Passage1
The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century 1 of women's life has been spent in 2 children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived 3 they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, opportunity and health made it 4 for her to get 5 work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years old and is 6 to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is 7 household machines and convenience foods.
This important change in women's life pattern has only recently begun to have its full 8 on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first 9 , and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they got married, they usually left work at once and 10 returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly 11 their first child is born. Very 12 afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage,
13 the husband accepting a greater 14 of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and 15 the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.
( ) 1. A. much less B. much more C. part D. much
( ) 2. A. caring for B. dealing with C. bringing D. instructing
( ) 3. A. after B. when C. as D. till
( ) 4. A. common B. easy C. unusual D. unnatural
( ) 5. A. extra B. physical C. mental D. paid
( ) 6. A. likely B. possible C. ready D. reluctant
( ) 7. A. added to B. burdened with C. lightened by D. completed with
( ) 8. A. dependence B. effect C. illustration D. reliance
( ) 9. A. choice B. opportunity C. sight D. thought
( )10. A. never B. permanently C. presently D. shortly
( )11. A. after B. as C. before D. until
( )12. A. few B. many more C. much D. little
( )13. A. because B. if C. provided D. with
( )14. A. advantage B. bit C. share D. weight
( )15. A. building B. feeding C. making D. running
1. A 到了20世纪．，妇女一生中花在照顾孩子上的时间少了，故此题答案应该是much less。
2. A caring for“照顾”。
3. D till“直到”。养了七八个孩子，其中有四五个只活到五岁。
4. C unusual“不平常的”。
5. D paid work“有报酬的工作”。上了一定岁数的母亲做有报酬的工作在当时是很少见的。
6. A “可能做某事”应该是be likely to do something，而不是be possible to do something，故此题答案是likely。
7. C lightened by“被家用机器和方便食品减轻负扭”。
8. B have effect on.“对…，．．有影响”。
9. B at the first opportunity意思是“不失时机地，一有机会”。
10. A never从不。
11. C before意为工作到生养第一个孩子前不久。
12. B many more6‘更多的”。
13. D with“具有”。
14. C a share of the duties是“一份义务或责任”。故此题答案是share。
15. D run the home“持家”，故答案是running。
Passage 2
Do the old people in the United States like to live alone? No doubt some of them do. Or at least some of them 1 living alone to the changes and 2 needed to live with others. Independence is, after all, the chief and most honored 3 in this country. The idea, deeply rooted in us early, 4 even when we can, quite 5 , no longer "stand on our own feet." When our aging parents' need for help grows too obvious to 6 , we say they are beginning to "fail". Losing one's independence is, for Americans, a 7 thing. And needing help, we know, evoke in our potential helpers pity, 8 and fear.
We are all, through our lives, a 9 to others. From the moment of 10 , we are nourished and nurtured by others. As adults we learn to pay for or negotiate our 11 needs, but the fact 12 that it takes an 13 army of other people to grow our food, clean our clothes, maintain our roads, fuel our furnaces. When we marry, we accept another's pledge to stick with us in sickness and health, 14 and poverty. The load we lay on others only becomes visible, less 15 , as we age.
A. favor B. appreciate C. like D. prefer
A. failures B. compromises C. fashions D. balances
A. manner B. custom C. habit D. virtue
A. maintains B. persists C. insists D. retains
A. virtually B. usually C. basically D. literally
A. emphasize B. meet C. cater D. ignore
A. shameful B. pity C. ashamed D. shame
A. frustration B. interest C. passion D. pleasure
A. burden B. responsibility C. relief D. requirement
A. perception B. deception C. conception D. reception
A. common B. independent C. actual D: mutual
A. stays B. remains C. manifests D. reveals
A. variety B. invisible C. abundant D. forceful
A. booming B. hospitality C. property D. prosperity
A. deniable B. considerable C. unbearable D. feasible
Keys: 1-5． ABCAD 6-10. CABBD 11-15. CABCA
Passage 3
Generally speaking, a person needs eight hours of sleep every night. There is certainly something 1 between each other, but most people 2 six to nine hours’ sleep. Some often say how 3 sleep they need. They even 4 out that some great men, just 5 Napoleon and Edison, need only a few hours. 6 , however, have proved most famous men may sleep 7 than others.
