第II卷非选择题（共35分）第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单

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第II卷非选择题（共35分）
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
Do we need an “Ivy League”?
China may soon have its own “Ivy League”, with a union of top universities.
The term originally referred to an athletic conference of eight top universities in the northeastern US. The Chinese version, which was officially started in mid-October, consists of nine famous universities, including Peking, Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Fudan. The union is supposed to result in s

tudent exchange programs, recognition of academic achievements, and other joint programs.
The news of this Chinese “Ivy League” has received mixed responses from the public and press. Some negative critics have dismissed it as yet another example of the wishful copying of international practices without fully understanding them. Others say that the “Ivy League” is not necessary but that the union is a good idea, one that could promote academic development.
So what’s your opinion on a Chinese “Ivy League”? Do we need one?
Yes. Ivy League or not, nine of China’s best universities cooperating is a good thing.
These universities combining resources could create a better environment for students and for research. It could also save a lot of time and resources because it would mean fewer unnecessary investments for some of the universities.
Allowing students to move to or have exchanges with other universities could broaden their horizons, improve their social skills and create more employment opportunities. The

results could be more important than lessons and achievements.
The term “Ivy League” carries a sense of academic excellence, tradition and reputation. If borrowing such a term could encourage students’ and professors’ mental state and improve Chinese higher education, then there’s no reason not to do it.
No. Universities should do some work on increasing cooperation instead of copying an “Ivy League” model.
Many Chinese universities already have such cooperation with each other. If this cooperation were associated with the “Ivy League”, it would just distract (分散) attention and resources and have a negative effect.
These Chinese universities are all state-run and most get their funding from the government. They’re quite similar to each other in many ways and more cooperation wouldn’t bring about as much potential ability as between , say, public and private, or Chinese and foreign universities.
China should find its own way to develop world-class universities instead of by copying some foreign practices. We have our own unique conditions and foreign lessons often don’t apply well here.

答案

71. northeast 72. recognize 73. Responses 74. Negative 75. combination
76. less 77. mentally/spiritually 78. resources 79. s

imilarities 80. copying

解析

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举一反三

Domestic airline passengers will be able to make phone calls and send e-mails from the sky from next year, a local carrier has said.
Shenzhen Airlines said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Geneva-based On-Air to provide passengers with in-flight communications services on all its planes by the end of 2009. The service will be introduced on three aircraft ahead of the 2008 Olympics, on two routes----from Shenzhen to Beijing and Shenzhen to Shanghai, the airline said.
Passengers will be able to use their own electronic devices to send e-mails and short messages, make calls and surf the Internet, it said. The service is expected to be of particular interest to business travelers.
According to a survey at the end of last year, China had 4.55 million mobile-phone subscribers. Ninety-three percent of those polled said they wished they could send and receive e-mails and messages while on a plane.
Despite the introduction of the new service, passengers will still be prevented from using t

heir cell phones and laptops when the plane is taking off and landing, or flying at less than 3,000 m above sea level, the official said.
The official said the new service would not lead to an increase in ticket prices, but users of Chinese mobile-phone services will be charged the international roaming rate for any calls made from the sky.
Shenzhen Airlines is the first Chinese carrier to provide such in-flight communications services. Its president, Li Kun, said installing the facilities will cost 4.5 million yuan ($596,000) per aircraft. However, the project still needs to be approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, a source said.
1. According to the report, passengers can      on the plane by the end of 2009.
A. make phone calls    B. surf the Internet
C. send short messages      D. all of the above
2. We can learn that the new service will be introduced           .
A. on two routes   B. in two cities    C. after the Beijing Olympics       D. on two aircrafts
3. Passengers will still be prevented from using their cell phones in the following situations except_______.
A. when the plane is taking off               B. when the plane is landing
C. when the plane is flying at less than 3,000 m in above sea level
D. when the plane is flying at 4,000 m above sea level
4. It can be inferred that the new service will probably cause           .
A. higher ticket prices   B. lowe

r ticket prices C. higher cell phone fee D. lower cell phone fee
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Domestic airline needs to improve their service.
B. Domestic airline will make phone calls and e-mails available.
C. Chinese mobile-phone services will help domestic airline.
D. Chinese mobile-phone will charge more.

