第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21．The assistant charged me 100 dollars for the blouse，but my mum________
only 50 dollars.
A．bought B．told C．offered D．asked
22．It is said that her dream of becoming a famous singer________at last.
A．turned true B．realized C．lived D．came true
23．The________from the top of the building is amazing.
A．scene B．scenery C．sight D．view
24．Xiao Li is chosen to________our city to take part in the country sports meeting.He is likely
to get a good score.
A．represent B．present C．leave D．attend
25．It’s now quite common________for married women not to take their husband’s
second name.
A．way B．practice C．custom D．method
26．Usually banks require credit card applicants to have an ID card and a(n)________income.
A．common B．ordinary C．usual D．regular
27．It is reported that heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessarily cause and________.
A．effect B．affect C．affection D．infect
28．—My stomach________a lot.I guess that’s because I didn’t eat my breakfast.
—It won’t________you if you miss breakfast for once.
A．hurts；hurt B．harms；hurt
C．injures；harm D．wounds；injure
29．I think fireworks________the beauty of the festival night.
A．added up B．adding up C．added up to D．added to
30．Since there are all kinds of cameras here，which do you________I take?
A．hope B．believe C．think D．suggest
31．Several strong winds may________into a hurricane when the suitable temperature is met.
A．combine B．unite C．mix D．connect
32．—Were you angry with your husband?
—Well，yes，________.But it didn’t matter really.
A．sort of B．of a sort
C．some sorts of D．all sorts of
33．Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard—________，
you failed.
A．in the end B．after all
C．in other words D．at the same time
34．The teenager seemed to be a good driver；________，I didn’t dare to travel in his car.
A．therefore B．so C．even though D．even so
35．—What are you going to do this afternoon?
—I’m going to the cinema with some friends.The film________quite early，so we________to
the bookstore after that.
A．finished；are going B．finished；go
C．finishes；are going D．finishes；go
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
As we all know “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” and “__36__every successful
man there is a woman”．Both these__37__mean the same things.Men rule the__38__，but their
wives rule them.
Chinese people and other foreigners often say，__39__of the American women like making their
husbands and sons successful，but some of them want__40__for themselves.They want good
__41__.When they work they want to__42__better paid.They want to be as__43__as men.
In the 1960s，the American women’s liberation__44__was started by women who don’t want
to__45__behind successful men.They want to stand beside them，with the same__46__for success.
They don’t want to be told that certain jobs or__47__are closed to them.They refused to work side by
side with men who do the__48__work for higher pay.
In America，a liberation woman must be__49__of being a woman and have confidence in herself.If
somebody says to her，“You have come a long__50__，baby”，she will__51__and answer，
“Not nearly as__52__as I am going to go，baby.”
On the other hand，this movement is quite__53__and many American women do not agree.__54__it
has already made some important__55__in women’s lives.
36．A.Before B．Behind C．Near D．Beside
37．A.writings B．words C．letters D．sayings
38．A.family B．society C．earth D．world
39．A.most B．few C．all D．none
40．A.anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
41．A.jobs B．clothes C．food D．houses
42. A．be B．have C．make D．receive
43．A.good B．wonderful C．successful D．much
44．A.activity B．movement C．affairs D．incident
45．A stand B．cooperate C．work D．help
46．A.work B．job C．position D．chance
47．A.offices B．schools C．shops D．places
48．A.better B．same C．less D．important
49．A.tired B．afraid C．fond D．proud
50．A.place B．walk C．way D．journey
51．A.cry B．smile C．laugh D．sob
52．A.long B．far C．soon D．much
53．A.new B．good C．important D．pleasing
54．A.So B．And C．But D．Or
55．A.progress B．improvement
C．decisions D．changes
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
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Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture.
Almost sixty percent of the world’s freshwater withdrawals from rivers，lakes and other water resources
go toward irrigating fields.Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding methods
to develop watersaving crops to feed a growing world.
Tommy Carter is a plant scientist in North Carolina working for the Agricultural Research Service
in the United States Department of Agriculture.He leads Team Drought，a group of researchers at five
universities.They have been using conventional breeding methods to develop soybeans that can
grow well under dry conditions.Tommy started working on droughtresistant soybeans in 1981.His
research has taken him as far as China，where soybeans have been grown for thousands of years.
Farmers in the United States，however，have grown soybeans for only about a century.Tommy
Carter says the soybeans they grow are for the most part genetically similar.More differences could
better protect crops against climate changes that can reduce production.Those changes include
water shortages which could increase from global warming.The Agriculture Department has a soybean
germplasm collection (种质收集)，a collection of genetic material passed from one generation to the
next.Members of Team Drought studied more than 2,500 examples from the collection.They looked
at those from Asia and searched for germplasms that could keep plants from weakening and wilting
(枯萎) during hot，dry summers in the United States.