1、Units 34(时间：30分钟满分：35分).单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)1Its acknowledged that the traffic accident was largely_ the drivers carelessness.Abecause of Bdue to Cthanks to Dwith a result of答案B句意：大家承认这起交通事故主要由于司机粗心驾驶所致。2The survey shows that a large number of teenagers are_ cigarettes nowadays.Adevoted to Brelat
2、ed toCconnected Daddicted to答案Dbe addicted to“对上瘾”。be devoted to“对忠诚”；be related to/be connected to“与有关”。3The workers are so _ to the noise of the machine that they dont even notice it during their work.Asubjective BaccustomedCfamiliar Dassociated答案B考查形容词辨析。be accustomed to be used to“习惯于”的意思。句意：工人们
3、已经非常习惯机器的噪音了，在工作时也不在意了。 4Both of the dresses are very beautiful.I cant_ which one to buy.Adepend on Binsist onCtry on Ddecide on答案D句意：两件衣服都很漂亮，我无法决定买哪件了。decide on“就某事做出决定”；depend on“依靠”；insist on“坚持”；try on“试穿”。5I feel like _ a long walk.Would you like _ with me?Ataking; going Btaking; to goCto take
4、; to go Dto take; going答案Bfeel like doing 和would like to do都表示“喜欢做某事”的意思，但后跟的动词形式不一样。6I admire those people._having little money，they feel happy and satisfied.AWith BBecause of CInstead of DIn spite of答案D考查介词。句意：我真佩服那些人，尽管钱不够花，但是他们感到满足和幸福。in spite of“尽管”，表示让步。7He would like to risk _in a storm as th
5、e boy was in danger.Ato get caught Bto catchCgetting caught Dcatching答案C此处表示“冒着遇上暴风雨的危险”。短语be/ get caught in“遭遇”的意思。8It is a fact that there is a _ towards regional cooperation.Aattendance Btendency Cpretence Dfancy答案B句意：事实上，这里有一种地区合作的趋势，tendency趋势；attendance出席；pretence假装；fancy想象力；幻想。9Do you _ the i
6、dea of living a lowcarbon life?It sounds tough，but it is a tendency.Acorrespond to Bapply toCcater to Dsubscribe to答案Dsubscribe to支持；correspond to与相对应；apply to适用于；cater to迎合。句意：你支持过低碳生活的想法吗？10Although the children _ in age_seven to thirteen，they have a lot in common.Aexpand; from Bdiffer; betweenCra
7、nge; from Dtell; between答案Cexpand扩展；differ不同，常和介词from连用，表示“与不同”；range from.to.从到的范围；tell from说出不同。11Rose lost her job again.Dont worry.There is _ work for girls of her age.Atoo much Ba number ofCplenty of Dquantities of答案C句意：有大量适合她这个年龄女孩的工作。plenty of可以修饰可数名词和不可数名词；quantities of可以修饰可数名词和不可数名词，但谓语动词用复
8、数；too much太多；a number of修饰可数名词。12How do you like your trip to Hainan?_.I enjoyed it very much，although the weather was hot sometimes.AIn addition BOn the wholeCIn other words DOn the other hand答案B句意：虽然有时天气热，但是总体上我还是非常喜欢这次旅行的。on the whole总体上；in additoin另外；in other words换句话说；on the other hand另一方面。13Sh
9、e let herself get into a_ before the examination began.Acondition Bsituation Cstate Dform答案Cget oneself into a state 让自己进入到状态。14. _ everyone here，Id like to thank our special guest for his entertaining speech.AIn case of BIn favor ofCInstead of DOn behalf of答案Don behalf of代表。句意：我代表在座的各位，感谢我们的客人给我们做的
10、精彩演讲。15I miss Mary and would hate _ if our friendship is over for good.Aone Bit Cthis Dthat答案Bit用作形式宾语，代指if引导的从句。.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)AI suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen.Just listen.Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is o
11、ur attention.And especially if its given from the heart.When people are talking，theres no need to do anything but receive them.Listen to what theyre saying.Care about it.Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.Most of us dont value ourselves or our love enough to know
12、 this.It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “Im so sorry”，when someone is in pain.One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them.Her pain became a story
13、 about themselves.Eventually she stopped talking to most people.We connect through listening.When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the focus of attention to ourselves.When we listen，they know we care.I have even learned to respond to someone crying by j
14、ust listening.In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs，until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down，to take them out of their experience of sadness.Now I just listen.When they have cried all they need to cry，they find me there with them.
