一 背景篇
A
詞數(shù)：344 閱讀時(shí)間：
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said the phone . Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4∶00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2: The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.
Point 3: The mobile removes our secret. It allows Marketing Manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4: The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “ We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near - but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks !”
Point 5 : The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously on chat lines（at least my daughter does. I wouldn't know what to talk about）. We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts （ if you know any） while they’re space walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access the Internet, the biggest library on earth.
Think and answer:
1．How do you understand“ Point l: The telephone creates the need to communicate, …” ?
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2．What’s people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
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3．What does he underlined word“ simultaneously” most probably mean?
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參考答案：
1. People communicate more since the telephone has been created.
2. Mobile phones bring convenience to people.
3. at the same time
B
詞數(shù)：361 閱讀時(shí)間：
For some time past, it has been widely accepted that babies and other creature - learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”, and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early time, had to be directly connected to such basic physiological“drives”as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except success in sight.
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to“reward”the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements , such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children’s responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement“ turned on” some lights - and indeed that they were able to learn some more turns to bring about this result, for example, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.
Papousek’s light experiment was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the light closely although they would“ smile and speak” when the light was on. Papousek concluded that it was not the sight of the lights which pleased them. It was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and then there is a basic human nature to make sense of the world and bring it under control.
Think and answer:
1． What do babies learn to do according to the writer?
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2．What did Paponsek notice in his studies？
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3． Why do babies make learned movements of the head in Papousek’s experiment?
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4．Why would the babies“smile and speak”at the lights?
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參考答案：
1. What babies learn to do is to bring them a feeling of success
2. A baby would continue the simple movements without being given milk
3. Because they would like to have the lights turned on
4. Because they succeeded in“turning on”the lights
二 樂趣篇
A
詞數(shù)：254 閱讀時(shí)間：
To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, or listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone’s life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot (情節(jié)), and the greatest interests , be as exciting or dramatic (戲劇性)? I’m not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning –the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life too-in the rhythm(旋律) of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
It is well said, “Through music a child enters a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”
Think and answer:
1. What does the writer say more about in the passage?
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2. From the text , what do you think many people don’t realize?
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3. In the writer’s opinion , what would happen if there were no music in films of TV plays?
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4. What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?
參考答案：
1. Importance of music
2. Many people don’t realize the importance of music
3. We would lose some of the audience
4. Singing
B
詞數(shù)：675 閱讀時(shí)間：
A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess（女家庭教師）Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ”I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”
“Forty.”
“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”
“Two months and five days.”
“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.
“Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct？”
Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but - still not a word.
“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect （疏忽）, Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”
“You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.
“But I made a note of it.”
“Well... if you say so.”
“Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”
Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!
“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”
“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is !”
I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.
“Merci （法語: 謝謝）,”she whispered.
I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.
“For the money. ”
“But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you ! I have actually stolen from you ! Why this‘merci’？”
“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”
“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless （懦弱）?Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws（爪）-to be such a fool?”
Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”
I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world !”
Think and answer:
1．Why did the writer ask his son’s governess Julia to enter his study?
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2．What shocked the writer at last?
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3. By saying“Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?”what does the writer imply ?
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4．What did the writer want to show by saying“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”at the end of the story?
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5．From the story, what do you think about Julia?
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參考答案：
1.The writer settle their accounts.
2. Julia’s acceptance of injustice
3. He was actually telling the governess to protect her right
4. He wanted to show his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited
5. She is too weak to protect herself at all.
C
詞數(shù)：388 閱讀時(shí)間：
“Mummy, I don’t know what to play with. ”Steve interrupts his mother, who is talking to a friend, for the fourth time. “You’ve got a room full of toys!” his mother says, impatiently, In fact it is the jumble (雜亂的一堆) of toys which is to blame for four - year - old Steve's lack of interest in his dolls, cars and stuffed （packed）animals. Each morning he tips out three washing baskets of toys all over his floor, listlessly pulls out something and shortly after is standing at his mother’s desk or following her into the kitchen saying: “Mummy, I am bored.”
A family therapist（心理醫(yī)生）explains why children lose interest when they have a whole “toy shop”at home : “According to their brain development, little children are not in a position to judge the quality of a variety of things at once. There is always just one favorite toy for the moment. All the rest is left lying about.”What can parents do to stop their children from being oversupplied with toys? Under no conditions simply make something disappear without the child’s knowledge. If he/she takes no more notice of a toy, a parent can ask if it can be stored or given away. Be warned though the child will help. Lyn is the mother of four - year - old Jessie, and friends may also small set of shelves in her child’s room holds the toys and books that are the current（at present）favorites. When it seems to her that her daughter is tired from a cupboard in another room. The box of “old” toys goes into the cupboard. When her child says she is “bored”, they also get something from her cupboard-it may be something she has had for some time but because she hasn’t seen it for a while it is almost like a new toy.
Some favorite toys stay out all the time, and there is collection of dolls which sits in the comer, but in this way Lyn has found that she has fewer toys to put away at the end of the day and her daughter always has something“fresh”to play with.
Think and answer:
Main idea_____________________________________________________________________
Useful words__________________________________________________________________
Useful phrases_________________________________________________________________
The sentence I like best__________________________________________________________
D 美文欣賞
詞數(shù)：684 閱讀時(shí)間：
Mother & Child
It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town in Ohio where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly anticipated the great day of gifts giving.
A tree covered with tinsel and gaudy paper chains graced one corner. In another rested a manger scene produced from cardboard and poster paints by chubby, and sometimes grubby, hands. Someone had brought a doll and placed it on the straw in the cardboard box that served as the manger. It didn't matter that you could pull a string and hear the blue-eyed, golden-haired dolly say, "My name is Susie." "But Jesus was a boy baby!" one of the boys proclaimed. Nonetheless, Susie stayed.
Each day the children produced some new wonder -- strings of popcorn, hand-made trinkets, and German bells made from wallpaper samples, which we hung from the ceiling. Through it all she remained aloof, watching from afar, seemingly miles away. I wondered what would happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now so suddenly withdrawn. I hoped the festivities would appeal to her. But nothing did. We made cards and gifts for mothers and dads, for sisters and brothers, for grandparents, and for each other. At home the students made the popular fried marbles and vied with one another to bring in the prettiest ones. " You put them in a hot frying pan, Teacher. And you let them get real hot, and then you watch what happens inside. But you don't fry them too long or they break. "So, as my gift to them, I made each of my students a little pouch for carrying their fried marbles. And I knew they had each made something for me: bookmarks carefully cut, colored, and sometimes pasted together; cards and special drawings; liquid embroidery doilies, hand-fringed, of course.
