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PartVReadingComprehension(25minutes,40points)SectionAMultipleChoice(5points)Directions:Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith5questions.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Questions51-55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Iwasdirty,smelly,hungryandsomewherebeneathallthat,suntanned.ItwastheendofanInter-Railholiday.Mybodycouldn’ttakeanymorepunishment.Mymindcouldn’tdealwithanymoreforeigntimetables,currenciesorlanguages.注釋：1.smelly有使人難受的氣味的，臭的。2.suntanned給太陽曬黑的。3.punishment懲罰。4.dealwith處理。5.timetables時(shí)間表?！癗everagain,”Isaid,asIsteppedontohomeground.Isaidexactlythesamethingthefollowingyear.Andthenext.AllIhadtodowasbuyonetrainticketand,becauseIwasundertwenty-fiveyearsold,IcouldspendawholemonthgoinganywhereIwantedinEurope.Ordinarybedsareneverthesameonceyou’velearnttosleepinthecorridorofatrain,therhythmrockingyouintoadeepsleep.注釋：1.homeground2.rhythm節(jié)奏，韻律。3.rock搖擺，搖動(dòng)。Carryingallyourpossessionsonyourbackinarucksackmakesyouhaveaverybasicapproachtotravel,andencouragesincrediblewastefulnessthatcanleadtoburningsocksthathavebecometooanti-social,andgettingridofbookswhenfinished.Ontheotherhand,thiswayoflookingatlifeisentirelyinthespiritofInter-Rail,forcommonsenseandreasoningcanbethrownoutofthewindowalongwiththepaperbackbookandthesocks.Allittakestoachievethiscarefreeattitudeisoneofthoseticketsinyourhand.注釋：1.possessions財(cái)產(chǎn)。2.rucksack帆布背包。3.approach方法，步驟，途徑。4.incredible難以置信的，不可思議的。5.leadto導(dǎo)致。6.burningsocks7.anti-social不擅社交的，非社交的，反社會(huì)的。8.inthespiritof以…的精神、態(tài)度。9.commonsense常識(shí)。10.reasoning推理。11.carefreeattitude無所謂的態(tài)度。Anysystemthatenablesyoungpeopletotravelthroughcountriesatarateofmorethanoneadaymustbeprettyspecial.Onthatfirsttrip,myfriendsandIwereatfirstunawareofthepossibilitiesofthistypeoftrainticket,thinkingitwasjustaninexpensivewayofgettingtoandfromourchosencamp-siteinsouthernFrance.Buttheideaofnon-stoptravelprovedtootempting,fortherewasalwaysjustonemorecountryovertheborder,alwaysthatlittlebitfurthertogo.Andwhatdidtheextramilescostus?Nothing.注釋：1.atarateof以...速度。2.pretty相當(dāng)?shù)亍?.unawareof未覺察，不知道。4.non-stop中途不停的。5.tempting誘惑人的。Wewerenotcompletelyuninterestedinculture.Butthiswasafirstholidaywithoutparents,asitwasformostotherInter-Railers,andinorganizingourowntimetableweleftouteverythingexceptthemostimmediatelyavailablesights.Thiswasthechancetoescapetheguidedtour,anopportunitytodosomethingdifferent.Itookgreatprideinthefactthat,inmanyplaces,allIcouldbebotheredtoseewastheviewfromthestation.Wewerejusttheretogetby,andtohaveagoodtimedoingso.InthiswewerenodifferentfrommostoftheotherInter-Railerswithwhomwesharedcorridorfloors,foodandwater,moneyandmusic.注釋：1.completely十分，完全地。2.beuninterestedin對(duì)…不感興趣。3.leaveout省去，不考慮。4.available可用到的，可利用的。5.sights情景，奇觀，名勝，風(fēng)景。6.takepridein對(duì)……感到自豪。7.bebotheredtodo費(fèi)勁，費(fèi)力做某事。8.getby通過，經(jīng)過。Theexcitementoftravelcomesfromthesuddenrealityofsomewherethatwaspreviouslyjustaname.Itisasifthecityinwhichyouarriveneveractuallyexisteduntilthetrainpullsinatthestationandyouareabletoseeitwithyourowntiredeyesforthefirsttime.