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After pains-taking efforts, he eventually concluded that the principle he stuck _______ true.

A. to proved B. to proving

C. to be proved D. to being proved

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Jack ________ have fought with the policeman.

—Yes. If one ________ ask for trouble, it can’t be helped.

A. would; will B. must; may

C. should; must D. need; dare

第一节 基础知识测试(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

(一)根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处单词或短语的正确形式(每空一词)

1.The three star hotel offers a friendly ________ (氛围) and personal service.

2.Scientists in different countries, working _________(独立)of each other, have come up with very similar results.

3.It is his _________(难以置信)effort that leads to his magnificent achievements.

4.Give Tom my _________(祝贺) on his promotion.

5.One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with_________(失望的)looks on their faces.

International teams have spent nearly half a year looking for evidence of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, a search that includes the hunt for the aircraft’s so-called black box, which holds flight data that would likely explain what caused MH370 to move away from its course. But many aviation experts wonder why, in our increasingly networked world, divers are searching the Indian Ocean for a metal box when technology already exists that would enable planes to stream black box data to the ground in the event of an emergency.

Black boxes have been on planes since the late 1950s, and now every commercial aircraft has two: a flight data recorder and a voice recorder. (Although they are referred to as black boxes, they are typically orange in color, making them easier to spot in waters.) Black box recorders are mainly used to investigate the cause of in-flight accidents.

While black boxes are built to survive a crash and long-term submersion(浸没）in water, it can be a real challenge to find the device if a plane has gone down in the ocean. While each box contains a beacon(无线电信标台), the unit only has enough battery power to transmit a signal for 30 days. After the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, it took divers two years to find the black box.

Pierre Jeanniot, a Canadian engineer who helped perfect black box technology about 40 years ago, feels that the device, in its current form, is “obsolete”. He started to question its effectiveness more than a decade ago, after seeing the broken pieces of the black boxes in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade towers in New York. Jeanniot is now on the advisory board of a Toronto-based firm that has built a live-streamed black box system. When a plane experiences an irregular event, the system can send streaming data off the aircraft to one of the satellites and then down to ground-based servers, where the message is interpreted and sent to the airline. It seems necessary that the loss of MH370 and other similar cases wake more people up to the fact that the tools being used at this stage are inadequate for dealing with emergency situations, Jeanniot says. He also estimates that if this technology had been on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight and live-streaming for the estimated seven hours after the flight first experienced a problem, it would have cost about $3,000.

While there is widespread approval of a live-streamed black box system, most airlines see its cost prohibitive. The airline industry is an industry with small profits, and is reluctant to add costs that will further cut the bottom line.

However, given how much time, money and effort has been spent on the luckless search for MH370, s black box, the cost of operating a live-streaming version seems like a trifle(区区小数)

1.In this passage, the underlined word “obsolete” probably means .

A. out of date B. out of use

C. on the move D. on the increase

2.Which fact is mentioned to support aviation experts’ doubt about the effectiveness of the black box?

A. MH370’s black box holds flight data that might explain what happened to the aircraft.

B. The recorders are actually orange in color though referred to as black boxes.

C. The beacon in the black box has limited battery power to send out a signal for 30 days.

D. It’s necessary for people to wake up to the weaknesses of the black box

3.What’s airlines’ attitude towards the live-streamed black box system?

A. They approve of the system since it may save time, money and effort.

B. They consider using the system as the bottom line of costs.

C. They are reluctant to start the system because it still needs improving.

D. They are unwilling to equip planes with the system as it cuts their profits.

4.From the passage, we can learn that__________.

A. it takes divers one or two years to find the black box after a crash

B. the new system does not live stream black box data for the whole flight

C. Jeanniot changed his view on black box technology when working for a Canadian firm

D. operating a live-streamed black box system costs only three thousand dollars

If people outside China learned a bit about jasmine tea culture, they would realize there_______ a lot of enjoyment in it.

A. is B. was C. were D. would be

A

Two workers was rescued 188 hours after they trapped in a coal mine collapse(倒塌)in the south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region The two were among 18 miners trapped after the mine, collapsed midday on July 2 because of days of heavy rain.

A total of 71 miners were working underground when the accident occurred on July 2---49 managed to escape. Rescuers have got eight bodies so far.

Ye Fangyong, commander of the rescue headquarters, said that the place where the survi- vors were found was at 320 meters underground. It was filled with mud after the collapse, but there was still room for fresh air. He said three more miners trapped at a work platform390 meters underground may survive because the place also have some space for fresh air.

Rescuers had believed that four other miners would be found with the rescued two, but the chances of the remaining 12 being found alive are not good due to the conditions in the mine.

However, the rescuers have not given up. They are using scientific measures such as a water-proof radar device(裟置)to help find the exact locations of trapped workers. Moreover, rescuers have been offered 2 million yuan for each miner they pull out alive.

The two survivors have been identified a) 41-year-old Liu Jiagan and 35-year-old Qin Hongdang. They are in safe condition.

Before they were rushed to Heshan People's Hospital for treatment, they told rescuers in weak voices that they survived under the mine by drinking spring water that seeped(渗漏) through the top of the shaft(矿井).

1.The local mine coal accident was probably reported on.

A.July8 B.Julylo C.July2 D.July3

2.What caused the coal mine break down?

A. Workers abnormal xvc}rking

B. Typhoonn.

C. Days of heavy rajp

D. Shock of the ca:thquake

3.According to the passage,th. e rrmPrs could be alive unaerground if .

A. there is some space for fresh air

B. they are equippeci with water-proof raciar device

C. they drink enough water

D. there is enough food

4.Which of the following is TRUE accoraing to the passage?

A. Scientific measures are used to help rescue the trapped workers.

B. Each miners being pulled out alive will be offered 2 miliion yuan.

C. Officials offered to give the continuing rescuers higher rank

D. Water-proof radar- will be puf down to give light.

But for the fact that I_ an unexpected visitor, I _____to the lecture．

A．had had/would go

B．had/must go

C．had/would have gone

D．had had/must have gone

_____ with shame, the boy lowered his head, ready for the punishment from his dad.

A. Filled B. Filling

C. To fill D. To have filled

— How do you find your trip to Sanya during the three-day New Year Holiday ?

—________ I can’t speak too highly of it.

A. Oh, wonderful indeed!

B. It’s awful!

C. Don’t mention it.

D. You said it.

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