unit 1 tales of the unexplained单元测评
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单元测评（150分）
Ⅰ. 听力(共30分)
第一节(共5小题；每题1分，共5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the woman mean?
A. She is unwilling to tell the man.
B. She knows the place well.
C. She doesn't know the place.
2. What is the man going to do with the change?
A. To park his car.
B. To make a phone call.
C. To buy something to eat.
3. What does the man think of Susan?
A. She is prettier and younger.
B. She is less pretty but younger.
C. She is less pretty and older.
4. Why won't the man's father be home for dinner?
A. To look after a sick person.
B. To take the place of someone.
C. To have dinner in the afternoon.
5. What is the relation between the speakers?
A. Couple. B. Friends. C. Partners.
第二节（6—10每题1分，11—20每题2分，共25分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6～7题。
6. How was the mother snake feeling when asked the question?
A. Puzzled. B. Interested. C. Disappointed.
7. Which frightens the young snake?
A. He is poisonous.
B. He is going to die.
C. He has lost his tongue.
听第7段材料，回答第8～10题。
8. What photos does Steve want?
A. Showing that he is writing.
B. Matching what he is writing.
C. Reflecting (反映) how he is writing.
9. When will Mike join Steve?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
10．Which of the following might Mike do?
A. Go shopping with the woman.
B. Have lunch with Nick Friday.
C. Work over lunch time.
听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。
11. What did the man do with his car?
A. He failed to start it.
B. He managed to start it.
C. He could easily start it.
12. What do you know about the man?
A. He preferred to leave his car outside.
B. He was too poor to get a garage.
C. He had recently moved his house.
13. What was the weather like last night?
A. It was colder than the day before.
B. It was colder than ever before.
C. It was warmer than reported.
听第9段材料，回答第14～16题。
14. Why can't Elaine Strong answer the phone?
A. She's attending a meeting.
B. She's out of the office.
C. She's talking with another customer.
15. What does the man want the woman to send?
A. Information on after-sales service.
B. A picture of the newest computers.
C. A list of software products.
16. What is the man's telephone number?
A. 560-1287. B. 560-1288. C. 560-2187.
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。
17. What do you learn about Mother's Day?
A. It is celebrated now in every part of the world.
B. It is not celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May everywhere.
C. It is celebrated to honor all the women in some families.
18. When was Mother's Day first celebrated in the US?
A. In 1907. B. In 1908. C. In 1914.
19. Who decided Mother's Day to be celebrated nationwide?
A. Anna Jarvis. B. Public officials. C. Woodrow Wilson.
20. What do all the children do on Mother's Day?
A. Give gifts to their mothers.
B. Pay a visit to their mothers.
C. Send cards to their mothers.
答案：1～5 C.A.C.B.A. 6～10 A.B.B.A.C. 11～15 B.C.A.B.A.?16～20 A.B.C.C.A.
Ⅱ. 单项选择(共15小题；每题1分，共15分)
21. Don't you _______ looking for trouble, Maria？
A. go B. come C. get D. try
提示：用go doing这一结构表示惊讶，在此意为“莽撞（或愚蠢）到某一程度”。
答案：A
22. Mike's parents were pleased to see that he had made _______ in his studies.
A. great progress B. a great progress
C. the great progress D. great progresses
提示：progress为不可数名词，不能与不定冠词连用。短语make progress in sth.意为“在……取得进步（进展）”。
? 答案：A
23. _______ in the sky were the moon and numerous stars on this starry night.
A. Seeing B. Seen C. To see D. Being seen
提示：此句采用倒装句型，正常语序为“The moon and numerous stars were seen in the sky on this starry night.”可见，是将seen移至句首。
答案：B
24. The murderer was sentenced to death _______ today's newspaper.
A. according to B. due to
C. thanks to D. owing to
提示：due to, thanks to, owing to均表示原因，而according to today's newspaper的意思是“据报纸报道”。
答案：A
25. He won't finish his work until next week, so there is no _______ of his coming back this week.
A. use B. need C. possibility D. doubt
提示：从句意看是“本周无返回的可能性”，故用possibility.
答案：C
26. _______, he left the manager's office without any result.
A. Disappointing B. Being disappointed
C. Disappointed D. Being disappointing
提示：从句子结构和句意看，是他感到失望而离开办公室，因此用含被动意义的过去分词表示一种状态。being done这一形式作状语时往往强调一个正在发生的被动动作。
答案：C
27. She must have gone out early, for she did not _______ for breakfast.
A. show around B. show off
C. show out D. show up
提示：show up意为“露面，出现”，符合句意：由早餐时没见到她而推测她很早就出去了。
答案：D
28. Mary _______ here homework since seven and it'll take another two hours to finish it.
A. has done B. is doing
C. has been doing D. has been done
提示：表示从过去某一时间开始，延续到现在且还会继续下去的动作，用现在完成进行时。如用现在完成时，则表示说话时该动作已完成。
答案：C
29. All the passengers on board _______ the captain.
A. are in charge of B. are in the charge of
C. take charge of D. take the charge of
提示：be in charge of和take charge of表示“负责、管理”，be in the charge of意为“由……负责/管理/照料”。本句根据句意使用后者。
答案：B
30. The girl cried out in a _______ voice at the sight of a big poisonous snake.
A. frightened B. frightening
C. puzzled D. puzzling
提示：句意为“女孩见到毒蛇时发出的应是惊恐而不是令人困惑的声音”。a frightened voice表示“某人因惊恐而发出的声音”，a frightening voice应理解为“令人害怕的声音”。
