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Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __1__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __2__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __3__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __4__ to work together before everything goes to hell.
Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __5__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a review of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __6__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __7__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __8__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __9__ the
storm, the quake or the __10__ itself. More often, it is ourselves. So what has happened in the year that __11__ 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 __12_ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __13__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __14__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __15__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiations with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.
1 A) To B) By C) On D) For 2. A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident 3. A) little B) less C) more D) much 4. A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline 5. A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving 6. A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing 7. A) never B) ever C) then D) before 8. A) up B) down C) over D) out 9. A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally 10. A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
11. A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred 12. A) which B) where C) what D) when 13. A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final 14. A) but B) as C) that D) those 15. A) ride B) trail C) path D) track 【参考答案】
1-5 B、A、D、A、C； 6-10 C、B、D、B、A 11-15 C、B、A、C、A
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply-all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That \"something special\" was man 4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 . He is not necessarily working 11 that his finding can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make
something that has a concrete 13 . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result; the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science might not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.
1. A. cases B. reasons C. factors D. situations 2. A. But B. And C. Besides D. Even 3. A. else B. near C. extra D. similar
4. A. generating B. effective C. motivation D. creative 5. A. origins B. sources C. bases D. discoveries 6. A. employed B. created C. operated D. controlled 7. A. came B. arrived C. stemmed D. appeared 8. A. less B. better C. more D. worse 9. A. genuine B. practical C. pure D. clever
10. A. happily B. occationally C. reluctantly D. accurately 11. A. now B. and C. all D. so
12. A. seldom B. sometimes C. usually D. never
13. A. plan B. use C. idea D. means 14. A. of B. with C. to D. as
15. A. single B. sole C. specialized D. specific
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During recent years we have heard much about \"race\": how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and so on. Yet, the whole phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indications. We judge race usually __1__ the coloring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and a black race. But _2__ you were to remove the skin you could not __3__ anything about the race to which the individual belonged. There is __4__ in physical structure, the brain or the internal organs to __5__ a difference.
There are four types of blood. __6__ types are found in every race, and no type is distinct to any race. Human brains are the __7__. No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belonged. Brains will __8__ in size, but this occurs within every race. Nor does size have anything to do with intelligence. The largest brain once examined belonged to a person of weak __9__. On the other hand, some of our most distinguished, people have had __10__ brains. Mental tests which are reasonably __11__ show no differences in
intelligence between races. High and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race. __12__ equal educational advantages, there will be no difference in average standings, either on account of race or geographical location.
Individuals of every race __13__ civilization to go backward or forward. Training and education can change the response of a group of people and enable them to behave in a peculiar way.
The behavior and ideals of people change according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something new __14__ is better and higher than anything _15__ the past.
1. A. in B. from C. at D. on 2. A. since B. if C. as D. while 3. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. mention
4. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything 5. A. display B. indicate C. demonstrate D. appear 6. A. All B. Most C. No D. Some 7. A. same B. identical C. similar D. alike 8. A. remain B. increase C. decrease D. vary 9. A. health B. body C. mind D. thought 10. A. big B. small C. minor D. major 11. A. true B. exact C. certain D. accurate 12. A. Provided B. Concerning C. Given D. Following
13. A. make B. cause C. move D. turn
14. A. that B. what C. whichever D. whatever 15. A. for B. to C. within D. in
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Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food __1__ it is badly cooked. The __2__ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an __3__ served meal will often improve a child´s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never _4__ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother _5__ vegetables in the child´s hearing, he is __6__ to copy this procedure. Take it _7__ granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a __8__ dislike. At meal times it is a good __9__ to give a child a small portion and let him __10__ back for a second helping rather than give him as __11__ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child _12__ meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not __13__ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food __14__ he can hurry back to his toys. Under __15__ circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.
1. A .if B. until C. that D. unless 2. A. procedure B. process C.way D. method
3. A. adequately B. attractively C. urgently D. eagerly 4. A. remark B. tell C. discuss D. argue 5. A. opposes B. denies C. refuses D. offends 6. A .willing B. possible C. obliged D. likely 7. A. with B. with C. over D. for
8. A .supposed B. proved C. considered D. related 9. A. point B. custom C. idea D. plan 10. A. ask B. come C. return D. take 11. A. much B. little C. few D. many 12. A. on B. over C. by D. during
13. A. agree B. allow C. force D. persuade 14. A. so B. until C. lest D. although 15. A. some B. any C. such D. no
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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 massive project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human __1__ as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower´s interstate
highways __2__ the nation together in new ways and __3__ major economic growth by making commerce less __4__. Today, an information superhighway has been built-an electronic network that __5__ libraries, corporations, government agencies and individuals. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, __6__ it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.
The Internet had its __7__ in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called Arpanet, which __8__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __9__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), __10__ mission is to promote science, took over.
This new NSF network attracted more and more institutional users, may of __11__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __12__ the NSF network had intercampus computer networks. The NSF network then became a connector for thousands of other networks. __13__ 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 __14__ move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded __15__ research network. Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying intuitions of many
sorts together into an \"information superhighway.\"
1. A. behaviors B. endeavors C. inventions D. elements 2. A. packed B. stuck C. suppressed D. bound 3. A. facilitated B. modified C. mobilized D. terminated 4. A. competitive B. comparative C. exclusive D. expensive 5. A. merges B. connects C. relays D. unifies 6. A. and B. yet C. or D. while
7. A. samples B. sources C. origins D. precedents 8. A. stood by B. stood for C. stood against D. stood over 9. A. exchange B. bypass C. switch D. interact 10. A. their B. that C. when D. whose 11. A. what B. which C. these D. them 12. A. joined B. attached C. participated D. involved 13. A. With B. By C. In D. As 14. A. contexts B. signs C. messages D. leaflets 15. A. citizen B. civilian C. amateur D. resident 2011同等学力申硕英语考前精选练习题附答案：1-5 BDACB 6-10 ACBAD 11-15 BADCB
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