第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

16. ---I heard Back Street Boys would sing at the New Century Theater.

---Where did you ________?

A. put that up B. pick that up C. make that up D. take that up

17. The Chinese are looking forward to the first ______to land the moon after Yang Liwei’s successful trip to space.

A. measure B. attempt C. purpose D. desire

18. The man who was _______stealing the car said that he was innocent.

A. charged of B. charged for C. accused of D. accused with

19. ---Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?

---Never _______it, actually.

A. had I learned B. have I learned C. I learned D. was I learned

20. There is an illness that can result in total blindness ________left untreated.

A. after B. if C. since D. unless

21. ----Didn’t the doctor come in time?

----_________.And my help didn’t work.

A. I had better do it . B. I’d rather he did. C. I’ m afraid so. D. I wish he had

22. The poor man , ________，ran out of the dark cave.

A. trembled and frightened B. trembling and frightened

C. trembled and frightening D. trembling and frightening

23. Last week my husband bought me a false diamond necklace at _______I thought was an extremely high price.

A. which B. that C. it D. what

24. Please tell me how the accident _______. I am still in the dark.

A. came by B. came upon C. came to D. came about

25. He hasn’t slept at all for three days. __________he is tired out.

A. There is no point B. There is no need C. It is no wonder D. It is no way

26. It is such a good place _______everybody wants to go and visit______it is well known all over the word.

A. that ; that B. as ; as C. as ; that D. that ; as

27. Mary, it’s already 7 o’clock. I’m afraid there is not much time _____for you to _____for the ball.

A. leaving; get dressing. B. remaining; get to dress

C. remained; get dress D. left; get dressed

28. What the doctor really doubt is ______ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.

A. when B. how C. whether D. if

29. ---Was there an answer to my telegram?

---Margaret said there________one.

A. must have been B. must have had

C. seems to be D. seemed to have

30.----I hear Lao Li is much worse now.

----How can ______be? He looked better when we saw him in the hospital this morning.

A. it B. he C. this D. one

第二节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mr. Whitson taught sixth- grade science. In his first class, he gave us a 31 about an animal called "cattywampus", which died out during the Ice Age. He passed 32 a skull(头盖骨) as he talked. We felt proud for feeling it, took 33 and later had a quiz.

When my paper retuned, I was shocked at the big red cross through 34 of my answers. Why? I had written down exactly what he said.

Very simple, Mr. Whitson explained . He had made up the story about the cantywarnpus. Needless to say, we were extremely 35 .

We could have found him out, he said. After all , he told us 36 remains of the animal had ever been found at the very moment he was showing us the skull, 37 , a cat's. So, why didn't we 38 his description about its color and other facts, especially the ridiculous(荒唐的 ) 39 he gave it. The zeros would be recorded in his grade book. He hoped we would learn something from this 40 . Teachers and textbooks were not always correct and we shouldn’t let our 41 sleep, but speak up what we thought right.

We carried our skepticism（怀疑主义) into other 42 , but it caused problems for the teachers who weren't used to being challenged. I've kept in mind what Mr Whitson gave me-- the 43 to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.

Not everyone sees the 44 in this. I once told a teacher about it and she was astonished, saying "He shouldn’t have tricked you like that." I looked at her 45 in the eye and told her she was wrong.

31．A. report B. picture C. story D. lecture

32．A. around B. by C. over D. through

33．A. pictures B. notes C. imagination D. surprise

34．A. some B. most C. each D. part

35．A. sad B. nervous C. disappointed D. angry

36．A any B. no C. some D. many

37．A. on purpose B. as usual C. in fact D. in short

38．A. doubt B. hear C. understand D. check

39．A. description B. speech C. skull D. name

40．A. experience B. accident C. text D. failure

41．A. hearts B. minds C. ideas D. eyes

42．A. animals B. chances C. schools D. classes

43．A. method B. hope C. courage D. anxiety

44．A. value B. result C. aim D. success

45．A. really B. just C. right D. firmly

第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

Henry Ford, American car manufacturer, founded the Ford Car Company and produced Type T cars. He succeeded in making America a big car country.

