专业英语四级模拟试卷654 (1)

专业英语四级模拟试卷654
(总分：160.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 DICTATION(总题数：2，分数：4.00)
1.PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.（分数：
2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
2.
（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案： The Story of Tea Tea remained unknown to the western world / until the sixteenth century, / when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries / returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages. / Very soon a thriving commerce in China teas was established. / In 1826 the Dutch established plantations on Java, / followed some ten years later by British, / who set up tea estates in India. / The production of tea has since spread rapidly. / Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen tropical and subtropical plant.) 解析：
二、 LISTENING COMPREHENSION(总题数：6，分数：40.00)
3.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
4.SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
Famous Christmas PlacesThere are many【T1】 1 traditions in Christmas. 【T1】 2The two famous Christmas places are:1. MiddleburgChristmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】3【T2】4Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】 5【T3】 6Middleburg: a yearly Christmas 【T4】 7【T4】8People from【T5】 9come to visit【T5】 102. Xitan, ChinaKnown as a【T6】 11【T6】 12It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】 13. 【T7】 14Main customers: 【T8】 15【T8】 16Factories are【T9】17to make products. 【T9】1840 larger factories and【T10】19smaller workshops. 【T10】20
Famous Christmas PlacesThere are many【T1】 21 traditions in Christmas. 【T1】 22The two famous Christmas places are:1. MiddleburgChristmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】23【T2】24Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】 25【T3】 26Middleburg: a yearly Christmas 【T4】 27【T4】28People from【T5】29come to visit【T5】302. Xitan, ChinaKnown as a【T6】31【T6】32It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】33. 【T7】34Main customers: 【T8】35【T8】36Factories are【T9】37to make products. 【T9】3840 larger factories and【T10】39smaller workshops. 【T10】40（分数：20.00）
(1).【T1】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：ancient and modern）
解析：解析：本题出现在短文开头，对圣诞节传统的描述，空格位于traditions之前，可考虑填形容词，录音提到关于圣诞节的传统很多，既有古老的又有现代的，因此填ancient and modern。

(2).【T2】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：family gatherings/family reunion）
解析：解析：本题出现在第二个空，是对其中一个地方米德尔堡(Middleburg)的描述，此处要求填圣诞节的含义，空格前提到圣诞节是送礼物(gift-giving)的节日，录音原文提到家庭聚会，最佳答案为family gatherings，表达类似含义的短语family reunion也可以。

(3).【T3】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：a red suit / red clothes）
解析：解析：本空提及表演、用彩灯装饰的树，这些都能让人联想到圣诞节的传统习俗，空格前提及的a big man很可能是圣诞老人，表“人”的名词后面出现介词in可以表示所穿服饰，根据录音，应该是圣诞老人所穿的红色衣服，最佳答案为a red suit，也可以用clothes代替suit。

(4).【T4】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：parade）
解析：解析：米德尔堡之所以因圣诞节闻名，就是因为在这里会举行一年一度的圣诞节游行。

parade在本段是个关键词，在录音原文中多次出现。

(5).【T5】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：urban area/cities）
解析：解析：本空接在介词from后面，考查的是人来自哪里，因为前文提到Middleburg是一个小镇，录音原文提及许多城里人(city people)来参观小镇，所以填urban area或cities。

(6).【T6】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：Christmas Village）
解析：解析：本题考查的是因圣诞而闻名的第二个地方，中国浙江的溪坦村，本空前面是短语以……闻名(be known as)，这个关键词在录音原文中有出现，就是Christmas Village。

(7).【T7】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：ornaments／decorations）
解析：解析：本空考查的是数字$100 million后面的内容，空格前是形容词colorful，这里考虑名词，录音原文出现的是ornaments and decorations，这几个关键词也在后文中反复出现，溪坦村之所以成为圣诞村，是因为其生产的圣诞饰品大量出口国外，因此填入ornaments或decorations都可以。

(8).【T8】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：overseas／foreign buyers）
解析：解析：本空考查的是溪坦村主要的客户是哪些人，通过录音原文中出现的Europe，the United States and Brazil等国家和地区，可以推测是远销到国外，原文用到overseas buyers一词准确描述了溪坦村的客户群，foreign buyers表达了相同的意思，也可以填入。

