一、完形填空
It is an usual sunny afternoon in the village of Midwich, England. It seems not 1 any afternoon in the village, but all of a sudden, 2 and animals lose consciousness. 3 they awake, all of the women of child--bearing age have become pregnant (怀孕的).
This is an episode from a 1960 science fiction story. The women in the story 4 birth to children that have the 5 appearance. They 6 have blond hair and “strange eyes”. 7 the children grow, they run around the village in a pack, 8 the same clothing and hairstyles, stating at everyone 9 . 10 one child learns is also known by the others immediately. Villagers begin to 11 their belief that the children all have "one mind." In this story, the children are 12 by some unexplained force from outer space. But this story 13 40 years ago 14 predicted the arrival of a recent method of genetic engineering cloning. Cloning is the genetic process of producing copies of an individual. Will the genetic copies of a human really have "one mind" as 15 in this story? This situation is so strange 16 us that we do not know what will 17 of it. 18 with this new situation, people have 19 to find out how to 20 it.
1. A. dislike B. unlike C. alike D. like
2. A. people B. women C. men D. youths
3. A. Then B. When C. Since D. And
4. A. send B. make C. take D. give
5. A. pretty B. same C. ugly D. funny
6. A. every B. both C. themselves D. all
7. A. If B. For C. As D. So
8. A. having on B. wearing C. in D. with
9. A. lonely B. bravely C. impolitely D. patiently
10. A. Which B. While C. Where D. What
11. A. express B. wonder C. select D. argue
12. A. given B. produced C. created D. taken out
13. A. written B. being written C. to be written D. writes
14. A. sometimes B. anyway C. somehow D. anyhow
15. A. describes B. described C. describe D. describing
16. A. for B. at C. with D. to
17. A. happen B. occur C. appear D. become
18. A. Faced B. Compared C. Covered D. Filled
19. A. not B. yet C. till D. though
20. A. do with B. deal with C. make D. settle
二、阅读理解
A
Technology is the application (应用)of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available (有用的)to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span via()medical technology.
Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics (统计) show that the united States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources (少的资源) we may well find technological substitutes (代用品) for many of them through our research programs.
Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The definition of technology
B. Modern technology
C. The application of technology
D. The development of technology
2. From the passage, we can infer that this article is probably _________.
A. a part of the introduction to American business
B. followed by the passage talking about factors of production
C. taken from a learned journal
D. Both A and B
3. Which is the main idea of the passage?
A. Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard of living.
B. The three major factors of production-land, labor and capital are all influenced by technology.
C. Technology is the response to our needs.
D. The United States is making great efforts to advance its technology.
4. According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of _________.
A. higer quality of life
B. medical technology
C. modem farming machinery
D. technological substitute
B
The volcano is one of the most surprising frightening forces of nature. Maybe you have seen pictures of these“fireworks”of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a “river of tire.”Sometimes volcanoes explode, throwing the melted rock and ashes(灰)high into the air. But where does this melted rock come from?
The earth is made up of many layers(层). The top layer that we see is called the crust. Under the crust are many layers of hard rock. But far, far beneath the crust whose rock is so hot, that it is soft. In some places it even melts. The melted rock is called magma. Sometimes the magma breaks out to the surface through cracks(爆裂声)in the crust. These cracks are volcanoes.
Most people think of mountains when they think of volcanoes. But not every mountain is a volcano. A volcano is simply the opening in the earth from which the magma escapes. The hot magma, or lava as it is called, cols and builds up on the surface of the earth. Over thousands of years, this pile of cooled lava can grow to be very, very big. For example, the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, is a volcano. It towers more than 16,000 feet above the ground around it.
1.The underlined word “erupts” means .
A. moves down B. breaks away C. builds up D. suddenly throws out lava
2.Which words in the passage have the same meaning as “melted rock”?
A. “Volcano” and “explode”. B. “Crust” and “hard rock”
C. “magma” and “lava” D. “Volcano” and “magma”
3.Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth(beginning with the top layer)?
A. crust-hard rock-magma-soft rock
B. crust-hard rock- soft rock-magma
C. magma-soft rock- hard rock-crust
D. volcano-cracks-magma-crust
4.The best title(标题) of the passage should be u.
A. The Volcano B. Kilimanjaro Volcano
C. The Mountains D. The Melted Rock
C
WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTEL
Name/AddressNo. of RoomsSingleDoubleSpecial Attractions
FIRST HOTEL 222 Edward Road
Tel.414-33120$25$35Air-conditioned rooms,
French restaurant,
Night club,
Swimming-pool, Shops,
Coffee shop and bar,
Telephone, radio and
TV in each room,
Close to the city center
FAIRVIEW HOTEL
129 North Road
Tel.591-562050$12$18Close to the air-port, Telephone
In each room, Bar, Restaurant,
Garage, Swimming-pool
ORCHARD HOTEL
233 Edward Road
Tel.1-66120$15$20Facing First hotel,
European restaurant,
Coffee shop, Dry-cleaning,
Shops, tv, night-club
OSAKA HOTEL
12 Venning Road
Tel.3-820180$30$50Air-Conditioned rooms,
Japanese and
Chinese restaurants, Shops,
Swimming-pool, Large garden
1.The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is .
A. 120 B. 470 C. 450 D. 240
2.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in French restaurant, is the right place for him to go to.
A. 233 Edward Road B. 12 Venning Road
C. 222 Edward Road D. 129 North Road
3.Which hotel faces the Orchard hotel?
A. The First hotel. B. The Osaka hotel.
C. The Fairview Hotel. D. No hotel.
D
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said“the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,”says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
1.How do you understand‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…’?
A. People don’t communicate without telephone.
B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.
C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.
D. People communicate more because of more traffic.
2.Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.
B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.
C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.
D. Mobile phones are part of people’s life.
3. Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.
A. c, d B. a, e C. a, c D. b, e
4.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .
A. the TV screen B. a fax machine
C. the phone line hooked up to the computer D. a microphone
5.The best heading for the passage is .
A. phone Power B. Kinds of Phone
C. how to Use Phones D. Advantage of Phones
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