u5a-7100
1【单选题】The results of this experiment do not_those of the studies that the team of scientists had conducted previously.
A、correlate with
B、refrain from
C、conform to
D、coincide with
正确答案：A
2【单选题】It was a moment of overwhelming excitement when Steve was given the first prize; Tiffany couldn’t_hugging and kissing him.
A、restrict from
B、refrain from
C、abstain from
D、restrain from
正确答案：B
答案解析：
A选项搭配为restrict sb/sth (to sth)，意为“限制数量、大小、范围等”，因此搭配、意思均错；B选项refrain from (doing) sth克制; 抑制，refrain为不及物动词，意思、搭配均对；词C，abstain from多指戒除（如：烟、酒等）；D，应为restrain sb. from，restrain为及物动词。
3【单选题】As we _to tonight’s presidential debate, it’s time to go over the political agendas which the candidates are trying to promote.
A、count up
B、count down
C、count for
D、count in
正确答案：B
4【单选题】She spent the next 10 years taking in washing, _to pay back the money they had borrowed from the bank.
A、counting down
B、tighten her belt
C、refraining from
D、slaving away
E、程度：难
正确答案：D
答案解析：
难点为B选项。tighten one’s belt意为“勒紧裤腰带”，表示节约，但spent为句子谓语，此处要么用and tightened her belt，要么用tightening her belt。另外注意，tighten one’s belt是口语短语。
5【单选题】Indeed, it seems that the upward shift in the rate of economic growth in the mid-1990s _a sudden, substantial, and rapid decline in the prices of computers.
A、coincided with
B、contended with
C、ran into
D、conformed to
正确答案：A
6【单选题】As Crawford _heartbreak in his private life, his career soared to greater heights than he could have ever dreamed of.
A、is content with
B、confessed to
C、contended with
D、is confined to
正确答案：C
7【单选题】I am assuming that you have adequate health insurance, but someone should _successor to take over your financial and domestic affairs if you become unable to cope with them yourself.
A、be designated as
B、be designed as
C、be devoted to
D、be described as
正确答案：A
8【单选题】Formal consent for this new type of treatment was obtained from each patient and the study _our institution’s guidelines concerning medical ethics (伦理).
A、contended for
B、conformed to
C、coincided with
D、conferred with
正确答案：B
passage 10
1【听力题】
Read the choices. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、Something that cannot be stopped.
B、Something that should be avoided.
C、Something that people can manage.
D、Something that is hard to cope with.
正确答案：B
(2) [单选题]
A、Negative.
B、Neutral.
C、Positive.
D、Not mentioned.
正确答案：B
(3) [单选题]
A、Because they are scared.
B、Because they want to stay away from danger.
C、Because of the sharp increase of stress hormones.
D、Because of a temporary decline of adrenaline.
正确答案：C
(4) [单选题]
A、Those who are confident.
B、Those who are always prepared.
C、Those who have had similar experiences.
D、Those who attend lectures and classes about coping with stress.
正确答案：C
1【听力题】
E.Read the choices. Listen to Section I of the lecture and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、Chinese students are assigned little homework.
B、Schools put unnecessary pressure on students to learn more than is appropriate.
C、Students have to attend afterschool education centers.
D、The learning materials used by most schools are not suitable.
正确答案：B
(2) [单选题]
A、To change school curriculums.
B、To conduct surprise inspections.
C、To ban afterschool education centers.
D、To reduce students’ homework.
正确答案：B
1【连线题】
Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
Taking a leap of faith to a new career
第一组数据
1、In recent years, there are few new companies started, which has affected employment growth.
2、No one knows whether it is worthwhile to take the risk of resigning his job unless he does it.
3、It seems crazy to quit a job without having a new one, but it can make people feel energized.
4、Leaving a fixed job during an economic recession seems irrational, but the data shows many people shift from employment to self-employment.
5、Timothy’s parents backed him up when he left his stable job for his dream.
6、At a certain period of time, most people dream to change their job, whether it is unbearable or satisfying.
7、Although she suffered a lot shortly after quitting her job, Burgess was very grateful to herself for her resignation from a brilliant company.
8、Timothy left his secure job because the job didn’t fulfill him in every way.
9、The defamation from the media has an incredibly negative impact on many civil servants.
10、Facing layoffs, the first job-hoppers are those who believe that they can get a job somewhere else.
第二组数据
A、It’s a dream most people have at some point: just walking out of their job. It could be because work has become unbearable or unbearably boring. Or maybe it’s the opposite—the job is fine, the colleagues are great and the boss is appreciative. But it’s a rut (老一套), and unless you leave, you know you’ll be stuck on the wage-slave treadmill (令人厌倦的工作) forever. You always want more.
B、This is what motivated Miles Timothy, 24, to leave his secure job last year without a new one lined up. “I’d been working at a small business finance company for two years after leaving university. I was considering it my career as it was going well. But I’ve always been creative and I wanted to do something in that line. My job didn’t entirely fulfill me, and I thought it better to leave it before mortgage, kids and other responsibilities.”
C、So Timothy left last October to set up a website business targeting a niche market. He admits it was a tough decision but has no regrets. “I was worried about telling my family, but my mom said I should go for it, and my dad supported me as well. High unemployment and the state of the economy did concern me, and the general attitude today is that if you’re lucky enough to have a job you should stay as so many people are looking for work.” “But I don’t subscribe to that view. I think it limits you, and you’ve got to keep track of where you want to get. I did my research, gave plenty of notice, and then took the plunge. I saved a bit to keep me ticking over and I’ll have to live without partying for a while, but it’s very exciting and I’m looking forward to the future.”
