专升本英语-744

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一、Ⅰ Phonetics(总题数：1，分数：5.50)

A. climb B. doubtful C. February D. thumb（分数：5.50） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：画线部分读[b]；其他选项的画线部分不发音。 A. √ B. C. D. 解析： A. B. √ C. D.

解析：[解析] [*] A. B. C. D. √

解析：[解析] 字母组合。

[解析] 本题测试元音字母组合ea的不同发音，正确选项中measure画线部分读音为/e/；其余选项画线部分均读/i:/。 A. √ B. C. D.

解析：[解析] A项划线部分发[[*]]，而B，C，D项划线部分发[[*]]，因此选A项。

二、Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure(总题数：15，分数：16.00)

1.This brand of products is ______ to that in quality. A. senior B. junior C. superior D. better

（分数：1.00） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：本题测试词义及搭配。senior，junior 及 superior 本身含比较含义，它们后面需跟 to 与所比较的事物相连接。better 后需跟 than 与所比较的事物相连接。senior 意为“年长的，上级的”；junior 意为“年少的，下级的”；superior 意为“优于，胜过”。本句大意为：这种品牌的产品比那种质量好。 2.At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly ______ to another subject.

A. committed B. switched C. favoured D. transferred

（分数：1.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：本题测试动词辨异。A．commit犯(错误，罪行)，干(坏事，傻事)；B．switch转换或改变(话题，议题)，意同change；C．favour喜爱，支持；有利于，偏爱；O．transfer迁移，转移。 3.Automobiles are becoming ______ among the wealthy people in China today. A. favourable B. fashionable C. famous D. familiar

（分数：1.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

4.I have no objection ______ his staying in the library as long as he keeps quiet. A. of B. to C. in D. over

（分数：1.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：此处构成objection to sth．结构，意为“反对……”。全句意为“我不反对他待在图书馆里，只要他保持安静”。

5.The boy has four appels: two yellow ______ and two red A. one; one B. one; ones C. ones; other D. ones; ones

（分数：1.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

6.I much prefer this candidate. I thought she was ______ better than the other one. A. lot B. bit C. more D. far

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A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

7.______, he felt too nervous to speak. A. Having been watched by a crowd of people B. Watching by a crowd of people C. Having watched by a crowd of people D. Being watched by a crowd of people

（分数：1.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：本题为语法结构题，考分词结构。他是被别人看，而不是看别人，因此，要用被动语态。另外，现在分词表示主动，用作伴随状语，说明一动作发生时另一动作也同时发生。而 Having been watched by a crowd of people 表示的意思是，看和紧张这两个动作是先后发生的，不是同时发生的，在这里不符合句意。本句大意为：被一群人盯着，他紧张得开不了口。

8.By the end of this month we surely ______a satisfactory solution to the problem. A. have found B. will have found C. will be binding D. are binding

（分数：1.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：本题测试时态。by后跟一个未来时间表示到这一时间为止，句子谓语动词须用将来完成时will/shall have done。本句大意为：到本月底，我们一定能找到令人满意解决问题的办法。 9.She's such an irritating woman, and I don't know how you can ______ her. A. put up B. put up with C. stand up with D. stand with

（分数：1.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：首先应判定该题是词汇检测题。在四个选择中，A后接人作宾语时，意为“为…提供食宿”；B为“容忍”；C为“做……的傧相”；D为“和……相处”。只有put up with是正确的。 注意“容忍”在英文中的几个一般表达方法：

to stand，如，I can stand a fellow who is very talkative． to bear，如，Nobody can bear his carelessness．

to put up with，如，It is the increasing price that I cannot put up with．

10.\"Evil Under the Sun\A. which B. that C. it D. what

（分数：1.00） A. √ B. C. D. 解析：

11.There was a traffic jam, but she ______ get to the destination in time. A. could B. might C. ought to D. was able to

（分数：1.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：本题为情态动词辨析题。ought to意为“应该”，不合句意；might表示推测，且一般指说话者没多少把握，在本句中和but的转折意不合；can表示一般的能力，一般不用于一次性动作。 12.Three fourths of the homework ______ today. A. has finished B. has been finished C. have finished D. have been finished

（分数：1.50） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

13.Jenny is the only one of the grade who ______selected to school fashion-show team A. is B. are C. has D. have

（分数：1.00） A. √ B. C. D. 解析：

14.Please ______ her of that important meeting again. She is always forgetting things. A. warn B. relieve C. remind D. inform

（分数：1.50） A.

