Ⅰ. 單項填空
1. (2009年高考湖北卷)Hiking by oneself can be fun and good for health. It may also be good for building.
A. respect B. friendship
C. reputation D. character
解析：選D。respect尊重；friendship友誼；reputation名聲；character性格，品格。句意為：獨自遠足可能是一件有趣的事，也是對健康有好處的事。它還有利于一個人品格的發(fā)展。build培養(yǎng)，發(fā)展(思想、品格等)。
2. While there are some differences in the educational systems in many countries in the world，education is .
A. regular B. universal
C. logical D. normal
解析：選B。考查形容詞辨析。universal普遍的，通用的。句意為：雖然世界上許多國家在教育體制上有一些不同，但教育卻是通用的。regular規(guī)則的，定期的；logical合邏輯的，合情理的；normal正常的。
3. (2008年高考四川卷)I haven’t seen Ann for long that I’ve forgotten what she looks like.
A. such B. very
C. so D. too
解析：選C。句意：我有很長時間沒見著安了，我已忘記她長什么樣了。so/such. . . that如此……以至于……，即so＋adj. /adv. ＋that，而such＋n. ＋that，long為形容詞，故用so。
4. Maggie has been fortunate to find a job she loves，and ，she gets well paid for it.
A. sooner or later B. what’s more
C. as a result D. more or less
解析：選B。句意：Maggie非常幸運找到了她喜歡的工作，而且待遇非常好。sooner or later“遲早”；what’s more“此外，而且”；as a result“結(jié)果……”；more or less“或多或少”。根據(jù)句意，B項正確。
5. —Didn’t you have a good time at the party?
—Of course I did. As a matter of fact，I had such fun that time seemed to so quickly.
A. go by B. go away
C. go out D. go over
解析：選A。本題考查動詞詞組。go away離開；go out出去，熄滅；go over過來，溫習(xí)；go by時間過去，流逝。概括題意應(yīng)選A項。
6. Perhaps I’m not quite fit for the job，but ，please let me have a try.
A. in fact B. anyhow
C. so D. otherwise
解析：選B。anyhow表示“無論如何，即使如此”。in fact“實際上”，otherwise“否則”，so“所以”，均不合題意。
7. In ，he began to learn Russian，when he was in______.
A. 1970；the 50’s B. the 1970；his 50s
C. the 1970s；his fifties D. 1970s；his fifties
解析：選C。句意：在20世紀(jì)70年代，在他五十多歲時他開始學(xué)習(xí)俄語。in the 1970s＝in the 1970’s“20世紀(jì)70年代”，in one’s＋數(shù)詞復(fù)數(shù)，表示某人多少歲時。
8. the help of the teacher，the student who wasn’t good at math the difficult problem quickly.
A. Under；worked out B. With；worked on
C. Under；solved D. With；solved
解析：選D。solve解決。另外“在某人的幫助下”用with the help of sb. 來表達。
9. The policeman the children to cross the road when the traffic lights turned green.
A. let B. made
C. signalled D. called
解析：選C。signal sb. to do sth. 示意某人做某事。句意為：當(dāng)交通燈變綠時警察向孩子們做手勢，讓他們過馬路。由let/make sb. do sth. 可排除選項A、B；call命令，不符合題意。
10. Nowadays，no single country can successfully the global problems alone.
A. make use of B. deal with
C. come up with D. go through
解析：選B。deal with處理，對付。make use of利用；come up with提出；go through經(jīng)歷，遭受。
Ⅱ. 閱讀理解
A
(2009年皖北協(xié)作區(qū)聯(lián)考)Certain people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you’ve known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is，we can try to do it ourselves.
How is it done？Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills，they will help you put people at ease，and make friends with them quickly.
First of all，good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone，no matter how shy they are，will answer a question. One wellknown businessman says，“At business lunches，I always ask people what they did this morning. It’s a common question，but it will get things going. ”From there you can move on to other matters sometimes to really personal questions. And how they answer will let you know how far you can go.
Second，once good talkers have asked questions they listen for the answer. This point seems clear，but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out，you really have to listen carefully.
Real listening means certain things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic，you can take it as a fact that he’ll be really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words，but to tones(語調(diào))of voice. If the voice sounds dull，then，it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally，good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying goodbye，you may give him a firm handshake and say，“I’ve really enjoyed meeting you. ”If you want to see that person again，don’t keep it secret. Let people know what you feel，and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
【解題導(dǎo)語】 文章介紹了什么樣的人可稱為good talkers及good talkers所具備的各種品質(zhì)。
1. In the passage，the author mainly .
A. introduces some skills of good talkers
B. persuades us to become good talkers
C. teaches us how to begin a conversation
D. describes the kinds of good speakers
解析：選A。主旨大意題。文章第二段段首引出話題How is it done？然后用四段內(nèi)容介紹要成為good talkers四個方面的技巧，由此可以推斷A項正確。
2. Asking questions might be quite a good way .
A. to make more and more new friends
B. for you to begin your business talks
C. to get the conversation going well
D. to make a lasting impression on others
解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段引用一位知名商人說的話“. . . It’s a common question，but it will get things going”可知，提問題可能是一個讓談話得以順利進行的好方法。
3. It can be inferred from the passage that good talkers
A. always speak in a gentle way
B. never talk too much or too little
C. are good at making any topic interesting
D. know how and when to change the topic
解析：選D。推理判斷題。第五段涉及轉(zhuǎn)換話題時的三句話“If someone sticks to one topic，you can take it as a fact that. . . If the voice sounds dull，then，it’s time for you to change the subject. ”由此推斷出，good talkers知道如何及何時轉(zhuǎn)換話題，其他選項內(nèi)容文章沒有涉及。
4. From the passage，the author implies you’ll like to stay with certain people because .
A. they know how to get along with others
B. you can often get much help from them
C. they are always glad to do anything for you
D. they will never get you into trouble
解析：選A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章開頭第一句話“Certain people make you comfortable when they are around. ”可知，作者暗示你會喜歡和某些人呆在一起是因為他們都知道怎樣與人相處。
B
When the lazy days of summer arrive and the schedule is packed with swimming，camp，and family vacations，it can be a challenge to find time for learning. But kids’ reading skills don’t have to grow cold once school’s out. Here are some ways to make reading a natural part of their summer fun.
