The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.―Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in
There is really nothing new about ___38___ in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill ___39___ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ___40___ after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked ___41___ questions, and she didn’t ___42___ us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the ___43___ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ___44___ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t ___45___ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single ___46___ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they ___47___ seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a ___48___ to measure ourselves rather than others. ___49___ of us are asked to make ___50___ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ___51___ daily to make a great many personal decisions. ___52___ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the ___53___ change received at the store be forgotten or ___54___? Nobody will know except ___55___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.
36. A. test | B. problem | C. paper | D. lesson |
37. A. examined | B. completed | C. marked | D. answered |
38. A. lying | B. cheating | C. guessing | D. discussing |
39. A. didn’t | B. did | C. would | D. wouldn’t |
40. A. come | B. leave | C. remain | D. apologize |
41. A. no | B. certain | C. many | D. more |
42. A. excuse | B. reject | C. help | D. scold |
43. A. above | B. common | C. following | D. unusual |
44. A. repeat | B. get | C. put | D. copy |
45. A. worry | B. know | C. hear | D. talk |
46. A. chance | B. incident | C. lesson | D. memory |
47. A. even | B. still | C. always | D. almost |
48. A. way | B. sentence | C. choice | D. reason |
49. A. All | B. Few | C. Some | D. None |
50. A. quick | B. wise | C. great | D. personal |
51. A. out | B. for | C. up | D. upon |
52. A. Should | B. Must | C. Would | D. Need |
53. A. extra | B. small | C. some | D. necessary |
54. A. paid | B. remembered | C. shared | D. returned |
55. A. me | B. you | C. us | D. then |
36. A
解析：选项B和C与下一句中 papers在数上不一致，选项 D不合文意。根据文意及 papers 、test 两词的提示可决定选A，表示一次算数测验。
37.C
解析：that从句所表示的情况只有在评卷时才会发现，故选C. paper作为可数名词可表示“试卷”，mark the papers意为“评卷”， answer the papers 意为“答卷”，complete the papers意为“答完试卷”,examine与the papers不能搭配。
38.B
解析： 下一句末尾的it指的就是本题要填的词，而这个词所表示的事情显然与这十二位男生有关。从上文已知道这十二位男生在考试中所出的错误完全一样，那么这是件什么性质的事情呢？显然是“作弊行为”，根据词义，应选B。本句的意思是：“考试中的作弊确实没有什么新招。”
39.A
解析：正因为Mrs O’Neill了解学生一般怎样在考试中作弊的，所以她对此什么话也没说。根据文意及下一句中的only可以决定本题应用否定形式。这里强调的是一个事实而不是一个意愿，故选A，而不选D。
40.C
解析：下一段是包括作者在内的十二位同学课后留下来的情况，故选C。文中没有apologize
的内容，故应排除D。
41.A
解析：第二分句的either一般用于否定一个情况后又否定一个情况的场合，因此，本题必须用否定词。四个选项中只有A适合。
42.D
解析：首先排除B、C两项。表示“原谅”时excuse常与me连用，excuse me表示“对不起”、“请原谅”，作为客套语，常用于要走开、询问、插话、表示异议等场合。表示这一意思时，excuse通常不用与句中与其他人称代词连用，故排除A。scold符合句意，故选D，句意是：“既没问问题，也没有训斥”。
43.A
解析：Thomas Macaulay的名言已出现在本文的开头,故选A。above作定语是可位于被修饰名词的前面，也可位于后，The above words = the words above意为“以上的话”。
44.D
解析：A、B、C三项中的动词都不能使麦考莱的话进入练习本，只有copy这一动作得以完成，
故选D。指语言时，repeat通常指口头重复。麦考莱这句名言的意思是：“衡量一个人的真
正为人，要看他在知道永远不会被人发现的情况下做些什么。”
45.B
解析：下文所述内容主要是作者学习了麦考莱这句名言以后的感受及对他以后性格的影响，
但至于另十一位同学的感受，作者不了解，故选B。
46．C
解析：指自己日后受益匪浅的“教训”，incident与句子主语it一致，指这件事，但incident一词没有反映出下文作者所叙述的思想变化，故应排除。A、D两项与文意不符。47．B 虽然时隔三十年，时间那么长久，但麦考莱的名言对于作者来说仍然是记忆犹新，是生活准绳，选B。本题用still与前面的Thirty years构成时间上的对比。
48．A
解析：这里是指衡量自己的一种方法，故选A。
49．B
解析：根据下一句But all of us，这里应用否定词，故排除A、C。我们当中总要有人作出象国家是否参加战争、军队是否去打仗这样的重大决定，但做出这样重大决定的人毕竟为数不多，故排除D而选B。
50.C
解析：这样的决定当然是重大决定，故选C。
51．D
解析：call on sb. to do sth.表示“要求某人做某事”。call sb. out意为“把某人叫出去”，call sb. up意为“给某人打电话”，两者虽然能接不定式，但不符合语境。call for sb.虽也有“要求某人”之意，但不能接不定式。
52．A
解析：下一问句已有提示。A项表示“应该或不应该做某事”。
53．A
解析：change在这里作“零钱”解。把这一题和余下一题结合起来理解，不难选出extra与returned这两词相符答案，本题选A。
54．D
解析：多余的找头应该归还，故选D。
55．B
解析：根据下一句中的主语，这里应选B。意思是 ：“这样的事只有你知道”。这里的you是泛指，指任何人。
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Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road
――Reported by Sheila Carrick
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke．But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
