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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36~55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years
   36  ，the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English
   37  , began to believe he might   38  this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a    39   chance. Bannister had been     40    hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real   41  
to him.Describing the     42    later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I     43    for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved   44  now.This was the moment when I made my decision.
“The gun fired.My legs   45  to meet no resistance,as if I was   46  forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful   47  gave me greater strength.I felt the   48  of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they   51  could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(沖向) the   52  tape,I fell,almost__53_____.”
“I knew I had done it,even before I   54  the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was   55  in the noise of excitement.”
36.A.passed along         B.passed down              C.went by              D.went over
37.A.coach                   B.athlete                       C.captain               D.judge
38.A.defeat                   B.move                        C.beat                   D.break
39.A.real                      B.lucky                        C.serious               D.false
40.A.competing            B.training                     C.fighting              D.attending
41.A.eagerness              B.pleasure                    C.relief                 D.worry
42.A.accident                B.event                        C.issue                  D.topic
43.A.did up                  B.made up                    C.put up                D.lined up
44.A.safely                   B.heavily                      C.thinly                 D.gently
45.A.seemed                 B.used                          C.happened            D.had
46.A.dragged                      B.drawn                       C.pulled                D.pushed
47.A.mass                    B.residents                    C.crowd                D.team
48.A.moment                B.period                       C.while                 D.date
49.A.concentration        B.collection                  C.combination              D.classification
50.A.so                        B.but                           C.or                      D.as
51.A.never                   B.ever                          C.even                  D.still
52.A.starting                 B.lasting                       C.finishing            D.running
53.A.unconcerned         B.unconscious               C.unknown            D.unnoticed
54.A.offered                 B.told                          C.announced          D.heard
55.A.stuck                    B.involved                    C.lost                    D.spread
36-55 CBDAB DBDDA DCACB ACBDC
36.答案：C
解析：go by 意為“(時間)經過”，as years passed by表示“隨著許多年過去”。pass along意為“沿……走,路過”；pass down意為“往里面走，代代相傳”；go over意為“轉變,仔細檢查,潤色,復習”。
37.答案：B
解析：athlete意為“運動員”。根據下文的內容可判斷出Roger Bannister是一位英國年輕的體育運動員。coach意為“教練”；captain意為“隊長”；judge意為“裁判員”。
38.答案：D
解析：break意為“打破”，根據其賓語barrier可判斷出他開始相信可以會越過這個幾乎是不可思議的障礙，故選D項。defeat意為“打敗(敵人)，使受挫折”；move意為“感動,鼓動,激動；引起(人)……的興致,打動,發(fā)動，刺激,鼓勵”；beat意為“打敗(敵人等)，勝過，超過”。
39.答案：A
解析：real意為“真正的”，根據下文中他參加測試的情況可判斷出他知道這是一次真正的機會。lucky意為“運氣好的，僥幸的”；serious意為“嚴肅的，一本正經的”；false意為“虛偽的，虛假的，捏造的，撒謊的，不誠實的，錯誤的”。
40.答案：B
解析：train意為“訓練”，作為體育運動員在測試前都要參加訓練。compete意為“比賽”；fight意為“戰(zhàn)斗，奮斗，斗爭”；attend意為“出席，到場，參加，上，到”。
41.答案：D
解析：worry意為“苦惱”。根據下文中的“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.”可判斷出由于天氣很糟糕，而引起B(yǎng)annister的苦惱。eagerness意為“渴望，殷切，熱忱，熱情”；pleasure意為“愉快，快樂，滿意，愉快的事情”；relief意為“慰藉，安慰，安心”。
42.答案：B
解析：event意為“運動項目”。根據下文的內容可判斷出他參加了測試，所以是在后來描述那次測試的情況。 accident意為“故障，事故，偶發(fā)事件，偶然”；issue意為“結果，結局，成績，論點，爭論問題，商討”；topic意為“論題，題目，話題，標題”。
43.答案：D
解析：line up意為“排隊”。根據下文中“The gun fired.”可判斷出在即將開始測試時，運動員列隊在起跑線上。do up意為“束起,重新整修,收拾齊整,疲乏,包好”；make up意為“彌補,虛構,縫制,整理,包裝,和解”；put up 意為“舉起,抬起,進行,提供,表現(xiàn)出,建造,提名,推舉”。
44.答案：D
解析：gently意為“輕輕地”。根據句意選D項。safely意為“安全地,確實地”；heavily意為“很重地,沉重地”；thinly意為“稀疏地”。
45.答案：A
解析：seem意為“似乎”。根據下文中的as if可判斷出他的兩腿幾乎沒有任何阻力。use意為“用，使用，利用，應用”；happen意為“發(fā)生”。
46.答案：D
解析：push意為“推”，因為是在進行賽跑，所以他感覺到一種未知的力量在把他向前推進。drag意為“拖，曳，拖動，拖著，硬拖”；draw意為“拉，牽，曳”；pull意為“拉，拖，牽，曳”。
47.答案：C
解析：crowd意為“人群”，這里指賽場上的觀眾，表示觀眾的歡呼聲給了他更大的力量。mass意為“群眾，集團”；resident意為“住戶，居民”；team意為“(運動比賽的)隊，團”。
48.答案：A
解析：moment意為“片刻，瞬息”，指一生中最重要的時刻來到了。period意為“期間，階段”；while意為“一段時間，一會兒”；date意為“日期”。
49.答案：C
解析：combination意為“結合”。根據下文中的fear and pride可判斷出Bannister感到既害怕又驕傲。concentration意為“集中”；collection意為“收集，采集，集團，收集品，珍藏”；classification 意為“選別，分等，分級，分選”。
50.答案：B
解析：but意為“但是”，比較“My body had long since used up all its energy”和“it went on running just the same”可判斷出它們是轉折關系，表示雖然身體用完了能量，但這種能量仍然像過去一樣釋放著。so意為“因此”；or意為“或，或者，還是，亦或是”；as意為“當……的時候，因為”。
51.答案：A
解析：never意為“從來沒有”。根據上文中的“This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards”可判斷出Bannister的腿從來沒有像現(xiàn)在那么有力。ever意為“曾經”；even意為“甚至”；still意為“還，仍是”。
52.答案：C
解析：finishing line意為“終點線”。根據上文中的the last few yards可判斷出Bannister沖向了終點線。starting line意為“起跑線”。
53.答案：B
解析：unconscious意為“失去知覺的”。根據上文的內容可判斷出Bannister以飛快的速度沖向終點線，摔到了，失去了知覺。unconcerned意為“漫不經心的，不關心的，冷淡的，滿不在乎的”；unknown意為“未知的，未詳?shù)�，未被發(fā)覺的”；unnoticed 意為“不受人注意的；沒有受到注意的，不觸目的，沒人理睬的”。
54.答案：D
解析：hear意為“聽見”。根據下文中的Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...可判斷出Bannister聽見了自己賽跑所用的時間。offer意為“提供，提出，提議，伸出”；tell意為“告訴，吩咐”；announce意為“宣布，宣告，發(fā)表”。
55.答案：C
解析：lose意為“輸?shù)簟�；stick意為“堅持，堅守，忠實，不變心，不離開，留住不動”；involve意為“包括，涉及，引起，包含，含有……的意義”；spread意為“散布，流傳，傳播，普及”。根據句意選C項。
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C．he was popular in Henan province  D．the story had something to do with his own experience
64．From the passage we can learn that "Peacock"________.
A．is the film for which Gu is likely to win an Oscar prize
B．has already become popular both at home and abroad
C．has its production started last summer  D．will be publicly shown in spring, 2005
65．Please choose a proper title for this passage.
A．From behind the camera into the spotlight
B．Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar
C．New faces to appear in “Peacock”
D．"Peacock" to enter foreign film market

