1、一、单项填空1President Barack Obama has asked his economic team for _recovery plan that creates 2.2 million jobs，for_US economy is losing jobs at an alarming rate.Aa；theBthe；theC/；the Da；/解析：考查冠词。第一个空表示“一项”计划，因此用不定冠词a；第二个空特指美国经济，因此用定冠词the。答案：A2Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer
2、 and scientific hardware_the price.Anot to mention Bin addition to Con account of Dregardless of解析：考查短语意义。句意：研究机构必须坚持更新使用最新的计算机和科学硬件而不考虑价格。not to mention“不提及”；in addition to“另外还有，补充”；on account of“因为”；regardless of“不考虑，不管”。故D项符合题意。答案：D3_we think of Rose，we have to admit that shes a specialist in thi
3、s field.AWhichever BWhatCWhatever DHowever解析：whatever引导的是让步状语从句，且whatever作think的宾语。句意：不论我们对Rose评价如何，我们不得不承认她是那个方面的专家。答案：C4_ wants to keep fit needs to exercise often and pays more attention to every meal.AAnyone BThose whoCWhoever DWhichever解析：考查主语从句。A选项缺少定语从句的引导词，不正确；B选项可构成定语从句，但不符合主谓一致的原则；D选项表示在特定
4、范围内选择，而该句没有指定的范围，可以排除。whoeveranyone who。句意：想保持健康的人必须经常锻炼而且要更加注意每一餐的饮食。答案：C5The boss ordered the work _ in three days.Afinish Bto finishCto be finished Dfinished解析：work与finish之间是被动关系，所以选用to be finished，order sth.to be done意为“要求某事被干”，也可以使用(should) be finished即order后接宾语从句用虚拟语气。答案：C6_ in charge of the s
5、hopping center has upset him for quite a long time.ALeft BBeing leftCHaving left DTo leave解析：考查非谓语动词的用法。宾语him和选项leave之间是被动关系，因此用ing形式的被动结构作主语。句意：他被留下来去负责商贸中心的事务这件事使得他烦恼了好长时间了。答案：B9What is that building?_ the sports equipment is stored.AThats the building whichBThat is in whichCThe building thatDThat
6、s where解析：句意：那座大楼是干什么用的？那是用来储存体育器械的地方。where 引导的从句作表语。答案：D10Children are _ with their studies because they are expected to do far better than they can.Afed up Bgiven upCcaught up Dput up解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：由于大人对他们的学习上的期望值太高，所以孩子们对学习很厌烦。be fed up with “对感到厌烦的”。答案：A11In some countries，_ are called public sc
7、hools may not be owned by the government.A which BasCthat Dwhat解析：what引导的是主语从句，在从句中what作主语。答案：D12The president stood by a window inside the room，_，looking over the square.Awhere I entered Binto which I enteredCwhich I entered Dthat I entered解析：考查定语从句。enter为及物动词，先行词the room为其宾语，不需要使用介词，也不能用where。非限制性
8、定语从句只能用which。答案：C13My brother is very tall.The little bed wont _ for him.Aprepare BmatchCfit Ddo解析：本题主要考查动词的意义、用法区别。do此处是不及物动词“行，合适”。答案：D14Do you still remember how many years ago _ we got to know each other for the first time?Awas it that Bit was thatCwhen it was Dwhen was it解析：考查强调句。本题是对how many y
9、ears ago引导的特殊疑问句的强调，因为作宾语从句，因此用陈述语序。答案：B15Tom survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday.He _escaped drowning.Ararely BslightlyCnarrowly Dhardly解析：考查副词辨析。narrowly“勉强地”。句意：Tom昨天从船上落水了，在这次事故中他险些溺死。答案：C二、阅读理解ALike many teachers，I have been busily studying the best practices for reaching
10、my students and preparing them to be learned citizens in the digital age.One of the many methods Ive carried out in my classroom is a teacher website through which students and parents can subscribe to receive assignment updates，class announcements，and downloadable classroom handouts.In order to mak
11、e the website function in the best way for students，and allow me to build interactivity(互动)into the site，I spent some money running the website.The more I thought about the money I spend on class resources for the students，the more I planned to include advertisements on the site to get back the mone
12、y I had spent before.Finally，I got rid of the idea.Deep in my soul，I knew this crossed some sort of ethical boundary(职业道德标准)Indeed students face the flood of advertisements every dayon the radio，television，and social networking sites.But as a teacher we should be ready to spend some money for our st
13、udents so that is why I will never use the site for advertisements.Im not alone in using my own money to provide students with materials they cannot afford and to improve the learning tools to which they have access.According to a report,97% of teachers often use their own money to buy necessary cla
14、ssroom supplies，and teachers spend $350 on average from their own income on school supplies and instructional materials.$350 is a lot of money for a teacher.That is unbelievable for educators whose salaries，benefits，and school supplies are rapidly decreasing while the cost of living and the price of