(9).【T9】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：expanding）
解析：解析：根据空格前后判断，本空考查的是动词或形容词，描述溪坦村工厂如何来生产产品。

根据上文提到的远销海外，工厂应该是积极扩张以保证生产，录音原文用到的是expanding一词。

(10).【T10】（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：about 200）
解析：解析：本空考查的是数量。

空格前提到40个工厂，空格后是小作坊，这里毫无疑问考查的是小作坊的数量，录音原文提到，在溪坦村，有40家大型工厂和大约200家小作坊，所以填about 200。

5.SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of [A], [B], [C] and [D], and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have thirty seconds to preview the questions.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
解析：
（分数：10.00）
A.A talk show.
B.A case investigation.
C.A soap opera. √
D.A reality show.
解析：解析：本题问他们在谈论什么节目。

对话开头男士要女士谈谈节目，女士提到soap opera“肥皂剧”，接着讲述了这个肥皂剧因为什么而成功。

因此他们在谈论C“肥皂剧”。

A“脱口秀”、B“案例调查”和D“真人秀”都与对话的主题无关。

A.It shocks the audience of the program.
B.It is a realistic situation drama.
C.It is the first program about the Cockney way of life. D). It deals with problems other programs skimmed on.
解析：解析：女士提到，这部肥皂部成功的原因是涉及了其他剧以前没有涉及的社会问题。

D项用skimmed on同义替换了never dealt with，为答案。

A“震惊了观众”是成功后产生的结果，非本题问的原因，且没在对话中提到。

B“是一部现实情景剧”只是事实，也不是原因。

C“首部关于伦敦人生活的节目”，错在并非first program。

A.The anchorwoman of a program.
B.The star actress in the soap opera. √
C.The landlady of a local pub.
D.The producer of the program.
解析：解析：选项都是表身份职业的名词短语。

本题问接受采访的女士是谁。

对话中男士对女士扮演的角色进行了提问，因此B“肥皂剧女主演”是女士的身份。

对话中提问的是男士，因此女士不会是A“节目女主持人”。

女士扮演的角色与当地酒吧地老板怀孕了，但并没有嫁给他，C“当地酒吧的女房东”不对。

D“节目制片人”是男士的身份。

A.Michelle's brother ran away from home.
B.Michelle's mother had another baby.
C.Michelle married the landlord of a local pub.
D.Michelle got pregnant and no one knew who the father was. √
解析：解析：①选项共有的Michelle表明问题与她相关，这是女士所扮演的角色。

她提到，Michelle怀孕了，跟酒吧老板，但没人知道孩子的父亲是谁。

这是第一年的重大剧情。

D与原文表述一致，为答案。

对话提到的son是Michelle的儿子，A项中的brother不对。

有了另一孩子的人是Michelle，不是B项所说的她妈妈。

Michelle并没有嫁给酒吧老板，C项也不对。

A.Because Michelle decided to have the baby.
B.Because Michelle married a local lad.
C.Because Michelle revealed who her child's father was.
D.Because Michelle got the strength to keep the secret for life. √
解析：解析：①选项都以Because开头，因此本题问原因。

②女士说Michelle很勇敢地生下了孩子，而且很坚强地面对人人都知道孩子父亲是谁这些后果，她有勇气坚守这个秘密一辈子。

由此可推断Michelle的勇敢，是因为D“她有用一生去守一个秘密的力量”。

A“因为她决定生下孩子”错在decided to。

B“她嫁给了个本地青年”不是原因。

C“她透露了孩子的父亲是谁”与原文事实不符。

（分数：10.00）
A.Exposing oneself to the target culture.
B.Attending regularly a good language program.
ing up with a study plan. √
D.Developing good note-taking skills.
解析：解析：本题问学习外语最重要的一点是什么。

对话开头男士提到，最重要的一点是建立一个定期学习计划(establish a regular study program)，比如每天早上吃早餐时候，花几分钟计划一下。

C“提出
学习计划”，其中come up with是establish的同义替换。

A“沉浸在目标语言的文化中”和D“培养良好的笔记技巧”没有提到。

B“定期参加一个好的语言课程”错在attending。

A.Very funny.
B.A little Unrealistic.
C.A little simplistic. √
D.Too tedious.
解析：解析：①选项都是表态度的形容词，问题应与此相关。

