问答题Passage 2 The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing I couldever have imagined for me or my children. We were living in an environmental crisis, an air pollution emergency of unprecedented 1 . 2 it really means
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Passage 2 The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing I couldever have imagined for me or my children. We were living in an environmental crisis, an air pollution emergency of unprecedented 1 . 2 it really means is that just to breathehere is to 3 a dangerous game with your health. 4 parents, what 5 us most are reports that children are at higher 6 because they breathe more times per minute. What more can we do to protect them and ourselves? Our pediatrician’s （儿科医师） medical 7 was simple: 8 the city 9 . We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave. We are herebecause of my husband’s work. We know that for us, this is a 10 danger. 11 ,we can’t stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys. We can’t stop them frombreathing. But for millions, there is no choice. Their lives, their jobs, their futures 12 on being here. Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city, 13 for economic opportunities Thousands more are born here each day. Entire families work in the streets and 14 live there. It’s a familiar sight: 15 parents hawk goods at stoplights, their children play in the grassy highway dividers, breathing exhaust fumes. I feel 16 complaining about my personal situation; we won’t be here long enough for our children to form the 17 thaw skies are colored only gray. The word “emergency” 18 the unusual. But when daily life itself is an emergency, the concept loses its meaning. It is human nature to try to 19 that which we can’t change, or to mislead ourselves 20 believing we can adapt.1. A. quality B. severity C. intensity D. density2. A. Which B. Whatever C. How D. What3. A. act B. conduct C. perform D. play4. A. As B. Like C. With D. Unlike5. A. terrorizes B. fears C. interrupts D. suffers6. A. rate B. risk C. amount D. quantity7. A. recommendation B. reference C. diagnosis D. comment8. A. resign B. abandon C. forbid D. prohibit9. A. consistently B. persistently C. permanently D. unconditionally10. A. transient B. momentary C. temporary D. instant11. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Thus D. However12. A. decide B. depend C. revolve D. concentrate13. A. desperate B. fanatic C. insane D. furious14. A. fundamentally B. literally C. practically D. essentially15. A. since B. as C. now that D. if16. A. guilty B. reasonable C. rational D. conscientious17. A. impression B. suppression C. depression D. oppression18. A. supplies B. implies C. designates D. complies19. A. feel like B. dedicate to C. adapt to D. see to20. A. to B. for C. onto D. into
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1.B 上文提到的unprecedented“史无前例的”,crisis“危机”和emergency“非常时刻;紧急情况”均暗示了问题的严重程度。severity“严重”,符合句意。quality“特性;质量;才能”。intensity“强度;强烈;紧张”。density“密度”。
2.D 需填词引导名词性从句作主语,且在从句中作mean的宾语,因此只有what符合。
3.D play a game为固定搭配,表示“做游戏”。
