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Part III Vocabulary(20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

41. My grandfather, a retired worker, often ________ the past with a feeling of longing and respect. A) considers C) contrives B) contemplates D) contacts

42. Medical students are advised that the wearing of a white coat ________ the acceptance of a professional code of conduct expected of the medical profession. A) supplements C) signifies B) simulates D) swears

43. The doctors ________ the newly approved drug into the patient when he was critically ill. A) injected C) projected B) ejected D) subjected

44. Apart from philosophical and legal reasons for respecting patients' wishes, there are several practical reasons why doctors should ________ to involve patients in their own medical care decisions. A) enforce C) endeavor B) endow D) enhance

45. This is a long ________ - roughly 13 miles down a beautiful valley to the little church below. A) terrain C) degeneration B) descent D) tumble

46. She was deeply ________ by the amount of criticism her play received. A) deported C) involved B) deprived D) frustrated

47. Some scientists are dubious of the claim that organisms ________ with age as an inevitable outcome of living. A) depress C) deteriorate B) default D) degrade

48. Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ________ of the quality of their products.

A) expense C) expansion B) exposure D) expectation

49. One witness ________ that he'd seen the suspect run out of the bank after it had been robbed. A) convicted C) retorted B) conformed D) testified

50. Nothing Helen says is ever ________. She always thinks carefully before she speaks. A) simultaneous C) spontaneous B) homogenous D) rigorous

51. She gave ________ directions about the way the rug should be cleaned. A) explicit C) transient B) brisk D) opaque

52. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such a(n) ________ plan. A) inherent C) vigorous B) ingenious D) exotic

53. A ________ official is one who is irresponsible in his work. A) timid C) suspicious B) tedious D) slack

54. Most mathematicians trust their ________ in solving problems and readily admit they would not be able to function without it.

A) conception C) intuition B) perception D) cognition

55. He had an almost irresistible ________ to talk to the crowd when he entered Hyde Park. A) impulse C) stimulation B) instinct D) surge

56. Encouraged by their culture to voice their opinions freely, the Canadians are not afraid to go against the group ________, and will argue their viewpoints enthusiastically, though rarely aggressively. A) consent C) consensus

B) conscience D) consciousness

57. He still ________ the memory of his carefree childhood spent in that small wooden house of his grandparents'. A) nourishes C) fancies B) cherishes D) scans

58. She expressed her strong determination that nothing could ________ her to give up her career as a teacher. A) induce C) reduce B) deduce D) attract

59. The microscope and telescope, with their capacity to enlarge, isolate and probe, demonstrate how details can be ________ and separated from the whole. A) radiated C) prolonged B) extended D) magnified

60. Lighting can be used not only to create an atmosphere, but also to ________ features of the house, such as ornaments or pictures.

A) highlight C) activate B) underline D) upgrade

61. By turning this knob to the right you can ________ the sound from the radio. A) intensify C) enlarge B) amplify D) reinforce

62. One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ________ with the theoretical aspects of the subject. A) embedded C) integrated B) embraced D) synthesized

63. They couldn't see a ________ of hope that they would be saved by a passing ship. A) grain C) slice B) span D) gleam

. The traditional markets retain their ________ for the many Chinese who still prefer fresh food like live fish, ducks, chickens over packaged or frozen goods. A) appeal C) image B) pledge D) survival

65. ________ efforts are needed in order to finish important but unpleasant tasks. A) Consecutive C) Perpetual B) Condensed D) Persistent

66. A number of students ________ in flats, and others live in the nearby holiday resorts, where there is a reasonable supply of competitively priced accommodation. A) revive C) gather B) inhabit D) reside

67. He bought his house on the________ plan, paying a certain amount of money each month. A) division C) installment B) premium D) fluctuation

68. He could not ________ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his department. A) petition C) resort B) plead D) reproach

69. Many ecologists believe that lots of major species in the world are on the________ of extinction. A) margin C) verge B) border D) fringe

70. Any salesperson who sells more than the weekly ________ will receive a bonus. A) ratio C) allocation B) quota D) portion 2005年6月完形填空

Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut __61__ from the world of books and newspapers, having to __62__ on friends to read aloud to them.

A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major __63__ in providing aid to the ____. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that __65__ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like __66__ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons __67__ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any __68__ document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous __69__ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. __70__, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller __71__ improved version that will sell __72__ less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil __73__ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to __74__ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that __75__ will be able to buy home __76__ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set. Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been __77__ in those tests, making lots of __78__ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops.

