A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or t
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A characteristic of American culture that has become almost
a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top
through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the
leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social
position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer
or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his
father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many
aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only
comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every
evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel,
expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess
probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash
dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something
quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie
bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in
careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing
the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help
with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who
is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during
the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for
his education.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America （）.
- A、people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
- B、people can always rise to the top through their won efforts
- C、college professors win great respect from common workers
- D、people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.
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第1题：
Nowadays a private business usually obtains its working capital through a commercial bank.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Doesn't say
正确答案：B
解析：第三句话指出Private sector firms borrow...even fir the working capital requirements.意为货币市场代替了银行为企业运营资金的功能，银行作为中介人，在这业务上也处于收缩状态。 -
第2题：
_____________. That was five years ago and he has no regrets about his new direction. “My previous work didn’t have an artistic element to it, whereas this is exciting and creative,” he says. “I really enjoy the design side.”
［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
正确答案：B本题考查的知识点是：上下文的衔接
本题空格上文是文章的前三段。前两段介绍了主人公格雷汉姆是制作风向标的手工艺者，他为顾客特制不同于传统设计的风向标。第三段提到，格雷汉姆做的第一个风向标引起了朋友的兴趣，也让他自己意识到了商机的存在。空格下文即第五段第一句提到，“那是五年前的事了”。与上文衔接，空格处应继续围绕格雷汉姆从事风向标的制作展开论述。与下文衔接，空格处应论述五年前的情况。因此［B］正确。其中第一句话“格雷汉姆决定把精力投入到风向标生意上”与上文论述的“发现商机”衔接紧密，后面部分出现的“15 years”与下文“five years ago”相呼应。
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第3题：
_____________. “And nowadays, with more and more people moving to the country, individuals want to put an exclusive finishing touch to their properties. It has been a boost to crafts like mines,”
［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
正确答案：D本题考查的知识点是：上下文内容上的呼应
空格下文即第十一段主要论述了现在像风向标制作这样的手工艺发展的原因。其中关键词是“and nowadays”，它表明了与空格处逻辑上存在并列关系。与“现在”形成对比的是“过去”，［D］论述了风向标过去传统的功能，即过去存在的原因。
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第4题：
His brother has become a lawyer, ______ he wanted to be.
A. who
B. what
C. that
D. which
正确答案：D答案为D 他的兄弟成了一名律师，他也想做律师，只有which能引导非限定性定语从句。
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第5题：
根据下面资料，回答
A proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: "If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want the happiness to last three years, get married; if you want lifetime happiness, take up gardening." The reason for the last is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.
A research of a US university that I′ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it simply, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks one′ s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory.
Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure. But according to a study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. Happiness does not mean gains one is after but a desire to harvest what one is seeking for. People often do not treasure what they already have but desire what they cannot get. That is somewhat like a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers while unwilling to settle down with the woman beside him.
Happiness is a game balancing between two ends--what one has and what one wishes for, i.e. one′s dream and the possibility to realize it. The study comes to this conclusion: A happy man is one who aims high but never forgets his actual situation; one who meets challenges that develop his ability and potentiality; one who′s proud of his achievements and the recognition given to him. He has self-respect and self-confidence; treasures his own identity and loves freedom. He is sociable and enjoys wide range communication with others; he′s helpful and ready to accept assistance. He knows he is able to bear sufferings and failures; he is sensible enough to get fun from daily work. He is a man capable of love and passion.
Who is more likely to be unhappy according to the study?A.The man who is ambitious regardless of his actual situation.
B.The one who has self-esteem and has confidence in himself.
C.The one who can take pleasure in communicating with others.
D.The one who always helps others and also accepts help from others.答案：A解析：细节题。根据文章最后一段内容，幸福的人是既能够树立高远的目标，又不会忘记实际情况的人；幸福的人是自尊、自信的人，他认可自己。并且热爱自由。幸福的人善于社交，并且能够从与其他人进行的广泛交流中得到乐趣；幸福的人热心助人，并且愿意接受别人的帮助。只有A项与文意不符，故选A。 -
第6题：
The author suggests the Dr. Mahathir's comments on the currency problems （ ）.A.are poor because they weaken his own credibility
B.are sharp in identifying the cause of the problem
C.prove that he has been a poor leader in general
D.reveal his keen insight into the complex issue答案：B解析： -
第7题：
Hunter is a brilliant professor but has his limitations as a government leader.A:capacities
B:weakness
C:advantages
D:responsibilities答案：B解析：本句意思是：汉特是一位非常优秀的教授，但他作为一位政府领导人有他的缺点。句中limitation意为“缺点”，例如：He knows his limitations.他知道自己的能力有限。四个选项中：capacity意为“能力”，例如：China's grain production capacity has improved.中国的粮食生产能力提高了。weakness意为“缺点”，例如：There is an inherent weakness in the design.这设计本身存在缺点。advantage意为“优点”，例如：It is an advantage if you know how to type.如果你会打字，这就是一种优势。responsibility意为“责任”，例如：You can't retreat from the responsibility in this affair．你不能回避在这一事件中的责任。只有选项B同句中画线单词含义接近。 -
第8题：
共用题干
"Happy Birthday to You"
The main problem in discussing American popular culture is also one of its main characteristics:it
won't stay American.No matter what it is,whether it is films,food and fashion,music,casual sports or slang, it's soon at home elsewhere in the world.There are several theories why American popular culture has had
this appeal.
