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1、 A. about B. at C. off D. around（ ）5. _ long we understand it well, everything will be easy. A. As/ much B. As/as C. much/much D. As/so（ ）6. The committee consists ten people. A. of B. in C. round D. on （ ）7. She was unaware peoples disdain to her inappropriate behaviour. A. in B. on C. of D. at（ ）8

2、. Chinese people like to shake hands their friends very often. A. on B. at C. in D. with （ ）9. He forced his ideas _ the group. A. off B. around C. at D. on（ ）10. The facts that are to this question will be examined. A. relate B. relation C. relative D. related） Fill in the blanks with appropriate w

3、ords or expressions from the list given below. Change the form if necessary. （1 point, 10%）partially sink prejudice responsibility employresign manage follow capable poison1. The asked the employee to introduce himself.2. He is not of learning German in six months.3. The chemical companies are our r

4、ivers with effluent.4. The of his wife was a great blow to him.5. She her direction ship and left the firm. 6. Could you answer this question fully or ?7. He demanded, with some , that he should be given an opportunity to express his views.8. If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be

5、 motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually .9. No one needs to feel awkward in his own customs.10. Can you to finish that before Monday?. Grammar （30%）（ ） 1. you be happy! A. May B. Can C. Must D. Would（ ） 2. Where wait for you? A. do you want B. will I C. sha

6、ll I D. would you hope me to （ ） 3.Since the bus is crowded, we , A. had better walk to home B. have better walk home C. had better walk home D. had better to walk home（ ） 4.As I have nothing to do now, I as well go with you. A. should B. would C. could D. might （ ） 5. You pay the money, but you do

7、so at once. A. neednt/ must B. need/ need C. must/ must D. must/ neednt （ ）6. The door tomorrow will get dry the day after tomorrow. A. painted B. to be painted C. being painted D. to paint（ ）7. with the lecture, he slipped out of the classrooms. A. Boring B. Bored C. To be bored D. To bore（ ）8. The

8、 thief got off the bus . A. unnoticing B. being unnoticed C. to be unnoticed D. unnoticed（ ） 9. Susan and I can go to the lecture . A. but neither can Charles B. and so Charles can C. but Charles cant D. can Charles can also （ ）10. Heres a bowl for you . A. breaking eggs B. breaking eggs in C. to br

9、eak eggs D. to break eggs in ） Complete the sentences with the appreciate form of the words in the brackets （2 points, 20%）1. I refuse to make children hard. （work）2. We need another copy of the contract. （sign）3. We persuaded him the experiment again. （try）4. I took a couple of rooms with a Vincent

10、 Square. （furnish）5. He has allowed me this instrument. （repair）6. One should be careful with guns. （load）7. There is a breeze on the porch. （refresh）8. The teacher warned the pupil late again. （be）9. You have a invitation to come with us at any time. （stand）10. You will notice the colour gradually.

11、 （change）. Reading Comprehension （2 points, 30%）Passage 1Scientists in the 1950s proclaimed the robot the brainwave of the futureit would free housewives of drudgery and fill factories with a tireless work force. But in many ways, the brainwave has been a washout.Robots can paint cars, salvage nucle

12、ar fuel and even assist in brain surgery, but theyre still pretty dumb. Mr. Reddy says robots are dumb “because we havent taken the trouble to put the pieces together, not because we dont know how. That takes money and time and effort, and we dont have the money.”But today robots can recognize forms

13、 and shapes and measure distances. They can hear and speak by using computers that recognize thousands of words. Their sensors can detect smoke or fumes. They can move abut rolling on wheels or walk with as many as eight legs like a spider on uneven terrain. In addition, they can recognize texture a

14、nd the force of a movement, such as pressing.Many robots have one or two of these abilities to some degree, but creating a competent robot that combines most or all of them has been difficult. Scientists have also found it difficult to match human abilities that most people take for granted, such as

15、 the fingers dexterity or the ability to identify objects.“The list of things that robots can do better than humans is much, much shorter than the list of things robots cannot,” says Tom Smith, co-director of the Cambridge Mellon Institute.1. Which of the following best expresses the idea of the pas

16、sage?A. Robots still have a long way to goB. What can robots do today?C. How to improve the abilities of robots.D. Difficulties in creating a competent robots2. In the 50s scientists predicted that robots .A. would have brainsB. would replace workers in factories.C. would be able to salvage nuclear

17、fuelD. would be pretty dumb3. The present state of robots is due to .A. scientists inability to create a competent robotB. shortage of money and timeC. inadequate technical know-howD. the trouble in putting together a robot4. Which of the following abilities is NOT possessed by robots ?A. Identifyin

18、g objects.B. Sense of smellC. Moving on flat floorD. Recognizing things.5. When the author says robots are still dumb he means .A. robots have not yet possessed sense of touch.B. robots still cannot read.C. there are still many things robots cannot do D. humans are no match for robotsPassage 2 To ma

19、ny web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of communicating, capturing prey, meeting mates and protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is like a man marooned on an island of solid rock, totally out of touch

20、 and destined to starve to death.So vital is the web to an orb-web spiders survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the starving spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets scrawnier, it constructs a wider-meshed w

21、eb using fewer strands. Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider.The spider conserves energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and re-uses it to manufacture new silk. In studies with radioactively labele

22、d materials, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next days web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down.Scientists are impressed by the adaptability of the spiders highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for it

23、s size than the brain of any other invertebrate. If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed, the spider simply retraces its steps to see where the web is left off the then finishes building a normal web. One spider will even finish building the incomplete web of

24、 another.6. A title that would best express the main idea of the passage would be . A. Secrets of Spiders. B. Secrets of the WebC. Secrets of Nature D. A New Discovery of Scientists7. According to the passage which of the following statements is true?A. All web-building spiders are blindB. Most spid

25、ers are blindC. Only a small part of web-building spiders can see.D. All spiders can weave webs.8. Without its web a web-building spider would NOT be able to .A. walk quickly B. see the prey clearly C. conserve its energy D. survive9. A spider conserves its energy .A. because it constructs new webs

26、dailyB. as it walks over the strands it laysC. by eating its own web protein and then re-using it in the new webD. by eating only in the evening10. That a spider is able to finish an incomplete web of another proves that .A. a spider re-uses its web energy to reproduce new silkB. spiders have a high

27、ly preprogrammed brainC. the web is everything to a spiderD. a spider is able to remedy a destroyed web.Passage 3The speaker made the point that, although there were many good reasons in favour of equality for women in all spheres, and particularly perhaps in the sphere of political activity where t

28、hey needed a voice, and above all needed to be able to influence others on their behalf, there were reasons against this as matters regardless of how far they seemed to be in the interests government and leaving aside the question of the popularity or otherwise of the popularity or otherwise of the

29、move, could be more important than the liberty of a large section of the population of what was a so-called “free” country. He replied that he had repeated before that the moral issue was a clear one; however, emotional appeals and the use of words like “freedom” and “justice” avoided the most pract

30、ical aspect of the affair. No government in its senses however enlightened its leader, however large its majority, however secure in the favor of the people was going to be able to introduce a motion such as “Votes for Women” without considerable controversy flaring up. How much less were they going to be able to introduce it with a government on the brink of falling, the nation on the edge of war and the country radically opposed to any move which would seem t