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一、单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。
1. It’s apparent to all that what the US is doing is not to keep______peace in______Peninsula (半岛) of Korea but to serve its own military purpose.
A. a; 不填
B. the; 不填
C. 不填; the
D. the; the
2. A teacher’s______to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it brings benefits to the development of society.
A. devotion
B. principle
C. identity
D. guidance
3. — I counted sheep, I drank milk and I tried everything, but nothing helped.
— It seems youtoo much recently. Try some sleeping pills.
A. work
B. worked
C. have been working
D. had worked
4. If you take sleeping pills for a long time, you will be______to them.
A. addicted
B. attracted
C. devoted
D. exposed
5.— Hello, is that Minix Garage? Could I find out if my car is being repaired right now, please?
— Sorry, we______. But we are waiting for some parts from the producer.
A. would have
B. would be
C. will have
D. will be
6.— Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.
— Yes, that might______why he did so badly in the last test.
A. answer for
B. apply for
C. account for
D. ask for
7. — Tom, what about going for a picnic in the national park tomorrow?
—. It is just opened to the public. I am looking forward to it.
A. Up to you
B. That’s all right
C. No kidding
D. Sounds fantastic
8. Lots of rescue workers were working around the clock,______supplies to the city of Christchurch, New Zealand after the earthquake.
A. sending
B. to send
C. having sent
D. to have sent
9. Nowadays, many people walk to work______Copenhagen Conference calling for living a lowcarbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.
A. in relation to
B. in response to
C. in addition to
D. in opposition to
10. Yesterday, Project Hope got a large amount of money from one company and it______to build 300 schools in poor rural regions over three years.
A. will be used
B. was used
C. has been used
D. had been used
11.—We really should discipline the children when they are rude and naughty if we want them to grow into wellbehaved adults.
—I couldn’t agree more;.
A. children should be seen and not heard
B. virtue is its won reward
C. spare the rod and spoil the child
D. boys will be boys
12. Green economy offers a new model______people could both protect the climate and develop the economy, according to what Li said at the International Cooperative Conference on Green Economy and Climate Change.
A. how
B. why
C. where
D. which
13. As fuel prices rose, bus companies raised their fares and.
A. so did the airlines
B. nor did the airlines
C. so the airlines did
D. nor the airlines did
14. All the Chinese people are expecting the government’s fourthousandbillion financial plan______around the country,______to improve the current economic situation.
A. carried out; intending
B. being carried out; intended
Couch surfing is traveling on a budget, using a broad network of contacts in order to get overnight accommodation for free, or at as little cost as possible. Participants join dedicated (专业的) websites, providing as much information about themselves as possible in order to make others feel comfortable hosting them, or using them as a host.
Various safety features are generally available in such online networks, like verification (确认) of names and addresses, personal references, and “vouching for (担保)” a particular member as a reliable host or guest.
As well as the financial advantages of couch surfing, participants also claim that the practice gives them a more unique, authentic travel experience, allowing them to experience culture and cuisine through the locals, rather than from the confines of sanitized tourist accommodation. “We open our minds and lives and welcome the knowledge that becomes available through cultural exchange.” said Casey Fenton, founder of couchsurfing.com. “Couch surfing wants to change not only the way we travel, but how we relate to the world.”
36. What is the right order of couch surfing?
a. Provide personal information.
c. Join dedicated websites.
b. Travel to the host’s house.
d. Check photos of sofas by email.
A. d-b-a-cB. b-c-a-d
C. a-d-c-bD. c-a-d-b
37. Which is NOT a safety feature available in online networks?
A. Verification of identity.
B. A copy of the passport.
C. Personal references.
D. Vouching for the member as reliable.
38. From the text we can know that.
A. participants can be hosted or a host
B. couch surfing tests people’s patience
C. couch surfing leads to trust between people
D. people couch surf simply for financial reasons
39. The text mainly intends to.
A. introduce a new way of traveling
B. teach how to keep the Internet safety
C. promote online products
D. advocate deals of saving money
B
DONALD SLOAN
Gates HallUniversity of KansasLawrence, KS 66045913-243-1682
After May 2009:46 Clayton DriveSt. Louis, MO 63130314-726-8840
ObjectiveTo work with the client (委托人) population in a social service position.
EducationB.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009
Major: Social Services
Minor: Applied Psychology
ExperienceAssistant Activities Supervisor, Fairview Nursing Home, Lawrence, KS, November 2006-present. Help organize and implement recreational activities for nursing home residents. Activities include crafts, dances, day trips, sing-alongs, and visiting performers.
Hotline Volunteer. Teen Crisis Center, Lawrence, KS, September 2006- May 2007. Handled crisis calls from teenagers in the community. Dealt with drug use, unwanted pregnancies, failing grades, and the breakdown of parent-teen relationships.