“Millions of animals die each year on U.S．roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports．In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S．today．The main reason? Roadkill.
“Ecopassages” may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars．They are paths both over and under roads．“These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.
But do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes．Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway．This showed that the lions used the passage.
Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them．Animals seem to be catching on．Animals as different as salamanders and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around．You might see an animals overpass!
45．The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that ______.
A．wild animals have become more dangerous
B．the driving conditions have improved greatly
C．the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
D．an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents
46．From the news story, we know an ecopassage is ______.
A．an underground path for cars B．a fence built for the safety of the area
C．a bridge for animals to get over a river D．a pass for animals to cross the road
47．When the writer says that animals seem “to be catching on”, he means ______.
A．animals begin to realize the dangers on the road
B．animals begin to learn to use ecopassages
C．animals are crossing the road in groups
D．animals are increasing in number
48．The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because ______.
A．wild animals may attack cars B．wild animals may jam the road
C．they may see wild animals in the park D．they may see wild animals on ecopassages
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Why do people work? Of course, you may have asked yourself the same question as why you have to work. “Self-interest” in its broadest sense, including the interests of family and friends, is a basic motivation（动力）for work in all societies. But self-interest includes more than providing for living or getting wealth that people usually think. For example, a sense of duty, a feeling of competing, and a pleasure in working are other reasons for working. Studies show that most of Americans would continue to work even if they have had enough money to live comfortably.
When people work, they gain a contributing place in society. The fact that what they receive pay for their work means that what they do is needed by other people and what they are doing is necessary to society. Work can also place people in the larger class of society and provide all kinds of identities (身份) for them. In the United States, it is a cruel public fact that to do nothing is to be nothing and to do little is to be little. Work is commonly seen as the measure of an individual (个人).
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64. Generally, people work for _____.
A. self-interest B. family C. earning a living D. the country
65. In the passage, “what they receive pay for their work” means _____.
A. that the work of the worker is recognized by society
B. what they do is needed by other people
C. that they are a necessary part of the social class
D. That the workers are clever
66. In the last paragraph, we can conclude that the author thinks ____.
A. that work can make the worker rich
B. that work can affect their lives
C. that work can make the worker tired
D. that work can make the worker know the world well
67. The title of the passage is “______”.
A. The Identity and the Work B. The Work and the Society
C. The Society and Individual D. The Importance of Work
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However, there is another way to grow vegetables throughout the year in cold areas. It is a method of gardening developed by a private agency called World Neighbors. The method uses “hot houses” built below ground. A hot house is a building covered with plastic or glass in which vegetables or flowers are grown. The traditional hot house is built above ground.
