第1部分：詞匯選項(第1～15題，每題1分，共15分)
下面每個句子中均有1個詞或者短語有下劃線，請為每處下劃線部分確定l個意義最為接近的選項。
1、 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
A．function
B．a(chǎn)bility
C．power
D．volume
2、 Of the reptile groups, the snake group was the final one to appear. A．last B．best C．ugliest D．longest
3、 Even in a highly modernized country ， manual work is still needed. A．physical B．mental C．natural D．hard
4、 It was obvious that she was not going home . A．evident B．necessary C．possible D．probable
5、 Can you follow the plot ? A．change B．investigate C．write D．understand
6、 He often finds fault with my work. A．criticizes B．praises C．evaluates D．talks about
7、 Up to now ， the work has been easy. A．So B．So long C．So that D．So far
8、 He replied that this was absolutely impossible . A．stated B．a(chǎn)nswered C．said D．claimed
9、The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences. A．force B．influence C．surprise D．power
10、 A will is a document written to ensure that the wishes of the deceased arerealized. A．fulfilled B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．a(chǎn)dvocated D．received
11、 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy. A．making B．taking C．discussing D．expecting
12、 He talks tough but has a tender heart. A．heavy B．strong C．kind D．wild
13、 All the people assembled at Marys house. A．collected B．fixed C．a(chǎn)sserted D．a(chǎn)ssist
14、 The union representative put across her argument very effectively. A．explained B．invented C．considered D．a(chǎn)ccepted
15、 The sea was calm and still. A．quite B．quiet C．yet D．rough 第2部分：閱讀判斷(第16—22題，每題1分，共7分) 。 下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子作出判斷；如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C。 16、回答16-22題： They Say Ireland's the Best Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week. The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life". Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion (擁擠), gender inequality, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe, troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest (最差的), picking up only 3.89 points. "Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown (崩潰) in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact." "Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and community life." The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their critics. No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in the top 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值) after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.For 2,005. Years, Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
17、 Job security is the least important measure of life quality. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
18、 Costs Of Living in Ireland is pretty high. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
19、 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
20、 Ireland is positioned at No. 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
21、 To measure life quality is easy. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
22、 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 第3部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23—26題要求從所給的6個選項中為指定段落每段選擇1個小標題；(2)第27—30題要求從所給的6個選項中為每個句子確定 一個選項。 23、回答23-30題： Successful Language Learners 1 Some people seem to have a knack for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules or grammar, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be any more intelligent than others, so what makes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these successful language learners, we may discover a few of the techniques which make language learning easier for them. 2 First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher; they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from mistakes. 3 Successful language learning is active learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things; they are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word. 4 Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want to learn with it. 5 What kind of language learner are you? If you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully. On the other hand, if your language learning has been less than successful, you might as well try some of the techniques outlined above. Paragraph 1_________.
24、 Paragraph 2_________.
25、 Paragraph 3_________.
26、 Paragraph 4_________. A．Ways to Learn a Language Successfully B．Learning a Language Purposefully C．Learning a Language Actively D．Learning a Language Independently E．Learning from Mistakes F．Learning to Think in the Target Language
27、 Successful language learners derive conclusions_________.
28、 Independent language learners rely on themselves_________.
29、 Active language learners seize every opportunity_________.
30、 The author wrote this text_________. A．to discover sentence patterns and grammatical rules B．to expand vocabulary C．to use the target language D．to encourage unsuccessful language learners to learn independently, actively and purposefully E．from clues F．to say strange things 第4部分：閱讀理解(第31—45題，每題3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題。請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，為每題確定l個選項。 31、回答31-45題： New Foods and the New World In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages---has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made form the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine" of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from south America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A．Food. B．Chocolate. C．Potato. D．Coffee
32、 "Some" in "Some still exist today" means A．some cocoa trees. B．some chocolate drinks. C．some shops. D．some South American Indians.
33、 Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because A．they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else. B．they were forced to emigrate to America. C．the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato. D．the potato harvest was bad.
34、 Coffee originally came from A．Brazil. B．Colombia. C．Ethiopia. D．Arabia.
35、 The Arabic legend is used to prove that A．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi. B．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi’s goats. C．coffee was first discovered in south American countries. D．coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.
36、回答36-50題： Good Modern Newspaper A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特寫) as well,from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping : from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece,reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality ( 時事性),its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暫的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its_____ A．wide coverage. B．uniform style. C．speed in reporting news. D．popularity.
37、 According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the "same"newspaper is that______ A．people scan for the news they are interested in. B．different people prefer different newspapers. C．people are rarely interested in the same kind of news. D．people have different views about what a good newspaper is.
38、 It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers______ A．a(chǎn)pply reading techniques skillfully. B．jump from one newspaper to another. C．a(chǎn)ppreciate the variety of a newspa.per. D．usually read a newspaper selectively.
