Passage 2

　　If you judge by the number of people who go to see the games and by the number of those who actually play it， basketball is probably the most popular sport in the United States today. It is mainly __1__ indoor game， and the season extends from late fall， through the winter， until early spring. There are many professional teams， but for the most part basketball is a __2__ sport. There is hardly a high school or college in the country __3__ does not have its team and its loyal following of fans.

　　In spring and summer， the most popular __4__ is baseball. During the warm weather you can see young men and boys playing this game in any part of the country. Radio and television bring the details of big games to every corner of the land， and the activities of the professional teams are a topic of conversation for Americans __5__.

　　In the fall， the most popular sport is football. __6__ you know， this is not the same kind of game that is so popular in other parts of the world. __7__ basketball and baseball， it is typically American， and those who have never seen it before have difficulty __8__ any sense in it. But for most of the spectator （观众）the game itself is not __9__ important as the music， the cheering and the festive spirit that go with it. On a cool， bright autumn afternoon， there is __10__ so colorful and exciting as football game.

　　1. A. the B. a C. an D. /

　　2.A. campus B. company

　　C. plant D. school

　　3. A. who B. why

　　C. when D. that

　　4.A. work B. activity

　　C. games D. sport

　　5.A. anywhere B. everywhere

　　C. wherever D. however

　　6. A. What B. For

　　C. Like D. As

　　7. A. Like B. As

　　C. Alike D. Similarly

　　8. A. see B. to see

　　C. seeing D. saw

　　9. A. that B. such

　　C. so D. most

　　10. A. anything B. everything

　　C. something D. nothing

　　。

　　根据上下文能得到答案的有3道，考语法的有5道

　　Passage 3

　　Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food， furniture， books， bicycles and __1__ other things they need or want. When they work， they usually get __2__ in money. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the __3__ things used. In China， cloth and knives were used， in the Philippine Islands， rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks， monkey tails， and salt were used as money in parts of __4__.

　　Cattle was one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money， too. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole at the center. People strung （串起）them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used __5__ metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made __6__ tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make __7__ money. Later， countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

　　But even gold and silver were inconvenient （不方便）if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use __8__ money. The first paper money looked more like a personal note from one person to __9__ than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting __10__ from the days of shell money until today.

　　文章的第一句话叫主题句

　　1. A. a hundred B. hundred of

　　C. hundreds of D. a hundred of

　　选

　　2. A. pay B. pays

　　C. paying D. paid

　　选

　　be made of 由……构成

　　3. A. only B. early

　　C. most D. popular

　　选

　　4. A. Asia B. Europe

　　C. Africa D. America

　　选

　　5. A. ordinary B. average

　　C. various D. different

　　选

　　6. A. of B. from

　　C. with D. for

　　选

　　7. A. the B. it

　　C. their D. his

　　8.A. stone B. expense

　　C. animal D. paper

　　选

　　9. A. another B. other

　　C. the other D. others

　　选

　　10. A. story B. history

　　C. experience D. development

　　涉及到上下文的有4道，涉及到语法的有4道

　　Passage 4

　　Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought and while they __1__ it some of them told interesting stories about finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.

　　An old gentleman， __2__ had listened quietly to their conversation， rose and said： “I've heard all your stories， and now I'll tell you __3__. When I was a young man I was working in a large importing company in New York. Before long， I __4__ in love with a pretty young girl. Very soon we were engaged. But just two months before our marriage， I was suddenly sent to Birmingham on very important business. I left my sweetheart， __5__ to write to her.”

　　“I was obliged to staying in Birmingham longer than I had __6__. __7__ last my work was done， and just before I left for home， I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond ring， intending to give it to my sweetheart.”

