1、一、单项填空1What do you think about_dress in the shop window?Oh，its beautiful.You may give it to Linda as_birthday present.Aa；aBthe；aCa；the Dthe；the解析：考查冠词的用法。第一个空特指“那个橱窗里的那件衣服”，故用定冠词the；第二个空用不定冠词表示泛指“一件礼物”。句意：你认为那个橱窗里的那件衣服怎么样？噢，很漂亮。你可以把它给Linda当作生日礼物。答案：B2Do you have anything in mind _ youd like for supp
2、er?Well，_ is okay with me.Athat；anything Bwhich；everythingCwhat；whatever Dwhere；something解析：第一句是that引导的定语从句，先行词为不定代词anything，关系代词只能用that；第二句中的anything用在肯定句中，意为“任何东西，无论什么东西”，含有“无一例外”之意。答案：A3No matter_it will be windy or rainy at that hour，weve decided to leave at five oclock tomorrow morning.Awhat Bw
3、hetherCwhen Dhow解析：考查whether.or.“不管还是”引导的让步状语从句。句意：不管到时候刮风还是下雨，我们已经决定明天早上5点动身。答案：B4The sun was shining brightly，_ everything there _ more beautiful.Amaking；look Bto make；lookedCand made；looking Dand making；be looked解析：第一个空考查现在分词短语作结果状语；第二个空考查句型make.do.，look是系动词没有被动形式，因此不用过去分词。句意：阳光灿烂，那儿的一切看起来都那么美丽。答
4、案：A5Sometimes you can _ that it is going to rain before it happens.AsenseBknowCseeDfind解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时在下雨之前你能感觉到天要下雨。sense“感觉，意识到”。答案：A6After chatting on QQ a long time，Mary looked up_that it was 11 pm.，long past her bedtime.Aseeing BsawCto see Dseen解析：考查非谓语动词。此处的不定式表示意想不到的结果。句意：通过QQ聊了好长时间之后，Mary抬
5、头突然发现是晚上11点了，已经过了睡眠时间好久了。答案：C7Since we decide by design or accident to bring children into the world，_comes the duty to care for them.Awith that Bwith whichCwhere Dwhich解析：考查倒装句。介词短语with that提到了句首引起完全倒装，正常语序是the duty to care for them comes with that，that代指前面叙述的事情。句意：既然我们有意或无意的决定让孩子来到这个世界，我们就有义务照顾他们。
6、答案：A9The 5.8 earthquake in Virginia urged all the states around to_their people to make preparations for possible disasters.Afight for Bapply forCcall on Dwait on解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：弗吉尼亚州发生的5.8级地震使得周围的州号召人们对可能出现的灾难做好准备。fight for意为“为做斗争；为而战”；apply for意为“申请”；call on意为“拜访(人)；号召”；wait on意为“等待；伺候，服侍”。答案：C10Yo
7、u cant imagine _ fantastic fun web chatting is.Really？But it may cause a lot of trouble sometimes.Awhat BhowCwhy Dso解析：在宾语从句中融入了一个感叹句：What fantastic fun！。答案：A11In order to learn to speak English well，_.Amuch practice is neededBone needs much practice Cmuch practice is needed by oneDone is needed muc
8、h practice解析：in order to learn表示目的，必须用人作主语，并且one 和need之间是主动关系，因此选B项。答案：B12There stands an old tree with a history of over 500 years，_many branches have broken off.Athat BwhenCof which Dwhich解析：考查定语从句。of which many branches have broken off是介词which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰先行词an old tree。句意：那里有一棵有500年历史的树，它的许多树枝已经
9、脱落。答案：C13This sweater fits me，but I cant afford to buy _.I have to choose _ which is cheap enough for me.Ait；that Bit；oneCthat；it Dthat；the one解析：考查代词。第一个空指代前面提到的那件毛衣sweater，因此用代词it；第二个空泛指一件毛衣，要用one，相当于a sweater。句意：这件毛衣我穿很合身，但我买不起它，我得挑一件对我来说足够便宜的。答案：B14If the manager would listen more to us，he would
10、 understand us better._.But he just expects us to listen.AI believe not BGood ideaCNo problem DI cant agree more解析：考查交际用语。I cant agree more.是一个习惯用语，意为“我完全同意”。句意：如果我们的经理能听取我们更多的意见的话，那他就会更好地理解我们。我再赞成不过了。但他只希望我们听他的。答案：D15_ you read the newspaper?Yes.I _ it on the bus while I was on my way to work.AHave
11、；read BDid；readCHave；have read DDid；have read解析：考查动词的时态。问句句意：你读过这份报纸吗？用现在完成时态；第二个空根据时间状语可知他已经读过了，动作发生在过去，应用一般过去时。答案：A二、阅读理解AAfter receiving an email that invited me to my school reunion(聚会)not long ago，I had a reality check.10 years had passed since I last laid eyes on any of those former friends.I
12、wondered if we would have a lot to share.Then I started wondering about silly things，like what I would look like，and if I would be a disappointment.I had almost convinced myself Id better forget thinking about it，but then started to think if I didnt go，I may wish I had.I hoped to be successful in so
13、ciety，and so did the other kids in my class.I did wonder how their lives were.Did they realize their dreams？Or did they remember their dreams？I was filled with lots of questions.Would I see my old friends？Could they recognize me？Was the cheerleader，or the nerdy guy(书呆子)a billionaire(亿万富翁)？Uncertaint
14、y and nostalgia(怀旧)continued to appear in my mind as weeks passed.I never really liked my high school all that much when I was there.What made me think I should now?I asked my husband for his opinion.He is a little older than me and had already been through this decision.He told me not to go.He advi