D、To stay focused, Timothy won’t even take a part-time job. He wants to concentrate all his energy on his new venture. But when Nancy Burgess, 40, left her sales liaison (联络) job in a large publishing house in 2001 to become a freelance translator, she took a part-time job for a short while to keep money coming in. Once there was enough work, she became a full-time freelance translator. “I’d grown tired of the commute and wanted to move out of London,” she recalls. “My degree is in French and I have many friends who are translators, so that got me thinking this was something I could do.” “I knew I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life clocking in and out, so I left and started a master’s degree in translation studies. I got translation work while there. It snowballed and I’m still doing it now.”
E、Burgess knew it was risky to give up well-paid work with a regular salary, prospects and a pension. “I was working for a brilliant company. It was a high-pressure job involving trips to New York. So it took a lot to step away. But the reality of day-to-day work wasn’t as exciting as it sounds and I was thinking about the future. I knew I wanted kids and to move away from the city. I couldn’t do that if I stayed.” “So, though I woke in the night a few times after I’d given my notice, and wondered if it had been a big mistake (turns out it wasn’t), I’m massively and eternally grateful to myself for taking that step, and to people who supported me. In the end, it’s just you who have to make it work. If you’re good at your job you will find work. Despite the recession, people still need translations and want them done well. If you do a good job, your reputation means they’ll come back to you. I have no regrets.” Now with a six-month-old baby, Burgess is especially grateful for the flexibility of a freelancer’s life.
F、It seems counter-intuitive to leave secure employment during a recession. But statistics show this isn’t anecdotal (轶事的). Charles Levy, a senior economist at The Work Foundation, says, “The latest data from the Office for National Statistics, comparing the three months to October with the previous three months, highlights a significant shift from employment into self-employment. While the number of employees fell 252,000, there were 166,000 more people in self-employment. Rather than wait for employers to gain confidence and recruitment, it’s hoped that workers would start out on their own business. This could create the churn needed to inject dynamism into our economy.”
G、However, it isn’t all good news. “There are signs that some businesses are choosing to use subcontracting and work with networks of self-employed people to avoid tougher rules,” Levy cautions. “The rise of self-employment could simply reflect a change in management practices and benefit rules, rather than a wave of brave new entrepreneurs.”
H、Levy also points out that employment growth has been held back in recent years by a lack of new companies starting and hiring. “This is a real concern. Employment and business churn is vital for a dynamic economy. If people are too afraid or unable to switch jobs, ultimately, the labor productivity will be held back.”
I、Karen Gale, a 31-year-old civil servant working in digital development, is strongly considering it. “We’ve been going through a review common across the public sector and it may lead to redundancies (裁员),” she says. “But in the intervening time, no one knows what their job is. So there’s a lot of uncertainty. It could be a full year before the review is done. When you have redundancies, the first people to jump ship are those confident of getting work elsewhere.” “If I haven’t found something soon I’m just going to leave because I can’t stand it,” she says. “I sit at my desk all day, and try not to cry. I’ve almost forgotten how to do a real job. I feel so deskilled. I need to get out before I become unemployable.”
J、Gale says lots of public sector workers are sick of being defamed in the press. “We’re demonized (被恶魔化). It’s incredibly demotivating. My husband is a journalist and he’s just gone freelance so finances are stretched and we’re broke after our wedding. But he’s told me to just resign, as I go home every night and cry. Our relationship is suffering. For the sake of my mental health and our marriage, I feel I have no choice but to leave. I’ll see if I can get agency work. It might take a while, but I think eventually I’ll get something better.”
K、It might work out better than Gale fears. Leaving a job without one to go can seem like madness, but it can also be energizing. It’s often the most successful people who tend to take risks. Lucy Jolin, 37, left a secure job 10 years ago to become a freelance journalist and author—her latest book is Coping with Drug Problems in the Family. To her, it’s better to regret something you’ve done than something you haven’t.
L、If you’re thinking about taking the plunge it could go badly, but it could be brilliant. You’ll never know unless you do it. And let’s face it; no one’s job is secure these days anyway.
正确答案
1.– H
2.– L
3.– K
4.– F
5.– C
6.– A
7.– E
8.– B
9.– J
10.–I
1【填空题】
（15选10）注意：只需填写选项字母，不要输入选项单词！
Directions：Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.
edible B. stage C. unrecorded D. tangle E. decline F. casualties G. landmines H. appalling I. inflict J. stabilize K. massacres L. inevitable M. foster N. innumerable O.distinction
World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939, and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world’s nations, including all of the great powers, eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis (轴心国). It was the most 1)_ and widespread war in human history, with 2)_ people serving in military units. In state of “total war”, the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing (消除) the 3)_ between civilian and military resources. Estimates for the total number of 4)_ of the war vary, because many deaths went 5)_. Most suggest that some 60 million people died in the war. Many civilians died because of disease, starvation, and 6)__ .
