1.since the GREat depression, the united states government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
a. slight b. surprising c. sudden d. harmful
2.cement was seldom used in building the middle ages.
a. finally b. rarely c. originally d. practically
3. as there was a power cut in the hospital, the surgeon had to cancel the operation.
a. call for b. call on c. call off d. call out
4. the doctor soon made the worried patient feel comfortable.
a. at ease b. in private c. at rest d. in peace
5.long before the concert began, big crowds of pop fans had assembled in the stadium.
a. concentrated b. resembled c. gathered d. dismiss
6. the train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were.
a. slow b.noisy c. sudden d. jumpy
7. security officials say that computer crime is easy to accomplish and hard to detect.
a. explain b. plan c. uncover d. ignore
8. the boy was seriously wounded in the accident.
a. damaged b. injured c. ill d. bad
9. there is always excitement at the olympic games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
a. beats b. matches c. maintains d. announces
10 . a limited number of books on this subject are in the library.
a. little b. small c. tiny d. low
11. they had a far better yield than any other farm miles around this year.
a. goods b. soil c. climate d. harvest
12. the football team, for the most part, were confident of winning the match.
a. mostly b. partly c. only d. really
13. the city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
a. get rid of b. set up c. repair d. paint
14. foreign money can be converted at this bank.
a. altered b. changed c. bought d. sold
15. fruits such as applies and oranges are very beneficial, and may be eaten at any time.
a. normal b. healthy c. appropriate d. proper
2. 阅读判断题
the sea
what do you know about the sea? we know that it looks very pretty when the SUN is shining on it. we also know that it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. what other things do we know about it? the first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. when you look at the map of the world you will find there is more water than land. the sea covers three quarters of the world.
the sea is also very deep in some places. it is not deep everywhere. some parts of the sea are very shallow. but in some places the depth of the sea is very great. there is one spot, near japan, where the sea is nearly 11 kilometers deep! the highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. if that mountain were put into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometers of water above it! what a deep place! if you have swum in the sea, you know that it is salty. you can taste the salt. rivers, which flow into the sea, carry salt from the land into the sea. at that place, there would be 2 kilometers of water above it what a deep place!
if you have swum in the sea, you know that it is salty. you can taste the salt. rivers, which flow into the sea, carry salt from the land into the sea. some parts of the sea are saltier than other parts. there is one sea, called the dead sea, which is very salty. it is so salty that swimmers cannot sink! fish cannot live in the dead sea!
in most parts of the sea, there are plenty of fishes and plants.4 some live near the top of the sea. others live deep down. there are millions of tiny living things that float in the sea. these floating things are so small that it is hard to see them many fish live by eating these.
the sea can be very cold. divers, who go deep down in the sea, know this. on the top the water may be warm. when the diver goes downwards, the sea BEComes colder and colder. another thing happens. when the diver goes deeper, the water above presses down on him. it squeezes him. then the diver has to wear clothes made of metal. but he cannot go very deep.
some people who wanted to go very deep used a very strong diving ship!
they went down to the deepest part of the sea in it. they went down to a depth of eleven kilometers!
1. the sea looks beautiful when it is calm.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
2. the land takes up 25% of the world.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
3. the sea is 6 kilometers in depth on average.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
4. the dead sea is so salty that nothing can live in it.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
5. the deeper one goes down in the sea, the fewer fishes and plants he can find.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
6. the deeper a diver goes down in the sea, the greater water pressure he bears.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
7. divers have to use a very strong diving ship when they want to go down to the deepest part of the sea mainly because it is extremely cold here.
a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned
参考答案
1.词汇选择参考答案
1. d. 依构词法：划线词的前部分是 damage(破坏)，即damaging是动词damage的分词，所以推测该词义大概是“破坏的” , harmful是“破坏的”，因此harmful是答案。
2. b. seldom是常见词汇，该词义是“很少地” 。而备选答案中rarely也是常见的否定副词，是“很少地”。finally是“最后，最终”，originally是“原来，最初”，practically是“实际上”。
3. c. call off取消; call on 拜访; 号召;呼吁; call for要求, 提倡; call out出动, 唤起, 大声叫唤。
4. a. at rest 安眠, 长眠, 静止; at ease安逸, 自由自在; in private 私下, 秘密地; in peace安祥地。
5. c. a，c和d都属常见词汇，语义分别为“(注意力)集中”，“集合”和“解散”，b是“像，类似”，assemble和 gather(集合)是近义词。
6. c. abrupt是“突然的”。备选答案中只有c是“突然的”。 d是“跳动的”。
7. c. detect v.察觉, 发觉, 侦查, 探测， detect 和uncover(揭露)词义最接近。
8. b. injure (vt. 伤害)和wound用法接近，都指身体上受到的伤害。 damage(该词用于物品) vt.损害，损坏。
9. a. break是“打破, 违犯, 折断,超过”，而被选项中只有a有“打”的含义，所以判断beat是答案。另外，maintain，announce和match都是常见词，基本含义分别是“保持”，“宣布”和“比得上”。
10. b. limited的含义是“有限的”，前三个被选项的语义相近，都有“小的”的含义(low是“低的”)。limited后是number，而number是可数名词。small修饰可数名词，little修饰不可数名词， 而tiny的语义是“微小的”，一般指体积。所以答案是b。
11. d. 在该句中yield 是用作名词(因为该词的前面有不定冠词a)，能与不定冠词a搭配使用的被选项只有c和d(气候，倾向， 风气，如：a mild climate温和的气候)。再借助句子中其他特征词farm(农场)，判断harvest“收成”是答案。
12. a. 借助该介词短语中的核心词形容词most和名词 part，判断该短语与“大多数有关”，所以a(大多数的)是答案。
13. a. do away with是“去掉”, 该短语与get rid of(摆脱， 去除)是语义相近的短语， set up是“建立”， repair是“修理”， paint 是“描绘”。
14. b. bought和 sold 分别是“买”和“卖”， change是“兑换”，其语义与句中的convert一致，alter是“改变”。
15. b. appropriate和 proper 是近义词，都是“合适的”，因此相互排除。normal 是“正常的”，healthy是“健康的”与beneficial(有益于健康的)是近义词。
2. 阅读判断题参考答案：
the sea
1. 答案为c。第一段说“当阳光普照大海时大海看起来很美丽”，但并没说“风平浪静”时也是如此。
2. 答案为a。第二段的最后一句话说海洋覆盖了地球四分之三的面积。
3. 答案为c。第三段涉及大海的深度，但并没说到“平均深度”。
4. 答案为c。第四段说死海咸度大，鱼类不能生存，但并没说是全部的生物都不能生存。
5. 答案为b。第五段说在绝大多数海域，有丰富的鱼类和植物，有些生活在表层，有些在深海，因此说越往海洋深处鱼类和植物越少是没有道理的。
6. 答案为a。第六段说潜水员潜得越深，其承受的水压就越大。
7. 答案为b。文章结尾说潜水员潜往深水区时，乘坐极其坚固的潜水船的理由是为了抵抗水压而不是为了防寒。