? 答案：A
31. Don't believe his story. It was _______ by that boy.
A. shown up B. turned up
C. given up D. made up
提示：四个短语意义分别为：show up“露面”；turn up“调高（音量）”；give up“放弃”；make up“虚构”。
答案：D
32. He _______ late for school three times this month.
A. is B. was C. will be D. has been
提示：说话时间包括在this month内，有“本月至现在为止”的意思，所以用现在完成时。
答案：D
33. The happy children _______ the coast, which they would see for the first time in their lives.
A. made their way on B. made their ways towards
C. were making their way for D. were making their way to
提示：make one's way to/towards意为“朝……行进”，其中way不用复数形式。
答案：D
34. Whenever I arrive home from work I will first _______ my favourite DVD and then begin cooking.
A. turn on B. lay down C. open up D. put on
提示：put on在此意为“打开；播放”。turn on的对象可以是一种“set(机)”，而不是DVD。
答案：D
35. It was three months _______ the Smiths returned form abroad.
A. since B. before C. after D. until
提示：如用该句表示“Smith一家从回来到现在已有三个月了”，应说“It is/has been three months since...”。现用before引导时间状语从句，字面意思是“回国前有三个月的时间”，可译为“三个月后，史密斯一家从国外归来”。
答案：B
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共20小题；每题1分，共20分)
Sometimes I wonder if college and I were meant for each other. ? 36 ? days, many people ? 37 ? that they think a college diploma(文凭)is ? 38 ? only the paper on which it is ? 39 ?.
?Those people may be ? 40 ?. My father tells me that all his friends and ? 41 ? have done fine without ? 42 ?. In many ? 43 ? he and they are very ? 44 ?. To anyone who measures his ? 45 ? by big cars, large houses and good clothes, a college degree ? 46 ? be worth his time. ? 47 ?, for my friends and ? 48 ?, success means ? 49 ? else. Every one of us wants ? 50 ? for his life than just ? 51 ? things. Sure, those things are very nice and comfortable, but we think ? 52 ? of them. So although we ? 53 ? have large houses and diamonds, the people whom I ? 54 ? and I will always have our knowledge. You can lose your ? 55 ?, but knowledge remains.
36. A. Some B. These C. Those D. Many
37. A. doubt B. expect C. say D. understand
38. A. worth B. not C. necessary D. important
39. A. printed B. painted C. drawn D. written
40. A. clever B. rich C. Crazy D. right
41. A. he B. I C. mine D. we
42. A. any money B. any medicine
C. college degrees D. anyone's help
43. A. colleges B. cities C. roads D. ways
44. A. important B. successful C. well D. interesting
45. A. knowledge B. friends C. Degree D. success
46. A. mustn't B. may not C. should D. used to
47. A. However B. Later C. Otherwise D. Then
48. A. my father B. me
C. college students D. them
49. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
50. A. knowledge B. diplomas C. less D. more
51. A. written B. expensive C. Useful D. material
52. A. more B. highly C. little D. a lot
53. A. may B. may never C. can D. always
54. A. live with B. teach C. respect D. hate
55. A. wealth B. friends C. lives D. diplomas
36.提示：从上下文中可见本文反映的是现在的情况，故用these days。
答案：B
? 37.提示：表示人们反映心中所想，用say。
? 答案：C
? 38.提示：从下文可见有的人对文凭的轻视，将其视为“一纸而已”，不值分文。
? 答案：A
? 39.提示：该纸上面印有文字，因此用printed。
? 答案：A
? 40.提示：从下面所举例子看，是证明上述说法的正确性，即right。
? 答案：D
? 41.提示：从“父亲”的角度出发，说的是“父亲及其朋友们”。此处he指my father。
? 答案：A
? 42.提示：college degrees与全文主题相吻合。
? 答案：C
? 43.提示：表示“在许多方面”，英语中说in many ways。
? 答案：D
? 44.提示：承接上文right, fine,因此用successful。
? 答案：B
? 45.提示：上句说到“成功”，此句说明学历对于以物质衡量成功与否之辈的无用。
? 答案：D
? 46.提示：从意义上看，表示的是“或许不值得花费时间”。从语法上讲，must表示推测不可用于否定句，而may可用于否定句。
? 答案：B
? 47.提示：下面反映的是作者这代人的想法，用however作为转折，表示对比。
? 答案：A
? 48.提示：上面讲的是“父亲及其朋友”，下面则是“我和我的朋友们”。
? 答案：B
? 49.提示：说明我辈与父辈对“成功”的不同看法，即其有着“另外的”意义。
? 答案：C
? 50.提示：除了物质，我们中的每个人想要“更多”的东西。
? 答案：D
? 51.提示：进一步说明两代人的区别：我辈所求的不只是父辈想得到的“物质的东西”。
? 答案：D
? 52.提示：从上下文可推断作者重知识、轻物质的态度，因此用think little表示“不屑一顾”。
? 答案：C
? 53.提示：应理解为“尽管可能不会拥有物质的东西，但却拥有知识”，“没有”与“有”形成对比。
? 答案：B
? 54.提示：作者崇尚知识，说的是自己与自己所崇敬的人，即有知识的人。
? 答案：C
? 55.提示：财富可能丢失，但知识却永在身旁。
? 答案：A
Ⅳ. 阅读理解(每个2分，共40分)
A
Here are a few tips we've put together to help you learn English well.
Speak, speak, speak!
Practise speaking as often as you can even speaking to yourself is good practice.
Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.
Why not learn with someone else?
It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. Agree times to meet and set goals for the week, and test each other regularly.
Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.
Practise improvising(即兴的)ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地), even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of the things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. A basic example is the use of tenses. If you don't know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word for ‘yesterday’. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.
Language learning is also about intuition(直觉).
Guesswork is an important strategy in learning a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up. For example, what do the speakers sound like? Happy? Angry? Calm? etc.
Build up your vocabulary.
A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don't try to learn too much at once. It's best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later. Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic.
And above all, have fun!
