第一部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1．--- This is_______ picture I told you about.

--- I see, Isn’t it ______ beautiful one?

A. the; a B. a; a C. the; the D. a; the

2. —You see, Jenny stayed up very late to prepare her speech last night.

—______ she looks so sleepy.

A. No matter B. No wonder C. That makes D. In case

3. What a pity! I in London for three more days, but something urgent needed to be dealt with back in Beijing.

A. must have stayed B. could have stayed

C. may have stayed D. needn’t have stayed

4. Whether ways will be found to stop pollution or not is just ______ worries the public.

A．which B．that C．what D．where

5. —Some English idioms are difficult to understand.

—Exactly, ________ you know the meaning of each word.

A. if only ??? ?? B. even if? C. as if??????? ? D. now that

6. The White Horse Temple in Luoyang is one of the first historic buildings________ to receive special state protection.

A. listed B. having been listed C. being listed D. listing

7. Don’t quarrel with your friend, ________will damage your friendship．?? A．who????? ???B．which???? ??C．that????? ??D．what

8. ---Will you be _________ this evening, Mary?

---That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager together discussing a plan.

A. convenient B. suitable C. available D. efficient

9. How long do you think it will be the Chinese people land on the moon?

A. that B. since C. until D. before

10. are allowed to take part in the outdoor activities.

A. Old enough children to dress themselves

B. Children enough old to dress themselves

C. Children old enough to dress themselves

D. Enough old children to dress themselves

11. —Now that you like computers very much, isn’t it a good idea to get ?

—Well, I’d like to but I can’t afford that expensive a computer at present.

A. one B. them C. it D. that

12．— I have booked a room for today and tomorrow. 　　　

—_______, sir.

A. I'm sure B. My pleasure C. It's all right D. I'll check

13. Personally, I think it is the sales manager, rather than the sales girls, to blame.

A. is B. that is C. are D. who are

14. Being out of order, to the factory.

A. he sent his computer B. he drove at once

C. his computer was sent D. his father helped him send it

15．It is well known that the Internet will let people have __________ to huge amounts of information from their own homes.

A．entrance B．way C．means D．access

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a 16 tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw 17 and now his ancient pickup truck refused to 18 . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. 19 arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.

As we walked toward the front door, he paused 20 at a small tree, touching tips of the 21 with his hands.

When opening the door, he 22 an amusing transformation. His brown face was covered with 23 and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

After leaving the 24 family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the 25 of me. I asked him, who 26 me to the car, “Before we went in, 27 did you stop by the tree earlier”

“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied, “I know I can’t help having 28 on the job and in my life, but those troubles don’t 29 in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for 30 . I can hang them up on the tree every night 31 I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again before I 32 for work.”

“ 33 thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as 34 as I remember 35 up the night before.”

16．A．broken B．terrible C．flat D．fantastic

17．A．quit B．deleted C．declined D．reduced

18．A．ride B．increase C．perform D．start

19．A．Before B．On C．Immediately D．Directly

20．A．shortly B．briefly C．quietly D．straight

21．A．trucks B．leaves C．branches D．shoots

22．A．went by B．went over C．went off D．went through

23．A．smiles B．sorrow C．confidence D．doubts

24．A．happy B．large C．complex D．modern

25．A．worse B．better C．more D．less

26．A．drove B．sent C．instructed D．walked

27．A．how B．who C．why D．where

28．A．matters B．troubles C．questions D．worries

29．A．belong B．insert C．include D．provide

30．A．instance B．ages C．purpose D．sure

31．A．when B．since C．because D．if

32．A．ask B．come C．leave D．look

33．A．Frightful B．Funny C．Strange D．Accessible

34．A．much B．few C．little D．many

35．A．picking B．holding C．hanging D．giving

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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。

A

A very important world problem－in fact, I tend to say it is the most important of all the great world problems which face us at present time－is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on land and on land resources.

It is not so much the actual population of the world but its rate of increase, which is the most important. It works out to be about 1.6 percent net annual increase. In terms of numbers this means something like 40 to 55 million additional people very year. Canada has a population of 20 million, rather less 6 months’ climb in world population. And there are 10 million people in Australia. So, it takes the world less than three moths to add to itself a population, a population of that vast country. Let us come to our own crowded country－England and Wales; 45－50 million people－just about a year’s supply. By this time tomorrow, and every day, there will be added to the earth about 120, 000 extra people－just about the population of the city of York.

I am not talking about birthrate. This is net increase. To give you some idea of birthrate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second three babies are born somewhere in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You cannot speak quickly enough to keep pace with the birthrate.

This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By 2010 A. D., unless something desperate happens, there will be as many as 7,000, 000, 000 people on the surface of this earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime.

36．The topic for the passage is _________.

A．The Lack of Land Resources B．Population Explosion

C．Your Lifetime D．The Birthrate

37．According to the author, _________ is the most important for population pressure.

A．the net increase rate

B．the birthrate

C．the enormous amount of world population

D．the population explosion in Australia

38．It can be learned from Paragraph 2 that ________.

A．in more than 6 months, to the world population 20 million will be added

B．three months later, to the population in the world 10 million will be added

C．in less than three months, to the world population 10 million will be added

D．one year later, the population of England and Wales will be doubled

39．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．After 24 hours, 120 thousand babies were born

B．The birthrate in 180 babies every minute.

C．During a year, about 45 million people are born.

D．After a day, York will have 120, 000 extra people.

40．“…something desperate happens” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by _________.

A．the world wars break out

B．people are in despair

C．birth control policy is adopted

D．people realize the seriousness of the population problem

B

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a-whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children. Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as much.

Well, you may say, this is as it should be a good idea. But think further. What happens? "Education" becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists. What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child’s. So teachers worry whether history is "relevant" to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violence? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: Real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.

You see, you can go too far. Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than to write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teacher-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticated (精致的，复杂的) preparations and try out their "modern methods" on the long-suffering children. Since one "modern method" rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modern methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so essential for the " informal" feelings the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.

41. People do not dare defend the old system mainly because under the old system________.

A. too much grammar was taught to children B. children were spoiled

C. children were treated as grown-ups D. children were made to learn passively

42. What view do the modern psychologists hold?

A. Children must be understood and respected.

B. Children are small adults and k