第1部分：詞匯選項 （第三1～15題，第題1分，共15分）
下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
1 We consume a lot more than we are able to produce.
A waste B buy
C use D sell
2 As a writer, he turned out three novels that year.
A refused B read
C produced D accepted
3 Winston Churchill gave a moving speech.
A nervous B foolish
C stirring D fast
4 We tried to restrict our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic.
A put B suit
C confine D resort
5 It doesn't stand to reason that he would lie.
A seem logical B look pleasant
C appear obvious D sound important
6 The company recommended that a new gas station be built here.
A ordered B insisted
C suggested D demanded
7A plastic wheel can be as tough as a metal one
A useful B tight
C weak D strong
8 Of all the planets in this solar system, Mercury is nearest the Sun.
A most like B closest to
C hotter than D heavier than
9If wool is put into hot water, it tends to shrink.
A disappear B expand
C break D contract
10 The train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were
A an uncertain B a slow
C an unexpected D a smooth
11 Almost all economists agree that nations, gain by trading with one another.
A work B profit
C rely D prove
12 The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
A denied B investigated
C stressed D created
13 The chemical is deadly to rats but safe to cattle
A fatal B hateful
C good D useful
14 During his lifetime he was able to accumulate quite a fortune.
A control B spend
C collect D exchange
15 It's impolite to cut in when two persons are holding a conversation
A leave B talk loudly
C stand up D interrupt
第2部分：閱讀判斷 （16～22題，第題1分，共7分）
新聞記者下面這篇短文后列出7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑。
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You!
What are special effects? Do you enjoy movies that use a lot of special effects?
Dinosaurs from the distant past! Space battles from the distant future! There has been a revolution in special effects, and it has transformed the movies we see.
The revolution began in the mid-1970s with George Lucas's Star Wars, a film that stunned （使震驚） audiences. That revolution continues to the present, with dramatic changes in special-effects technology. The company behind these changes is Lucas's Industrial Light Magic （ILM）. And the man behind the company is Dennis Muren, who has worked with Lucas since Star Wars.
Muren's interest in special effects began very early. At age 6, he was photographing toy dinosaurs and spaceships. By 10, he had an 8-millimeter movie camera and was making these things move through stop-motion. （Stop-motion is a process in which objects are shot with a camera, moved slightly, shot again, and so on. When the shots are put together, the objects appear to move.）
Talk to Muren and you'll understand what ILM is all about: taking on new challenges. By 1989, Muren decided he had pushed the old technology as far as it would go.
He saw computer graphics （CG） technology as the wave of the future and took a year off to master it.
With CG technology, images can be scanned into a computer for processing, for example, and many separate shots can be combined into a single image. CG technology has now reached the point, Muren says, where special effects can be used to do just about anything so that movies can tell stories better than ever before. The huge success of Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World, the stars of which were computer-generated dinosaurs, suggests that this may very well be true.
16 The special-effects revolution began in the mid-1980s with Star Wars
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 ILM is the company responsible for many of the changes in special effects
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 Dennis Muren started schooling at a very early age.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 By age 10, Muren was able to use computer graphics to make things seem to move.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 With the stop-motion process, many separate shots can be combined into a single image.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 Muren feels that with CG technology, just about any special effect can be achieved.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 Today's movies are emphasizing special effects at the expense of the story.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意與完成句子（第23～30題，第題1分，共8分）
新聞記者下面這篇短文后有2項測試任務：（1）第23～26題要求從所給的6個選取項中為第2～5段選擇1個正確的小標題；（2）第27～30題材要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
Local Newspapers in Britain
1. Britain has a large circulation （發(fā)行量） of the national newspapers. The Daily Mirror and The Daily Express both sell about 4 million copies each day. On average, every family will buy one newspaper in the morning, and take two or three on Sundays.
2.Local newspapers are just as popular as the national ones in Britain. Local papers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Nearly every town and country area has its own paper, and almost every local paper is financially holding its own. Many local newspapers are earning good profits.
