2014年大学英语四级考试试题及答案解析(三十八)

大学 英语 关于好奇心的名言警句英语高中英语词汇下载高中英语词汇 下载英语衡水体下载小学英语关于形容词和副词的题 四级考试试 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 及答案解析(三十八) 一、Writing （本大题1小题．每题106.0分，共106.0分。 For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition . You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: ） 第1题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should We Keep Animals as Pets? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.    1．有些人认为养宠物益处多    2．有些人认为养宠物害处多    3．你的看法是……                               Should We Keep Animals as Pets?    _______________________________________________________________________________________    _______________________________________________________________________________________    _______________________________________________________________________________________ 【正确答案】： 答案: [范文]                                                          Should We Keep Animals as Pets?    ①When it comes to keeping animals as pets, different people hold different opinions. Some people take it for granted that it has many advantages. On the one hand, they believe animals can bring happiness to them. On the other hand, they find that they themselves become more patient and considerate by raising animal pets.    ②However, other people think that keeping animals as pets has a lot of disadvantages. In their opinion, it will cost them much more time and money than growing flowers. Besides, sometimes uncontrollable animal pets may annoy them or even their neighbors, thus disturb the harmony among people.    ③As to me, I agree with the second view. As a student, I'm occupied in studying, therefore spare no time taking care of troublesome animal pets. [本题分数]： 106.0 分 【答案解析】 [写作点拨]    ①审题及布局。本文是一篇论说文【考频：10】。从文章的提示要求上看，人们对待养宠物持有不同的观点，首先应该从两方面 分析 定性数据统计分析pdf销售业绩分析模板建筑结构震害分析销售进度分析表京东商城竞争战略分析 养宠物的利与弊，最后表明自己的看法：支持还是不支持。在布局上，根据题目中给出的提纲来展开即可。第一段阐述有些人认为养宠物益处多；第二段阐述有些人认为养宠物害处多；第三段陈述自己对这一现象的看法。②语言。通过分析养宠物的利弊，提出自己的看法。所以论述要层次分明，理由充足，具有说服力，词汇选择要精确，句式要丰富。时态上选择一般现在时即可。 [范文点评]    ①开宗明义，指出人们对养宠物观点不一。首先提出观点一：养宠物益处多，并陈述两个理由：宠物给人带来欢乐，通过养宠物人们变得更体贴，更有耐心。take it for granted“想当然”和 On the one hand…On the other hand…“一方面……另一方面”都是高分表达。    ②这一部分具体论述有人认为养宠物害处多，采用总分结构，陈述了两个理由：养宠物须花时间花钱，不好控制的宠物有时给人们带来烦恼，影响人际关系。However，Besides的使用使行文层次更清楚，disturb the harmony among people“破坏人们之间的和谐”是高分表达，为文章增色不少。    ③表明自己的观点：同意后者。作为学生，自己忙于功课，无暇照顾给人添麻烦的宠物。 I'm occupied in studying“忙着学习”，spare no time taking care of“无暇照顾”也是高分表达。 二、Cloze（共20小题,共70.0分）There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题    Palenque was founded three centuries ago by runaway slaves in the jungle of Colombia. On the surface, it  (1)   any other impoverished Colombian village. But when adults here speak with one another, their language draws  (2)   from as far away as Africa. This  (3)   speech is known as Palenquero. Theories about its  (4)   vary, but one thing is certain: It  (5)   for centuries in this small community, which is now struggling to keep it from  (6)   .    The survival of Palenquero  (7)   San Basilio de Palenque, part of whose  (8)   name is the Spanish word for a fortified village of runaway slaves. Different from other villages that were conquered, this community has successfully  (9)   threats to its existence to this day.      (10)   for keeping it live face an uphill struggle. The isolation that one  (11)   the language from the outside world has come to an end. But people say the biggest  (12)   to their language's survival comes form  (13)   contact with outsiders. Many here have had to  (14)   nearby banana  (15)   or cities for work, and then found themselves  (16)   scorn because of the way they spoke.    Undaunted by the  (17)   of its disappearing after centuries of use, Rutsely Obeso, a linguist, is  (18)   a dictionary to be used in the school. Efforts were  (19)   with little government assistance despite that the community now  (20)   a mecca for anthropologists and linguists. A assemble B resembles C conforms to D represents 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。本题的关键信息词是其后一句but引导的转折句以及第二段中different from other villages，据此可以判断，此处应该填“相似”。assemble“集合”；conform to“符合”；represent“代表”。 第2题 A inspiration B respiration C aspiration D perspiration 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。inspiration“灵感”；respiration“呼吸”；aspiration“渴望，梦想”；perspiration“流汗，努力”。 第3题 A particular B special C especial D peculiar 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 形容词辨义题【考频：22】。这四个单词都含有“特别”的意思，particular侧重于“非常，不同一般”的特别； special偏向于“特地，专门”；especial“尤其”，常用其副词especially，在举例说明前叙述观点时使用；peculiar“奇怪的，古怪的”。根据句意，应选D)。 第4题 A sources B origins C roots D resources 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。本题的干扰项是source“来源”，指的是东西从哪里来的，如sources of new power； origin常用复数形式，表示“起源，根源”，强调东西是怎么来的，如origins of the universe；resources“资源”，如mineral resources；root“根”，常用其象征意义。 第5题 A held up B pulled through C survived D dying 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。本题的信息词是第二段的the survival of Palenquero，据此可以判断选择survive。 outlive“比……活得长久”，后面直接跟比较对象；survive也有这种用法；hold up“支持住，阻挡”；pull through”渡过(危险、难关等)”。 第6题 A perishing B dying C decaying D declining 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。本题的信息词是第三段的keeping it live，据此可判断，这里应该填写live的反义词。die和perish都表示“死亡”，但是perish更为正式；decay“腐败”；decline“衰落”。 第7题 A points to B points at C points out D points in 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词短语辨义题【考频：8】。本题主要考查point词组的辨析。point to“指向”；point at“指着”；point in不能算作词组，做名词时，可用于there is no point in doing“做某事是没有意义的”。 第8题 A just B precisely C last D very 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 语义衔接题【考频：24】。本题中只有very可以做形容词，表示“正是那个”。 第9题 A defended B resisted C fended off D withstood 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。本句的意思为“与其他村庄被征服了不同，这里的人们成功地抵御了对他们生存的威胁”。defend“防卫，防护”，直接跟防卫的对象作宾语；resist“抵制(诱惑等)”；withstand“忍受，经得起”； fend off“抵挡，挡住(问题、打击等)”。由此得出，选C)正确。 第10题 A Protesters B Advocates C Critics D Contenders 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。根据上下文判断，这里应该填“倡议者”，因此答案为B)。protester“抗议者”，后跟介词against；critic“批评家”；contender“竞争者”。 第11题 A stemmed B separated C shielded D split 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。如果只根据isolation来判断，可能误选separate；但是根据上下文，我们可以知道恰恰是这种被隔离的状态使得这门语言能保留下来，因此这里要填“保护”shield；stem from“根源于”；split“分离，分裂”。 第12题 A threat B struggle C difficulty D obstacle 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。本题的信息词是第二段结尾句中的threats to its existence。干扰项是obstacle“障碍”，用在这里意思不够严重。 第13题 A immediate B first-hand C straight D direct 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 形容词辨义题【考频：22】。immediate“立即的”；first-hand“第一手的”；straight“直线的”；direct“直接的”。 第14题 A run the risk to B venture to C take the chance of D take the adventure to 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词短语辨义题【考频：8】。这几个词组都表示“冒险”，但正确的表达是run the risk of doing something， take the chance to do something；adventure强调刺激的“历险”。 