“Ladies and gentlemen,” the salesman said, “I have been instructed to tell you that everything must be sold this afternoon. No 9 is too low or too high for everything, 10 a price I must 11 for everything. We are now 12 to begin, and we do so 13 Lot (Article) Number One …” At this point two men 14 onto the central table a large wooden chest. “Now what am I bid for this fine old chest? Do I hear ￡20? No? ￡10 then. 15 . The wood alone is worth ￡40, so make me an 16 .” His eyes swung round the room. “ One pound.” A woman’s voice called.
“One pound I’m bid,” said the salesman 17 , “for this chest, any 18 on ￡1 now? One pound I’m bid. Do I hear two? 19 at ￡1 then.” He brought his wooden hammer 20 sharply onto his desk.
1. A. chance B. turn C. list D. price 2. A. watching B. asking C. selling D. examining
3. A. show B. stay C. look D. examination 4. A. colored B. served C. lined D. numbered
5. A. turn B. examination C. content D. sale 6. A. slightest B. simplest C. quickest D. strangest
7. A. none B. some C. any D. all
8. A. showed B. followed C. let D. called 9. A. chair B. price C. one D. furniture
10. A. though B. because C. but D. unless 11. A. care B. have C. pay D. look
12. A. ready B. sure C. able D. eager 13. A. on B. in C. for D. with 14. A. stepped B. climbed C. pulled D. lifted
15. A. Go on B. Hurry up C. Come along D. Go ahead 16. A. offer B. excuse C. answer D. effort
17. A. proudly B. angrily C. eagerly D. surprisingly
18. A. change B. advance C. man D. offer 19. A. Working B. Coming C. Getting D. Going 20. A. up B. down C. back D. out
第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It would be used to catch the rays (光线) of the sun. It would direct the sun’s rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror.
Why do they want to do this? The sun’s rays could be helpful in many ways. They could light up cities by night. The warm rays could stop frosts(霜冻) which might come at might and fruit crops. They could melt (融化) dangerous icebergs in the ocean. Perhaps they could change cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed.
1. The huge mirror would ______.
A. stand 60 miles in height (高度). B. be 60 miles from side to side. C. cover 60 miles of the earth. D. be 60 miles above the earth. 2. The mirror would be used to ______.
A. reflect (反射)sunlight. B. absorb (吸收) sunlight. C. see what the earth looks like. D. see how clouds move. 3. The strong light from the mirror could possibly ______.
A. hurt fruit crops. B. set fire to cities. C. bring longer daytime. D. shine through walls. 4. The huge mirror is ______.
A. something in a story. B. already made. C. just an idea. D. to be made soon.
B
The most important use of drifting (漂流) bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course. Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents. He wondered why British mall ships needed a week or two longer than U.S. ships needed in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream (墨西哥湾流) might explain this difference.
Franklin talked with captains of U.S. ships. He found that they knew each turn of the Gulf Stream. They used the current in every possible way. From his talks with the captains. Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his map by using sealed (密封的) bottles. The map that he finally made is still used, with only a few changes, today. 1. Why are drifting bottles used?
A. To determine the position of a ship. B. To find the direction of a current.
C. To predict the direction of a ship. D. To carry message across the ocean.
2. What led Franklin to talk with U.S. captains? A. U.S. ships were longer than British ones.
B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones. C. U.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones. D. U.S captains knew more about maps.
3. What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. captains?
A. A map of the Gulf Stream. B. A map of the Atlantic Ocean. C. A map of ocean currents. D. A map of his first voyage. 4. What did Franklin do in order to make an exact map?
A. He compared his own map with other maps. B. He talked with many U.S. captains.
C. He used drifting bottles to check his map. D. Both B and C. 5. The underlined word current in the first paragraph means ______. A. a stream of water B. a course of events
C. the flow of electricity D. the situation of the present time
C
The Guidance Department (教导处) at Burrville High School has a staff (职员) of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parent meetings form a clear monthly pattern,” says Mildred Foreman, Guidance Director. “This pattern stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May.”
September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in, Most of these want to discuss the schedules (日程安排). October brings many behaviour (行为) problems. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday,” Ms Foreman says. “People want to come in, I know , but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents realize that their children might be held back (留级). They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
1. “Most of their work is done with the students” means ______. A. they have most of their work done by the students B. most of their work is getting rid of their students C. most of their work is dealing with the students
D. their work is mostly done together with the students
2. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can be replaced with “_____”.
A. notice B. understand C. arrange D. meet 3. From the diagram(图表), we know that the total of their meetings in April is ______ as many
as that in December.
A. twice B. a quarter C. half D. two-thirds
4. In March, each of the staff working in the Guidance Department has to interview (会见)
about ______ parents.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 5
5. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to ______. A. discuss schedules with the staff
B. have something done to help their children’s promotion(升级) C. know how their children are getting on with their lessons D. do something good for the school or the staff
D
People used to say, “The hand that rocks (摇) the cradle (摇篮) rules the world.” and “Behind every successful man there is a woman.”
Both these sayings mean the same thing. Men rule the world, but their mothers and wives rule them..
Most American women wish to make their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want more for themselves. They want good jobs. When they work they want to be better paid. They want to be as successful as men. The American women’s liberation movement was started by women who didn’t want to stand behind successful men. They wanted to stand beside men, with the same chance for success. They refused to work side by side with men who do the same work for a higher pay.
A liberated woman must be proud of being a woman and have confidence (自信) in herself. If somebody says to her, “You have come a long way, baby.” she will smile and answer, “Not nearly as far as I’m going to go, baby!”
This movement is quite new, and many American women don’t agree yet. But it has already made some important changes in women’s lives--- in men’s lives, too. 1. “Behind every successful man there is a woman” means_______. A. men are always successful but not women
B. women are not willing to stand in front of men
C. women do play an important part in men’s lives and work D. women can be as successful as men 2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some American women want to work side by side with men and get the same pay
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