4.A 文章首段首句即指出作者的身份是“父母”,因此这里用As“作为”。
5.A 上面提到在这里呼吸就是拿自己的生命开玩笑,而此处又指出孩子每分钟呼吸的次数更多,因此这种情况应是令父母感到“惊恐”或“担忧”。terrorize“使惊恐”,符合句意。fear“害怕;敬畏”,通常用人做主语。interrupt“中断,打断;妨碍”,不合文意。suffer“遭受,忍受;经历”。
6.B 由第5题的分析可知,孩子因每分钟呼吸的次数更多,所以其危险更大。at higher risk意为“冒更大的危险”。
7.A 从We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave.可以推断冒号之后的内容是“离开这座城市”,因此与该内容相符的应是recommendation“建议”。reference“参考;涉及,提及”。diagnosis“诊断”。comment“评论,意见”。
8.B 选项中只有abandon“放弃,遗弃”可以表示离开这座城市。resign指放弃工作或职位。forbid“禁止;妨碍,阻止”。prohibit“禁止,禁止”。
9.C 可与abandon the city连用的是permanently“永久地,永远地”。consistently“一致地”。persistently“坚持地,固执地”。unconditionally“无条件地”。
10.C 从此处的for us以及后面的for our boys可知这里是将对父母的影响和对孩子的影响进行对比。后面对孩子时much longer,因此此处应是与之相对的temporary“暂时的”,指持续有限的可计时间,着重暂时的存在、应用或效应。意思是:他们面临的危险只是暂时的。transient也可表示“暂时的”,但其强调的是停留或延续的时间短。momentary指“瞬间即逝的”。instant“立即的;紧急的”。
11.D 上句指出对父母而言危险是暂时的,此句则是他们不能忍受为孩子们感到的害怕,前后句有转折关系,因此用however。
12.B 选项A、B、D与on连用分别表示:decide on“决定;选定”。depend on“依赖于;取决于”。concentrate on“全神贯注于,集中精力于”。首句指出对数以百万的人来说他们没得选择,因此这里的意思是:墨西哥当地人的生活、工作和未来都取决于这个城市。用depend on最能体现出这种依赖关系。revolve around“围绕…转动,以…为中心”。
13.A be desperate for为固定搭配,表示“为…不顾一切,极度渴望”。fanatic“狂热的,盲信的”。insane“疯狂的,极愚蠢的”。furious“激烈的,狂怒的;喧闹的”。以上三项均不符合句意。
14.C practically“实际上,几乎”。句意:当地人的全家在街头干活,并且几乎是住在街头。fundamentally“本质地,根本上”。literally“逐字地,照字面地”。essentially“本质上,本来”。
15.B a familiar sight说明后面描述的是同一时间发生的一幕场景,as“正当,当时”,引导的从句与主句构成对照关系。句意:当父母在停车灯处叫卖时,孩子们却在长满草的公路分界处玩耍,呼吸着汽车尾气。
16.A 从冒号之后的内容:我们不会在这待很长时间,以免让孩子形成印象以为天空就只是灰色的。可知作者是因为自己不能让孩子有更好的居住环境而自责,guilty“有罪的,内疚的”,符合句意。reasonable“合理的,通情达理的”。rational“合理的,理性的”。conscientious“认真的,尽责的”。
17.A 需填词之后是thaw skies are colored only gray“天空只能是灰色的”,impression“印象”符合对这句话的描述。form the impression意为“形成印象”。suppression“抑制,镇压;压抑”。depression“沮丧;不景气;忧愁”。oppression“压迫;镇压;压迫”。
18.B imply“意味,暗含”。句意:紧急意味着不寻常。supply“供给,提供;补充”。comply“遵照;顺从;答应”。designate“指定;指派;标出”。
19.C or表示并列的选择,后面是“误导我们使我们相信自己能适应”,由此可直接判断答案是adapt to“适应”。句意:人对不可改变的东西要适应。feel like“想要,感到好似”。dedicate to“献身,把(时间、精力)等用于”。see to“注意;负责;照料”。
20.D mislead…into doing是固定搭配,表示“误导…做…”。
2.D 需填词引导名词性从句作主语,且在从句中作mean的宾语,因此只有what符合。
3.D play a game为固定搭配,表示“做游戏”。
4.A 文章首段首句即指出作者的身份是“父母”,因此这里用As“作为”。
5.A 上面提到在这里呼吸就是拿自己的生命开玩笑,而此处又指出孩子每分钟呼吸的次数更多,因此这种情况应是令父母感到“惊恐”或“担忧”。terrorize“使惊恐”,符合句意。fear“害怕;敬畏”,通常用人做主语。interrupt“中断,打断;妨碍”,不合文意。suffer“遭受,忍受;经历”。
6.B 由第5题的分析可知,孩子因每分钟呼吸的次数更多,所以其危险更大。at higher risk意为“冒更大的危险”。
7.A 从We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave.可以推断冒号之后的内容是“离开这座城市”,因此与该内容相符的应是recommendation“建议”。reference“参考;涉及,提及”。diagnosis“诊断”。comment“评论,意见”。
8.B 选项中只有abandon“放弃,遗弃”可以表示离开这座城市。resign指放弃工作或职位。forbid“禁止;妨碍,阻止”。prohibit“禁止,禁止”。
9.C 可与abandon the city连用的是permanently“永久地,永远地”。consistently“一致地”。persistently“坚持地,固执地”。unconditionally“无条件地”。
10.C 从此处的for us以及后面的for our boys可知这里是将对父母的影响和对孩子的影响进行对比。后面对孩子时much longer,因此此处应是与之相对的temporary“暂时的”,指持续有限的可计时间,着重暂时的存在、应用或效应。意思是:他们面临的危险只是暂时的。transient也可表示“暂时的”,但其强调的是停留或延续的时间短。momentary指“瞬间即逝的”。instant“立即的;紧急的”。
11.D 上句指出对父母而言危险是暂时的,此句则是他们不能忍受为孩子们感到的害怕,前后句有转折关系,因此用however。
12.B 选项A、B、D与on连用分别表示:decide on“决定;选定”。depend on“依赖于;取决于”。concentrate on“全神贯注于,集中精力于”。首句指出对数以百万的人来说他们没得选择,因此这里的意思是:墨西哥当地人的生活、工作和未来都取决于这个城市。用depend on最能体现出这种依赖关系。revolve around“围绕…转动,以…为中心”。