Growing up on a far-away Michigan farm, Henry Ford knew little of farming -- but he soon showed signs that he belonged to a new generation of Americans interested more in the industrial future than in the agricultural past. His father, William, hoped that his eldest son would join him on the farm enable it to become larger, and at last, take it over. But Henry hated farm work and did everything he could to avoid it. It was not that he was lazy. Far from it. Give him a mechanical job to do and he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its repetitive tasks, that frustrated him. "What a waste it is," he wrote years later, remembering his work in the fields, "for a human being to spend hours and days behind a slowly moving team of horses."

So Henry turned his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became very interested in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing clocks and watches for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom. In 1876, Henry left the farm, and three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit. By this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry's fascination.

According to Henry himself, he first saw a steam-driven road engine one day in 1877 when he and his father, in their horse-drawn farm wagon, met one on the road. The engine driver stopped to let the wagon pass, and Henry jumped down and went to him with many technical questions about the engine's performance. From then on, for a while, Henry became fascinated with steam engines.

A chance meeting with an old co-worker led to a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison

Detroit Electricity Company, the leading force in another new industry. Power stations were being built and cables being laid in all of the United States' major cities; the age of electricity had begun.But although Henry quickly learned the rules for his new job -- so quickly that within four years he was the chief engineer at the Detroit power plant -- his interest in fuel engines had control of his life. At first in the kitchen, and later in a shed at the back of his house, he spent his spare time in the evenings trying to build an engine to his own design.

Henry learned it was a slow, hard business to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made separately, checked and rechecked, and tested. Every problem had to be worried over and solved by the builder. To ease the burden, Henry joined forces with another

mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years before they had succeeded in building a working car. It was a simple one, fixed on bicycle wheels and driven by a rubber belt that connected the engine to the back wheels. Henry called it the "Quadricycle".

46. Henry tried to avoid farm work because .

A. he was lazy B. farming was a waste of time

C. he didn't like working with horses D. the daily life and work on the farm was boring

47. Henry was most interested in .

A. clocks and watches B. steam engines C. electricity D. fuel engines

48. To build an engine was slow and painstaking for the builders because .

A. they didn't know how to do it B. they didn't have enough money

C. they had no car wheels D. they had no machines and the job was complicated

49. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Henry began to like machines in his childhood.

B. Henry built his first working car with his own efforts.

C. It took them two years of hard work to build their first car.

D. Their first car was more like a bicycle with four wheels.

50. Choose the correct order of the following events related to Henry.

a. left the farm

b. became fascinated with steam engines

c. built the first car

d became interested in clocks and watches

e. worked as a mechanic in Detroit

f .began to work at the Edison Detroit Electriciy Company

A. a,d,e,b,c,f B. b,d,a,e,f,c C. d,a,b,e,f,c D. d,a,e,b,f,c

( B )

CBC is a famous air company which has over twenty planes carrying passengers and goods, flying along 12 fixed lines all over the world. Its service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2003 and 2004 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table. Those about passengers' things carried by the plane are Baggage problems. Customer service refers to service work which passengers are not satisfied with. Over sales of seats are about the fact that more seats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safe. Refund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money paid back to them because of what they have lost. Fares are problems about the price of tickets.

Consumer Complaints Received By the CBC

Category

2003

2004

Flight problems

20.2%

22.1%

Baggage

18.3%

21.8%

Customer service

3.1%

11.3%

Over sales of seats

10.5%

11.8%

Refund problems

10.1%

8.1%

Fares

6.4%

6.0%

Reservation & Ticketing

5.8%

5.6%

Tours

3.3%

2.3%

Smoking

3.2%

2.9%

Advertising

1.2%

1.01%

Credit

1.0%

0.8%

Special passengers

0.9%

0.9%

Others

6.0%

5.3%

Total Number of Complaints

2,988

1,792