2010届高三英语一轮复习必备精品同步练习：Module2 unit5

　　2010届高三英语一轮复习必备精品

　　Module2 unit5 Music

　　高考解读

　　【高考导航】’s living=make a living; earn sb. sth.（为某人赢得）等；2）earn与近义词obtain, acquire, gain, get之间的词义辨析更是2010年高考命题的重点

　　3.break up是本单元的重点短语，break是高频词汇，对于它的短语考查是历年来命题的重点09年高考在江苏卷中进行了考查，在天津卷中作为干扰项出现 2010年也不会例外，考生要注意break up, break down, break into, break out等常见搭配短语的辨析。在做题中要依据语境、语义，按照短语的意思选择

　　4.while设命题人非常青睐的一个高频词，是历年来命题的热点，前几年高考经常把它和when ,as放在一起考查时间状语从句比较，但近几年已经转向表示轻微转折、对比的比较状语从句，此时，while引导的句子放句中2007年四次卷考查了这一点，同时while引导的让步状语放句首，2006年江西卷中考查过，2007年山东卷、2008年上海卷，2009年也考查过， 2010年仍然会对以上用法进行考查

　　【真题品析】 ---- Sorry, I have to ______ now. It’s time for class.

　　---- OK, I’ll call back later.

　　A. hang up

　　B. break up

　　C. give up

　　D. hold up

　　【答案】It’s time for class.看出要去上课，得出前句只能谈到这里，因此此处意思为“挂断电话”之意。Hang up 挂断（电话），中断；break up 拆散，打碎；破裂，分解；give up 放弃；hold up阻挡，延误

　　2（09江苏）28.---- I' m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have __   .

　　----So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.

　　A. broken up          B. finished up       C. divided up         D.closed up

　　【答案】They seemed very happy together暗示原来幸福，现在分手。Break up破裂，分解；finish up结束，用光，耗尽；divide up分享，分配；close up停止，关闭，靠近

　　3. （2007 山东卷I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.

　　A．AsB．Since C．If D．While

　　impressive暗示前后意思转折

　　4.(08上海卷)31. ---Are you ready for Spain？     Yes, I want the girls to experience that ___ they are young.

　　A. while

　　B. until

　　C. if

　　D. before

　　【答案】A 考查while引导时间状语用法。

　　【点拨】young.暗示时间，只有while合适

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　　课时复习方案

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　　earn

　　【基础过关】赚，挣得；获利；赢得’s living=make a living

　　谋生

　　earn money= make money

　　挣钱

　　She earned a living as a part-time secretary.

　　她靠做半职秘书为生。

　　is achievement earned him respect.

　　他的成就赢得人们的尊敬。（靠自己的劳动）

　　3）He gained much good.

　　他得到很多好处。（利益或好处）

　　4）He got the first prize in the listening contest.

　　他在听力比赛中获得了一等奖。（使用较广）

　　【典型例题】

　　The day I discovered that the good name my parents had______brought our whole family

　　the respect of our neighbour.

　　A. earned

　　B. deserved

　　C. given

　　D. used

　　【答案】A 考查动词词义辨析

　　【点拨】按照句意此处为赢得的意思。Earn的宾语可以是name. Fame, reputation, position.

　　考点二

　　hit

　　【基础过关】n. （演出等）成功，打击，打

　　Her new series is a smash hit.

　　他的新系列节目极为成功，引起轰动

　　【拓展延伸】vt.&vi.

　　击中，碰撞，袭击；（精神上）打击；被---想起

　　hit it

　　猜中，说对了

　　hit on/upon

　　偶然碰上，偶然找到，偶然想起。

　　The farmers were hit hard by the drought last winter. 去年冬天九旱不雨，农民受到严重打击。

　　It hit me all of a sudden that he has already come back. 我突然想到他已经回来啦

　　【点拨】辨析

　　hit, strike, beat

　　hit

　　用于表示命中，击败

　　strike

　　指有意识的动作，也可以指无意识的动作，可能用力地打一下，也可能是多下。敲钟必须用strike.

　　beat

　　指有目的地在某物上连续不断地击打、轻打、重打都可以。如心脏的跳动。

　　【典型例题】

　　The song was a ____at once and its recording tape rose to No.I on the best-seller list.