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Los Angeles June 14, 2006 – Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah was arrested yesterday after spending two weeks sitting in a walnut tree on an urban farm a few kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. She was one of 40 people, including celebrities from the music and movie world, who were protesting at the proposed destruction of the 14 – acre farm. Police officers cut away branches from the tree and used a fire engine to reach Ms Hannah and her co – protester, environmentalist John Quigley. The two of them raised their fists in defiance（反抗）as they were removed.
Protesters, some of whom had chained themselves to concrete –filled barrels（桶），said that it was essential to keep the farm operating, as it provided food for hundreds of poor families in the area. About 350 people grow produce and flowers on the farm, which has been there for more than a decade and is situated in an inner –city area surrounded by warehouses and railroad tracks. However, the local authority recently approved plans for the area to be cleared and redeveloped for the construction of a huge new warehouse.
Ms Hannah, 45, star of films such as Splash and Kill Bill was not thrilled about being arrested. “But I felt it was important to show my support for the people,” she said. “This farm should be a model for sustainable (可持續(xù)的) urban agriculture. It needs to be replicated, not eradicated.”
The record length for a tree protest is held by a woman called Julia Hill, who remained on top of a 30-metre-high redwood tree in Northern California for 738 days from December 1997 to December 1999. She was successful in saving the tree and those around it from destruction. Ms Hill was also at the Los Angeles urban farm project this week, but her presence failed to stop the inevitable (不可避免的). No sooner had the protesters been removed than earth-moving machines moved in and began to clear the land.

