Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36 a handwriting expert

题型：不详难度：来源：

Michel is a young girl who works for the police   36       a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped   37     many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already       38    interested in the differences in her friends"   39      that she would spend hours    40     them. After   41    college she went to France for a   42    two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is    43      for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover
44    of what she needs to know simply    45       looking at the writing with her own eyes,     46     she also has machines   47    help her make    48   different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often    49      great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good   50 of what kind of person the 51   is. "I wouldn"t go out with a fellow    52   I didn"t like his handwriting. " She says. But she      53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman    54   she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55   , however.
36. A. with                B. by             C. like               D. as
37. A. search      B. follow           C. cat

ch            D. judge
38. A. so          B. too               C. quite             D. extra
39. A. books      B. letter             C. tongues          D. handwriting
40. A. writing   B. studying         C. settling           D. uncovering
41 A. atte

nding         B. finishing         C. starting             D. stepping into
42. A. powerful         B. natural           C. special            D. common
43. A .main     B. safe              C. easy              D. impossible
44 A. most         B. nothing          C. little              D. sight
45. A. with       B. by               C. of                D. about
46 A. so           B. for                C. thus              D. but
47 A. they         B. in which        C. that               D. those
48 A. up          B. out               C. for               D. Into
49 A. of           B. to                C. wit

h             D. for
50 A. test          B. sign              C. means           D. habit(习惯)
51 A. thief         B. criminal          C. writer            D. policeman
52 A. whether     B. unless           C. if                 D. after
53 A. adds        B. tells              C. repeats           D. cries
54 A. before      B. after             C. shyly            D. and
55 A. necessary    B. all right          C. important               D. quite easy

答案

36—40： D C A D B 41—45：B C D A B 46—50：D C B A B 51—55： C C A A B

解析

略

举一反三

One day last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning light and headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River. Tom, a 32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going for his morning bath.
As he approached(走近) the river, the head of a tiger(老虎) suddenly appeared over the edge of the river bank. Before he could turn to run, the tiger was upon him. It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, its huge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite.
Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. The tiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him. Peter ran.
From the window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see it attacking a man. He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting as the tiger dropped its victim(牺牲品) and ran off. When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead.
For the villagers, the horror of the incident intensified(加剧) by the tales of man-eating tigers that has once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds.
小题1:How many people saw the tiger before it was driven off?
A One person. B. Two persons. C. Three persons. D. Four persons.
小题2:The reason why the tiger attacked the man was .

A．it was hungry	B．it was angry
C．it was frightened by the man	D．not mentioned in the passage

小题3:When did the attack take place?

A．Early in the morning	B．At noon
C．Late in the afternoon	D．At five before dark

小题4:According to the passage, the underlined word screamed in the third paragraph probably means ____.

A．gave a sharp cry because of fear.	B．shouted out for help.
C．made some loud noise.	D．cried out in pain.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

If Barack Obama"s wife and kids thought they"d be getting his undivided attention during their long-awaited summer holiday, perhaps they should think again.
The US President kicked off his vacation by revealing that, in addition to endless games of tennis and golf, he plans to spend the week ploughing through five books, weighing in at an astonishing 2,300 pages. His summer reading list, unveiled(透露) by the White House, contains two heavyweight works of non–fiction and three novels.
On top of the president’s table is Hot, Flat and Crowded, by New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman. Subtitled "why we need a green revolution", it makes a leftish（左倾的） call to arms regarding the future of the planet.
Mr Obama"s second choice is historian David McCullough"s biography of John Adams, the often under-rated second US president, who was the subject of an award-winning HBO docu-drama（纪实剧）last year.
The novels include two crime thrillers: Richard Price"s Lush Life, and The Way Home, a novel by George Pelecanos set in Washington, DC – which, much like Obama"s best-selling autobiography（自传）, explores the relationship between a father and his son.
Completing the set is the novel Plainsong, by a little-known writer called Kent Haruf. Set in a small town on the Colorado plains, its existence on the reading list may reassure voters that Middle America has not been ignored by their commander-in-chief.
Publishers are keeping an eye on whether the famous "Obama bounce" – which has helped sales at the first family"s favourite clothes stores, such as J Crew – will continue to apply to their troubled industry. The President"s endorsement（认可） is said to have lifted sales of Joseph O"Neill"s novel Netherland about cricket in Holland and New York last year.
Given that President Obama has already spent a portion of his week so far playing golf, beating Michelle at tennis, and visiting friends, questions will inevitably(不可避免地) be asked about his ability to put any dent（挫伤） at all in the ambitious reading list.
To finish all five books, he would have to manage more than 300 pages every day – quite an "ask" when a small portion of his time must also be spent running the country.
57. What’s the function of the first paragraph?

A. To give an example.	B. To introduce a topic.
C. To describe a hope.	D. To offer an argument.

58. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Some people doubted if the president could finish his books.

