第一部分:词汇选项(第1~18题,每题1分,共18分)
下面共有18个句子,每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线,请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
1 Apple trees need moisture in order to thrive.
A flower
B flourish
C pollinate
D bend
2 Europeans established permanent colonies on the eastern shores of what is now the United States throughout the seventeenth century.
A during
B before
C up until
D just after
3 In the Mesozoic period, the upward thrust of great rock masses created the Rocky Mountains and the Alps.
A collision
B angle
C push
D erosion
4 Many factory workers find their jobs tiresome.
A difficult
B pointless
C profitable
D boring
5 The ambassador was given the book as a token of the government's regard for him.
A an estimation
B a share
C a memento
D a preview
6 The witch hazel plants tolerate poor soil, dust and limited sun.
A suffer from
B survive in
C thrive in
D die from
7 A series of rifle shots disturbed the tranquility of the camp grounds.
A solidarity
B peacefulness
C equanimity
D propinquity
8 Smoke particles and other air pollutants are often trapped in the atmosphere, thus forming smog.
A caught
B burned
C dirtied
D covered
9 Every year each household in the United States discards approximately a ton oftrash.
A filler
B garbage
C paper
D fuel
10 The rainfall of the Hawaiian Islands varies tremendously according to their topography and orientation to the prevailing winds.
A seasonably
B surprisingly
C greatly
D inversely
11 Fine freshwater pearls are found in the main stream and the tributaries of the Mississippi River.
A banks
B deltas
C branches
D currents
12 The flower bud of a water lily opens at sunset since its opening is triggered by the decreased light.
A alleviated
B endured
C set off
D covered up
13 Tryouts for community orchestras are frequently judged by committees.
A Advertisements
B Auditions
C Performances
D Novelties
14 A turbulent storm was a major factor in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
A noxious
B violent
C mysterious
D pathetic
15 Light rays are turned aside by the intense gravitational field surrounding a black hole.
A heightened
B deflected
C rotated
D created
第2部分:阅读判断(第16-22题,每题1分,共7分)
下面的短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断:如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及,请选择C。

16.Babies can learn even in their sleep.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
17.An infant can recognize a lot of sounds by the time he or she is a year old.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
18.Finnish vowels are easy to distinguish.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
19.The three vowels mentioned in this article are all Finnish sounds.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
20.The study shows that the infants’cerebral cortex stops working while he is asleep.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
21.Cheours has found how babies accomplish this nighttime learning.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
22,Cheours’finding can help babies learn language.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第三部分:概括大意与完成句子(第23~30题,每题1分,盐8分)
阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试任务:
(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第4,5,6,8段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项,分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。


23.Paragraph 4__________
24.Paragraph 5__________
25.Paragraph 6__________
26.Paragraph 8__________
A.Undeniable Mir's achievements
B. Rewards following the U.S.financial injection
C.Mir's problem year
D.Mir regarded as a complete failure
E.Mir's firsts in scientific experiments and space exploration
F.A great debt owned to the International Space Station
27.Mir enhanced the confidence in the scientists that humans living in space for a long time was__________.
28.In Mir, the U. S. astronauts created__________.
29.When we think of Mir in terms of its achievements, its setbacks are__________.
30.The writer tend to think that Mir was__________.
A. everything
B.a great Success
C.a tremendous failure
D. nothing
E. many firsts
F. quite possible
第4部分:阅读理解(第31~45题,每题3分,共45分)
下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容,为每题确定1个最佳选项。

31.Which of the following area has the highest average population density?
A.Iceland.
B.Canada.
C.Puerto Rico.
D.Netherlands.
32.Which of the following is not a region of developed industrialization mentioned in this passage?
A.Java.
B.Belgium.
C.Netherlands.
D.Grear Britain.
33.There are no permanent inhabitants in Antarctica because
A.it is too hot.
B.it is too cold.
C.there iS no transDortation.
D.it has only recently been discovered.
