Passage 11

　　根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　Mr Brown, a shopkeeper, was going to count the day’s cash (现金). There was more than $300 in notes. He 1 put them in a big bag when he heard a 2 . A door at the back of the room was opening. “Don’t look round. I have a gun.” Mr Brown stood 3 . The voice shouted, “Drop that bag and the notes. Go and stand 4 the corner beside the safe. Keep quite still. Remember I have a gun.” Mr Brown was frightened . He 5 all the robber’s orders. The robber picked up the notes and was about to go out 6 the door at the back of the room.

　　It was a quarter past six. John Talor arrived 7 that very small back door. He 8 his hand and was about to knock. At that very moment the robber opened the door. He was frightened to see John there. He 9 his head. He became panic-stricken (惊慌).He tried to 10 his way past John . But John was suspicious (怀疑). He 11 the robber’s way. There was a 12 .

　　Mr Brown heard the fight. He forgot his 13, turned round and 14 from his corner. He 15 both his arms round the robber. This pinned (使不能动) the robber’s arms to his sides so he could not use his gun . At the same moment John 16 the robber hard in the stomach and knocked all the breath out of his body . The robber 17 to the ground in a pile. He still held the notes but his gun 18 on the floor and John quickly picked it up. All was now 19 . It was not long 20 the police arrived.

　　1. A. would B. wanted C. had D. was about to

　　2. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. shout

　　3. A. quietly B. straightly C. still D. fearful

　　4. A. at B. in C. on D. by

　　5. A. listened B. kept C. followed D. obeyed

　　6. A. at B. of C. through D. in

　　7. A. at B. in C. by D. on

　　8. A. rose B. raised C. held D. took

　　9. A. covered B. forgot C. missed D. lost

　　10. A. move B. go C. push D. see

　　11. A. sat B. stood C. blocked D. stopped

　　12. A. quarrel B. fight C. war D. battle

　　13. A. worry B. situation C. order D. fear

　　14. A. went B. ran C. jumped D. rushed

　　15. A. placed B. threw C. held D. caught

　　16. A. fixed B. broke C. pushed D. struck

　　17. A. lay B. came C. fell D. threw

　　18. A. laid B. dropped C. lost D. stood

　　19. A. up B. through C. over D. past

　　20. A. before B. after C. since D. when

　　答案与分析

　　全文叙述了Mr Brown 与John Talor一起制服入室抢劫的歹徒的经过。

　　1. D 从第一句was going to count the day’s cash 我们知道，他还没有把钱装入袋子。他正要装入袋子的时候，……。be about to ...when...正要做某事，就在这时，……。

　　2. A 从后句A door at the back of the room was opening. 我们得知Mr Brown这时听到的不是说话声，也不是枪声，因此B,C,D均不合题意。

　　3. C quietly和still都有“静”的意思，但quietly指没有声音，而still指静止不动。fearful为形容词，不可以作状语。

　　4. D 因为是屋内的墙角处，因此用in the corner。

　　5. C 从空前的Mr Brown was frightened 看，他听从了Robber的命令。

　　6. C go out of the door 从门口出去。

　　7. A John Talor此时正好来到那个门那里。

　　8. B “他抬起手准备敲门。”rise为不及物动词，因此A不合题意。

　　9. A the robber遮住(covered)自己的脸，以防John认出他来。

　　10. C push one’s way 指“(从狭窄、 拥挤处)挤出去”。

　　11. C block one’s way 挡了某人的路。在此A 有较大干扰性，stand 为不及物动词，若表示“挡某人的路”， 应用stand in one’s way。

　　12. B从下一段Mr Brown heard the fight.得此答案。

　　13. D 从前文我们得知，Mr Brown面对the robber 非常恐惧，一一服从他的命令，但一看到John Talor与the robber搏斗，他忘记了害怕。

　　14. C 他从拐角处冲过来。jump一词的运用道出了Mr Brown此时的勇敢。

　　15. B throw one’s arms around sb. 紧紧抱住某人。 在此D有较大干扰性，但catch的宾语不是arm， 而是被抓住的人或物，因此不合题意。

　　16. D “同时John用力打the robber的肚子”。strike 敲、击。

　　17. C A有较大干扰性，“躺在地上”用lie on the ground, 从空后的to看，C最合题意。

　　18. B “他的枪掉在地上。”

　　19. C “一切都结束了。”

　　20. A not long before意思是“不久”，相当于soon。

　　Passage 12

　　根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we 1 . If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the 2 on your body has slipped off you bed , you may dream that you are 3 or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will 4 tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

