1、Passage 1More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. 1 a result, many students want to 2 their interests and study in these 3 such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc. Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4 maths, physics and biology, and art majors, 5 his
2、tory, Chinese and philosophy. 6 students can study in these“hot”majors, because the number of these“hot”majors 7 limited. If one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? I 10 this from one of my classmates.He is 11 the countryside.His parents are farmers.Though he 12 biology, he chose“inte
3、rnational business”.He 13 to live a life which is different 14 of his parents. In the end, he found he 15 in doing business.He found all the subjects to be 16 . 17 this wouldnt have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests. Choosing a major in university 18 decide ones whol
4、e life.Majors 19 are not“hot”today may become the“hot”major of tomorrow. Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the bestway to succeed. 1.A.Being B.For C.Having D.As2.A.give up B.appear C.give D.master 3.A.place B.room C.areas D.space 4.A.for example B.much as C.and so on D.as a result 5.A.
5、even B.like C.just D.or 6.A.Only a few B.Quite a few C.Perhaps D.Many7.A.is B.are C.would be D.have been 8.A.had no B.had C.has no D.has 9.A.why B.and what C.how D.and how 10.A.suggested B.guessed C.searched D.learned 11.A.out of B.off C.in D.from 12.A.studied B.likes C.learns D.succeeds to study 13
6、.A.wants B.doesnt want C.enjoys D.doesnt like 14.A.from which B.from that C.for which D.for that 15.A.was interested B.was clever C.was not interested D.was not clever 16.A.lovely B.rare C.obvious D.tiresome17.A.So B.Then C.Just then D.Maybe 18.A.can B.does not C.probably D.perhaps not to 19.A.on wh
7、ich B.in which C.which D.which 20.A.interests B.experience C.mind D.heartCloze Keys :1.【答案】D 【解析】as a result 表示“结果(是)”。 2.【答案】A【解析】参见 3。 3.【答案】C 【解析】根据本句内容可知:“许多学生想放弃(give up)他们的爱好而学习诸如外语、国际贸易、法律这些学科(领域)(areas)”。 4.【答案】B 【解析】such as 用于简单的罗列事物。 5.【答案】B 【解析】like 在此基本上等于 such as,以避免重复。 6.【答案】A 【解析】 “仅有
8、少部分学生能学习这些热门 专攻课程” 。其余选项均不符合语境或语法规则。 7.【答案】A 【解析】the number of 与单数谓语连用。 8.【答案】C 【解析】根据语法和语境,只能选 has no。此句后半句用的是 can,因此不能用过去时,had no 和 had 错。本句意思是 “如果一个人对他的工作或学习不感兴趣,他怎么能够做好?” 9.【答案】C 【解析】参见 8。在 how can he do well 中,动词 do 作不及物动词,意为“ 进行”,“发展”。 10.【答案】D 【解析】根据句意,这里应选 learn。 11.【答案】D 【解析】Be from 来自。 12.
9、【答案】B 【解析】 “虽然他喜欢生物学“ 。 13.【答案】A 【解析】Doesn t want, doesn t like 不符合语意,答案 enjoys 不符合语法规则。 14.【答案】B 【解析】be different from that of his parents 与其父母的生活不同。That 指前面的life。 15.【答案】C 【解析】was interested 不符合语意,was clever,was not clever 易排除。16.【答案】D【解析】 “他觉得所有的学科都令人厌倦。 ” 17.【答案】D 【解析】 “或许在当初他按照自己的爱好选择他的专攻课程,这种情
10、况就不会发生”。此句表示与过去事实相反(条件句中用虚拟语气 )。 18.【答案】B【解析】 “在大学选择专攻课程并不决定某人的一生” 。perhaps not to 不符合语法规则。 19.【答案】C 【解析】which are not“hot”today 是定语从句,修饰 majors。Which 在定语从句中作主语。On which ,in which 不符合语法。 20.【答案】A 【解析】本句是文章的中心, “根据个人的兴趣选择专业是成功的最佳方法。Passage 2Most people hate rock music. (31) _ I am not an unreasonable
11、 or biased person (32)_nature, two vivid and striking (33) _ experiences of rock music during the past two weeks have persuaded me that it has become a(n) (34) _ for those of us with enough common sense to see its(35)_ dangers to point them out. My first experience-perhaps a minor one, (36) _ highly
12、 symptomatic-was the realization that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music (37)_ headphones, he replied in an unnaturally loud voice, (38)_ there was something wrong with his hearing. The second occurred when I went with him to a “concert“ and witnessed for myself (39) _
13、these affairs are like. Till I went to the concert, I had always (40) _ the “live and let live“ attitude that rock music was simply not my (41) _ but that other people had (42) right to enjoy it if it was theirs.But what I saw and heard (43) _ me that we are allowing something very powerful to take
14、(44)_ of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, (45) by the noise level. But secondly, and (46) _ dangerously, I observed that after a time everyone was carried (47) _ by the noise, and gave up his/her individuality. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless c
15、rowd who clapped and (48)_ and jumped around like monkeys. It was the most degrading human (49)_ I have ever had the misfortune to witness, and I seriously believe that in time to come our present younger generation would thank us if we managed to (50) _ a stop to it now.31. A. When B. WhileC. If D.
