黄冈中学

2011届高三五月模拟考试

英 语 试 题

考试时间：2011年5月14日下午3∶00 ～ 5∶00

第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共110分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话, 每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题, 每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What is the weather usually like in May?

A. Colder and rainier. B. Cooler and drier. C. Hotter and sunnier.

2．What language is mostly used in the man’s classes?

A. The English language. B. The students’ language.

C. Both languages in turn.

3．What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The nation’s progress. B. Personal and local matters.

C. Americans’ way of thinking.

4．What does the man think the woman needs to do?

A. Not to go to anywhere. B. Go to the Anderson. C. Get 10 pictures.

5．What language does the woman wish to study?

A. French. B. English. C. Spanish.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟；听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答6至7题。

6．What had they planned to do?

A. Go fishing. B. Go bowling. C. Go skating.

7．What is the man going to do?

A. Work a double shift. B. Argue with his boss. C. Go bowling as planned.

听下面一段材料，回答8至10题。

8．Why does the man telephone the woman?

A. To ask her to a party to be held in his new house.

B. To ask her to a party to be held in his old house.

C. To pick her up to a party in his new hours.

9．When will the party end?

A. At 1:00 a.m. on Sunday. B. At 1:00 a.m. on Saturday. C. At 1:00 a.m. on Monday.

10．What will the woman be promised to do at the party.

A. She can leave at any time. B. She will stay as long as they do.

C. She can do her writing there.

听下面一段材料，回答11至13题。

11．Where did the conversation probably take place?

A. At Mr French’s office. B. At Miss Maggie’s house.

C. At Mr Robinson’s office.

12．What was the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Manager and secretary.

13．Which of the following is true according to this conversation?

A. Miss Martin’s boyfriend lived near the office where she worked.

B. Mr French asked Miss Maggie to bring him a cup of coffee.

C. Mr French’s office might be in any country but France.

听下面一段材料，回答14至16题。

14．When did he go to Indonesia?

A. In 1960. B. At the age of eighteen. C. In 1961.

15．What has he not been so far?

A. A novelist. B. An actor. C. A farmer.

16．How many novels are mentioned here?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

听下面一段材料，回答17至20题。

17．Who is the speaker now?

A. A passenger on a bus. B. An air hostess. C. A hostess on the bus.

18．Why is the speaker surprised at the services?

A. The services include some sandwiches.

B. The services include rest rooms as well as food.

C. The services include some food music.

19．What was the speaker once doing?

A. She was working on a bus. B. She was working on a plane.

C. She was working as a cook.

20．What can we learn from the speech?

A. Ground travel can offer as many services as air travel.

B. Air travel offers more and better services than ground travel.

C. Ground travel can sometimes offer more services than air travel.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：多项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. These days our _____ concern is to provide people with enough information about food safety.

A. normal B. constant C. permanent D. primary

22. The great success of this program has been _____ due to the support given by the local businessmen.

A. heavily B. quickly C. largely D. commonly

23. The best method to _____ the goal of helping the patients with AIDS is to unite as many sympathetic people as possible.

A. complete B. command C. accomplish D. accompany

24. Originally it was said that the actress committed suicide, but it was not long before doubts began to _____.

A. discover B. surface C. approach D. declare

25. After our government launched a _____ to popularize Chinese language worldwide, lots of Confucius colleges have appeared in foreign universities.

A. campaign B. movement C. measure D. struggle

26. My boss required so much of me, so I believed that he was _____ being satisfied with my job though I had tried my best.

A. next to B. subject to C. far from D. away from

27. You can depend on it that I’m trying to do what is best, but _____ I have got to consider the cost.

A. equally B. merely C. nearly D. mostly

28. It is reported that single-parent children _____ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.

A. take up B. take over C. take in D. take on

29. Some government officials in the USA have pointed out that the death of Osama Bin Laden means keen vigilance (警戒) _____ the end of terrorism.

A. more than B. better than C. other than D. rather than

30. From that moment on, I have come to realize that I’m unique in the eyes of my parents and that they’ll _____ me in face of misfortunes and hardships.

A. devote to B. refer to C. stick with D. deal with

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally 31 , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of 32 . The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by 33 music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty (琐碎的) little 34 .