單詞注釋：1.previously先前，以前。2.actually實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上。3.pullin車停下，車進(jìn)站。Questions:51.Attheendofhisfirsttrip,thewritersaid“Neveragain”because_______.A.hefeltillB.hedislikedtrainsC.hewastiredfromthejourneyD.hehadlostmoney51.C“Neveragain”在文中出現(xiàn)在第二段的段首，由第一段dirty,smelly,hungry,somewherebeneathallthat，suntanned，punishment可以看出作者已經(jīng)是十分的疲憊。所以C選項(xiàng)是正確。52.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“thiswayoflookingatlife”inParagraph3?A.Worryingaboutyourclothes. B.Throwingunwantedthingsaway.C.Behavinginananti-socialway. D.Lookingafteryourpossessions.52.B第三段第一句話提到Carryingallyourpossessionsonyourbackinarucksack...encouragesincrediblewastefulnessthatcan...“拋棄一切不必要的東西輕裝旅單詞注釋：?jiǎn)卧~注釋：1.outdoorsports戶外運(yùn)動(dòng)。2.recreationfacilities娛樂設(shè)施。3.inform通知，告知。4.inadvance提前，預(yù)先。5.windsurfing風(fēng)帆沖浪運(yùn)動(dòng)。6.archery箭術(shù)。7.leisurely悠閑的，從容的。8.extremely極其，非常。9.previous在...之前，先前，以前的。10.besuitablefor適合…。Statements:56.InAugust,fourpeoplevisitingthecentretogetherbycarhavetopaymorethantwopeople.56.N.文中說Feesareforcarswithfourpeople“費(fèi)用只包括四人”，如果四人以上要另付費(fèi)用。所以該說法不正確。57.Thecentrehasspecialequipmentforpeoplewholearntosail.57.NG.文中只提及了windsurfing“帆板運(yùn)動(dòng)”中心配有特殊的用具，sail航行，本文并未提及有何特殊用具。58.Theadventurecourseissuitableforbeginners.58.Y.文中提到Y(jié)oudonotneedtobeextremelyfitortohavehadpreviousexperienceoftheactivities.Allyouneedistobeinterested.”只要有興趣的人都可以，并不需要先前的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所以對(duì)于初級(jí)者來說也是適合的。”所以此說法是正確。59.ThecentreisplanningtoaddextrafacilitiestothePlay59.Y.文中提到playpark時(shí)說NextyearthecenterwillopenanewPlayPalaceandPlayShip60.Summeradventureholidaysareopentoanychildbetweeneightandfourteenyearswhocanswim.60.N.參加Summeradventureholidays對(duì)年齡的要求是forl4—18yearsofage，但是也并不是所有的在這個(gè)年齡段的孩子都可以參加的，最后一句話提到Forthisprogrammechildrenmustbeabletoswim25metresandbeingoodphysicalhealth，”要身體健康，并能游泳至少25米遠(yuǎn)”。所以該說法錯(cuò)誤。SectionCShortAnswerQuestions(20points)Directions:Inthissection,thereare2passagesfollowedby10questionsorunfinishedstatements.Readthepassagescarefully,thenanswerthequestionsinamaximumof10words.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.PassageOneQuestions61-65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.GoingtothebeachismanyAmericans’favoriteactivity.IntheareanearNewYorkCity,ninemillionpeopleusedtogotothebeacheverysummer.Theywentswimmingintheoceanwithoutgivingathoughttowhatwasunderwater.ButthosedaysareInthesummerof1988，thegovernmentwasforcedtoshutdownbeachesalloverAmerica．Manyofthebeacheshadtobeclosedbecausegarbagefromhospitalswasfoundinthewater．Thegarbageincludedglassbottleswithsamplesofblood，andpeoplewereafraidtheymightgetAIDSfromtheblood．Wherethemedicalgarbagecamefromisanybody’sguess．Atsomebeaches，sewage（生活污水）wasfoundinthewater.注釋：1.Withoutgivingathoughtto不理會(huì)。2.gone消逝。3.shutdown關(guān)閉。4.garbage垃圾。5.samples樣品。Americanswereshockedbythisstateofaffairs．Theyhadlongtakenforgrantedthatoceanswerebigenoughtostayclean，evenifgarbageandsewageweredumpedintothem．Peopledidn’tthinkoftheunderwatergarbagebecauseitwasoutofsight．