2010届高三英语一轮复习必备精品
Module5 Unit2 The United Kingdom
高考导航
本单元的考点在历年各地考题中，。available 一词曾经在2008•浙江卷中考查过。这是高考的重点，应着重掌握。There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country.
A. present
B. available
C. precious
D. convenient
【答案】选B
【解析】考查通过句意选择同类词中恰当的形容词。 present
adj.现在的, 出席的, 当面的;
available
adj.可用到的, 可利用的, 有用的, 有空的, 接受探访的;precious
adj.宝贵的, 贵重的, 珍爱的, 过于精致的, 珍爱的; convenient
adj便利的, 方便的通过句意及语境可知,正确答案是B
News reports say peace talks between the two countries with no agreement reached. (NMET2003)
A. have broken down
B. have broken out
C. have broken in
D. have broken up
【答案】选D
【解析】broken out
为爆发,比如战争的爆发
broke down
可译为汽车抛锚
broken up
为分手
broke in
表示闯入。每一个词组都会有多个解释,根据句意答案应该是broke up
Helen had to shout________ above the sound of the music.（2004全国高考）
A. making herself hearB. to make herself hear
C. making herself heardD. to make herself heard
根据题意“海伦只好喊，以便使别人听到自己的声音”,所以应当用动词不定式表目的，但自己应当是被听到，所以要用head。available institution
convenience
rough
roughly
nationwide
attract
architecture
collection
administration
port
countryside enjoyable
description
furnished
fax
possibility
plus
quarrel
alike
arrange
wedding
fold
sightseeing
delight
royal
uniform
splendid
statue
communism
thrill
pot
error
tense
consistent
重点短语
consist of
divide…into
break away (from )
to one’s credit
leave out
take the place of
break down
重点句型 There is no need to do sth/There is no need for sth
It is strange/a pity/important/vital/necessary/essential…that…
语法 过去分…
…he had them killed while they were asleep.
重难点解读
I 重点单词
1. debatevi. &n. 辩论；讨论
【】【经典例句】n. After much debate，we decided to move to Beijing.
我们经过充分讨论后决定迁往北京。
v. They debated about the proposal for three days.
他们为那项计划争论了三天。
I debated the idea in my mind until I feel asleep.
我入睡前一直在思考这个问题。
After a long debate the bill was passed in Congress.
经过长时间的辩论后，议案在国会获得通过。
They were debating whether to go to the mountain or to the seaside.
他们在争论到底是去山上还是去海边。
The discussion turned into a furious debate.
这场讨论成了激烈的争论。
【】 辨析debate和argue：
debate指各自陈述理由，强调公正、公开，气氛较为激烈；
argue意为“说理；争论”，通常指提出理由来支持自己的观点，并企图说服别人，着重使用说理的方式来论证主张。
①There is no good in arguing about the inevitable.
拿不可避免的事物争论是没有什么用的。
②The house of representatives debated the proposal for three days.
众议院就这个提案辩论了三天。
【】The debate was launched by the Government。（翻译）
_____________________________________________________________________
(答案：这场争论是由政府发起的)
2. puzzle
n.&vt.难题，谜；使迷惑
【】 1）puzzle可用作名词或动词，作名词时，意为“难题；谜；测验能力的问题(或玩具)”，可喻为“复杂难懂的事物”。
2)同根词：puzzled adj.表示自己感到迷惑，如：
There was a puzzled expression on his face.
他的脸上露出迷惑不解的表情。
puzzling adj.表示令人感到迷惑，如：
His answer is puzzling.
他的回答令人迷惑。【经典例句】 The meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle.
这首诗的意思一直是个谜。
This letter puzzles me.
这封信使我迷惑不解。
I am in a puzzle about the matter.
我对这件事大惑不解。
I puzzled over the question for quite a while.这个问题我想了好半天。
【】1.This is a puzzled question.
____________________________________________
(答案：puzzled 应改为puzzling)
填空
2.This is really a _________________ problem and I feel ______________ about it.
（puzzle）
（答案：puzzling;
puzzled ）
convenience.方便；便利
【】1）固定搭配：at one’s convenience 在……方便时
2）同根词：convenient adj. 便利的；方便的，如：
Our house is convenient for the hospital.
我们家到医院很方便。
3）convenience意为“便利”时，为不可数名词；意为“有用的安排”时为可数名词。
【经典例句】 I kept my reference book near my desk for convenience.
