一、單項填空

　　1．During the camp trip，children were fascinated by______wonders of______nature.

　　A．/；/ B．/；the

　　C．the；/

　　D．the；the

　　解析：第一空指在宿營中看到的那些大自然的奇觀，應該用定冠詞表特指；第二空不用冠詞，因為nature，society，space等前常不帶任何冠詞。

　　答案：C

　　2．The man and the horse______ fell into the river were drowned.

　　A．which

　　B．who

　　C．that

　　D．of which

　　解析：人和物作先行詞，定語從句用that引導。句意：掉在河里的人和馬都淹死了。

　　答案：C

　　3．A big crowd gathered ______ him ______.

　　A．to hear；speak

　　B．hearing；speaking

　　C．to hear；speaking

　　D．hearing；to speak

　　解析：不定式作目的狀語；后面是現在分詞表示進行。句意：一大群人聚集在那兒聽他說話。

　　答案：C

　　4．I remember my daughter used to ask questions that girls ______ would ask.

　　A．twice as old as her age

　　B．twice so old as she

　　C．as twice her age

　　D．twice her age

　　解析：twice her age是考查倍數的表達法，在句中作girls的定語。as...as...表示比較前后必須是同類事物排除A項；so...as...不用于肯定句排除B項；C項表達形式不對。

　　答案：D

　　5．“I’m more nervous right now than when I ______，”Wang said，as he saw the group of reporters waiting anxiously at the exit of the gymnasium.

　　A．had competed

　　B．competed

　　C．was competing

　　D．have competed

　　解析：考查時態。句意：王告訴焦急等在體育館門口的記者們說：“我此時比在比賽時更緊張。” 這里用過去進行時表示比賽的過程。

　　答案：C

　　6．______her work for the sake of the family years ago，she would be as successful as her husband now.

　　A．Would she not give up

　　B．If she didn’t give up

　　C．Had she not given up

　　D．Should she not give up

　　解析：從句是省略了if的虛擬條件句，表示與過去事實相反的虛擬語氣，從句是與現在事實相反的虛擬語氣。

　　答案：C

　　7．Dave lost his job and was short of money，so ______ his flat and move in with his brother.

　　A．that he did was to sell

　　B．what he did sell

　　C．what he did sold

　　D．what he did was sell

　　解析：what he did是主語從句，當主語部分含有do的某種形式時，作表語的不定式可以省去to。

　　答案：D

　　8．He is looking forward to ______ what is happening over there.

　　A．see

　　B．seeing

　　C．seen

　　D．saw

　　解析：此處to see是不定式作目的狀語“為了看看那邊在發生什么事情”。不要看成look forward to doing“盼望干某事”結構。

　　答案：A

　　9．—Don’t press the button，John?

　　—What if I ______？

　　A．did

　　B．would

　　C．will

　　D．shall

　　解析：if I did表示與現在事實相反的虛擬語氣。答語句意：如果我按了那按鈕又會怎么樣？

　　答案：A

　　10．My friend，who ______ on the International Olympic Committee all his life，is retiring next month.

　　A．served

　　B．is serving

　　C．had served

　　D．has served

　　解析：用現在完成時表示serve這一動作持續到現在，并且一直持續到下個月。

　　答案：D

　　11．The newlymade electric dictionary，which helps with studying English，is ______ only for middle school students.

　　A．used

　　B．suggested

　　C．meant

　　D．expected

　　解析：考查固定搭配。be meant for“為某人準備的，打算給某人的”。

　　答案：C

　　12．In general，the old man is generous，but ______，he was mean to an old beggar.

　　A．at once

　　B．once again

　　C．for once

　　D．once over

　　解析：for once“又一次，曾經”。句意：一般說來，那位老人很慷慨，但有一次他對一個老乞丐很吝嗇。

　　答案：C

　　13．______ his deputy Ren Yan as his successor，the editorinchief Zhang announced his retirement.