Someofthemostpollutedwatersstilllookbeautifulatfirstglance.SanFranciscoBayisagoodexampleofabeautifulbaythat’sfullofchemicals.Scientistsdiscoveredpollutioninsomelakesandriverswhentheyfoundfishwithrottingskin.InmanypartsofAmerica，peoplearetoldnottoeattoomuchfishbecause注釋：1.shock震驚。2.takeforgrantedthat理所當(dāng)然的以為。3.dump…into…將…倒入…。4.thinkof想到，考慮到。5.outofsight看不見。6.atfirstglance乍一看,初看。7.chemicals化學(xué)藥品。8.rotting潰爛的。MostAmericancitiesputtheirgarbageintheground．ButNewYorkandafewothercitiesputtheirgarbageintheocean．BostonHarborissopollutedthatscientistssayitwon’trecoveruntilthenextcenturyatbest．ThecityofBostonputsitssewageinthewater．Thegovernmenthasorderedthecitytobuildasewagetreatmentplant．Cleaningupoceanswon’tbeeasy，butpeoplecannolongerignorethischallenge．注釋：1.recover恢復(fù)。2.sewagetreatmentplant污水處理工廠。2.cleanup清除。3.ignore忽視。Questions:61.MostAmericansusedtogotothebeachbecauseof__________.61.swimming.文章第一段說去海邊是美國(guó)人最喜歡做的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，在海邊他們可以游泳。所以答案是swimming。62.OceanwatersaroundAmericahavebecomepollutedby__________.62.garbage，sewageandmedicalwaste.第二、三段分析了污染物的來源，經(jīng)過分析主要包括生活垃圾、醫(yī)院垃圾和污水三大類。63.Somepollutedwatersarestillbeautifulbecausepollutantssuchaschemicalsarehardto__________.63.discover／see／find.從本文第四段提到Someofthemostpollutedwatersstilllookbeautifulatfirstglance.SanFranciscoBayisagoodexampleofabeautifulbaythat’sfullofchemicals.”一些海域受到了污染，但看起來仍然很美麗。”可知受到污染了很難發(fā)現(xiàn)。64.Iffishliveinpollutedwaterspeopleshouldnot__________.64.eat(toomuch)fish.本文第四段的最后一句提到peoplearetoldnottoeattoomuchfishbecauseofpollution，可以得出本題的答案。65.Theauthorofthispassageseemstosuggestthatpeopleshouldpaymoreattentionto__________.65.theoceanpollution／thepollutionofoceans／theproblemofoceanpollution.本文作者在文章最后呼吁人們要重視海水污染這一嚴(yán)重的事實(shí)。PassageTwoQuestions66-70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Therearecockroaches(蟑螂)everywhereonEarthexcepttheplacesthatarecoveredwithice.Scientistshavediscoveredabout3,500differentspeciesofcockroach.Thereisjustonehumanspecies!Cockroachescanbeanythinginsizefromaboutfivemmtoninecm.Althoughfivemmisverysmall,ninecmisaslongasalargerat.Itisverydifficulttocatchmostcockroaches.They“see”withthehairsontheirbodies.Thesehairscanfeelthesmallestmovementintheair,sothecockroachesknowimmediatelysomethingmoves,andruntosafety.Ofallthespeciesofcockroach,fortunatelyonlythreeliveamonghumansandareaseriousproblem.TheyaretheGerman,theOriental,andtheAmerican.OneeggcaseoftheGermancockroachcanproduceasmanyassevenmillioncockroachesin12months!Ourmainproblemwithcockroachesisthatnotonlydotheylookuglytous,buttheyalsocarrydiseases.Theyareparticularlydangerousinhospitalsastheyeatallkindsofhospitalwasteorgetitontheirbodies.Theycanthencarrythiswaste,whichmaycontaindangerousbacteria,ontofoodwhichistheneatenbypeopleinthehospital.Mostofthebacteriathatcausefoodpoisoninghavebeenfoundinthestomachsofcockroaches,soitisimportantthatcockroachesshouldbekeptoutofrestaurantsandotherplaceswherefoodisprepared.Manypeopleworkandtrytodestroycockroaches,butassoonastheyfindonewayofdoingit,thecockroaches“l(fā)earn”howtodealwithit.Electricitydoesnotalwayskillthemandtheycanavoidmostpoisonsor“l(fā)earn”howtodealwithothers.Atonetime,scientiststhoughtthatradiationwouldkillthem,buttheyhavebeenonEarthforabout300millionyears,anditdoesnotharmthemasmuchasitdoesus.ItseemsprobablethatwhentherearenolongerhumanbeingslivingontheEarth,cockroacheswillstillbehere.