一、单项选择

1．There is still much to discuss. We shall, ____________, return to this item at our next meeting.

   A．therefore               B．however                 C．otherwise               D．briefly

2．The door and the windows were all closed and there was no ___________ of forced entry.

A．scene                       B．signal                   C．sign                    D．sight

3．— Would you have your family get together this New Year’s Day?

   — ___________. We are busy working at that time.

   A．No way                   B．Not at all               C．No problem           D．No chance

4．— The National College Entrance Examination is drawing near. All we should do is make the best use of time.

   — I can’t agree more. Every minute ________.

   A．needs               B．counts                 C．acquires                D．urges

5．— I phoned you yesterday morning. A girl answered, but I didn’t recognize the voice.

   — Oh, it __________ my younger sister. She was in my room at that moment.

A．must have been                                          B．should have been  

C．could have been                                          D．may have been

6．He has recently ___________ tennis to relax himself.

A．taken off                B．taken up                 C．put up                    D．put out

7．To our excitement, two _________ of students __________ a success after three years’ hard

work.

   A．scores; scored        B．score; lost              C．scores; made           D．score; scored

8．Our class _________ all fond of singing English songs and we can sing ________ than others.

      A．is; many more                                            B．are; many more     

       C．is; much more                                         D．are; much more

9．The long-lasting meeting __________ in disorder, __________ no conclusion.

       A．was ended; reached                                     B．ended; reaching

       C．was ended; reaching                                    D．ended; to reach

10．If you feel tired and sick of fat foods, that is ___________ you have to go to the hospital for a medical examination.

       A．why                 B．what                 C．when                 D．whether

11．The overseas Chinese scientist made another wonderful discovery, ___________ of great value to study AIDS.

       A．which I think it is                                            B．which I think is     

       C．I think it is                                              D．I think is

12．Americans are nervous ____________ the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, but also worry

__________ the ability of the United States and the United Nations to deal with the situation.

       A．about; about      B．to; about              C．for; about             D．for; for

13．When __________ comes to golf, I know nothing and I have no interest in this match.

       A．this             B．that                       C．it                      D．one

14．— You can’t enter the building without __________ permission.

   — I’ve lost __________ permission card.

       A．the; a             B．a; the                 C．\; the                    D．\; \

15．— I hear that Bai Shan can’t afford his schooling this fall.

— ___________, let’s do something for him.

       A．If so        B．Where possible      C．When necessary          D．What a shame

二、完形填空

You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t  36  how quickly time has passed.

If you are familiar with this 37 , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun-and 38   when you are bored. Now scientists have  39  a reason why this is the case.

Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain  40  according to how we focus on a task. When we are  41 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 42   the clock is ticking more slowly.

In an experiment  43  by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image  44 researchers monitored their brain activity.

The volunteers were told to 45  concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then 46  the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that  47  was more active when the volunteers paid  48 subjects.

It is thought that if the brain is  49  focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to  50  its resources, and pays less attention to the clock.  51 , time passes without us really 52   it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its  53  energies on monitoring the passing of time. 54 , time seems to drag.

Next time you feel bored  55 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!

36．A．guess                      B．learn                      C．believe                   D．doubt

37．A．view                      B．point                      C．scene                      D．experience

38．A．drags                      B．stops                      C．backs                      D．gains

39．A．thought over           B．made up                 C．suggested                D．come up with

40．A．change                   B．develop                  C．grow                      D．slow

41．A．sleepy                    B．bored                            C．excited                   D．active

42．A．report                     B．think                      C．decide                    D．see

43．A．produced                B．carried                    C．tried                       D．performed

44．A．so                          B．when                      C．while                      D．but

45．A．partly                     B．quickly                   C．how                       D．first

46．A．remember               B．focus on                 C．forget                     D．tell apart

47．A．the researchers        B．the experiment        C．the clock                 D．the brain

48．A．much attention to    B．more attention toC．attention to many   D．attention to more

49．A．busy                       B．likely                            C．ready                      D．sure

50．A．focus                      B．gather                     C．reach                      D．spread

51．A．However                B．Furthermore            C．Therefore                D．Finally

52．A．recognizing             B．watching                 C．noticing                  D．counting

53．A．enough                   B．full                        C．right                       D．proper

54．A．In fact                    B．As a result                     C．For example            D．Instead

55．A．in class                   B．with work               C．in mind                  D．of lessons

三、阅读理解

A

How Do Animals Catch Their ZZZ’s?

       Different creatures have developed some pretty creative ways to get their rest and stay safe. The lizard（蜥蝎）likes to sleep at the far end of small branches hanging out over a pond or lake in the rain forest. If a snake tries to slither up the branch to eat it ,it will shake the branch and knock the lizard off ,and the lizard will fall safely into the water. Chameleons can change color to match their surroundings in order to hide even while sleeping.

