I agree with the saying that some people “see old memories as a chance to deal with the past and unite past and present.” Many people are so ___1___ by things that happened in their past that they are not able to focus on the ___2___ . For example, in the book Ceremony, the main character, Tayo, cannot concentrate on the present because he can’t forget his troubled childhood and ___3___ continues to relive things that happened during that time.

However, past memories can help people to ___4___ in the present. A ___5___ example of people learning from the past would be the Marshall Plan. After the ___6___ of World War II there were many war-torn countries around the world in need of ___7___ assistance to help rebuild their countries, and the United States would have to be the one to ___8___ that assistance. Many American politicians thought it was ___9___ for the US government to spend money abroad on countries that would not be able to repay it for a long time. However, George Marshall, a former US general, remembered how the exact same ___10___ of "why should we spend money on war-torn nations that really owe us reparations (赔款)?" had been used after World War I towards Germany. The ___11___ of assistance towards Germany after World War I had caused a gigantic economic depression in Germany that had made the Mark (German money) virtually ___12___ . The German people became so desperate that they started ___13___ an extreme German nationalist named Adolf Hitler, who eventually started World War II. Marshall knew that if the US did not ___14___ war-torn Germany and, especially, Japan, we could ___15___ have a World War III on our hands.

1.A. shocked        B. troubled         C. punished         D. annoyed

2.A. memory         B. situation        C. present      D. future

3.A. constantly     B. innocently       C. ridiculously     D. rarely

4.A. forget         B. recover      C. enjoy            D. compare

5.A. personal   B. scientific       C. historical       D. commercial

6.A. conclusion     B. decision         C. invasion         D. extension

7.A. medical        B. political        C. economic         D. lawful

8.A. need       B. provide      C. find             D. prevent

9.A. reasonable     B. necessary        C. difficult        D. foolish

10.A. statement     B. argument         C. suggestion       D. introduction

11.A. intension     B. request      C. influence        D. lack

12.A. hopeless B. worthless        C. worldwide        D. valuable

13.A. refusing B. employing        C. supporting       D. charging

14.A. stop      B. warn             C. resist           D. help

15.A. similarly     B. simply           C. regularly        D. unlikely

 

The GUARANTEE ON THIS WATER HEATER IS IN EFFECT ONLY WHEN THE HEATER IS INSTALLED AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY BEFORE STARTING.

LOCATION:

  Select a location accessible to water lines and power supply. Do not locate the heater where water lines could be subjected to(受…影响) freezing temperatures. It is recommended that the heater be located near the center of greatest hot water usage to prevent heat loss through the pipes.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS:

  Before any electrical connections are made, be sure that the heater is full of water and that the valve(阀门) in the cold water supply line is open.

OPERATION

When the switch is closed, the operation of this electric water heater is automatic. The thermostats are preset to the "HOT" setting to provide a water temperature of approximately 120oF to reduce the risk of being burnt.

MAITENACE

Shut off the electric power whenever the water supply is turned off.

Shut off the electric power, water supply and drain the heater completely to prevent freezing whenever the building is left unoccupied during the cold weather months.

SERVICE

The trip–free devices on this heater will cut off all power if temperature of water is above 190F. If there is no hot water after a reasonable period of time, check the main fuse(保险丝) box. In the event that the fuses have not blown, call a serviceman.

72.The location of the water heater shall ___________.

A. be close to water lines and power supply

B. be subjected to low temperature

C. be in the centre of the house

D. have a longer distance to hot water usage.

73.Before any connection of power , make sure that one thing you have to do is _____.

A. to have the heater in the water     B. to open the cold water inlet valve.

C. to shut off the thermostats         D. to replace wiring diagram

74.When you are not using the heater in winter months, it is better for you to________.

A. have the tank full of clear water    B. drain the heater

C. to leave it untouched             D. prevent it from losing heat

75. What will happen to the heater when the temperature of water is above 190F?

A. it will cause damage         B. It will break off automatically.

C. It will produce cold water.    D. It will blow the fuse.

 

第二节 完形填空(共20 小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A 、B、 C 和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

"Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"

The _36___ laughter followed, and people stirred to go.

Papadakos held up his hand and __37___ the room and stared at me, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes __38___ I was.

"I will answer your question."

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he __39___ into it and brought out a very small round ___40__.