　　A．Appointed

　　B．To appoint

　　C．Appointing

　　D．Having appointed

　　解析：考查非謂語動詞。句子的主語the editorinchief Zhang為appoint的邏輯主語，是動作的發出者，所以排除A項。appoint的動作發生在announced之前，所以要用現在分詞的完成形式。

　　答案：D

　　14．It is a matter of ______ will come to the power.

　　A．who

　　B．whoever

　　C．whom

　　D．whomever

　　解析：考查名詞性從句。who引導的從句做介詞of的賓語，who在賓語從句中作主語。句意：那是一個誰將執政的問題。

　　答案：A

　　15．Mary can’t attend the party ______ at her boyfriend’s house at present because she is preparing the speech for the important meeting ______ tomorrow.

　　A．held；being held

　　B．to be held；to be held

　　C．to be held；held

　　D．being held；to be held

　　解析：考查非謂語動詞作定語的情況。第一個空表示正在進行，因此用現在分詞表示正在進行；第二個空表示尚未發生，因此用不定式表將來。這二者都與被修飾的名詞之間是被動關系，因此都用被動結構。句意：Mary不能出席今天在她男朋友家舉行的舞會，因為她在為明天那個重要的會議準備演講稿。

　　答案：D

　　二、閱讀理解

　　A

　　After two decades of steady increases，obesity rates in adults and children in the United States have remained largely unchanged during the past 12 years，a finding that suggests national efforts at promoting healthy eating and exercise are having little effect on the overweight.

　　Over all,35.7 percent of the adult population and 16.9 percent of children qualify as obese，according to data gathered by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published online Tuesday.While it’s good news that the ranks of the obese in America are not growing，the data also point to the intractable nature of weight gain and signal that the country will be dealing with the health consequences of obesity for years to come.

　　“We’re by no means through the epidemic(流行病)，”said Dr David Ludwig，director of the childhood obesity program at Children’s Hospital in Boston.“Children will be entering adulthood heavier than they’ve ever been at any time in human history.Even without further increases in prevalence(普及)，the impact of the epidemic will continue to mount for many years to come.”

　　1．During which period did obesity rates in the United States steadily increase?

　　A．From 1959 to 1979.

　　B．From 1969 to 1989.

　　C．From 1979 to 1999.

　　D．From 1989 to 2009.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第一段After two decades of steady increases...remained largely unchanged during the past 12 years...和第四段．..previous surveys collected in two-year cycles beginning in 1999～2000可推斷，答案為C項。

　　答案：C

　　2．The underlined word“intractable”in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“______”．

　　A．fast to finish

　　B．hard to manage

　　C．easy to control

　　D．anxious to stop

　　解析：詞義猜測題。根據第二段．..signal that the country will be dealing with the health consequences of obesity for years to come可推斷，intractable意為“難對付的”，故答案為B項。

　　答案：B

　　3．What do we know from David Ludwig?

　　A．Many children will become thin after growing up.

　　B．The problem of obesity will become more serious in the future.

　　C．Childhood obesity is a long-term problem in America.

　　D．It is not necessary to worry about the problem of obesity.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第三段Even without furher increases in prevalence，the impact of the epidemic will continue to mount for many years to come可推斷，答案為C項。

　　答案：C

　　4．Which of the following groups has become obese in recent years according to the passage?

　　A．Blacks.

　　B．Females.

　　C．Whites.

　　D．Males.

　　解析：細節理解題。根據第五段For instance，men and boys have become fatter since 1999...可知，答案為D項。

　　答案：D

　　B

　　A French woman has taught her dogs to play the piano.In a new YouTube video，the dogs sit side by side at an oversize keyboard，perfectly pawing(用爪子扒)the keys in response to musical notes(音符)played by their owner，who accompanies them playing a flute.

　　It’s quite a unique skill.But what exactly is going on here？Charles Snowdon，a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies animals’responses to music and is at the top level in the study of how animals respond to“species-specific music”，said：“The dogs have been trained to do certain things after getting some signals given by their owner，which is different from memorization.She plays notes and my guess is what the dogs have done is learning the relationship between the notes their owner is playing and where they are supposed to put their paws.So，the dogs most likely can play the correct notes not because they understand which notes sound right，but they’ve been trained to respond to certain sounds of the flute by pressing certain keys on the piano.Or perhaps there are some secrets we can’t see in the video.”