②女士对男士的建议提出质疑，说可能对观众来说有些简单(a little simplistic)，C项与原文一致，故正确。

A“非常滑稽”、B“有点现实”和D“太乏味”都不是观众可能的看法。

A.English.
B.French.
C.Russian.
D.Spanish. √
解析：解析：①选项都是表示语言的名词，听音时可在相应的语言旁记录。

②女士说他高中时学习西班牙语四年，因此本题答案为D项Spanish。

A.He learns through practical experiences. √
B.He learns through seeing models.
C.He learns through hearing instructions.
D.He learns through reading books.
解析：解析：①选项都以He learns through开头，因此推测对话与男士的学习方式相关。

②女士问Charles 博士的学习风格是什么，他回答说是一个触觉型学习者(tactile learner)，即通过传承的经验学习。

A项“通过实际经验学习”是其同义替换，故正确。

B“通过看模型学习”、C“通过听指令学习”和D“通过读书学习”都与experience无关。

A.Reading his book. √
B.Consulting her tutor.
C.Searching on the Internet.
D.Watching TV programs.
解析：解析：①选项都是动名词，问题与行为动作或建议相关。

②对话最后女士询问怎么可以知道自己的学习方式，男士说可以读他的书找到答案，故A“读他的书”正确。

B“咨询辅导员”、C“上网搜寻”和D“看电视节目”都与read my book不符。

三、 LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE(总题数：21，分数：42.00)
6.PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence.（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
7.The visitors decided to stay in our city for _____ two days as they wanted to have a look around. （分数：2.00）
A.other
B.the other
C.another √
D.other's
解析：解析：考查不定代词的用法。

other前面通常有the，some，any等限定词；the other后可接单数或复数名词，表示在一定范围内的其余所有的人或物，通常应理解为“其余的……”；another意为“另外”，后面只可接单数名词和复数名词；other's为所有格，指“其他的”。

根据空格后的two days，可知C项another为答案。

another two days与two more days同义，意为“多两天”。

8.I wish you _____ her off at the station, but you didn't.
（分数：2.00）
A.saw
B.had seen √
C.would see
D.should see
解析：解析：考查虚拟语气。

I wish后接宾语从句时，从句用虚拟语气。

本题描述的是与过去事实相反的愿望，因此用过去完成时；see sb．off意为“为某人送行”。

故答案为B。

9.— Must I finish it before 10 o'clock? — No, you _____.
（分数：2.00）
A.mustn't
B.needn't √
C.can't
D.don't
解析：解析：考查情态动词用法。

考查以情态动词must开头的疑问句的回答。

一般来说，以must引出的一般疑问句，其否定回答通常是用needn’t(=don’t have to)，肯定回答则用must。

10.Which of the following underlined parts is used as preposition?
（分数：2.00）
A.The driver failed to see the other car in time.
B.Let her leave if she wants to .
C.I'm looking forward to your reply. √
D.There are plenty of things to eat.
解析：解析：考查to的用法。

to常用法有两种：一是作不定式用，后接动词原形；二是作介词用，后接名词或名词性短语。

本题正确答案为C。

look forward to意为“盼望，期待”，此处to是介词，其后接名词或名词性短语。

其它选项均作不定式用。

11.Which of the following underlined parts is a predicative clause (表语从句)？
（分数：2.00）
A.A prosperity that had never been seen before appears in the countryside .
B.The idea that you can do this work well without thinking is quite wrong.
C.It is true that he has made a very important discovery in chemistry .
D.His suggestion is that we should keep moving forward without hesitation . √
解析：解析：考查从句。

A项that引导的是定语从句；B项中是同位语从句，C项是主语从句(it是形式主语)，只有D项中的that引导的是表语从句，用于连系动词之后构成谓语，故为答案。

12.I didn't know anything about the attributive clause, for I _____ my lesson.
（分数：2.00）
A.had not studied √
B.didn't study
C.have not studied
D.don't study
解析：解析：考查时态。

for引导原因状语从句，主句是一般过去时，从句动作发生在主句动作之前，故用过去完成时。

答案为A。

13.In the sentence "Father asked us to pick some apples on the farm", the underlined phrase is _____.
（分数：2.00）
A.a subject
B.a verb
C.an adverbial
D.a complement √
解析：解析：考查句子成分。