Nurse’s Aide, Danyers General Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Summer 2006. Assisted nurses in patient care. Took histories, updated charts, and helped prepare patients for surgery.
ActivitiesUniversity Concert Board. Work with other board members to plan and implement on-campus concerts.
Senior Gift Campaign. Help manages the campaign to raise funds for the senior class gift to the university.
Residence Hall Programming Board. Planned social events for Eggar Residence Hall.
SkillsFluent in French. Water safety instructor. Skilled at working with people.
InterestsSkiing, softball, classical music, and guitar.
40. This passage is most probably.
A. an advertisement for enrolling new employees
B. a school report at the end of an academic year
C. a self-introduction meant to apply for a job
D. a part of a recommendation letter from a university
41. According to the “Experience” section, we can infer that Donald Sloan can be.
A. a wise leader
B. a gifted scientist
C. a skillful performer
D. a good social worker
42. From the passage we can learn that Donald Sloan .
A. is good at singing and dancing
B. is about to graduate from a university
C. has an interest in being a surgeon
D. specializes in psychology
C
Why We Yawn
Can you remember a morning when you’ve woken up to the ring of your alarm clock and wished you could stay in bed? You haven’t slept well; your hair is a mess. Worse, you can’t stop yawning. Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs and fish yawn just like humans do! Yawning is an involuntary (无意识的，不自觉的) action during which you open your mouth and breathe deeply. The average duration of a yawn is about 6 seconds.
The purpose and cause of yawning are still a mystery. Scientists are not sure what causes a yawn. People yawn when they are tired or bored, but they also yawn when they aren’t. There are many ideas explaining why we yawn.
One idea is that yawning is a way for the body to become more alert by taking in more oxygen. A yawn increases the heart rate, forces carbon dioxide out of the lungs and blood stream, and brings oxygen to the brain. But one study showed that volunteers given a lot of oxygen did not yawn any less than before, while those given a lot of carbon dioxide did not yawn more.
Another idea is that early humans used yawning as a form of communication. If one decided it was time to sleep, they would tell the others by yawning and they would do it in return to show they agreed.
A third explanation comes from psychology professor Gordon Gallup of University at Albany in New York. He said that as people yawn, they cool off their brains. “Brains are like computers.” he said. “They only operate efficiently and effectively when they’re cool. Many things connected to yawning, like being tired, make the brain hot, and yawning can reduce the heat.”
Scientists have sent people into space, and created terrible nuclear weapons, but there are lots of seemingly simple things, such as why we yawn, or hiccup, that they can’t figure out.
Next time you are in class in the morning, let out a big yawn and watch to see how many of your classmates yawn in response!
43. What’s the purpose of the description of how bad you may feel when you’re woken up in the morning?
A. To explain why humans yawn.
B. To explain how humans start yawning.
C. To lead into the topic of yawning.
D. To complain about being woken up by the clock.
44. Which is not among the possible reasons for yawning mentioned in the passage?
A. A way to show that you feel hot.
B. A way to cool off your brain.
C. A way to get rid of carbon dioxide.
D. A way to communicate.
45. In which situation are you likely to yawn?
A. When you feel sleepy.
B. The weather is hot.
C. Someone else yawns near you.
D. When you breathe in a lot of carbon dioxide.
46. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The real reason why humans and most animals yawn.
B. Hiccups are an involuntary human action similar to yawns.
C. The more an action can be studied, the easier it is to research.
D. Finding out why humans yawn should be easier than sending people into space.
D
Searching for Aliens
Sometimes life gets a little dull. What used to be fun and different becomes boring. That is the time to look for something new. It is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. So why not search for extraterrestrial (外星的) intelligence? Or even better, why not get your computer to do it for you?
Over two million people have joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. Based in California, the SETI project analyzes information taken from a giant radio telescope based in South America. Its task is to look for signals from outer space that might prove that life exists on other planets.
Processing this information is far too big a job for one computer. So the SETI project workers divide the work among volunteers who visit their website. Each computer gets some information to work out from the SETI network through the Internet. This process is often known as “meta-computing”.
It is a wonderful thought. You are sleeping, eating a meal or going out with friends. All this time, your computer is searching the stars for signs that might show something is out there trying to get in touch. Volunteers are proud of being involved in the SETI project. It shows that they understand the potential of computing. They know that it is more than just a way of working or playing games.
Meta-computing may also be creating intelligence as well as looking for it. This idea is based on the theory that human intelligence is created by the way in which different parts of the brain communicate with each other. As the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” People who join the SETI project sometimes wonder whether their computer will become part of a huge network that has learned to think for itself.
47. According to the writer, meta-computing may be creating intelligence.
A. because human beings are intelligent
B. because a computer works as the brain does
C. because of a network of many computers
D. because of the number of computers
48. Which of the following shows the right order in which the SETI network works?
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。
1. It’s apparent to all that what the US is doing is not to keep______peace in______Peninsula (半岛) of Korea but to serve its own military purpose.