“This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies __79__ a product was put on the market, Hingson said. “Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that __80__, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.” 61. A) upB) downC) inD) off

62. A) dwellB) relyC) pressD) urge

63. A) executionB) distinctionC) breakthroughD) process . A) paralyzedB) uneducatedC) invisibleD) sightless 65. A) scansB) enlargesC) sketchesD) projects

66. A) behaviorB) expressionC) movementD) voice 67. A) onB) atC) inD) from

68. A) visualB) printedC) virtualD) spoken 69. A) strideB) trailC) haulD) footprint

70. A) LikewiseB) MoreoverC) HoweverD) Though 71. A) butB) thanC) orD) then 72. A) onB) forC) throughD) to

73. A) estimatesB) considersC) countsD) determines 74. A) settleB) ownC) investD) retain

75. A) schoolsB) childrenC) familiesD) companies 76. A) modelsB) modesC) casesD) collections

77. A) producingB) researchingC) ascertainingD) assisting 78. A) trueB) valuableC) authenticD) pleasant 79. A) afterB) whenC) beforeD) as

80. A) occasionB) momentC) senseD) event 2005年12月单选题

Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

41. You shouldn’t __your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher. A) defy B) deliberate C)denounce D) deduce

42. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford to live in __conditions.

A) positive B)honorable C) gracious D) decent

43. The Government’s policies will come under close __ in the weeks before the election. A) specification B)scrutiny C) appreciation D)apprehension

44. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents __ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.

A) impose B)evoke C) compel D)necessitate

45.Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very __. A) faint B) indefinite C)obscure D) gloomy

46. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts __ failure. A) inflicted on B) hinged upon C) tumbled to D)culminated in

47. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of __ cells. A) controversial B) abnormal C) inferior D)irrelevant

48.I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which __all other sounds. A) drowned B) deafened C) overturned D)smoothed

49. The girl’s face __________ with embarrassment during the interview when she couldn’t answer the tough question. A) radiated B) beamed C) dazzled D) flushed

50. Unfortunately, the new edition of dictionary is __________ in all major bookshops. A) out of business B) out of reach C) out of stock D) out of season

51. It seems somewhat _______to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting. A) unique B) impossible C) eccentric D) absurd

52. The bride and groom promised to __ each other through sickness and health. A) cherish B)nourish C)foster D) nominate

53.If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a __ to consumption. A) progression B) prime C) stimulus D) stability

54. Professor Smith explained the movement of light__ that of water. A) by virtue of B)by analogy with C) in terms of D) in line with

55. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional __ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily activities.

A) scandal B)deficit C)handicap D) misfortune

56.At that time, the economy was still undergoing a __and job offers were hard to get. A) recession B)concession C)supervision D)deviation

57. The meaning of the sentence is __; you can interpret it in several ways. A) skeptical B) exclusive C) intelligible D)ambiguous

58. This area of the park has been specially _______for children, but accompanying adults are also welcome. A)entitled B) inaugurated C) designated D) delegated

59. The hands on my alarm clock are __________, so I can see what time it is in the dark. A) gorgeous B) luminous C) spectacular D) exotic

60. In today’s class, the students were asked to __their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections. A) omit B) extinguish C) cancel D)erase

61. The company management attempted to __information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain. A) supplement B) suppress C) plug D) concentrate

62. While fashion is thought of usually __ clothing, it is important to realize that it covers a much wider domain. A) in proportion to B) by means of C) in relation to D)on behalf of

63. Slavery was _______in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin land

A) abolished B) resigned C) diluted D) dissipated

. Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients _____with doctors’ orders. A) comply B) correspond C) interact D) interfere

65. Since our knowledge is __ none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong. A) delicate B )restrained C) controlled D) finite

66. The boy’s foolish question __his mother who was busy with housework and had no interest in talking. A) intrigued B) irritated C) stimulated D) fascinated

67. They’re going to build a big office block on that __ piece of land. A) void B) blank C) vacant D)shallow

68. It is my hope that everyone in this class should __ their errors before it is too late. A) expel B) exclude C) refute D)rectify

69. Police and villagers unanimously __the forest fire to thunder and lightning. A) ascribed B) approached C) confined D) confirmed

70. Without any hesitation, she took off her shoes, __up her skirt and splashed across the stream. A) twisted B) tucked C) curled D)revolved 2006年6月填空题

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary ( 20 minutes )

41. Because of the ________ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad. A ) originality B ) subjectivity C ) generality D ) ambiguity

42. With its own parliament and currency and a common _______ for peace, the European Union declared itself — in 11 official languages — open for business.