B. C. √ D.

解析：此题测试考生对英文to remind somebody of something的用法的掌握。在选项中的to warn somebody of something，to inform somebody of something和to remind somebody of something本身都是正确的。但细读全句，尤其是again一词后可知，是“再一次”的问题。因此，“再一次提醒”符合逻辑。To warn somebody of something意为“警告某人”，如：The general warned his soldiers of the coming danger．inform意为“通知(某人)”，如：Inform me of any further development．relieve意为“解脱(痛苦)”，如：The doctor is trying to relieve his leg of pain．

15.The treaty was made to protect the country ______ invasion by its neighbours. A. of B. for C. with D. from

（分数：1.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：protect．．．from．．，表“保护……免受……”。

三、Ⅲ Cloze(总题数：1，分数：30.00)

Mary Arming (1799—1847) was a British fossil hunter who began finding (21) as a child, and soon supported herself and her very (22) family by finding and selling fossils. Very (23) is known about her life, but her father was a cabinet maker and he also (24) local fossils.

Mary (25) on the southern coast of England, in a town called Lyme Regis. Its famous (26) by the sea contain (27) fossil layers that (28) from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (the (29) of the dinosaurs, other bizarre reptiles, large insects, sea creatures, (30) mammals, and (31) life forms).

Mary Arming (32) and prepared the first fossilized plesiosaur (an ocean-dwelling reptile) and the first Ichthyosaurus (an ocean-dwelling reptile that (33) like a dolphin). She found many other important fossils, including Pterodactylus (a flying reptile), sharks (and other fish), and so on. (34) with her brother Joseph, Mary supplied prepared fossil specimens to (35) museums, scientists, and private collections.

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(1).A. cliffs B. dinosaurs C. fossils D. museums（分数：2.00） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：这篇文章讲述了一位英国女性化石探索者的故事。玛丽·安宁是英国的化石探寻者。她从幼时就开始寻找化石了。

(2).A. poor' B. rich C. famous D. unknown（分数：2.00） A. √ B. C. D.

解析：并且很快就靠搜寻和出售化石来维持她的贫困的家庭生计了。 (3).A. a lot B. little C. many D. much（分数：2.00）

A. B. √ C. D.

解析：对于她个人的生活人们知道得很少。

(4).A. hunter B. find C. wanted D. collected（分数：2.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：只知道她父亲是家具木工。他也收集化石。“but”转折说明前面应是“少”。 (5).A. traveled B. lived C. went D. arrived（分数：2.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：玛丽住在英格兰的南海岸。

(6).A. cliffs B. place C. people D. creatures（分数：2.00） A. √ B. C. D.

解析：这个镇上著名的岩石蕴藏着令人难以置信的化石层。

(7).A. believable B. untrusting C. incredible D. funny（分数：2.00） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：见上一条。

(8).A. period B. date C. started D. beginning（分数：2.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：这化石层的年代属于恐龙、稀奇古怪的爬行动物等时期。这里提到了三叠纪，侏罗纪和白垩纪时期的动物，以及早期的哺乳动物及其他的生命形式。

(9).A. date B. year C. animals D. time（分数：2.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：见上一条。date from意为“属于什么年代”，the time of意为“是什么时期的”。 (10).A. early B. last C. before D. later（分数：2.00） A. √ B. C. D.