　　5 the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you 6 you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young 7 are likely to dream of fairies (仙女), older children of school examinations, 8 people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

　　To show you how that is 9 while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, 10 is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his 11 was rubbed 12 a piece of cotton. He would dream that he 13 in a hospital and his girl friend was visiting him, 14 on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

　　There are some scientists who have made a special 15 of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams 16 . Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it 17 an interesting approach (方法) to the problem. They believe that dreams are 18 expressions of wishes that didn’t 19 . In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes 20 out.

　　1. A. long B. dream C. think D. wish

　　2. A. blanket B. book C. shoe D. trousers

　　3. A. working B. running C. sleeping D. studying

　　4. A. have B. meet C. see D. think

　　5. A. But B. For C. Because D. So

　　6. A. before B. while C. after D. during

　　7. A. children B. fathers C. drivers D. gentlemen

　　8. A. happy B. sad C. hungry D. old

　　9. A. taking B. happening C. dreaming D. realizing

　　10. A. there B. it C. here D. this

　　11. A. leg B. head C. body D. hand

　　12. A. in B. of C. with D. by

　　13. A. stayed B. lived C. lied D. was

　　14. A. waiting B. sitting C. smiling D. speaking

　　15. A. study B. watch C. sleep D. way

　　16. A. stand B. do C. form D. mean

　　17. A. makes B. offers C. finds D. demands

　　18. A. some B. almost C. mostly D. hardly

　　19. A. realize B. arrive C. come true D. believe

　　20. A. carried B. taken C. kept D. called

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是说明文，全文说明了梦的起因。

　　1. B但是“外部的”东西会影响我们梦到的内容，其它答案均有较大干扰性。联系上下文我们知道，dream是本文要讲的主题。

　　2. A从空后的on your body has slipped off your bed 我们可以知道作者在此说盖在身上的毯子。

　　3. C从空后的or resting 看其它答案不合题意。

　　4. A the dream you will have tonight指“今天晚上将要做的梦”。

　　5. D第二段整个第一句是对第一段的总结，也就是第一段的结论，因此此空用so。

　　6. B梦是在睡觉过程中进行的。D有一定干扰性，during 后不可以跟句子。

　　7. A从空后的fairies可知，这是小孩的梦中出现的情景。

　　8. C联系前文的young children are likely to dream of fairs, older children of school examinations及空后的of food 得此答案。

　　9. B“为了表明那是如何发生的……”that在这里指 the dream。

　　10. C作者用here表示“在这点上”。A有较大干扰性，there be 表示“存在”，显然不合题意。

　　11. D从后文的feeling gently his hand 得此答案。

　　12. C with 在此表示“运用某一工具”。

　　13. D从空后的in a hospital看其它答案不合题意。

　　14. B从空后的on the bed 得此答案提示。

　　15. A从后文我们知道，关于为什么做梦，梦到些什么等，科学家作了研究。

　　16. D这些梦意味着什么。

　　17. B offer…to…意思是“把……提供给……”。

　　18. C他们认为梦大都是未能实现的愿望的表达。

　　19. C A 有一定干扰性。realize 为及物动词。因此应该用被动语态。

　　20. A本句是对上句的解释。“换句话说，梦是使我们愿望实现的一种方式”。

　　Passage 13

　　根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened: someone was 1 against the door of the 2 and calling out at the same time.

　　“What’s 3 ?” I shouted. “ The door has been 4 and I can’t get out, the answer came back. The voice, which 5 like that of a girl, came from several 6 below.

　　My wife had now 7 me and she went off directly in search of the night porter (值班人). After calling to the girl that 8 was on its way, I went back into the 9 to get some tools. Then I too hurried 10 the stairs until I reached the place 11 the lift was stuck.

　　I tried my hand at forcing to 12 the lift door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, 13 my tools were no use for this purpose. Very 14, however, my wife returned. 15 to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer. 16 , she had also got in touch with the fire service.

