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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上1People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议)against
2、 heavy trucks(卡车) which run 37 through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it 38 to sleep at night, but they are 39 damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” s
3、aid John Norris, one of the protesters. “ 40 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student,“why dont they build a new road that goes 41 the town?Burlington isnt much more than a
4、160; 42 villageIts streets were never meant for heavy traffic” Harry Fields also studying 43 said they wanted to make as much 44 as possible to force the 45
5、160; to realise what everybody was having to 46 “Most of them dont 47 here anyway,” he said,“they come in for meetings and that,and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), 48 they Pr
6、obably dont 49 the noise all that muchIts high time they realised the 50 ” The fourth student,Liza Vernum,said she thought the public were mostly on their side,and even if they werent they soon would be.
7、 51 asked if they were afraid that the police might come to 52 them “Not really,” she said,“actually we are 53 bell-ringersI mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the churchThere is no &
8、#160; 54 against practising” I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.1.AcollegeBvillageCtownDchurch2.Anow and thenBday and nightCup and downDover and over3.AterribleBdifficultCuncomfortableDunpleasant4.AdoingBr
9、aisingCputtingDproducing5.AIfBAlthoughCWhenDUnless6.AtoBthroughCoverDround7.AprettyBquietClargeDmodern8.AwellBhardCbiologyDeducation9.AeffortBtimeCtroubleDnoise10.AtownspeopleBother studentsCgovernment officialsDtruck drivers11.AstandBacceptCknowDshare12.AshopBliveCcomeDstudy13.AbutBsoCorDfor14.Anot
10、iceBmentionCfearDcontrol15.AeventBlossCactionDproblem16.AIBWeCSheDThey17.AseizeBfightCsearchDstop18.AproperBexperiencedChopefulDserious19.ApointBcauseCneedDlaw20.AleftBfoundCreachedDpassed2On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to
11、; 36 and the subway system almost came to a stop.Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 37 to go home. Some battled to 38 a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the 39
12、60; bravely, walking miles to get to work.I 40 to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most 41 had stopped. After making my way 42
13、60;crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was 43. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to 44 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the 45
14、 . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train.Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 46 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was
15、160; 47 through, exhausted and 48 . My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5.00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer 49 I received an email from Garth, my Director.I would like to
16、thank all of you who made the effort and 50 went to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 51 to their jobs. Thank you.Garths email was short, but I learned more from that
17、; 52 message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of 53 can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic 54 had made me tired and upset. But Garths words immediately
18、60;55 me and put a smile back on my face.1.AconfusionBfloodCsinkDcrash2.AforcedBrefusedCapproachedDgathered3.AorderBpayCcallDsearch4.AclimateBsceneryCstormDburden5.AoccurredBpromisedCdeservedDhappened6.ApracticeBtravelCprocessDservice7.AtoBthroughCoverDfor8.ArunningBcyclingCturningDrushi