我把参考书放在书桌旁用着方便。
If it is convenient to you, please come at four o’clock.
如果方便的话，请在四点钟来。
When would it be convenient for you to go?
你什么时候去方便呢？
【】【】Let’s make it at seven o’clock on Tuesday morning at my office if ________.
A. you’re convenient
B. it is convenient for you
C. you feel convenient
D. it is convenient with you
(答案：B )
3. Come and see me whenever ______.
A. you are convenient
B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you
D. it will be convenient to you
（答案：C ）
4. influence
n. 影响，有影响的人(或事) vt. 影响，改变
【】固定搭配：have/has an influence on...对……有影响【经典例句】 My teacher’s influence made me study at college.
受我的老师影响，我上大学学了理科。
The weather influences crops.
天气影响农作物。
He was influenced by Michelangelo later on.
他后来受到米开朗基罗的影响。
My parents considered my friends have a bad influence on me.
我父母认为我朋友对我有不良影响。
Africa’s climate is strongly influenced by the continent’s position on the globe.
非洲的气候受到它在地球上位置的强烈影响。
【】influence / affect / effect
1）influence指一个人以其品格或地位获得影响他人的力量，或指行为和思想受到某种间接因素的影响而发生变化，这种力量是无形的。
The judge was never influenced in his decision by his sympathy or prejudice.
法官决不会因为同情或偏见影响自己的判决。
2）affect只有动词性，意思是“影响”，指能够引起感情上的反应，强烈的影响或力量，但这种力量是有形的力量，有时可暗示不良影响。
Fear affects some people by making them powerless to act.
由于害怕而使有些人束手无策。
【】
用 influence / affect / effect的正确形式填空。This article will ____________my thinking.
这篇文章将会影响我的思想。
This book a change in my opinion.
这本书使我的看法起了变化
by a high-school biology teacher, he took up the study of medicine.
在一位中学生物教师的影响下, 他从事医学研究。affect ; effected;
Influenced）
5. available
adj. 可以得到的；可利用的；有效的
【】 available energy
（2）可得到的，可买到的：be available for use
（3）有空的，可与之联系的： sb. is available可与某人联系
（4）有效的：be available for one year
常用搭配
(be) available to sb能够被某人所用或者为某人所获得的
(be) available for sth能够为某目的所用的/能够用于某目的的
(be) available to do sth 能够用于某目的的
【经典例句】 Tickets are available from the box office.
售票处可以买到票。
She is not available.她没空。（她有男朋友了。）
He is not available for the job.
他不适宜做这个工作。。【】Is the manager available for the moment?
(答案：经理此刻有空吗？)
【高考链接】There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country. (2008•浙江)
A. present
B. available
C. precious
D. convenient
（答案:
B）
II重点短语
1. break away(from) 挣脱
【经典例句】 The American southern states wanted to break away from the Union.
美国南方各州想脱离联邦。。。【】和break相关的其他词组
break down 坏掉；打破break into 闯入；打断(话题)
break into pieces 成为碎片 break out 爆发
break through 突围；突破 break up 分解【】News reports say peace talks between the two countries_____________ with no agreement reached. (NMET2003)
A. have broken down
B. have broken out
C. have broken in
D. have broken up
（答案：D ）
2. be known as 被称作；被认为
【经典例句】 He is known as a fair judge.
他被认为是一位公正的法官。
【考点聚焦】 相关词组：
be known as 以……而知名、著称；
be known by根据(按照) ……得知(较少用)；
be known for 因……而众所周知；
be known to则意为“为……所知”，指某个地方或某一范围的人知道。
【】A man is known_______ the company he keeps.
She was well-known ________an excellent dancer.
He’s known _________his readiness to help others.
He’s known________ the police as a thief.
（答案: by; as; for; to）
III重点句型
1．To their surprise，the three countries found themselves united peacefully instead of by war. 令他们奇怪的是，这三个国家发现他们非常团结，相处融洽，没有发生战争。
【剖析】1）整个句子是一个简单句。
2）to their surprise是插入语结构，在句首起补充说明作用。
3）“find oneself+宾补”表示“(不知不觉中)发现自己处于某种境地” 。又如：
She returned to England to find herself famous.
