1、AsharingBusingCdenyingDdeveloping4Weve seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issuesAclearBregularCquickDgreat5.Her father was a quiet man with graceful mannersApoliteBsimilarCusualDbad6.I want to provide my boys with a decent educationAgoodBspecialCprivateDgeneral7In the process,the ligh
2、t energy converts to heat energyAchangesBreducesCleavesDdrops8Many cities have restrictedsmoking in public placesAlimitedBallowedCstoppedDkept9 What are my chances of promotionif I stay here?AretirementBadvertisementCadvancementDreplacement10If we leave now,we should miss the trafficAdirectBstopCmix
3、Davoid11There was a profound silence after his remarkAproudBshortCsuddenDdeep12I enjoyed the play it had a clever plot and funnydialoguesAlongBboringCoriginalDhumorous13The thief was finally captured two miles away from the villageAcaughtBkilledCfoundDjailed14Such a database would be extremely costl
4、y to set upAtransferBdestroyCestablishDupdate15The two banks have announced plans to mergenext yearAcombineBsellCcloseDbreak 第2部分:阅读判断(第1622题,每题1分,共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断:如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及,请选择C。A Great Quake Coming?Everyone who lives in San Francisco knows
5、 that earthquakes are common in the bay area and they can be devastatingIn 1906,for example,a major quake destroyed about 28,000 buildings and killed hundreds,perhaps thousands of peopleResidents now wonder when the nextBig Onewill strikeIts bound to happen somedayAt least seven active fault(断层)line
6、s run through the San Francisco areaFaults are places where pieces of Earths crust(地壳)slide past each otherWhen these pieces slip,the ground shakesTo prepare for that day, scientists are using new techniques to reanalyze the 1906 earthquake and predict how bad the damage might be when the next one h
7、appensOne new finding about the 1906 earthquake is that the San Andreas fault split apart faster than scientists had assumed at the timeDuring small earthquakes,faults rupture(断裂)at about 2.7 kilometers per secondDuring bigger quakes,however,ruptures can happen at rates faster than 3.5 kilometers pe
8、r secondAt such high speedsmassive amounts of pressure build up,generating underground waves that can cause more damage than the quake itselfLucky for San Francisco,these pressure pulses(脉冲)travel away from the city during the 1906 eventAs bad as the damage was,it could have been far worseLooking ah
9、ead,scientists are trying to predict when the next major quake will occurRecords show that earthquakes were common before 1906Since then,the earthquake has been relatively quietPatterns in the data,however,suggest that the probability of a major earthquake striking the Bay Area before 2032 is at lea
10、st 62 percentNew buildings in San Francisco are quite safe in case of future quakesStill,more than 84 per-cent of the citys buildings are old and weakAnalyses suggest that another massive earthquake would cause extensive damagePeople who live there tend to feel safe because San Francisco has remaine
11、d pretty quiet for a whileAccording to the new reseaych,however,its not a matter ofif the Big One will hitIts just a matter of when16The San Francisco area is located above several active fault linesARightBWrongCNot mentioned17The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is the most severe one in American h
12、istory18The highest speed of fault ruptures in the 1906 quake was more than 3.5 kilometers per second.19Earthquakes rarely happened before 190620San Francisco is fully prepared for another big earthquake21Scientist will be able to predict the exact time of an earthquake soon22A major earthquake stri
13、king San Francisco someday is inevitable第3部分:概括大意与完成句子(第2330题,每题1分,共8分)下面的短文后有2项测试任务:(1)第23-26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第25段每段选择1个最佳标题;(2)第2730题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。Natural GasNatural gas is produced from reservoirs deep beneath the earths surfaceIt is a fossil fuel,meaning that it is derived from organic ma
14、terial buried in the earth millions of years ago.The main component of natural gas is methane(甲烷).The popularity and use of clean natural gas has increased dramatically over the past 50 years as Dipeline infrastructure(基础设施)has been installed to deliver it conveniently and economically to millions o