13.A be desperate for为固定搭配,表示“为…不顾一切,极度渴望”。fanatic“狂热的,盲信的”。insane“疯狂的,极愚蠢的”。furious“激烈的,狂怒的;喧闹的”。以上三项均不符合句意。
14.C practically“实际上,几乎”。句意:当地人的全家在街头干活,并且几乎是住在街头。fundamentally“本质地,根本上”。literally“逐字地,照字面地”。essentially“本质上,本来”。
15.B a familiar sight说明后面描述的是同一时间发生的一幕场景,as“正当,当时”,引导的从句与主句构成对照关系。句意:当父母在停车灯处叫卖时,孩子们却在长满草的公路分界处玩耍,呼吸着汽车尾气。
16.A 从冒号之后的内容:我们不会在这待很长时间,以免让孩子形成印象以为天空就只是灰色的。可知作者是因为自己不能让孩子有更好的居住环境而自责,guilty“有罪的,内疚的”,符合句意。reasonable“合理的,通情达理的”。rational“合理的,理性的”。conscientious“认真的,尽责的”。
17.A 需填词之后是thaw skies are colored only gray“天空只能是灰色的”,impression“印象”符合对这句话的描述。form the impression意为“形成印象”。suppression“抑制,镇压;压抑”。depression“沮丧;不景气;忧愁”。oppression“压迫;镇压;压迫”。
18.B imply“意味,暗含”。句意:紧急意味着不寻常。supply“供给,提供;补充”。comply“遵照;顺从;答应”。designate“指定;指派;标出”。
19.C or表示并列的选择,后面是“误导我们使我们相信自己能适应”,由此可直接判断答案是adapt to“适应”。句意:人对不可改变的东西要适应。feel like“想要,感到好似”。dedicate to“献身,把(时间、精力)等用于”。see to“注意;负责;照料”。
20.D mislead…into doing是固定搭配,表示“误导…做…”。
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第1题：
When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
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When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, he was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in
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a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think : "Yes, I must tell..." We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist,who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
What is the best title for the passage?A. Unforgettable Experiences
B. Remarkable Imagination
C. Lifelong Friendship
D. Noble Companions答案：D解析：此题暂无解析考查概括的能力。整篇文章表达的是作者在不同时期的朋友伴随自己成长变化的过程，说明了朋友对自己的影响和崇高的友谊。 -
第2题：
When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and "too serious" about our stud- ies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:"Let's start with a train whistle today." We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, he was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in
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a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think : "Yes, I must tell..." We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist,who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
In the darkest moments, the author would prefer toA. seek professional help
B. be left alone
C. stay with her best friend
D. break the silence答案：B解析：此题暂无解析考查细节推断的能力。从最后一段“those darkest moments in which l would rather bemy own best friend．”可看出．在作者情绪最低落的时候，作者自己是最好的朋友。 -
第3题：
When you are little,the whole world feels like a big playground.I was living in Conyers,Georgia the summer it all happened.I was a second grader,but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade.Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie′s basement.As I opened the basement door,before us lay the biggest room,full of amazing things like guns,dolls,and old clothes.I ran downstairs,and spotted a red steel can.It was paint.I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple,orange,blue and green.
