题目内容
15.Many people are closely following the political polls (民意测验) during the final weeks preceding this important election.(71)BPolls are surveys of a relatively small number of people compared to the actual number who will vote.They are an attempt to determine who may actually win an election in advance of the final vote.Let's say that 100 million people are expected to vote in the general election.If 100 people are asked for their opinions,each respondent represents a million voters.Obviously,the results are not very reliable.(72)D
(73)EThey try to find a representative variety of people to question.For example,they look for people with similar backgrounds and from similar regions to those of all the voters.
Pollsters also ask questions to determine how many people supporting each candidate will actually vote.If a candidate has a higher percentage of enthusiastic supporters,he has a much better chance of winning election.
(74)G The campaigns use those results to help them decide which issues to stress or which positions to clarify.They can also determine which voters to target with their messages.
Because no two people are the same,polls can never be perfect predictors of the real vote.But they can give important clues as to where things may be heading.(75)F
A.Why are polls so popular?
B.But how do these polls actually work?
C.However,polls sometimes dont actually make sense.
D.The more people surveyed,the more accurate the results are.
E.Pollsters have various ways of making their polls more accurate.
F.At the very least,if you like politics,polls can be great entertainment.
G.Polls often ask potential voters what they like or dislike about each candidate.
分析 本文主要介绍了民意调查是如何运作的,调查的人越多,结果就越准确.民意测验专家试图寻找有代表性的各种各样的人来提问,这样会使民意调查更准确.
解答 71~75 BDEGF
71.B联系上文题.根据上文讲到民意测验.B项:But how do these polls actually work?但是这些民意调查是如何运作的呢?符合文意,故选B.
72.D文章衔接题.根据上文If 100 people are asked for their opinions,each respondent represents a million voters.Obviously,the results are not very reliable.可知如果有100个人被问及他们的意见,那么每一个回答者代表一百万个选民,结果显然不是很可靠.D项:The more people surveyed,the more accurate the results are.调查的人越多,结果就越准确.符合文意,故选D.
73.E句意理解题.根据下文They try to find a representative variety of people to question.可知他们试图寻找有代表性的各种各样的人来提问.E项:Pollsters have various ways of making their polls more accurate.民意测验专家有各种方式使他们做的民意调查更准确.符合文意,故选E.
74.G语境辨析题.根据后文The campaigns use those results to help them decide which issues to stress or which positions to clarify.可知运动会利用这些结果帮助他们决定哪些问题要强调,哪些立场要澄清.G项:Polls often ask potential voters what they like or dislike about each candidate.民意调查经常询问潜在选民他们对每个候选人的喜欢或不喜欢.符合文意,故选G.
75.F联系上文题.根据上文But they can give important clues as to where things may be heading.可知但他们可以提供重要线索,以确定可能发生的事情.F项:At the very least,if you like politics,polls can be great entertainment.至少,如果你喜欢政治,民意调查可能是很棒的娱乐活动.符合文意,故选F.
点评 答题前一定要略读全文,把握文章要表达的主题,注意前后句与句,段落与段落之间的关系.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.答完后再通读一遍文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯.
A. | putting up | B. | taking up | C. | keeping up | D. | giving up |
A. | majority | B. | number | C. | most | D. | plenty |
I (39)D the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened.She then dialed her (40)B"I will no longer work for your family,"she told him.That night,Mum told my dad that she couldn't clean anymore; she knew her life (41)A was something greater.
The next morning she (42)Bwith the personnel manager at the Board of Education.He told her that without a proper education she could not teach.So mum decided to (43)Cuniversity.
After the first year in college,she went back to the personnel manager.He said,"You are (44)A,aren't you?I think I have a (45)Cfor you as a teacher's assistant.This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of(46)A."Mum accepted the opportunity very (47)B.
