【题目】 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 21 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 22 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited 23 that his father had bought the car. 24 , on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. His father told him how 25 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box. 26 , but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather -bound Bible. 27 , he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your 28 , you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, 29 the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man had become very 30 in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but 31 his father was very old, and thought perhaps he 32 go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. 33 he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had 34 , and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of 35 .

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and 36 filled his heart. He began to search throughhis father's important papers and saw the still 37 Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to 38 the pages. And as he did, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag（标签） 39 the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had wanted. On the tag was the date of his 40 , and the words PAID IN FULL.

【1】A. admired B. bought C. booked D. examined

【2】A. know B. accept C. afford D. drive

【3】A. telegrams B. signs C. letters D. notices

【4】A. Actually B. Naturally C. Unfortunately D. Finally

【5】A. right B. rich C. proud D. strict

【6】A. Anxious B. Curious C. Happy D. Excited

【7】A. Puzzled B. Angry C. Glad D. Astonished

【8】A. money B. pride C. love D. promises

【9】A. refusing B. destroying C. leaving D. accepting

【10】A. successful B. disappointed C. poor D. tight

【11】A. knew B. supposed C. learned D. realized

【12】A. should B. would C. might D. could

【13】A. Since B. When C. Before D. As

【14】A. got rich B. passed away C. fallen ill D. got angry

【15】A. him B. things C. himself D. possessions

【16】A. disappointment B. despair C. regret D. courage

【17】A. new B. closed C. untouched D. good

【18】A. search B. read C. feel D. turn

【19】A. of B. with C. on D. for

【20】A. birth B. marriage C. graduation D. success

【题目】Paris has some great museums ______ visitors can see fine works of

impressionist painters.

A. where

B. which

C. that

D. when

【题目】--- The professor gave a really good speech.

--- I suggest you ______ him some specific questions about his work experience.

A. have asked

B. will ask

C. asked

D. ask

【题目】单词拼写

根据所给首字母或汉语提示完成句子。

【1】After the conference, the secretary passed me a ten-page __________(概要，摘要).

【2】The doctor gave us a lecture on the connection between food and __________(营养).

【3】He is trying to __________(减少) the family's expenses to save money.

【4】He was making rude __________(评论) about the other people in the room.

【5】The fruit or vegetable might contain a high level of a certain m__________.

【6】In his speech he u__________ several points.

【7】He who never made a mistake never made a d__________.

【8】I s__________ through the rest of the article, looking for more information.

【9】How will climate change affect coffee p__________ and what should we do about it?

【10】Global studies have shown how quickly these __________(细菌) can develop and spread.

【题目】B

There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only unkind terms like nerd and geek for the intellectually curious and academically serious.

We all know what a nerd is: someone who wears thick glasses and ugly clothes; someone who knows all the answers to the chemistry or math homework but can never get a date on a Saturday night. And a geek, according to Webster’s New World Dictionary, is a street performer who shocks the public by biting off heads of live chickens. It is an obvious fact about our language and our culture that someone devoted to the pursuit (追求) of knowledge is compared to such a strange person.

Even at a famous educational institution like Harvard, anti-intellectualism is widespread: Many students are ashamed to admit how much they study. The same thing happens in US primary and high schools.

Enough is enough. The anti-intellectual values that have spread throughout American society must be fought. There are very few countries in the world where anti-intellectualism runs as high in popular culture as it does in the US. In most industrialized nations, especially in East Asia, a kid who studies hard is praised. But in America, average professional ballplayers are much more respected and better paid than professors of the best universities.

How can a country where typical parents are ashamed of their children studying mathematics instead of going dancing be expected to compete in the technology race with Japan? How long can America remain a world-class power if we constantly put social skills and physical strength over academic achievement and intellectual ability?

Do we really expect to take the lead largely by bringing in our scientists and intellectuals from abroad, as we have done for a major portion of this century without making an effort to also cultivate (培养) a pro-intellectual culture at home?

【1】The definition from the Webster’s New World Dictionary is quoted to __________.

A. show that vocabulary use is always up-to-date

B. prove that words used in this article are accurate

C. convince readers with reference from a dictionary

D. show that people look down upon those studying hard

【2】What can be learned from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4?

A. The US government doesn’t mean to spend much money on education.

B. Anti-intellectualism is not popular in industrialized countries in East Asia.

C. Few students work hard for their grade in famous universities like Harvard.

D. Professors earn more than professional basketball players on average in the US.

【3】 What is probably the author’s attitude towards the anti-intellectual values?

A. Skeptical. B. Supportive. C. Concerned. D. Objective.

【4】 What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. America needs its nerds. B. Don’t laugh at nerds.

C. What is anti-intellectualism? D. Why does society avoid nerds?

【题目】单句语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

【1】The government is trying to ________（reducing）pollution to an even lower level so that we can have a better environment.

【2】It was obvious that Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen became the focus ________media attention.

【3】There is no point arguing about what led to the accident, I’d rather you ________（focus） the victims of it.

【4】With all his attention ________（focus）on his experiment, he has no time to spend with his family.

【5】One primary goal of UNESCO is to build ________ a modern knowledge society in which all people can participate in information and knowledge.

