28. _______ , he never helps the poor. D) returned to the traditional system of measurements D) everything possible humanly A) With all writers in English B) the work of the United States Army A) varied widely from place to place 40. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold _______ as ours. selves say they have __70__ time to 70. A) more B) less C) fast-paced D) fast-pacing 19. A) She had difficulty explaining where she had seen mushrooms. C) an old Greek system D) He has lost his watch. percent of students who work spend C) recommended D) advised Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage: A) confident B) concerned C) doubtful D) suspicious join them. A) some people were willing to sacrifice themselves for others 44. I can complete the job on time _______ he will help me. _______________________________________________________________________ D) Our moral balance will be disturbed. It was very late before Guglielmo followed his brother up to bed, for an extraordinary idea had come to him. If a spark could cause ether waves to travel to another machine across a room and make that machine spark, why couldn't a bigger spark make waves travel a longer distance and cause another spark, say, a mile away? And, by using long and short sparks, why couldn't this be used to send messages by Morse Code? Indeed, why shouldn't messages be sent this way over great distances, using the ether instead of wires? A) one-millionth part of the earth's circumference _______________________________________________________________________ A) he heard the bell ring 34. I have finished typing all _______ the last page. A) the force of a spark Teenagers' schoolwork can also B) By calling a station for information. 37. We have a great need for energy because of our _______ life-style. B) ether waves could be used to operate machines D) he received the signal himself with the machine 78. One of the reasons that yellow fever was defeated was that _______. D) Tom went out before the meeting was over. B) He had been dishonest to his brother. 41. I lost too much money betting at the horse race last time, so you won't C) Tom didn't listen to him. A) He had sent his brother abroad. from education," said a program C) affection D) distraction and reduces tension -- and thus __64__ 64. A) crash B) conflict 47. Don't you think it is time you _______ smoking? C) He is a novelist. D) He is a businessman. microscopes of the day. C) responsibility D) well-being B) going to movies D) suffer from C) remember D) think 45. There was a suggestion that the ordinary citizen _______ authority "There are no wires running to that bell. Don't you see what it means. Father? Messages can be sent through space without wires to carry them." A) do you B) will you WRITING C) to make a doctor from him D) to make a doctor of him __54__ of 16,000 high school seniors 54. A) view B) inspection C) orders of the army had to be carried out at any cost Yellow fever is a disease of warm lands that is found mainly along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. It was first noticed in the Americas, but may well have come form Africa and reached the New World with or soon after Columbus. Until about fifty years ago, yellow fever was still one of the most feared diseases in the United States, where many died in repeated out-breaks. An outbreak which was to lead to surprising developments was one that happened in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. 手机短信,推荐新闻给好友 C) We shall apologize at once. B) crossing a cheque B) changed to another system A) writing a letter Some people say that traffic accidents can hardly be cut down._____ B) stayed up late wondering about it 21. _______ four years since John left school. C) Her trouble was that the waiter was a foreigner too. A) agreed B) accepted C) offered D) promised 89. At first the basic unit was to equal _______. D) bigger sparks could travel a mile and send messages 24. Laser beams can carry long-signals _______ somewhat similar to radio _______________________________________________________________________ LISTENING COMPREHENSION 2. A) Mild. B) Warm. C) Hot. D) Cold. C) Any D) Some At last they arrived home at their father's mansion outside Bjologna, and young Marconi hurried to his laboratory to start his experiments. Assisted by his brother Alfonso, who, although nine years his senior, was not ashamed to work under this brilliant young scientist, he struggled for months testing his idea. At last, to their joy, they got the instrument at the other end of the room to give its answering spark. A) nothing B) virus D) Her trouble was that the waiter was impatient. Signor Marconi entered, his good-humoured face beaming."What is this new toy you have made, my boy?"he asked. B) headaches, insomnia, and stomaches. B) doctors were well trained A) in directions B) by means of C) Panama D) the United States to arrest wrong-doers. B) was useless "Listen." the young inventor said, and he pressed a switch. D) one forty-millionth part of the earth's diameter C) Lifting a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in 10 minutes. C) By landing immediately. C) paying D) pay 33. I'd just as soon _______ these important documents with you. 7. A) ?? 15. B) ?? 150. C) ?? 60. D) ?? 30. _______________________________________________________________________ A) as B) while C) when D) whether B) He wasn't satisfied with its power. 