For almost five years,as a teacher's assistant,she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and leave,feeling (48)A.Then one day,the personnel manager and the principal (49)D in her classroom.The principal said,"We have watched how you (50)Cthe children and how they communicate with you and admire your hardworking (51)Aover the last five years.We are all in agreement that you (52)Dbe the teacher of this class."
My mum spent more than 20years there.(53)B her career (事业),she was voted Teacher of the Year.All of this came about because of the (54)B comment(评论)made in the classroom that day.Mum showed me how to deal with (55)Asituations and never give up.
36.A.noise | B.voice | C.sound | D.tune |
37.A.bring | B.take | C.carry | D.throw |
38.A.otherwise | B.anyhow | C.instead | D.actually |
39.A.settled | B.pushed | C.stored | D.stuck |
40.A.teacher | B.employer | C.director | D.adviser |
41.A.goal | B.encouragement | C.achievement | D.advantage |
42.A.went | B.met | C.worked | D.stayed |
43.A.visit | B.continue | C.attend | D.prepare |
44.A.serious | B.fortunate | C.careful | D.responsible |
45.A.career | B.duty | C.position | D.work |
46.A.learning | B.judging | C.obeying | D.imagining |
47.A.patiently | B.pleasantly | C.successfully | D.skillfully |
48.A.upset | B.sensitive | C.secure | D.relieved |
49.A.looked up | B.went up | C.took up | D.showed up |
50.A.believe | B.protect | C.treat | D.receive |
51.A.spirit | B.intention | C.action | D.expectation |
52.A.must | B.would | C.might | D.should |
53.A.At | B.During | C.On | D.With |
54.A.worthless | B.thoughtless | C.hopeless | D.helpless |
55.A.difficult | B.different | C.dangerous | D.strange |
The boy's mother was greatly (46)D!She ran after the deer as fast as she could,and not too far away,she found her little boy sitting (47)Don the grass.When he saw his mother,the little boy laughed and reached out his arms to her.His mother lifted him up and(48)B him tightly.She was so happy that she(49)C.She hurried back to their home with her precious son.When she got there,she stopped dead in her tracks,(50)A at what she saw.The huge tree behind their house had fallen over(51)Ashe was out running after the deer to save her son.The whole house was destroyed under its great(52)D.
Then the little boy's mother (53)Bthe day about a year before when a deer(54)Cfrom a hunter had run into her house.She felt sorry for the frightened deer,so she covered it with some clothes,(55)Ait with some fresh grass and let it return to the forest later.The deer seemed to(56)Dthat she had saved its life,because as it left,it kept bending its head to her,as if thanking her for her(57)C.She never imagined that the deer (58)Bremember her kindness.The deer(59)Aknew the tree was going to fall and hurt her,so it came back to show its(60)B.When the boy's mother thought of all this,entire she said,"Saving the life of another is the same as saving your own life."
41.A.sleeping | B.playing | C.crying | D.working |
42.A.head | B.hands | C.clothing | D.body |
43.A.made out | B.brought out | C.let out | D.put out |
44.A.running | B.moving | C.jumping | D.walking |
45.A.know | B.recognize | C.realize | D.see |
46.A.surprised | B.touched | C.excited | D.frightened |
47.A.freely | B.painfully | C.alone | D.safely |
48.A.kissed | B.held | C.kept | D.took |
49.A.laughed | B.waited | C.cried | D.left |
50.A.amazed | B.interested | C.sorry | D.amused |
51.A.while | B.before | C.after | D.because |
52.A.power | B.shape | C.height | D.weight |
53.A.missed | B.remembered | C.mentioned | D.learnt |
54.A.suffering | B.dying | C.escaping | D.running |
55.A.fed | B.sent | C.helped | D.left |
56.A.remember | B.recognize | C.notice | D.understand |
57.A.clothes | B.grass | C.mercy | D.entertainment |
58.A.might | B.could | C.will | D.must |
59.A.somehow | B.hopefully | C.suddenly | D.anyway |
60.A.wisdom | B.thankfulness | C.kindness | D.love |