3.Local newspapers have their special characteristics. They mainly satisfy interest in local events - births, weddings, deaths, council meetings, and sports. Editors often rely on a small staff of people who know the district well. Clubs and churches in the neighborhood regularly supply these papers with much local news. Local news does not get out of date as quickly as national news. If there is no room for it in this week's edition, a news item can be held over until the following week.
4.The editor of a local newspaper never forgets that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising. For this reason, he is keen to keep the good will of local businessmen. If the newspaper sells well with carefully chosen news items to attract local readers, the businessmen will be grateful to the paper for the opportunity of keeping their products in the public eye.
5.Local newspapers seldom comment on problems of national importance, and editors rarely take sides on political questions. But they can often provide service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues. A newspaper can sometimes persuade the council to take action to improve transport, provide better shopping facilities, and preserve local monuments and places of interest.
23 Paragraph 2 .
24 Paragraph 3 .
25 Paragraph 4 .
26 Paragraph 5 .
A KeepingGoodRelationswithLocal Businessmen
B Service Provided by Local Newspapers
C LargeCirculationof theNational Newspapers
D Special Features of Local Newspapers
E Power of Local Newspapers
F Popularity of Local Newspapers
27 British people have the habit of reading newspapers in the .
28 Many local newspapers in Britain are making .
29 Local newspapers are well received because they carry articles that please .
30 Local newspapers rarely give opinions on .
A a lot of money
B local people
C morning
D local people
E national issues
F local issues
第4部分：閱讀理解（第31～45題，每題3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇幅短文后有5道題，每題材后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇一個答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
第一篇
Volcanoes
There are thousands of volcanoes （火山） all over the world. What makes volcanoes? What happens?
The inside of the earth is very hot. Because it is very, very hot, the rock has melted like ice. It has become liquid, like water. It is always boiling, like water in a kettle. If you have seen a kettle boiling, you know that the steam and boiling water try to get out. The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out. Usually it cannot because the outside of the earth is too thick and strong.
But in some places the outside of the earth is thin and weak. Sometimes a crack appears. The hot melted rock, which we call "lava" （熔巖）, pushes out through the crack and bursts through. Steam and gas shoot up into the air and the hot melted lava pours out. Big pieces of rock may be thrown high into the air.
After a while the volcano becomes quiet again. The melted lava becomes hard. Later the same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold lava and then becomes hard. In this way a kind of mountain is built up, with a hole down the middle. Perhaps the volcano will then be quiet. Perhaps it will start again hundreds of years later.
Vesuvius is the name of a very famous volcano in Italy. It first came to life many, many years ago. It was quiet for hundreds of years. Then in the year 79 it suddenly burst. A great cloud of smoke shot up into the sky with great burning rocks. Hot lava poured down its sides. About 3,000 people were killed.
This has happened again many times since that year. Sometimes no damage was caused, or only little damage. But there was serious damage in the years 472, 1631, 1794, 1861, 1872 and 1906. You can see that a volcano can stay alive for many years. There was also serious damage in 1914 but there has not been any since that year.
31 According to the passage, a volcano sends out
A boiling water.
B boiled water.
C melted rock.
D melted ice.
32 Lava bursts out where there is
A a crack in the earth.
B a mountain by the sea.
C a big fire.
D steam and gas.
33 When lava cools, it becomes
A liquid.
B water.
C smoke.
D hard.
34 According to the passage, Vesuvius has caused serious damage
A six times.
B seven times.
C eight times.
D nine times.
35 The phrase "stay alive" in the last paragraph can best be replaced by
A "burst out".
B "remain active".
C "come to life".
D "throw out lava".
第二篇
Laughter
There is an old saying in English: "Laughter is the best medicine". Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people's health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerated the pain for the longest time was 'the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins （內啡肽） in the brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish both stress and pain.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body's immune system, that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group - in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists （精神病學家） in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
36 We learn from the first paragraph that laughter
Ais good for one's health.
