全国自考(英语阅读一)模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)

全国自考（英语阅读一）模拟试卷1 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. CAREFUL READING 2. SPEED READING 3. DISCOURSE CLOZE 4. WORD FORMATIONS 5. GAP FILLING 6. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 7. TRANSLATION

CAREFUL READING

Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language ; but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently pronouncing a foreign language is a skill one that needs careful training of a special kind,and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself, I think even teachers of language while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to feel, that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions, when other aspects of English, such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take second place. Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation,there are two other requirements for the teacher: the first, knowledge; the second, technique. It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students’ pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson time spent on pronunciation may well be time wasted. But it does not follow that you can teach pronunciation successfully as soon as you have read the necessary books. It depends after that what use you make of your knowledge; and this is a matter of technique.

1． What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign languages? ( ) A．Only a few people are really proficient. B．No one is really an expert in the skill.

C．There aren’t many people who are even fairly good.

D．There are even some people who are moderately proficient.

正确答案：C 解析：细节题。第一段第二句“．．．but few people are even moderatelyproficient at pronouncing foreign languages”可知很少人能中等程度地精通外语，由此可见确实精通的更少。be proficient at意为“精通，熟练”。

2． The best way of learning to speak a foreign language he suggests is by______. ( )

A．picking it up naturally as a child B．learning from a native speaker

C．not concentrating on pronunciation as such D．undertaking systematic work

正确答案：D

解析：推理题。从第一段“But I suggest that the fundamental reason．．．the branch of study concerned with speaking the language”部分可知，人们学不好外语

的原因是他们没有注意到学习发音的重要性，即没有进行系统的学习。

3． What is it that teachers are said to be inclined to forget? ( ) A．The practical teaching of languages. B．The importance of a good accent. C．The principles of phonetic theory.

D．The teaching of pronunciation in the classroom. 正确答案：D 解析：细节题。从第一段“．．．tend to neglect．．．the branch of studyconcerned

with speaking the language”一句可知，老师常常忘记教学生发音。

4． The value the student puts on correct speech habits depends upon______. ( )

A．how closely he attends to the matter B．whether it is English that is being taught C．his teacher’s approach to pronunciation

D．the importance normally given to grammar and spelling 正确答案：C 解析：推理题。学生的发音是从老师那里学的，其发音的正确度取决于老师。 5． How might the teacher find himself wasting lesson time? ( ) A．By spending lesson time on pronunciation.

B．By making ill-informed comments upon pronunciation. C．By not using books on phonetics in the classroom.

D．By not giving students a clear mental picture of the difference between sounds.

正确答案：B

解析：推理题。从第三段可知，老师教学生发音要有必要而充分的知识，如

果没有就会浪费学生上课时间，可见B项会导致浪费课堂时间。

On days when there is work, I talk to the other guys. Some of them tell me that the harvest season is coming in northern California, and they say that one can earn good money there. Things haven’t gone so badly in the car wash, but one afternoon I give the manager my thanks for having hired and promoted me, and with a little suitcase that night I board a Greyhound headed north. My ticket is made out for San Francisco, but I don’t plan to go that far. I plan to ride until I had a place where people are harvesting, and to get off the bus there. I sleep on the bus for a few hours that night,and in the morning, when I awake,I don’ t know where we are. I get up from my seat and walk down the bus aisle, looking for a Mexican or Chicano to tell me our location, but oddly enough I don’t see any among the passengers, who are all white-skinned. I pay attention to the road signs we pass, but they are not of much help. I can read the town names, but I don’t know where the towns lie. A map would help me, and I decide to buy one at our next stop. Lots of things are for sale at the bus stop’s gift shop, but there are no maps. I direct myself towards the shop’s operator, but I run into the language barrier. The operator is an Anglo, and when I speak to him in Spanish, he says that he doesn’ t understand. I try to practice my very precarious English with him, but it’s of no use. I have a rough idea of the sound of the words that I want to say, but I can’t pronounce them right. I make signs, signaling a big piece of paper and say “from California”, but he turns into a question mark,with eyes wide open, arms raised and hands extended. “Map,” I say, but I don’t pronounce the word very well. “Freeways, streets,”I add, but he still doesn’t understand. He points out chewing gum, candies, pieces of cake, sandwiches ,soft drinks,and cigarettes,trying to guess what I ‘ m asking for. But he doesn’t show me any maps. Finally, I back out of the store, and as 1 leave I hear him say, “I’m sorry. “ A little before the bus leaves, I run into a Mexican-American in a hallway and I immediately ask him to help me find a map of California. We go back to the store. The Chicano asks for a map. “Ahh! Ahaaa!” the operator exclaims. Then he goes to a corner of his shelves and takes out what I’ve been asking for. While I am paying him, he talks to the Chicano in a joyful tone. With the map in my hands,I give the Chicano my thanks, and he explains that the store keeper thinks that I am asking if he needs anybody to clean the floor or “mop”.

