第二部分: 语言知识及应用 (共两节,满分35分)

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called   21  , but Dr. Kleitman has a new   22  . He has proved that everyone has a   23   energy cycle. During the hours when you   24   through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s   25  . The time of day when you feel most   26   is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the   27   comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it   28   such familiar monologues as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the   29  . Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives   30   what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better.

21. A. patience     B. laziness       C. sadness        D. comfort

22. A. discovery    B. invention      C. explanation     D. statement

23. A. changing     B. increasing     C. full           D. daily

24. A. labour       B. get           C. go            D. look

25. A. honest       B. actual        C. true           D. real

26. A. pleasant      B. energetic     C. excited         D. comfortable

27. A. power       B. energy        C. peak           D. altitude

28. A. comes to     B. gets to        C. leads to        D. refers to

29. A. morning     B. afternoon      C. evening        D. noon

30. A. realize       B. recognize      C. memorize      D. See

B

The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose(夸大的)words. “Outstanding” is new “good,” “amazing” is the new “OK”, and “huge” is the new “big.”

I was in a restaurant in Washington D.C. last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration.

Me: How is the salmon?

Sever: Fantastic!

Me: Does it come with rice?

Sever: Absolutely!

Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!

My father is an average-sized man. He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same. However, in the same amount of time, his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large.

The reason for the exaggerated word is clear: we are bored with our lives. We want the next –next thing now. Immediately!

And we also want others to think that we still care, that we can still be delighted, that we know that everything is just great. Even when deep inside we know it can’t be. Everything can’t be great.

I’m not a scientist, so many methods of proof leave little to be desired, or a lot to be desired, or an immensity(无限).

Listen to the voices around you. Listen to your own voices. There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad , weather is either beautiful or horrible.

Listen, the next time when someone asks you something and you agree, because when you could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely ” or “without doubt” or “Oh, yeah, unquestionably—absolutely without doubt.”

Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding, if everything is the most amazing thing ever, is anything ever amazing at all?

45.By telling his experience in the restaurant, the author intends to_______.

       A.show his interest in exaggerated words

       B.prove that exaggerated words are widely used

       C.blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words

       D.tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good

46.What do we know about the author’s father?

       A.He has gained height and is now a tall man.

       B.He likes following the fashin in clothing.

       C.His weight is getting greater and greater.

       D.The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words.

47.So many people like using exaggerated words because________.

       A.they are not satisfied with being normal

       B.they don’t want to be looked down upon by others

       C.they want to be different from others

       D.they are brave in telling their true feelings

48.According to the passage, if you approve of something, you’d better say “ ______ ”.

       A.fantastic   B.perfect      C.OK   D.Absolutely

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