A ) discrete B ) assimilation C ) intuition D ) aspiration

43. America has now adopted more _______ European-style inspection systems, and the incidence of food poisoning is falling.

A ) discrete B ) solemn C ) rigorous D ) autonomous

44. Mainstream pro-market economists all agree that competition is an ______ spur to efficiency and innovation. A ) extravagant B ) exquisite C ) intermittent D ) indispensable

45. In the late 19th century, Jules Verne, the master of science fiction, foresaw many of the technological wonders that are ______ today.

A ) transient B ) commonplace C ) implicit D ) elementary

46. I was so _______ when I used the automatic checkout lane in the supermarket for the first time. A ) immersed B ) assaulted C ) thrilled D ) dedicated

47. His arm was _______ from the shark’s mouth and reattached, but the boy, who nearly died, remained in a delicate condition.

A ) retrieved B ) retained C ) repelled D ) restored

48. Bill Gates and Walt Disney are two people America has _______ to be the Greatest American. A ) appointed B ) appeased C ) nicknamed D ) nominated

49. The _______ majority of citizens tend to believe that the death penalty will help decrease the crime rate. A ) overflowing B ) overwhelming C ) prevalent D ) premium

50. We will also see a _______ increase in the number of televisions per household, as small TV displays are added to clocks, coffee makers and smoke detectors.

A ) startling B ) surpassing C ) suppressing D ) stacking

51. The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most _______ values and ideas, including our idea of what constitutes “home”.

A ) enriched B ) enlightened C ) cherished D ) chartered

52. Researchers have discovered that _______ with animals in an active way may lower a person’s blood pressure. A ) interacting B ) integrating C ) migrating D ) merging

53. The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 1960s, traveled worldwide for many years, _______ cultural barriers.

A ) transporting B ) transplanting C ) transferring D ) transcending

54. In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly _______ him of much of his sight. A ) relieved B ) jeopardized C ) deprived D ) eliminated

55. Weight lifting, or any other sport that builds up your muscles, can make bones become denser and less _______ to injury.

A ) attached B ) prone C ) immune D ) reconciled

56. He has _______ to museums hundreds of his paintings as well as his entire personal collection of modern art. A ) ascribed B ) attributed C ) designated D ) donated

57. Erik’s website contains _______ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videos from his trip around the globe. A ) prosperous B ) gorgeous C ) spacious D ) simultaneous

58. Optimism is a _______ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depression and longer life. A ) trail B ) trait C ) trace D ) track

59. The institution has a highly effective program which helps first-year students make a successful _______ into college life.

A ) transformation B ) transmission C ) transition D ) transaction

60. Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which _______ the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.

A ) distort B ) reinforce C ) exert D ) scramble

61. The term “glass ceiling” was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate _______. A ) seniority B ) superiority C ) height D ) hierarchy

62. Various efforts have made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, including observing lights in the sky and _______ animal behavior.

A ) abnormal B ) exotic C ) absurd D ) erroneous

63. Around 80 percent of the _______ characteristics of most white Britons have been passed down from a few thousand Ice Age hunters.

A ) intelligible B ) random C ) spontaneous D ) genetic

. Picasso gained popularity in the mid-20th century, which was _______ of a new attitude towards modern art. A ) informative B ) indicative C ) exclusive D ) expressive

65. The country was an island that enjoyed civilized living for a thousand years or more with little _______ from the outside world.

A ) disturbance B ) discrimination C ) irritation D ) irregularity

66. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and _______. A ) stability B ) capability C ) durability D ) availability

67. Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz _______ the world with his extraordinary three-wheeled motor vehicle.

A ) inhibited B ) extinguished C ) quenched D ) stunned

68. If we continue to ignore the issue of global warming, we will almost certainly suffer the _______ effects of climatic changes worldwide.

A ) dubious B ) drastic C ) trivial D ) toxic

69. According to the theory of evolution, all living species are the modified _______ of earlier species. A ) descendants B ) dependants C ) defendants D ) developments

70. The panda is an endangered species, which means that it is vary likely to become _______ without adequate protection.