解析：见上一条。

(11).A. other B. new C. any D. specific（分数：2.00）

A. √ B. C. D.

解析：见上一条。

(12).A. looked B. interested C. worked D. found（分数：2.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：玛丽找到并整理了最早的蛇颈龙和鱼龙化石。

(13).A. seemed B. thought C. considered D. looked（分数：2.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：鱼龙是海里的爬行动物，看起来像海豚。

(14).A. Separated B. Together C. Formed D. United（分数：2.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：玛丽同她的兄弟一起为许多博物馆、科学家等提供了整理好的化石标本。 (15).A. little B. many C. a few D. a little（分数：2.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：见上一条。

四、Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00) 五、

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In ancient times most cultures and civilizations made some reference to the origin of their languages. However, they did not study language by observation or experimentation——at least as far as we can judge from records that have survived to this day. Most comments on the origins of languages come to us in folk-tales or religious writings. But the Greek historian Herodotus tells us of one experiment.

An Egyptian king named Psammmetichos wished to find out which was the world's oldest language. To gain this information he decided to isolate two new born babies until they began to speak. Because they were kept from adults, they would have no patterns to imitate. The king made the assumption that the children would speak what was a natural language——which would be the oldest. After some months the children were heard to make a Sound which was recorded as \"bekos\". This was found to be very similar to the Phrygian word for \"bread\". Therefore Phrygianca language once spoken in Asia. Minor was considered to be the flint language of mankind. At least by King Psammetichos, and we may assume by his court.

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(1).The two babies were deliberately kept from adults ______. A. to whether they could learn to speak without the help of adults B. to prove that Phrygian was the first language of mankind C. to see whether they would speak the Egyptian language

D. to discover which language would come most naturally（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

(2).From his experiment the king concluded that ______. A. the first word children learn in any language is \"bread\" B. the Phrygian language was the oldest in the world. C. the oldest word in any language is that of \"bread\"

D. the Phrygian language was the easiest in the world to learn.（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

(3).The author thinks that the king's experiment ______.

A. was the first reliable experiment in language study in history B. proved what it meant to prove

C. was not necessarily sound though based on observation D. was utterly ridiculous and not worth mentioning（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

(4).According to the author, the king's conclusion ______. A. was accepted by everybody B. caused heated arguments

C. was probably accepted by his court D. Was not believed by anyone except himself（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

六、

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Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them; often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.

Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers

sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disaster or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries; however, the new rule; came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously iii.

Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. In the U. S., for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell. A third department looks at the places where people work, and then reports any companies that are breaking laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course, new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness, but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and Cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.

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(1).The main topic of the passage is ______. A. conditions in the work place

B. the freedom of industries in the past C. changes in industrial production

D. the safety and health of workers and customers（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

(2).It can be inferred from the passage that in the past. ______. A. workers often got iii because of the poor working conditions B. companies were free to put out any products they wanted to C. many people were killed by the dangerous products

D. industries were not as careful in management as they are today（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

(3).It is implied in the passage that ______.

A. governments and companies had different opinions about the safety of products B. governments paid little attention to the safety of products C. government officials often did not listen to scientists

D. in the past no safety laws were introduced by governments（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

(4).Some years ago safety rules ______.

A. were put forward due to scientists' recommendations B. came into being as a result of the workers' demand

C. were introduced because quite a number of people were killed or seriously injured D. were effective enough to protect workers and customers（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

七、

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Despite the fact that today viruses (病毒) are known to cause cancer in animals and in certain plants, there exists a great reluctance to accept viruses as being of importance in human cancer. Basic biological phenomena generally do not differ strikingly as one goes from one species to another. It should be recognized that cancer is a biological problem and not a problem that is unique for man. Cancer originates when a normal cell suddenly becomes a cancer cell which multiplies widely and without apparent restraint. Cancer may originate in many different kinds of cell, but the cancer cell usually continues to carry certain traits (特性) of the cell of origin. The transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell may have more than one kind of cause, but them is good reason to consider the relationships that exist between viruses and cancer. Since there is no evidence that human cancer, as generally experienced, is infections, many persons believe that because viruses are infections agents they cannot possibly be of importance in human cancer. However, viruses can mutate (突变) and examples are known in which a virus that never kills its host can mutate to form a new strain of virus that always kills its host. It does not seem unreasonable to assume that an innocuous (无害的) latent (潜伏的) virus might mutate to form a strain that causes cancer. Certainly the experimental evidence now available is consistent with the idea that viruses as we know them today, could be the causative (引起……的) agents of most, if not all cancer, including cancer in man.

