr and Mrs Green in London. They are very nice to him. But they like different food.
For breakfast, Mr and Mrs Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruits. Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn't like vegetables at the breakfast time.
Lunch is at one ___23___. Mr and Mrs Green usually have large hamburgers. Mumu doesn't like them. He thinks they're ___24___. He would like some rice. After that, he'd like some fruits. ___25___ Mr and Mrs Green usually have afternoon tea.
For dinner, Mr and Mrs Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit. Mumu wouldn't like any beef, he'd like some noodles.
木木是个中国男孩。

但现在他在英国。

他在伦敦和格林夫妇在一起生活。

格林夫妇对他很好。

但他们的饮食习惯不同。

格林夫妇早饭喜欢喝牛奶、吃鸡蛋及一些蔬菜，有时他们也吃点水果。

木木喜欢喝牛奶吃鸡蛋，但他早餐不喜欢吃蔬菜。

午饭时间是一点。

格林夫妇通常都吃个大汉堡。

木木不喜欢吃汉堡。

他认为汉堡不好。

他喜欢吃米饭，吃完米饭吃些水果。

但格林夫妇通常是喝下午茶。

格林夫妇晚饭喝汤，吃牛肉，蔬菜及水果。

木木不喜欢吃牛肉，他喜欢吃面条。

21. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad
22. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad
23. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad
24. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad
25. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad
答案：BADEC
Passage 5
A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much ___21___ a nice—looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it so much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it.While the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took the watch out of the owner's hand and ran out with it. It all happened in ___22___ seconds. When the owner ran out into the street, the young man had already ___23___ among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw the young man with the stolen watch in his hand, "Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?" he said in a low voice, "It's only a hundred dollars."
"The young man doesn't know I saw him ___24___ the watch just now," he thought. The American paid at once and went happily back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend ___25___ a look at the watch and started to shout immediately. He said, "You are a fool. This watch is worth only ten dollars. I'm sure the shop owner and the young man planned all this together."
一个很富有的美国人进入了伦敦的一个商店。

他十分想要一款看起来很好看的手表。

他看了手表就决定买下。

但商店的人要500美元。

正当这个美国人犹豫的时候，突然进来一个年轻人，把手表从店家手中抢走往外跑，这一切仅仅在几秒内发生。

当那个店家追到街上，那个年轻人已经消失在人群中了。

那个美国人走了，在街的下一个拐角，他看见那个年轻人把偷了的表放在手中：“你不是想买这个表吗？”他低声问道，“仅需要100美元。

”
这个美国人想“这个年轻人并不知道我看到了，当他偷这块表时”，美国人迅速地付了钱并把表开心地带回家了。

他告诉他朋友关于这块表。

他朋友拿起表看了看并立即笑他：“你是个傻瓜，这块表只值10美元，我确信那个店主和那个年轻人共同策划了这个事件。

”
21. A. a few B. disappeared C. to get D. took E. stealing
22. A. a few B. disappeared C. to get D. took E. stealing
23. A. a few B. disappeared C. to get D. took E. stealing
24. A. a few B. disappeared C. to get D. took E. stealing
25. A. a few B. disappeared C. to get D. took E. stealing
KEY:CABED
Passage 6
Many Chinese students don't pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice speaking English in class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language 21 in everyday life.
A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table.
When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers 22 it and took them out again in order to express that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English.
The waiter soon brought a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. The man tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make 23 understood. Finally another man came in. He spoke English clearly and fluently. In a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table ___24___ him.
So you see a man often goes hungry if he doesn't 25 a foreign language.
很多中国学生在学校不注重口语学习.他们觉得只需要在课堂上说英语就足够了。

告诉大家一个故事吧，它将要告诉你英语在生活中的重要性。

有一次一个外国人饿了走进一家伦敦的餐厅。

他找了个地方坐下。

当侍者来的时候，他用手指向张开的嘴巴，然后指了指菜单，以点菜。

所有的一切是因为他不会说英语。

之后，侍者端来了一杯茶。

这个老外摇了摇头。

然后侍者又端来了一杯咖啡。

老外又摇了摇头。

他不断地摇头，但是侍者始终无法理解他的意思。

终于，另外一个人进来了。

他流利而清楚地讲起了英语。

几分钟后，一大盘肉菜被端上了桌子。

不会英语就会挨饿，这就是这则故事所告诉我们的。

21. A. into B. freely C. before D. himself E. master
22. A. into B. freely C. before D. himself E. master
23. A. into B. freely C. before D. himself E. master
24. A. into B. freely C. before D. himself E. master
25. A. into B. freely C. before D. himself E. master
答案：BADCE
Passage 7
In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed ___21___ in a public bar. Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often, but he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for ___22___ time.
They drank for an hour, and then Mr. Thompson said to his son, "Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. You must always be careful ___23___ drink too much. And how do you know when you have had enough? Well, I tell you. Do you see those two lights ___24___ the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four, you've had enough and ___25___ go home."
"But Dad," said Tom, "I can see only one light at the end of the bar."
在英国，十八岁以下的人不准进酒吧喝酒。

