单项填空共15小题每小题1分满分15分

第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21. --- You have been on tour for a week in our city during May Day. What do you think about it? --- Oh, what _________ different Yancheng! It isn’t _________ I saw last.A. /; the oneB. a; the oneC. a; oneD. /; one22. _________ along the quiet road at forty miles an hour, an old man suddenly started to cross the road in front of me.A.DrivingB.When I was drivingC.Havin drivenD. I as driving23. --- May I call you at 9 o’clock tomorrow mor ning?--- No problem, I _________ be free at that time.A. shouldB. shallC. canD. may24. This is one of the explanations _________ people hang stockings in front of the fireplace for Father Christmas to put presents in.A. whyB. for whichC. for whyD. that25. By the time Mary reached her senior year, she had _________ from engineering to chemistry research as her career choice.A. expandedB. concentratedC. attachedD. switched26. --- Your sister _________ almost all her spare time to studying when she was in high school.--- That’s right, or she _________ great success in the College Entrance Examination.A. devoted; wouldn’t have achievedB. spent; wouldn’t have achievedC. devoted; h adn’t achievedD. hadn’t spent; couldn’t achieve27. I hadn’t intended to get much from the business I ran the first year, while it _________ so well.A. went outB. carried outC. made outD. turned out28. The boy in red turn off all the lights, _________?A. will youB. doesn’t heC. don’t youD. will he29. --- Where did you get to know her?--- It was on the farm _________ we both once worked in the 1990s.A. thatB. whichC. whenD. where30. --- What kind of food do you prefer?--- _________ but Japanese.--- How about Korean, then?A. SomethingB. NothingC. AnythingD. Everything31. The French Revolution was successful _________ ridding society _________ inequality, which had a great influence _________ many other countries, especially those in Europe.A. at; off; onB. in; of; uponC. in; of; forD. of; of; to32. An increase in the price of drugs has _________ the rising cost of medical care.A. explained whyB. contributed toC. resulted fromD. kept up33. The cattle trapped in the heavy snow _________ saved successfully before another cold wave comes.A. areB. isC. have beenD. has been34. --- Not long ago he inherited ten thousand pounds from his grandpa, and now he is penniless. He spent his money carelessly on many worthless things.--- As the old saying goes, _________.A. gold is the dust that blinds all eyesB. a fool and his money are soon partedC. he is the salt of the earthD. nothing venture, nothing have35. --- Could I borrow your car for a while?--- _________. I won’t use it today.A. Of course you couldB. Never mindC. You are welcomeD. By all means第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section. A small advertisement held my36 . It read, “Easy j ob. Good wages. No experience 37 .” It sounded like the job I was 38 . Easy job. Good wages. Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 . Easy job. Good wages. Easy job. Good wages. Easy ...When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes. 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches. All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching the labels on 46 .I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle. As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body. But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full¬-blown tomato¬-colored finger. A numb pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb. Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 . He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour. With the money, I left the working place. “Easy job．Good wages.”came to my brain again. Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages?”36. A. eyes B. attention C. decision D. breath37. A. necessary B. relevant C. practical D. primitive38. A. running after B. looking for C. heading for D. looking after39. A. circled B. moved C. flashed D. attacked40. A. letter B. sign C. advertisement D. post41. A. baskets B. bowls C. pots D. basins42. A. hiding B. sticking C. rising D. breaking43. A. In B. Above C. Under D. Around44. A. arms B. hands C. legs D. feet45. A. knife B. snail C. bottle D. brush46. A. that B. those C. them D. it47. A. chair B. bench C. bottle D. sofa48. A. smell B. coldness C. color D. steam49. A. spread B. travel C. recycle D. accelerate50. A. worse B. better C. more D. rather51. A. going B. finding C. growing D. becoming52. A. sooner or later B. here and there C. one by one D. little by little53. A. adapt B. equip C. bargain D. quit54. A. taken B. offered C. earned D. created55. A. thought B. asked C. found D. hated第三节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AEach time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. "Yes, honey. Of course." she said."Can we write him a letter?"She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, "Yes."My heart jumped. "How? Does the mailman go there?" I asked."No, but I have an idea." Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for."Just wait, honey. You'll see." Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (缠绕) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining."Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three."The balloon, carrying my letter, darted (猛冲) upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he'd persevere, dart up, and finally transcend (超越) this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary (遗传的).I prayed to be a balloon.56. When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother _________.A. felt it hard to answerB. thought her a creative girlC. believed it easy to do soD. found it easy to lie57. When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she _________.A. jumped with joyB. became excitedC. started writing immediatelyD. was worried that it couldn't be delivere58. In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?A. An incurable disease.B. An unforgettable memory.C. The hard time her father had.D. The failures her father experienced.59. What would be the best title for the passage?A. An unforgettable experienceB. The strong red balloonC. Fly to paradiseD. A great fatherBMany people have described television as a passive activity that is harmful to children’s education. However, there are good and bad ways to watch television. Parents who are interested in using television as a learning tool can actually turn time in front of TV into an educationalchance.Probably the most familiar educational way to use television is to simply watch educational programs. In particular, this means selecting channels and programs specially designed for educational purposes. Along with traditional educational shows for children on public broadcasting channels, cable television now offers kids and adults a wide variety of educational programs, with everything from nature shows to historical events in different countries. Captioning（说明文字，字幕）, such as “closed captioning”for hearing disabled viewers provides another way for parents to exploit (开发) the educational possibilities of television. One study showed that children who watched captioned TV got great improvement in their vocabulary and oral reading ability. In addition, parents can make any show a learning class by watching television together with children. By actively joining children in the programs that they are watching, parents can help with the development of such skills as predicting and summarizing. In order to develop predicting skills, parents and children could first refer to a program’s description in a viewing guide. After reading the program description and guessing what might happen in the program, parents and children could watch together to see which predictions were correct. And to practice summarizing, after watching a program, parents can turn off the TV and ask what the story was about. This kind of activity helps children develop thinking skills such as arranging events in an order and memorizing information.Although there will still be plenty of times when children watch TV simply for passive enjoyment, parents can help make at least part of their children’s viewing time a more productiveactivity. Used intelligently by exploiting the learning chances available through various programs, television can play an instructive role in children’s education.60. Which activity is NOT suggested in the passage?A. Predicting and summarizing TV shows.B. Watching captions on TV.C. Enjoying films about nature.D. Watching shows for homework.61. We can learn from the last paragraph that _________.A. children should not use television for passive enjoymentB. not every minute when a child watches television must be educationalC. some children prefer reading to watching televisionD. television offers more learning chances than school62. Which of the following questions is the major one discussed in the passage?A. What makes television more interesting than books?B. Why should schools put television into classrooms?C. How can parents use television as a teaching tool?D. Which program can actually make kids smarter?63. Who do you think this passage is written for?A. Children.B. Teachers.C.Parents.D. Teachers and parents.CThousands of jobs come into our Job Centre every week, but they get snapped up (抢购) quickly. So although we shall do all we can to help you, it’s important for you to do all you can to help yourself. This passage tells you how.Registered for workOnce you have registered for work we will match you with available vacancies. If you want toclaim unemployment benefit, you also have to get registered at our Job Centre. But you actually apply for and claim it at the local Unemployment Office.Getting a job through self-serviceJobs that come in are put on self-service show as soon as possible. Half the people who find jobs through our Job Centre find them through self-service. You can call in at any time to look at the jobs shown.Come to our Employment AdvisersIf you want more help or advice, don’t forget that’s what we’re here for. Our Employment Advisers can help you with things like:★thinking about the different sorts of jobs you could do and which are best for you.★jobs available locally or elsewhere.★whether you are suitable for a TOPS training course.