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The underground hot house we have described is large enough for two raised vegetable beds. Each is one meter wide and six meters long. Each is seeded and watered just as if it were in a garden above ground.
The dirt walls protect the growing plants from the cold. The clear plastic roof permits the sun’s heat to enter. At night, the roof should be covered with straw. This helps prevent cold air from entering. An under ground hot house this size will provide enough vegetables for one family. Groups needing more vegetables can make it bigger.
66. If you lived in Peru, you _______.
A. should raise the special kinds of vegetables that can endure cold
B. could not plant at all
C. had to work out some new unusual plans
D. would not have many vegetables to eat
67. To our surprise, the “hot houses” invented by World Neighbors are _______.
A. covered with a transparent plastic ceiling
B. built under ground
C. quite small
D. hotter than traditional ones
68. The hot house can be kept warm by using _______.
A. a big oven B. an electricity heater
C. the heat of the earth’s interior D. the sun shine
69. The measure to prevent the hot house from becoming too hot is to _______.
A. make the roof sloped B. dig holes on the walls
C. make the wall not vertical D. make the walls shorter than the ground level
70. According to the passage, the method suggested by World Neighbors is _______.
A. new and difficult B. uneasy to explain
C. at trial step D. simple and practical
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With the drought(干旱)continuing，the country is set to be forced to use purified(净化的)waste water for drinking．even though there is great opposition to the measure．
Queensland has become the first state to introduce tile policy after a warning from its premier．
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“These are difficult decisions，but you either drink water or you die．There’s no choice．It’s liquid gold．It’s a matter of life and death．”
Beanie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking．
Water is recycled in Britain and pans of northern Europe along with the US and Israel．
But Australians have never liked the idea．
To try to change the way Australians think，Prime Minister．John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland’s move．
“I am very strongly for recycling and Mr．Beattie is right and I agree with him completely．”Howard said．
“Australian cities．all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record．must start to use recycled water．”added Turnbull．“All of our big cities have to widen tile range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall．”
1．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?
A．Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water
B．Australia’s second largest state has become tile first state to introduce the policy
C．No other countries but Australia decide to drink recycled water
D．The drought is tile worst one in tile droughts recorded in Australian history．
2．What call we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Australians have never like drinking purified waste water
B．Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time
C．Australians can’t depend upon rainwater，which is not suitable for drinking．
D．Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage
3．The underlined phrase“adhered to”in Paragraph 9 probably means
A．disliked B．gone against C．supported D．doubted
4．It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that
A．he gives orders to drink purified waste water
B．It is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage
C．If the decision is made，people won’t survive the drought
D．It’s up to you to either make a life or death decision
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第三部分阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
“Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill.
“Eco-passages” may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. “These eco-passages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.
But do animals actually use the eco-passages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an eco-passage that went under a highway. This showed that the lions used the passage.
Builders of eco-passages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders (火蜥蜴) and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass!
41. The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that _______.
A. wild animals have become more dangerous
B. the driving condition has improved greatly
C. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
D. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents
42. From the story, we know an eco-passage is ________.
A. an underground path for cars B. a fence built for the safety of the area
C. a bridge for animals to get over a river D. a path for animals to cross the road
43. When the writer says that “animals seem to be catching on”(Para. 6), he means __.
A. animals begin to realize the dangers on the road
B. animals begin to learn to use eco-passages
C. animals are crossing the road in groups
D. animals are increasing in number
44. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because _____.
A. wild animals may attack cars B. wild animals may jam the road
C. they may see wild animals in the park D. they may see wild animals on eco-passages
45. The best title for the passage is ________.
A. Special bridges help animals cross the road B. Endangered animals increase because of roadkill
C. Animals fail to cross the road D. Take steps to protect animals in danger
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