Passage Two

My friend, Vemon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his front door in my mailbox.

Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vemon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of what Vemon would say when he came back.

I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window.

I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vemon’s neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” said the policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr. Davies’s birds.”

Q1. Why couldn’t the man open the door?

Q2. Why did the man feel desperate?

Q3. Why did the man feel like a fool?

Passage Three

When Iraq troops blew up hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells at the end of the Gulf War, Scientists feared environmental disaster. Would black powder in the smoke from the fires circle the globe and block out the sun?

Many said, “No way; rain would wash the black power from the atmosphere. But in America, air sampling balloons have detected high concentrations of particles similar to those collected in Kuwait that didn’t catch fire. It has formed huge lakes in the Kuwaiti desert. They trap insects and birds, and poison a variety of other desert animals and plants.

The only good news is that the oil lakes have not affected the underground water resources. So far, the oil has not been absorbed because of the hard sand just below the surface.

Nothing, however, stops the oil from evaporating. The resulting poisonous gases are choking nearby residents.

Officials are trying to organize a quick cleanup, but they are not sure how to do it. One possibility is to burn the oil. Get those black-powder detectors ready.

Q1. What were the scientists worried about soon after the Gulf War?

Q2. What was the good news for scientists?

Q3. What are the officials trying to do at the moment?

Section C

These days people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.

When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustman kept his secret. Alf’s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him “Mr. Bloggs”, not “Alf”.

Part IV

Section A

47.【答案】A

【解析】本句意為盡管乘客們都已經(jīng)系好安全帶，他們還是被突然向前拋去。Although盡管，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，符合句意。

48.【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)上題注釋，shift轉(zhuǎn)移，這里選擇throw扔、拋，最為合適。

49.【答案】E

【解析】present呈現(xiàn)、陳述，及物動(dòng)詞；appear出現(xiàn)，符合句意。

50.【答案】K

【解析】well健康的；still靜止的；calm鎮(zhèn)靜的；quiet安靜的。前句說(shuō)她看上去臉色蒼白，后半句進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)折，calm最符合句意。

51.【答案】J

【解析】inform通知、告訴，符合句意。

52.【答案】M

【解析】faint昏迷、暈倒,最符合句意。

53.【答案】L

【解析】；at least至少；at length詳細(xì)地。at least最符合句意。

54.【答案】O

【解析】hesitation猶豫。hesitation最符合句意。符合語(yǔ)境

55.【答案】H

【解析】本句意為把飛行員挪到一邊。aside意為一邊、旁邊，符合句意。

56.【答案】F

【解析】本句意為：這個(gè)人坐到飛行員的座位上，認(rèn)真聽發(fā)自下面機(jī)場(chǎng)通過(guò)無(wú)線電發(fā)出的緊急指令。anxious焦急的不符合句意。只urgent合適。

Section B

Passage 1

文章導(dǎo)讀：許多人認(rèn)為數(shù)字化給落后的國(guó)家?guī)��?lái)了一個(gè)迅速發(fā)展的機(jī)會(huì)，而另一些人認(rèn)為數(shù)字化加大了富國(guó)和窮國(guó)之間的距離，使窮國(guó)更加落后。作者分析了窮國(guó)的情況，認(rèn)為窮國(guó)應(yīng)該在更加基礎(chǔ)的方面得到幫助，而不是迅速普及電腦等先進(jìn)設(shè)施。

57. B 從第二段我們可以看出，作者認(rèn)為，窮國(guó)的人民關(guān)心更加現(xiàn)實(shí)的東西，比如食物、醫(yī)療和安全保障。即使提供給他們?cè)S多先進(jìn)的數(shù)字設(shè)備，他們也會(huì)因?yàn)槿狈χ�識(shí)或沒有電力而不能用。所以與其提供這些，不如提供更加基礎(chǔ)的援助，所以選B。第一段最后一句話說(shuō)，作者認(rèn)為只是數(shù)字技術(shù)使窮國(guó)變富是一個(gè)神話，所以A錯(cuò)誤。作者只是從數(shù)字設(shè)備和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)備兩個(gè)方面比較，而不是籠統(tǒng)的說(shuō)富國(guó)應(yīng)該幫助窮國(guó)變富，所以C錯(cuò)，從第二段可以看出，作者說(shuō)即使提供給世界上每個(gè)家庭一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)，也不會(huì)有太多作用，顯然問(wèn)題不在于能不能負(fù)擔(dān)起計(jì)算機(jī)，所以D錯(cuò)。

58. A divide的意思是分離，隔開。digital divide 可譯成“數(shù)字鴻溝”，即數(shù)字化使世界的貧富差距越來(lái)越大。所以A正確。在沒有數(shù)字化之前，世界上就存在貧富分化。數(shù)字化的出現(xiàn)只是 使其差距更大，而不是產(chǎn)生的原因，所以B，C，D錯(cuò)誤。

59. D 文章的大意是窮國(guó)更需要基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和幫助，而第二段作者通過(guò)舉例和論證說(shuō)明了論點(diǎn)，所以本題選D。第二段雖然說(shuō)了，窮國(guó)的人民因?yàn)闆]有文化而不能使用計(jì)算機(jī)，但這不是全部的原因，所以A錯(cuò)。答案B過(guò)于籠統(tǒng)，只說(shuō)窮人無(wú)法使用電腦，而文章說(shuō)明了窮人不能使用電腦是有具體原因的，所以B錯(cuò)。讓每個(gè)家庭都有一臺(tái)電腦是作者的一個(gè)假設(shè)，用于說(shuō)明窮人無(wú)法使用電腦的原因，而不是討論這個(gè)假設(shè)可不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)，所以C錯(cuò)。

