1、第二节: 完形填空(共20 小题; 每小题1 分, 满分20 分) 请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 36 chasing the same thing.One year, through a se
2、ries of unhappy events, it all fell 37 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I 38 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 39 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 40 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 41 , full of
3、 broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner ,rented it, and 42 a corner to camp in.The locals knew nothing about me, 43 slowly, they started teaching me the 44 of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 45 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a 46
4、American Dreamnot the one of individual achievement but of 47 .What I had believed in, all those things I thought were 48 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 49 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 50 with my neighbors. Four years later, I moved back into 51 . I sa
5、w many people were having a really hard time, 52 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 53 a handful of people .There are four of us now in the house, but over time Ive had nine people come in and move on to other places. Wed all be in 54 if we hadnt banded together.The Americ
6、an Dream I believe in now is a shared one. Its not so much about what I can get for myself; its about 55 we can all get by together.36. A. separately B. equally C. violently D. naturally37. A. off B. apart C. over D. out38. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched39. A. fullest B. largest C. fairest
7、 D. cheapest40. A. at B. through C. over D. round41.A. occupied B. abandoned C. emptied D. robbed42. A. turned B. approached C. cleared D. cut43. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for44. A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art45. A. sticking B. looking C. swinging D. turning46. A. wild B. real C. dif
8、ferent D. remote47. A. neighborliness B. happiness C. friendliness D. kindness48. A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary49. A. Up B. Down C. Deep D. Along 50. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments51. A. reality B. society C. town D. life52.A. creating B. losing C. quit
9、ting D. offering53. A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in54. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages55. A. when B. what C. whether D. how第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。56. The leaflet is to inform visitors of the Parks _.A. advanced management B.
10、 thrill performancesC. entertainment facilitiesD. thoughtful services57. A visitor to the Park can _.A. rent a stroller outside Front Gate B. ask for first aid by Thunder RunC. smoke in the Water ParkD. leave his pet at KidZvilleBWeve considered several ways of paying to cut inline: hiring line stan
11、ders, buying tickets from scalpers (票贩子), or purchasing line cutting privileges directly from, say, an airline or an amusement park. Each of these deals replaces the morals of the queue (waiting your turn) with the morals of the market (paying a price for faster service). Markets and queuespaying an
12、d waitingare two different ways of allocating things, and each is appropriate to different activities. The morals of the queue, “First come, first served,”have an egalitarian(平等主义的) appeal. They tell us to ignore privilege, power, and deep pockets.The principle seems right on play grounds and at bus
13、 stops. But the morals of the queue do not govern all occasions. If I put my house up for sale, I have no duty to accept the first offer that comes along, simply because its the first. Selling my house and waiting for a bus are different activities, properly governed by different standards.Sometimes
14、 standards change, and it is unclear which principle should apply. Think of the recorded message you hear, played over and over, as you wait on hold when calling your bank:“Your call will be answered in the order in which it was received.”This is essential for the morals of the queue. Its as if th e
15、company is trying to ease our impatience with fairness. But dont take the recorded message too seriously. Today, some peoples calls are answered faster than others. Call center technology enables companies to“score”incoming call sand to give faster service to those that come from rich places. You mi
16、ght call this telephonic queue jumping. Of course, markets and queues are not the only ways of allocating things. Some goods we distribute by merit, others by need, still others by chance. However, the tendency of markets to replace queues, and other non-market ways of allocating goods is so common
17、in modern life that we scarcely notice it anymore. It is striking that most of the paid queue-jumping schemes weve consideredat airports and amusement parks, in call centers, doctorsoffices, and national parksare recent developments, scarcely imaginable three decades ago. The disappearance of the qu
18、eues in these places may seem an unusual concern, but these are not the only places that markets have entered.58. According to the author, which of the following seems governed by the principle“First come, first served”?A. Taking buses.B. Buying houses.C. Flying with an airline. D. Visiting amusemen
19、t parks.59. The example of the recorded message in Paragraphs 4 and 5 illustrates .A. the necessity of patience in queuing B. the advantage of modern technologyC. the uncertainty of allocation principle D. the fairness of telephonic services60. The passage is meant to .A. justify paying for faster s
20、ervices B. discuss the morals of allocating thingsC. analyze the reason for standing in line D. criticize the behavior of queue jumpingCIf a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends.Nitrogen(氮) dissolved(溶解) in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence,
21、 if the bubbles (气泡)accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and abent bodythus the name.If the bubbles form in his lungs or his brain, the consequence can be death. Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression(减压) sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, d
22、id ichthyosaurs. That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil (化石)bones that have cav
23、ed in on them selves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends. Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knewall this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapte
24、d to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the worlds natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.When he started, he assumed that signs of the
25、bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen(标
26、本) showed evidence of that sort of injury. If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quicklyand, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change. Whales
27、 that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator (捕食动物) such as a large shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark
28、- and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous, they were prey(猎物) as well as predatorand often had to make a speedy exit as a result.61. Which of the following is a typical symptom of the bends?A. A twisted body.B. A gradual decr
29、ease in blood supply.C. A sudden release of nitrogen in blood.D. A drop in blood pressure.62. The purpose of Rothschilds study is to see _ .A. how often ichthyosaurs caught the bendsB. how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompressionC. why ichthyosaurs bent their bodiesD. when ichthyosaurs broke their bone
30、s63. Rothschilds finding stated in Paragraph4 .A. confirmed his assumption B. speeded up his research processC. disagreed with his assumption D. changed his research objectives64. Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs .A. failed to evolve an anti decompression meansB. gradually developed measures against the bendsC. died out because of large sharks and crocodilesD. evolved an anti decompression means but soon lost it