注釋：1.bacteria細(xì)菌。2.poisoning中毒。3.destroy破壞，毀壞。4.radiation輻射。Questions:66.Cockroachesdonotliveinplaceswhereitis__________.66.toocold.本文第一段提到cockroacheseverywhereonEarthexcepttheplacesthatarecoveredwithice，“蟑螂無所不在，除了冰雪覆蓋之地”，說明太冷的地方不會(huì)有蟑螂。67.Cockroachesknowthatsomeoneorsomethingisnearbecause__________.67.theyCanfeel／sensetheirmovements(intheair).第二段提到“They“see”withthehairsontheirbodies，thesehairscanfeelthesmallestmovementintheair,”有人或有些東西靠近他們，主要是通過觸毛來感知。68.Cockroachescan__________becausetheycarrybacteria.68.beverydangerous／hurthumanbeings.文章第三段，第四段提到Theyareparticularlydangerousinhospitalsastheyeat…theneatenbypeopleinthehospital.在醫(yī)院里尤為有害，他們攜帶各種危險(xiǎn)的疾病，而且會(huì)將疾病傳染給人類。69.Paragraph6saysthatitisverydifficultto__________.69.killcockroaches..第六段講了人類試圖對(duì)付蟑螂所采取了各種各樣的方法，如電擊、輻射等，但都不奏效。70.Thepassageismainlyabout__________.70.howandwherecockroacheslive，anddifficultyofcontrollingthem.這是一道概括主旨大意的題，本文講了蟑螂居住的環(huán)境、生存方式、對(duì)人類的危脅以及人類對(duì)其無法控制的情況，綜合全文可以得出答案。SectionDSummary(10points)Directions:Inthispart,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarywiththeappropriatewordsfromthepassage.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions71-75arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Cosmeticshavebeenusedthroughouthistory.TheancientGreeks,theEgyptians,andtheRomansallusedvariouskindsofmakeup.Someofthesecosmeticswereusedtoimprovetheirappearance.Otherswereusedtoprotecttheirskin.Butinsomecases,thingsusedformakeupweredangerous,orevendeadly!注釋：1.cosmetics化妝品=makeup2.appearance外表。3.beusedfor用于。4.deadly致命的，致死的。SomeofthefirstskincaretreatmentsstartedinEgypt.Infact,Cleopatrawasknowntousethem.Shethoughtabathinmilkandhoneyleftherskinsilkysmooth.Egyptiansalsodevelopedsomeoftheearliestsunscreens.Theyusedoilsandcreamsforprotectionagainstthesunanddrywinds.Egyptianandotherancientculturesalsousedvariouspowdersontheirskinforbeauty.Egyptiansusedblackkohlaroundtheireyes.Romansputwhitechalkontheirfaces.AndIndianspaintedredhennaontheirbodies.注釋：1.silkysmooth絲般柔滑。2.sunscreens防曬霜。3.creams面霜。4.kohl化妝墨。5.whitechalk白粉筆。6.henna鳳仙花。Mostoftheancientcosmeticpowders,oils,andcreamswereharmless.Butinthenameofbeauty,somepeopleapplieddangerouschemicalsandpoisonstotheirskin.DuringtheItalianRenaissance,womenworewhitepowdermadeofleadontheirfaces.Ofcourse,doctorsnowknowleadislikeapoisonforourbodies.注釋：1.ancient古代的，古老的。2.harmless無害的。3.inthenameof為…的緣故。4.apply涂；使用。5.chemicals化學(xué)藥品。AlsoaroundthetimeoftheRenaissance,womeninItalyputdropsofbelladonnaintheireyes.Belladonnaisaverypoisonousplant.Thepoisonintheplantaffectsthenervesinthebody.Byputtingbelladonnadropsinhereyes,awoman’spupilswouldbecomeverylarge.Peoplethoughtthismadehermorebeautiful.Actually,thisiswhytheplantiscalledbelladonna.InItalian,belladonnameans“beautifulwoman.”注釋：1.drops滴劑。2.belladon