19、ng9.Aget offBtake offCtake onDget on10.AstreetBgroundCfloorDplatform11.ApausedBcrossedCreachedDparked12.AwetBweakCsickDhurt13.AashamedBdiscouragedCsurprisedDhelpless14.AwhileBwhenCwhereDafter15.AhardlyBdefinitelyCabsolutelyDfinally16.AdevotionBpermissionCconcernDreaction17.AexactBurgentCbriefDhumoro
20、us18.ApromiseBappreciationCadmirationDguidance19.AtroublesBsignalsCrulesDsigns20.AcorrectedBsupportedCamazedDrefreshed3Americans are about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest women's soccer &
21、#160; in the world, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer, is known around the world as . And more and more Americans are learning to it. Only in the last 35 years, large numbers of young Ameri
22、cans have become in soccer. Baseball and basketball are still popular professional sports, American boys and girls love to play soccer. The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer
23、0; in the country. It says more than eighteen million people play soccer in the United States. This means that Americans play soccer than any other sport. , more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. The
24、y are attending the 3rd Women's World Cup games that are in several American cities. 460,000 have been sold for the three-week contest that will end July tenth. Women's soccer teams from 16 nations are
25、0; . Americans are closely the progress of the United States' Women's World Cup team. And the team is already setting . On June 19, the American team
26、160; Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000 people watched the game at Giant Stadium near New York City. That is a world record. One of the most popular players the American team is 27-year-old Mia Hamm. She became well known in 1996 when the Un
27、ited States women won the soccer medal at the Olympic Games, defeating other teams. Experts say Mia Hamm can play soccer better than woman in the world. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play inte
28、rnational soccer. Mia Hamm is a to many young American girls. Television say that at present thousand million people around the world are watching the game on television. 1.AcarelessBworriedCexcitedDanxious2.Ahapp
29、inessBeventCteamDincident3.AbaseballBfootballCvolleyballDbasketball4.AhateBloveCgive upDplayed5.AinterestedBdisappointedCsatisfiedDsurprised6.AandBalthoughCsoDbut7.AplayerBeventCgameDorganization8.AmoreBlessCmanyDfewer9.AIn the pastBIn the futureCjust nowDAt present10.AplayedBto be playedCbeing play
30、edDplaying11.AticketsBteamsCrecordsDplayers12.Ataking placeBtaking offCtaking partDtaking in13.AseeingBwatchingCthinkingDhoping14.AmarksBrecordsCpointsDscores15.AbeatBhitCwonDlose16.AinBfromConDat17.AgoldBsilverCcopperD18.AothersBthe otherCotherDany other19.AplayerBwriterCheroDsinger20.Abroadcasters
31、BdirectorsCplayersDspokesman4Having said good-bye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. Still , Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alex from time to time. The family were &
32、#160; their trip. But about three hours later things began to . It was starting to snow. Alvin up the car, hoping to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now, because it was snowing more and more heavily.
33、So Alvin had to down. The snow on the was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow and the engine to start agai
34、n. “The snow doesnt seem to . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But
35、 was to come. Soon they lost their way and had to walk on and on. Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they that poor Alex would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alex filled them wi
36、th courage, warmth and strength. They _ and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their feet again. One, two, three seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last from Alv
