【走向高考】高考英语一轮总复习 第三部分 Modules 1～6综合技能测试 外研版选修8

选修八Modules 1～6综合技能测试本卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分150分，考试时f120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题共115分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．How much are two seat tickets?
A．$35. B．$50.
C．$70.
2．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In a post office. B．In a restaurant.
C．In a shop.
3．What does David dislike?
A．Driving. B．Flying.
C．Travelling.
4．What's the woman doing?
A．Buying a computer.
B．Ordering food online.
C．Applying for a job.
5．What does the woman ask the man to do?
A．Rest for two days.
B．Drink more milk.
C．Take medicine for a week.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What are the two speakers talking about?
A．Education. B．A sports meeting.
C．A birthday party.
7．What is Susan going to do first tonight?
A．Go to the party. B．Go to the concert.
C．Pick up Peter.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What kind of room does the man want?
A．A single room. B．A double room.
C．A room for three.
9．What does the man need to put in the form?
A．His address and telephone number.
B．His ID card number and address.
C．His telephone number and ID card number.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．How is John's sister coming?
A．By car. B．By air.
C．By train.
11．When will John's sister arrive?
A．At about 2：30. B．At about 3：20.
C．At about 4：30.
12．What does John Want to borrow from Lucy?
A．A car. B．A bike.
C．Some money.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．What did Bill do this morning?
A．He played chess.
B．He went shopping.
C．He played basketball.
14．How old is Bill?
A．Four. B．Five.
C．Six.
15．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A．Teacher and student.
B．Mother and son.
C．Husband and wife.
16．What does the man decide to do with Bill?
A．Send him to school.
B．Play with him.
C．Let him plan his future.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where did chocolate originally come from?
A．Spain. B．Mexico.
C．England.
18．What did the Indians mix to make the chocolate drink?
A．Chocolate powder with water.
B．Chocolate powder with sugar.
C．Chocolate powder with milk and sugar.
19．When was the first solid milk chocolate made?
A．In 1897. B．In 1876.
C．In 1715.
20．What's the benefit of drinking dark chocolate?
A．Helping reduce the calories people take in.
B．Helping people recover from heart attack.
C．Helping lower people's blood pressure.
答案：1－5 CABCA 6－10 CBAAC 11－15 CBABC 16－20 ABABC
听力材料：
第一节
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳
选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和
阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

Text 1
M：Hi, I'd like to book two tickets for the weekend's concert.
W：It is $ 25 per ticket and is standing room only. A seat ticket is $ 35.
Text 2
M：Excuse me, Madam. I'd like to send this parcel to Tokyo. What's the cost?
W：Let me see. It's $12.
Text 3
W：Hi, David. You're going on a trip. But you don't look very excited. What's the matter?
M：Well, I love to travel but I hate to fly. I'll be really glad when the flight's over.
Text 4
W：Hello! I want to apply for a job in your company, Sir.
M：Go to for more information.
W：Fill in a form on the Internet?
M：Yeah, a form made by our company.
Text 5
W：What's the matter with you?
M：I have a pain in my throat and a runny nose.
W：I think you've caught a cold. Rest for two days. Also, you need to take medicine for three days. Remember, drink plenty of water. Then you'll get well soon.
第一节到此结束。

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选
项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小
题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

现在，你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小
题。

Text 6
W：I hope it will rain today.
M：Why?
W：Well, if it rains on your birthday, you will make a lot of money this year.
M：How do you know that?
W：That's what my grandfather says every time it rains on someone's birthday.
M：I'm having a birthday party tonight for Susan at a restaurant near our school.
W：Really?
M：Yes. It's a surprise party. I've invited some friends. Susan doesn't know
it.
W：Hmm... Aren't you taking her to a concert?
M：I'm taking her to the party after the concert. Shall I ask Peter to pick you up at 10：00?
W：Oh, no. That would be too much trouble. I can get there by myself.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

