1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。The Western has been the favorite type for American adventure story since the nineteenth century. While the American West was being settled, newspapers and dime novels could depend on stories of the frontier settlements and tell tales about living in the unta
2、med wilderness to sell. The public back East was eager to read about the West, even if the stories were more fiction than fact.In 1902, Owen Wister published his novel The Virginian, which was one of the first novels to treat the Western as a serious literary form; the novel still sold well and had
3、inspired several movies and a television series. In 1905, Bertha H. Bower and Zane Grey published their first novels, and the popular Western novels had continued to flourish from that day on, with current novels by Luke Short, Max Brand, and Louis L Amour carrying on the tradition.The first Western
4、 movie appeared even earlier than these serious Western novels. Before the turn of the century, an associate of Edisons had filmed Cripple Creek Barroom Scene, a few seconds of film showing the inside of a saloon, to help publicize the invention of the movie camera. In 1903 the Edison company filmed
5、 the first full-length Western The Great Train Robbery. The film lasts less than fifteen minutes, but a story is told its entirety. In the movie, bandits (强盗) rob a train and its passengers, killing the engineer, and find themselves tracked down by a posse. Audiences loved the movie. Some theaters w
6、ere actually opened for the single purpose of showing The Great Train Robbery and only later realized that they could do equally well showing other movies. The film was so successful that other companies, and finally even the Edison company itself, began producing copies and other versions of The Gr
7、eat Train Robbery. Ironically, in an era when the West was still very real -Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma were all territories rather than states in 1903 The Great Train Robbery was filmed in New Jersey. 1. The purpose of this passage is to_.A. discuss the making of the movie The Great Train Robb
8、eryB. discuss the early Western novelsC. discuss the art of movie makingD. trace the development of the Western as an American adventure story tradition2. We can conclude from this passage that_.A. people lost interest in the West after 1903B. Owen Wister was an ex-cowboyC. New Jersey was still unta
9、med wilderness in 1903D. films were fairly uncommon at the time The Great Train Robbery was made3. The passage suggests that_.A. Edisons invention of the movie camera happened;by accidentB. movie houses didnt make much-money in the early daysC. Easterners were fascinated by the wild WestD. The Great
10、 Train Robbery was poorly received by the public because it lacked a plot4. As used in this passage, the word “literary” means_.A. humorous B. financial C. appropriate to literature D. amateur【答案解析】1. D 推断题。从1902年出版的小说，1903年拍的一部电影，到1905年的第一批小说等，作者如此不吝惜笔墨，是为了追溯具有冒险故事传统的美国西部发展史。故D项是正确答案。2. D 推断题。第三段，通
11、过The Great Train Robbery影片的成功放映，人们才开始认识到在影剧院也可以同样放映一些其它影片,于是其它制片公司甚至于the Edison公司本身便开始生产其副本及The Great Train Robbery的其它译本。通过以上信息，我们得出的结论应是D项所表达的内容，那一时期的电影并非相当普及。3. C 推断题。第一段最后一句的was eager to read about the West(渴望看一些有关西部的书)，与题中were fascinated by the wild West (对荒芜的西部着了迷)表达了同样的信息，故C项为正确答案。4. C 词义题。根据上
12、下文关系以及关键词语novels和form可推知literary的词义。因为“小说”与“形式”应属于“文学”范围。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。TOKYO Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may soon be getting a robot friend from Japan. Japans space agency is considering putting a talking humanoid (有人的特点的) robot on the ISS to watch
13、 the work while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the micro-blogging site Twitter. Japans space agency JAXA announced this week that it is looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the space station in 2013 that could communicate with
14、the ground through Twitter primarily feeding photos, rather than original ideas and provide astronauts with “comfort and companionship”. Following up on US NASAs “Robonaut” R-2 program, which is set for launch on the Discovery shuttle next week, the Japanese robot would be part of a larger effort to
15、 create and refine robots that can be used by the elderly, JAXA said in a statement. Japan is one of the leading countries in robotics and has a rapidly aging society with one of the worlds longest life expectancies. Improving robot communication capabilities could help elderly people on Earth by pr
16、oviding a nonintrusive (无干扰的) means of monitoring the robot owners health and vital signs and sending information to emergency responders if there is an abnormality, JAXA said. “We are thinking in terms of a very human-like robot that would have facial expressions and be able to talk with the astron
17、auts,” said JAXAs Satoshi Sano. The robot was being developed with the advertising and communications giant Dentsu Inc and a team at Tokyo University. The NASA project has a human-like head, hands and arms and uses the same tools as station crew members. The “Robonaut” called R-2 is intended to carr
