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。

   A recent study shows that gossip(流言蜚语)is more powerful than truth.It suggests people believe what they hear through the grapevine(小道消息)__36__they have evidence to the contrary.

   Researchers, __37__students using a computer game, also found gossip played an important role when people __38__ decisions."We show that gossip has a strong __39__, even when people have __40__ to the original information as well as gossip about the same information.Thus, it is __41__ that gossip has a strong controlling potential," said Ralf Sommerfeld, who led the study.

   In the study, the researchers __42__ the students money and allowed them to give it to others in a series of rounds.The students also wrote __43__ about how others played the game that everyone could review.Students tended to give __44__ money to people described as “scrooges (吝啬鬼)” and more to those described as “__45__ players”.“People only believed the gossip, not the past decisions," Sommerfeld said in a telephone interview.

   The researchers then took the game a step_46_and showed the students the actual decisions people had made.But they also supplied false gossip that contradicted that __47_.In these cases, the students_48_ their decisions to award money on the gossip, __49__ the hard evidence.

   “If you know what the people did, you should care, but they still __50__ what others said,” Sommerfeld said.Researchers have __51__ used similar games to study how people cooperate and the __52__ of gossip in groups.Scientists define gossip __53__ social information spread about a person who is not __54__.In evolutionary terms, gossip can be an important tool for people to __55__ information about others' reputations or find the way through social networks at work and in their everyday lives.

36.A.in case     B.for fear that     C.as if  D.even if    

37.A.testing     B.checking C.examining       D.experimenting

38.A.draw       B.make       C.reach       D.conclude

39.A.impression      B.difference       C.influence D.function

40.A.access      B.entrance   C.charge     D.communication

41.A.curious    B.serious     C.obvious    D.worth

42.A.impressed       B.asked       C.showed    D.gave

43.A.articles    B.notes       C.dairies     D.letters

44.A.less B.more       C.fewer       D.much

45.A.general    B.mean       C.generous D.outgoing

46.A.away       B.forward   C.ahead       D.further

47.A.existence B.evidence C.confidence      D.dependence

48.A.based       B.put   C.focused    D.passed

49.A.more than       B.less than   C.rather than      D.other than

50.A.referred to      B.listened to       C.turned to D.stuck to

51.A.soon        B.presently C.far    D.long

52.A.strength   B.energy     C.effect      D.force

53.A.as     B.for   C.to     D.by

54.A.absent      B.present     C.gone  D.missing

55.A.achieve    B.earn C.acquire    D.win

Downloading music over the Internet is pretty common among high school and college students. However, when students download and share copyrighted music without permission, they are against the law.

A survey of young people’s music ownership has found that teenagers and college students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players. Half of those surveyed share all the music on their hard drive, enabling others to copy hundreds of songs at any one time. Some students were found to have randomly linked their personal blogs to music sites, so as to allow free trial listening of copyrighted songs for blog visitors, or adopted some of the songs as the background music for their blogs. Such practices may be easy and free, but there are consequences.

Sandra Dowd, a student of Central Michigan University, was fined US$7,500 for downloading 501 files from LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Sandra claimed that she was unaware that her downloads were illegal until she was contacted by authorities. Similarly, Mike Lewinski paid US$4,000 to settle a lawsuit(起诉)against him for copyright violation(违反). Mike expressed shock and couldn’t believe that this was happening to him. “I just wanted to save some money and I always thought the threat was just a scare tactic(战术).” “You know, everyone does it,” added Mike.

The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the organization that files lawsuits against illegal downloaders, states that suing (控告)students was by no means their first choice. Unfortunately, without the threat of consequences, students are just not changing their behavior. Education alone is not enough to stop the extraordinary growth of the illegal downloading practice.

64.   Why is it common for students to download copyrighted music?

A. They don’t think that they will be caught.

B. They want their friends to know that they are smart.

C. They think it is a good way to make some extra money.

D. They are against copyright protection over Internet music.

65.   What does Mike mean by saying that “the threat was just a scare tactic”?

A. One should not be afraid of threats.

B. A lawsuit will result from the threat.

C. It is unfair to scare people with a threat.

D. No serious consequence will follow the threat.

66.   What is RIAA’s attitude towards students’ illegal downloading behaviour?

A. They believe that education will help greatly in protecting copyrights.

B. They profit from the fines illegal downloaders pay for copyright violations.

C. They like to sue students for downloading music illegally from the Internet.

D. They think that illegal downloading behavior needs tough measures to correct.

67.   What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Copyright Violators, Beware!     

B. How to Get Free Music Online!

C. A Survey of Students’ Downloading Habits

D. get rid of Illegal Music Download? Impossible!

第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节 对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

请认真阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

D: Denise      A: Andrew

D: So, do you see many movies Andrew?

A: Yeah, I love action movies. My f  76     is Apollo 13.               76.________

I've s  77    it so many times I know it word for word.               77.________

D: You mean the one with Tom Hanks in it? I really enjoyed

 that one too. A  78    I can't say I know the script by heart.           78.________

A: So, what k  79    of movies do you like?                          79.________

D: I like action movies as well, but I also really love c  80    ,            80.________

e  81    British comedy. I can't stand any of that mushy              81.________

romantic stuff that most of my friends are into.

A: That's pretty unusual. Most girls I meet rave(极力赞美)about

movies like Titanic and The English Patient.

D: Nah, n  82     of that soppy stuff interests me. I'm more              82.________

e  83   by people like John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson.               83.________

A: Yeah, they are a laugh, aren't they. Say, have you been to see

that movie Wedding Crashers yet?

D: You mean the one with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn? No,

but I heard it's supposed to be really f  84    .                      84._________

A: Well, would you like to go this Saturday?

D: S  85    , that sounds great!                                    85._________

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