Explore your library. Visit your local library to check out books and magazines that your kids haven’t seen before. Many libraries have summer reading programs，book clubs，and reading contests for even the youngest borrowers. With a new library card，a child will feel extra grownup checking out books.
Read on the road. Going on a long car trip？Make sure the back seat is stocked with favorite reads. When you’re not at the wheel，read the books aloud. Get some audiobooks(many libraries have large selections)and listen to them together during driving time.
Make your own books. Pick one of your family’s favorite parts of summer—whether it’s baseball，ice cream，or the pool—and have your child draw pictures of it or cut out pictures from magazines. Stick the pictures onto paper to make a booklet and write text for it. When you’re done，read the book together. Reread it whenever you like!
Keep in touch. Kids don’t have to go away to write about summer vacation. Even if your family stays home，they can send postcards to tell friends and relatives about their adventures. Ask a relative to be your child’s pen pal and encourage them to write each week.
Keep up the reading habits. Even if everything else changes during the summer，keep up the reading routines around your house. Read with your kids every day—whether it’s just before bedtime or under a shady tree on a lazy afternoon. And don’t forget to take a book to the beach！Just_brush_the_sand_off_the_pages—it’s_no_sweat!
【解題導(dǎo)語】 這是一篇說明文，介紹了暑假期間父母如何為孩子安排閱讀。
5. The purpose of the passage is to .
A. encourage parents to read
B. give advice on raising kids
C. raise a good summer reader
D. suggest places for vacations
解析：選C。推理判斷題。文章采用“總分”結(jié)構(gòu)，依據(jù)第一段可推斷，本文的主題是暑假期間父母如何為孩子安排閱讀。C項與文章的主題吻合。
6. If you drive on a long trip in summer，you can .
A. visit the local library and join book clubs
B. borrow some audiobooks to listen to
C. keep in touch with friends by sending postcards
D. read your own picture books with your son
解析：選B。細節(jié)理解題。由第三段可知，作者建議從圖書館借一些有聲讀物，開車旅行的時候可以聽。
7. By saying“Just brush the sand off the pages—it’s no sweat”，the author means .
A. taking away the sand on the book is very difficult
B. a special book is needed when you’re reading on the beach
C. one can remove the sand on the book with a brush easily
D. there’s no trouble reading even on the beach
解析：選D。語意理解題。本段講的是保持良好的閱讀習(xí)慣，如每天與孩子讀書，不管是睡前還是午后在樹蔭下。最后，作者提到，去海灘的時候也別忘了帶本書。結(jié)合語境可知，此處表示即使在沙灘上，讀書也非常簡單，毫不費力。
8. Who are the intended readers of the passage?
A. Parents. B. Students.
C. Teachers. D. Editors.
解析：選A。推理判斷題。本文幾次出現(xiàn)your kids，your child，由此推斷其對象是父母。
C
(2010年江蘇揚州中學(xué)月考)In recent years many countries have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts believe that the answer is to make jobs more varied. Do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity？There is something to suggest that while variety certainly makes the worker’s life more enjoyable，it does not make him work harder. So variety is not important.
Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important，there is very little that can be done to achieve this.
Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product. Some car factories are said to be experimenting with having many small production lines rather than a large one，so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem then that the degree of workers’ contribution is important.
To what extent does more money lead to greater productivity？The workers themselves certainly think this is important，but perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if companies succeed in making workers’ jobs more interesting，they will neither want more money，nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
【解題導(dǎo)語】 如何提高工人的生產(chǎn)效率一直是近年來許多國家關(guān)注的問題，本文作者論述了影響工人生產(chǎn)效率的幾個因素。
9. Which of the following things will not increase productivity?
A. Making jobs more varied.
B. Giving workers freedom to do their jobs in their own way.
C. Increasing workers’ contribution to production.
D. Longer working hours.
解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，縮短工作時間是工人們對工作的一個要求，那么延長工作時間是工人不愿意的，因此不利于提高生產(chǎn)效率。選項A、B和C分別在文章的前三段進行了論述。
10. The last sentence in this passage means that if companies manage to make workers’ jobs more interesting， .
A. they will want more money
B. they will demand shorter working hours
C. more money and shorter working hours are important
D. more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them
解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。從最后一句可知如果公司能使工作變得有趣，那么加薪和縮短工作時間對于工人們來說就不是那么重要了。
11. In this passage，the writer tells us ..
A. how to make workers more productive
B. possible factors leading to greater productivity
C. more money leads to greater productivity
D. how to make workers’ jobs more interesting
解析：選B。主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章每一段的中心可知，本文作者論述的是可能影響工人生產(chǎn)效率的幾種因素。
12. The writer of this passage is probably a .
A. teacher B. worker
C. manager D. physicist
解析：選C。根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容和所使用的人稱可知本文的作者不可能是老師、工人，本文也沒有涉及物理學(xué)領(lǐng)域的內(nèi)容，因此作者也不會是物理學(xué)家。對生產(chǎn)效率進行研究的應(yīng)該是公司的經(jīng)理，因此選擇manager。
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