84. What had the patient done to his brother? A) everything humanly possible Passage 2 Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 46. She regrets _______ idle when young. C) There was no hot water. D. be even more complicated C) gave up D) must give up __68__. "When youngsters work for 68. A) be suffered B) suffer The metric system is built in units of ten, Greek prefixes showing multiples and Latin prefixes showing fractions. The Greeks had no word for a number larger than ten thousand and the Romans had none for a number larger than one thousand, but the system was extended by using less specific words; for instance megameter (one million meters) is derived from a Greek word that means simply"large". A) convince B) impress C) persuade D) hope D) There were few people who liked this engine. B) escape from being disturbed B) the size of the room rather than fuels. A) recommend B) regard B) At a market in the south of Italy. 5. A) In a restaurant. B) At a post office. A) to make him become a doctor B) for making him a doctor hours during the week for hundreds of C) likely D) possible ed, physically and financially, __66__ 66. A) in B) with A) up to B) due to That evening Signora Marconi talked to her husband and on the following day Guglielmo was overjoyed to receive from his father 5,000 lire -- about ??250 -- to help with his experiments. their earnings on their own needs, A) the Atlantic Ocean B) Any warm ocean living __59__ . 59. A) expenses B) money I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No physical cause could be found. Finally Dr. Lieb said to the man, "Unless you tell me what's worrying you, I can't help you." 88. The new system was to be developed from _______. 26. I hope their plan will work, but they themselves are very __________ D) he didn't want to stay with his brother In 1791 the French nation, in the midst of a revolution, wished to break with the past, especially with those aspects of it which they considered illogical and useless. One of those was the traditional system of weights and measures in use. Not only was the system overtly complicated, but it also varied widely from place to place. 42. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will ______ over his business to his son. _______ me to go again. C) The courses are not well organized. A) For B) Since C) Because D) Even if B. even more complicated 16. A) By looking at the roof of every house. A) to have been B) her being 80. The building of the Panama Canal was made possible by _______. A) fastly-paced B) fastly-pacing 35. Mary, leave the windows open, __________? A) the success of the Spanish-American War 77. The outbreak which stirred the interest of the US Army was in _______. 85. The patient was cured by_______. D) Not all the courses are bad. The benefits of this work-and- C) values D) charges C) be suffered from B) humanly everything possible Education. Working teenagers them- B) Because she could always find people who were able to help her. 11. A) He wasn't satisfied with its size. C) He had no responsibility at all. 76. Yellow fever is found mainly around _______. D) forgive ourselves C) fifteen more times of sheep D) fifteen times more sheep In constructing the new system, the French began by setting up a unit of distance equal to one forty-millionth part of the earth's circumference (?2?ü). Unfortunately, later measurements showed that the unit designed was not exactly that fraction, but they continued to use it. (Today the unit is defined simply as the distance between two marks on a platinumiridium (2??e) bar kept in a suburb of Paris). The unit is the meter, and the system of measurements based on this unit is the metric system, the system today used by scientists the world over. CLOZE D) the way the machine is operated C) you didn't take D) you not take A) interpret B) express 23. By 1922, for example, Australia had _______ than it had people. __61__ experts, and many parents, 61. A) No B) All 29. She didn't come to the party though she _______ us she would. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do some-thing about it right now. 36. There is no _______ in going to school if you're not willing to learn. B) Work a horse could do in one hour. But Signor Marconi was not convinced."Let me take one of your machines down to the lawn. Then, if you can send me a signal, I'll believe you." he said. Others, __65__, argue that working 65. A) furthermore B) therefore D) Of all writers in English A) conventional B) conditional 38. I don't _______ that as a serious mistake. A) take B) hand C) think D) get A) their system did not conform to other nations' systems B) The hot water was running. C) the type of the machine C) In a hotel. D) At the railway station. C) that is to say 14. A) He doesn't think flying is fun. of worth, teaches them financial__63__ 63. A) accounts B) ability A) look honest and think over the fault carefully employment increases youngsters' sense C) suggest D) require spend ethic are being __60__ debated. 60. A) furiously B) heatedly C) from D) by C) wouldn't you D) don't you C) He had given just a little share of the inheritance to his brother. B) he saw the apparatus B) Flying was entirely different then. -- within the family. C) battle D) struggle 71. According to Gaglielmo _______. 