3.Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 3 foot prints. (NMET2001)

　　 (3) A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare

　　 解析：选B。此题为五星级题。做此题不能孤立地去分析，而应联系前一句去理解，由前句的“Further”一词可知，此处应用比较级more。“付出更大的努力去找Yetis，但是人们找到的惟一踪迹只是更多的脚印。”若不联系上下文，此题极易误选possible。

2.People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington college of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 26 and have ade up their minds to 27 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 28 through the narrow High…street…I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

　　 (26) A. college B. village C. town D. church

　　 (27) A. change B. repair C. ring D. shake

　　 (28) A. now and then B. day and night

　　 C. up and down D. in day and night

　　 解析：第26、27、28三题都必须从语篇考虑。三道题均为五星级题。第26题答案是D。the bell tower of the church “教堂的钟塔”，从最后一句得知答案；第27题选C，从上下文得知这些学生是以“钟声”天天敲响，日日夜夜两个星期，制造噪声作为抗议，从文中的protest得知，所以敲响钟为ring the bells，让钟日日夜夜响两个星期，为day and night。28题选B。

1.They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 27 ,they try to find a solution by trial and error. 28 , when all these methods 29 , the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six 30 in analyzing a problem.(NMET2001春季)

　　 (27) A. practice B. thinking C. understanding D. help

　　 (28) A. Besides B. Instead C. Otherwise D. However

　　 (29) A. fail B. work C. change D. develop

　　 (30) A. ways B. conditions C. stages D. orders

　　 解析：此段几个空项都要从语篇考虑。这篇文章的主旨大意是讲人们遇到问题，经常不思考而接受别人的意见或思想，一旦失败，才会自己去分析，应怎样分析问题、解决问题。

　　 第27题选B。此题为五星级题。上文的信息告诉我们，人们经常不假思索的接受一些人的意见或思想，without为介词，without thinking译为“不假思索地”。

　　 第28题选D。此题为四星级题。通过上下句可知，这两句为转折关系，且语篇中用逗号隔开，选However。

　　 第29题选A。此题为四星级题。表示上述分析问题的方式“不灵了”，为fail。

　　 第30题选C。此题为四星级题。从下文可知，一般分析问题的方法不灵时，人们开始分六个阶段来分析问题，stage为“阶段”。

3.(★★★★★)Finally I turned the key in the lock and 40 the door open with Dad 41 complaining about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in, expecting the 42 .

　　 (NMET2000)

　　 (40) A. knocked B. forced C. pushed D. tried

　　 (41) A. yet B. only C. even D. still

　　 (42) A. worst B. chair C. best D. tea

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2.(★★★★★)The story of the snowman has been around for many years.… Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 41 .… Shipton believed that they were not 42 the tracks of a monkey or a bear and 43 that the Abominable Snowman might really 44 .

　　 (NMET2001)

　　 (41) A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued

　　 (42) A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply

　　 (43) A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubted

　　 (44) A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return

1.(★★★★★)I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not

　　 38 have scored more than 80. 39 when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always 40 it. (NMET2002)

　　 (38) A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently

　　 (39) A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet

　　 (40) A. foxed B. checked C. drove D. changed

10.(★★★★★)In any cases, it is important to know a great deal about the value of property -　 10　 the buyer may be cheated by agents.

(10) A. However 　　　　 B. Otherwise　　　　　 C. But 　　　　　　　　 D. So

9.(★★★★★)The instructor then 　9　 　that we find ways to make apologizes to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings.

(9) A. expected 　　　　　　 B. suggested　　　　　 C. ordered 　　　　　 D. demanded

8.(★★★)So VOA invented a simpler kind of English,　 8　 　was about 1 500 words and is spoken slowly. Of course ,it is special English.

(8) A. it　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. who　　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　　 D. that

7.(★★★★★)Advertising can be a service to the customer. This is true 　1　 advertisement gives reliable information about the goods　 2　 .

(1) A. when　　　　　　　　　 B. if　　　　　　　　　　　 C. that　　　　　　　　　 D. as

(2) A. advertising 　　　　 B. advertised　　　　　 C. advertise 　　　　　 D. bought