　　A. shock

　　B. strike

　　C. hit

　　D. beat

　　【答案】C 考查同义词辨析。

　　【点拨】按照句意此处有（演出等方面）成功

　　考点三

　　sort

　　【基础过关】vt.& vi. 分类；整理sort out 分类；整理解决；处理Quickly sort them all out.

　　快把它们分类捡出来

　　n. 种类，类别

　　sort of

　　有点，在某种程度上（常作状语）

　　all sorts of= of all sorts

　　各种各样的

　　a sort of

　　一种，可以说是---的东西

　　What sort of music do you like best, pop or classical? 你喜欢哪种音乐—流行的还是古典的？

　　【点拨】辨析 sort, kind, type, species

　　sort 指大体相似的东西，有时用于贬义判断

　　kind指同种类的东西。

　　type指同类型的东西。

　　species指同物种的东西。

　　【典型例题】

　　“Long time no see” is___ sort of informal, but it is part of___language that Americans use daily.

　　A the; a

　　B. a; the

　　C. 不填; the

　　D. a; a

　　【答案】C 考查sort of和part of的用法

　　【点拨】sort of 在本句中用作状语。

　　考点四

　　stick

　　【基础过关】vi. 粘帖，张贴，坚持

　　stick to

　　坚持；坚守I have made my decision and I’m going to stick to it.

　　我已经做出决定，而且我要坚持我的立场

　　stick to；insist on

　　stick to

　　指坚持真理、岗位、计划、决定、理论insist on

　　指坚持认为，坚决主张或坚决要求某物，后面可接动名词。break up

　　【基础过关】vi.&vt. 解散；驱散；分裂；拆散break down 机器出故障崩溃; 瓦解break in

　　破门而入

　　break into the house破门而入

　　break one’s promise/word 食言

　　break out 战争、火灾等爆发

　　break off the conversation/relations中断交谈关系 break through

　　突破；穿过The car is always breaking down. 这辆车老是出毛病Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话

　　【典型例题】

　　The couple had quarreled all time before they _______their engagement.

　　A. broke down

　　B. broke through

　　C. broke off

　　D. broke out

　　【答案】C 考查break动词短语辨析

　　【点拨】quarrel暗示中断婚约 break off the conversation/relations中断交谈关系above all

　　【基础过关】首先，尤其，最重要的是Never waste anything, and above all, never waste time. 不要浪费东西,尤其不要浪费时间。 above all是从事物的重要性上说的“首先，最终要的是”；first of all是从事物的排列顺序上说的“第一”—时候，与---同时”，主句一般用进行时态；

　　2）引导让步状语从句，表示“尽管”语气较轻；

　　3）后面直接跟现在分词、过去分词或介词短语，形成省略句，这种省略的条件是，前后主从句主语必须一致

　　He broke in the house while we were talking.

　　当我们正在谈话时，他闯了进来。

　　While it is very cold today, we decide to go out for a walk.

　　尽管今天天气很冷，我们还是决定出去走走。

　　You had to be very cautious while(you are) driving.

　　你开车的时候必须很小心

　　【典型例题】

　　______the Internet bridges the distance between people, it can bring a lot of social problems.

　　A. While

　　B. If

　　C. Once

　　D. When

　　【答案】A 考查连词用法。

　　【点拨】按照句意此处为“尽管”之意，是让步状语，只能用while引导。

　　考点八

　　as if/though 引导的状语从句

　　【基础过关】“好像，似乎”；作连词后可跟从句、分词、形容词等，引导从句时常用虚拟语气，表示与事实不符或相反的情况。

　　He spoke in that way as if he were a foreigner.

　　他讲话的方式就好像是老外。

　　【拓展延伸】1）与现在事实不符或相反，谓语动词常用一般过去时。（be用were）

　　2) 与过去事实不符或相反，谓语动词常用过去完成时。

　　3）有时不接从句，而接分词、形容词、副词，不定式、介词短语等，可以看成是省略的句子。

　　【典型例题】

　　He held his pen as if he _______what to write.