现在，你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小
题。

Text 7
W：Welcome to Youth Hotel. Can I help you?
M：I'd like a room for the night.
W：Would you like a single room, a double room, or a room for 3?
M：A single room, please. Can I pay by check?
W：Sure. Fill in this form, please.
M：Need my ID card number?
W：No, just your address and telephone number.
M：OK. Here is the form.
W：Well, here is your key to Room 212.
M：Thank you.
W：Have a good stay.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个
小题。

Text 8
W：Hi, John. What are you doing here?
M：I'm waiting for the bus.
W：Where are you going?
M：I'm going to the train station to meet my sister.
W：Oh, is she coming by herself?
M：Yes, the train comes at about 4：30, but it's 4：20 now. I have only ten minutes!
W：How often does the bus run?
M：Every ten minutes. I missed a No. 1 bus 15 minutes ago, and the next one hasn't come yet! May I borrow your bike, Lucy?
W：Sorry, but Mike borrowed it this morning. He went to see his uncle.
M：Oh, what shall I do then?
W：Why not take the No. 7 bus? It also goes to the station.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

现在，你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个
小题。

Text 9
M：What did you do this morning?
W：I played chess with Bill.
M：You are always playing chess with Bill.
W：He is only five years old. It's time for him to play.
M：But you aren't only five years old. As his mother, it's your duty to plan his future.
W：No, I can't agree with you. It's his own duty to plan his future.
M：I don't want to argue with you. Anyway, I will send him to school this year.
W：Perhaps we should ask Bill for his own opinion.
M：He will surely hope to play every day.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

现在，你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个
小题。

Text 10
W：Today I'm going to talk about the history of chocolate. Chocolate is native to Mexico. Long ago, the Indians there made beans from the cocoa trees
into powder and mixed it with water, making a drink. The Indians believed that
God sent them this special kind of tree, and their chocolate drink was important
in their religion. Spanish explorers took cocoa beans back to Spain in the sixteenth century. The Spanish added sugar to their chocolate drink. They kept this secret
from the rest of Europe for a hundred years. In the seventeenth century, people
in England started opening chocolate houses. By 1715 there were 2 000 such houses
in London alone. The custom of leaving tips for waiters originated in chocolate houses. The Swiss were the first to make solid milk chocolate, in 1876. Milk chocolate is a mixture of chocolate, sugar and milk. Chocolate bars are made of milk chocolate. Today's studies have suggested dark chocolate contains a certain kind
of chemical which can lower the blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attack.
This has encouraged some companies to sell specific products containing dark chocolate.
第二节到此结束。

第二部分：基础知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21．(2013·长春模拟)The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds
to try to ________.
A．make it out B．make it off
C．make it up D．make it over
答案：A make out意为“理解，弄懂”。

22．(2013·福建质检)I didn't know whether the driver was ________ for the accident.
A．blamed B．blaming
C．to be blamed D．to blame
答案：D be to blame意为“应负责任；应受责备”，此处应选D项。

23．They've ________ the old train station into a science museum.
A．transported B．transmitted
C．transplanted D．transformed
答案：D 句意为：他们把那座旧火车站改造成了一座科学博物馆。

transport“运输”；transmit“传播，传送，(疾病的)传染”；transplant“移植，移栽”；transform“改造，改观”。

故选D项。

24．(2013·杭州二模)I always take something to read when I go to the doctor's ________ I have to wait.
A．in case B．so that
C．in order D．as if
答案：A A项意为“以防万一；假若”；B项意为“以便”；C项意为“目的是为了”；D项意为“仿佛；好像”。

根据前后句的逻辑关系判断应选A项。

25．(2013·上海模拟)The cause he had devoted himself to ________ a perfect success.
A．proving B．proved
C．was proved D．has been proved
答案：B 句意：他全身心投入的事业被证明是非常成功的。

该句中he had devoted himself to是定语从句，修饰主语the cause，要填的词在句中作谓语。

prove作“证明是”讲时，是系动词，不能用于被动结构，所以答案为B。

26．—What do you know about the traffic accident ________ yesterday?
—It was the drunken driver who was ________ for it.
A．occurred; to blame
B．occurring; to blame
C．to be occurred; to be blamed
D．occurring; to be blamed
答案：B occur“发生”，是不及物动词，由于第一空是在句中作定语，所以要用occurring；“某人应该受到责备”常用sb. be to blame来表示，所以第二空要用to blame。

