1.1 单项填空
1.Over a third of the population was believed to have no to the health care.
A. access B. aid C. basis D. belief
解析have access to是固定短语,意为“享有……权力。”
答案A
2.It’s always difficult being in a forging country, if you don’t speak the language.
A. especially B. specially C. extremely D. obviously
解析 题意是“在国外生活常遇到很多困难,特别是如果你不会说那个国家的语言时”。
答案A
3.The annual death rate in the United States is 11 per thousand, that of Latin America is 23 per thousand.
A. when B. while C. however D. though
【解析】while 是连词, 此处意为“而;但……却”,表示上下文具有转折对比关系。
【答案】B
4.As is well known to us, a force of attraction between two objects.
A. it always exists
B. there always exists
C. it always exists to be
D. there always exists to be
解析there exists相当于there is,表示存在。
答案B
5. That a car causes so much pollution, I would never have bought one.
A. I had known B. If I knew
C. Had I known D. If I would know
解析 此句是虚拟语气,省略了if,句子使用倒装语序。
答案C
6.She traveled a great deal, did most of her friends.
A. which B. what C. it D. as
解析 as作“像……一样”解时,句子常使用倒装语序。
答案D
7.They have been trying to arrive at a practical solution the problem.
A. in B. to C. on D. with
解析solution常与介词to连用,意为“解决……的方法”。
答案B
8.There are over 100 right clubs in the city, but you don’t often see that is empty.
A. one B. the one C. it D. that
解析 题意是“这个城市里有100多家夜总人,但很少看到有一家没有人”。One此处代指a night club。
答案A
9.The key the earth is to change the way we live.
A. to save;/ B. to saving;/
C. to save; how D. to saving; how
解析key“关键;答案”,常与介词to 连用后接名词或动名词;way后面的定语从句常用in which或that引导, 且引导词可省略。
答案B
10.The doctor advised that I a month or so before going back to work.
A. relaxed B. was relaxing
C. would relax D. relax
解析advise后接that从句,从句中的谓语动词用 “should +v”形式,should可省略。
答案D
11.If proper medical care is given, a good chance that the sick boy will get well soon.
A. it might be B. there might be
C. it’s D. there’s
解析there is a chance that…是固定句式,意为“可能……”。
答案D
12.She never went again, to apologize.
A. or she ever wrote B. nor did she write
C. nor she ever wrote D. or did she write
解析 否定副词nor或neither放在句首,句子要部分倒装。
答案B
13.If balance of nature is disturbed, bad results will take place.
A .the; the B. /; / C. the; / D. /; the
解析“自然界的平衡”要说the balance of nature; nature作“自然界”讲时,前面一般一加冠词。
答案C
14.It’s bad manners to say “Get out!” or rude remarks
A. such some B. some such
C. such any D. any such
解析 题意是“说‘滚出去!’或诸如此顺的话是粗野的”。Such前面可加some, any no, a few, many等到来修饰。
答案B
15.-Why didn’t you answer when I spoke to you this morning?
-I but you didn’t hear me.
A. did B. had C. should D. could
解析 由题意可知第二说话人想说:我答应了但你没有听见。I did是I did answer的省略。
答案 A
1.2 完形填空
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood and other 1 ; they give him shade; they help to prevent drought(干旱)and 2 .
Unfortunately, in many 3 of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is 4 important.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to 5 warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire, but, 6 its trees, its soil became hard and 7 . When the empire fell to 8 ,the home country hound itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for 9 to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food 10 ; and he can earn money 11 making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look 12 new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can 13 the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only 14 that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have 15 trees. The results are even more serious; for where 16 are trees, their roots break the soil up-allowing the rain to sink in-and also bind(结合)the soil, thus preventing its 17 washed away easily, but where there are no 18 ,the rain falls on hard ground and carrying 19 with it the rich top soil, in which crops 20 so well. Well all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
1.A. uses B. products C. production D. result
解析 树木给人类提供木材和其他的产品(products),而production具有抽象的含义,指生产过程。
答案 B
2.A. floods B. soil C. air D .sunlight
解析 与干旱相对,即涝灾(flood),也可以后文得到证实。
答案A
3.A. corner B. part C. place D. parts
解析 若用place,需用复数形式。
答案D
4.A. the most B. the more C. most D. much
解析 三者以上最高级,the 不可以省略。
答案A
5.A. set B. build C. put D. organize
解析 造战船,要用build或set up.
