Passage 16

　　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。

　　In a room four men were seated at a large table. After asking me 1 about my place of birth and my Royal Air Force experience, they began to 2 me carefully on telecommunications. Now I was confident (自信的) , at ease with a 3 subject. The years of study and work began to 4 , and I knew I was doing well. I was 5 enjoying it .When it was over, one of them said:“Well, now, we are completely 6 with your replies and we feel sure that you are well suited to the 7 we have in mind. But we are faced with a certain 8 . If we 9 you ,it means we must 10 you in a position of authority (权威) 11 a number of our English employees: Many of them have been with us for a long time, and we feel 12 that your appointment (职位) would upset (打乱) good relations within the firm. We could not offer that post and we 13 not ask you to accept one or two other positions of a different 14 .They exist, but they are not 15 for someone like you 16 , I'm afraid, we will not be able to offer you the job.”

　　I felt suddenly 17 ,and I was quite unable to think. Yet somehow I 18 to leave that office, 19 that I had either forgotten or completely ignored (忽视)─ during the exciting years of the 20 ─ my own black skin.

　　1. A. gradually B. briefly C. generally D. carefully

　　2. A. tell B. explain C. question D. require

　　3. A. familiar B. difficult C. easy D. exciting

　　4. A. make sure B. pay off C. break out D. bring back

　　5. A. just B. still C. even D. only

　　6. A. satisfied B. disappointed C. interested D. surprised

　　7. A. subject B. idea C. answer D. post

　　8. A. position B. reason C. purpose D. difficulty

　　9. A. like B. employ C. believe D. allow

　　10. A. place B. treat C. show D. expect

　　11. A. by B. over C. for D. with

　　12. A. clear B. sad C. sure D. pleased

　　13. A. must B. would C. might D. dare

　　14. A. company B. department C. type D. place

　　15. A. friendly B. suitable C. valuable D. necessary

　　16. A. However B. Because C. But D. So

　　17. A. certain B. anxious C. free D. weak

　　18. A. had B. managed C. ought D. hoped

　　19. A. realizing B. regarding C. recognizing D. admitting

　　20. A. war B. work C. study D. university

　　答案与分析：

　　通读全文，本文是记叙文。全文记叙了“我”的一次求职面试——尽管“我”很适合这个工作，他们也能找到借口不录用“我” ——原因很简单——“我”的黑皮肤。

　　1. B我们极易错选C。通读全文我们知道，这是一次寻找工作的面试，“我”的出生地和皇家空军经历并不重要，因此，他们只是稍微问了一些。

　　2. C they 是给“我”面试的人，他们在给“我”提问题。

　　3. A从空前的Now I was confident 及空后的The years of study and work began to 4 (pay off) 得知，他们问到了“我”很熟悉的问题。

　　4. B“多年的学习和工作开始有了回报”pay off 在此意为“使人得益，有报偿”。

　　5. C“我甚至都有些喜爱了”。其他答案均有一定干扰性，在此作者是，“我”不仅不紧张，他们问的问题都是“我”熟悉的，“我”甚至都有些喜欢这些话题了。even 在此起到强调语气的作用。

　　6. A从空后we feel sure that you are well suited to the 7 (post) 及下文我们知道，他们对“我”的回答极为满意。

　　7. D post 意思是“位子，职位”，在此指“我”要寻求的那项工作。

　　8. D从下文我们得知，他们在向“我”解释给“我”这项工作后的麻烦。

　　9. B“如果我们雇佣了你,……。”

　　10. A“那就意味着我们把你的位置放在我们许多英国雇员之上。”place 在这里相当于put。

　　11. B over 的意思是“在……之上”。

　　12. C“我们确信你的职位会打乱公司与他们关系”A有一定干扰性clear意思是“明白”，指理解，因此不合题意。

　　13. B 从空后的one or two other positions of a different 14 (type) 我们可以看出，他们是不愿意把其他难做的工种交给“我”。

　　14. C type 在此意为“工种”。

　　15. B 空前的They exist 指其他工作有位子空着，but 后的句子是说“它们(这些空着的位子)不适合你”。

　　16. D 空后的句子是由以上得出的结论，A有一定干扰性，前后并非转折关系。

　　17. D “我感到软弱无力。”

　　18. B A,C均有较大干扰性，结合前文我们得知，尽管“我”一下子软弱无力，大脑好像停止了思考，但“我”还是设法离开了办公室。

　　19. A 这时“我”才领会到其中原因。

　　20. A 此空较难选出，从文章第二句and my Royal Air Force experience 我们得知，这是战后“我”退役去寻找工作，因此说“经过多年激烈的战争，我忽略了，也忘了我的黑皮肤。”

　　Passage 17

　　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。

