【题型：填空】【分数：10分】 得分：0分 [1]
The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had _1_ there had left England because they felt deprived of religious freedom. They came to the _2_ land and faced difficulties in coming _3_ the ocean. The ship which carried them was _4_ Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans as they were called had _5_ to be thankful for. Their _6_ practices were no longer a source of _7_ by the government. They learned to _8_ their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they _9_ the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbours, the Indians, to join them in _10_ and a prayer of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women, and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not to live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They reflected on the 65 days’ voyage which tested their strength. 1. A) settled B) gone C) been D) stayed 2. A) poor B) new C) old D) strange 3. A) into B) over C) by D) across 4. A) titled B) known C) regarded D) called
5. A) many B) some C) much D) little 6. A) agricultural B) educational C) moral D) religious 7. A) criticism B) praise C) permission D) profit
8. A) change B) adopt C) adjust D) apply 9. A) appointed B) selected C) named D) took 10. A) competition B) dinner C) discussion D) worship 答： 答案： ABDDCCACBB
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [2]
It ______ exactly thirty years since I graduated from college.
A was
B has been C will be D had been
答： 答案： B
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [3]
The date of the meeting has been ______ from the 5th to 8th of June.
A postponed B put forward C advanced
D brought off
答： 答案： A
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [4]
As he has our pratience,we’ll not wait for him any longer. A torn B wasted C exhausted D consumed
答： 答案： C
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [5]
Could you lend me some money? I'm very ______of cash at the moment. A need B short C scarce D empty 答： 答案： B
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [6]
As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face. for five million dollars. A deposiled B assured C measured D insured 答： 答案： D
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [7]
We have come to a critical moment. You must take immediate ______.
A action B activity C act D doings 答： 答案： A
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [8]
Norman Davis will be remembered by many with not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.
A B C D
kindness friendliness warmth affection
答： 答案： D
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [9]
Problems can _____ when people have no knowledge of the law.
A rise B jump C arise D lift 答： 答案： C
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [10]
A sudden idea _____ to him that he might try the new method.
A occurred B took place C happened D took part
答： D 答案： B
【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [11]
Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and ,and many girls envy her. A slender B light C faint D minor 答： 答案： A
【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：0分 [12]
In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the earth’s postwar era, there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons
may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction(失误).
Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
1. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A) To look back to the early days of computers.
B) To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.
C) To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.
D) To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.
2. According to the passage, the wide-spread concern about computers was that they might _____________.
A) change our personal lives
B) take control of the world
C) create unforeseen problems
D) affect our businesses
3. The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ______________.
A) be reasonably doubtful about them
B) check all their answers
C) substitute them for basic thinking
D) use them for business purposes only
4. The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is _____________.
A) challenging B) psychological C) dramatic D) fundamental
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of _______________.
A) investment in computers
B) the use of one’s internal computer
C) double-checks on computers
D) complete dependence on computers for decision-making
【注】答案填写按照题目顺序直接填写选项，例如（ABBCC）
答：
答案： DBABD 【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：0分 [13]
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies form season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
He found that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.
1. According to the passage, man’s intelligence _________.
A) stays the same throughout the year
B) varies from day to day
C) changes with the seasons