汤普森先生以前常常去他家附近的一个酒吧喝酒，但他从来不带他的儿子汤姆去，因为他年纪太小。

后来，当汤姆年满十八岁的时候，汤普森先生第一次带他去他常去的那家酒吧。

他们喝了半个小时，而后，汤普森先生对他儿子说：“汤姆，现在我要告诉你一个有益的教训。

你必须时时小心不要喝得太多。

你怎么知道你喝够了呢？好，我来告诉你。

你看见酒吧那头有两盏灯吗？当那两盏灯看起来变成四盏的时候，你就喝够了，应该回家了。

“可是，爸爸。

”汤姆说：“在酒吧那头我只能看见一盏灯。

”
1.A. the first B. at C should C. should D. not to E. to drink
2. A. the first B. at C should C. should D. not to E. to drink
3. A. the first B. at C should C. should D. not to E. to drink
4. A. the first B. at C should C. should D. not to E. to drink
5. A. the first B. at C should C. should D. not to E. to drink
答案：EADBC
Passage 8
It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work. But it is not as easy as it appeals at first __21__ to introduce equal pay for equal work.
Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the __22__; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot.
In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this __23__ is called piece-work. But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take differences in skill into __24__. This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the _25__ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough.
干同样活的两个人得到的却是不同的酬金，这看起来似乎很不公平。

但是同劳同酬的引入起
初并不是那么简单。

两个人可能在一个工厂里肩并肩做同样的工作，其中一个以同样的速度但要做两次，或是
其中一个没有出错而另一个出了很多错。

有些类型的工作，人们可以解决速度问题，如果是按工
作总量算而不是按时间算。

这种方式叫做计件工。

但是并不是任何时候这种方式都行得通，有时
还是需要按速度来算酬金，把技术的娴熟程度考虑进去。

这就意味着越年轻、经历越少的工人比
更年长的、经历丰富的工人挣得更少。

这看起来很合理
1. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account
2. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account
3. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account
4. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account
5. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account
答案：BADEC
Passage 9
Glasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __21__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __22__ closer to us. However in recent years plastics have replaced glass __23__ conditions where glass might be easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __24__. Perhaps the greatest __25__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的. parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.
眼镜能够保护人的眼睛因强光造成的伤害。

显微镜可以使得微小的东西放大，这样我们才能观测到这些微小的事物。

望远镜能够缩短遥远的物体跟我们之间的距离。

然而，近些年，塑料在某些条件下替代了较容易破碎的玻璃。

玻璃的新用途被开发出来，这在过去是无法想象的。

也许玻璃最大的优点在于它的构成部分相对便宜，并且在世界任何地方都可以得到。

1. A.much B.so that C.advantage D.past E.on
2. A.much B.so that C.advantage D.past E.on
3. A.much B.so that C.advantage D.past E.on
4. A.much B.so that C.advantage D.past E.on
5. A.much B.so that C.advantage D.past E.on
答案：BAEDC
Passage 10
You may meet Americans who know very little about your country. If this __21__ the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately, little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country. As a __22__ Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you __23__
something that is very familiar to you, if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away, be patient with them. The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time __24__ with many other countries------only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country, with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions, discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world. The Nation's attention has been on the United States, not on the world, during most of this __25__ period. It is only since World War Two (1939-1945. that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World.
你可能遇到一些美国人对你的国家知之甚少,如果是这样，对他们耐心点.不幸的是，美国的学校很少教其他国家的文化或风俗.美国因为海洋，与一些东方的和西方的古老的国家隔离。

因此美国就不像别的国家那样，对其它文化以及不同的做事方式了解。

如果美国在你很熟悉的事情上帮你，如果他们把你的国家误认是千里之外的另一个国家,对他们耐心点.美国在很短的时间内（跟别国比起来）300年内发展成一个现代国家。

美国一直忙于发展国家,为上百万的孩子提供免费教育,发明创造, 造福于整个世界. 在这300年内,只关注自己，而不是全世界，直到二战后美国才对世界的其他地方感兴趣。

1. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
2. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
3. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
4. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
5. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
答案：ECABD
Passage 11
In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the __21__ because there was more work for them to do in the cities.
On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every __22__ had a horse or a wagon（四轮马车）. People needed a simpler means of transportation.Inventors in many countries tried to solve this problem.
The first bicycle, which was very simple, __23__ in 1790. People called "the horse on wheel". Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, the bicycle became a practical __24__ of transportation.
People liked bikes because they weren't as expensive as horses and didn't need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to __25__
在十八世纪，城市变得越来越大，人们从乡村到小镇到城市主要因为在城市里有更多的工作。

在周末和假日，他们喜欢离开城市，在乡村里度假，但并不是每个家庭都能有四轮马车。

在很多国家，人们需要更多的交通改革来解决他们的问题。

第一辆自行车，它非常简单，出现在1790年，人们叫它“在轮子上的马”，然后通过许多改革，在1861年，自行车变成常见的交通工具。

人们喜欢自行车，主要因为它没有马贵，而且不需要喂，他们就能去任何地方，而且很容易骑。

1. A. appeared B. cities C. family D. means E. ride
2. A. appeared B. cities C. family D. means E. ride
3. A. appeared B. cities C. family D. means E. ride
4. A. appeared B. cities C. family D. means E. ride
5. A. appeared B. cities C. family D. means E. ride
答案：BCADE
Passage 12
One night, a thief broke into an old man's house. He ___21___ a noise and woke up the old man and
his wife. The husband told his wife to be silent, while he said loudly, "My dear, these days thieves are cleverer. If they take ___22___ their clothes and put them on the table, the people in the room will fall asleep and can't wake up."
When the thief ___23___this, he took off his clothes at once and was ready to set out to work. At this___24___, the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice:"Stop thief! Stop thief!" The thief was very frightened. He ran away as fast as be could and ___25___ his clothes on the table.
一天晚上，一个小偷闯入一位老人的房子。

他发出的声响惊醒了老人夫妇。

丈夫让妻子别出声，然后他大声说：““二手贩卖可耻，唯一扣扣四二四三二九”，亲爱的，这段日子小偷更聪明了。

如果他们把衣服脱下来放桌子上，房间里的人就会睡着，醒不来。

”
小偷听到后就立即把衣服脱下来，正准备偷东西时，丈夫突然大声叫喊：“抓小偷，抓小偷！”。

小偷很害怕，迅速逃离，并把衣服留在桌子上。

1. A. made B. moment C. off D. left E. heard
2. A. made B. moment C. off D. left E. heard
3. A. made B. moment C. off D. left E. heard
4. A. made B. moment C. off D. left E. heard
5. A. made B. moment C. off D. left E. heard
答案：ACEBD
Passage 13
Many Americans like to have their vacation in ___21___countries. One day an American woman comes to visit China. This is her first time to China and she ___22___ to make some friends there. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk in English with the American. When he sees her, he comes up, says"___23___"to her, then he begins his first talk with a person ___24___ an English-speaking country.
"How old are you?" the Chinese ___25___.
"I'm sorry. Please don't ask a lady about her age."
The Chinese is surprised. He doesn't know why. Can you help him?
许多美国人喜欢去国外度假。

一天，一个美国妇女来到中国。

这是她第一次来中国，她想在中国交些朋友。

她遇到一个中国人，这个中国人想和美国人说英语。

他看到这位美国女士就走上前去和她打招呼，这是他第一次和来自母语为英语国家的人交谈。

“您多大年龄？”这个中国人问到。

“不好意思，请不要打听女士的年龄。

”
这个中国人感到很惊讶。

他不知道为什么。

你能帮他吗？
1. A. wants B. other C. hello D. asks E. from
2. A. wants B. other C. hello D. asks E. from
3. A. wants B. other C. hello D. asks E. from
4. A. wants B. other C. hello D. asks E. from
5. A. wants B. other C. hello D. asks E. from
答案：BACED
Passage 14
There is an old saying that husbands and wives start to look and behave like each other after a time. I don't know if this was true of my mother and father.
Both of my parents had brown hair and brown eyes and low voices. My father, __21__, was eight years older than my mother and taller and thinner. He was built as straight as an arrow. My mother was shorter and had a rounder and fuller face and she looked as soft as a pillow.
My mother was quieter and talked less than my father did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced in life. He was __22__ to doing everything quickly. My
mother, on the other hand, worked and spoke more slowly.
They were fond of nature and sports, such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both __23__ in reading and music, but my father preferred history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their types were similar, and they were never proud of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing __24__ their children. They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in punishing them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very __25__. Perhaps that is why none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like.
有句古话说夫妻一起生活久了长相和行为会相似（夫妻相）。

