第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
以下是一些新闻报道的信息：
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A．Science magazine published the study about orangutans. The scientists collected evidence from years of observations in six areas on Borneo and Sumatra. The scientists found that the animals demonstrated a total of twenty-four signs of cultural activity. Several actions were demonstrated in some orangutan groups, but not others. |
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B．The Environmental Investigation Agency and Telapak released the report. Telapak is an environmental group based in Indonesia. The Environmental Investigation Agency operates in several countries. The two groups say Indonesia controls ten percent of the world's tropical rainforests. |
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C．Richard Sandor is the chairman of the C-C-X. He praised the companies forming the group for demonstrating leadership. He said they believe that an active way to deal with global warning helps everyone. The group said its members want to reduce costs they may face from future rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Trading credits may help businesses find the most effective methods to reduce pollution. Members also hope to improve their public image on environmental issues. |
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D．Their most detailed effort involved ninety-nine kinds of birds, insects and plants in North America and Europe. They found that the territory where these plants and animals live has moved north by an average of six kilometers every ten years. In Europe, some butterflies now live as much as one hundred kilometers to the north because of changes linked to higher temperatures. |
E. The new report says many areas experienced unusual weather in two thousand and two. Most of Asia, for example, was warmer than usual. India had unusually high temperatures in April and May. The extremely hot weather caused hundreds of deaths. There also were extremely dry conditions across India. Parts of Africa experienced unusual heavy rains. Yet other areas in Africa had unusual dry weather.
F. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Hydrogen is a colorless gas. On Earth, it is present in large amounts in natural gas, coal, plants and water. By weight, hydrogen produces the highest energy levels of any known fuel. When burned in an engine, hydrogen releases no harmful pollution into the environment. When powering a fuel cell, the only waste is water. However, hydrogen is difficult to store. It also burns easily.
请阅读以下新闻信息，然后匹配上面新闻相关的报道内容：
51. A severe ocean storm hit South Korea in August. It set a new national record for rainfall. In central Europe, more than one hundred people died in flooding caused by heavy rainfall in September. The flooding also resulted in thousands of millions of dollars in property damage. Yet large parts of North and South America had extremely dry weather.
52. One member of the Chicago Climate Exchange is American Electric Power. It's the biggest owner of electric power producers in the United States. Company officials say they hope their company's membership will demonstrate the ability of the C-C-X to grow.
53. For example, members of some groups make a kissing noise by tightening their mouths and sucking in air. Some groups use leaves to clean themselves or protect their hands from sharp objects. The scientists found that some of the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees. Other orangutans use leaves to crush insects or gather water.
54. Professors Parmesan and Yohe used similar methods to examine one hundred and seventy-two kinds of wildlife. They examined the timing of events in the spring, such as the appearance of flowers and the reproduction of animals. They found that these events happened an average of two days earlier than normal every ten years.
55. They say illegal operations to remove trees are causing large areas of forest to disappear. Environmental Investigation Agency director Dave Currey says the illegal operations are completely out of control.
第二节：语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
I have a 12-year-old son who is kind and helpful. And he is showing great interest 26 growing plants. I have been helping him plant flowers, vegetables and just plants in general since spring arrived.
When 27 (plant) a bunch of flowers one Saturday afternoon , I found that there were two flowers 28 (leave) in my son’s basket. My son decided to take them to the little house next door 29 an elderly woman lived by herself and didn’t seem to have much company. I watched him as he went up to her door, rather 30 (hesitant ) because he didn’t know her, and he quietly left the flowers 31 her doorstep so that she would get 32 the next time she went outside.
The next morning we were pleased to find that she 33 (plant) the flowers in a pot by the door. They looked really beautiful. 34 it was a small thing , it was important as my son has learnt to do good for 35 . He said to me, “It feels really good to do things for other people.”
第二部分：语言知识及运用 第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going．It’s our responsibility to 16 the customer．
I remember my first waiter job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon，the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP group were coming for lunch. The group were 17 VIPs in the city’s fashion industry．
After the group arrived and got 18 comfortably, drinks were ordered. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had never done wine service, nor had l ever served a group of twelve．
I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I set one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had 19 my grip and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and lay in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group．
Quickly, the manager 20 my aid and helped in the clean-up and sent out their drinks right away. I didn’t understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman 21 informed me it was OK.