60. C 文章的第二段第二句說(shuō)明了窮國(guó)更多關(guān)注的是"food, health care and security." 所以選C。作者分析了數(shù)字化在現(xiàn)階段大多數(shù)窮國(guó)沒有太多好處，但是并沒有否定數(shù)字技術(shù)的作用，所以A錯(cuò)誤。在第一段的最后一句，作者說(shuō)在給他們電腦和網(wǎng)絡(luò)等高級(jí)設(shè)備之前，應(yīng)該先晉級(jí)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)備。在這里移動(dòng)電話只是基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的一個(gè)例子，并不是說(shuō)一定要先擁有移動(dòng)電話才能用電腦，所以答案D錯(cuò)。

61. B 本題用排除法：移動(dòng)電話只是一個(gè)例子來(lái)說(shuō)明更加基礎(chǔ)的設(shè)備，所以答案A錯(cuò)誤。建造鄉(xiāng)村電腦中心的好處與文章說(shuō)明的問(wèn)題無(wú)關(guān)，所以答案C錯(cuò)誤。解決糧食、健康、安全保障的問(wèn)題范圍過(guò)于寬廣與本文主旨無(wú)關(guān)，所以答案D錯(cuò)，最后得出答案為B。

Passage 2

文章導(dǎo)讀：太空是個(gè)充滿了神秘的地方，同時(shí)也藏著危險(xiǎn)。其中來(lái)自外太空的輻射尤為恐怖，但是，看完這篇文章，你會(huì)相信聰明的人總會(huì)找到一些解決辦法的。

62. A 問(wèn)題問(wèn)的是為什么大氣層對(duì)人類是至關(guān)重要的。文章的第四句說(shuō)到了大氣層屏蔽了大量的外來(lái)射線。

63. B A，C，D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容在文章中均沒有明確肯定，只有B對(duì)應(yīng)了原文的第二段的第四句話---問(wèn)題在于很難發(fā)現(xiàn)輻射對(duì)人的損傷，當(dāng)事人當(dāng)時(shí)可能感覺良好，但是他的遺傳細(xì)胞可能受到損傷，將會(huì)影響到他的孩子，甚至后代。

64. D 從文章中我們得知，到現(xiàn)在為止還沒有報(bào)告顯示阿波羅號(hào)受到輻射損害，所以A，B，C選項(xiàng)均與文章意思相悖，只有D相對(duì)正確。

65. D 該題對(duì)應(yīng)了原文的最后一段。文章說(shuō)雖然到現(xiàn)在為止還沒有報(bào)告顯示阿波羅號(hào)受到輻射損害，但畢竟它登月的時(shí)間短。人類能否長(zhǎng)時(shí)間接受輻射照射還是個(gè)未知數(shù)。防輻射的藥雖然已經(jīng)研制出來(lái)，但只能削減輻射對(duì)人類的損害，還談不上根治。所以說(shuō)防太空輻射不是容易的事情。

66. D 此文主要是談?shì)椛涞奈：Υ笠约胺垒椛涞囊恍┐胧�。D最準(zhǔn)確。

Part V

67. A

【解析】just在此為副詞，意為“剛剛”，做狀語(yǔ)。此句意為“一個(gè)事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報(bào)紙報(bào)道詳情了。說(shuō)明報(bào)紙對(duì)新聞的反應(yīng)之快。

68. A

【解析】to give和giving都合乎語(yǔ)法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是“反應(yīng)快”，不是正在做什么。

69. A

【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。

70. D

【解析】后面的不定式短語(yǔ)表示目的。

71. C

【解析】提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。

72. B

【解析】other意為“其他的”。此句意為：無(wú)線電，電報(bào)，電視，及其它發(fā)明，成為報(bào)紙的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

73. A

【解析】根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。

74. D

【解析】使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。

75. C

【解析】報(bào)紙是印出來(lái)的，先印后看(讀)。

76. D

【解析】keep sb.+過(guò)去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過(guò)去分詞為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報(bào)紙不斷地為讀者提供新聞信息。

77. C

【解析】關(guān)于politics之類的嚴(yán)肅話題,只能選educate。

78. B

【解析】此句意為：報(bào)紙通過(guò)廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中的選擇。

79. B

【解析】大多數(shù)報(bào)紙依靠廣告收入來(lái)維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。

80. C

【解析】報(bào)紙的售價(jià)之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于廣告收入的說(shuō)法。

81. A

【解析】收入來(lái)源應(yīng)該用source。因?yàn)閟ource指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地；常指抽象事物的根源或來(lái)源以及資料，信息的出處或來(lái)源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來(lái)發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點(diǎn),或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。

82. D

【解析】succeed in為固定短語(yǔ)。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻?要打廣告的人)心中的價(jià)值。

83. C

【解析】根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此句意為：報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻粜闹械膬r(jià)值，是靠發(fā)行量衡量的。

84. C

【解析】該句意為：發(fā)行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發(fā)行部門的工作及報(bào)紙所提供的服務(wù)功能和娛樂(lè)功能。

85. B

【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定語(yǔ)。

86. D

【解析】information后面接介詞about，表示“關(guān)于”。

Part VI

87.It is not until they lose it. 強(qiáng)調(diào)句的基本結(jié)構(gòu)是: It is/ was ... that /who

88.with dirty clothes with (without) 引起的狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu) + 買

89.with so many friends being absent

90. what impressed us most

91.not as powerful as those we have made as+adj.+as