　　“The trio(三重奏)sounds like a melody(旋律)to us，but the dogs probably don’t know it.It’s not clear whether they listen to it as music，”Snowdon told Life’s Little Mysteries.On the other hand，they might be.Most animals have very different vocal ranges(音域)．Snowdon has worked with musicians to create pieces of music that are more familiar to specific animals.For example，they’ve made some music for monkeys.The songs sound unpleasant to us，but they are music to monkeys’ears.

　　According to Snowdon，vocal ranges of dogs happen to be quite similar to those of adult male humans.“So，it is possible that they might be responsive to music in our vocal range，”he said.

　　More research is needed to determine whether dogs really can appreciate human music，or if these stories of dogs are just humoring us.

　　在一段視頻中，一位法國婦女帶著她的狗一起演奏，但專家認為狗是在人的暗示下彈琴，它是否懂得人的音樂需要研究才能確定。

　　5．How can the dogs play the music according to Snowdon?

　　A．The dogs press the keys as they like.

　　B．The dogs happen to paw the right keys.

　　C．The dogs play most likely according to their owner’s signals.

　　D．The dogs play the music by remembering the notes.

　　解析：細節理解題。根據第二段The dogs have been trained to do certain things after getting some signals given by their owner...可知，Snowdon說這些狗接受過訓練，會根據主人所給的信號做出特定的事情。

　　答案：C

　　6．Why does the music that monkeys like sound unpleasant to people?

　　A．This kind of music needs to be further improved.

　　B．The vocal ranges of monkeys are especially narrow.

　　C．The vocal ranges of monkeys and human beings are different.

　　D．Some people don’t like the style of the music for monkeys.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第三段Most animals have very different vocal ranges可知大多數動物都有著不同的音域。可推知，人和猴子的音域可能是不同的，所以猴子喜歡的音樂卻會讓人類感到不舒服。

　　答案：C

　　一、單項填空

　　1．During the camp trip，children were fascinated by______wonders of______nature.

　　A．/；/ B．/；the

　　C．the；/

　　D．the；the

　　解析：第一空指在宿營中看到的那些大自然的奇觀，應該用定冠詞表特指；第二空不用冠詞，因為nature，society，space等前常不帶任何冠詞。

　　答案：C

　　2．The man and the horse______ fell into the river were drowned.

　　A．which

　　B．who

　　C．that

　　D．of which

　　解析：人和物作先行詞，定語從句用that引導。句意：掉在河里的人和馬都淹死了。

　　答案：C

　　3．A big crowd gathered ______ him ______.

　　A．to hear；speak

　　B．hearing；speaking

　　C．to hear；speaking

　　D．hearing；to speak

　　解析：不定式作目的狀語；后面是現在分詞表示進行。句意：一大群人聚集在那兒聽他說話。

　　答案：C

　　4．I remember my daughter used to ask questions that girls ______ would ask.

　　A．twice as old as her age

　　B．twice so old as she

　　C．as twice her age

　　D．twice her age

　　解析：twice her age是考查倍數的表達法，在句中作girls的定語。as...as...表示比較前后必須是同類事物排除A項；so...as...不用于肯定句排除B項；C項表達形式不對。

　　答案：D

　　5．“I’m more nervous right now than when I ______，”Wang said，as he saw the group of reporters waiting anxiously at the exit of the gymnasium.

　　A．had competed

　　B．competed

　　C．was competing

　　D．have competed

　　解析：考查時態。句意：王告訴焦急等在體育館門口的記者們說：“我此時比在比賽時更緊張。” 這里用過去進行時表示比賽的過程。

　　答案：C

　　6．______her work for the sake of the family years ago，she would be as successful as her husband now.

　　A．Would she not give up

　　B．If she didn’t give up

　　C．Had she not given up

　　D．Should she not give up

　　解析：從句是省略了if的虛擬條件句，表示與過去事實相反的虛擬語氣，從句是與現在事實相反的虛擬語氣。

　　答案：C

　　7．Dave lost his job and was short of money，so ______ his flat and move in with his brother.