The day of gift-giving finally came. We oohed and aahed over our handiwork as the presents were exchanged. Through it all, she sat quietly watching. I had made a special pouch for her, red and green with white lace. I wanted very much to see her smile. She opened the package so slowly and carefully. I waited but she turned away. I had not penetrated the wall of isolation she had built around herself.
After school the children left in little groups, chattering about the great day yet to come when long-hoped-for two-wheelers and bright sleds would appear beside their trees at home. She lingered, watching them bundle up and go out the door. I sat down in a child-sized chair to catch my breath, hardly aware of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, unwrapped and slightly soiled, as though it had been held many times by unwashed, childish hands. She said nothing. "For me ?" I asked with a weak smile. She said not a word, but nodded her head. I took the box and gingerly opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble hung from a golden chain. Then I looked into that elderly eight-year-old face and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew -- she had made it for her mother, a mother she would never see again, a mother who would never hold her or brush her hair or share a funny story, a mother who would never again hear her childish joys or sorrows. A mother who had taken her own life just three weeks before.
I held out the chain. She took it in both her hands, reached forward, and secured the simple clasp at the back of my neck. She stepped back then as if to see that all was well. I looked down at the shiny piece of glass and the tarnished golden chain, then back at the giver. I meant it when I whispered," Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. She would have loved it. "Neither of us could stop the tears. She stumbled into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest gift of all: herself.
媽媽與孩子
那是1961年的圣誕節(jié)。我在俄亥俄州的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上教小學(xué)三年級(jí)。班上27個(gè)孩子都在積極參加"禮物贈(zèng)送日"的活動(dòng)。
教室的一角被一棵樹裝點(diǎn)得熠熠生輝，樹上綴滿了金銀絲帛和華麗的彩紙。教室的另一角是一個(gè)涂著海報(bào)油彩由紙板制成的馬槽，這出自孩子們那胖乎乎、臟兮兮的小手。有人帶來了一個(gè)娃娃，把它放在紙板槽里的稻草上(假裝小耶穌)。只要拉拉它身上的一條細(xì)繩，這個(gè)藍(lán)眼睛、金發(fā)的娃娃就會(huì)說道，"我叫蘇西"，不過這都沒有關(guān)系。一個(gè)男孩提出："耶穌可是個(gè)小男孩呀!"不過蘇西還是留了下來。
每天孩子們都會(huì)做點(diǎn)兒新玩意--爆米花串成的細(xì)鏈子、手工做的小裝飾品和墻紙樣做的德國式風(fēng)鈴，我們把這些風(fēng)鈴掛在了天花板上。但自始至終，她都是孤零零地遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)觀望，仿佛是隔了一道幾里長的障礙。我猜想著這個(gè)沉默的孩子發(fā)生了什么事，原來那個(gè)快樂的孩子怎么突然變得沉默寡言起來。我希望節(jié)日的活動(dòng)能吸引她，可還是無濟(jì)于事。我們制作了許多卡片和禮物，準(zhǔn)備把它們送給爸爸媽媽、兄弟姐妹、祖父母和身邊的同學(xué)。學(xué)生們?cè)诩依镒隽水?dāng)時(shí)很流行“油炸"玻璃彈子，并且相互比著，要把最好看的拿來。"老師，把玻璃彈子放在熱油鍋里，讓它們燒熱，然后看看里面的變化。但不要炸得時(shí)間過長否則會(huì)破裂。"所以，我給每個(gè)學(xué)生做了一個(gè)裝"油炸彈子"的小袋作為禮物送給他們。我知道他們每個(gè)人也都為我做了禮物：仔細(xì)剪裁、著色，或已粘集成串的書簽；賀卡和特別繪制的圖片；透明的鑲邊碗碟墊布，當(dāng)然是手工編制的流蘇。
贈(zèng)送禮物的那天終于到了。在交換禮物時(shí)我們?yōu)閷?duì)方親手做的小禮品不停地歡呼叫好。而整個(gè)過程，她只是安靜地坐在那兒看著。我為她做的小袋很特別，紅綠相間還鑲著白邊。我非常想看到她笑一笑。她打開包裝，動(dòng)作又慢又小心。我等待著，但是她卻轉(zhuǎn)過了身。我還是沒能穿過她在自己周圍樹起的高墻，這堵墻將她與大家隔離了開來。
放學(xué)后，學(xué)生們?nèi)齻z倆地離開了，邊走邊說著即將到來的圣誕節(jié)：家中的圣誕樹旁將發(fā)現(xiàn)自己心系已久的自行車和嶄新發(fā)亮的雪橇。她慢慢地走在后面，看著大家擁擠著走出門外。我坐在孩子們的小椅子上稍稍松了口氣，對(duì)要發(fā)生的事沒有一點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)備。這時(shí)她向我走來，雙手拿著一個(gè)白色的盒子向我伸過來。盒子沒有打包裝，稍有些臟。好像是被孩子未洗過的小手摸過了好多遍。她沒有說話。"給我的嗎?"我微微一笑。她沒出聲，只是點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。我接過盒子，非常小心地打開它。盒子里面有一條金色的鏈子，上面墜著一塊閃閃發(fā)光的“油炸"玻璃彈子。然后我看著她的臉，雖只有8歲，可卻是成人的表情。在她深棕色的眼睛里我找到了問題的答案。我在一瞬間明白過來--這是她為媽媽做的項(xiàng)鏈，她再也見不到的媽媽，再也不能抱她、給她梳頭或一起講故事的媽媽。她的媽媽已再也不能分享她充滿童稚的快樂，分擔(dān)她孩子氣的憂傷。就在3個(gè)星期前她的媽媽離開了人世。
我拿起那條鏈子。她用雙手接過它，向前探了探身，在我的脖子后把簡易的項(xiàng)鏈鉤系好。然后她向后退了幾步，好像在看看是否合適。我低下頭看著閃閃發(fā)亮的玻璃珠和已失去光澤的金色鏈子，然后抬起頭望著她。我很認(rèn)真地輕聲說道：“哦，瑪麗亞，這鏈子真漂亮。你媽媽一定會(huì)喜歡的。"我們已無法抑制住淚水。她踉踉蹌蹌地?fù)溥M(jìn)我的懷里，我們都哭了。在那短暫的一刻我成了她的媽媽，而她送給了我一份最珍貴的禮物：她的信任和愛。
三 技能篇
I. 語言訓(xùn)練
選擇填空
1.-I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke．1 was very tired．
-There is no ________for this while you are on duty．
A．reason B．excuse C．cause D．explanation
【答案及解析】B 考查名詞意義辨析。excuse理由、借口。說話人意為：你在值班的時(shí)候是沒有任何理由出去的。reason原因；cause事情起因；explanation解釋，與句意不符。
2. The ________ is just around the corner and you won’t miss it．
A．bicycle’s shop B．bicycles shop
C．bicycle shop D．bicycles’ shop
【答案及解析】C 名詞作定語可分兩種情況，其一是表所屬關(guān)系，常用’s或of+名詞來表示；其二是表示中心詞的性質(zhì)、材料、類別或性別等時(shí)，一般直接用名次的單數(shù)形式，只有clothes，parents．goods．sports, sales等少數(shù)幾個(gè)名詞必須用復(fù)數(shù)形式，man和woman修飾單數(shù)名詞時(shí)用單數(shù)形式，修飾復(fù)數(shù)名詞時(shí)要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。此處指商店的性質(zhì)，用單數(shù)形式。譯文：自行車商店就在拐就處，你不會(huì)錯(cuò)過它。
3.When you come here for your holiday next time，don’t go to_________ hotel：I can find you ________bed in my flat．
A. the；a B．the；不填 C．a(chǎn)；the D．a(chǎn)；不填
【答案及解析】 A 本題考查冠詞用法。find sb．a(chǎn) bed為固定短語，意思是為某人安排床鋪；前面go to the hotel或go to a hotel都可以。用排除法可得出答案選A。
4.When you finish reading the book，you will have__________ better understanding of_________.
