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Traveller: Sadly, that is not so. The Eloi are the Morlock’s cattle (牲畜). The Morlocks feed them and raise them for food.
Editor: That is awful. How did the Eloi allow this to happen?
Traveller: They became lazy. At first, they allowed the Morlocks to provide them with everything they needed.
Journalist: Then, they slowly lost all their skills.
Traveller: Exactly. As the years passed, they became more and more dependent (依赖的) on the Morlocks. Finally, they could not take care of themselves. Then, the Morlocks took control of them.
Editor: There is a lesson for us in this. Scientist: Only if his strange story is true. 29. When may the traveller’s story happen? A. In the past. B. At present. C. In the future. D. He didn’t tell us. 30. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The Eloi are afraid of the light.
B. The Morlocks raise the Eloi for food. C. The Eloi could take care of themselves.
D. The Morlocks live a happy life without working. 31. What did the traveller think of the Eloi?
A. Clever. B. Hardworking. C. Creative. D. Lazy. 32. Why did the scientist say “Only if his strange story is true.”? A. He felt sorry for the Eloi. B. He was making a joke. C. He was afraid to hear the story. D. He didn’t believe the story.
C
Captain (船长) Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island. I asked him why he was interested in Crespo Island. “I thought you preferred the sea to being on land.”
“I do,” replied the captain. “But these forests are under the sea.”
After going through a door, we were about ten metres under the water. The light from the sun reached us. Everything looked very colourful. We were going deeper and deeper. At 100 metres deep, we could still see quite well, and Captain Nemo stopped and pointed to some dark shapes. This was the forest. The “trees” in the forest were giant seaweed, and all their “branches” were vertical (垂直的). We could not stop looking at them. Fish swam around the branches like birds in a forest.
Suddenly, I saw a large sea spider about a metre tall. It was going to attack me. Captain Nemo’s man killed it with his gun, but it reminded me that the sea could be as dangerous as it was beautiful. When we reached 150 metres, it was dark. The sun’s light could not reach this depth (深度). We turned on our lights. We could see about 20 metres around us. Finally, we found Crespo Island—where a steep rock wall rose in front of us.
We could go no further, so we walked back toward the Nautilus. Suddenly, Captain Nemo stopped and shot an animal with his gun, it was a beautiful and rare sea otter. At last, we could see the Nautilus. Several large sharks swam over us. Luckily, they didn’t see us. We re-entered the Nautilus safely. I was tired but amazed by what I had seen. 33. What do “dark shapes” in Paragraph 3 refer to (指的是)? A. Trees. B. Seaweed. C. Rocks. D. Fish. 34. When they reached metres, they couldn’t see quite well. A. 10 B. 20 C. 100 D. 150 35. According to the passage, which is the correct order? ① Captain Nemo’s man killed a sea spider.
② The men returned to the Nautilus. ③ The men went to the forest.
④ Captain Nemo invited us to go hunting. ⑤ Captain Nemo shot an otter.
A. ④-①-②-⑤-③ B. ③-④-②-⑤-① C. ④-③-①-⑤-② D. ③-④-①-⑤-② 36. What is the best title of the story? A. A Visit to a Sea Forest B. Death Under the Sea C. Captain Nemo and the Nautilus D. Attacked by Giant Spider D
In Europe, small cars have always been more popular than large cars. In the United States, large cars and midsize cars are more popular than smaller cars. As a result, European automakers used to make different kinds of small cars while American automakers used to build bigger, heavier cars. However, these days, automakers in both America
and Europe produce cars of different sizes. This is because most automakers sell their cars all over the world.
The price of gasoline (汽油) is one reason for differences in car choices. Since gasoline is more expensive in Europe, many Europeans want smaller, lighter cars that will travel a long way on a gallon (加仑) of gasoline.
Other reasons also enter into the big or little car decision. Many European cities have narrow, winding (弯曲的) streets. In these cities a small car is easier to control than a large one.
For a long time, few Americans bought small cars. Instead they chose large cars, because these roomy cars were more comfortable for large families and long trips. Some people also liked the powerful engines (发动机) that large cars had. Since gasoline was cheap, drivers did not mind that the large cars used a lot of gasoline.
But in the 1970s, there were gasoline shortages in the United States. The price of gasoline went up. Though large cars were still more popular than smaller cars, sales of small cars increased. Some people also bought small cars because these cars caused less air pollution than larger cars.
Today, Americans’ car choices are still changing. Though Americans are still buying many small cars, the fastest growing sales are for certain kinds of large cars. These types of cars are called minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUV). They are very popular today. But of course, that could change tomorrow. 37. In the 1970s, . A. large cars were less popular than smaller cars B. European cars finally came to the United States C. the price of gasoline went up in the United States D. people in the United States stopped buying small cars 38. Which of the following does the article lead you to believe? A. Sport utility vehicles are small cars.
B. Minivans are becoming less popular.
C. European car companies sell many cars in America. D. Cars with powerful engines caused less air pollution. 39. What does the word “roomy” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. having much space B. having little space C. having a large room D. having a small room 40. What can we infer (推断) from the article? A. Small cars are better than large cars. B. The price of gasoline is always rising.
C. Large cars will always be popular in the United States. D. People like to have different kinds of cars to choose from.
非选择题（共50分）
四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A) 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41～45的相应位置上。
41. The room was so dark, I had to feel my way ▲ (沿着) the wall to the door. 42. —You speak English quite well.
—Thanks. The ▲ (每日的) report helps improve my spoken English.
43. Millie said she loved Nanjing and almost everything about China ▲ (除了) the air pollution.
44. For them, the house’s main ▲ (价值) lies in its quiet country location. 45. My brother is a big fan of Messi. A huge picture of Messi is ▲ (悬挂) in his bedroom. B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46～50的相应位置上。
46. I’m amazed you managed to move those heavy boxes all by ▲ (you).
47. The books on great people were organized on those ▲ (shelf) according to their names. You can find your book easily.
48. We discussed the problem three times but we didn’t get much ▲ (far) in solving it. 49. She promised to do all she can ▲ (help) me but she failed to do that.
50. All the tourists were deeply ▲ (impress) by the great beauty of the view from the top of the mountain.
C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51～55的相应位置上。 to be healthy feel tired cycle think about all through the night It’s clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people seldom 51 how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don’t sleep enough, we often 52 . It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and mental (精神的) rest. We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important for us in order 53 . Each night we change between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that is needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreams occur (发生).
People change between passive and active sleep 54 . The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The 55 is repeated. This cycle is repeated several times. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total of one and a half hours.