单项填空

1. Don’t worry. You’ll ________ after such a bad disease.

A. take up B. pick up

C. put up D. give up

2. — If he works harder, he ________ to succeed in science.

—Yes. He is _______ diligent than clever.

A. hopes; much more B. wishes; no more

C. promises; more D. will be able; rather

3. This test ____ a number of multiple choice questions.

A. is consisted of B. consists of

C. composes of D. is made of

4. She ______ five hens and _______them three times a day.

A. raises; fed B. raised; raised

C. fed; fed D. fed; raised

5. ―Are you leaving this weekend or next Monday?

―That _______ the weather.

A. is depended on B. is relied on

C. depends on D. relies on

6. There is no need to leave a tip. Service ______ in the bill.

A. includes B. is included

C. is contained D. contains

7. _______, the meeting was a success.

A. On whole B. As a whole

C. As the whole D. On the whole

8. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have _______ in the last six months.

A. added B. jumped

C. raised D. gathered

9. _______ high price, demand for this new type of family cars is still very high.

A. Thanks to B. Because of

C. In case of D. Despite

10. For the whole year the nation, struck by unwanted war, was in a ______ of grief and indignation.

A. situation B. position

C. condition D. state

11. There is a small group of words which even some native speakers and writers of English find ______.

A. confusing B. confused

C. to confuse D. being confused

12. Eating too much fat _____ heart trouble and causes high blood pressure.

A. attended to B. adopts to

C. contributes to D. relates to

13. With the development of science and technology, the _____ of living has become higher than ever.

A. pattern B. style

C. model D. standard

14. ― Would you please lend me some money?

― Sorry. It ________ that I didn’t have any extra money with me.

A. happened B. looked

C. turned D. appeared

15. The twin brothers are similar ________ they both like swimming.

A. except that B. in that

C. in which D. so that

完形填空

Clint Eastwood will receive the Directors Guild of America’s (DGA, 美国导演协会) highest honor, the lifetime achievement award, at a Hollywood ceremony in January. That is, 16 golden statuette (小塑像) will 17 Clint Eastwood.

Eastwood has won four Oscars － 18 two for best direction, for 1993’s Unforgiven and 2005’s Million Dollar Baby － and is regarded 19 the greatest active American film-maker of his 20 without question.

“As one of 21 prolific, versatile 22 in the history of 23 , there isn’t a genre that Clint Eastwood hasn’t mastered in the more than 25 films he has directed over the past 35 years,” DGA president Michael Apted 24 , “His ongoing body of work continues to touch generations of moviegoers and bring 25 into movie theatres. He does it all with great class, intelligence and style.”

Eastwood’s 26 skills are clear in all his works 27 include 28 critical and commercial successes as Mystic River, The Bridges of Madison County, Play Misty for Me, and his 29 Oscar-winning 30 , and it would take a brave person to bet against him expanding his collection of 31 statuettes.

He recently wrapped filming on Flogs of Our Fathers, an emotionally charged account of the six soldiers who raised the US 32 at the critical 33 __battle of Iwo Jima (硫磺岛). The film is expected to open towards the end of 2006 in a calculated move to position it as a strong awards 34 .

The DGA ceremony is set 35 on January 28, 2006.

16. A. more B. another C. extra D. else

17. A. belong to B. belong C. have D. be had

18. A. consist of B. consisted C. including D. included

19. A. as B. which C. for D. with

20. A. aged B. generation C. history D. company

21. A. mostly B. most C. a most D. the most

22. A. makers B. actors C. directors D. pianists

23. A. a commercial B. the commercial C. medium D. the medium

24. A. added, saying B adding, said C. said, adding D. said. added

25. A. views B. huge viewers C. a large audience D. huge audience

26. A. praiseworthy B. praise C. praiseful D. praised

27. A. / B. which C. it D. that

28. A. such B. so C. quite D. very

29. A. six B. two C. five D. seven

30. A. films B. plays C. TV plays D. music

31. A. golden B. silver C. copper D. glass

32. A. flag B. hands C. caps D. guns

33. A. Iraq War B. War of Independence C. Second World War D. First World War

34. A. director B. competitor C. artist D. film-maker

35. A. occur B. happening C. take place D. to take place

阅读理解

（A）

After a 13-year ban on the sale of fireworks in Beijing, Kang Guoliang, 51, was able to start his old trade again yesterday.

As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper — a color standing for happiness and good luck.

“Fireworks are available for the first time in town for more than a decade,” Kang said happily. “People will buy them.”

The store has 300 boxes of fireworks piled up and is open 24 hours at the moment. Residents are buying the fireworks and firecrackers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18.

Citywide, 2,116 registered stores and retailers, 585 in the centre and 1,600 on the outskirts are trading fireworks in the Chinese capital. Sales of fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road started yesterday and will last until March 4, Xinhua reported. Among the stores, 117 stores are permitted to operate 24 hours. About 600,000 boxes of firecrackers worth more than 100 million yuan have been carried to registered stores.