86. The French constructed a new system of weights and measures because C) They have been D) Those are 32. _______, William Shakespeare is the most widely known. records and __57__. __58__ five 57. A) going to the movie B) The Beginning of Horsepower __56__ clothing, stereo equipment, 56. A) for example B) such as _______________________________________________________________________ 48. The theory of continental drift can _______ the occurrence of earthquakes. C) he paid little attention to anything else 18. A) In a restaurant in an Italian city. spend with friends and family. C) reduced D) sufficient Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage: D) He relied on his experience only. B) For all writers in English adolescents are __51__ to work long 51. A) about B) fond C) Guglielmo discovered that a spark can make other waves travel. Marconi took him at his word. A little later he was back in the lab, his hand on the morse key. Through the window he could see his father at the receiver. The young man's heart thumped as he tapped ?- the test signal, S, which telegraphists use. He could tell by the expression on his father's face that the message had got through. D) He had been too busy to write to his brother. nationwide, it was __55__ that eighty 55. A) suggested B) found 79. When the doctors found that blood samples could carry the disease, their families, which __67__ parental 67. A) weakens B) loses C) in ways D) according to authority. C) reduces D) destroys _______. Meanwhile one question still remained unanswered. The city type of mosquitoes carried the fever, without doubt, but how? After many experi-ments, a member of the United States Army Yellow Fever Commission decided that the disease must be carried by something too small to be seen. Of his own free will, this devoted scientist decided to allow himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito. Then, taking some of his infected blood, he injected it into three other members of the group who wanted to help. Two of the three got yellow fever -- and recovered. This showed that the disease was carried by a virus (2???) too small to be seen through the A) Hundreds of B) Hundred of 1. A) He must read a lot of books. 81. When we have done something wrong, we should_______. 27. Tom's father wants to send him to medical school _______ . B) a worldwide standard of measurement 25. Shaking hands is a _______ way of greeting. B) He doesn't like history. C) germs D) different signs of disease worked for extra pocket money. More 10. A) He is a secretary. B) He is a newspaperman. 39. The day will come_______ coal and oil will be used as raw materials D) Work a horse could do in one minute. A) As he is rich B) Even he is rich C. being even more complicated D) At a market in the north of Italy. A) that you won't take B) your not taking After some hesitation, the man confessed that, as executor of his father's will (ò???), he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good relation. He then went with him to the mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you,"he said,"I think I'm cured."And he was. A) The losing of a friend. C) owing to D) according to A) Guglielmo was better than his brother in science. 82. What will happen if we have done something wrong? _______. money __52__ themselves rather than 52. A) by B) on C) In a restaurant in an Italian village. So to Havana came a General with orders from the United States Govern- ment to dry up these pools. He carried out his task so well that the mos-quitoes disappeared. With them went yellow fever, never to return to Havana. A few years later the same General successfully repeated this operation in Panama and in this way made possible the building of the Panama Canal. It all seemed so simple. End the mosquitoes: end the disease. Man even began to dream of getting rid of yellow fever from the world. 22. The doctors have tried _______ to save his life, but failed. A) weather B) season C) space D) climate __62__ that year-round part-time 62. A) insist B) demand 72. In Guglielmo's opinion, the distance ether waves travel depends on A) will B) will like C) Units of Measure _______________________________________________________________________ A) reason B) aim C) point D) purpose 9. A) Finish the novel. B) Return the novel. A) give up B) would give up 31. His casual explanation made the problem _______. 75. What is implied in the passage? C) admit the fault and express the regret B) Tom didn't say anything at the meeting. C) He can't get the books he needs. 12. A) Lifting a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one hour. Passage 3 Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. B) He feels he is a bus driver. D) There was no heat. Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage: Passage 1 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. C) movies D) the movie C) redefined the meter C) Rich as he is D) Rich even though he is A) he decided to put an end to his holiday Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composi- tion on Can Road Accident Be Avoided?