第15题 A plantations B orchards C markets D factories 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。本题主要考查英语背景知识，香蕉种植园只能用plantation。orchard“果园”。 第16题 A chance B prospect C inclined to D subject to 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词短语辨义题【考频：8】。根据上下文提示，这里的居民外出时，因为所说语言的不同而受到嘲弄，故选 D)。subject to“易受……的”，常用于变化、延迟、限制等。四个选项中，be exposed to“暴露于(一种环境，容易受其影响)”；be prone to something“倾向于(不好的事情)”；be inclined to do“倾向于”。 第17题 A chance B prospect C future D expectation 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 名词辨义题【考频：39】。本题考查近义词的辨析。chance“机会，可能性”；future“未来”；expectation“期望”； prospect“前景”。 第18题 A compiling B composing C drawing up D editing 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 固定搭配【考频：45】。“编纂字典”只能使用compile。compose“作词，作曲”；draw up“起草”；edit“编辑”。 第19题 A engaged B exerted C undertaken D put 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词辨义题【考频：54】。“付出努力”用undertake。exert“发挥，运用，施加影响”。 第20题 A arises from B looms to be C appears as D emerges as 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：3.5分 【答案解析】 动词短语辨义题【考频：8】。emerge as“以……的形象浮现”，因此本句的意思是“尽管这里现在已经成为人类学家和语言学家朝圣的麦加，人们做出种种努力(保留这种语言)，却几乎没有政府的帮助”。arise from“起因于”；loom“隐约，朦胧地出现”；appear“露面，出现”，常用于appear to be。 三、Listening Comprehension（Section A）（共15小题,共105.0分）In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题 A In bed. B At her mother's. C In the hospital. D At the office. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Hello, Danny. This is Anna. I'm calling from work. How's your mother feeling? M: That was very considerate of you. Mom is out of the hospital, but she has to stay in bed a few more days. Q: Where is Anna? [答案详解] 场景推断题【考频：7】。女士在询问男士母亲的现状之前提到I'm calling from work，可知女士是从办公场所打的电话，而选项中的bed，her mother's和the hospital都不符合办公的条件，通过常识我们知道这些都是非办公场所。因此选D)。 第2题 A He never drives his car in order to avoid accidents. B He often suffers from the heavy traffic, too. C He can't agree with the woman any more. D The woman should take the subway to avoid the traffic. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: I need to go across town, but the traffic is so heavy this time of day. M: When you take the subway, you don't have to deal with traffic. I never drive any more. Q: What does the man imply? [答案详解] 语义理解题【考频：18】。女土向男士抱怨交通堵塞的问题，男士通过自己的 经验 班主任工作经验交流宣传工作经验交流材料优秀班主任经验交流小学课改经验典型材料房地产总经理管理经验 建议她乘地铁，就不必应对交通堵塞的问题了。故选D)。 第3题 A Go to see the game with the woman. B Put on more clothes. C Watch the game on TV. D Watch a film on TV. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: I've got two tickets to today's game. Do you want to come along? M.. It'll be on television. Besides, it's really too cold for me. Q: What will the man probably do? [答案详解] 行动计划题【考频：7】。女士邀请男土去看比赛，因为她搞到两张门票。男士的回答无外乎有两种情况：接受和拒绝，在他回答中两处都暗示他拒绝了：电视上将会直播，而且外面太冷。It'll be on television．表明男士可能会在家看电视。故选C)。 第4题 A He makes a fool of himself by eating too much. B He likes to eat something other than beef. C He wants to eat some more roast beef. D He couldn't eat any more roast beef. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Please help yourself. Today's roast beef is very good. We've ordered enough for five people. M: Thank you very much. The beef is really delicious, but I've had enough. Q: What does the man mean? [答案详解] 语义推断题【考频：12】。女士邀请男士吃烤牛肉。男士的回答要么否定要么肯定，他的回答Thank you very much．The beef is really delicious似乎暗示了男士的回答会是肯定，不过but一词又将局势颠倒过来： but I've had enough．但我已经吃得够多了，即不能再吃了。故选D)。 第5题 A Remove George from the committee immediately. B Warn George that his attendance problem is serious. C Offer to help George during the meeting. D Telephone George to see if he's coming to the meeting. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: If George misses one more meeting we are going to have to find one new committee secretary. M: We'd better give him an ultimatum. Q: What does the man suggest they do? [答案详解] 请求建议题【考频：16】 ultimatum“最后通牒”，即带有警告的意思，女士说如果George再缺席一次会议，他们就要寻找新的会议秘书。男土表示他们最好给George一次最后通牒，即警告一下George。故选B)。 第6题 A Linda didn't like it. B Bill lost his arm and leg in order to get the ring. C The ring was very expensive. D Bill was injured. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] M: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda? W: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg. Q: What does the woman imply about the ring? [答案详解] 语义理解题【考频：18】。男士询问女土是否看到过Bill给Linda的戒指。女士说看到了，并且做出肯定推测(must have done)戒指一定很贵。cost sb．an arm and a leg是习惯用法，表示东西很贵。故选C)。 第7题 A Continue to read. B Meet the woman at the library. C Make some coffee. D Go out with some friends. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Hey, Larry. Wanna meet a few of us for coffee in a little while? M: Hmm. I would if I weren't so far behind in this reading I'm doing for history. Q: What will the man probably do? [答案详解] 行动计划题【考频：7】。虚拟语气在听力对话中为必考内容，必须熟悉常考形式，听时方能立刻辨认出来。本题中I would if I weren't…提示了虚拟语气。故选A)。 第8题 A He has to hand in a report about the museum. B He is too busy to go with her. C He has to read a history book. D He has already visited the museum. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Are you coming with me to the history museum, George? M: I already have my hands full with this book report. Q: What does the man mean? [答案详解] 语义理解题【考频：18】。女士邀请男士陪她参观博物馆。男士的回答并未直接说是可以还是不可以，而是说他手头还有读书报告要忙，所以他委婉说明自己很忙，无法陪她去。故选B)。 第9题 A Harm that cannot be repaired. B Harm that are more powerful these days. C Damage that can be repaired. D Harm that are legalized. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]19-22 M: Lesley, again and again these days we hear tile words "he's on drug" and many people feel that these illegal drugs are harmful and people should be prevented from getting hold of them in any way at all, because of the damage they can do. What do you feel about this? W: Oh, yes, you.., you've got to have some sort of control, because it has been proved that these some sort of thing, (19) can do irreparable damage, and I know a horrible story about a 16-year-old kid who is in mental hospital now. She went to a party and she took something there and now (20) she's convinced she's an orange and she won't go out of the room for fear somebody's going to squash her. M: Lesley, how wide spread is the use of so-called illegal drugs in England? W: Well, as regards cannabis (大麻)…um… (21)I think as yet little is known about it. I think it may be a rash thing to legalize it now when so little is known, but it must be said that no positive harm has been proved. M: In view of hostility towards the so-called illegal drugs in things like newspapers and television, why do so many young people take drugs? W: Well, I think there are many reasons. One of the reasons is because of hostility. (22)It's the job of the younger generation to reject all the values of the older generation, and it's just as well for human society that this is so, because otherwise we would never change it or make it better. 