1、注意：所有答案均应写在答题卡上，否则无效！I. Choose the correct answer. (15 points, 1 point each)1.Very few scientists _ a completely new answer to the worlds problems.A. come upB. come up withC. take upD. take up with2.The police are _a reward for information about the murder. .A. dealingB. gaining C. offeringD. offend
2、ing3.The road was empty _ a few of cars.A. forB. except forC. besidesD. to 4.The government says it will not _ with the terrorists. A. talkB. negotiate C. agreeD. handle5.Among his many_ is a great fondness for music.A. habitsB. friendsC. enthusiasmsD. jobs6.The company_ the rock groups new record b
3、y playing it often on the radio.A. promoted B. promised C. progressed D. proceeded7.This story is _a Russian family in the 19th century.A. concerned aboutB. concerned forC. concerned with D. concerned8.Dont _other people in your mad schemes! A. evolveB. involve C. invoke D. invite 9.His work is_to m
4、ine.A. inferentialB. infectiousC. infernalD. inferior10. Never_at home when I telephone.A. you areB. do youC. are youD. have you 11. I dont think your proposal is quite _,and I suggest you give me a new piece tomorrow.A. in place B. out of place C. in its place D. take the place12. He has a terrible
5、 hot temper, _hes genuinely kind.A. on the contraryB. in contrastC. on the other handD. on the whole13. The hotel charge $6 a day, _ meals.A. exceptB. exclusive ofC. noD. and14. Since the machine is still under guarantee, I _ I wont be charged for the repairs.A. assureB. assumeC. ensureD. sure15. _t
6、he advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us. A. As for B. BesidesC. ExceptD. DespiteII. Paraphrase the following sentences in simple English. (20 points, 2 points each)16 The doctor advised him to take a few days off.17. The boy felt very proud for pitching in
7、the family business.18. How come you are late so often?19. This apartment building is inferior to that one. 20. The lake is alive with goldfish, which are an attraction to tourist. 21. The students in this class are range from 18 to 21 years old.22. When it comes to hobbies, the husband and the wife
8、 have nothing in common.23. It is difficult for the doctor to anticipate who will have heart attacks.24. The writer warns that some disease doesnt seem to have anything to do with food. 25. It makes sense to replace the abacus with a computer as the latter works far more efficiently.III. Cloze (15 p
9、oints, 1 point each)If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or 26 _in your work would depend, to _27 _ great extent, 28_ your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. _29_ the utmost importance is your
10、attitude. A person _30_ begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is_31 _ that he is going to fail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure in his belief that he is probably as capable _32_ doing the work as anyone else and w
11、ho is willing to make a cheerful attempt at it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. _32_ the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight
12、line with a saw is hopeless cases.This book has been designed to help you capitalize _34_ the strength and overcome the _ 35 _ that you bring to the job of learning. But in groups to measure your development, you must first take stock of where you stand now. As we get further along in the book, well
13、 be _36_ in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening _37_ skills. However, _38_ begin with, you should pause _39_examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your _40_ , your reading and communication
14、 skills, and your study habits.26. A. improvementB. victoryC. failureD. achievement27. A. aB. the C. someD. certain28. A. in B. on C. ofD. to29. A. Out of B.Of C. To D. Into30. A. whoB. what C. thatD. which31. A. ensure B. certain C. sure D. surely32. A. to B. at C. of D. for33. A. Have B. Had C. Ha
15、ving D. Had been34. A. exceptB. but C. for D. on35. A. idea B. weakness C. strength D. advantage36. A. deal B. dealt C. be dealt D. dealing37. A. learntB. learned C. learning D. learn38. A. around B. to C. from D. beside39. A. toB. ontoC. into D. with40. A. intelligenceB. workC. attitudeD. weaknessI
16、V. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each)Passage A The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the l96Os when packaged food first appeared with the label: store in the refrigerator. In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the
17、 grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fr
18、esh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country. The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed - natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling .What refrigeration did promote was
19、 marketing - marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price. Consequently, most of the worlds fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temp
20、eratures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially(人工的)-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house - while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge. The
21、 fridges effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you dont believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers , but at least youll get rid of that terrible h
22、um.41. The statement In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. suggests that.A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fiftiesB) the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fiftiesC) there was no fridge in the authors home in the l950s
23、D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the l950s42. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges? A) People would not buy more food than was necessary.B) Food was delivered to peep two or thee times a week.C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rott
24、en easily.D) People had effective ways to preserve their food.43. Who benefited the LEAST from fridges according to the author? A) Inventors.B) Consumers.C) Manufacturers.D) Travelling salesmen.44. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridges negative effect on the env
25、ironment? A) Hum away continuously.B) Climatically almost unnecessary.C) Artificially-cooled space.D) With mild temperatures.Passage BAnne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. “I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I
26、 studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldnt think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher.” Another student in mic
27、robiology had similar experiences. He said, “My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answer
28、s. Yet I couldnt even write them down!” These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cant write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and
29、 nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety had been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. Special university counseling courses try to help studen
30、ts. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teac
31、h students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease .Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test. An expert at the University of California explains. “With almo
32、st all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking out program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great.” 45. To “blank out” is probably_.A) to be like a blanketB) to be sure of an answerC) t
33、o be unable to think clearlyD) to show knowledge to the teacher46.Test anxiety has been recognized as _.A) an excuse for lazinessB) the result of poor habitsC) a real problemD) something that cant be changed47.To deal with this problem, students say they want to _. A) take a short course on anxietyB
34、) read about anxietyC) be able to manage or understand their anxietyD) take test to prove they are not anxiety48. A University of California counselor said_.A) all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety programB) almost all students felt less stress after taking a Un
35、iversity of California counseling courseC) students found it difficult to improve even though they had taken a special test anxiety courseD) students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a University of California counseling coursePassage CThe human brain contains 10 thousand million cells
36、 and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 year
37、s perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software or by altering the architecture but that too will happen. I think it certain that in decades, not centuries
38、, machines of silicon will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbons long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselv
39、es to be the finest intelligence in the known universe. As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmful to ourselves.
40、 Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.49. What doe
41、s the writer think about machines with human-like ability? A) He believes they will be useful to human beings.B) He believes that they will control us in the future.C) He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.D) He doesnt consider the construction of such machines possible.50. The word
42、 carbon stands for A) intelligent robots C) an organic substanceB) a chemical element D) human beings51. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when A) its intelligence and cost are beyond questionB) it is able to bear the rough environmentC) it is made as complex as the human brainD) its archi
43、tecture is different from that of the present ones52. It can be inferred from the passage that A) after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of self reproductionB) with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of
44、making a machine with human-like abilityC) once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will possess intelligenceD) robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in spacePassage DLong bus rides are like televisions shows. They have a beginning，a middle，and an end-with commercials
45、thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. “Buy Super Clean Toothpaste. “Drink Goodn Wet Root Beer.” “Fill up with Pacific Gas”. Only if you sleep，which is equ
46、al to turning the television set off，are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It！ Buy It Now！” The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting， even if youve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed-new houses，new buildings，sometimes even a new road. The bus driv
47、er has a style of driving and its fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless or daring，the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time？Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane？After a while，of course，the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But youve got to be careful of what kind
