1、1Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before mak
2、ing your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.A home
3、steader is a person who lives a self-reliant 47 with major emphasis on home production. When the Industrial Age is being 48 by information and electronics, some people try to 49 and escape from the social, environmental, and economic madness of the modern age and begin to 50 returning to the country
4、. Because this lifestyle is so enjoyable, satisfying and 51 , more and more people are prepared to 52 their job in the city and start a new and more meaningful life on their 53 farms. For some it has become not only a way of life, but a way of looking at the world.Of course, life in the country can
5、be pretty tough. While it is an enjoyment to be so close to Nature, you may have to reduce your 54 on fuels by cutting back on your daily consumption. You may also have to cook your own meals every day and 55 your own bow-cost entertainment without the luxuries that are common in cities. On balance,
6、 however, living in the country has long been a part of the American Dream. Generations of Americans have considered the country an 56 setting in which to love and raise a family.A) quit B) householdC) lifestyleD) primaryE) ideal F) seek G) dependence H) stableI) various J) provide K) pursueL) repla
7、ced M) rewarding N) produceO) considerAnswer: C, L, F, O, M, A, I, G, J, E2Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word
8、 bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank m
9、ore than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.47 the name, the Underground Railroad was not really a railroad, but was a network of people who assisted fugitive slaves. Many fugitives who escaped to the North and Canada received 48 along the way from individuals who were 49 in
10、this network. By the early 19th century, the organization became so successful that it is 50 that between 1810 and 1850, 100,000 slaves escaped from the South through the Underground Railroad.It was not a 51 that it was called the Underground Railroad. Steam railroads had just emerged and the terms
11、used to 52 the people who helped and the fugitives were related to the railroad line. Fugitive slaves were called “parcels” and “passengers”, he helpers were the “conductors” and the homes were called “stationmasters,” and the homes were referred to as “depots” or “ stations”.The route used was an i
12、mportant part of a 53 escape. There were 54 secret routes that a conductor could use. The one used depended on where the search parties and slave catchers were stationed. Some trips required the use of many different routes. If it appeared that they might be in danger, a 55 would change paths. Some
13、guides and fugitives even hid out in bushes and swamps for many days until it was safe to continue on. Quickness was not the main 56 . Instead safety was most important and as a result they often zigzagged in order to avoid capture.A) guide B) successfulC) compelledD) assistance E) confidentF) explo
14、itG) estimated H) concernI) convictionJ) involved K) numerous L) coincidence M) describe N) transportO) despiteAnswer: K, H, L, E, O, M, J, C, G, A3Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required
15、 to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a singl
16、e line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.47 show that at some point in your life, you will get robbed. Things get even worse for apartment dwellers because so many people pass in and out of an apartme
17、nt building, and it is much 48 to keep non-residents out.So what to do? Dont panic. Yes, apartments are 49 to robbery, but there are options other than barricading yourself in your apartment with a shotgun. We 50 that you use some common sense to 51 that target from your door. Then the burglar will
18、rob the less guarded, not you.We know what youre thinking:“Ill never get robbed. Whod want to steal a half can of diet Coke and an electric toothbrush?” If those really are the only things in your apartment, you have every 52 not to worry. However, if you have something youd like to keepsay, a TV, a
19、 stereo, a computer, a Picassoits wise to be 53 .Your goal is not to set up any 54 security systems to hold thieves at bay; your goal is to keep criminals from even trying to break into your apartment in the first place. If someone really wants to break in, 55 are that he/she is going to find a way
20、by that say, “Hey, look at me! Lots of goodies and no security! Come on in!” Lock the door before you leave. Dont leave the windows open all day long. Dont tape notes on the door 56 to your mate reading “Gone all day! Left the door unlocked for you!” Just use your brains.A) suggest B) chances C) tou
21、gherD) barricadedE) rural F) shiftG) analyzeH) complexI) reasonJ) cautious K) vulnerableL) statisticsM) puzzlingN) directed O) liableAnswer: L, C, O, A, F, I, J, H, B, N4Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten bl
22、anks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Ans
23、wer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.In the U.S.A. every fifteen seconds there will be a burglary report. 47 show that last your burglars entered more than two million homes.