34.Low density of population is generally associated with
A.heavy industralization.
B.intense agriculture.
C.a low percentage of cultivated land.
D.large cities。
35.Poorly developed countries of low population density may have
A.epidemics.
B.large rural population.
C.l0w rural population.
D.large urban population.


36.Why does the author mention“pyramid builders”?
A.Because they once worked miracles.
B.Because they were well-built.
C.Because they were actually very weak.
D.Because even they were unable to rescue their civilization.
37.Which of the following factors was ultimately responsible for the fall of the civilization of ancient Egypt?
A.Change of climate.
B.Famine.
C.Food.
D.Population growth.
38.Which of the following statements is true?
A.The White Nile is the trunk of the River Nile.
B.The White Nile is the trunk of the Blue Nile.
C.The White Nile is a branch of the Blue Nile.
D.The White Nile and the Blue Nile are branches of the River Nile.
39.According to Krom,Egypt’s Old Kingdom fell
A.immediately after a period of drought.
B.immediately after a period of flood.
C.just before a drought struck.
D.just before a flood struck.
40.The word‘'devastating”;in the last paragraph could be best replaced by
A.“frustrating”.
B.“damaging”.
C.“defeating”.
D.“worrying”.


41.Which of the following is the result.if a sunbather stays ON the beach for a long time?
A.The skin cancer.
B.The wrinkles that cannot be seen.
C.All kinds of sacrifices.
D.Healthful beauty.
42.Which of the following is not a possible damage by UV radiation?
A.Sunburn.
B.The loss of skin elasticity.
C.Thickness of epidermis.
D.The deterioration of dermis.
43.Why may the repair process of the DNA finally fail?
A.Because shortwave radiant energy breaks the strands of the DNA.
B.Because the DNA may produce a colony of cancer cells.
C.Because enzymes work to rearrange the DNA into a new order.
D.Because the patient is exposed to UV from time to time.
44.According to the passage,which of the following is not right?
A.People who have already had one skin—cancer growth can not develop cancer again.
B.It is better for a person to go out before 11 a.m.and after 3 P.m.if possible.
C.Anyone who insists on sunbathing should use a good sunscreen.
D.Checks,nose,lower lip and the ears are special danger spots.
45.The main idea of the last paragraph is
A.the treatment of the skin cancer.
B.the prevention of the skin cancer.
C.the parts of the body where cancer is most likely to develop.
D.the lotions that work best in fighting against the skin cancer.
第五部分:补全短文(第46~50题,每题2分,共10分)
阅读下面的短文,文章中有5处空白,文章后面有6组文字,请根据文章的内容选择5组文字,将其分别放回文章原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。


A.And others have painful attacks all the time.
B.These signals travel from nerve cells in the injured area, up the spinal cord (脊髓) to the brain, and back down again.
C.It tells us that we are injured and should do something about it.
D.They knew little about the process of pain itself.
E.The other message moves at a speed of only one meter a second.
F.And they send the second, slower message of pain to the brain.第6部分:完形填空(第51~65题,每题1分,共15分)
下面的短文有15处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。


51.
A.women
B.people
C.persons
D.men
52.
A.death
B.ache
C.cancer
D.feeding
53.
A.which
B.that
C.what
D.those
54.
A.far
B.soon
C.fast
D.early
55.
A.what
B.so
C.very
D.how
56.
A.not
B.no
C.neither
D.nor
57.
A.before
B.after
C.without
D.since
58.
A.place
B.kind
C.way
D.much
59.
A.their
B.his
C.her
D.our
60.
A.too
B.do
C.further
D.also
61.
A.Despite
B.Although
C.Accepting
D.Regardless
62.
A.who
B.whose
C.which
D.what
63.
A.myself
B.itself
C.herself
D.yourself
64.
A.take
B.make
C.offer
D.decide
65.