       Corillas（大猩猩）like to sleep high in the trees. They build a new bed every night, sometimes taking up to half an hour to pile branches ,twigs ,and leaves into a comfortable bed .Birds also find it safe to sleep in the trees, but unless they have eggs or young chicks ,they don’t use a nest .They just lock their feet around a branch and hang on .A special tendon（腱）in their legs in automatically tight when they are at rest ,so they won’t let go and fall.

       Dolphins live underwater ,but must come to the surface to breather .Scientists now believe that dolphins may sleep with only half their brain, while the other half stays awake to keep them safe and breathing. Seals also do this ,lying on their sides on the surface of the water with one flipper underwater paddling to keep their noses above the surface. Some ducks may also have this ability, and actually sleep with one eye closed and one eye open.  

56．How many animals are mentioned in this passage?

      A．6.     B．7.      C．8.      D．9.

57．How does a chameleon protect itself while sleeping?

       A．By changing its body colors.   B．By hinging out over a pond.

       C．By sleeping with half their brain.   D．By making beds with branches.

58．Why will not birds fall when they are at rest?

       A．They build nests and sleep in them.                     B．They fall asleep automatically.

       C．They have a loose tendon in their legs.          D．They lock their feet around a branch.

59．What does the writer intend to tell us?

      A．The cleverest animal is the gorilla because it can make beds.

       B．Differences in habitat could lead to different living habits.

       C．The ways animals catch their ZZZ’s are pretty much he same .

       D．In order to protect themselves most animals choose not to sleep.

B

       But I wonder about my Momma sometimes, and all the other Negro(blacks )mothers who got up at 6 a.m. to go to the white man’s house with sacks over their shoes because it was so wet and cold. I wonder how they made it .They worked very hard for the man, they made his breakfast and they scrubbed his floors and they took care of his babies. They didn’t have too much time for us.

       I wonder about my Momma ,who walked out of a white woman’s clean house at midnight and came back to her own where the lights had been out for three months ,and the pipes were frozen and the wind came in through the holes in the wall. She’d have to make deals with the rats: leave some food out for them so the wouldn’t bite the doors or the babies. The roaches（蟑螂）？Oh ,they were just like part of the family!

       I wonder how she felt telling those white kids she took care of to brush their teeth after they ate, to wash their hands after they finish bathroom. She could never tell her own kids because there wasn’t soap or water back home.

       I wonder how my Momma felt when we came home from school with a list of vitamins and pills the school nurse said we had to have .Momma would cry all night , and then go out and spend most of the rent money for pills. A week later ,the white man would come for his eighteen dollars’ rent and Momma would beg him to wait until tomorrow . She had to lie to him that she had lost her wallet or the relief check was coming soon or the white people had some money for her. Tomorrow I’d be hiding in the closet because there was only supposed to be two kids in the flat ,and I could hear the rent man shout at my Momma and call her a cheat. And when he finally went away, Momma put the sacks on her shoes and went off to the rich white man’s house to dress the rich white kids so their mother could take them to a special baby doctor.

60．Mother got up at 6 a.m. every day ,because     .

       A．she had to cook breakfast for her children    

B．she had to catch the first bus to the factory

       C．she had to work in the white man’s house

       D．she had to go to see a special baby doctor

61．Mother never told us to brush our teeth or to wash our hands because     .

       A．she though we didn’t need to                B．we didn’t like washing hands

       C．we had done everything very well         D．there was no soap or water in our home

62．Why did the writer hide in a closet when the landowner came for rent?

       A．The closet could only hold two kids.

       B．Only two kids were allowed to live in the house.

       C．They should pay more rent for two kids.

       D．There was only one bedroom for the two kids.

63．What does the writer mainly tell us?

      A．Black people lead a miserable life.

       B．Black people don’t have enough rent money.

       C．White people lead an expensive life.     

       D．White people have special baby doctors.

C

       Britain is facing a sharp rise in its rat population as growing numbers of people leave fast food scraps in the street ,an environment group warned .Keep Britain Tidy said the rodents（啮齿动物）were stopping their traditional hunts underground and were roaming the streets ,tempted by discarded burgers ,pizzas and crisps. “The rat population is on the rise and soon it’ll be as common to see a rodent on our street as it is to see a dog or a cat,” said group Director ,Sue Nelson. The practice of dumping fast food litter and scraps on the street rather than in the trash—with young men the worst offenders—was behind the rise. According to the National Rodent Survey in 2005, Britain’s rat population has grown by nearly one quarter since 2000 and is now estimated at 60 million ,two million more than the human population. On average a rat can give birth every 24—28 days and just a single pair of rats can produce a colony of 2,000 a year. Around 200 people a year get Weil’s Disease –an infection which can lead to liver or kidney（肝肾）failure and eventually death and which is arrived in rat’s waste. To highlight the issue ,Keep Britain Tidy launched a cinema ad entitled “How close do you want them to get?” The ad gave a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rots –echoing the nightmare scene from James Herbert’s classic horror tale The Rats, in which mutant rodents begin to prey on（捕食）humans.

