第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分。） The government wanted to put _ 36_ a big office

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分。）
The government wanted to put _ 36_ a big office building in the capital and had to choose an engineering company to do __37__ work. Several big companies wanted the job , because it would bring _38__ a lot of money __39__ they could get it , but, of course, they could not all have it, so the government had to decide__40_ of them should be the lucky __41__ .So they appointed (任命，派) a government official to __42__ the various companies’ offers , decide which was the most suitable , and then advise the Minister of Works which of them to choose.
After some months, the choice was _43_ and work was about to begin _44__
one of the companies which had not been successful complained(抱怨) to the Minister . They said the official who had been responsible for __45__ him on the choice of a company to do the work had accepted bribes (贿赂)。
The Minister at once ordered an inquiry (调查) into the whole matter, and after a month had __46__ that the official had __47__ taken birbes. He therefore sent for him and asked for __48_ .
The official admitted that he had taken big bribes . “But ,” he said , “I did not just take one from the _49__ to which I recommended（推荐） that you __50___ the work. I took a bribe from each company and promised to give them the work. ”
“Well, then,” said the Minister, “__51___ did you finally make your choice? Did you choose the one that gave you the biggest bribe?”
“Certainly __52___ , sir.” answered the official, deeply    53__ that the Minister should scold him __54___ such dishonesty. “I was very careful to take __55___ the same bribe from each of the companies that were trying to get the job, and then choose the one that I thought would do the work best and most cheaply, of course.”
36. A. down        B. out           C. up              D.forward
37. A. a            B. the            C. any             D. x
38. A. that          B. it             C. them            D.what
39. A.because       B. if             C.as               D.before
40. A.one           B. some          C. any             D.which
41. A. job           B. work           C. one            D.companies
42. A.see          B. go over         C. look             D.examine
43. A. made        B. done           C. taken            D. chosen
44. A.when        B. while          C. as               D. before
45. A.asking       B. advising         C.persuading       D.suggesting
46. A. proof        B. question        C.result             D. problem
47. A.probably       B.indeed           C.in fact          D.possibly
48. A. a study     B. a discussion    C.an explanation     D.an examination
49. A. company      B.office             C.official            D.building
50. A. should give    B.would give     C.should have given       D.gave
51. A. Why          B.How             C.What               D.When
52. A. no            B.so               C.yes                 D.not
53. A. thought       B.regarded          C.noticed             D.felt
54. A. for           B.with              C.at                  D.of
55. A. greatly        B.exactly            C.nearly              D.not

答案

36—40 CBCBD 41—45 CDAAB 46—50 ABCAA
51——55 BDDAB

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“When one of the doctors criticizes(批评) me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that I’m not wrong,” says Viola, a nurse. This is a common reaction（反应） to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism.
Try to be objective(客观的).When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sol’s reaction was to feel sorry for himself. “I had put everything I had into making that sale,” Sol says. “And I felt that I had failed as a person.I had to learn through experience not to react like that to each failure.”
Take time to cool down. Rather than react at once to criticism, take some time to think over what was said. Your first question should be whether the criticism is fair from the other person’s position. The problem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it.
Take positive（积极的） action. After you cool down, consider what you can do about the situation. The best answer may be “nothing”. “I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out on me because I was there ,” says Sheila. “His criticisms didn’t really have anything to do with my work, so nothing I said or did was going to change them.” In Sheila’s case, the best way to deal with it was to leave her job However, that’s an extreme(极端的) reaction.
You may simply explain your opinion without expecting an in-depth（深入的） discussion. You may even decide that the battle isn’t worth fighting this time. The key, in any case , is to have a reasonable plan.
64. When Sol was criticized by his employer, he________.
A. argued bitterly with his employer
B. was angry and gave up his job
C. was sorry for what he did
D. was sad and self-pitying
65. According to the writer, you should take time to think about criticism because ________.
A. people may have a mistaken idea of what you did
B. you should welcome other people’s opinions
C. people may discuss it with you in depth
D. you need time to understand yourself
66. When the writer says that “The best answer may be ‘ nothing’ ”,he means you may
decide _________.
A. to take no notice of the criticism          B. to argue with your boss
C. you need to change your job             D. you’ve done nothing wrong
67.The writer thinks Sheila might decide to leave her job because her boss______.
A.didn’t like her appearance         B. refused to change his opinion
C.made an unreasonable critcism    D.refused to talk to her about the criticism