15、f residential,commercial and industrial customers worldwideToday,natural gas service is available in all 50 states,and is the leading energy choice for fueling American homes and indus-triesMore than 65 million American homes use natural gasIn fact,natural gas is the most eco-nomical source for home
16、 energy needs,costing one-third as much as electricity. In addition to heat-ing homes,much of the gas used in the United States is used as a raw material to manufacture a wide variety of products,from paint,to fibers for clothing,to plastics for healthcare,computing and fur-nishings Natural gas is a
17、lso used in a significant number of new electricity-generating power plants.Natural gas is one of the safest and cleanest fuels available It emits less pollution than other fossil fuelsdioxide(二氧化碳)and water vapor-the same substances emitted when humans ex-haleCompared with some other fossil fuels,n
18、atural gas emits the least amount of carbon dioxide in-to the air when combusted(燃烧)-making natural gas the cleanest burning fossil fuel of allThe industry also is subject to substantial federal regulation in the areas of production and distribution,which help ensure it is provided to consumers safe
19、ly and cleanlyThe United States consumes about one-third of the worlds natural gas output,making it the lar-gest gas consuming region in the worldThe USDepartment of Energys Energy Information Ad-ministration forecasts that natural gas demand will grow by more than 50 percent by 2025.There are huge
20、reserves of natural gas beneath the earths surfaceThe largest reserves of natu-ral gas can be found in Russia,West and North Africa and the Middle EastLNG(液化天然气)has been produced domestically and imported in the United States for more than four decades.To-day,the leading importers of LNG are Japan,K
21、orea,France and Spain.23Paragraph 2_24Paragraph 3_25Paragraph 4_26Paragraph 5_APopularity and use of natural gasBNatural gas reserves and supplyCNatural gas pricesDClean fuel of choiceEDisadvantages of natural gasFNatural gas consumption27Natural gas is stored deep_.28Natural gas is recognized as th
22、e most economical energy source _.29When manufacturing many products,people commonly use natural gas _.30It is estimated that by 2050 that natural gas demand in the United States will increase_.Aover the past 50 yearsBbeneath the earth surfaceCby more than 50 percentDfor more than four decadesEas a
23、raw materialFfor home energy needs第4部分:阅读理解(第31-45题,每题3分,共45分)下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容,为每题确定1个最佳选项。第一篇Walking to Exercise the BrainDo you think sitting and studying all the time will improve your grades?Think againGetting some exercise may help,tooNew research with older people suggests that taking
24、 regular walks helps them pay attention better than if they didnt exercisePrevious research had shown that mice learn,remember,and pay attention better after a few weeks of working out on a running wheelMice that exercise have greater blood flow to the brain than those who dontTheir brain cells also
25、 make more connectionsNeuroscientists from the University at Urbana-Champaign wanted to find out if the same thing is true for peopleFirst,they measured the physical fitness of 41 adults,ages 58 to 77,after each per-son walked 1 mileThen,participants looked at arrows on a computer sczeen and had to
26、use com-puter keys to show which way one particular arrow was pointingAdults who were physically fit were faster at the arrow task,and their answers were just as ac- curate as their less-fit peers,the researchers foundThe fitter participants also had more blood flow to a part of their brain responsi
27、ble for paying attention and making decisionsIn a second study,15 elderly people who completed a 6-month aerobic-training course were fas-ter at attention tasks compared with 14 seniors who just did stretching and toning exercises for the same amount of time考试大论坛So,even going for a walk every 2 or 3
28、 days forjust 10 to 45 minutes can helpThat should be good news for your grandparentsThe effects of exercising on the brains of younger people havent been studied yetStill,it cant hurt to take occasional study breaks and go for a walk or run around with your friendsYou might even do better in schoolWhatever you do,though,dont try to read and walk at the same timeYou could end up hurting yourseff!31Walking regularly helps elderly people_Alose weightBbecome happier
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