Among the students who find it hard to 8 morning classes on time, scientists have also 9 there\ re many who either go to bed too late or 10 more than eight hours sleeping. Many people, in fact, work best 11 nine hours’ sleep.
Certainly it is wrong to say only the 12 few hours of sleep can do a person good and the rest is 13 .On the other hand, most people feel 14 after oversleeping. That is to say, most people 15 at their best after a night sleep which is neither long nor short.
( ) 1. A. same B. strange C. different D. unusual
( ) 2. A. take B. supply C. get D. make
( ) 3. A. less B. little C. much D. bit
( ) 4. A. explain B. show C. let D. point
( ) 5. A. as B. with C. like D. for
( ) 6. A. Teachers B. Nurses C. Students D. Scientists
( ) 7. A. longer B. shorter C. deeper D. no more
( ) 8. A. have B. reach C. catch D. get
( ) 9. A. known B. thought C. found D. wanted
( )10. A. spend B. cost C. take D. need
( ) 11. A. on B. for C. with D. in
( )12. A. rememberable B. first C. important D. deep
( )13. A. useful B. bad C. better D. wasted
( )14. A. happy B. sorry C. lazy D. pleasant
( )15. A. understand B. think C. look D. feel
答案解析
1. C be different between..是固定短语，意为“……之间有所不同”。
2. A take表示“花费（时间做某事）”。
3. B 根据下文的例子说伟大的人need only a few hours可知，此处是说自己需要很少的睡眠时间。
4. D point out意为“指出”。
5. C like意为“像……一样”，是介词。
6. 
D 由句子谓语have proved可知，四个选项中只有D符合语境，是“科学家”。
7. A however是表示转折的连接词，此处应与前文之意相反，句意为“许多科学家都比别人睡的时间长”。
8. B 意为“上早课时能准时赶到”。reach表“到达”地点。catch(赶上)的对象多指运动的事物；用get表“到达”应加介词to。
9. C 前文有have proved，意为“证明出”。also用在实义动词之前表示“也，同样”，答案应与prove意思相近，故选择found表示“找出，发现”。
10. A “spend+表示时间的名词+(in)doing”意为“花时间去做某事”。
11. A on nine hours' sleep意为“在九个小时的睡眠之后”。
12. B the first衰示“先前的”，与之呼应的是the rest（剩余的，剩下的）或the last(最后的)。
13. D 本句意为：“前几个小时睡眠对人是有好处的，而剩余的睡眠是种浪费，显然这种说法是错误的。”
14.C 本句意为“超长时间的睡眠使人懒惰”。
15. D 句意为：“大多数人在既不短也不长的睡眠之后会感到状态极佳。”
Passage 4
What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast?
One recent study 1 in the United States tested a large number of people. Participants included both males and females who 2 in age from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given a 3 of breakfasts, and sometimes, they had to 4 breakfast completely. Special tests, including blood tests and endurance tests, were set up to 5 how well the participants' bodies functioned when they had eaten a 6 kind of breakfast.
The results showed that if a person eats an adequate breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently and more 7 than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person's work 8 mental activity. The study showed that if 9 eat fruit, eggs, bread, and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to 10 their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is 11 .
The study also showed that, 12 to what many people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight, this is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and 13 gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you are on a 14 , skipping breakfast will not help you. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other 15 .