One theory is that it has been"advertised"and marketed through American films,popular music,and more
recently,television.________(46)They are,after all,in competition with those produced by other countries. Another theory,probably a more common one,is that American popular culture is internationally associ-
ted with something called"the spirit of America"._______(47)
The final theory is less complex:American popular culture is popular because a lot of people in the
world like it.
Regardless of why it spreads,American popular culture is usually quite rapidly adopted and then adapted in
many other countries.________(48)"Happy Birthday to You",for instance,is such an everyday song tha
its source,its American copyright,so to speak,is not remembered.Black leather jackets worn by many heroe
in American movies could be found,a generation later,on all those young men who wanted to make this manly-
look their own.
Two areas where this continuing process is most clearly seen are clothing and music.Some people can
still remember a time when T-shirts,jogging clothes,tennis shoes,denim jackets,and blue jeans were not
common daily wear everywhere.Only twenty years ago,it was possible to spot an American in Paris by his or
her clothes.No longer so:Those bright colors,checkered jackets and trousers,hats and socks which were
once made fun of in cartoons are back again in Paris as the latest fashion._____(49)
The situation with American popular music is more complex because in the beginning,when it was still
clearly American,it was often strongly resisted.Jazz was once thought to be a great danger to youth and their
morals,and was actually outlawed in several countries.Today,while still showing its rather American roots,
has become so well established.Rock 'n' roll and all its variations,country & western music,all have moi
or less similar histories.They were first resisted,often in America as well,as being"low-class",and then:
"a danger to our nation's youth".______(50)And then the music became accepted and was extende
and developed,and exported back to the US.
46.________（46）
A.As a result,its American origins and roots are often quickly forgotten.
B.But this theory fails to explain why American films,music,and television programs are so popular in then selves.
C.American in origin,informal clothing has become the world's first truly universal style.
D.The BBC,for example,banned rock and roll until 1962.
E.American food has become popular around the world,too.
F.This spirit is variously described as being young and free,optimistic and confident,informal and disrespectfu.________（48）
A:As a result,its American origins and roots are often quickly forgotten.
B:But this theory fails to explain why American films,music,and television programs are so popular in then selves.
C:American in origin,informal clothing has become the world's first truly universal style.
D:The BBC,for example,banned rock and roll until 1962.
E:American food has become popular around the world,too.