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(1).Cancer should be considered to be a biological problem rather than a medical one because ______. A. viruses are known to cause cancer in animals

B. at present, human cancer is not believed to be contagious (传染的)

C. there are many known causes for the transformation of a normal cell to a cancer cell D. results of experiments on plants and animals do not vary greatly from species tn species（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

(2).The possibility that a virus causes human cancer is indicated by ______. A. the fact that viruses have been known to mutate

B. the fact that a cancer-immune individual may lose his immunity

C. the fact that production of human cancer cells might be due to a genetic factor D. the fact that man is host to many viruses（分数：3.00） A. √ B. C.

D. 解析：

(3).Many people believe that viruses cannot possibly be of importance in human cancer because ______.

A. they are innocuous agencies

B. they are the causative agents of most human cancer C. they seem to be infections to many people

D. they are generally thought to be relevant to most cancer in man（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

(4).The best title for this passage is ______.

A. New Light on the Cause of Cancer B. The Newest Theory on the Nature of Viruses C. Viruses and Cancer D. On the Nature of Life（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

The winter in Iceland has been one of the worst ever. An animal that was born in Iceland and just returned there has enjoyed the weather. Keiko is a killer whale who is now living in a hidden bay.

When Keiko was one or two years old, he was captured. This was in 1979. In 1982 he was moved to an amusement part in Ontario, Canada. Three years later another park took him to Mexico City. There, the 6.4-meter (21-foot) whale lived in a small pen with water that was too warm. In 1993 the \"Free Willy\" movie made people aware of his state. In 1996 the Free Willy Keiko Foundation moved him to a pool in an aquarium in Newport, Oregon.

The foundation has spent over $12 million to return Keiko to Iceland, his home. Late last year the 40,000-pound (18,100-kilogram) whale was flown on a C-17 transport plane to pen near the Wesman Islands.

Critics thought Keiko would suffer in the cold water. Instead, he is enjoying the cold and becomes more active. He likes to jump out of the water to get sprayed by the salt spray. Since his return, he acts more like a wild whale. He dives more often, eats more live fish, and is more active. Keiko still isn't ready to go out alone into the open sea. Trainers hope to put him in a larger bay. They also hope to train him to follow a boat. They don't know what Keiko will do when he meets other sea animals. So far the only animals who have come near Keiko's cage left when they saw him.

They would like to let Keiko free this summer. No one knows if he will be ready. If he isn't, the Keiko Foundation is ready to take care of him. It will cost about $1 million a year.

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(1).Critics thought that Keiko would ______. A. die from the cold water in Iceland B. be happy to return home C. want to be free

D. be less active（分数：3.00） A. √

B. C. D.

解析：这是一篇讲一头杀伤力很强的鲸鱼回到冰岛海域生活的情景。从第四段可知，评论员们以为鲸鱼会受不了寒冷。然而事实却相反，鲸鱼在那里生活得很愉快。 (2).Keiko has ______.

A. enjoyed being with other sea animals

B. killed other sea animals that have come into his pen C. had limited contact with other sea animals D. is ready to go to the open sea（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：倒数第二段。鲸鱼还是不想单独到宽阔的大海里去。训鲸员想知道如果遇到其他的海洋动物它会怎么做。由此可见这头鲸鱼很少与其他的海洋动物接触。 (3).This summer trainers hope to ______. A. give Keiko a freedom in the wild B. immediately set him free C. move him to another aquarium

D. still keep him in the cage（分数：3.00） A. √ B. C. D.

解析：参见最后一段。训鲸员准备在夏天的时候给它自由。但不知它是否已经准备好了。 (4).If Keiko can't adjust to the wild, the foundation ______. A. will set him free anyway

B. will bring him back to the United States C. will take care of him for the rest of his life D. won't be able to take care of him（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D.

