1、第1某些:词汇选项(第115题,每题1分,共15分)下面共有15个句子,每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线,请从每个句子背面所给4个选项中选取1个与划线某些意义最相近词或短语。1. The majority of people around here aredecent.A. real B. honest C. normal D. wealthy答案:B2. The curriculum was too narrow and toorigid.A. hidden B. traditional C. inflexible D. official答案:C3. The committee was
2、asked torendera report on the housing situation.A. furnish B. copy C. publish D. summarize答案:A4. Afterwards there was just a feeling oflet-down.A. excitement B. disappointment C. anger D. calm答案:B5. Several windows had beensmashed.A. cleaned B. replaced C. fixed D. broken答案:D6. The worstagoniesof th
3、e war were now beginning.A. pains B. parts C. aspects D. results答案:A7. London quickly became aflourishingport.A. major B. large C. successful D. commercial答案:C8. She felt that she had done her gooddeedfor the day.A. homework B. justice C. model D. act答案:D9. He led a verymorallife.A. human B. intelli
4、gent C. natural D. honourable答案:D10. His stomach felthollowwith fear.A. sincere B. respectful C. empty D. terrible答案:C11. It was a majic night until thespellwas broken.A. time B. charm C. space D. opportunity答案:B12. His professional careerspanned16 years.A. started B. changed C. moved D. lasted答案:D1
5、3. They are trying toidentifywhat is wrong with the present system.A. discover B. prove C. consider D. imagine答案:A14. His knowledge of French isfair.A. very useful B. very limited C. quite good D. rather special答案:C15. The group does notadvocatethe use of violence.A. limit B. regulate C. oppose D. s
6、upport答案:D第二某些:阅读判断下面短文后列出了7个句子,请依照短文内容对每个句子做出判断:如果该句提供是对的信息,请选取A;如果该句提供是错误信息,请选取B;如果该句信息文中没有提及,请选取C。So Many EarthsThe Milky Way (银河) contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support lifethats the finding of a new study. It draws on date that came from NASAs topplanet-hunting telescope.A
7、mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service. Keplerhad played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars. Its datahave been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy. Thetelescope focused on hunting planets that might
8、have conditions similar to those onEarth.The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy ofsciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars, with a mass andtemperature similar to the Sun, may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet
9、 would have a diameter at least as large as Earths, but no more than twicethat big . The planet also would have to orbit in a stars habitable zone. Thats where thesurface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from
10、studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them. The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate (推算) to the rest of the stars that thetelescope could not see .The estimate is rough, the authors admit. If applied to the solar system, it woulddefine as habitable a zone
11、starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as faraway as Mars. Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distantpast). Using tighter limits, the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100Sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world. These are ones
12、 that would take 200 to 400days to complete a yearly orbit.Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesnt sound like a big number. It would mean,however, that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with achange for life.16. The Kepler space telescope has been in service for 15
13、years.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:C17. The main task of the Kepler space telescope is to find out planets with similar conditions to Earths.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:A18. The planet that could support life might be a little bit smaller than Earth.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentione
14、d答案:B19. The Earth is planet orbiting in the Suns habitable zone.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:A20. The new finding is based on a thorough study of 170,000 stars in the Milky Way.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:B21. The estimate of the number of planets that could support life is not ver
15、y accurate.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:A22. This is the first research finding about the planets with a chance for life.A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案:C第三某些:概括大意与完毕句子阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试,任务:(1)1-4题规定从所给4个选项中为段每段选取1个对的小标题;(2)第5-8题 规定从所给5个选项中选取4个对的选项,分别完毕每个句子。Climate Change : The Long Reac
16、h1 . Earth is warming. Sea levels are rising. There s more carbon in the air, and Arctic iceis melting faster than at any time in recorded history. Scientists who study the environment tobetter gauge (评估) .Earths future climate now argue that these changes may not reverse for a very long time .2 . P
17、eople burn fossil fuels like coal and oil for energy. That burning releases carbon dioxide, a colorless gas . In the air , this gas traps heat at Earths surface . And the more carbon dioxidereleased , the more the planet warms . If current consumption of fossil fuels doesnt slow ,the long-term clima
18、te impacts could last thousands of years-and be more severe than scientists had been expecting. Climatologist Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers this conclusion in a new paper.3. Most climate-change studies look at whats going to happen in the next century or so .During that t
19、ime, changes in the planets environment could nudge(推动) global warmingeven higher. For example: Snow and ice reflect sunlight back into space. But as these melt,sunlight can now reach- and warm the exposed ground . This extra heat raises the airtemperature even more, causing even more snow to melt.