On moving into this neighborhood, I was 35 of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a 36 to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some 37 or other. I 38 answered politely and made sure I 39 as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind 40 about their garden or pets.

Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their 41 remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to 42 these two unhappy ladies to our list and 43 a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my 44 when two days later they 45 at my gate and jokingly said they were 46 hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers!

So, my fellow gifters, do not 47 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this 48 to others, nor how many broken or 49 hearted people you may just change 50 a simple act of kindness.

31. A. protected B. depressed C. separated D. equipped

32. A. enthusiasm B. acknowledgement C. excitement D. entertainment

33. A. discussing B. requesting C. reporting D. rejecting

34. A. events B. issues C. incidents D. affairs

35. A. accused B. warned C. reminded D. convinced

36. A. challenge B. project C. task D. matter

37. A. quarrels B. opinions C. explanations D. complaints

38. A. seldom B. never C. always D. sometimes

39. A. waved B. stared C. noticed D. laughed

40. A. difference B. account C. gesture D. remark

41. A. smile B. attitude C. decision D. anger

42. A. add B. recommend C. reduced D. drove

43. A. shared B. took C. left D. fixed

44. A. interest B. anxiety C. surprise D. doubt

45. A. whispered B. stopped C. shouted D. wandered

46. A. imagining B. intending C. considering D. approaching

47. A. take in B. take up C. give in D. give up

48. A. refers B. means C. relates D. contributes

49. A. kind B. light C. hard D. warm

50. A. on B. over C. by D. with

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A.

You have probably read the books. You have probably seen the movies. But have you heard the music? The latest Harry Potter news is that bands form to play what is called “wizard rock” or sometimes just “wrock”.

The new kind of music began when Joe De George and his brother Paul decided that the characters from Harry Potter would make a great band. Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass, Hagrid on drums and Harry singing up front would make for an excellent group. In one day, the brothers wrote, rehearsed and performed six songs about life at Hogwarts. After the first performance, Paul decided that “we are Harry and the potters.”

Wizard rock is pretty much what it sounds like: rock “n” rock inspired by and set in the world of Harry Potter. The De George started a trend. Today there are dozens of wizard-rock bands: the Whomping Willows, the Remus Lupins and the Moaning Myrtles to name a few. Rockers dress like Hogwarts students and play at conventions and festivals.

People who like Harry Potter think wizard rock music is totally awesome. The songs can be funny, but the music is not a joke. Just ask the De George brothers. They’ve played more than 500 shows in 49 states and their hit songs are inspired by characters from Harry Potter: “Save Ginny Weasley” and “Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock!” The themes of their music are the same as those of Rowling’s books: love and friendship, upset and struggle.

Wizard rock is just one more by-product in the Harry Potter craze. Two years after J.K. Rowling published her last book in the series, Potter popularity continues to grow. There are Potter conventions and Potter clubs that try to get kids and grow-ups to help fight hunger, for example. And the fact that they may do it while humming “Wizard Chess” or “Platform 9” makes those meetings fun.

51. What is the text mainly about?

A. Harry Potter. B. Harry Potter’s music. C. Wizard rock. D. Joe and Paul’s band.

52. The underlined word “awesome” in Pa4 probably means ______ in the text .

A. amusing B. serious C. considerate D. inviting

53. Which of the following is true about wizard rock?

A. It’s no different from rock “n” rock. B. It’s sung in the films Harry Potter.

C. It’s a funny business. D. It follows the themes in Rowling’s books.

54. According to the last paragraph, we can learn that _______ .

A. Harry Potter has had great effects in many aspects

B. Harry Potter is very popular in the world

C. Wizard rock is Harry Potter’s only by-product

D. Potter’s clubs have helped the hungry

B.

A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12 years in federal prison for fraud (诈骗罪). Over a 10-year period, Jones had managed to cheat thousands of people throughout the state out of almost $10 million.

　　He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV. "For some reason," Jones said, "TV seems to break the ice. Even though you are a total stranger to the viewer, once he sees you on TV in his home, he feels like he knows you. You enter his living room and become a trusted friend."