A．a(chǎn)；the B．the；a C．不填；the D．a(chǎn)：不填
【答案及解析】 D 表示對(duì)某東西有所了解時(shí)，習(xí)慣在understanding前加不定冠詞；而life泛指生活時(shí)，前面不用任何冠詞，故答案選D。
5.(2004遼寧卷22)John Smith，a successful businessman，has a _________car．
A．1arge German white B．1arge white German
C．white large German D．German large white
【答案及解析】 B 考查多個(gè)形容詞作定語時(shí)的位置關(guān)系。請(qǐng)看分類說明中的解釋(總限觀，大形齡，色國材，目的用途名詞前)。而large表大小，white表顏色，German表國籍。
6. (2004四川卷33)I must be getting fat--I can ________d0 my trousers up．
A．fairly B．hardly C．nearly D．seldom
【答案及解析】 B 此題考查副詞的用法。選項(xiàng)B表“幾乎不”；選項(xiàng)A意思是：相當(dāng)，頗；C意思是：幾乎、差不多；而D表不常做。根據(jù)前句must可知：此句表示推測(cè)，后句表示前句所推測(cè)的依據(jù)。那么，選項(xiàng)A、C、D均與句子意思不符。因此答案選B。意思是：我肯定發(fā)胖了，因?yàn)槲业难澴訋缀醮┎贿M(jìn)去了。
7.We’re going to the bookstore in John’s car．You can come with us ________you can meet us there later．
A．but B．a(chǎn)nd C．or D．then
【答案及解析】 C 該句考查并列連詞在句中的用法。因?yàn)榫渲械囊馑际恰斑x擇”，所以用了or。but表示轉(zhuǎn)折；and表示并列；then表示遞進(jìn)。這幾個(gè)詞均不合句意。譯文：我們要乘坐約翰的車去書店。你可以和我們一起去，也可以隨后和我們?cè)谀抢镆娒妗?/p>
8.(2004江蘇卷24)He got to the station early，________missing his train．
A．in case of B．instead of C．for fear of D．in search of
【答案及解析】 C 本題考查介詞短語的用法。首先根據(jù)句子和短語的意思排除選項(xiàng)B、D；再比較：in ease of意為：若，如果，萬一，強(qiáng)調(diào)客觀可能；for fear of意為：惟恐，為……起見，強(qiáng)調(diào)主觀的擔(dān)心。根據(jù)句子前后兩部分的意思，本題所表示的應(yīng)該是主觀的擔(dān)心。
9.You can take anything from the shelf and read，but please ________the books when you’ve finished with them．
A. put on B．put down C．put back D．put off
【答案及解析】 C 本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析，A表穿戴或上演等；B表示放下或記下等；C表示放回原處；D表示推遲。根據(jù)語境，故選C。
10.--________for the glass!
--It’s OK．I’m wearing shoes．
A．Look out B．Walk out C．Go out D．Set out
【答案及解析】 A考查短語動(dòng)詞的意思區(qū)別及與語境意思的聯(lián)系。首先我們要正確區(qū)別短語動(dòng)詞的意思，選項(xiàng)A的意思是“當(dāng)心，小心”；B是“罷工、罷課、退席”；C是“出去，滾出去”；D是“出發(fā)，開始”。再根據(jù)句子的語境，從后者的回答中可推知：顯然是后者弄出了什么聲音，前者以為他打碎了杯子，才說出上面那句話，叫他當(dāng)心別把杯子打碎了。故答案選A。
11. __________he come, the problem would be settled.
A. Would B. Should C. Shall D. If
【答案及解析】 B 本題是對(duì)將來情況的一種假設(shè)。英語中，如果虛擬條件句的謂語部分有should, had或were時(shí)，可把if省去，而把should, had, were放在從句主語前，構(gòu)成主謂部分倒裝。
12. Without your help, I ＿＿＿＿the exam last term.
A. failed in B. would have failed C. wouldn’t pass D. would fail
【答案及解析】 B 本句屬于隱含式虛擬語氣。句中without短語相當(dāng)于一個(gè)與過去事實(shí)相反的虛擬條件句，故選B。
13.(2003全國卷24)--Sorry，Joe．I didn’t mean to…
--Don’t call me “Joe”．I’m Mr. Parker to you，and ________you forget it!
A．do B．didn’t C．did D．don’t
【答案及解析】 D 考查感嘆疑問句的用法。其形式雖是疑問，實(shí)則表示感嘆。它多以否定詞don’t開頭并以感嘆號(hào)結(jié)尾，其表達(dá)的意義則是肯定。譯文 “對(duì)不起，喬，我的意思不是……”，“不要叫我喬。對(duì)你來說我是帕克先生，你可不要忘了!”
14. __________the fog, we should have reached our school.
A. Because of B. In spite of C. In case of D. But for
【答案及解析】 D�？疾榕c過去事實(shí)相反的虛擬語氣。but for（要不是）引導(dǎo)的介詞短語，相當(dāng)于if it hadn’t been the fog。
15. If I__________ you, __________more attention to English idioms and phrases.
A. was； shall pay B. am； will pay
C. would be； would pay D. were； would pay
【答案及解析】 .D 該題表示與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，從句謂語動(dòng)詞用過去式，be用were，主句用would do。
16.Without electricity human life__________quite different today.