"Stephanie,I just found us a project,for the day.Get some paintbrushes.We are fixing to paint."She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work.We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard.There on the road in front of my house,we painted bit stripes（条纹）of colors across the pavement（人行道）.Stripe by stripe,our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow.It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink.I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car.It was my mother.I couldn′t wait to show her my masterpiece.The car pulled slowly into the drive way and from the look on my mother′s face,I could tell that I was in deep trouble.My mother shut the car door and walked towards me.Her eyes glaring,she shouted,"What in the world were you thinking?I understood when you made castles out of leaves,and climbed the neighbors′trees,but this!Come inside right now!"I stood there glaring back at her for a minute,angry because she had insulted（侮辱）my art.
"Now go to clean it up!"Mother and I began cleaning the road.Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed,I still wonder where my?rainbow?has gone.I wonder if,maybe when I get older,I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away.I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
It can be learned from the passage that parents shouldA.encourage children to paint
B.value friendship among children
C.discover the hidden talent in children
D.protect rather than destroy children's dreams答案：D解析：考情点拨:推理判断题。应试指导:从文章开头叙述作者开心地画彩虹的过程，到后来被妈妈要求把街道清洗干净，再到最后的感慨，作者最终想要表达的目的之一是：父母应该支持孩子的某些创造性行为，而不是一味地否定。 -
第4题：
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在2处填上正确答案（）
- A、region
- B、field
- C、place
- D、case
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第5题：
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在1处填上正确答案（）
- A、how
- B、where
- C、when
- D、whether
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第6题：
单选题We had to submit our project without a bibliography, because listing our sources would have took Jose and I another day to complete.Awould have took Jose and I
Bwould have taken Jose and I
Cwould have taken Jose and me
Dwould have took Jose and me
Ewould be taking Jose and me
正确答案： E解析：
这个句子的虚拟动词需要使用过去分词taken，而不是动词的过去时。另外，因为Jose and I是动词的直接宾语，代词应改为宾格形式Jose and me。 -
第7题：
问答题The Environment in Perspective:Is Everything Getting Steadily Worse? Much of the discussion of environmental problems in the popular press leaves the reader with the impression that matters have been growing steadily worse, and that pollution is largely a product of the profit system and modern industrialization. There are environmental problems today that are both enormous and pressing, but in fact pollution is nothing new. Medieval cities were pestholes—the streets and rivers were littered with garbage and the air stank of rotting wastes. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, a German traveler reported that to get a view of London from the tower of St. Paul’s, one had to get there very early in the morning “before the air was full of coal smoke.” Since 1960 there has been progress in solving some pollution problems, much of it the result of concerted efforts to protect the environment. The quality of the air in most Canadian cities has improved. In Toronto, for example, the concentration of suspended particulates, or soot, in the air has fallen dramatically since 1962. To put this figure in perspective, it should be noted that the current health advisory level for the index is 32. At a level of 58, people with chronic respiratory diseases may be affected. At 100, even healthy people may be affected by prolonged conditions, and those with cardiac and respiratory diseases could suffer severe effects Recently in Toronto, the index has exceeded 32 on fewer than half a dozen days annually. Similar improvements have occurred elsewhere in Canada and in other industrialized countries. Even the famous, or rather infamous, “fogs” of