19．What does Lesley think drugs can do? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：16】。本题关键句为“call do irreparable damage”会造成不可挽回的损失。irreparable“不能挽回的”。故选A)。 第10题 A Being a problem to the society. B Being squashed. C Taking drugs. D Becoming an orange. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What is the 16-year-old kid is afraid of? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：16】。本题关键句为“she's convinced…she won't go out of the room for fear somebody's going to squash her”她现在相信自己是一个橘子，她不敢出门，害怕有人会把她压扁。squash“压扁，碾扁”。故选B)。 第11题 A Because cannabis proved to be more harmful than tobacco. B Because cannabis is already so widespread. C Because it is not known whether cannabis may be harmful or not. D Because cannabis is proved to be positively harmful. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] Why would legalizing cannabis be unwise? [答案详解] 目的原因题【考频：7】。本题关键句为“I think as yet little is known about it. I think it may be a rash thing to legalize it now when so little is known．”关于大麻，人们知道的还很少，因此使大麻合法化是一个轻率的决定。故正确答案为C)。 第12题 A Reject all values. B Be hostile to society. C Reject the values of their elders. D Disregard the values of others. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] According to Lesley，what is the job of the young generation? [答案详解] 细节辨认题【考频：5】。特别要指出的是在对话中，提问往往标志着新一轮话题的开始，往往此处是出题点，所以我们要特别留意对话过程中的提问。根据选项得出的推测，听录音时有的放矢地抓住关键词 young people和young generation，年轻一代人的工作是什么就很显然了。故选C)。 第13题 A He works in a publishing company. B He cooks at home. C He is a teacher or lecturer. D He has no regular job. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]23-25 W: Michael, do you go out to work? M: (23) Not regularly. I used to have a job in a publishing company, but I decided it wasn't really what I wanted to do and what I wanted to do wouldn't earn me much money, so I gave up working, and luckily I had a private income from my family to support me and now I do the things I want to do. Some of them get paid like lecturing and teaching, and others don't. W: What are the advantages of not having to go to work from nine till five? M: (24) There're two advantages really. One is that if you feel tired you don't have to get up, and the other is that you can spend your time doing things you want to do rather than being forced to do the same thing all the time. W: But surely that's in a sense very self-indulgent and very lucky because most of us have to go out and earn our livings. Do you feel justified in having this privileged position? M: Yes. (25)I do things which I think are useful to people and the community and which I enjoy doing. W: Does your wife think that in order to lead a balanced life, people need some form of work? M: Yes, she does. She thinks it's equally important that their attitude towards work should be positive and whatever work one is actually doing can become creative. Even when she cooks a meal, she thinks she is creating, in her own way, something which is very necessary to our family. 23．What does the man do now? [答案详解] 关键词题【考频：1】。这个长对话开始的提问就与职业有关：你出去工作吗?男士回答说不固定，即暗示他没有固定的工作。故选D)。 第14题 A He saves much money because he needn't drive car or take bus. B He doesn't have to get up on time every day. C He can easily earn much money. D He has a lot of time to cook a meal at home. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What is the advantage of the man's present way of working? [答案详解] 细节辨认题【考频：5】。本题关键句为“There are two advantages really．One is that if you feel tired， you don’t have to get up，and the other is…do the same thing all the time．”有两个优点，其一就是如果你感觉累了，你就不必起床；另一个优点是你可以花时间做你想做的事情而不是被迫一直做同样的事。故应选B)。 第15题 A Because he can earn much money to support his family. B Because his wife agrees with his present working way. C Because his present work is creative. D Because his work is useful to the people and the community. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] Why does the man feel justified in his present way of working? [答案详解] 目的原因题【考频：7】。Do you feel justified in having this privileged position?的提问标示新一轮话题的开始，是长对话的出题点。本题的关键句为“I do things which I think…enjoy doing“我认为我做的事情对人们和社会都有益，并且我喜欢做那些事情。问题的回答中包含答案，故选D)。 四、Reading Comprehension（共10小题,共90.0分）There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题    The ocean bottom—a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth—is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3600 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth's surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.    Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.    The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600000 kilometers and took almost 20000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar Challenger's core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.    The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical to understanding the world's past climates. Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and causes of past climatic change—information that may be used to predict future climates. The author refers to the ocean bottom as a "frontier" in Paragraph 1 because it ______. A is not a popular area for scientific research B contains a wide variety of life forms C attracts courageous explorers D is an unknown territory 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 语义理解题【考频：40】。原文开头就提到，海底是整个地球面积的2.5倍，是一个巨大的新领域，即使在今天，尚有大部分未开发。frontier原意指“一国的边疆；边界，边境”，引申含义是“尚待开发的领域；尖端，新领域”。frontier后面的定语从句中的unexplored and uncharted也进一步提示了frontier在文中的含义。故D)正确。    [避错] “对于科学研究来讲，它不是一个受欢迎的领域”，文中没有提到这一点，排除A)；“包含了大量种类的生命形式”，文中也没有提到，排除B)；“吸引了勇敢的探险家”在文章中作者也没有刻意的提示，故排除C)。 第2题 The word "inaccessible" underlined in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______. A unrecognizable B unreachable C unusable D unsafe 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 语义理解题【考频：40】。本题考查inaccessible一词的意思。文中第一句指出海底是个尚未开发的大片领域，第二句接着说，直到一个世纪前，海底还是完全无法靠近的地方。inaccessible“不能进入的，不能接近的”。由此得出B)为正确答案。    [避错] A)“不受认可的”，C)“不可用的”，D)“不安全的”，这三项的意思放在此处都不合适，故都可排除。 第3题 Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger? A It is a type of submarine. B It is an ongoing project. C It has gone on over 100 voyages. D It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 推理判断题【考频：68】。原文第二段讲述了对海底进行第一次探索的情况。对海底首次进行探索始于1968年的深海钻井 工程 路基工程安全技术交底工程项目施工成本控制工程量增项单年度零星工程技术标正投影法基本原理 ，而在这一工程中发挥了主要作用的正是Glomar Challenger，它能在海平面上保持稳定并且能够钻入深水中，从而抽取样本。故D)正确。    [避错] 将题干中的每一项都一一与第二段的内容对号入座即可。A)“它是一个潜水艇”，文中说它是drill ship (钻井船)，故排除A)；B)“它是一个正在进行的项目”，由原文可知它能钻入深水中，所以应是某种器械或工具，排除B)，另外此处也不符合下段首句内容The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983；由第三段首句得知，Gloman挑战号完成96次航行，而不是“100多次”，故C)数字不符合，排除C)。 第4题 The word "extracting" underlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______. A breaking B locating C removing D analyzing 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 语义理解题【考频：40】。奉题考查某个单词在原文中的含义。