A. is B. will be C. would have been D. would be
【答案及解析】 D 此題表示與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，主句用would/might/could+do。Without electricity = If there were no electricity
17.________the general state of his health，it may take him a while to recover from the operation．
A. Given B．To give C．Giving D．Having given
【答案及解析】 A 過去分詞Given構(gòu)成的短語在句子中作狀語，表示被動(dòng)。意思是：“在……情況下，考慮到”。譯文：考慮到他的健康情況一般，他手術(shù)后需要一段時(shí)間才能恢復(fù)。答案為A。
18. --Excuse me，but 1 want to use your computer to type a report．
--You ________have my computer if you don’t take care of it．
A．shan’t B．might not C．needn’t D．shouldn’t
【答案及解析】 A 考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的意思和用法。選項(xiàng)B表示可能性；C表示沒有必要；D表示責(zé)備；只有A用語二、三人稱表示表示說話人的意圖、允諾、警告、命令、決心等意思，故答案選A。
19. You didn’t let me drive. If we__________in turn, you__________ so tired.
A. drove； didn’t get B. drove； wouldn’t get
C. were driving； wouldn’t get D. had driven； wouldn’t have got
【答案及解析】 D 此題表示與過去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，主句用would have done,從句用had done。
20.(2003安徽春季卷27)Naturally，after I told her what to do，my daughter ________go and do the opposite!
A．may B．can C．must D．should
【答案及解析】 C 從句意及opposite可看出，本句的意思是在述說女兒天生叛逆的性格。Naturally意思是“生來就是這樣”，must表示與說話人的愿望相反，意思是“偏偏，偏要”，因此整個(gè)句子的意思是“我女兒生來就如此，我叫她做這件事，她偏要做相反的事”。
21. If he hadn’t hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, he _______a goal.
A. had scored B. scored C. would score D. would have scored
【答案及解析】 D 根據(jù)從句hadn’t hesitated可以判斷用虛擬語氣。表示過去發(fā)生的事要用would have scored。
22.What would have happened ________, a far as the river bank?
A. Clinton had walked farther B. if Clinton should walk farther
C. had Clinton walked farther D. if Clinton walked farther
【答案及解析】 C 考查虛擬語氣。主句的謂語動(dòng)詞用了would have happened,所以從句的謂語動(dòng)詞要用過去完成時(shí)。在虛擬語氣中，如果條件狀語從句中的if省略，該句要倒裝。譯文：如果Clinton走遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn)，走到河邊，會(huì)發(fā)生什么事呢？
23.It is said that the United States uses ________energy as the whole of Europe．
A．a(chǎn)s twice B．twice much C．twice much as D．twice as much
【答案及解析】 D 本題考查倍數(shù)關(guān)系的表達(dá)。有三種表達(dá)方式：1．倍數(shù)+as + adj. +as+其它；2．倍數(shù)+比較級(jí)+than+其它；3．倍數(shù)+the height／size／weight／length／…+ of+其它。由此可知本題正確答案為D。
24. -- Where ?
-- I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I＿＿＿＿＿h(yuǎn)ere earlier.
A. did you go； had arrived B. are you； would come
C. were you; would come D. have you been； would have been
【答案及解析】 D or引出的一個(gè)分句表示對(duì)過去的情況進(jìn)行假設(shè)，故用would have done。
25. I lost your address, otherwise I＿＿＿＿you long before.
A. had visited B. have visited C. would have visited D. should visit
【答案及解析】 C 本題為與過去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，在以otherwise引導(dǎo)的并列分句中用虛擬語氣，時(shí)間概念可由上下文看出。
26. I__________ you a beautiful present for your birthday, but I was short of money at that time.
A. would buy B. had bought C. would like to have bought D. must have bought
【答案及解析】 C 從but引導(dǎo)的分句可看出,前一分句是與過去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)。
27.Some of the tapes belong to me，while the rest are ___________．
A．him and her B．his and hers C．his and her D．him and hers
【答案及解析】 B 本題考查的是名詞性物主代詞的用法。his and hers=his and her stamps，him是賓格，her即是賓格又是形容詞性物主代詞。
28.--I hear they aren’t satisfied with the house you’ve chosen for them
--Well，_________could they live in such comfort?
A．where else B．what else C．how D．why
【答案及解析】 A 考查疑問代詞。where else“別的什么地方”，作狀語。譯文：“我聽說他們對(duì)你為他們選的房子不滿意�！薄澳敲矗�有什么地方能讓他們住得這么舒服呢?”答案為A。
29.One of the sides of the door should be painted yellow，and ________．
A．the other is white B．a(chǎn)nother white
C．the other white D．a(chǎn)nother is white
【答案及解析】 C 考查one．．．the other結(jié)構(gòu)，門一般只有兩面，把一面染成黃色的，另一面染成白色的，由此排除B、D；原句結(jié)構(gòu)為“．．．the other(should be painted)white，所以答案選C。
30.Roses need special care ________they can live through winter．
A．because B．so that C．even if D．a(chǎn)s
【答案及解析】 B 本題考查狀語從句的引導(dǎo)詞，根據(jù)意思可知此句是目的狀語從句。玫瑰花要特殊的關(guān)照才能過冬，故選B。A引導(dǎo)原因從句；C引導(dǎo)讓步從句；D引導(dǎo)原因從句等。
31.(2004北京卷31)We can’t figure out ________quite a number of insects，birds，and animals are dying out．
A．that B．a(chǎn)s C．why D．when
【答案及解析】 C 此題考查賓語從句引導(dǎo)詞。根據(jù)從句的結(jié)構(gòu)，我們不難看出：雖然句子結(jié)構(gòu)完整，但主句意思不明確，從而排除選項(xiàng)A、B；再看從句的時(shí)態(tài)是現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，時(shí)間已經(jīng)明確，因此選項(xiàng)D也予以排除，故答案選C，意思是：我們還不明白大量昆蟲、鳥類和動(dòng)物滅絕的原因。
31.Nanjing，________last year，is a nice old city．
A．that I visited B．which I visited C．where I visited D．in which I visited
【答案及解析】 B 考查非限制性定語從句。是用關(guān)系代詞或者是用關(guān)系副詞引導(dǎo)定語從句，要根據(jù)他們?cè)诙ㄕZ從句中的成份來確定，visit是及物動(dòng)詞，后面需要用關(guān)系代詞作賓語，排除C，D。that不用于非限制性定語從句中，排除A。
32.Willingness is a kind of quality--and that’s ________it takes to do anything well．
A．what B．that C．which D．why
【答案及解析】 A 這是一個(gè)表語從句。what在表語從句中作takes的賓語，構(gòu)成It takes sth．to do sth．的句型。譯文：積極肯干是一種品質(zhì)--它能使人們做好任何事情。
33. What surprised me most was not what he said but ________he said it.
A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which
【答案及解析】 A 此句主要考查the way 作先行詞時(shí)的引導(dǎo)詞使用問題。她作先行詞時(shí)，一般有三種形式: the way that/in which/省略
34.(2004廣西卷28)The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months,________the sailing time was 226 days.