6． The writer decided to leave his job and go to northern California because______ . ( )

A．his boss didn’t like him

B．things were going badly in the car wash C．he thought he could earn more money D．there wasn’ t always work

正确答案：C

解析：细节题。文章第一段交代了作者听别人说丰收季节快到了，去加利福尼亚北部能有笔可观的收入，所以尽管洗车收入还不坏，他仍辞去了工作踏上了

北上的汽车。

7． The writer wanted a map in order to ______. ( ) A．find the way to San Francisco B．help him with the road signs

C．know where he was in relation to the entire trip D．find his way back to his workplace

正确答案：C

解析：细节题。文章第二段谈到作者想知道自己到了何处，但他在车上找不

到墨西哥人或奇卡诺人，于是他决定买张地图。

8． From the passage, we can infer that______ . ( ) A．the owner of the shop did not want to sell the writer a map B．the writer was fired from the car wash C．the writer was a migrant farm worker

D．the writer was traveling with a friend who could speak English 正确答案：C

解析：推理题。文中说作者英语不佳，难以与人交流，他又打算丰收时节去做农活，可知他是移民到美国的农场工作。A、B项不正确，D项文中没有提到。

9． The writer tries to make himself understood by all the following except ______. ( )

A．gestures

B．words or phrases C．pronunciations D．spelling the word

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。从第三段可看出他并没有拼出map一词。可见“我”的英

文很差。

10． We can learn from the story that______ . ( ) A．incorrect pronunciations may result in misunderstanding B．immigrants usually have a hard time in the foreign countries C．a foreign language can be learned through conversations D．traveling alone brings unexpected troubles and problems 正确答案：A

解析：主旨题。作者用了两大段描述由于语言障碍无法买到地图，最终求助

别人才买到地图的经历，可推测作者目的是说明语言障碍带来的麻烦。

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between nations and that, if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Apart from tragic incidents involving the murder of athletes, the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by international contests. One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation after a hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decision. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished. “ The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years. The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were still three seconds to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the U. S. A had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. A judging panel debated the matter for four and a half hours without changing the original decision. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or on non-national teams, might be too much to hope for, but in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism.

11． The author cites two examples in the passage to show that ______. ( ) A．athletes should compete as individuals B．sports encourage aggressive patriotism C．athletes should compete on national teams D．sports encourage international brotherhood

正确答案：B 解析：作者在第二段和第三段中举例是为了说明运动可以激励人的进取的爱

国精神，此结论可以在文章最后一段得出。而其他三项都不正确。

12． The American basketball players eventually______. ( ) A．had to agree with the judging panel

B．had to yield the first place to Russia C．decided not to receive the silver medals

D．decided to protest against the unfair decision

正确答案：C

解析：美国的篮球队的队员最终决定不接受银牌。此题是细节题，可在文中

第三段最后一句得出答案。

13． The word “indignation” (para. 2) is closest in meaning to ______. ( ) A．rage B．pleasure C．misery D．temper

