第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

     This is a true story. Rex White lived in a  36  some distance from the coast, so he   37   to drive to Lytham and leave his car in a car park beside the river. Then he  38  row out to the pilot boat, and wait for the  39   ship that it was his duty to guide.

     Early one morning, Mr. White   40   to Lytham from a night on duty, only to   41 he couldn't start his car. He had driven from his village the evening before and left his car in the car park   42  . Now with his work finished; how he   43   to drive home to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a warm bed!   44  , no matter what he did, he could not get the engine to start.

     It was a cold and windy night; there was no garage   45   to which he could turn for help. He was just about to   46 , and spend the rest of the night in his car,  when a bright idea 47   him.  He pushed his car round so that it was facing in the   48   of the wind, opened ail four doors,   49   it along a short way, and then jumped in. The doors acted like 50, and in no time the wind had taken him  51   out of the car park and away down the beach road. When he   52  the starter-switch once more,  the engine roared to   53  immediately.  All he had to do then was to stop the car and shut the   54  .

     He went to bed later than usual,   55   he did not go without his cup of hot chocolate. Mr. White was not a seaman for nothing.

36. A. city                B. town             C. village                   D. family

37. A. decided             B. had              C. managed                  D. asked

38. A. could               B. should            C. would                    D. might

39. A. old                 B. foreign           C. big                      D. particular

40. A. returned             B. got               C. went                    D. walked

41. A. accept              B.  tell            C. find                     D. remember

42. A. once more       B. as usual          C. at last                D. as well

43. A. prepared             B. supposed          C. hurried               D. desired

44. A. Sadly             B. Surprisingly     C. Naturally            D. Finally

45. A. inside               B. around            C. away                     D. ahead

46. A. shout at               B. break down     C. give out             D. give up

47. A. knocked             B. beat           C. kicked                   D. struck

48. A. position             B. direction           C. speed                    D. strength

49. A. pulled              B. rode              C. pushed                   D. followed

50. A. brakes              B. engines           C. energies                  D. batteries

51. A. nearly              B. right              C. almost                   D. hardly

52. A. opened              B. checked           C. tried                     D. provided

53. A. effect               B. way              C. use                      D. life

54. A. windows            B. doors             C. lights                    D. systems

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

You may surf the internet to choose some films for the long holidays. Read the following introductions for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness (Romance) ★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don’t like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I scream (Thriller ) ★★    

In I scream, Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn’t make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul’s Heroes (Comedy) ★★★  

This is very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it’s great fun getting there.

(Drama ) ★★★★

   This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who plays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr Lloyd (Phidl Driver) who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

1. The purpose of writing this article is to _____________

   A. advertise the four films to attract more audience

   B. compare the different advantages of each film

   C. introduce different films to vacationers.

   D. persuade people to go to the cinema

2. The underlined word “correspond” can be replaced by ________.

   A. communicate        B. match           C. write          D. exchange

3. Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

   A .A Hard-working Truck Driver                      B. Medicine

   C. A Strange Illness                                 D. Twelve Hours

Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节,满分40分)

  第一节 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

    阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并存答题卡上将该

  项涂黑。

     Increasingly over the last few years,we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices or  “smart” accessories (附件,饰品 ) . Pocket heart -rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways.

     As a scientist at New York University . Rosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they go on the market.  One of these was the so-called " frown (皱眉)headband". Rosalind was shocked to realize just how often she frowned. Stuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead -each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signal.

     Another computer scientist , Stevcn Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see .Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you're not familiar with the dishes on the menu.  If you are weanng a pair of Steven's glasses . all yau have to do is glance above the restauran’s doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Tntemet, offering you full details of the meals served inside. The glasses could also be used to help people make speeches,give chefs access to the latest recipes and even provide doctors with

patient information while they carry out operations.

      At the moment, Steven's invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glasses.

It's a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning  System  ( GPS ) receiver, which tracks the wearer's position. But he says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller and lighter as technology improves.

      And, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful application. A chemical engineer named Roben Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring,can give off different smells according to a person's mood. That, of course, may or may not appeal to you.  And,in the end , it is  shoppers . not scientiscs , who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are sure tO join history's long list of crazy inventions.

      It is clear,however ,that as computers get smaller and cheapcr.  Lhcy will pop up in all sorts

of easily-wearable accessories . even in the buttons on your coat.  WhaCs morc, this is something that's going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect.

41. When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised a___________

     A. how well the sensor worked           B. how she was affected by traffic

     C. how strong the signal was            D. how uncomfortable it was

 For people eating out , Steven’ s glasses can___________      

    A . give them a restaurant's location

    B.  let them see a restaurant's environment

    C.  inform them about a restaurant’s menu 

    D.  tell them about a restaurant's quality

43. What is the current problem with Stevcn's glasses?

      A. Limited function.                B. Inconvenience.

      C. High cost.                       D. Poor Internet access.

44.  In general, what does the writer think about smart accessories?

      A. They will soon be widely available.

      B. Much more research is needed into them.

      C. Only a few of them will appeal to shoppers.

      D. Most of them are considered to be crazy inventions.

 45. What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?

       A. To advertise some smart accessories.

       B .To tell interesting stories about smart accessories.

       C. To argue that smart accessories are fashionable.

       D. To introduce the idea of smart accessories.

Every evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit(收益) the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.

Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghana’s first Girls’ Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the country’s Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those dreams. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghana’s Executive Director.

Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students through a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them.  Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Development Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never before seen a computer.

“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didn’t have any idea what the world held for them,” says Eugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”

“I think the most important thing that happened at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been laughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her father’s disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员) that when she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, ‘The camp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.’

66. How many are there in Rashida’s family?

   A. Seven        B. Eight     C. Nine    D. Ten

67. According to the passage, Camfed Ghana’s first Girls’ Career Camp is         .

A. A program to help poor girls to have ambition

B. A program to help poor girl students to get university education

C. A program to help poor girls to study hard

D. A program to help the poor families

68. Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?

A. To show they are better than their schools

B. To encourage them to get good education.

C. To show them what they are like

D. To get them to touch the advanced equipment there

69. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Rashida has become friends with her mentors

B. Rashida’s mentors has encouraged her a lot.

C. Rashida was sad because of her father’s disability.

D. Rashida has had her new dream since the camp

70. The best title of the passage is ___________.

A. Poor Girls in Ghana            B. Girls’ Career Camp

C. Camfed Ghana                D. Students in Ghana Dream Big

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