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I 完型填空：(15×2)
In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are 1 enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely 2 , and children are often allowed to do 3 they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him 4 question, and children are encouraged to be 5 at an early age. Some people believe that American p

arents carry this freedom 6 far. Others think that a strong father image would not 7 the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize (强调 ) the importance of independence, young people are expected to 8 their parental families by the time they have 9 their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a 10 , a kind of weak dependence.
This pattern of independence often results in serious 11 for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live 12 the age of 70. The job retirement age is 13 65. The children have left home, married, and 14 their won households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. 15 the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
1. A. great B.

big                  C. old                   D. young
2. A. watched                B. followed           C. understood        D. grasped
3. A. what                    B. that                   C. which               D. when
4. A. for                       B. on                    C. without             D. in
5. A. dependent             B. independent       C. sure                  D. safe
6. A. too                       B. almost               C. nearly               D. so
7. A. gain                            B. welcome           C. suit                   D. change
8. A. break up               B. break into          C. break through    D. break away from
9. A. reached                B. come                C. arrived                     D. developed
10. A. reward                B. criticism            C. failure               D. success
11. A. events                 B. problems           C. matters              D. affairs
12. A. on                      B. up                    C. from                 D. beyond
13. A. only                   B. usually              C. sometimes         D. seldom
14. A. set out                B. set aside            C. set up                D. set down
15. A. But                    B. And                  C. So                    D. As

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Many teenagers（青少年） feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to tell their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
49. Many teenagers think that ____ can understand them better.
A. friends B. brothers C. sisters D. parents
50. When teenagers have something difficult to tell their parents, they usually____.
A. stay alone at home B. fight with their parents
C. discuss it with their friends 　D. go to their brothers and sisters for help
51. The sentence （句子） “Your answers are welcome. ” means _______.
A. You are welcome to discuss the questions with us
B. We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome
C. Your answers are always right
D. You can give us all the right answers
52. Which of the following is the writer’s attitude（态度）?
A. Parents should choose friends for their children.
B. Children should choose everything they like.
C. Parents should understand their children better.
D. Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

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Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same "port", which come from the Latin word, meaning "to carry" or "to move" from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. "Import" means "to carry in" or "to bring into a country", "export", "ex" means "out of", so this word means "to carry out of the country", "re" means "back", so the "report" means "to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody", "transport", "trans" means "across" and it means "to carry across one place to another".
Let"s look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on.
小题1: In the first sentence the word "part" means _______.

A．different beginnings and different endings

B．the same part that has several meanings

C．the root of the word

D．the same root that has different meanings

小题2:By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _______.

A．the meaning of a Latin word	B．a different meaning
C．the meaning of "in" or "out of"	D．a lot of meanings

小题3:We can get a noun _______.

A．just by adding "er" to verbs	B．by changing a prefix
C．only by adding "er" to a root	D．by adding a suffix to a verb

小题4:According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be _______.

A．a man having good manners and education

B．a person who should be educated

C．somebody having bad manners

D．a person punished by somebody else

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It is believed that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earth"s population to reach the 250 million total which existed at the end of the first century AD. For some time after that, disease, famine(饥饿) and war kept the population increase down to a rate of 1 percent a year so that more than 15 centuries passed before the population reached 500 million. But in the next 250 years, up to 1850, the population of the world shot to 1 billion and today it has reached 3.5 billion. Scientists say that in the next 35 years the population of the world will double, reaching almost 7 billion by the year 2010.
When experts are asked what are the most effective measures that can stop over population, they reply that at least three measures can be considered.
(A) Increasing sources and supply of food for under-developed countries.
(B) Increasing the industrialization of under- developed countries.
(C) Controlling birth.
The experts add, however, that none of the above measures can be effective by itself, and that all must be combined into one whole program. They also agree that without controlling of births, any other measures are doomed (注定) to failure.
小题1:The population _______ because of disease, famine and war.

A．didn"t increase	B．became less
C．increased slowly	D．still increased very fast

小题2: The population of the world doubled between the year _______.

A．1850 and today	B．100 and the year 1400
C．100 and the year 1600	D．1 and the year 100

小题3:Which of the following is true?

A．the richer the country is, the faster the population increase.

B．Birth control is the most important way to control the growth of population.

C．the population in the developed countries is increasing faster than that in the underdeveloped countries.

D．It is impossible to control the increase of the population.

小题4:The passage was written in ________.

A．1850

B．1936

C．2001

D．1975

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