56. Why should one have himself recorded when practising speaking?
A. To improve his speaking.
B. To record his own progress.
C. To encourage others to start.
D. To compare himself with others.
57. Which of the following is the most important in learning English in the writer's opinion?
A. Speaking. B. Pleasure. C. Intuition. D. Vocabulary.
58. It is implied in the passage that _______ is helpful when you are learning English.
A. body language B. a good memory
C. a good friend D. a proper dictionary
59. According to the passage, one should _______ when learning English.
A. always work with other people
B. be able to guess everything new
C. often review what he has learnt
D. take little notice of grammar
60. Which of the following proverbs(谚语)doesn't seem always true in learning a language?
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. A good beginning is half done.
C. Rome is not built in a day.
D. Don't run before you can walk.
56.提示：Tip 1中指出，录音后经“compare(比较)”，达到“have another go”，即“better”。
? 答案：A
? 57.提示：根据末段“And above all, have fun”可见最重要的是“pleasure(=fun)”。
? 答案：B
? 58.提示：文中“Use facial expressions, hand movements”指的实质上就是“body language”。
? 答案：A
? 59.提示：Tip 5中的“come back to them，”即“温习；回顾”之意。
? 答案：C
? 60.提示：D项谚语是教人们做事要按部就班，而Tip 3中表明，如果你还不会用过去时，那就用现在时代替。可见该谚语在学习英语中并不适用。
答案：D
B
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, “Stop! That's our duck!”
The duck was the now famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film, The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and worn his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very easily. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody, like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational film about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared—there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
61. Who made Donald Duck cartoons?
A. Mickey Mouse. B. Clarence Nash.
C. Walt Disney. D. Pluto.
62. When did the first Donald Duck film appear?
A. In 1933. B. In 1934. C. In 1966. D. In 1965.
63. Who was Clarence Nash?
A. A cartoonist. B. A writer.
C. A filmmaker. D. A special-voiced man.
64. According to the passage, where do today's children see Donald Duck cartoons?
A. In a dictionary. B. At the cinema.
C. On television. D. In the theatre.
65. Why did people like Donald better than Mickey Mouse?
A. Probably because he was lazy and greedy.
B. Probably because he wasn't a goody-goody, like Mickey.
C. Probably because he lost his temper very easily.
D. Probably because he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews.
61.提示：从第一段可知Walt Disney为filmmaker,且Nash与Disney的工作关系。
? 答案：C
? 62.提示：第二段首句中含有所需信息。
? 答案：B
? 63.提示：可从第一段中了解到Nash具有unusual voice。
? 答案：D
? 64.提示：可从短文末段获取答案。
? 答案：C
? 65.提示：可根据第二段末句作出判断。
答案：B
C
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.
Successful and happy people have a vision of how their life should be and they set lots of goals (both short-term and long-range) to help them reach their vision. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It's like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which is laid out for her on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas and oil. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on(坚持到底)them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set, and they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals, ideals and visions really are. You are the one who must decide what to pursue and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract(合同)with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. ?Also when you write your goals in a particular fashion you are able to stimulate yourself to be continuously alert to situations that will further your goals.
66. The author gave the example of two drivers to show _______.
A. the foolishness of the first driver
B. the importance of having a map and right direction
C. the foolishness of the second driver
D. the importance of setting goals
67. According to this text, the most important thing in realizing one's ideal is to _______.
A. try to be realistic about one's ability
B. have a clear understanding of what he or she wants in life
C. let others understand him or her first, and then work together with them
D. let others help him or her to make his or her dream come true
68. If people want to reach their goals, they should _______.
A. write down their goals
B. sign a contract with other people
C. face the difficulties in front of them
D. discuss with others and ask for their help
66.提示：本文开头提出了主题importance of setting goals，其后所举例子显然是为主题服务的。
? 答案：D
? 67.提示：从第三段中的“Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals.”可推测答案。
? 答案：B
? 68.提示：第四段中告诉读者，研究人员所指出的“write a goal down”对于实现目标的作用。
答案：A
D
Garry Kasparov, the Russian grandmaster of chess(棋)who was the world champion(冠军), played a match against the IMB supercomputer Deep Blue. Mr. Kasparov lost the six-game encounter by a single game. Now almost six years later, Mr. Kasparov begins a match against an Israeli program, Deep Junior, the three-time world computer chess champion. The match will be played at the New York Athletic Club, and shown in real time on the Web at www. x3dworld. com. The play will start at 3:30 p. m. on Jan. 26, 28, and 30, and on Feb. 2, 5, and 7.
As early as 1957, Herbert A. Simon predicted (预言)that a machine would become the world chess champion in ten years. A game of chess is considered a calculation, and calculation, of course, is what computers are good at. The situation today is that both humans and machines can play world-class chess, but they do completely differently. Deep Junior examines three million positions per second. But even at that speed, it cannot generally see that far ahead. That is because the number of possible chess positions is staggering. There are some 85 billion ways of playing just the first four moves for each side. The strength of world-class human players lies in their ability to decide who stands better in a given position, and that ability is hard to build into a machine. Mr Kasparov admits that he examines only one to three moves a second, but he suspects that they are the strongest ones.
Although Deep Junior is much slower than the IBM computer, experts said it had more chess knowledge built into it. It clearly considers more elements in judging a position. “Junior is very humanlike,” Mr Kasparov said, “It's a computer version(转变)of me. It plays forcefully, imaginatively and takes risks. The match will be close, but I'm determined to win. One thing I know is that humans' days at the top of the chess world are limited. I give us just a few years. ”
69. Which of the following statements is true to the facts about Deep Junior?
A. It has already beaten three human players.
B. It cannot choose ways of playing freely.
C. Its strength lies in its speed of calculating.
D. It works much faster than Deep Blue.
70. What does the passage lead you to believe about the match between Kasparov and Deep Junior?
A. It's hard to tell who will win it.
B. It's likely that Kasparov will win it.
C. It's possible that the match has no result.
D. It's likely that Kasparov will lose it.
71. What conclusion can you draw according to the passage?
A. The balance between humans and computers will hardly be broken.
B. There will be no more hope for humans to beat computers soon.
C. There has never been any hope for humans to beat computers.
D. Human beings will always have advantages over computers.
72. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Let's Cheer for Both Sides.
