根据汉语完成句子。（请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号的横线上，一空一词。）

1.他昨天声称看见一个黑黑的、圆圆的动物在水中快速游动。

He __________ to have seen a round black creature __________ quickly through the water yesterday.

2.他们说水温这样低的湖泊不可能生存有体形如此巨大的动物。

They say that the __________ lake is __________ to be able to __________ such large living creatures.

3.当急流穿过两英里高的峡谷时，峡谷变窄了，只有350英尺。

The gorge __________ __________ 350 feet as the river rushes through the two-mile-high mountains.

4.块块巨石形象各异，条条之流流淌着传说，座座小山承载着过往。

Every rock looked like a person or animal, every stream that joined the river __________ its legend, and every hill was __________ __________ the past.

5.远山上写着20英尺见方的汉字：“建造山峡大坝，开发长江资源”。

On a distant mountain was a sign __________ 20-foot __________. “Build the Three Gorges Dam, Exploit the Yangtze River,” it __________.

6.你永远想不到她。一个人带大五个孩子所遇到的困难。

You can never imagine the difficulty she had __________ up five children all by herself.

7.这也导致了大量的美语单词和结构传入英国英语。

It has also __________ __________ lots of American words and structures __________ into British English.

8.对于美国人来说，情况稍微好些，这多亏了一位叫诺亚.韦伯斯特的人，一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。

For Americans things are a little bit easier, __________ __________ the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who __________ from Yale University in 1778.

9.萧伯纳有这样的评论：英国及美国这两个国家被共同的语言所区分。

Gorge Bernard Shaw made the famous __________ __________ the British and The Americans are two nations divided by a common language.

10.两个国家境内的口音差异可能和两国之间的口音差异一样大。

There is probably __________ much __________ of pronunciation __________ the two countries as __________ them.

11.在旅游界有一种说法：所有游客都被敲竹杠。

There is a saying in the travel trade __________ all tourists are __________ __________.

12.《初级拼写》建议简化英语单词的拼写。

The Elementary Spelling Book suggested __________ the spelling of English words.

 

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

In Twain, many people know what a “motorpool” means. It is   36  known as a place for the maintenance(维修)of official business and government cars.   37  it is a place for vehicle maintenance.

More than ten years ago I came to America on business and I took advantage of the   38   to visit my friend. My friend drove a car to   39   me at the airport, and took me to his home. Out of the   40 , my friend drove his car into the innermost   41  , which had a sign “carpool only”. I   42   what “carpool” meant. I felt doubted whether he was going to a motorpool.   43   I thought myself clever in asking:

       “Is there anything wrong with the car?”

       “Nothing.   44  ?” said he.

       “Well then, why are you going to carpool?” I   45  .

       My friend couldn’t help   46   and told me that“carpool”refers to the lane that only the cars with two or more   47   can drive in. I felt rather embarrassed on   48   that.

       After dinner, my friend’s neighbor came over to ask whether he   49   “carpool” the next day.  “ 50  ,” my friend said, “I will accompany my friend to go shopping tomorrow.” I was   51  again, wondering why he could not “carpool” with him since we had “carpooled”   52  . My friend explained to me again that the “carpool” that his neighbor   53   meant they in turn drove the car to work so as to save energy. The first “carpool” is a noun,   54   the second “carpool” is a verb. It is really   55   for newcomers in America to understand it in a short time.

A. commonly      B. probably    C. partly  D. simply

A. In general       B. In particular      C. First of all  D. Above of all

A. break      B. time    C. chance       D. place

A. watch      B. help    C. meet   D. catch

A. house      B. airport       C. station D. waiting-room

A. road B. lane    C. street  D. route

A. wondered       B. knew  C. understood D. learned

A. For  B. Thus   C. Then   D. Though

A. How       B. What  C. Why   D. Where

A. replied   B. asked  C. explained   D. answered

A. saying    B. talking       C. laughing     D. speaking

A. passengers     B. drivers       C. gentlemen  D. ladies

A. noticing B. seeing C. informing   D. hearing

A. needed   B. could  C. should D. would

A. Sure      B. Sorry  C. Pardon       D. Good

A. believed B. doubted      C. confused    D. worried

A. today     B. tomorrow   C. yesterday    D. tonight

A. used      B. insisted      C. learned       D. provided

A. as   B. so       C. while  D. for

A. interesting     B. difficult     C. important   D. necessary

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中，选出一个最佳答案。

When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked ___36_at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. ___37____ several seconds I stood there and ____38___ down at him. My first thought was that he must need__39____ while doing his homework___40 ___ he was trying to prepare me for some __41_____.

