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第二节:完形填空（在每题给出的四个选项中，只有一项是最符合题目要求的。共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Joseph Henry was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He used to tell a rather   26   story about his childhood. His grandmother, who   27   him, once paid a cobbler（修鞋匠）to make him a pair of   28  .

The man measured his  29  and told Joseph that he could choose between two    30  : a rounded toe or a square toe. Little Joseph couldn’t   31  . It seemed to be such a huge decision;   32  , it would become his only pair of shoes for a long time.

The cobbler   33   him to take a couple of days to make up his   34  . Day after day, Joseph went into the shop, sometimes three or four times a   35  ! Each time he looked over the cobbler’s shoes and tried to decide. The round-toed shoes were   36  , but the square toes looked more   37  . He continued to put off his decision. He wanted to make up his mind, but he just couldn’t decide!

Finally, one day he went into the   38   and the cobbler handed him a parcel   39   in brown paper. His new shoes! He raced home. He   40   off the wrapping and found a beautiful pair of leather shoes, one with a rounded toe and the other with a   41   toe.

I learn a   42   here about decisions: If I don’t make decisions myself, others will   43   make them for me. Better than I make them myself.

And if I choose   44   from time to time, that’s okay, too. At least I won’t have to   45   shoes that don’t match. Besides, I’ll probably do better the next time.

26.  A. scary               B. meaningful            C. miserable                 D. humorous

27.  A. protected        B. educated                   C. prevented                D. raised

28.  A. trousers           B. gloves                    C. shoes                     D. socks

29.  A. feet               B. arms                       C. legs                     D. back

30.  A. ways             B. styles                      C. kinds                      D. types

31.  A. agree              B. respond                  C. believe                D. decide

32.  A. in all                   B. above all              C. after all               D. at all

33.  A. invited           B. allowed               C. ordered                   D. promised

34.  A. mind              B. loss                     C. story                      D. time

35.  A. year              B. month                    C. week                     D. day

36.  A. new               B. practical              C. expensive                D. big

37.  A. convenient      B. valuable                 C. fashionable             D. useful

38.  A. church            B. office                    C. hospital               D. shop

39.  A. wrapped        B. covered                  C. hidden                    D. tied

40.  A. put              B. tore                     C. took                      D. went

41.  A. long               B. short                      C. square                    D. round

42.  A. language         B. mistake                   C. skill                           D. lesson

43.  A. secretly          B. probably              C. quickly                   D. sadly 

44.  A. actively          B. poorly                    C. wisely                    D. carefully

45.  A. wear              B. mend                      C. buy                     D. remove

Desmond, Carls, Russel, Malcolm, Warren正计划买一辆小车。阅读他们的情况和下面六种小车的介绍（选项A、B、C、D、E、F），选出符合各自需求的最佳选项（选项中有一项是多余选项）。请将答案用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔写在非选择题答题卷标号为56—60的相应位置上。

56．Desmond is young and promising athlete. Having won a champion in an important international game, he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future. Of course, the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him, a sportsman.

57．Carls has just been admitted to a famous university hundred of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car. As a young girl, she certainly put safety factors above all.

58．Russel, a farmer in a mountainous area, is growing hundreds of acres of crops. To transport his goods to town timely, he wants to buy a car. He hopes the car will run very fast and, first of all, must meet the natural conditions.

59．Fighting in the commercial circle (商界) and getting a great success, Malcolm makes a fortune. With an aggressive ambition, he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future.

60．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation, good or bad. He expects to have a satisfactory car to make his career better.

计划买车的人         供选择的汽车

56．Desmond     A．Car A

57．Carls             B．Car B

58．Russel          C．Car C

59．Malcolm      D．Car D

60．Warren        E．Car E

                           F．Car F

从每小题中的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出所给单词的正确读音。                              

.agricultural    A./??gri'k??lt????r??/    B./ '??grik??lt????r??/     C. /??gri'k??lt????r??/    D. /'??grik??lt????r??/

genuine      A./'d??enjuin/       B./ d??en'juin /      C./ 'genjuin /        D./ gen'juin /

barbecue     A. / 'b??bikju:/       B./ bɑ:'bikju:/      C./ b??bi'kju: /       D./'bɑ:bikju:/

celebration   A. /sel??'br??????n/      B. /seli'brei????n/     C./ 'sel??br??????n /     D. / selib'rei????n/

fundamental  A /'f??ndɑ:mentl/     B./f??ndɑ:'mentl /    C./f??nd??'mentl/     D. /'f??nd??mentl/

从每小题的A.B.C.D四个选项中，找出所给单词的正确读音，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

delighted 

 A. 【d????la??t??d】    B. 【de??la??td】      C. 【d????l??t??d】      D. 【de??l??td】

occasion   

A. 【????uke????n】    B. 【????ke??t??n】      C. 【????ke????n】      D. 【????uke????n】

emergency

 A.【e??m??:d????ns??】  B. 【????:m??:d????ns??】   C. 【????m??:d????ns??】  D. 【??m????d????ns??】

personality 

A.【??pes??n??????t??】   B. 【p??:s????n??????t??】   C. 【p??s??n????????t??】   D. 【p??:??s??n??????t??】

represent  

 A.【repr????zent】    B. 【r????pr??zent】     C. 【ri:pr????zent】     D. 【??repr??zent】

LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.

39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.                              B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.                              D. He cheated in business.

40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people’s guard against danger

C. changed people’s idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。

【解析】

39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。

40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。

41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。

解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。

解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。

本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。