16、 As32. A. in B. ofC. with D. by33. A. private B. personalC. individual D. own34. A. job B. obligationC. duty D. virtue35. A. potential B. obviousC. temporary D. apparent36. A. but B. andC. even D. so37. A. by B. overC. behind D. through38. A. since B. forC. as if D. in case39. A. / B. whatC. how D.
17、which40. A. adapted B. adoptedC. taken D. accepted41. A. enjoyment B. preferenceC. option D. taste42. A. every B. allC. no D. some43. A. concerned B. persuadedC. convinced D. ignited44. A. care B. attentionC. charge D. possession45. A. bringing about B. brought aboutC. bringing forward D. brought fo
18、rward46. A. far more B. much tooC. as much as D. too much47. A. over B. offC. along D. out48. A. sat B. stoodC. paced D. stamped49. A. situation B. spectacleC. scene D. stage50. A. put B. letC. form D. make31B 【解析】文章首句指出大多数人讨厌摇滚乐,接着后文的notunreasonable 和 biased 表明作者对摇滚乐的态度,故选 BWhile 表对比。 32D【解析 】词组 by
19、 nature 表示“天生地,出于本性”D 符合句意。33B 【解析】后面作者提到了他的两次经历,因此选 B,personal experiences“亲身经历” 。34C 【解析】由下文的 common sense“常识”和 danger “危害”可推知,C 符合句意。duty 指“道义上的责任、职责” ,较强调“自觉性”。35A【解析 】危险不明显才需要指出来,所以选 A“潜在的”36A【解析 】minor 与 highly 构成对比,故语气有转折之义选 A。37D【解析 】用耳机听音乐,须用介词 through“凭借,用” 。38C 【解析】作者的儿子戴着耳机听音乐,作者跟他讲话时,他的
20、声音很大且不自然。由此可知,空格所在后半句只是一种假设,故用 C。39B 【解析】空格与后面的 these affairs are like 一起充当 witnessed 的宾语从句。宾语从句中,are like 后须接宾语因此 B 正确。40B 【解析】adopt theattitude“采取的态度 ”,B 符合句意。41D【解析 】作者说摇滚乐不是他的 ,D 符合句意。taste“喜好,兴趣”,暗含有一种欣赏力、鉴赏力。42A【解析 】由 but 转折和前面的“live and let live”,可知作者认为别人有权欣赏摇滚乐如果他们喜欢的话,have every right 意为“ 完
21、全有权利”,A 符合句意。43C 【解析】convince“ 使确信,说服”,convince sb of sth“ 使某人确信”,也常接 that 从句,C 符合句意。44D【解析 】由句中的 powerful 可知,作者亲自体会到摇滚乐对年轻人的影响,因此选 D。take possession of“ 占有,占领”。45B 【解析】a collective madness 与 noise level 有引起与被引起的关系,故选 B。46A47C 【解析】由文中描述的现象可知,年轻人应是被那些喧闹声“迷住” 了,故选 C。carry along“吸引,迷住 ”。48D【解析 】由 and 可
22、知空格处要填的词应与前后的动作接近,故选Dstamped“跺脚,用力踏”。49B 【解析】由后面的 misfortune 可知填入空格的词含消极意义。spectacle除有“眼镜,景象 ”之义外,还有 “受人嘲笑的人(或物)”的意思,符合旬意。50A【解析 】作者认为如果我们能 ,年轻一代一定会感谢我们的,可知A 正确。put a stop to“制止 ”。The process by means of which human beings can arbitrarily make certain things stand for other things may be called the
23、symbolic process. (31) _ we turn, we see the symbolic process (32) _ work. For example, stripes on the sleeve can be made to stand for military rank; crossed sticks can stand for a (33) _ of religious beliefs. There are (34) _ things that have not a symbolic value.Almost all fashionable clothes are
24、(35)_ symbolic. And we select our furniture to (36) _ as visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We often choose our houses on the (37) _ of a feeling that it “looks well“ to have a “good address“. We trade in perfectly good cars for (38) _ models not always to get better transpor
25、tation, (39) _ to give evidence to the community that we can (40) _ it.I once had an eight-year-old car in good running condition. A repairman, who knew the condition of the car, kept (41) _ me to trade it (42) _ a new model. “But why?“ I asked, “The old cars in (43) _ still.“ The repairman answered
26、 scornfully, “Yeah, but all youve got is transportation.“Such complicated and apparently (44) _ behavior leads philosophers to (45) _ over “Why cant human beings live simply and naturally?“ (46) _ the complexity of human life makes us look enviously at the relative simplicity of such lives as dogs a
27、nd cats lead.Simply, the fact that symbolic process makes complexity possible is no (47) _ for wanting to (48) _ to a cat existence. A better (49) _ is to understand the symbolic process (50)_ instead of being its victims we become, to some degree at least, its masters.31. A. Whichever B. WhateverC.
28、 Everywhere D. However32. A. in B. atC. by D. on33. A. serial B. clusterC. suite. D. set34. A. many B. fewC. enough D. little35. A. highly B. merelyC. rarely D. accidentally36. A. work B. regardC. serve D. signify37. A. chance B. purposeC. opportunity D. basis38. A. later B. formerC. latter D. earlier39. A. yet B. butC. and D. so40. A. afford B. offerC. supply D. grant41. A. advocating B. alertingC. urging D. pressing42. A. with B. inC. out D. for