　　A. has known

　　B. had known

　　C. knew

　　D. known

　　【答案】B 考查as if/though从句的用法。

　　【点拨】由主句是一般过去时，推出从句虚拟语气为过去完成时。

　　【实战演练】

　　1. We hadn’t planned to meet. We met _________ chance.

　　A. of B. in

　　C. for D. by

　　2. The result of the experiment was every good, ______ we hadn’t expect.

　　A. when

　　B. that

　　C. which

　　D. what

　　3. ______, he is not so honest a boy.

　　A. Be honest

　　B. Be honesty

　　C. To speaking honestly

　　D. To be honest

　　4. Allow children the space to voice their opinions,

　　they are different from your own.

　　A.as if

　　B. even if

　　C. unless

　　D. as though

　　5. I have made up my mind to set off tomorrow morning, and I will _____ my decision.

　　A. stuck on　B. insist on　C. stick to D. insist

　　6. —What’s that unpleasant noise?

　　—Oh, the road before the main gate

　　.

　　A. is repairing B. is being repaired

　　C. is repaired

　　D. has been repaired

　　7. Tom was always _____ new and good ideas.

　　coming up

　　B. rising

　　C. coming up with

　　D. being raised

　　8. Having you ever ______ in front of thousands of people at a concert, with everyone _____ while you were singing?

　　A. dreamed of to be; clapped

　　B. dreamt to be; to clap

　　C. dreamed of being; clapping

　　D. dream of being; to be clapping

　　9. He looked as if he _____ the answer.

　　knew

　　B. had known

　　C. knows

　　D. has known

　　10 _____ production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.

　　A. As

　　B. For

　　C .With

　　D. Through

　　11 ---How did she earn her_____?

　　---____ for others.

　　A. life; By washing

　　B. living, By washing

　　C. lives, Through washing

　　D. stick to

　　12---Why did the police_____ the crowd?

　　---Because the president’s car ____ in the street.

　　A. break down; went wrong

　　B. break up; out of order

　　C. break down; broke up

　　D. break up; broke down

　　13The type of music has become very famous in Britain and is very good music _____.

　　A. dance to

　　B. dancing to

　　C. to dance to

　　D. to dance

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　　第二课时

　　介词+引导的定语从句介词+引导的定语从句Whom, which

　　介词确定方法 依据从句中动词、形容词、名词、介词短语的固定搭配而定；

　　依据先行词与句中与动词的搭配而定

　　The two things of which they felt very proud were his marks and hearth.

　　他们引以为自豪的事情是他的成绩和健康

　　2．复杂介词+关系代词

　　常用关系代词 Whom, which，whose

　　常用复杂介词 As a result of, at the back of, because of, in front of

　　They arrived at a small house, in front of which sat a small boy.

　　他们来到一家农舍，前边坐着一个小男孩

　　I saw a man, on the head of whom stood a bird.

　　我看到一个人，他头上站着一只鸟

　　He lived in London for 3 months, during which time he learned some English.

　　The driver was the man from whose room she had stolen the maps.

　　4. the+名词+of+关系代词

　　常用关系代词 Whom, which

　　意义特点 结构中的名词和后面的关系代词存在所属关系

　　Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase ,the price of which（＝whose price）was very reasonable.

　　The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, of which the sailing time was 226 days.

　　Whom, which

　　常用词汇/结构 all,both,none,neither,either,many,most,few,several,enough,half,some,any,one,two,three

　　数词（基数词、序数词、百分数、分数）+名词

　　The+形容词最高级/比较级

　　This is the best way in which he can remember the words.

　　这是他记住单词的最好方法

　　1. In the dark street, there wasn’t a single person _____ she could turn for help.

　　A. that　B. who　C. from whom　D. to whom　

　　答案D

　　考查介词+关系代词用法

　　【点拨】依据turn to sb. for help固定结构，表示“向某人求助”

　　2. Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase, _____ was very reasonable.