解析：参见最后一段。如果鲸鱼不能适应自然的环境，Keiko的基金会会以每年一百万美元的花费来照看它。那就意味着照看它终生，而不把它放回大自然。

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In the seventeenth century, European soldiers who came across some Indian groups in the western Great Lakes found that several native tribes were living in the area without a formal leadership system. They appeared to be \"quite friendly with each other without a formal authority\"! Not only did the Indians appear to lack a formal system of authority, but they also deeply hated any efforts to control their actions. All members of the tribes knew what was required of them by life long familiarity with the tasks of the area. These tasks tended to be simple, since the Indian's rate of social change was slow. Thus, although subgroups such as soldiers had recognized leaders, no real authority was required. Rather than giving direct orders (which were considered

rough), members of the tribes would arouse others to action by examples.

It would be difficult, if not impossible, to carry out such a system in our own society. Most of us have grown up under one authority or another for as we can remember. Our parents, our teachers, our bosses, our government all have the recognized right under certain conditions to tell us what to do. The authority is so much a part of our culture that it is hard for us to imagine a workable society without it. We have been used to relying on authority to get things done and would probably be uncomfortable with the Indian methods of examples on a large scale.

Of course, the major reason why the Indian system would not be suitable for us is that our society is too large. The number of tasks that various members of our society have to perform often under tight time and resource limitations could not be treated by the Indian system. In modern societies, the formal authority system is necessary to achieve any social objectives.

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(1).Which of the following sentences is correct according to the passage? ______

A. From. 1710 to 1780, European soldiers came across some Indian groups in the western Great Lakes. B. European soldiers were quite friendly to the Indian groups. C. The Indian groups had no leaders.

D. The Indian groups only obeyed their own gods.（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

(2).The Indians got their brothers to do something by ______ ? A. telling them what to do B. showing them how to do it

C. making them obey the order D. beating them down to lower prices（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

(3).After reading the passage, you may conclude that ______ . A. the Indian system is also suitable for some small towns B. the Indians were too simple to some small towns

C. our social system is much better than that existing Indian society

D. the Indian social system would be very difficult for our society（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

(4).It can be inferred from the passage that we have to carry out our tasks A. by learning from Indian their way of doing things B. by raising questions time and again C. as quickly as we can

D. as slowly as we can（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √

D. 解析：

English as a Foreign Language

Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures (文化)? Or should we worry about the dangers of \"mono-culturalismhe same food and listen to the same music?

Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thought—although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India)…

If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds hamburgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的) ,will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.

When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. \"The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it's like a rose,\" he said. \"But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?\"

Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don't necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that's fine by me.

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(1).By saying \"Ask the people of India… and Pakistan\" (Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that______.

A. speaking the same language doesn't necessarily bring peace B. wars can destroy the relationship between two countries C. English doesn't kill other languages

D. English is widely used in the world（分数：3.00） A. √ B. C. D.

解析：[解析] 这道题问作者在第四段中提到“Ask the people of India… and Pakistan”暗含的意思是什么。这要看这一段的前两句话的意思。第一句话提出问题：“如果越来越多的人都说相同语言的话，有什么要紧吗?”接下来，作者表示了自己的观点，“正相反，我原来会那么想——虽然我从来也没有赞成过这样的观点，即：如果我们相互更加了解，就不会有那么多战争了。”下面作者说“Ask the people of India… and Pakistan”(并在括号中注明在这两个国家中，许多人都不同程度地会说英语)，作者举例是为了支持自己前面的观点的。这里我们还要借助我们所掌握的国际常识，因为这两个国家一直处于敌对和战争的状态。由此，我们可以看出作者的观点，即A选项speaking the same language doesn't necessarily bring peace所表达的意思：说相同的语言并不一定会带来和平。Not necessarily意思是“并不一定”。

(2).The author would probably agree that______.

A. it's very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden B. it's good for people from other countries to learn English C. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens D. English is easier to learn than other languages（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D.