A ) intact B ) insane C ) extinct D ) exempt 2007年6月完形填空

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on ____ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell. Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often, it is ourselves. So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult. 62. 63. . 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. A) ToB) ByC) OnD) For

A) freshB) obviousC) apparentD) evident A) visualB) vividC) liveD) lively A) littleB) lessC) moreD) much

A) reluctanceB) rejectionC) denialD) decline A) naturalB) worldC) socialD) human

A) revisingB) refiningC) rebuildingD) retrieving A) reviewB) reminderC) conceptD) prospect

A) preparingB) protestingC) protectingD) prevailing A) neverB) everC) thenD) before A) upB) downC) overD) out

A) merelyB) rarelyC) incidentallyD) accidentally A) surgeB) spurC) surfD) splash

A) ensuedB) tracedC) followedD) occurred A) whichB) whereC) whatD) when

A) enoughB) certainC) conclusiveD) final A) butB) asC) thatD) those

A) exileB) evacuateC) dismissD) displace A) rideB) trailC) pathD) track

A) conventionsB) notificationsC) communicationsD) negotiations

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In 1915 Einstein made a trip to G ttingen to give some lectures at the invitation of the mathematical physicist David Hilbert. He was particularly eager—too eager, it would turn (62)—to explain all the intricacies of relativity to him. The visit was a triumph, and he said to a friend excitedly, “I was able to (63) Hilbert of the general theory of relativity. ” () all of Einstein’s personal turmoil（焦躁）at the time, a new scientific anxiety was about to (65). He was struggling to find the right equations that would (66) his new concept of gravity, (67) that would define how objects move (68) space and how space is curved by objects. By the end of the summer, he (69) the mathematical approach he had been (70) for almost three years was flawed. And now there was a (71) pressure. Einstein discovered to his (72) that Hilbert had taken what he had learned from Einstein’s lectures and was racing to come up (73) the correct equations first. It was an enormously complex task. Although Einstein was the better physicist, Hilbert was the better mathematician. So in October 1915 Einstein (74) himself into a month-long frantic endeavor in (75) he returned to an earlier mathematical strategy and wrestled with equations, proofs, corrections and updates that he (76) to give as lectures to Berlin’s Prussian Academy of Sciences on four (77) Thursdays.

His first lecture was delivered on Nov. 4. 1915, and it explained his new approach, (78) he admitted he did not yet have the precise mathematical formulation of it. Einstein also took time off from (79) revising his equations to engage in an awkward fandango (方丹戈双人舞)with his competitor Hilbert. Worried (80) being scooped（抢先），he sent Hilbert a copy of his Nov. 4 lecture. “I am (81) to know whether you will take kindly to this new solution, ”Einstein noted with a touch of defensiveness.

62. A) up B) over C) out D) off 63. A) convince B) counsel C) persuade D) preach . A)Above B)Around C)Amid D)Along 65. A) emit B) emerge C) submit D) submerge

66. A) imitate B) ignite C) describe D) ascribe 67. A) ones B) those C) all D) none 68. A) into B) beyond C) among D) through 69. A) resolved B) realized C) accepted D) assured 70. A) pursuing B) protecting C) contesting D) contending 71. A) complex B) compatible C) comparative D) competitive 72. A) humor B) horror C) excitement D) extinction 73. A) to B) for C) with D) against 74. A) threw B) thrust C) huddled D) hopped 75. A) how B) that C) what D) which 76. A) dashed B) darted C) rushed D) reeled 77. A) successive B) progressive C) extensive D) repetitive 78. A) so B) since C) though D) because 79. A) casually B) coarsely C) violently D) furiously 80. A) after B) about C) on D) in

81. A) curious B) conscious C) ambitious D) ambiguous 2008年6月完形填空

Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S. economy 62 during the’ 90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology _63_. But how? In the late’ 90s, the answer schemed obvious: Indians. __ all, Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would _65_ Indians to Germany just as America does: by _66_ green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and _67_ that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. _68_, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the _69_ would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later _70_ half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was _71_.

