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第二节完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41~55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Saint-Ex back from the dead
The French Government confirmed last Wednesday that pieces found at the bottom of the Mediterranean belonged to a plane piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, one of France"s most beloved authors. The discovery throws some 41 on Saint-Exupery"s mysterious disappearance about sixty years ago.
The author of "The Little Prince" disappeared completely during World War II while 42 a group of men for the Allies (联盟)over 43 of France on July 31, 1944. But in May 2000, a professional diver discovered the remains of a Lockheed Lightning P38 plane thrown here and there on the seabed in 70 metres of water 44 the French port of Marseilles. A state ban (禁令) on 45 dives in the area delayed further searches until October 2003. At that time, a salvage (打捞)team 46 pieces of the aircraft"s landing parts and engine. One of the pieces 47 a maker"s number. It wasn"t until last Wednesday that the researchers 48 confirmed that it belonged to Saint-Exupery’s plane.
Saint-Exupery was 44 when he 49 out to photograph parts of southern France in 50 for the Allied landings there, but was never seen again. Repeated searches of the coast 51 to turn up the aircraft, leaving the author"s disappearance 52 in mystery. The discovery was a dream for 53 , even if it did not explain why the plane came down.
Saint Exupery was a great adventurer whose life and 54 turned him into one of the country"s biggest heroes. "The Little Prince" is a tale about a little boy who tells his 55 to a pilot he meets in the Sahara Desert.
41.A. ideas B. light C. thought D. views
42.A. sending B. seeing off C. flying D. being together with
43.A. the east B. the west C. the north D. the south
44.A. along B. off C. over D. to
45.A. late B. immediate C. further D. new
46A. searched B. got C. found out D. recovered
47.A. got B. bore C. made D. put
48.A.surely B. carefully C. completely D. finally
49.A. sent B. flew C. turned D. came
50.A. preparation B. search C. group D. secret
51.A. succeeded B. failed C. got D. missed
52.A. recovered B. covered C. unknown D. known
53.A. dives B. France C. authors D. historians
54.A. books B. stories C. plane D. war
55.A. discoveries B. author C. experiences D. searches
答案
41---55 BCDBC DBDBA BBDAC
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试题【第二节完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41~55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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第三部分:阅读理解(共2节,满分35分)
第一节: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(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分).
ARGENTINA’S new government faced public anger over its recent decision to greatly reduce the dollar value of its citizens’ bank savings. More than two-thirds of Argentine bank savings were in US dollars. The country’s recession (衰退),which is in its fourth year, has left a third of Argentine’s 36 million people in poverty.
A few angry people took the streets on January 21, beating pots and pans in protest. And a group of unemployed Argentines demanding jobs blocked a major highway into Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires.
Argentines fear they could lose up to half the dollar value of their savings. Some on the street said the country’s fifth president in the past month has already failed them.
After three weeks in power, President Eduardo Duhalde has broken his first and biggest promise. He said he would return people’s savings in the currency in which were deposited(开户). Duhalde aims to make exports more competitive. But this is expected to have a serious effect on ordinary families, for the simple reason that in Argentine, 80 percent of loans and mortgages(抵押) are in dollars. The government froze all the bank savings made in dollars, worth US$45 billion in total to stop a run on banks. This cause huge street protest earlier this month and contributed to the downfall of two governments. “Most of my life savings were just taken away from me, “ said Jose, a 38-year-old citizen. “I was going to move to Italy but now I can’t because my money is trapped here. Argentina is like a prison.”
The government loosened the new banking rules a little bit on January 17. However, people still don’t have free access to their bank account. They are only allowed to take out rapidly devaluing pesos, even though their savings are in US dollars.
The banking controls will remain in place for about three months, with a few exceptions for the elderly or people with sever illnesses who need crash.
56. How many people have been left in poverty because of Argentina’s economic recession?
A. all Argentines people B. 24 million people
C. 12 million people D. 36 million people
57. What cause Argentines to protest in the streets earlier this month?
Argentina’s economic recession.
Argentina’s new government made its people angry.
Argentina’s government froze all the bank savings made in US dollars.
Two of Argentina’s governments failed to make exports more competitive.
58. What does the sentence… my money is trapped here” mean_____?
My bank savings have been frozen by the government.
I don’t want to take my money away.
I don’t have any money in the bank.
My money has been taken by the Italian government.
59. According to the article, which of the following sentences is correct?
people can get their money from the bank freely.
People are only allowed to get US dollars from the bank.
The government will only allow people to get pesos from the bank.
The banking controls will loosen a little in three months’ time.
60. Argentines cannot get US dollars from the bank unless they are_____.
A. ordinary people B. rich or government officials
C. poor people D. old or seriously ill
“You can’t avoid it,for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably (不可避免的) impacts(冲击)on the language as a whole.” says Dr. David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics(语言学)at the University of Wales in Bangor, whose book Language and the Internet has just been published.