B. A Final Chance for Human Beings.
C. Comparison Between Humans and Computer.
D. Chess Champion Faces New Computer.
69.提示：不难推测，在计算机技术日新月异的时代，Deep Junior比六年前的Deep Blue运行速度要快出许多。
? 答案：D
? 70.提示：从末段中“The match will be close”句可看出这将是一场势均力敌的比赛，胜负难以预测。
? 答案：A
? 71.提示：在末段中，世界冠军预测人类处于棋界之颠的日子已屈指可数，由此可作出推断。
? 答案：B
? 72.提示：综观全文，可见作者将人与计算机在下棋方面作了种种对比，故可得出答案。
答案：C
E
The Internet and the World Web(网)are great places to be right now. We use the word “place” because so many of the things you can do online are similar to the things you can do wherever people gather together—in homes, schools, libraries, shopping centers, or at family reunions or town meetings. The Net allows people to learn shop, find important information, and communicate, whether they're local, global or simply virtual(虚的).
The Web is useful. You can find old friends online. You can research and book flights, check the weather, find breaking news, find out information about schools and colleges. You can even place an order for books, CDs, computers and cars.
The Internet is also fun. You can write to old friends or check out their web pages, enjoy web-based soap operas, laugh at online jokes, join in a live Net Event, chat with other Internet surfers(漫游者), check to see if your name appears anywhere on the Web.
Millions of users log on to the Net every day, and it's not just to do research. There's a lot of fun there. That's one reason why it's called “web surfing”.
Of course, the first step to using the Web for business or for fun is learning how to work a “web browser”. If you're new to computers, it may take a while before you are completely comfortable with your browser. Don't worry. You don't have to be a computer whiz. The basics of a web browser are very much like the basics of modem computers—learning how to point and click the mouse, learning how to scroll up and down a page of text, and learning how to use pull-down menus. Again, be patient. There's no time limit on web surfing. Give yourself a chance to explore(探索)the browser itself while you explore the Web.
73. The writer compares the Web to _______.
A. places to visit
B. places to gather together in
C. some easy job
D. things you can do online
74. We can learn from the text that the Web is not only _______ but also _______.
A. of great use; of great value
B. of great use; of great enjoyment
C. useful; funny
D. of some use; of a little interest
75. The underlined word “whiz” (in Paragraph 5) probably refers to a person who _______.
A. is a computer expert
B. is a computer fan
C. is lost in computer games
D. owns a computer company
73.提示：从第一段的“The Internet and the World Web are great places to be right now”可得答案。
? 答案：A
? 74.提示：见第二段与第三段的首句。
? 答案：B
? 75.提示：可根据上下文内容推测词义：以下简单事情都可以轻松做到，因此你“不必是计算机专家”。
答案：A
Ⅴ. 写作（共45分）
第一节 阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
阅读下面的文章，按要求完成76～80题。
It seems that great artists and scientists often _______. Both Albert Einstein and Charles Dickens had mental illness. The artist Van Gogh cut off his ear after years of depression. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and geniuses are linked.
Dr. Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness (50 per cent), followed by musicians (38 per cent), with lower numbers for painters and architects (17-20 per cent). The average rate of mental illness in the population is 6 per cent.
Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it.
Dr. Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric(精神病的)patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.
Also, the patients' close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is our genes.
But this is a problem. As mental illness is harmful, why should its genes survive in at least 6 percent of the population? According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution(进化)has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race.
Geniuses may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.
76. What's the main idea of the passage?(please answer within 15 words)
_________________________________________________
77. What do you think of the geniuses with mental illness like Albert Einstein?(please answer within 30 words)
_________________________________________________
78. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
She didn't research on creative people, but experimented with persons who suffered from mental illness to see how creative they are.
_________________________________________________
79. Complete the sentence in the first paragraph using the proper words. (please answer within 10 words)
_________________________________________________
80. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
_________________________________________________
76.提示：mental illness/madness, creative persons/geniuses
? There is some link between mental illness and genius.
? /Some creative persons have a little madness.
? 77.The answer may vary. The students can organize it like this: Creative persons like Albert Einstein may be mad, sometimes even bad, but after all they are creative persons whose discoveries, inventions or works greatly benefit the world.
? 78.Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric patients and tested them for creativity.
? 79.提示：have mental problems
? suffer from mental problems/have mental problems
80.她发现，和一般人群相比，创造性人群中有更多的人患精神疾病。
第二节 书面表达(30分)
马克·吐温是美国著名作家。请根据下面提供的内容写一篇人物简介。
词数：100左右。
马克·吐温（1835～1910）生于美国Missouri（密苏里）。他是美国19世纪著名的作家之一。他的家乡位于密西西比河畔。成年后，他曾当过水手。马克·吐温是他的笔名。
他写过很多小说，其中最著名的是《汤姆·索亚历险记》。他的作品被译成多国文字，深受全世界读者喜爱。
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案：
Mark Twain (1835—1910), one of the best known American writers in the nineteenth century, was born in Missouri in the middle part of the United States.
? Mark Twain's hometown lay on the bank of the Mississippi River, where he spent his childhood. When he grew up he worked as a sailor for some time. Mark Twain was his pen name.
Mark Twain wrote a lot of novels, one of which is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, the masterpiece which brought him fame and honor. Some of his writings have been translated into many languages. He and his works are deeply loved by readers throughout the world.