A. of which B. during which C. from which D. for which
【答案及解析】 A 本題意為：這位老水手的這次環(huán)球旅行歷時(shí)9個(gè)月，其中有226天是航行時(shí)間。故A為正確答案。of which=and of the nine months．
35. (2004四川卷23)There were dirty marks on her trousers ________she had wiped her hands．
A．where B．which C．when D．that
【答案及解析】 A 根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，由于從句結(jié)構(gòu)完整，可排除B、D；前面的先行詞是on her trousers表地點(diǎn)，where在此引導(dǎo)定語從句，而在定語從句中又作狀語，意思是：在她褲子擦手的地方有弄臟了的痕跡。
36.(2004北京卷24)The Foreign Ministry said，“________our hope that the two sides will work towards peace．”
A．This is B．There is C．That is D．It is
【答案及解析】 D It作形式主語，指代后面從句。意思是：外交部長說：“雙方為和平而努力正是我們的希望�！�
37.--English has large vocabulary，hasn’t it?
--Yes．________more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate．
A．Know B．Knowing C．To know D．Known
【答案及解析】 A 祈使句+and+簡單句是一個(gè)常用句型。
38(2001上海卷30)I don’t suppose anyone will volunteer，________?
A. do I B．don’t I C．will they D．won’t they
【答案及解析】 C 這是一個(gè)反意疑問句。當(dāng)主句的謂語動(dòng)詞是think, suppose等，且主語是第一人稱時(shí)，反意疑問句要根據(jù)從句的謂語動(dòng)詞來確定。這是一個(gè)否定句，所以要用肯定形式。譯文：我不認(rèn)為有人會(huì)當(dāng)志愿者，是不是?
39.(2003安徽春季卷29)--Thanks for the lovely party and the delicious food．
--________.
A．No thanks B．Never mind C．All right D．My pleasure
【答案及解析】 D 本題考查回答感謝的交際用語。No thanks是中國式英語；Never mind是“沒關(guān)系”；All fight是“好吧”的意思，正確的應(yīng)為That’s all right，可以排除A、B、c，故答案選D。
40.(2001上海春季卷43)--I’m afraid I can’t finish the book within this week．
--________.
A．Please go ahead B．That’s all right
C．Not at all D．Take your time
【答案及解析】 D Take your time的意思是“別著急”。譯文：“恐怕這周內(nèi)我完不成這本書�！畡e著急�！盤lease go ahead意為：說吧，做吧，是不阻止別人請(qǐng)求的一種答語；That’s all right意為：不謝，沒關(guān)系。但從對(duì)話可知前者是在說明一個(gè)事實(shí)：一周內(nèi)完不成，而沒道歉或感謝之意，故排除B。Not at all用法等同于That’s all right。
II.運(yùn)用發(fā)展
一、 短語翻譯
1．與……相似 _______________ 2. 熱衷于…… _________________
3. 與……訂婚 _______________ 4. 另一方面 _________________
5. 結(jié)果是 _______________ 6. 對(duì)……感到好奇 _________________
7. 下載文件 _______________ 8. 毫無疑問…… _________________
9. 與……有關(guān) _______________ 10. 沉溺于…… _________________
11. 在各方面 _______________ 12. 表達(dá)心聲 _________________
參考答案：
1. be similar to 2. be on fire for 3. get/be engaged to 4.on the other hand
5. turn out to be 6. be curious about 7. download papers 8. There is no doubt that... 9. be related to sb./sth. 10.be addicted to 11.on all sides 12.make one’s voice heard
二、完形填空(05年廣東試卷）
Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of (1) _______ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the (2) _______ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his (3) _______. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he (4) _______ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without (5) _______. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter (6) _______ what happened to Persephone, she became so (7) _______ that she caused all plants to (8) _______. People were in (9) _________ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow (10) _______ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. (11) __________, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's (12) ______ . She could go back to her mother if she had not (13) ________ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter (14) ________ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate (石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus (15) ______ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her (16) _______, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it (17) ________ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore (18) _______ not let the crops grow. That is (19) ______ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is (20)______ , it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.
1. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age
【答案及解析】 B 從后文可以看出整個(gè)文章在講述有關(guān)季節(jié)為什么有變化的一個(gè)神話
2. A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter
【答案及解析】 B 文中談到四個(gè)人：Demeter, (who is the goddess of the harvest); her daughter, Persephone ; Hades and Zeus。有了問題要去請(qǐng)示的人，當(dāng)然就應(yīng)是有權(quán)威，有能力的人，說話有份量的人。Ruler of the gods。
3. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter
【答案及解析】 A 根據(jù)下文中的marriage 一詞可以判斷Hades想娶Persephone為妻
4. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept
【答案及解析】 A 通過neither…nor可以得知“Zeus既不同意也不愿阻止這樁婚事。
5. A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission
【答案及解析】 D Hades因此只能是在未經(jīng)許可的情況下帶走了那個(gè)女孩。
6. A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
【答案及解析】 D find out發(fā)現(xiàn)真相。發(fā)現(xiàn)什么事發(fā)生在Persephone身上
7. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious
【答案及解析】 C 因?yàn)榕畠罕粠ё吡耍?dāng)然是生氣了。
8. A. grow fast B. start growing C. stop growing D. grow slowly
【答案及解析】 C 根據(jù)下文“was determined not to let crops grow”可以推斷答案stop growing
9. A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case
【答案及解析】 A 農(nóng)作物不生長，人們當(dāng)然就會(huì)面臨著餓死的危險(xiǎn)。
10. A. since B. until C. after D. when
【答案及解析】 B not …until “不到….不”。 不讓莊稼生長直到女兒返回她的身邊。
11. A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades
【答案及解析】 B 仍然不想讓Hades失望的，能夠作決定的人肯定是Zeus， the ruler of the gods
12. A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey
【答案及解析】 A 有條件的答應(yīng)Persephone返回，回到她媽媽身邊，故選return。
13. A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard
【答案及解析】 C 下文說到…h(huán)ad eaten several pomegranate…可以推斷如果Persephone不吃任何東西，她就可以回到她媽媽身邊
14. A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted
【答案及解析】 D 她不知道女兒在地下吃了石榴，所以肯定是答應(yīng)了。
15. A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared
【答案及解析】 A Zeus同意Persephone 一段時(shí)間和她媽媽度過，因?yàn)樗诘叵鲁粤耸�，一段時(shí)間還得在地下度過，這些是在Zeus發(fā)現(xiàn)了上文說到的那一情況之后所作的同意決定。
16. A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler
【答案及解析】 B 根據(jù)上文“go back to her mother”可以判斷Zeus同意Persephone 一段時(shí)間和她媽媽度過
17. A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts
【答案及解析】 C 最終情況就是這樣（發(fā)生）的了。
18. A. should B. can C. dare D. will
D 當(dāng)女兒在地下時(shí)，Demeter很傷心，所以就不讓莊稼生長。情態(tài)動(dòng)詞will表示意愿
19. A. where B. because C. why D. how
【答案及解析】 C 這是總結(jié)性的話語。這就是為什么有季節(jié)的變化，我們有冬天，這時(shí)候植物不生長。
20. A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy
【答案及解析】 D 可是當(dāng)女兒回來時(shí)，Demeter自然高興，這一時(shí)間就是春天，莊稼開始生長。
三、閱讀理解
Bill Clinton was born on Aug.19, 1946.Three months before his birth, his father had died when driving home to his pregnant wife, Virginia, he went off a high way, was thrown from the car and drowned in a river.