正确答案：A

解析：在考查此题时，要结合上下文对生词语进行推测，由第二段段意可推测出：在一场曲棍球决赛后．一个获得第二名奖牌的国家的队员脸上有明显的愤怒。因此A项“愤怒”符合题意，B项“愉快”，C项“痛苦，悲惨”和D项“易

怒的性情”都不合题意。

14． It can be inferred from the passage that the suggestion mentioned in the last paragraph is______ ( )

A．modest B．realistic C．impractical D．unreasonable

正确答案：C

解析：题干问，可以从文章推出最后一段提到的建议是……。在文章最后一段第三条might be too much to hope for可知是不现实的。而A项乐观的，B项现

实的，D项不合理的都不合题意。

15． The author’s attitude toward the present organization of the Olympics is______. ( )

A．positive B．negative C．impartial D．Satirical

正确答案：B

解析：题干问，作者对奥林匹克现在的组织的态度是……。由文章最后一段可知，作者的态度是消极的。因此A项“积极的”，C项“中立的”，D项“讽

刺的”都不合题意。

It began as a game: high school and college students studying computer technology figured out they could use personal computers to break into telephone company computers and make free, long-distance telephone calls. These young computer wizards soon gained the nickname” hackers”. Police put the collar on a few hackers,but many went on to even more complex hacking. One hacker was arrested for making illegal telephone calls and later used a jailhouse phone to alter a police officer’s credit records to get back at the officer for arresting him. The hacker also used a computer to alter his college records to give himself better grades. As hackers gained experience,they began invading computers at banks,airlines and other businesses. In one scheme,a hacker instructed an airline’s computer to give him free airplane tickets. The U. S. government is worried hackers may break into its sophisticated networks of defense computer. The government’s classified secrets are vulnerable because thousands of government computers are connected by telephone lines that hackers can tap into. In November 1988, a college student tapped into a non classified U. S. Defense Department computer network called Arpanet. The hacker injected a computer program that left copies of itself throughout Arpanet. Some hackers use each “viruses” to destroy all the data in a computer. But in this case,government officials shut down the network before the program reached every computer in the system. Shutting down the system angered many researchers who were using the computers. The hacker turned himself into police and told them how to get his program out of the computer system. He was charged with a crime. The incident put the spotlight on computer hacking in the United States. Many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers, and many computer experts now advise companies on how to protect their computers. The U. S. government believes foreign governments have hired hackers to try to break into top-secret defense computers. It fears a hacker could inject a virus into military computers that would erase all the data during a war. Experts disagree over whether a computer network can ever be safe from hacking. But in the future, some of the most brilliant minds in the U. S. will be working to frustrate the efforts of computer hackers and spies.

16． The main idea of the article is______ ( ) A．computer hackers only want to make free long distance phone calls B．the government wants to hire computer hackers to spy on the Russians C．computer hackers are a threat to private companies and government secrets D．many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers who carry viruses

正确答案：C 解析：主旨题。“本文的主要内容是什么?”C选项“电脑黑客对私人电脑和政府机密是威胁”，是正确答案。A选项“电脑黑客只想打免费长途电话”；B选项“政府想雇佣电脑黑客监视俄国”；D选项“许多公司雇佣专家来保护电脑，使其不受携带病毒的黑客的进攻”，三个选项都不是全文主旨。

17． A computer “virus” is like a human virus because it______. ( ) A．makes a computer cough and throw up

B．spreads from one computer to other computers C．can erase a person’s doctor bills D．requires regular visits to a doctor

正确答案：B 解析：推断题。“电脑病毒像人类病毒的原因是什么?”B选项“从一台电脑传染其他电脑”，是正确答案。A选项“使电脑咳嗽并呕吐”；C选项“能删除人的就医账单”；D选项“需要定期看医生”。

18． A hacker can be dangerous because______ . ( ) A．he knows how to make free long-distance telephone calls B．vital information is stored in computers, and a hacker knows how to change or erase the information

