A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the   1  was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of   2   as a result of exhausted battery (無電) . Nothing could be done but to   3   in cold wilderness (荒野). It was eight hours later that day broke, and then   4   of the rescue (援救).
It is almost   5   that he could stand （忍受）the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his   6  : “First of all, I checked up my   7     conditions and found myself not in mortal (致命的) danger. As there was no   8   to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from   9  . In this way I dozed (瞌睡) off.”
His story put an end to my regret (遺憾) for the   10   of an exploration adventure (探險(xiǎn)) that happened last year. A group of young men   11   to explore a mountain cave and got lost.   12   to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of   13  . Finally they felt dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the   14   people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the   15   of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to   16   themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (閃爍) not far away.
Don’t you think you can compare it with   17   itself? When you meet with difficulty in life and work, you are lost in darkness.   18   you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle   19 . It seems to be a negative （消極）attitude,   20   a person who can afford to do so must have foresight (遠(yuǎn)見) as well as a great courage in the first place.
小題1:
A．hopelessB．worstC．more D．best
小題2:
A．service B．wayC．controlD．work
小題3:
A．cryB．lieC．waitD．sleep
小題4:
A．delayB．successC．teamD．a(chǎn)rrival
小題5:
A．untrueB．unimaginable C．trueD．useless
小題6:
A．planB．decisionC．explanation D．excuse
小題7:
A．physicalB．mentalC．working D．medical
小題8:
A．energy B．wayC．tools D．strength
小題9:
A．rottingB．spreading C．hurtingD．bleeding
小題10:
A．lossB．failure C．disappointmentD．sadness
小題11:
A．hadB．managed C．triedD．meant
小題12:
A．WillingB．UnableC．DeterminedD．Deciding
小題13:
A．hearingB．sightC．feeling D．direction
小題14:
A．rescueB．villageC．localD．brave
小題15:
A．endB．topC．openingD．side
小題16:
A．saveB．helpC．stopD．calm
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)dventureB．workC．lifeD．mankind
小題18:
A．MindB．WatchC．ImagineD．Warn
小題19:
A．reallyB．immediately C．carefullyD．hopefully
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．soC．butD．while

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:D
小題17:C
小題18:A
小題19:B
小題20:C

試題分析：當(dāng)你的一生中遇到困難時(shí)，在黑暗中迷失了方向，在狀況還沒有搞清楚之前，你先不要急著去掙扎，這看起來是一種消極的態(tài)度，但是能夠做到這一點(diǎn)的人必需要有遠(yuǎn)見，并且在一開始就要有極大的勇氣。
小題1:此處突出強(qiáng)調(diào)狀況之“糟”。他動(dòng)不了，更為糟糕的是他不能求救。選B
小題2:因?yàn)殡姵赜帽M，手機(jī)不能用了，go out of work意為“不工作”。out of service當(dāng)“停止服務(wù)”講，out of order當(dāng)“混亂”講。選D
小題3:此處表示除了“等”之外，別無選擇。此處是固定句型nothing can be done but do, 相當(dāng)于have no choice but to do從作者敘述的朋友在深夜受傷但非常鎮(zhèn)靜這一事實(shí)可知其他動(dòng)詞不合題意。選C
小題4:從后文看，作者的朋友最終獲救了，因此此處應(yīng)是援救“到來”了。“耽誤”不合題意，因?yàn)樽髡咭呀?jīng)說明朋友沒有辦法呼救;此處作者強(qiáng)調(diào)的也不是“成功”。選D
小題5:在黑夜里如此長(zhǎng)時(shí)間忍受恐懼，作者認(rèn)為這是令人“無法想象的”。作者此處是在贊揚(yáng)朋友在那樣的情況下能如此鎮(zhèn)靜，其他選項(xiàng)不合題意。選B
小題6:這是指朋友后來的“解釋”。從后文可以排除其他選項(xiàng)，此處不是朋友的“借口”，更不是“計(jì)劃”和“決定”。選C
小題7:在受傷的情況下，檢查的應(yīng)是“身體的”狀況，后面“沒有生命危險(xiǎn)”也印證了這一點(diǎn)。“精神的”，“工作的”，“醫(yī)療的”在此都不合語境。A
小題8:此處指做事情的“方式”，應(yīng)用way,指沒有辦法呼救。method多表示解決問題的具體“方法”。如：his studying method。B
小題9:因?yàn)榕笥言谲嚨溨惺芰酥貍譀]法“呼救”，因此應(yīng)實(shí)施自救，阻止傷口“流血”。D
小題10:從后文可知，探險(xiǎn)“失敗”了。loss的意思是“損失”，不合題意。B
小題11:探險(xiǎn)沒有成功，因此此處只能是“嘗試”去做。manage to do sth. 表示“設(shè)法干成了某事”，與整個(gè)事情的結(jié)局矛盾。C
小題12:從后文“這群年輕人亂作一團(tuán)”可知，他們找不到出口。其他選項(xiàng)“決心”，“愿意”等不合邏輯。B
小題13:由這群年輕人迷路可知，他們亂跑一氣，沒有了“方向”感。D
小題14:發(fā)現(xiàn)年輕人失敗真相的應(yīng)是“營(yíng)救”人員。由具體的語境可排除其他選項(xiàng)，此處不是指“當(dāng)?shù)氐娜恕�，作者�?qiáng)調(diào)的也不是“勇敢的人”。A
小題15:從后面“亮光閃爍”可知，這兒指的是“出口”，故用opening。C
小題16:作者強(qiáng)調(diào)的就是人們處于危急或困境時(shí)應(yīng)“保持鎮(zhèn)靜”，故用calm。D
小題17:作者由上述兩個(gè)事例聯(lián)想到“生活”。life意義最具有概括性。作者把上述的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和教訓(xùn)與人們的實(shí)際生活聯(lián)系起來，其他選項(xiàng)都太片面。C
小題18:mind sb. 當(dāng)“提醒某人”講。處于迷茫狀態(tài)時(shí)，你應(yīng)該提醒自己情況不明朗，不要輕舉妄動(dòng)。watch“注視、監(jiān)視”;imagine“想象”不合題意;warn“警告”語氣太強(qiáng)，用在此處也不合適。A
小題19:作者強(qiáng)調(diào)人們?cè)谔幱谖＜被蚶Ь硶r(shí)應(yīng)“保持鎮(zhèn)靜”，不要輕舉妄動(dòng)，因此不必“立即”去斗爭(zhēng)。其他副詞都偏離了作者所表達(dá)的中心。B
小題20:前后文構(gòu)成的是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。這種態(tài)度似乎是消極的，但卻表現(xiàn)了一個(gè)人的智慧和勇氣。理順了上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，就能排除其他選項(xiàng)的干擾。C
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介于記敘文和議論文之間，要注意故事發(fā)展的細(xì)節(jié)，注意上下文串聯(lián)和語法分析，因?yàn)樵诒疚闹姓Z法分析題考查較多。注意各種小詞的辨析。
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A．growing rice and corn .B．raising cattle.
C．commercial trade.D．making gold coins.
小題4:If you want to know about the history of banking in China, which of the following places should you visit?
A．Sunrise Prosperity.B．Zhengguo Temple.
C．A lacquer ware store. D．A commercial house.