I told the German official at the time that I was sure the _72_ would fail. It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy, _73_ I understood something about green cards, because I had one (the American _74_). The German Green Card was misnamed, I argued, _75_ it never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost _76_ path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record). The official _77_ my objection, saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these people citizenship. “We need young tech workers,” he said. “That’s what this program is all _78_.” So Germany was asking bright young _79_ to leave their country, culture and families, move thousands of miles away, learn a new language and work in a strange land—but without any _80_ of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a signal, one that was _81_ received in India and other countries, and also by Germany’s own immigrant community. 62. A) soar B) hover C) amplify D) intensify 63. A) circuit B) strategy C) trait D) route . A) Of B) After C) In D) At 65. A) import B) kidnap C) convey D) lure

66. A) offering B) installing C) evacuating D) formulating 67. A) conferred B) inferred C) announced D) verified 68. A) Specially B) Naturally C) Particularly D) Consistently 69. A) quotas B) digits C) measures D) scales 70. A) invariably B) literally C) barely D) solely 71. A) repelled B) deleted C) combated D) abolished 72. A) adventure B) response C) initiative D) impulse 73. A) and B) but C) so D) or

74. A) heritage B) revision C) notion D) version 75. A) because B) unless C) if D) while 76. A) aggressive B) automatic C) vulnerable D) voluntary

77. A) overtook B) fascinated C) submitted D) dismissed 78. A) towards B) round C) about D) over

79. A) dwellers B) citizens C) professionals D) amateurs 80. A) prospect B) suspicion C) outcome D) destination 81. A) partially B) clearly C) brightly D) vividly 2008年12月完形填空

Individuals and businesses have legal protection for intellectual property they create and own . intellectual proper _62_from creative thinking and may include products, 63 processes, and ideas. Intellectual property is protected misapproprition(盗用)Misappropriation is taking the Intellectual propetty of others withour ____65____ compensation and using it for monetary gain.

Legal protection is provided for the ___66___of intellectual propetty. The three common types of legal protection are patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Patents provide exclusive use of inventions. If the u.s patent office __67__ a patent, it is confirmind that the intellectual property is ___68____. The patent prevents others from making ,using, or selling the invention without the owner’s __69___ for a period of 20 years.

Copyright are similar to patents __70___that they are applied to artistic works. A copyright protects the creator of an __72___artisitic or intellectual work, such as a song or a novel. A copyright gives the owner wxclusive rights to copy, __72___ display, or perform the work . the copyright prevents others from using and selling the work , the __73___ of a copyright is typically the lifetime of the author74 an additional 70 years. Trademarks are words, names, or symbols that Identify the manufacturer of a product and 75 it from similar goods of others. A servicemark is similar to a trademark 76 is used to identify services. A trademark prevents others from using the 77 or a similar word, name, or symbol to take advantage of the recognition and 78 of the brand or to create confusion in the marketplace. 79 registration, a trademark is usually granted for a period of ten years. It can be 80 for additional ten-year periods indefinitely as 81 as the mark’s use continues.

62 retrieves deviates results departs

63 services reservers assumptions motions for with by from

65 sound partial due random 66 users owners masters executives 67 affords affiliates funds grants 68 solemn sober unique universal

69 perspective permission conformity consensus 70 except besides eyond despite

71 absolute alternative original orthodox 72 presume stimulate nominate distribute 73 range length scale extent 74 A) plus C) via B) versus D) until

75 A) distract C) distinguishB)differ D) disconnect 76 A) or C) so B) but D) whereas

77 A) identical C) literal B) analogical D) parallel 78 A) ambiguity C) popularity B) utility D) proximity 79 A) From C) BeforeB) Over D) Upon

80 A)recurred C) recalled B) renewed D) recovered

81 A)long C) farB)soon D) well 答案

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Some historian say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency (总统任期) in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system. It was a __62__ project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human __63__ as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower’s interstate highways ____ the nation together in new ways and __65__ major economic growth by making commerce less __66__. Today, an information superhighway has been built—an

electronic network that __67__ libraries, corporations, government agencies and __68__. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, __69__ it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.

The Internet had its __70__ in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which __71__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __72__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), __73__ mission is to promote science, took over.

This new NSF network __74__ more and more institutional users, may of __75__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __76__ the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network __77__ became a connector for thousands of other networks. __78__ a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.

So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure (基础设施) on which web __79__ move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded __80__ research network.

Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying intuitions of many sorts together __81__ an “information superhighway.”

