第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。
In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive. They are afraid that the stress and strains of work will rob them ____31____ joy and happiness and ____32____ them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact, however, stress isn’t the bad thing ____33____ it is often supposed to be. Above all, ____34____ it gets out of control, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge, and to give purpose and significance to ____35____, otherwise meaningless, idle life. ____36___, people under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own _____37____(person) worth—the very aim of a human life.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and _____38 ___ is no way to avoid it. What we can do is ____39____(develop) our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape ____40___ it.
第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and (26) ____________ (make) predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural (27)____________ (resource) run out. We will use lots of (28) ____________ (recycle) materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more (29) ____________ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, (30) ____________ there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.
B
Public transport (31) ____________ (provide) a cheap way to get around in Beijing. There are 20,000 buses and (32) ____________ (trolleybus) in Beijing, but they can get very (33) ____________ (crowd). It’s a good idea to avoid public transport during the (34) ____________ hour (6：30 am - 8：00 am and 5：00 pm - 6：30 pm). Fares are cheap, (35) ____________ (start) at 1 yuan. Air-conditioned buses cost more.
C
We use “learned” body language when we are (36) ____________ (introduce) to strangers. Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe to (37) ____________ (relax). So every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers, to show them we are not (38) ____________ (aggress). Traditionally, Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right hand—the (39) ____________ (strong) hand for most people. If our right hand is busy (40) ____________ (greet) someone, it cannot be holding a weapon.
D
We left the docks (41) ____________ a beautiful afternoon. The sun was shining (42) ____________ (bright) as we sailed downstream through a hilly region. Men (43) ____________ (ride) bamboo rafts along the river’s edge and coal boats went past. As the sun set we docked at Fengdu. We could see the sun (44) ____________ (set) behind the white pagoda. It was beautiful.
We slept through the first gorge, (45) ____________ is called the Qutang Gorge.
(2)根据课文内容填空(8分)
There are two main types of advertisements— commercial advertisements and 41 service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to 42 a product or service. PSAs are often placed for free, and are 43 to educate people about health., safety, or any other issue which affects public 44 .
This 45 will give you some information about RealCine: how it works, why it is better than 46 cinema,
and how it can be used in other ways. I believe you will be 47 by the RealCine experience, and will agree
that this is an extraordinary 48 that must be developed further.
以下是两篇课文选段，请任意选择一篇，并根据课文，在文中划线处填上适当单词，每空一词， (共10小题，计10分)
1） Born in 1930, Dr Yuan __1___ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, 2 ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, 3 was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan _4__ for a way to increase rice harvests without __5__ the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These ___6___ harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are __7__ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now __8___ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. __9___ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to __10__ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
2） The most universal 1 expression is, of course, the smile---its 2 is to show happiness and put people at 3 . It does not always mean that we are 4 happy, however. Smiles around the world can be _ 4 , hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are 5 smiles, such as when someone “lose face” and smiles to 6 it. However, the general 7 of smiling is to show good feelings.
From the time we are babies, we show 8 or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger. __9 _ a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and 10_ another person.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In order to help children learn to use an English dictionary, you’ll obviously need to have one on hand for them to view.
____ It is used to give the meaning and the usage of any given word in English.
___ If it has not yet been introduced to the children, they need to learn it so that they can use the English dictionary effectively (高效地). __
__ Ask the children to choose a word, and then show them how you search for the word by alphabetical order.
Show the children how to learn a new word with an English dictionary. ____ You will also need to point out how some words can be used as nouns and verbs, etc.
____ To make sure that the children understand how to look up a word in the dictionary, ask them to choose a few more words, and guide them as they look each one up themselves.
| A．Check if the children are familiar with the alphabet (字母表). |
| B．Begin with explaining what an English dictionary is used for. |
| C．The children will find a plain dictionary boring and uninteresting. |
| D．Finally, help the children to practice how to use the dictionary themselves. |
E. Finally, make sure the children have learned some new words with the dictionary.
F. You need to show them how the dictionary explains the meaning of the word.
G. When the children have well mastered the alphabet, simply show them how an English dictionary is used.
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词，并请将答案写在答题纸上。
In a memory – based competition between you and a chimp (猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here's how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second).
Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.
In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumu still could select the boxes in the right order nearly 80 percent of the time.
Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick look at something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.
The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he arrows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but they lose this ability over time.
| Topic |
A memory-based competition between human beings and chimps |
| ( |
To judge whose memory is better |
| The ( of the first test |
◆A chimp and some Japanese students participated in the ( ◆Different combinations of five numbers appeared on the screen. ◆Each of the number was ( |
| The results of the second test |
◆Students ( ◆Ayumu got the right order ( |
| Conclusion |
◆Some people have “photographic memory”, ( ◆The chimps have the similar ( ◆Young children, just like chimps, have strong memory but they’ll lose it when they ( |
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