第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and (26) ____________ (make) predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural (27)____________ (resource) run out. We will use lots of (28) ____________       (recycle) materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more (29) ____________ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, (30) ____________ there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.

B

Public transport (31) ____________ (provide) a cheap way to get around in Beijing. There are 20,000 buses and (32) ____________ (trolleybus) in Beijing, but they can get very (33) ____________ (crowd). It’s a good idea to avoid public transport during the (34) ____________ hour (6：30 am - 8：00 am and 5：00 pm - 6：30 pm). Fares are cheap, (35) ____________ (start) at 1 yuan.  Air-conditioned buses cost more.

C

We use “learned” body language when we are (36) ____________ (introduce) to strangers. Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe to (37) ____________ (relax). So every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers, to show them we are not (38) ____________ (aggress). Traditionally, Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right hand—the (39) ____________ (strong) hand for most people. If our right hand is busy (40) ____________ (greet) someone, it cannot be holding a weapon.

D

We left the docks (41) ____________ a beautiful afternoon. The sun was shining (42) ____________ (bright) as we sailed downstream through a hilly region. Men (43) ____________ (ride) bamboo rafts along the river’s edge and coal boats went past. As the sun set we docked at Fengdu. We could see the sun (44) ____________ (set) behind the white pagoda. It was beautiful.

We slept through the first gorge, (45) ____________ is called the Qutang Gorge. 

 

翻译(3分*5，满分15分) (用M 1& M 2中所学词汇及句型完成)

1.只有通过保护濒危野生动物免受杀害，我们才能与自然和睦相处。（only的倒装结构）

2.因为不健康的食品对人体有害，人们越来越重视食品安全问题。（用强调句强调划线部分）

3.他的表演太滑稽了以致于大家都突然大笑起来。（so… that）

4.据可靠报道，毫无疑问，这两个国家将为夺得岛屿展开竞争。(there is no doubt …)

5.那两兄弟不仅外表长得很像，而且在性格上也有很多共同点。（not only… but also）

 

When Gretchen Baxter gets home from work as a New York City book editor, she checks her Blackberry (黑莓手机) at the door. ‘I think we are attached to these devices in a way that is not always positive,’ says Baxter，who’d rather focus at home on her husband and 12-year-old daughter. ‘It’s there and it beckons (召唤). That’s human nature (but)…we kind of get crazy sometimes and we don’t know where it should stop.’

Americans are connected at unprecedented (前所未有的) levels一93% now use cell phones or wireless devices；one third of those are ‘smart phones’ that allow users to browse the Web and check e-mail，among other things. The benefits are obvious: checking messages on the road，staying in touch with friends and family，efficiently using time once spent waiting around. The downside：often，we’re effectively disconnecting from those in the same room.

That's why，despite all the technology that makes communicating easier than ever，2010 was the Year We Stopped Talking to One Another. From texting at dinner to posting on Facebook from work or checking e-mail while on a date，the connectivity revolution is creating a lot of divided attention，not to mention social anxiety. Many analysts say it's time to step back and reassess.

‘What we’re going to see in the future is new opportunities for people to be plugged in and connected like never before,’ says Scott Campbell. ‘It can be a good thing，but I also see new ways the traditional social fabric (社会结构) is getting somewhat torn apart.’

Our days are filled with beeps and pings·----many of which pull us away from tasks at hand or face-to-face conversations. We may feel that the distractions are too much，but we can’t seem to stop posting，texting or surfing.

‘We're going through a period of adjustment and rebalancing,’ says Sherry Turkle and she wants to remind people that technology can be turned off.

‘Our human purposes are to really have connections with people,’ she says. ‘We have to reclaim it. It’s not going to take place by itself.’

 

1.What can be the best title for the passage?

    A. 2010: The year technology developed quickly.

B. 2010: The year technology sped up our life pace.

    C. 2010: The year technology replaced talking.     

D. 2010: The year technology made communicating easier.

2.According to Paragraph l，Gretchen Baxter thinks_________.

