第二节 完形填空（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。

London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. Just  36  into one of the city’s 22,000 distinctive (有特色的)shaped cars and tell the driver your  37 . No matter how small and obscure (模糊的) the street is,  38  will be able to get you there without any  39 .

The reason London taxi drivers are so  40  is that they have all gone through a very rough training period known as “the knowledge” to get the special license （许可证） 41  to drive taxis. During this period,  42  can take from two to four years, the would-be taxi driver  43  learn the most  44  route to every single road and to every important building in London. To  45  this, most learners go around the city  46  small motorbikes, practicing how to move to and from different points of the city.

Going around London on a small motorbike can have its problems, particularly during the winter. Collin Sinclair, 40, who has been a taxi driver for 15 years, described his  47  period as a time of  48 , sweat and tears. “There was thick snow everywhere and I had to  49  my mother’s tights (紧身裤) because I was so cold,” he said.

Learner taxi drivers  50  several times during their training period  51  government officers. Sinclair thought his exams were a nerve-racking (伤脑筋的) experience. “The officers  52  you, ‘How do you get from Buckingham Palace to the Tower of London?’ and you have to take them there in a very direct line. When you get to the Tower, they  53  say, ‘Well done.’ They will quickly  54  the next question. After five or six questions, they’ll just say, ‘See you in two months time,’ and  55  you know the exam is over.”

36.A. jump      B. take      C. insert            D. sit

37.A. name        B. address     C. destination        D. place

38.A. a driver       B. the driver C. and the driver   D. drivers

39.A. question      B. hesitation  C. puzzle          D. trouble

40.A. kind           B. efficient          C. gentle           D. sensitive

41.A. made          B. taken        C. needed          D. suited

42.A. it                B. which       C. that           D. what

43.A. has to                B. wants to    C. must             D. need

44.A. easy            B. fast      C. good            D. direct

45.A. achieve       B. admit       C. know            D. find

46.A. ride             B. by         C. take          D. on

47.A. driving       B. training    C. parking         D. working

48.A. hope        B. convenienceC. flood           D. blood

49.A. dress           B. put on      C. wear             D. dress in

50.A. are taught    B. are tested         C. are fed up        D. are tired

51.A. with           B. as         C. for            D. by

52.A. ask             B. tell        C. order            D. teach

53.A. will            B. used to     C. won’t           D. would

54.A. move on to B. rely on     C. stand by        D. fill out

55.A. when          B. what         C. then                 D. that

On the wall in my mother’s bedroom there was a photo, which showed a soldier with a gun.

Below the photo there was the word ”Speaking”.

   “Who’s that soldier called Speaking?” I asked one day.

   “He was Harold.” She said, ‘He was my only brother. When the Second War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine.”

   “Harold liked to play with us, and we often quarreled. When we quarreled, we said, ‘We’re not speaking to you.’ But before long we were all happy again, and then we said, ‘I’m speaking now. Are you speaking to me?’”

“When the war broke out, Harold joined the army. A month later, he came to see us. He brought the gun to show us. Then he went miles away to the war. We didn’t see him for three years, three long, empty years. We didn’t often hear from him. But one day in May there was a loud bang on the front door.”

“I ran to open it, it was Harold! He was an old Harold, a thinner Harold, too. He looked at me with his two green eyes and smiled. That smile was just the same as before, then he said one word “Speaking’”.

‘I didn’t. I couldn’t answer. I just fell into his arms and he dropped his gun. He stayed with us for a month. We played all our old games again. Then he went back to the war, and never came back again. So I wrote the word on the photo.”

60. When I first saw the word “Speaking” below the photo, I thought ____.

  A .the soldier was calling “Speaking” 

B. it was taken when the soldier was speaking

  C .“Speaking” was the soldier’s name 

D. Mum wished the soldier could speak to her

61. How old was the author’s mother when Harold came back for the last time?

  A.Twelve                  B.Thirteen                    C. Fifteen                     D. Twenty-one

62. When Harold came back home, ____.

  A.he changed a lot except for his eyes and smile

  B.he made a shoot in front of the door

  C.his sister could hardly recognize him

  D.his sister had another quarrel with him

63. Harold never came back again because ____.

  A.he didn’t want to speak to his sister any more

  B.he died in a battle

  C.his sister had not answered him when he came back

  D.he went far away to the war

SINGAPORE—It seems the financial crisis isn’t all hopeless: one in four people are glad the world’s economy turned down like it did, because it helped them realize more in life, according to a global survey.

Market research firm Synovate surveyed around 11400 people across the world and found more than half had permanently changed their attitudes toward money over the last 12 months. Another 47 percent, however, said they were looking forward to being able to spend freely again.

“The psychology of global depression has changed the way many people do things,” Jenny Chang, managing director in Taiwan (China), said in a statement. “They are making life-changing decisions based on the current global depression, such as postponing marriage, having children, moving house, changing jobs or pursuing higher education. Even in a relatively effect-free economy like Taiwan’s.”