My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, learn from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can’t show your 22 or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your 23 up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”
I understood why he was truly a well-respected restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His 24 relationship with the group made the situation 25 and the group forgave me for that．
16．A. welcome B. feed C. invite D. please
17．A. let in as B. made up of C. added up to D. recognized as
18．A. introduced B. satisfied C. seated D. dressed
19．A. got B. caught C. forgot D. lost
20．A. took over B. came to C. gave up D. rushed against
21．A. repeatedly B. regretfully C. impatiently D. angrily
22．A. apology B. excitement C. nervousness D. carelessness
23．A. nose B. face C. head D. hand
24．A. new B. famous C. terrible D. close
25．A. calm B. comfortable C. special D. possible
第二节：根据所学课文，用合适词语填空，使句子意思通顺，语法正确。（10分）
71 I can still remember the moment ________ the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening.
72 A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it __________ (deliver) to her house every day.
73 So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually _________(improve) his theory until he felt it was complete.
74 The Christian Church rejected his theory, _______ (say) it was against God’s idea and people who supported it would be attacked.
75 Finally the English government tried in the early _________ (twenty) century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.
76 ______ their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (e.g., the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.
77 To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers _____, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
78 The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we _______ (lie) relaxed and dreaming.
79 However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached ______ looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
80 During the ________ (explain) I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpads” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbons.
第四部分（词汇，语法和写作）
第一节：根据所给中文意思或首字母，用Unit1-3所学单词填空，使句子意思通顺，语法正确。（10分）
61 But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people e________ to cholera.
62 In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so ________（严重的） that more than 500 people died in ten days.
63 They had been given free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to b_______.
64 His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to punish his ideas, but Copernicus was ________ (谨慎的).
65 It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not a________ visitors.
66 For historical ________ (建筑) you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.
67 There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It looked s________ when first built!
68 I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself __________ (不断地) that I am really in AD3008.
69 At first my new surroundings were difficult to _______（忍受）
70 Nothing is wasted, and everything, even plastic bags, is r_______.
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷标号为61—65的空格中，选项中有一项为多余选项。
首先, 请阅读下列的应用文
A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards are one of the most film honors in Asia. Founded in 1962, golden horses were initially awarded for local excellence. They’ve since been extended to professionals from the mainland and Hong Kong.
B. The establishment of the Academy (and its awards system) has had a major effect and influence upon the film industry, due to the enormous boost a nomination or award (for a film or actor) creates, by giving prestige and bottom- line profits to a studio or performer.
C. In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in Paris. Among its four closely-written pages, less than one refers to the donation which was destined to link his name with the supreme achievements of the modern world in science and literature and the cause of peace. In the will, Nobel made his lifelong love of literature clear, as one of the prizes was to be awarded to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”
D. Regarded as China’s Nobel Prize by those in the Chinese scientific circle, the Supreme State Science and Technology Award was established in 1999 to honour scientists who make remarkable contributions to the progress of science and the commercialization of technological findings. The top honour is bestowed on no more than two individuals each year and the prize is presented by the president.
E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize was created due to Mao Dun’s wish that outstanding novels should be encouraged and communist literature should be promoted. It is one of the most honorable literature awards in China.
F. The Fields Medal plays the most importance in the world of mathematics. It is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every four years at ICM. It is accompanied by strict conditions. Only those mathematicans below the age of 40 are eligible to receive it. This is because they are meant to encourage future endeavour.
请阅读以下获奖者或获奖作品的信息, 然后匹配
获奖者或获奖作品和适合他们的奖项:
On 2003 July 16, The American-Chinese Writers’ Association declared their nomination (提名) of Wang Meng, a contemporary Chinese writer and vice chairman of the China Writers’ Association, to the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm a candidate for the 2003 Prize.
“Red Poppy” has been widely acclaimed as one of the best novels written in China this century even before it won the prize. It tells about the rise and fall of a Tibetan landlord’s family, and the relationship between the Tibetan region and other parts of China.
Winning were geologist Liu Dongsheng and space and aviation scientist Wang Yongzhi. The two were rewarded for their decades of dedication to China’s development of geological and environmental science and satellite and aircraft engineering science, respectively.
Andrei Okounkov won the prize “for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry”
Charlize Theron, born in South Africa, who gave a career-making performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, won best actress.
获奖者或获奖作品 奖项
56. Wang Meng A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards
57. Red Poppy B. Academy Awards
58. Liu Dongsheng & Wang Yongzhi C. Nobel Prize in Literature nominee
59. Andrei Okounkov D. The Supreme State Science and Technology Award
60. Charlize Theron E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize
F. The Fields Medal
