B
45) The elephant relies more on its sense of smell than for any other sense. D
46）Being opened in 1918, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., was the first museum in the United States devoted to modern art.
47) The Canadian province of Alberta it is believed to have some of the richest oil deposits in the world.
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D
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D B
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48) Ponds are noted for their rich and varied types of plant and animal life, all maintain in a delicate ecological balance.
A C
49) Soil temperatures in Death Valley, California, near the Nevada border, have been known to
reach 48 degree centigrade. A C
50) Hot at the equator causes the air to expand, rise, and flow toward the poles.
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III. 完形填空 (Cloze) 15%
Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on
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the Answer Sheet.
When you read to learn English composition, you 51 regard the language as the main thing.
When you read a 52 in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish 53 it may seem, 54 I find that many students of English ___55 far more attention to the story 56 to the English. They read and enjoy and 57___ a long time afterwards remember the story, but do not 58 to study the use of words and ___59___ in it. For instance, they know the plot of the story ___60 , but do not remember a 61___ sentence in the story and can not tell 62 preposition is used before or 63 a certain word which functions as a noun, a verb or an adjective.
Of course, it is all right to read and enjoy and remember a story, and so long as one 64 to know the story only, one need not 65 about the language. But the case is quite different with a student of English. 51) A. ought B. need 52) A. writing B. essay 53) A. that
C. would D. ought to
C. story D. report
B. as C. than D. as if
54) A. for B. when C. since D. therefore 55) A. take B. gain C. put D. pay 56) A. due
B. than C. thanks D rather
57) A. during B. in C. for D. on 58) A. care B. dream C. stop D. expect 59) A. paragraphs 60) A. in heart 61) A. single 62) A. any
B. letters C. terms B. for mind
D. phrases
C. by heart D. to mind
B. simple C. long D. compound B. what
C. whether
D. certain
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63) A. under B. after C. over D. behind 64) A. does 65) A. concern
IV. 阅读理解 (Reading Comprehension) 30%
Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1
People can be addicted to different things – e.g. alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders: they feel they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational – impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts (赊购账) are even more exciting than paying cash. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts of money is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their
B. wants C. satisfies
D. fails
B. bring C. study D. bother
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behavior: an allegedly good reason for things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic value, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists can often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money and with spending habits.
66) According to psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ______.
A. B. C. D.
and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life just to meet his or her strong psychological need for no reason whatsoever
67) According to the author, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of low prices ______.
A. B. C. D.
because they want to save money to help their budgets
because they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less money and will not have money problems if they can balance the budget
because they feel satisfied if they can get things for less money than others
68) Which of the following is TRUE?
A. B. C. D.
All people spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things. Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.
Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of spending money to increase sales.
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69) The article is mainly about ______.
A. B. C. D.
the psychology of money-saving habits the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders the psychology of special bargain hunting
the use of the psychology of spending habits in business
70) From this passage, we can safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters ______.
A. B. C. D.
are really reasonable need special treatment are really beyond remedy
can never get any help to solve their problems with money
Passage 2
Hawaii’s (夏威夷的) native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty (主权) over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s (群岛的) political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the Second World War and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origin, is opposed to the idea.
The islands were annexed (并吞) by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 per cent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiian. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.
But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’ cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to re-establish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.
However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state – as
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