故答案为B。

27．(2013·辽宁协作体模拟)The school is giving most of these children hope for the future by providing them a chance to ________ knowledge.
A．require B．acquire
C．achieve D．discover
答案：B require意为“要求”；acquire意为“获得；学到”；achieve意为“达到，实现”；discover意为“发现”。

根据句意判断应选B项，表示“学到知识”。

28．(2013·大连测试)I know it's time I got down ________ my homework, but I just can't resist ________ computer games.
A．to doing；playing B．to do；to play
C．to doing；to play D．to do；playing
答案：A get down to意为“着手做某事”，其中to为介词，所以第一个空应选to doing；resist doing sth.意为“拒绝做某事”，所答案为A项。

29．(2013·黑龙江哈九中模拟)I could hear their voices, but I couldn't ________what they were saying.
A．make for B．make up
C．make out D．make off
答案：C make for意为“朝……行进”；make up意为“组成；编造”；make out意为“辨认出”；make off意为“逃走，赶快离开”。

根据句意判断应选C项，表示“我无法分辨他们在说什么”。

30．(2013·安徽六校联考)This is the second time I have been ________ by that person; I shall never trust in him again.
A．referred to B．set down
C．attended to D．let down
答案：D 句意：这是那个人第二次让我失望，我再也不会相信他了。

refer to意为“提到；参考”；set down意为“记下”；attend to意为“仔细考虑；照料”；let down意为“使失望”。

根据句意可知选D项。

31．(2013·西安五大名校一模)After the accident, the police spent a week finding out the person who ________ it.
A．witnessed B．stared
C．proved D．heard of
答案：A witness意为“见证；证明；目睹”；stare 意为“盯着看”，为不及物动
词，强调由于好奇而一直盯着看，后接宾语时，需加介词at；prove意为“证明(是)”；hear of 意为“听说”。

根据句意判断警察找的应该是目击证人，而不是听说过的人。

32．(2013·福建泉州高三质检)I once lived a very miserable life, so I have a lot of ________ with the poor.
A．shame B．sympathy
C．pain D．sadness
答案：B shame意为“羞耻”；sympathy意为“同情(心)”；pain意为“痛苦”；sadness意为“伤心，悲哀”。

根据句意判断应选B项，have sympathy with...表示“对……表示同情”。

33．(2013·北京东城一模)The launch of Chang'e I has ________ a success.
A．turned B．proved
C．come out D．changed
答案：B prove可用作系动词，表示“证明是；结果是”。

turn可表示“变为”，后面的名词不带冠词，turn out(to be)意为“结果是”come out意为“出来；出版”；change 意为“改变”。

A、C、D三项不合句意。

34．(2013·山东实验中学诊断)It seems that most educators ________ the plan for Advanced Assessment for Admission, which gives rise to a complete reform of College Entrance Exams.
A．consist of B．complain of
C．approve of D．dream of
答案：C A项意为“包括；由……组成”；B项意为“抱怨”；C项意为“赞成；同意”；D项意为“梦想”。

根据后半句句意“提升高考改革”可知认可这项计划，所以选C项。

35．(2013·江苏扬州模拟)Try ________ she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.
A．if B．when
C．since D．as
答案：D as表示“尽管，虽然”引导让步状语从句时，从句要用倒装语序。

