Passage 26

　　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。

　　It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a 1 evening. My husband would not comeback until late and I had 2 to sit down in a comfortable armchair in the living room and read a book. I 3 the children to bed early in the upstairs room and 4 a cold supper and some coffee. Soon I was sitting 5 with a plate filled with food before me and a 6 at my side.

　　I was just beginning to eat 7 the telephone rang. I put down my 8 and hurried to answer 9 . By the time I got back to the living room, my food had got cold. After I finished my 10 I began drinking with my book open at page one. Suddenly there was a 11 at the door. It gave me such a great 12 that I split the 13 and made an ugly stain (污迹) on my skirt. Some stranger had got lost and wanted me to show him the 14 . It took ages to get rid of him. At last I 15 to sit down again 16 actually read a whole page without any more 17 until the baby woke up. He began crying loudly and I rushed 18 . The baby was 19 awake at eleven o’clock when my husband came home. I should have cried myself when he asked me if I had a pleasant 20 !

　　1. A. lonely B. quiet C. free D. busy

　　2. A. started B. come C. hurried D. decided

　　3. A. made B. allowed C. put D. lay

　　4. A. prepared B. cooked C. heated D. had

　　5. A. happily B. comfortably C. freely D. busily

　　6. A. telephone B. knife C. book D. newspaper

　　7. A. when B. before C. but D. then

　　8. A. book B. coffee C. food D. knife and fork

　　9. A. it B. him C. her D. them

　　10. A. supper B. drinking C. reading D. answering

　　11. A. loud knock B. stranger C. robber D. dog

　　12. A. joy B. excitement C. trouble D. surprise

　　13. A. food B. coffee C. supper D. plate

　　14. A. road B. way C. distance D. address

　　15. A. decided B. hoped C. managed D. tried

　　16. A. before B. after C. but D. and

　　17. A. men B. difficulty C. questions D. interruption

　　18. A. upstairs B. downwards C. away D. around

　　19. A. hardly B. almost C. still D. already

　　20. A. night B. evening C. day D. hour

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是记叙文，叙述了一个晚上所发生的令“我”烦心的事情。阅读时要紧紧抓住所发生的事情都令“我”不愉快这一点。

　　1. B因为It had been a tiring day, 因此“我”希望一个宁静的夜晚(休息)。要注意前后的因果关系。

　　2. D丈夫很晚才回来，因此“我”决定坐在living room 舒适的椅子里读书。

　　3. C“我”能坐下来读书， 说明已经把孩子放在床上睡了，put sb. to bed 将某人放上床。4. A从下句Soon I was sitting 5 (comfortably) with a plate filled with food...得知，此时“我” 在准备(prepared)而不是享用(had) a cold supper and some coffee。

　　5. B从前句to sit down in a comfortable armchair... 可得此答案提示。

　　6. C从前句...and read a book得此答案。

　　7. A“我正要开始吃，就在这时……”，when 在此相当于and just then。

　　8. D因为I was beginning to eat， 因此“我”放下knife and fork。

　　9. A it指the telephone。

　　10. A“我吃完了晚饭。”

　　11. A从at the door看此空应选knock，再者从后文Some stranger had got lost and wanted me to show him...也可得知有人敲门想问路。

　　12. D从空后的I split the 13 (coffee) and made an ugly stain on my shirt得知，“我”此时很吃惊。

　　13. B split的意思是“溅出”，因此选coffee。

　　14.B从got lost得此答案。在此A有较大干扰性，road 指道路，way指行走的路线，因此选B。

　　15.C manage一词的运用说明能安静坐下来的艰难。

　　16.D sit down 与 read为先后顺接的动作。

　　17.D interruption意思是“打扰”。从前文我们得知，“ 我”被电话、陌生人折腾得什么都不能干， 到现在“我”才能在没有打扰的情况下读书。

　　18. A从短文第一段I 3 (put) the children to bedearly in the upstairs room...得此答案。

　　19. C孩子醒来就不再睡了，它一直到十一点钟“我”丈夫回来时还醒着。

　　20. B从全文我们得知这是晚上发生的事情。

　　Passage 27

　　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。

　　Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it 1. Albert Einstein was2 to get a job as a physics professor. He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to 3 . I should give up on it and settle for something else.” 4 , he wrote the two most famous papers while 5 as a patent (专利) office worker. After their 6 ,there was not any major 7 in the world that would not have wanted him to work for them.

