Ⅰ.完形填空

　　For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my 8－year－old boy would ask

　　__1__ of his mother to take his black dog and his daddy's walking stick, to make the half－mile

　　__2__

　　from the house to the fence which

　　__3__ the beginning of the dirt driveway.

　　One day, I was __4__

　　in my business for about an hour,

　　__5__

　　forgetting about the faithful little boy down the road who might be

　　__6__ for his daddy.

　　On my way home, the rain was so thick that I __7__ not see ten feet in front of me. All I could __8__

　　was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. __9__， the downpour began to abate (減弱). It was only a drizzle (細(xì)雨) by the time my car turned the last

　　__10__ and approached the final street between me and a warm

　　home and nice meal.

　　All of a sudden, I __11__ sight of my little boy, who was holding an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in __12__， and was

　　__13__

　　the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to grace the face of a little boy.

　　As I stopped the car and

　　__14__

　　the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and

　　__15__

　　with cold, but he never

　　__16__

　　the rain, nor the hour－long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you, I am so glad you are home.”

　　Last year, we __17__

　　to a wonderful new home provided by the Lord for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road;

　　__18__， I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, my

　　__19__

　　has wandered back to that __20__. Like all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.

　　1．A.instruction

　　B．permission

　　C．decision

　　D．conclusion

　　【答案與解析】　B　根據(jù)“每天晚上”看，兒子是去路口等他下班回來，所以要得到媽媽的“允許”。2．A.ride

　　B．flight

　　C．distance

　　D．journey

　　【答案與解析】　D　從作者的家到路口有半英里的路程，此處make a journey為固定短語。

　　3．A.marked

　　B．resulted

　　C．drew

　　D．led

　　【答案與解析】　A　driveway通常指從自家車庫通向大路的車道，而大路通常用柵欄圍起來，所以柵欄就“標(biāo)志著”通向家這段臟路的開始。4．A.involved

　　B．a(chǎn)ddicted

　　C．delayed

　　D．a(chǎn)bsorbed

　　【答案與解析】　C　be delayed“耽誤”。根據(jù)下文的大約一個(gè)小時(shí)判斷，他是被生意耽誤了，從下文的“nor the hour－long wait”也可看出該答案。如選其他選項(xiàng)，與前面的one day語義不符。5．A.suddenly

　　B．completely

　　C．immediately

　　D．hardly

　　【答案與解析】　B　作者忙著生意，也就“完全”忘了孩子等他的這件事情。6．A.searching

　　B．sending

　　C．waiting

　　D．calling

　　【答案與解析】　C　根據(jù)文章的第1段可以看出，孩子每天傍晚都去路口“等”他。

　　7．A.must

　　B．should

　　C．would

　　D．could

　　【答案與解析】　D　could在此為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，表示“能力”。此處意為“雨下得很大，看不到前面10英尺遠(yuǎn)的地方”。

　　8．A.think of

　　B．stick to

　　C．pick up

　　D．hold on

　　【答案與解析】　A　think of“想”，此處用“我只想……”與前面的“完全忘記”相呼應(yīng)。9．A.In fact

　　B．At first

　　C．At all

　　D．At last

　　【答案與解析】　D　前面提到雨下得很大，后面提到雨下得小了起來，所以用“最終；最后”。10．A.time

　　B．corner

　　C．street

　　D．way

　　【答案與解析】　B　根據(jù)動(dòng)詞turn判斷，他轉(zhuǎn)了最后一個(gè)“彎”。由于路是用柵欄圍著，所以用corner。

　　11．A.caught

　　B．held

　　C．carried

　　D．took

　　【答案與解析】　A　catch sight of“看見”，是固定短語。

　　12．A.another

　　B．other

　　C．the other

　　D．others

　　【答案與解析】　C　表示兩者之中的“另一個(gè)”要用the other。

　　13．A.dressing

　　B．expecting

　　C．expressing

　　D．wearing

　　【答案與解析】　D　wear a smile“面帶微笑”。express“表達(dá)”，不能和smile連用。14．A.opened

　　B．locked

　　C．knocked

　　D．closed

　　【答案與解析】　A　根據(jù)后面的“ran into my arms”判斷，此處作者“打開”了車門。

　　15．A.worrying

　　B．covering

　　C．trembling

　　D．equipping

　　【答案與解析】　C　由于下雨，而孩子的身上又淋濕了，所以孩子冷得“發(fā)抖”。

　　16．A.declared

　　B．a(chǎn)nnounced

　　C．commented

　　D．mentioned

　　【答案與解析】　D　根據(jù)下文的“只是說”可知，孩子沒有“提到”下雨和等了那么長時(shí)間。declare和announce意為“宣布”；comment“評(píng)論”，都不合語義。17．A.moved

