1、温 馨 提 示 : 大 家 可 以 先 做 , 做 完 后 对 照 答 案 , 不 要 先 看 后 面 答 案 。第 一 篇第 6 部分:完形填空(第 5165 题,每题 l 分,共 15 分)下面的短文有 15 处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定 1 个最佳选项。Passive Smoking Is Workplace KillerPressure mounted on Britain on Monday to take action on (51)smoking withnew research showing second-hand smoke (52)about one worker
2、 each week inthe hospitality industry(服务行业). Professor Knorad Jamrozik, of Imperial(帝国的)College in London, told a conference on environmental tobacco that second-hand (53)kills 49 employees in pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels each year and contributes to 700 deaths from lung cancer, head (54)and s
3、troke across the total national work force. “Exposure in the hospitality (55)at work outweighs (超过)the consequencesof exposure of living (56)a smoker for those staff,“ Jamrozik said in an interview. Other (57)have measured the levels of exposure to passive smoking but Jamrozik calculated how it woul
4、d translate into avoidable deaths. His findings are (58)on the number of people working in the hospitality industry in Britain, their exposure to second-hand smoke and their (59)of dying from it. Jamrozik said the findings would apply (60) most countries in Europe because, to a greater or (61)extent
5、, levels of smoking in the community are similar. Professor Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians, which sponsored the meeting, said the research IS proof of the need for a ban on smoking in (62)places. “Environmental tobacco smoke in pubs, bars, restaurants and other public plac
6、es is _(63)damaging to the health of employees as well as the general public.“ she said in a statement. “Making these places smoke-free not only protects vulnerable(易受伤害的)staff and the public, it will (64)help over 300, 000 people in Britain to stop smoking completely,“ she added. Ireland recently b
7、ecame the first country to introduce a national ban on smoking in public _(65). New York and pads of Australia have taken similar measures. 51 A passive B natural C extensive D whole52 A kills B hurts C wounds D injures53 A dealing B working C smoking D shopping54 A rate B motion C system D disease5
8、5 A level B industry C location D nature56 A close B with C for D next57 A researchers B patients C members D smokers58 A applied B based C called D hoped59 A habits B places C ideas D chances60 A to B on C in D at61 A small B larger C lesser D more62 A private B secret C open D public63 A seriously
9、 B strangely C nervously D personally64 A yet B still C Also D just65 A spots B places C moves D actions参考答案:AACDB,BABDA,CDACB第二篇 The Old GateA 级In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive (1) _but another factor was the need to keep o
10、ut anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious (2) _.The Old City of London gates were all (3) _by the end of the 18th century. The last of Londons gates was removed a century ago, but by a (4) _ of luck, it was never destroyed.This gate is, in(5)_fact, not called a gate at all; its
11、name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (6) _between the Old City of London and Westminster1 In 1878 the Council of London took the Bar down, numbered the stones and put the gate in (7) _because its design was (8)_it was expensive to (9) _and it was blocking the traffic.The Temple Bar Trust was (10) _
12、in the 1970s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the Trust is the (11) _of the nations architectural heritage.Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it (12) _, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Pauls Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will pr
13、obably be (13) _, though there is a good (14) _that2 the basic structure will be sound. The hardest (15)_of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.词汇:contagious /knteids/ adj传染性的,会蔓延的 demolish /dimli/vt拆除,破坏stroke/struk/ n打击 preservation /pre
14、zvein/ n保存,保留boundary/baundri/ n范围,分界线 cathedral /ki: drl/ n保留,保存1A grounds B reasons C causes D purposes2A injuries B symptoms C colds D diseases3A devoted B demolished C declared D decreased4A stroke B wave C hit D blow5A real B contemporary C actual D current6A borders B part C boundary D line7A
15、storage B store C storing D stock8A unrealistic B unfashionable C unavailable D unbearable9A maintain B afford C repair D fix10A set out B setup C set off D set back11A preservation B reservation C conservation D recreation12A up B over C on D down13A replaced B substituted C exchanged D overtaken14
16、A capacity B opportunity C possibility D chance15A requirement B job C necessity D obligation参考答案:BDBAC, CABAB, ADADB, 课下练习作业(后附答案)第 6 部分:完形填空(第 5165 题,每题 1 分,共 15 分)下面的短文有 15 处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定 1 个最佳选项。Vibrating Rubber CellphonesVibrating rubber cellphones could be the next big thing in mobile comm
17、unications. They allow people to press the phone 1:o transmit vibrations along with their_(51) words. According to a research team at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the idea will make_(52) more fun.Many mobile phones can already vibrate instead of ringing_(53) you do not want people
18、to know you are getting a call. But these_(54) are too simple for subtle (敏感的) communication,_(55) Angela Chang of the labs Tangible Media Group. “Theyre either on or off, ” she says.But when you hold Changs rubber cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap around five _(56) speakers. They vibrate_(57)
19、your skin around 250 times per second. Beneath these speakers sit pressure sensors (传感器) , so you can transmit vibration as well as _(58) it. When you squeeze with a finger, a vibration signal is transmitted_(59) your callers corresponding finger, its speed _(60) on how hard you squeeze.Chang says t
20、hat within a few minutes of being given the phones, students were using the vibration feature to_(61) emphasis to what they were saying. Over time, people even began to transmit their own kind of ad hoc (特别的) “Morse code”, which they would repeat back to show they were_(62) what the other person was
21、 saying.Chang thinks “vibralanguages” could function for the same_(63) as texting: sometimes people want to communicate_(64) without everyone nearby knowing what theyre saying. “And_(65) actually being able to shake someones hand when you close a business deal, ” she says.51 A. taken B. mixed C. spo
22、ken D. broken52 A. phoning B. touching C. working D. asking53 A. since B. where C. though D. when54 A. vibrations B. instructions C. texts D. callings55 A. answers B. says C. interrupts D. tells56 A. loud B. native C. tiny D. large57 A. on B. above C. over D. against58 A. using B. turning C. receivi
23、ng D. sending59 A. for B. to C. from D. with60 A. depends B. bases C. puts D. focuses61 A. change B. add C. switch D. shift62 A. controlling B. asking C. discussing D. following63 A. fact B. plan C. reason D. trip64 A. something B. anything C. nothing D. thing65 A. look B. imagine C. suppose D. assume 参考答案:51 A 52 C 53 C 54 A 55 D56 A 57 B 58 C 59 A 60 D61 A 62 A 63 C 64 A 65 D