　　If you want to work as an artist and are 8 as waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who 9 one day to become an artist. That puts the 10 you love somewhere off in the distant future. Rather, think yourself as 11, supporting yourself by waiting tables and paint, or draw as much as you can. It is 12 to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week. That 13 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft (手艺) in the 14 hours.

　　While seeking the work you love 15 helps to expand your awareness (意识) into the universe of all possibilities. You don’t want to be 16 the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before. Having opened to 17 possibilities, you can make a final18 and select the work you love as your own.

　　Doing the work you love 19 that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the 20 .It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true.

　　1. A. full-time B. hard C. easily D. part-time

　　2. A. unable B. able C. unwilling D. anxious

　　3. A. science B. maths C. physics D. money

　　4. A. So B. Instead C. Therefore D. And

　　5. A. employed B. regarded C. worked D. recognized

　　6. A. invention B. discovery C. successes D. papers

　　7. A. city B. factory C. university D. company

　　8. A. known B. making a living C. leading a life D. chosen

　　9. A. thinks B. imagines C. hopes D. decides

　　10. A. man B. woman C. person D. work

　　11. A. an artist B. a waiter C. a waitress D. a painter

　　12. A. impossible B. possible C. important D. lucky

　　13. A. sends B. spares C. leaves D. takes

　　14. A. on B. office C. business D. off

　　15. A. it B. which C. that D. this

　　16. A. interested in B. devoted to C. limited to D. troubled by

　　17. A. no B. all C. few D. both

　　18. A. decision B. plan C. conclusion D. judge

　　19. A. suggests B. requires C. insists D. encourages

　　20. A. necessary B. practical C. careful D. honest

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是议论文。全文论述了做自己喜欢做的工作的好处：做自己喜爱的工作，坚持不懈，且目标准确，你一定会获得成功。

　　1. D联系全句，可知作者在此谈论尽早做自己喜欢做的工作的必要性。A有一定干扰性，从第二段作者举的例子(一个想成为艺术家的人)我们可以看出，作者认为无论是兼职，还是不拿报酬做自己喜欢的工作都是有必要的。

　　2. A从下文的 “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to 3 (physics). I should give up on it…”得知，Albert Einstein起初没有得到做物理教授的工作。

　　3. C relative to在这里是“与…… 有关”的意思。Einstein没能找到做物理教授的工作，他觉的得自己不适合物理方面的工作。

　　4. B instead 在这里相当于instead of getting a job as a physics professor。

　　5. A C有一定干扰性，while employed等于while he was employed。在时间状语从句或条件状语从句中，从句的主语如果与主句主语一致，谓语含有动词be，可以省略主语和动词be。答案C显然不符合这一规则。

　　6. A their invention指 Einstein 的两项理论的发明。

　　7. C从前文我们得知，Einstein 起初想做物理教授，没有哪个大学想要他。现在他出名了，没有哪所重点大学不想要他。

　　8. B从后文…,supporting(养活) yourself by waiting tables可知，以艺术为自己的工作时，做饭店服务员只是为了挣钱养活自己。

　　9. C who在这里代表 a waiter,本句的意思是“不要把自己看成一个有一天能成为艺术家的饭店服务员。”显然作者认为，你应该把自己看成艺术家，而不是服务员。

　　10. D that在这里指“认为自己是一个有一天能成为艺术家的服务员”；work指“成为艺术家”，本句的意思是“那只能让你喜欢的工作(成为艺术家)留在遥远的将来。”

　　11. A rather在这里表示否定，相当于 instead 。注意本句的结构：supporting yourself by waiting tables 为状语，think yourself as an artist and paint, or draw 为句子主要部分，and 前后的动词为顺接，因此A为最佳答案。

　　12. B “一星期做24小时的服务员也许能挣得生存的薪水。”possible 在这里表示“可能性”。其它答案不合题意。

　　13 . C “一星期只做24小时服务员，那就会给你留下足够的时间投身于培训或增进手艺。”

　　14. D off 在这里用作形容词，意思是“其余的”。整个第二段以working as an artist, while supporting yourself by waiting tables为例说明作者开头所提出的 Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it part-time。

　　15. A 分析本句结构是选对此空的关键。while seeking the work you love 是时间状语从句，you love 即that you love ，作定语修饰work,因此it helps to…为主句。it为形式主语，直正的主语是不定式，help 在这里是“有帮助，起作用”的意思。

　　16. C从下一句Having opened to 17 (all) possibilities, you can make a final 18 (decision) and select the work you love as your own可得知作者在此认为你不应该把自己局限到(limited to)你应该是什么或已成为什么的观念上。

　　17. B从空后的you can make a final 18 (choice) 得此答案。

　　18. A先是打开所有的可能，然后做出最终决定，最后选出最喜欢的。

　　19. B“做你所喜欢的工作要求你把想象和实际平等对待。”

　　20. B 从后文我们得知the imaginative 指big dreams, 而the practical指 all the little details。

　　Passage 28

　　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 the forest or in the fields you can often see small hills of earth and busy little ants. Ants live in different 1. An ant has two strong jaws to 2 soil, to cut up food, to 3 the eggs or the young.

