第二部分 词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

用方框内所给词的适当形式填空，并把答案写在句中所标横线上。每词限用一次。

disability     support     communicate     alternative    vary

mysterious    equality    breakthrough      indicate     definitely

56. Scientists have made a ____________in their treatment of the disease.

57. Minibuses with seats for 12 passengers offer an ____________ to expensive taxis and crowded public transport in some areas.

58. You’d better ____________ your diet rather than eat the same food all the time.

59. Applause was a sign of being part of the community, and of ____________ between actors and audience.

60. Although these are very important, we ____________ with more than just spoken and written words.

61. The red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, ____________ strength and a sense of national identity.

62. I will ____________ study medicine after I finish school.

63. Just then a white-haired old woman entered,  ____________ by a girl.

64. Senior citizens and people with ____________ will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.

65. The story goes that a ____________ animal lives in the mountain.

第二部分  词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

用方框内所给词的适当形式填空，并把答案写在句中所标横线上。每词限用一次。

disability     support     communicate     alternative    vary

mysterious    equality    breakthrough      indicate     definitely

56. Scientists have made a ____________in their treatment of the disease.

57. Minibuses with seats for 12 passengers offer an ____________ to expensive taxis and crowded public transport in some areas.

58. You’d better ____________ your diet rather than eat the same food all the time.

59. Applause was a sign of being part of the community, and of ____________ between actors and audience.

60. Although these are very important, we ____________ with more than just spoken and written words.

61. The red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, ____________ strength and a sense of national identity.

62. I will ____________ study medicine after I finish school.

63. Just then a white-haired old woman entered,  ____________ by a girl.

64. Senior citizens and people with ____________ will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.

65. The story goes that a ____________ animal lives in the mountain.

Part One: Cloze test.
Complete the blanks with the words or phrases in our textbook.
The City of the Future
What will the city of the future look like? No one knows     1    , and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain --- they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important     2     earth’s natural resources   3   . We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to   4   more
  5   alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.
To find out what young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. Here are some of the ideas they had:
Garbage ships  To   6   garbage problems, the city will   7   huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.
Batman Nets  Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.
Forget smoking  No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits. Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.
Forget the malls  In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.
Telephones for life  Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth    8   will never change   9   where they live.
Recreation  All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others will be provided   10  by the city.
Cars  All cars will   11  by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch.
Telesurgery  Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
Holidays at home  Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras    12   their head.
Space travel  Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will have its own spaceport.

Part One: Cloze test.

Complete the blanks with the words or phrases in our textbook.

The City of the Future

What will the city of the future look like? No one knows     1    , and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain --- they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important     2     earth’s natural resources   3   . We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to   4   more

  5   alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.

To find out what young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. Here are some of the ideas they had:

Garbage ships  To   6   garbage problems, the city will   7   huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.

Batman Nets  Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns.

Forget smoking  No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits. Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.

Forget the malls  In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.

Telephones for life  Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth    8   will never change   9   where they live.

Recreation  All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others will be provided   10  by the city.

Cars  All cars will   11  by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch.

Telesurgery  Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.

Holidays at home  Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras    12   their head.

Space travel  Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will have its own spaceport.