C．once in jail, he can use a telephone to operate his computer

D．a hacker who steals a free airplane ticket might deprive a doctor of that seat on the airplane

正确答案：B 解析：细节题。“黑客是危险的，原因是什么?”B选项“重要信息储存在电脑中，黑客知道如何改变和删除该信息”，是正确答案。文中第五段提到It fears…during a war；A选项“他知道如何打免费长途电话”；C选项“一旦入狱，他能通过电话操纵电脑”；D选项“偷了免费机票的黑客，能使医生在飞机上没有座位”。

19． U. S. government computers are vulnerable to a hacker because ______. ( )

A．the government always pays its telephone bills on time B．the Russians know what’s in the U. S. computers C．viruses attack only government computers

D．many government computers are connected by telephone lines 正确答案：D 解析：细节题。“美国政府的电脑容易遭受黑客攻击的原因是什么?”D选项“许多政府电脑通过电话线相连”，是正确答案。文中第三段说The government’s classified secrets…tap into。A选项“政府一直按时交纳电话费”，B选项“俄国知道美国电脑里面有什么”，C选项“病毒只攻击政府电脑”，这三个选项文中没

有提到。

20． In the future______. ( )

A．Some of the most brilliant minds in America will be working to try to stop computer hackers and spies

B．hackers will begin invading computers at banks, airlines and other businesses C．many computer hackers will be arrested for making free telephone calls D．some computer hackers will turn themselves in to the police 正确答案：A 解析：细节题。“未来将是怎样的情形?”A选项“美国一些最聪明的人将努力从事阻止电脑黑客和间谍的工作”，是正确答案。依据为文中最后一句话。B选项“黑客将开始进攻银行、机场和其他商用电脑”；C选项“许多电脑黑客将因为打免费电话被逮捕”；D选项“一些电脑黑客将向警察自首”，这三个选项文

中没有提到。

SPEED READING

Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any of other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets,and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question. On the day of Edison’s funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than

anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s fingertips.

21． What does the underlined “blackout” mean in this passage? ( ) A．A period of darkness caused by an electrical power failure. B．A temporary loss of consciousness, sight or memory.

C．A covering for windows that stops light being seen from outside, or light outside from coming into a room.

D．A situation when the government or the public will not allow any news or information on a particular subject to be given to the public.

正确答案：A 解析：语义题。“画线单词(blackout)在文章中的意思是什么?”A．断电，停电；

B．一时性黑蒙，眼前昏黑； C．不透光窗罩(或窗帘)；

D．新闻封锁。 22． The suggested plan was to______ ( ) A．turn off the lights in factories and schools B．observe a few minutes of total silence C．dim all electric lights

D．shut off all electricity for a short time

正确答案：D 解析：细节题。“建议的方案是什么?”D选项“关掉一会儿所有的电”正确。文中第二段说One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout。A选项“关闭工厂和学校的灯”，文中没提及；B选项“沉默几分钟”，

文中没提及；C选项“关暗所有的电灯”也不正确。

23． Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they______ . ( )

A．heard of his death

B．heard of the plan to honor him C．first used electric power D．tried to carry out the plan

正确答案：B 解析：细节题。“在什么时候，美国人完全意识到爱迪生发明的重要性?”B选项“听说怀念爱迪生方案的时候”是正确的。文中第三段说Perhaps this suggested plan…meant to them。A选项“听说爱迪生去世”；C选项“首先使用电能”；D选项“努力执行方案”。

24． The plan was never carried out because______ . ( ) A．not everyone wanted to honor Edison B．it was too difficult

C．electric power was too important to the country D．it honored only one of Edison’s inventions

正确答案：C 解析：细节题。“计划从未被执行，原因是什么?”C选项“电能对国家来说太重要了”，是正确的。文中第三段说Electric power．．．complete confusion。A选项“并非每个人都想悼念爱迪生”；B选项“太困难了”；D选项“它只怀念了爱迪生的一项发明”。

25． On the day of Edison’s funeral, in which way people honored him? ( ) A．They shut off electric power in their own homes. B．They shut off electric power in the streets. C．They shut off electric power in their factories. D．They silently dimmed their lights.