15、sed much as I expected and it was nice to hear his opinion.After he had gone on and on about what a terrible idea it was，hed almost had me convinced.A few days later it was out of my mind.Before long，I got a message from an old friend，with pictures of our graduation.Most classmates，two girls among w
16、hom took many pictures，were present that day.My young face was among my friends，with smile and hope.I made up my mind that I would attend it later.After all，a school reunion is more than just who you are now，its who you were.It is a chance through which we can review our past when we were together，a
17、nd may recall what we said，what we did，even the person we loved.And remember，you will not regret if you attend this kind of activities.作者收到邀请她去参加母校聚会的电子邮件，她思想斗争很激烈，她想参加，但又有些顾虑。后来她明白有必要参加这种聚会。3What can we learn about the authors former school life?AShe got on well with her studies.BShe made few frien
18、ds in the school.CMost of her teachers and classmates liked her.DShe didnt like the school when she was there.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段I never really liked my high school all that much when I was there可知，作者上学的时候一直不喜欢学校。答案：D4How does the author think of attending school reunions?AShe thinks it is funny to do it
19、.BShe thinks it is a terrible idea.CShe thinks it is worthwhile to do it.DShe thinks it is a chance to show off.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，作者认为同学聚会是一个大家一起回忆过去的好机会，可推知同学聚会是值得参加的。答案：CBBelieve it or not，worry may evolve along with intelligence as a beneficial characteristic，according to a recent study by scient
20、ists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.Professor Jeremy Coplan at the center found that high intelligence and worry are both connected with brain activity，which is measured by the reduction of choline(胆碱)in the subcortical white matter(皮层下白色物质)of the brain.According to the researchers，humansintellige
21、nce may have evolved with worry together.“Too much worry is generally seen as a negative characteristic and high intelligence as a positive one.But worry may cause humans to avoid dangerous situations，regardless of how remote a possibility they may be，”said Dr.Coplan.“In fact，worry may make peopleta
22、ke_no_chances，and such people may have higher survival rates.Thus，like intelligence，worry may give a benefit to humans.”In this study of anxiety and intelligence.patients with general anxiety disorder (GAD) were compared with healthy volunteers to judge the relationship between intelligence quotient
23、(IQ)，worry and metabolism(新陈代谢)of choline in the subcortical white matter.In the group of normal volunteers，high IQ was connected with a lower degree of worry，but in those patients with GAD，high IQ was connected with a higher degree of worry.The relation between IQ and worry was important in both th
24、e GAD group and the healthy group.However，in the former，the effect was positive and，in the latter，the effect was negative.18 healthy volunteers(8 males and 10 females)and 26 patients with GAD(12 males and 14 females)served as subjects.Earlier studies have indicated that excessive(过多的)worry tends to
25、exist both in people with higher intelligence and lower intelligence，and less so in people of moderate(适度的)intelligence.It has been supposed that people with lower intelligence suffer more anxiety because they achieve less success in life.信不信由你，一个人的焦虑未必全是坏事。最新的研究表明，过多的担忧事实上是和一个人的智商共同发展的，甚至有可能对人的智力提高
26、有促进作用。5In the past，people thought too much worry_.Awas nothing serious since it had no effectBencouraged them to go aheadCwas good for people to predict futureDwas bad for them to live happily解析：细节理解题。根据第二段Too much worry is generally seen as a negative characteristic and high intelligence as a posit
27、ive one可知，人们以往对焦虑的看法不好。答案：D6What does the underlined phrase“take no chances”in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?ALose scores in competition.BChoose to help somebody in positive ways.CBe cautious not to risk doing something.DBe anxious for another chance to take.解析：词义猜测题。根据上文提到avoid dangerous situations及下文have higher survival rates可推知，焦虑使得人们谨慎行事，这些人会有更高的生存率。由此可推知，画线词组的含义为“不冒险”。答案：C