39、 A good newspaper offers "a variety" to readers because______ A．it tries to serve different readers. B．it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality. C．readers are difficult to please. D．readers like to read different newspapers.
40、 The best title for this passage would be”_______” A．The Importance of Newspaper Topicality B．The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper C．The Variety of a Good Newspaper D．Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper
41、回答41-55題： The Family The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. The most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend tor itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is they live in retirement communities and nursing homes. They live in retirement communities and nursing homes. There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. The harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility. The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time,the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many, households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never-married individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions. Another good title for this passage would be__________. A．What Makes a Family? B．Life of Inuits. C．Living with Hardship. D．The Failure of the Nuclear Family.
42、A nuclear family is defined as__________. A．a(chǎn) married couple with their minor children. B．a(chǎn) single father with minor children. C．parents, grandparents, and children. D．parents, children, and aunts and uncles.
43、 The information in this passage would most likely be found in__________. A．a(chǎn)n anthropology textbook. B．a(chǎn) biology textbook. C．a(chǎn) mathematics textbook. D．geography textbook.
44、 The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through__________. A．listing statistics. B．telling a story. C．pointing out similarities. D．pointing out differences.
45、 The word mobility means__________. A．money. B．readiness to move. C．organization. D．skill. 第5部分：補全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分) 下面的短文有5處空白，短文后有6個句子，其中5個取自短文，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容講其分別放回原有位置，以恢復文章面貌。 46、回答46-50題： Death control A very important world problem-in fact, I am inclined to say it is the most important of all the great world problems________(1) _________-is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on land and on land resources. This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By 2000 AD, unless something desperate happens, there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the surface of the earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime Why is this enormous increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and the practice of _________ (2)_______. You have heard of Birth Control? Death Control is something rather different. Death Control recognizes the work of the doctors and the nurses and the hospitals and the health services in keeping alive people who,_____(3)_____, Would have died of some of the incredibly serious killing diseases , as they used to do. Squalid conditions, which we can remedy by an improved standard of living, caused a lot of disease and dirt. Medical examinations at school catch diseases early and ensure healthier school children. Scientists are at work stamping out malaria and other more deadly diseases. If you are seriously ill there is an ambulance to take you to a modern hospital. Medical care helps _____(4)______. We used to think seventy was a good age; now eighty, ninety, it may be , are coming to be recognized as a normal age for human beings. People are living longer because of this Death Control, and _____(5)_____, so the population of the world is shooting up. A．fewer children are dying B．a(chǎn) few years ago C．what is coming to be called Death Control D．which face us at the present time E．making it possible for people to live longer F．to keep people alive longer
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47、 ________
48、 ________
49、 ________
50、 ________
2、 Of the reptile groups, the snake group was the final one to appear. A．last B．best C．ugliest D．longest
3、 Even in a highly modernized country ， manual work is still needed. A．physical B．mental C．natural D．hard
4、 It was obvious that she was not going home . A．evident B．necessary C．possible D．probable
5、 Can you follow the plot ? A．change B．investigate C．write D．understand
6、 He often finds fault with my work. A．criticizes B．praises C．evaluates D．talks about
7、 Up to now ， the work has been easy. A．So B．So long C．So that D．So far
8、 He replied that this was absolutely impossible . A．stated B．a(chǎn)nswered C．said D．claimed
9、The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences. A．force B．influence C．surprise D．power
10、 A will is a document written to ensure that the wishes of the deceased arerealized. A．fulfilled B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．a(chǎn)dvocated D．received
11、 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy. A．making B．taking C．discussing D．expecting
12、 He talks tough but has a tender heart. A．heavy B．strong C．kind D．wild
13、 All the people assembled at Marys house. A．collected B．fixed C．a(chǎn)sserted D．a(chǎn)ssist
14、 The union representative put across her argument very effectively. A．explained B．invented C．considered D．a(chǎn)ccepted
15、 The sea was calm and still. A．quite B．quiet C．yet D．rough 第2部分：閱讀判斷(第16—22題，每題1分，共7分) 。 下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子作出判斷；如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C。 16、回答16-22題： They Say Ireland's the Best Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week. The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life". Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion (擁擠), gender inequality, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe, troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest (最差的), picking up only 3.89 points. "Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown (崩潰) in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact." "Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and community life." The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their critics. No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in the top 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值) after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.For 2,005. Years, Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
17、 Job security is the least important measure of life quality. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
18、 Costs Of Living in Ireland is pretty high. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
19、 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
20、 Ireland is positioned at No. 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
21、 To measure life quality is easy. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
22、 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries. A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 第3部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23—26題要求從所給的6個選項中為指定段落每段選擇1個小標題；(2)第27—30題要求從所給的6個選項中為每個句子確定 一個選項。 23、回答23-30題： Successful Language Learners 1 Some people seem to have a knack for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules or grammar, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be any more intelligent than others, so what makes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these successful language learners, we may discover a few of the techniques which make language learning easier for them. 2 First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher; they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from mistakes. 3 Successful language learning is active learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things; they are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word. 4 Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want to learn with it. 5 What kind of language learner are you? If you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully. On the other hand, if your language learning has been less than successful, you might as well try some of the techniques outlined above. Paragraph 1_________.
