1、 round after d over3 did anyone call when l was out?a everyone b someone c nobody d anybody4 it took us a long time to mend the house a build b destroy c design d repair5 i dont quite follow what she is saying observe understand c explain d describe6 we can no longer tolerate his actions a put up wi
2、th accept c take receive7 loud noises can be irritating hateful b painful c stimulating annoying8 in the background was that eternal hum a long never-ending c boring extensive9 the constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change a imprecise apparent c
3、clear d easy10gambling is lawful in nevadaa enjoyable irresistible c legal d profitable11these are the motives for doing ita reasons excuses c answers d replies12the river widens considerably as it begins to turn west extends stretches c broadens d bends13 many economists have given in to the fatal
4、lure of mathematics a error b puzzle attraction d contradiction14 with immense relief i stopped running a no little scarce d enormous15 a great deal has been done to remedy the situation maintain improve c preserve d protect第2部分:阅读判断 阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。they say irelands the best i
5、reland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005according to a life quality ranking that appeared in britains economist magazine last weekthe ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on theprinciple that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and
6、 well-being the index of 111countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,politicalstability,job security,gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom,family and community 1ife” despite the bad weather, troubled health service,traffic congestion(拥挤),gender inequality and t
7、he high cost of livingireland scored an impressive 833 points out 0f 10that put it well ahead of second-place switzerlandwhich managed 807zimbabwetroubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest(最差的),picking up only 389points “although rising incomes and increased individual choic
8、es are highly valued”the report said,some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(崩溃)in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact” “ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the newwith the preser
9、vation of certain warm elements of the old,such as stable family and community life”the magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do,and that its findings would have their critics no2 on the 1ist is switzerlandthe other nations in the top 10 are norwayluxembourgsw
10、eden,australia,iceland,italy,denmark and spain the uk is positioned at no29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social andfamily breakdown recorded in official statisticsthe us,which has the second highest per capitagdp(人均国内生产总值)after luxembourg,took the 13th place in the survey china was i
11、n thelower half of the league at 60th 16 for 2,005 years,ireland has been the best place for humans to live in a right wrong c not mentioned17 job security is the least important measure of life qualitya right not mentioned18 cost of living in ireland is pretty high19 family life in zimbabwe is not
12、stable20 ireland is positioned at no 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old2l to measure life quality is easy22 the united states of america is among the top 10 countries第3部分:概括大意与完成句子 阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试任务:(1)第2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为第25段每段选择1个正确的小标题;
13、(2)第2730题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项,分别完成每个句子。even intelligent people can fail1 the striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is howoften they failedturn oil a light,take a photograph,watch tv,search the web,jet across thepacific oceantalk on a cellphone(手机)the innovators
14、who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns2 we have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of american innovator thomas edisonssuccess in heating n thin line to white,hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in new jersey,ushe did that on october 221879and foll
15、owed up a month later by keeping a thread of commoncardboard alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hoursthree years later he went on to light第一篇two people,two paths you must be familiar with the situation:dads driving,mums telling him where to gohes sure that they need to turn 1eftbut she says its
16、not for another two blockswho has the better sense of direction?men or women? they both do,a new study saysbut in different ways men and womencanadian researchers have found,have different methods of finding their waymen look quickly at landmarks f地标)and head off in what they think is the right dire
17、ction womenhowevertry to picture the whole route in detail and then f01low the path in their head, “women tend to be more detailed”said edward cornell,who led the study。“while men tend to be a little bit faster anda little bit more intuitive(直觉感知的)” in factsaid cornell“sense of direction”isnt one sk
18、ill but twothe first is the“survey method,this is when you see an area from above,such as a printedmap you can seefor example,where the hospital is,where the church is and that the supermarket is on its right the second skill is the“route method”this is when you use a series of directionsyon start f
19、rom the hospitalthen turn 1eftturn right,go uphilland then you see the supermarket men are more likely to use the survey method while women are more likely to use one routeand follow directions both workand neither is better some scientists insist that these different skills have a long historythey
20、argue it is because of the difference in traditional roles in ancient timesyoung men often went far away with the older men to fish or hunt the triptook hours or days and covered unfamiliar placesthe only way to know where you were was touse the survey method to remember landmarksthe mountainsthe 1a
21、kes and so on the women,on the other hand,took young girls out to find fruits and plantstheseactivities were much closer to home but required learning wellused pathsso,womens sense of space was based on learning certain routes 31 when finding his way dad tends to rely on a his intuitive knowledge b
22、his book knowledge mums assistance d the polices assistance,32 women are more likely to use 山e survey method b the traditional method c the route method d the right method33 which works betterthe route method or the survey method? a the survey method b 111e route methodc eitherd neither34 which of t
23、he following is not a landmark? along riverb a high mountainc a magnificent churchd a path in your head35 women developed a sense of space out of the need a to go fishing b to go hunting c to learn well-used pathsd to go swimming第二篇dancing in the streets if there is one thing certain to get brazilia
24、ns on their feet,it is the rio carnival(狂欢节)held in rio de janeirothe countrys biggest citythe carnival began on february 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to rei momothe lord of misrule(无序之皇) on his orders,each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and musicthe following six days
25、are so fun of parades,street dancing,fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that many people forget about eating and sleeping“it was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to brazil and made me settle down in rio”said bob nadkarnia british man who has lived in the city for several years for many b
26、raziliansthe centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞),a typical brazilian danceevery year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streetsfollowing the beat(节拍)of the latin musicthe climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade,in which floats decorated
27、 with tons of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the cityon the top of each float stands the candidate for the drum queen,who is chosen at the end of the party while most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。rios police officers have to keep a clear headfo
28、llowing the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week,the braziliangovernment has tightened security in riothe street fighting,robbery and sex crimes thataccompany the carnival are very difficult to police carnivals began in ancient rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves,
29、in honour of the citys founder who was said to have been raised by a shewolfbrazil gave new life to this tradition and sodespite the troublesthe carnival will remain a symbol of the countrys culture36 according to the passageduring the carnival people in rio did all of the followingexceptA dancing in the street
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