A. selected B. cultivated C. conducted D. restricted
A. reached B. controlled C. occupied D. ranged
A. difference B. portion C. quantity D. variety
A. substitute B. assemble C. skip D. uncover
A. analyze B. explore C. response D. handle
A. sure B. certain C. solid D. limit
A. productively B. subsequently C. automatically D. sincerely
A. absorbs B. include C. implies D. involves
A. administrators B. schoolchildren C. professors D. operators
A. base on B. depend on C. concentrate on D. persist on
A. potential B. inadequate C. abnormal D. indefinite
A. contrary B. particular C. absolute D. similar
A. result from B. conclude with C. end up D. lead to
A. diet B. weight C. loss D. menu
A. packages B. banquets C. meals D. affairs
Keys: 1. CDDCA 6. BADBC 11. BACAC
Passage 5
The goals of public health are to prevent human disease, injury, and disability; protect people 1 environmental health hazards; promote behaviors 2 lead to good physical and mental health; educate the public about health; and assure availability of high-quality 3 services.
Public health systems 4 in different parts of the world, depending upon the prevalent health problems in the 5 world, where sanitation problems and limited medical resources persist, infectious disease are the most significant threat to public health. Public health officials devote 6 to establish sanitation systems and immunization programs to 7 the spread of infectious diseases, and provide routine medical care to rural and isolated populations. In industrialized nations, sanitary food and water suppliers and excellent 8 resources have reduced rates of infectious diseases. 9 , accidents and diseases such as lung cancer, heart attacks, and strokes are among the 10 causes of death. In these areas, public health 11 include education programs to teach people how to prevent accidents and lessen their risk for disease, and the maintenance of the 12 disease prevention systems already established.
Public health workers may engage in activities outside the range of ordinary medical practice.
These 13 inspecting and licensing restaurants; checking the safety of housing, water, and food supplies. In assuring overall community health, public health officials also 14 advocates for laws and regulations — such as during licensing or product labeling requirements.
Most people think of public health workers as physicians and nurses, 15 a wide variety of other professionals work in public health, including sanitary engineers, microbiologists, laboratory technicians, statisticians, economists, administrators.
A. of B. from C. off D. away
A. that B. in which C. when D. where
A. education B. public C. medicine D. health
A. change B. offer C. vary D. maintain
A. developing B. developed C. following D. continued
A. public health B. medicine C. resources D. significant
A. expend B. control C. save D. collect
A. medicine B. medical C. health D. healthy
A. But B . However C . Instead D. Instead of
A. important B. different C. leading D. ordinary
A. idea B. success C. goals D. results
A. good B. better C. most D. excellent
A. make B. include C. cause D. contain
A. perform upon B. perform as C. act upon D. act as
A. but B. so C. and D. then
Keys: 1—5 BADCA 6—10 CBBCC 11—15 CDBDA
Passage6
Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and 1 of consumer demands for environment friendly products have 2 the pollution problem. One 3 is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.
4 , today, more and more consumers are choosing "green" and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. 5 they buy a product, they ask questions like these: "Will this shampoo damage the environment?" "Can this metal container be 6 or can it only be used once?"
A recent study showed that two 7 five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the 8 they make and sell their products to make sure that they are "green," that is, friendly to the environment.
Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products 9 labels to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe products their main selling 10 and emphasize it in their advertising.
The 11 for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink 12 they do business. No longer will the public accept the old 13 of "Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it." The public 14 is on, and gradually business is 15 its act.
A. short B. lack C. lots D. varieties
A. applied to B. exposed to C. contributed to D. devoted to
A. possibility B. chance C. effect D. result
A. Therefore B. Furthermore C. Similarly D. However
A. Before B. If C. After D. Unless
A. friendly B. safe C. reused D. returned
A. of B. or C. from D. out of
A. method B. way C. means D. approach
A. carry B. take C. include D. make
A. advantage B. point C. technique D. attraction
A. concern B. hope C. care D. plan
A. what B. how C. whether D. when
A. saying B. opinion C. attitude D. fashion
A. pleasure B. discussion C. pressure D. interest
A. cleaning away B. cleaning out C. cleaning off D. cleaning up
Keys: 1—5 BCDDA 6—10 CDBAB 11—15 ABCCD
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