【6】Her husband had ________（build）a large business during his lifetime.

【7】Her poor English often ________（lead）misunderstanding when she first went to England many years ago.

【8】It was thanks ________ your stupidity that we lost the game.

【9】—Do you regret ________(bring) up your opinion that every child should take part in service learning?

—No. On the contrary, I think it is very necessary.

【10】She ________ (comment) that it was a better play than usual, and I agreed with her opinion.

【题目】D

Max Vernon Mathews has been called the father of computer music. He created electronic tools so that people could use computers as musical instruments. He had a huge influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written, recorded and played.

In 1957, Max Mathews wrote the first computer program that enabled a computer to create sound and play it back. At the time, he was working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. His computer program was called Music. It enabled a large IBM computer to play a seventeen-second piece of music that he had written.

The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music in seventeen seconds. For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed. He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great, but the technical importance of the music was huge.

The science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke visited Bell Laboratories in the 1960s. He heard a computer “sing” the song “Daisy Bell” on devices and programs developed by Max Mathews and other engineers. Clarke noted this technology in his book “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which was later made into a movie.

Mathews continued creating other versions of the Music program. He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios.

Max Mathews had a long and productive career. He worked with composers like John Cage and Edgard Varese. He helped create a center for research in computer music in Paris. And he taught at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in Stanford University in California.

Mathews believed modern musicians were not making full use of the power of computer music. He said a violin always sounds like a violin, but with a computer, the way a violin sounds is unlimited. He said he did not want computer sounds to replace live music. But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.

【1】 How did the program Music work according to the computer?

A. It helped design a computer program.

B. It made sound and play it on a computer.

C. It could record a seventeen-second piece of music.

D. It enabled a large IBM computer to work faster.

【2】 Mathews was likely to think that .

A. the first computer music was technically important.

B. the first piece of computer music was too short

C. the IBM computer was fit for creating slow music

D. the first piece of computer music wasn’t music indeed

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. Clarke helped develop computer music.

B. Mathews became a character in a movie later on.

C. Computer music was mentioned in Clarke’s book.

D. Clarke saw Mathews operate a singing computer.

【4】 It is implied in the last paragraph that .

A. Mathew wanted computers to take the place of live music.

B. a violin does make much better sounds than a computer

C. a computer can help improve sounds of traditional musical instruments

D. laptops are more suitable to be used as serious musical instruments

【题目】根据汉语意思完成句子。

【1】你的努力会使你成功。

Your hard work will __________ __________ your success.

【2】平衡的饮食和规律的锻炼能够强健我们的体魄，让我们远离疾病。

Balanced diets as well as regular exercise can __________ __________ our body and __________ us __________ __________ illnesses.

【3】请把你的精力集中在你的学业上。

Please __________ your energy __________ your studies.

【4】这种产品的生产成本下降了三分之一。

The production cost of this product was __________ __________ __________ __________.

【5】令我后悔的是，我没有去帮助我的朋友。

__________ __________ __________，I didn't go to help my friend.

【6】我希望能够对你的计划提出我的看法，但没有时间。

I wish I could __________ __________ __________. But there is no time.

【题目】 When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was __【1】__to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary._ 【2】___it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one __【3】_, to be honest, I found it extremely __【4】_ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and _【5】__ not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the __【6】__ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are _【7】__ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt __【8】_ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I _【9】__ that monolingual dictionaries are __【10】 in learning a foreign language

As I found out, there is __【11】_ often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two _【12】___ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to 【13】___ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the _【14】___ meaning of a word in English! ___【15】_ , she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary __【16】___ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ____【17】__, I have come to see what she meant.

Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) 【18】 number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read thesedefinitions, I am 【19】 exposed to（接触）the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 【20】 this, I can express myself more easily in English.

A. worried B. sad C. surprised D. nervous

A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. If

A. but B. so C. or D. and

A. difficult B. interesting C. ambiguous D. practical

A. thus B. even C. still D. again

A. new B. familiar C. earlier D. ordinary

A. explained B. expressed C. described D. created

A. offered B. agreed C. decided D. happened

A. imagine B. recommend C. predict D. understand

A. natural B. better C. easier D. convenient

A. at best B. in fact C. at times D. in case

A. words B. names C. ideas D. characters

A. hope B. declare C. doubt D. tell

A. exact B. basic C. translated D. expected

A. Rather B. However C. Therefore D. Instead

A. when B. before C. until D. while

A. Largely B. Generally C. Gradually D. Probably

A. extra B. average C. total D. limited

A. repeatedly B. nearly C. immediately D. anxiously

A. According to B. In relation to C. In addition to D. Because of

【题目】请根据下面的内容，写一篇幽默故事。

一个法国人到一个英国朋友家做客。在他走近朋友的房子时，一条大狗朝他叫起来。他的英国朋友对朋友说：“你难道不知道一句英国谚语‘叫唤的狗不咬人’吗？”。法国人说“我知道，但这狗知道这个谚语吗？”

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．不要逐条翻译以上内容，可适当增减内容；

3．参考词汇：叫唤bark；咬bite

Barking dogs don't bite

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