【正文】 確立文章標(biāo)題。文章主要介紹擁有眾多連鎖店的咖啡店巨無霸 Starbucks， B、 C、D三項都只是介紹 Starbucks coffee shops 的某一個側(cè)面，較片面。 答案： A 34． People will go to Starbucks for coffee drink because of ________. A． the sense of satisfaction there B． the highly educated baristas C． the plain taste of the drink D． the low price there 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。由第四段第三句 “Many people say they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want” 由此推斷人們?nèi)?Starbucks是由于一種滿足感。 答案： A 35． The writer39。s attitude towards Starbucks is ________ in writing the passage. A． supportive B． critical(批評的 ) C． objective D． doubtful 解析： 判斷作者態(tài)度題。本文介紹 Starbucks咖啡連鎖店特有的文化經(jīng)營理念，所以作者的態(tài)度是客觀的。 答案： C 第二節(jié) (共 5小題；每小題 2分，滿分 10分 ) 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。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty173。eight countries took part in an international puter programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin ， China. __36__ Jerry Cain， coach of Stanford University Team， California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. __37__” The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. __38__ They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team form Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford39。s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty173。one American universities that took part in the contest this year. __39__ It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests. The first final petition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today， a work of universities holds area petitions that send the winners to the world finals， now anized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. __40__ A. The petitors show great interest in IBM. B. Then they figured out the requirements of each. C. And that39。s probably the simplest of all of them. D. This petition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world. E. Three173。person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems. F. The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. G. They are also guaranteed and offer of employment with IBM. 答案： 36－ 40 ECBFG 第三部分 英語知識運用 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分 ) 第一節(jié)：完形填空 (共 20 小題；每小題 ，滿分 30 分 ) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 There is an interesting, but at the same time a sad phenomenon now: there is a rise in the __41__ of singers and bands that have little to do with good music. Many singers or bands know little about what good music __42__. What is the cause of this __43__？ Most of these singers have __44__ music as a “job” because it is a good __45__ of making money. And if you have a good appearance and also original or expensive clothes to __46__ at your concerts or at different appearances in public, then your __47__ is not as important as it should be. The public will prefer to __48__ more the most interesting parts of your body, whether you are a girl or a boy. __49__， we can see many young girls on TV who look very good but have nothing to do with __50__. They choose to wear very provocative (挑逗性的 ) clothes to __51__ attention, but when it __52__ singing they are a plete mess and one doesn39。t need to have a(n) __53__ for music to notice their lack of talent. But anyway, they have concerts and they enjoy __54__ from one place to another. People who enjoy this kind of music are generally young people __55__ adults prefer listening to __56__ good bands. However, the young generation __57__ understand while appearance is important, it is __58__ important than talent and a good voice. It is very necessary to be able to sing well when __59__ a concert. If someone has a __60__ voice and wants to bee a singer, he should take some courses in this area, because they will help him improve his abilities. 41. A. bination B. amount C． number D. population 42. A. makes B. means C． produces D. stands 43. A. reduction B. talent C． effect D. rise 44. A. joined B. tended C． taken D. thought 45. A. story B. sense C． source D. origin 46. A. take off B. show off C． work out D. turn out 47. A. appearance B. voice C． gift D. performance 48. A. admire B. spy C． purchase D. exhibit 49. A. Besides B. Therefore C． Worse still D. Even so 50. A. music B. dancing C． money D. entertainment 51. A. pay B. catch C． lack D. fix 52. A. es to B. contributes to C． sets about D. insists on 53. A. watch B. ear C． eye D. face 54. A. travelling B. watching C． dancing D. starring 55. A. when B. as C． while D. although 56. A. new B. fashionable C． western D. old 57. A. should B. may C． must D. ought 58. A. more B. less C． as D. so 59. A. hearing B. seeking C． watching D. preparing 60. A. high B. great C． mon D. loud 答案與 解析： 41． 解析： 此處指不懂音樂或懂得很少的歌手和樂隊的數(shù)量有了增加，故選擇 C。population意為 “ 人口 ” ，而 of后為 singers and bands，顯然不合適。 b