　　The head of an ant is triangular (三角形) , with two 4 eyes and sometimes three more very small 5 , which are made up of many parts, 6 the ant can see 7 that moves around it. Some of these eyes see things near it; others can see things 8 in the distance.

　　The ant has six legs. Its feelers have twelve joins(接合点), 9 which the ant finds its 10 in its underground home. Some ants do not 11 nests, but make use of hollows under stones or logs. Other ants build their little hills with 12 , bits of wood, sand and earth.

　　The life of ants is not only 13 and play. They must have rest too. But they don’t 14 long. When waking up, they begin to 15 themselves. They use their tongues just 16 a cat uses hers.

　　Ants have a good 17 . When an ant, which has been away for a long time, returns to its nest, the others 18 it and show their greatest joy at its return. But if a strange ant 19 their nest, the ants will 20 the stranger killed at once.

　　1. A. hills B. countries C. places D. holes

　　2. A. water B. find C. eat D. dig

　　3. A. carry B. lay C. turn D. pick up

　　4. A. different B. small C. large D. tiny

　　5. A. eyes B. noses C. mouths D. feelers

　　6. A. yet B. or C. also D. so

　　7. A. itself B. everything C. nothing D. something

　　8. A. far off B. around C. close D. clear

　　9. A. without B. with C. for D. in

　　10. A. food B. bed C. way D. friend

　　11. A. stay in B. find C. build D. look for

　　12. A. trunks B. roots C. branches D. leaves

　　13. A. study B. work C. search D. walk

　　14. A. grow up B. wander C. stay up D. sleep

　　15. A. look after B. clean C. look about D. clear

　　16. A. if B. and C. while D. as

　　17. A. eyesight B. virtue C. memory D. strength

　　18. A. recognize B. realize C. know D. see

　　19. A. breaks B. enters C. finds D. leaves

　　20. A. force B. make C. have D. show

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是说明文，全文介绍了蚂蚁的身体结构及生活习性。

　　1. C 文章第一句首先说“你可以在森林或田野里见到蚂蚁”。接下来文章说“蚂蚁住在不同的地方。”

　　2. D 文章第三句介绍蚂蚁的嘴的用途。蚂蚁用它有力的下巴挖土，因此dig为最佳答案。

　　3. A carry在此意为“携带”。

　　4. A从本段最后一句Some of these eyes see things near it; others can see things 8 (far off) in the distance 得此答案。

　　5. A整个第二段讲蚂蚁的眼睛，蚂蚁有两只不同的眼睛， 也有另外三只非常小的眼睛。

　　6. D前后为因果关系。因为蚂蚁有这么多的眼睛，因此……。

　　7. B从Some of these eyes....in the distance 得此答案，从前文我们得知，蚂蚁的眼睛复眼，因此它能看清周围的一切。

　　8. A far off与上句的near相对。

　　9. B with which意即with the twelve joins，with 在此表示运用身体的某一器官。

　　10. C find one's way找到某人的路。在此A 有较大干扰性，从空后的in its underground home看A不合题意。

　　11. C从but make use of hollows...得此答案。

　　12. D有的蚂蚁用树叶、木块、沙子和土筑起土堆。

　　13. B从下句They must have rest too 得知蚂蚁并非一直都是忙碌着(work and play)。

　　14. D从下句When waking up,...得此答案。

　　15. B从下句They use their tongues just 16 ( as) a cat use theirs我们得知，蚂蚁用舌头洗脸， 因此选clean。

　　16. Das为连词，引导方式状语。

　　17. C从空后讲述的事情我们得知蚂蚁有很好的记忆力。

　　18. A因为它们的记忆力很好， 因此即使蚂蚁出去很长时间，

　　其他蚂蚁也能认出(recognize)它。

　　19. B 如果一个陌生的蚂蚁(错误地)进入到它们的窝里，……。

　　20. C have...done意思是“被……”。 在此其他答案都不能用过去分词作宾补。

　　Passage 29

　　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 London Zoo opened in 1828. More than 6, 000 animals arrived from all over the world to 1 its 12 hectares (公顷). Today, people at the Zoo have new ideas about letting animals live 2. Many of them live outside their cages in 3 yards. There are deep holes round the yards so people can watch them safely .

