(08·江西)

The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets．About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading

  36   to the sea．

“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim．“Those two men are   37   heavy rocks．I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological   38   ”．

“You don’t    39    a crane（起重机）to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled Joshua.

“But those men don’t    40    to have muscles at all.” said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.

“They are    41    labourers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they

  42  ．See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his   43  ．Some of the rock’s weight is set   44   his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand．His body isn’t bent．His legs are well  45  .”

“You’re right, Josh．He may have a small build．  46    he certainly well knows his job．Dear me! And to think we have been studying   47   ! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening．Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t   48   the human being completely, it appears．”

“I don’t think it will．”   49    Joshua．“You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you   50    use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”

“You can get a computer to    51    multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce or assess essays, can you?” asked Michael．

“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as   52    as ever — that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim．

“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody    53    who can carry a large rock the way those men do．It’s not going to be a very   54    world, I’m afraid.” sighed Michael．

“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者），Mike.” said Joshua．“    55   will always be other things that will make the world exciting．”

36．A．through                 B．across                C．down                         D．up

37．A．loading                 B．unloading              C．covering                D．uncovering

38．A．way                   B．revolution             C．process                 D．era

39．A．ask                    B．expect               C．attempt                 D．hope

40．A．happen                 B．fail                  C．have                   D．seem

41．A．ambitious              B．experienced           C．potential               D．energetic

42．A．take                  B．fetch                   C．carry                  D．bring

43．A．shoulder               B．back                  C．chest                 D．arms

44．A．on                    B．against                 C．toward                D．under

45．A．supported             B．grasped                C．placed                 D．strengthened

46．A．but                   B．however               C．so                     D．therefore

47．A．chemistry             B．physics                 C．biology                 D．psychology

48．A．control                B．affect                C．remove                 D．replace

49．A．agreed                B．proposed              C．refused                 D．denied

50．A．can’t               B．mustn’t             C．won’t                D．needn’t

51．A．point out               B．take out               C．hand out               D．print out

52．A．dirty                  B．clean                 C．old                    D．new

53．A．caught                 B．arranged              C．left                   D．convinced

54．A．exciting                B．mysterious            C．technological         D．modern

55．A．That                  B．This                 C．They                  D．There

 (08·江西B篇)

60．Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell ____    ．

A．lamb        B．beef                        C．pork                D．chicken

61．The prices at Munchies are         ．

A．lower than usual                                  B．bargain prices for the opening

C．lower for two people                             D．lower if you spend ＄21.00

62．Everyone who eats at Munchies will receive a        ．

A．free raffle ticket                                  B．lucky draw coupon

C．free meal                                       D．balloon and whistle

63．I will find out who has won the trip to Western Australia when I _      _．

A．watch Channel 3 television       

B．come down to Munchies at noon

C．read The Straits Times on the 15th of January

D．attend the lucky draw at Munchies Food Hall

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to  16  the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends  17  that I shouldn't go,  18  I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very  19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I  20  that she should stay with another friend who needed  21  with her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my  22  to the car. At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car  23  and the passenger got off with an umbrella.  24  I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my  25 . I was very embarrassed and  26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的).

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk  27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we  28 . I did not get his name and may not even  29  him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.

So how did I pay it  30 ? I was at home when I  31  two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and  32  them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were  33   by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very  34  and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was  35  such kindness.

A. carry B. keep     C. brave       D. collect

A. guessed                B. argued     C. complained    D. promised

A. because   B. though C. unless     D. if

A. cheerful   B. hopeful      C. careful          D. regretful

A. learned   B. insisted      C. begged          D. worried

A. help   B. advice  C. food            D. shelter

A. call     B. change C. way             D. choice

A. disappeared B. left  C. started          D. stopped

A. Before     B. Since    C. When     D. For

A. home     B. station C. hotel            D. destination

A. agreed    B. declined     C. smiled           D. cried

A. slowly   B. quickly C. heavily          D. gracefully

A. waited   B. ran C. parted           D. rested

A. like B. spot     C. thank     D. recognize

A. up    B. off  C. forward        D. out

A. noticed B. imagined    C. invited          D. heard

A. made     B. passed C. bought          D. sold

A. disturbed    B. impressed  C. encouraged     D. surprised

A. scared    B. grateful      C. sad              D. anxious

A. appreciating     B. repaying    C. accepting     D. offering

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a   16 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it   17  from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles,   18  everywhere. I tried to use a broom,   19  with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen．
For the next week, every time I was in the   20 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept   21 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and   22  12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining   23 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful   24  I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 25  those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my   26  had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered（破碎. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble   27  his new surroundings and the  28  of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．
When life gets you   29 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never  30 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be  31 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas   32 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them   33  you’ll start to feel whole again．
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to   34 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,  35  will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force — either against people or safes. He was a real  11  of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult   12  he had ever met. In about 10 years,   13   by his brother Stefan, he took about ?33,000,000 —from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, he   14  the safe door open and ?80,000 behind. With the   15  was a note, ''We don't need all that much''. A witness   16  his car and Streit was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria's Stein Prison to serve a six-year   17  . He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that he would continue   18  the law, ''I'm a thief and I shall use every opportunity.'' In spite of the   19  , prison officials moved Streit to the prison's blacksmith shop. One day during the week before Christmas,
Streit   20  . Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Streit had   21  to make a set of keys and let himself out. Not to   22  , though. After crossing into Bavaria, Streit   23  the suspicion (怀疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself   24  . ''I want to be in a German prison, ''he   25  to the surprised police. ''As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences for   26  like mine and will   27  the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison.'' In prison, Streit   28   his keepers to let him telephone his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. ''I'm sorry   29   I caused trouble. I didn't want to   30  anybody by escaping. Conditions weren't that bad. In fact the food was better than it is here.''