答案B
6.A. with B. by C. on D. without
解析 without its trees没有了树。
答案D
7.A. poor B. fine C. beautiful D. pretty
解析 根据常识,没有了树,土壤会变得贫瘠(poor)。
答案A
8.A. break B. unite C. bits D. pieces
解后fall to pieces是习语,意为“四分五裂”。
答案D
9.A. it B. them C. he D. they
解析 it代指前句所指的government。
答案A
10.A. with B. by C. on D. 不填
解析with, 介词,表示“用……”,此处其宾语wood已提前。
答案A
11.A. with B. of C. by D. to
解析 by表示抽象地通过某种方式或手段。
答案C
12.A. after B. for C. at D. out
解析 look after照看,照料
答案A
13.A. ask B. educate C. want D. remove
解析educate教育(人民)。
答案B
14.A. mean B .refer C .know D. realize
答案A
15.A. a few B. fewer C. a little D. little
解析 有比较含义,较少,用fewer。
答案B
16.A. they B. we C. here D. there
解析 there he句型,表示“有”。
答案D
17.A. been B. being C. is D. was
解析 有在prevent后,动名词being可表被动,其逻辑主语为its.
答案B
18.A. water B. trees C. soil D. air
答案B
19.A. away B. off C. with D. by
解析carry away带走,习惯用语。
答案A
20.A. come B. grow C. get D. turn
解析 grow此处为不及物动词,“生长”。
答案B
1.3 阅读理解
A
Our surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man made materials.
What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man-by his desire(欲望)for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization(工业化)”our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything; clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going-and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker. “I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news s that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modern society.
1.Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because .
A. they want very much to find well-paid jobs
B. they are anxious to enjoy the achievements
C. they have become tired of their homeland
D. they have a strong wish to become industrial workers.
答案B
3.According to the passage, what does man value most among the following?
A. Industry B. Health
C. Clean air D. The future of the children
解析 此题考查推理判断能力。由文章得知,人类以“工业化进程”作为追求目标,故人类最器重的莫过于工业了。
答案A
4.The story about the airline pilot tells us that .
A. man know where the society is going
B. people do not welcome the rapid development of modern society
C. man can do little about the problem of pollution
D. the writer is worried about the future of our society
解析 此题考查综合分析能力。作者讲述飞行员故事的目的在于:环境污染将严重影响交通,这表明了作者对未来环境的担忧。
答案D
5.What does the writer really want to say in this passage?
A. With the development of technology pollution has become a serious problem.
B. Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.
C. It’s time we did something to reduce pollution.
D. As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.
解析 此题考查中心归纳。作者通过剖析环境污染产生的原因,及预测它对人类生活的危害,从而展示了此问题的严重性。因此,最后呼吁人们降低环境污染。
答案C
D
In many countries today, laws protect wild life. In India ,the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.
About 300 B.C. an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of tame beasts was carefully supervised(监督). Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut trees, burn wood for charcoal, or catch animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were caught or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.
The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand species(物种)of animals are in danger of extinction(dying out), and the rate at which they are being destroyed has increased. With mammals(哺乳动物),for instance, the rate of extinction is now about one species every year: from 1 A.D. to 1800, the rate was about one species every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of protection wildlife while caring for the world’s growing population.
1.The example of man’s connection with wildlife protection can date back to .
A. the 3rd century B. over 2000 years ago
C. 1 A.D. D. 1800 A.D.
解析 此题考查推理判断能力。由文章第二段得知,一位印度作家是在公元前300年左右写了一篇关于保护野生生物的文章。故推断此文应追溯到2000年前。
答案B
2.In forests of ancient India .
A. people were permitted to hunt for fur
B. only tigers could be killed
C. the killing of tame beasts was strictly limited
D. no killing of beasts was allowed
解析 此题考查细节事实。由文章第二段可知,在狩猎活动中对野兽的捕杀受到了严格限制。
答案C
3.Dangerous animals were caught or killed outside the park .
A. so as to keep human visitors sage
B. in order not to frighten other animals
C. both A and B
D. none of the above
答案B
4.From the passage we can infer that .
A. the growth of the world’s population means greater danger to wildlife.
B. about a thousand species are in danger of extinction
C. the rate of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from 1 A.D. to 1800
D. hunting animals is forbidden everywhere
解析 此题考查综合分析、判断能力。纵观全文,大约有1000种动物濒临灭亡边缘;哺乳动物的灭绝率急剧上升;狩猎虽未完全被禁止,但也不了严格的限制,用排除方法,可知世界人口的增长增大了对野生生物的威胁。
答案A
C
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we ware polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.
Everyone realized today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. How ever, in most countries waste products ate still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the would continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.
