When the curtain dropped, so did my __50___ for the evening. I ___51___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __52__ me down. Recently I realized I had been a __53__ that night. I was ___54___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __55___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too. 36. A. filled B. visited C. attended D. decorated 答案:A
解析：通读全文可以知道作者描述了自己七岁时的一次舞蹈表演的情况，有表演自然就有观众，所以本句句意应为―家人们挤满了演出大厅，大厅里充满了兴奋的情绪‖，表示―充满、挤满‖用filled。
37. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention 答案:D
解析：根据作者后面的描述可知，本句句意应为―我只有七岁，但是我是人们注意的中心‖，所以要使用attention。
38. A. take over B. show off C . look after D. give up 答案:B
解析：本题句意应为―最后，在经过了几周的准备之后，我要在舞蹈表演中展示我所做出的辛苦努力。‖表示―展示‖用show off。 take over表示―继承，接办；接管‖；show off表示―展示；炫耀，卖弄‖；look after表示―照顾，照看‖；give up表示―放弃，投降‖。 39. A. reasonable B. suitable C . obvious 答案:D
D . perfect
解析：根据后面的描述可知作者的这次表演失败了，所以本句句意应为―一切都应该是完美的--- 我是这样认为的。‖ reasonable表示―合乎情理的‖；suitable表示―合适的，适宜的‖；obvious 表示―明显的‖； perfect表示―完美的‖。D相符合逻辑。
40. A. dressed up B. folded up C. covered up D. mixed up 答案:A
解析：本句描述了自己的穿戴，所以句意应为―我等在后台，穿着黑色的紧身衣，扎着金色的腰带。‖表示―穿着‖用dress up。
41. A. suggested B. explained C. announced D. predicted 答案:C
解析：本句句意应为―典礼的主持人清晰地大声宣布下面表演的是我们班。‖表示―宣布‖用announced。 42. A. music 答案:B
B . audience C . curtain D . stage
解析：演出自然少不了观众，演员们要面对观众表演，所以本句句意应为―我们的舞蹈班成员在一个两英尺见方的箱子上做固定的动作，面向观众。‖所以B项正确。 43. A. easy B . active C . adventurous D. extra 答案:A
解析：本句句意应为― 我的动作真的非常简单‖，所以A项符合句意。 44. A. containing B . hiding C . sharing D . keeping 答案:D
解析：作者在本句中描述了出现失误前我的表演，本句句意应为―我脸上带着微笑，高昂着头，注意力如此集中以至于我没有看到我的脚伸向了哪里。‖ 表示―保持某种状态‖用keep，所以D项正确。contain表示―包含‖; hide表示―躲藏‖；share表示―分享‖；keep表示―保持，
保存‖。
45. A. why B . whether C . where D . what 答案:C
解析：根据上题解释可知应该选择C项。
46. A. wandered B. slipped C . waved D . skipped 答案:B
解析：本句句意应为―我没踩上同伴的箱子，滑倒了。‖所以使用slip。 47. A. blood B . pleasure C . pride D . tear 答案:A
解析：自己的表演出现了失误，肯定非常尴尬，所以本题句意应为―我能够听到观众席上传来的咯咯笑声，我感到血冲上了脸。‖应选择A项。
48. A. leave B . cheer C . believe D . notice 答案:D 解析：根据后面的描述，作者最终克服了自己的心里障碍完成了表演，所以本句句意应为―我记起了我的舞蹈老师曾经告诉我们的话?如果你出现了失误，要继续微笑下去，这样观众就不会注意到了‘‖。所以D项符合句意。
49. A. gesture B . example C . advice D . plan 答案:C
解析：根据后文的叙述可知，作者坚持完成了任务，所以本句句意应为―我尽力听从了她的建议，继续完成我的动作。‖ 故C项正确。
50. A. doubts B . hopes C . voice D . patience 答案:B
解析：根据作者 的描述可知， 作者本来是想要表现一下的，结果却出现了失误，所以自己的希望落空了，因此本句句意应为―当幕布落下，我的希望也落空了。‖故B项符合语境。 51. A. argued B . shouted C . begged D . sobbed 答案: D
解析：由后文的tasting the salt from the tears可知作者哭了起来，所以本句句意应为―我哭了起来‖，故D项正确。
52. A. turn B . calm C . let D . put 答案:B
解析：在当时的情境下，自然没有人能一下子使她情绪稳定下来，所以应该用calm down表示―使……平静―。
53. A. star B . pioneer C . loser D . fool 答案:A
解析：事情过去这么多年后，作者能够回过头来重新审视自己，所以本句句意应为―近来我认识到那天晚上我就是一个明星。‖所以A项符合语境。
54. A. satisfiedB . moved C . embarrassed D. confused 答案:C
解析：根据前面的叙述可知作者当时的失误使得自己非常尴尬，所以本句句意应为―我当时很尴尬，但是我克制住了自己冲出舞台的冲动。‖所以C项符合句意。
55. A. However B . Instead C . In total D . in return 答案:B
解析：分析上下文逻辑可知，此处表示转折意义，所以本句句意应为―相反地，我脸上带着微笑完成了动作。‖
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Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. additional B. producing C. regular D . predicted E. identified E atmosphere G. matched H. reducing I. carried J. increase Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America. The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide in the ___41___.