她回到英国发现自己竟出名了。
【拓展】find的其他用法：
I found the book very instructive.
=I found the book to be very instructive.
=I found that the book was very instructive.
我发觉这本书非常有教育意义。
You will find him difficult to get along with.
=You will find that he is difficult to get along with.
=You will find it difficult to get along with him.
你会发现他很难相处。【】They found __________ that the goddess turned out to be a modern-looking woman.
A .surprisingly
B.with surprise
C.to their surprise
D.a surprise
(答案：C )
【】A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ______ in the kitchen. （03全国卷）
A. smoke
B. smoking
C. to smoke
D. smoked
（答案：B）
2. Although the four countries do work together in some areas，they are still very different.
虽然这四个国家确实在某些领域合作，但它们仍然非常不同。
【剖析】 1）本句是复合句，although 引导让步状语从句。
2）状语从句中do work 为强调结构。强调谓语动词时，在动词原形前加do，does或did。如：
Do be careful！千万要小心！
He did have a good time last night.
他昨天晚上的确玩得很开心。
【拓展】 注意：do的这种用法只用于肯定句，且只有现在时和过去时两种时态。如：
I do hope you have a merry Christmas！
衷心祝你圣诞快乐！
He did read the letter just now.
他刚才的确读过那封信。It looked splendid when first built.
刚建起来的时候很辉煌。
【剖析】 1）本句是一个复合句，when引导时间状语从句。
2）When first built是When it was first built的省略形式。
【拓展】 状语从句中，若从句的主语和主句的主语一致，同时谓语含有系动词be或从句为：it is 结构时，往往省去该从句的主语和be动词。如：
Be careful when（you are）crossing the street.
过街时要当心。
Turn to him for help if （it is）necessary.
如果有必要可求助于他。【】
A introducing
B introduced
C introduce
D being introduced
(答案B)
It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when___ at the meeting by my boss. （04全国IV）
A questioning
B have questioned
C questioned
D to be questioned
（答案：C ）
4. Sadly the library had moved from its original place into another building and the old reading room was gone.
可悲的是图书馆从原来的位置搬迁到了另外一个地方，那个老阅览室不复存在了。
【剖析】 1）本句是一个并列句，并列连词and前后各为一个独立的分句。
2）sadly是副词，放在句首修饰整个句子。这是一种较常见的语法现象。如：
Personally, I believe you are right.
我个人认为你是对的。
3）此句中gone为形容词，表示“不在了”。
【拓展】 用作形容词时gone还有“过去了的；不见了的；已死的；用光了的”等意思，如： Summer is gone.
夏天已经过去了。
All my hope is gone.
我的所有希望都破灭了。
【剖析】。【拓展】【】I do not think there is any need____(tell)all about it.’s no use ）
IV 语法聚焦
英语中，过去分词可以用作宾语补足语。能用作宾语补足语的过去分词一般都是及物动词，表示被动意义或完成意义，有时候两者兼而有之。作宾语补足语的过去分词与宾语有逻辑上的动宾关系，即宾语是过去分词动作的对象。如：
She found the door broken in when she came back.
她回来时发现有人破门而入。
(此句中过去分词作宾语补足语，与宾语door之间具有被动关系，表示一种状态。)
为了使同学们对过去分词作宾语补足语的用法有一个系统而又具体的认识，本文对以下几种用法进行分析并加以概括，以利于大家掌握。
解释 例子
过去分词用在表示状态的动词
keep，leave等的后面。 They kept the door locked for a long time.
他们把门锁了好长一段时间。
Don’t leave the windows broken like this all the time.
不要让窗户一直像这样破着。
“have+宾语+过去分词”可以表示两种含义。 表示“让某人做某事”。如:
I have had my bike repaired.
我让人修了修我的自行车。
The villagers had many trees planted just then.
就在那时，村民们叫人种了许多树。
表示“遭遇到某种不幸；受到打击”。如:
My elder sister had her wallet stolen on a bus last month.
上个月，我姐姐的钱包在汽车上被偷了。
The old man had his wrist broken in the accident.
这位老人在事故中腕部摔坏了。
在“make+宾语+过去分词”这种结构中，过去分词的动词必须表示结果。 I raised my voice to make myself heard.
我提高了嗓门以便被人家听到。
They managed to make themselves understood using very simple English.