62. A) concise C) massiveB) radical D) trivial

63. A) behaviors C) inventionsB) endeavors D) elements . A) packed C) suppressedB) stuck D) bound

65. A) facilitated C) mobilizedB) modified D) terminated 66. A) competitive C) exclusiveB) comparative D) expensive 67. A) merges C) relaysB) connects D) unifies

68. A) figures C) individualsB) personalities D) humans 69. A) and C) orB) yet D) while

70. A) samples C) originsB) sources D) precedents

71. A) stood by C) stood againstB) stood for D) stood over 72. A) exchange C) switchB) bypass D) interact 73. A) their C) whenB) that D) whose

74. A) expanded C) attractedB) contracted D) extended 75. A) what C) theseB) which D) them

76. A) joined C) participatedB) attached D) involved 77. A) moreover C) likewiseB) however D) then 78. A) With C) InB) By D) As

79. A) contexts C) messagesB) signs D) leaflets 80. A) citizen C) amateurB) civilian D) resident 81. A) into C) overB) amid D) toward

答案62. C63. B. D65. A66. D67. B68. C69. A 70. C71. B72. A73. D74. C75. B76. A77. D78. D79. C80. B81. A 2009年12月完形填空

McDonald's, Greggs, KFC and Subway are today named as the most littered brands in England as Keep Britain Tidy called on fastfood companies to do more to tackle customers who drop their wrappers and drinks cartons (盒子) in the streets.

Phil Barton, chief executive of Keep Britain Tidy, 62 its new Dirty Pig campaign, said it was the first time it had investigated which 63 made up “littered England” and the same names appeared again and again. “We

litterers for dropping this fast food litter 65 the first place but also believe the results have pertinent (相关的) messages for the fast food 66 . Mc￣Donalds, Greggs, KFC and Subway need to do more to 67 littering by their customers.” He recognised efforts made by McDonalds, 68 placing litter bins and increasing litter patrols, but its litter remained “all too prevalent”. All fast food chains should reduce 69 packaging, he added. Companies

could also reduce prices 70 those who stayed to eat food on their premises, offer moneyoff vouchers (代金券) or other 71 for those who returned packaging and put more bins at 72 points in local streets, not just

outside their premises. A 73 for McDonalds said: “We do our best. Obviously we ask all our customers to dispose of litter responsibly.” Trials of more extensive, allday litter patrols were 74 in Manchester and Birmingham. KFC said it took its 75 on litter management “very seriously”, and would introduce a programme to reduce

packaging 76 many products. Subway said that it worked hard to 77 the impact of litter on communities，

78 it was “still down to the 79 customer to dispose of their litter responsibly”. Greggs said it recognised the “continuing challenge for us all”, 80 having already taken measures to help 81 the issue. 62. A) elevating B) conveningC) launchingD) projecting 63. A) signalsB) signsC) commercialsD) brands . A) condemnB) refuteC) uncoverD) disregard 65. A) aroundB) towardC) in D) off

66. A) industryB) careerC) professionD) vocation 67. A) exclude B) discourageC) suppressD) retreat

68. A) incorporating B) includingC) comprisingD) containing 69. A) unreliableB) unrelatedC) unimportant D) unnecessary 70. A) for B) aboutC) with D) to

71. A) accessoriesB) meritsC) incentivesD) dividends 72. A) curious B) mysteriousC) strangeD) strategic 73. A) narrator B) spokesmanC) mediatorD) broker 74. A) in seasonB) at riskC) off handD) under way

75. A) responsibility B) liabilityC) commission D) administration 76. A) around B) byC) on D) above

77. A) divert B) minimizeC) degradeD) suspend 78. A) if B) whetherC) so D) but

79. A) individualB) concreteC) unique D) respective 80. A) except B) withoutC) despiteD) via 81. A) deal B) tackleC) cope D) dispose

答案62-71 BDBAC ADCDB 72-81 CADBB CACAD 2010年6月完形填空

A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such __62__ tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people __63__ it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been ____ us for a long time. \"Most experts agree that the changes were __65__ to something in the environment,\" says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a __66__ of the green.

The new research, __67__ in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn't the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer __68__ identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood __69__ means more places for kids to play – which is __70__ since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children's activity levels. But green space is good for the mind __71__: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive __72__ for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading __73__ in a green setting improved kids' symptoms.

__74__ to grassy areas has also been linked to __75__ stress and a lower body mass index (体重指数) among adults. And an __76__ of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater longevity (长寿) among senior citizens.

Glass cautions that most studies don't __77__ prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they're nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U. S. House of Representatives __78__ the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors.

Finding green space is not __79__ easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take __80__ of what's there. Your children in particular will love it – and their bodies and minds will be __81__ to you.

