Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _36_forget the significance （意义） of the day.

   In March 1980. I was   37   at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had   38   to go to another university after graduation and had   39          application (申请)  forms to several  40  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 41   came.

On April 1st, as I was eating my   42  , Huang came in , with a toothbrush  43  in his hand. 44   fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the  45 . “Morning  , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it  46  possible.” I jumped with   47 .

   I  even didn’t   48  my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s  office but  he wasn’t   49   .  I then went to the secretary’s room and    50    everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  51 or simply left it to me.”

Greatly  52  , I walked out of the room and   53  the  secretary lock it. 54    the secretary’s eyes   55  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”

A sometimes         B. never                   C. always            D. seldom

A. staying             B. working               C. visiting           D. studying

A. continued         B. planned               C. managed         D. remembered

A. returned           B. taken                   C. handed            D. sent

A. people             B. colleges                C. cities               D. offices

A. application      B. report                   C. reply               D. chance

A. dinner               B. lunch                  C. supper             D. breakfast

A. still                   B. even                   C. yet                   D. already

A. Because of       B .As if                   C. After                D. While

A. message           B. sign                     C. letter                D. notice

A. if                      B. as soon as           C. when                D. as fast as

A. the news          B. the letter             C. joy                   D. luck

A. take                  B. finish                  C. complete         D. have

A. anywhere         B. in                        C. at                     D. away

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

A. the office        B. his desk            C. the room      D. an obvious（明显的） place

A. disappoint       B. disappointed        C. disappointing  D. disappointment

A. watched          B. made                    C. saw                  D. let

A. Quickly           B. Strangely              C. Finally            D. Suddenly

A. closed             B. opened                  C. brightly           D. darkened

Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino （厄尔尼诺）. The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.

One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe（津巴布韦）, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain.

The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication（出版物）Nature. Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.

1.El Nino is known as ___.

A. the changing of the weather in southern Africa

B. the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean

C. the weather which brings drought（旱灾）to Africa

D. the weather phenomenon（现象）that brings heavy rains to Africa

2.Scientists study El Nino in order that ___.

A. they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought

B. they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain

C. they can do some research work in this field.

D. they can put all this information into their computers.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears.

B. Three scientists from the USA work on this subject.

C. Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.

D. El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe’s poor crops.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A. The computer is used in this research work.

B. Scientists know when an El Nino appears by means of the computer program.

C. The scientists published their results of the research work.

D. Nature is the name of the article written recently by the scientists.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Appearance of El Nino is Predictable（可预测的）

B. Drought in Zimbabwe

C. Early Warning System

D. Weather in Africa

 

完型填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A Fool’s Day falls on 1^st of April. People _31_forget the significance （意义） of the day.

In March 1980, I was 32 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 33  to go to another university after graduation and had 34          application (申请)  forms to several 35  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 36  came.

On April 1^st, as I was eating my 37 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷)  38  in his hand.  39 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 40 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 41 possible.” I jumped with 42 .

I even didn’t 43 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t   44  . I then went to the secretary’s room and  45 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  46 or simply left it to me.”

Greatly 47 , I walked out of the room and 48 the secretary lock it. 49 the secretary’s eyes 50  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”

A sometimes        B. never            C. always       D. seldom

A. staying     B. working      C. visiting     D. studying

A. continued       B. planned      C. went         D. remembered

A. returned        B. taken            C. brought      D. sent

A. people      B. colleges     C. cities           D. offices

A. application B. report       C. reply            D. chance

A. dinner          B. lunch            C. supper       D. breakfast

A. still           B. even         C. yet          D. already

A. Because of  B .As if            C. After            D. While

A. message     B. sign         C. letter           D. notice

A. if              B. as soon as       C. when         D. as fast as

A. the news        B. the letter       C. joy          D. luck

A. take            B. finish           C. eat          D. have

A. anywhere        B. in           C. at           D. away

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

A. the office      B. his desk     C. the room     D. an obvious（明显的） place

A. disappoint      B. disappointed     C. disappointing        D. disappointment

A. watched     B. noticed          C. saw              D. got

A. Quickly     B. Strangely            C. Finally          D. Suddenly

A. closed          B. opened           C. brightened       D. darkened

三、阅读理解（40分）

Maps are our oldest literature(文献),older than books.People think a map was the first thing the human ever wrote to communicate each other.Perhaps one million years ago,with a stick in the mud of a lake bed,the earlier human drew some lines to stand for a lake,a river,a thick forest and some good hunting grounds beyond the forest.

It made so much sense that people took it for magic(魔术),they expressed the world in a picture.There was something so real about this new thing called "map" that it helped us believe we could get there.It not only strengthened belief that good hunting existed beyond the forest,but it strongly suggested that the future existed;it was a place we could go to and be there tomorrow.What a comfort.On maps all paths lead somewhere.

41.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Maps can't be used to communicate each other.

B.Maps have the same long history as books.

C.No matter how hard you study them,maps don't make any sense.

D.None of the above is true.

42.The earlier human used lines drawn in the mud to express_________.

A.the whole world                              B.real places

C.strong belief                                          D.great comfort

43.Now people regard some lines drawn by the earlier human as _________.

A.the beginning of maps           B.the chanting form of maps

C.real maps                      D.a part of maps

44.It can be concluded that _________.

A.maps are the most useful way of communicating each other

B.the first map showed somewhere far away

C.the first map showed somewhere very near

D.the first map showed all directions

 

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D .Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Would you send a monkey to do your shopping for you? Sounds very strange, doesn’t it ? But monkeys can be trained to do some wonderful things. Most people know that monkeys are one of  36   cleverest beasts(兽). Scientists have been studying the connection（联系） __37__ monkeys and people for a long time. They have done experiments that test __38__monkeys are able to do simple things.

    In one test, a scientist put two monkeys in two cages beside each other. Each cage had a machine. One cage had a machine which gave out water. __39__ had one which gave out food. Each monkey was given _40__ black and white coins. The black coins worked _41_ in the food machine. The white coins worked in the machine with the __42__. After some time, both animals _43__ know which coin worked in which machine.

    Then the test was made _44__. The coin s were taken away. The monkey with the water machine was __45_ to have any water for twenty-four hours. The food monkey was prevented from __46_ any food. The next day, the coins were returned to the monkeys. This time, __47__, the monkey with the food machine was given coins for water machine, and the monkey with the water machine was given the coins that worked in the food machine. What did the two __48__ monkeys do? The two clever monkeys __49__ through the bars (栅栏) of their cages and __50_coins with each other.

A. man’s	B. earth’s	C. nation’s	D. nature’s
A. between	B. with	C. to	D. from
A. when	B. what	C. whether	D. as
A. The one	B. The rest	C. Another	D. The other
A. a piece of	B. a bag of	C. a little	D. scores
A. almost	B. nearly	C. only	D. mainly
A. water	B. food	C. monkey	D. scientist
A. were used to	B. used to	C. could hardly	D. were able to
A. harder	B. easier	C. worse	D. newer
A. allowed	B. not allowed	C. asked	D. drank
A. wasting	B. drinking	C. having	D. asking
A. but	B. unless	C. however	D. although
A. tired	B. angry	C. wild	D. poor
A. looked	B. got	C. reached	D. arrived
A. received	B. changed	C. refused	D. played