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A ___21___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___22___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___23___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I ___24___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___25___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___26___ was something greater.
The next morning she ___27___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___28___ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___29___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___30___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___31___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___32___.
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___33___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___34___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___35___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___36___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___37___ be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___38___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___39___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___40___ situations and never give up.
21. A. noise    B. voice C. sound D. tune
22. A. get       B. take    C. carry   D. throw
23. A. otherwise     B. anyhow      C. instead       D. actually
24. A. settled B. pushed       C. picked D. put
25. A. teacher B. employer    C. director      D. adviser
26. A. purpose       B. encouragement    C. process       D. victory
27. A. went     B. met     C. worked      D. stayed
28. A. visit     B. continue     C. attend D. prepare
29. A. serious B. fortunate    C. careful       D. responsible
30. A. career   B. duty    C. position      D. part
31. A. learning       B. judging     C. obeying      D. imagining
32. A. patiently      B. eagerly       C. successfully       D. skillfully
33. A. upset    B. frightened C. guilty D. ashamed
34. A. looked up    B went up       C. took up      D. showed up
35. A. believe B. protect       C. treat    D. receive
36. A. spirit    B. intention    C. idea    D. attempt
37. A. must     B. would C. might D. should
38. A. At B. During       C. On      D. With
39. A. worthless     B. thoughtless C. hopeless     D. helpless
40. A. challenging B. different     C. dangerous   D. strange

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Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination(歧视) have been made illegal. But one popular form continues to exist, that is alphabetism (字母排序法). This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames (姓氏) begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
It has long been known that the cars of a taxi firm called AAAA have a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers look through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbot has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a quite large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
Thus the American presidents and vice-presidents have surnames starting with B and C separately and 26 of those before George Bush took office (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi ). The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. The same case are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffet and so on).
Can this merely happen by chance? At the start of the first year in primary school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So shortsighted Zysman gets stuck in the back row, and is seldom asked the improving questions by those teachers. At that time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.
The unfairness continues. At university graduation parties, the ABCs proudly get their awards first. However, by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are a little tired. Lists of job interviews and conference speakers and attendees all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their readers lose interest as they plough through them.
1. What does the author intend to show with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?
A. An example of competition of two kinds of cars.    B. Some advantages of AAAA cars in the taxi firm.
C. An example of unfairness caused by alphabetism.   D. Some disadvantages of Zodiac cars in the taxi firm.
2. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?
A. The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoe Zysman.
B. In both East and West, names are important to success.
C. Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies’ names.
D. The discrimination in alphabetism can be found in many areas.
3. The fourth paragraph suggests that         .
A. alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class
B. teachers should pay equal attention to all their students
C. questions are often put to the more intelligent students
D. students should be seated according to their eyesight
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. VIPs in the western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.
B. People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill – treated.
C. Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional unfairness.
D. The movement to get rid of alphabetism still has a long way to go.

