阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后第53至第57小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语,并将答案转写到答题卡上。

注意:每空不超过3个单词。

Each year there is an increasing number of cars as millions of new cars are produced in America. Americans will not live without cars! However, some have realized the serious problem of air pollution by cars. It is necessary to find ways to solve the problem of air pollution.

One way to clean the air is to build a new kind of clean car. That’s what several of the large car factories are trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.

Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on it. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model for us.

To prevent the world being polluted by cars, Americans have to make some changes in the way of their life. They have to cut down on the number of their cars and are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. But this change does not come easily ---- many workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. And the problem of their pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.

Americans may live a happy but sad life for a long time because of the car problem..

Cars and Pollution in American

Problem

Methods

Disadvantages

57.____________

53.______________

Building a new kind of clean car.

Progress in this field is slow.

Americans may live a happy but sad life.

It takes years to develop a 55._______

54.________ on the number of cars

Many workers may

56.__________

Traveling and going to work by bike.

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."  They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲), where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.  After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."  The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"

    The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in the stone where no wind can ever erase it."

    You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.

64.One friend slapped the other because ____.

       A.he was angry that his friend took him to the desert by mistake.

       B.He was angry that his friend did not agree with him about something.

       C.He was angry that his friend kept wasting time writing and carving.

       D.He had to save his friend from drowning, and this almost took his own life.

65.The underlined sentence means we should _____.

          A.not let others know we are angry with them by letting wind erase what we write down.

       B.gradually forgive others for bad things they have done to us as time goes by.

       C.make sure what we write in the desert does not remain long .

       D.not try to find stones to record things on in a desert.

66.What is the right understanding of the last sentence of the passage?

       A.We should write and carve to record different kinds of feelings.

       B.We should record different kinds of things in different ways.

       C.We should remember only good things others have done to us and let go bad things.

       D.We should remember things that others do to us, including both good things and bad things.

67.Which of the following can be the proper title of the passage?

A.True Friendship                      B.Sand and Stone 

C.Hurts and Benefits                   D.Forgiveness and Gratitude

第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的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。

       As a young man, Al was a skilled artist.He had a wife and two fine sons.One night, his  oldest son developed a severe stomachache.Thinking it was only some   36   intestinal (肠内的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously.But the boy   37   suddenly that night.

       Knowing the death could have been   38    if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden of his   39     To make matters worse his wile   40   him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son.The hurt and pain of the two   41   were more than Al could handle, and he   42   to alcohol.In time Al became an alcoholic.

       43___ the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he   44   — his home, his land, his art objects, everything.  45   Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

       When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete   46 .

       As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier judgment.I knew Al's now   47   son, Ernie.He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known.I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free   48   of love between them.I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

       I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his  49__.One day I worked __50_ my courage to ask him."I'm really _51__ by something," I said."I know your father was  52   _ the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"

       Ernie sat quietly and _53__ for a few moments.Then he said, "From my earliest _54_ as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ' I love you, son.' "

       Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to __55_ Al as a failure.He had not left any material possessions behind.But he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.

36.A.certain            B.common            C.rare            D.basic

37.A.died                B.choked             C.starved         D.worsened

38.A.cured              B.prevented           C.forbidden      D.saved

39.A.disease             B.debt               C.guilt          D.duty

40.A.left                B.scolded             C.quarreled      D.forgave

41.A.disasters            B.adventures          C.conflicts       D.situations

42.A.got                     B.drank              C.turned         D.sank

43.A.As                B.Though             C.Because       D.If

44.A.needed             B.shared              C.benefited       D.possessed

45.A.Eventually          B.Gradually           C.Therefore      D.Meanwhile

46.A.trouble              B.hardship            C.failure       D.waste

47.A.teen                B.aduh                C.aged           D.adolescent

48.A.win                B.fall                     C.space          D.flow

49.A.mother             B.brother            C.father          D.child

50.A.up                B.with                C.on             D.through

51.A.worried           B.puzzled          C.interested       D.attracted

52.A.especially           B.basically            C.merely        D.specially

53.A.argued             B.searched             C.analyzed         D.reflected

54.A.thoughts            B.ideas                C.minds         D.memories

55.A.treat               B.call                 C.judge          D.Feel

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分 40分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A university math tutor has discovered the science behind “singledom”, finding that our chances of finding the perfect partner are just 1 in 285,000. Peter Backus, a tutor at the University of Warwick, published his “Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend” paper after a three-year love drought.

His unconventional study uses a famous math formula called The Drake Equation(德雷克等式), which was first used to estimate the existence of extra-terrestrial(地球以外) life.

The results don't look promising for British singles. 30-year-old Mr. Backus found that out of the 30 million women in the UK, only 26 would be suitable girlfriends for him.

The dull equation takes into account the number of women aged 24 to 34, living in his home city of London, and who are single, meaning his chances of meeting his dream woman on a night out are slim.

The economics expert said: “There are 26 women in London with whom I might have a wonderful relationship. So, on a given night out in London there is a 0.0000034% chance of meeting one of these special people. That’s a 1 in 285,000 chance, so it’s not great.”

The puzzling Drake equation reads: N = R* x Fp x Ne x Fi x Fc x L, and helped pioneering scientist Professor Drake to predict that there could be 10,000 civilizations in our galaxy.

Mr. Backus simply replaced the original equation with his own criteria for a dream date, which included the percentage of women likely to find him attractive, and the number of girls aged 24-34 in London. He said: “The research may sound depressing to people looking for love, but the good news for singles is, it’s probably not your fault!”

56. Mr. Backus’ discovery in this passage is mainly concerned about ______.

A. whether there exists life out of our planet

B. the possibility of his being able to find love

C. how to get rid of singledom

D. what math can do to serve our daily life

57. What does Mr. Backus think of the result of his research?

A. Optimistic.     B. Depressing.      C. Unrealistic.     D. Exciting.

58. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Mr. Backus’ major research field is “singledom”.

B. Mr. Backus found a girlfriend three years ago.

C. Mr. Backus’ new thesis will surely be well received.

D. Mr. Backus has been searching for love for long.

59. By “the good news for singles” in the last sentence, Mr. Backus probably mean _____.

A. you don’t have to blame yourself for remaining single

B. maybe the discovery is not reliable at all

C. the result was based on his own criteria

D. there might be more dream date out of London

60. Which of the following statements is true?

A. This passage could be published in a scientific magazine.

B. The passage intends to prove there are other civilizations.

C. The passage writer doesn’t really understand the Drake equation.

D. Most women in London are not suitable for university teachers.

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