　　In my hometown there lived a sixty-year-old man. He was very 1 and never got ill. He liked 2 poisonous (有毒的)snakes since he was a boy. Nearly 3 week, he climbed up a hill 4 to catch snakes. He did not know how many times he had been bitten (咬) by snakes. He usually took some medicine 5 he was bitten by a snake, but once he had no medicine with him and did not take any, yet there was nothing wrong with him. From then on he 6 no medicine for being hurt by snakes. Few people believed that until an interesting story took place.

　　One day last spring, when the old man 7 a walk in the street, a wild dog ran 8 him and hurt him 9 the left leg with its mouth. The old man was too angry. He picked up a big stone and ran after the dog. But before the old man 10 it, the dog lay down and died after running about 11 long. Being paid no attention(在意) to, the old man took the dead dog 12 and cooked the meat 13 food. A neighbor 14 to visit him and had a piece of the meat, too. But 15 the neighbor ate the meat, he had a stomachache ( 胃痛) and had trouble breathing. The neighbor was sent to a hospital nearby.

　　The doctor was a man with 16 experience (经验) and he knew the old man very well who liked eating poisonous snakes. After asking 17 questions and giving a general examination, the doctor let the old man’s neighbor 18 some medicine 19 snake poison. Happily for them, half an hour later, the patient got well.

　　It was said the snake poison in the strange old man’s body was 20 poisonous than in a big poisonous snake. So this story had happened.

　　1. A. good B.excellent C. kind D.healthy

　　2. A. to hit B.to beat C.eating D.to raise

　　3. A. one B.a C.every D.a whole

　　4. A. near B.nearby C.nearly D.around

　　5. A. before B.while C.if D.until

　　6. A. has taken B.has drunk C.had taken D.had drunk

　　7. A. was getting B.was having C.made D.wanted

　　8. A. at B.into C.on D.with

　　9. A. with B.at C.on D.by

　　10. A. caught up with B.came to C.threw D.followed

　　11. A. one hundred meter B.one-hundred-meters

　　C.one-hundred-meter D.one hundred meters

　　12. A. to home B.to house C.home D.to the family

　　13. A. with B.for C.by D.as

　　14. A. was B.come C.happened D.used

　　15. A. soon after B.soon C.then D.before

　　16. A. many B.no C.much D.little

　　17. A. few B.no C.the D.a few

　　18. A. took B.taking C.take D.to take

　　19. A. with B.for C.must D.no more

　　20. A. less B.much more C.much D.no more

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是记叙文，叙述了一个常年捕蛇吃毒蛇的老人的传奇经历。

　　1. D从空后的never got ill 看老人非常健康，因此用healthy一词。

　　2. C从后文我们得知，老人喜欢捕蛇，并将其吃掉。raise有“喂养”的意思，但全文并没有讲到老人养蛇的事，因此D不合题意。

　　3. C从空前的Nearly 看，这里应该表示“频率”，因此其他答案不合题意。

　　4. B 从空前的a hill我们得此答案。

　　5. C“如果他被蛇咬了，他会吃些药。”

　　6. C from then on意思是“从那时起”， 全文基本时态是过去时，因此句子用过去完成时。

　　7. B was having a walk表示“在行走的过程中”。

　　8. A 从空后的and hurt him我们知道狗扑向了他。 run at sb. 扑向某人。

　　9. C hurt sb. on the leg 伤了某人的腿。

　　10. A 从He picked up a big stone and ran after the dog 我们知道老人去追赶狗，但是还没有追赶上，……。catch up with 追赶上……。

　　11. D 在此C 有较大干扰性，one-hundred-metre 为形容词，只可作定语。A,B形式错误。

　　12. C take sth. home 把某物带回家。home为副词，因此其他答案均不合题意。

　　13. B “把肉煮了作食物。”

　　14. C happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事。

　　15. A“但是这个邻居吃了肉后，胃开始痛，呼吸困难。 ”

　　16. C从后文我们得知，医生给这位病人治好了病， 因此说The doctor was a man with much experience...。

　　17. D“在问了他几个问题以后，……。”

　　18. C let sb. do 让某人做某事。

　　19. B medicine for snake poison 治蛇毒的药。

　　20. B 老人吃了狗肉后安然无恙，说明老人身上的毒性大于蛇毒。

　　Passage 18

　　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。

　　To Face The Music

　　When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music,” it doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like 1 in by your boss to explain why you did this and that, and 2 you did not do this or that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to 3 . At some time or another, every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice: “I 4 to talk to you!” And only 5 we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it 6 !