“___42____,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”

 

The next day I __43____ his teacher at my office to find out more about this “____44___ ” and how the other parents had responded (反应).

“__45_____, most of the fathers did the same as you ,” the teacher explained, “Feeling___46___ is an important part of___47____ . It’s something all human beings___48___. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too ___49____ that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be __50__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how dilficult it is for ___51___ of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me ___52____ , I held on to him for an extra second. And just___53___ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly__54_____, “Hey, I love you.”

I didn’t know if  saying that would make___55___of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.

1.A. down	B. away	C. out	D. up
2.A. After	B. For	C. In	D. On
3.A. glanced	B. got	C. stared	D. knocked
4.A. surprises	B. time	C. help	D. paper
5.A. or	B. but	C. when	D. while
6.A. money	B. news	C. test	D. explanation
7.A. Anything	B. Nothing	C. Important	D. Interesting
8.A. advised	B. told	C. called	D. visited
9.A. trick	B. exercise	C. notice	D. experiment
10.A. Basically	B. Fortunately	C. Usually	D. Frequently
11.A. loved	B. helpful	C. interested	D. trusted
12.A. body	B. work	C. study	D. Health
13. A. agree	B. understand	C. know	D. require
14.A. bad	B. good	C. easy	D. hard
15.A. funny	B. afraid	C. pleased	D. able
16.A. both	B. neither	C. some	D. none
17.A. next evening	B. next morning	C. that evening	D. that morning
18.A. before	B. after	C. because	D. as
19.A. sound	B. voice	C. whisper	D. courage
20.A. neither	B. either	C. most	D. few

 

 

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

[1]People with lower intelligence are more likely to be unhappy than their brighter colleagues, according to UK researchers, Their study of 6,870 people showed low intelligence was often linked with lower income and poor mental health, which contributed to unhappiness. The researchers are calling for more help and support to be targeted at people with lower IQs. Their findings were published in the journal Psychological Medicine.

[2]The researchers analyzed data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbity Survey in England. One of the questions was：“Taking all things together, how would you say you were these days—very happy ,fairly happy or not too happy?” The highest part saying they were “         ”was found in people with an IQ between 120 and 129-43% said they were very happy..

[3]However, the highest proportion saying “not too happy”was found in people with an IQ between 70 and 79. The study said lower intelligence was linked to lower income, worse health and needing help with daily life, such as shopping or housework—all of which contributed to unhappiness.

[4]Dr Hassiotis said：“There is some evidence that long term strategies directed at young children from poor backgrounds can have a positive impact on IQ, wellbeing and life opportunities”. Such interventions(干涉)are likely to be costly, but the initial costs may be offset（抵消）by future benefits such as a reduced reliance on state benefits and better mental and physical health”.

[5]He added that the study was particularly helpful as it identified some of the factors（因素）that influence the association between IQ and happiness. The study also emphasized the interventions to prevent lower IQ leading to greater unhappiness.

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?(no more than 10 words)

                                                                                             

2. Fill in the blank in paragraph2 with proper words.(no more than3 words)

                                                                                           

3.Costly as the interventions(干涉)are , why is it worthwhile to do so ?.(no more than 10 words)

                                                                                           

4. What did Hassiotis want to stress in the last paragraph?(no more than 6 words)

                                                                                            

5.What does the word “which” referred to in paragraph one ?(no more than 6 words)

                                                                               

 

LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.

39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.                              B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.                              D. He cheated in business.

40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people’s guard against danger

C. changed people’s idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1-3）	McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London	新闻案件的简介：57岁的McCormick上月被起诉诈骗并于周三在伦敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。
第二部分（Para. 4）	cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people	法官宣判：罪犯的欺骗行为增强了人们虚假的安全感并促使导致给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害。
第三部分（Para. 5-7）	But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results	案件细节及当事人的反诉：假冒炸弹探测器被销往世界各地，但它根本没有科学依据，也毫无用处。罪犯狡辩假冒产品没有给用户带来任何不良后果。

【解析】

39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。

40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。

41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。

解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。

解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。

本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。