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater. Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be ___42___ to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region. The growth may also be influenced by the significant ___43___ in atmospheric CO2, he said.
\Dr. Parker said. Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in ___44___ the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate.
Dr. Parker and his colleagues have ___45___ out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) ___46___ basis since 1987. They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing ___47___ tons of wood each year.
The scientists ___48___ the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate. More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had ___49___ from estimates of the long-term rates of growth.
答案：41. F. 此句意思是大气中二氧化碳的浓度加深。
42. G.
43. J. 大气中二氧化碳的增加用increase。
44. H. 根据常识，森林的增加有助于减少二氧化碳对天气的影响。 45. I. carry out 实行，实施。
46. C. on a regular basis: 定期的
47. A. 根据文章大意，可知此处应是产生额外的(additional)木材。 48. E. 49. D.
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing ___50___.
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, ___51___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. ___52___ several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___53___ some of the music because the
Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in ___54___ to your evolving purpose, or to include ___55___ ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___56___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___57___. topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows ___58___. Always make time to become your own ___59___and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___60___ new ideas.
Revising involves ___61___ the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose ___62___ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the ___63___ that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___64___ details that may confuse readers? 50. A. technique 51. A. in particular 52. A. undergone 53. A. rewrote 54. A. addition 55. A. fixed 56. A. However 57. A. discuss 58. A. drafting 59. A. director 60. A. personal 61. A. mixing 62. A. amazing 63. A. angles
B . style B . as a result B . skipped B . released B . response B . ambitious B . Moreover B . switch B . rearranging B . master B . valuable
C . process C . for example C . rejected
D . career
D . in other words D . replaced
C . recorded D . reserved C . opposition D . contrast C . familiar D . fresh C . Instead D . Therefore C . exhaust D . cover C . performing D . training C . audience C . basic
D . visitor D . delicate D . assessing D . clear D . hints D . final
B . weakening C . maintaining B . bright C . unique B . evidence C . information
64. A. unnecessary B . uninteresting C . concrete
50.答案：C
考点：本题考查名词辨析
解析：参照下文的―Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such‖和―However. don't make the mistake of skipping ‖。名词technique（技术）、style（风格）、career（事业、生涯）都不符题意。本题难度适中。 51.答案：D
考点：本题考查介词短语辨析
解析：前面adding, deleting, replacing, reordering都是revising的方面，所以revising和这些名词同义；介词短语in other words表示―换句话说‖。介词短语in particular（尤其、特别表强调）、as a result（因此，表结果）、for example（例如，表举例说明）都不符题意。本题难度适中。 52.答案：A
考点：本题考查动词辨析
解析：动词skip（跳远）、reject（拒绝、抵制）replace（取代）都不符题意。人们观看的是完美的表演，但表演之前作品经历了（undergo）多次修改，与上段的―Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera such a process.‖对应。本题难度适中。 53.答案：A
考点：本题考查动词辨析
解析：动词release（释放、赦免、发行）、record（记录、录音）、reserve（保留、预订）都不符题意。动词rewrite表示―重写、修改‖，与动词revise同义，与本篇文话题相关。本题难度适中。 54.答案：B
考点：本题考查介词短语辨析
解析：介词短语in addition to表示―而且、除…之外还有‖，in opposition to表示―与...的意见相反‖，in contrast to表示―与...形成对比‖，都与本题不符。in response to（作为对┄的反应）在本句表示―你修改作品是对你想改进作品目的的一种回应‖本题难。 55.答案：D
考点：本题考查形容词辨析
解析： ideas 与后面的 information对应。本题难度适中。 56.答案：B
考点：本题考查副词辨析
解析：副词Moreover（而且）类似与but also表递进含义，与前面句not just（only）呼应。副词However（然而，表转折关系）、Instead（作为替代、反而，表相反含义）、Therefore（因此，表原因）都不符题意。本题难度适中。 57.答案：B
考点：本题考查动词辨析
解析：switch topics（变换标题）属于修改作品的一部分。动词discuss（讨论）、exhaust（汲干、使筋疲力尽）、cover（覆盖、包含）都不符题意。本题难度适中。 58.答案：D
考点：本题考查动名词辨析 解析：名词drafting（起草）、rearranging（重新安排）、performing（表演）都与题意不符。名词training.（培训）在本句表示―排练‖，与上文dress rehearsals / tryouts同义。本题难。 59.答案：C
考点：本题考查名词辨析
解析：名词audience（观众）与下句 your dress rehearsal对应。名词director（导演）、master（主人、大师）、visitor（来访者）都与题意不符。本题难度适中。 60.答案：B
考点：本题考查形容词辨析
解析：形容词valuable表示―做自己作品的观众能给你有价值的新信息‖。形容词personal（个人的）、basic（基本的）、delicate（娇贵的、纤弱的、精美的）都与题意不符。本题难度适中。
61.答案：A
考点：本题考查动词辨析
解析：动词mix在本句表示―修改就是把作品所有方面的有效性和适当性融合在一起‖。本题难。
62.答案：D