Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)

第一节 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1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Today is Friday, the 29th of June. Paul told me something exciting this morning: his father helped the police catch a 1 yesterday!

When Paul was waiting for the 2 with his father across the river, he heard some people arguing 3 . He looked around and saw two women and a big man 4 each other. When Paul’s father asked what was going on, one of the women said they were tourists and three young men 5 her friend’s purse when they were buying postcards in a bookstore. The other two had run away, but they 6 the big man closely.

When the ferry arrived, the big man hurried onto the ferry and the two tourists went 7 after him. Paul was angry. He wanted to go up and help the two women. But his father said he didn’t want to take that ferry. Paul felt rather 8 because he thought his father was afraid of the big man and unwilling to help others!

What Paul saw next changed the 9 of his father. His father hurried to a nearby ice-cream store and used their phone to 10 110. He reported the robbery to the police and gave some 11 details about the robber, the tourists and the ferry.

When they 12 off the next ferry, Paul saw three 13 around the big guy in handcuffs(手铐). . . . While Paul was telling me the story, he seemed very 14 . He said he had a better understanding of his father. Although he looked 15 , he was a real hero.

1. A. robber B. theft C. tourist D. murderer

2. A. bus B. ferry C. ship D. boat

3. A. kindly B. angrily C. closely D. loudly

4. A. shouting at B. fighting against C. debating with D. talking with

5. A. noticed B. stole C. seized D. cut

6. A. caught B. sought C. followed D. surveyed

7. A. abroad B. back C. home D. aboard

8. A. angrier B. sadder C. tougher D. tenser

9. A. feeling B. idea C. action D. belief

10. A. call B. telephone C. ring D. dial

11. A. useful B. careful C. fearful D. hopeful

12. A. turned B. set C. got D. took

13. A. women B. fellows C. policemen D. tourists

14. A. delighted B. proud C. confident D. reliable

15. A. outstanding B. Great C. scared D. ordinary

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Although many high school dropouts leave school permanently, some dropouts later reenter school. 16 (approximate) 10 percent of the sophomores 17 dropped out between 1980 and 1982 returned to school by 18 fall of 1982. Generally, high school reentrants differ 19 typical dropouts in several school and student characteristics. Background attributes and test score performance 20 (associate) with low dropout rates tend to be related to higher-than-average reentry rates. For example, reentry rates among 1980 sophomore dropouts were about one-fifth 21 (high) in the Northeast and North Central regions than in the South or West. Among whites, reentry rates in the West were one-third lower than in other regions. 22 blacks, reentry rates in the Northeast (14 percent) 23 (be) substantially higher than those in the South (6 percent). Hispanic dropouts in the North Central region were three times 24 likely to return to school as those in the Northeast or West. Hispanics in the South were twice as likely to reenter as 25 in the Northwest or West.

Ⅱ. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)

（A）

Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.

People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles”, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something—usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.

In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It’s just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. It’s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes—“If I can’t see it, it’s not happening. ” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc. .

A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won’t get you nearly as far—so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.

In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, When cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.

26. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?

A. People are seeing the California Greens everywhere.

B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles.

C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells.

D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc. .

27. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Electric cars are not clean at all. B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones.

C. People cast doubts on electric cars’ batteries. D. Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle.

28. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _______.

A. not less than 25 miles B. more than 25 miles

C. no more than 25 miles D. not more than 25 miles

29. According to the passage, electric cars _______.

A. do not burn fuel and are more environment-friendly

B. are poisonous because it is difficult for nature to clean the garbage up when their batteries are buried in one spot

C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated

D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill

30. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communication

B. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something

C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment

D. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins

（B）

LONDON (Reuters)—Quiet please—Britain’ s Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted.

Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual Swan Upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the River Thames, will be conducted by the Queen’ s official Swan Marker from July 2024.

“With the assistance of the Queen’ s Swan Warden, Professor Christopher Perrins of the University of Oxford, the swans and young cygnets (小天鹅) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease，” Buckingham Palace said in announcing the count.

The process involves the Swan Marker, David Barber, rowing up the Thames for five days with the Swan Warden in traditional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting, weighing and measuring swans and cygnets.

It may seem eccentric, but it is very important to the Queen. According to custom, Britain’ s sovereign owns all unmarked, mute swans in open water, but the Queen now exercises the right only on stretches of the Thames and its nearby tributaries.

In medieval times, the Swan Marker would not only travel up the river counting the swans, but would catch as many as possible as they were sought after for banquets and feasts.

This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle (渔具)．

It is also an important year because Queen Elizabeth has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census. She will follow them up the river and visit a local school project on the whole subject of swans, cygnets and the Thames.

“Education and conservation are essential to the role of Swan Upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience，” Buckingham Palace said.

31. In medieval times，_______.

A. swans were better protected than now B. a lot of swans were killed by dogs

C. swans were a delicious dish on royal banquets D. common people could catch the swans

32．We can infer from the passage that the process of counting the swans _______.

A. remains almost unchanged in the past years B. involves a lot of royal members

C. sometimes lasts longer than before D. is always guarded by special soldiers

33．This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden mainly want to find out _______.

A. the exact number of swans and cygnets

B. how a local school project is going on

C. how much damage the swans and cygnets suffer

D. how education and conservation are carried out along the Thames

34．Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A. Britain’ s Queen is concerned about swans. B. Britain’ s Queen orders a count of swans.

C. An old tradition in Buckingham Palace. D. Queen Elizabeth