The war ended with the total victory of the Allies over the Axis in 1945. World War II altered the political alignment (结盟) and social structure of the world. The United Nations was established to 7)_ international cooperation and prevent future conflicts. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the 8)_ for the so-called Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of the European great powers started to 9)_, while the decolonization (非殖民地化) of Asia and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved toward economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to 10)__ post-war relations.
正确答案：
第一空：H
第二空：N
第三空：O
第四空：F
第五空：C
第六空：K
第七空：M
第八空：B
第九空：E
第十空：J
u6a-3100
1【单选题】Much of the city was __before the storm but thousands remained, many of whom were trapped by the water for days.
A、evacuating
B、evacuated
C、vacuuming
D、vacuumed
正确答案：B
2【单选题】Located in the heart of the city，the Dogs’ Home is open seven days a week, 365 days a year to receive__dogs.
A、stray
B、stay
C、astray
D、slate
正确答案：A
3【单选题】With the development of modern industries, a lot of traditional values that developed from a farm-based economy have been enormously__.
A、deduced
B、deducted
C、dilated
D、diluted
正确答案：D
4【单选题】There are__changes in environmental conditions from freezing cold to extremely hot, and from dry to very humid (潮湿的）.
A、gigantic
B、innumerable
C、pervasive
D、minimal
正确答案：A
5【单选题】From a practical__, how can you reduce production costs and at the same time minimize the risks involved?
A、standby
B、standard
C、standpoint
D、standout
正确答案：C
6【单选题】Child mortality (死亡率）decreased due to improvements in medical care and greater attention to problems related to proper__.
A、resident
B、massacre
C、convict
D、nutrition
正确答案：D
7【单选题】
The disaster is already set to be the world’s worst for ground casualties__by a crashing aircraft.
A、inflected
B、inflicted
C、inflated
D、inflamed
正确答案：B
8【单选题】With Spring Festival drawing nearer, people are glowing with happiness, and are full of hope; this excitement is__before New Year’s Eve.
A、pervasive
B、persistent
C、perverse
D、pervious
正确答案：A
9【单选题】Don’t be too__! If the manager of the company intended to give you the job, he would have called you by now.
A、flushed
B、appalling
C、naive
D、jealous
正确答案：C
10【单选题】
To a large extent, computers have already__most aspects of our lives, from transportation to entertainment.
A、persisted
B、proved
C、permitted
D、permeated
正确答案：D
u6a-7100
1【单选题】Melanie got so upset by what Max had said to her that something inside her exploded, and she__him and hit him in a rage.
A、ran away from
B、flew at
C、flew on
D、laugh at
正确答案：B
2【单选题】Barbara left Alice and__the crowd to the library to avoid a late fee and renew the books she borrowed two months ago.
A、weaved her way in
B、weaved her way through
C、wove her way in
D、wove her way through
正确答案：D
3【单选题】Happiness__Mary as she proudly told her parents about her remarkable success in achieving her career goals!
A、radiated from
B、radiated upon
C、radiating from
D、radiating upon
正确答案：A
4【单选题】For people who live in industrializedcountries, it is hard to__living without electricity.
A、receive of
B、deceive of
C、conceive of
D、perceive of
正确答案：C
5【单选题】The car__steel to protect the occupants from attacks by angry residents, who were strongly against gambling being allowed in their community.
A、was lining in
B、was lined with
C、was pressed to
D、was pressing with
正确答案：B
6【单选题】The boys stood at the shore of the river which was filled with water from the melting snow in the mountains, and they were hesitating to__the icy water below them.
A、dive into
B、ride into
C、dive at
D、ride at
正确答案：A
7【单选题】I bought a second-hand pocket English-English dictionary; it’s been very useful and cost me__.
A、nothing serious
B、innumerable times
C、next to anything
D、next to nothing
正确答案：D
8【单选题】It was a hot and humid night; all the soldiers__out of sight, waiting for the orders to attack.
A、huddleddown
B、flew at
C、wove their way through
D、stayed down
正确答案：D
passage 10
1【听力题】
A.Read the choices. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、It is an environmental issue that has a direct, negative effect on humans.
B、It is much more severe than global warming and deforestation.
C、It negatively affects the marine life.
D、It hasn’t gotten any attention from the public or organizations.
正确答案：C
(2) [单选题]
A、Underwater surveys for oil and gas.
B、Oil drilling.
C、Sound waves from sonar and weapons testing.
D、Increasing volumes of ship traffic.
正确答案：C
(3) [单选题]
A、Their growing rate.
B、Their eating habit.
C、Their swimming ability.
D、Their learning ability.
正确答案：D
1【听力题】
D.Read the choices. Listen to Segment 1 and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、For about 114 million years.
B、For about 140 million years.
C、After the extinction of dinosaurs.
D、Since the first dinosaur appeared.
正确答案：B
(2) [单选题]
A、Only 1000.
B、Fewer than 1000.
C、Only about 100.
D、No more than 100.
正确答案：B
(3) [单选题]
A、To look for food.
B、To look for mates.
C、To lay eggs.
D、To swim in free-flowing water.
正确答案：C
(4) [单选题]
A、Air pollution.
B、Global warming.
C、Human activities.
D、 Insufficient rain.
正确答案：C
1【连线题】
Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
Trojan War
第一组数据
1、The Trojans were assisted during the Trojan War by Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares.
2、Achilles warned Patroclus to only drive away the Trojans from the camp but not chase them to the walls of Troy.