When Bill was 4,his mother remarried Roger Clinton. And there were always troubles: a sometimes violent, alcoholic stepfather and a half-brother. Only one year after the marriage, the drunken stepfather fired a shotgun at the ceiling to keep his bride and stepson from leaving the house. Virginia was very much frightened. So Roger Clinton beat Virginia from time to time. But teenager Clinton played a role of protector of his mother bravely. The stepfather never laid another band on Virginia.
In high school, he was very good at Latin and maths. He also played saxophone in the hand. At age 16,as a member of a youth group, Clinton met President John F. Kennedy at the White House, it led him to the life of public service. Once he set his mind to do something, he did not give up. He was elected governor of Arkansas at the age of 32.
Clinton has said he ran for president to make the country a better place for people like Chelsea, his daughter. He did win. At the age of 46,he became the third youngest president in the nation's history.
1. When this passage was published, Clinton was_________.
A. governor of Arkansas B. a famous professor
C. President of U.S.A. D. President of a university
【答案及解析】 C 此文為克林頓總統(tǒng)的生平簡介，根據(jù)文章的時(shí)間順序及最后一段可推知。
2. Clinton's own father died_________.
A. before Clinton was born
B. after Clinton was born
C. from drinking too much brandy
D. when Clinton's mother was giving birth
【答案及解析】 A 根據(jù)第一段“Three months before his birth, his father died”可知。
3. Clinton protected his mother by_________.
A. fighting against his stepfather
B. beating his stepfather
C. having long talks with his stepfather
D. the means we don't know
【答案及解析】 D 克林頓保護(hù)母親的方式文中沒有提及。
4. The word “it” in “It led him to the life of public service” refers to_________.
A. Clinton's high school education
B. becoming a member of a youth group
C. Clinton's visiting President Kennedy
D. doing public service
【答案及解析】 C 第三段上文的內(nèi)容為克林頓對(duì)肯尼迪總統(tǒng)的拜訪，it指代這件事。
四、對(duì)話填空
W: Hi Ken! Are you ready for the job interview?
M: I think so. I am taking my laptop and a pad and pencil too just in (1) c__________.
W: What are you (2) w__________? You can’t wear that!
M: What do you mean? You said to wear a suit. This is my (3) b__________ one!
W: It’s red and shiny! I know you want to (4) f__________ the bosses, but you’ve gone too far. You are going to blind them.
M: So You don’t think that I will make a good (5) i__________?
W: No way! This is a TV studio, (6) n__________ a nightclub!
M: Hmm, I guess I don’t have time to go (7) s__________, huh?
W: No, I think you’d (8) b__________ just take a sick day and go home. I’ll make your excuses. (9) F__________ impressions are important and you don’t want to expose your job.
M: Hmm, I wonder what it would be like to work in a (10) n__________.
參考答案：
1. case 2. wearing 3. best 4. fascinate 5. impression 6.not 7.shopping 8. better 9. First10. nightclub
注解：
1) no way: adv 不，決不
四 提高篇
一、完形填空（05年湖北試卷）
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren't a soldier. You aren't 1_ carrying a gun. You're standing in front of a 2 and you're telling the TV 3 what is happening.
It ' s all in a day ' s work for a war reporter , and it can be very 4 . In the first two years of the
_5 in former Yugoslavia (前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6 What kind of people put themselves in danger to 7 pictures to our TV screens and 8 to our newspapers? Why do they do it?
"I think it's every young journalist's 9 to be a foreign reporter," says Michael Nicholson, "that's 10 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 11 it is a war."
But there are moments of 12 . Jeremy Bowen says, "Yes, when you' re lying on the ground and bullets (子彈) are flying 13 your ears, you think:' What am I doing here? I'm not going to do this again. ' But that feeling 14 after a while and when the next war starts, you'll be 15 "
"None of us believes that we' re going to 16 ," adds Michael. But he always 17 a lucky charm (護(hù)身符) with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It's a card which says "Take care of yourself." Does he ever think about dying? "Oh, 18 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, 'If you get me out of this, I 19 I'll never do it again. ' You can almost hear God 20 , because you know he doesn't believe you."
內(nèi)容簡介：
本文講述了戰(zhàn)地記者在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上所遇到的各種艱難和危險(xiǎn)并且描述了他們的思想斗爭的情況。
1. A. simply B. really C. merely D. even
【答案及解析】 D 上文說，你在前線，你不是戰(zhàn)士，所以下文的意思應(yīng)該是：“甚至沒有槍”
2. A. crowd B. house C. battlefield D. camera
【答案及解析】 D 依據(jù) You are telling the TV viewers 可知，你是站在電視攝像機(jī)前。
3. A. producers B. viewers C. directors D. actors
【答案及解析】 B 對(duì)電視觀眾作介紹，用viewer， producer制片人，director導(dǎo)演，actor演員
4. A. dangerous B. exciting C. normal D. disappointing
【答案及解析】 A 后面講了28個(gè)記者和攝影師死在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上，因此，戰(zhàn)地記者的工作是很危險(xiǎn)的
5. A. stay B. fight C. war D. life
【答案及解析】 C 前面講戰(zhàn)地記者，因此這里說的是前南斯拉夫戰(zhàn)爭
6. A. injured B. buried C. defeated D. saved
【答案及解析】 A 由文章可知，戰(zhàn)地記者的工作是非常危險(xiǎn)的，甚至?xí)軅虮淮蛩馈?/p>
7. A. bring B. show C. take D. make
【答案及解析】 A bring sth to把……帶給. show出示, take拿到, make制造。
8. A. scenes B. passages C. stories D. contents
【答案及解析】 C 在報(bào)紙上報(bào)道的事情或經(jīng)歷常用story表示
9. A. belief B. dream C. duty D. faith
【答案及解析】 B 根據(jù)上下文可知，年輕記者的夢(mèng)想是成為一名外國記者。
10. A. why B. what C. how D. where
【答案及解析】 D where引導(dǎo)表語從句，表示地點(diǎn)。那是你發(fā)現(xiàn)激動(dòng)人心的地方
11. A. even so B. ever since C. as if D. even if
【答案及解析】 D 由文章可知當(dāng)實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的機(jī)會(huì)出現(xiàn)的時(shí)候即使是戰(zhàn)爭也不畏懼。
12. A. fear B. surprise C. shame D. sadness
【答案及解析】 A 下文講到子彈飛過耳邊，因此應(yīng)該是fear害怕
13. A. into B. around C. past D. through
【答案及解析】 C 由句意可知，子彈在耳邊飛過。into表示飛進(jìn)， around表示繞著飛，而through是“穿透”都不符合句意。
14．A．returns B．goes C．continues D．occurs
【答案及解析】 B 上文講到有害怕的感覺，所以“一會(huì)兒，這種感覺走了（消失了）”
15. A. there B. away C. out D. home
【答案及解析】 Ａ 由上下文可知：下一次戰(zhàn)爭開始時(shí)，你還會(huì)在那里
16. A. leave B. escape C. die D. remain
【答案及解析】 C 由下文可知，他們隨身帶著護(hù)身符，所以他們不相信他們會(huì)死。
17. A. hangs B. wears C. holds D. carries
【答案及解析】 D 由詞義而定。A 懸掛，B穿；戴,C 握住，D攜帶。“他帶著一個(gè)護(hù)身符”
18. A. never B. many times C. some time D. seldom
【答案及解析】 B 下文說every time,說明是想過，所以選many times
19. A. consider B. accept C. promise D. guess
【答案及解析】 C 由詞義而定。A考慮，B接受,C允諾,D猜測(cè)。這是向上帝祈禱，所以要用：promise
20. A. whispering B. laughing C. screaming D. crying
【答案及解析】 B 上帝不相信你的話，所以應(yīng)該是能聽到他笑。whispering 耳語screaming尖叫 crying哭泣
一、 閱讀理解
A
It came with devastating force, a natural disaster of strange intensity that shocked the world and killed tens of thousands. The waters have now receded, but disease and food and water shortages trouble a number of countries around the Indian Ocean. Millions of survivors face serious problems.