他们用了很浅易的英语来设法使自己被理解。
过去分词常用在感官动词watch，notice，see，hear，listen to，feel，find等的后面。 When we got to school，we saw the door locked.
当我们到学校时，我们看见门锁着。
We can hear the windows beaten by the heavy rain drops.
我们可以听到大雨点敲打窗户的声音。
过去分词用在want，wish，like，expect，order等表示“希望，愿望，命令”这一类动词的后面作宾语补足语。 The teacher wouldn’t like the problem discussed at the moment.
老师不想此刻讨论这个问题。
I want the suit made to his own measure.
我想要这套衣服照他自己的尺寸做。
My parents expected me to be well-prepared for the entrance examination.
我父母希望我好好准备入学考试。
过去分词用在“with+宾语+宾补”这一结构中，过去分词与宾语之间是动宾关系。 The thief was brought in with his hands tied behind his back.
小偷被带进来了，双手被反绑在后面。
With many brightly-colored flowers planted around the building，his house looks like a beautiful garden.
周围种了许多色彩鲜艳的花，他的房子看上去就像一座漂亮的花园
用框内所给词组的适当形式完成下列句子。
consist, of; divide into; leave out, take the place of, break down,
in memory of, have influence on
1. This word is wrongly spelt. You have ___________ a letter.
2. The professor has suddenly fallen ill. Who can ___________ to give the lecture?
3. The Roman Empire __________ in 476 AD.
4. The museum was built _____________ the great writer –Lu Xun.
5. The country _____________ nearly 200 islands.
6. The cake ____________ four parts for us to share.
7. My teacher ______________ me. Without his instruction, I doubt if I could be so successful.
二、
根据句子意思写出括号内所给单词的恰当形式。1. Mr Zhang is really a ________________（inspire） teacher. He can always inspire us to try our best to study.
2. Lincoln’s death was a piece of _______________（astonish） news. The whole nation was _____________（shock） at the sad news.
3. I was ______________（disappoint）
for he didn’t keep his promise to study hard.
4. You are really _____________（disappoint）, how can you break your word again and again.
5. The ____________（damage） car is beyond repair.
6. I think the _____________（affect） patient needs to be isolated（隔离）.
7. Look at the ___________（fly） kite. How beautiful it is!
8. Don’t disturb the ______________（sleep） baby.
根据括号内所给的提示翻译下列句子。1. 现在很有必要马上通知他们会议取消了。2. 为了不让野兽接近,我们让火通宵达旦地燃烧着。（keep, have ）3. 在那种场合下你还惹麻烦真是丢人。4. 当被问到为什么旷课时,他低着头不说话。5. 他建议教室一天打扫两次。6. 只有用这种方法你才能解决问题。7. 孩子们不应受到谴责。（不用被动形式）8. 你刚才说的话很有道理。1.
Our class _______ of thirty-two boys and twenty-three girls.
A. composes
B. concludes
C consists
D. contains
2.
A quarrel _________, which made him ______ his family.
A. was broken out; break away
B. broke out; break away from
C. was broken away; break down
D. broke down; break out
3..
The girl looked at me with a _______expression. Maybe the problem was quite ______.
A. puzzled; puzzling
B. puzzling; puzzled
C. puzzled; puzzled
D. puzzling; puzzling
4.
Electric trains have now _______ steam trains in England?
A. taken place
B. taken up
C. taken on
D. taken the place of
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The teacher _____ his students______ five groups..
A divided…into
B. separated…from
.
C. separated…into…
D. divided…from
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As we joined the big crowd I got _______ from my friends.
spared
B. lost
.
C separated
D. missed
7.
Miss Zhou,
as well as Mrs. Lin, _______ good French.
A. speak
B. spoke
C. spoken
.D speaks
8.. This wire connects _____ that one.
A. to
B. of
C. on
.D with
9. Now when people refer to England you find Wales______ as well.
A. include
Bincluded
C. including
D. includes
10. When I came back, I found the door _______.
A. lock
B. locking
C. to lock
D locked
five books on the shelf are found _____.
tear
B. tearing
C. tore
D. torn
e watched the whole house _____ down.
A burn
B. burning
C. burnt
D. to be burnt
He said he never heard this word ______ in spoken English.
A use
B. used
C. using
D. to use
She felt herself _______ by her friends.