　　Jones had an imagination that wouldn't quit. One time he showed viewers an "official government" earthquake report which "proved" that the western half of California would collapse into the sea within three years. For $100, he said, Jones would insure your house and property for full value. Thousands of people who saw that TV ad sent him a hundred dollars each.

　　In another TV ad, Jones claimed that he had come to an agreement with the federal and state government for exclusive（独享的）air rights. He told viewers that, for only $100, they could own the first 10 miles above all their property. You would be able to charge any commercial plane that flew over your property $100 per crossing. You would also be able to charge government rockets, satellites, space shuttles, and space stations $100 for each and every violation of your air rights.

　　Another time, Jones claimed to have invented a product that gets rid of calories. He showed the viewers a spray can of "NoCal." He said that by simply spraying NoCal on your food, a chemical interaction would cause all the calories in the food to simply disappear within about 10 seconds. The NoCal was only $10 a can. As usual, Jones received thousands of checks in the mail.

　　The judge told Jones that he should be ashamed of himself. Jones responded that he was very ashamed of himself, and that when he got out of prison he hoped to become a TV adviser to help people avoid getting cheated. He told the judge that he was already developing an instructional CD that, for merely $100, would save people thousands of dollars in scams（骗局）. The judge nodded, and then changed Jones' sentence from 10 years to 12 years.

55．According to Jones, he could successfully cheat many people mainly because .

A．he promised them a large profit

B．they were too eager to make money

C．they believed too much in TV ads

D．he was skillful in communicating with people

56．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Jones showed unusual imagination in his tricks.

B．Jones was closely related to the state government.

C．Western California was in danger of going under the sea.

D．Jones felt guilty and was determined to lead a new life.

57．We can infer that people who wanted to buy "NoCal" from Jones .

A．were mainly from low income families

B．all had a rich knowledge of chemistry

C．were probably interested in losing weight

D．usually did the shopping through the Internet

58．The judge changed the sentence at last because .

A．Jones was planning another big scam

B．he could hardly believe what Jones had told him

C．Jones had cheated more people than he expected

D．he had suffered from Jones' scams himself

C.

A report, published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a l6-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal (致命) accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.

　　The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p. m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.

　　Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic thing,” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing (发放) licenses fail to recognize how skilled a task driving is.”

　　Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to reduce the harm is to have so-called graduated licensing systems，in which getting a license is a slower process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving at night with a limited number of passengers before graduating to get a full driving license.

　　Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes，according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have number limitation on passengers. California is the strictest, with a new driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20 for the first six months.

59．Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?

A．Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after l0 p.m.

B．A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.

C．Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.

D．A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.

60．According to Robert Foss，the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ________.

A．their frequent driving at night

B．their lack of driving experience

C．their improper way of driving

D．their driving with passengers

61．Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3?

A．Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.

B．Driving is a skill too difficult for teenagers to learn.

C．Teenagers should be limited in taking driving lessons.

D．People issuing license are partly responsible for the accidents.

62．A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers’ driving accidents is that ________.

A．driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule

B．they should be forbidden to take on passengers

C．they should not be allowed to drive after l0 p. m.

D．the licensing systems should be improved

D.

The word “conservation” has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and could “last forever”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.

　　Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “conservation” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.

　　For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should be made part of everybody’s daily life. To know about the water table in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to give their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, grown trees, because living space for most of man’s fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic (立方体的) volume above the earth. In a word, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

63．The author’s attitude towards the use of natural resources is _________.

A. positive B. uninterested C. optimistic D. critical

64．According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _________.

　　A. they had no idea about scientific forestry

　　B. they had little or no sense of environmental protection

　　C. they were not aware of the importance of nature study

　　D. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials

65．To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that _________.

　　A. we plant more trees

　　B. natural sciences be taught to everybody

　　C. environmental education be directed toward everyone

　　D. we return to nature

66．How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.

B. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.

C. We need to take some measures to protect space.

D. We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.

E.

During the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts (攻击) by terrorists?

Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. They spent two days beginning the task of formulating (构思) ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing.

“Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage,” said M. Bruneau, Ph.D. “Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks,” he added.

Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearby. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. “This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column (柱子) there that used to be part of that building,” explained A. Whittaker, Ph.D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor.”

The visit to the area also brought some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing (框架) system in one of the buildings was quite strong , allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris (残砾) to survive. “Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast resistance,” he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse,” said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it.”