根据原文可知，Glomar Challenger能够在水平面上保持稳定状态，并钻入深水中，这样就从海底抽取沉积物和岩石的样本。extracting“拔出，取出，摘出，撤出”，故C)为正确选项。    [避错] A)“打破”，B)“定位”，D)“分析”。这三项意思都不符合，故都可排除。 第5题 Deep-ocean sediments provided better information about the world's past climate because they ______. A are well protected B have land-based evidence C are in isolation D have a longer history 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 原因目的题【考频：26】。第四段中指出因为它们远离了机械侵蚀及生化活动的影响，这表明海底沉淀物很难受到侵蚀和破坏，从另一个角度也说明了它受到了很好的保护。故选A)。    [避错] B)“有基于陆地的证据”，这点文中未提到，排除此项；C)“被隔离”，说得过于绝对，排除此项；D)“有更悠久的历史”，文章中未提到，排除D)。 第6题    The idea of test-tube babies may make you either delighted at the wonders 'of modern medicine or irritated while considering the moral, or legal, or technological implications of starting life in a laboratory. But if you've ever been pregnant yourself, one thing is certain. You wonder what it's like to carry a test-tube baby. Are these pregnancies normal? Are the babies normal?    The earliest answers come from Australia, where a group of medical experts at the Queen Victoria Medical Center in Melbourne have taken a look at the continent's first nine successful invitro pregnancies. The Australians report that the pregnancies themselves seemed to have proceeded according to plan, but at birth some unusual trends did show up seven of the nine babies turned out to be girls. Six of the nine were delivered by Caesarean section. And one baby, a twin, was born with a serious heart defect and a few days later developed life-threatening problems.    What does it all mean? Even the doctors don't know for sure, because the numbers are so small. The proportion of girls to boys is high, but until there are many more test-tube babies no one will know whether that's something that just happened to be like that or something special that happens when egg meets sperm in a test tube instead of a fallopian tube. The same thin is true of the single heart defect. It usually shows up in only 15 out of 60000 births in that part of Australia, but the fact that it occurred in one out of nine test-tube babies does not necessarily mean that they are at special risk. One thing the doctors can explain is the high number of Caesareans. Most of the mothers were older, had long histories of fertility problems and in some cases had had surgery on the fallopian tubes, all of which made them likely candidates for Caesareans anyway.    The Australian researchers report that they are quite encouraged. All the babies are now making normal progress, even the twin with the birth defects. What concern will the test-tube baby raise according to the passage? A Whether the pregnancies of test-tube babies would be normal. B Whether the test-tube babies would be encouraged. C Why the proportion of defected babies is so high. D Why the number of Caesareans is so high. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 推理判断题【考频：68】。原文首段就指出，人们所担心的问题是怀孕及试管婴儿是否正常。文章就是围绕normal这个关键词陈述现象并分析实验结果的。故A)正确。    [避错] B)“试管婴儿是否被鼓励”，文中仅在第一段开始提到人们对试管婴儿的两种态度：delighted and irritated (高兴或被激怒)，这不是人们担心的内容；C)“为什么有缺陷的孩子的比例那么高”和D)“为什么剖腹产的数量那么高”，这两项都是后文提到的，澳大利亚的医学专家分析了原因，而且这也超出了人们担心的范围，故这两项也要排除。 第7题 What does the word "invitro" underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably mean? A Normal. B Test-tube. C Built-in. D Formal. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 语义理解题【考频：40】。首段第二句中carry a test-tube baby提示了invitro的含义，它的含义可以从上下文语境中推测出来。    [避错] A)“正常的”，如果这九例成功的怀孕是正常的，那么澳洲的医学专家就没有take a look at的必要了，故排除A)；C)“植入的”，文章中压根没有提到，排除C)；D)“正式的”，根据对原文的理解，很容易排除此项。 第8题 Which of the following statements about the experiment mentioned in the passage is TRUE? A Only the twins are defected. B Most of the babies are delivered by means of Caesarean. C There are some troubles during all mothers' pregnancies. D One baby appears to be abnormal. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 推理判断题【考频：68】。抓住试验这一环节，对号入座。第二段第三句Six of the nine were delivered by Caesarean section，九个婴儿中有6个剖腹产，由此说明大多数的婴儿都是剖腹产的。故选B)。    [避错] A)“只有这对双胞胎有缺陷”，事实是双胞胎中的一位有心脏病，排除此项；C)“所有母亲怀孕的过程都有烦恼”，文章中提到The Australians report that the pregnancies themselves seemed to have proceeded according to plan，这说明怀孕的过程基本是正常的，顺利的；D)“有一个婴儿好像是反常的”，文中未提到，排除D)。 第9题 Which of the following explanations regarding the high number of Caesarean operations is NOT true? A Some mothers have passed the best age for a natural delivery. B Some mothers have fertility problems. C Some mothers favor the operations of this type. D Some mothers have had surgical operations on their fallopian tubes. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 推理判断题【考频：68】。文中介绍了选择试管怀孕的大多数母亲的特征：或高龄、或不育、或做过输卵管手术，但并未说一些母亲是否喜欢这种方式，故C)说法错误，为正确答案。    [避错] A)“有些母亲已经超过自然生育的最好年龄”，文中提到Most of the mothers were older大多数母亲都是高龄产妇，故A)正确；B)“有些母亲患有不育症”，此项在原文中可以找到had long histories of fertility problems，即有长期的不孕史，故B)正确；D)“有些母亲做过输卵管手术”，此项在原文中也有原话。这些在文章中都能一一对应，而题干要求找出不正确的解释，故排除这三项。 第10题 What is the author's tone in this passage? A Depressed. B Optimistic. C Opposing. D Negative. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [精析] 综合推断题【考频：28】。从encouraged，normal progress可以看出作者对试管婴儿的前景比较乐观。    [避错] A)沮丧的，C)反对的，D)否定的，这二项都可以算是一类，选择其中任意一项都意味着不支持试管婴儿，故三项都排除。 五、Listening Comprehension（Section B）（共10小题,共70.0分） In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题 A National economy. B Adult population. C Young children. D National currency. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]26-28    The UN Agency, The World Food Program, says (26) Iraq is facing a food crisis which is causing enormous damage to its population, especially its children. The agency said more and more Iraqis were spending their whole days struggling to find food for survival and the social fabric of the nation was disintegrating. It is said that an entire generation of children was being harmed irreparably and the country was at a point of no return. (28)WFP says that 60% of Iraq's population, that's 12 million people, are struggling to survive because of food shortages. Food for the average family costs the equivalent of $ 26 a month. The devaluation of the Iraqi Dinar means that few can afford this. Levels of severe malnutrition among children under five now compare with the Sub-Sahara in Africa. The infant mortality rate has risen by more than 700% compared with that before the Gulf War. Many donor states say the Baghdad government should take the blame for this because it refuses to raise money for food by selling oil through the UN as the sanction rules allow. (27)WFP is asking for 122 million dollars to help feed 2 million people, mostly those under five or over seventy. That's double the size of last year's program although the agency says it's still a fraction of the real need. WFP also acknowledges that it's unlikely that the governments around the world will respond fully to this appeal. 26．According to the news, what does the enormous food shortage in Iraq have the most damaging effect on? [答案详解] 细节辨认题【考频：16】。