24、 Paragraph 2_________.
25、 Paragraph 3_________.
26、 Paragraph 4_________. A．Ways to Learn a Language Successfully B．Learning a Language Purposefully C．Learning a Language Actively D．Learning a Language Independently E．Learning from Mistakes F．Learning to Think in the Target Language
27、 Successful language learners derive conclusions_________.
28、 Independent language learners rely on themselves_________.
29、 Active language learners seize every opportunity_________.
30、 The author wrote this text_________. A．to discover sentence patterns and grammatical rules B．to expand vocabulary C．to use the target language D．to encourage unsuccessful language learners to learn independently, actively and purposefully E．from clues F．to say strange things 第4部分：閱讀理解(第31—45題，每題3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題。請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，為每題確定l個選項。 31、回答31-45題： New Foods and the New World In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages---has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made form the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine" of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from south America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A．Food. B．Chocolate. C．Potato. D．Coffee
32、 "Some" in "Some still exist today" means A．some cocoa trees. B．some chocolate drinks. C．some shops. D．some South American Indians.
33、 Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because A．they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else. B．they were forced to emigrate to America. C．the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato. D．the potato harvest was bad.
34、 Coffee originally came from A．Brazil. B．Colombia. C．Ethiopia. D．Arabia.
35、 The Arabic legend is used to prove that A．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi. B．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi’s goats. C．coffee was first discovered in south American countries. D．coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.
36、回答36-50題： Good Modern Newspaper A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特寫) as well,from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping : from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece,reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality ( 時事性),its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暫的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its_____ A．wide coverage. B．uniform style. C．speed in reporting news. D．popularity.
37、 According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the "same"newspaper is that______ A．people scan for the news they are interested in. B．different people prefer different newspapers. C．people are rarely interested in the same kind of news. D．people have different views about what a good newspaper is.
38、 It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers______ A．a(chǎn)pply reading techniques skillfully. B．jump from one newspaper to another. C．a(chǎn)ppreciate the variety of a newspa.per. D．usually read a newspaper selectively.
39、 A good newspaper offers "a variety" to readers because______ A．it tries to serve different readers. B．it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality. C．readers are difficult to please. D．readers like to read different newspapers.
40、 The best title for this passage would be”_______” A．The Importance of Newspaper Topicality B．The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper C．The Variety of a Good Newspaper D．Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper
41、回答41-55題： The Family The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. The most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend tor itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is they live in retirement communities and nursing homes. They live in retirement communities and nursing homes. There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. The harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility. The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time,the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many, households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never-married individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions. Another good title for this passage would be__________. A．What Makes a Family? B．Life of Inuits. C．Living with Hardship. D．The Failure of the Nuclear Family.
42、A nuclear family is defined as__________. A．a(chǎn) married couple with their minor children. B．a(chǎn) single father with minor children. C．parents, grandparents, and children. D．parents, children, and aunts and uncles.
43、 The information in this passage would most likely be found in__________. A．a(chǎn)n anthropology textbook. B．a(chǎn) biology textbook. C．a(chǎn) mathematics textbook. D．geography textbook.
44、 The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through__________. A．listing statistics. B．telling a story. C．pointing out similarities. D．pointing out differences.
45、 The word mobility means__________. A．money. B．readiness to move. C．organization. D．skill. 第5部分：補全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分) 下面的短文有5處空白，短文后有6個句子，其中5個取自短文，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容講其分別放回原有位置，以恢復文章面貌。 46、回答46-50題： Death control A very important world problem-in fact, I am inclined to say it is the most important of all the great world problems________(1) _________-is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on land and on land resources. This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By 2000 AD, unless something desperate happens, there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the surface of the earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime Why is this enormous increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and the practice of _________ (2)_______. You have heard of Birth Control? Death Control is something rather different. Death Control recognizes the work of the doctors and the nurses and the hospitals and the health services in keeping alive people who,_____(3)_____, Would have died of some of the incredibly serious killing diseases , as they used to do. Squalid conditions, which we can remedy by an improved standard of living, caused a lot of disease and dirt. Medical examinations at school catch diseases early and ensure healthier school children. Scientists are at work stamping out malaria and other more deadly diseases. If you are seriously ill there is an ambulance to take you to a modern hospital. Medical care helps _____(4)______. We used to think seventy was a good age; now eighty, ninety, it may be , are coming to be recognized as a normal age for human beings. People are living longer because of this Death Control, and _____(5)_____, so the population of the world is shooting up. A．fewer children are dying B．a(chǎn) few years ago C．what is coming to be called Death Control D．which face us at the present time E．making it possible for people to live longer F．to keep people alive longer
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