1、每小题0.5分,满分10分)从A B C D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处地最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1Im sorry I didnt make it to your party last night. . I know youre busy these days. AOf course BNo kidding CThats all right DDont mention it2Experts think that recently discovered painting may be Picasso. Athe; 不填 Ba; the Ca; 不填 Dthe; a3Bats ar
2、e surprisingly long-lived creatures, some a life span of around 20 years. Ahaving Bhad Chave Dto have4One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away my daughter heard cries for help. Aafter Bwhile Csince Dwhen5I always wanted to do the job which Id been trained . Aon Bfor Cby Dof6The school
3、 isnt the one I really wanted to go to, but I suppose Ill just have to it. Amake the best of Bget away from Ckeep an eye on Dcatch up with7Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as else. Aanything Bsomething Canywhere Dsomewhere8English is a language shared by several diver
4、se cultures, each of uses it somewhat differently. Awhich Bwhat Cthem Dthose9The professor cold tell by the look in Marias eyes that the didnt understand a single word of his lecture. Acold Bblank Cinnocent Dfresh10A bank is the place they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back whe
5、n it begins to rain. Awhen Bthat Cwhere Dthere11Hows your new babysitter? We ask for a better one. All our kids love her so much. Ashould Bmight Cmustnt Dcouldnt12He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of at a hotel for the night. Aputting down Bputting off Cputting on Dputting up13
6、Ive been writing this report for the last two weeks, but it has to be handed in tomorrow. Afinally Bimmediately Coccasionally Dcertainly14Even the best writers sometimes find themselves for words. Alose Blost Cto lose Dhaving lost15The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant in
7、his place but, luckily, everything was going on smoothly. Agave Bgives Cwas giving Dhad given16My schedule is very right now, but Ill try to fit you in. Atight Bshort Cregular Dflexible17Can I come and have a look at your new house? Yes, ! Awith pleasure BI like it CI quite agree Dby all means18Anyw
8、ay, I cant cheat himits against all my . Aemotions Bprinciples Cregulations Dopinions19If they win the final tonight, the team are going to tour around the city by their enthusiastic supporters. Abeing cheered Bbe cheered Cto be cheered Dwere cheered20I dont think Ill be able to go mountain-climbing
9、 tomorrow. ? AAnd how BHow come CHows it going DHow about it第二部分:阅读理解(第一节20小题,第二节5小题;每小题2分,满分50分)阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that bloc
10、ked her pathThats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds Inter, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometer down the railway tracks.Ceelys near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device (导航仪).
11、 She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train,” she told the BBC.Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tel
12、ls Ceelys story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And its not just GPS devices; Stevenson takes us on a tour of
13、 digital disasters involving everyting from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. M
14、aybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signalling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesnt say.Its a problem
15、that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe its also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these f
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