Ⅰ. 听力(共30分)
第一节(共5小题；每题1分，共5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the woman mean?
A. She is unwilling to tell the man.
B. She knows the place well.
C. She doesn't know the place.
2. What is the man going to do with the change?
A. To park his car.
B. To make a phone call.
C. To buy something to eat.
3. What does the man think of Susan?
A. She is prettier and younger.
B. She is less pretty but younger.
C. She is less pretty and older.
4. Why won't the man's father be home for dinner?
A. To look after a sick person.
B. To take the place of someone.
C. To have dinner in the afternoon.
5. What is the relation between the speakers?
A. Couple. B. Friends. C. Partners.
第二节（6—10每题1分，11—20每题2分，共25分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6～7题。
6. How was the mother snake feeling when asked the question?
A. Puzzled. B. Interested. C. Disappointed.
7. Which frightens the young snake?
A. He is poisonous.
B. He is going to die.
C. He has lost his tongue.
听第7段材料，回答第8～10题。
8. What photos does Steve want?
A. Showing that he is writing.
B. Matching what he is writing.
C. Reflecting (反映) how he is writing.
9. When will Mike join Steve?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
10．Which of the following might Mike do?
A. Go shopping with the woman.
B. Have lunch with Nick Friday.
C. Work over lunch time.
听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。
11. What did the man do with his car?
A. He failed to start it.
B. He managed to start it.
C. He could easily start it.
12. What do you know about the man?
A. He preferred to leave his car outside.
B. He was too poor to get a garage.
C. He had recently moved his house.
13. What was the weather like last night?
A. It was colder than the day before.
B. It was colder than ever before.
C. It was warmer than reported.
听第9段材料，回答第14～16题。
14. Why can't Elaine Strong answer the phone?
A. She's attending a meeting.
B. She's out of the office.
C. She's talking with another customer.
15. What does the man want the woman to send?
A. Information on after-sales service.
B. A picture of the newest computers.
C. A list of software products.
16. What is the man's telephone number?
A. 560-1287. B. 560-1288. C. 560-2187.
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。
17. What do you learn about Mother's Day?
A. It is celebrated now in every part of the world.
B. It is not celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May everywhere.
C. It is celebrated to honor all the women in some families.
18. When was Mother's Day first celebrated in the US?
A. In 1907. B. In 1908. C. In 1914.
19. Who decided Mother's Day to be celebrated nationwide?
A. Anna Jarvis. B. Public officials. C. Woodrow Wilson.
20. What do all the children do on Mother's Day?
A. Give gifts to their mothers.
B. Pay a visit to their mothers.
C. Send cards to their mothers.
答案：1～5 C.A.C.B.A. 6～10 A.B.B.A.C. 11～15 B.C.A.B.A.?16～20 A.B.C.C.A.
Ⅱ. 单项选择(共15小题；每题1分，共15分)
21. Don't you _______ looking for trouble, Maria？
A. go B. come C. get D. try
提示：用go doing这一结构表示惊讶，在此意为“莽撞（或愚蠢）到某一程度”。
答案：A
22. Mike's parents were pleased to see that he had made _______ in his studies.
A. great progress B. a great progress
C. the great progress D. great progresses
提示：progress为不可数名词，不能与不定冠词连用。短语make progress in sth.意为“在……取得进步（进展）”。
? 答案：A
23. _______ in the sky were the moon and numerous stars on this starry night.
A. Seeing B. Seen C. To see D. Being seen
提示：此句采用倒装句型，正常语序为“The moon and numerous stars were seen in the sky on this starry night.”可见，是将seen移至句首。
答案：B
24. The murderer was sentenced to death _______ today's newspaper.
A. according to B. due to
C. thanks to D. owing to
提示：due to, thanks to, owing to均表示原因，而according to today's newspaper的意思是“据报纸报道”。
答案：A
25. He won't finish his work until next week, so there is no _______ of his coming back this week.
A. use B. need C. possibility D. doubt
提示：从句意看是“本周无返回的可能性”，故用possibility.
答案：C
26. _______, he left the manager's office without any result.
A. Disappointing B. Being disappointed
C. Disappointed D. Being disappointing
提示：从句子结构和句意看，是他感到失望而离开办公室，因此用含被动意义的过去分词表示一种状态。being done这一形式作状语时往往强调一个正在发生的被动动作。
答案：C
27. She must have gone out early, for she did not _______ for breakfast.
A. show around B. show off
C. show out D. show up
提示：show up意为“露面，出现”，符合句意：由早餐时没见到她而推测她很早就出去了。
答案：D
28. Mary _______ here homework since seven and it'll take another two hours to finish it.
A. has done B. is doing
C. has been doing D. has been done
提示：表示从过去某一时间开始，延续到现在且还会继续下去的动作，用现在完成进行时。如用现在完成时，则表示说话时该动作已完成。
答案：C
29. All the passengers on board _______ the captain.
A. are in charge of B. are in the charge of
C. take charge of D. take the charge of
提示：be in charge of和take charge of表示“负责、管理”，be in the charge of意为“由……负责/管理/照料”。本句根据句意使用后者。
答案：B
30. The girl cried out in a _______ voice at the sight of a big poisonous snake.
A. frightened B. frightening
C. puzzled D. puzzling
提示：句意为“女孩见到毒蛇时发出的应是惊恐而不是令人困惑的声音”。a frightened voice表示“某人因惊恐而发出的声音”，a frightening voice应理解为“令人害怕的声音”。