　　B．changed

　　C．returned

　　D．removed

　　【答案與解析】　A　根據(jù)下文的“a wonderful new home”和“no longer have a long country road”可知，他們“搬家”了。18．A.therefore

　　B．otherwise

　　C．however

　　D．besides

　　【答案與解析】　C　根據(jù)語意判斷，上下文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用however，意為“然而”。

　　19．A.heart

　　B．feeling

　　C．sense

　　D．mind【答案與解析】　D　兒子在雨中等他及對(duì)他說的話使作者難忘，所以他的“思緒”經(jīng)常回到當(dāng)時(shí)的情景。20．A.view

　　B．scene

　　C．scenery

　　D．Sight【答案與解析】　B　view“視野；風(fēng)景”；scene“情景”；scenery“風(fēng)景”；sight“景觀；眼界”。

　　Ⅱ.單項(xiàng)填空

　　1．The book didn't________ children probably because the author employed too many scientific terms in it.

　　A．a(chǎn)pply to

　　B．a(chǎn)ppeal to

　　C．intend to

　　D．lead to【答案與解析】　B　題意：可能因?yàn)樽髡呤褂昧颂嗟目茖W(xué)術(shù)語，這本書吸引不了孩子們。appeal to相當(dāng)于attract, 符合題意。apply to “向……申請(qǐng)”； intend to“打算”； lead to“導(dǎo)致”。2．He didn't ________ himself with the details.

　　A．concernB．worryC．careD．manage【答案與解析】　A　題意：他對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)不感興趣。concern oneself with相當(dāng)于take an interest in意為“對(duì)……感興趣”，符合題意。

　　3．Jane tried to keep up a calm appearance, but her trembling voice________.

　　A．gave her in

　　B．gave her out

　　C．gave her away

　　D．gave her up

　　【答案與解析】　C　give in to sb “向某人屈服”； give out “用完；消耗盡；精疲力竭”； give sb up 表示對(duì)某人的到來、康復(fù)或?qū)せ夭辉俦Ｍ虿辉倨诖部杀硎九c某人斷絕關(guān)系； give sb away在這里指的是“暴露；出賣某人”。題意：簡強(qiáng)作鎮(zhèn)定，但她顫抖的聲音暴露了她的不安。故答案選C項(xiàng)。4．________ this experiment is known to us.

　　A．Which to do

　　B．Whom to do

　　C．How to do

　　D．What to do【答案與解析】　C　句意：我們明白如何做這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。不定式前加疑問詞構(gòu)成的短語可在句中充當(dāng)主語、賓語和表語。

　　5．All the dishes in this menu, ________otherwise stated, will serve two to three people.

　　A．a(chǎn)s

　　B．if

　　C．though

　　D．unless【答案與解析】　D　考查狀語從句連詞。題意：這份菜單上所有的菜，除非另有說明，應(yīng)該足夠供兩到三個(gè)人吃。分析題意后將空格部分補(bǔ)充完整應(yīng)該為：unless they are otherwise stated，故D項(xiàng)正確。6．To great disappointment of the poor workers, a great part of their wages were________ by the boss for no good reason.

　　A．kept away

　　B．kept off

　　C．kept up

　　D．kept back

　　【答案與解析】　D　句意：讓可憐的工人們大失所望的是，老板無故扣除了他們的大部分工資。keep away “使不靠近”；keep off“不接近或不接觸某人或某事物”； keep up“保持”； keep back“扣除；扣留；抑制”。

　　7．Winning the scholarship was a great ________ in the boy's life.

　　A．a(chǎn)ffair

　　B．matter

　　C．business

　　D．event【答案與解析】　D　event指有歷史意義的事或者體育賽事。題意：贏得這項(xiàng)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金是這個(gè)男孩一生中的一件大事。8．The earthquake caused nearly 30,000 deaths and left most towns ________.

　　A．in disorder

　　B．in a mess

　　C．in a row

　　D．in ruins【答案與解析】　D　題意：地震導(dǎo)致近三萬人死亡，使大部分城鎮(zhèn)淪為廢墟。in ruins “呈一片廢墟”， 符合題意。in disorder “混亂地”； in a mess “混亂”； in a row “連續(xù)地”。

　　9．A completely new situation is likely to ________ when school leaving age is raised to 16.