如果从句谓语有实义动词，需要把动词原形提前，所以该题选D项。

if引导虚拟条件句时，可以把if省略而用倒装，B、C两项不能用倒装语序。

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)，选出最佳选项。

(2013·北京西城模拟)
American cities are __36__ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the __37__ of the culture. Cities contain the very __38__ aspect of
a society, opportunities for education, employment and entertainment. They also __39__ the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict and poverty.
American cities are changing. Just __40__ American society. After World War Ⅱ，the population of __41__large American cities decreased; __42__， the population in many Sun belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities __43__ population increased. These population shifts to and from the city reflects the changing values of American society. During this time, in the __44__1940s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more __45__.They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the __46__areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories.
During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house on the outskirts. Now things are changing. The children of the people who __47__ the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, __48__ their parents, want to live in the cities. __49__ continue to move to cities in the Sun belt. Cities are __50__ and the population is increasing in __51__ states as Texas，Florida and California. Others are moving to more __52__ cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers and executives are moving back into city. They prefer the city __53__ the suburbs because their jobs are there；they are afraid of the fuel shortage；or they just__54__ the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities—a wealthier，__55__ mobile class.
36．A.different from B．similar to
C．better than D．worse than
答案：B 后面内容描述的是所有城市的共性，结合信息词in every country...，cities...，they also...等提示可知应选B项。

37．A.values B．worth
C．importance D．expenses
答案： A value此处意为“价值取向；价值观”。

38．A.well B．good
C．better D．best
答案： D 根据后面列举情况判断应选D项，说明城市的好处。

39．A.maintain B．obtain
C．contain D．suffer
答案： C 与前一句对应，所以选contain表示“包括”。

40．A.likely B．as
C．while D．when
答案： B as引导方式状语从句，补充完整是Just as American society is changing。

41．A.all B．most
C．few D．much
答案： B A和C项太绝对，所以根据上下文语境判断选B项，表示“大多数城市”。

42．A.therefore B．moreover
C．however D．besides
答案： C decreased和increased作对比，所以选however表示转折。

43．A.its B．which
C．where D．that
答案： C 由于从句中需要地点状语，所以选where在此引导定语从句。

44．te B．later
C．lately D．latter
答案： A 表示“在……末期(晚期)”。

later意为“后来；以后，更晚”，不合句意。

45．A.space B．spots
C．time D．food
答案： A 根据后面的homes提示可知选space表示“空间”。

46．A.quarters B．downtown
C．districts D．suburbs
答案： D downtown意为“商业区”；district意为“区域”；suburbs意为“郊区”。

47．A.departed B．left
C．reached D．entered
答案： B 根据该句和下句语意“父母一代在50年代离开城市，而现在的年轻人喜欢住进城市”判断应选B项。

48．A.as B．like
C．dislike D．unlike
答案： D 此处需要介词表示“不像他们的父母(行为表现恰恰相反)”。

49．A.Some B．All
C．Several D．Lots of
答案： A 结合上下文判断句应选A项，表示“一些人”。

50．A.stretching B．widening
C．expanding D．strengthening
答案： C A项意为“绵延；伸出；拉伸；伸直”；B项意为“变宽；拓宽”；C项意为“伸展，膨胀；扩大；扩张”；D项意为“加强；变强壮”。

“城市扩张”常用expand。

51．A.such B．these
C．those D．many
答案： A 根据后面的as判断应选such与之搭配。

52．anized B．settled
C．official D．established
答案： D A项意为“有组织的”：B项意为“稳定的；定居的”；C项意为“官方的”；D项意为“早已建立的；成立的”。

此处应用established，是过去分词作前置定语。

53．A.than B．better than
C．rather than D．to
答案： D 此处为prefer sth.to sth.结构，表示“喜欢……胜过(喜欢)……”。

54．A.win B．enjoy
C．earn D．acquire
答案： B 根据上下文判断应选B项，表示“享受城市所提供的令人兴奋的事物和良好的机会(遇)”。

55．A.very B．and
C．more D．or
答案： C 两个形容词都应该由比较级来修饰。

意为“一个更富有，更具备变动性(反复无常)的阶层”。

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A
(2013·江苏苏北四市二模)
Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way：her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and tired—maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the
tracks.
Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling，“Oh, my God, she fell in！”Frank didn't hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No! Not you！”his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she'd been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn't, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40­minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die，”she explained.
本文主要讲弗兰克在车站冒险救援生病女孩的故事。

56．What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?
A．She had run a long way.
B．She felt hot in the subway.
C．She had done a lot of work.
D．She had donated blood the night before.
答案：D 根据文章第一段中的“Lisa felt weak and tired—maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before...)”可知她身体虚弱的原因是她前一天晚上献血了。