解析：[解析] 这道题问作者可能会同意A、B、C、D中哪一种说法。可以先排除选项A和选项C，因为这篇文章讨论的并不是种玫瑰的问题，作者只是在文中把英语比喻成玫瑰。在最后一段中，作者说I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden“我认为对任何花园来说玫瑰花都会为它们增色”，意思是说人们学英语是件好事。全文最后一句是If more and more people want to plant English roses，that's fine by me.“如果越来越多的人想种英国玫瑰(意即想学英语)，我认为没有什么不妥。”由此断定，B选项it's good for people from other countries to learn English是作者可能会同意的说法。 (3).This passage is mainly about______. A. why English has become a global language B. how many people in the world speak English

C. how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

D. whether we need to worry about English being a world language（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √

解析：[解析] 这道题考查学生抓住文章主旨大意的能力。文章的第一、二段提供了本文讨论的话题的背景，即英语正在变为世界性的语言并且作为人们的母语或第二语言或外语被广泛应用。第三段提出了问题Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures(文化)? Or should we worry about the dangers of“mono-culturalism”，a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?我们应该为这个事实感到高兴呢，还是应当为出现“一元文化主义”的危险而担忧呢?作者在以下各段就这个问题发表了自己的意见。因此应该选D选项 whether we need to worry about English being a world language.“是否有必要为英语变为世界语言而担忧”。选项B为枝节问题，而选项A和C在文中没有详细讨论，不是主题，故排除。

九、

(总题数：1，分数：12.00)

There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil ) is creating a \"greenhouse effect\"— conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world's average temperature, If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking

sunlight and lowering the earth's temperature—a result that would be equally disastrous, A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profits, people neglect. the damage on our environment caused by the \"advanced civilization\". Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. But is it really worthwhile?

（分数：12.00）

(1).As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ______ . A. cause widespread damage in the countryside

B. affected the entire eastern half of the United States C. had damaged effect on health

D. existed merely in urban and industries areas（分数：3.00） A. B. C. D. √ 解析：

(2).As to the greenhouse effect, the author ______ .

A. share the same view with the scientist. B. is uncertain of its occurrence

C. rejects it as being ungrounded D. thinks that it will destroy the world soon（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

(3).It can be concluded that ______ .

A. raising the world's temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth. B. lowering the world's temperature merely a few degrees would lead major fanning areas to disaster. C. almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade.

D. the world's temperature will remain constant in the years to come.（分数：3.00） A. B. √ C. D. 解析：

(4).This passage is primarily about ______ .

A. the greenhouse effect B. the burning of fossil fuels

C. the potential effect of air pollution D. the likelihood of a new ice age（分数：3.00） A. B. C. √ D. 解析：

十、Ⅴ Daily Conversation(总题数：1，分数：5.00)

A. Thank you B. It's my pleasure C. By the way D. No, of course not E. Here you are F. Never mind G. I'm sorry H. No way

（分数：5.00）

(1).lodger: I'm terribly sorry that I broke your vase. Landlady:______ （分数：1.00）

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：F） 解析：

(2).Clerk: Would you sign the register please, Sir? Mr. Woods: Sure. ______, does my room have a private bath? Clerk: Certainly. Every room in this hotel has a private bath. （分数：1.00）

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：C） 解析：

(3).Luke: What a beautiful dress! Edna: ______. I just got it yesterday. （分数：1.00）

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：A） 解析：

(4).Fric: Thank you for looking after the cat for me. Jack: ______. I love cats. （分数：1.00）

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：B） 解析：

(5).Mary: I'm going shopping.

Oliver: Do you mind if I come with you.* Mary: ______. You can carry my bag for me. （分数：1.00）

填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：D） 解析：

十一、Ⅵ Writing(总题数：1，分数：25.00)

16.five-workday week leisure time be interested in join grow concern over idle away come to the conclusion

（分数：25.00）

__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(

Two-day Weekend

The advance of science and technology makes people have more free time. Nowadays, we have five-workday week. Therefore, our university and college students can have much more leisure time. Sports fans can play in the playground. Students who are interested in social work can join many clubs. Of course, we also can get a part time job to gain some work experience.

There is growing concern over the students who don't put too much emphasis on study. Some students always idle away their time, playing cards, drinking, gambling. These problems are really serious.

Taking into account all these factors, we can safely come to the conclusion that the students will waste more time if they don't make good use of the weekend.

I also do many interesting things such as reading novels, writing articles at the two-day weekend. All work no play makes Jack a dull boy. It's really true!) 解析：