The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave.These days,it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer, not a rain coat). Spam is as disliked as it ever was ,but it once meant an unappetizing(引不起食欲的)canned meat.It now stands for unwanted “junk” email. Spellings are changing, too. Not only is text-messaging playing “hvc wth vrbs” (havoc(混乱)with verbs), but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on “perfect speaking”.
Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs(“please bookmark this site”),and verbs become nouns (“Send me the download”). Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(e.g. dial-up, logon, print-on-demand, pull-down, upload), while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, Etl, hyperlink, netspeak.
小题1:The best title of this passage would be ______.
A.Keep Up with the Latest Weblish | B.Keep Up with the Latest Development |
C.Newly Invented English Words | D.Technology and English |
A.Some people wish Shakespeare were still alive |
B.people may have different attitudes towards Weblish |
C.all people welcome Weblish |
D.Weblish is not popular among people |
A.old words have new meanings |
B.there are so many new words |
C.the technology is changing too fast |
D.Weblish words are full of spelling mistakes |
A.people should not accept Weblish |
B.Weblish can cause misunderstandings among people |
C.Weblish will destroy the English language |
D.people should know something about Weblish |
Now, let us suppose you and I were speaking freely about something private. We would be having a “heart to heart” discussion. I might speak from “the bottom of my heart, ” or say things honestly and truthfully. I might even “open up my heart” to you and tell you a secret. I would speak with “all my heart”.
When a person shares her feelings freely and openly like this, you might say she “wears her heart on her sleeve”. Her emotions are not protected.
If we had an honest discussion, both of us would know that the other person’s “heart is in the right place.” For example, I would know that you are a “kind-hearted” and well-meaning person. And, if you are a very good person, I would even say that you have “a heart of gold.” However, you might have a “change of heart” based on what I tell you. Our discussion might cause you to change the way you feel about something.
But, let us suppose you get angry over what I tell you. Or worse, you feel no sympathy or understanding for me or my situation. If this happens, I might think that you have a “heart of stone.” And, if you say something to make me frightened or worried, my “heart might stand still”.
小题1:If you are not so happy, you may feel that ________.
A.you “have a heart of stone” | B.you have to “take heart” |
C.you “break you heart” | D.you “speak from the bottom of the heart” |
A.English words can all be used differently |
B.some phrases do not have a fixed meaning |
C.languages change with the time |
D.the same word may have various meanings |
A.To explain how “heart” is used in phrases. |
B.To show the author’s perfect English. |
C.To tell English learners to learn English in phrases. |
D.To advertise an English course. |
A.A change of heart | B.Open up the heart of “heart” |
C.Never let your heart stand still | D.Wear your heart on your sleeve |
Switzerland(瑞士) is famous for its watches。 However, this country didn’t invent the watch。It was the British who did it。 Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland。
Many years ago , an Englishman was travelling to Italy 。 On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland。 This Englishman travelled in a carriage(马车) inside which there was a carriage watch。 This was the earliest kind of watch。 A native shop assistant (售货员) happened to see the watch 。 He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it。 “ It is a carriage watch 。” said the man 。 This machine tells the time but now it isn’t working 。
At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it 。 So the traveller handed him the watch。 The assistant was a very wise man 。 So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it 。 He even remembered how it was made。 As soon as the traveller had gone on his way , he made a watch exactly the same type。
Thus the watch-making was started in Switzerland。 Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world。
50 Switzerland is famous for ____________。
A 。making watches B selling watches C inventing watches D the carriage watch
51。It was ______who brought a watch to Switzerland earliest 。
A a Swiss B an Italian C an Englishman D a shop assistant
52。 The earlist watches were made in __________。
A Switzerland B England C Italy D a small town
53 The first Swiss watch was made by ___________。
A an Italian shop assistant
B an English shop assistant
C a man who came from Switzerland
D。 a man who was travelling to Italy。
54。 The carriage watch was a machine which __________。
A was put in the carriage B wasn’t working
C told people time D had to be repaired
At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong"s cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent. But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."
One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China"s most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."
In case you don"t know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country"s creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China"s importation of Hollywood films.
Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.
The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.
Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China"s film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.
If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China"s creative industries may well have a bright future.
51. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Fast as the development of Guangdong"s cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.
B. Guangdong"s cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.
C. Guangdong"s cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.
D. The development of Guangdong"s cultural industries cannot catch up with any other
industries.
52. What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?
A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.
B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.
C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.
D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.
53. Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.
A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive
B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced
C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future
D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones
54. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.
B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative
industries.
C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.
D. The growth of China"s film industry is always slow and needs more support.
55. In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?
A. Regional B. Economic C. Sports D. Cartoon
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