A. the new technology always influences people’s life in a positive way

    B. the new technology is so tempting that she could even put her daughter and husband behind

    C. it is encouraging to see progress on the new technology every year

    D. people are too dependent on the new technology to let go

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

   A. The wide use of mobile devices has nothing to do with the ‘traditional social fabric’.

    B. Mobile devices play a less important part in American life.

    C. Mobile devices create a lot of divided attention and social anxiety.

    D. Many analysts speak highly of the wide popularity of mobile devices.

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Something must be done to get connection with people in reality again·

        B. Using mobile services can help people get connection with each other.

        C. Mobile services have a strong impact on people’s life.

        D. The connection with people can happen naturally.

 

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   1are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   2and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   3and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4to the parents. It was then   5that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   6the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   7. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   8. In those cases there was often a way to get the   9baby back. You could   10the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

11A. babies         B. believers            C. fairies          D. supermen

12A. powerful       B. cruel                C. frightened           D. extraordinary

13A. sick           B. slim             C. short                D. small

14A. uncomfortable      B. unbelievable        C. unacceptable     D. unrecognizable

15A. feared         B. predicted            C. heard                D. reported

1.A. covered        B. changed          C. replaced             D. terrified

2.A. cases          B. tools            C. steps                D. methods

3.A. missed         B. stolen             C. found         D. lost

4.A.1ittle          B. pale            C. sad              D. real

5.A. seize          B. burn            C. place                D. hold

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   6.these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   7.(help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help   8.rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   9.day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

One day, he came up with an idea   10.he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

He was very tired   11.doing this for a whole day,   12.he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”  13.(high).

His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   14.(nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   15.(result) in the contrary to our intention.

 

 

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Being probably the most complex female character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ophelia deserves special attention because she is treated as a substitute for Stowe’s intended audience．Ophelia    __1_ what Mrs．Stowe, the author, considered a widespread Northern problem: the white person who opposes slavery but feels __2_ prejudice and hatred in the presence of a black slave．Ophelia hates slavery, but she considers it almost _3__ for blacks, against whom she harbors a deep-seated prejudice．And she doesn’t want them to touch her．Stowe stresses that much of Ophelia’s prejudice _4__ from unfamiliarity and ignorance rather than from actual _5__ Because Ophelia has seldom spent time along with __6_, she finds them uncomfortably alien （不相容） to her．

    But Ophelia seems to be one of the only characters in the novel whose character _7__ as the story progresses．Once St．Clare puts Topsy in her care, Ophelia is forced to be in _8__ with a slave．At first she begins to teach Topsy __9_ out of duty．But Stowe suggests that duty alone will not root out slavery and that those against slavery must act out of love．Eva’s death leads to  Ophelia’s change, and she comes to love Topsy as an actual human being and not just a slave．She   _10__ her racial prejudice and offers herself as a model to Stowe’s Northern readers．

11A．reflects         B．supposes       C．suspects       D．provides

12A．various          B．arbitrary      C．racial         D．awful

13A．impossible       B．necessary      C．unfair         D．important

14A．suffers          B．differs        C．releases       D．results

15A．practice         B．performance    C．experience     D．application

1.A．slaves           B．readers        C．Stowe          D．characters

2.A．increases        B．disappears     C．refreshes      D．develops

3.A．trouble          B．danger         C．contact        D．comparison

4.A．hardly           B．merely         C．specially      D．properly

5.A．hides            B．overcomes      C．reserves       D．prohibits

语法填空

    阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

    Poor student behavior seems to be an ____6.___ （increase） widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this．

    In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with ____7.children．These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because ____ 8.__  （work） parents do not have the time for this, ____ 9._ in more material ways．They are allowed to have ____ 10._ they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please．This means that the children grow up ____ 11.consideration for others and without any understanding of __12._their standard of living comes from．

    When they get to school age they have not learnt any self control or discipline．Teachers continually complain ____ 13.___ this problem and measures ____ 14.___ （take） to combat the situation．But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families, ____15.___ need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children．