Bis related to some illness.
Chas been investigated long since.
Dhas no effect on the body.
37 Doctors have found that laughter
Akeeps down blood pressure.
Bhas similar effects to physical exercise.
Cdecreases the heart rate.
Dincreases stress.
38 Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter, according to the passage?
AIt reduces pain.
BIt exercises the body.
CIt improves the body's immune system.
DIt can cure cancer.
39 Ina laughter clinic, doctors
Alaugh at their patients.
Bencourage their patients to laugh.
Csmile when they don't feel like laughing.
Dnever stop laughing.
40 The writer's attitude towards laughter is
Acritical.
Bdoubtful.
Cpositive.
Dnegative.
第三篇
The Street Violinist （小提琴手）
I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the streets to try my luck. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely spot, feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.
I felt tense and nervous. It was the first time, after all. I drew the violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains rattling （咔嗒咔嗒地行駛） overhead, that I was about to declare myself. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the pavement before me, the violin under my chin.
The first notes （音符） I played were loud and raw, like a declaration of protest, then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all. Then an old man, without stopping, surreptitiously （偷偷摸摸地） tossed a penny into my hat as though getting rid of some guilty evidence.
I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually acquiring the truths of the trade by trial and error. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money - the sight could discourage the patron: nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse him, giving him no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a regular ritual, making sure, between tunes, to hide most of the earnings, but always leaving two pennies behind.
Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shopgirls, typists and barmaids （酒吧女招待）. As for the men: heavy drinkers were always willing listeners and so were big guys with muscles. But never a man with a gentleman's hat, briefcase or dog: respectable types were the meanest of all. Except for retired army officers, who would yell "Why aren't you working, young man?" and then toss some money into the hat to hide their confusion.
41 How long did the author wander about in the streets before he stopped under a bridge?
AA day
BAn hour
CAll morning
DAll afternoon.
42 The first time the author played the violin in the street, he expected
Ahe would become a great musician.
Bhe would get into trouble.
Cpeople would be happy to give him money.
Dpeople would stop and listen.
43 The first person who gave him money
Awas an old lady.
Bstopped and listened for a while.
Cdropped the money by mistake.
Ddidn't want to be noticed.
44 According to the author, what is the best way to encourage people to give a street violinist money?
ATo wear an attractive hat.
BTo fill up the hat with money.
CTo leave a couple of pennies in the hat.
DTo empty the hat completely.
45 The retired army officers gave him money Ato show they were most generous. Bto show they were most respectable.
Cto hide their confusion.
Dto show they were rich.
第5部分：補全短文（第46～50題，每題2分，共10分）
閱讀下面的短文，文章中有5處空白，文章后面有6組文字，請根據(jù)文章的內容選擇5組文字，將其分別放回文章原有位置，以恢復文章原貌。請將答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
The Building of the Pyramids
The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. ?。?6）. There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The most famous of these are the "Step" pyramid and the "Bent" pyramid.
Some of the pyramids still look much the same as they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago. Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stone to use in modern buildings. ?。?7）. These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last for ever.
?。?8）. However, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves. （49）. Nevertheless, by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found, archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.
One thing is certain: there must have been months of careful planning before they could begin to build. ?。?0）. You may think this would have been easy with miles and miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere. Certain rules had to be followed, and certain problems had to be overcome.
A The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their very shape have made them less likely to fall into ruin.
B It is practically certain that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works have fortunately been preserved.
C The first thing they had to do was to choose a suitable place.
D Consequently, we are only able to guess at the methods used
E Many people were killed while building the pyramids.
F They have stood for nearly 5,000 years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet.
第6部分：完形填空（第51～65題，每題1分，共15分）
閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出4個選項，請根據(jù)短文的內容從4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
Economic Reform in China
More US sinologists have expressed confidence in China's economic reform and the prospects for China's modernization.
