B sentences
1最近,几次有人在中国东北吉林省长白山的天池看见怪物,这使得怪物再次成为新闻.
2 他生称看见一个黑黑的,圆圆的动物在水中快速游动.
3 他们还认为,在世界其他地方的湖泊里也许有类似的生物.
4 他们说,水温这样低的湖泊不可能生存有体形如此巨大的动物.
5 虽然没人很清楚的看到过怪物，但有关的信息从上世纪末就有了。
6 因为天气不错湖面很平静，李晓和说她和家人可以很清楚的观看怪物。
7 龙可以是和善的或凶猛的，他们能带来好运或引起死亡和破坏。
8 在中国文化中，龙是慷慨智慧的，虽然有点神不可测。
9 有一个比较盛行的说法：如果你在龙年出生，你就会聪明勇敢而且具有与生俱来的领袖资质。
10 为什么在世界不同的地方龙有不同的特征？一些专家认为这是由于神话的起源不同。
Ⅲ Translate into Chinese
A. Phrases
1 接近,靠近2 生气
3 伸出4 再次成为新闻
5 看清楚某物6 看起来象
7 潜入水中8 远亲
9 不可能10 占地
11说实话12 适应,适合
13 灭绝14编故事
15 帮助弄清楚,阐明某事
16 开门见山
17 几乎一夜之间
18 选择,喜欢,攻击19 不同寻常
20 根据21 由于
22产生
ⅡVocabulary
Complete these sentences using the correct form of the words given below.
hair fright appear predict reputation positive indicate fortunate
1 The boy was ______ to death by the violent thunderstorm.
2 She was quiet ______ about the amount of money.
3 You never know how she will react: she is so_________.
4 He has established his good ________ as a writer.
5 A _______ chest sometimes is a symbol of strong for a man.
6 A red sky at night _______ fine weather the following day.
7 The plane __________ behind the cloud, so you couldn’t see it.
8 __________, he passed the examination.
9 The knife needs __________.
10 If we continue to destroy the countryside, more animals will become________.
B. Cultural corner
Dragon can be friendly or 1______, they can bring good luck or 2_______ death and destruction. For a creature that doesn’t actually exit, that’s 3_____.
In Chinese culture, dragons are 4______and wise, although they can be 5_________. The dragon was closely 6_________ to the royal family. According to popular 7_______, if you were born in the year of the 8_______, you are intelligent, brave and a natural leader.
But in the west, dragons had a different 9__________.
Why10________the dragon have a different character in different parts of the world? Some experts believe it is 11______to the animals the myths grow out of. In the west, the idea of the dragon probably came from the 12______. But in China, the idea of the dragon came from the 13_________, a good sign for 14_________. So the Chinese dragon was a 15_________ of good fortune.
ⅠFill in the blanks with the proper words.
A. Reading
The “monster of Lake Tianchi” is 1____ in the news again after several recent sightings. The monster seemed to be black 2___ color. It 3____out of the water like a seal. Although no one really got a clear 4____ at the mysterious creature, a local photographer 5_____ that its head looked like a horse.
In another recent 6______, a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal 7______ on the surface of the water. It was greenish-black creature and had round head 8______ 10-centimetre horns.
A third report came from Li Xiaohe. He claims to have seen the creature moving quickly through the water. After three or four hundred meters it 9_____ into the water. Ten minutes later the monster 10____ again and repeated the action.
There have been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the 11________ of the last century. Some photos have been 12______. Many people think that the monster may be a 13______ cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Scientists, however, are 14_______. They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.
Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world. It 15___an area of about 10 square kilometers.
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last he understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
36.A. truth B. hope C. future D. music
37.A. fact B. reason C. question D. well
38.A. energy B. hope C. mystery D. surprise
39.A. get B. count C. find D. open
40.A. instruments B. clothing C. food D. wood
41.A. connect B. have C. prepare D. offer
42.A. explanation B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
43.A. succeed B. discover C. pay D. understand
44.A. bitterness B. failure C. memory D. secret
45.A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared D. recovered
46.A. paid B. lost C. split D. caught
47.A. played B. broadcast C. enjoyed D. conducted
48.A. annoyed B. moved C. confused D. frightened
49.A. adviser B. director C. composer D. player
50.A. admiration B. distinction C. recognition D. imagination
51.A. those B. that C. it D. them
52.A. secret B. message C. theory D. benefit
53.A. target B. difficulty C. task D. shortcoming
54.A. interesting B. meaningful C. accessible D. successful
55.A. foreseen(预见) B. decided C. judged D. formed