1.Today, we have o think about the problem of our environment, because .
A. things are getting worse and worse
B. the limited natural resources are being used up too quickly
C. the environment is continuing to be polluted by too much waste and poison.
D. if we care nothing about the protection of the environment no human beings will exist on earth
解析 该题考查段落大意,由前二段得知,环境的恶化问题已严重影响人类的生存,由此可知答案。
答案D
2.If we .the natural resources can be used longer.
A. use them as little as possible
B. use them properly and pay attention to the recycle
C. make full use of them
D. learn to recycle them
答案B
3.Which of the following statements in Not true?
A. If we eat more vegetables, more food can be saved.
B. In the past, there was no need for us to think about the environmental protection.
C. If we keep on cutting down trees, forests will disappear, and nothing will grow on land.
D. We should not take more and more fish out of the sea, or there will some be no fish left.
解析 该题考查综合判断分析能力。由文章内容得知,随着人类文明的发展,环境保护变得日益重要;如果不停地伐树,森林就会消失;如不停止大量捕鱼,鱼类就会灭绝;我们应多吃蔬菜而少吃肉,由此可知答案。
答案A
4.In order to slow the increase of the world population, .
A. we should encourage the young people to marry later.
B. we should encourage the married to use modern methods of birth control
C. we should let the people have more education
D. both A and B
答案D
5.According to the passage, the most important thing we must understand is that .
A. we should deep our environment from being polluted
B. we must make enough laws to protect our natural resources
C. man will destroy himself if he doesn’t solve the problems mentioned in the passage
D. we will have no enough food if the population of the world countries rises at the present rate.
解析 该题考查主旨大意,纵观全文,作者的写作目的在于呼吁人类重视环境,由此有知答案。
答案C
D
Save the Animals
Animals are natural resources(资源)that people have wasted all through our history.
Animals have been killed for their for and feathers(羽毛), for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.
Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.
Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance (平衡)of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create(产生)many problems.
For example, when farmers killed large numbers of haws (鹰),the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers the rats and mice multiplied(繁殖)quickly.
Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.
Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid(禁止)the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.
1.Animals are important to us mainly because .
A. they give us a source of food
B. they are beautiful and lovely
C. they keep the balance of mature
D. they give us a lot of please
解析 该题为语篇概括题,抓住信息句Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.便可推出该题材正确答案为C
答案C
2.What has happened to the animals on the earth?
A. Hundreds of kinds of animals are gone forever.
B. A few kinds of animals have died out.
C. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever.
D. All kinds of animals are in danger.
解析 该题为语意理解题,理解信息句Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever.就可正确选出该题的答案。
答案A
3.Why do people kill animals?
A. They kill animals for something they need.
B. they kill animals to raise some money.
C. Animals destroy their natural resources.
D. Animals create many problems.
答案A
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. People care much about animals because they need them.
B. Once a certain kind of animal is gone forever, there will never by any more.
C. Killing all rats and mice may cause some new problems.
D. People must not kill any animal or plant.
解析 该题为语篇理解题,透彻分析信息句There laws forbid the killing of any animals or plants on the danger list.可看出人们决不能捕杀的是the danger list中的动植物,并不是所有的动植物。
答案D
5.What can we conclude from the fact that quite a few countries have passed laws protecting animals in danger?
A. Every person will know the importance of protecting wild animals.
B. Animals in danger will not be killed any more.
C. The number of some animals in danger will increase.
D. Animals in danger will be kept away from people.
解析 该题材为句意理解题。理解信息句Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.就能得出该题材的正确答案为C
答案C
E
Farmer Ed Rawlings smiles as he looks at his orange trees. The young oranges are growing well in Florida’s weather. Warm sunshine and gentle rains, along with Ed Rawlings’ expert care, will produce a good crop of oranges this year.
But Ed has to fight against Florida’s changeable winter weather. In January and February, temperatures can destroy Ed’s entire orange crop. Having farmed in Florida for the past35 years, Ed Rawlings is prepared for the frosts(霜). When temperatures drop below freezing, Ed tries to save his crop by watering his orange trees. The water freezes and forms a thin layer(层) of ice on the trees. Strange as it may sound, this thin layer of ice actually keeps the fruit warm.
What happens is simple. When the trees are watered, the water loses heat and becomes ice. The warmth of the heat it loses is sucked in by the fruit and keeps its temperature at a safe level. Ed Rawlings has effectively used this method(方法)to save many orange crops.
