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Many people think that Americans1their cars almost more than anything else.When 2 people are fourteen years old,they want to have their3cars.They don'task for a car from their4.So many of them work in5time during their last yearof high school to buy a car.Learning to6and getting a driver's license may be one ofthe most exciting things in a young person's life.

Some people almost7 go to a doctor when they are ill.But they will8theircars to a garage as soon as they think there is a9,On Saturdays or Sundays some people may10 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.1.（单选）

2. 根据以下材料，回答21-35题 Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper．That is 21 menfirst began to write six thousand years ago or22．The alphabet we now use 23 down to usover a long period of time．It was developed from the picture—writing of ancient Egypt． Picture—writing was useful in many 24．It could be used to express ideas as well as 25．For example，a drawing of a26meant the object“man"． 27 a drawing of a man lying on the groud with a spear in him meant“28”． Besides the Egyptians，the Chinese 29 the American Indians also developed ways 30writing in pictures．But only 31much could be said this way．Thousands of pictures would have beenneeded 32 express all the ideas that people might have．It would have taken many thousand more toexpress all the objects33 to men．No one could34 so many pictures in a lifetime．Nor couldanyone learn the meaning of all 35 drawings in a lifetime．28.查看材料

3.Without electricity, human life __ quite different today.

4.There are millions of left—handed.people in the world.A number of them got together in1975 toform an association called Lefthanders International.The purpose of the organization isto fight discrimination(particularly in jobs)and to inform the public.They want everybody tounderstand the left.handress are neither“strange”nor sick nor drangerous.Many studies have been made recently about hand preferance in humans.They havebroughtinteresting results.It has been found，for instance，that many more men tha.n womenare left— handed.that all children use both hand about equally until they are three years oldand that hand preference is not clearly marked until age six.Above that age，most people notonly favour one purtitular hand but also have a favourite eye，a favourite ear and foot.We know that the left side of the body is controlled by the right side of the brain，whichseem8 that this particular half is the seat of emotions，imagination，and of the sense of space.And，indeed，lefties seem to be more creative than the fight—handers;they also seem to bemore athletic and to do better in some professions which like sports require a good sense ofsDace.In a large school of architecture，it was found in 1977 that 29%of tlle professors and23%of the graduating statents were left handed-while lefties represent less than l0%of thegeneral population.Finally.1eft handers may be more stubborn and more impulsive(冲动的)than righthanders.Andthev are more likely to suffer from problems such as stuttering(口吃)and adifficulty in readingcalled dyslexia.The problems are more serious in left handed persons whohave been forced tofavour their right hard.Doctors insist that one should never try to change achild’s hand preference.According to recent studies，when is hand preference formed?

5.He got a job with the corporation in 2000 and has worked there ( ).

6.He ____________ live in a remote and underdeveloped country than in this modern but noisycity.

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Henry ’ s job was to examine cars crossing the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling( 走私 ) anything into the country. Every morning, except weekends, he 61 see a factory worker coming up the hill toward the frontier, 62 a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle 63 the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and 64 him take the straw off and 65 it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 66 he would find anything, after which he would look in all the man 67 he let him tie the straw up ’ s pockets again. The man would then pull it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always 68 to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things 69 in the straw, he never found 70 , even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was 71 something, but he was not 72 to imagine what it could be. Then one morning, after he had looked 73 the straw and emptied the factory worker ’ s pockets 74 usual, he 75 to him, ― Listen, I know that you are smuggling things 76 this frontier. Won ’ t you tell me what it is that you are bringing into the country so successfully? I ’ m an old man, and today is my last day on the77 .Tomorrow I ’ m going to 78 .I promise that I shall not tell 79 if you tell me what you ’ ve been smuggling. ― The factory worker did not say anything for 80 . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and quietly, ― Bicycles.64.（）

8.One of the requirements for producing vapor is that the water ______ to its boiling point.

