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PartⅠ Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. So much about his ships on the sea that he didn’t sleep for a single minute all night.
A. did he worry B. he did worry C. he worried D. worried he
2. It was in a small village in the south he spent his childhood and met his life-long friend—the local schoolmaster.
A. where B. when C. which D. that
3. To be honest, today’s dinner was just so-so. It wasn’t such a good one promised by the boss.
A. that B. which C. as D. what
4. If you insist on doing that, please take me into .
A. think B. thinking C. thought D. consideration
5. By no means look down on those who are less lucky in life than we are.
A. we should B. should we
C. we should not D. should we not
6. It yesterday, for the ground is still wet now.
A. must have rained B. was raining
C. rained D. had raised
7. She sent her application to the university last week, but any responseup to now.
A. didn’t receive B. weren’t receiving
C. hadn’t received D. hasn’t received
8. When he entered the room he found a cat quietly under the desk.
A. lie B. lies C. to lie D. lying
9. Our sports meet is planned to take place Saturday morning.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
10. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably spring.
A. later B. latter C. last D. late
11. In road rules the red light is a for traffic to stop.
A. sign B. sight C. site D. size
12. The room is in a terrible mess; it cleaned.
A. can’t have been B. mustn’t have been
C. shouldn’t have been D. wouldn’t have been
13. None of us knew how the change had come .
A. across B. about C. over D. down
14. All the passengers in the accident were sent to the nearby hospital in no time.
A. to find injured B. finding injured
C. to be found injured D. found injured
15. The visitors felt greatly surprised at they saw in the museum.
A. who B. whose C. how D. what
16. Do you know the of the saying I just quoted?
A. resource B. source C. course D. cause
17. The travelers are going to Taiwan, they plan to stay for two or three days.
A. that B. which C. when D. where
18. Please give Jim the schedule for tomorrow’s conference when he back. He is to chair the conference.
A. will come B. come C. comes D. came
19. All the books, had some pictures in them, were sent to the little girl.
A. which B. that C. who D. whose
20. Skating is such a sport in the northeast of China that almost every body there knows how to skate.
A. likely B. famous C. popular D. long
PartⅡ Cloze
Directions: Each of the following sentences has two choices marked A and B. Identify the one that is correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
By the time I finished high school, my interest in animals had grown, and I enrolled at a university to study biology. I learned soon enough that studying animals 21 this level was not in the animals’ best 22. I remember one midterm exam in 23 each student was handed a large, freshly-killed frog and 24 to dissect(解剖)and mark a set of body parts. I looked at the 25 frog in front of me and was saddened that its life was 26 away for such a slight 27.
A year later, in the same lab 28 I dissected the frog, I performed a small act of
animal 29. We were 30 on fruit flies, and it was time to record the distribution of characteristics in their next generation. Flies were 31 in small plastic bottles. Counting the number of flies with white or red eyes required first exposing them to ether(乙醚)32 they could not move. The flies were then spread onto a piece of white paper 33 and counted. When the data collection was 34 , the flies had no further use, and our instructions were to 35 them into a small glass dish of oil at the center of each desk, which was to be their final resting 36.
Once my little pile of flies had been counted, I pushed them off the edge of the
paper. As we recorded our data, I kept one eye 37 them. Within minutes the pile was
humming(嗡嗡叫)as tiny legs and wings beat their way out of the ether fog. I
was extremely excited as they 38 flight. That was my first 39 in refusing to conduct
scientific research that treated non-human life in a(n) 40 way.
21. A. at B. with
22. A. duties B. interests
23. A. which B. that
24. A. dismissed B. instructed
25. A. alive B. dead
26. A. taken B. brought
27. A. reason B. spirit
28. A. that B. where
29. A. operation B. liberation
30. A. experimenting B. strengthening
31. A. solved B. kept
32. A. while B. so that
33. A. being examined B. to be examined
34. A. preliminary B. complete
35. A. put B. raise
36. A. shade B. place
37. A. on B. with
38. A. stood B. took
39. A. step B. review
40. A. kind B. cruel
核心词汇
animal 动物
remember 记得
large 巨大的
distribution 分布,分配
require 要求
a piece of 一片,一块
refuse 拒绝
长难句分析
1. ...and our instructions were to put them into a small glass dish of oil at the
center of each desk, which was to be their final resting place. 我们的指示是把它们放在每个桌子**的一个装有油的小玻璃碟子里,那是它们后的安息之所。
结构分析:which 引导定语从句,先行词是“ a small glass dish of oil at the center of each desk”,从句修饰说明了“ a small glass dish of oil at the center of each desk(每个桌子**的一个装有油的小玻璃碟子)”,一个什么样的小玻璃碟子?一个将成为它们安息之地的小玻璃碟子。
2. Once my little pile of flies had been counted, I pushed them off the edge of
the paper. 我那一小堆苍蝇数完后,我就把它们从纸边上推了下去。
结构分析:once 引导的时间状语从句。once 引导“时间从句”时,多为过去时,表示动作已经发生。
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
The most famous collections of fairy tales(童话)are the ones by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. The Grimms published their first fairy-tale collection in 1812. They didn’t think they were writing for children. They thought they were preserving disappearing German folk culture. Their first edition(版本)was a scholarly book that carefully recorded the oral tales. They were surprised when some of their early
readers suggested that the stories might be interesting to children.