　　In a short time the engineer appeared, followed by two 17. Almost immediately afterwards the firemen 18 too. With his special equipment it 19 the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of her experience, the girl was in good 20 . “I’m hungry,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.

　　1. A. standing B.beating C.sitting D.shouting

　　2. A. flat B.room C.house D.lift

　　3. A. matter B.wrong C.accident D.question

　　4. A. opened B.broken C.stuck D.stopped

　　5. A. sounded B.heard C.listened D.looked

　　6. A. stairs B.floors C.roofs D.flights

　　7. A. called B.stopped C.seen D.joined

　　8. A. I B.nothing C.lift D.help

　　9. A. lift B.door C.flat D.way

　　10. A. down B.up C.on D.from

　　11. A. that B.where C.which D.there

　　12. A. open B.close C.shut D.turned

　　13. A. though B.if C.but D.because

　　14. A. quickly B.fast C.well D.soon

　　15. A. Able B.Unable C.Glad D.Sorry

　　16. A. Besides B.Instead C.Still D.But

　　17. A. porters B.men C.policemen D.firemen

　　18. A. reached B.arrived C.got D.left

　　19. A. spent B.took C.passed D.stayed

　　20. A. spirits B.health C.conditions D.manners

　　答案与分析

　　全文记叙了my wife and I 深夜救出困在电梯里的女孩的经过。

　　1. B 从空后的against the door... and calling at the same time.我们得此答案。beat在此意为“敲、击”。

　　2. D 从首句...when I first heard a noise from the lift.我们得知，此时那人敲的是电梯的门。

　　3. B 在深夜11点钟有人敲电梯的门，“我”感到不解， 因此说“怎么了？”在此A有干扰性，matter是名词， 因此前面要有冠词the。

　　4. C stuck在此意为“卡住、陷住”。

　　5. A sound like为固定词组，意思是“听起来像…… ”。

　　6. D “声音来自几层楼下”。在此A,C均有干扰性， floor指整个楼房的一层，从电梯的位置看，电梯应是在楼梯口，因此B不合题。stair 指楼梯的台阶， 因此A 不合题意。 a flight 指楼梯的一段。

　　7. D “我妻子也加入到我的行列里来……。”join sb. 加入到某人的行列中。

　　8. D “在告诉她救助就要来之后，……。” on the way 即将到来。

　　9. C “我回家取些工具。”电梯的门还没打开，显然A不合题意。the flat指“我”住的房子。

　　10. A “我”从家里赶快返回电梯，从前文我们得知此时电梯在several flights below, 因此I hurried down the stairs.

　　11. B where引导定语从句修饰place, where在从句中作状语。

　　12. A 电梯的门一直紧闭，“我”想橇开门。force to do sth.强行做某事。

　　13. C前后为转折关系，因此用but一词。

　　14. D A, B也都可以表示“快”，但quickly多侧重行动的敏捷，而fast指速度快，在此作者指不大会儿工夫，“我”妻子回来了，因此用soon一词。

　　15. B 从she had called the police,...看“我”妻子没有找到值班人。

　　16. A besides在此为副词，意思是“另外”。

　　17. C她没有找到值班人，因此A 不合题意。从空后的almost immediately afterwards the firemen 18 (arrived) too.得知D也不合题意。

　　18. B A, C都可表示到达，但reach当“到达”解时是及物动词，get必须与to或副词连用才可表示“到达”。

　　19. B It took sb. some time to do sth.花费某人一段时间做某事。spend也可表示“花费”， 但其主语是人而不是it或物。

　　20. A“尽管有这次(不愉快的)经历，女孩的情绪很好。”

　　Passage 14

　　根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can 1 it, they can 2 send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a 3 . There are plenty of loans (贷款) and scholarships for the bright and 4 ones who can’t afford to pay.

　　When children grow up and want to 5 , their parents do not owe them a down payment(贷款)on a house. They do not have the 6 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a 7 not an obligation (责任，义务).

　　Do parents owe their children 8 ? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

　　One of their obligations is to give their children a personal 9 . A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy constantly 10 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so 11 , so afraid of failing that he (or she) won’t try at all .Of course they should be 12 corrected when they do wrong, but it's often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves 13 . All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand 14. When criticisms (批评) are really needed, they should be 15 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn .

　　Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their 16. This means teaching them to 17 the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by 18 . A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 19 laughing and loving.

　　No child asks to be 20 .If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.

　　1. A. find B. get C. afford D. receive

　　2. A. gradually B. certainly C. hardly D. finally

　　3. A. supply B. help C. hand D. way

　　4. A. handsome B. honest C. eager D. wealthy

　　5. A. get married B. get a job C. go abroad D. live alone

　　6. A. time B. right C. duty D. energy

　　7. A. favor B. pleasure C. habit D. service

　　8. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

　　9. A. worth B. affair C. belief D. respect

　　10. A. brought B. compared C. forced D. taken

　　11. A. unsure B. unusual C. unknown D. unfair

　　12. A. properly B. gently C. nearly D. possibly

　　13. A. now and then B. in time C. at once D. right now

　　14. A. failure B. honor C. progress D. test

　　15. A. mixed B. satisfied C. shared D. balanced

　　16. A. postions B. lives C. family D. knowledge

　　17. A. consider B. refuse C. respect D. know

　　18. A. example B. time C. word D. deed

　　19. A. pleasure B. difficulty C. fun D. freedom

　　20. A. praised B. alone C. born D. poor

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是议论文。全文论述了父母对子女的义务和责任——不是给他们上大学。结婚需要的钱，而是帮助他们完善自己，建立坚实的价值观。

　　1. C本空承接第一句而来，“如果他们支付得起，……。”

　　2. B“他们自然会把他们(子女)送到最好的大学”，C有一定干扰性，作者尽管认为父母不承担支付子女上大学费用，但他认为父母如果有钱会送子女去最好的大学的。

　　3. D从后文我们可以看出，作者以为子女可以采取贷款或申请奖学金的办法去上大学，因此他认为子女会找到办法的。

　　4. C eager ones 指那些渴望上大学的，空前的the bright ones 指有能力上大学的人。

　　5. A从空前的grow up 及空后的a house 得此答案，D有一定干扰性，live alone意思是“独自生存”，独自生存并不一定要花费太多钱，因此A为最佳答案。

　　6. C“他们也没有义务照看他们孙子女。”

　　7. A“那(照看孙子女)要看作是一种自愿，而不是义务。” favor 在此意为“自愿”。

　　8. A从后面答语“Yes, they owe them a great deal.”看，作者在此问父母是否对子女有义务，因此选anything。

　　9. A a personal worth意思是“个人价值”。B,D均有较大干扰性belief意思是“信念”，respect意思是“尊敬”。从后文我们得知，作者认为“父母应该教育孩子不要自卑”，因此A为最佳答案。

　　10. B“与比他们聪明的兄弟姐妹等比，感到愚蠢无用的孩子会缺乏自信”。compared 为过去分词短语作定语。

　　11. A unsure 意思是“不确信的”。D有较大干扰性。unfair 意思是“不合理的”，从前后文得知，这些孩子不自信，因此D 不合题意。

　　12. A 从空后的when do wrong 得此答案。

　　13. B in time 在此意为“及时”。

　　14. A“他们必须学会忍受失败”。stand 在此意为“忍受”。

　　15. D“真正需要批评时，批评也要与表扬、微笑、亲吻结合进行”。be balanced with 意思是“同时进行”。

　　16. B从下文我们可以得知，作者在此指导父母如何引导孩子建立正确的生活观。

　　17. C从下文it means being respectful to others, to teachers and to the law 得此答案。

　　18. D从空后的两句我们可以得出，父母的行为对孩子影响极大，因此父母应该用自己的行动来教育孩子。

　　19. B“在家庭中看不到笑和爱的孩子将很难有笑声和爱。”

　　20. C“没有哪个孩子要求自己生下来，如果你把一个生命带到这个世界，你就有责任。”

　　Passage 15

　　根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　Though pyramids are found in Egypt, the word “pyramid” comes from the Greek language. 1 the Greeks first arrived in Egypt long ago, they found many huge stone 2 which they named “pyramids”. The Greeks wondered 3 the Egyptians had built the great pyramids, but they could not find the 4 , and even now we still don’t know exactly how.