A. Reinhorn, Ph.D. noted that “earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the past. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present.”

67. The question raised in the first paragraph is one _____ .

A. that was asked by structural engineers a month ago

B. that is too difficult for structural engineers a month ago

C. that was never thought of before the terrorist attack

D. that terrorists are eager to find a solution to

68. The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker _____ .

A. was part of the building close to the World Trade Center

B. was part of the World Trade Center

C. was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade Center

D. damaged many buildings near the World Trade Center

69. A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that _____.

A. floors in the faraway buildings remained undamaged

B. some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosion

C. complex floor framing systems are more blast resistant

D. floors in one of the buildings were pierced by tons of debris

70. What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that _____.

A. blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant design

B. blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant design

C. solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant design

D. blast engineering emerges as a totally new branch of science

第Ⅱ卷（共40分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

71. Don’t bother to look for my old dictionary, Jason --- it ____________ (出现) some day. (turn)

72. I can’t tell where Mary is, but she _______________ (可能去了) to meet her classmates, for they want to go to Yunnan to work as volunteers. (go)

73. It was on the shelf ____________________ (我放鞋子的地方) that I found my car keys. How careless I was! (put)

74. Hardly _____________________ (我们宣布仪式) open when the rain began to pour down. (declare)

75. In the big fire the woman saved a little boy but lost her son. When asked if she regretted _______________ (没有救) her son, she said she made the right choice. (save)

76. Hello! Is that ABC company? Could I speak to ___________________ (负责……的人) the International Sales，please? (whoever)

77. He was absent again, which ________________ (使得我们困难) to carry on with the work. (make)

78. As is reported, Chen Guangbiao, known as Chief Charitarian in China (“中国首善”)，______________

(捐献了) billions to helping people in disaster-stricken areas these years. (contribute)

79. ________________ (在水少的地方), it is hard or even impossible to develop good farming. (where)

80. When Xu Benyu graduated from college in 2003, he chose to teach in a mountainous area of Gui Zhou province when he ________________________ (本可以享受) an easy city life. (enjoy)

第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分25分）

You are supposed to write a composition on the topic Making Friends Selectively or Extensively? You should write about 120 words and base your writing on the outline given below:

1. 有些人认为应该有选择地交朋友

2. 另一些人认为应该广泛地交朋友

3. 你的看法

Making Friends Selectively or Extensively?

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

听力录音原稿

Text 1

W: What a hot day ! Do you always have weather like this in May?

M: ① Generally it’s much better than this. And I can’t remember when we had such a rainy day.

Text 2

W: To teach those students English, do you have to speak their language quite well?

M:② No, quite the contrary. They benefit most when the class is organized entirely in the foreign language.

Text 3

W: ③ Americans tend to think from the particular and small to the general and large.

M: For example?

W: We’ve just seen an example of this in the fact that they progress from personal and local matters to the state and finally the nation—not the other way around.

Text 4

W: I need a picture for my passport. Can you recommend a photographer?

M: Yes, ④Anderson’s over on Main Street is excellent, fast and inexpensive.

Text 5

M: Are you taking a night class? I heard the new teacher speaks three foreign languages.

W: Yes. ⑤ I registered for the Spanish class on Wednesday and Friday.

Text 6

M: Hi! It’s me again!

W: Hi! What’s up?

M: Well, since I talked to you about an hour ago, ⑥ I’ve found out that I won’t be able to go bowling with you as we had planned. Something important has just come up.

W: Oh?

M: Yes. ⑦ My boss is insisting that I work a double shift today, and there’s nothing I can do

about it. I hope you understand.

W: Of course I do. Let’s plan on going bowling some other time.

Text 7

M: Hello, Jane. This is Jack.

W: Jack! How are you?

W: Oh, not bad.

M: Listen, Jane. ⑧I’m phoning because I want to invite you to a party at our new house.

W: New house?

M: Yes. We’ve just moved. That’s why we’re giving this party. We know you’re very busy but we’d love you to come.

W: Yes, I’d like to. When is it?

M: This Saturday evening.

W: Well, I’ll have a test next Monday and an essay due on Tuesday. Will the party go on very late?