B. The Way Home is a book which explores the relationship between a father and his son.

C. Lush life, set in Washington, is a novel written by Richard Price.

D. Thanks to Obama, sales of Netherland have been lifted.

59. Which of the following was NOT a book the President planned to read?

A. John Adams.	B. Netherland.
C. Hot, Flat and Crowded.	D. Lush Life.

60. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Obama’s Hobbies	B. Obama’s Holiday Plan
C. Obama’s Holiday Life	D. Obama’s Holiday Book List

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Rick, Bill, David, Jack 和 Tom是美国一家研究所的员工，他们正在寻找度假的地方，要亲眼看看全球气候变暖对地球的影响。下面（A, B, C, D, E和F）是Mother Nature Network提供的在不久的将来因全球气候变暖可能要消失的6个地方的有关信息，请你从中选出最适合他们去的地方。选项中有一项是多余选项。
61. Rick: I love nature. I think any place in nature is beautiful and worth protecting. However, more and more lands are becoming deserts. I’d like to go to a place which will let me have a close look at the landscape before it is swallowed by deserts.
62. Bill: I love sea, so do my wife and my son. I’d like to stay in a place for some time with my family to experience the sea thoroughly—to see it with my own eyes; to smell it with my own nose; and to feel it with my own body.
63. David: I want to get some information that will be of some help to see the damage pollution has done to corals so that we may have some idea to prevent them from disappearing completely.
64. Jack: I love nature, but I don’t like travel long way. I don’t want to go to other countries. I plan to go to some place in my own country to see glaciers before it’s too late.
65. Tom: I love nature and I also love travel. I plan to go to an area where climate-related disasters may happen so that I will collect some information for my research work although it may be a little dangerous.
Globe warming is a serious problem. Climate change is rapidly altering the landscape of our planet. We may be one of the last generations to see some of the Earth"s most cherished places. Here"s our list of 6 places to see before they completely disappear.

A. Glacier National Park Just slightly more than 100 years ago, there were as many as 150 glaciers dotted throughout Glacier National Park in the north of the U S A. By 2005, only 27 remained, and those are expected to disappear completely by 2030, if not earlier. Many of the plant and animal species that call the park home require cold water, meaning the ecosystem of the park stands to change dramatically when the glaciers are gone.	B. Great Barrier Reef It"s so large that it can be seen from space, but the Great Barrier Reef is disappearing at an increased rate because of climate change. Rising ocean temperatures, water pollution, ocean acidification and cyclones continually hit the reef and have caused mass coral bleaching. What took 8,000 years for nature to build could disappear within our lifetimes.
C. Maldives Maldives is the lowest-lying country in the world, with a maximum natural ground level of 2.3 meters (7 feet, 7 inches), and an average of only 1.5 meters (4 feet, 11 inches) above sea level. If sea levels rise too much, the country would earn an unwanted superlative: the first nation to be swallowed by the ocean because of global warming.	D. Patagonia A land of untouched beauty, South America"s Patagonia stands to be dramatically altered by climate change. Many of its glaciers are steadfastly retreating due to rising temperatures and declining rainfall. While this land doesn"t stand to disappear entirely, its landscape may soon be altered beyond recognition if global warming persists.
E. Bangladesh Set in the low-lying Ganges–Brahmaputra River Delta, Bangladesh sits in a perfect storm of climactic conditions. About 50 percent of the area would be flooded if the sea level were to rise by 1 meter. Bangladesh also lies at the heart of the monsoon belt. Natural calamities, such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes and tidal bores(怒潮)occur here almost every year — with tragic results.	F. South Australia Much like the Sahara in Africa, desertification also threatens South Australia. Across the region, fresh water supplies are rapidly drying up. Meanwhile, the parched（焦***）landscape increases the occurrence of wildfires, threatening agriculture, wildlife and hundreds of Australian homes.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A:       61      .
B: I think so. You see, many students are going into and coming out of that building. Most of them
are holding books or carrying schoolbags. Let’s go in and have a look.
A:       62      .
B: You really don’t have to worry about that. We can ask the assistants for help. Besides, you can
always find rules posted on the walls of the library.
A:       63      .
B: Sure, and it must be shown each time. We can also read newspapers and magazines in the
rooms there.
A:       64      .
B: Of course. That’s one of the purposes of the library.
A:       65      .
B: I guess since we’re both new on the campus, we have many questions. As a matter of fact, I
don’t know any more about this than you do. Let’s go in and find out.

A．Look, the students are very busy.

B．I’ve never been to a library; I don‘t know what to do.

C．Can we read our own books there?

D．Let’s ask the assistants who can help us.

E. If we borrow books there, how long can we keep them?
F. That big building must be the library.
G. I hear we’ll be given a library card, with which we can borrow books.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son"s soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son"s team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.
With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son"s teammate, Mickey O"Donnel. With shouts of "Kick it!" echoing (回响) across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted (沸腾). O"Donnel had scored!
Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome (综合症) and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.

The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, "I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!" For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, "Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!" Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.
Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, "It was a tie. Everybody won."
61. What was the score of the soccer match?
A. Two to two, equal to both the teams.        B. Three to one in Mickey"s team"s favor.
C. Two to one in the opposite team"s favor.        D. Everybody won because of Mickey"s goal.
62. The underlined word "hush" in paragraph 3 means
A. cheer    B. cry      C. laughter   D. silence
63. What did the author worry about when Mickey scored and hugged his son?
A. The result of the match would fail his son.
B. His son would shout at Mickey for his goal.
C. Mickey would again hug the opposing players.
D. His son would understand Mickey"s wrong goal.
64. It can be inferred(推断出) from the passage that ________.
A. both teams liked and respected Mickey
B. both teams were thankful to Mickey for his goal
C. Mickey didn"t mind though his goal was wrong
D. Mickey was a kind- hearted boy and hoped everybody won
65. The purpose of the author in writing the passage is ________.
A. to tell a joke to make readers laugh
B. to suggest we should not mind losing
C. to show enjoying a game is more than winning a game
D. to present his son"s fine qualities of understanding others

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案