F:This spirit is variously described as being young and free,optimistic and confident,informal and disrespectfu.答案：A解析：选项B中提到了“this theory"，且B项中的“American films , music , television programs”与后句中的They呼应，并且“美国电影、音乐、电视节目在和其他国家的同类产品竞争”意义衔接，因此B项为正确答案。
这句话解释了某一种“精神”-This spirit，那么在上文中应该提到过一种精神。第三段的第一句话就讲到了国际上都将美国流行文化和所谓“美国精神”联系在一起。这句话对这种精神作了描述。
在空前的句子“美国流行文化往往很快就被其他国家接受和移植”是说原因，后面就应该接结果。选项A以As a result开头，说明它说的是后果，故选A。
第六段主要讲的是美国服装的世界影响。C项说源自美国的休闲服饰成了世界上第一种真正的全球时尚。从内容看，我们应该在与服装有关的段落中找到填入这句话的空白处。
空格前句中看到“他们最初因······被拒绝”,“拒绝”与D项中的“banned”呼应，而D项放在空格处正好构成了“观点＋例子”的逻辑结构，因此D项为正确答案。 -
第9题：
问答题Passage 2 A land free from destruction, wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special", was men-- creative individuals who could invent machines, find new sources of power, and 4 business organizations to reshape the society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution 5 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 6 inventors than scientists. A man who is a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research accurately. He is not necessarily working 7 that his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something 8 has a concrete use. He tries to solve a problem by following the theories of science or by experimenting 9 trial and error. Regardless 10 his method, he is working to obtain a specific result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives. Most of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were 11 . A 12 were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training 13 science might have made their inventions, 14 a groundwork had been laid by scientists years 15 .正确答案： 1. factors 根据句意,没有破坏的土地、财富、自然资源和劳动力都是英国成为工业革命中心的重要因素。因此填入factors。
2. But 通过后面的not enough可知,空格处应该填入表示转折的But。注意首字母大写。
3. else 文章一开始就提到一系列因素,接着说这些因素还不够,由此可知,此处填入else,修饰something表示其他事物。
4. establish/found/start 空格部分需填入动词与business organizations搭配。
5. came/were 句意:工业革命中发明各种机器的人有着各种背景,从事各种职业。come from/ be from来自。注意此处需使用过去时态。
6. more more...than...后跟形容词、副词、动词、名词等,且more后部分和than后部分词类相同,表示“与其说……不如说、是……不是、是……更是、有……无……”等。
7. so so that表示结果。这里指科学家的工作不一定是要让他的发现能够被使用。
8. that 空格部分填入that引导定语从句修饰不定代词something。
9. through trial and error反复试验;不断摸索。这里填入through,意思为“通过,凭借”。
10. of regardless of不顾,不管。
11. inventors 通过上文介绍可知,发明家更倾向于发明实用的东西,而科学家的研究不一定能够被使用。因此该句应该填入inventors。
12. few 此处填入few。a few“一些”,与上一句中的most of the people形成对比。
13. in training in sth.关于……的培训。
14. because 逗号后面的句子为前面的句子的原因,因此填入because。
15. before 句意:甚至那些很少甚至没有接受科学培训的人也可能会发明东西,因为科学家数年前就已经奠定好了基础。years before数年前。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
单选题A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America （）.Apeople tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
Bpeople can always rise to the top through their won efforts
Ccollege professors win great respect from common workers
Dpeople feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.
正确答案： A解析： [解析] 细节题。根据A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made made我们可以了解到，“崇尚自我奋斗”是美国文化的特点。 -
第11题：
单选题A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passageAA Respectable Self-made Family
BAmerican Attitude toward Manual Labor
CCharacteristics of American Culture
DThe Development of Manual Labor
正确答案： B解析： [解析] 主旨题。纵观全文，文章主要讲了美国崇尚自我奋斗，尊重体力劳动的文化习惯。故答案为B。 -
第12题：
单选题When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _____.Amakes shoes in his home
Bdoes his extra work at night
Cdoes his own car and home repairs
Dkeeps house and looks after his children
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第13题：
Since the beginning of the term he has made __progress in his studies.A. remarking
B. marking
C. noticeable
D. noticed
正确答案：C
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第14题：
_____________. “I have found my place in the market. People love the individuality and I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing a nondescript. shape turn into something almost lifelike,” he says.
［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
正确答案：E本题考查的知识点是：上下文的衔接
空格上文即第七段后半部分提到，人们对手工制作很感兴趣。空格下文即第九段开始提到，格雷汉姆已经在市场上占有了一席之地。涉及“市场”的是［E］，其中“格雷汉姆想把它保持为一种乡村手工艺”与下文“占有了一定的市场”含义衔接。此外，［E］中“craft”与上文“handcrafting”是词汇重复。
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第15题：
_____________. American and Danish buyers in particular are showing interest. “Pricing,” he explains, “depends on the intricacy of the design.”His most recent request was for a curly-coated dog. Whatever the occasion, Graham can create a gift with a difference.
［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
正确答案：A本题考查的知识点是：上下文的衔接+词语的复现
空格下文即全文最后一段论述了格雷汉姆销售风向标的情况，其中“buyers”为关键词。［A］和［F］分别出现了同义词“clients”和“customer”。但［F］主要谈论的是设计方面的问题，［A］才是有关销售的内容，而且“worldwide”一词与下文“American and Danish”呼应。因此［A］正确。
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第16题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference inParaguay, Mr. Slim said it was time for a"radical overhaul" of people's working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60, he says, we should work until we are older--but take more time off as we do so.
"People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week--perhaps 11 hours a day," he told the conference, according to Paraguay.com newsagency. "With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Havingfour days(off) would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways ofbeing occupied." The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force, while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity.He is putting his money where his mouth is. In his Tehnex fixed-line phone company in Mexico,where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens areeligible to retire before they are 50, he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers tokeep working, on full pay, but they only need to work four days a week.
Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Am6ricaM6vil empire, selling about a fifth of its assets, in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. Hiscompanies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile markets inMexico--above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist,who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside thecorporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in Mexico City dedicated to his late wife.
Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should "not be boring, but should be fun" and should teach people "not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train". He also called for more vocationaltraining.
Mr. Slim, who is at the age of 74 already, meanwhile, appears to have no plans to retire.
"Look at who he respects: the (Mexican) banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of amentor, and he was still working in his late 80s," said Andrew Paxman, a British historian who iswriting a book about Mr. Slim.
The best title of the passage may be
查看材料A．Carlos Slim Calls for a Three-day Working Week
B．People Favour a Three-day Working Week
C．Working Three Days a Week Is with Advantages
D．Working Three Days a Week Will Be Implemented答案：A解析：本文主要讲述了墨西哥电信业大亨、全球第二大富豪卡洛斯·斯利姆(Carlos Slim)提倡一周只工作三天，接着阐述了这样工作的好处，以及他自己所做的努力。A项意为“卡洛斯·斯利姆提倡一周工作三天”，能够完整概括本文的主旨大意。B、C项太片面，D项文中未提到。 -
第17题：
John Clarke, who is in the prime of his career, has been ranked__________ the top l0 players in tennis history by Sports Daily.A. at
B. into
C. among
D. from答案：C解析：约翰·克拉克正处在他职业生涯的鼎盛时期，被《体育日报》评为网球史上的十佳运动员。本题考查介词。谓语has been ranked后用tlle top lo players in tennis history限制了具体范围，因此C最为恰当 -
第18题：
Which of the following is TRUE?A.The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got
B.Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience
C.The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple
D.From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture答案：D解析：根据第二段最后一句“After the couple heard my reason，they understood that the problemwas caused by cultural differences，so they laughed and were no longer angry”可知A选项不对；根据文章最后一句“but now I don’t show my feelings through words”可知B选项不对；根据第二段中的“I tIlen waked back to the
table and apologized to the wife”可知C选项也不对，故正确答案为D。 -
第19题：
共用题干
Water
From the beginning,water has furnished man with a source of food and a highway to travel upon.The first civilization arose(51)________water was a dominant element in the environment,a challenge(52)______man's ingenuity.The Egyptians invented the 365一day calendar in response to the Nile's annual flooding. The Babylonians,(53)________were among the most famous lawmakers in ancient times,invented laws(54)_________ water usage.Water inspired the Chinese to build a 1,000-(55)________canal,a complex system which,after nearly 2,500 years,remains still practically(56)_______ and still commands the astonishment of engineers.But (57)_________never found complete solutions to their water problems.The Yellow River is also known as "China's Sorrow" ;it is so unpredictable and dangerous(58)_________in a single flood it has caused a million(59)________.Floods slowed the great(60)_________of the Indus River Valley,and inadequate drainage ruined (61)________of its land. Today water dominates man (62)_______it always has done.Its presence continues to(63)________the location of his homes and cities;its violent variability can(64)________man or his herds or his crops;its routes links him(65)________his fellows;its immense value may add to already dangerous political conflicts.There are many examples of this in our own time._________(53)
A:.they
B:/
C:that
D:who答案：D解析：本句意思是：最初的人类文明出现于那些水在周围环境中起着重要作用的地方。因此选择A项。
本句意思是：这是水对人类独创性的挑战。根据含义仅有C项符合题意，to意思是“对于”，表示方向。
需要填入关联词引导非限制性定语从句，由于先行词在句中做主语，因此选择D项。
本句意思是：（巴比伦人）发明了管水的法律。本句句子主谓语完整，需要分词修饰law，由于law与water usage是施动关系，因此需要动词-ing形式，选择D项。