M: ⑨ Until one in the morning. But you don’t have to stay that long. What about it?

W: All right. I’ll come. Oh, when does the party start?

M: Come any time after eight.

W: Good. I’m looking forward to seeing you again. It’s been a long time.

M: Yes, it has. Here is my new address.

Text 8

M: Miss Maggie?

W: Yes, sir?

M: Did you speak to Mr Robinson?

W: Yes, I did. I asked him to call later. He said he would call again in about an hour.

M: That’s fine. By the way, has Charlie photocopied my report yet? I need it this after-noon.

W: Not yet. I told him to finish it by 11 this morning.

M: Good. Did you tell Miss Martin not to call her boyfriend from here?

W: Oh, yes, I told her not to use the office phone for personal call. She says she won’t do it again.

M: I hope she won’t. Her boyfriend lives in France!

W : I’m sure she won’t. Is there anything else, Mr French?

M: Humm. Could you bring me a cup of tea?

W: Sure.

Text 9

W: Now let’s go back to your first novel, Rag Doll. When did you write that?

M: Rag Doll, yes. I wrote that in 1960, a year after I left school.

W: How old were you then?

M: Um, eighteen? Yes. Eighteen, because a year later I went to Indonesia.

W: Um. And of course it was your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film Eastern Moon.

M: Yes, that’s right, although I didn’t actually make Eastern Moon until 1978.

W: And you worked in television for a time too?

M: Yes, I started making documentaries for television in 1973, when I was thirty. That was after I gave up farming.

W: Farming?

M: Yes, that’s right. You see, I stayed in Indonesia for eight years. I met my wife there in 1965,

and after we came back we bought a farm in the west of England in 1970. A kind of experiment, really.

W: But you gave it up three years later.

M: Well, yes. You see, it was very hard work and I was also very busy working on my second novel, The Cold Earth, which came out in 1975.

W: Yes, that’s was a best-seller, wasn’t it?

M: Yes, it was, and that’s why only two years after that I was able to give up television work and concentrate on films and that sort of thing. And after that…

Text 10

Hello, I was once a hostess. Now I am on my first bus trip and I’m quite surprised at

the services offered during the trip. Included our meals on the way, rest rooms and public

-address announcements.

Just now, I introduced myself to the hostess on the bus, and we told each other about

experiences with air and ground travel.

At lunchtime, she gave out menus offering a choice of sandwiches. As she began filling

orders, she found that there weren’t enough egg-salad sandwiches. She quickly went to whisper to the driver. The bus soon stopped. The hostess ran to another bus that had been following ours, and soon she returned with a box of egg-salad sandwiches. As she passed my seat, she asked, “Could you do that on a plane?”