3、Homer’s Iliad offers the main source for the Trojan War, which was also the subject of a long oral tradition before Iliad.
4、Achilles was shot by Paris with an arrow to his heel, his only weak spot.
5、Patroclus was made exposed and defenseless by great Apollo, and was killed by Hector.
6、In Greek tradition, the Trojan War was launched to first, reduce the ever-growing population of humanity and second, to get Helen back.
7、With the idea of the wooden horse, the Trojan city was destroyed, and finally Helen was taken back.
8、The Trojan city was able to resist the invaders’ siege for so long mainly because of its reinforced fortifications.
9、After killing Hector, Achilles dragged his body all the way to the Greek camp, which was a shameful act and against the rules of ancient warfare.
10、Some scenes from the story of the Trojan War repeatedly appear in art over the centuries.
第二组数据
A、The Trojan War, fought between Greeks and the defenders of the city of Troy in Anatolia sometime in the late Bronze Age, has grabbed the imagination for millennia. The story of gods and heroic warriors is perhaps one of the richest surviving sources from antiquity (古代) and offers insights into the warfare, religion, customs, and attitudes of the ancient Greeks. The main source for our knowledge of the Trojan War is Homer’s Iliad. However, the war was also the subject of a long oral tradition prior to Homer’s work, and this gives us a more complete picture of what exactly the Greeks thought of as the Trojan War.
B、The Trojan War, in Greek tradition, started as a way for Zeus to reduce the ever-increasing population of humanity and, more practically, as an expedition to reclaim Helen, wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon. Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in a competition with Athena and Hera at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Menelaus and the Greeks wanted her back and to avenge Trojan impudence (厚颜无耻).
C、The coalition of Greek forces was led by King Agamemnon of Mycenae. Amongst the Greek warriors were some extra special heroes, leaders who were the greatest fighters and displayed the greatest courage on the battlefield. Also, they often had a divine mother or father whilst the other parent was a mortal, thereby creating a genealogical link between the gods and ordinary men. Amongst the most important were Achilles, Odysseus, Ajax, Patroclus, etc. The Greeks were aided by several Olympian gods of Greek religion. Athena, Hera, and Poseidon all gave help to the Greeks in Homer’s account of the war.
D、The Trojan army defending the great city of Troy, led by their king Priam, had assistance from a long list of allies including Mysians, Phrygians, and Thracians. The Trojans, too, had their semi-divine heroes such as Hector (son of Priam) and Rhesos. The Trojans also had help from the gods, receiving assistance during the battle from Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares.
E、Most of the Trojan War was in fact a protracted siege (包围), and the city was able to resist the invaders for so long principally because its fortifications were so magnificent. There were, though, battles outside the city where armies fought, sometimes with chariots, but mostly by men on foot using spears and swords and protected by a shield, helmet, and armor for the chest and legs.
F、Achilles was quite simply the greatest warrior in Greece, or anywhere else for that matter. Much to the Greek’s frustration, though, he sat out most of the war in a big sulk (愠怒). King Agamemnon had stolen his female war-booty (战利品) Briseis and consequently the hero refused to fight. With the Greek camp under attack, Patroclus appealed to his mentor and great friend Achilles to rejoin the conflict and, when he still refused, Patroclus asked for permission to wear Achilles’ armor and lead the fearful Myrmidons himself. Achilles, on seeing one of the Greek ships already ablaze, reluctantly gave his consent but warned Patroclus to only repel the Trojans from the camp and not pursue them to the walls of Troy.
G、The Trojans were swept back and Patroclus even managed to kill the great Trojan hero Sarpedon. Flushed with success, he then ignored Achilles’ advice and rashly carried the fighting on toward Troy. However, at this point, great Apollo intervened on behalf of the Trojans and struck the helmet and armor from Patroclus, shattered his spear and knocked his shield from his arm. Thus exposed and defenseless, Patroclus was stabbed by Euphorbos and then Hector stepped in to deal the fatal blow with a pitiless stab of his spear.
H、When Achilles discovered the death of his great friend Patroclus, he was overcome with grief and rage and he swore to take terrible revenge on the Trojans and Hector in particular. After a suitable show of mourning, Achilles finally decided to enter the battlefield once more. It was a decision which would seal the fate of Troy. Achilles, still mad with rage, predictably routed (击溃) the Trojans who fled in panic behind the safety of their city walls.
I、Hector alone remained standing outside the walls, but at the sight of the awesome Achilles on the rampage (暴怒), even his nerve gave way and he made a run for safety. Achilles, however, gave chase and pursued the Trojan prince three times around the city walls. Finally catching him, Achilles killed his quarry with a vicious stab of his spear in Hector’s throat. Achilles then stripped the body of its fine armor and, tying Hector by the ankles to his chariot, Achilles dragged the body back to the Greek camp in full view of Priam standing atop the fortifications of the city. This was a shockingly dishonorable act and against all the rules of ancient warfare.
J、Having avenged the death of Patroclus, Achilles arranged funeral games in his fallen friend’s honor. Meanwhile, Priam entered the Greek camp in disguise and begged Achilles to return the body of his son that he might be given proper burial. Although he was initially reluctant, the emotional pleas of the old man were finally heeded and Achilles consented to return the body. Later, Achilles himself met his destiny and was killed by an arrow to his only weak spot, his heel, shot by Paris.
