意为先前地， D. permanently意为永久地。在做题的时候，只需要理解最后一句话就可以了was ______alive. 根据句意及常识不能得出答案，在吃入口中之前的都是活着的。 考点：考查副词
14. Listening is thus an active, not a , behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.
A. considerate B. sensitive D. passive
C. reliable
【答案】D 【解析】
试题分析：句意：因此听是一种主动的，而不是被动的行为。它包含听，理解和记忆。A. considerate意为考虑周全的， B. sensitive意为敏感的，C. reliable意为可靠的，D. passive意为被动的。根据not可以知道前后是反义表达，所以选D。此题的关键是有一个not这是表示否定的，这表明跟前面的active是反义的关系，根据4个选项的意思不能得出答案是 D. passive被动的。
考点：考查形容词
15. One of the most effective ways to reduce is to talk about feeling with someone you trust.
A. production B. stress D. passive
C.
energy
【答案】B 【解析】
试题分析：句意：一种最有效的减压方法就是和你觉得信任的人谈谈你的想法。A. production意为产品， B. stress意为压力， C. energy意为能源， D. passive意为力量。此题考查的是4个名词的词义辨析，需要正确理解该句的语义。根据常识可以知道，和别人谈心应该来说是减压。所以答案是B. stress意为压力 考点：考查名词
16. If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to on the sea?
A. float D. split
B. drown
C.
shrink
【答案】A
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考点：考查动词。
17. These comments came specific questions often asked by local newsmen.
A. in memory of D. in possession of
B. in response to
C.
in
touch
with
【答案】B 【解析】
试题分析：句意：这些评论是对某些经常被当地新闻人问到的问题的回应。A. in memory of 意为纪念， B. in response to意为回应，C. in touch with意为联系，D. in possession of意为拥有。分析句子成分知道空格处充当介词短语作状语的作用，根据常识和句意，评论应该是对问题的回应。所以答案应该是B. in response to回应。 考点：考查介词短语
18. Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it live is quite another.
A. perform D. being performed
B. performing
C.
to
perform
【答案】D 【解析】
试题分析：句意：在家里面听音乐是一回事，去到现场听又是另一回事。hear sb/sth doing 表听到某人某物做某事。由于音乐是被演奏的，所以需要被动，所以选D。分析4个选项知道，答案所使用的是同一个动词，不同的是时态、语态或者是非谓语形式。 A是动词原形，B是非谓语现在分词形式，C是非谓语的不定式，D是非谓语的现在分词被动形式。分析句子结构以及用法，不难知道音乐是被演奏的，所以需要被动，所以选D。 考点：考查动词非谓语
19. Creating an atmosphere employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.
A. as D. at which
B. whose
C.
in
which
【答案】C
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考点：考查定语从句介词加which的用法。
20. 一Why don‘t you consider a trip to, say, Beijing or Hangzhou?
一 .
A. I wouldn‘t mind that C. Let‘s call it a day
B. Then we‘ll get there quickly D. It‘s not a requirement
【答案】A 【解析】
试题分析：句意：-为什么你不考虑一次旅行,比如说去北京或者是杭州? -我是不会介意的。 A. I wouldn’t mind that 意为我是不介意的， B. Then we’ll get there quickly意为然后我们可以快一点到那里，C. Let’s call it a day 意为我们今天就到这儿吧，D. It’s not a requirement意为这不是要求。根据句意，所以选A。解答此题的关键是一定要正确理解句意以及答案的相关性。问题问的是旅游，而且涉及到了两个地方Beijing or Hangzhou，所以答案应该是跟旅游这件事有关的一种表达，选项A的不介意其实是对于北京或者杭州都不介意。根据句意B选项是不用于这种旅游的情况。C是一个固定搭配的形式，它用于结束某一种对话。D项中的it指代不明。 考点：考查交际用语
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D) 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I‘ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now 21 on their way to impressive careers. By society‘s 22 , they seem to have it made.
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many
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had a 23 drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with Longtime roommates, and 24 out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine 25 a college year‘s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.
The thing is, a number of them have 26 that despite their success, they aren‘t happy. Some 27 of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they 28 . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and 29 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the 30 to which they have so quickly become 31 . People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and 32 the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they 33 or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it‘ s 34 . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to 35 , retirement to save for. They recognize there‘s something 36 in their lives, but it‘s 37 to step off the track.
In a society that tends to 38 everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our 39 in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs 40 in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most. 21. A. much
B. never
C. seldom
D. well D. regulations D. best D. looked
D. collected D. demanded D. approve D. neglect D. empty D. project D. available D. rather
22. A. policies 23. A. last 24. A. cycled
B. standards B. least B. moved
C. experiments C. second C. slid
25. A. shared B. paid C. equaled C. admitted C. hear
26. A. advertised 27. A. complain 28. A. distribute 29. A. calm
B. witnessed B. dream B. hate B. guilty
C. applaud C. warm
30. A. family B. government C. lifestyle C. unique C. instead
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31. A. accustomed B. appointed 32. A. yet
B. also
33. A. let out
B. turn in
C. give up
D. believe in D. unforgettable D. pay off D. shining D. normal D. deliver D. decisions D. reduced
34. A. fundamental B. practical 35.
A. take of
B. drop off
C. impossible C. put off C. sinking C. useful C. digest
36. A. missing 37. A. harmful 38. A. measure 39. A. disasters 40. A. assessed 【答案】 21.D 22.B 23.A 24.B 25.C 26.C 27.A 28.B 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.A 33.D 34.C 35.D 36.A 37.B 38.A 39.D 40.B
B. inspiring B. hard B. suffer
B. motivations B. involved
C. campaigns C. covered
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