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教师辅导讲义41. G 42. A 43.1 44. D 45. J 46. B 47. H 48. C 49. EPart II、Reading Comprehension （50分）Section A(15分)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were 50 to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. 51 , I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were 52 I thought about all the places I was going to see — the strange and 53 places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was 54 in my head then.The four years that 55 taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me 56 . For the first two years in New York I was really 57 — having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I 58 or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more 59 for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end 60 "the hard times."My 61 in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and 62 discussed telephone bills with company representatives.From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles 63 go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, 64 it will not be that easy.( ) 50. A. turning aside B. turning aroundC. looking aroundD. looking aside( ) 51. A. Besides B. Instead C. In fact D. Still( ) 52. A. leaving B. crying C. smiling D. returning( ) 53. A. old B. unknown C. magical D. natural( ) 54. A. hardly B. rarely C. always D. deeply( ) 55. A. followed B. passed C. sped by D. witnessed( ) 56. A. at ease B. at once C. in a rush D. in turn( ) 57. A. excited B. lucky C. encouraged D. lost( ) 58. A. have been B. did C. had done D. was() 59. A. simple B. essential C. complex D. understanding( ) 60. A. in B. for C of D. to() 61. A. workload B. responsibilitiesC. importanceD. inspiration( ) 62. A. even B. yet C. also D. thus() 63. A. gradually B. eventually C. instantly D. immediately() 64. A. as if B. now that C. despite D. even thoughKeys50. B 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. A 56. B 57. D 58. D 59. C 60. D61. B 62. A 63. B 64. DSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A , B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.There was a story many years ago of a school teacher — Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn't play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother's perfume.Teddy said, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to. "After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy's mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed. Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D. (医学博士).The story doesn't end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference."Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, "Teddy, you have it allwrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't knowhow to teach until I met you. "() 65. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?A.She made Teddy feel ashamed.B.She asked the children to play with Teddy.C.She changed Teddy's seat to the front row.D.She told the class something untrue about herself.( ) 66. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?A. He often told lies.B. He was good at math.C.He needed motherly care.D. He enjoyed playing with others.( ) 67. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?A. She taught fewer school subjects.B.She became stricter with her students.C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.D.She cared more about educating students.() 68. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?A. She had kept in touch with him.B.She had given him encouragement.C.She had sent him Christmas presents.D.She had taught him how to judge people.(B)King's College Summer SchoolKing' s College Summer School is an annual training program for high school students at all levels "who zvant to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year' s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.More information is as follows :Application date•Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2007.•Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2007.•Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2007.Courses•English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading andWriting: 10 hours•American History: 16 hours•American Culture: 16 hoursSteps• A letter of self-introduction• A letter of recommendation(推荐)•The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.Cost•Daily lessons: $200•Sports and activities: $ 100•Travels: $200•Hotel service: $400• You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.Please write to:Thompson, Sanders1026 King' s StreetNew York, NY 10016, USAE-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo, com() 69. You can most probably read the text in_____________ .A. a newspaperB. a travel guideC. a textbookD. a telephone book() 70. Which of the following is true about King' s College Summer School?A. Only top students can take part in the program.B.King' s College Summer School is run every other year.C.Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.D.Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.( ) 71. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school.A. $200B. $400C. $500D. $900(C)It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. They' d get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinner featuring speeches by their bosses praising their loyalty. But today's rich capitalists have regressed (倒退) to the "survival of the fittest" ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred or so dollars for forty or so years of work, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profit the company they may have been with for only a few years.The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth which the country as a whole has produced. The top 1 percent of the population now has wealth equal to the whole bottom 95 percent and they want more. Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing (将产品包给外公司做) because these business manoeuvres don't act to create new jobs as the founders of new industries used to do, but only to cut out jobs while keeping the money value of what those jobs produced for themselves.To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president79.The biggest problem in creating a human-like robot is copying human intelligence. The way the human mind works is almost impossible to copy. A simple computer can do mathematical problems far beyond the ability of even the smartest human mind. But the human mind is better than a thousand supercomputers at speaking, hearing and problem-solving. Several American and Japanese companies are working to develop the senses of sight and touch for robots. The development of these senses will make robots much more useful.80.However, the most important human ability — the most difficult to copy — is problem-solving. An intelligent robot must be able to change the way it acts when it faces an unexpected situation. Humans do it all the time. Computers must do it for robots This means computers must have a huge base of information about many things. They must be able to find quickly the needed information in their systems. And they must make choices about how to act. So far, this is beyond the ability of computers.Keys76. D 77. F 78. A 79. E 80. BSection DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite, it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers' opinions. One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we' re often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down. Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work.Different from popular belief, we do not usually think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as "mentalese"), and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language. But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry (织锦), writing can only be composed one thread at a time. Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple. It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produces new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.When people write as if some strict critics are looking over their shoulder, they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start. Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem. When writing we should have two different minds. At the first stage, we should see every idea, as well as the words we use to express it, as wonderful and worth putting down. It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)81.What is surprising about many famous writers according to the author?82.What do people generally believe about the way human minds work?_________________________________________________________________________________________83.We can make our writing closer to what we want to express in our minds if__________________________84. Peter Elbow' s excellent suggestion implies that thinking and writing areKeys:81.They dislike reading their own works very much.82.People think in words and sentences.83.we repeatedly rewrite to produce new threads and connect them84.different stages of mind at workPart III、Translation ( 20分)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．上海清澈的天空给所有的世博游客留下了深刻的印象。