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2006.6
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
El Nino is name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world.
This strange __47__ happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be
caused by a failure in the
trade winds
(
信风
)
，
which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As
the trade winds lessen in __48__, the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in from
the east to warm up by as much as
5
℃
.
The
warming
of
the
ocean
has
far-reaching
effects.
The
hot,
humid
(
潮湿的
)
air
over
the
ocean
causes severe __49__ thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America. __50__ floods to
Peru. In the West pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of
the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and __51__.
El Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 El Nino brought the most __52__ weather
in
modern history.
Its
effect
was worldwide and it left
more than 2,000 people dead and
caused
over
eight billion pounds __53__ of damage. The 1990 El Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists __54__ this
to be the longest El Nino for 2,000 years.
Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an El Nino will __55__, but they are still not
__56__ sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be.
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A)
estimate
B)
strength
C)
deliberately
D)
notify
E)
tropical
F)
phenomenon
G)
stable
H)
attraction
2006.12
The
flood
of
women
into
the
job
market
boosted
economic
growth
and
changed
U.S.
society
in
many
ways.
Many in-home jobs that used to be done
47
by women----ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to
doing
48
work
——
still need to be done by someone .Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a
49
that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing ―poverty of time ―a
nd
look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial
services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage
50
between men and women, the income working women
51
gives
them new independence and buying power. For example, women now
52
about half of all cars. Not long ago,
many cars dealers
53
women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands.
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I)
J)
completely
destructive
K)
starvation
L)
bringing
M)
exhaustion
N)
worth
O)
strike
Now car companies have realized that women are
54
customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car
dealers were the first to
55
pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars
—
the Japanese society is still very much male
—
oriented. Perhaps it was the
56
contrast with Japanese society that
prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
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A
）
scale
B
）
retailed
C
）
generate
D
）
extreme
E
）
technically
F
）
affordable
G
）
situation
H
）
really
I
）
potential
J
）
gap
K
）
voluntary
L
）
excessive
M
）
insulted
N
）
purchase
O
）
primarily
2007.6
Years ago. doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients 47 of pain, they
were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we lake pain _48_Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital ,as important as blood
pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in _49_ a person's well-being. We know that chronic (
慢性的
) pain can
disrupt (
扰乱的
) a person's life, causing problems that. _50_from missed work to depression.
Thai's why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who_51_in pain medicine. Not only do
we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us (real the pain belter, but we also help provide comprehensive
therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52_Wrelated to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy
often 53 the work of social atrists (
心理阅读
) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern 54 for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which arc more effeclive and
with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago. there were only a
55 number of drugs available, and many of
them caused 56 side effects in older people. including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the
medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.
A) result
I ) determining
B) involves
J ) limited
C) significant
K) gravely
D) range
L) complained
E) relieved
M) respect
F) issues
N) prompting
G) seriously
O) specialize
H) magnificent
2007.12
As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In
Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __47__. The
children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __48__ of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for Peace in
Colombia was even nominated (
提名
) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __49__ as peacemakers
studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota
known as The Schools of Peace.
The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones.
It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__toward becoming
peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__ useful when helping
children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for
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teachers and __54__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International
call attention to children’s rights and how to help the __55__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy
venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school.
A)
victims
B)
technology
C)
role
D)
respectively
E)
projects
F)
offers
G)
information
H)
images
I)
forward
J)
especially
K)
entire
L)
cooperative
M)
comprehensive
N)
assuming
O)
acting
2008.6
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had
been
abroad
a
couple
of
times,
but
I
could
hardly
_47_
to
know
my
way
around
the
continent.
Moreover,
my
knowledge of foreign languages was _48_ to a little college French.
I
hesitated.
How
would
I,
unable
to
speak
the
language,
_49_
unfamiliar
with
local
geography
or
transportation
systems, set up _50_ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable _51_ I sat down to write a letter
begging
off.
Halfway
through,
a
tho
ught
can
through
my
mind:
you
can
learn
if
you
don’t
try.
So
I
accepted
the
assignment.
There were some bad _52_. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I
have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guiders or even _53_ bookings, confident that
somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition _54_. But each time you try something, you learn,
and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a _55_. And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not
because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I
believe I can _56_ wonders.
A) accomplish
B) advanced
C) balloon
D) claim
E) constantly
F) declare
G) interviews
H)limited
I) manufacture
J) moments
K) news
L) reduced
M) regret
N) scary
O) totally
2008.12
A
bookless
life
is
an
incomplete
life.
Books
influence
the
depth
and
breadth
of
life.
They
meet
the
natural______47_____for
freedom,
for
expression,
for
creativity
and
beauty
of
life.
Learners,
therefore,
must
have
books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn______48_____ to books because their
curiosity
concerning
all
manners
of
things,
their
eagerness
to
share
in
the
experiences
of
others
and
their
need
to
____49 _____ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through
their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now.
They are presented with a __50 _____ of human experiences and come to ___51 ____ other ways of thought and living.
And while ____52 ____ their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the ___53__ in their
stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books
provide ___54
____
mate
rial
for
readers’
imagination
to
grow.
Imagination
is
a
valuable
quality
and
a
motivating
power,
and
stimulates
achievement.
While
enriching
their
imagination,
books
__55
____their
outlook,
develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure ___56 ___. The social and educational significance of the
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readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
A. Abundant
B. Characters
C. Communicating
D. Completely
E. Derive
F. Desire
G. Diversity
H. Escape
I. Establishing
J. Narrow
K. Naturally
L. Personnel
M. Properly
N. Respect
O. Widen
2009.6
Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is too hard. They never
write, unless assignments
47
it . They fine the writing process
48
and difficult.
How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it-
49
English , with its rich
vocabulary .
Being able to speak but not write is like living in an
50
mansion(
豪宅
) and never leaving one small room . When I
meet students who think they can
’
t write, I know as a teacher my
51
is to show them the rest of the rooms . My task
is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to
52
the moral and emotional
development of my students . One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.
Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done
53
, just like exercise just as muscles grow
stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and
54
after only a few weeks of journal writing .
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When
my
students
practice
journal
writing,
they
are
practicing
for
their
future
academic,
political,
and
55
lives .
They
build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love
letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step 56
to fluency , eloquence (
雄辩
), and command of
language .
A)
closer
I) painful
B)
daily
J) performance
C)
emotional
K) profession
D)
enhance
L) remarkably
E)
enormous
M) require
F)
especially
N) sensitive
G)
hinder
O) urge
H)
mission
2009.12
In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child
’
s language development than
mothers, a new study suggests.
Researchers 47
92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to
establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-class families, with
married parents both living in the home.
When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, 48 all of
their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
The scientists measured the 49 number of utterance (
话语
) of the parents, the number of different words they used,
the complexity of their sentences and other 50 of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they
did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked.
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