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tal bodies reacted。 the economic and moral dilemmas people faced when they were debating whether to flee the city。根據(jù)第一段和第二段的內(nèi)容可知,一名婦女死于瘟疫,之后倫敦市及周邊幾乎10萬人死于這場瘟疫。9. What do the Mootes say about London during the Great Plague?A. The city remained organized.B. The rich areas were spared from the plague.C. The people tried a lot in vain.D. The majority fled and thus survived. 【答案】A【解析】細節(jié)理解題。10. Why do the Mootes focus on the nine individuals?A . They were famous people in history .B. They all managed to survive the plague.C. They provided vivid stories of humanity.D. They united by thinking and acting as one.【答案】C【解析】細節(jié)理解題。故C項。11. What39。通讀全文,尤其根據(jù)第三段中的Reading the book, readers are taken from...和第四段的第一句以及最后一句中的the authors offer...可知,本文是在為讀者介紹一本新書,故選A項。t that simple and occasionally we have to wait eight years. The method of calculating when leap years occur might be a bit more plicated than you think. Way back in 1582 the calendar we now use was first put into effect. The Gregorian calendar was named after the pope at the time, Gregory XII. The people who created it realized it wasn39。d end up with three extra days. So in 1582, they realized that every turn of a century should skip the extra day to subtract those three extra days. This is why 1700, 1800 and 1900 aren39。s more. The year 2000, the millennium, is a leap year. That39。re wrong.12. What can be learned from the passage?A. The Gregorian calendar was created by Gregory XIII.B. Reducing 3 days every three centuries, people perfect the calendar.C. It takes the Earth less than 365 days to go around the Sun.D. The calendar wouldn39。通讀第一段,尤其最后一句“But, what you might not realize is that the maths isn39。后文具體介紹了其中的原因,故D項的表述正確。根據(jù)第二段第一句The method of calculating when leap years occur might be a bit more plicated than you think和最后一句The people who created it realized it wasn39。后文具體介紹了如何確定什么時候是閩年的計算方法。14. Which of the following will be a leap year?. B. 2400. C. 2700. .【答案】B 【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)”The year 2000, the millennium, is a leap year”可知2000年是閏年,400年之后的2400年應該是閏年,故選擇B項。本文講述了為什么閏年不是每四年一次并詳細介紹了如何計算哪一年是閏年,哪一年不是閏年的方法。第二節(jié) (共5小題;,) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。Exploring work possibilities is quite an emotional challenge for people The desire to simplify the process by focusing on one attractive option,instead of keeping your eyes open for even more possibilities, can be very ,we39。t even imagine now. So, learn to explore work possibilities as though it was a treasure hunt.Uncertainty is not the only challenge holding you back. _________17_____ You may be unwilling to ask strangers about their work or to ask your colleagues for help because you fear rejection. Maybe you fear failure. Don39。s opinion. Spend your time with those people as actively as possible by asking about the local situation or other things not covered in print materials.3. The best way to learn about the work is to try it on for size by getting some related experience._________20______ That greatly increases your ability to mix and match information later on to discover,or even create work possibilities that would be ideal for you .A. Identify your own ability. as many options as possible. wouldn39。后文講的是,然而直到你做完所有調查作后才做決定可能會讓你付出各種現(xiàn)在意想不到的代價;根據(jù)文的However可知,設空處與下一句應為轉折關系。17. 【答案】G【解析】語境推斷。G項中的emotional challenge與后的fear rejection,fear failure和Don39。18. 【答案】D【解析】語境推斷。由此可推知,設空處應表示我們要敢于做事情,也就是不能什么也不做,故D項(唯一能你失敗的方式就是你什么也不做)符合語境??蘸笠痪渲v到,他們可以給你提供“業(yè)人士的意見”,設空處應包含后文中的They所指代的具體內(nèi)容結合選項可知,E項(與在工作方面知識廣博的人交談)符合境,其中people who are knowledgeable about work 呼應后文中的They。根據(jù)設空處后一句“That greatly increase your ability to 39。 information later on to discover,even create work possibilities that would be ideal for you.可知,設空處闡述的應是該做的事情,結合文章內(nèi)容可知,B項(盡可能多地探索各種選擇)符合語境。As the temperature approached as high as 90 F last July 4th,three police officers went into a Foods Market to get something______21______ to drink . Once inside , they were asked by a security guard to help with a ________22________ woman. The woman in question was obviously_______23________,and her cheeks were wet with tears. The officers looked inside her bag. All they saw were containers of _______24________.I39。ll pay for her food , one of them told the_________ 28__________ security guard. She would not be ________29__________.Drying her wet _______30________, the woman repeated, Thank you, thank you. She wasn39。d _______32_______ that some even posted a photo on social media. _______33_______, attention was never what the officers sought. They were_______ 34 _______by a far more mon emotion. When we look at someone39。s pretty_______ 35________ as a human being to walk away from something like this. B. sweet C. clean D. cold【答案】D【解析】根據(jù)首句中the temperature approached as high as 90 F las July 4th和生活常識判斷,由于氣溫高,所以警官們是進店買冷飲的。suspected”被懷疑的,沙嫌的”。 B. medicine C. toys D. food 【答案】D 【解析】根據(jù)第二段中I39。ll pay for her food判斷,這個女子包里是食物。此處helplessly意為無能為力地,無助地。 B. secrets C. ideas D. reasons【答案】C【解析】 根據(jù)下文警官為這個女子的食物付錢判斷,此處表示警官有其他想法。 B. surprised C. patient D. embarrassed【答案】B【解析】 根據(jù)第一段中they were asked by a security guard to help witha 22 woman以及情節(jié)發(fā)展可知,保安原本以為這個女子會被當成小偷,因此警官的做法讓他感到詫異。arrest逮捕”。 B. sympathy C. justice D. faith【答案】B【解析】根據(jù)上文情節(jié)判斷,警官的做法應該出于同情,此處表示她并不是唯一一個被這種同情行為感動的人。t the only one touched by this act