? 答案：A
31. Don't believe his story. It was _______ by that boy.
A. shown up B. turned up
C. given up D. made up
提示：四个短语意义分别为：show up“露面”；turn up“调高（音量）”；give up“放弃”；make up“虚构”。
答案：D
32. He _______ late for school three times this month.
A. is B. was C. will be D. has been
提示：说话时间包括在this month内，有“本月至现在为止”的意思，所以用现在完成时。
答案：D
33. The happy children _______ the coast, which they would see for the first time in their lives.
A. made their way on B. made their ways towards
C. were making their way for D. were making their way to
提示：make one's way to/towards意为“朝……行进”，其中way不用复数形式。
答案：D
34. Whenever I arrive home from work I will first _______ my favourite DVD and then begin cooking.
A. turn on B. lay down C. open up D. put on
提示：put on在此意为“打开；播放”。turn on的对象可以是一种“set(机)”，而不是DVD。
答案：D
35. It was three months _______ the Smiths returned form abroad.
A. since B. before C. after D. until
提示：如用该句表示“Smith一家从回来到现在已有三个月了”，应说“It is/has been three months since...”。现用before引导时间状语从句，字面意思是“回国前有三个月的时间”，可译为“三个月后，史密斯一家从国外归来”。
答案：B
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共20小题；每题1分，共20分)
Sometimes I wonder if college and I were meant for each other. ? 36 ? days, many people ? 37 ? that they think a college diploma(文凭)is ? 38 ? only the paper on which it is ? 39 ?.
?Those people may be ? 40 ?. My father tells me that all his friends and ? 41 ? have done fine without ? 42 ?. In many ? 43 ? he and they are very ? 44 ?. To anyone who measures his ? 45 ? by big cars, large houses and good clothes, a college degree ? 46 ? be worth his time. ? 47 ?, for my friends and ? 48 ?, success means ? 49 ? else. Every one of us wants ? 50 ? for his life than just ? 51 ? things. Sure, those things are very nice and comfortable, but we think ? 52 ? of them. So although we ? 53 ? have large houses and diamonds, the people whom I ? 54 ? and I will always have our knowledge. You can lose your ? 55 ?, but knowledge remains.
36. A. Some B. These C. Those D. Many
37. A. doubt B. expect C. say D. understand
38. A. worth B. not C. necessary D. important
39. A. printed B. painted C. drawn D. written
40. A. clever B. rich C. Crazy D. right
41. A. he B. I C. mine D. we
42. A. any money B. any medicine
C. college degrees D. anyone's help
43. A. colleges B. cities C. roads D. ways
44. A. important B. successful C. well D. interesting
45. A. knowledge B. friends C. Degree D. success
46. A. mustn't B. may not C. should D. used to
47. A. However B. Later C. Otherwise D. Then
48. A. my father B. me
C. college students D. them
49. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
50. A. knowledge B. diplomas C. less D. more
51. A. written B. expensive C. Useful D. material
52. A. more B. highly C. little D. a lot
53. A. may B. may never C. can D. always
54. A. live with B. teach C. respect D. hate
55. A. wealth B. friends C. lives D. diplomas
36.提示：从上下文中可见本文反映的是现在的情况，故用these days。
答案：B
? 37.提示：表示人们反映心中所想，用say。
? 答案：C
? 38.提示：从下文可见有的人对文凭的轻视，将其视为“一纸而已”，不值分文。
? 答案：A
? 39.提示：该纸上面印有文字，因此用printed。
? 答案：A
? 40.提示：从下面所举例子看，是证明上述说法的正确性，即right。
? 答案：D
? 41.提示：从“父亲”的角度出发，说的是“父亲及其朋友们”。此处he指my father。
? 答案：A
? 42.提示：college degrees与全文主题相吻合。
? 答案：C
? 43.提示：表示“在许多方面”，英语中说in many ways。
? 答案：D
? 44.提示：承接上文right, fine,因此用successful。
? 答案：B
? 45.提示：上句说到“成功”，此句说明学历对于以物质衡量成功与否之辈的无用。
? 答案：D
? 46.提示：从意义上看，表示的是“或许不值得花费时间”。从语法上讲，must表示推测不可用于否定句，而may可用于否定句。
? 答案：B
? 47.提示：下面反映的是作者这代人的想法，用however作为转折，表示对比。
? 答案：A
? 48.提示：上面讲的是“父亲及其朋友”，下面则是“我和我的朋友们”。
? 答案：B
? 49.提示：说明我辈与父辈对“成功”的不同看法，即其有着“另外的”意义。
? 答案：C
? 50.提示：除了物质，我们中的每个人想要“更多”的东西。
? 答案：D
? 51.提示：进一步说明两代人的区别：我辈所求的不只是父辈想得到的“物质的东西”。
? 答案：D
? 52.提示：从上下文可推断作者重知识、轻物质的态度，因此用think little表示“不屑一顾”。
? 答案：C
? 53.提示：应理解为“尽管可能不会拥有物质的东西，但却拥有知识”，“没有”与“有”形成对比。
? 答案：B
? 54.提示：作者崇尚知识，说的是自己与自己所崇敬的人，即有知识的人。
? 答案：C
? 55.提示：财富可能丢失，但知识却永在身旁。
? 答案：A
Ⅳ. 阅读理解(每个2分，共40分)
A
Here are a few tips we've put together to help you learn English well.
Speak, speak, speak!
Practise speaking as often as you can even speaking to yourself is good practice.
Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.
Why not learn with someone else?
It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. Agree times to meet and set goals for the week, and test each other regularly.
Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.
Practise improvising(即兴的)ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地), even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of the things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. A basic example is the use of tenses. If you don't know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word for ‘yesterday’. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.
Language learning is also about intuition(直觉).
Guesswork is an important strategy in learning a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up. For example, what do the speakers sound like? Happy? Angry? Calm? etc.
Build up your vocabulary.
A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don't try to learn too much at once. It's best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later. Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic.
And above all, have fun!