　　The phrase “to face the music” is known to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the 7 come from?

　　The first explanation comes from the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, 8 the expression was first 9 by actors while 10 in the wings (舞台的两侧) to go on stage (舞台) . After they got their clue (得到暗示) to go on, they often said, “it's time to go to face the music.” And that is 11 where they faced the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.

　　An actor might be frightened or 12 as he moved onto the stage 13 the audience that might be friendly, 14 perhaps unfriendly, especially 15 he forget his lines. But he had to go 16 . If he did not, there would be 17 play. So, “ to face the music” came to 18 : having to go through something, no matter how 19 the experience might be, because you knew you had no 20 .

　　1. A. calling B. called C. call D. being called

　　2. A. how B. where C. when D. why

　　3. A. face B. be faced C. facing D. being faced

　　4. A. hope B. expect C. want D. beg

　　5. A. because B. before C. unless D. so

　　6. A. was B. is C. had been D. be

　　7. A. proverb B. expression C. practice D. drill

　　8. A. that B. whether C. when D. why

　　9. A. taken B. sent C. used D. studied

　　10. A. gathering B. waiting C. singing D. dancing

　　11. A. also B. perhaps C. exactly D. mainly

　　12. A. nervous B. mysterious C. satisfied D. proud

　　13. A. on the right of B. on the left of C. behind D.in front of

　　14. A. and B. but C. or D. also

　　15. A. if B. that C. whlie D. unless

　　16. A. about B. away C. in D. out

　　17. A. a B. the C. not D. no

　　18. A. mean B. understand C. learn D. find

　　19. A. pleasant B. unpleasant C. usual D. unusual

　　20. A. idea B. preparation C. permission D. choice

　　答案与分析

　　本文是说明文。全文讲述了 “to face the music”的渊源。

　　1. D like是介词，因此后面用doing形式。call in与you 为逻辑被动关系，因此用being done形式。

　　2. D 从空前的why you did this and that我们可以得此答案。

　　3. B “但是它还是要被面对。”

　　4. C 在此其他几个答案均有干扰性。选择此空要注意angry一词。hope, expect, beg都表示说话者的委婉， 因此不合题意。

　　5. A他为什么大喊大叫呢？And后解释原因。

　　6. A这是一个强调句型， 运用平常形式应是It was an unpleasant business.这是对过去情况的评述，因此句子用一般过去时。

　　7. B “to face the music” 应该是一种表达法，从下文He said, in 1851, 8 (that) the expression...也可得此答案。

　　8. A that引导宾语从句。

　　9. C“这个表达法首先被演员使用。”

　　10. B从空后的in the wings可推知此答案。我们知道， 舞台的两侧是演员们等待上场的地方。

　　11. C“那正是他们能面对台下的管弦乐队的地方。”

　　12. A or在此表示顺接。

　　13. D演员走到台上面对的是观众，因此in front of the audience 。

　　14.C“也许是友好，也许是不友好。”

　　15.A“尤其是如果他忘词的时候”。在此C 有较大干扰性，forget是非延续性动词，因此不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。

　　16. D尽管忘了词， “但他还要继续。 ”从空后的If he did not , there would be 17 (no) play. 也可推知此答案。

　　17. D If he did not等于If he did not go on。“如果忘了词后他不继续，那就没有剧了。”

　　18. A“to face the music就开始有了这个意思，……。”

　　19. B从前文“演员忘词也要对付”我们得知The experience was unpleasant.

　　20. D“因为你别无选择”。

　　Passage 19

　　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。

　　So you are attractive (吸引人的) and you think you would like to be a model ! Are you sure you are the 1 type? Are you fairly tall with a small 2 ? Are your breast and your hips more or less of the same measurement? Have you got good legs? Yes? Well, these are only the 3 requirements. First of all, make up your mind how you are going to begin. You can go to a model school, 4 such schools are expensive. There they will teach you how to make the 5 of yourself; how to make up well, how to walk, how to look after your complexion (肤色) and your hair. But you may not have enough money for this. 6 can you do? Have some photographs 7by a really good professional (职业的) photographer who knows the fashion business. If you are not photogenic (上镜头的) — well, there’s8 that even the best photographer can do for you. Oh — you are photogenic? Good? Now we can begin.