London are almost a thing of the past. There have been two high readings of particular note in the British capital in 1959 (when the index rose to 275 and there was a 10 percent increase over the normal number of deaths) and in 1962 (when the index rose to 575 and there was a 20 percent increase in mortality). But more recently, London’s, cleaner air has resulted in an astounding 50 percent increase in the number of hours of winter sunshine. In short, pollution problems are not a uniquely modem phenomenon, nor is every part of the environment deteriorating relentlessly. Environmental problems do not occur exclusively in capitalist economies. For example, in the People’s Republic of China, coal soot from factory smokestacks in Beijing envelops the city in a thick black haze. Similarly, smoke from brown-coal furnaces pollutes the air almost everywhere in Eastern Europe. It has been estimated that a third of Poland’s citizens live in areas of “ecological disaster”. The citizens of Leipzig, a major industrial city in what was formerly East Germany, have a life expectancy a full six years shorter than the national average. However, we do not mean to suggest that all is well with the environment in market-oriented economies or that there is nothing more to do. While there have been some improvements, serious problems remain. Our world is now subject to a number of new pollutants, most of which are far more dangerous than those we have reduced, even though they may be less visible and less malodorous While environmental problems are neither new nor confined only to capitalist, industrialized economies, these facts are not legitimate grounds for complacency. The potential damage that we are inflicting on ourselves and on our surroundings is very real and very substantial.正确答案： 【参考译文】
环境透视我们的生存环境真的每况愈下么?
大众媒体对环境问题的诸多讨论,常常给读者留下这样一种印象:问题还在日益恶化,污染在很大程度上是利益驱动和现代工业化的产物。当今环境问题确实非常严重,但是污染问题并非始自今日。中世纪的城市就是疾病的温床——街道、河面上丢弃着垃圾,空气中散发着阵阵腐臭。18世纪初,曾有一名德国游客报道说,若想在圣保罗大教堂的塔楼上一览伦敦风光,就必须一大清早乘煤烟还没在空气里散漫开来时赶到那儿。
自1960年起,污染问题一直在改善。这是人们同心协力保护环境的结果。加拿大大部分城市的空气质量都得到了明显改善。比如多伦多,这座城市的空气悬浮粒和烟尘的密度自1962年后便大幅度降低。为了透过更清晰的视角去看待这一问题,需要先说明一点:目前,空气健康指数为32;该指数为58时,患有慢性呼吸道疾病的人易受感染;空气指数在100,时间一长,正常人也会受到感染,患有心脏病和呼吸道疾病的人则会严重发病。
近年来,多伦多一年中空气指数超过32的天数总计少于6天。加拿大其他地区,和其他工业化国家的环境状况也同样得到了改善。就连著名的,或曰“臭名昭著”的“雾都”伦敦也成了陈年旧事。这个英国首都城市曾有过两次超高指数记录:一次是1959年,当时空气质量指数超过275,死亡率比正常高出10%;另一次发生在1962年,指数直逼575,死亡人数猛增了20%。近年来,伦敦的空气清新了很多,冬季的日照时间惊人地延长了50%。简言之,空气污染并非现代社会独有的问题,而且也不是所有的环境问题都在恶性发展。
环境问题并不仅仅眷顾资本主义国家,中国也不例外。北京的烟囱排出的大量煤灰使整座城市笼罩在厚厚的黑雾之中。同样,在东欧,黑煤炉排出来的烟灰,到处污染着空气。据有关方面估计,三分之一波兰民众居住在“灾难性”的生态环境。东德工业重镇莱比锡居民的人均寿命比全国平均寿命整整短了六年。
然而,这并不意味着市场经济国家的环境没有问题,就无须进一步改善了。尽管环境的确在一定程度上得到了改善,但形势依然严峻。现在我们正受到许多新的污染物的侵害,其危险性远远超过我们治理过的污染物,尽管它们不易为肉眼察觉,气味也小得多。
尽管环境问题不是什么新问题,也不局限于资本主义工业化国家,但是我们没有理由心安理得,高枕无忧。我们还在对自身和周围环境造成潜在的损害,这一点是真真切切,确确实实的。解析： 暂无解析 -
第8题：
When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and "too serious" about our stud- ies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:"Let's start with a train whistle today." We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, he was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in
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a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think : "Yes, I must tell..." We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist,who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
In paragraph 3, "We gave London to each other" probably means__________.A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us
B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London
C. our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared
D. we parted with each other in London答案：A解析：此题暂无解析考查推断和理解引申意义的能力。从第三段第二句可以看出，他们持有同样的看法。如果他们不走遍(explore)整个伦敦城，他们就不会开心。从本段的最后一句看出，他们不停地在这座城市里散步，直到他们的失望感消失，才各自离开。 -
第9题：
When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and "too serious" about our stud- ies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:"Let's start with a train whistle today." We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, he was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in