本题考查宾语补足语，即对宾语起补充说明的作用，这在句法上是不可或缺的。

最常见的宾语补语有名词、动名词、形容词、副词、不定式、现在分词和过去分词等。

句中to pick some apples是对us的补充描述，属于补语，故答案为D。

14.I felt so embarrassed that I couldn't do anything but _____ there when I first met my present wife.
（分数：2.00）
A.to sit
B.sitting
C.sat
D.sit √
解析：解析：考查非谓语动词。

but/except在do anything／everything／nothing之后时，接无to的不定式，因此本题需填入动词原形sit，故答案为D。

注意：can(not)…but接无to的不定式，但cannot help 要接动名词，如：I can’t but laugh=I can’t help laughing(我忍不住笑了起来。

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15.Which of the following underlined parts indicates a relationship of linking verb and predicative (系表结构)?
（分数：2.00）
A.He became a famous pianist at the age of 15. √
B.I took the first place in the competition.
C.China belongs to the third world.
D.They've put up a factory in the village.
解析：解析：考查句子结构分析。

系表结构有两部分构成：连系动词和表语。

四个选项中只有A项become 属于连系动词，与后面的a famous pianist构成系表关系。

常用的连系动词有be，feel，sound，taste，become，get，smell，seem，appear等。

故答案为A。

16.Which of the following sentences is a COMPLAINT?
（分数：2.00）
A.Please show me your new dress.
B.You must do it again.
C.What trouble you've made. √
D.May you good luck.
解析：解析：考查句子含义。

A项“请给我看看你的新裙子。

”表示请求；B项“你必须再做一遍。

”表示命令；C项“你闯了多大的祸啊!”表示抱怨；D项“祝你好运!”表示祝愿。

故答案为C。

17.When we started criticizing his work, he saw red . The underline part means _____.
（分数：2.00）
A.very angry √
B.very upset
C.very sorry
D.very sad
解析：解析：考查固定搭配。

see red常用于口语，意为“非常生气，大怒”，故本题正确答案为A。

18.Research shows that this pesticide is so _____that it can kill the insects in a few seconds. （分数：2.00）
A.powerful √
B.influential
C.monstrous
D.vigorous
解析：解析：考查形容词辨析。

四个选项中只有powerful意为“强效的”，可与表示药物的名词搭配。

influential“有影响的，有势力的”；monstrous“巨大的”；vigorous“精力旺盛的，强健有力的”。

19.The little boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.
（分数：2.00）
promise
B.conviction
mand
D.consent √
解析：解析：考查名词辨析。

consent指“同意，赞成”，conviction“深信，确信”，compromise“妥协”，command“命令，控制”。

只有D项符合题意。

20.We watched a _____ television show last night.
（分数：2.00）
A.live √
B.livable
C.living
D.lively
解析：解析：考查形容词辨析。

live除作动词用，还可作形容词用，意为“现场直播的，通电的”，符合本题题意。

livable意为“适于居住的”，living“活的；有生命的”，lively“活泼的”。

21.The new tax law will not take _____ until next month.
（分数：2.00）
A.action
B.place
C.office
D.effect √
解析：解析：考查短语搭配。

四个选项均可与take构成动词短语：take action“采取行动”，take place“发生”，take office“就职”，take effect“生效”。

根据施动者tax law与时间状语until next month，D项符合题意。

22.Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking _____ ideas.
（分数：2.00）
A.as
B.but rather √
C.rather than
D.as for
解析：解析：考查固定搭配。

not A but rather B结构表示“与其说是A不如说是B”，也可以用more B than A，not so much A as B等结构来表达。

23.The fans besieged the football player to get his _____.
（分数：2.00）
A.autograph √
B.signature
C.endorsement
D.subscription
解析：解析：考查名词辨析。

四个选项都可表示“签名”：signature泛指一般人的签名，如在文件上签名；autograph专指名人的亲笔签名；endorsement指在支票、票据的背面签名；subscription指表示支持、同意而署名或签名，如在请愿书上签名。