　　A．a(chǎn)rise

　　B．rise

　　C．happen

　　D．raise

　　【答案與解析】　A　題意為“一種全新的局面有可能出現(xiàn)，……”。arise為不及物動(dòng)詞， 有“出現(xiàn)”的意思。10．Will all those ________ the proposal raise their hands?

　　A．in relation to

　　B．in need of

　　C．in honor of

　　D．in favor of【答案與解析】　D　根據(jù)題意“贊成這個(gè)提議的請(qǐng)舉手，好嗎？”可知D項(xiàng)正確。

　　Ⅲ.閱讀理解

　　Counting the world's population may seem a bit like counting the stars in the sky, but not if you know how to go about it the right way. And there are as many ways to do it as there are countries, the United Nations recently discovered at a four－day seminar (研討會(huì)) attended by number－h(huán)appy statisticians (統(tǒng)計(jì)員) from 55 countries. The idea was to see how countries are using technology to make the census (人口普查) more manageable and accurate.

　　The software technology leader of South East Asia, Singapore, carries out its census the cool way. It puts questionnaires on the Internet. For its census in 2000, Brazil used palm top computers and mobile phones to get data from the remotest parts of the Amazon. India for its 2001 census, used the television medium to spread the message of the census and its importance.

　　Turkey, on the other hand, has simpler methods to

　　ensure that everyone is counted: the army sets up roadblocks all over the country! And in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, people coming forward to be counted get a lottery ticket, with the winner getting a house for free, as the prize.

　　In 1995, the UN started a 10－year exercise, to analyse the census systems of various countries and see how they could be made more efficient, so that even if technologies change, the basic efficiency of the census method remained.

　　One of the interesting facts that came to light at the seminar was that while people in developing countries are more willing to get themselves counted, citizens of developed countries, such as the USA, do not take kindly to “government－sponsored visits”．

　　1．The passage mainly tells us

　　________.

　　A．a(chǎn)bout a four－day seminar on population control

　　B．a(chǎn)bout the different ways used to count population

　　C．a(chǎn)bout the UN's efforts to count the world's population

　　D．a(chǎn)bout efficient way of counting population

　　【答案與解析】　B　文章主要談?wù)摰氖歉鱾€(gè)國家普查人口所使用的方式。

　　2．Of the countries mentioned in the passage, which of the countries used high－tech to count their population?

　　A．Singapore, Brazil and Turkey.

　　B．Turkey, Brazil and Kyrgyzstan.

　　C．Singapore, Turkey and India.

　　D．India, Singapore and Brazil.

　　【答案與解析】　D　使用高科技手段的有三個(gè)國家：Singapore→Internet；Brazil→computer；India→TV。

　　3．In this passage the word “questionnaire” probably means

　　________.

　　A．a(chǎn) list of questions asked in order to collect information

　　B．a(chǎn) place where questions are put up for people to read

　　C．a(chǎn) person who is asked to answer a certain question

　　D．a(chǎn) people who asks people questions to collect information

　　【答案與解析】　A　根據(jù)主語it和謂語put判斷，這個(gè)詞的意思是“問卷”。

　　4．People in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan would like to be counted because

　　________.

　　A．they realize the importance of the census

　　B．they want to make the census more accurate

　　C．they want to get an apartment without paying any money

　　D．the government's way of counting is more advanced

　　【答案與解析】　C　根據(jù)第3段的“with the winner getting a house for free, as the prize...”可知，他們可以免費(fèi)得到一套住房。5．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A．People in poorer countries don't like themselves to be counted.

　　B．People in rich countries support the census.

　　C．People in developed countries are not willing to be counted.

　　D．People in poor countries know the importance of the census while those in rich ones don't.

　　【答案與解析】　C　可根據(jù)“do not take kindly to ‘government－sponsored visits’”判斷。

　　Ⅳ.短文改錯(cuò)

　　In Western countries, many children did homework to get pocket money. School students have to do homework and studying for tests. They don't have a lot of free times in the weekdays. They often do housework of the weekend. Young kids only do easy housework. So they don't get many money. They help wash up before dinner and feed the family cat or dog. When they get to older, they often wash the family car, cut grass or cook dinners. Some jobs are a good way for kids learn new things. For example, they can learn what to cook. Of course, their parents help them in first.

　　【答案】　1.第1句did→do　2.第2句studying→study　3.第3句times→time　4.第4句of→on　5.第6句many→much　6.第7句before→after　7.第8句去掉to　8.第9句kids后加to　9.第10句what→how　10.第11句in→at