1、考点分析:形容词词义辨析2. Youd better leave things _ if you dont know how to deal with them.A. lonely B. only C. lone D. aloneD,leave alone, 搁置。搞不定的事情先放一边。固定搭配3. The room was quiet,_ the occasional coughing from my throat.A. in case B. except for C. by far D. instead ofB,唯独。房间安静得只剩我偶尔的咳嗽声。介词短语4. So far scienti
2、sts have only acquired _ understanding of the physical processes that cause earthquakes.A. a partial B. a changeable C. an original D. an individualA,局部。地震物质进化论只有部分人支持。形容词5. The profit-sharing plan is designed to _ the staff to work hard.A. calculate B. demonstrate C. speculate D. motivateD,激励。红利共享是
3、为了激励员工卖命工作。动词6. The traffic was held up for more than thirty minutes, _ caused me to arrive late.A. it B. that C. what D. whichD,堵车超过半个钟导致我迟到,which指代堵车的事.非限制性定语从句7. _ he has many friends,he is often feeling lonely.A. As B. When C. While D. Since答案:C8. Poor speaker of English though he was at the tim
4、e,he still managed to make himself _.A. understand B. understood C. understanding D. to understandB9. There are many sales this season,during which stores will lowertheir_ prices.A. normalB. generalC. ordinaryD. usualA10. As for family education,parents are encouraged to rely on_ rather than punishm
5、ent.A. criticismB. intimidationD. scolding二、Cloze Test(10 points, 1 point each)下列短文中有十个空白,每个空白有四个选项,请选择最适合的答案并填在答题卡相应位置。1. Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping 1 he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided 2. He knows what he
6、wants and his objective is to find it and 3 it; the price is a secondary 4. Most men 5 walk into a shop and ask the salesman 6 what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly 7 it, and the business of trying it on proceeds 8. All being well, the 9 can be and often is completed in
7、less than five minutes, with hardly any bargain and to their satisfaction. For a man,slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants,10 does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman,as the name implies,tries to sell the customer something else.(1).(A). although(B
8、). before(C). unless(D). becauseD(2).(A). in advance(B). in addition(C). in contrast(D). in return(3).(A). book(B). order(C). buy(D). take(4).(A). transaction(B). consideration(C). regulation(D). possession(5).(A). simply(B). necessarily(C). reluctantly(D). inevitably(6).(A). of(B). with(C). for(D).
9、 at(7).(A). leaves(B). makes(C). prevents(D). produces(8).(A). at once(B). at first(C). at best(D). at least(9).(A). sale(B). deal(C). payment(D). request(10).(A). and(B). or(C). but(D). as三、Reading Comprehension(30 points, 2 points each)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1. My husband Chri
10、stopher was once a financial planner. Even though he couldnt balance our budget,his clients trusted him completely and he made them feel secure. In exchange they paid him very well. We had a nice life then. At that time,my yoga studio(瑜伽馆)was just starting to make a profit,and I had recently decorat
11、ed it. At last, I was in control of my working life and poured my heart and soul into making it succeed. When we first met,I fell hard for Christopher right away, although I wouldnt call it love. Id never been with a man who was prettier than I was, but after a while I got used to this,and it didnt
12、bother me so much. I was recovering from a broken heart and needed something to help me move on .If it wasnt love, it was good enough,and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chance,knowing that it might be my last. Things started out so well. I was working steadily and Christopher was pati
13、ently climbing up the ladder in his department. Then,without any warning,one gray winter afternoon in year five,he just upped and left his desk at the bank,handed in his resignation,and came home and told me he wanted to start an interior design business. He has always loved mixing and matching,and
14、has a real eye for color, texture,andshape,but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasnt something we had everdiscussed. I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he wouldtake a few months off over the spring and summer to relax and get the idea out of his system. I d
15、idnt believe he could be serious. But once he had a few clients,he began to draw up plans,ordering catalogues and turning our empty workshop into a kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall. After spending a lot of time and money on all of this preparation,and really doing
16、 quite a nice job of it,he called each client in turn and apologized,saying he wouldnt be able to design their living spaces after all.(1). As a financial planner, Christopher.(A). paid his clients very well(B). was trusted by his clients(C). was making his yoga studio profitable(D). could make his
17、familys budget balanced(2). The woman in the passage.(A). fell in love with Christopher at first sight(B). managed a yoga studio with her husband(C). felt really uncomfortable with a smart man(D). married Christopher because of a broken heart(3). His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job be
18、cause he.(A). couldnt wait to get promoted(B). had experience in interior design(C). wanted to do something he enjoyed(D). couldnt bear the pressure from his job(4). The woman her husbands decision.(A). was supportive of(B). was indifferent to(C). was satisfied with(D). was negative about(5). It can
19、 be inferred from the last paragraph that Christopher.(A). was more likely to change his mind(B). would return to his office in the bank(C). made a big success in interior design(D). was not well prepared for his business2. In a quiet,darkened lecture room,you begin a frustrating fight against fatig
20、ue. The overhead projector hums,and you cannot concentrate on the slides. You stop absorbing information and become absent minded. The professor lost you a long time ago. You are bored. Virtually everyone gets bored once in a while. Most of us chalk it up to a dull environment. “The most common way
21、to define boredom in Western culture is havingnothing to do,”says psychologist Stephen Vodanovich of the University of West Florida. And indeed,early research into the effects of boredom focused on people forced to perform dull tasks,such as working a factory assembly line. But boredom is not merely
22、 a natural property of the circumstances, researchers say. Rather this perception is subjective and rooted in aspects of consciousness. Levels of boredom vary among people:some individuals are far less liable to boredom than othersand some,such as extroverts(性格外向者),are more likely to have this feeli
23、ng. Thus,a new generation of scientists is coping with the psychological interpretations of this most tedious of human emotionsand they have found that it is more complicated than is commonly known. Researchers say that boredom is not a unified concept but rather comes in several flavors. Level of a
24、ttention, an aspect of conscious awareness,plays an important role in boredom,such that improving a persons ability to focus may therefore decrease boredom. Emotional factors can also contribute to boredom. People who are poor in understanding their own feelings and those who become sucked in and di
25、stracted by their moods are more easily bored,for example. Staying away from tedium is not easy. People who are liable to boredom are more likely to suffer from ills such as depression and drug addiction;they also tend to be socially awkward and poor performers at school or work.(1). The purpose of
26、the first paragraph is to.(A). illustrate why people are less able to focus(B). show how boring a lecture in a dark room is(C). tell people how fatigue affects concentration(D). describe a situation where people can get bored(2). It can be concluded from Para. 2 that.(A). doing nothing leads people
27、to get bored easily(B). western people pay little attention to boredom(C). boredom only affects the assembly line worker(D). people are liable to get bored in a dull situation(3). Researchers hold that boredom results from.(A). natural surroundings(B). various kinds of factors(C). sensitive personal
28、ities(D). subjective perceptions(4). Improvement of peoples ability to focus may.(A). affect their moods(B). distract their minds(C). reduce their boredom(D). increase their depression(5). The passage mainly involves.(A). effects of boredom on peoples life and work(B). various ways to conquer the fe
29、eling of boredom(C). studies of possible reasons why people get bored(D). the importance of scientific research into boredom3. Storytelling is one of the few human features that are truly universal across culture and through all of known history. Anthropologists find evidence of folktales everywhere in ancient cultures,written in Sanskrit,Latin, Greek, Chinese,Egyptian and Sumerian. People in societies of all
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