A. a; 不填
B. the; 不填
C. 不填; the
D. the; the
2. A teacher’s______to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it brings benefits to the development of society.
A. devotion
B. principle
C. identity
D. guidance
3. — I counted sheep, I drank milk and I tried everything, but nothing helped.
— It seems youtoo much recently. Try some sleeping pills.
A. work
B. worked
C. have been working
D. had worked
4. If you take sleeping pills for a long time, you will be______to them.
A. addicted
B. attracted
C. devoted
D. exposed
5.— Hello, is that Minix Garage? Could I find out if my car is being repaired right now, please?
— Sorry, we______. But we are waiting for some parts from the producer.
A. would have
B. would be
C. will have
D. will be
6.— Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.
— Yes, that might______why he did so badly in the last test.
A. answer for
B. apply for
C. account for
D. ask for
7. — Tom, what about going for a picnic in the national park tomorrow?
—. It is just opened to the public. I am looking forward to it.
A. Up to you
B. That’s all right
C. No kidding
D. Sounds fantastic
8. Lots of rescue workers were working around the clock,______supplies to the city of Christchurch, New Zealand after the earthquake.
A. sending
B. to send
C. having sent
D. to have sent
9. Nowadays, many people walk to work______Copenhagen Conference calling for living a lowcarbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.
A. in relation to
B. in response to
C. in addition to
D. in opposition to
10. Yesterday, Project Hope got a large amount of money from one company and it______to build 300 schools in poor rural regions over three years.
A. will be used
B. was used
C. has been used
D. had been used
11.—We really should discipline the children when they are rude and naughty if we want them to grow into wellbehaved adults.
—I couldn’t agree more;.
A. children should be seen and not heard
B. virtue is its won reward
C. spare the rod and spoil the child
D. boys will be boys
12. Green economy offers a new model______people could both protect the climate and develop the economy, according to what Li said at the International Cooperative Conference on Green Economy and Climate Change.
A. how
B. why
C. where
D. which
13. As fuel prices rose, bus companies raised their fares and.
A. so did the airlines
B. nor did the airlines
C. so the airlines did
D. nor the airlines did
14. All the Chinese people are expecting the government’s fourthousandbillion financial plan______around the country,______to improve the current economic situation.
A. carried out; intending
B. being carried out; intended
Couch surfing is traveling on a budget, using a broad network of contacts in order to get overnight accommodation for free, or at as little cost as possible. Participants join dedicated (专业的) websites, providing as much information about themselves as possible in order to make others feel comfortable hosting them, or using them as a host.
Various safety features are generally available in such online networks, like verification (确认) of names and addresses, personal references, and “vouching for (担保)” a particular member as a reliable host or guest.
As well as the financial advantages of couch surfing, participants also claim that the practice gives them a more unique, authentic travel experience, allowing them to experience culture and cuisine through the locals, rather than from the confines of sanitized tourist accommodation. “We open our minds and lives and welcome the knowledge that becomes available through cultural exchange.” said Casey Fenton, founder of couchsurfing.com. “Couch surfing wants to change not only the way we travel, but how we relate to the world.”
36. What is the right order of couch surfing?
a. Provide personal information.
c. Join dedicated websites.
b. Travel to the host’s house.
d. Check photos of sofas by email.
A. d-b-a-cB. b-c-a-d
C. a-d-c-bD. c-a-d-b
37. Which is NOT a safety feature available in online networks?
A. Verification of identity.
B. A copy of the passport.
C. Personal references.
D. Vouching for the member as reliable.
38. From the text we can know that.
A. participants can be hosted or a host
B. couch surfing tests people’s patience
C. couch surfing leads to trust between people
D. people couch surf simply for financial reasons
39. The text mainly intends to.
A. introduce a new way of traveling
B. teach how to keep the Internet safety
C. promote online products
D. advocate deals of saving money
B
DONALD SLOAN
Gates HallUniversity of KansasLawrence, KS 66045913-243-1682
After May 2009:46 Clayton DriveSt. Louis, MO 63130314-726-8840
ObjectiveTo work with the client (委托人) population in a social service position.
EducationB.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009
Major: Social Services
Minor: Applied Psychology
ExperienceAssistant Activities Supervisor, Fairview Nursing Home, Lawrence, KS, November 2006-present. Help organize and implement recreational activities for nursing home residents. Activities include crafts, dances, day trips, sing-alongs, and visiting performers.
Hotline Volunteer. Teen Crisis Center, Lawrence, KS, September 2006- May 2007. Handled crisis calls from teenagers in the community. Dealt with drug use, unwanted pregnancies, failing grades, and the breakdown of parent-teen relationships.
