| Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired（退休），but she needed to keep 36 . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 37 with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 38 other old folks like her. By talking with them，she 39 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 40 . But old people also had some 41 . She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the years，she 42 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 43 ： Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus”， which was about 44 old . She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being 45 . Anna Douglas uses her 46 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 47 problems begin. For example，one of her 48 said that his grandchildren 49 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas 50 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren. “It's important to know 51 about your grandchildren's world，”says Mrs Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and 52 is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，”she continues. “Never try to 53 your grandchildren or other young people. Never 54 your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do. 55 ，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well. ”
| 36. A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy 37. A. service B. money C. students D. books 38. A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered 39. A. recognized B. followed C. enjoyed D. demanded 40. A. studied B. agreed C. gave D. used 41. A. mistakes B. problems C. questions D. characters 42. A. had B. ought C. was D. used 43. A. subject B. life C. way D. plan 44. A. getting B. respecting C. employing D. supporting 45. A. unknown B. refused C. misunderstood D. discouraged 46. A. thinking B. working C. writing D. leading 47. A. that B. when C. why D. whether 48. A. visitors B. readers C. listeners D. friends 49. A. got B. entered C. left D. passed 50. A. invented B. chose C. suggested D. imagined 51. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 52. A. listening B. speaking C. pleasing D. advising 53. A. praise B. scold C. trouble D. encourage 54. A. speak out B. give up C. get back D. stick to 55. A. Commonly B. Surprisingly C. Happily D. Naturally
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| Sometimes, we tried to do one thing, but met with another thing instead: something fortunate we never would have expected．That 1 to the Myers family on a visit to Madison． The Myers family, 2 their nicest wedding attire (盛装), decided to take a family photo in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building．Mr Myers put down his bag, found a nice sunny 3 in front of the building, told his wife and kids where to 4 , set his camera on a wall and pressed the timer button．He 5 to get into the picture．Three ．．．two ．．．one ．．．snap! A perfect shot! The surroundings matched them so well． Then Mr．Myers went to get his bag from where he’d left it, only to find the bag was gone．Inside were his cash, his credit cards, keys ．．．Mr．Myers ran around the building, but he didn’t see anyone with his bag．Mr．Myers glanced at all the fellows around, hoping to 46 something on their faces．Then a fellow in red caught his 7 ．The guy seemed to 8 Mr．Myers’ eyes．What’s more, he looked a little 9 ．But how could Mr．Myers 10 that he was the thief? Then a good 11 struck him at once．He quickly 12 his camera and looked at his photo carefully again, zooming (调焦) in this time: Sure enough, there was the thief, caught in the act on the left．Mr．Myers shouted 13 , “He is the thief!” But as he 14 , the fellow in red was missing．He showed the photo to police officers．After a few minutes, they found the thief and recovered the 15 bag． If they had moved a little to their left, the thief wouldn’t have been photographed．If the timer had been set just a second later, the camera might have only caught a blur of the fleeing man．Everything had lined up so perfectly．
| 1．A．meant B．happened C．led D．passed 2．A．dressed in B．glanced at C．showed off D．covered with 3．A．district B．house C．park D．spot 4．A．stand B．rest C．stay D．lie 5．A．waited B．rushed C．stopped D．decided 6．A．tell B．recognize C．test D．read 7．A．mind B．arm C．attention D．breath 8．A．avoid B．open C．attract D．cast 9．A．sad B．nervous C．curious D．worried 10．A．dream B．believe C．prove D．guess 11．A．explanation B．opinion C．excuse D．idea 12．A．turned on B．paid for C．passed by D．asked about 13．A．calmly B．excitedly C．coldly D．slowly 14．A．jumped out B．woke up C．walked out D．looked up 15．A．beautiful B．stolen C．expensive D．broken
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At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed ___16___ the world was ____17___ an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing, ____18___ is one hundred kilometers away. One - third of the nation felt it. ___19___ huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut __20____ houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from ____21____ (hole) in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay ___22___ ruins . Two-thirds of the people died or ____23___(injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left ___24___ parents. The number of people ___ 25____ were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
16.that 17. at 18.which 19.A 20. across
21. holes 22.in 23. were injured 24. without 25. who
below和under
below（介词和副词）和under（介词）两者的含义都是lower than（低于），有时可以互换使用，但under可以表示contact（接触）：
She put the letter under the pillow．
她把信放在枕头下。
The ice crackled under his feet．
冰在他的脚下劈啪作响。
below通常表示在两个表面之间有一定的间隔：
They live below us．
他们住我们楼下。（例如，我们住在第五层，他们住在四层。）
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the Bug-eyed Monster,embodying every feature that most people find repulsive.This is unfortunate because it degrades a worthwhile literary endeavor. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things. What is science fiction? To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates(以…为前提) a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion.
The first point that science fiction is a literary sub genre-is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic functions in much the same way as prose fiction in general, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels .
Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result to a particular combination of a narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would be for any other story or novel.
1.From the first paragraph, we can infer that science fiction has been most popular in the 20th century because ____.