　　“On my way to New York， I was looking through the morning newspaper when I saw an announcement of my sweetheart's marriage with another man. This made me so angry __8__ I threw the ring overboard （向船外）。 A few days __9__ when I was eating a fish， I bit something hard. What do you think __10__？”

　　1. A. eat B. ate C. had eaten D. were eating

　　1. 选

　　2. A. who B. whom C. that D. which

　　2. 选

　　3. A. a story B. one story C. the story D. one

　　3. 选

　　4. A. fall B. fell C. feel D. felt

　　4. 选??

　　be engaged to sb. 和某人订婚

　　5. A. agreeing B. agree C. promising D. promise

　　5. 选

　　6. A. seen B. replied C. promised D. expected

　　6.

　　7. A. From B. At C. In D. On

　　7. 选

　　8. A. than B. that C. as D. to

　　8.

　　9. A. late B. later C. latter D. latest

　　9.

　　10. A. is it B. was it C. it is D. it was

　　10. 涉及到语法的有6道

　　Passage 5

　　Two or three times a week， she had a customer in whom she began to take an interest. He was a __1__ man with glasses and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German __2__. His clothes were worn and wrinkled， but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always bought two loaves of stale bread. He never asked for anything __3__ stale bread； it cost a lot less than fresh bread.

　　Once Miss Albert __4__ a red and brown stain （污点）on his finger. She was sure __5__ he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic （阁楼），__6__ he painted pictures and ate stale bread and thought of good things to eat in the bakery.

　　Often when Miss Albert sat down to her evening meal， she would sigh and wish the artist might share her food __7__ eating his dry bread. One day the customer came in __8__ usual and asked for his stale bread. As the sudden noise of the fire engine made him __9__ to the door， Miss Albert seized her opportunity. She cut each of the loaves with a knife， inserted （塞进）some butter and， when the customer turned round， she __10__ them into a paper bag.

　　1. A. middle age B. middle-age C. middle-aged

　　D. middle age's

　　2. A. wound B. voice C. tone D. accent

　　3. A. but B. although C. while D. however

　　4. A. discovered B. found C. inspected D. noticed

　　5. A. about B. of C. that D. if

　　6. A. which B. where C. when D. whom

　　7. A. not B. never C. in spite of D. instead of

　　8. A. as B. such C. so D. much

　　9. A. hurry B. to hurry C. hurrying D. hurried

　　10. A. has put B. had been put C. put D. was putting

　　涉及到语法的有4道，其他的为习惯用语

　　Passage 6

　　A Nobel Prize is one of the most highly regarded international honors a person can receive. These prizes were named __1__ Alfred Nobel， a Swedish chemist and inventor. The first Nobel Prizes were __2__ in 1901， five years after Nobel's death. Many famous people from all over the world have been awarded Nobel Prizes for their __3__. There are five different prizes： three in various sciences， one for literature， and the Peace Prize.

　　Alfred Nobel became a very wealthy man， as a result of his inventions. He used part of his __4__ to invest in oil and became even more __5__. However， in spite of his great wealth， he was not a happy man. He never married or had children. He died in 1896 and __6__ all his money in a trust fund. This money __7__ by a group of people who run the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Foundation holds the money and gives the prizes.

　　Alfred Nobel became a very wealthy man， as a result of his inventions. He used part of his __4__ to invest in oil and became even more __5__. However， in spite of his great wealth， he was not a happy man. He never married or had children. He died in 1896 and __6__ all his money in a trust fund. This money __7__ by a group of people who run the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Foundation holds the money and gives the prizes.

　　The prizes are awarded by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements every five years. A prize is given in chemistry， physics， medicine or physiology， literature and __8__. Each prize had three __9__. The first part is a gold medal. Second， a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma saying that he has been awarded the prize. The third part is a large __10__ of money.

　　1. A. with B. for C. after D. to

　　1. 选

　　2. A. won B. got C. awarded D. rewarded

　　2. 选

　　3. A. results B. achievements C. progress D. discoveries

　　3.

　　4. A. money B. fame C. honour D. success

　　4.