And what he said ___41__ like this:

"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and lived _42__in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror from a wrecked German motorcycle. "I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not__43___, so I kept only the largest piece. I made it round. I began to play with it as a ___44__, interested by the __45___ that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would ___46__ shine. It became a game for me to get light into the most__47____ places I could find---in deep holes and dark closets.

I kept the little mirror, and, __48___ I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the ___49___ of the game. As I became a man, I __50___ to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor (隐喻) for what I might do __51___ my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the ___52__ of light. But light---truth, understanding, knowledge---is there, and it will shine in many dark places __53____ I reflect it.

"I am a fragment (碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know.__54____, with what I have I can reflect light into the black places in the ___55___ of men. This is the meaning of my life."

36. A. common    B. usual     C. ordinary   D. general

37. A .cheered     B. stopped   C .stilled     D. cleaned 

38. A .that        B. what      C. where    D. whether

39. A. fished      B. looked    C dipped     D. slipped    

40.A. coin        B. toy       C. mirror    D. present

41.A. came       B. sounded    C. read     D. went

42. A. hopefully   B. peacefully  C. hopelessly  D. plainly

43.A. possible     B. difficult   C. easy       D. reasonable

44.A.child        B .treasure   C. tool       D. toy

45.A.case        B. truth       C .fact       D. result

46. A. always     B. seldom     C. still        D. never

47 .A .unavailable  B. difficult    C. interesting  D.  inaccessible

48. A. as          B. before     C. after       D. while

49.A .difficulty    B .challenge   C. content     D. rule

50 .A. grew       B. tended     C. used       D. failed

51. A. for         B. to        C. about        D .with 

52 .A. player       B. resource  C. origin       D. source

53.A. if only       B. only if    C. as far as     D. now that

54. A. Therefore    B. Otherwise  C. However   D. Besides

55. A. hearts       B. minds     C. eyes       D. brains

 

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A. Manufacturing industry in information economy

B. News in the age of information

C. Argument about individual accounts and their reliability

D. Be your own investigative journalist

E. Don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers.

F. Information is presented in an entertaining way.

 

1.______

   With the arrival of the age of “information economy”, intellectual work is becoming a more important source of wealth than manufacturing. Organizations in all walks of life are doing more to spread their information. So people of the Public Relations are hired to speak for them. A lot of our news is actually collected from press releases and reports of events intentionally staged for journalists. In the information age, journalists spend their time, not investigating, but passing on the words of a spokesperson.

2.______

   There is a joke in the novel Scoop about the newspaper’s owner, Lord Copper. The editors can never disagree with him. When he’s right about something they answer “definitely”, and when he’s wrong they say “to some extent, Lord Copper.” It seems reasonable to suppose that, in the real world, the opinions of such powerful people still influence the journalists and editors who work for them.

3.______

   In countries where the news is not officially controlled, it is likely to be provided by commercial organizations who depend on advertising. The news has to attract viewers and maintain its audience ratings. I suspect that some stories get air-time just because there happen to be exciting pictures to show. In Britain, we have the tabloid newspapers which millions of people read simply for entertainment. There is progressively less room for historical background, or statistics, which are harder to present as a sensational story.

4.______

  There is an argument that with spreading access to the internet and cheap technology for recording sound and images we will all be able to find exactly the information we want. People around the world will be able to publish their own eye-witness accounts and compete with the widely-accepted news-gatherers on equal terms. But what it will mean also is that we’ll be subjected to a still greater amount of nonsense and lies. Any web log may contain the latest information of the year, or equally, a made-up story that you will never be able to check.

5.______

   Maybe the time has come to do something about it, and I don’t just mean changing your choice of TV channel or newspaper. In a world where everyone wants you to listen to their version, you only have two choices: switch off altogether or start looking for sources you can trust. The investigative journalist of the future is everyone who wants to know the truth.

 

If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame.Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste.Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn.Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses.Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society.Fashion designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用).They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right.There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious.Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers.Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.

1.Designers and big stores always make money_________.

A.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

B.because they are capable of predicting new fashions

C.by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

D.because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

2.To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as ___________.

A.a waste of money

B.a waste of time

C.an expression of taste

D.an expression of creativity

3.New fashions in clothing are created for ___________.

A.the commercial exploitation of women

B.the women's strength of character

C.basic qualities of inconstancy and instability

D.an important contribution to society

4.By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" ( Line One to Line Two, Paragraph Four), the writer means that ___________.

A.women's inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at

B.women are better able to put up with discomfort

C.men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers

D.men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

 

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