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Road accidents victims____ almost a quarter of the hospital patients.

A．make off

B．make up

C．make out

D．make for

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　　One evening in Februay 2007．a student named Poaula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales, She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path．That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver or tranin, Her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks．

　　Ceely's near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪)，She had never driven the route before．It was dark and raining heavily, Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing．I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train, she told the BBC．

　　Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology, We put our faith in digital decices, be says．but our digital hepers are too often not up to the job, They are filled with small problems, And it's not just GPS devices：Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones．to wireless keyboards．

　　The problem with his argument in the book is that it's not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes．A map makes might have left the crossing off a paper map, Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention, Pertaps the railway and work out that there really is something specifie wrong with the GPS equinment, But stevenson doesn't say．

　　It's a problem that runs through the book．In a sechon an cars, Stevenson gives an of the advanced techniques that criminal use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars, He offers wo independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country．He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable, Perhaps, but maybe it's also due to the shourtage of policemen on the streets, Or changing social circumstances orsome combination of these factors．

　　The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and compler．If is shaped by economics and psycholog and the culture we live in, Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology．

　　If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines．After all, we have lived with them for tousands of years, They have probaly been fooling us for just as long．

(1)

What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?
[　　]
A．	She was not familiar with the road．
B．	It was dark and raining heavily then．
C．	The railwy workers failed to give the signal．
D．	Her GPS device didn't tell her about the crossing．

(2)

The phrase”near miss”(Paragraph 2)can besr be replaced by ________．
[　　]
A．	close hit
B．	heavy loss
C．	narrow essope
D．	big mistake

(3)

Which of the following would rick stevenson most probanny agree with?
[　　]
A．	Modern technology is what we can't live without
B．	Digital technology often falls short of our expectation
C．	Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be．
D．	GPSerror is not the only cause for ceely's accident．

(4)

In the writer's opinion, Stevenson's argument is ________．
[　　]
A．	one-sided
B．	reasonable
C．	puzzling
D．	well-based

(5)

What is the real concern of the writer of this article?
[　　]
A．	The maior causes of traffic acciden and car then．
B．	The relationship between human and technology．
C．	The shortcomings of digital devices we use．
D．	The human unawareness of technical problems．

I arrived late; I ________ the road to be so icy.

A.
wouldn't expect
B.
haven't expected
C.
hadn't expected
D.
wasn't expecting

Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 31 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).
This farmhouse had been 32 too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s 33 made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a 34 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse 35 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried 36 when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 37 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 38 as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he 39 a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat 40 , and without thinking he started to run and luckily 41 the cat’s paws (爪子).
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a 42 family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to 43 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came 44 the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came 45 the next few days. Zigfried 46 every single hour of them. 47 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a 48 smile at the door of his home, he heard the 49 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The 50 froze on his face； his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

第二节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）?
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Rest is critical to life and work and a positive attitude towards rest needs to be maintained. Enough rest is significant to our body and mind   36   a lack of adequate rest, as well as __37__ attitudes to rest, will do great harm to our health.
Rest is vital to our ability to   38   at our best. Recent news stories report that scientists are learning surprising things about the importance of sleep. There is enough __39_ suggesting that rest will refresh us, 40   our body and mind to work efficiently. Besides, rest is important for   41   that; it is helpful in setting   42   goals and deciding what goals to attain first. Those who are caught up in extremely busy lives   43   the time to think about what they are doing and to make objective   44 , which blocks the maximization of their   45 .
On the contrary, lack of adequate rest damages brain function, so much so that sleep experts have been able to   46   drops in IQ in patients who are   47   of sleep. Other studies have presented a negative effect on body movements in sleep-wanting subjects. It should not, therefore, be a   48   that the California Highway Patrol has stated that sleep-wanting drivers are as great a   49   to road safety as are drunken drivers.
However, rest is widely   50   by some people. Instead of sleep, they go to pubs and clubs   51   what they call social drinking or having a smoke with friends and they   52__   that this kind of entertaining is rest. Nowadays, the economy forces people to drink and gamble for the sake of the   53   one moves in. The truth is that rest means not using our _54 _ both physically and mentally, even spiritually. We need to rest correctly and   55 ; otherwise, tiredness and illness will occur.
36. A. when                  B. though                      C. until                    D. while
37. A. critical                B. misleading                C. puzzling                 D. ambiguous
38. A. survive                B. create                       C. function                 D. advance
39. A. evidence              B. theory                      C. belief                  D. information
40. A. encouraging         B. enabling                 C. persuading             D. concentrating
41. A. more than            B. rather than                C. other than              D. less than
42. A. ideal                   B. appropriate               C. professional            D. high
43. A. afford                 B. expect                      C. lack                       D. waste
44. A. comments            B. complaints                C. attempts                 D. decisions
45. A. potential              B. limit                         C. vision                    D. goal
46. A. predict                B. evaluate                    C. measure                 D. assume
47. A. short                   B. afraid                       C. full                        D. tired
48. A. fact                     B. warning                    C. rule                     D. surprise
49. A. burden              B. reminder                   C. threat                     D. blow
50. A. accepted              B. valued                      C. abandoned              D. misunderstood
51 A. with                     B. like                         C. as                          D. for
52. A. claim                  B. suggest                     C. announce               D. promote
53. A. traps                   B. circles                      C. mysteries               D. troubles
54. A. judgment             B. time                         C. labor                     D. power
55. A. completely          B. partly                       C. sufficiently             D. permanently

It was on a summer burning afternoon in Denver．The sky was blue and the wind was blowing slightly．A man from a big 36 with a new wagon （马车） and a beautiful pair of horses was 37 along a country road．He did not 38 much attention to 39 he was going．Pretty soon he realized that he was 40 , but he continued to drive, 41 to find his way or to meet someone who could tell him how to 42 to the town．
It was a long 43 road．For several hours he kept on driving．44 it was almost dark, he saw in a cornfield a tall farmer plowing （犁） the land．He stopped his 45 team of horses near the fence and called out, "Hello, farmer"
"Hello, yourself" the farmer replied, 46 plowing．
"Where does this 47 go ?"
"I haven't ever seen it go anywhere．It always 48 right where it is " , said the farmer, without stopping his work．
"How far is it 49 the next town?" said the stranger, speaking a little louder．
"Don't know, never 50 it " replied the farmer．
By this time the city man was getting 51 , "What do you know? You're the biggest 52 I ever saw"
The farmer 53 the plow and turned and looked for a long time at the city man．Then he said scornfully （轻蔑地） , "Maybe I don't know much．54 I am a fool．But 55 I'm not lost!"