~
a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think : "Yes, I must tell..." We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist,who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
According to paragraph 4, the author and her friend__________.A. call each other regularly
B. have similar personalities
C. enjoy writing to each other
D. dream of meeting each other答案：C解析：此题暂无解析考查细节推断的能力。从第四段可以看出，他们经常相互写信，从来没有见过面。 -
第10题：
When you are little,the whole world feels like a big playground.I was living in Conyers,Georgia the summer it all happened.I was a second grader,but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade.Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie′s basement.As I opened the basement door,before us lay the biggest room,full of amazing things like guns,dolls,and old clothes.I ran downstairs,and spotted a red steel can.It was paint.I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple,orange,blue and green.
"Stephanie,I just found us a project,for the day.Get some paintbrushes.We are fixing to paint."She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work.We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard.There on the road in front of my house,we painted bit stripes（条纹）of colors across the pavement（人行道）.Stripe by stripe,our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow.It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink.I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car.It was my mother.I couldn′t wait to show her my masterpiece.The car pulled slowly into the drive way and from the look on my mother′s face,I could tell that I was in deep trouble.My mother shut the car door and walked towards me.Her eyes glaring,she shouted,"What in the world were you thinking?I understood when you made castles out of leaves,and climbed the neighbors′trees,but this!Come inside right now!"I stood there glaring back at her for a minute,angry because she had insulted（侮辱）my art.
"Now go to clean it up!"Mother and I began cleaning the road.Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed,I still wonder where my?rainbow?has gone.I wonder if,maybe when I get older,I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away.I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?A.To introduce Stephanie to her.
B.To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C.To put the materials back in the yard.
D.To show his artwork to her.答案：D解析：考情点拨:事实细节题。应试指导:根据第四段“I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car．It was my mother．I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece．”可知．我当时是很高兴地想把我的杰作给妈妈看。 -
第11题：
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在16处填上正确答案（）
- A、pay
- B、provide
- C、allow
- D、finance
正确答案:D -
第12题：
单选题We know from this passage that over one hundred seventy years ago ______.Ano women worked outside their homes
Bwomen were considered as children by the law
Cwomen cared nothing about how their family lives were
Dwomen were not allowed to decide how to spend their money or how to teach children
正确答案： D解析：
推理判断题。题干意为“从文章中我们可以知道170年前，美国的妇女是怎样的”。从文章的第一段最后一句话Decisions about family matter sand about the children were made by her husband, the‘head of the family’. 可知，当时，美国的妇女根本没有权利过问家庭事务，甚至是孩子的抚养等问题。所以本题的正确答案为D。 -
第13题：
单选题—I thought you were going to call on me last night. —Sorry, I would have, ______Abut I had to finish my homework
Bbut 1 would call you as soon as possible
CI thought you were there
Dyou would have taken me there
正确答案： A解析：
句意：——我以为你昨晚会来找我。——对比起，我本来是要来的，但是我得完成作业。would have done本该做某事（但是没有做）。根据与其可知，接下来应该解释原因，用but表示转折。故答案是A项。 -
第14题：