　　The elephants’ 4 house has two pools, where they have their 5every day. The keepers usually get 6 than the elephants! Its snake house and fish house were 7 in the world. Ships brought 8 water from warm seas thousands of kilometres away. Perhaps the birds have the Zoo’s most beautiful home. You can 9 through their high cage on a bridge, with 140 different birds flying through the tops of the 10 all round you.

　　Eighty keepers work at the Zoo. One of their biggest jobs is 11 the animals. At first, visitors could 12 food for the animals. But this is now 13 because it was dangerous for them 14 . Some animals broke visitors’ cameras and 15 up their coats and handbags. But 16 of all, they often gave the animals the 17 food, and sometimes poison.

　　Today, the Zoo must look after its wild animals most carefully. It is getting more and more difficult to 18 them. The world’s one thousand most unusual animals are in trouble. The Zoo works hard to make sure the animals can have 19 while they are inside the Zoo. London’s Zoo will always have a lot to do to that ─ to its 20 , its visitors and to the future .

　　1. A. fill B .measure C. live D. visit

　　2. A. separately B. freely C. together D. free

　　3. A. beautiful B. long C. mall D. special

　　4. A. new B. old C. large D .small

　　5. A. meal B. play C. bath D. acting

　　6. A. happier B. wetter C. warmer D. cool

　　7. A. first B. the first C. a first D. firstly

　　8. A. hot B. clean C. salt D. pure

　　9. A. look B. walk C .climb D. jump

　　10. A. trees B .hills C. bridges D. people

　　11. A. protecting B. keeping C. treating D. feeding

　　12. A. buy B. cook C. bring D. take

　　13. A. permitted B. forbidden C. appreciated D. persuaded

　　14. A.too B. both C. all D. only

　　15. A. put B. kept C. tore D. ate

　　16. A. first B. best C. most D. worst

　　17. A. cheep B. wrong C. fast D. healthy

　　18. A. find B. raise C. watch D. train

　　19. A. long lives B. good time C. more babies D. enough food

　　20. A. zoo B. animals C. keepers D. birds

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是说明文。全文说明了the London Zoo与众不同的布置。

　　1. A C有一定干扰性，live 为不及物动词，因此不合题意。

　　2. B 从下句Many of them live outside their cages in 3 (special) yards 我们得知，这里的动物与其它动物园的动物相比，生活更自由。

　　3. D从下句There are deep holes round the yards 看，它们的院子是与众不同的(special)。

　　4. A C有较大干扰性，联系上下文我们知道现在动物园是经过改进的，各种动物的住处也经过了新的改装，因此A为最佳答案。

　　5. C where在此引导定语从句，相当于in the pools。显然大象在这些池子里每天都洗澡。

　　6. B本答案联系上句而来，每天大象都在池子里，有时管理员来了，被大象弄得浑身湿透。

　　7. B从下句Ships brought 8 (salt) water from warm seas thousands of kilometers away, 我们可以看出，蛇和鱼所受到的照顾是其它动物园所没有的。因此说the first。

　　8. C从空后的warm seas 得此答案。

　　9. B C, D均有较大干扰性，空后的 through their high cages决定了 jump和 climb是不正确的。

　　10. A联系上下文，我们知道各种动物都有其栖息地，鸟的栖息地在树上。

　　11. C feed 喂养。B有较大干扰性，keep表示“饲养”，多指饲养家畜、家禽，因此不合题意。feed指用食物去喂，从后文我们得知作者在此谈论喂食问题。

　　12. C起初游客为这些动物带来食物。其它答案不合题意。

　　13. B从空后的it was dangerous…得此答案。

　　14. B both 在这里指游客和动物。

　　15. C tear up在这里是“撕破”的意思。

　　16. D从空后they often gave the animals the 17 (wrong) food, and sometimes poison 得此答案。

　　17. B本空与and sometimes poison为并列关系，因此B为最佳答案。

　　18. A从空后的The world’s one thousand most unusual animals are in trouble 得知要找这样的动物是很难的。

　　19. C因为数量稀少，因此动物园希望这些动物产更多的幼崽。

　　20. B全文主要说明了动物园的动物的生活情况。因此B为最佳答案。

　　Passage 30

　　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 basic meaning of “pet” is an animal we keep for emotional (情感的) rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is1 as a companion, and we all need companion to keep as feeling happy. 2 pets offer more than mere companionship: they invite us to love and be loved. Many 3 feel their pets understand them, for animals are 4 to sense anger and sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us 5 when human words don’t help. We feel loved, too, by the way pets 6 us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs 7 , look up to their owners, 8 makes them feel important and needed.