听力短文的开始往往是出题点，所以要注意听清短文开始的部分。本题关键句为“Iraq is facing a food crisis which is causing enormous damage to its population，especially its children．”伊拉克正面临着一场食物危机，该危机对其全国人民尤其是儿童带来巨大的危害。另外，文中还多次提到的词汇往往也是出题点，本文中children出现的频率比较高。故选C)。 第2题 A To double last year's food-aid. B To raise $122 million for Iraqi people. C To provide each Iraqi family with $ 26 a month. D To help Iraq's 12 million population. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What does the WFP want to do in appealing to donor nations? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：67】。本题关键句为“WFP is asking for 122 million dollars to help feed 2 million people，mostly those under five or over seventy．”WFP正在筹集1.22亿美元以帮助解决2百万人口的口粮，其中大多数人是五岁以下的孩子和七十岁以上的老人。所以答案B)正确。 第3题 A 60% of its population. B 70% of its population. C 30% of its population. D 40% of its population. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] How many people in Iraq are struggling to survive because of food shortages? [答案详解] 信息明示题【考频：11】。文中关键句为“WFP says that 60% of Iraq's population，…are struggling to survive because of food shortage．”WFP说，由于食物短缺，60%的伊拉克人，即1200万人正挣扎在死亡线上。很容易得出答案为A)。 第4题 A They moved from one place to another. B They came from Indonesia. C They have left us information about their migrations. D They preserved their sagas and legends. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]29-31    We can read of things that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the word where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas—legends handed down from one generation to another. (29)These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did.    (30) Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian people now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2000 years ago.    But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.    (31) Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. (31)Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace. 29．According to the passage，what can we learn about the ancient people? [答案详解] 推理判断题【考频：18】。本题关键句为“These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago。”这些传说很有用，因为我们可以借此了解古人迁徙的情况。Migrations"迁徙，迁居，移居”。people who lived long ago和题干中的the ancient people是相同的意思，故选A)。 第5题 A How Indonesia came to be inhabited. B How the Polynesian islands came to be inhabited. C How the Polynesian people traveled from Indonesia. D How the sagas told by ancient people were written. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What have anthropologists been curious about? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：67】。本题关键句为“Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the polynesian peoples now living is the pacific Islands came from．”人类学家想知道现在居住在太平洋岛屿的玻利尼亚人的祖先来自哪里。题干中的curious about与关键句中的wondered意思相同；选项B)是对关键句“… where the remote ancestors…came from”的同义转述。故选B)。 第6题 A Materials that are easy to shape. B The bones of men who made tools. C Stones that do not decay. D Ancient tools made from stone. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] From which of the following call anthropologists learn a great deal about the ancient men? [答案详解] 推理判断题【考频：18】。本题关键句为“Fortunately，however，ancient men…than other kinds．”和“Stone does not decay，and the tools of long ago have remained…”听力短文的结尾往往是出题点，文中通过对比 wood，skin和stone tools的特点强调了stone tools的重要性，故选D)。 第7题 A People enjoy sport. B There are general principles governing sport. C Sport makes war less likely. D Sport is enjoyed by common people. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]32-35    (32)I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.    Nearly all the sports nowadays are competitive. (33)You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as the question of prestige arises, (34) s soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare. (35)But the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe—at any rate for short periods that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue. 32．What is the writer's amazement about sport? [答案详解] 综合理解题【考频：8】。本题关键句为“I am always amazed when I hear people saying that…on the battlefield．”有人说运动可以使各国之间建立友谊，并且如果全世界的平民大众都能在足球场或曲棍球上结识，那么他们就不愿意在战场上相遇。作者对此话深感吃惊，换句话说，即作者对运动会促进和平、减少战争这方面的作用感到吃惊。故正确答案为C)。 第8题 A Beating your opponent. B Having fun. C Doing your best to show your talent. D Having award and reputation. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] According to the writer，what is the only purpose of competitive games? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：67】。本题关键句为“You play to win”参加竞赛就是为了获胜，即打败对手，故选A)。 第9题 A Patriotic. B Savage. C Shamed. D Even more competitive. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] How is a competitive sportsman likely to feel if he loses? [答案详解] 本题关键句为“as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose，the most savage combative instincts are aroused。”如果你失败了，你和你的组织就会感到这是一种耻辱，一旦你有这种想法，就会产生更加强烈的竞争本能。故选C)。 第10题 A Behavior of the players. B The attitude of the spectators. C The attitude of the players. D The number of medals. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What is the significant thing for a sport at an international level? [答案详解] 事实细节题【考频：67】。短文中表示转折、让步、原因等的标识性的词汇往往是考查的重点。本题关键句为“the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but the attitude of the spectators．”重要的不是运动员的表现，而是观众的表现。故B)为正确答案。 六、Translation（本大题5小题．每题7.0分，共35.0分。 Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2. (5 minutes) ） 第1题 ______________________________ agreed to his motion (出席的代表).   【正确答案】： 答案:The representatives present [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [精析] present作为形容词时，意思是“现在的，出席的”。作定语时，可作前置定语也可作后置定语，意思不同。做前置定语时表示“现在的”，如the present leaders现在的领导；作后置定语时表示“出席的”，如the leaders present出席的领导。    [语法扩展] 一般来讲，形容词作前置定语和后置定语时含义不变，但也有改变的情况，如the person responsible负责的人，a responsible person可信赖的人。 第2题 We feel like ____________________________________ (截获了正在全速驶向珍珠港的日本航空母舰).   【正确答案】： 答案:we caught the Japan carrier steaming for Pearl Harbor． [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [精析] feel like引导的宾语从句的内容与事实不太可能相符，从语义上得出要用与现在事实相反的虚拟语气。steam for表示“朝某个方向快速行驶，疾驶”，steaming for Pearl Harbor为分词短语做后置定语。    [语法扩展] 有些表示臆想和感官的动词引导的宾语从句往往要用虚拟语气，如wish，would rather，suppose， imagine等，如：Suppose the earth were flat．假如地球是平的。 第3题 He is ______________________________ (来自拉斯维加斯的合法的酒类销售商).   【正确答案】： 答案:a legal liquor salesman from Las Vegas． [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [精析] “来自拉斯维加斯的“from Las Vegas，放在名词的后面作为后置定语；“合法的酒类销售商”a legal liquor salesman。要注意名词的前置定语不止一个时，它们的先后次序要符合语法规范。    [语法扩展] 在汉语中，名词的定语一般都会放在名词的前面，而在英语中名词有前置定语和后置定语之分，并且英语中常用句子作定语，这就是我们熟悉的也是考试考查重点的定语从句。名词前置定语的语序排列如下：限定词+表示说话人评价的形容同+表示大小、形状、新旧的形容词+表示颜色的形容词+表示国别、来源、材料的形容词+表示用途或目的的形容词或分词、名同等类别词+名词中心语。 第4题 ________________________. It's out of our hands. (他们打算解雇你).   