After the new technique was introduced，the factory produced  ____    in 2001 as the year before．

A．as twice many machines    B．twice many as machines

C．as many machines twice    D．twice as many machines

No matter how long is your life, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and _____ few you do read should include _____ best.

A. a; the      B. the; the    C. the; a    D. /; the

第二部分．阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分满分45分）

第一节 阅读  下面五篇短文，从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health.

From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular. Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them.

The research team interviewed a national sample of 1, 031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health. People without a high school diploma reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time.

“Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health.” leading researcher, Dr. Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. “The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors (紧张刺激物), and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged. ”

“If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor.” Grzywacz says. “Maybe it is just life.”

1.Stress level is closely related to      ___     .

A. family size                           B. work experience      

C. body weight                     D. social position       

2.Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?

 A. People without any education.                                 B. People without high school degrees.

 C. People with high school degrees.                            D. People with college degrees.

3.The less advantaged people are, the greater            .

A. the effect of stress on their health is                      B. the degree of their health concern is

C. the level of their education is                                D. the effect of education on their health is

4.Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because          .

A. they don’t want to tell truth                                  B. they don’t want to face the truth

C. stress is too common a factor in their life           D. their stress is much greater   

第II卷（满分55分）

 第一节  单词拼写 （共10题，每小题1分；满分10分）

据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

76. Yesterday Peter suffered an _______ (电的)shock..

77. I see you have had a ______. (理发)

78. Tomatoes , potatoes and _____ (胡萝卜)are his favorites .

79. I was about to go out when the telephone ____ . (响铃)

80. The school is widely ____（赞赏）for his excellent teaching .

81. She _____ (瞥一眼)at her watch and it was five .

82. You can’t legally take ______ (占有)of the house until three weeks later .

83. We need to buy some new _______ . (家具)

84. He smokes a package of _____(香烟) every day .

85. Workers built a _____ (喷泉)in the park last year .

 As Susan stared at ______ piles of plastic in her recycling bin, ______ strong sense of responsibility made her stick to her recycling work．

A．不填；不填        B．不填; a          C．the ; a            D．the; the

. _________in charge of the shopping center has upset him for quite some time.

A. Left                    B. Being left                 C. Having left              D. To leave

 —— I’d like to take a month’s holiday.

    ——___________ . We are too busy.

  A. Don’t worry    B. Forget it     C. Don’t memtion it    D. Pardon me

The announcements by the NASA, in the form of several Web site postings and a video posted on You Tube, were in response to worries that the world will end on Dec. 21,2012.

The doomsday(末日) rumour reached a high point with the release of the new movie “2012”, directed by Roland Emmerich. In the movie, Yellowstone blows up, showering the continent with black ash. Tidal waves wah over the Himalayas, where the governments of the planet have secretly built a ship which a select 400,000 people can ride out the storm. There are hundreds of books devoted to 2012, and millions of Web sites, depending on what combination of “2012” and “doomsday” you type into Google. All of it, astronomers say, is nonsense. “Most of what’s claimed for 2012 relies on wishful thinking and ignorance of astronomy.” Ed Krupp, an expert on ancient astronomy, wrote in an article in the November issue of Sky & Telescope.

“I get angry at the way people are being influenced and frightened to make money.” Morrison said. “There is no right to frighten children to make a buck.” Suggested David Morrison, an astronomer at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. He said he had been getting about 20 letters and e – mail messages a day from people as far away as India scared out of their wits. Morrison said he did not blame the movie for all this, as much as many other supporters of the Mayan prediction .but then, he said, “my doctorate is in astronomy, not psychology.”

In an e – mail exchange, Krupp said: “We are always uncertain about the future, and we always consume representations of it. We are always attracted by the romance of the ancient past.” A NASA spokesman, Dwayne Brown, said the agency did not comment on movies, leaving that to movie critics. But when it comets to science, brown said, “we felt it was careful to provide a resource.”

If you want to worry, most scientists say, you should think about global climate change or nuclear war. But if ancient prophecies (预言) get you going, here are some things Morrison and the others think you should know.

1Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Dr. Morrison blamed the Movie “2012” for the panic it aroused in the public around the

world.    

B．People who watched the movie were scared and firmly believed that the end of the world

was coming.  

C．In terms of science it was better to provide evidence and theory at the same time.     

D．Dr. Morrison thought it was not right to make money by frightening people. 

2It can be inferred from the text that         .

A．astronomers think that doomsday is likely to happen in the near future

B．the reason why the NASA posted web site postings was to make people interested in

astronomy     

C．scientists think we shouldn’t worry about doomsday but show concern about environment

protection      

D．most astronomers agree that the world is not ending – at least anytime soon

3Which of the following would be the best title?

A．A New Movie “2012”     B．Is Doomsday Coming?

C．End – of – the – World Stories       D．Astronomers Comment on Movies

4What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A．Evidence that the Mayans thought something special would happen in 2012.     

B．What will really happen in 2012.   

C．The reason why there is no need to worry about doomsday.

D．Ancient stories about the end of the world.

In recent years_________global warming is becoming________concern for people all over the world.

A. the ,the                   B. /, a                   C. /  , /                 D. the , /

. I am arranging for Mr. Smith, one of our inspectors, to come and ______the damage caused to the building.

  A. attempt                B. assess                      C. accuse              D. appear