27. Johnson ____ for 5 years for political reasons when he was young.

A. was put in prison    B. was in the prison     C. got out of prison     D. was in prison

E

Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault (斷層), which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes. But how many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?

Between December of 1811 and February of 1812, three major earthquakes occurred, all centered around the town of New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. Property damage was severe. Buildings in the area were almost destroyed. Whole forests fell at once, and huge cracks opened in the ground, allowing smell of sulfur （硫磺）to filter upward.

The Mississippi River itself completely changed character, developing sudden rapids and whirlpools. Several times it changed its course, and once, according to some observers, it actually appeared to run backwards. Few people were killed in the New Madrid earthquakes, probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811; but the severity of the earthquakes are shown by the fact that the shock waves rang bells in church towers in Charleston, South Carolina, on the coast. Buildings shook in New York City, and clocks were stopped in Washington, D.C.

Scientists now know that America’s two major faults are essentially different. The San Andreas is a horizontal boundary between two major land masses that are slowly moving in opposite directions. California earthquakes result when the movement of these two masses suddenly lurches (傾斜) forward.

The New Madrid fault, on the other hand, is a vertical fault; a some point, possibly hundreds of millions of years ago, rock was pushed up toward the surface, probably by volcanoes under the surface. Suddenly, the volcanoes cooled and the rock collapsed, leaving huge cracks. Even now, the rock continues to settle downwards, and sudden sinking motions trigger (觸發(fā)) earthquakes in the region. The fault itself, a large crack in this layer of rock, with dozens of other cracks that split off from it, extends from northeast Arkansas through Missouri and into southern lllinois.

Scientists who have studied the New Madrid fault say there have been numerous smaller quakes in the area since 1811; these smaller quakes indicate that larger ones are probably coming, but the scientists say have no method of predicting when a large earthquake will occur.

72. This passage is mainly about__________.

A. the New Madrid fault in Missouri

B. the San Andreas and the New Madrid faults

C. the causes of faults

D. current scientific knowledge about faults

73. The New Madrid fault is__________.

A. a horizontal fault            

B. a vertical fault

C. a more serious fault than the San Andreas fault

D. responsible for forming the Mississippi River

74. We may conclude from the passage that__________.

A. it is probably as dangerous to live in Missouri as in California

B. the New Madrid fault will eventually develop a mountain range in Missouri

C. California will become an island in future

D. A big earthquake will occur to California soon

75. This passage implies that__________.

A. horizontal faults are more dangerous than vertical faults.

B. Vertical faults are more dangerous than horizontal faults

C. Earthquakes occur only around fault areas

D. California will break into pieces by an eventual earthquake

第二部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）

從A. B. C. D.四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

21. Studying in China was quite_____ experience to Mary, _____ that she would never forget.

   A. an, one           B. an, it         C. /, it              D. an, /

10． Legend has ______ Sun Wu was buried here.

A．what B．that   C．it      D．One

An important scientific report announced “irrefutable（不能反駁的） proof” that climate change is happening and it’s all our fault. How long has it been before people are against the global warming idea? But here’s a funny thing. Last year there was a very bad hurricane season in the Caribbean when, among other disasters, New Orleans was all but wiped off the map. We were wisely informed by the experts at the time that this was owing to global warming.

I remember watching a BBC science programme and hearing a learned professor with a beard tell us, “The increased frequency and strength of hurricanes is what we shall have to learn to expect given global warming.”

This year there have been far fewer hurricanes and those there have been were relatively mild. Why？Global warming again of course. Professor Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, writes, “In the constant media reports of possible greenhouse related disasters, almost any event is now linked to climate change.” He adds, “We should not spend vast amounts of money to cut a tiny slice of the global temperature increase when this leads to a poor use of resources and when we could probably use these funds far more effectively in the developing world.” For saying this, Lomborg has had death threats.

Other scientists who do not toe the global warming-is-happening-and-it’s-all-our-fault line have received the same. There are plenty of people who count against global warming. A world of senior climatologists and meteorologists wrote to the Times last year to complain that they couldn’t get their research findings published — because they disagreed to it. We have had a warm autumn. The experts,  fanatics（狂熱者） all of them, put it down to global warming. If we have an extra cold winter, they will tell us it’s a result of global warming. If my big toe feels cold or hurts badly, it will be owing to global warming.

52. The purpose of this passage may be to ____.

A. support the idea of global warming  

B. organize a debate about global warming

C. speak out against the global warming idea

D. encourage people to use money effectively

53. What happened to New Orleans last year?

A. It was badly destroyed.                          B. It disappeared in the world.

C. It witnessed global warming.               D. It experienced several disasters.

54. From the passage, we can infer that ____.

A. people are taking too many efforts to stop global warming

B. people have realized the side effect of development

C. a different idea sometimes may cost one his life

D. the majority usually stand for the correct opinion

55. The main idea of the last paragraph may be ____.

A. global warming may lead to toe’s catching cold in a sense

B. the Times refuses to publish articles on global warming

C. a warming autumn is not related to global warming at all

D. it is certainly incorrect to owe everything to global warming

—I speak to Miss Zhang, please?

—Hold on. Miss Zhang,             on the phone.

A. Someone is looking for you                       B. Here is a telephone for you

C. You’re called                                          D. You’re wanted

The fans adore him so much that they _____ excitement when they see him.

A. scream with                 B. scream of        C. scream about                D. scream out

When we were young, every evening my brother and I ______ stay at home waiting for our mother to come back from work.

     A. would             B. might           C. should             D. could

The way he did it was different ____ we were used to.

A. in which                          B. in what         C. from what    D. from which

---Look! Dad, my College Graduation Certificate! I’ve got it!

---____dear! You have finally realized your dream.

A. congratulation                     B. celebrations   

C. congratulations                    D. greetings