But Ed still faces some difficulties. The trees should be watered at the exact moment the temperature drops to the freezing point. Also, just the right quantity of water must be used. Too much water can form a thick layer of ice that will break the trees branches. Another difficulty is that wind blows away the heat. So Ed has to worry about not only when buy also how often his trees should be watered and how much water should be used.
Computer technology may help Ed Rawlings with some of these worries. With equipment, air and soil temperatures and wind speed can be measured. The computer can correctly decide the quantity of water to be used and how frequently the trees should be watered. Ed Rawlings will find looking after his orange trees a lot easier with the help of a computer, and we’ll all have the benefits (or advantages) of computer age orange.
1.The passage is mainly about .
A. a farmer’s expert care for his orange trees
B. the different uses of computers
C. growing oranges in Florida’s changeable weather
D. different ways of frost protection
解析 本题考查文章的主旨大意。文章第一段讲到Rawlings看着长势良好的橘树笑了,那是适宜的天气情况和他的专业性的呵护的结果。第二、三、四段说明他对橘树的精心培育。最后一段说明电脑将有助于他对橘树的照管。因此,通篇围绕一个中心:Rawlings对橘树的精心护理。
答案A
2.In the writer’s eyes, computers
A. are too expensive for small farmers
B. can be a valuable tool for the farmer
C. can be used to help oranges grow bigger
D. cannot take the place of the farmer’s experience and judgement
解析 本题考查作者的观点。最后一段第一句话 “Computer technology may help Ed Rawlings with some of these worries”为本段的主题句。意为:电脑技术会帮助Rawlings解决一些困难,所以选B。
答案B
3.Which of the following is NOT NECESSARY for Ed Rawlings to do?
A. He should water the orange trees as soon as the temperature drops to the freezing point.
B. He should decide the quantity of water for the orange trees.
C. He has to water the orange trees more often in January and February.
D. He has to judge how often he should water the orange trees.
解析 A、B两项分别是第四段二、三句话。D项为第四段最后一句话。而C项关于气候在第二段中只说要根据气候的情况确定浇水情况,而并非要比其他时间浇水次数多。
答案C
4.According to the passage, the computer technology can .
A. get rid of the need for frost protection
B. help the farmer get a better harvest
C. tell the farmer why outdoor temperature changes
D. prevent the temperature from dropping to the freezing point
解析 文章最后一段可知:在电脑的帮助Rawlings解决一些难题。在电脑的帮助下,照管橘树更加方便了。因此,电脑可以帮助农场主有一个好收成。
答案B
1.4 短文改错
There must be a great many of people who didn’t 1.
go to university, even if they want to ,since they 2.
couldn’t afford the time off work; they had their family 3.
to support or, if they were women, they have to stay 4.
at home in order to look after their children 5.
As the opening of the Open University in January, 6.
1971, people in Britain are now able to take university 7.
degree despite(尽管)these difficulty, for the courses 8.
are specially designing so that you can study at home 9.
In this way many people’s dreams have come in true. 10.
答案
1.去掉of 2.want转化为wanted
3.family转化为families 4.have转化为had
5.√ 6.As转化为with
7.take后加a 8.difficulty转化为difficulties
9.designing转化为designed 10.去掉into
1.5 书面表达
Lance Chapman是一位来自奥利严堪培拉(Canberra)Keleen High School的校长。他到你校参观,想和一些学生进行座谈。现由你主持座谈会,代表(on behalf of)在座的同学用英语致欢迎辞,欢迎辞须包含以下几点:
1.对来访的客人表示欢迎。
2.Lance Chapman来自Keleen High School;中学校长;教育、教学经验丰富。该校是一所国际学校,招收(enroll)各国学生,特别欢迎来自中国的学生。本次来访,主要想了解中国中学生英语学习情况及有关课程的开设情况。
3.请大家畅所欲言,并请Mr Lance Chapman讲话.
注意:
1.需将要点讲清楚,可适当增加有关细节,不要逐条翻译说明。
2.词数100左右。
3.开头已给出,不计人总词数。
Hello, everybody. It gives us great pleasure to get together with our guest from Australia…
参考答案
Hello, everybody. It gives us great pleasure go get together with out guest from Australia Please allow me on behalf of all the students present here, to express our warm welcome to Mr. Lance Chapman. Mr. Lance Chapman is a headmaster with much education and teaching experience from the international keleen High School in Canberra, which enrolls overseas students from China are especially welcome. He is going to have a talk with us so that he can learn how we Chinese students study English. He also wants to know something about subjects we study at school. I think it is a good chance for us to learn from him. If you have any questions in learning English, please feel free to ask him for help. Now let’s welcome Mr. Lance Chapman to make a a speech to us.