A.up
B.off
C.in
D.down
参考答案
【第一部分】
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第2部分:阅读判断
16.A【解析】句意:婴儿甚至在睡觉的时候都能学习。
关键词为learn language in their sleep。依据关键词,可在短文第一段找到相关语句:Not only do babies get to doze their days away,but they’ve also mastered the fine art of learning in their sleep.这句话的意思是:婴儿们不仅整天睡觉,而且他们还能在睡眠中掌握学习的艺术。下文从学习语言方面验证了这种说法,故此题为“正确”的。
17.A【解析】句意:一个婴儿到一岁的时候能够识别大量的声音。
关键词为a year old。依据关键词,可在短文第二段找到相关语句:By the time babies are a year old they can recognize a lot of sounds and even simple words.这个句子的意思是:当婴儿一周岁时他们可以识别出很多声音,甚至简单的单词。故此题为“正确”的。
18.C【解析】句意:芬兰元音很容易识别。
关键词为Finnish vowels。依据关键词,可在短文第三段和第四段找到相关语句,文章提到了让婴儿去听较难的元音和比较容易区分的元音,没有提到芬兰元音是否容易识别,故此题为“未提及”的。
19.B【解析】句意:文章中提到的三个元音都是芬兰音。
关键词为three vowels…Finnish sounds。依据关键词,可在短文第四段找到相关语句:They exposed all the infants to an hour of Finnish vowel sounds one that sounds like“oo”。another like“ee” and a third boundary vowel peculiar to Finnish and similar languages that sounds like something in between.这句话的意思是:他们让所有的婴儿听一个小时的芬兰元音——其中一个类似“oo”,另一个类似 “ee”,还有一个芬兰语和类似语言特有的边界音,听起来像两者之间的声音。由此可以推断出并不是三个元音都是芬兰音,故此题为“正确”的。
20.B【解析】句意:研究表明婴儿的大脑皮层在睡觉的时候停止工作。
关键词为infants’cerebral cortex。依据关键词,可在短文最后一段找到相关语句:babies don’t “turn off”their cerebral cortex(大脑皮层)while they sleep.这句话的意思是:婴儿睡觉时没有把大脑皮层“关掉”。故此题为“错误”的。
21.B【解析】句意:舍乌尔已经发现了婴儿是如何完成这个夜间学习的。
关键词为nighttime learning。依据关键词,可在短文最后一段找到相关语句:Cheour doesn’t know how babies accomplish this nighttime learning...这句话的意思是:舍乌尔不知道婴儿是如何完成这个夜间学习的。故此题为“错误”的。
22.C【解析】句意:舍乌尔的发现可以帮助婴儿们学习语言。
关键词为help babies learn language。依据关键词,可在短文最后一段找到相关语句:Cheour is hoping to use the sleeping hours to give remedial help to babies who are genetically at risk of language disorders.这句话的意思是:舍乌尔希望这些睡眠时间可用来帮助那些从基因上来说会发生语言障碍的婴儿。文章只提到帮助那些从基因上来说会发生语言障碍的婴儿,并没有提到帮助婴儿学习语言,故此题为“未提及”的。
【第三部分】
23 B 本段谈到,美国的经济支持产生了两个作用,即不仅使和平号空间站的航行得以继续,而且使美国及其他国家的宇航员取得了在宇宙空间长时间航行和多国合作的经验。
24 E 本段列举了和平号空间站取得的许多个第一。firsts这个词在第一段中出现,本段列举了许多的事实以支持第一段的论点。