【正确答案】： 答案:They are letting you go． [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [精析] “解雇”有很多种说法，如dismiss，fire，sack，此处选择let you go是很委婉的说法，可以和后面out of our hands呼应。进行时表示将要发生的事情，若用going to let you go显得过于复杂。    [语法扩展] 运用委婉语可以让难以接受的事实变得好接受些，如pass away是die的委婉说法。 第5题 She didn't come to fit in, ________________________ (她之所以来纽约的目的就是要有所作为).   【正确答案】： 答案:and she came to New York because she wanted to make a difference． [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [精析] make a difference表示“造成差别”，引申意义为“有所作为”。“有所作为”还可用to do sth．来表示，如：I have to do something．我必须有所作为。 none、七（共Listening Comprehension（Section C）小题,11共分）77.0 第1题    For a moment it felt like being in some part of China.  (1)   , Chinese snacks, lion and dragon dances, even lucky  (2)   wrapped in red paper, everything, well almost everything,  (3)   with Spring Festival was there. But all that was happening in London, in British capital's Chinatown, to be precise.    The parade that  (4)   its way yesterday from Chinatown to Trafalgar Square, welcoming the Year of the Rat, had something for every visitor  (5)   in the celebrations of the local Chinese community.    Red lanterns lit up the Chinatown  (6)   , and mascots of the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games added extra color to the festivities.    The celebrations began on February 6 when UK and Chinese Olympic  (7)   at Oxford Circus switched on the newly designed Chinese lanterns for the two-month-long "China in London" festival.    The athletes included British 400m Olympic  (8)   and former BMX biker Iwan Thomas, former Olympic triple-jump champion Jonathan Edwards, and Chinese Olympic gold medalist Tian Liang, known as the "Prince of Diving."    A stuntman took to a 14-foot ramp, performing extreme BMX (bicycle motor-cross riding) skits high in the air.  (9)___________________________________________________   .    London's most prestigious cultural organizations, such as the British Museum, will hold more than 500 events during the third "China in London" festival.  (10)____________________________________________   .    Illustrating the importance of the festival, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: "  (11) _________________________________________________________  ", which will continue to grow as we approach the Beijing Games. 【正确答案】： 答案:Fireworks [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]36-46    For a moment it felt like being in some part of China. Fireworks, Chinese snacks, lion and dragon dances, even lucky dumplings wrapped in red paper, everything, well almost everything, associated with Spring Festival was there. But all that was happening in London, in British capital's Chinatown, to be precise.    The parade that winded its way yesterday from Chinatown to Trafalgar Square, welcoming the Year of the Rat, had something for every visitor partaking in the celebrations of the local Chinese community.    Red lanterns lit up the Chinatown skyline, and mascots of the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games added extra color to the festivities.    The celebrations began on February 6 when UK and Chinese Olympic athletes at Oxford Circus switched on the newly designed Chinese lanterns for the two-month-long "China in London" festival.    The athletes included British 400m Olympic medalist and former BMX biker Iwan Thomas, former Olympic triple-jump champion Jonathan Edwards, and Chinese Olympic gold medalist Tian Liang, known as the "Prince of Diving."    A stuntman took to a 14-foot ramp, performing extreme BMX (bicycle motor-cross riding) skits high in the air. BMX makes its debut as an Olympic sport at the Beijing Games.    London's most prestigious cultural organizations, such as the British Museum, will hold more than 500 events during the third "China in London" festival. More than 30000 people are expected to attend the events. Illustrating the importance of the festival, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: "Interest in Chinese history，culture and contemporary life is increasing among Londoners and across the UK ", which will continue to grow as we approach the Beijing Games. [答案要诀] 同类列举【考频：6】。根据文中意思，该单问应照应其前面的being in some part of China，并且和其后几个名词的意思都应是中国传统节日的代表。熟悉中国文化的学生会很容易猜到是fireworks，但要注意首字母要大写。 第2题 【正确答案】： 答案:dumplings [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 同类列举题【考频：6】。中国传统的庆贺节日用的东西除了上面提到的恐怕就是dumplings了，这点学生很容易猜到，关键是要注意拼写和复数形式。 第3题 【正确答案】： 答案:associated [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 语义推断题【考频：32】。烟花、中式小吃、舞龙舞狮以及用红纸包起来的水饺全都是和春节有“联系”的，因此此处应填一个表“联系，关联”之意的词。 第4题 【正确答案】： 答案:winded [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 句意推断题【考频：9】。根据全文意思，游行的队伍“蜿蜒盘旋地”从Chinatown(唐人街)到达Trafalgar square(特拉法尔加广场)。 第5题 【正确答案】： 答案:partaking [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 句意推断题【考频：9】。根据全文意思，游行的队伍为在当地中国社区庆祝活动的每一位的宾客都准备了礼物。 第6题 【正确答案】： 答案:skyline [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 语境推断题【考频：7】。根据全文意思，红灯笼照亮了唐人街“在天空中的轮廓”。 第7题 【正确答案】： 答案:athletes [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 前后对照题【考频：1】。通过下段“The athletes included British…and Chinese Olympic gold medalist Tian Liang”的提示，结合录音，不难填出此空。 第8题 【正确答案】： 答案:medalist [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [答案要诀] 前后对照题【考频：1】。根据全文意思，这些运动员中包括英国400米的奥运奖牌得主，前BMX组织的自行车手Iwan…。根据下文的“Chinese Olympic gold medalist”，结合录音不难填出此空。 第9题 【正确答案】： 答案:BMX makes its debut as an Olympic sport at the Beijing Games [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [听写关键词] debut，Olympic sport，Beijing Games 第10题 【正确答案】： 答案:More than 30000 people are expected to attend the events [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [听写关键词] 30000，expected，attend，events 第11题 【正确答案】： 答案:Interest in Chinese history，culture and contemporary life is increasing among Londoners and across the UK [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [听写关键词] Interest，Chinese history，culture and contemporary，increasing none、八（共Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)小题,10共分）70.0 第1题 Music to My Ears    As a boy growing up in Shenyang, China, I practiced the piano six hours a day. I loved the instrument. My mother, Xiulan Zhou, taught me to read notes, and my father, Guoren Lang, concertmaster of a local folk orchestra, showed me how to control the keys. At first I played on Chinese keyboards-cheap, but the best we could afford. Later my parents bought me a Swedish piano, but I broke half the strings on it Playing Tchaikovsky (柴科夫斯基). That's when my parents and my teacher decided I was too much for such an instrument—and for our hometown. To be a serious musician, I would have to move to Beijing, one of our cultural capitals. I was just eight years old then.    My father, who played the erhu, a two-stringed instrument, knew that life wouldn't be easy. Millions of pianists in China were competing for fame. "You need fortune," my father said. "If you don't work, no fortune comes." "But music is still music," he added, "and it exists to make us happy."    