　　A pet can be something 9 to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to a (n) 10 child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for all of us pets provide11 and companionship. It has 12 been suggested that tiny pets 13 be sent as companions to astronauts (宇航员) on space ships, to help reduce the stress (紧张) and 14of space flights.

　　In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for15 . A pet in the family keeps people in 16 with the more natural, animal world. Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet 17 helps a child to cope with sorrow. Learning to 18 a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels 19 toward those dependent on them. Rightly we teach children to be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are 20 for us human beings.

　　1. A. known B. looked upon C. treated D. kept

　　2. A. But B. However C. So D. Otherwise

　　3. A. masters B. owners C. bosses D. hosts

　　4. A. slow B. quick C. easy D. difficult

　　5. A . in time B. on time C. at times D. at no time

　　6. A. depend on B. live on C. wait on D. look on

　　7. A. especially B. hardly C. hopefully D. entirely

　　8. A. it B. who C. which D. what

　　9. A. dangerous B. necessary C. the same D. different

　　10. A. single B. only C. separate D. alone

　　11. A. loss B. love C. trouble D. pleasure

　　12. A. ever B. even C. never D. probably

　　13. A. would B. could C. should D. must

　　14. A. loneliness B. distance C. darkness D. weight

　　15. A. housewives B. children C. grown-ups D. relatives

　　16. A. connection B. conversation C. touch D. love

　　17. A. die B. suffer C. cry D. fight

　　18. A. pay for B. ask for C. call for D. care for

　　19. A. comfortable B. suitable C. valuable D. responsible

　　20. A. fit B. good C. expensive D. bad

　　答案与分析

　　通读全文，本文是议论文。全文论述了宠物在家庭中的重要作用：它可以让大人感到自己的重要，被需要；它可以让孩子认识孩子的出生，宠物的死会让他们体会难过，及学会爱。

　　1. D B有一定干扰性。从空后的 and we all need companions to keep as feeling happy看，作者认为人们是把宠物作为伴侣来养，而不是把它看作伴侣。

　　2. A 从空后的more than mere (only) companionship 看，本句与上句为转折关系。

　　3. B 从空后的their pets得此答案。 A,D有较大干扰性。host是相对客人而言， master相对仆人 (servant)而言，而owner指某物的所有者。

　　4. B quick在这里指“反应灵敏”。

　　5. C at times在此相当于 sometimes。

　　6. A通过宠物依赖于我们给它们一个家、食物、饮料，我们也感受到爱。depend on sb. for sth.意思是“依靠某人获得某物”。

　　7. A作者认为在这一点上狗表现最突出，因此用了especially 一词。

　　8. C which在这里指代Dogs look up to their owners的内容，look up to 在这里是“尊敬，尊重”的意思。

　　9. D从空后的another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to a (n) 10 (only) child, a grandchild to the elderly, 我们可以看出宠物对于不同的家庭成员其角色是不一样的。

　　10. B A, D有较大干扰性。single意思是“单身的”，指没有结婚;alone不可作定语，因此A, D不合题意。

　　11. D“宠物给我们带来欢乐和陪伴。”B有一定干扰性，从空后的and companionship 看love 不合题意。

　　12. B“甚至有人建议小宠物应该带到宇宙飞船上作宇航员的伴。”even意思是“甚至”，在这里用作加强语气。

　　13. C suggest后的宾语从句用的是虚拟语气，其谓语是 “should+动词原形”。

　　14. A宠物用来减轻宇航员飞行中的紧张与孤独。

　　15. B最后整段论述了宠物对孩子性格培养方面的重要作用。本段第一句为主旨句。

　　16. C “宠物使得(家庭中的)人们与更多的自然的、动物世界保持接触。”

　　17. A die 在此与give birth 相对，从空后的 with sorrow 也可得此答案提示。

　　18. D care for 在此是“关心，照顾”的意思，从空后的grow up into a loving adult 可得此答案。

　　19.D“学会关心宠物有助于将孩子培养成有爱心的成年人，他们会对需要自己的人负责。”

　　20.B“他们也会知道宠物对我们人类有益处。