62. A) findings B) theses C) hypotheses D) abstracts 63. A) adapt B) attribute C) allocate D) alternate . A) amongst B) along C) beside D) with 65. A) glued B) related C) tracked D) appointed

66. A) scraping B) denying C) depressing D) shrinking 67. A) published B) simulated C) illuminated D) circulate 68. A) at B) to C) for D) over

69. A) fully B) simply C) seriously D) uniquely 70. A) vital B) casual C) fatal D) subtle 71. A) still B) already C) too D) yet

72. A) benefits B) profits C) revenues D) awards 73. A) outward B) apart C) aside D) outside

74. A) Immunity B) Reaction C) Exposure D) Addiction 75.A) much B) less C) more D) little

76. A) installment B) expedition C) analysis D) option

77. A) curiously B) negatively C) necessarily D) comfortably 78. A) relieved B) delegated C) approved D) performed 79. A) merely B) always C) mainly D) almost

80. A) advantage B) exception C) measure D) charge 81. A) elevated B) merciful C) contented D) grateful

答案62.A findings 63.B attribute .D with65.B related 66.D shrinking67.Apublished 68.B to 69.B simply 70.A vital 71.C too 72.A benefits 73.D outside 74.C Exposure 75.Bless 76.C analysis 77.C necessarily 78.C approved 79.B always 80.A advantage81.D grateful 2010年12月完形填空

America’s most popular newspaper website today announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a close. The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to 62 plans for a paywall around its digital offering, 63 the accepted practice that internet users will not pay for news.

Struggling an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, The New York Times 65 to introduce a “metered” model at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have 66 a set number of its online articles per month.

The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper 67 the charging side of an increasingly wide chasm (鸿沟) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not 68 internet readers, and certain papers, 69 London’s Evening Standard, have gone further in abandoning readership revenue by making their print editions 70 .

The New York Times’s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 71 that the move is a gamble: “This is a 72 , to a certain degree, in where we think the web is going.”

Boasting a print 73 of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, 74 the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. 75 most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 76 national scope—as well as 16 bureaus in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and 77 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world.

But 78 many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a 79 financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 80 a loss of $70 million in the nine

months to September and recently accepted a $250 million 81 from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to strengthen its balance sheet.

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A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such __62__ tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people __63__ it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been ____ us for a long time. \"Most experts agree that the changes were __65__ to something in the environment,\" says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a __66__ of the green.

The new research, __67__ in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn't the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer __68__ identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood __69__ means more places for kids to play – which is __70__ since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children's activity levels. But green space is good for the mind __71__: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive __72__ for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading __73__ in a green setting improved kids' symptoms.

__74__ to grassy areas has also been linked to __75__ stress and a lower body mass index (体重指数) among adults. And an __76__ of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater longevity (长寿) among senior citizens.

Glass cautions that most studies don't __77__ prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they're nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U. S. House of Representatives __78__ the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors.

Finding green space is not __79__ easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take __80__ of what's there. Your children in particular will love it – and their bodies and minds will be __81__ to you.

62. A) findings B) theses C) hypotheses D) abstracts 63. A) adapt B) attribute C) allocate D) alternate . A) amongst B) along C) beside D) with

65. A) glued B) related C) tracked D) appointed

66. A) scraping B) denying C) depressing D) shrinking 67. A) published B) simulated C) illuminated D) circulated 68. A) at B) to C) for D) over

69. A) fully B) simply C) seriously D) uniquely 70. A) vital B) casual C) fatal D) subtle 71. A) still B) already C) too D) yet

72. A) benefits B) profits C) revenues D) awards 73. A) outward B) apart C) aside D) outside

74. A) Immunity B) Reaction C) Exposure D) Addiction 75. A) much B) less C) more D) little

76. A) installment B) expedition C) analysis D) option

77. A) curiously B) negatively C) necessarily D) comfortably 78. A) relieved B) delegated C) approved D) performed 79. A) merely B) always C) mainly D) almost

80. A) advantage B) exception C) measure D) charge 81. A) elevated B) merciful C) contented D) grateful

答案62.A finding 63.B attribute .D with 65.B related 66.D shrinking

67.A published 68.B to 69.B simply 70.A vital 71.C too 72.A benefits 73.D outside 74.C Exposure 75.B less 76.C analysis 77.C necessarily 78.C approved 79.B always 80.A advantage 81.D grateful