【正文】 D． Period 3. 答案 D [細(xì)節(jié)理解題。ve stayed up late to finish schoolwork? Or the day after an overnight party? Scientists now say that your answers to these questions may depend on your genes. New research suggests that a gene called “period 3” affects how well you function without “period 3” gene es in two forms： short and has two copies of the , you may have two longs, two shorts, or one of particular bination depends on what your parents passed on to you. Scientists from the University of Surrey in England studied 24 people who had either two short or two long copies of “period 3”． Study participants had to stay awake 40 hours ， they took tests that measured how quickly they pushed a button when numbers flashed on screen and how well they could remember lists of numbers. Results showed that the people with the short form of “period 3” performed much better on these tests than the people with the long form both groups， people performed worst in the early morning. After the first round of experiments， participants were finally allowed to in the group that performed well on the tests (those with the short form of “period 3”) took about 18 minutes to nod off. People with the long “period 3” gene, by contrast, fell asleep in just 8 also spent more time on deep suggests that people with the long form of the gene need more and deeper sleep to keep their brains working in top form. I think I must have the long form of“period 3”． What about you? 56． The purpose of this passage might be________. A． to tell us the importance of plenty of sleep B． to tell the result of a research on sleepy gene C． to inform the harm of lacking sleep D． to announce the sleeping rules of humans 答案 B [主旨大意題。 A Some people can stay up all night and still get work done the next 39。 ] 55． B． angry C． jealous D． pitiful 答案 A [由文章大意和第二段中的 “They still felt joyous and happy.”判斷，此處應(yīng)用 the joyous heart of a child。走 “錯(cuò)路 ”用wrong paths 表示。 ] 52． B． hand C． break D． please 答案 A [挑戰(zhàn)是應(yīng)該 “面對(duì) ”的，故用 face。 ] 50． B． made C． liked D． removed 答案 B [God made you上帝創(chuàng)造了你。 ] 49． out B． looked for C． watched over D． watched out 答案 C [與上文 “You are loved”吻合的是 “(you are)watched over(得到呵護(hù) )”。 ] 47． B． man C． woman D． school 答案 A [由下文的 “...it would be that knowledge...”可判斷出是 one thing。 ] 45． B． small C． old D． ugly 答案 B [學(xué)生們拿著他們的 “小 ”(small)禮物仍然 很快樂(lè)。t matter 判斷，有學(xué)生 “認(rèn)出 ”(recognize)“我 ”。 ] 42． B． pound C． gift D． knowledge 答案 A [根據(jù)上文 about 50 pounds heavier 而使自己 had the round little belly part down fine，接下來(lái)又是胡須長(zhǎng)，故 選 A，表示 “麻煩事 ”。 ] 40． B． sound C． smell D． feel 答案 B [扮作 Santa Claus，自然需要聲音聽(tīng)起來(lái) (sound) both old and joyful。 ] 38． B． before C． during D． over 答案 B [根據(jù)后文意思可知扮演 Santa Claus 顯然是在 the Christmas holidays 之前，因此用 before。 ] 37． in B． called on C． called down D． called at 答案 A [由上文判斷，此處用 call in表示 “召來(lái) ”。 One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa was a young substitute(替代者 )for a __36__with a new family just starting out in was __37__ to work at the local grade school on the last day __38__ the Christmas holidays. I can still __39__ going from classroom to classroom and doing my best to__40__both old and joyful at the same was about 50 pounds heavier then，__41__I had the round little belly part down beard， however， was another __42__as it kept sliding halfway down my thought that more than a few of the kids __43__me， but it didn39。s ability意為 “超出某人的能力 ”。 strength意為 “體力，力氣 ”； ability意為 “能力，本領(lǐng)，才能 ”； energy意為 “精力，活力 ”； force意為 “力量，武力 ”。句意為 “能幫我解這道題嗎？ ”“這是我力所不及的。s beyond my didn39。 ”petitive 有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的； active積極的，活躍的； attentive 留意的； sensitive 敏感的。innocent 意為 “天真無(wú)邪的，閱世不深的 ”； curious 意為 “好奇的 ”； perfect 意為 “完美的 ”： mature意為 “成熟的 ”。句意為 “現(xiàn)在中國(guó)的旅館業(yè)務(wù)和發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的一樣成熟。 deserve 意思是 “值得 ”， declare 意思是 “申明 ”， announce 意思是 “宣布 ”， confirm意思是 “證實(shí) ”。 ] 32． —Yao Ming scored more than 25 points in each game this season. —There39。 ] 31． __________ manager of the department, Mr Wang didn39。 ] 30． You should take __________ measures to avoid danger when doing exercise. A． adequate B． adaptable C． immediate D． entire 答案 A [詞義辨析。 ] 29． Hundreds of people gave their lives in __________ of freedom. A． protection B． guard C． defence D． favor 答案 C [詞義辨析。 ] 28． ________ on ten years of observation and study, Professor Wang announced that everyone dreams every night， whether they realize it or not. A． Basing B． Based C． Been based D． Having based 答案 B [考查過(guò)去分詞形式作狀語(yǔ)。 ] 27． The air has leaked out of this you get it ________ up? A． blow B． blowing C． blown D． to blow 答案 C [考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。 ] 26． ________ the right decisions ________ the future is probably the most important things we39。 ] 25． —What do you think made Celia so happy? —________a prize in the recent petition. A． As she won B． Won C． Winning D． Because of winning 答案 C [考查動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)?？崭袂暗闹髡Z(yǔ)是人，空格后的賓語(yǔ)是自然災(zāi)害，所以此處只能填 gone through。句意為：那些經(jīng)歷過(guò)水災(zāi)和沙塵暴的人們知道保護(hù)環(huán)境的重要性。 pick up“撿起，改良，進(jìn)步，增加，獲得，學(xué)得，收聽(tīng)； (用車 )去接 ”； put off“推遲，拖延，延期 ”； give away“泄露，贈(zèng)送 ”。d better ________ some money for special use. A． pick up B． set aside C． put off D． give away 答案 B [考查短語(yǔ)辨析。 speak作及物動(dòng)詞表示“說(shuō)某種語(yǔ)言或表達(dá)，表明觀點(diǎn) ”等。t apologize to him， you will lose this friend. A． put B． make C． speak D． talk 答案 A [考查動(dòng)詞辨析。m a little over eighteen. 答案 第二部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分 ) 第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空 (共 15小題；每小題 1分，滿分 15分 ) 從 A、 B、 C、 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。ll meet my friends through the Inter in the usually fall asleep at about 12， and then of course we have our tea around four— cold meat and salads and the evening we play games， or do some reading， and then I39。s anyone to take me， I like being