Nurse’s Aide, Danyers General Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Summer 2006. Assisted nurses in patient care. Took histories, updated charts, and helped prepare patients for surgery.
ActivitiesUniversity Concert Board. Work with other board members to plan and implement on-campus concerts.
Senior Gift Campaign. Help manages the campaign to raise funds for the senior class gift to the university.
Residence Hall Programming Board. Planned social events for Eggar Residence Hall.
SkillsFluent in French. Water safety instructor. Skilled at working with people.
InterestsSkiing, softball, classical music, and guitar.
40. This passage is most probably.
A. an advertisement for enrolling new employees
B. a school report at the end of an academic year
C. a self-introduction meant to apply for a job
D. a part of a recommendation letter from a university
41. According to the “Experience” section, we can infer that Donald Sloan can be.
A. a wise leader
B. a gifted scientist
C. a skillful performer
D. a good social worker
42. From the passage we can learn that Donald Sloan .
A. is good at singing and dancing
B. is about to graduate from a university
C. has an interest in being a surgeon
D. specializes in psychology
C
Why We Yawn
Can you remember a morning when you’ve woken up to the ring of your alarm clock and wished you could stay in bed? You haven’t slept well; your hair is a mess. Worse, you can’t stop yawning. Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs and fish yawn just like humans do! Yawning is an involuntary (无意识的，不自觉的) action during which you open your mouth and breathe deeply. The average duration of a yawn is about 6 seconds.
The purpose and cause of yawning are still a mystery. Scientists are not sure what causes a yawn. People yawn when they are tired or bored, but they also yawn when they aren’t. There are many ideas explaining why we yawn.
One idea is that yawning is a way for the body to become more alert by taking in more oxygen. A yawn increases the heart rate, forces carbon dioxide out of the lungs and blood stream, and brings oxygen to the brain. But one study showed that volunteers given a lot of oxygen did not yawn any less than before, while those given a lot of carbon dioxide did not yawn more.
Another idea is that early humans used yawning as a form of communication. If one decided it was time to sleep, they would tell the others by yawning and they would do it in return to show they agreed.
A third explanation comes from psychology professor Gordon Gallup of University at Albany in New York. He said that as people yawn, they cool off their brains. “Brains are like computers.” he said. “They only operate efficiently and effectively when they’re cool. Many things connected to yawning, like being tired, make the brain hot, and yawning can reduce the heat.”
Scientists have sent people into space, and created terrible nuclear weapons, but there are lots of seemingly simple things, such as why we yawn, or hiccup, that they can’t figure out.
Next time you are in class in the morning, let out a big yawn and watch to see how many of your classmates yawn in response!
43. What’s the purpose of the description of how bad you may feel when you’re woken up in the morning?
A. To explain why humans yawn.
B. To explain how humans start yawning.
C. To lead into the topic of yawning.
D. To complain about being woken up by the clock.
44. Which is not among the possible reasons for yawning mentioned in the passage?
A. A way to show that you feel hot.
B. A way to cool off your brain.
C. A way to get rid of carbon dioxide.
D. A way to communicate.
45. In which situation are you likely to yawn?
A. When you feel sleepy.
B. The weather is hot.
C. Someone else yawns near you.
D. When you breathe in a lot of carbon dioxide.
46. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The real reason why humans and most animals yawn.
B. Hiccups are an involuntary human action similar to yawns.
C. The more an action can be studied, the easier it is to research.
D. Finding out why humans yawn should be easier than sending people into space.
D
Searching for Aliens
Sometimes life gets a little dull. What used to be fun and different becomes boring. That is the time to look for something new. It is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. So why not search for extraterrestrial (外星的) intelligence? Or even better, why not get your computer to do it for you?
Over two million people have joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. Based in California, the SETI project analyzes information taken from a giant radio telescope based in South America. Its task is to look for signals from outer space that might prove that life exists on other planets.
Processing this information is far too big a job for one computer. So the SETI project workers divide the work among volunteers who visit their website. Each computer gets some information to work out from the SETI network through the Internet. This process is often known as “meta-computing”.
It is a wonderful thought. You are sleeping, eating a meal or going out with friends. All this time, your computer is searching the stars for signs that might show something is out there trying to get in touch. Volunteers are proud of being involved in the SETI project. It shows that they understand the potential of computing. They know that it is more than just a way of working or playing games.
Meta-computing may also be creating intelligence as well as looking for it. This idea is based on the theory that human intelligence is created by the way in which different parts of the brain communicate with each other. As the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” People who join the SETI project sometimes wonder whether their computer will become part of a huge network that has learned to think for itself.
47. According to the writer, meta-computing may be creating intelligence.
A. because human beings are intelligent
B. because a computer works as the brain does
C. because of a network of many computers
D. because of the number of computers
48. Which of the following shows the right order in which the SETI network works?