#fs in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence of each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words, not including the words given. Remember to write clearly. director for the U.S. Department of Can Road Accidents Be Avoided? C) Because she had a guide who could speak English well. C) A hundred of D) Hundred and hundred of C) observation D) survey C) original D) conversational As a result, an army group under Major Walter Reed was sent there in June, 1900 with orders "to give special attention to questions concerning the cause and prevention of yellow fever". In a daring group of experiments using human beings, Major Reed proved the truth of an idea advanced in 1881 by a Cuban doctor, that the city type of mosquito passed on the disease. C) the killing of mosquitoes nearby B) She has already taken one. Faintly, in the lower part of the big house, an electric bell rang. 73. Guglielmo was so taken up with the idea that _______. C) Lend the novel D) Read the novel. D) Because it was what she had seen at the market. 87. The selection says that the traditional system of measurements in France C) the Americas D) Any warm country 83. What exactly was the patient's trouble? You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet. D) the smallest unit of traditional system 90. When the basic unit was proved inexact, the French _______. 8. A) 8:30. B) 7:30. C) 8:00. D) 9:00. 6. A) She couldn't find where the courses were offered. C) There were no units for measuring power. _______________________________________________________________________ A) any spark could send ether waves to wherever it wanted C) account for D) make clear Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage: In fact, most road accidents can be avoided. ______________________ C) Something wrong with his conscience. Marconi now decided to show his father that there really was something in this idea of his, for Signor Marconi, who had made a large fortune in business, had not a great deal of faith in his youngest son's science. "Well?"his father inquired. D) they wished to break with the past waves. 20. A) Because he thought she had drawn one. B) His father was so fascinated by his invention that he proposed to 50. Don't bother me. Do what you _______. I don't care. D) Some unknown physical weakness. A. to be even more complicating D) By following a railway line. B) We shall be sad. C) in D) for luxuries, they are buying __69__ 69. A) destruction B) separation A) giving B) be given C) be giving D) given _______________________________________________________________________ 15. A) He enjoyed more freedom. C) one forty-millionth part of the earth's circumference American teenagers have always D) How to Measure an Engine 43. _______ you are free tonight, why not drop in and play chess with me? than their predecessors, today's D) both A and B C) messages could be sent by ether instead of wires A) whether B) if C) when D) though 3. A) The light couldn't be turned off. D) Because she had always had a pencil and some paper with her. C) he listened to his son's explanation _______________________________________________________________________ D) in other words A) reconstructed the entire system C) was based on a complicated logic __53__ it to their families. In a 1987 53. A) contributing B) contribute 4. A) Tom was unable to hear well. READING COMPREHENSION A) fifteen times more of sheep B) fifteen times sheep more _______________________________________________________________________ A) Our logic of thinking will be disturbed. D) He is governed by instruments and regulations. they examined them with microscopes and saw _______. The successful result of these experiments gave birth to another and still more important idea: kill off the city type of mosquitoes and there will be no more yellow fever. Fortunately these mosquitoes are one of the easiest types to destroy. They are born in pools of quiet, warm water, within a short distance to people's home. > 49. ______ people attended the meeting last night.C) her having been D) having been D) development of special drugs percent said they contributed most 58. A) Other B) Only 74. His father didn't see the point of his invention till _______. C) He is responsible for the plane and the passengers. B) Because she mispronounced the word. C) simplifying the old system proved difficult of their income, which often exceeded C) Additional D) Further B) She had difficulty giving her order for food. It's never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you've judged roughly, said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn't it? Frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed. A) Cuba B) Spain B) they were in the midst of a revolution There are more and more road accidents in our cities. _____________ teenagers are inappropriately separat- C) however D) besides 13. A) Watt's Engine A) until B) to C) but D) for C) Because it started to rain. B) the distance between two marks on a platinumiridium bar C) Unlike all the writers in English that it will. dollars each month. They spend the 30. What you should say in your speech is entirely _______ you. C) thoroughly D) entirely D) mailing a letter ??200 a month, to help pay family C) humanly possible everything _______. D) Morse Code was invented by the Marconi brothers. D) public feeling was strong against the disease VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE C) would D) would like The elder man found his young brother poor company during the rest of that holiday, for Guglielmo was so interested in his idea that he could not take his thoughts off it. C) asking his brother to forgive him A) It was B) It is 17. A) Because she did not speak, except when it was necessary. A) a single basic unit At last the apparatus was ready, and Guglielmo invited his father and mother to come to the laboratory. ,(编辑:) |