★funds to help you look for, and move to work in other parts.Even though you have a clear idea of the sort of job and pay you want, you may find that something different will suit you quite well. Keep this in mind when you are talking with Employment Advisers.If you don’t find a job on your first visit, go into self-service as often as you can to look at the jobs on show there. Good vacancies are coming in all the time just because you’ve been registered for work.64. The purpose of the passage is to _________. .A. tell people how to become an Employment AdviserB. teach the unemployed people how to get registered for workC. give information about services available for the unemployedD. introduce the TOPS training course for the unemployed65. The unemployed people can claim unemployment benefit from _________.A. the Job CentreB. all the Unemployment OfficesC. the Employment AdvisersD. the local Unemployment Office66. Employment Advisers can help you _________.A. find out what kind of jobs suits you bestB. register for work and use self-serviceC. claim as much unemployment benefit as possibleD. find a job suitable for you on your first visit67. The underlined word “vacancies” in the passage means _________. .A. jobsB. benefitsC. suggestionsD. servicesDEvery day 25 million U. S. children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, the nation's school children are transported to and from school safely.Even though the number of school bus casualties (死亡人数) is not large, the safety of children is always of intense public concern. While everyone wants to see children transported safely, people are divided about what needs to be done —particularly whether seat belts should be mandatory (强制性的).Supporters of seat belts on school buses argue that seat belts are necessary not only to reduce death and injury, but also to teach children lessons about the importance of using them routinely in any moving vehicle. A side benefit, they point out, is that seat belts help keep children in their seats, away from the bus driver.Opponents of seat belt installation suggest that children are already well protected by the school buses that follow the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) safety requirement set in 1977. They also believe that many children won't wear seat belts anyway and that they may damage the belts or use them as weapons to hurt other children.A new Research Council report on school bus safety suggests that there are alternate safety devices and procedures that may be more effective and less expensive. For example, the study committee suggested that raising seat backs four inches may have the same safety effectiveness as seat belts.The report sponsored by the Department of Transportation at the request of Congress, reviews seat belts extensively while taking a broader look at safety in and around school buses.68. Each year, the number of children killed outside buses in the loading zones is about _________.A. 10B. 30C. 40D. 5069. Which of these words is closest in meaning to the underlined words "are divided" in Paragraph 2? A. disagree B. separate C. arrangeD. concern考试大论坛70. Which is the best title that expresses the idea of the passage?A. Seat Belts Needed on School BusesB. Making School Buses Even Safer for ChildrenC. Alternate Safety Devices and ProceduresD. Safety in and around School BusesEThe number of tiger attacks on people is growing in India's Sundarban islands as habitat loss and less prey (猎物) caused by climate change drive them to move into villages for food，experts said.Wildlife experts say endangered tigers in the world's largest reserve are turning on humans because rising sea levels and coastal erosion (侵蚀) aresteadily shrinking the tigers'natural habitat.The Sundarbans，a 26,000 sq km area of lowlying swamps (沼泽) on India's border with Bangladesh，are dotted with hundreds of small islands crossed by water channels.But as sea levels rise，two islands have already disappeared and others are in danger.Wildlife experts say the destruction of the mangroves means the tigers' most common prey，such as crocodiles，fish and big crabs，is decreasing.Sundarban villagers pass through tiger area on boats to fish in the sea，or to collect honey in forest areas.“Villager s are not supposed to enter a number ofislands used as tiger areas，but they seldom follow the rules，get attacked and demand for compensation (赔偿)，” Pradip Shukla，a senior forest department official said.Once home to 500 tigers in the late 1960s，the Sundarbans may only shelter between 250 and 270 tigers now，wildlife officials say.The Indian StatisticalInstitute said the number is as low as 75.The Sundarbans are the world's largest mangrove reserve and one of the most unique ecosystems in South Asia，recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.As sea levels rise，mangroves have been overexposed to salt water.Many plants have lost their red and green colors and are more like bare branches，exposing tigers to poachers who hunt them for their skin and bones.There were about 40,000 tigers in India a century ago.A government survey report published this year says the tiger population has fallen to 1,411，down from 3,642 in 2002，largely due to decreasing habitat and poaching.71.What's the main idea of the passage？A.Climate change leads tigers in the Sundarbans to attack villagers.B.Climate change has effect on people and animals.C.A survey is reported about endangered tigers in India.D.The endangered tigers live in the world's largest reserve.72.Which of following is the RIGHT order of the events that lead to tiger attacks on people？①habitat loss②climate change③rising sea levels④less prey⑤coastal erosionA.②①④⑤③B.②③⑤①④C.②①⑤③④D.①③⑤②④73.What does the underlined word “mangroves” in the fourth paragraph ref er to？A.Wild animals.B.Plants.C.Ecosystems.D.Diseases.74.What is probably the author's attitude towards the sent tiger population in theSundarbans？A.Pleased.B.Satisfied.C.Worried.D.Suspected.75.If the present situation in India cannot be changed，.A.there will be nobody living in the SundarbansB.the tigers there will have more to eat in their habitatC.the population of tigers there will be smaller and smallerD.Sundarban villagers will do other jobs instead of fishing第四节:完成句子1.It’s not polite when someone is talking .(interupt)在别人讲话时，插嘴是没有礼貌的。