18、y out maintenance tasks in the stations Destiny lab. NASA says it hopes that humanoid robots could one day stand in for astronauts during spacewalks or perform tasks too difficult or dangerous for humans. For now, the $2.5 million NASA robot is limited to activities within the lab. 1. According to t
19、he passage, a humanoid robot, put on the ISS, shall carry out the tasks except _.A. take care of the ISS sometimes B. keep an eye on the health of the astronautsC. keep in contact with EarthD. get a friend for astronauts from Japan2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passag
20、e?A. The robot program will eventually benefit the elderly.B. R-2 program is in the charge of Japans JAXA.C. NASA is planning to communicate with the space station through Twitter. D. Japan has the largest number of elderly people.3. From the passage we can know _.A. many Japanese universities joine
21、d in the robot programB. future astronauts will become less lonely and more comfortable with the help of the robotC. robots could completely take the place of human astronauts in the futureD. the robot program, having cost $2.5 million, can carry out all tasks【参考答案】13、DAB完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、
22、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, What would I say when the other kids asked what Id 2 ? Just when I started to 3 that there would not be a C
23、hristmas that year, three women 4 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasnt 6 . Somebody had thought 7 of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen
24、 of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 8 Christmas there special and memorable, I 9 remembered the womens visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We
25、gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 12 with a childs name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14 them that they co
26、uldnt open their presents 15 every child had come forward. Finally the 16 they had been waiting for came as I called out, One, two, three. Open your presents! As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17 up the room. The 18 in the room was obvious, and 19 wasn
27、t just about toys. It was a feeling the feeling I knew 20 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasnt forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. ( ) 1. A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging 答案: B 解析:本题考查动词辨析.由上文可知,还是小孩子的我,在圣诞节来临,我应该是收 到礼物,所以选择 receiving. ( ) 2. A. fo
28、und B. prepared C. got D. expected 答案: C 解析:本题考查动词辨析.联系上下文,此处表达的意思是别人问我收到了什么礼物, 所以选择 got. ( ) 3. A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept 答案:D 解析:本题考查动词辨析.联系上下文,推断此处表达的意思是:我开始接受没有礼物 的现实,选择 accept,其他三个选项意思都不符合. ( ) 4. A. broke in .B. settled down C. turned up D. showed off 答案:C 解析:本题考查动词短语辨析.四个选项:break
29、in 闯入;settle down 安居;turn up 出现; show off 炫耀.联系上下文此处是出现在我家,给我们圣诞礼物,故选择 C,意思最贴切. ( ) 5. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. justice 答案:A 解析:本题考查名词辨析.根据下文:I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school(当我回到学校时,我不会再感到难堪了. )结合四个选项的意思,可 以推断出此处是表示我解脱了,送了一口气,故选择 A. ( ) 6. A. blamed B. l
30、oved C. forgotten D. affected 答案:C 解析:本题考查动词辨析.分析四个选项,结合上下文,可以得知,这件礼物对我是多 么重要,所以此处表达我将不会忘记这件事情,故选择 C. ( ) 7. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough 答案:D 解析: 本题考查短语辨析. 联系上下文, 首先排除 B, think highly of sb 的意思是 C, 对 评价很高 .此处根据作者的前面的心态,选择 enough,表示有人关心自己. ( ) 8. A. present B. first C. recent D. previous
31、答案:B 解析:本题考查形容词辨析.联系上下文,提到是 new house,肯定选择 first,西方人对于圣诞节很重视,是一家人团圆的日子,所以此时表达重要性,作者想让自己在新家过 的第一个圣诞节有意义.选择 B. ( ) 9. A. hardly B. instantly C. regularly D. occasionally 答案:B 解析:本题考查副词辨析.根据四个选项的意思,联系上下文,可了解当时作者那种激 动的心情,所以应该是很快就想到了那件让她难忘的事情;故选择 B. ( ) 10. A. strength B. independence C. importance D. sa
32、fety 答案:C 解析:本题考查名词辨析.根据第一段中描述那次圣诞节礼物给我的感慨,和作者此刻 的心情,她认为送圣诞节礼物的给自己以及给得到的孩子们的重要性. ( ) 11. A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with 答案:C 解析:本题考查动词短语辨析.从上一段的可以推断,是我提出了(came up with)了一 个让四十个人来我公司帮忙的计划. ( ) 12. A. none B. few C. some D. each 答案:D 解析:本题考查不定代词辨析.根据作者的想法,应该是每个人都有自己的圣
33、诞节礼物, 所以选择每个人(each) . ( ) 13. A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal 答案:B 解析:本题考查形容词辨析.每个人都有属于自己的礼物,而且不是固定的,所以作者 的意思是给孩子们启示:每个人都是独一无二的. ( ) 14. A. reminded B. guaranteed C. convinced D. promised 答案:A 解析:本题考查动词辨析.从下文的One, two, three. Open your presents!可知,此时 在分发礼物时,我提醒每个人开始不要打开礼物. ( ) 15. A. after B
34、. until C. when D. since 答案:B 解析:本题考查连词辨析.同 34 题,此时选择 until,直到每个人都拿到礼物. ( ) 16. A. chance B. gift C. moment D. reward 答案:C 解析:本题考查名词辨析.根据下文的意思,此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了, 故选择 moment. ( ) 17. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered 答案:A 解析:本题考查动词辨析.分析四个选项的意思,根据文章的上下文:他们灿烂的笑容 照亮了整个房间,所以选择 light 的过去式 lit. ( ) 18.
35、A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. calmness D. joy 答案:D 解析:本题考查名词辨析.联系上下文,分析四个选项的意思,此处是表达欢乐,故选择 D. ( ) 19. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody 答案:A 解析:本题考查代词辨析.联系上下文,得知:欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具.所以选择 it,家 指代欢乐. ( ) 20. A. by B. till C. for D. from 答案:D 解析:本题考查介词辨析.联系上下文,此处表示:我从很久以前的那次圣诞节上获得 的感觉再次感受到了.故选择 from. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