The Chinese capital began a ban in 1993 to reduce fireworks-related deaths and fires during the holiday season. Last September the ban was removed in response to residents’ fondness for fireworks when celebrating Spring Festival.

According to new rules, Beijing residents are allowed to set off fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road all day on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s day, from 7 a.m. to midnight every day from February 19 to March 4.

“Spring Festival without fireworks is not Spring Festival,” said Sheng Hefei, who was buying fireworks in the store. “It was fun to light the firecrackers when I was little,” he said. “The sound and view of fireworks make a real holiday.” However, not all residents welcome the return of firecrackers because of injuries, pollution and noise. “My child is scared of the sudden sound of firecrackers, and it is annoying to hear it all night long,” complained Lu Jun, a local resident.

(China Daily 02/11/2007)

36. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Beijing fireworks sales start after a 13-year ban.

B. People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers in Beijing.

C. Beijing residents welcome the return of firecrackers.

D. Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers.

37. How many days will the sales of fireworks last?

A. 14 days. B. 12 days.

C. 16 days. D. 23 days.

38. We can learn from the passage that ____________.

A. every Spring Festival falls on February 18

B. Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere

C. fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them.

D. from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks all day

39. What is the writer’s attitude towards the sales of fireworks in Beijing?

A. Negative B. Not mentioned

C. Positive D. Satisfactory

（B）

People will soon cool their homes with power from the burning desert sun. Deserts are becoming hot spots for solar thermal (热的) power in which futuristic troughs (低谷期) pay more attention to the sun's rays and create steam to run power-producing turbines (涡轮机) at power plants.

Tiny experimental plants built in the 1980s in California ran into problems when energy prices dropped. But as oil, natural gas and electricity costs soar, companies are racing to build commercial solar thermal plants that are the size of power plants.

Limits on emissions (释放) of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels have also promoted the new technology. Utah-based International Automated Systems Inc. signed an agreement to build a $150 million, 100-megawatt power plant for Solar Renewable Energy in Nevada. And North Carolina-based Solargenix will break ground on a 64 MW, $100 million solar thermal plant called Nevada Solar One.

Currently, all the types of solar energy provide only about 1 percent of U. S. power. One problem is price. Solar thermal at present costs about 12 to 15 cents per kilowatt hour, Westerholt said, compared with natural gas power which costs 10 cents per KWH. But as production grows, solar companies expect costs to slip to 8 cents per KHW in five years.

Solar thermal is expensive compared with wind energy and fuels. But it does have advantages. Power from the desert sun is more reliable than wind power during the day. And unlike fuels, it has no greenhouse gases.

And solar thermal is growing globally. A white paper says that by 2040 solar power could satisfy more than 5 percent of the world's electricity demand. The best places for it are Australia, the United States, Spain, the Middle East and North Africa, which could export power from the sun to Europe on high-tech power lines.

40. How many factors does the passage mention which affect the development of solar thermal power?

A. One. B. Two.

C. Three. D. Four.

41. The underlined word “soar” ( in Paragraph 2 ) means ________.

A. dropped B. disappeared

C. limited D. increased

42. The passage mentioned Solargenix in order to show that _________.

A. limits on greenhouse gases can encourage new technologies

B. it will need lots of money to build Solargenix

C. Solargenix was a newly-built plant

D. the solar thermal power has its own promising future

43. According to the passage, which of the following energy supplies is more reliable and renewable during the day?

A. Wind. B. Oil.

C. The sun. D. Coal.

44. Which of the following will be the best title for the passage?

A. The Solar Thermal Power Age Is Coming.

B. More Measures Should Be Made for Solar Development.

C. Advantages for the Solar Thermal Power.

D. Solar Thermal Is Growing Globally.

对话填空

M: Ticket, please.

W: (45) W______ a minute. I have it in my handbag. Here it is.

M: Thank you, madam. (pause a second) Sorry, madam, but this ticket is not for this train.

W: What do you mean that “this ticket is not for this train”? I (46) b______ that ticket right before I boarded the train. Surely, you don’t mean to tell me that this isn’t the train for New York?

M: I am (47) a______ that’s what I meant. I am sorry but this train doesn’t go to New York. It goes to Washington D.C.

W: But it can’t be. I asked the ticket (48) s_____ before getting on and he told me that this is the right train.

M: What did he tell you (49) e______?

W: He told me the train for New York leaves at Platform Fifteen.

M: I am sorry, madam, but I am afraid there was a (50) m_____. The train for New York leaves at Platform Sixteen. What’s more, this train leaves at Platform Thirteen, not Fifteen.

W: But why did you let me (51) g_____ on the rain if I had the wrong ticket?

M: Well, there may have been a mistake. But didn’t you hear the (52) a____ after you took your seat?

W: What announcement?

M: The train goes to Washington D.C.

W: No, there wasn’t such an announcement. Now listen, young man, I want to see your boss. This is a (53) s_____ mistake you have made. And it is the third time. I have been delayed by a train. I am not going to (54) s_____ it any longer.

(45) ________

(46) ________

(47) ________

(48) ________

(49) ________

(50) _______

(51) ________

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