57．Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
A．Because they would miss their train.
B．Because he didn't see the train coming.
C．Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.
D．Because she was afraid the train would kill him.
答案：D 根据第四段可知，女孩想阻拦他的原因是火车离他们太近了，她男朋友很有可能被急驰的火车撞死。

58．When did Lisa become conscious again?
A．When the train was leaving.
B．After she was back on the platform.
C．After the police and fire officials came.
D．When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
答案：B根据文章第五段中“That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness...”可知她是在被弄到站台后才醒过来的。

59．The passage is intended to ________.
A．warn us of the danger in the subway
B．show us how to save people in the subway
C．tell us about a subway rescue
D．report a traffic accident
答案：C 本文描述了一次车站救援的惊险事件，因此选择C项。

B
(2013·长沙模拟)
Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?
A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation(慈善捐助) collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.
Manfred Milinski from the Max­Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin，the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously，or without realising it.
It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.
The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption “I Want You”. It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.
本文讲述如何让人们在无意的情况做出正确的选择。

60．According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?
A．He does not want to be shamed by others.
B．He needs to show he is a good person.
C．He desires others to like him more.
D．He feels he will receive some social reward.
答案：D 结合第三段中的“... because they feel they will be rewar ded for good behaviour”．
61．The underlined word “coded” (Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to“________”．
A．hidden B．programmed
C．forgotten D．learned
答案：B 结合该词的上下文可知：此现象是人们在无意识的情况下发生的，所以它不是人们学来的，也不是隐藏在人们身上的东西。

62．What is the text mainly about?
A．It describes changed behaviour when observed.
B．It details ways to control people's behaviour.
C．It tells how to make people work harder.
D．It discusses different advertising methods.
答案：A 文章的第一段就是文章的主旨，所以它是文章的topic sentence。

63．According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A．People pretend to behave better when they are watched.
B．Fish bite other fish in a fish tank when they are alone.
C．People donate more money when they feel they are watched.
D．Soldiers fought better during World War Ⅱ be cause of a poster.
答案：C A项错在“pretend”，B项错在“fish(应为chunks from the fish)”，D 项错在文中只说明了更多的年轻人参军，并没有说明在战场上的表现。

参照第二段可知C 项正确。

C
(2013·北京海淀模拟)
Many Chinese use instant messenger tools such as MSN or QQ. Listen to music on MP3 players and log on the Internet using ADSL—without knowing the literal Chinese translation of the abbreviations (缩写)．
But they don't have to, as many English letters have become part of the local lexicon (词典)．
A dozen abbreviations including GDP, NBA, IT, MP3.QQ，DVD and CEO were among the 5,000 most­frequently used words in the Chinese­language media last year, according to a report on the 2011­Language Situation in Chirm, which was released yesterday in Beijing.
The report said some parents are so keen on English letters that recently a couple tried to name their baby “@”， claiming the character used in email addresses reflects their love for the child.
While the “@” is obviously familiar to Chinese email users, they often use the English word “at” to pronounce it, which sounds something like“ai ta”，or “love him”，to Putonghua speakers.
The study collected more than 1 billion language samples from newspapers,
magazines, TV, Radio and websites. The annual report is compiled (编辑) by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission.
“Nowadays, more and more English abbreviations are being used in Chinese, making them an important part of the contemporary language，” said Hou Min, a professor at Communication University of China.
“The abbreviations have gained popularity because of the convenience of usage，” Hou said.
For example，DNA is much simpler to use than its Chinese version tuoyang hetang hesuan.
“As more Chinese people learn foreign languages, especially English, in recent years, using abbreviations has become a trend among educated people，” she said.
Some language scholars fear such usage will contaminate the purity of Chinese and cause confusion communication.
本文主要讲述了英文缩写的应用。

64．A couple want to name their child “@” because of its ________.
A．popularity B．pronunciation
C．meaning D．usage
答案：B 由文章第四段和第五段的内容我们不难发现这对夫妇用的@的发音来表达对孩子的爱意。

65．The underlined word “contaminate” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A．make impure B. smooth away
C．make clear D．make up
答案：A 从文章最后一段的内容可以看出人们担心这样使用语言会“污染、弄脏”中文的纯净性。

