一、单项选择题（共 5 道试题，共 25 分。从下列选项中选出单词的正确解释。）
1. flourish
A.
a light cloud low over the ground
B. to develop well and be successful
C.
relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently
参考答案：B
2. intellectual
A.
relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently
B. stubborn
C.
a particular quality in someone’s character
参考答案：A
3.
trait
A.
a particular quality in someone’s character
B. stubborn.
C. relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently
参考答案：A
4.
obstinate
A.
relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently
B. stubborn.
C. a particular quality in someone’s character
参考答案：B
5. mist
A.
a light cloud low over the ground
B. to develop well and be successful
C. relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently
参考答案：A
二、阅读理解（共 3 道试题，共 75 分。根据文章内容判断句子正误或选出正确的选项。）
1.
The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the Earth is covered with water while we say we are short of water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can’t drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink and use the 3% of the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we can’t even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted.
Now more water is needed. The problem is: Can we avoid a serious water shortage later on? First, we should all learn how to save water. Second, we should find out the ways to reuse it. Scientists have always been making study in this field. Today, in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers. But it can be used again. Even if every large city reused its water, there still would not be enough. What could people turn to do next?
The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water. This is expensive, but it’s already in use in many parts of the world. Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. So you see, if we can find a way out, we’ll be in no danger of drying up.
1). The world is thirsty because about 97% of water on the earth can’t be drunk or used for watering plants directly.
A.
T
B. F
2). 3% of water on the earth is sea water.
A. T
B. F
3). From the passage we learn that today in most large cities water is used only once.
A.
T
B. F
4). To avoid the serious water shortage (匮乏) , we should make dirty water clean and then reuse it.
A.
T
B. F
5). The title(题目) of the passage should be “ How to Save Water ”.
A.
T
B. F
参考答案：ABAAB
2.
Every day our world becomes smaller and smaller. Modern life changes so quickly. Today, planes fly across the oceans very fast; for example, it is possible to fly from London to New York in three and a half hours on a jet plane. Also, we watch the Olympic Games and other international events on television at home through satellites. And all over the world, computers control many banking systems and industries. Computers also make communication between people easier and faster.
Other changes make the world smaller too. For instance, more people travel abroad today. Businessmen, tourists, scientists, students, political leaders, and film stars visit many countries each year. Students and scientists go to foreign universities and research institutes; businessmen from international companies work in their branch offices abroad.
Styles of clothing are more and more universal, too. Australian stores sell shoes made in Spain or Italy. Young people in many countries all over the world buy American blue jeans. All these modern changes make our world a smaller place – a kind of “global village”.
1). The most important idea in this passage is that people travel much more than they did before.
A.
T
B. F
2). From the passage we learn that people watch the Olympic Games on televisions at home.
A.
T
B. F
3). Most people travel abroad because they can earn more money.
A.
T
B.
F
4). 4. The writer gives the example of computers in order to show that new inventions are always welcome.
A. T
B. F
5). The word ‘global’ (the last line, Para 3) means international.
A. T
B. F
参考答案：BABBA
3.
Today Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.
The Government ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn’t kill many. The Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of ratsevery day. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the Government office. The Government officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the Government didn’t pay any more money.
1). Newton is a place which ______.
A.
used to be very clean
B. is no longer a city
C. is very clean
D. will be very clean
2). When the Government first ordered the people to kill rats, the people ______.
A.
askedsome money for each dead rat
B. stole dead rats from the pile
C. were too lazy to kill many rats
D. killed nearly all the rats quickly
3). The people killed rats ______.
A.
to get money from the Government
B.
to help the Government make the city clean
C. to make the Government officer happy
D.
to protect（保护）their cats and dogs
4). A deep hole was dug so that ______.
A.
the rats couldn’t come out to attack people at night
B. people could take rats from it easily
C. people would kill more rats
D. nobody could take any rats from the pile
5). What is the best topic for this passage?
A.
How to Kill Rats
B. Newton一A City of Rats
C. How Newton Became a Very Clean Place
D. How Newton Became a Famous City
参考答案：CCADC