　　A．that he did was to sell

　　B．what he did sell

　　C．what he did sold

　　D．what he did was sell

　　解析：what he did是主語從句，當主語部分含有do的某種形式時，作表語的不定式可以省去to。

　　答案：D

　　8．He is looking forward to ______ what is happening over there.

　　A．see

　　B．seeing

　　C．seen

　　D．saw

　　解析：此處to see是不定式作目的狀語“為了看看那邊在發生什么事情”。不要看成look forward to doing“盼望干某事”結構。

　　答案：A

　　9．—Don’t press the button，John?

　　—What if I ______？

　　A．did

　　B．would

　　C．will

　　D．shall

　　解析：if I did表示與現在事實相反的虛擬語氣。答語句意：如果我按了那按鈕又會怎么樣？

　　答案：A

　　10．My friend，who ______ on the International Olympic Committee all his life，is retiring next month.

　　A．served

　　B．is serving

　　C．had served

　　D．has served

　　解析：用現在完成時表示serve這一動作持續到現在，并且一直持續到下個月。

　　答案：D

　　11．The newlymade electric dictionary，which helps with studying English，is ______ only for middle school students.

　　A．used

　　B．suggested

　　C．meant

　　D．expected

　　解析：考查固定搭配。be meant for“為某人準備的，打算給某人的”。

　　答案：C

　　12．In general，the old man is generous，but ______，he was mean to an old beggar.

　　A．at once

　　B．once again

　　C．for once

　　D．once over

　　解析：for once“又一次，曾經”。句意：一般說來，那位老人很慷慨，但有一次他對一個老乞丐很吝嗇。

　　答案：C

　　13．______ his deputy Ren Yan as his successor，the editorinchief Zhang announced his retirement.

　　A．Appointed

　　B．To appoint

　　C．Appointing

　　D．Having appointed

　　解析：考查非謂語動詞。句子的主語the editorinchief Zhang為appoint的邏輯主語，是動作的發出者，所以排除A項。appoint的動作發生在announced之前，所以要用現在分詞的完成形式。

　　答案：D

　　14．It is a matter of ______ will come to the power.

　　A．who

　　B．whoever

　　C．whom

　　D．whomever

　　解析：考查名詞性從句。who引導的從句做介詞of的賓語，who在賓語從句中作主語。句意：那是一個誰將執政的問題。

　　答案：A

　　15．Mary can’t attend the party ______ at her boyfriend’s house at present because she is preparing the speech for the important meeting ______ tomorrow.

　　A．held；being held

　　B．to be held；to be held

　　C．to be held；held

　　D．being held；to be held

　　解析：考查非謂語動詞作定語的情況。第一個空表示正在進行，因此用現在分詞表示正在進行；第二個空表示尚未發生，因此用不定式表將來。這二者都與被修飾的名詞之間是被動關系，因此都用被動結構。句意：Mary不能出席今天在她男朋友家舉行的舞會，因為她在為明天那個重要的會議準備演講稿。

　　答案：D

　　二、閱讀理解

　　A

　　After two decades of steady increases，obesity rates in adults and children in the United States have remained largely unchanged during the past 12 years，a finding that suggests national efforts at promoting healthy eating and exercise are having little effect on the overweight.

　　Over all,35.7 percent of the adult population and 16.9 percent of children qualify as obese，according to data gathered by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published online Tuesday.While it’s good news that the ranks of the obese in America are not growing，the data also point to the intractable nature of weight gain and signal that the country will be dealing with the health consequences of obesity for years to come.

　　“We’re by no means through the epidemic(流行病)，”said Dr David Ludwig，director of the childhood obesity program at Children’s Hospital in Boston.“Children will be entering adulthood heavier than they’ve ever been at any time in human history.Even without further increases in prevalence(普及)，the impact of the epidemic will continue to mount for many years to come.”

　　1．During which period did obesity rates in the United States steadily increase?

　　A．From 1959 to 1979.