24、 Actually it is 48 impossible to keep 49 burglars outside. All that you can do is to 50 them back for a few minutes to 51 them to police patrols or people wandering about nearby. Common sense tells us that lighting is a 52 to crime. A light should be 53 in the doorway and turned on at night. Believe
25、 it or not, some people, especially children who seem to be the last to come home, leave their doors on the latch at night. Doors of hollow core, even while locked, are 54 to burglars. Therefore, youd better use doors of solid core or steel, for it is hard for thieves to 55 them open. If you intend
26、to buy an alarm device, make sure to ask for its sighs and put them up on windows and doors. Last, a word of 56 when you travel, be sure to ask a trusted neighbor to put away all your deliveries of newspapers or mail before your return. This is because piles of newspapers or mail on the front doorst
27、ep or in the mailbox serve as an advertisement that no one is home.A) determined B) vulnerable C) wanderedD) statisticsE) warning F) hookG) analysisH) barrierI) holdJ) prevent K) exposeL) transformM) installedN) nearly O) pryAnswer: L, N, A, I, K, H, M, B, O, E5Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading
28、 in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the ba
29、nk is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Many extraterrestrial searchers have concentr
30、ated their 47 on detecting radio signals of 48 civilizations. But the universe is noisy, with stars radiating radio waves just like they shine starlight. The radio signals of alien civilizations are 49 in background noise.On April 8, 1960, Frank drake and his assistants 50 their radio telescope at t
31、he star Epsilon Eridani about 11 light-years away. Loud, pulsing signals burst from the loudspeakers. Then they moved the telescope away from Epsilon Eridani. The noise stopped, a promising 51 that the signal was coming from Epsilon Eridani. However, when they pointed the telescope back at the star,
32、 it was quiet. About a week and a half later, the loud pulsing noise returned, but they soon found out that the signal was coming from a 52 plane. After 200 hours spent listening to Epsilon Eridani, they found no aliens.This was just the first of many searches 53 by scientists around the world. None
33、 have found conclusive 54 of aliens, but there have been intriguing signals. On Aug. 15, 1977, at the Big Ear Observatory near Columbus, Ohio, Jerry Ehman, an astronomy professor, detected a 55 burst of marrow-frequency sound that came from the constellation Sagittarius. The sound was 30 times stron
34、ger than the surrounding background noise, Scientists have scoured that slice of the sky again, but nothing like it has been heard since. That sound may indeed have been” Hi!”, but if so, the caller hasnt 56 to try again.A) sign B) particular C) effortsD) conductedI) capableJ) pointed K) passingL) i
35、solationE) proof F) buried G) detectedH) botheredM) alien N) powerful O) orbitingAnswer: C, M, F, J, A, K, D, E, N, H6Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each b
36、lank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You
37、 may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.One of the strongest 47 I have found in all of us Americans is the way we treat holidays. We all love holidays: they give us a reason to 48 routine, to celebrate, and to make memories. What
38、 holiday gives us a better chance to do all these things than Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving weekend is for most of us the longest, least 49 weekend of the year. It is the 50 time for family and friends to come together again. It is also the most 51 American of all holidays, because it celebrates the se
39、ttling of our country by the Pilgrims over 350 years ago.For me, Thanksgiving brings to my mind all the things in life that I 52 to most strongly and for which I am truly 53 . There is the simple beauty of the earth and the blessed produce shared at harvest time. There is the 54 that comes from work
40、ing a crop, the wisdom that comes from knowing that if you 55 the land with care, it will yield a rich reward. And there is the 56 of the day itself: the return to my family homesteads in the green hills of Maryland and Virginia, the mouthwatering food, and of course the sharing in the holiday ritua
41、ls.A) purely B) satisfaction C) appreciationD) abandonE) handle F) respondG) accordH) considerateI) interruptedJ) tradition K) gratitudeL) similarities sM) ideal N) exposed O) gratefulAnswer: L, D, I, M, A, F, O, B, E, J 7Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirecti
42、ons: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mar
43、k the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Five years ago a female inmate(犯人) at Rikers Island told Jane Paley that she smelled
44、wonderful. As president of Friendly Visitors, a 50-year-old organization whose 47 is “acts of loving kindness that dont 48 large sums of money or hours of work.” Paley 49 went to the New York City jail. That day, though, a spray of perfume went off in her hand.Her group had long 50 money so that the
45、 100 women in the jail could buy food and treats. Why not give them fancy toiletries（化装用品） too?Parley and her crew of 35 women 51 out the perfect way to get the goods. They asked friends to collect hotel soaps, shampoos and lotions when they travel. Volunteers bundle them into goody bags and 52 them
46、 to Rilers several times a year, 53 Christmas and Mothers Day.“These mini-donations make the women feel beautiful,” says Paley. “You can see them turn themselves around a little bit.”So, Paley continues, “If youre lucky enough to 54 a vacation, take the soap and shampoos. Bring them to homeless shel
47、ters battered women shelters or any organization in 55 . Its a small act that may 56 a great deal.”A) figured B) inquired C) afford D) frequently E) mean F) conveyG) involve H) donatedI) including J) need K) contributeL) deliver M) persistN) mission O) excessAnswer: N, G, D, H, A, L, I, C, J, E8Part
48、 IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making y
49、our choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Imagine how you would 47 in 24 hours a day, every day, if you didnt have to work. There you gooff to the beach in summer, the movies in winter, watch TV on rainy days, go skating or horse 48 , read a lot of books or magazines, sleepBut would you? Where would the money come from