A quarter of all respondents led by Malaysians said they were glad the world had an economic crisis as it has helped them realize what’s really important in their lives.

Nearly 60 percent said they would try their best to control their spending so that it doesn’t go back to what it used to be before the downturn, and over two-thirds are more interested in increasing their savings than reducing their debt.

The majority of respondents—over 80 percent—believed their generation had a responsibility to leave their country better off for the younger generation, even if it involved dramatically changing their lifestyles.

With the relatively high unemployment in the US, Synovate’s US-based Claire Peerson Braverman said, Americans who had lost one or more incomes in the family, had to make some of the most difficult decisions concerning money each day.

62. What information did Market research firm Synovate want to get by making the survey?

       A. The effects of global depression on people’s money and life attitudes.

       B. The loss people suffered in the global depression.

C. The number of people who like global depression.

D. The influence of economical crisis on the US.

63. What can be inferred from the article?

   A. The global depression had no effects on economy in Taiwan of China at all.

   B. Global depression led some people to give up their higher education.

   C. More people will spend their money more carefully after the global depression.

   D. Some people felt glad about the global depression for the benefits it brought them.

64. What does the underlined world “it” in the fifth paragraph refer to?

       A. Habit of spending money.               B. Global depression.

       C. Responsibility for the country.         D. Attitude towards life.

65. What is the theme of this article?

       A. The economic crisis made more people try to save more money.

       B. The situation of unemployment in the US became more serious.

       C. Lots of people put off some important events in their life for the economic crisis.

       D. Economic crisis helped people change their ideas about money and life.

Major Cities Take Steps to Protect Water Resources

Faced with the threat of water shortages, Beijing and Shanghai will take effective measures to save water and protect water resources.

Beijing will stick more strictly to water-saving policies through the readjustment of industrial structures. Beijing is expected to be short of 1.185 billion cubic meters of water by 2020. Beijing will shut down factories with high water consumption and pollution including electric power, steel and paper manufacturing equipments. Advanced water-saving technology will be introduced to new industrial projects in the capital city.

Grain-growing areas will be reduced to save ground water and more trees will be planted. Animal breeding and other “highly efficient” agriculture with modern water-saving irrigation methods will be developed.

It is said that water used in agriculture will drop to 35 percent of the city’s water consumption in 2010 from 43 percent in 1998, and the figure will continue to drop to 28-30 percent in 2020. Beijing will increase the speed of renovation of its urban water supply equipments. It’s reported that more than 15 percent of water is lost during distribution(分发). Water-saving equipment and efficient management can save Beijing more than 537 million cubic meters by 2010.

Shanghai still faces key problems connected with its water resources and environment. Since 1998, the city has invested nearly US$169 million to treat its rivers, especially Suzhou Creek. The city’s rivers have become noticeably clearer since putting it into action.

The government will provide a further US$24 million for the treatment of rivers and US$12 million to treat sewage(污物).

This year’s task is to improve the water quality at the three ports of Longhua, Yang-shupu and Hongkou. Another emphasis to raise the water system in Songjiang New Area with a project worth US$4.8 million. Efforts will be made to improve public awareness about the need to protect water resources.

53. How many measures has Beijing taken to save water and protect water resources?

A. three   B. four   C. five   D. six

54.Grain-growing areas in Beijing will be reduced because _____.

A. grains can’t fetch a good price in China.

B. a lot of ground water will be saved by this area.

C. Beijing helps to develop advanced technology.

D. highly effective agriculture needs fewer farmland.

55. From the passage, we know Shanghai will invest _____ million dollars on the treatment of river and sewage.

A. 169   B. 36   C. 40.8   D. 201.7

56. The author wrote the passage to tell us _____.

A. Beijing and Shanghai are short of water

B. to save every drop of water in our daily life

C. big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are trying their best to protect water resources

D. water shortages have become one of the most important problems that China has to deal with

语音知识 从A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1. thus      A. youth        B. health      C. breakthrough    D. worthy

2. belief     A. chief        B. variety      C. society         D. lie

3. fiction    A. suggestion   B. separation    C. question        D. collision

4. absorb    A. forbid       B. word        C. sailor          D. former

5. march    A. technology   B. chemistry     C. chat           D. machine

We all think it is Mr Wang as well as his parents that _______ for his son’s bad performance at school.

A. are to blame      B. is to be blamed         C. are to be blamed       D. is to blame

—How about putting some pictures into the report?

—________．A picture is worth a thousand words．

       A．No way．       B．Why not?        C．All right?        D．No matter

The paper is very old and ________ easily, so you must be careful.

A. is tearing     B. is torn  C. tears    D. tore

When _________ for a certain job, you have to go through all the newspapers to look for information.

  A. inspecting            B. earning                       C. hunting                  D. responding

Mary was only too ready to help others, seldom,      , refusing them when they turned to him.

       A．if never    B．if not C．if any       D．if ever