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Now let’s look ourselves as a species in relation to ecosystem balance.Modern scientists believe that humankind, like other animals, evolved(進(jìn)化) through millions of years of changes and adaptations to the environment and that our most direct evolutionary ancestor was probably an earlier species of the primate(monkey, ape) group. Despite this similarity with other creatures, however, the evolution of humankind differs from that of other species in one important and unique way.
In other species, evolution has led to specialization, both in the species abilities and in its place within the environmental structure. For example, the giraffe is much adapted to feeding on treetops, but it is also specialized and thus limited to feeding on trees and shrubs. Only with great difficulty can it bend down to graze on the ground. Similarly, the anteater is extremely well adapted to eating ants but is unable to catch or eat other animals. The same is true for countless other species.
For humankind it is opposite. Our evolution had led to a very generalized ability. Our highly developed intelligence and ability to make and handle tools mean that we can do almost anything. Humans evolved in such a way that we are able to move into every environment on Earth and even into space. No natural competitor offers great resistance, and other natural enemies such as disease have been controlled.
Said another way, we see in humankind a great imbalance between biological potential and environmental resistance. The result is the rapidly increasing world population, frequently referred to as the population explosion. Further, to support our growing population, natural ecosystems are being increasingly displaced by human habitations, agriculture, and other human supporting activities.
小題1:From the passage we can infer that in the course of evolution _______.
A．humankind is very important to earlier species, such as the primate group
B．human beings are limited by the environment while animals are not
C．human beings become more and more different from each other
D．humankind has experienced a generalization rather than specialization in ability
小題2:According to the passage, primate includes such animals as _______.
A．monkeys and anteatersB．tigers and apes
C．a(chǎn)pes and monkeysD．monkeys and giraffes
小題3:According to the passage, evolution has made it possible for humans to _______.
A．increase the population
B．resist natural offers
C．go to the moon
D．cure all diseases
小題4:According to the author, imbalance between biological potential and environ mental resistance has resulted in _______.
A．the population explosion
B．the destruction of human habitations
C．the growth of natural ecosystem
D．the specialization of humans

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When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure—and so soon—that another ant is dead.
One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behaviour. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientist who studies animals and plants. He found that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, “I'm dead—take me away” when it is dead.
But there's a question to answer: As we know, if an ant is dead, it stops moving. But when an ant is sleeping or knocked unconscious, it is also not moving. However, other ants don't move the living ant out of the nest. How do they know this ant is not dead? Choe found that ants have another chemical on their bodies, which tells nearby ants something like, “Wait—I'm not dead yet” when it is not dead. Choe suspects that when an ant dies, the chemical that says, “Wait I'm not dead yet” quickly goes away. When other ants detect the “dead” chemical without the “not dead yet” chemical, they move away the body.
To test his theory , Choe and his team put different chemicals on ants. When the scientists used the “I'm dead” chemical, other ants quickly moved the treated ant away. When the scientists used the “Wait—I'm not dead yet” chemical, other ants left the treated ant alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the “not dead yet” chemical overrides the “dead” chemical when picked up by other ants. And that when an ant dies, the “not dead yet” chemical fades away. Other nearby ants then detect the remaining “dead” chemical and remove the body from the nest.
Understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing problems.
小題1:What is the function of the first paragraph?
A．Leading the following paragraphs.
B．Showing the main idea of the passage.
C．Introducing the background of the passage.
D．Giving a summary of the passage.
小題2:Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “overrides” in the fourth paragraph?
A．is weaker thanB．is stronger thanC．is better thanD．is worse than
小題3: What can we learn from the passage?
A．Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.
B．When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.
C．A living ant can pretend to be dead using a special chemical.
D．Ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.
小題4:Which of the following descriptions about Dong-Hwan Choe is right?
A．Choe did this study in order to stop ants from invading new places.
B．Choe is a biologist who is only interested in animals, especially in ants.
C．Choe first came up with an idea to explain this ant behavior，and then did some tests to prove his theory.
D．Choe did the research on this ant behavior on his own

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