A. misunderstand
B. misunderstanding
C. misunderstood
D. to misunderstand
We had a photo ______ with the foreign friends.
A take
B. took
C. taking
D. taken
The result of the test was rather _____ He was very ______ at the result.
A disappointed, disappointed
B. disappointing, disappointing
C disappointed, disappointing
D. disappointing, disappointed
There were two roads ______ to the station.
A lead
B. led
C. leading
D. to lead
I observed two men in raincoat ______ the hall.
A enter
B. entering
C. entered
D. to enter
A man was seen _______ to break into the house.
A try
B. trying
C. tried
D. to try
20. We must get the house _____ during the holidays.
painted
B. painting
C. paint
D. to paint
五、完型填空
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no
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. Several decades ago he made a mistake –a（n）perfect mistake,
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.
On a cold Saturday, Mother’s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his
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was sending to an orphanage（孤儿院）in China. On his way home, he
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into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His
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proved fruitless.
When he
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replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having
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him $20 that very morning, were heading for China! He had to drive home
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.
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church,
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Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the
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you sent last year. You see, the bandits（土匪）had just
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through the orphanage, destroying everything ,including my glasses. I was desperate. ”
“
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I had the money, there was simply no way of
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those glasses.
49 headaches every day. Then your cases arrives. When my staff
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the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top. ”
Then, still gripped（吸引注意）with the
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of it all, he continued, “When I tried
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the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
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for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have
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their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their
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of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
36. A. expectation
B. success
C. comment
D. exception
37. A. though
B. although
C. as
D. so
38. A. factory
B. church
C. family
D. country
39. A. turned
B. reached
C. filled
D. put
40. A. research
B. look
C. search
D. clothes
41. A. mentally
B. physically
C. anxiously
D. directly
42. A. charged
B. spent
C. paid
D. cost
43. A. disappointed
B. pleased
C. nonstop
D. quick
44. A. which
B. what
C. where
D. when
45. A. cases
B. clothes
C. glasses
D. wishes
46. A. cut
B. swept
C. pulled
D. broken
47. A. Unless
B. As long as
C. Until
D. Even though
48. A. replacing
B. finding
C. wearing
D. changing
49. A. Except for
B. Along with
C. Rather than
D. As for
50. A. nailed
B. burnt
C. removed
D. took
51. A. preparation
B. pleasure
C. satisfaction
C. wonder
52. A. out
B. over
C. for
D. on
53. A. pity
B. happy
C. curious
D. eager
54. A. confused
B. associated
C. combined
D. compared
55. A. cases
B. order
C. list
D. orphanage
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（Natural News）Many parents have tried to gave their children a head start on education with get-smart videos and enrichment activities as early as infancy, but free play is often sacrificed, so the American Academy of Pediatrics says that the best medicine for busy children is an increase in traditional “playtime”.
A number of studies suggest that unstructured（无条理的）play can help children become creative, discover their own interests, develop problem-solving abilities, and relate to others socially, according to a report prepared by two academy committees for release Monday at the group’s annual meting. On the contrary, a lack of such playtime can create stress for both children and parents, and it can also cause obesity（肥胖）when children spend too much time sitting in front of educational videos. The report notes lack of playtime could even lead to depression in many children.
The report thinks the lack of playtime lies in the fact that parents want to have super-smart children and safe places for children to play is decreasing. A balance between free playtime and educational activities should be struck, the report states.
“In the current environment, where so many parents feel pressure to be super parents, I believe this message is an important one,” said Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, the report’s lead author and a pediatrician（小儿科医师）at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Noted pediatrician, author, and presenter of cable TV’s “What Every Baby Knows,” Dr. T. Betty Brazelton agreed. “Children with structured activities” are missing the chance to dream, to make their own world work the way they want it. That to me is a very important part of childhood.
56. From the passage we can see that today’s children really need more
.
A. enrichment activities
B. conventional playtime
C. structured activities
D. educational activities
57. Which of the following is a proper word to describe today’s children?
A. Dull.
B. Busy.
C. Happy.
D. Free.
58. According to the report, the balance between
_ is important for a child.
A. structured activities and unstructured activities
B. educational videos and recess time
C. fee playtime and traditional playtime
D. enrichment activities and social activities
59. Dr. T. Berry Brazelton mainly emphasizes
in the last paragraph.