　　A.which price C.the price of which

　　B.its priceD.the price of whose

　　答案C

　　考查the+名词+of+关系代词的用法

　　【点拨】按照“the+名词+of+关系代词”结构排除。he price of which＝whose price=of which the price。

　　3.The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, _______ the sailing time was 226 days. (2004全国卷)　 A. of which

　　B. during which

　　C. from which

　　D. for which

　　【答案A

　　考查介词+关系代词的用法

　　【点拨】分析：关系代词which指代the journey, 定语从句恢复为独立的句子是：The sailing time of the journey was 226 days.

　　The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs ______

　　they are being trained.

　　A. in that

　　B. for that

　　C. in which

　　D. for which

　　2. The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, _______ the sailing time was 226 days.

　　A. of which

　　B. during which

　　C. from which

　　D. for which

　　3. I have many friends,

　　some are businessmen.

　　A. of them

　　B. from which

　　C. who of

　　D. of whom

　　4. Bob asked the policeman ____he worked to contact him whenever there was an accident.

　　A. with him

　　B. who

　　C. with whom

　　D. whom

　　5. A survey was carried out on the death rate of new-born babies in that region, ____were surprising.

　　A. as results

　　B. which results

　　C. the results of it

　　D. the results of which.

　　6. The hotel ___you are thinking, Kate, is too dirty, I’m afraid.

　　A. that

　　B. which

　　C. in which

　　D. of which

　　7. There is an unpleasant subject ____we might argue for a long time.

　　A. in which

　　B. with them

　　C. about which

　　D. with it

　　8. Last week, only two people came to look at the house ,____wanted to buy it.

　　A. none of them

　　B. both of them

　　C. none of whom

　　D. neither of whom

　　参考答案 1-8

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　　Module2unit5 单元测试第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下小,题。每段对话仅读一遍

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　　’s shop

　　C．At a sports center

　　3．What do we know about the woman and David?

　　A．She has met him before.

　　B．She gets along well with him.

　　C．She knows something about him.

　　4．What time will the woman meet the man?

　　A．At10：00.

　　B．At10：20.

　　C．At10：40.

　　5．What is the man going to do this morning?

　　A．Do his work.

　　B．Go out with Linda.

　　C．Enjoy the sunshine in the open.

　　6．Why does the man cancel his reservation for tonight?

　　A．Someone is ill. B．He has to work. C．He'll attend a party.

　　7．When will the man's party be held next week?

　　A．At 7：00 p.m. on Friday. B．At 7：00 p.m. on Thursday. C．At 9：00 p.m. on Tuesday.

　　听第7段材料，回答第8至10题

　　8．Why does the man come here?

　　A．To have a trip.B．To visit his friend.C．To give a performance.

　　9．Which is more expensive?

　　A．The man' s hat. B．The man' s shirt. C．The man' s jacket.

　　10．Where did the man buy his hat?

　　A．A department store.B．A mall store.C．A supermarket.

　　听第8段材料，回答第11至13题

　　11．How long did the woman sit in traffic on her way to the bank?

　　A．About 10 minutes. B．About 45 minutes. C．About 60 minutes.

　　12．Where did the woman park her car?

　　A．Near a crossing.B．Down the street.C．In front of a grocery store.

　　13．Which is the last thing the woman did?

　　A．Having dinner．

　　B．Going shopping．

　　C．Mailing a package

　　听第9段材料，回答第14至16题

　　14．Why does the man ask the woman for her notes?

　　A．His notes are poor.B．He has never made notes.C．He has missed several classes.

　　15．Where does the man work?

　　A．At a restaurant.B．At a supermarket.C．At a coffee shop.

　　16．What does the woman suggest doing?

　　A．Skipping classes.B．Studying together.C．Going to the cafeteria.

　　听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

　　17．Which must every traveler get before going to Australia?

　　A．A visa．

　　B．A guide book C．A credit card.

　　18．Which is the cheapest way to travel around Australia?

　　A．By plane．

　　B．By train．

　　C．By bus.

　　19．Where can the travelers walk around barefoot in Australia?

　　A．In the forest.B．On the beachC．In the mountains.

　　20．What should the travelers take to Australia?

　　A．Sunscreen． B．Umbrellas．

　　C．Winter clothes.

　　---I’m afraid they may not agree with you.

　　---I don’t care whatever they’ll say. I’ve made my decision and I’m going to____ it.

