1、The country was facing difficulties financially and ____the situation was discouraging.
A.comprehensive
B.successive
C.overallz
D.systematic

2、I can’t advise you what to do. You must use your own____.
A.opinion
B.justice
C.ideal
D.judgement

3、Sometimes they____ their students’ poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.
A.owe
B.attribute
C.contribute
D.gratitude

4、Gold is a precious, yellow coloured ____used for making coins, ornaments and jewelry.
A.mental
B.metal
C.moral
D.mould

5、If you persist in doing that, none except yourself should____the consequences.
A.answer for
B.answer to
C.be responsible of
D.be responsible about

6、He saved his daughter from the fire____ of his own life.
A.at expense
B.at a price
C.at the cost
D.At the loss

7、The misty weather in London____the contact.
A.interfered with
B.interfered
C.insured with
D.insured

8、Many automobile accidents were____careless driving.
A.attributed to
B.resulted in
C.contributed to
D.raised from

9、His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any____of it all.
A.explanation
B.meaning
C.sense
D.interpretation
10、Because I don’t take any sugar in my tea, I____to forget to offer it to other people.
A.like
B.come
C.tend
D have

11、Revolutionary developments in both observational and theoretical astronomy (took place) in the 1960’s.
A.commenced
B.occurred
C.were disputed
D.were exchanged

12、In the legends of the American West, Paul Bunyan’s most (treasured) possession was Babe the Blue Us, whose horns were said to span a distance of 42 ax handles.
A.comical
B.valued
C.expensive
D.colorful
13、A supernova is a star that explodes and then slowly fades to less than its original (brightness).
A.size
B.weight
C.radiance
D.imortance

14、Over six million citizens of the United States collect benefits from (private) pension plans each year.
A.unauthorized
B.confidential
C.nontransferable
D.non�瞘overnmental

15、Since the 1950’s literary critics have attempted to answer the question: When did children’s literature first (emerge) as a distinct literary genre?
A.improve as
B.appear as
C.conform to
D.respond to

16、Granite crystals are large enough to be seen with the (naked) eye.
A.wary
B.candid
C.unaided
D.discerning

17、Having (enlisted) in the Marine Corps in August 1918, Opha May Jonnson was made a provisional sergeant a month later.
A.considered
B.joined
C.written to
D.Risen in

18、The (widespread)use of X�瞨ays for diagnostic purposes poses the risk of overexposure to radiation. A.medical
B.spacious
C.experimental
D.General

19、The geysers, one of the most unusual phenomena in nature, is beautiful to (behold).
A.view
B Relate
C.Sketch
D.Withhold

20、The lymphatic system includes a network of tiny capillaries that lie (adjacent )to the fine blood vessels.
A.independent of
B.obscured by
C.near
D.within

21、第一篇 Sleep Sleep is part of your daily activity cycle, but there are several different types or stages of sleep and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sl eeper, your sleep cycle will go something like this: When you first drift off into sleep your eyes will roll about a bit, your te mperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing will s low and b***me quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too. This is cal led Stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift dow n through Stage 2 and Stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower y our brain waves will be. Then, about 40-60 minutes after you lose consciousness, you will have reache d the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the delta rhythm. This I s Stage 4 sleep. You may think that you stay at this deep fourth stage all the rest of the ni ght, but that turns out not to be the case. Instead, about 80 minutes after you fall into sleep your activity cycle will increase slightly. The delta rhythm w ill disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to move around under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at s omething occurring in front of you. This period of Rapid Eye Movements lasts for some 8-15 minutes and is called REM sleep. During both light and deep sleep, the muscles in your body are relaxed but c apable of movement. However, as you slip into REM sleep, a very odd thing occurs ? Most of the voluntary muscles in your body b***me paralyzed. Although your b rain shows very rapid bursts of neural activity during REM sleep, your body is I ncapable of moving.

The lower the stage of sleep,____
A.the greater the alpha waves will be.
B.the slower the brain waves will appear.
C.activity pattern of the brain.
D.the closer one is to the initial Stage 1 sleep .
22、(同21題)Before one reaches the deepest sleep,_____ A.muscular inhibition occurs .
B.one’s body muscles b***me paralyzed.
C.loss of consciousness has already occurred.
D.one’s eyes begin to move as if looking at something.

23、(同21題)REM sleep is characterized by____
A.a drop in temperature.
B.a loss of consciousness.
C.a lack of body movement.
D.the appearance of data waves.

24、(同21題)Muscular relaxation, a temperature drop, and breath regularity are characteristics of____
A.REM sleep.
B.Stage 1 sleep.
C.delta rhythms.
D.Stage 2 and 3 sleep.

25、(同21題)An increase in the activity cycle indicates____
A.one is waking up.
B.a relaxing of body muscles.
C.an increase in the body’s rhythms.
D.the disappearance of delta rhythm.

26、第二篇 Hearing Damage Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause he aring damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines I n factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home and at work. A pe rson only needs to hear the noise for little more than one s***nd to be affected. An American scientist has found that using aspirin can increase the tempor ary (暫時(shí)的)hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them dif ferent amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their he aring ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did no t use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great. The scientist said millions of persons in the United States use much larger amou nts of aspirin than were used in his experiment. He said these persons face a se rious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise.Doctors have long known that____
A.one may b***me deaf when he hears a loud noise.
B.loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of young people only.
C.one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise.
D.common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear.