根据本题题干中的fans和football player，可知答案为A 项autograph。

24.These overseas experts came from all _____ of life in different countries.
（分数：2.00）
A.runs
B.steps
C.lines
D.walks √
解析：解析：考查固定搭配。

all walks of life指“各行各业”，故选D。

25.I don't think it's sensible of you to _____ your greater knowledge in front of the president, for it may well offend him.
（分数：2.00）
A.show up
B.show around
C.show off √
D.show out
解析：解析：考查动词短语辨析。

shows up“揭露，露面”；shows around“带领……到处看看”；show off“炫耀”；show out“送出(客人)”。

根据形容词not…sensible(不明智的)，可以划断答案为show off，即C。

26.I must leave now. _____, if you want any help, just call me up.
（分数：2.00）
A.Incidentally √
B.Accidentally
C.Occasionally
D.Subsequently
解析：解析：考查副词辨析。

incidentally“附带地，顺便”；accidentally“偶然地”；occasionally“不时地，偶尔”；subsequently“随后，后来”。

四、 CLOZE(总题数：2，分数：40.00)
27.PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.（分数：20.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________
解析：
A. role
B. enormous
C. Instead of
D. muttering
E. striking
F. mediated
G. originally
H. perpetual
I. In spite of
J. emerging
K. gesture
L. mistreatment
M. abolish
N. parade
O. practically Many countries have a holiday to celebrate workers' rights on or around May 1, but Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on the first Monday of September. Canada's Labour Day was 1 celebrated in the spring but it was moved to the fall after 1894. The origins of Labour Day can be traced back to April 15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organized Canada's first significant 2for worker's rights. The aim was to release the 24 leaders of the Toronto Typographical Union who were imprisoned for 3to campaign for a nine-hour working day. At this time, trade unions were still illegal and what they did was seen as a criminal conspiracy to disrupt trade. 4this, the Toronto Trades Assembly was already a significant organization and encouraged workers to form trade unions, 5in disputes between employers and employees and signaled the 6of workers. There was 7public support for the demonstration and the authorities could no longer deny the important 8that the trade unions had to play in the 9Canadian democratic society. A few months later, a similar demonstration was organized in Ottawa and passed the house of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John Macdonald. Later in the day, he appeared before the gathering and promised to 10all Canadian laws against trade unions. This happened in the same year and eventually led to the founding of the Canadian Labour Congress in 1883. A similar holiday, Labor Day is held on the same day in the United States of America. Canadian trade unions are proud that this holiday was inspired by their efforts to improve workers' rights.
（分数：20.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：G）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：E）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：I）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：F）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：L）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：B）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：A）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：J）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：M）
解析：解析：空格在不定式标志to之后，应为动词原形。