问答题In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully, and then complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in each of the blanks. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Everyone knows about pollution in the environment. Water, air, and land are all polluted. This means that pollution is everywhere. Now, scientists are looking inside our bodies to find out about internal pollution. In 2003, the Environmental Working Group studied nine people to measure the chemicals in their bodies. These nine people had an average of 53 cancer-causing chemicals in their bodies. They also had an average of 62 chemicals that can damage the brain, and 55 that can harm babies in pregnant women. Even though a lot of chemicals were found in human bodies, the chemicals were found in small amounts. The amounts were small enough that they were probably not hurting the people. However, scientists are worried because most of these chemicals were created by humans. Most of these chemicals did not exist 75 years ago. This proves that we have not only polluted the world—we have polluted our own bodies! How does this pollution get into our bodies? We come into contact with many chemicals every day. For example, everyone uses soap, skin lotion, and shampoo. However, few people know that these products contain harmful chemicals, some of which may cause memory loss. Chemicals known as DEA (diethanolamine) and TEA (triethanolamine) may seep into the skin and stop us from absorbing a helpful nutrient called “choline”. Choline is a nutrient that plays a crucial role in the memory cell making process in the developing brain. Some people worry that every time we wash our hair, we are decreasing our memories. Everyone knows they should brush their teeth regularly, but recent research has shown that some toothpastes can cause cancer. Fluoride is a key ingredient in many toothpastes. However, studies show that fluoride does not really protect our teeth. In fact, fluoride has been connected with bone cancer and other diseases. While we are trying to save our smiles, we could be damaging our health. Women are probably exposed to more chemicals than men because they use more beauty products. Recently, harmful chemicals have been found in nail polish, hair spray, deodorant, and perfume. The chemicals are called “phthalates”. Studies on animals have shown that phthalates can damage the liver, the kidneys, and the lungs. Cosmetic companies say the amounts of phthalates in their products are safe, but consumer protection groups disagree. They say some women use so many products that the levels are actually high. So, the more women try to look beautiful, the more they could be harming their health. In a futuristic story by Ray Bradbury, a man found a pristine stream on a new planet. When he drank from the stream, he died! Why? His body was so polluted that pure water was a poison to him! Perhaps that is only science fiction, but it reminds us to take care of our bodies. We must find ways to reduce the pollution we absorb. Summary: Like our polluted environment, our bodies are no longer pollution-free. Scientists now know that there is pollution in our bodies. On 1 , we have 53 cancer-causing chemicals in our bodies. Even fluoride 2 with bone cancer and other diseases. Some common cosmetics contain small amounts of chemicals, which seep into our 3 when we use these products. They prevent us from absorbing the 4 our bodies need. So, it is 5 that we find ways to reduce the amount of chemicals in our bodies. We should remind our friends and families to take care of their bodies.正确答案：
1.average 第二段中提到:2003年,环境工作组对九个人做了调查研究,其结果显示他们有an average of 53 cancer - causing chemicals in their bodies,这九个人代表了我们普通人群。
2.has been connected / is connected 第四段倒数第二句明确提到In fact, fluoride has been connected with bone cancer and other diseases。
3.skin 第三段以香皂、润肤露和洗发水等普通化妆品为例讲述了它们中含有的DEA和TEA “may seep into the skin…”,且由常识可知,化妆品直接与皮肤接触,使用过程中很容易渗透进皮肤,因此答案为skin。
4.nutrients 第三段提到日用护肤品中含有的DEA和TEA may seep into the skin and stop us from absorbing a helpful nutrient called “choline”,由此类推,可知普通化妆品的使用会妨碍我们的身体吸收其所需要的营养物。nutrient营养物,滋养品。
5.crucial 本文详细论述了化学物质会对我们的身体造成巨大的伤害,最后一句又提到我们必须想办法减少体内吸收的污染物,由此可知寻找减少我们体内的化学物质的方法是至关重要的。另外,答案还可以是important,essential等意义相近的词。解析： 暂无解析