"If the reforms are implemented," said Doak Barnett, professor of Johns Hopkins University, "they would （51） the trend towards more significant and the broader economic ties between China and the United States, which will have in some respects, a favorable impact （52） political relations."
"Also these ?。?3） will reinforce trend for China to become more steadily involved in the international economics and the international community. Barnett believes the ?。?4） is desirable, from China's point of （55）, and for the international community, the more active China is in the international community, the larger role it may ?。?6） in world affairs." he said.
In the direction of changing the economic system, China has made （57） progress.
"Personally, I think China has a capacity for moving ?。?8） in this direction, and I'm fairly confident that the Chinese leadership will （59） to move in this direction."
Alfred D. Wilhelm, project director of China Policy ?。?0） the Next Decade and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, （61） the economic changes will enable China and US to deal with each other on a more equal basis.
"Chinese and Americans now have opportunity to （62） fully in China's economic development and reciprocally （相互）, Chinese will be able to ?。?3） technical and financial support from the American business community."
Wilhelm said, " （64） China has established laws and legislations （法規(guī)） to help its open-policy, American business now has the confidence to deal with the system, as they know their ?。?5） will be protected."
51 A confirm B force C reinforce D realize
52 A on B of C about D to
53 A intentions B backgrounds C programs D reforms
54 A cooperationB association C trend D start
55 A opinion B remark C view D benefit
56 A suffer B activate C imitate D play
57 A considerable B straight C visible D honorable
58 A ideally B heavily C ahead D particularly
59 A persist B continue C grant D fight
60 A at B near C to D for
61 A argues B proposes C believes D suspects
62 A approve B participate C express D promote
63 A seek B seeking C declare D overtake
64 A until B if C though D since
65 A occasions B satisfaction C situation D interests
答案
01. C 02. C 03. C 04. C 05. A
06. C 07. D 08. B 09. D 10. C
11. B 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. B
21. A 22. C 23. F 24. D 25. A
26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. E
31. C 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B
36. A 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. B 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. C
46. F 47. A 48. B 49. D 50. C
51. C 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C
56. D 57. A 58. C 59. B 60. D
61. C 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. D
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下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
1 We consume a lot more than we are able to produce.
A waste B buy
C use D sell
2 As a writer, he turned out three novels that year.
A refused B read
C produced D accepted
3 Winston Churchill gave a moving speech.
A nervous B foolish
C stirring D fast
4 We tried to restrict our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic.
A put B suit
C confine D resort
5 It doesn't stand to reason that he would lie.
A seem logical B look pleasant
C appear obvious D sound important
6 The company recommended that a new gas station be built here.
A ordered B insisted
C suggested D demanded
7A plastic wheel can be as tough as a metal one
A useful B tight
C weak D strong
8 Of all the planets in this solar system, Mercury is nearest the Sun.
A most like B closest to
C hotter than D heavier than
9If wool is put into hot water, it tends to shrink.
A disappear B expand
C break D contract
10 The train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were
A an uncertain B a slow
C an unexpected D a smooth
11 Almost all economists agree that nations, gain by trading with one another.
A work B profit
C rely D prove
12 The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
A denied B investigated
C stressed D created
13 The chemical is deadly to rats but safe to cattle
A fatal B hateful
C good D useful
14 During his lifetime he was able to accumulate quite a fortune.
A control B spend
C collect D exchange
15 It's impolite to cut in when two persons are holding a conversation
A leave B talk loudly
C stand up D interrupt
第2部分：閱讀判斷 （16～22題，第題1分，共7分）
新聞記者下面這篇短文后列出7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑。
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You!
What are special effects? Do you enjoy movies that use a lot of special effects?
Dinosaurs from the distant past! Space battles from the distant future! There has been a revolution in special effects, and it has transformed the movies we see.