9.Laura was married for 6 months．Her husband was using drugs．She didn't want her son or her unborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave．She left him a note instead．After reading the note, Laura's husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and her son. 　　Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job．She was ashamed to ask for help from the police, courts or women's shelters．Sometimes her husband was very nice to her．She decided to try harder so her children could have a home and a father．Laura joined a church and told a priest about her problem. 　　But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family．Finally, she told her husband she loved him, but they should live apart for a while．He beat her again．The priest came over to talk to her．He asked the husband to go out for a while．Laura packed up her things and left home with her son．The next day she lost the baby．Her husband went to jail. 　　Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten．Now she is in college, has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women's shelter．"We got out, and it changed life for me and my child．You can do it．You can break the cycle," Laura said.[单选题] Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

10.Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings. 　　They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things．Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film．If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward．The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get a reward for doing them. 　　Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and soldiers in both old and modem times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near．But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories．In Russia, for example, pigeons which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory．When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak．This turns on a light to warn people in the factory．At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward．It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can inspect 3 000 to 4 000 balls an hour. 　　Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists believe that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains.[单选题] Which of the following is not true?

11.Staying in a four-star hotel for a night costs____________ renting a house in the suburb for amonth.

12. 根据以下材料，回答21-35题 Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper．That is 21 menfirst began to write six thousand years ago or22．The alphabet we now use 23 down to usover a long period of time．It was developed from the picture—writing of ancient Egypt． Picture—writing was useful in many 24．It could be used to express ideas as well as 25．For example，a drawing of a26meant the object“man"． 27 a drawing of a man lying on the groud with a spear in him meant“28”． Besides the Egyptians，the Chinese 29 the American Indians also developed ways 30writing in pictures．But only 31much could be said this way．Thousands of pictures would have beenneeded 32 express all the ideas that people might have．It would have taken many thousand more toexpress all the objects33 to men．No one could34 so many pictures in a lifetime．Nor couldanyone learn the meaning of all 35 drawings in a lifetime．27.查看材料;;

13.In my opinion this is a(an) ____________________ different matter.

14.__ is known to the world, Mark Twain was a great American writer.

15.“ ”"They are both fine,thank you."

16.reason

17.The sentence was___（wrong)translated.

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翻译：Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress helps to bring it on.

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Passage TwoThe great advance in rocker theory 40 years ago shows that liquid-fuel rockets were far superior in every respect to the skyrocket with its weak solid fuel. However, during the decade, large solid-fuel rockets with solid fuels about as powerful as liquid fuels have made their appearance, and it is a favorite layman ’s question to 19 inquire which one is ―better‖. The question is meaningless. One might as well ask whether a gasoline or a diesel engine is ―better‖. It all depends on the purpose, a liquid-fuel rocket is complicated, but has the advantage that it can be controlled beautifully. The burning of the rocket engine can be stopped completely: it can be reignited when desired. In addition, the thrust can be made to vary by adjusting the speed of the fuel pumps. A solid-fuel rocket, on the other hand, is rather simple in construction, though hard to build when a really at very short notice. A liquid-fuel rocket has to be fueled first and cannot be held in readiness for very long after it has been fueled. (82)However, once a solid-fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It cannot be stopped and reignited whenever desired and its thrust cannot be varied. Because a solid-fuel rocket can be kept ready for a long time,most military employ solid fuels, but manned space-flight needs the fine adjustments that can only be provided by liquid fuels. It may be added that a liquid-fuel rocket is an expensive device; a large solid-fuel rocket is, by comparison, cheap. But the solid fuel, pound per pound, costs about 10 times as much as the liquid fuel. So you have, on the one hand, an expensive rocket with a cheap fuel and on the other hand a comparatively cheap rocket with an expensive fuel.Solid-fuel rockets are expensive to operate because of their_______.

20.HI． Cloze ( 30 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D． Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corres-ponding letter on the Answer Sheet．材料题，根据下面文章回答21-35题：Where do cars get their energy from? For most cars，the answer is petrol. 21_some cars use electricity.These cars have 22 motors that get their power from large batteries.In 23 ，there are even cars that have 24 an electric motor and a petrol motor.These types of cars are 25 hybrid(混合)cars.Most people tend to think of electric cars as a new 26 ，but they have been around for a long time.In the 27 19th and early 20th centuries electric cars were common because the technology for petrol engines was not very advanced.But 28 the petrol engine became easier to make and more powerful，this type of engines became the most 29 .Interest in electric cars was high in the l970s and 1980s because 30 became very expensive。Recently，electric cars have again become well-liked because people want cars that pollute 31 . Electric cars are better than petrol cars 32 several ways.The biggest benefit is reduced pollution.In areas 33 there is a high percentage of electric cars，pollution is not that serious.The second benefit of electric cars is a 34 in the dependence on foreign oil.Several countries don’t want to 35 on oil from other countries.Since electric cars can run on electricity from coal or nuclear power stations，there is less need to import oil.33.请填写最佳选项（ ）