K、The final and decisive action was, though, the idea of the wooden horse. Odysseus, inspired by Athena, thought up the ruse (诡计). First, the Greeks all sailed off into the sunset leaving a mysterious offering to the Trojans of a gigantic wooden horse which in reality concealed a group of warriors within. Just to make sure the Trojans took the horse within the city, Sinon was chosen to stay behind and tell a cock and bull story about the Greeks having given up and left a nice present. The Trojans did take the horse inside the city walls but whilst they were enjoying a drunken celebration of their victory, the Greeks climbed out of the horse, opened the city walls for the returning Greek army, and the city was sacked and the population slaughtered or enslaved. Helen was taken back to Mycenae.
L、Troy and the Trojan War became a staple myth of classical Greek and Roman literature and were revisited many times by writers in their works. Also in pottery decoration and in sculpture, artists were captivated by the Trojan War. Scenes of the judgment of Paris, Achilles fighting Hector, and Achilles playing dice with Ajax were just some of the myriad scenes from the story that would appear in art again and again over the centuries.
正确答案
1.– D
2.– F
3.– A
4.– J
5.– G
6.– B
7.– K
8.– E
9.– I
10.–L
1【填空题】
（15选10）注意：只需填写选项字母，不要输入选项单词！
Directions：Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.
spread B. incredibly C. oversight D. likelihood E. slump F. regulatory G. catastrophic H. crashing I. verge J. mortgages K. promotes L. deteriorate M. dubiously N. stabilize O. tumbles
The American economy is built on credit. In the last decade, however, cheap credit made it too easy for people to buy houses based on pure speculation that real estate value would endlessly continue to increase. But the housing 1)
_ set off a chain reaction in our economy. Individuals and investors could no longer resell their homes for a quick profit, 2)_ no longer became affordable for many homeowners, and thousands of mortgages defaulted (违约), leaving investors and financial institutions to face the terrible consequences.
Ironic, isn’t it? Yes, it is true that credit got us into this mess, but it is also true that our economy is 3)_ unstable right now, and being that it is built on credit, it needs an inflow of cash or it could come 4)_ down. This is something no one wants to see as it would 5) _ through our economy and into the world markets in a matter of hours, potentially causing a worldwide recession.
Credit in and of itself is not a bad thing. Credit 6)_ growth and jobs. Poor use of credit, however, can be 7)_, which is what we are on the 8)_ of seeing now. So long as the rescue plan comes with changes to lending regulations and more 9)_ of the industry, there is potential to 10)_ the market, which is what everyone wants. Whether or not it works is to be seen, but as it has already been voted on and passed, we should all hope it does.
正确答案：
第一空：E
第二空：J
第三空：B
第四空：H
第五空：A
第六空：K
第七空：G
第八空：I
第九空：C
第十空：N
u7a-3100
1【单选题】People __ canned food and old clothes most frequently, but rarely do they think about bringing in underwear – it’s one of the most obvious but overlooked needs of the homeless.
A、donator
B、donate
C、donation
D、donating
正确答案：B
2【单选题】Brian Wood watched his financial life _ downward just when he thought he had overcome the obstacles which had been dominating his past.
A、reclaim
B、spend
C、split
D、spiral
正确答案：D
3【单选题】They are to leave the house with only their personal possessions, for they have got a letter ordering the immediate _ of their occupancy (居住).
A、termination
B、determination
C、subsidiary
D、subsistance
正确答案：A
4【单选题】The company was reportedly going bankrupt and this would result in the _ of thousands of employees.
A、motel
B、migrant
C、layoff
D、harasment
正确答案：C
5【单选题】The princess who was brought up in wealth understood that many things that are common and everyday to her are unimaginable luxuries to people on _ wages.
A、subsistence
B、subject
C、suspection
D、standard
正确答案：A
6【单选题】Young students should develop a broad _ of interests, which their parents should encourage and support as best as possible.
A、council
B、spectrum
C、slump
D、likelihood
正确答案：B
7【单选题】I asked the waitress to refill my coffee cup and she happily _ repeatedly until I had consumed enough coffee to stay up all night and study for my exam.
A、completed
B、concluded
C、complying
D、complied
正确答案：D
8【单选题】Though she lost the title of female world swimming champion last year, she _ it this year when she gave it all she could.
A、exclaimed
B、reclaimed
C、returned
D、restarted
正确答案：B
9【单选题】This type of system which _in the United Kingdom has been widely used throughout Europe and is gaining in popularity in the United States of America and Japan.
A、rebounded
B、tumbled
C、originated
D、deposited
正确答案：C
10【单选题】Failure to make the request will be fatal to the accuser’s claim if the relevant limitation period has _ , unless an extension of time is granted.
A、inspired
B、aspired
C、expired
D、respected
正确答案：C
u7a-7100
1【单选题】He _ $20,000 as a deposit on the beautiful $200,000 villa believing that his investment would increase over time.
A、stayed down
B、packed up
C、refused to
D、put down
正确答案：D
2【单选题】The parents who feel that their own lives are miserable and are failures can _ doing an immense amount of damage to their kids.
A、give up
B、hold at
C、wind up
D、catch up
正确答案：C
3【单选题】Families that are paying for college or saving for college are trying to _ and save the money for their kids.
A、scrape together
B、deteriorate into
C、work together
D、put down
正确答案：A
4【单选题】Reporters were openly and aggressively questioning whether the party was _ being taken over by extremists.
