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1、A. up-to-dateB. updateC. up toD. outdated4. A Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted _ murder,despite protests from various quarters that her guilt had not been adequatelyestablished.A. ofB. withC. aboutD. on5. _ from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his

2、 ownpoint of view voluntary playA. ThatB. WhatC. WhichD. Who6. It was there, police believe, that Weinstein was able to _ the recordershe kept in her bag.A. actB. actingC. activateD. activeC7. The voters were _ largely by a desire for change.A. motionedB. motored C. motivatedD. motived8. He was to _

3、 director.A. accelerated B. lifted C. raisedD. promotedD9. If thalidomide were invented today, it would never be _ for human usebecause new tests on pregnant animals would reveal the dangers.A. relaxedB. releasedC. relievedD. relived10. The main bread winner in her family, she _ work for a very low

4、wage at atea factory.A. used toB. was used toC. uses toD. has used to二、Cloze Test（10 points,1 point for each item）下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1. About 150 years ago, a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He wasplaying his new symphony. He couldnt 1 that the audience we

5、re clapping wildly. Hewas deaf. He was Beethoven, one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.Beethoven wrote about 300 2 of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful piecesafter he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for amusician than for 3 else. Think of not bein

6、g able to hear the music you havewritten!As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank 4. When the boy wasonly four, his father decided to make a musician 5 him. Hour after hour he had topractice 6 the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tourwhen he was e

7、leven. When he was seventeen, the great Mozart praised him. After hestudied with Haydn, Beethoven was writing a great deal of music 7.Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited 8 the homes ofwealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him becomedea

8、f when he was 9 thirtyone.Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones, gentle ones and 10 ones.（1）.（A）. hear（B）. listen（C）. listen to（D）. hear of（2）.（A）. tunes（B）. pieces（C）. songs（D）. tones（3）.（A）. anyone（B）. everyone（C）. nobody（D）. everybody（4）.（A）. a great many（B）. a great deal（C）. a lot of（D）. lo

9、ts of（5）.（A）. on（B）. out of（C）. of（D）. with（6）.（7）.（A）. lonely（B）. himself（D）. only（8）.（B）. for（C）. to（D）. into（9）.（A）. simply（B）. surely（10）.（A）. exciting（B）. excited（C）. boring（D）. bored三、Reading Comprehension（30 points，2 points for each item）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，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。1. Human fe

10、elings are affected by colour unconsciously. Manufacturers havediscovered by trial and error that sugar sells badly in green wrappings, that bluefoods are considered by consumers as tasteless, and that cosmetics should never bepackaged in brown. These discoveries have grown into a whole discipline o

11、f colourpsychology. Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue is thecolour of the night sky and therefore associated with quiet and calm: White yellowis a key colour in association with energy. For primitive men, activity during theday time meant hunting and attacking, which he so

12、on saw red, the colour of blood andthe fire. So it was natural that green, the complementary colour to red, should beassociated with passive defence. Experiments have shown that colours also have adirect psychological effect. People when exposed to bright red, show an increase inbreathing rate, hear

13、t beat and blood pressure. Red is exciting. Similar exposure topure blue has exactly the opposite effect, because it is a calming colour. Becausered has an implication of exciting, it was chosen as the signal for danger. Someanalysis shows that a vivid yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm.

14、 So fireengines and ambulances in some advanced countries are now rushing around in brightyellow colours that stop traffic deed.（1）. The passage is about _.（A）. why colour affects humans（B）. colour and manufacturers（C）. colour and traffic accidents（D）. how colours influence human feelings（2）. Manufa

15、cturers have discovered the secret of colours in marketing _.（A）. by accumulating their various experiences（B）. by experimenting with different colours（C）. by developing the discipline of colour psychology（D）. by trying not to make mistakes（3）. Our preferences for certain colours are _.（A）. associat

16、ed with the time of the day（B）. associated with psychology（C）. dependent on our character（D）. linked with the primitive men（4）. If people are exposed to red, which of the following statements does nothappen?（A）. They breathe faster.（B）. Their blood pressure rises.（C）. They feel afraid.（D）. Their hea

17、rts beat faster.（5）. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?（A）. Colour probably has an effect on us which we are not conscious of.（B）. Our feelings about certain colours are purely psychology.（C）. Food should never be packaged in brown.（D）. Sugar sells badly in green wrappings.2. The sea is the common

18、property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. Nonecan appropriate it exclusively to themselves; nor is it “foreign”to any. This wasthe decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.It was stated as a fundamental rule the sea that no one, and therefore everyone

19、,owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters （ the waters within threemiles of a countrys coast）, the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime andwhatever the strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime. After the United Statespurchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadian

20、s who were hunting seals outsideAlaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals were Americanproperty because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the UnitedStates. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases,however, the special rights of a n

21、ation that makes use of an opensea area arerecognized.All of the seas rules of the road are established by international conferences andtreaties.（1）. The fundamental rule of the sea means that _.（A）. the sea should be equally divided among all the nations in the world（B）. any area of the sea belongs

22、 to the nation closest to it（C）. no nation has any sea rights（D）. no nation has exclusive right to the open sea（2）. The Americans claim to the seals was based on _.（A）. the idea that the seals coming to American shores were American property（B）. the idea that they were international arbitrators（C）.

23、the fact that the United States had purchased all the waters off Alaska（D）. the fact that the United States had special rights for opensea areas（3）. International arbitrators decided that _.（A）. International arbitrators decided that.（B）. the Canadians could hunt the seals outside Alaska territorial

24、 waters（C）. the United States could claim the seals as its property（D）. the Americans could not hunt the seals（4）. In peacetime, nations may acquire special rights on open waters by _.（A）. an agreement with the strongest naval powers（B）. the decisions of international arbitrators（C）. international a

25、greements（D）. negotiations with those who own the areas（5）. The main idea of this passage is that _.（A）. the law of the sea was stated by John Marshall（B）. some nations are able to acquire special open sea rights（C）. every nation owns its territorial waters（D）. the laws of the sea are established by

26、 international agreement3. Homing pigeons are placed in a training program from about the time they aretwentyeight days of age. They are taught to enter the cage through a trap and toexercise above and around the loft（鸽房）, and gradually they are taken away forshort distances in willow baskets and re

27、leased. They are then expected to find theirway home in the shortest possible time.In their training flights or in actual races, the birds are taken to prearrangeddistant points and released to find their way back to their own lofts. Once thebirds are liberated, their owners, who are standing by at

28、the home lofts, anxiouslywatch the sky for the return of their entries. Since time is of the essence, thespeed with which the birds can be induced to enter the loft trap may make thedifference between gaining a win or a second place.The head of a homing pigeon is comparatively small, but its brain is one quarterlarger than that of the ordinary pigeon. The homing pigeon is very intelligent andwill persevere to the point of stubbornness; some have been known to fly a