该句表明总理承诺会对不利工会的法律条文作出处理。

词库中abolish“废除”符合句意，为本题答案。

五、 READING COMPREHENSION(总题数：10，分数：30.00)
29.PART V READING COMPREHENSION
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
30.SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
(l)Life moves on—even in Tucson. The flowers and candles are being dismantled. The fresh golf courses are filled with winter visitors. The funerals that marked life here for two weeks are over. (2)But it will be a long time before this desert community puts behind it, if it ever does, what happened in an instant on a sunny Saturday morning in front of a supermarket. (3)On that day, at La Toscana Village strip mall, I peered past the police tape at the blood-smeared sidewalk and the covered bodies of the victims. I knew I had to focus and ask questions. I had to file a story. But I also had to stop for a minute to process my breaking heart. (4)Nineteen people, including a 9-year-old girl, a federal judge and a member of Congress, had just been gunned down in my home town. (5)In the past more than 25 years, I have seen the unspeakable many times. I wrote about the slaughter of 32 students inside their Virginia Tech classrooms. I reported on the random shootings of 13 people in the Washington area by two snipers (狙击手). I have covered countless murders of youths on the streets of the District. (6)But I never expected to see this kind of tragedy here in my safe haven. Tucson was where I hiked with my husband on the trails of Sabino Canyon, the desert oasis in Coronado National Forest, and where I rode horses with my daughter near Saguaro National Monument, amid the cholla and ocotillo cactus. Here I breathed the clean desert air, especially intoxicating after a rain, filled with the fragrance of creosote and sage. Here I drove 15 minutes out of town to Gates Pass to watch the spectacular sunsets and then marvel at the big, starry Arizona sky. This was my city, a blend of Native American and Mexican culture, where the sun shines more days a year than anywhere else in the country. (7)The world is filled with cities that are touched with senseless violence. And after the streets are swept clean, life goes on. People go back to work and to play. On the surface, it appears as if nothing really changed. (8)But something has . Extreme acts of violence affect the psychological and social fabric of a community in subtle but important ways. The place where residents have felt safe doesn't feel quite so safe anymore. Insecurity creeps in. Anxieties rise. (9)I was here on the morning of the shootings visiting my mother, who moved to Tucson with my father in the 1950s. A childhood friend called to tell us she'd heard that Giffords had just been shot. I called The Post and then, on instinct, as if I were still on the D.C. crime beat, raced to the scene—just two miles away.
(10)In the days that followed, my home town was transformed into a national media spectacle, complete with a camera-ready headline: "Tragedy in Tucson." Famous television anchors flew in and set up with my beloved Santa Catalina Mountains as their backdrop. Reporting the story was strange. It felt uncomfortable calling old friends for help and reaching out to Giffords's rabbi, whom I'd known since she was a teenager, to urge her to share her experience at the lawmaker's bedside. (11)Growth and development had long ago changed Tucson. At the end of roads where there was once only desert, there are expensive sprawling homes, luxury resorts and strip malls, like the one where Jared Loughner pulled out his Glock 19. Making my way around Tucson, a flood of childhood memories came back, but now superimposed on them were images from the bloodbath. (12)So, too, it is with those who live here. Their lives go on, but in ways big and small the city they call home is not quite the same as it was before.（分数：6.00）
(1).What did the author least expect?（分数：2.00）
A.The large number of people killed.
B.The death of the nine-year-old girl.
C.The fact that such shooting tragedies keep happening.
D.The fact that the tragedy happened in his hometown. √
解析：解析：第6段第1句中的I never expected对应题干中的least expect，表明最让作者料想不到
的是悲剧发生在自己的家乡，因此，本题应选D。

(2).By saying that "something has" (Para. 8), the author means that _____.（分数：2.00）
A.his hometown has become dangerous
B.people's sense of security has declined subtly √
C.some changes are apparent enough to observe
D.the changes are too subtle to specify
解析：解析：根据原文，something has是对something has changed的省略，本题问的是改变了的是什么。

该段第2句提到改变了的包括人们的心理状态，第3句进一步解释人们变得缺乏安全感，因此，本题
应选B。

(3).What do we know about the Glock 19?（分数：2.00）
A.It was the gun with which the killer shot 19 people. √
B.It was the strip mall where the killing took place.
C.It was a park that the author often visited as a child.
D.It was a brand-name product sold at strip malls.
解析：解析：结合第3段提到枪击事件发生的地点，和倒数第2段第2句中的pull out“拔出”可以推断Jared Loughner就是开枪的人，而Glock 19是他的枪，因此，选项A是正确的推断。