A、along the line of
B、on the verge of
C、on the point of
D、in the edge of
正确答案：B
5【单选题】The factory had just started production and _ it would take five to seven years to achieve full production.
A、in all likelihood
B、in a while
C、above all
D、on the other hand
正确答案：A
6【单选题】The conditions for the majority of the workforce will continue to _ widespread and extreme poverty if relief payment is late in coming.
A、deviate from
B、distinguish between
C、be well off
D、deteriorate into
正确答案：D
7【单选题】Only those who are weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each choice _ to know which one is best for them.
A、are on the way
B、are good at
C、are in a position
D、are for good
正确答案：C
8【单选题】Her romantic illusions of being married __ recognizing her adult responsibilities that came with marriage.
A、give way to
B、pave the way for
C、by way of
D、find the way to
正确答案：A
1【听力题】
A.Read the choices. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、The advantages and disadvantages of digital education.
B、The disadvantages of digital education.
C、The advantages of digital education.
D、The future development of digital education.
正确答案：C
(2) [单选题]
A、It is the replacement of traditional education.
B、It supplements the traditional education.
C、It is a very important part of students’ lives today.
D、It is an interesting industry.
正确答案：B
(3) [单选题]
A、They have fewer choices of schools and fewer resources.
B、They lack nutrition.
C、They are unhealthy.
D、They have no access to exciting digital education.
正确答案：A
1【听力题】
D.Read the choices. Listen to Segment 1 and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、The usage of digital tools.
B、The bad influence digital tools have on students.
C、Different ways to identify plagiarism.
D、Useful ways of doing research.
正确答案：B
(2) [单选题]
A、Teachers are indifferent to cheating.
B、Plagiarism is so common.
C、It is difficult to identify stolen content.
D、Cheating is not considered shameful.
正确答案：C
(3) [单选题]
A、All information is backed up by solid evidence.
B、The information is always misleading.
C、The information is always reliable.
D、Some of the information is false.
正确答案：D
8.4
1【填空题】
（15选10）注意：只需填写选项字母，不要输入选项单词！
Directions：Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.
contact B. obedience C. presumption D. intellect E. tumble F. hardy G. confer H. bounce I. cradle J. automatic K. handy L. charge M. dispense N. disposal O. attached
Laughter is a(n) 1)_response to being touched by a tickle (搔痒) – a natural response from the child. This puts the tickler in 2)_ of how much or how long the child laughs. We adults don’t read children’s minds, but we often have a(n) 3)_ that we can. So we usually think we’re aware of what’s too much tickling and when to stop. But it is possible to trap our children without knowing it. We parents become 4)_ to tickling because it seems to be a(n) 5)_ shortcut to laughter. We wish that our children are happy and love us, and tickling becomes our shortcut to get assured.
Rather than forcing laughter in this way, we can 6)_ upon them inner confidence if we will get down on the floor and invite them to be in playful physical 7)_ with us. If we find ways to give them much of the power, our children will laugh and laugh. Games like “I have a hundred hugs for you!” or “Where’s Jared? I know he’s around here somewhere.” or “Oh, no! I can’t get this horsy rider off my back!” let children laugh and laugh as we try to catch them, or try to find them, or try to 8)_ them off our backs, and fail over and over.
The physical contact that requires more creativity than tickling allows us to 9)_ around, to press our heads against their stomachs here and there for a second, and to manage an embrace before they make another daring escape. We get our affection across without trapping our children. And we give them a chance to be inventive as they use their 10)_ to figure out a hundred ways to outsmart us.
正确答案：
第一空：J
第二空：L
第三空：C
第四空：O
第五空：K
第六空：G
第七空：A
第八空：H
第九空：E
第十空：D
u8a-3100
1【单选题】He could hardly control his _ at the conditions under which the miners were forced to work, without water and enough food.
A、dignity
B、designation
C、indignity
D、indignation
正确答案：D
2【单选题】Both sides were very careful when drafting the ceasefire agreements; they wanted to prevent any actions that could be considered__by either side.
A、provocative
B、collective
C、decisive
D、creative
正确答案：A
3【单选题】She has always had a __ personality; she is always prepared and ready to do battle when she believes that the cause is right.
A、mild
B、military
C、militant
D、minute
正确答案：C
4【单选题】News stories__: Morning paper headlines take account of the previous evening’s radio and TV stories, and the electronic media pick up items from the daily press.
A、upload
B、overlap
C、download
D、overlook
正确答案：B
5【单选题】Lucy stretched up to kiss her dad’s cheek lightly, and he patted his daughter as if he was__ an honor to her.
A、referring
B、suffering
C、preferring
D、conferring
正确答案：D
6【单选题】Inspired by Martin Luther King’s famous speech, “I Have a Dream”, thousands of people went out onto the streets to support the civil rights movement in __of the curfew.
A、finance
B、charge
C、defiance
D、honor
正确答案：C
7【单选题】Beth was__ about visiting his ex-boyfriend; she worried that he might refuse to talk to her.
A、hesitant
B、crazy
C、positive
D、hesitate
正确答案：A
8【单选题】When humans first traveled into outer space, it was as revolutionary a __in human culture as the invention of the wheel.
A、milestone
B、setback
C、cradle
D、process
正确答案：A
9【单选题】Perplexed, she turned and noticed her husband had collapsed and was slumped on the floor behind the counter. She rushed to him and __his head in her arms.