我不知道这句话对于我的父母来说是否如此。

我的父母都拥有棕色头发和棕色眼睛，声音都属低沉的。

然而，我的父亲比母亲大八岁，个子比我母亲高，比我母亲还瘦。

我父亲的身板笔直的如同一支箭。

我母亲个子比较矮，还有一张圆圆的、胖胖的脸。

她看上去软的就像个枕头。

我母亲比较文静，没我父亲爱说，也比我父亲有耐心。

我父亲阅历很丰富，做事快。

但我母亲说话做事都较慢。

他们都热爱大自然，喜欢运动，如散步、园艺及游泳。

他们都对阅读和音乐感兴趣。

但我父亲喜欢有关历史方面的书籍，我母亲喜欢言情小说。

对于音乐，他们的喜好相似，他们从不以此为荣。

他们在养育儿女方面，在很大程度上是一致的。

他们都坚信要给孩子爱，都不愿体罚孩子。

有时他们的性格很相似，但有时他们似乎相差甚远。

也许这就是为什么他们的孩子都不知道自己到底像父亲还是母亲。

21. A. however B. interested C. up D. used E. different
22. A. however B. interested C. up D. used E. different
23. A. however B. interested C. up D. used E. different
24. A. however B. interested C. up D. used E. different
25. A. however B. interested C. up D. used E. different
答案：ADBCE
Passage 15
This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___21___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___22___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes ___23___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.
In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___24___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___25__ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m.
这是我的课表，我在东方三中上学。

周一到周五我早上6；30起床，我7；00吃早餐，然后上学。

我不想迟到。

8;30开始上课我上午有四节课。

我通常跟同学们一起在学校吃午餐
下午有两节课，3；30放学，我4；00回家。

有时候我不那么早就离开学校，因为我还要在操场打篮球，6；00吃晚餐，晚餐后我做作业，我经常看电视，但有时我喜欢看看书，那些故事书很有趣。

我一般10；00 上床睡觉。

21. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
22. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
23. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
24. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
25. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
答案：BDEAC
Passage 16
The people began talking a lot about Women's Liberation. __21__ first I did not take it seriously. I thought that the women in the movement were just unhappy and bitter. I had the __22__ that they hated men, whereas I myself had nothing against men at all. However, I was encouraged by a friend to attend a meeting in North London. There were Women's Liberation groups in each area of London, __23__ in size and in their particular interests. The group I attended was started by a few of middle-class intellectual women who wanted to get the support of working-class housewives in the area. However, __24__ I turned up at the meeting I found that the other women were all the middle-class graduates, a few with several degrees. Some of the girls were very intellectual and articulate, and had even published books or appeared on TV. I have been __25__ the group for several years now and we have had some interesting discussions about the issues the Women's Liberation Movement is concerned with.
人们开始大量谈论妇女解放运动。

起初我并没有认真对待。

我想参与解放运动的妇女只是觉得不满或是辛酸。

我想她们只是憎恨男人，但是我自己并没有这种情绪。

然而，一个朋友鼓励我去参加伦敦北部的一个会议。

那儿聚集了伦敦每个区域的妇女解放小组，不同的规模，不同的关注点。

我加入的那个小组是由几个中产阶级的知识妇女成立的，她们想要得到来自这个区域所有工人阶级的家庭主妇的支持。

但是，当我出席会议时，我发现其他人都是中产阶级的大学毕业生，有人还获得了好几个学位。

其中有些女孩非常的聪明伶俐而且能言善辩，甚至有些还出了书或是上过电视。

到目前为止，我一连好几年都是这个小组的成员，我们会探讨一些涉及妇女解放运动的一些很有趣的问题。

1.A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
2.A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
3.A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
4.A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
5.A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
答案：BDEAC
Passage 17
For the first time in our marriage, I had decided to spend my holiday alone, without my wife. We had not 21 . My common sense told me that all habits －－even good ones －－should be broken from time to time. Doing everything together with my wife had become very much of a habit with me. So I had gone off to Italy 22 my own to spend three weeks at a hotel at the seaside. I had hoped it would be nice and warm. But actually it was 35 in the shade, 23 enough to roast an ox. I walked about in shorts, my bald head covered with a handkerchief, sweating and thirsty. And all the time I had to __24 my wife, who had gone to the mountains of North Wales and was doubtless 25 herself very much. Why had I, with my sensitive English skin, gone to Italy of all places? At night, I was kept awake by two bands playing like mad in the bar downstairs.
这是结婚以来的第一次我决定不和老婆一起自己度假。