1-5. BACBC 6-10. BAAAA 11-15. ACCCB 16-20. BABBC

21-25. DCCBA 26-30. CABDC

31—35 CBCDB 36—40 ADCAD 41—45 BACCB 46—50 CDBCD

51-54 CBDA 55-58 CACA 59-62 BBDD 63-66 DBCD 67-70 CABD

解析：

31. C 根据mixing with nobody可知她们不与任何人来往，完全与别人隔离了。

32. B acknowledgement意为“致意；打招呼”。

33. C 根据music played too loud, dogs barking…等信息可知她们向当地警局反映情况，故用reporting.

34. D “petty affairs”意为“琐事”。

35. B 邻居们非常不喜欢这对母女，作者一搬到这里就有人告知他这些情况。warn sb of sth (警告某人某事)符合语境。

36. A 根据more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast me可知，作者要和她们好好相处是个挑战。

37. D 上文讲到这对母女喜欢投诉，可知她们找作者来抱怨。

38. C 根据下文，作者想用自己的行动感动这对母女，故经常很有礼貌地同她们讲话。

39. A 当她们经过时，作者向她们打招呼。

40. D make a kind remark意为“说好话；赞扬”。这也是作者友善的示意。

41. B 尽管作者一再表示友好，她们的态度仍然没有改变。

42. A add… to…“把……加进来”。作者决定把她们也列入要送礼物的名单中。

43. C 根据语境，作者把饼干放在她们家门口。

44. C 根据… at my gate and jokingly said … 可知她们出现在作者家门口，说话态度很好，让作者感到惊讶。

45. B 根据上下文，她们在作者家门口停留。

46. C 她们从作者的善意中受到了感悟，开玩笑说正在“考虑”在即将到来的圣诞节在门口挂上圣诞袜来接收更多的礼物。

47. D 根据You may never know just what this … to others 可知，不要放弃对别人的善意，不经意的善意会对人产生很大影响。

48. B 一个人的善意对别人意味着很多。

49. C 文章告诉我们，这对母女开始很固执，铁石心肠，后来在作者的感化下态度发生了改变。

50. D 用善意之举改变别人，故用介词with.

51. C 由第二段第一句The new kind of music began… 以及后面段落中出现的“wizard rock” 可知本文主要介绍一种由作品Harry Potter衍生的音乐：巫师摇滚。

52. B 可从上下文推断词义。如：The songs can be funny, but the music is not a joke.和The themes of their music are … love and friendship, upset and struggle.

53. D 由第四段中The themes of their music are the same as those of Rowling’s books… 可知D正确。

54. A 由最后一段Wizard rock is just one more by-product in the Harry Potter craze.可知在Harry Potter的热潮下已经衍生出很多副产品，由此可推断Harry Potter在许多方面都产生了重大影响。

55. C 由Johns话中的TV seems to break the ice以及他作的进一步解释可知，电视给他行骗提供了一个很好的平台，人们过于相信电视里所说的。

56. A 文章第三段首句说到Jones had an imagination that wouldn't quit，接下来列举了三个他运用想象力去骗人的案例。由此可知Johns的想象力非同一般。

57. C 由第五段中a product that gets rid of calories，结合过多热量会使人发胖的常识可知，Nocal是一种减肥药。

58. A 由末段的he was already developing an instructional CD … in scams可知，法官加刑是因为他又设计了一个骗局，那就是贩卖他自制的防骗CD。

59. B 由文章第一段第二句和第二段第一句可知B为正确答案。

60. B 由第三段… the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience可知驾驶经验的缺乏是关键原因。

61. D 本段最后一句说明，驾驶执照的颁发者应该提高要求，而不是限制发放数量。

62. D 倒数第二段the way to reduce the harm is to have so-called graduated licensing systems可知正确答案。

63. D 从最后一段For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers以及下文的具体建议可知作者对长期以来不合理使用资源的方式是持有批评态度的。

64. B 从文章第一段可以归纳：我们的祖先认为资源是取之不尽用之不竭的，也不了解生态平衡的概念，所以没有什么环保意识。

65. C 文章最后一段表明，解决问题的关键是了解各方面的环保知识，Conservation should be made part of everybody’s daily life.

66. D 从划线部分… not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic (立方体的) volume above the earth可以看出，我们要保护的不仅是地面上的生物，还有生活在空中的鸟类。

67. C 第一段有关键信息提示：a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable.

68．A 从… we see a column (柱子) there that used to be part of that building可得知正确答案。

69. B 文章倒数第二段Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast resistance可得出此结论。

70. D 最后一段指出，关于抵抗恐怖袭击的建筑设计是源自抗震设计的灵感，并非全新的科学理念。

71. will turn up 76. whoever is in charge of

72. may / might have gone 77. made it difficult for us

73. where I put my shoes 78. has contributed

74. had we declared the ceremony 79. Where there is little water

75. not saving / not having saved 80. could have enjoyed

Making Friends Selectively or Extensively?

When it comes to whether we should make friends selectively or extensively, there is no complete agreement among people. Some people take it for granted that we should make friends selectively and carefully. However, others maintain that making friends extensively should be regarded as the better choice.

Those people who hold the first opinion believe that it’s sensible to look for friends who have similar ideal and outlook on life as well as temperament. In addition, they needn’t waste time dealing with the people they don’t like and prevent themselves from being affected by those people. However, still others think differently. In their opinions, the more friends we make, the easier our life will be. Besides, they argue that we can absorb and learn from the advantages of different people.

Weighing up these two arguments, I prefer the former one. For one thing, not all friends are suitable for us and easy to get along with. For another, friends with similar goals will help us sweep off difficulties. Considering these, we may reasonably conclude that making friends selectively can bring us a true friend.