(l)If you're like most people, you're way too smart for advertising. You flip right past newspaper ads, never click on ads online and leave the room during TV commercials. (2)That, at least, is what we tell ourselves. But what we tell ourselves is nonsense. Advertising works, which is why, even in hard economic times, Madison Avenue is a $34 billion-a-year business. And if Martin Lindstrom—author of the best seller Buyology and a marketing consultant for Fortune 500 companies, including PepsiCo and Disney—is correct, trying to tune this stuff out is about to get a whole lot harder. (3)Lindstrom is a practitioner of neuromarketing research, in which consumers are exposed to ads while hooked up to machines that monitor brain activity, sweat responses and movement in facial muscles, all of which are markers of emotion. According to his studies, 83% of all forms of advertising principally engage only one of our senses: sight Hearing, however, can be just as powerful, though advertisers have taken only limited advantage of it. Historically, ads have relied on jingles and slogans to catch our ear, largely ignoring everyday sounds—a steak sizzling (咝咝声), a baby laughing and other noises our bodies can't help paying attention to. Weave this stuff into an ad campaign, and we may be powerless to resist it. (4)To figure out what most appeals to our ear, Lindstrom wired up his volunteers, then played them recordings of dozens of familiar sounds, from McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" jingle to cigarettes being lit. The sound that blew the doors off all the rest—both in terms of interest and positive feelings—was a baby giggling. The other high-ranking sounds were less primal but still powerful. The hum of a vibrating cell phone was Lindstrom's second-place finisher. Others that followed were an ATM dispensing cash, a steak sizzling on a grill and a soda being popped and poured. (5)In all of these cases, it didn't take a Mad Man to invent the sounds, infuse them with meaning and then play them over and over until the subjects internalized them. Rather, the sounds already had meaning and thus triggered a series of reactions: hunger, thirst, happy anticipation. (6)TV advertisers aren't the only ones who may start putting sound to greater use. Retailers are also catching on. The 0101 department store in Japan, for example, has been designed as a series of soundscapes, playing different sound effects such as children at play, birdsongs and lapping water in the sportswear, fragrance and formal-wear sections. Lindstrom is consulting with clients about employing a similar
strategy in European supermarkets, piping the sound of fizzing (嘶嘶声) soda into the beverage department. (7)None of this means that advertisers just have to turn the audio dials and consumers will come running. Indeed, sometimes they flee. In the early years of mainstream cell-phone use, the Nokia ringtone was recognized by 42% of people in the U.K.—and soon became widely disliked. That, Lindstrom says, was partly because so few users practiced cell-phone etiquette and the blasted things kept going off in movie theaters. The Microsoft start-up sound has taken on similarly negative associations, because people so often hear it when they're rebooting after their computer has crashed. In these cases, manufacturers themselves must reboot by changing the offending sound slightly or replacing it entirely.（分数：8.00）
(1).By saying "you're way too smart for advertising" (Para. 1), the author means that _____.（分数：2.00）
A.we try to neglect advertisements only in vain √
B.it is reasonable for us to ignore advertisements
C.there are too many simple-minded advertisements
D.it is impossible for us to be fooled by advertisements
解析：解析：第1段第2句表明我们通常都跳过报纸、网页和电视上的广告，而根据第2段第1、2句可知，第1段第1句提到的you're way too smart for advertising应表明作者认为我们这样处理广告的方式没有用，即他认为我们想要避开广告是徒劳的，选项A为本题答案。

(2).What is "about to get a whole lot harder" (Para. 2)?（分数：2.00）
A.Trying to become a Fortune 500 company.
B.Trying to remain successful in hard times.
C.Trying to disregard advertising. √
D.Trying to make advertising work.
解析：解析：本题实际上考查的是对tune this stuff off的理解，特别是stuff的所指。

第2段最后一句开头的And表明该句和前一句分别指出了两个原因，解释为什么广告无法逃避：一是广告业在经济低迷期也能赚大钱，二是Lindstrom的研究表明广告真的能影响消费(这是接下来的段落的内容)，从该段结构和第l、2段的主题可推断stuff应指“广告”，tune this stuff off因为“逃避广告”的意思，可见，本题应选C。

(3).What is true about the sound of a baby giggling, according to Lindstorm's research?（分数：
2.00）
A.Advertisers infuse a positive meaning in it.
B.It arouses positive associations in general. √
C.People come across it most often every day.
D.It triggers hunger and thirst besides happiness.
解析：解析：第4段第2句表明在吸引力和产生愉悦感两方面，婴儿咯咯的笑声排在第一，可以推断选项B的说法是正确的。

(4).The Microsoft start-up sound has become disliked because _____.（分数：2.00）
A.it is heard too often
B.it causes a computer to crash
C.it carries an offending meaning √
D.it is an invented tune
解析：解析：最后一段倒数第2句中的has taken on similarly negative associations与选项C意思相近，故选项C为本题答案。

(l)Just when Transport for London (TfL) thought the bike hire scheme provided an answer to London's carbon emissions problem, they found a snag—bikes cannot be provided without producing emissions.
(2)TfL uses Serco contractors to move hire bicycles around London, so there are enough in each dock to meet demand, while ensuring there is space for users to drop theirs off. Included in the fleet of vehicles are Alke electricity-powered cars, used to tow trailers of bikes. (3)The vehicles are narrower than the trailers of bikes, which critics say has led to accidents involving cyclists.。