15、This simple thing has not been that easy to learn.It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young.I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer.But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the
16、kindest words.【解题导语】 本文向我们论述了倾听的重要作用，同时告诉我们哪些做法妨碍了对方的倾诉。16What does the author value most in the communication with each other?ADeep understanding. BSaying “Im sorry”CAttention from heart. DDoing nothing.答案C由文章第一段第三、四句“Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.And esp
17、ecially if its given from the heart.”可知，在彼此的交流中作者最看重的是发自内心的注意力。17The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because_.Ashe didnt get enough respect from others.Bshe was discouraged by being often interruptedCpeople often told her their own opinionsDpeople couldnt understand her sad si
18、tuation答案B由第二段前三句内容可知，当她讲述自己的故事时常常被人们打断，因此最后她就不讲了。故选B。18If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying，you may _.Ahurt his feelingsBmake him embarrassedCencourage him to continue to cryDstop him from letting out his sorrow答案D由倒数第二段第二句中的“.a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down，to take
19、them out of their experience of sadness.”可知，应选D。19It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating，_.Alistening is a perfect way to respond to othersBpeople keep silent because they dont know the answerCkeeping silent means being too shy to speakDit is easy to form the habit of listening
20、 silently答案A由第一段第一句“I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen.”可知，作者在第一段就点明了自己的观点，后文用事例进行了论证。故应选A。20Which of the following might be the authors opinion about communication?AKeep silent. BJust listen.CBe careful. DTell your own story.答案B由第一段第二句“Just list
21、en.”可知，B项正确。BCast your mind back to the past twenty years and hardly did anyone have their own email account.The Internet had just taken off in 1991 and people were only using office and PCbased email exchanges.In the mid 1990s external email providers emerged.The most famous of these was Hotmail，th
22、e first free email provider and webbased email service.Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith launched Hotmail on July 4,1996.And Microsoft took note of and bought Hotmail for $400 million on December 30,1997，a nice birthday present for Bhatia who turned 29 that day.It was relaunched as MSN Hotmail and in 200
23、7 was relaunched again as Windows Live Hotmail.Fast forward the present day and most of us have at least a personal webbased email account.It seems impossible to live without them.One of the biggest advantages of email is the fact that communication has become so much easier，especially with those ac
24、ross different time zones.Email takes seconds to send a message whereas letters，as we used to communicate by，could take weeks.Of course there was the fax，that beeping invention from the 1980s，but it wasnt as secure as email and you never knew if the person on the other end had picked up your fax or
25、if it had got lost somewhere in the office.In conclusion，one of the best inventions from the 1990s has to be email.But sometimes people are too closely connected to their email and have a compulsion to check it several times a day.At work，people have become lazy and instead of going to speak to the
26、person sitting next to them，they send an email，causing an in box to pile up with more time spent reading email and responding rather than working.Clearly，an invention that saved time because of its quick and speedy connection can now also cause us to waste a lot of time.【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。电子邮件的历史十分短暂，但
27、是由于其简单、方便和快捷的特点而深受大众喜爱。很明显，现代生活和电子邮件密不可分，当然它也存在着某些方面的不足。21The earliest email came into being probably_.Ain 1991 Bin 1996Cin 1997 Din 2007答案B细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“The most famous of these was Hotmail，the first free email provider and webbased email service.Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith launched Hotmail on J
28、uly 4,1996.”可以推知，最早的电子邮件应该是在1996年出现的。22Which of the following may be the main idea of the second paragraph?AThe development of Microsoft.BThe life of Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.CThe connection of MSN and Hotmail.DThe history of modern email.答案D段落大意题。该段主要介绍了电子邮件的产生和发展，所以是叙述电子邮件的发展史的，故D项为正确答案。23The
29、author mentions “fax”in the third paragraph in order to tell us that _.Ait is exactly as good as emailBit is much better than emailCit is less convenient than emailDit is easier and faster than email答案C推理判断题。文章第三段中的“but it wasnt as secure as email and you never knew if the person on the other end ha
30、d picked up your fax or if it had got lost somewhere in the office”叙述了传真机的缺点，由此可以推知，它没有电子邮件方便。24The underlined word“compulsion”in Paragraph 4 probably means“_”Astrong desire Bcommon senseCspecial curiosity Dgeneral idea答案A词义猜测题。根据上下文的语境可知，该词的意思是“强烈欲望”。25One of the disadvantages of email is that _.Ae
31、mail saves us much money and also takes us much timeBemail helps people to communicate easily and quicklyCpeople have to get in touch with each other by emailingDpeople waste a lot of time by reading and answering email答案D细节理解题。文章最后一段介绍了电子邮件的不足之外，即它可能会浪费时间，故D项为正确答案。写作素材集锦单词emerge出现短语1cast your mind back(to sth)回顾，回想2take off起飞；迅速流行；脱下句子In conclusion，one of the best inventions from the 1990s has to be email.总之，二十世纪九十年代以来，电子邮件是最好的发明之一。