正确答案：D 解析：细节题。“在爱迪生葬礼那天，人们是以哪种方式对其表示尊重的?”由文章第二段可知A、B、C选项为国家采用的方式，文章最后一段的第一句话

说到：在爱迪生葬礼那天，很多人默默熄灯以表达对他的怀念。

In general, as soon as the newborn child’s muscles, sense organs, and nerves are fully formed, the child begins to use them. But much of the human nervous system is not fully developed until the child is a year or two old, and some parts, such as the corpus callosum, continue to mature for at least the next 20 years. The general pattern of bodily development is from head to foot. Simple skills, such as head movements, appear first because the structures that control these skills are among the first to mature. More complex behavior patterns, such as crawling, standing, and walking, come much later in the developmental sequence than head movements do. The motor centers in the brain are connected by long nerve fibers(usually through one or more synapses) to the muscles in various parts of the body. Since the head muscles are closer to the brain than the foot muscles, according to one theory, the head comes under the control of the motor centers long before the feet do. The appearance of a new motor skills(such as crawling and grasping)always suggests that a new part of the child’s body has just matured-that is, that the brain centers have just begun to control

the muscles involved in the new motor skill.

26． What is the author’s main purpose in this passage? ( ) A．To describe how children crawl, stand, and walk. B．To explain why some children are slow to develop. C．To describe early physical development in children. D．To explain the function of the corpus callosum. 正确答案：C 解析：主旨题。“作者这篇文章的主要目的是什么?”C选项“描述孩子早期的身体成长”。A选项“描述小孩是如何爬行、站立、行走”；B选项“解释孩子成长比较慢的原因”；D选项“解释corpus callosum的功能”，这三项均比较片面。

27． According to the passage, the corpus callosum is part of the human______ . ( )

A．muscular system B．digestive system C．circulatory system D．nervous system

正确答案：A 解析：细节题。“根据原文，corpus callosum是人类身体的哪一部分?”A选项“肌肉系统”正确。文中说and some parts，such as the corpus callosum，continue to mature for at least the next 20 years。B选项“消化系统”；C选项“循环系统”；D选项“神经系统”。

28． According to the passage, which of the following motor skills does an infant first develop? ( )

A．Moving the head.

B．Crawling.

C．Controlling the arms. D．Kicking.

正确答案：A 解析：细节题。“根据原文，婴儿最先学会的是哪种动作技能?”A选项“头部动作”。文中说Simple skills…．among the first to mature，可见婴儿最先学会的是头部动作。其他B选项“爬行”；C选项“控制胳膊”；D选项“踢”。

29． Why do the head muscles come under control of the motor centers long before the foot ones do? ( )

A．Because the head has a shorter distance to the brain than the feet do.

B．Because the head muscles have a longer distance to the brain than the foot ones do.

C．The head muscles are more important than the foot muscles. D．All of the above are not true.

正确答案：A 解析：细节题。“为什么头部肌肉要比脚部肌肉更先受到中枢神经的控制?”文章第三段第二句话Since the head muscles…long before the feet do便是本题答案。

30． Which of the following statements is not true in this passage? ( ) A．Much of the human nervous system is fully developed when the child is one or two years old.

B．The general pattern of bodily development is from foot to head.

C．Simple skills appear first for the structures that control these skills are among the first to mature.

D．More complex behavior patterns come much later in the developmental sequence than head movements do.