37、ins , the police and local people. But the young had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbite (冻伤). , there was nothing serious wrong with little Alex!1.AworriedBsorryCexcitedDanxious2.AcriedBlaughedCsmil
38、edDcoughed3.AenjoyingBhavingCtakingDstarting4.AhappenBchangeCcomeDfinish5.AclimbedBturnedCtookDsped6.AgetBlookCgoDslow7.AlandBhighwayCfieldsDcar8.AwalkBstayCwaitDdepend9.AsetBallowedCrefusedDprepared10.AendBfallCcontinueDmelt (融化)11.AlikedBpreferredCdecidedDwished12.AbetterBsomethingCworseDnothing13
39、.AaimlesslyBlonelyChopelesslyDpleasantly14.AthoughtBfearedCwantedDsupposed15.AhappyBsilentCaliveDdead16.AateBworkedCwatchedDslept17.AfewBseveralCcountlessDsome18.AparentsBfriendsCteachersDneighbours19.AhusbandBwifeCbabyDcouple20.AThenBFinallyCFortunatelyDTherefore5A report has recently been publishe
40、d about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year 46 .According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a 47 one. The world will be more 48 because the population will continue to grow. The
41、 population could be 49 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in 50 countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would 51 have a population of 20 million by then.Food production will
42、; 52 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009, 53 most of the increase would be in countries that 54 produce enough food for their people. Little increase is 55 in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor
43、farming ways are 56 large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is 57 as cities become larger and more houses are built. 58 will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the worlds 59 could disappear as more
44、and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their 60 of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only 61 the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by 62 the problems, the pictu
45、re can be changed. There is 63 time for the nations of the world to 64 a plan of action. But they considered that 65 too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success1.AlearningBinstructionCnoticeDstudy2.A.pleased B.pleasant
46、60; C.safe C.blue3.AdangerousBbeautifulCcrowdedDterrible4.An
47、o more thanBas many asCso much asDas large as5.AdevelopingBdevelopedCbigDmountainous6.AnoneBeachCnoDneither7.AlastBreduceCincreaseDcontinue8.AsoBbutCorDhowever9.AalreadyBhardlyCpartlyDnever10.AwantedBlackedCfoundDexpected11.AdestroyingBprotectingCbotheringDinterrupting12.AsavedBlostCdiscoveredDused1
48、3.AAir pollutionBWater pollutionCSome diseasesDAll farmland14.AanimalsBplantsCforestsDpeople15.AphotoBpictureCaimDenvironment16.AstoppedBcontinuedCexchangedDprevented17.AsolvingBworkingCansweringDdealing18.AnoBstillClessDlots of19.Agive upBcarryCmakeDget off20.AvisitingBsuggestingCspendingDwaiting参考
49、答案11.D2.B3.B4.A5.A6.D7.C8.C9.D10.C11.A12.B13.B14.A15.D16.A17.D18.A19.D20.A试题分析:文章报道四个学生在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议大卡车不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的,噪音扰民,他们想连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。1.考查上下文串联:由下文可知,这四名学生是在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议的,“我”也是在此对他们进行采访的。(参见文章最后一句I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.)可知选D。2.考查词组:An
50、ow and then时而Bday and night日日夜夜Cup and down上上下下Dover and over一遍一遍,由下文(使人在夜间难以入睡)可知,这些大卡车是不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的,选B。3.考查形容词:Aterrible可怕的Bdifficult困难的Cuncomfortable不舒服的Dunpleasant不愉快的,大卡车的噪音扰民,使人很难入睡。选B。4.考查动词短语:do damage to对造成损坏。参考:do good/wrong to。选A。5.考查连词:AIf如果BAlthough虽然CWhen当时候DUnless除非,“If”引导条件状语从句,意为:如