A) with the growth of literacy, the size of the reading public has increased
B) competition from television has created a demand for more exciting fiction
C) science fiction is easier to understand than other kinds of fiction
D) the increased importance of technology has given science fiction an increased relevance
2.According to the definition in the passage, a fictional work that places human beings in a prehistoric world inhabited by dinosaurs____.
A) cannot be called science fiction because it does not deal with the future
B) cannot be called science fiction because it doesn’t deal with technology
C) can be called science fiction because it deals with man ’s relation to the world
D) can be called science fiction because it places people in an environment different from the one we know
3. Science fiction is called a literary subgenre because____.
A) it is not important enough to be a literary genre
B) it cannot be made into a dramatic presentation
C) it shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction
D) it has its limits
4.One implication of the final sentence in the passage is that____.
A) the reader should turn next to commentaries on general fiction
B) there is no reason for any reader not to like science fiction
C) the reader should compare other novels and stories to science fiction
D) those who can appreciate prose fiction can appreciate science fiction
5.An appropriate title for this passage would be____.
A) Man and the Universe
B) Toward a Definition of Science Fiction
C) A Type of Prose Fiction
D) The Bug-Eyed Monster
| As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been 71 only once for a woman who had merely fainted. But the 72 made me quite curious about how 73 this kind of thing happens I wondered what I would do if 74 with a real midair medical emergency-without access 75 a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So 76 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 77 a study about in flight medical events. I read it 78 interest. The study estimated that there are a(n) 79 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 80;fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 81 13% of them－roughly four a day－are serious enough to 82 a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 83 heart trouble. strokes, and difficulty breathing. Let’s face it: plane rides are 84.For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 85 they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 86 ,but passengers with heart disease 87 experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 88 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis， the so-called economy class syndrome (综合症).89 happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at 90 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks. | 71 A)called C)Informed B)addressed D)surveyed 72 A)Accident C)incident B)condition D)disaster 73 A)soon C)many B)long D)often 74 A)confronted C)identified B)treatedD)provided 75 A)for C)by B)to D)through 76 A)before C)when B)since D)while 77 A)collected C)discovered B)conducted D)published 78A)by C)with B)of D)in 79 A)amount C)sum B)average D)number 80 A)significant C)common B)heavyD)serious 81 A)For C)But B)On D)So 82 A)require C)engage B)inspire D)command 83 A)include C)imply B)confine D)contain 84 A)enjoyable C)tedious B)stimulatingD)stressful 85 A)whoC)which B)whatD)that 86 A)harshlyC)easily B)reluctantly D)casually 87 A)ought to C)used to B)may D)need 88 A)Any C)Other B)One D)Another 89A)Whatever C)Whenever C)Whichever D)Wherever 90A)mostC)least B)worstD)best |
答案与解析：
1.D。本题为细节推理题。见第一段的第三句话，“Instead, the basic interest ...relation between man and his technology ... the universe.”科幻小说的根本兴趣在于人与科技、人与宇宙的关系。依此推理，科幻小说之所以在二十世纪（相对与之前）最受欢迎是由于科技在二十世纪愈显重要。所以D为正确答案。A由于文化水平的提高，读者的规模扩大；B电视的竞争要求更富有刺激性的小说；C科幻小说比其他形式的小说更容易读懂；文中都未提到，为错误答案。
2.D。本题为细节推理题。见第一段最后一句，“science fiction ...postulates a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and...”科幻小说的是以变化为前提的… 由此可推断出，将人类置于全新环境的小说可以成为科幻小说，所以D为正确答案。A不能称为科幻小说，因为它没有涉及到未来，B不能成为科幻小说，因为没有涉及到科技；从文中的定义可知科幻小说不一定要涉及到未来和科技； C可以被成为科幻小说，因为涉及到人类与世界之间的关系；所有的小说都涉及到这个主题，所以不正确。
3.C。本题为细节推理题。 见第二段最后一句，“To say that science fiction is a sub-genre...shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.”科幻小说是文学的一种从属流派，因为它同其他小说一样，基本的特点和功能大致相同。由此可知，正确答案为C。A科幻小说不够重要，显然不对；B科幻小说不能以戏剧的形式表演，D科幻小说有局限性，都与原文旨意不符，为错误答案。
4.D。本题为细节推理题。文章最后一句话“In short, the reasons ... any other story or novel”阅读和欣赏科幻小说的原因，以及学习和分析科幻小说的方式，基本上同其他类型的小说是相同的。由此可推断出能够欣赏小说的人同样能够欣赏科幻小说, 所以正确答案为D。A读者应该求助于一般小说的评论；B)任何读者都没有理由不喜欢科幻小说；C读者应该将科幻小说同其他小说进行比较；都与原文不符，为错误答案。
5.B。本题为主旨概括题。文章主要讨论的是科幻小说的定义，所以B为正确答案。A人与宇宙； C小说的一种；D突眼怪物；与文章主旨不符，为错误答案。
答案与解析
71 A ) called 72 A) accident 73 D) often 74 A) confronted 75 B) to 76 C) when 77 D) published 78 C) with 79 B) average 80 D) serious 81 C) But 82 A ) require 83 A ) include 84 D) stressful 85 B ) what 86 C) easily 87 B) may 88 D) Another 89 A ) Whatever 90 C) least
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