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The well-known Rushmore National Monument in the United States is built on the Rush Moore Peak,1829 meters above sea level,of the Black Hills in the south-west of South Dakota. It is a group of huge stone statues of four American presidents,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. President Washington is the founding father of the country;the 3rd President Jefferson drafted the U. S. Declaration of Independence;the 16th President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and the26th President Roosevelt protected the average people’s right to compete fairly with trusts. All 1829 meters above sea level, made outstanding achievements for their country. They were pioneers of U. S. history.
The stone statues of presidents were built at the suggestion of an historian in the State of Dakota,with a view to carrying forward the U. S. pioneering spirit everlastingly.
The statues are 18meters high. They are the highest and greatest realistic stone statues in the world,taller than a 6-storied building and larger than the Great Sphinx of Egypt. The size of each head is 20sq mt,with a 20-meter- long face,a 7-meter -long nose,a 2.6-meter- wide mouth and two 1.5-meter -wide eyes. Though not facing the same direction,they are all lifelike and look ahead gravely in harmony with fixed gazes. On clear days,one can have a sight of the four presidents with their firm and steady expression at a distance of dozens of kilometers.
Since the stone sculpture is unique in style,the Monument is now the U. S. National Art Centre of Popular Education. Groups of people keep streaming everyday to the site for a visit and tourists across the world are also interested in taking a view of this great Monument.
52.Which statement is false according to the first paragraph?
A.The famous Rushmore National Monument is 1829 meters above sea level
B.All the four presidents made great contributions to London.
C.the group of statues are made of huge stones
D.The statues are built to honor the presidents in the U.S
53.Why were those four presidents chosen ?because the four presidents_____.
A.made great contributions to their country   B.were pioneers of US history
C.played an important role in the different periods of the American history
D.all of the above
54.What are the statues like?
A .They look like a 6-storied building   
B.They are like the great Sphinx of Egypt
C.They are like true men standing there
D.They are lifelike , looking ahead with fixed gazes
55.For what groups of people across the world come to visit the Monument? They come___.
A.to learn the U.S pioneering spirit   B.to look back upon the history of the U.S
C.to learn the art of sculpture        D.to enjoy the view of the Monument
56.The proper title of the paragraph may be ____.
A.The stone sculpture  B.the Spirit of the USA
C.A Place of InterestD.Four Presidents of America
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试题【 The well-known Rushmore National Monument in the United States is built on the 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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第二节 根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
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—__61___ .Dr Firth has just gone to a meeting .
—___62___.
—It’ll be my pleasure.
—I’m Dick .Please tell him to call me when he comes back.I want to know whether my daughter is quite well.
—__63___.Your daughter is quite well now.
—Really?__64___
—-Your daughter Carol, Dad!
—Oh , my dear! __65___
—Yes , I hope I can go back tomorrow.
A.Are you all right now?
B.I’m afraid you can’t
C.Who are you then?
D.That’s great.
E.Don’t worry .
F.Would you mind giving him a message?           
G.You’re welcome.
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第二节根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A:Have you ever met a foreigner?
B:  61  I know only a little English.
A:I asked if you have ever met a foreigner.
B:What do you mean by the word “foreigner”?
A:  62  
B:No, I have never met a foreigner before.   63  
A:Foreigner, F-O-R-E-I-G-N-E-R.
B:Please say it again more slowly.   64  
A:OK. Foreigner. Oh, you don"t pronounce the letter “g”.
B:  65  
A:That"s right.
A.I want to write it down.
B.I"m sorry I can"t follow you.
C.Can I look it up in a dictionary?
D.You mean it"s a silent(不发音的) letter?
E.It"s not so difficult.
F.I mean a person from another country.
G.How do you spell that word?
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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I moved to this small town at the age of twelve.After getting  36   in our new house and starting school,I began to explore the   37  area.I was exploring the pond when I discovered the fish.
There were two of them,one about a foot long,  38  the other just a little smaller,and they were the most beautiful fish I had  39  seen.They had blue and yellow and red  40  from head to tail.Before they saw me,they swam  41  over the sand just under the front edge of the large cedar(杉)tree which had long before fallen  42   the pond.
I went back the next day after school  43   with about six feet of fishing line and a hook borrowed from our elderly neighbor.and half a dozen worms I had   44  out of the garden.We did not own any fishing tool,and   45  a city kid,my fishing experience, had  46  week long visits to my relatives.
I took a shortcut  47  some fallen cedars on my way to the pond.As I was climbing over one tree and ducking under another,I  _48  my footing,and my soup can of worms went flying into the air.My  49   was only increased when I noticed that my worms had disappeared.
I went to the pond,looked down again,and there they were.I made a few  50   to catch them by hand,but I soon realized it was never going to  51 .I had been trying to catch them for quite a while without actually even  52   either one.After each attempt,they   53  suddenly go around the pool,then settle back under the log.They could really go  54 ,but they were just too fast to be caught.I was wet and   55   and it was time to go home.