正确答案：B 解析：判断题。“下列叙述中，哪一个选项不正确?，，通过浏览全文，把信息定位到第二段第一句话The general pattern of bodily movement is from head to

foot可知B选项不正确。

DISCOURSE CLOZE

Prometheus was happy to be of service to man. He taught people 【C1】______ . He taught them how to plant and grow their own food,and how to use animals to make their work easier. He even taught them 【C2】______. But without fire, life on earth was very difficult. Food had to be eaten raw; 【C3】______. Tools had to be of stone because there was no fire for working metals. Athena, daughter of Zeus, had been watching over Prometheus and had helped him in his work. Now,

because Prometheus was kind and wanted man to be comfortable on earth, 【C4】______ . She knew that Zeus was away and promised to lead Prometheus to Mount Olympus by a secret path. Before leaving, Prometheus called his brother Epimetheus to him and told him what he was going to do. “My brother, “said Prometheus, “I know that when I steal the fire from the heavens, 【C5】______ . He will, I am sure, 【C6】______ .I am willing to accept punishment 【C7】______. I love mankind, and want to be sure that you will carry on my work. “ Sadly, Epimetheus gave his promise. Then Prometheus added, “Be very careful when I am gone. Be sure, above all, 【C8】______ . He has great powers, and is to be feared. “ Then Athena led Prometheus to Mount Olympus. 【C9】______ , Apollo came back from his day’s journey in his chariot of the sun. Prometheus lit a torch from the chariot and put the fire in a hollow stalk that he concealed under his cloak. Then he stole away without being seen by any of the gods, 【C10】______. (From Prometheus)A. Zeus will be very angryB. he called upon Athena to help him get fire from Mount OlympusC. that you do not do anything to anger ZeusD. how to make their own tools and how to build homes for themselvesE. and brought his fire to earthF. houses could not be kept warmG. how to make music and how to paintH. punish me severelyI. Just as he arrivedJ. if you will promise to take my placeK. he

asked Zeus for a toolL. be fond of me

31． 【C1】

正确答案：D 32． 【C2】

正确答案：G 33． 【C3】

正确答案：F 34． 【C4】

正确答案：B 35． 【C5】

正确答案：A 36． 【C6】

正确答案：H

37． 【C7】

正确答案：J 38． 【C8】

正确答案：C 39． 【C9】

正确答案：I 40． 【C10】

正确答案：E

WORD FORMATIONS

41． (die) While she was______, Cinderella’s mother told her little girl to remain faithful and kind.

正确答案：dying

解析：题干译文：在她快要死去的时候，灰姑娘的妈妈告诉她的小女儿要始终充满信念，要善良。die的意思是死亡，属于持续性动词，在以while引导的

状语从句中，要使用动名词的形式表示状态的持续。

42． (profession) Dr. Caswell, exercising his______ self-control, said, “Congratulations, Mr. Ellsworth. “

正确答案：professional

解析：题干中出现的self-control表示“自控力”的意思，是名词，可知其前面需要形容词作定语，所以应选profession的形容词形式professional，表示专

业的、职业的。

43． (success) He made a great effort, which was only partly ______, to turn the talk on to a more cheerful subject.

正确答案：successful

解析：题干译文：他尽了很大努力想转换一个更让人兴奋的话题，但是他的努力只发挥了一点作用。succeed为动词，表示“成功”的意思，要使用它的形

容词形式successful，来做be动词was的表语。

44． (increase) A new form of entertainment known as”Couch Potatoes” is the

result of three______important facts of baby-boom life: marriage, children and home video.

正确答案：increasingly

解析：题干译文：婴儿潮时期的生活有三个越来越重要的因素，即婚姻、孩子和家庭影院，由此产生了一种新型的娱乐方式“Couch Potatoes”。形容词important前面需要填入一个副词来修饰，所以应填入动词increase的副词形式increasingly，表示“越来越…”。

45． (courage) I want to thank everyone who has ______and supported me.

正确答案：encouraged

解析：题干译文：我想要感谢鼓励和帮助我的人。由who引导的定语从句

属于现在完成时态，所以要填入encourage的过去分词。

46． (amaze) Maugham has an______ skill for revealing, with a few touches, a

situation and the essentials of a character.