15、 goods are increasing fast.It seems reasonable that companies offer money to education or for the government to invest more money in education.The money I spent on the website is not much，but Ive benefited a great deal.I have to admit that using the website has made me more effective in teaching.My
16、work burden has become little，and the grades of students have improved greatly.作者自己花钱办了一个为学生服务的网站，结果自己的工作效率提高了，学生的成绩也取得了巨大的进步。1Which of the following can students NOT see on the authors website?AAssignment updates. BDigital news.CClass announcements. DClassroom handouts.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段.students and p
17、arents can subscribe to receive assignment updates，class announcements，and downloadable classroom handouts可知，网站的内容不包括B项，答案为B项。答案：B4In Paragraph 3，the author mainly_.Aintroduces a report about the governments spending money on studentsBtells us why the cost of living and the price of goods are increa
18、sing fastCexplains the universality of teachersspending money on studentsDproves that it is important for companies to offer money to support education解析：主旨大意题。根据第三段Im not alone in spending my own money to.which they have access可推断，答案为C项。答案：CBRecently，a study showed that changes found in astronautse
19、ye tissue might cause vision problems，and possibly even blindness.As well as threatening the health of astronauts，this could influence longdistance missions into space.Larry Kramer of Texas Medical School in Houston and his colleagues carried out MRI scans on 27 NASA astronauts after they had spent
20、an average of 108 days in space.About half of them had some problems in their optic nerve(视神经)or eyeball.The changes match those seen in people with idiopathic intracranial hypertension，a rare condition in which the pressure of blood is abnormally high in the brain.People with the condition experien
21、ce headaches，nausea(反胃)and vision problems including blindness.In space，the changes are probably caused by living in free fall.“It is not because of the sunlight in space or the spacecrafts function.One likely reason is that blood which normally pools in the legs is shifted toward the skull(头颅骨)，rai
22、sing pressure，”says Kramer.The findings are similar to the results of a survey of 300 astronauts carried out in 2011.The damage in vision was reported by 29 percent of astronauts on shortterm missions，and 60 percent on longterm missions.“If astronauts are exhibiting these changes after only 100 days
23、 in space，what will happen on a threeyear flight to Mars？”asks Jason Kring，who studies human performance in extreme conditions at the EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University in Florida.“Deteriorating vision could seriously damage astronauts ability to carry out routine mission tasks，including monitoring
24、 displays and navigating the rocky landscape of Mars，”says Kring.“This possibility，combined with what we already know about how microgravity affects muscles and bones，paints a dark future for human space flight unless we start to develop effective measures.” Kramer says that NASA has the matter in h
25、and.In the wake of the study，all astronauts now have regular brain scans.This includes those yet to travel into space，providing a baseline(基线)from which any changes would be obvious.He also believes it might be possible to identify astronauts risk of eyesight damage from medical data before sending
26、them into space.研究发现，太空飞行会对宇航员的眼睛造成伤害，这或许会影响人类对太空的探测。5The author mentions idiopathic intracranial hypertension in Paragraph 3 in order to_.Ashow that the condition is common for astronautsBexplain the symptoms of astronauts vision problems properlyCstress the importance of astronauts vision problems
27、Dcompare the difference between patients and astronauts解析：作者意图题。根据第三段.a rare condition in which the pressure of blood is abnormally high in the brain可推断，作者的主要目的是更好地描述宇航员的症状，故答案为B项。答案：B6According to Kramer，many astronauts have vision problems probably because_.Athe sun shines brightly in spaceBthe spacecraft makes too much noiseCthe spacecraft is always moving too fastDzero gravity has an influence on astronauts
