E Some people have it easy. When their kids ask them what they do at work, they
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Some people have it easy. When their kids ask them what they do at work, they can give a simple, direct answer: “I put out fires” or “I teach primary school”. As a theoretical physicist, I never had this luck. Society has come to expect many things from the physicists. It used to be that we only had to discover the basic laws of the world and supply the techniques that would power the next Silicon Valley. With these expectations we were fairly comfortable: they are the sorts of things we think we know how to do. What makes us uncomfortable and what makes it hard for us to tell our kids what we’re up to is that in this century we have become, though unwillingly, gurus on questions such as “What is the nature of Reality?”
We now deal with a whole new class of problems. We ask how the world began and what the nature of matter is. The answers we are coming up with are just not easy to comprehend for the average person.
So, when physicists get out of their cars in the morning, have a cup of coffee and sit down in front of their computers, they leave a familiar world and enter a place where things act in strange ways that are impossible for ordinary people to understand.
72. According to the passage, in a way physicists are .
A. honest B. comfortable C. strange D. unlucky
73. By what the writer says about physicists, we know that physicists .
A. don’t like their careers
B. live in two different worlds
C. are coming up with new answers to old questions
D. don’t have to tell people what they are doing
74. From the passage we can conclude that theoretical physicists .
A. contributed to the new industry in Silicon Valley
B. only have to answer the basic questions about the world
C. have disappointed the expectations of many people
D. have found it hard to make themselves popular
75. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Society seems to know a bit about physicists’ work.
B. Most people are expecting to know what physicists are doing.
C. Physicists are doing more and more difficult jobs.
D. It’s impossible for average people to know physicists’ work. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C |
解析
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举一反三
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：写（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A: Have you ever read some reports about UFOs?
B: Of course. I have a firm b 76 in UFOs. I’m 76.
always interested in the stories and aliens.
A: What are they like?
B: According to some w 77 , it is colorless 77.
and moves at an a 78 speed with little noise. 78.
Aliens are said to be white-skinned, strange-looking
visitors from o 79 space. 79.
A: I don’t quite agree with you d 80 to space 80.
exploration, most important planets have been examined,
p 81 have been taken and samples have 81.
collected there, but no e 82 of life has 82.
been discovered.
B: So you mean UFOs don’t e 83 ? There are no 83.
aliens? How would you explain some people’s sudden
d 84 ? Many people have reported seeing 84.
aliens.
A: It’s hard to say. We will still continue with
scientific r 85 . 85. |
三．完型填空（30分）
Mrs. Smith had a 36in a factory. She swept the floor. She was a very strong old 37. She lived on the top 38of a tall building.
One day 39 work she fell over and 40 her leg. The doctor was 41. He put her leg in plaster (石膏).
"How long do I 42to carry this 43around with me. Doctor?" asked Mrs. Smith.
"44 two months," replied the doctor. "45I will come and take the plaster 46. But 47 then you can not climb up and down stairs 48 do hard work."
49 the end of two months the doctor came again. "Can I climb up and down stairs now. Doctor?" asked Mrs. Smith.
"I think 50." said the doctor.
"Well, I’m very glad to51that." Said Mrs. Smith. "I‘m beginning to feel rather 52. You said I couldn’t climb up and down stairs. The only 53 way into my room was 54 the drainpipe. And that was 55 work, you know."
36. A.work B.job C.doctor D.home
37. A.boss B.lady C.wife D.assistant
38. A.floor B.ground C.room D.office
39. A.from B.for C.on D.at
40. A.hit B.beat C.hurt D.broke
41 .A.called out B.taken C.sent for D.asked
42. A.have B.want C.hope D.force
43 .A.foot B.leg C.weight D.medicine
44. A.over B.through C.around D.round
45. A.And B.Then C.So D.As
46. A.down B.away C.out D.off
47. A.till B.by C.since D.even
48. A.not B.also C.or D.end
49. A.In B.At C.On D.By
50. A.can B.not C.it D.so
51. A.see B.listen C.hear D.find
52. A.tired B.angry C.hungry D.happy
53. A.other B.another C.one D.a
54. A.through B.by C.on D.in
55. A.easy B.happy C.hard D.terrible |
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into 1.__________ very difficult problem. It seemed impossible to get the thread to run 2.__________ (smooth) around the needle.
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He 3.__________ that he had been caught by terrible savages 4.__________ king wanted to kill him and eat him 5.__________ he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears 6.__________ (raise). But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a 7.__________ in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, 8.__________ (realize) that he had just found the answer 9.__________ the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make 10.__________ run through a small hole in the centre of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine. |
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项多余选项. (E="=AB " F="=AC " G==AD)
-- Hello, Professor Smith. The summer vacation is coming. 61
-- I am going to Miami Beach, Florida for two weeks.
-- How will you get there?
-- 62
-- Does it cost a lot?
-- No. The cost is lower out of season. It is my first time to travel by air. 63
-- Don’t worry. Are your family going with you?
-- Yes. We plan to go swimming in the ocean, enjoy the sunshine on the beach and go water-skiing.
-- 64
-- Yeah, they are crossing off the days on the calendar. Are you going go Europe again this
summer?
-- No, not this time. 65
-- Egypt? It is really a place full of mystery. Have a good trip.
-- Thank you. The same to you.
A. In fact, I am a little nervous.
B. When are you leaving?
C. What’s your plan for the vacation?
D. I plan to go there by train.
E. I will fly to Miami from New York.
F. I am going to visit some old friends in Egypt.
G. Your children must be excited about it. |
A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior , "said a middle-aged man.
"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That"s right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "
Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."
Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman"s lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."
56. One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______ .
A. make a demand for more buses B. thank the conductor for his good service
C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior
D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor
57. What was the gentleman?
A. A teacher. B. A newspaper reporter.
C. Not known from the story. D. The conductor"s friend from his company.
58. The word "him" in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. the gentleman B. the conductor C. the middle-aged man D. the three-year-old child
59. It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.
A. has changed his attitude towards his work B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers
C. has not changed his rude behavior to passengers
D. has now been kind and polite to women with children |
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