20、This type of rapid exaggerationof impacts is called a fast feedback.4. Zeebe says its important to look at fast feedbacks. However, he adds, they re limited.From a climate change perspective, This century is the most important time for the nextfew generations, he told Science News “But the world is
21、not ending in 2100”. For his newstudy. Zeebe how focuses on “slow feedbacks”. While fast feedback events unfold over decades or centuries, slow feedbacks can take thousands of years. Melting of continental ice sheets and the migration of plant life - as they relocate to more comfortable areas - are
22、two examples ofslow feedbacks.5. Zeebe gathered information from previously published studies investigating how such processes played out over thousands of years during past dramatic changes in climate. Thenhe came up with a forecast for the future that accounts for both slow and fast feedback proce
23、sses. Climate forecasts that use only fast feedbacks predict a 4.5 degree Celsius (8.1 degreeFahrenheit) change by the year 3000. But slow feedbacks added another 1.5 -for a 6 total increase, Zeebe reports. He also found that slow feedback events will cause global warming to persist for thousands of
24、 years afterpeople run out of fossil fuels to burn.23. Paragraph 2 _ 答案:B24. Paragraph 3 _ 答案:C25. Paragraph 4 _ 答案:F26. Paragraph 5 _ 答案:AA. A prediction of future climate changeB. Impact of burning fossil fuelsC. Fast feedbacksD. Unpredictability of feedback processesE. Rising of sea levelsF. Slow
25、 feedbacks27. Arctic ice has never been melting so fast in _ 答案:F28. Melting of snow and ice enables sunlight to reach _ 答案:E29. Zeebe came up with his future climate prediction by analyzing _ 答案:D30. After fossil fuels are used up, global warming will continue for _ 答案:BA. rapid exaggeration of imp
26、actsB. a very long timeC. the extra heatD. previously published studiesE. the exposed groundF. recorded history第4某些:阅读理解(第3145题,每题3分,共45分)下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题。请依照短文内容,为每题拟定1个最佳选项。第一篇 Eye-tracker Lots You Drag and Drop Files with a GlanceBored of using a mouse? Soon youll be able to change stuff on your
27、 computer screen and then move it directly onto your smartphone or tablet(平板电脑) with nothing more than a glance.A system called EyeDrop uses a head-mounted eye tracker that simultaneously records your field of view so it knows where you are looking on the screen. Gazing at an object a photo, say and
28、 then pressing a key, selects that object. It can then be moved from the screen to a tablet or smartphone just by glancing at the second device, as long as the two are connected wirelessly.The beauty of using gaze to support this is that our eyes naturally focus on content that we want to acquire, s
29、ays Jayson Turner, who developed the system with colleagues at Lancaster University, UK.Turner believes EyeDrop would be useful to transfer an interactive map or contact information from a public display to your smartphone or for sharing photos.A button needs to be used to select the object you are
30、looking at otherwise you end up with the Midas touch(点石成金) effect, whereby everything you look at gets selected by your gaze, says Turner. Imagine if your mouse clicked on everything it pointed at, he says.Christian Holz, a researcher in human-computer interaction at Yahoo Labs in Sunnyvale, Califor
31、nia, says the system is a nice take on getting round this fundamental problem of using gaze-tracking to interact. EyeDrop solves this in a slick (机灵)way by combining it with input on the touch devices we carry with us most of the time anyway and using touch input as a clutching mechanism, he says. T
32、his now allows users to seamlessly(无缝地) interact across devices far and close in a very natural manner.While current eye-trackers are rather bulky, mainstream consumer devices are not too far away. Swedish firm Tobii is developing gaze-tracking technology that can be installed in laptops and tablets
33、 and is expected to be available to buy next year. And the Google Glass headset is expected to include eye-tracking in the future.Turner says he has also looked at how content can be cut and pasted or drag-and-dropped using a mix of gaze and taps on a touch screen. The system was presented at the Co
34、nference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia in Sweden, last week.31. The eye-tracker technology enables us to_A. change our computer screen.B. focus on anything that interests us.C. get a smartphone connected wirelessly.D. move an object from screen with a glance.答案:D32. Why is a button needed?A. T
35、o minimize the cost of EyeDrop.B. To choose as many objects as possible.C. To make EyeDrop different from others.D. To select what we want.答案:D33. The word “this” in Paragraph 6 refers to_A. application of gaze-tracking in human-computer interaction.B. interaction between human and computer.C. combi
36、nation of gaze-tracking with input on touch devices.D. generalization of EyeDrop system.答案:C34. Which of the following statement is true of eye-trackers for consumer devices.A. They are costly.B. They are available.C. They are installed in Google Glass headset.D. They are expected to come out soon.答
37、案:D35. What is Turner likely to study next?A. How to drag and drop with gaze and taps.B. How to present the system in public.C. How to get touch screen involved.D. How to cut and paste content from a public display.答案:C第二篇 The Mir Space StationThe Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in at las
38、t after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986,
39、and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to1 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six mo
40、nths each2. They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project va
41、luable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.A debate continues over Mirs contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and earned scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.3 Experiments on Mir arc
42、 credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single sta
43、y in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid4, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.Despite the many fir
44、sts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir, In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mirs
45、 reputation as a space station was ruined.Mirs setbacks arc nothing, though5, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible.
46、But its time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir.36. We can learn from the passage that the Mir Space StationA. was designed to last over 5 years.B. played host to 7 astronauts from different countries.C. was
47、visited only by Americans.D. was built by Russians.答案:D37. One of the contributions Mir makes to science is that, itA. help astronauts get close to Mars.B. enables scientists to develop new scientific equipment.C. sets a record of the longest single human stay in space.D. shows that multinational op
48、erations in space are less expensive.答案:C38. What happened to Mir in 1997?A. it ran out its fund.B. it was completely damaged by fire.C. its reputation was ruined due to power failures.D. its main computer system broke out.答案:D39. It can be inferred from the last paragraph thatA. space exploration will not experience set