36.A.seated          B.settled         C.separated                D.served
37.A.deserted       B.crowded      C.surrounding            D.distant
38.A.but              B.and             C.thus                       D.so
39.A.hardly         B.seldom        C.never                     D.ever
40.A.dots            B.signs           C.signals                   D.symbols
41.A.nervously    B.hopelessly     C.effortlessly             D.difficultly
42.A.through       B.across          C.past                    D.by
43.A.armed         B.matched       C.handled                  D.accompanied
44.A.put              B.dug             C.pulled                    D.searched
45.A.for              B.with            C.as                          D.despite
46.A.consisted of  B.compared with  C.made up                D.taken up
47.A.beyond        B.against         C.between                 D.through
48.A.lost             B.sank                   C.sent                D. threw
49.A.doubt          B.disappointment    C.courage           D. strength
50.A.steps           B.activities             C.attempts          D. movement
51.A.work           B.complete             C.cover              D. catch
52.A.noticing               B.touching             C.holding           D. feeling
53.A.should          B.might                 C.would             D. could
54.A.somewhere    B.anywhere           C.nowhere          D. everywhere
55.A.excited        B.frightened           C.worried           D. discouraged
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第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、c和D)00,选出最佳选项,并在答卡上将该项涂黑。
Ryan  and Lowry had been friends  since high school,  but it wasn’t until after college
that they hit on the idea of a home—care-products company.“We were shocked to learn how  toxic  cleaning  products  were,”  says  Ryan.  Why  couldn’t they  create  green products that would be just as environmentally pure as Aveda’s skin—and—hair—care lines?
When Ryan’s mom heard about the plan,she stared at him blankly: “I’ve never even seen  you  clean your room!” Not discouraged,Lowry experimented with  nontoxic ways to clean.  while  Ryan  focused on marketing.  In  February 2001,they  mixed their first four   cleaning  sprays  and  convinced the  managers  of  20  grocers to try them·  Once  they had their  approval,they tapped  friends  and  family  and pooled their  savings to  come  up  with $90,000 in seed money.
From the start,“Go big or go home’’was their mantra(口头禅).Their first financing— that $l million—was due to be signed on September 11, 2001. By the time they got it, two months later,says Ryan, "we had$16 in the bank and personally owed$300,000·”
Seeking a national retailer(零售商)proved just as troublesome.The friends set their sights on Target,known for its trendy,affordable goods.“But Target didn’t like the product or the brand,”recalled Ryan.“We thought the deal was dead,but then a new buyer saw that even though we weren’t selling big volumes, we were  profitable, just on a smaller scale.”They won over Target.
Consumers  were  hooked  on the  natural things  and  wonderful  fragrance. Today,the partners sell 130 products in more than 8,000 stores,and taxes are over$100 million. Such  rapid  growth has  at times  stressed the  men’s  friendship. “Eric  and  I  agree on ‘what’  but  never  on‘how,’”  says Lowry.  “Although  we  are  willing to  challenge  each  other,we come up with interesting and smarter solutions.There’s little fire and ice between us·
56.The underlined word“toxic”in Paragraph 1 most probably means——·
A.poisonous    B.dirty    C.expensive   D.troublesome
57.When Ryan told his mom his plan, ___________.
A.he knew his mom was sure to support him
B.his mom asked him to clean his room
C.his mom suspected his ability
D.he was discouraged by his mom
58.We can learn:from the third paragraph that __________________.
A.Ryan and Lowry wanted to gave up and go home at first
B.their plan didn’t go smoothly at the very beginning
C.they made profit two months later after their first financing
D.$1 million was not enough as their seed money
59.The partners’cleaning products are sold very well because——.
A.the products are made of natural material and smell nice
B.their friends and family offered to use their products
C.they cooperated with a well—known national retailer
D.they convinced 20 grocer managers to try them
60.It can be inferred from the—passage that——.
A.Aveda’s skin—and—hair-care lines are not so successful as Ryan and Lowry’s
B.Target is a famous environment-friendly cleaning brand
C.The friends "cooperation with Target was very successful
D.The partners get on well with each other in their business
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第Ⅱ卷  (共45分)
第四部分:书面表达(共两节,满分45分)  
第一节:阅读表达(共5小题。每小题3分,满分15分)
阅读下面的短文,并根据短文后面的要求答题。
The  success  of  a  speech  is  often due to the  skill  of the  speaker  who  is  confident,knowledgeable and able to deliver a speech clearly and effectively.
But often it is not the speakers who write these moving speeches;it is a speechwriter.    And polities is one industry in which this practise is common..So what does it take to be a     political speechwriter? 
According to a recent job  advertisement from the  US Embassy in  Britain,a political     speechwriter needs to have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate a deep     knowledge of their subject.They must also work closely with speakers and be able to relate     to the speakers’ style.  
Some believe that the best speechwriters have a—born talent,a natural creative ability, and that speechwriting is an art.
What  about  those  of us  who _______? Can we  still produce  successful  speeches?
In an interview with the BBC,Dr Atkinson(a communications specialist)outlined a
number of speechwriting techniques.He also explained how the.se techniques have been used     in historic speeches.
One such technique is introducing contrast(对比).This is extremely useful when presenting a positive influence on a negative issue. One of the most famous examples of this can be seen in a speech given by former American President John Kennedy:“Ask not what your country can do for you,but what you can do for your country.”   
Another technique is the use of three—part lists.Dr Atkinson explains that this can be     an excellent way of confirming a statement.Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was a    fan of this technique.One of his most famous campaign Slogans(口号)was“education,    education,education”. 
76.What’s the main idea of this article? Please answer within 10 words.
___________________________________________________________________________
77.Which sentence in the last page call he replaced by the following one?
However,it is the speechwriters rather than the speakers who write the speeches.
__________________________________________________________________________
78.Fill in the blank in the fifth paragraph with proper words.(Please answer within 10
words.)  
__________________________________________________________________________
79.Please list at least three characters for being a good political speechwriter.(Please  ‘
answer within 20 words.)
①______________________________________
②_____________________________________
③______________________________________
80.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.      
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