64．Where did the rodents use to search for food?

       A．In the Street .          B．Under the ground.

       C．From the trash cans. D．In burger shops. 

65．What is the human population now according to the writer?

       A．60 million.      B．58 million.       C．35 million.       D．2 million.

66．We may infer from the passage that      .

       A．Weil’s Disease will finally end the world

       B．pizzas and crisps will become poisonous

       C．rats will endanger human beings’ life    

       D．young people are blame for the rat population

67．By writing the passage, the author tries to       .

       A．close some of the burger and pizza restaurants

       B．draw the public attention to the problem of rats

       C．prevent the rats from growing up

       D．making advertisement for the classic horror film The Rats

四、短文填空

Many children hope to grow up quickly and do what the adults

do.But g______ up is not easy. Sometimes all that is                 1.______

needed is someone to rely ____. For many years,it was Mum          2.______

My mother was a career woman and had her____(自己的)             3.______      

problems to take care of, _____when I needed her, she                       4._____    

was always there. Her____(力量) came frond somewhere                      5.______    

I don't quite know, somewhere very deep. She

was so strong that she would never b____ down, even if I                6. ______    

went to her with all my little-boy problems and____(喊)                    7. _____    

at her. Her strength m____ me stronger and gave me                               8.  ______    

____(勇气) to try things others thought were impossible. A                 9. ____  

helping hand is always strong e_______ to lift you up.                             10.  _____  

 

 

1---5  A C D B A       6---10 B D B B C       11---15 B A C C A   36【答案】C

【解析】课间十分钟玩得很开心，时间在不知不觉中就过去了。此处用can’t  believe表示对这段时间飞快流逝的惊讶与感叹。

37【答案】C

【解析】上文提到的是一种特定的心理场面描写，而不是人所经历的某一件具体的事情，故选C。scene情节,场面 ；experience经验,经历,阅历。

38【答案】A

【解析】根据文中倒数第二段的解释可得知答案。drag拖长，此处指时间过的很慢。

39【答案】D

【解析】thought over仔细考虑 ;make up 组成; suggest建议；表明; come up with提出。

科学家是以实验为基础进行研究而提出的一种原因。

40【答案】A

【解析】联系下文的实验可知，当人的大脑集中于一个任务的多个面的时候，就变得比较活跃，反之，则变得不那么活跃。所以当大脑所注意的任务不同的时候，大脑的活动状态是不一样的。

41【答案】B

【解析】联系上下文可知，人在比较厌烦或感到无事可做的时候，才觉的时间过得很慢。

42【答案】B

【解析】时间过得很慢只是人的一种潜在的意识。

43【答案】D

【解析】空格所缺的词做定语，应与前面的experiment构成动宾关系，结合下文进行的实验可知，只有D项符合。B项应改为carried out 。  

44【答案】C

【解析】此处用while强调在实验过程中，被实验者与研究人员的任务对比关系。

45【答案】D

【解析】根据后面的then; thirdly可得知答案。

46【答案】B

【解析】根据后文49个空后面的解释可知，实验的目的是让大脑不停的专注于一个任务的多个方面。

47【答案】D

【解析】此处指被研究人员的大脑思维比较活跃。

48【答案】D

【解析】结合上文的实验可知，研究人员是让实验者的大脑专注于一个任务的多个方面。

49【答案】A

【解析】be busy doing…忙于……为固定搭配；be likely to do…可能做……； be ready to do…准备做……； be sure of/about对……确信。

50【答案】D

【解析】联系上下文可知，当大脑专注于一个任务的多个方面时，它的精力就会被分散，因而就转移了对时间的注意。spread 此处为分散。

51【答案】C

【解析】此处是上述实验所得出的一个结论 。 

52【答案】C

【解析】根据后文的 seems to go quickly可知，时间在不知不觉中过去。

53【答案】B

【解析】如果大脑不太活跃的时候，就会把相当多的精力集中在计算时间上，right/ proper正确的，恰当的，同义，可排除。enough足够的；full充足的；相当多的。

54【答案】B

【解析】 本句是根据前面的分析而得出的结论。

55【答案】A

【解析】本句与文章第一段相对应，是对第一段在课堂出现的问题的一种解决方法。另外，根据最后一句也可得出答案。

56~60CADBC       61~65DBABB       66~70CB

 Keys:1.growing  2.on  3.own  4.but  5.strength  6.break  7.shouted

      8.made  9.courage  10.enough