　　B．From 1969 to 1989.

　　C．From 1979 to 1999.

　　D．From 1989 to 2009.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第一段After two decades of steady increases...remained largely unchanged during the past 12 years...和第四段．..previous surveys collected in two-year cycles beginning in 1999～2000可推斷，答案為C項。

　　答案：C

　　2．The underlined word“intractable”in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“______”．

　　A．fast to finish

　　B．hard to manage

　　C．easy to control

　　D．anxious to stop

　　解析：詞義猜測題。根據第二段．..signal that the country will be dealing with the health consequences of obesity for years to come可推斷，intractable意為“難對付的”，故答案為B項。

　　答案：B

　　3．What do we know from David Ludwig?

　　A．Many children will become thin after growing up.

　　B．The problem of obesity will become more serious in the future.

　　C．Childhood obesity is a long-term problem in America.

　　D．It is not necessary to worry about the problem of obesity.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第三段Even without furher increases in prevalence，the impact of the epidemic will continue to mount for many years to come可推斷，答案為C項。

　　答案：C

　　4．Which of the following groups has become obese in recent years according to the passage?

　　A．Blacks.

　　B．Females.

　　C．Whites.

　　D．Males.

　　解析：細節理解題。根據第五段For instance，men and boys have become fatter since 1999...可知，答案為D項。

　　答案：D

　　B

　　A French woman has taught her dogs to play the piano.In a new YouTube video，the dogs sit side by side at an oversize keyboard，perfectly pawing(用爪子扒)the keys in response to musical notes(音符)played by their owner，who accompanies them playing a flute.

　　It’s quite a unique skill.But what exactly is going on here？Charles Snowdon，a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies animals’responses to music and is at the top level in the study of how animals respond to“species-specific music”，said：“The dogs have been trained to do certain things after getting some signals given by their owner，which is different from memorization.She plays notes and my guess is what the dogs have done is learning the relationship between the notes their owner is playing and where they are supposed to put their paws.So，the dogs most likely can play the correct notes not because they understand which notes sound right，but they’ve been trained to respond to certain sounds of the flute by pressing certain keys on the piano.Or perhaps there are some secrets we can’t see in the video.”

　　“The trio(三重奏)sounds like a melody(旋律)to us，but the dogs probably don’t know it.It’s not clear whether they listen to it as music，”Snowdon told Life’s Little Mysteries.On the other hand，they might be.Most animals have very different vocal ranges(音域)．Snowdon has worked with musicians to create pieces of music that are more familiar to specific animals.For example，they’ve made some music for monkeys.The songs sound unpleasant to us，but they are music to monkeys’ears.

　　According to Snowdon，vocal ranges of dogs happen to be quite similar to those of adult male humans.“So，it is possible that they might be responsive to music in our vocal range，”he said.

　　More research is needed to determine whether dogs really can appreciate human music，or if these stories of dogs are just humoring us.

　　在一段視頻中，一位法國婦女帶著她的狗一起演奏，但專家認為狗是在人的暗示下彈琴，它是否懂得人的音樂需要研究才能確定。

　　5．How can the dogs play the music according to Snowdon?

　　A．The dogs press the keys as they like.

　　B．The dogs happen to paw the right keys.

　　C．The dogs play most likely according to their owner’s signals.

　　D．The dogs play the music by remembering the notes.

　　解析：細節理解題。根據第二段The dogs have been trained to do certain things after getting some signals given by their owner...可知，Snowdon說這些狗接受過訓練，會根據主人所給的信號做出特定的事情。

　　答案：C

　　6．Why does the music that monkeys like sound unpleasant to people?

　　A．This kind of music needs to be further improved.

　　B．The vocal ranges of monkeys are especially narrow.

　　C．The vocal ranges of monkeys and human beings are different.

　　D．Some people don’t like the style of the music for monkeys.

　　解析：推理判斷題。根據第三段Most animals have very different vocal ranges可知大多數動物都有著不同的音域。可推知，人和猴子的音域可能是不同的，所以猴子喜歡的音樂卻會讓人類感到不舒服。

　　答案：C