　　It is 5 in many ancient books written in Arabic (阿拉伯语) and found in Egypt that the Egyptians 6 life after death. When a person 7 , his family or friends placed the things near his body which they thought he might need. Emperors or kings had great 8 , so their bodies were kept inside the great pyramids. They had had them built for many years even while they were 9 .

　　They Great Pyramid, which was 482 feet high and 10 two square kilometres of land, was built for King Khufu with 2,300,000 blocks of large stones, the smallest of which even 11 over 2, 500 kilograms, as 12 as a car.

　　How the ancient Egyptians 13 , moved and lifted such heavy stones without modern machines has always remained a great 14 to present scholars. Perhaps these stones, were taken across the Nile in boats at 15 time. Maybe they were moved on roller ( 滚筒) using slipper, Nile mud on land and 16 up along sloping (倾斜的) roads to the sides of the pyramids. It is still a great 17 that the stones 18 together so well that even a straight knife cannot be pushed between them.

　　Century after century, strong winds have been 19 yellow sand around the pyramids. Different rules have come and gone. Everything seems to 20 except the pyramids. They have remained a 5, 000-year-old mystery (奥秘) in silence.

　　1. A. While B. Since C. When D. As

　　2. A. houses B. buildings C. bridges D. dams

　　3. A. how B. when C. why D. where

　　4. A. reason B. cause C. way D. answer

　　5. A. know B. said C. recorded D. noted

　　6. A. believed in B. believed C. supposed D. expected

　　7. A. lived B. was ill C. was strong D. died

　　8. A. armies B. powers C. friends D. officials

　　9. A. happy B. unborn C. alive D. all

　　10. A. owned B. was C. lay D. covered

　　11. A. weighs B. measures C. reaches D. is

　　12. A. many B. much C. big D. nice

　　13. A. cut B. shaped C. carried D. built

　　14. A. success B. puzzle C. trouble D. building

　　15. A. ordinary B. war C. flood D. one

　　16. A. picked B. turned C. looked D. pulled

　　17. A. question B. wonder C. trouble D. happiness

　　18. A. place B. meet C. fit D. get

　　19. A. blowing B. rising C. making D. produced

　　20. A. move B. escape C. appear D. change

　　答案与分析

　　本文是说明文，全文说明了埃及金字塔发现的历史，以及人们对金字塔建造的推测。

　　1. C其它答案均有较大干扰性。while 后接一段时间。since 表示“自从某时到现在”，因此句子多用现在完成时。as表示相伴随的动作。

　　2. B huge building 在这里就是指金字塔，因此其它答案不合题意。

　　3. A从后文的even now still don’t know exactly how 得此答案。

　　4. D the answer 在此指the answer to the question how the Egyptians had built the great pyramids.。

　　5. C从空后的many accident books得此答案。

　　6. A life after death 意思是“死后复生”。这是一种信仰，因此用believe in。D有一定干扰性。expect意思是“期待”，从后文死者的亲人的表现看，他们是相信 (believe in)而不是期望死者复生。

　　7. D从下句his family or friends placed things near his body…得知这些事情是在人死后亲朋所做的。

　　8. B powers在这里的意思是“权利”。

　　9. C“甚至活着的时候，他们就让人建大金字塔。”even甚至，在这里起加强语气作用。

　　10. D表示“占有面积”用cover。A有一定干扰性，own表示“所有权”，因此不合题意。

　　11. A over 2,500 kilograms是重量。

　　12. B much 在此相当于heavy。

　　13. A cut, move, lift是一系列先后的动作。

　　14. B 从后文我们可以知道，关于“古埃及人是如何采石，运石和把石头搬到金字塔上的”仅是推测，还没有足够的证据来证明，因此说这仍是个谜(puzzle)。

　　15. C 其它答案都有较大干扰性。石头这么重，用船运时水不深是不可以的，因此C为最佳答案。

　　16. D 因为是从路的斜面向金字塔高处运，因此用pulled一词。

　　17. B 从后文我们得知，石头这么大，然而其缝隙很严，即便是刀子也插不进去，因此说是金字塔是一个奇迹。

　　18. C fit在此指石头与石头间的缝合。

　　19. A 大风把黄沙吹到金字塔周围。

　　20. D 一切都在改变，不变的是金字搭。从空前的Different rules have come and gone 可得此答案提示。