To relocate to Beijing with me, he made a great sacrifice. He quit his concertmaster's job, which he loved, and my mother stayed behind in Shenyang to keep working at her job at the science institute to support us. They both warned me, "Being a pianist is hard. Can you live without your mother?" I said, "I want my mother!" But I knew I needed to be in Beijing. In America, people often move and start over. But it is not in China, not in those days.    Suddenly my father and I were newcomers—outsiders. To the others around us, we spoke with funny northern accents. The only apartment we could find for the money we had was in an unheated building, with five families sharing one bathroom. My father cooked, cleaned and looked after me. He became a "house-husband", basically.    We lived far from my school, and since the bus was too expensive, my father would "drive" me on his bicycle every day. It was an hour-and-a-half trip each way, and I was a heavy boy, much heavier than I am as an adult. He did this in winter too. Imagine! During the coldest nights, when I practiced piano, my father would lie in my bed so it would be warm when I was tired.    I was miserable, but not from the poverty or pressure. My new teacher in Beijing didn't like me. "You have no talent," she often told me. "You will never be a pianist." And one day. she "fired" me.    I was just nine years old. I was desperate. I didn't want to be a pianist anymore, I decided. I wanted to go home to be with my mother. In the next two weeks I didn't touch the piano. Wisely, my father didn't push. He just waited.    Sure enough, the day came at school when my teacher asked me to play some holiday songs. I didn't want to, but as I placed my fingers on the piano's keys, I realized I could show other people that I had talent after all.    That day I told my father what he'd been waiting to hear—that I wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.    When Fortune Spots You    I started winning competitions. We still had very little money-my father had to borrow $ 5 000 to pay for a trip to the International Young Pianists Competition in Ettlingen, Germany, in 1994, when I was 12. I realized later how much pressure he was under as I watched footage (电影胶片) of the contest. Tears streamed down his face when it was announced that I'd won—earning enough money to pay back our loan.    It was soon clear I couldn't stay in China forever. To become a world-class musician, I had to play on the world's bigger stages. So in 1997, my father and I moved again, this time to Philadelphia, so I could attend The Curtis Institute of Music. Finally our money worries were easing. The school paid for us an apartment and even lent me a Steinway (斯坦威钢琴). At night, I would sneak into the living room just to touch the keys.    Now that I was in America, I wanted to become famous, but my new teachers reminded me that I had a lot to learn. I spent two years practicing, and by 1999 I had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra heard me play and liked me, but orchestra schedules were set far in advance. I thought I might join them in a few years.    The next morning, I got a call. The great pianist Andre Watts, who was to play the "Gala Benefit Evening" at Chicago's Ravinia Festival, had become ill. I was asked to substitute him. That performance was, for me, the moment. After violinist Isaac Stern introduced me, I played Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1. My father's mouth hung open throughout the entire piece.    Afterward, people celebrated—maybe they were a bit drunk—and asked me to play Bach's Goldberg Variations. So I played until 3:30 a.m. I felt something happening. Sure enough, concerts started pouring in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Still, my father kept telling me, "You'd better practice!" But living in America with me was beginning to relax him. In Beijing I'd been fat—he made sure I ate—and he'd been skinny. Now I was getting thin. He wasn't.    I wanted to do something special for him for all he had done for me. So when I made my Carnegie Hall solo debut (初次登场) in 2003 at the age of 21, I included Chinese music, t wanted to bring back our family's Shenyang tradition of playing music.    My father and I had often practiced a piece called "Horses", a funny version for piano and erhu. That night in Carnegie Hall, after I played Chopin and Liszt, I brought Dad out on the stage, and we played our duet (二重奏). People went crazy—they loved it. My father couldn't sleep for days. He was too happy to sleep.    There have been lots of concerts in Carnegie Hall, but for me playing there was especially sweet and made me recall the cold days in Beijing. Together, my father and I worked to reach the lucky place where fortune spots us, and lets us shine. Who showed Lang Lang how to control the keys? A His mother. B His father. C His uncle. D His kindergarten teacher. 【正确答案】： B [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第一段第四句…and my father，Guoren Lang，concertmaster of a local folk orchestra，showed me how to control the keys．    [精析] 细节辨认题【考频：14】。本题考查谁教授朗朗学会控制键盘，第一段提到他的母亲、父亲分别教会了他什么知识：母亲—识谱，父亲—控制键盘。故B)为正确答案。 第2题 What happened when Lang Lang was eight years old? A The whole family moved to Beijing. B He and his father went to Beijing to learn piano. C His mother got ill. D His family objected to his learning in Beijing. 【正确答案】： B [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第一段最后两句To be a serious musician，…．I was just eight years old then和第三段前两句 To relocate to Beijing…to support us．    [精析] 细节推断题【考频：2】。本题考查某一特定时期发生在朗朗身上的事情。第一段末尾提到为了实现梦想他去北京发展；第三段进一步说明仅是父亲做出牺牲陪其赴京，母亲仍留守沈阳继续工作以给他们财政支持。故B)为正确答案。 第3题 What do we know from the passage? A Lang Lang's mother is a world-famous scientist. B Lang Lang's father had no job before he went to Beijing. C Lang Lang began to learn piano when he was eight years old. D Lang Lang's father is proud of him. 【正确答案】： D [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第三段第二句He quit his concertmaster's job，which he loved，and my mother stayed behind in Shenyang to keep working at her job at the science institute to support us．和第一段最后两句To be a serious musician，…I was just eight years old then．    [精析] 细节辨认题【考频：14】。本题是对几处细节的综合考查。我们通过第三段第二句话知道朗朗的母亲在科学院工作，但并不一定是科学家，更何况是世界知名的科学家，故不选A)；而朗朗的父亲为他放弃作为concertmaster(首席小提琴手)的工作，说明在朗朗去北京前，他的父亲是有工作的，故不选B)；文章第一段讲述朗朗幼时的学琴经历，但并未提到何时开始，故不选C)。利用排除法，可知D)为正确答案。 第4题 When living in Beijing, how did Lang Lang go to school? A On foot. B By bus. C On his father's bicycle. D By train. 【正确答案】： C [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第五段第一句…and since the bus was too expensive，my father would“drive”me on his bicycle every day．    [精析] 同义转述题【考频：29】。本题是对朗朗在北京上学时所用交通工具的考查。我们通过第五段第一句话知道朗朗的父亲用自行车送其上学。故C)为正确答案。 