　　A. carry out

　　B. keep up

　　C. insist on

　　D. stick to

　　22.I’d like to buy a house—modern, comfortable, and____, in a quite neighborhood.

　　A. in all

　　B. above all

　　C. after all

　　D. at all

　　23 Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard -----_____,

　　you failed. (NEMT98)

　　A. in the end

　　B. after all

　　C. in other words

　　D. at the same time

　　24 ---I was so sure that our experiment was going to succeed, but something went wrong at the last moment.

　　---______, but don’t give it up.

　　A. You don’t mean that

　　B. Find out the reason

　　C. Never mind

　　D. I’m sorry to hear that.

　　25.They stood there with their eyes____ , watching over what was happening.

　　A wide open

　　B wide opened

　　C widely open

　　D widely opened

　　26 Mao Zedong was___ the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China. He was a great poet.

　　A. more than

　　B. no more

　　C. no more than

　　D. less than

　　27.----The water has been running all night along. No one would go and turn it off?

　　---___.

　　A.You’d better not do it again

　　B. Why can’t you do something about it ?

　　C. Don’t you remember to turn it off

　　D.

　　Really. I can’t agree with you more.

　　28. I know you don’t like ____music. But what do you think of____music in the film we saw yesterday?

　　A. 不填； 不填 B. the; the

　　C. the; 不填

　　D. 不填； the

　　29. I’ll show you a store___you may buy all____you need.

　　A. in which; that B. where; which

　　C. which; that

　　D. that; that

　　30. For years John kept___new and good ideas.

　　A. coming up

　　B. rising

　　C. coming up with

　　D. being rasied

　　31.----I_______becoming a pilot when I was at school.

　　-----Really? Do you still think it will____?

　　A. was dreaming; come truth

　　B. was dreaming of; come true

　　C. was dreaming; come true

　　D. was dreaming of, come truth

　　32. He is_____to finish it on time. There’s no doubt about it.

　　A. capable

　　B. ability

　　C. qualified

　　D. able

　　33. ---How are you doing all these years, Jim?

　　----- Nothing new. Everything is going on____it was years ago.

　　A. as

　　B. while

　　C. when

　　D. since

　　34. –Dr White has got plenty of information about UFO. He’s promised to offer it to me.

　　---I have as much. Would you like to have mine____?

　　A. as well

　　B. as possible

　　C. so far

　　D. if so

　　35. The old factory has been____to make way for a supermarket.

　　A.cut down

　　B. broken down

　　C. torn down

　　D. calmed down

　　第二节 完形填空 (共20小题, 满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

　　A young man was getting ready to gradually from college, for many months he bad 36 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 his father could well 38 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

　　On the morning of his gradation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 but slightly disappointed, the young man 41 the box and found a lovely book, 42, he raised his voice at his father and said. ” 43 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house 44 the book in the study

　　He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the strict an old man who looked like his father. He

　　46he bad to go back home and see his father.

　　When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to

　　47

　　the hospital. he saw on the desk the

　　48

　　new book ,just as he had left it one

　　49

　　ago. he opened it and began to 50

　　the pages. suddenly, a car key 51

　　from an envelope taped behind the book ,it bad a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the 52 dealer who had the sports car he bad 53 on the tag was the 54 of his graduation. and the 55