　　5. A. worthy B. wealthy C. valuable D. rich

　　5.

　　6. A. sent B. gave C. handed D. left

　　6.

　　7. A. hold B. held C. is held D. is holding

　　7.

　　8. A. maths B. peace C. arts D. economics

　　8.

　　9. A. items B. pieces C. parts D. sections

　　9.

　　10. A. deal B. number C. amount D. quantity

　　10.

　　涉及到上下文的有6道

　　Passage 7

　　Hans Christian Anderson （安徒生）was born in a town in __1__ in 1805. His father was a kind but poor shoemaker. When Hans was a little boy， his father __2__ spend hours telling him stories. His father loved him very much. __3__ for young Hans， his father died soon after， and his mother married again.

　　In school Hans was not interested in his lessons. Much of his time __4__ in writing plays and stories. Hans was very unhappy __5__ his teachers and classmates often made fun of him and before long， he left school. A few years later he went __6__. While in London， he met Charles Dickens who， like Hans， had a difficult childhood. After his return from Italy， he wrote a highly successful novel called The Improvisatore， __7__ told of the hard life of a young poet.

　　While waiting for the book __8__， Hans wrote four stories for children just to make some money. __9__ his surprise， the public liked his fairy tales better than his novels or poems. Slowly his fame __10__ a writer of children's stories spread far and wide. When he died in 1875， he was a national hero. In the King's Garden in Copenhagen， there is a statue of him reading a book. The house where he was born is now a museum. Hans Christian Anderson is like the Ugly Duckling in his fairy story——where after sorrow and hardship， it finally became a swan.

　　1.A. England B. America C. Denmark D. Italy

　　2. A. used to B. was used to C. got used to D. ought to

　　3. A. Unfortunately B. Painfully C. Miserably D. Sorry

　　use to do sth./take to do sth./wast sth. on sb.（sth.）

　　4.A. was taken B. was used C. was wasted D. was spent

　　5.A. because B. and C. since D. as

　　6.A. out B. away C. abroad D. off

　　7.A. it B. this C. that D. which

　　8.A. to be printed B. printed C. printing D. to print

　　9.A. In B. To C. With D. By

　　10.A. from B. for C. like D. as

　　where=in which

　　涉及到上下文的有4，6，涉及到语法的有4道

　　Passage 8

　　Vilma likes traveling by bus better than traveling by airplane for four reasons. First， it costs __1__. She can ride by bus from New York to Chicago for $20. Yet， the air fare between the two cities is $28. __2__， traveling by bus gives her a closer look at the cities and countryside than she could get from a plane. For example， she enjoys __3__ through the big cities of Philadelphia， Pittsburgh， and Fort Woyne. Third， Vilma finds that __4__ on the bus are often closer to her own age. __5__ they are easy to talk with. In contrast， many airline passengers are __6__ who keep busy with their work while flying. Fourth， riding a bus allows Vilma to explore any stop along the way. __7__， once she got off the bus at a small town in Indiana and __8__ the night with a girl friend. Then， the next day she took __9__ bus to Chicago. For these reasons， Vilma usually prefers buses instead of planes __10__ she has to get somewhere in a hurry.

　　第一句，主题句

　　1.A. much B. little C. some D. less

　　2.A. So B. Second C. But D. However

　　3.A. driving B. to drive C. being driven D. driven

　　4.A. customers B. guests C. visitors D. passengers

　　??

　　5.A. Similarly B. After all C. So D. Yet

　　6.A. teachers B. businessmen C. reporters D. workers

　　explore 探索，探究

　　7.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. thus D. For instance

　　8. A. talked B. slept C. stopped D. spent

　　9.A. the other B. another C. one D. an other

　　10.A. until B. when C. unless D. because

　　涉及到上下文的有6道

　　Passage 9

　　Mr. Brown has an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes brought him __1__ umbrellas， and then he took __2__ to a big shop in London， __3__ they were mended. Several days later， Mr. Brown went there and got them back.

　　A few weeks ago， Mr. Brown went to London by train. He forgot __4__ an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him __5__ a man with an umbrella standing by the seat. When the train arrived in London， Mr. Brown and the man stood up. In a hurry， Mr. Brown picked up the umbrella __6__ he often did during his trip by train. Just as he was getting off， he __7__ by the man， who said angrily， “That's __8__！” Mr. Brown apologized and gave it back to him.

　　Then Mr. Brown went directly to the __9__. The people there had got his six umbrellas ready. After a close look at each of them， he said， “You've mended them very well.”

　　In the afternoon he went to the station and got into the train again. The __10__ man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr. Brown and his six umbrellas. “You've had a good day，” he said.

　　首先通读全文

　　第一句话为主题句

　　1. A. good B. better C. best D. broken

　　2. A. them B. it C. this D. these

　　3. A. here B. where C. which D. when

　　4. A. takes B. take C. taking D. to take

　　5. A. / B. is C. was D. there

　　6. A. as B. like C. that D. for

　　7. A. called B. passed C. was stopped D. was gone

　　8. A. you B. me C. my D. mine

　　9. A. umbrella B. big shop C. man D. city

　　10. A. big B. angry C. same D. standing

　　涉及到上下文的有6道，涉及到语法的有4道

　　Passage 10

　　Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be __1__ from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very __2__， but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money； others are valuable only to their owners.

　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece __3__ 250！ He was very happy about his collection and thought the __4__ was reasonable. __5__ the other hand， my younger brother __6__ match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth __7__ money. However， to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him __8__ than to find a new match box for his collection.

　　That's __9__ a hobby means， I think. it is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the __10__ of it.

　　1. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

　　2. A. cheap B. expensive C. interesting D. instructive

　　3. A. worthy B. worthless C. valuable D. worth

　　4. A. price B. piece C. coin D. money

　　5.A. At B. In C. By D. On

　　6.A. to collect B. collects C. collect D. collecting

　　7.A. some B. not C. any D. many

　　8.A. more happy B. happier C. happiest D. happily

　　9.A. how B. what C. which D. why

　　10.A. price B. reason C. value D. fun

　　涉及到上下文有2道，涉及到语法的有4道

　　Passage 11

　　In a big English dictionary there are more than half a million __1__. No one knows or uses all those words —— no one， that it， has __2__ a big vocabulary. By the time a child starts to school he usually knows __3__ 2，000 and 3，000 words. His vocabulary grows. A well-educated grown person may have vocabulary of 50，000 words.

　　In the encyclopedia（百科全书）， there are about 77，000 different words. Any boy __4__ girl who understands all at least has 77，000 words. Of course， some of the words he can read he would not use __5__ writing or speaking. As a matter of fact， everyone who has learned to read and write has __6__ vocabularies： his speaking vocabulary， his writing vocabulary， and his reading vocabulary. A person's reading vocabulary is usually biggest， and his speaking vocabulary __7__.

　　Many people have studied vocabularies. There are lists of the commonest 500 words， 1，000 words， 2，000 words， and so on. A person could get on surprisingly well with the 1，000 commonest words.

　　But no one wants to get along __8__ the smallest vocabulary that will do. He can get his ideas across better if he has a good vocabulary. And he can have __9__ more fun from reading. Many people set out to make their vocabularies bigger. A good way is to __10__ in the dictionary any new words one comes across. Another is to make a point of using new words.

　　1. A. words B. phrases C. expressions D. sentences

　　2. A. such B. as C. that D. this

　　3. A. among B. from C. both D. between

　　4. A. and B. or C. to D. with

　　5. A. in B. at C. to D. on

　　6. A. following B. three C. all D. different

　　7. A. big B. bigger C. small D. smallest

　　8. A. / B. with C. on D. in

　　9. A. few B. little C. much D. further

　　10. A. look for B. look out C. look up D. look at

　　涉及到上下文的有5道，涉及到语法的有3道

　　Passage 12

　　Most dictionaries will tell you a number of __1__ about a language. There are three things in particular that __2__ important. These three things are spelling， pronunciation， and meanings.

