第l部分:詞匯選項(xiàng)? (第1~15題,每題1分,共15分)
  下面共有15個句子,每個句子中均有1個詞或短語畫有底橫線,請從每個句子給的4個選項(xiàng)中選擇1個與畫線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡位置上。
  1 It is ridiculous to dispute about such things.
  A foolish??? B shocking
  C frightening??? D amusing
  2 It was obvious that she was not going home.
  A evident??? B necessary
  C possible??? D probable
  3 He replied that this was absolutely impossible.
  A stated??? B? answered
  C said??? D claimed
  4 He confesses that he has done it.
  A agrees??? B alleges
  C? admits??? D? answers
  5 He lacked the strength to deal with all these problems.
  A thinkof??? B talk about
  C copy down??? D cope with
  6 He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck.
  A bought??? B took
  C showed??? D made
  7? Foreign money can be converted into the local currency at this bank.
  A written??? B changed
  C moved???? D reported
  8 He looks like a crazy mail.
  A lazy????? B patient
  C? mad???? D happy
  9? We cannot permit such conduct.
  A? movement??? B? words
  C? principle?????? D behavior
  10 She started to clean the kitchen.
  A stopped??? B began
  C continued?? D kept
  11 John talked over the newjob offer with his wife.
  A discussed??? B mentioned
  C accepted???? D rejected
  12? I rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car.
  A normally??? B continuously
  C seldom????? D usually
  13 We explored the possibility of closer trade links at the conference.
  A rejected???? B investigated
  C proposed??? D postponed
  14 He often finds fault with my work.
  A criticizes??? B praises
  C evaluates??? D talks about
  15 They agreed to settle the dispute by peaceful means
  A complete??? B determine
  C untie??????? D solve
  第2部分:閱讀判斷?? (第16~22題,每題1分,共7分)
  閱讀下面這篇短文,短文后列出7個句子,請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息,請?jiān)诖痤}卡上把A涂黑;如果該句提供的是錯誤信息,請?jiān)诖?br>  題卡上把B涂黑;如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及,請?jiān)诖痤}卡上把C涂黑。
  Earthquakes and Animals
   Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently-animals.Animals often seem to know in advance that an eaghquake is coming.a(chǎn)nd they show their fear by acting in strange ways.Before a quake(地震)in China in l975 snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air.All the unusuaI behavior,as well as physical changes in earth,alerted(提醒)Chinese scientists to the coming quake.They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
  One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes.It is not an easy job.First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake.Jusf before a Califomia quake in l979,for example,an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his stall.The horse next to him,however, remained perlectly calm.It is also difficult sometimes to tell the difierence between normal animal calmness and"earthquake nerves."A zookeeper once told earthquake researchers that his cougar(美洲獅)had been acting strangely.It turned out that the cougar had a stomachache.
  A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kinds of warning the animals receive.They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do.Many animals can see,hear,and smell things that people do not even notice.Some can detect tiny changes in air pressure.gravity,or the magnetism(磁力)of earth.This extra sense probably helps animals predict earthquakes.
   A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs.They were closed in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes.Before each quake a low booming sound was heard.Each sound caused the dogs to bark(吠)wildly.The dogs began to bark during a silent period! A scientist who was recording the quakes looked at his machine.He realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise.They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it.The machine recorded both.though humans felt and heard nothing.
  In this case there was a machine to check what the dogs were sensing.Many times,however, our machines record nothing out of the or dinary,even though animals know a quake is coming.The animals might be sensing something we do measure but do not recognize as a warning.Discovering what animals sense,and learning how they know danger signals,is a job for future scientists.
  16 During an earthquake in China in 1975,some cows had"earthquake nerves"and some remained calm.
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned
   17 Chinese scientists moved people away from the coming quake zone after noticing the strange behavior of some animals and physical changes in earth.
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned
  18 Animals of the same kind always react in the same way to the danger of a quake
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned
  19 The cougar behaved strangely because it had sensed the threat of a quake.
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned
  20 All animals can sense the very small changes in air pressure,gravity,or the magnetism of earth.
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned
  21 The dogs mentioned in the passage sensed both the low booming sounds and the minor quakes following them.
  A? Right??? B Wrong?? C? Not mentioned
  22 A task for future scientists is to find out how an animal receives a warning signal.
  A? Right??? B? Wrong??? C? Not mentioned