　　You can either become a house-model, or work free-lance. A house-model is an employee, 9 the salesgirls and the book-keeping staff. She is 10 by a dress firm to show off clothes. These shows are for buyers from big stores or for the press. It’s a full-time 11 .But if you are more ambitious (有抱负的) and want to earn a lot of 12 ,you can become a free-lance model; that is to say ,you will be paid by the hour for your 13 .All your work will come to you14 a model agency (经纪部门), and you will not choose your clients (客户) . The agency will tell you 15 to go, at what time, and what you will have to do. It may be for a magazine or television 16, to model dresses in a smart hotel, or for a “collection” show in a big fashion house. Whatever the occasion (不管什么样的场合)，your job will be to look as decorative as 17 .You always have to 18 to be enjoying yourself, even if you are being photographed outdoors on a 19 cold day, wearing practically nothing. Are you 20 enough for that?

　　1. A. right B. just C. unfit D. fair

　　2. A. neck B. waist C. head D. back

　　3. A. basic B. senior C. junior D. high

　　4. A. because B. for C. although D. so that

　　5. A. best B. use C. worst D. full

　　6. A. How B. Where C. When D. What

　　7. A. taken B. developed C. made D. brought

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

　　9. A. like B. as C. being D. with

　　10. A. fired B. dismissed C. taken D. employed

　　11. A. job B. work C. action D. showing

　　12. A. fame B. money C. face D. respect

　　13. A. cries B. smiles C. supplies D. services

　　14. A. through B. by C. because D. with

　　15. A. when B. where C. how D. who

　　16. A. keyboard B. set C. screen D. advertisement

　　17. A. probable B. possible C. terrible D. reasonable

　　18. A. think B. imagine C. suggest D. appear

　　19. A. bitterly B. sweetly C. fortunately D. friendly

　　20. A. weak B. tough C. rough D. poor

　　答案与分析

　　本文是说明文。全文说明做一个模特的身体条件以及如何逐步成为一名模特。

　　1. A the right type指下文中所提到身体条件。

　　2. B这是做模特的第一个条件：个子高，腰不能粗。

　　3. A 身体条件(个高，腰细，胸臀几乎同尺寸，腿好)只是做模特的基本(basic)条件。

　　4. C前后间为转折关系。

　　5. A make the best of 为固定搭配，意思是“充分利用；发挥……到最好”。

　　6. D “你能做什么呢？”what 在这里做do 的宾语。

　　7. A “让懂时尚的职业摄影师给你拍些照片。”take photographs意思是“拍照”。B有一定干扰性。 develop是“冲洗”的意思，其宾语是 film (胶片)。

　　8. C联系上下文，只有上镜头的，才可以开始模特训练，因此如果不上镜，即使最好的摄影师也束手无策。

　　9. A like the salesgirl and book-keeping staff在此作定语，修饰employee。 B有一定干扰性。我们知道like在这里是介词短语作定语，而as是连词，因此B不合题意。

　　10. D(正如salesgirls被商店雇佣，book-keeping staff被书店雇佣一样，)她 (a house-model )被服装公司雇佣来展示服装。

　　11. A “这是专职的工作”。full-time意思是“全日的”，“专职的”。

　　12. B其它答案均有较大干扰性。从后文that is to say, you will be paid by the hour for your 13 (services) 我们可知，作者在此说“会赢得很多钱”。

　　13. D为别人展示服装是一种service。

　　14. A“你所有的工作要通过经纪部门传给你。”through在此表达“途径，手段”。

　　15. B“去什么地方”。

　　16. D“也许是为杂志或电视做广告。”C 有一定干扰性, 空前的magazine决定了C不正确。

　　17. B“你的工作必须尽可能地有装饰性。”decorative意思是“装饰性”。

　　18. D从下文我们得知，无论在什么情况下，你必须表现出很高兴的样子

　　19. A bitterly在这里是程度副词，相当于 freezing， 意思是“极冷的”。

　　20. B tough 在这里是“坚强的，强壮的”意思。

　　Passage 20

　　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。

　　John Clark was a postman. He was fond of dogs. However, when he was delivering (投递) letters, he found that 1 dogs were his friends. One particular dog called 2 , who lived at No.108 Turner Road, was one of John’s 3 . Whenever John came near his 4 house, Spot would lie in and 5 out on John, barking (吠叫) and trying to 6 his ankles.