25 C 选C是正确的。1997年是和平号遇到不少麻烦的一年。
26 A 本段对和平号空间站做出了积极的评价,并谈到,和平号出现的问题与其取得的成就相比是微不足道的。
27 F 选F的依据在第八段:(Mir) will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible。
28 E 本文在第四段和第六段共列出美国借助和平号创造了多项第一,如:(1)From l995through 1998, seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each。 (第三段) (2) The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996。 (第五段)
29 D 选D的依据在第八段:Mir's setbacks are nothin9,though,when we compare them with its accomplishments。
30 B 通篇文章都对和平号做出了积极的评价,并列出了不少具有重大意义的事实和数据。在第八段里,作者最后做出总结:Mir was a tremendous success,which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration。
第4部分:阅读理解
第一篇
31.D【解析】题意:下列哪个地区的人口平均密度最高?荷兰。
短文第一段提到了各地区的人口密度,其中A项冰岛为每平方英里4人;8项加拿大为每平方英里4人;C项波多黎各为每平方英里675人;D项荷兰为每平方英里831人,因此D项荷兰人口密度最大,故选D。
32.A【解析】题意:下列哪一项不是文章提到的工业化高度发达的地区?爪哇。
短文第三段提到“工业化高度发达的地区人口密度较大,例如荷兰、比利时和英国”,爪哇为下句提到的农业密集的地区,故选A。
33.B【解析】题意:南极洲没有永久的居民是因为天气太寒冷了。
短文提到了一些地区人口密度低的原因,根据常识和地理知识判断,南极洲是因为气候寒冷才没有永久居民的,故选B。
34.c【解析】题意:人口密度低通常与耕地比例少有关系。
短文倒数第二段提到“人口密度低通常和耕地比例少有关系”,故选C。
35.B【解析】题意:人口密度低的不发达国家的农村人口多。
短文最后一段主要讲发达国家和不发达国家的人口密度和主要人口分布情况,第三句提到“不发达的国家人口密度较低,居住在耕地地区的农村人口相对集中”,故选B。
第二篇
36.D【解析】题意:作者为什么提及“建筑金字塔”的人?因为甚至他们也不能挽救他们的文明。
文章第一段提到“即使是古埃及伟大的金字塔建筑者面对那场公元前2180年促使他们的文明毁灭的饥荒也无能为力”,故选D。
37.A【解析】题意:下面列出的几种因素中哪一种是造成古埃及文明毁灭的根本性因素?气候的变化。
文章第一段提到“他们的文明在饥荒面前也无能为力。目前从尼罗河沉积的泥浆中收集的证据表明这次饥荒最终归咎于气候向南方推移几千千米的变换”,因此气候的变化是造成文明毁灭的根本性因素,而饥荒只是表层的因素,故选A。
38.D【解析】题意:下列陈述哪一项是正确的?青尼罗河和白尼罗河是尼罗河的支流。
第四段最后一句话提到了“青尼罗河的泥浆与白尼罗河的泥浆的同位素不同。通过分析尼罗河三角洲的泥浆的同位素差别,利兹大学的迈克尔•克罗姆算出了来自每个支流的沉淀物的比例”,由此可推断出青尼罗河和白尼罗河是尼罗河的支流,故选D。
39.A【解析】题意:古埃及王国毁灭发生在什么时候?就在一个时期的干旱之后。
第五段提到“克罗姆推理说在干旱季节,河水中青尼罗河泥浆的量相对较高。他发现在这些阶段之一,即4500年到4200年前,恰恰是埃及古王国灭亡之前”,因此可以推断出古埃及王国毁灭发生在一段干旱时期之后,故选A。
40.B【解析】题意:最后一段的单词“devastating”由“damaging”替换最为合适。
此处devastating为形容词,意思是“破坏性的”,其动词是devastate,意思是“使荒芜;破坏”。A项意思是“令人失望的”;B项意思是“破坏的,毁坏的”;C项为defeat的现在分词形式,动词defeat意思是“击败”;D项意思是“令人担忧的,令人发愁的”。各项中只有B项与devastating意义相近,故选B。