56. Why should one have himself recorded when practising speaking?
A. To improve his speaking.
B. To record his own progress.
C. To encourage others to start.
D. To compare himself with others.
57. Which of the following is the most important in learning English in the writer's opinion?
A. Speaking. B. Pleasure. C. Intuition. D. Vocabulary.
58. It is implied in the passage that _______ is helpful when you are learning English.
A. body language B. a good memory
C. a good friend D. a proper dictionary
59. According to the passage, one should _______ when learning English.
A. always work with other people
B. be able to guess everything new
C. often review what he has learnt
D. take little notice of grammar
60. Which of the following proverbs(谚语)doesn't seem always true in learning a language?
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. A good beginning is half done.
C. Rome is not built in a day.
D. Don't run before you can walk.
56.提示：Tip 1中指出，录音后经“compare(比较)”，达到“have another go”，即“better”。
? 答案：A
? 57.提示：根据末段“And above all, have fun”可见最重要的是“pleasure(=fun)”。
? 答案：B
? 58.提示：文中“Use facial expressions, hand movements”指的实质上就是“body language”。
? 答案：A
? 59.提示：Tip 5中的“come back to them，”即“温习；回顾”之意。
? 答案：C
? 60.提示：D项谚语是教人们做事要按部就班，而Tip 3中表明，如果你还不会用过去时，那就用现在时代替。可见该谚语在学习英语中并不适用。
答案：D
B
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, “Stop! That's our duck!”
The duck was the now famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film, The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and worn his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very easily. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody, like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational film about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared—there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
61. Who made Donald Duck cartoons?
A. Mickey Mouse. B. Clarence Nash.
C. Walt Disney. D. Pluto.
62. When did the first Donald Duck film appear?
A. In 1933. B. In 1934. C. In 1966. D. In 1965.
63. Who was Clarence Nash?
A. A cartoonist. B. A writer.
C. A filmmaker. D. A special-voiced man.
64. According to the passage, where do today's children see Donald Duck cartoons?
A. In a dictionary. B. At the cinema.
C. On television. D. In the theatre.
65. Why did people like Donald better than Mickey Mouse?
A. Probably because he was lazy and greedy.
B. Probably because he wasn't a goody-goody, like Mickey.
C. Probably because he lost his temper very easily.
D. Probably because he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews.
61.提示：从第一段可知Walt Disney为filmmaker,且Nash与Disney的工作关系。
? 答案：C
? 62.提示：第二段首句中含有所需信息。
? 答案：B
? 63.提示：可从第一段中了解到Nash具有unusual voice。
? 答案：D
? 64.提示：可从短文末段获取答案。
? 答案：C
? 65.提示：可根据第二段末句作出判断。
答案：B
C
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.
Successful and happy people have a vision of how their life should be and they set lots of goals (both short-term and long-range) to help them reach their vision. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It's like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which is laid out for her on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas and oil. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on(坚持到底)them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set, and they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals, ideals and visions really are. You are the one who must decide what to pursue and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract(合同)with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. ?Also when you write your goals in a particular fashion you are able to stimulate yourself to be continuously alert to situations that will further your goals.
66. The author gave the example of two drivers to show _______.
A. the foolishness of the first driver
B. the importance of having a map and right direction
C. the foolishness of the second driver
D. the importance of setting goals
67. According to this text, the most important thing in realizing one's ideal is to _______.
A. try to be realistic about one's ability
B. have a clear understanding of what he or she wants in life
C. let others understand him or her first, and then work together with them
D. let others help him or her to make his or her dream come true
68. If people want to reach their goals, they should _______.
A. write down their goals
B. sign a contract with other people
C. face the difficulties in front of them
D. discuss with others and ask for their help
66.提示：本文开头提出了主题importance of setting goals，其后所举例子显然是为主题服务的。
? 答案：D
? 67.提示：从第三段中的“Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals.”可推测答案。
? 答案：B
? 68.提示：第四段中告诉读者，研究人员所指出的“write a goal down”对于实现目标的作用。
答案：A
D
Garry Kasparov, the Russian grandmaster of chess(棋)who was the world champion(冠军), played a match against the IMB supercomputer Deep Blue. Mr. Kasparov lost the six-game encounter by a single game. Now almost six years later, Mr. Kasparov begins a match against an Israeli program, Deep Junior, the three-time world computer chess champion. The match will be played at the New York Athletic Club, and shown in real time on the Web at www. x3dworld. com. The play will start at 3:30 p. m. on Jan. 26, 28, and 30, and on Feb. 2, 5, and 7.
As early as 1957, Herbert A. Simon predicted (预言)that a machine would become the world chess champion in ten years. A game of chess is considered a calculation, and calculation, of course, is what computers are good at. The situation today is that both humans and machines can play world-class chess, but they do completely differently. Deep Junior examines three million positions per second. But even at that speed, it cannot generally see that far ahead. That is because the number of possible chess positions is staggering. There are some 85 billion ways of playing just the first four moves for each side. The strength of world-class human players lies in their ability to decide who stands better in a given position, and that ability is hard to build into a machine. Mr Kasparov admits that he examines only one to three moves a second, but he suspects that they are the strongest ones.
Although Deep Junior is much slower than the IBM computer, experts said it had more chess knowledge built into it. It clearly considers more elements in judging a position. “Junior is very humanlike,” Mr Kasparov said, “It's a computer version(转变)of me. It plays forcefully, imaginatively and takes risks. The match will be close, but I'm determined to win. One thing I know is that humans' days at the top of the chess world are limited. I give us just a few years. ”
69. Which of the following statements is true to the facts about Deep Junior?
A. It has already beaten three human players.
B. It cannot choose ways of playing freely.
C. Its strength lies in its speed of calculating.
D. It works much faster than Deep Blue.
70. What does the passage lead you to believe about the match between Kasparov and Deep Junior?
A. It's hard to tell who will win it.
B. It's likely that Kasparov will win it.
C. It's possible that the match has no result.
D. It's likely that Kasparov will lose it.
71. What conclusion can you draw according to the passage?
A. The balance between humans and computers will hardly be broken.
B. There will be no more hope for humans to beat computers soon.
C. There has never been any hope for humans to beat computers.
D. Human beings will always have advantages over computers.
72. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Let's Cheer for Both Sides.