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第二节：Tedy、Rusial、Mr Green、Tim 和Ms Denis 要参观博物馆,第61-65题是他们的个人情况介绍。阅读下面六家英国博物馆的简介（A、B、C、D、E和F）,选出符合个人需要的最佳选项,并在答案纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
61. Tedy, a young official who is quite interested in photo-taking and sculpture. He spends all his spare time doing his favorite things.
62. Rusial, a beautiful lady with a fair hair, who gives painting lectures to the students in a college. She herself is a super fan of such artists as Da Vinci, Micheangelo, Raphael.
63. Mr. Green, a free careerist, makes a living by writing short plays which mostly tell the history of Great Britain. Besides, he is also a heavy coffee drinker.
64. Tim, 18 years old, a pre-engineering boy student, full of energy and rich in imagination.
65. Ms Denis, a wildlife lover. She takes an active part in protecting the earth and enjoys herself by doing sports.
A. Explore the natural history of the planet Earth from the prehistoric era to the present day at one of London’s most visited museums. In 1881, the Natural History Museum moved to its present venue. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, this building is now one of London’s most beautiful and most recognized. These holy halls now house more than 300 years’ worth of collections, with over 68 million specimens(标本). Broadly divided into Life and Earth galleries.
B. The British Museum is one of London’s top tourist attractions as well as being a major scholarly resource and Royal history. Its collection was given to the nation in 1753 and the Museum’s distinctive Greek revivalist structure was built during the 19th Century. The collection expanded massively during the hey-day（全盛期）of the British Empire. And if you haven’t got time for a proper visit, drop in for a coffee at the lovely Court Restaurant. Admission: free.
C. This magnificent Georgian edifice, found on the northern side of Trafalgar Square, houses a massive collection of Western European art. Designer Marc Newson presents two new exhibitions to his gallery. The National Gallery, shows the development of the artists. This exhibition traces the rise of the Italian Renaissance artist, and gathers more than 100 pieces of his collection.
D. There are mausoleums, catacombs and richly decorated tombs of outstanding writers, politicians and artists in the overgrown west section of this woodland graveyard. Celebrity dead bodies include Karl Marx, Michael Faraday and Christina Rossetti. Be aware that you must purchase a photography license in order to take photographs within the cemetery. Take advantage of the special guided tours.
E. The Science Museum’s seven floors offer opportunities to explore the history of technology as well as to glimpse the future. Setting off from Launchpad, where you can get to grips with the laws of science, you can move on to a vast display of interactive galleries which demand audience participation—whether it be of the hands-on or brain-stimulating kind. From medical history to nuclear physics, it’s all covered. Challenging the idea amongst many children that science is boring, various things to press, touch, watch and think about make this museum a firm favourite with the kids.
F. Mainly a decorative arts museum, the V&A is a comprehensive collection of everything from sculpture to photographs, from Chinese art to art decor. Among others, the V&A houses the recently redecorated Raphael Gallery, home to seven tapestry cartoons by Raphael that are among Britain’s greatest art treasures and part of the Royal Collection. There is a lot to see from the Becket Casket to the Canon photography.

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第三节：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive . Some experts say the 21 is to make jobs more varied . But do more varied jobs 22 greater productivity ?There is evidence to suggest that 23 variety certainly makes the worker’s life more enjoyable , it doesn’t 24 make him work harder . As far as increasing productivity is concerned , then , 25 is not an improtant factor .
Other experts feel that giving the worker 26 to do his job in his own way is important , and there is no doubt that this is ture . The 27 is that this kind of freedom can’t easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a 28 way . Thus while freedom of choice may be important , there is usually very little that can be done to 44 it .
Another important 30 is how much each worker 31 to the product he is making . In most factories the worker 32 only one small part of the product . Some car factories are now 33 with having many small production lines rather than one large one , so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his 34 . It would seem that not only is degree of worker contribution an important factor 35 it is one we can do something about .
To what 36 does more money lead to greater productivity ? The workers themselves certainly think this is 37 . But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring , 38 just lets them enjoy their spare time more . A 39 argument may explain demands for shorter working hours . Perhaps if we 40 making their jobs more interesting , they will neither want more money , nor will shorter working hours be so important to the .

21.A.answer	B.course	C.attempt	D.aystem
22.A.run across	B.lead to	C.result from	D.pick up
23.A.because	B.as	C.while	D.as though
24.A.mentally	B.physically	C.carefully	D.actually
25.A.variety	B.relaxation	C.creativity	D.machinery
26.A.judgment	B.freedom	C.direction	D.comfort
27.A.secret	B.skill	C.problem	D.strength
28.A. amusing	B.dull	C.changeable	D.fixed
29.A.use	B.create	C.supply	D.fear
30.A.measure	B.invention	C.consideration	D.work
31.A.lies	B.sticks	C.objects	D.contributes
32.A.likes	B.equips hristmas	C.transports	D.sees
33.A.tired	B.pleased	C.worrying	D.experimenting
34.A.own	B.will	C.line	D.hand
35.A.but	B.and	C.so	D.however
36.A.extent	B.quality	C.store	D.difference
37.A.natural	B.important	C.worrying	D.unbelievable
38.A.Rest	B.Sports	C.Money	D.Playing
39.A.complete	B.friendly	C.given	D.similar
40.A.advise	B.succeed in	C.object to	D.are tried of

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