　　The first and most obvious thing is that a dictionary will __3__ you the spelling of a word. If you're not sure about the spelling of a word， you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order-a， b， c， and so on. For example， on a dictionary page the word “poor” - p， o， o， r - comes before “poverty” - p， o， v， e， r， t， y and the word “poverty” comes __4__ the word “power” - p， o， w， e， r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

　　The second thing a dictionary will tell you is __5__. Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic， or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you generally __6__ a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation. The __7__ thing a dictionary will tell you is the meanings of words. You can __8__ a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning， and a good dictionary will explain all of the word's meanings. For example， in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings. The meaning， of course， __9__ the sentence in which the word is used.

　　These three things-spelling， pronunciation， and meanings——are some of the important __10__ that you learn from dictionaries.

　　1. A. thing B. people C. things D. books

　　2. A. is B. were C. was D. are

　　3. A. say B. tell C. give D. speak

　　4. A. before B. after C. in front of D. behind

　　in front of（方位的前面：eg. in front of the building）

　　5. A. pronunciation B. intonation （语调） C. spelling

　　D. Meanings

　　6. A. what B. which C. where D. how

　　7. A. first B. second C. third D. the last

　　8. A. look at B. find C. see D. look up

　　look up（look up the word in the dictionary）

　　9. A. depend B. depends on C. depend on D. is depending

　　10. A. facade B. facts C. faces D. fact

　　facade（外表，尤指虚伪的 eg. a facade of indifference 假装冷漠）

　　涉及到上下文的有6道，涉及到语法的有2道

　　Passage 13

　　Cars are __1__ important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.

　　Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large __2__. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to __3__ American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

　　There are three main reasons the car __4__ so popular in the United States. First of all， the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides __5__ comfortable and cheapest form of all the means of transportation. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.

　　The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States has never really __6__ an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air service __7__ by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

　　The third reason is the most important one， though. The American spirit of independence is __8__ really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus， or a train or even a plane. They don't like to have to __9__ an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is __10__ that Americans want most to have.

　　1. A. the B. an C. a D. not

　　number （1） 号码、数字 eg. My telephone number is 622998.

　　（2） 数量、数额，可用单数或复数形式，主语前有形容词时，动词用复数。

　　Eg. A large number of people have applied.很多人都申请了。 The enemy won by force of numbers.敌人以人多获胜。

　　The number of the people going abroad is increasing.

　　amount of sth.与不可数名词连用。

　　（1）总额、总数 eg. Can you really afford this amount？

　　（2 ） 大量的工作、钱、家具eg. Food was provided in varying amounts. 食物供应多少不等。

　　本题：英语可说in a large number， in a big amount， in large numbers， in large amounts.

　　2. A. number B. amount C. numbers D. members

　　affect 为动词，表示影响。

　　effect 为名词，表示“作用、效果”。

　　3. A. affects B. effect C. affected D. affect

　　become 表示某一点的动作，通过上下文判断这一动作以结束，所以用became

　　4. A. became B. started C. becomes D. grow

　　5. A. the more B. better C. the most D. fastest

　　6. A. developing B. developed C. development D. develop

　　7. A. provided B. supply C. offer D. providing

　　8. A. which B. that C. what D. where

　　9. A. go B. act C. follow D. carry out

　　follow只能与schedule搭配。follow 有“遵守”的意思。

　　carry out 的意思为“实行”，“执行”。carry out常与policy， reform， plan， project等连用。

　　eg. The construction team was asked to follow the blueprint strictly in order to carry out the project smoothly.

　　10. A. freedom B. democracy C. the freedom D. the democracy

　　涉及到上下文的有1道，涉及到语法的有6道

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