51、果必须让这些噪音很大的卡车在路面上行驶,那为何不新建一条环城公路呢?选A。6.考查介词:Ato去Bthrough通过Cover越过Dround环绕,解析同上,选D。7.考查形容词:Apretty漂亮Bquiet安静Clarge大的Dmodern现代的,照应下句,意为:镇和一个大的村庄没有什么两样,街道狭窄,本来就不是为通行这么多车辆而设计的。选C。8.考查名词:Awell好Bhard努力Cbiology生物学Deducation教育,Jean Lacey是一个生物系学生,由一词可知也是学生物的。选C9.考查名词:Aeffort努力Btime时间Ctrouble困难Dnoise噪音,他们要连续两
52、周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。选D10.考查名词:Atownspeople镇上的人Bother students其他学生Cgovernment officials政府官员,Dtruck drivers卡车司机,解析同上,选C。11.考查动词:Astand忍受Baccept接受Cknow知道Dshare分享,我们每个人要忍受的是什么?选A。12.考查词义辨析:Ashop商店Blive生活Ccome来Dstudy学习,不管怎么说大多数官员是不住在这儿的,选B。13.考查连词:Abut但是Bso因此Cor 或者Dfor 因为,这些官员既不住在这儿,进城里开会,又呆在
53、有隔音功能的大厅内,所以很有可能注意不到噪音的严重性。选B。14.考查动词:Anotice注意Bmention提到Cfear 害怕Dcontrol 控制,解析同上,选A。15.考查名词:Aevent 事件Bloss损失Caction行为Dproblem问题,是他们意识到问题的时候了。选D。16.考查人称代词: I 是指作者在采访这四个学生,从最后一句话也可以看出,选A17.考查动词:Aseize抓住Bfight争吵Csearch搜寻Dstop停止,come to stop them (from doing that)来阻止他们(这样做)。选D。18.考查形容词:Aproper适当Bexperi
54、enced有经验的Chopeful有希望的Dserious严肃的,Proper = right,suitable,correct适当的;恰当的;对的。此处意为实际上我们是正当的敲钟人是帮助教堂敲钟的。选A。19.考查名词:Apoint观点Bcause导致Cneed需要Dlaw法律,他们不担心警察来阻止他们,是因为他们是专门负责帮助教堂敲钟的。没有一条法律规定不准练习敲钟。选D。20.考查名词:Aleft离开Bfound发现Creached 到达Dpassed通过,“我在采访完这四名大学生后,离开教堂,耳边还回荡着钟声。选A。点评:文章报道四个学生在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议大卡车不分昼夜地穿行在
55、这条街上的,噪音扰民,他们想连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。答题前一定要读懂全文,弄清文章要表达的思想,注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中,一定要认真分析,注意选项与上下文的关系,与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成,因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯。21.B2.A3.C4.C5.D6.D7.B8.A9.D10.D11.C12.A13.B14.B15.D16.A17.C18.B19.A20.D试题分析:本文是一篇以叙文,作者在记叙之后发表了自己的感悟。文章讲述了作者遭遇
56、一次暴风雨而历经艰辛坚持去上班,就在作者因此而倍感疲惫和烦躁时,却收到了经理的一封电子信件。信中经理简短的几句对不顾风雨坚持来上班的人们表示了感激,这使得作者感到一天来的疲惫与烦恼一扫而光,并由此感悟到几句简短的话语可以使人的精神焕然一新。1.B。考查动词辨析。根据语境,因为是rainstorm(暴风雨),所以街道被雨水淹没。选项A为"中断";C为"沉没";D为"猛撞,崩溃",均不合语境。句中cause sth. to be done使得被2.A。考查动词辨析。因为大雨,许多人被迫回家,不能够去上班。注意被句为被动形式,从意义上可以排
57、除选项B、C、D。3.C。考查动词辨析。根据语境:有些人能够叫到出租车(call a taxi)。order为"订购,预定"。不合语境;search a taxi表示"搜查出租车(在车上找东西)",也不正确。4.C。考查名词辨析。联系上文,根据文章第一句中rainstorm一词可知答案。语境:有些人能够叫到出租车,还有写人勇敢面对暴风雨,步行去上班。当时正在下雨,所以用face the storm bravely. C选项climate为"气候(指某一地区长期的天气状况)";scenery为"景色";burden为
58、"负担",均不合文意。5.D。考查动词辨析。联系下文可知作者"碰巧也是"去上班中的一个,happen to be表示"碰巧是"。而used to be表示"过去常常(现在已经不再那样了)";promise to表示"允诺去做"deserve to do表示"理应做,值得做",均不符合文意与语境。6.D。考查名词辨析。根据语境:作者去了地铁,却发现大多数地铁都已经停止运行服务了,所以用service,表示"(地铁的运行)服务"。而practice表示&quo
59、t;练习;惯例做法";routine表示"常规;例行公事";process表示"过程;程序",均不符合语境。7.B。考查介词辨析。根据语境:make one's way through the crowds of people在人群中挤出一条路。make one's way to.表示"通往";make one's way for.表示"让步于",均不合文意。8.A。考查动词辨析。operate表示"操作,运转,运行"。作者最终发现一条地铁还在运行。cycle
60、表示"循环,周期";turn表示"变得;转弯";rush表示"冲进,匆促",均不符合语境。9.D。考查动词辨析。根据语意:那么多人在等待上车;board the subway表示"木版;登车,上车(船、飞机等)"。Check表示"核查;登记";carry"携带,搬运";find"找到",均不合文意。10.D。考查名词辨析。根据语境:"我"甚至无法踏上站台的台阶。Platform"站台"。其它不合语境。11.C。考查动
61、词辨析。根据语境:最终过了好长时间,地铁终于停在了我的那一站。联系下文Then I had to 一句可知作者先坐了一程地铁,然后又在雨中步行了几个街区。pause表示"暂停,中止";cross表示"交叉;越过";park表示"停车",均不合文意。12.A。考查形容词辨析。be wet through.浑身湿透了。(由于作者冒雨而行,在到达办公室时已经湿透了。)根据文章下一句:My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off.作者与同事一起花费了大半天的时间才晾干也可知。其它不合
62、语境。13.B。考查动词辨析。要认真体会作者的情感、态度:此时由于作者浑身湿透,所以到办公室时已经是疲惫不堪了,所以此时作者的情绪应该是"沮丧的,泄气的"。这也可以根据下文形成对比:作者收到经理的E-mail而变的愉快起来。ashamed"惭愧的";surprised"吃惊的";puzzled "迷惑",均不符合语境。14.B。考查连词。when表示"就在这时"。其它不合语境。15.D。考查副词辨析。eventually表示"最终";hardly 表示"几乎不&qu
63、ot;;casually 表示"偶然地,随意地"absolutely 表示"完全地"。根据文意:我很感谢你们所有的不顾艰辛最终来上班的人。16.A。考查名词辨析。句意为:,当员工们表明他们对于工作的投入时。devotion表示"投入";donation 表示"捐赠";concern表示"关心";reaction表示"反应"。(show one's concern for sth表示"对关心")17.C。考查形容词辨析。联系文章,经理的这封e-mai
64、l并不长,所以用brief表示"简短的"。accurate 表示"精确的";urgent表示"急切的";humorous表示"幽默的"。18.B。考查名词辨析。句意为:这封e-mail让我知道即使是简短的几句感激的话也会有很大的影响。appreciation表示"欣赏,感激";promise 表示"诺言";advice表示"建议";guidance表示"指导,引导"。19.A。考查名词辨析。句意为:暴雨和交通阻塞带来的麻烦使得"我"疲惫、烦乱。signals 表示"信号";rules表示"
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