A、threw
B、shouldered
C、cradled
D、tossed
正确答案：C
10【单选题】Health experts are now __ that even a little exercise, such as doing housework or light gardening, is far better than none at all.
A、teaching
B、preaching
C、disagreeing
D、breeding
正确答案：B
u8a-7100
1【单选题】
Our students have almost limitless resources __ : a well-equipped library, student workrooms, a large cafeteria, an undergraduate office and a computer center.
A、at their best
B、at one’ expense
C、at a loss
D、at their disposal
正确答案：D
2【单选题】South Africans government imprisoned Nelson Mandela for 27 years, but never succeeded in its attempt to __his sacred cause against racial separation.
A、insulate him from
B、obtain from
C、save him from
D、fall down
正确答案：A
3【单选题】Please remember to keep a copy for yourself as we cannot return manuscripts, __ whether or not they are published.
A、more often than not
B、on your behalf
C、for their part
D、irrespective of
正确答案：D
4【单选题】He won’t be able to make any progress if he always __ himself and criticism flows off him like water off a duck’s back.
A、have no idea on
B、has a high opinion of
C、make a difference
D、make a fool of
正确答案：B
5【单选题】Since Mary won the money and bought up the majority of the company’s stock shares, she now__ the people she used to take orders from.
A、has a low opinion of
B、has authority over
C、takes in
D、gets out
正确答案：B
6【单选题】Your new boss is nice and will be kind to you, provided that you, __, work diligently without complaining too much.
A、for a loss
B、in your part
C、for your part
D、on your behalf
正确答案：C
7【单选题】Despite the measures put in place to prevent plagiarism, it is still not clear how students can __cheating in their exams.
A、get away with
B、walk away
C、take away with
D、slave away
正确答案：A
8【单选题】When the economic slump hit the country, many people who had lost their jobs had to__ a lot of luxuries.
A、dispense with
B、disagree with
C、go with
D、put up with
正确答案：A
9【单选题】The majority of people are not lazy; they want to work hard, want to have a better future, and want to __ their families.
A、settle for
B、settle in
C、provide with
D、provide for
正确答案：D
10【单选题】In 1940, some people thought Franklin Roosevelt was__ the question of war; instead of confronting it, until the Japanese suddenly attacked the United States Navy Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.
A、tipping on
B、tiptoeing with
C、tiptoeing around
D、tipping of
正确答案：C
1【听力题】
A.Read the choices. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、They wanted the house to have a new look.
B、They would have a very important visitor.
C、They wanted the house to look amazing for their son’s birthday party.
D、They wanted the house to look amazing for their wedding anniversary.
正确答案：C
(2) [单选题]
A、A separate desk and bed, and a piano.
B、A space-saving table and bed, and a piano.
C、A reading table and a seat in front of the window.
D、A space-saving table, a piano, and a desk in front of the window.
正确答案：B
(3) [单选题]
A、Blue.
B、Yellow.
C、Both blue and yellow.
D、Both yellow and brown.
正确答案：C
passage 20
1【听力题】
Read the choices. Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(1) [单选题]
A、A marketplace for consumers.
B、A marketplace for farmers.
C、A virtual marketplace for farmers and buyers.
D、A virtual marketplace for farmers and sellers.
正确答案：C
(2) [单选题]
A、They don’t have accurate and reliable information about market prices.
B、They’ve never been to marketplaces to learn about prices.
C、They don’t have accurate and reliable information about where marketplaces are.
D、They live far away from cities.
正确答案：A
(3) [单选题]
A、It makes information about sellers and buyers accessible to businesses.
B、It makes information about demand and supply transparent to all.
C、It makes it easier for farmers and sellers to do business.
D、It makes marketplaces known to buyers.
正确答案：B
(4) [单选题]
A、Buyers and sellers rate each other.
B、Buyers come to inspect the produce and see if they are satisfied.
C、Buyers and sellers share a code on the spot.
D、Buyers and sellers discuss when and where the produce can be collected.
正确答案：D
1【连线题】
Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
When families struggle
第一组数据
1、The phenomenon that children live in single-parent households is quite common in different communities in the US.
2、People with criminal records tend not to be good parents, and their failures may put their kids at a huge disadvantage.
3、Compared to children from solid married families, those from single-parent families are more likely to have various mental and behavioral problems.
4、Since the world is full of dangers, even children from stable families may become dropouts or young offenders.
5、Pointing out the danger of single-parent families is not to depreciate mothers’ role or ability in rearing children but to emphasize the actual benefits of stable, two-parent families.
6、The mothers may shut out the men who are unable to or unwilling to support their children financially.
7、People from broken families are confronted with many problems, but they can also become very successful.
8、Poverty rate in married-couple families is much lower than that of female-headed families.
9、A lot of praiseworthy efforts can be made to improve the fathers’ responsibility and help the at-risk young people.
10、In Chicago, many children come from broken families or families that never form from the very beginning.
第二组数据
A、It’s no secret what parents in solid, prosperous families do to give their children every chance of success in life. From the start, they strive to see that the children are safe and well-fed. They read to them, play with them, instruct them, discipline them and let them know they are loved.
