----Can we borrow books from the library when it is completed ?
----Of course. It is _________ to every citizen only if you get a special card.
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A．accessible |
B．acceptable |
C．reasonable |
D．available |
I guess you could say that I am “one in a million”______, there are not many people like me.
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A．In a word |
B．In other words |
C．What’s more |
D．Believe it or not |
It came as _____ great shock to us that many people lost their lives in _____ latest earthquake in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province.
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A．a; a |
B．a; the |
C．/ ; the |
D．the ; / |
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分写作（共两节,满分35分）
第一节对话填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）
认真阅读下面对话, 并根据各题所给的首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
M: Hi, Rebecca, haven’t seen you for (76) y_____! You seem to have lost a lot 76. _________
in the weight.
W: Yes, I have. I have been on a (77) d______ and exercising a lot. 77. ________
M: There will be a baseball game in the stadium this afternoon. Would you
like to (78) w ______ it ? 78. ________
W: No, I think baseball games are (79) b______. 79. _________
M: Do you like volleyball?
W: Yes, I do, but I (80) p ___ soccer to volleyball. 80. _________
M: Did you (81) e___ _ play soccer in high school? 81. _________
W: Yes, I was on the school team. We were required to (82) p______ four 82. ________
hours a day.
M: Did you often play (83) a______ other school and play well? 83. _________
W: Yes, we often did. We almost always won the championship.
M: You (84) m______ have had very good teamwork. 84. _________
W: Yes, we did. Teamwork is the most (85) i______ element（因素）in winning. 85. __________
For the most part, schools are designed to produce people who fit into society, not people who set out to change it. However, schools, particularly universities, may not only spread culture; they may add to the cultural heritage(遗产). Today American society places a good deal of emphasis on the development of new knowledge, especially in the physical and biological sciences , medicine, and engineering. In the recent years, the nation’s leading universities have increasingly become research centers.
An emphasis（强调）on research has led universities to judge professors not by abilities as teachers, but as researcher. promotions(提升), salary increases , and other benefits have long been dependent on research and publication. However, the most important is no longer publishing. To be successful these days, professors have to bring in money provided by government and private industry. Critics claim that academic(学术) success is most likely to come to those who have learned to“ignore”their teaching duties to pursue research activities. Defenders say that even when students themselves are not involved in research projects they benefit from such an emphasis on research.
Major research universities like the Massachustts Institute of Technology have also cooperated with industrial companies to develop technology and products with commercial potential(潜能).With university-industry ties continuing to grow, debate（辩论）has increased about the consequences for basic science, academic openness, the control of information, the direction of research, and the influence on students.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT emphasized by today’s American society?
A. Physical science. B. Biological science.
C. Engineering. D. Computer science.
2. In the present standard, a successful professor is one who can____.
A. teach well
B. get financial support for research
C. get the highest salary
D. have many publications
3. Supporters of the present emphasis on research argue that_____.
A. it involves more students in it.
B. it does good to students anyway.
C. it has a direct good effect on teaching
D. it earns a lot of money for a university
4. The author seems to be_____ the move of emphasis to research.
A. totally against B. sorry to see C. in favor of D. neutral (中立) about
Electricity shortage leaves Afghanistan in the dark. Electricity is in short supply in the Middle Eastern Nation of Afghanistan. Only 6 percent of the country’s residents have electric power, according to the Asian Development Bank, an organization that works to reduce poverty.
Some residents in Kabul received only 3 hours of electricity a day last fall. Others received none. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. “It’s dark everywhere,” says city resident Gul Hussein. “Some of our neighbours are using candles.”
Experts say water shortage is partly to blame. Water is used to make electricity. In Kabul, power becomes scarce in midsummer, when the region’s hydroelectric(水力发电的) dams dry up. Hydroelectricity is made by the force of falling water.
Kabul’s growing population is also a cause. Since the late 1990s, the city’s population has jumped from less than 1 million to more than 4 million people. Now even more electricity is needed.
Despite receiving millions of dollars in international aid, the country’s electricity shortages continue. Still, Afghans hope for a solution. One plan is to import, or bring in, power from the nearby country Uzbekistan. Afghan officials also spoke with U.S. president about the nation’s need to make its own electricity.
“ Life takes power,” says Jan Agha, a worker from Kabul. “If you have electricity, life is good; but if there’s no electricity, you go around like a blind man.”
1.One reason for electricity shortage is _________
A. the lack of international aid
B. the shortage of hydroelectric dams
C. the increase of population
D. the low temperature in midsummer
2. Which of the following will probably a solution for the problem of electricity shortage?
A. To build more hydroelectric dams.
B. To advise people to use less electricity.
C. To buy electricity from America.
D. To produce electricity on its own.
3. What does the underlined word “scarce” mean in paragraph 3?
A. not normal B. not little C. not effective D. not enough
4. Which one should be the best title for the passage?
A. Water Shortage in Afghanistan B. Population Lead to Lack of Electricity
C. Electricity Shortage in Afghanistan D. Help Needed in Afghanistan
