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III. Reading Comprehension：31%
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that fits the context.
Good news! Tiny robots designed by University of Nebraska researchers may 50 doctors on Earth to help perform surgery on patients in space.
The tiny, wheeled robots, which are about 3 inches tall and as wide a lipstick case, can be slipped into small incisions ( 切口 ) and computer-controlled by surgeons in different 51 . Some robots are equipped with 52 and lights and can send images back to surgeons and others have surgical tools attached that can be controlled 53 .
“ We think this is going to 54 open surgery.” Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov said at a news conference. Oleynikov is a 55 in computer-assisted surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Officials hope that NASA will teach 56 to use the robots soon enough 57
surgeries could one day be performed in space.
The camera-carrying robots can provide 58 of affected areas and the ones with surgical tools will be able to operate inside the body in ways surgeons’ hands can’t. The views from the camera-carrying robots are 59 than the naked eye, because they 60 back color images that are magnified. Because several robots can be inserted through one incision, they could reduce the amount and 61
of cuts needed for surgery, which would decrease recovery time. This is particularly 62 to those patients who have been weakened by long illness.Eventually, Oleynikov said, “ The tiny robots may enable surgeons to work without ever __63__their hands in patients’ bodies. That is the 64 . It is getting easier and easier. We can do even more with these devices.”
50. A. use B. pay C. allow D. force
51. A. locations B. directions C. fields D. ways
52. A. operators B. monitors C. cameras D. flashes
53. A. automatically B. remotely C. manually D. widely
54. A. perform B. undergo C. follow D. replace
55. A. reporter B. specialist C. designer D. director
56. A. astronauts B. nurse C. teachers D. trainers
57. A. in order to B. so that C. thus D.
in case58. A. answers B. services C. views D. insights
59. A. weaker B. stronger C. poorer D. better
60. A. send B. produce C. change D. create
61. A. measure B. size C. power D. pressure
62. A. relevant B. true C. helpful D. interesting
63. A. touching B. pressing C. holding D. placing
64. A. ambition B. goal C. achievement D. victory
答案
50-54 CACBD 55-59 BABCD 60-64 ABCDB
解析
核心考点
试题【III. Reading Comprehension：31% Section ADirections: For each blank in the follow】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
第四节完型填空：（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence . That ____26 two out of every three people simply don’t know the ____27 they already have to be successful when it’s _____28 there in their hands!___29 if you want others to believe in yourself first. Rememer: “ No one can ask you feel inferior unless you _____30them.” A successful businessman says, “you can’t push anyone up a ladder____31 he knows he can climb himself.”
Many of us have an image____32 , the image we have of ourselves. ___33one guy put it: “You can’t win horse race if you think you look_____34 on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to ____35 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just ____36 your mind and you will change your life.
One of the most harmful weapons that can kill you success in life are the two little words: “____37”You know that people used to ____38 that if human being s traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would ____39 our circulation of blood and kill us?Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that ___40 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars , buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you____41.
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But _____42 he did it, most people in the would didn’t think it was even _____43. Yet only weeks after Bannister did it , suddenly _____44 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll _____45 do it.
26 .A. means B. reflects C. reads D. explains
27. A. chance B. strength C. ability D. reason
28. A. immediately B.properly C. accurately D. right
29. A. Because B. But C. What D. While
30. A.let B. challenge C. admit D. make
31. A. if B. except C. until D. unless
32. A.quiz B.question C. problem D. mystery
33. A. When B. As C. While D. Since
34. A. curious B. good –looking C.serious D.funny
35. A. beat B. knock C. strike D. defend
36. A. settle B. bend C. change D. fix
37. A. I failed. B. Not me. C. Can I？ D. I can’t
38. A. imagine B. think C. suspect D. doubt
39. A. start B. help C. stop D. quit
40. A. silly B. empty C. reasonable D.terrible
41. A. judge B. realize C. understand D.try
42. A. after B. before C. since D. because
43. A. likely B.unbelievable C. possible D. impossible
44. A.workers B. runners C. competitors D.players
45. A. simply B. seldom C. always D. usually
Happy birthday
The China Nation Opera (CNO)will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Different generations of CNO vocalists(歌手), like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White-haired GM “and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as, arias (咏叹调) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.
Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 7, 8
Location : Tianqiao Theatre
Tel : 6551-4787, 8315-6170
Tickets : 60—50 yuan (US $7.2-60.2)
Folk music
A concert will be held to feature some recently-composed traditional Chinese music works.
The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood”, “Memorial Ceremony for God” and “Wine Song”.
Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 13
Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China
Tel: 6848-5462, 6841-9220
Tickets : 30-200 yuan (US $ 3.6—24.1)
Moon music
A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.
The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on this theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”, “Spring Night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.”
A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos（独奏）as well as collaborate（合奏）with the folk music orchestra.
Time/ date: 7:30 pm, September 21st
Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Tel: 6606-8888, 6606-9999
1. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”, you will dial .
| | A. 6551-4787 | B. 6848-5462 | C. 8315-6170 | D. 6606-9999 |
| | A. a Chinese opera | B. a song | C. a piece of music | D. a Western opera |
| | A. Animals | B. People | C. Entertainment | D. Sports |
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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles”.
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dream were coming true. Robert Friedlander’s next destinations(目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
1. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be ___________.
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an
C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims
2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because ___________.
A. he asked to see the manager
B. he entered the hall with a bike
C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, _________.
A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India D. China, Pakistan and India
4. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. The stories about Marco Polo. B. The famous sights in Xi’an.
C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.
Computers Help Fire Fighters
In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35000 street addresses in the city. When fire fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important about the burning building, its position and almost all the ways of helping fire fighters with the problems facing them. For example, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burning building. With this information, the fire fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.
The Kansas City computer system also keeps a medical record of each of the city’s 9000 fire fighters. The kind of information is especially useful when a hospital can treat the injured. With this information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire fighters more quickly and easily.
1. Missouri is most likely the name of ___________.
A. a well—known river B. the head of the fire fighters
C. a state in the USA D. a new kind of computer
2. The computer can give ______________.
A. useful and useless information about the city
B. useful information about everyone living in the city
C. useful information about every street address in the city
D. information about every town around the city
3. In this passage the word “invalid” means a person __________.
A. who is badly injured B. who is helped by firemen
C. who wants to be a firemen D. who has become weak through illness or injury
4. If injured, the firemen will ___________.
A. be treated at once with the computer’s help B. hardly get any treatment
C. ask doctors and nurses for help D. be taken to hospital by the computer
Operation Green Sweep
For Teens Currently in 6th-12th Grades
Operation Green Sweep is a volunteer program for teens who want to earn community service
hours by helping to clean up our city parks and community centers. Teens will clean up various
local parks, remove light rubbish and learn a thing or two about our parks and surrounding
environment.
Fridays, April 17 to May 29, 2009
3:30 to 5:00
Meet at the Teen Center, 2203 Central Avenue, Room 170
Cost: $45 --- covers the uniform shirt, training guidebook and transportation
Note: If you miss more than two days, you may be dropped from the program without earning
your hours. Please bring a snack, wear work clothes (no skirts or open-toed shoes) and sunscreen.
Teens are expected to arrive at the meeting place on time, learn communication skills and learn to plan ahead. All volunteers must meet at the Veteran’s Memorial Building to receive their tasks. Do not be late because transportation is provided to take teens to their selected sites.
Save your receipts(收据). There will be a $15 charge per receipt to reprint receipts.
In the event if a class is cancelled(取消) by us, full refunds(退款) will be given. There will be a $15 administration(管理) fee for cancellations put forward by participants.
1. Operation Green Sweep is intended for those who __________.
A. are willing to serve the community
B. are interested in playing in the parks
C. hope to learn how to plant various flowers
D. expect to work in parks after graduation
2. What do we know about the program Operation Green Sweep?
A. Teens should pay $45 for transportation.
B. It lasts from 3:30 to 5:00 pm every day.
C. Teens will go to their working places themselves.
D. Teens can learn communication skills there.
3. To join in the program, teens are asked to ___________.
A. bring their own uniform shirt
B. pay $45 for it
C. promise to serve the community all life
D. wear skirts and open-toed shoes
4. If you give up the activity, how much money is left for you?
A. $45 B. $5 C. $30 D. $15
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