B、When the kids start school, these mothers and fathers meet with teachers, go to school events and insist that homework should be completed. They ferry youngsters to soccer practices and piano lessons. They keep them off the streets. They encourage activities in and out of school that prepare them to be responsible, self-sufficient adults.
C、But there are no guarantees. A child with the most involved and devoted set of parents may drop out of high school, go to jail, abuse drugs or end up unemployed. The world is full of dangers, and a solid family can’t protect against them all.
D、Imagine, though, how much more immediate and potent those hazards are for children who don’t have the benefit of strong, well-functioning families. Actually, you don’t have to imagine. In Chicago, as in every other city, many kids grow up without two parents. Some young people never know their fathers, and their mothers may have children by other men. Families often disintegrate—or never form in the first place.
E、For a child, that can make all the difference in the world. It can mean poverty. It can invite abuse or neglect. It can hinder learning. It can mean getting on a wrong track that is very hard to escape. A bad start is often a lifelong impediment (阻碍). Not that early disadvantage translates to determinism and doom; many people begin with very little yet rise and thrive. They are, though, defying bleak odds.
F、This attention to deteriorating family structures is not new. In 1965, a US Department of Labor official named Daniel Patrick Moynihan created a long-running national debate with a report arguing that “the family structure of lower class African Americans is highly unstable, and in many urban centers is approaching complete breakdown”. He went on: “In essence, the African-American community has been forced into a matriarchal (母系的) structure which seriously hinders the progress of the group as a whole, and imposes a heavy burden on the African-American male and, in consequence, on a great many African-American women as well.” Moynihan’s diagnosis, controversial a half-century ago, became accepted wisdom. But at the time, the proportion of African-American children born out of wedlock (婚姻) was 24 percent. Today, nationally, it’s 72 percent.
G、Nor is the phenomenon unique to African Americans. Among Hispanics, 53 percent of births are to unmarried women. For non-Hispanic whites, the rate is 29 percent—higher than the 24 percent rate among African-Americans that so alarmed Moynihan in the mid-1960s. And in Chicago, 51 percent of all children live in single-parent households.
H、What are the consequences? Phillip Jackson, founder and executive director of the Black Star Project, minces no words. “The most important reason why parts of the South and West sides are the way they are is the breakdown of the family,” he says. “You can’t have a strong society without strong families.” The data bear him out. “Poverty rates in female-headed families now hover around 40 percent,” Ron Haskins of the liberal Brookings Institution recently wrote. “By contrast, children living in married-couple families have poverty rates that have been as low as seven percent in recent years.”
I、”Poverty is but one side effect,” writes analyst Robert Rector of the conservative Heritage Foundation. “When compared to children in intact married homes, children raised by single parents are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems; be physically abused; smoke, drink, and use drugs; be aggressive; engage in violent, delinquent, and criminal behavior; have poor school performance; be expelled from school; and drop out of high school.” This is not because single parents are generally unloving, incompetent or uninvolved in their children’s lives. It’s because rearing kids, a tough task even for two parents, is far more formidable for only one. And stress at home doesn’t exist in isolation. Yes, it can lead to economic hardship, but it can also be the result of such hardship. Otis Moss III, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ on the Far South Side, says, “Men with jobs have a tendency to be in stable households”—and when employment opportunities grow scarce, stable households grow scarce, too. The effects of joblessness abound (大量存在). “Work gives people meaning,” says Moss. “Men unable to provide are not viewed as men.” If they have children, particularly out of wedlock, they may be unable or unwilling to provide financial support to those kids—and the mothers then may shut them out of their lives.
J、Children without fathers are at higher risk for all sorts of reasons. Boys and girls alike may suffer from not growing up with a model of how a man should behave. Based on his experience working with inmates, Moss says most of them have no relationship with their fathers. Ex-convicts, in turn, tend not to be good fathers or mothers themselves. Each generation’s failures put the next one at a huge disadvantage. The disadvantages breed despair.
K、How to stop this vicious circle, which has such deep historical and economic roots? There are many admirable efforts to promote responsible fatherhood and provide mentoring (指导) to at-risk youths. One initiative, called Becoming a Man—Sports Edition and funded through the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has provided “social-cognitive skill development through in-school and after-school programming” to disadvantaged young males and managed to reduce violent-crime arrests by 44 percent. Better schools, too, would give kids the tools they need to find jobs in today’s demanding economy. Greater emphasis on nurturing small businesses on dying streets could attract employers to provide those jobs. Reducing crime would help build stronger neighborhoods and retain families that may otherwise move to suburbia. The vicious cycle could become a virtuous one.
L、But the first step in solving a problem is recognizing it. Confronting the collapse of family structure risks offending those who think that pointing out the perils of single-parent households amounts to blaming the victims, or that noting the value of fathers demeans the sacrifices of mothers. The point, though, is not that mothers aren’t vital or that single-parent households can’t overcome the special challenges they face. The point is that a stable, two-parent home, on average, confers tangible advantages. When single-parent homes become the norm, as they have in many neighborhoods, children lack protections that can be critical.
M、Without acknowledging the importance of strong families, and without steps to create more of them, Jackson of the Black Star Project warns, “Nothing else that we do, in education, in economics, in incarceration (监禁), is going to work.” If, conversely, we can build stronger families, every other problem we face will be far easier to solve.
正确答案
1.– G
2.– J
3.– I
4.– C
5.– L
6.– I
7.– E
8.– H
9.– K
10.–D
