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oday hovercrafts carry passengers in fort over rough channels and seas. 文章大意:本文是一篇記敘文,文章主要介紹了 Christopher 和他發(fā)明的氣墊船。 33. The passage is mainly about ________. A. the description of Christopher B. Christopher and his wife39。s vacuum cleaner C. Christopher and his invention D. Christopher and a vacuum cleaner 答案: C 主旨大意題。文章介紹了 Christopher 和他發(fā)明的氣墊船。 34. The aim of the experiment in 1950 was ________. A. to speed up the boats B. to change the world C. to make the boats more fortable D. to improve vacuum cleaner 答案: A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段提到 1950年 Christopher“ 提出一個想法,使用真空吸塵器使小船跑得更快。 35. The underlined word “sucking” in the second paragraph probably means ________. A. taking with great force B. drawing with great force C. pushing with great force D. pulling with great force 答案: B。詞義猜測題。前面說的 “ 使倒轉(zhuǎn) ”“ 吹 ” ,加上 instead of表示相反的意思,可以猜測 sucking是 “ 用力吸 ” 的意思。 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,從對話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。 It39。s such a mon event that you probably never asked yourself why you sleep. __36__ In fact, for sleep researchers, it39。s one of the biggest unanswered questions in the field. Stop and think about it for a second. Why should we sleep? __37__ But we sleep every night, even when we have had plenty of rest. There are, no doubt, several different answers to this question, but let39。s just consider one general purpose of sleep: __38__ Human beings are creatures that are normally active during daylight hours, when our senses function most effectively. __39__ We can39。t see objects well, our color vision is entirely lost, and we don39。t have the smelling or hearing sharpness of other animals. So it actually does make sense to have us stay where we are during the dangerous period when night- waking animals are walking here and there. And one sure way to make sure we don39。t fall down everywhere and get lost or eaten is to have us not move for seven or eight hours, rising again only when the light is back and our survival chances are better. It39。s not the only reason we sleep. __40__Perhaps even the most important one. A. Is it because we get tired? B. Should that put human beings in a terrible situation? C. But from a scientific point of view, this is far from an ordinary matter. D. But in terms of evolution, it may have been one of the first reasons. E. Furthermore, if you were designing an animal, would you have it e into long periods of unconsciousness every twenty- four hours? F. Sleep as a survival approach. G. At night, humans do rather poorly. 答案: 36~ 40 CAFGD 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 ) 閱讀下面的短文,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。 How is a photograph produced? It is produced by the effect of __41__ on certain chemicals. Certain chemicals change __42__ light reaches them. __43__ the light is strong, they get less dark. For this reason the “negative” ( 底片 ) picture__44__ by a camera shows light objects as dark shapes, and __45__ objects as lighter whenscientists__46__something about the effects of light was__47__possible to take photographs. Scientific__48__have important effects on society. The discoveries about light__49__by scientists had far - reaching__50__ . Life would not be the same__51__the camera, and the television set. When Sir Alexander Fleming __52__penicillin, he was not able to know the effect on society__53__ his new medicine would produce. The effect of penicillin __54__a human body is to kill some of the dangerous germs (細(xì)菌 ) quickly__55__they have time to produce very harmful effects on the __56__person. Before penicillin was discovered, millions of people died every year of illnesses__57__ by these was greatly reduced by penicillin. So the effects of penicillin on human societies were to make them__59__ larger by adding millions of people to the numbers which__60__ before. 41. A. color B. light C. picture D. scene 答案: B 根據(jù)下文的提示可知是光對某種化學(xué)物質(zhì)作用的結(jié)果。 42. A. before B. after C. when D. until 答案: C 當(dāng)光到達的時候,某種化學(xué)物質(zhì)會發(fā)生變化。 43. A. Where B. When C. Because D. Since 答案: A 光強的地方,化學(xué)物質(zhì)的顏色就變得不那 么深。 where 引導(dǎo)地點狀語從句。 44. A. taking B. to take C. taken D. being taken 答案: C picture 與動詞 take之間為被動關(guān)系,故用過去分詞作定語,且 take動作發(fā)生在謂語動詞之前,故選 C。 45. A. freezing B. fascinating C. light D. dark 答案: D 底片上淺色的物體呈現(xiàn)出深色的形狀,而深色的物體顏色卻淺一些。根據(jù)上文的 “shows light objects as dark shapes ” 的提示可知此處應(yīng)為 dark。 46. A. discover B. discovered C. are discovering D. had discovered 答案: D 根據(jù)主句中的 was可知動詞 discover 應(yīng)使用過去完成時。 47. A. that B. what C. it D. this 答案: C 此處 it 為形式主語,代替后面的 to take photographs。作形式主語的 it不可用其他代詞代替。 48. A. discoveries B. inventions C. products D. anizations 答案: A 科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)對社會有重要的影響。根據(jù)下句中 “The discoveries” 的提示可知選 A。 49. A. making B. made C. to be made D. being made 答案: B made by scientist為過去分詞短語作定語,修飾 light,與 light構(gòu)成被動關(guān)系,且發(fā)生在謂語動詞之前。 50. A. efforts B. effects C. affects D. energy 答案: B 科學(xué)家對光的發(fā)現(xiàn)有深遠(yuǎn)的影響。 have (an) effect on 為固定搭配, “ 對 ??有影響 ” 。 effort“ 努力 ” ; affect“ 影響 ” ,為動詞; energy“ 能量 ” 。 51. A. without B. with C. for D. as for 答案: A 沒有照相機和電視機,生活將完全不同。 52. A. produced B. made C. invented D. discovered 答案: D discover 表示 “ 發(fā)現(xiàn)客觀存在而不為人知的事實 ” ,符合題意。 53. A. what B. which C. where D. who 答案: B 此處 which 引導(dǎo)定語從句,修飾 the effect,在從句中作 produce 的賓語。 54. A. on B. with C. in D. at 答案: A the effect on...“ 對 ?? 的影響 ” ,為固定搭配。 55. A. when B. after C. before D. in case 答案: C 盤尼西林的作用就是在細(xì)菌對病人造成傷害之前快速將其殺死。 56. A. abandoned B. ordinary C. sick D. healthy 答案: C 根據(jù)常識可知是對病人的作用。 57. A. caused B. causing C. to be caused D. being caused 答案: A 此處為過去分詞短語作后置定句,修飾 illnesses。 58. A. A great many B. A great deal of