　　After a heavy snow, 7 was freezing that morning. The road was covered with 8 . John was afraid of 9 down, so he 10 his bike and walked with 11 steps. Unfortunately, John slipped on a patch of ice, which was opposite to No. 108 Turner Road. Spot 12 this as John together with his bike made such a big noise. Spot jumped onto John’s 13 and tried to bite his neck. Quick as a flash, John, 14 hands were full of letters, bit 15 on the leg.

　　John Clark said later, “It was the 16 thing I could do. I don’t approve of (赞成) 17 to animals, but that dog 18 had it coming. Since that day I’ve had no 19 at No. 108. Spot always hides round the 20 of the house when he hears me coming.”

　　1. A. all B. not all C. one of D. none of

　　2. A. Spot B. John C. Turner D. Clark

　　3. A. friends B. neighbors C. enemies D. companions

　　4. A. own B. owner’s C. friend’s D. lovely

　　5. A. reached B. set C. worked D. jumped

　　6. A. lap B. kill C. kiss D. bite

　　7. A. John B. it C. spot D. the street

　　8. A. dirt B. mud C. ice D. water

　　9. A. falling B. knocking C. turning D. going

　　10. A. rode B. left C. pushed D. pulled

　　11. A. safe B. big C. quick D. slow

　　12. A. smelled B. saw C. recognized D. heard

　　13. A. chest B. shoulders C. legs D. feet

　　14. A. both B. whose C. his D. which

　　15. A. John B. himself C. Spot D. itself

　　16. A. best B. lonely C. only D. very

　　17. A. mercy B. love C. pity D. cruelty

　　18. A. probably B. perhaps C. hardly D. really

　　19. A. letters B. trouble C. choice D. friends

　　20. A. front B. back C. door D. roof

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是记叙文，叙述了邮递员John Clark 遭狗咬，进行自卫的一段经历。

　　1. B “他发现并非所有的狗都是他的朋友。”not all 是部分否定，意思是“并非所有的”。 从全文我们知道， 尽管John Clark非常喜爱狗，但像Spot这样的狗对他极不友好。

　　2. A 从下文Spot would lie...得此答案。

　　3. C 从下文我们得知，Spot时时想袭击John, 因此He was one of John’s enemies.

　　4.B “每当John走近它(狗)的主人的家的时候。” 在此A 有较大干扰性，his own house指John Clark的家，显然不合题意。

　　5. D jump out on sb. 跳出来扑向某人。

　　6. D 从前后文我们得知，Spot对John极不友好， 因此它想咬John的脚。

　　7. B freezing在此为形容词，意思是“极冷”， 因此在此作者说天气(it)。

　　8. C 从上句After a heavy snow, it was freezing. 得此答案。

　　9. A 路上盖着一层冰，路很滑，他怕摔倒。

　　10. C 从空后的and walked ...得此答案。C 有一定的干扰性，pull的意思是“拉”，因此不合题意。

　　11. D 因为路滑，又推着自行车，因此John walked with slow steps.

　　12. D 从空后such a big noise可得此答案。

　　13. B 从空后的and tried to bite his neck看，Spot 蹿上的是John的肩膀。

　　14. B whose hands were full of letters 为定语从句修饰John。

　　15. C因为两手都占着，John只好用嘴咬了Spot的腿。

　　16. C“那是我唯一能做的。”意思是“尽管我非常爱狗，但为了生命，我只得如此。”

　　17. D“我不赞成对动物残忍，……。”在此John 认为自己咬动物的腿是残忍的。看到这句话，我们再想想短文的第二句：John was fond of dogs.一点也不假。

　　18. D“但那条狗先对我残忍。” it指cruelty。

　　19. B从空后Spot always hides round the 20 ( back) of the house... 得知，Spot再也不找John的麻烦了。

　　20. B Spot被John咬了腿，它吓破了胆，因此当John走到No.108的时候，它躲到屋后不敢出来。