The number of survivors in need of food aid after the Indian Ocean disaster has climbed to 5 million people. They stretch from Somalia to Thailand, and the figure could rise further, the United Nations has said.
Relief teams hope to reach all of the estimated 700 000 hungry in Sri Lanka within three more days. It could take longer before enough food aid gets to the nearly 1 million people in need in hard-to-reach parts of Indonesia. Another serious problem is the need for purified water.
Although aid had poured in from all over the world to the disaster areas, “Logistics is the big problem here-just getting the stuff out to people who need it,” said Ron Libby, emergency management specialist at the USA agency for International Development.
Relief efforts are hindered by the difficulty of delivering aid to the more than 1000 islands scattered across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.
For those who survived the tsunami's force, disease is now the No.1 problem. Five million people are short of water, food and basic sanitation across the region. World Health Organization(WHO) crisis chief David Navarro said 50 000 more people could die from disease and other causes, as has been the case in previous humanitarian emergencies.
WHO said it had already received a handful of reports of malaria(瘧疾) and dengue fever(登革熱) and hundreds of reports of diarrhea(腹瀉) and infected wounds. It said millions of water purification tablets had been sent to Asia, along with sanitation engineers to rebuild water sanitation infrastructure.
Psychologists are warning that mental health problems caused by the tsunami could prove harder to resolve than the physical damage.
Some survivors say they are plagued by recurring nightmares about walls of water. Many locals are afraid to return to beachside homes. Officials also warn that suicide rates could rise dramatically as parents struggle with guilt at losing children.
Psychologists estimate that 20 to 30 per cent of people who face traumatic events eventually develop symptoms, such as alcohol abuse, lack of concentration at work and an inability to develop close relationships.
Although the Thai Government has offered to build temporary beachside housing, many refugee families are refusing to come down from the hills. Others are afraid to go back to jobs on the sea.
Over 150 000 people were killed by the tsunami, but hundreds and thousands more have been left with no means to earn a living.
In the village of Akirapettai in India, all that is left is the twisted wreckage of the fishing fleet. Dakshina Murti, a fisherman, not only lost three family members, but also lost his boats, his nets, everything.
“Everything's gone,” he says. With no government aid so far, all he has is a wreck. There are several million people who suffered the same experience. Homes have been destroyed, as well as wharves, docks, and sheds.
For now, rebuilding the economy remains a distant concept.
1. This passage is mainly about _________that happened around the Indian Oceans.
A. the causes of the tsunami B. the result after the tsunami
C. the sign of the tsunami D. the warning of the tsunami
2. According to what the United Nations has said, the number of survivors in need of food aid after the disaster _________.
A. is not more than 5 million B. is less than 5 million
C. has reached 5 million D. won't reach 5 million
3. From the passage we learn that _________ is the most serious problem for the time being.
A. disease B. food C. water D. house
4.The passage tells us that such a disaster, as tsunami will cause diseases and _________ as well.
A. Dengue fever B. diarrhea C. Malaria D. mental health problem
1.答案:B解析：綜合判斷題，全文講述海嘯造成的后果。
2.答案:C解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，文章第二段首句。
3.答案:A解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，文章第六段首句。
4.答案:D解析：細(xì)節(jié)判斷題,第七段指相關(guān)的疾病，第八段指精神傷害。
B
For nearly a century before there was such a thing as a space program, a view of space was possible. People could see full views of the Moon, explore Mars(探測(cè)火星),and study the outer space beauty. All of this was made possible by a small group of artist-astronomers(天文藝術(shù)家) who worked to show people how other worlds in space might look.
Lucien Rudaux, a French artist, was the first to use his artistic ability and his knowledge of astronomy in art. His paintings show a mixture of skilled observations, brilliant imagination and careful attention. As a result, many of his works have come surprisingly close to actual conditions on distant planets. His painting of Mars included moonlike craters(火山口) that were first photographed by the astronauts in 1965.His 1930 painting of a dust storm looks remarkably like a photograph of a storm taken by the astronauts in 1976.
The artist-astronomers, including Rudaux, made people interested in outer space by painting what turned out to be exact portraits of the planets.
5.The passage tells us _________.
A. the surprising exactness of space artists B. the popular success of Lucien Rudaux
C. the imaginations of great artists D. the likeness between the Moon and Mars
6. According to the passage, artist-astronomers spent their lives _________.
A. exploring the planets B. studying paintings
C. painting the planets D. producing spaceships
7. The works of Lucien Rudaux are a mixture of _________.
A. astronomy and mathematics B. astronomy and painting
C. photograph and art D. fact and imagination
8. In 1965,the astronauts photographed _________.
A. a spaceship B. a planet C. craters on the Moon D. a painting
5.答案:A解析：綜合判斷題，天文藝術(shù)家是繪畫天體的人，不是探測(cè)天體的人。
6.答案:C解析：第二段第一、二句。
7.答案:D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第二段第二、三句。真實(shí)與想象的結(jié)合。
8.答案:C解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第二段第四句。
C
Over a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat come sailing up the Thames River. The boat was eighty feet long flat-bottomed, with big wooden eyes on both sides in the front and was colorfully painted at the back.