The revolution began in the mid-1970s with George Lucas's Star Wars, a film that stunned （使震驚） audiences. That revolution continues to the present, with dramatic changes in special-effects technology. The company behind these changes is Lucas's Industrial Light Magic （ILM）. And the man behind the company is Dennis Muren, who has worked with Lucas since Star Wars.
Muren's interest in special effects began very early. At age 6, he was photographing toy dinosaurs and spaceships. By 10, he had an 8-millimeter movie camera and was making these things move through stop-motion. （Stop-motion is a process in which objects are shot with a camera, moved slightly, shot again, and so on. When the shots are put together, the objects appear to move.）
Talk to Muren and you'll understand what ILM is all about: taking on new challenges. By 1989, Muren decided he had pushed the old technology as far as it would go.
He saw computer graphics （CG） technology as the wave of the future and took a year off to master it.
With CG technology, images can be scanned into a computer for processing, for example, and many separate shots can be combined into a single image. CG technology has now reached the point, Muren says, where special effects can be used to do just about anything so that movies can tell stories better than ever before. The huge success of Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World, the stars of which were computer-generated dinosaurs, suggests that this may very well be true.
16 The special-effects revolution began in the mid-1980s with Star Wars
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 ILM is the company responsible for many of the changes in special effects
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 Dennis Muren started schooling at a very early age.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 By age 10, Muren was able to use computer graphics to make things seem to move.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 With the stop-motion process, many separate shots can be combined into a single image.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 Muren feels that with CG technology, just about any special effect can be achieved.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 Today's movies are emphasizing special effects at the expense of the story.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意與完成句子（第23～30題，第題1分，共8分）
新聞記者下面這篇短文后有2項測試任務：（1）第23～26題要求從所給的6個選取項中為第2～5段選擇1個正確的小標題；（2）第27～30題材要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
Local Newspapers in Britain
1. Britain has a large circulation （發(fā)行量） of the national newspapers. The Daily Mirror and The Daily Express both sell about 4 million copies each day. On average, every family will buy one newspaper in the morning, and take two or three on Sundays.
2.Local newspapers are just as popular as the national ones in Britain. Local papers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Nearly every town and country area has its own paper, and almost every local paper is financially holding its own. Many local newspapers are earning good profits.
3.Local newspapers have their special characteristics. They mainly satisfy interest in local events - births, weddings, deaths, council meetings, and sports. Editors often rely on a small staff of people who know the district well. Clubs and churches in the neighborhood regularly supply these papers with much local news. Local news does not get out of date as quickly as national news. If there is no room for it in this week's edition, a news item can be held over until the following week.
4.The editor of a local newspaper never forgets that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising. For this reason, he is keen to keep the good will of local businessmen. If the newspaper sells well with carefully chosen news items to attract local readers, the businessmen will be grateful to the paper for the opportunity of keeping their products in the public eye.
5.Local newspapers seldom comment on problems of national importance, and editors rarely take sides on political questions. But they can often provide service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues. A newspaper can sometimes persuade the council to take action to improve transport, provide better shopping facilities, and preserve local monuments and places of interest.
23 Paragraph 2 .
24 Paragraph 3 .
25 Paragraph 4 .
26 Paragraph 5 .
A KeepingGoodRelationswithLocal Businessmen
B Service Provided by Local Newspapers
C LargeCirculationof theNational Newspapers
D Special Features of Local Newspapers
E Power of Local Newspapers
F Popularity of Local Newspapers
27 British people have the habit of reading newspapers in the .
28 Many local newspapers in Britain are making .
29 Local newspapers are well received because they carry articles that please .
30 Local newspapers rarely give opinions on .
A a lot of money
B local people
C morning
D local people
E national issues
F local issues
第4部分：閱讀理解（第31～45題，每題3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇幅短文后有5道題，每題材后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇一個答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
第一篇
Volcanoes
There are thousands of volcanoes （火山） all over the world. What makes volcanoes? What happens?