正确答案：amazing

解析：题干中需要一个形容词作名词skill的定语。在英语中，以ed结尾的形容词一般用来形容人，以ing结尾的形容词一般用来形容物。skill是指“技能，技术”，表示一种事物。所以修饰skill的应该是amazing。

47． (succeed) His business was a______ because he was well prepared, worked hard,and acted wisely.

正确答案：success

解析：题干译文：他的生意做得很成功，因为他总是准备充分、工作卖力、处事精明。succeed是动词，表示“成功”，根据题意可知，空白处需要其名词形

式success。

48． (agree) He said it would rain, but I______ with him. I was sure it wouldn’t rain.

正确答案：disagreed

解析：题干译文：他说可能会下雨，但是我不同意他的说法，我肯定天不会下雨的。根据题干中的转折连词but，可知后面的意思与前面相反，所以后面应

该填入所给动词的否定形式disagree。

49． (make) He could have insisted that his daily visitor______ up her mind about the computer.

正确答案：make

解析：insist是动词，表示“坚持，主张……”，后面加that从句时属于虚拟

语气，具体用法是insist that+sb．should+动词原形，其中should可以省略。

50． (grow) The US portion of the Internet is experiencing rapid ______ in the number of networks connected to it.

正确答案：growth

解析：题干译文：美国的网络用户数量正在快速增长。根据题干可知，rapid

是形容词后面要填入名词，动词grow的名词形式是growth。

GAP FILLING

direction under hung run into come up mostwith intend by draw tremble come to Framton 【G1】______ slightly and turned towards the niece with a look 【G2】______ to show sympathetic understanding. The child was looking out through the open window with fear in her eyes. 【G3】______ a shock Framton turned round in his seat and looked in the same 【G4】______. In the increasing darkness three figures were walking across the grass towards the window ; they all carried guns 【G5】______ their arms, and one of them had also a white coat 【G6】______ over his shoulders. A tired brown dog kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they 【G7】______ near to the house, and then a young voice started to sing in the darkness. Framton wildly seized his hat and stick ; he ran out through the front door and through the gate. He nearly 【G8】______ a man on a bicycle. “Here we are, my dear,” said the bearer of the white coat, coming in through the window; “fairly muddy, but most of it is dry. Who was that who ran out as we 【G9】______?” “A 【G10】______ extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,” said Mrs. Sappleton,”he could only talk about his illnesses,and ran off without a word of good-bye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost. “ (From The Open Window)

51． 【G1】

正确答案：trembled 52． 【G2】

正确答案：intended 53． 【G3】

正确答案：With

54． 【G4】

正确答案：direction 55． 【G5】

正确答案：under 56． 【G6】

正确答案：hung 57． 【G7】

正确答案：drew 58． 【G8】

正确答案：ran into 59． 【G9】

正确答案：came up 60． 【G10】

正确答案：most

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

61． Why does the author examine the historical roots of violence in the first paragraph?

正确答案：The author examines the historical roots of violence to show that violence existed long before modern media. Ancient texts demonstrate that violence

has been an ever present part of human life.

62． According to the author, what is the relationship between media violence and real life violence?

正确答案：The author argues that there is no significant relationship between media violence and real life violence. In fact, people not exposed to the media are

often more likely to commit violent crimes than those exposed to it.

TRANSLATION

Every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill -the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. (63)It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. (64) A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself. (65) Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. (66)By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this cooperation.

(67)Building block toys and jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples. (From Bringing Up Children)

63．

正确答案：拔苗助长、超前学习常常诱惑着家长，但这会使孩子养成一种害

怕失败、焦虑不安的心理状态。

64．

正确答案：婴儿有时会被家长过早地强迫使用卫生问，小孩子会在还不懂得

词语本身的含义时而被迫进行阅读。

65．

正确答案：互相学习是增进父母与孩子之间情感的有利源泉。 66．

正确答案：通过一起玩耍，家长可以更多地了解他们的孩子，同时孩子也可

以从父母身上学到许多东西。

67．

正确答案：譬如建筑类玩具、拼图玩具和纵横字谜(一种填图游戏)都是进行

情感交流的好工具。