People came to know that it was a sailing boat from Fuzhou in distant China. The boat had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope(好望角) up the western coast of Africa, and finally to England. It had covered fifteen thousand miles-more than half of the distance round the world.
Although it was unexpected, the Chinese were warmly welcomed. The boat carried goods such as silk and tea as well as a number of gifts from the Emperor of China for the Queen of England.
People had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as a people not used to sea. However, from centuries of trading and sailing in dangerous seas, the Chinese had learned how to build good boats and sailed them well. The coming of this sailing boat to London proved once again that the Chinese could sail to distant countries in the world.
9. The boat was considered unusual because _________.
A. it was a small wooden boat
B. it carried Chinese silk and tea
C. it had traveled fifteen thousand miles
D. it looked strange in several ways
10. According to this article, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The distance round the earth measures less than thirty thousand miles.
B. The Chinese Emperor gave silk and tea to the English Queen as gifts.
C. The Chinese boat came to London by accident.
D. The Chinese people were not good at sailing in dangerous seas.
11. The boat reached London by sailing _________.
A. round the southern end of Africa
B. up the west coast of England
C. through the Arctic Ocean
D. round Asia and Europe
12.The writer wants to prove that a long time ago the Chinese _________.
A. carried silk, tea and other goods to England
B. could reach many parts of the world by sea
C. could sail along the Thames River
D. surprised Londoners with an unusual boat
9.答案:D解析：細(xì)節(jié)分析，第一句 a very unusual boat以及第二句關(guān)于船的描述。
10.答案:A解析：綜合判斷題，第二段最后一句可知。
11.答案:A解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第二段講述非洲南端好望角。
12.答案:B解析：綜合判斷題，最后一段可知。
D
Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Other burst with anger, and scream and yell(咆哮).But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷爾蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
Doctors say the solution(解決辦法) is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.
13. “Damaging emotion” means that _________.
A. the emotion is harmless
B. the emotion is harmful
C. the feeling is very strong
D. the feeling is hard
14. What statement is right?
A. Were you angry, you would be cancered (得癌癥).
B. Once you are angry, you must be cancered.
C. Angry as you are often, you can't be cancered.
D. Anger may cause you a cancer.
15. Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it according to some scientists.
A. is just the same as
B. is more harmful than
C. is no better than
D. is much better than
16. According to the author, you'd better _________.
A. never be angry
B. cool it down before you express it
C. laugh and laugh when you get angry
D. admit you are wrong when you are angry
13.答案:B解析：文章開頭的第一句就提到了...anger can be an extremely damaging emotion,再綜觀全文，就可得到答案。
14.答案:D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第一段最后“warn...possibly cancer”。
15.答案:C解析：綜合判斷題，第四段中的第一句“...both repressing and expressing...dangerous.”與“is no better than”意思一致。
16.答案:C解析：分析推理題，最后一段。
E
It was four o'clock when we left Micatlan, and we traveled quickly until it became almost completely dark. It was our intention to return to our general quarters in Atlacomulco that night. We had a long journey ahead of us, especially because it had been decided there was no way we would try to cross the ravines again at night, since they were considered far too dangerous. Furthermore, an eclipse of the moon was expected, and, in fact, while we were crossing an open field, the moon appeared on the horizon, half in shadow, a rare and beautiful sight.
After a few hours of riding, we suddenly realized that we had lost our way, and worse still, had no way of finding it again. Night had fallen and there was not a single hut in sight, only great plains and mountains and the lowing of distant bulls all around us. We continued on ahead, trusting in luck, though it was difficult to say where she had brought us. By good fortune, our advance riders ran into two Indians, a man and a boy, who agreed to guide us their village and no further.
After an interminable and exhausting road, which we traveled at a brisk trot, the barking of several dogs announced an Indian village. In the dying light, we could just make out cane huts, firmly situated between the banana trees, with fenced gardens in front of each one. Our convoy stopped in front of one particular hut, a kind of inn or shop for alcohol, where a naked goblin-like figure, the ideal husband for a witch, was serving cheap brandy to the Indians, most of whom were already drunk.
We dismounted and threw ourselves to the ground, too tired to even think. Someone found us, God knows how, a cup of dreadful hot chocolate. We began to realize that we were completely lost, and so it was agreed to give up our attempt to reach Atlacomulco that night. Instead, we should head for the village of “E1 Puente”, where our guides know a Spanish family, made up of several unmarried brothers, who , without any doubt, would be delighted to offer us a safe refuge for the rest of the night. We remounted and began our journey, a little restored after the pause in our journey and the dreadful hot chocolate.
17. Where did we travel to?
A. El Puente. B. The cane huts. C. Atlacomulco. D. An Indian Village.
18. When we traveled at night_________.
A. there was a good guide leading us
B. there was a full moon in the sky
C. we could hardly see anything
D. we could see everything around clearly
19. When we lost our way we believed that_________.
A. we should stay where we were for rescue
B. we should go on to seek after our fortune
C. we should go back where we started
D. we should ask the Indians for help
20. When we reached the inn-like hut_________.
A. someone served alcohol and hot chocolate at once
B. we had a good sleep
C. we had a good drink
D. we were too exhausted to ask for anything
17.答案:C解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第一段第二句our intention to return...in Atlacomulco。
18.答案:C解析：綜合判斷題，第一段“It became almost completely dark. Furthermore, an eclipse of moon was expected.”第二段“we had lost our way.”。
19.答案:B解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題，第二段最后兩句。Seek after our fortune碰碰運(yùn)氣。
20.答案:D解析：句意理解與推理分析，最后一段，第一、二兩句可知。我們太累，倒在地上失去知覺，幸虧有人發(fā)現(xiàn)，灌下一杯熱巧克力才恢復(fù)知覺。
五 交流篇
I. 想說就說
A Teacher’s Loving Heart
A dialogue between a teacher and a parent:
P: Miss White, what a surprise! It’s nice to see you again!
T: Hello, Sophia! My gosh! I haven’t seen you in a long time! Wasn't last Christmas the last time I saw you?
P: You know, I think you are right. Where are you teaching now?
T: Oh, I am teaching in a small town in Ohio.
P: How are your students?
T: They are fine.
P: I heard that you were doing an important activity with your students.
T: Oh, you are right. My twenty-seven third graders have just finished the great day of gift-giving.
P: This reminds me of the days when you taught my son. He admired you very much and was always singing your 1.__________, for your loving heart as well as your interesting and clever teaching methods.
T: Thanks a lot. That’s what I try to do! A teacher is to a student is what a mother is to a kid. If you devote your real love