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第三部分完型填空Passage 1There are advantages and disadvantages to 1 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 2 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 3 American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 4 . The study is difficult, but it 5 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 6 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the education in North America, 7the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 8 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized 9 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 10 .1. A. only B. both√ C. all2. A. for B. as C. to √3. A. to B. for C. than4. A. do√ B. have C. does5. A. provides B. gets C. prepares√6. A. and B. yet √ C. just7. A. at B. on √ C. under8. A. old B. poor C. new√9. A. more B. less C. as√10. A. have√ B. does C. haven’tPassage 2A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _____ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)______, even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that (4)______ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_______the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_______and active thanskinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_______ a non –smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)_____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pressure (9)_____ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_____.1. A. for B. of C. to √2. A. or √ B. and C. but3. A. these that do not B. these who do not C. those who do not √4. A. the little B. less C. the least √5. A. if or not B. whether or not √ C. when6. A. to be fat √ B. being fat to C. doing7. A. being √ B. be C. to be8. A. smoked B. to smoke C. smoking √9. A. for B. on √ C. to10. A. exercised B. exercising C. to exercise √Passage 3More and more people (1) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) ____ are struggling to make (5) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (6) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _____ but have not installed them (9) _____. The insurance companies told people (10) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.1. A. has B. had C. have √2. A. have been asked B. have been asking √ C. asked3. A. due √ B. because of C. because4. A. which B. who √ C. what √5. A. the B. all C. –(不填) √6. A. which B. who C. that7. A. estimate B. estimating C. estim ated √8. A. to have them installing B. to have them installed √C. to have been installing them9. A. still B. already C. yet √10. A. to install√ B. installed C. installingPassage 4Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)________ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) ____ working in a pub when he (3) _____ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) _______ interested in plants and flowers, (5) _______he decided to set up a company (6) _______ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) ______, but soon he took (8) ______ two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) ____ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (10) _______ he complains that now he doesn’t work with plants but with a computer every day!1. A. would B. used √ C. --2. A. has been B. was √ C. been3. A. had decided B. has decided C. decided √4. A. was B. being C. been √5. A. so √ B. but C. although6. A. who B. which√ C. whose7. A. himself B. self C. own √8. A. up B.on √ C. in9. A.-- √ B. up C. over10. A. therefore B. moreover C. but第四部分阅读理解短文理解1There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced.After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone downsince the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren't married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man.The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that there's been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.1. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The declining divorce rate in the UK.B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK. √2. During the last ten years, __________.A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK √B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UKC. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________.A. soar (急剧上升) √B. not mentioned in the passageC. stay stable4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. √C. The marriage rate is currently 70 percent.5. The last paragraph tells us __________.A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the momentB. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now √C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing短文理解2People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which can’t be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is __________.A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment √B. the production of new industrial goodsC. increased amounts of a natural substance2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only __________.A. farmers would use less artificial fertilizersB. governments would take effective measuresC. all sides concerned would make more efforts √3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause __________.A. air and water pollutionB. both a litter problem and a waster of resources √C. to pay for the service4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution?A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.B. Reduce excess useC. Eating. √5. What does the underlined word ―litter‖ mean in paragraph 2?A. Bits of waste thingsB. serious problemC. industrial pollution √短文理解3A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and – poof! – I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback (退步) to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out ―Gee whiz‖?1. The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________.A. unhappy √B. funnyC. wonderful2. According to the author, human contact in a park means____________.A. looking at each other and saying hello when passingB. noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogsC. both A and B √3. According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology, the ___________ we are.A. more automaticB. more disconnected √C. closer4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?A. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.B. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.C. All of the above. √5. What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author?A. It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere.B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together. √C. It makes human contacts limitless with electronic voices everywhere短文理解4Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or―bike‖.In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to draw bicycle lanes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders have to use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes more people would use bikes.But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea - they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. Only on weekends, Central Park is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown.1. According to the passage, bicycles ____________.A. are more convenient than carsB. are safer traffic tools than carsC. are the solution to some city problems √2. The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by____________.A. the city governmentB. some bike riders √C. some store owners3. ―Bicycle lanes‖ in the third paragr aph probably means____________.A. roads for bicycles onlyB. roads full of bicyclesC. special parts of the road for bicycle riders only √4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. In New York City, many people use bikes as they have special lanes √B. Sometimes accidents may occur when cars and bikes are on the same lanes.C. The Central Park is closed to cars on weekends.5. The best title for this passage is ____________.A. Traffic Crowding in New York CityB. Special Lanes for PassengersC. Solution to Traffic Problem in New York √短文理解5Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, ―London is not a city,- it is a nation.‖ Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world. Certainly, London is the most culturally diverse city in the world. The city was founded by the Romans and since then new arrivals have constantly added to its character and prosperity.Within 10 years 40% of Londoners will be from ethnic minority groups, including the growing number of Londoners of mixed ethnic origin, but most of them will have been born in Britain.Children of Caribbean-Chinese marriages will go to school with children of Russian-Irish couples. None of them will be English but all of them will be Londoners.Most of Britain's ethnic minority residents live in the capital, speaking over 300 languages.Nearly all of the African population and many of the Caribbean population of Britain live in London (83% and 58% respectively); 39% of the Chinese population of Britain and 36% of the Asian population of Britain live in London.The largest migrant community is from the Irish Republic with 256,000 people, 3.8% of the total population of London.There are an estimated 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in London, with most recent arrivals coming from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Kurdistan.Young people, in particular, are skilled at dealing with a large number of different and hybrid cultures.They themselves often have several different ethnic identities since their parents and grandparents may come from several different backgrounds and their friends and partners do also. They are ―skilled cross-cultural travellers‖ without leaving their home-town.1．Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli’s statement is an understatement?Because he thinks London is _________.A. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity √B. even larger than some countries in the worldC. not a nation at all2. London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts EXCEPT that _________.A. within 10 years 40% Londoners will be from ethnic minority groupsB. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds √C. London accommodates about 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers from many other countries3. Ethnic minority groups will make up _________ of the London population in the future.A. 36%B. 40% √C. 39%4. The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________.A. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures √B. young people are raised in a multicultural environmentC. young people find it hard to adapt themselves to hybrid cultures5. The passage mainly deals with _________.A. the advantage of hybrid cultures in LondonB. the composition of the population in LondonC. the cultural diversity in London √短文理解6Who will stage the games?Preparing for the Olympics Games is a huge undertaking. Just like the athletes, the host city spends years getting ready for the event. Before deciding which city will host the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has to examine bids from all over the world. Bidding for the games begins about ten years in advance. Without preparing a very strong bid1, a city will not win the competition to host the games. Beijing was chosen for the 2008 games from five bidders — Osaka, Paris, Toronto and Istanbul.2Why does it take so long to prepare?Building the infrastructure costs huge amounts of money. Holding the World Cup in 2002 in Japan and South Korea, for example, meant that ten new stadiums had to be built, as well as many hotels and an improved transport system. In Beijing, after winning the bid the government began major construction projects — the extension of the underground, the improvement of the airport and the building of new motorways3. Each host city must also build an Olympic village for the athletes. By planting trees and creating parks, the city becomes more attractive for tourists.Why do countries want to host the Olympic Games?Hosting the games has a major effect on the economy and brings international prestige to the country. Thousands and thousands of visitors come to the games and the host cities are permanently improved.1. Bidding for the Olympic Games usually starts ____________ before the games are really held.A. two yearsB. eight yearsC. ten years √2. Beijing was one of the _______ bidders for the 2008games.A. five √B. fourC. three3. The World Cup 2002 was held in _____________.A. JapanB. South KoreaC. A and B √4. What construction projects did Beijing start after winning the bid?A. The extension of the underground.B. The improvement of the airport.C. The building of new motorwaysD. All of the above √5. Why do countries want to host the Olympic Games?A. Because it has a major effect on the economy.B. Because it brings international prestige to the country.C. Because the host cities are permanently improved.D. All of the above. √阅读下列短文，并根据短文内容判断其后的句子是否正确（T）、错误（F），还是文字中没有涉及相关信息（NG）。