第5题 Lang Lang felt life was miserable in Beijing because of ______. A the great poverty and pressure B the dislike of him from his teacher C the disease he got that prevented him from learning D the unbearably bad living condition 【正确答案】： B [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第六段I was miserable，but not from the poverty or pressure．My new teacher in Beijing didn't like me．“You have no talent，”she often told me．“You will never be a pianist.”：And one day，she“fired”me．    [精析] 细节推断题【考频：2】。本题是对朗朗在北京生活痛苦原因的考查。我们通过第六段知道，朗朗在北京生活感到痛苦的原因并非贫穷和压力，而是北京的新老师不喜欢他。故B)为正确答案。 第6题 What happened after Lang Lang started studying with the second piano teacher? A He was still criticized by his second teacher. B He lost his confidence little by little. C His father found a new job in Beijing. D His future began to take on a new look. 【正确答案】： D [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第九段That day I told my father what he'd been waiting to hear—that I wanted to study with a new teacher．From that point on，everything turned around．    [精析] 综合推断题【考频：2】。本题是对朗朗跟随第二位钢琴教师学习后的变化的考查。我们通过第九段中的关键词everything turned around知道，换了第二个老师以后，朗朗的未来开始变得焕然一新。故D)为正确答案。 第7题 What special things did Lang Lang do for his father? A He sent his father a special gift. B He invited his father to play a duet at his Carnegie Hall solo debut. C He took his father to Hawaii for sightseeing. D He helped his father find a job in America. 【正确答案】： B [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到倒数第三段第一句I wanted to do something special for him for all he had done for me。和倒数第二段第二句That night in Carnegie Hall，after I played Chopin and Liszt，I brought Dad out on the stage，and we played our duet．    [精析] 细节推断题【考频：2】。本题是对朗朗为其父所做事情的考查。他的父亲为他付出很多，朗朗想报答父亲，于是在2003年在卡耐基音乐厅初次登场时便邀父亲同台演奏。故B)为正确答案。 第8题 According to Lang Lang's father, music was still music, and it existed to ______. 【正确答案】： make them happy   [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第二段最后一句“But music is still music，”he added，“and it exists to make us happy．”    [精析] 同义转述题【考频：29】。此处需要填入动词性成分与前面的to搭配，表示目的。本题是对朗朗的父亲所说的话的考查。通过这句话我们知道，他的父亲认为音乐的存在是为了使他们快乐。故make them happy为正确答案。 第9题 Obviously, Lang Lang couldn't stay in his motherland forever, because in order to become a world-class musician, he had to ____________. 【正确答案】： play on the world's bigger stages   [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到第十一段前两句It was soon clear I couldn't stay in China forever．To become a world-class musician，I had to play on the world's bigger stages．    [精析] 同义转述题【考频：29】。本题是对朗朗出国原因的考查。出国是为了能在更大的舞台上演出，以便能成为世界一流的音乐家。故play on the world's bigger stages为正确答案。 第10题 When Lang Lang gave his first performance in Carnegie Hall in 2003, he included Chinese music by bringing back ______. 【正确答案】： his family's Shenyang tradition of playing music   [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [定位] 定位到倒数第三段后两句So when I made my Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2003 at the age of 21，I included Chinese music．I wanted to bring back our family's Shenyang tradition of playing music．    [精析] 同义转述题【考频：29】本题是对朗朗在卡耐基音乐厅演奏时加入中国音乐的方式的考查。通过回忆家乡沈阳演奏音乐的传统，朗朗加入了中国音乐。故his family's Shenyang tradition of playing music为正确答案。 九、Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)（共10小题,共90.0分） In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 第1题    The Olympic games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The  (1)   Olympic Games began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and was celebrated until AD 393. There are many myths and  (2)   of the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. The most popular one describes that Hercules was the creator of the Olympic Games, and built the Olympic stadium and surrounding buildings to  (3)   his father Zeus. The date of the Olympic Games' beginning based on the count years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions differ between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC. From then on, the games became much more important throughout ancient Greece,  (4)   their peak in the sixth and seventh century BC.    Interest in  (5)   the Olympic Games was first shown by the Greek poet and news paper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. The international Olympic committee was founded in 1894 with the  (6)   of a French nobleman, Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC's Olympic Games were the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participants in the Olympic Games have increased to include  (7)   from nearly all nations worldwide. With the  (8)   of satellite 'communications and global telecast of the events, the Olympics are  (9)   gaining supporters. The most recent Summer Olympic in 2008 in Beijing  (10)   302 events in 28 sports. A) comprised I) consistently B) memory J) original C) modern K) reviving D) renew L) legends E) consist M) reaching F) initiative N) athletes G) deterioration O) commemorate H) improvement   【正确答案】：J 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一形容词修饰主语Olympic Games。根据文中时间状语776 BC和393 AD，形容词original(起初的)与modern(现代的)，前者更合适。此句意为：最初的奥林匹克运动会于公元前776年在希腊的奥林匹亚开始，终止于公元393年。 第2题 【正确答案】：L 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处，需要一名词复数形式与名词myths(编造的话、神话)并列。词库中唯有legends(传奇、传说)为复数形式，且与myths含义相近，形成并列。此句意为：关于古代奥林匹克的起源有很多的疑团和传说。 第3题 【正确答案】：O 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处，需要一及物动词原型与to形成不定式作目的状语。动词commemorate (记念)符合句意，例如，to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mozart’ death。名词memory(记忆)不符合语法规则。此句意为：最广为流传的传说认为赫拉克勒斯是奥林匹克运动会的创始人，他建造了奥林匹克体育馆及周边建筑，以纪念其父亲宙斯。 第4题 【正确答案】：M 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一及物动词的现在分词形式作伴随状语，reaching the peak(达到顶峰)。此句意为：此后，奥林匹克运动会在古希腊变得越来越重要，在公元前六和七世纪达到顶峰。 第5题 【正确答案】：K 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一动名词作介词in的宾语，词库中动词revive和renew都有“复兴、恢复”的意思，且可跟宾语the Olympic Games，但语法上只有动名词reviving可作介词宾语。此句意为：1833年，希腊诗人报纸编辑Panagiotis Soutsos首先在其诗歌《死亡对话》中表达了复兴奥林匹克运动会的兴趣。 第6题 【正确答案】：F 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需要一名词作介词with的宾语，因空格前方有定冠词the，名词initiative (主动权、发端)符合句意，例如，a peace initiative(和平创议)。本句意为：在法国贵族顾拜旦的发起下，国际奥委会于1894年成立。 第7题 【正确答案】：N 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一名词复数形式作include的宾语。空格前没有冠词修饰，由上下文逻辑推理得知，奥运会参与者多数是运动员，故名词athletes(运动员)为正确答案。此句意为：奥运会的参与者扩大到来自世界范围内几乎所有国家的运动员。 第8题 【正确答案】：H 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一名词作介词with的宾语，基于上下文因果关系，名词improvement(完善)符合逻辑，只有技术完善，才能吸引更多的奥运支持者。名词deterioration (恶化)词义相反，故不选。此句意为：随着赛事卫星通信和全球电视广播技术的日益完善，奥运会的拥护者不断增加。 第9题 【正确答案】：I 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一副词修饰动词gain(获得)。因为通信技术的完善，所以奥运会不断地吸引更多的支持者，所以选副词consistently(一贯地，不断地)，例如，to maintain a consistently high standard。 第10题 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 [答案详解] 此处需一及物动词过去式作谓语，动词comprise(包括)词意和词形均符合条件。例如，the book comprises 350 pages。不及物动词consist(由……组成、构成)须后跟介词of，原文缺少介词of，故未选。本句意为：最近的2008年夏季奥运会包括了28种运动的302项比赛。 跟多试卷请访问《做题室》www.zuotishi.com