完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather    36  , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as    37   as people of any other occupation, though we must     38    that their job is not a    39     one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are     40    .We are likely to forget their     41    .Our dustbins are    42    regularly, but we    43     stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to    44    the rubbish, the general    45    soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages.

During the first few days it was regarded as a    46   .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so    47    any more.    48    the strike continued, people could not    49    the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to    50   it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was    51    high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a（n）    52    attraction that the people of London were not at all     53    to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of    54   dustmen rather more    55    and won't take them for granted any more.

1.A.clever                        B.silly                 C.interesting         D.reasonable

2.A.sensitive                       B.careless                 C.hopeful           D.shy

3. A.realize                      B.believe                  C.know                D.admit

4. A.necessary                       B.difficult                C.romantic        D.heavy

5. A.away                        B.up                   C.down                D.in

6.. A.existence                      B.presence                  C.absence             D.performance

7. A.cleaned                       B.filled                 C.emptied             D.burned

8. A.generally                       B.frequently                 C.sometimes      D.seldom

9. A.take away      B.take off                     C.take up         D.take on

10. A.society                      B.citizen                 C.public              D.community

11. A.trick                      B.joke                   C.trouble            D.show

12. A.pleasing                      B.excited                   C.stupid               D.funny

13. A.When                        B.While                 C.As                  D.Because

14. A.bear                        B.contain                  C.manage          D.control

15.A.keep off                       B.give up                  C.take care of        D.get rid of

16. A.crowded                       B.piled                  C.fixed                 D.put

17. A.business                      B.industrial                C.tourist               D.agricultural

18.. A.disappointed                   B.serious                  C.nervous             D.happy

19. A.its                       B.her                        C.his                   D.their

20. A.highly                       B.eagerly                 C.lowly           D.entirely

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013，and the US is just 16th. A new study made by the Economist Intelligence Unit says American babies will have a dimmer（暗淡）future than those born in Hong Kong，Ireland and even Canada. The EIU，a sister company of The Economist，tried to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy，safe and prosperous life in years to come.

People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life in terms of wealth，health and trust in public institutions，according to the analysis. The Scandinavian countries of Norway，Sweden and Denmark also all make the top five in a‘quality-of-lif e’index(指数）where it is best to be born next year.

One of the most important factors is being rich，but other factors come into play including crime，trust in public institutions and the health of family life. In total，the index takes into account 11 factors. These include fixed factors such as geography，others that change slowly over time such as demography (人口学) social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy. The index also looks at income per head in 2030，which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood. Small economies take up the top 10 countries，with Australia coming second and New Zealand and the Netherlands not too far behind.

Half of the top 10 countries are European，but only one，the Netherlands，is from the eurozone. The crisis-ridden south of Europe，including Greece，Portugal and Spain，falls behind despite the advantage of a favourable climate. Interestingly，the largest European economies-Germany，France and Britain-do not do particularly well. Nigeria has the unenviable(不值得羡慕的)title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.

1.According to the passage，the happiest people live in      ·

A．Denmark          B．Switzerland        C．Germany          D．Nigeria

2.The factors of telling the best place to be born don’t include      ．

A．economy                             B．geography

C．trust in public institutions                 D．pollution

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？

A．The Economist Intelligence Unit is a company.

B．The Economist attempted to measure the best place to live.

C．The Scandinavian countries are hardly at the top of the list.

D．Half of the top 10 countries are from the eurozone.

4.The purpose of the text is to show people      ．

A．the best place to be born in 2013

B．a new study made by the EIU

C．the worst country to be born in 2013

D．the factors of measuring the best place to be born

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good  21 and always has something  22  to say．

     If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the  23  how to look on the positive side of the situation．Seeing this style really made me  24  , so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t  25  ．You can' t be positive all the time．How do you do it?"

     Michael replied, each morning I  26 and say to myself 'Mike, you have two  27 today．You can choose to be in a  28  mood or be in a bad mood．' I  29  to be in a good mood．Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a  30  or choose to learn from it．I choose to learn from it．"

     "Yeah, right．It isn't that easy．" I protested．

     "Yes it is, " Michael said．"Life is all about choices．You choose how you react  31 situations and how people will affect your mood．You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood．The bottom line is: It's your choice  32  you live life．"

     Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious 33 , falling off 60 feet from a communications tower．After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive  34  , Michael recovered．When I asked him what had  35  his mind as the accident took place．

     "The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied．"Then, as I  36  on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to  37  ．I chose to live．"

     Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also  38  his amazing attitude．

     I learned from him  39  every day we have a choice to live fully． 40 is everything．

21．A．mood       B．sense       C．feeling      D．emotion

22．A．active     B．positive    C．reactive    D．negative

23．A．trainee    B．interviewee     C．employee  D．bee 

24．A．moved    B．interested        C．precious         D．curious

25．A．take it      B．hold it     C．make it    D．get it

26．A．make up B．take up    C．wake up         D．bring up

27．A．roads       B．choices     C．ways        D．methods

28．A．good B．pretty      C．nice D．smart

29．A．decide     B．choose      C．feel   D．require

30．A．cook        B．receiver    C．victim      D．leader

31．A．by     B．against     C．with        D．to

32．A．what        B．that C．how  D．which

33．A．thing B．incident   C．accident    D．state

34．A．help  B．care        C．rest   D．holiday

35．A．gone through   B．broken through C．looked through D．read through

36．A．sat  B．lay    C．stood       D．lied

37．A．move       B．leave       C．die  D．remove

38．A．so long as       B．in case of        C．instead of       D．because of

39．A．what        B．how C．that   D．which

40．A．Attitude         B．Choice     C．Person     D．World

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s．Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent（聪明的） than women．Right? Wrong．Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size．Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain．The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”．While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes．

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women．This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time．When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time．

There are other important differences between two sexes．As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的） tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things．“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher．That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions…and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿） are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one．A boy would try to climb a barrier （障碍物） before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others．These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills．It may all go back to our ancestors（祖先）, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research．

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t．“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it．” says a biologist．

1.The passage mainly tells us ________．

A．the difference between men’s and women’s brains

B．the changes in brain throughout our lives

C．that men are better at spatial tasks

D．that brain differences are related to our ancestors

2.Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A．Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s

B．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter．

C．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain．

D．Both sexes have the same amount of white matter．

3.What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

A．Women prefer doing many things at a time．

B．Men do better dealing with one job at a time．

C．Women do not need to tell directions．

D．Men have weaker spatial abilities．

4.Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

A．Young boys may be stronger than young girls．

B．More women take up jobs requiring speech skills

C．Women may have stronger feelings than men．

D．Our ancestors needed more spatial skills．

5.What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A．Defensive．         B．Persuasive．        C．Supportive．       D．Objective．

从下面所给的词组中，选择适当的词组填入下列各句中，每一词组最多只选一次。

be worried about     turn up     get stuck   benefit from   stand by   according to

thanks to   take up    get across  except for  back out   in search of   be responsible for

86.The boys went _________________________ something to eat.

87.You must drive carefully , for you should _____________________________the passengers’ safety.

88.Don’t bother to look for my umbrella; it will _________________________somewhere.

89.George promised to contribute $200, but __________________of it when the time came.

90. ___________________ your practical advice,  I passed the license test yesterday.

91.Harry ________________ the tale at the point where John had left off.

92.All the books in the library are placed on the shelves ____________­­_______ the authors

93. I spoke very slowly, but my meaning still didn’t _______________.

94. ____________ one old lady, the bus was empty.

95.I will __________________ you whatever happens.