我们没有吵架，我的常识告诉我所有习惯，即便是好习惯也必须不时地放弃。

和老婆一起做事对于我来说已算得上是习惯。

因此，我自己去意大利在海边宾馆住了三周。

我原希望这会很棒，很温暖。

但实际上在阴凉处35度，热得可以烤牛肉。

我穿着短裤漫步，光光的头上裹着手帕，汗流浃背，非常渴。

我一直在想着我老婆，她去威尔士北边的山林中，毫无疑问正开心呢。

我为什么，因为是英国人，皮肤特敏感，偏要去意大利呢？晚上，我被山下的酒吧里两个好像发狂的乐队吵吵的睡不着。

1. A. think of B. on C. quarreled D. hot E. enjoying
2. A. think of B. on C. quarreled D. hot E. Enjoying
3. A. think of B. on C. quarreled D. hot E. Enjoying
4. A. think of B. on C. quarreled D. hot E. Enjoying
5. A. think of B. on C. quarreled D. hot E. enjoying
答案：CBDAE
Passage 18
The world is not only hungry; it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge 21 is seawater, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other 22 . And we can't even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted. However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, 23 is constantly being replaced by rainfall; is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing rapidly－almost day by day. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our 24 water. One of the first steps we should take is to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this 25 , but only on a small scale. The systems that have been worked out resemble those used in spacecraft.
世界不仅仅饥饿，还很渴。

你可能觉得这很奇怪，因为近75%的地球表面都覆盖着水。

但是96%的水都是海水或咸水。

人们只能饮用和使用其他3%的来自河湖、地下与其他来源的淡水。

我们甚至连这些也不能都利用，因为有的存在于冰山和冰川里。

更糟糕的是，一些水还被污染了。

但是，正如今天的情况一样，这些少量的淡水，在不停地由降雨循环，现在还够我们使用。

但我们对水的需求在增加，几乎是每天都在增加。

我们都必须学会如何不浪费宝贵的水。

我们可做的第一步中，开发重复利用水的技术是一项。

这一领域，已做了很多实验，但只是小规模的。

开发的系统很像飞行器上的用的那种。

1.A. field B. sources C. which D. precious E. amount
2.A. field B. sources C. which D. precious E. amount
3.A. field B. sources C. which D. precious E. amount
4.A. field B. sources C. which D. precious E. amount
5.A. field B. sources C. which D. precious E. amount
答案：EBCDA
Passage 19
There were no classes that afternoon, so Henry went to a clothing shop near his home. The shop sold many jackets. He looked __21 __ them and at last chose a very nice one. He tried it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time his friend Bruce came into the shop. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. They were so __22__ to meet again that they forgot everything else. Soon they were busy talking on and on happily. It was nearly six o'clock, __23__ they decided to go and have dinner together. Henry picked up the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Henry to pay for the __24__. Henry looked at him in surprise at first, but soon he remembers that he hadn't paid for it. He said __25__ ,gave him the money and them left the shop with his friend.
那天中午没有课，所有亨利就去了家附近的一家衣服店。

这家商店卖很多夹克衫。

他看了看，最后选了一个非常好看的。

他试了试，然后让店员把它打包。

就在那时，他发现布鲁斯走进了商店。

他们彼此已经很长时间没有见面了。

他们如此高兴能再见面以至于忘记了其他任何公司。

很快，他们就忙于高兴地不停地谈话。

就快六点了，所以他们决定一起去吃晚饭。

亨利拿起他的包，朝门口走去。

店员拦住他们，让亨利为那件夹克衫付款。

亨利一开始惊奇地看着店员，但是不久他就记起来他没有付钱。

他向店员道了歉，并把钱给了他，和他的朋友一起离开了
1. A. so B. sorry C. for D. pleased E. jacket
2. A. so B. sorry C. for D. pleased E. jacket
3. A. so B. sorry C. for D. pleased E. jacket。