B. A Final Chance for Human Beings.
C. Comparison Between Humans and Computer.
D. Chess Champion Faces New Computer.
69.提示：不难推测，在计算机技术日新月异的时代，Deep Junior比六年前的Deep Blue运行速度要快出许多。
? 答案：D
? 70.提示：从末段中“The match will be close”句可看出这将是一场势均力敌的比赛，胜负难以预测。
? 答案：A
? 71.提示：在末段中，世界冠军预测人类处于棋界之颠的日子已屈指可数，由此可作出推断。
? 答案：B
? 72.提示：综观全文，可见作者将人与计算机在下棋方面作了种种对比，故可得出答案。
答案：C
E
The Internet and the World Web(网)are great places to be right now. We use the word “place” because so many of the things you can do online are similar to the things you can do wherever people gather together—in homes, schools, libraries, shopping centers, or at family reunions or town meetings. The Net allows people to learn shop, find important information, and communicate, whether they're local, global or simply virtual(虚的).
The Web is useful. You can find old friends online. You can research and book flights, check the weather, find breaking news, find out information about schools and colleges. You can even place an order for books, CDs, computers and cars.
The Internet is also fun. You can write to old friends or check out their web pages, enjoy web-based soap operas, laugh at online jokes, join in a live Net Event, chat with other Internet surfers(漫游者), check to see if your name appears anywhere on the Web.
Millions of users log on to the Net every day, and it's not just to do research. There's a lot of fun there. That's one reason why it's called “web surfing”.
Of course, the first step to using the Web for business or for fun is learning how to work a “web browser”. If you're new to computers, it may take a while before you are completely comfortable with your browser. Don't worry. You don't have to be a computer whiz. The basics of a web browser are very much like the basics of modem computers—learning how to point and click the mouse, learning how to scroll up and down a page of text, and learning how to use pull-down menus. Again, be patient. There's no time limit on web surfing. Give yourself a chance to explore(探索)the browser itself while you explore the Web.
73. The writer compares the Web to _______.
A. places to visit
B. places to gather together in
C. some easy job
D. things you can do online
74. We can learn from the text that the Web is not only _______ but also _______.
A. of great use; of great value
B. of great use; of great enjoyment
C. useful; funny
D. of some use; of a little interest
75. The underlined word “whiz” (in Paragraph 5) probably refers to a person who _______.
A. is a computer expert
B. is a computer fan
C. is lost in computer games
D. owns a computer company
73.提示：从第一段的“The Internet and the World Web are great places to be right now”可得答案。
? 答案：A
? 74.提示：见第二段与第三段的首句。
? 答案：B
? 75.提示：可根据上下文内容推测词义：以下简单事情都可以轻松做到，因此你“不必是计算机专家”。
答案：A
Ⅴ. 写作（共45分）
第一节 阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
阅读下面的文章，按要求完成76～80题。
It seems that great artists and scientists often _______. Both Albert Einstein and Charles Dickens had mental illness. The artist Van Gogh cut off his ear after years of depression. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and geniuses are linked.
Dr. Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness (50 per cent), followed by musicians (38 per cent), with lower numbers for painters and architects (17-20 per cent). The average rate of mental illness in the population is 6 per cent.
Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it.
Dr. Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric(精神病的)patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.
Also, the patients' close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is our genes.
But this is a problem. As mental illness is harmful, why should its genes survive in at least 6 percent of the population? According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution(进化)has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race.
Geniuses may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.
76. What's the main idea of the passage?(please answer within 15 words)
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77. What do you think of the geniuses with mental illness like Albert Einstein?(please answer within 30 words)
_________________________________________________
78. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
She didn't research on creative people, but experimented with persons who suffered from mental illness to see how creative they are.
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79. Complete the sentence in the first paragraph using the proper words. (please answer within 10 words)
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80. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
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76.提示：mental illness/madness, creative persons/geniuses
? There is some link between mental illness and genius.
? /Some creative persons have a little madness.
? 77.The answer may vary. The students can organize it like this: Creative persons like Albert Einstein may be mad, sometimes even bad, but after all they are creative persons whose discoveries, inventions or works greatly benefit the world.
? 78.Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric patients and tested them for creativity.
? 79.提示：have mental problems
? suffer from mental problems/have mental problems
80.她发现，和一般人群相比，创造性人群中有更多的人患精神疾病。
第二节 书面表达(30分)
马克·吐温是美国著名作家。请根据下面提供的内容写一篇人物简介。
词数：100左右。
马克·吐温（1835～1910）生于美国Missouri（密苏里）。他是美国19世纪著名的作家之一。他的家乡位于密西西比河畔。成年后，他曾当过水手。马克·吐温是他的笔名。
他写过很多小说，其中最著名的是《汤姆·索亚历险记》。他的作品被译成多国文字，深受全世界读者喜爱。
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答案：
Mark Twain (1835—1910), one of the best known American writers in the nineteenth century, was born in Missouri in the middle part of the United States.
? Mark Twain's hometown lay on the bank of the Mississippi River, where he spent his childhood. When he grew up he worked as a sailor for some time. Mark Twain was his pen name.
Mark Twain wrote a lot of novels, one of which is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, the masterpiece which brought him fame and honor. Some of his writings have been translated into many languages. He and his works are deeply loved by readers throughout the world.