　　PAID IN FULL

　　36. A. expected.

　　B. enjoyed.

　　C. admired.

　　D. owned

　　37 A. finding

　　B. proving

　　C. deciding

　　D. knowing

　　38. A. afford.

　　B. offer

　　C. keep

　　D. like

　　39. A. encouraged. B. comfortable

　　C. proud.

　　D. moved

　　40. A. Nervous

　　B. Serious

　　C. Careful

　　D. Curious

　　41. A. packed.

　　B. opened.

　　C. picked up

　　D. put aside

　　42. A. Angrily

　　B. Eagerly

　　C. Calmly

　　D. Anxiously

　　43 A. At

　　B. From

　　C. With

　　D. To

　　44 A. toasting

　　B. putting

　　C. forgetting

　　D. leaving

　　45 A. until

　　B. as

　　C. before

　　D. unless

　　46 A. learned .

　　B. realized.

　　C. recognized.

　　D. admitted

　　47 A. get to

　　B. search for

　　C. turn to

　　D. leave for

　　48 A. much

　　B. still

　　C. hardly

　　D. quite

　　49 A. year

　　B. month

　　C. week

　　D. day

　　50 A. clean

　　B. read.

　　C. turn

　　D. count

　　51 A. lost

　　B. came

　　C. appeared.

　　D. dropped

　　52 A. old.

　　B. same

　　C. special

　　D. new

　　53 A. remembered. B. desired.

　　C. found.

　　D. met

　　54. A. Picture

　　B. place

　　C. date

　　D. met

　　55. A. word.

　　B. information

　　C. date

　　D. card

　　第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，没小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

　　将该项涂黑

　　A

　　The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.

　　Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.

　　Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.

　　It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.

　　Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

　　56. What did Houdini depends on when his success in prison escaped ?

　　A. his special tricks and supernatural powers

　　B. his magic tricks and unhuman powers

　　C. his unusual ability and a skeleton key

　　D. his wisdom and magic tricks

　　57. In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______.

　　A. the year 1898

　　B. his first prison escape

　　C. his failure escape

　　D. Harry Houdini’s success

　　58. It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _______.

　　A. in 1898

　　C. at the age of 23

　　B. before he died

　　D. when he was about 24

　　59. Which of the following statement is right?

　　A. Someone gave him a key that fits many locks.

　　B. He made a key that could open every door.

　　C. Everyone hated him very much.

　　D.He was trained to escape again.

　　60. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. How to escape from the prison.

　　B. A Man of Many Secrets

　　C. World-wild Fame

　　D. Great Escape

　　B

　　Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.

　　DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.

　　One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote

　　control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.

　　“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants

　　can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”

　　The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.

　　61．Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because        .

　　．the road was

　　the drivers

　　B．they did not have any human guidance

　　C．the distance was too long for the vehicles

　　D．the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

　　2．DARPA organized the race in order to         .

　　A．raise money for producing more robotic vehicles

　　．train more people to drive in the desert

　　．

　　D．improve the vehicles for future wars

　　3．From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that         .

　　A．can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can

　　B．can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

　　．can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

　　．can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

　　4．In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was          .

　　A．about eight miles    B．six miles

　　C．almost miles     D．about

　　mile

　　65．In the last paragraph, A． a long way to go for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

　　B． a long way to go for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie C．a long way for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple

　　that a little child can solve

　　D．a long way for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

　　Customs are social habits. They have been handed down through generations

　　among groups, social classes, etc. Customs can be described as ways of doing things. They are particularly strong in social practices on the occasions

　　of births, marriages and deaths.

　　In China, these days, some people in cities are learning from Western customs. For example, some brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many Western countries.

　　Every people

　　has special customs for New Year. The Han people have many interesting Spring Festival customs. And now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the Western customs of sending New Year greeting cards for January 1st.

　　One interesting custom in China is that mothers wrap up their babies tightly.This is not the custom in Western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments.

　　66. Which of the following statement is right?

　　A. Customs have been formed during a short time

　　B.Customs have been formed little by little

　　C. Customs have been quickly formed and changed

　　D. Customs have never been changed

　　67. In this passage, the word “people” is

　　A. 人们

　　B. 人类

　　C. 民族

　　D. 大家

　　68. How do the Chinese young people learn from Western countries at their marriages?

　　A. The brides（新娘）have on the white clothes.

　　B. Men wear the white coats.

　　C. Their parents all have attended their marriages.

　　D. Their marriages are only held in . From this passage we know

　　A. the people all over China spend New Year in the same way

　　B. people in the villages and cities send New Year greeting ny e-mail each other

　　C. each people has his special custom for New Year

　　D. most of Chinese people like to spend Spring Festival.

　　70. The difference about clothing between Chinese and Western babies is that

　　A. Chinese babies are usually dressed in new clothes

　　B. Western mothers are used to dressing their babies in colourful clothes

　　C. Western babies are dressed in bigger clothes while Chinese babies are usually wrapped

　　D. Chinese babies have more clothes than Western babies

　　D

　　Brazil has become one. of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.

　　Brazil’s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.

　　Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirec