27.Even at the narrowest of the Pacific, it is about 3,200 km ____________.

A. widely    B. with cross       C. crossing          D. in width

10.  When she heard that I couldn’t help _____ the problem, the poor girl couldn’t help ____.

A. to solve; crying                           B. solving; to cry

C. solving; crying                           D. to solve; to cry

33. Nowadays, use____of certain waste materials to protect the environment.

A. is making   B. will make   C. is being made    D. will be made

第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)

  When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him. I would spend the day just __36____, doing nothing and not paying much __37___to all the people around me. One day, as my dad and I were___38___ to the shop, I looked out of the car window and saw an old man on the street corner. Our ___39___ met and held for about ten seconds. There was ___40___ fearful about this man, but it was a significant encounter for me. 41_that point, I had given no _42__to anyone I saw on the street. My life was my family and friends. I had no interest in anyone else.    

  43  for the first time I had an interest in what that person was all about.

      Years later, I had long  44  that man, but he came to my mind recently and I remembered the ten   45   when I looked into the eyes of a stranger and  46  what he was all about.

      It seems that we are all  47  every day. There are so many things to do that we  48  have time for sincere(真诚的)interest in others. Great thinkers._49_us to "stop and smell the roses". But it has taken me decades to really appreciate the __50  of these words. When I had the opportunity to  51  a young person, I did my best

to convey this message. But   52  ,young people were too busy to  53   this advice. I would like to tell young people to stop what they are doing and  54  around.  I want to tell them to try as  55  as they can to understand what is in their view and what is in the range of their hearing.

36, A. sitting around    B. fighting back    C. dropping out     D. moving off

37. A. money          B. interest        C. attention         D. respect

38.A. carrying         B. sticking        C. walking         D. driving

39. A. eyes            B. hands         C. ears             D. feet

40. A. everything       B. nothing        C. something       D. Anything

41. A. But for          B. Due to        C. As for           D. Up to

42. A. thought          B. fear          C. greeting          D. glance

43 A. So               B. Instead       C. But              D. And

44. A. remembered       B. forgotten     C. reminded          D. dreamed

45. A. years             B. seconds      C. days              D. minutes

46. A. surprised          B. learned      C. wondered          D. doubted

47. A. busy             B. stupid        C. lazy               D. puzzled

48. A. often             B. rarely        C. even               D. always

49. A. alarm            B. prove         C. force              D. encourage

50. A. influence         B. beauty        C. meaning            D. creativity

51. A. describe to        B. blame on      C. speak to          D. quarrel with

52. A. luckily           B. unfortunately  C. immediately      D. astonishingly

53. A. agree to          B. think highly of  C. look after      D. take notice of

54. A. look             B. hang          C. bring          D. come

55. A. soon             B. hard          C. long           D. Far

If you enjoyed the spring-like sunshine over the weekend and thought the weather has finally turned a corner, you’re sadly mistaken.

Chilly (寒冷的) days and grey clouds are forecast for the week—making it far too early to pack away the winter woollies.

Temperatures will struggle to rise above zero at night and fail to make double figures during the day.

People enjoy the spring sunshine in Sefton Park, Aigburth, Liverpool. Forecasters have predicted a return to chilly weather this week.

Met Office forecaster Charlie said, “It was a nice, dry, bright weekend in many parts and Monday is going to be a similar affair for many.”

“Temperatures will be between 5℃and 8℃, which is below average for the start of spring.”

The sun will disappear from the south of the country after today, with dry but cloudy conditions forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday. 

Wednesday will be warmest of the three, with temperatures peaking at 9℃. But this is still two degrees below the March average for the district.

Overnight, temperatures will drop sharply, with lows of minus 3℃for the next three nights.

    “It will generally stay on the cold side of average,” said Mr. Powell.

The March misery comes at the end of the coldest winter for more than 30 years.

    Temperatures in December, January and February struggled to stay above zero, with the UK’s average 1.5℃, making it the deepest freeze since 1978—79.

It claimed there was just a one-in-seven chance of a cold December to February.

The agency also sadly predicted a “barbecue summer”, saying it was “quite optimistic” that it would be warmer and drier than average.

Following the two mistakes, the Met Office has dropped its long-range seasonal forecasts and will instead publish a monthly prediction for Britain, updated once a week.

In its defense, it says that while short-term forecasts are extremely accurate, Britain’s size and geographical position makes long-term predictions much more challenging.

It also points out that it gave warning of any heavy falls of snow this winter.

60. According to the passage, the weather on Tuesday in the south might be _______.

A. dry but cloudy  B. sunny but chilly  C. sunny and warm  D. cloudy and chilly

61. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

   A. British people can put away their winter clothes now.

   B. The Met Office has shortened its forecast range.

   C. The weather forecast becomes more and more accurate.

   D. The agency was quite confident of long-term predictions.

62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. The big chill isn’t over yet                     B. A warm spring finally arrives

C. A heavy snow is on the way                 D. The Met Office drops forecasts

63. From the passage, we can conclude ________.

A. the weather report is more and more important

B. British people become worried about bad weather

   C. Britain has just experienced a very freezing winter

   D. The Met Office can always predict any heavy snow falls accurately

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term is also connected with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism(精英主义).

The term became official, especially in sports terminology, after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954, when much of the nation polarized around favorite college teams. “IV” was used because originally the league consisted only of four members. The use of the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now represents an educational philosophy inherent to the nation's oldest schools. In addition, Ivy League schools are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

All of the Ivy League's institutions place near the top in the U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings and rank within the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment(捐助). Seven of the eight schools were founded during America's colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions, therefore, account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The Ivies are all in the Northeast geographic region of the United States. All eight schools receive millions of dollars in research grants and other subsidies from federal and state government.

Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000, making them larger than those of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university. Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's $2.01 billion to Harvard's $26 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world.

71. From the passage, we know the word “Ivy” in “the Ivy League” was first chosen to refer to _______.

   A. a plant       B. a number      C. a sport      D. a spirit

72. What is special about Cornell University in the League?

   A. It is the oldest one.             B. It was founded by colonists.

   C. It has the smallest endowment.   D. It is the youngest one.

73. Which meaning can the term “the Ivy League” convey today?

   A. The largest enrollment.         B. The strongest government support.

   C. The most expensive schools.       D. First-class education.

74. Which of the following statements is true?

   A. There is no longer sports competition in the Ivy League.

   B. Seven colleges were set up before the USA was founded.

   C. Brown University has the smallest number of students.

   D. Typical public state universities are larger than the Ivies.

75. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. The ABC of “The Ivy League”

   B. Best Universities in the USA

   C. The Financial Income of American Universities

   D. How to Apply to an Ivy League University

--- How can you be late for such an important conference?

   --- Sorry! But my flight was ______ by fog.

   A. taken over                 B. held up             C. turned down            D. handed out

At the conference, four speakers gave three different opinions on the present economic situation. One was optimistic, ________ was pessimistic, but ________ of the others took two-sided views. 

A. the other; neither       B. other; both             C. the other; either      D. another; both

Nick Campbell sat at the side of the road and wondered what to do next. He looked at the second-hand Harley Davidson he’d bought from a back-street garage back home in Miami at the beginning of his trip six weeks before.

For years he had dreams of crossing the United States from east to west by motorbike and he’d finally decided that it was now or never. He’d given up his job, sold his car and set off for the journey of his dreams. He’d been lucky, or so he thought, to find this old Harley Davidson and had bought it for a very reasonable price------it had cost him just $600. But five kilometers from Atlanta, he had run out of luck. The motorbike had broken down.

He pushed the bike into town and found a garage. The young mechanic told him to leave the bike overnight and come back the next day. The following morning, to his surprise, the man asked if the bike was for sale. “Certainly not,” he replied, paid his bill and hit the road.

When he got to Kansas the old machine ran out of steam again. This time Nick thought about selling it and buying something more reliable, but decided to carry on. When the bike was going well, he loved it.

However, in Denver, Colorado the bike broke down again so he decided to take it to a garage and offer it for sale. The mechanic told him to come back in the morning.

The next day, to his amazement, the man offered him $2,000. Realizing the man must be soft in the head, but clearly not short of money, Nick asked for $ 3,000. The man agreed and they signed the papers. Then the mechanic started laughing. In fact it was several minutes before he could speak and when he could he said, “That’s the worst deal you’ll ever make, boy."

     He removed the seat. On the underside was the inscription (铭文):

     'To Elvis, love James Dean. '

56. Harley Davidson here refers to a _________.

   A. car          B. truck         C. garage          D. motorbike

57. Which of the following did Nick value most?

A. Harley Davidson.   B. His job.    C. His dream to travel.   D. His car.

58. Nick was unwilling to sell his Harley Davidson because he thought it was

   A. lovely        B. valuable       C. reliable          D. old

59. The underlined word ~ hi the 6th paragraph is closest in meaning to

   A. clever        B. crazy          C. honest           D. kind

60. At the end of the story, Nick must have felt very __________.

   A. sorry          B. delighted        C. excited         D. moved

Do you wake up in the morning dreading the moment that your feet have to hit the floor for you to get ready for work? If that’s the case, join most of Americans. Very few people wake up to that annoying alarm clock and spring out of bed excited about having to go to work.

As if that were not enough, most of us have to fight traffic getting there, usually an hour’s drive. Then, when we get to work, we have to fight with unruly co-workers or a nagging boss. And to make matters worse, you have to fight the same traffic going in the opposite direction just to get back home.

Making dinner, fixing plates, eating and then straightening up afterwards is a job within itself. If that sounds like your life, you probably have a J-O-B. you know what J-O-B stands for? Just Over Broke, that’s what! With a job, most Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck and hating every minute of it. I know because I was doing the same thing: trading time for money. And, I came to a conclusion that it stinks (糟糕透了)! Big time!

Looking around at my co-workers, friends and relatives, I saw that they were all doing the same thing I was doing. They were complaining about the same things I was complaining about : not having enough time or money. And, I decided that I wanted to do something different.[来源:学*科*

So, I started a home-based business. There are several to choose from. The extra income has done so much for our family. We can vacation more. We have been able to give more. And, we’ve even been able to do something calling save! It’s been amazing.

Therefore, if you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, it’s time you make a change, too. The definition of insanity (疯狂) is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I know you aren’t stupid. If you continue to do what everyone else is doing: trading time for money, you’re going to keep getting what everyone else is getting: being broke and not having the time to do what is really important to you.

Do your due diligence. Find a home-based business that works well for you. Go to work, and live the life you’ve always imagined!

According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is TRUE about most Americans?

   A. Most Americans are excited to go to work every day.

   B. Most Americans are used to sleeping in the morning.

   C. Most Americans are tired of having to go to work every morning.

   D. Most Americans have alarm clocks to wake them up in the morning.

By writing the first three paragraphs, what feeling does the writer express?

   A. Regret.               B. Joy.                  C. Pride.               D. Dissatisfaction

What does “something different” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

   A. To set up a business at home.            B. To complain about life and work.

   C. To spend more time on holidays.              D. To resign from the former job and get a new one.