27、(同26題)This passage suggests that one’s hearing____
A.will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for less than one s***nd.
B.will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one s***nd.
C.will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one s***nd.
D.will not be damaged if he has little more than one s***nd to get ready.

28、(同26題)One conclusion you can draw from this passage is that aspirin____
A.should never be taken more than four grams.
B.can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams daily.
C.makes hearing damage from loud noise worse.
D.always increases hearing loss by two times.
29、(同26題)Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they____

A.often take air trips.
B.like listening to loud music.
C.have too much loud noises at home and at work.
D.take too much aspirin.

30、(同26題)The American scientist did his experiment in order to find____
A.how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearing.
B. How much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noise.
C.whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noise.
D.whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirin.

31、第三篇 Dreams Let us begin by saying what does not cause our dreams. Our dreams do not com e from "another world". They are not messages from some outside source. They are not a look into the future, either. All our dreams have something to do with our emotions, fear, longings, wishe s, needs and memories. But something on the "outside" may affect what we dream. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may include a feeling of th is kind. If the covers on your body, such as a blanket, have slipped off your be d, you may dream that you are sleeping or resting on the ice or snow. The materi al for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experiences yo u have today. So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you while you are sleeping and it may also use your past experiences and the wi shes and interests you have now. This is why very young children are likely to d ream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, h omesick soldiers of their families, and prisoners of freedom. To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and how your wishes o r needs can all be joined together in a dream, here is a story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with absorbent cotton. He would dream that he was in a hospital and his charming girl friend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling his hand softly. There are some scientists who have a special study of why we dream, wha t we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reas onable, is not accepted by everyone, but it offers an interesting way of dealing with the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes tha t did not come true. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes carr ied out.

The word \!material" (para. 2) can be best replaced by____
A.wish.
B.source.
C.message.
D.cause.

32、The word \!it" (para. 3) refers to the____
A.dream.
B.sleep.
C.feeling.
D.subject.

33、It is implied in the passage that____
A.our dreams cannot predict correctly what may happen to us in the future.
B.our dreams can be anything except past experiences.
C.one is most likely to feel cold while sleeping without a blanket.
D.one with poor memory had fewer dreams than people with a good memory.

34、According to the experiment described in the passage, the man’s dream was caused by____
A.what the back of his hand was feeling at the moment.
B.his fear of an operation.
C.his girl friend he has just visited.
D.the hospital in which he was treated.

35、According to the writer, the explanation of dreams that some scientists made____
A.is considered interesting, but meaningless.
B.gives a good answer to the question why we dream.
C.has some value, though not fully convincing.
D.has been proved by the findings of their studies.

36、第四篇 Hunger Hunger around the world can be reduced 50 percent by the end of the 1990s. That is the conclusion of scientists and others who met in Bellagio, Italy, sev eral months ago. The people at the meeting were experts on hungers. They reporte d that at least five hundred million persons in the world suffer from hunger. Th ey noted that several nations still have severe shortages of food. But, the expe rts said, there is progress. For example, China and India have reduced hunger sh arply in recent years, and studies have shown which methods work best at reducin g hunger in other parts of the world. The experts meeting in Italy urged public officials and aid groups to take four steps to reduce hunger. The first step is to end mass hunger of famine. They said neutral internat ional organizations should protect civilian food supplies in areas at war. They also said nations should improve their methods of sending food to emergency loca tions . The s***nd step is to produce more food for the world’s poorest families. The best way is with more modern farming methods. The green revolution made it p ossible for India and other nations to greatly increase harvests, yet these farm ing methods are far from perfect. They do not work everywhere, and they can caus e environmental damage. They also must create programs that bring food directly to the very poor. The third step is to protect mothers and young children against food short ages. The experts said mothers and young children suffer the most from hunger. M any lives can be saved by making sure they are the first to get assistance. Finally, the experts urged efforts to overcome two serious medical problem s linked to food shortages. The first is a lack of iodine. One hundred ninety mi llion persons suffer from goiter and other illnesses because they get too little iodine. The other problem is even more widespread. It is a lack of vitamin A. B oth iodine and vitamin A can be supplied. The experts meeting in Bellagio, Italy, said taking these four steps would c ut world hunger in half by the beginning of the next century.

The experts meeting in Italy urged public officials and aid groups to take____to reduce hunger.
A.three steps
B.five steps
C.four steps
D.a series of steps

37、The countries that have reduced hunger sharply in recent years include ____
A.Malaysia & India.
B.China & India.
C.India &. Singapore.
D.India & Thailand.

38、According to the passage, the green revolution is a way to increase harvests____
A.But it does not work everywhere.
B.And it works everywhere in the world.
C.but it is money consuming.
D.and it works only in India.

39、It is who suffer the most, according to the report.____
A.mothers & children
B.mothers & adults
C.mothers & teenagers
D.mothers & young children

40、The two serious medical problems linked to food shortages are____
A.lack of iodine & vitamin A.
B.lack of vitamin C & iodine.
C.lack of iodine & vitamin D.
D.all of the above.

答案：
1　 C  2　 D  3　 B  4　 B  5　 A  6　 C  7　 A  8　 A  9　 C  10　 C  11　 B  12　 B  13　 C  14　 D 
15　 B  16　 C  17　 B  18　 D  19　 A  20　 C  21　 B  22　 C  23　 C  24　 B  25　 D  26　 C  27　 B  28　 C  29　 D  30　 C  31　 B  32　 D  33　 A  34　 A  35　 C  36　 C  37　 B  38　 A  39　 D  40　 A