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1．Daryl Hannah was involved in a protest to           .

       A．save an agricultural city farm from destruction
B．save a farm outside Los Angeles that provided jobs for the poor
C．complain to the local council about all their development plans
D．stop the police and fire department from cutting down trees
2．What did the protesters do?
A．40 of them chained themselves to trees.
B．They climbed trees with celebrities and refused to come down.
C．They all chained themselves to large pieces of concrete.
D．They fought with the police.
3．What did Daryl Hannah mean when she said “It needs to be replicated, not eradicated” in the third paragraph?
A．The new warehouse much provide jobs for the poor.
B．More farms should grow food for the cites not fewer.
C．The city farm was a model to be copied not destroyed.
D．The plans must be reconsidered and changed.
4．What happened after the protesters were removed?
A．They built the warehouse immediately.
B．They had hardly left when construction of the new building started.   
C．As soon as they were gone, heavy machines cut down the trees.
D．The farm was saved.

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To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It‘s hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the channel takes only twenty minutes as long as you’re not held up at the airport， but it‘s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft （氣墊船）if you don’t mind the noise and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise， you can go by boat， if you remember your sea-sickness pills. All these means of transport have their problems， and the weary（厭煩的）traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. “Not possible， you say. Well， wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a channel tunnel or bridge.” This time， the great London Council（議會）is looking into the possibility of building a channel link straight to London. A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel， but you would be able to make a journey by rail or by car on a bridge， yet a tunnel would provide a rail link only. Why is this idea being discussed again？ Is Britain realizing the need for links with Europe as a result of joining EEC？Well， perhaps， the main reason， though， is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London‘s discussed dockland（船塢）。 A link from London to the continent would stimulate（刺激） trade and revitalize（使重新具有活力）the port， and would make London a main trading center in Europe. With a link over the Channel， you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they are still warm！
小題1:From the lines we can see that people crossed the Channel by ______ in the past.
A．airB．boatC．swimmingD．A， B， or C
小題2:The weary traveler thinks the best way to cross the Channel is ______.
A．by swimmingB．in his own carC．by airD．by hovercraft
小題3:A tunnel would cost______ a bridge.
A．far less thanB．as much asC．far more thanD．as little as
小題4: The main idea of the passage is______.
A．how to develop the trade of London
B．when to cross the Channel
C．how to get to Europe from London more conveniently
D．what to do in the developing of traveling

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