本句意思是：中国人从水上获得灵感，修建了千里大运河。空格部分与前面的数字以连字符连接，因此只能选择单数形式共同构成修饰成分修饰名词canal，因此选择 D项。
本句意思是：（运河）在将近2 500年后的今天仍在使用而且依旧使工程师们惊叹不已。短语in use意思是“在使用中”;for use意思是“供使用”;by use不是固定搭配； on use需要和介词of搭配构成短语，意思是“利用”，因此选项A最符合题意。
本句意思是：但是古代人从没有发现过一个能彻底解决水患的办法。 ancient既是形容词“古老的”，也是名词“古人”，做形容词时不能加5，作名词时是可数名词，可以加5。此处需要名词或名词短语做主语，而这里ancient概指所有古人，所以应该是复数，并加定冠词the表示特指。因此选择B项。
本句意思是：它是那样的不可预料和危险，以至于一场水灾就可能使100 万人丧生。
people意思是“人们”,death意思是“死亡”,damage意思是“破坏”。ruin 意思是“破坏”。根据含义选择B项。
本句意思是：水使伟大的印度河谷文明停滞。 influence意思是“影响”, effect意思是“作用”,society意思是“社会”,civilization意思是“文化”，只有。项符合题意。
本句意思是：排水设施的不足毁坏了它的大部分土地。land是不可数名词，而且没有lot of或者a lots of的搭配，因此只能选择C项。
本句意思是：今天，水一如既往地控制着人类。for意思是“为了”,as意思是“像······一样”,because意思是“因为”,whereas意思是“然而”，因此只能选择B项。
本句意思是：水的存在决定着人们安家建城的位置。govern意思是“支配，决定”,control意思是“控制”,lead意思是“领导”,influence意思是“影响”，因此选项A最合适。
本句意思是：水剧烈的可变性可以杀死人类或是人类的牲畜、庄稼。 cause意思是“导致”,violate意思是“侵犯、干扰”,kill意思是“杀死”,damage意思是“破坏”。选项C最符合题意。
本句意思是：它的航线把人们联系起来。根据本句的含义，仅有选项D符合题意。 -
第20题：
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage- A、A Respectable Self-made Family
- B、American Attitude toward Manual Labor
- C、Characteristics of American Culture
- D、The Development of Manual Labor
正确答案:B -
第21题：
单选题A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because （）Aservants in American are hard to get
Bshe takes pride in what she can do herself
Cshe can hardly afford servants
DIt is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
正确答案： D解析： [解析] 推断题。根据This attitude toward manual(体力的)labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. (在美国生活的方方面面，尊重体力劳动态度的现象仍然随处可见)，可以推断女主人亲自下厨，是因为她以能做这样的体力活而自豪。 -
第22题：
单选题A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means "（）".Awork in a furniture shop
Bkeep accounts for a bar
Cwait to lay the table
Dserve customers in a restaurant
正确答案： C解析： [解析] 词义猜测题。wait on table意为“服务顾客”，注意其后的washing dishes也有一定的暗示意义，故答案为D。 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 2 President Bill Clinton's My Wife shows US the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House—a journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life：in college, working as an intern for Senator William Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement；at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots level for Democratic candidates；back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor. We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the life of his fellow citizens, all unfaltering commitment to civil rights, and an exceptional Understanding of the practicalities of political life. We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth—born after his Father's death；caught in the dysfunctional relationship between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather, whom he never ceased to love and whose name he took；drawn to the brilliant, compelling Hillary Rodham, whom he was determined to marry；passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, Chelsea, and to the entire。Experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behavior.正确答案： 【参考译文】
克林顿总统的《我的生活》一书揭示的是一个出类拔萃的美国人的成长历程,他通过自己的巨大能力和努力,走完了从阿肯色州荷普市通往白宫的这一看起来不大可能完成的历程。在此历程中,他对政治仕途充满了激情,这在他人生的每一个阶段都显露无遗:上大学时,他作为实习生为威廉·富布赖特参议员工作;在牛津大学,他参加了反对越战的抗议运动;在耶鲁大学法学院,他在基层为民主党总统候选人助选;毕业后回到阿肯色州,他先后竞选国会议员、州检察长和州长。
我们看到他的政治生涯的形成靠的是他为改善同胞生活的坚定不移的决心,致力于民权的毫不动摇的意志,以及对政治生活实际状况不同凡响的解读。
我们了解到他青少年时代在感情上所承受的压力:他是一个遗腹子;童年时代饱受家庭失和之苦:母亲脾气暴躁,但对他关爱备至,而继父动辄恶语相加,但他一直爱着他的继父且随了继父的姓氏;他被聪明绝顶、令人心仪的希拉里·罗德汉姆所吸引,决心要娶她为妻;他对他俩的女儿切尔西从小到大始终充满了父爱;他开始慢慢地、痛苦地意识到他早年拒不承认所受的痛苦有时导致他做出有损人格的错事。解析： 暂无解析 -
第24题：
单选题According to the passage, the man who wants to learn ______.Awill learn from his own example
Bwill do so from his diary
Cwill use his diary as a source of calm
Dwill treat himself subjectively
正确答案： B解析：
文章第三段提到“The man who truly wants to know everything will learn best from his own example”，即真正想洞悉一切的人会从自己身上学到很多，A项与原文表述一致。