The inside of the earth is very hot. Because it is very, very hot, the rock has melted like ice. It has become liquid, like water. It is always boiling, like water in a kettle. If you have seen a kettle boiling, you know that the steam and boiling water try to get out. The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out. Usually it cannot because the outside of the earth is too thick and strong.
But in some places the outside of the earth is thin and weak. Sometimes a crack appears. The hot melted rock, which we call "lava" （熔巖）, pushes out through the crack and bursts through. Steam and gas shoot up into the air and the hot melted lava pours out. Big pieces of rock may be thrown high into the air.
After a while the volcano becomes quiet again. The melted lava becomes hard. Later the same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold lava and then becomes hard. In this way a kind of mountain is built up, with a hole down the middle. Perhaps the volcano will then be quiet. Perhaps it will start again hundreds of years later.
Vesuvius is the name of a very famous volcano in Italy. It first came to life many, many years ago. It was quiet for hundreds of years. Then in the year 79 it suddenly burst. A great cloud of smoke shot up into the sky with great burning rocks. Hot lava poured down its sides. About 3,000 people were killed.
This has happened again many times since that year. Sometimes no damage was caused, or only little damage. But there was serious damage in the years 472, 1631, 1794, 1861, 1872 and 1906. You can see that a volcano can stay alive for many years. There was also serious damage in 1914 but there has not been any since that year.
31 According to the passage, a volcano sends out
A boiling water.
B boiled water.
C melted rock.
D melted ice.
32 Lava bursts out where there is
A a crack in the earth.
B a mountain by the sea.
C a big fire.
D steam and gas.
33 When lava cools, it becomes
A liquid.
B water.
C smoke.
D hard.
34 According to the passage, Vesuvius has caused serious damage
A six times.
B seven times.
C eight times.
D nine times.
35 The phrase "stay alive" in the last paragraph can best be replaced by
A "burst out".
B "remain active".
C "come to life".
D "throw out lava".
第二篇
Laughter
There is an old saying in English: "Laughter is the best medicine". Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people's health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerated the pain for the longest time was 'the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins （內啡肽） in the brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish both stress and pain.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body's immune system, that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group - in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists （精神病學家） in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
36 We learn from the first paragraph that laughter
Ais good for one's health.
Bis related to some illness.
Chas been investigated long since.
Dhas no effect on the body.
37 Doctors have found that laughter
Akeeps down blood pressure.
Bhas similar effects to physical exercise.
Cdecreases the heart rate.
Dincreases stress.
38 Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter, according to the passage?
AIt reduces pain.
BIt exercises the body.
CIt improves the body's immune system.
DIt can cure cancer.
39 Ina laughter clinic, doctors
Alaugh at their patients.
Bencourage their patients to laugh.
Csmile when they don't feel like laughing.
Dnever stop laughing.
40 The writer's attitude towards laughter is
Acritical.
Bdoubtful.
Cpositive.
Dnegative.
第三篇
The Street Violinist （小提琴手）
I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the streets to try my luck. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely spot, feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.
I felt tense and nervous. It was the first time, after all. I drew the violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains rattling （咔嗒咔嗒地行駛） overhead, that I was about to declare myself. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the pavement before me, the violin under my chin.
The first notes （音符） I played were loud and raw, like a declaration of protest, then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all. Then an old man, without stopping, surreptitiously （偷偷摸摸地） tossed a penny into my hat as though getting rid of some guilty evidence.
I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually acquiring the truths of the trade by trial and error. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money - the sight could discourage the patron: nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse him, giving him no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a regular ritual, making sure, between tunes, to hide most of the earnings, but always leaving two pennies behind.
Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shopgirls, typists and barmaids （酒吧女招待）. As for the men: heavy drinkers were always willing listeners and so were big guys with muscles. But never a man with a gentleman's hat, briefcase or dog: respectable types were the meanest of all. Except for retired army officers, who would yell "Why aren't you working, young man?" and then toss some money into the hat to hide their confusion.