所以这里选A项。

66．The usage of English abbreviations will be ________ in China.
A．limited by the Ministry of Education
B．encouraged by most language scholars
C．more popular among educated people
D．officially forbidden by the government
答案：C 从文章倒数第二段的内容可以看出选C项。

67．The passage aims to tell us ________.
A．English abbreviations become popular in China
B．English abbreviations will take the place of Putonghua
C．The arguments about English abbreviations
D．How we can use abbreviations properly
答案：A 从全文可知，本篇文章主要告诉我们现在有越来越多的英文缩写在中文中得到了广泛的使用，由此可以推断选A项。

D
Almost a decade ago, the federal government dropped $100 million for an Earth­monitoring satellite that never made it into space. Today it sits in a closet in Maryland. Cost to taxpayers for storing it：$ 1 million a year. And_that's_just_what's_hiding_in_one_closet. Who knows what's in the rest of them?
Because we think the government should be held to at least the same standards as a publicly traded company, and because as taxpayers, we're America's shareholders, we performed an audit (财务检查)of sorts of the federal books. We're not economists, but we do have common sense. We tried to be apolitical (无关政治的)and got help from Congressional staffers from both parties, as well as various watchdog groups and agencies. In the end, we found that the federal government wastes nearly $1 trillion every year.
That's roughly equal to the amount collected annually by the Internal Revenue Service in personal income taxes. Put another way, it's also equal to about one­third of the country's $ 2.9 trillion total annual budget. And reclaiming that lost trillion could help wipe out the country's annual budget deficit(赤字), improve education, and provide health insurance for those who don't have it.
So how do you define “waste”？ David Walker of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog agency, calls it “the government's failure to give taxpayers the most for their money.” For our part, we used the kind of household test you would use on a piece of meat sitting in your refrigerator: If it smells rotten, it's waste. And there is plenty to sniff out(闻出). Our government regularly pays for products and services it never gets, wildly overpays companies to do things it could do more cheaply itself, loses money completely due to lax(松驰的)accounting and oversight, fails to collect what it's owed, and put forward unnecessary programs.
How exactly does the federal government waste your hard­earned tax dollars? We've identified what we consider ten of the worst ways.
作者以愤怒的心情告诉我们美国联邦政府耗费巨资用于研究没有发射的Ea rth­monitoring satellite, 谴责政府在浪费大量纳税人的钱财。

68．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 really means ______.
A．there are many other closets
B．there are some other satellites
C．there is something else in the closets
D．the waste may be quite amazing
答案：D 句意理解题。

根据全文内容并结合该句的前后两句话可知，画线句的意思是：对纳税人税款的浪费是很惊人的。

69．Which of the following statements may be right?
A．The country's annual budget is usually decided by the public.
B．The government failed in launching the satellite.
C．The government is only wasting money in space experiments.
D．The amount collected annually in personal income taxes is equal to the country's budget.
答案：B 细节理解题。

根据文章第一句话的“... an Earth­monitoring satellite that never made it into space”可知，该卫星没有被发射。

70．The best title for the passage would be ________.
A．Protecting Our Rights!
B．Our Country Is In Danger!
C．The Government Is Wasting Our Tax Dollars!
D．How to Prevent Government from Wasting Money!
答案：C 主旨大意题。

纵观全文可知，文章从美国宇航局浪费大量的资金制造卫星而没有发射入手，讲述了美国当局是如何浪费纳税人钱财的。

前两项内容太泛，不能概括文章主旨；D项在文中没有提到。

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

(2013·辽宁大连双基测试)
Choose friends who make you feel happy!
Not long ago, I opened an e­mail from Jennifer, a lady I knew through business in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, “I have been seeing how I feel after interact ing with different people and thinking who I feel good about, __71__”
Then she invited me and eleven other women to a “Movie Night” to be held every six weeks at her house. She promised we were sure to enjoy a good time.__72__ She made it clear in her invitation that there was no pressure to show up to all or any movie nights. Wonderful！__73__ I gratefully accepted her kind invitation.。