A. children’s ability to dream
B. the roles of structured activities
C. the important activities in his childhood
D. the harm of too many structured activities
60. It can be inferred from the passage that
.
A. children given a lot of unstructured activities can be more creative
B. get-smart videos and enrichment can create super children
C. there is a competition among parents to be super parents
D. child obesity is mainly caused by lack of playtime
B
"China is expected to complete its first exploration of the moon in 2010 and will found a moon base just as we did on the North and South Poles.” Ouyang Ziyuan, head of China’s moon exploration program, promised during the country's national science and technology week.
After its first man in space, China plans a space laboratory, a lunar orbiter to look for valuable elements and minerals, robot landings on the moon and then the human touchdown.
The price of space exploration is enormous. Russia and the US, the only two countries to have achieved manned flight, are struggling to keep their new investment, the international space station.
But China, which has a long tradition in physics, mathematics and engineering, finds its doctoral graduates welcomed in the US and Europe for decades. And it has been able to learn from 40 years of pioneering successes and mistakes by the USSR and the USA.
Space flight is a gamble and the stakes（赌注）are high. If successful, China could become a member of the world's most exclusive club, set up a second home on the moon and get a powerful hand at the strategic bargaining table.
Two designers from the Shenzhou III project said that 12 astronauts now are undergoing intensive training. One more unmanned space flight is planned before the first manned launch.
Experts say that the Shenzhou spacecraft already provides China with a space vehicle capable of mounting a lunar program. Chinese scientists have also predicted that Mars will be the next target after the moon.
61. According to Ouyang Ziyuan_____________________.
A. China has founded her base on the moon
B. China has founded one base on the North and South Poles
C. China will set up a base on the moon in 2010
D. China has already finished founding a moon base
62. The underlined word "touchdown" in the second paragraph means_____________.
A. landing
B. relation
C connection
D. behavior
63. Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage?
A. A second home is going to be built on the moon in 2010.
B. China's first man has landed the moon in space.
C. People from only two countries have been to the moon till now.
D. Twelve Chinese astronauts are being trained for the manned flight to the moon.
64. We think the Chinese astronaut will succeed in landing the moon in 2010 because_________________.
A. China will ask for help from the USSR and the USA
B. two countries have set up a space station on the moon
C. China has a large population in the world
D. China has its traditional technology and advanced scientists
65. We can infer from this passage that______________________.
A. China's robot landing on the moon has been successful
B. the USSR and the USA don't allow Chinese people land the moon
C. Chinese scientists show great interest in exploring Mars now
D. it is impossible for the Chinese people to land on the moon
C
Think of some of your favorite singers. When you listen, they can make you happy or sad, peaceful or angry. They can make you relax or want to get up and dance. Gifted singers have the power to affect us in many ways — emotionally, physically and mentally.
But becoming a great singer isn’t as easy as listening to one. It takes practice, devotion and strong lungs! Just ask the well-known American opera（歌剧）star Carol Vaness.
At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings, Carol’s voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people. It must reach every person in the theater, without a microphone, even when she’s singing softly. The reason Carol can project her voice that far is the way she breathes.
“When you breathe, it’s like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains. “You have to take a lot of air into your lungs.”
According to Carol, the main difference between pop singing and opera is “how you breathe, how much air you take in, and how you control it coming out. Regular singing is more like speaking, and it’s a lot softer. When I sing for children, they’re often surprised by how the vibrations strike their ears — like waves on a beach, ” Carol says. “In opera, the air doesn’t just go out of your mouth — it vibrates in your chest, the way a guitar vibrates when it’s played. ”
Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten, Carol has loved music. As she got older, she decided to become a music teacher. When she went to college, she took singing lessons as part of her studies. Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano voice – the highest singing voice for women.
Carol decided to make opera her goal, not only because she loved to sing but also because she loved the drama. Opera is a play in which the characters sing the words instead of speaking them. The stories of opera can be tragic or comical. They can be personal stories about two people falling in love or grand stories about kings and queens who lived long ago. As the characters in an opera sing, the emotions（情感）expressed by words and music come to life.
Today, Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has song for almost twenty years. But she has never forgotten where she started singing in the first palace.
“Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,” says Carol, “because singing is a great joy. That’s why I sing. In fact, that’s why everybody sings. ”
66. According to the passage, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City _____.
A. is a five-story building
B. can seat 4,000 people