But the Grimms needed money. They had made a bad deal with their publisher and received little payment for their first book. At one point Wilhelm complained there wasn’t a chair in his house one could sit on without worrying it would break.So he took the hint and set to work to make a book that would be suitable for children. He selected a few of the tales, made them much longer, and polished up the language. He didn’t add morals, but he did slip in character judgments and moralizing comments wherever he could.
The Grimms’ fairy tales also have one characteristic that would seem to make them unsuitable for children. Many of them include violent incidents. In Hansel and Gretelan old woman is burned to death in an oven, and in Little Red Riding Hooda child is eaten by a wolf. When he revised the tales for children, Wilhelm Grimm retained the violence. In fact, he sometimes even ramped it up. For example, in the first edition of the tales, Cinderella forgives her sisters at the end. It’s only in the second edition, the one intended for children, that her birds peck(啄)out their eyes.
Why, then, have the Grimms’ fairy tales become classics of children’s literature, so much so that it is hard to imagine a child who doesn’t know Cinderella’s story or Snow White’s?
One answer is that only a few of the tales survived into modern times. The first edition of the Grimms’ fairy tales had 210 tales. By 1825 it was down to 50. And
today only a dozen or so of the tales are often reprinted in children’s collections.
But the deeper answer is that the tales that have lasted are magical adventures
that help children deal with the struggles and fears of their everyday lives.
41. Why did Wilhelm Grimm set out to adapt his book for children?
A. To deal with readers’ complaints.
B. To improve his financial situation.
C. At the request of his publisher.
D. To preserve the ancient stories in print.
42. When revising the fairy tales, Wilhelm did all of the following EXCEPT .
A. adding character judgments B. making the tales much longer
C. deleting the violent scenes D. polishing up the language
43. What does the expression“ramped it up”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Started. B. Allowed. C. Classified. D. Increased
44. Which of the following statements about the Grimms’ fairy tales is TRUE according to the passage?
A. They were originally intended to be children’s stories.
B. Generally speaking, the tales that have endured can help children deal with the challenges life brings to them.
C. A large number of the tales made it to the modern age.
D. They are less violent than the children’s stories being written today.
核心词汇
collection 收集,集合
publish 出版
record 记录
disappear 消失
surprise 惊讶
receive 收到
judgment 判断,审判,评价
fairy tale 童话故事
modern 现代
a dozen of 一打
长难句分析
1. They were surprised when some of their early readers suggested that the stories might be interesting to children. 当一些早期读者暗示孩子们可能会对这些故事感兴趣时,他们感到很惊讶。
结构分析:when作从属连词引导时间状语从句;that引导宾语从句,引导的内容为 suggested(建议)的具体内容。
2.But the deeper answer is that the tales that have lasted are magical adventures that help children deal with the struggles and fears of their everyday lives.
结构分析:个 that 引导表语从句,引导出 but the deeper answer(但更深层次的答案)是什么的具体内容。
Passage 2
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He was the second of eight children. His father always had problems with money. When Charles was 12 years old, his father went to prison because he was in debt. Charles had to leave school to help his family. He got a job in a dirty, old factory. Charles Dickens never forgot his difficult childhood. Many of his stories and books were about poor people and their problems.
Later, Charles went back to school for two more years. He left school when he was 15 years old to become a newspaper reporter. In 1836, he began to write The Pickwick Papers. It was published as a series and was a huge success. By age 24, Charles was a prominent writer in both Great Britain and the United States.
Many people bought his books, but they also paid to hear him read his stories aloud.Because there was no radio or television, people liked to hear famous writers read in public. Charles read his works like he was acting in a play. He went on very successful reading tours and earned a lot of money.
Charles was meticulous(过分注意琐事的). Everything had to be just right. When he worked at home, everything had to be in its place. He worked at a desk by a window that always had a vase(花瓶)of flowers and the same ornaments(装饰物)on it. He wrote 2 000 words a day and he required complete quiet while he wrote. He divided his page into three parts, and on each side he had notes in different colors. The main writing was in middle, the story notes were in the right margin, and the chapter notes were in the left margin. He also cared a lot about his appearance.
45. Charles Dickens’ father was put into prison because he .
A. stole money from other people
B. refused to pay tax
C. didn’t pay for his children’s education
D. owed money to other people
46. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ?
A. Charles loved to travel.
B. Charles’ stories were mostly about his own childhood.
C. Charles made a lot of money on his reading tours.
D. Charles left school to write The Pickwick Papers.
47. The word “prominent” in the second paragraph means .
A. famous B. thoughtful C. careful D. difficult
48. After the last paragraph, the author will most probably discuss
Charles’s .
A. success B. appearance C. works D. childhood
核心词汇
born 出生
problem 问题
dirty 肮脏的
reporter 记者
famous **的
successful 成功的
have to 不得不
different 不同的