第三篇
41.A【解析】题意:如果一个日光浴者长期呆在海滩,会有什么后果?皮肤癌。
短文第二段提到“随着目光浴者在海滩或者房顶所花的时间越来越多,他们患皮肤癌的危险性也就越大”,故选A。
42.C【解析】题意:下列哪项不是紫外线辐射对人体造成的伤害?表皮层变厚。
短文第三段提到了紫外线辐射对人体产生的危害,其中有“皮肤变黑,失去弹性,过早形成皱纹,表皮变薄,变干”,从这里看出危害之一并不是表皮变厚而是变薄,故选C。
43.B【解析】题意:为什么DNA的修复过程最终可能会失败?因为DNA会导致癌细胞的生成。
短文第三段提到“长时间的暴晒造成修复过程崩溃,并导致癌细胞的产生”,故选B。
44.A【解析】题意:根据文章内容,下列哪种说法是不正确的?患过一次皮肤癌的人不会再患癌症。
短文倒数第二段最后一句提到“那些已经受到癌症前期伤害或者是已经患过一次皮肤癌的人,极有可能再次患上皮肤癌”,因此A项说法是不对的。其他三项在文章最后两段均可以找到答案,故选A。
45.B【解析】题意:最后一段的主要意思是皮肤癌的预防。
本题主要考查考生的归纳能力,通过文章上下文以及最后一段的关键词可以判断出,这段话主要讲“医生建议人们在日晒高峰期避免太阳光,使用防晒霜”,这些都和预防有关,故选B。
【第五部分】
46 A 文章第一段提到,我们都曾感觉过疼痛。从空格前一句的内容,即“有些人很少遭受疼痛之苦”,可以推断空格处句子的内容应当与这一句的内容相反,即“另外一些人却总是遭受疼痛的袭击”。
47 C 空格前的句子讲到,疼痛是我们身体的警报系统。因此接下来的句子应该说明这样说的原因。
48 D 空格后一句讲到,然而,有关疼痛过程的新知识使医生得以更好地控制疼痛。由此可见,空格处句子的内容应与此句内容相反,即医生对疼痛过程了解得很少。
49 B 空格前一句中的“chemical and electrical signals”等词语是对空格处句子的很好提示。
50 E 文章第四段最后一句提到了“two different kinds of pain messages”,而文章最后一段第一句中又用了“The first message”,显然,空格处的句子应以“The other message”开始。
第6部分:完形填空
51.A【解析】由短文的题目和第一段的第一句话可以得知,本文主要谈及的是患癌症妇女的生活、运动等习惯是否有所改变的问题。因此此处应该是“对于许多妇女来说”,故选A。
52.C【解析】之前已经两次出现breast cancer,此处再次提到,故选C。
53.C【解析】本题应选关系代词what作后面do的宾语,故选C。
54.A【解析】本题考查固定搭配,as far as表示程度、范围,上句刚刚出现过相同短语,此处为第二次出现,故选A。
55.D【解析】此处表示“多么重要”,应说how important,故选D。
56.A【解析】从上下文可以得知,本句话的意思是:然而,一项令人吃惊的新研究显示,并非每一位战胜乳腺癌的妇女都知晓这一点。故选A。
57.B【解析】从上下文可以判断,空格处应选after,表示“即使在得了乳腺癌而幸存下来之后”,故选B。
58.C【解析】此处表示“她们的饮食方式”,应用the way they eat,故选C。
59.A【解析】本题考查代词用法,对应前面的survivors(幸存者),应用人称代词的第三人称复数形
式。根据句意可推测此处表示“在他们的生活里”,应填物主代词their,故选A。
60.D【解析】前面出现了not only,因此这里应用also,故选D。
61.A【解析】根据上下文可以得知,本句话的意思是:尽管有越来越多的证据,但有些妇女就是听不
进去。在意思上,despite和regardless均可,但regardless是形容词,需要和of连用,此处用法不符合;despite是介词,可用于此处,故选A。
62.A【解析】本题考查定语从句,指代前面的先行词survivors,用表示人的关系代词who,故选A。
63.C【解析】本题考查反身代词用法,此处表示帕斯凯特她本人,应用herself,故选C。
64.B【解析】本题考查固定搭配用法,make difference是固定搭配,表示“起作用;有影响”,故选B。
65.D【解析】本题考查固定搭配用法,cut down on是固定搭配,表示“减少”,故选D。