41 How long did the author wander about in the streets before he stopped under a bridge?
AA day
BAn hour
CAll morning
DAll afternoon.
42 The first time the author played the violin in the street, he expected
Ahe would become a great musician.
Bhe would get into trouble.
Cpeople would be happy to give him money.
Dpeople would stop and listen.
43 The first person who gave him money
Awas an old lady.
Bstopped and listened for a while.
Cdropped the money by mistake.
Ddidn't want to be noticed.
44 According to the author, what is the best way to encourage people to give a street violinist money?
ATo wear an attractive hat.
BTo fill up the hat with money.
CTo leave a couple of pennies in the hat.
DTo empty the hat completely.
45 The retired army officers gave him money Ato show they were most generous. Bto show they were most respectable.
Cto hide their confusion.
Dto show they were rich.
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The Building of the Pyramids
The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. ?。?6）. There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The most famous of these are the "Step" pyramid and the "Bent" pyramid.
Some of the pyramids still look much the same as they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago. Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stone to use in modern buildings. ?。?7）. These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last for ever.
?。?8）. However, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves. （49）. Nevertheless, by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found, archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.
One thing is certain: there must have been months of careful planning before they could begin to build. ?。?0）. You may think this would have been easy with miles and miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere. Certain rules had to be followed, and certain problems had to be overcome.
A The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their very shape have made them less likely to fall into ruin.
B It is practically certain that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works have fortunately been preserved.
C The first thing they had to do was to choose a suitable place.
D Consequently, we are only able to guess at the methods used
E Many people were killed while building the pyramids.
F They have stood for nearly 5,000 years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet.
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Economic Reform in China
More US sinologists have expressed confidence in China's economic reform and the prospects for China's modernization.
"If the reforms are implemented," said Doak Barnett, professor of Johns Hopkins University, "they would （51） the trend towards more significant and the broader economic ties between China and the United States, which will have in some respects, a favorable impact （52） political relations."
"Also these ?。?3） will reinforce trend for China to become more steadily involved in the international economics and the international community. Barnett believes the ?。?4） is desirable, from China's point of （55）, and for the international community, the more active China is in the international community, the larger role it may ?。?6） in world affairs." he said.
In the direction of changing the economic system, China has made （57） progress.
"Personally, I think China has a capacity for moving ?。?8） in this direction, and I'm fairly confident that the Chinese leadership will （59） to move in this direction."
Alfred D. Wilhelm, project director of China Policy ?。?0） the Next Decade and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, （61） the economic changes will enable China and US to deal with each other on a more equal basis.
"Chinese and Americans now have opportunity to （62） fully in China's economic development and reciprocally （相互）, Chinese will be able to ?。?3） technical and financial support from the American business community."
Wilhelm said, " （64） China has established laws and legislations （法規(guī)） to help its open-policy, American business now has the confidence to deal with the system, as they know their ?。?5） will be protected."
51 A confirm B force C reinforce D realize
52 A on B of C about D to
53 A intentions B backgrounds C programs D reforms
54 A cooperationB association C trend D start
55 A opinion B remark C view D benefit
56 A suffer B activate C imitate D play
57 A considerable B straight C visible D honorable
58 A ideally B heavily C ahead D particularly
59 A persist B continue C grant D fight
60 A at B near C to D for
61 A argues B proposes C believes D suspects
62 A approve B participate C express D promote
63 A seek B seeking C declare D overtake
64 A until B if C though D since
65 A occasions B satisfaction C situation D interests
答案
01. C 02. C 03. C 04. C 05. A
06. C 07. D 08. B 09. D 10. C
11. B 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. B
21. A 22. C 23. F 24. D 25. A
26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. E
31. C 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. B
36. A 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. B 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. C
46. F 47. A 48. B 49. D 50. C
51. C 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C
56. D 57. A 58. C 59. B 60. D
61. C 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. D
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