Fast Reading Materials for Senior 2007(27).doc

Fast Reading Materials for Senior 2007 (27)I 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、CD四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 They were in the Smoky Mountains at their favorite bed-and-breakfastDavid was smiling down at her“What do you say，wonderful? Marry me?” 36 ，she knew he was the oneForeverAs she stared into his deep-green eyes，somewhere in the 37 a bell began to ringIt was pulling him awayShe 38 him，but her arms were in empty air It was the sound of the 39 that fully awoke Susan from her 40 She sat up in bed and felt the receiver，“Hello?”“Susan，its DavidDid I 41 you?” She smiled，rolling over 42 bed“1 was just dreaming of youCome over” He 43 “Its still dark out” “Please come overWe can sleep late 44 we head north” David let out an upset sigh“Thats why Im callingIts about our 45 .Ive got to delay” Susan was suddenly wide awake“What!” “Im sorryIve got to leave townIll be back by tomorrowWe can head up first thing in the morningWell 46 have two days” “But I called the hotel,” Susan said， 47 ，“I got our old room at Stone Manor” “I know，but.” “Tonight was supposed to be 48 to celebrate six monthsYou do remember were engaged（订婚），dont you?” “Susan，”He sighed，“I really cant 49 into it now，theyve got a car 50 . Ill call you from the plane and 51 everything” “Plane? Whats 52 ？ Why would the university.?” “Its not the universityIll phone and explain laterIve really got to go；theyre cal1ing for meIll be 53 touchI promise” “David!” she cried“Whats.”But it was too lateDavid had 54 . Susan 55 awake for hours waiting for him to call backThe phone never rang? 36AStaring down BLooking up CWatching up DGlancing over37Adistance Bchurch Cdarkness Dsky38Aran after Bcalled Creached for Dheld up39Abell Bphone Ccar Dplane40Athought Bdream Cworld Dnight41Afrighten Bpuzzle Cinterrupt Dawake42Adown Bin Cfrom Dthrough43Alaughed Bblamed Cshouted Dcried44Awhen Bwhile Cbefore Dafter45Atrip Bmarriage Cdate Dengagement46Aonly Byet Cstill Dotherwise47Ahappy BlostCcalmDhurt48Anormal BsleeplessCspecialDsad49AgoBcomeCseeDmake50AparkingBwaitingCstartingDleaving51AsayBimagineCguessDexplain52Amatter BthatCgoing onDon53AinBout of CbyDwith54AgoneBleftChung up Drun away55AlayBstood Csat upDsleptII：阅读理解阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、CD四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A There is an old saying：No one thinks hes a bad driverHeres an updated 21st century version：No one thinks he sends annoying（令人烦恼的）e-mails But，plenty of us do A Princeton University research found that 22 per cent of Americanssay e-mail has added to their work pressures and caused misunderstandingsHeres a guide on e-mail etiquette（礼节）to help you avoid being annoying Experts say there are threetypes of e-mails with different rules-close friends，office and public e-mailsThe close friends e-mail You can send your lover，your closest friends and your siblings（brothers and sisters） anything，from jokes to “you got to see this!”But bear in mind that not everyone shares your sense of humour and you may expose them to virusesThe office e-mailDont add to peoples workloadKeep e-mails short and to the point.Make the subject line factual and briefWrite in clear，concise（简练的）sentences.Provide your name and phone number at the endThe public e-mail Occasionally we have to send an e-mail to a group of peopleIf possible，write your public e-mails with a who，what，when，where structureFor example：Who：All members of the soccer teamWhat：Team photoWhen：Saturday，March 25，at noonWhere：Playing field 2Finally，before you hit “Send”，check the following：Is the e-mail a “flame”? Never send an e-mail in anger，It could stay around forever and haunt（萦绕心头）your professional and personal life.Check the “To” fieldIs this really who you want to send the message to?Spell-check the messageDoes it have an error that can affect you badly?56The writer uses the old saying at the beginning of the passage to show that _.Amany people are good at driving Bnot everyone can be a good driverCmany people can be goodat sending non-annoying e-mailsDmany people think highly of themselves57The writer may want to tell the reader that _.Amails online are often sent to wrong placesBdifferent e-mails should be written in deliberant waysCsending office e-mails is sure to add to peoples workloadDthe public e-mail is usually sent to a large number of people58According to the writer，_.Ae-mails with some misspellings may hurt the receiverBbefore sending an e-mail，the sender should ask someone to check itCjokes sent to a close friend online sometimes may be harmfulDabout 80 of Americans like sending and receiving e-mails59If an e-mail is a “flame”，the sender of it must be very _ at the momentAangry Bexcited Cworried DdisappointedB Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in usingthe Internet to do their holiday shopping，according to a study published last week in the US. For Years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women，but during the 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women “It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”，said Lee Rainie，director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group，which carried out the study. Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with menThis is because women traditionally make decisions about spending Users were more likely to shop online to save timeInternet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic（显著的）increases in the online gift-buying population this time around However，three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004They worried about credit card security，or just compared online prices with off-line prices，then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.“But even if shoppers dont buy online，websites are becoming promotion tools for stores，”said Dan Hess，vice president of ComScore Networks IncHess said that actually most stores websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbersAnd most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time“Its all about making the shopping experience more efficient，more reliable and more comfortable，” Hess said60Which of the following statements is true? AThere were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004 BMost of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women CPeople in the US were more likely to buy gifts online. DMore women shopped online than men in 2004.61From the passage we can infer that_. Amen usually decide how to spend money in the family Bwomen usually decide what to buy in the family Cthe Internet is used in all the shops Dmore and more shops will sell their goods online62According to Dan Hess，shopping online_.Ais unsafe Bis convenient Cis a waste of time Dis cheaper63What can we know from the passage? AAmerican people only buy gifts in holidays BShopping online is fun for women CShopping off-line provides better serviceDYoung people like to do gift-shop ping onlineC When you are little，its not hard to believe you can change the worldI remember my enthusiasm when，at the age of 12，I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit“I am only a child，” I told them“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers，what a wonderful place this world would beAt school you teach us not to fight with others，to work things out，to respect others，to clean up our mess，not to hurt other creatures，to share，not to be greedyThen why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to doYou grown-ups say you love us，but I challenge you，please，to make our actions reflect your words” I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovationSome of the people even criedI thought that maybe I had reached some of them，that my speech might actually spur（刺激） actionNow，ten years from Rio，after Ive sat through many more conferences，Im not sure what has been achievedMy confidence in the people in power and in he power of an individuals voice to reach them has been deeply shakenWhen I was little，the world was simpleBut as a young adult，Im learning that as we have to make choices-education，career，lifestyle-life gets more and more complicatedWe are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successfulWe are taught that economic growth is progress，but we arent taught how to seek a happy，healthy way of livingAnd we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was idealistic and naive（天真） Today Im no longer a child，but Im worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up inI know change is possible，because I am changing，still figuring out what I thinkI am still deciding how to live my lifeThe challenges are great，but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices，we will rise to the challenges，and we will become part of the positive tide of the changeI hope this goal will be met through our common efforts Thank you all64The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to _ Aend poverty and make school beautiful Bfind environmental answers and show off Ccall on people to solve the problems about poverty and environment Dfind a wonderful place and clean it up65What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to? AA long period of laughing BA warm welcome CAn expression used for greeting DPeople clapped their hands for a long time66The writer is now probably _. Ain his teens Bin his twenties Cin his thirties Din his forties67Judging from the style of the passage，we can conclude that it may be taken from_.Aa novelBa report Ca speech Da compositionD You are about to say something to your younger brother when he gestures that hes got a phone message “But I didnt hear the ring，”you say “Because you are too old，”your brother answers Dont get madHes just telling you the truth Teenagers in Britain and the US have a weapon against the older generation，especially parents and teachersIts a ring tone that many adults cannot hear According to a recent report from the New York Times，in some Manhattan schools，students have begun using the technologyCellphone use is usually forbidden in classBut using the high-pitched （频率） ring tone，students can successfully exchange phone messages without being found by their teachers The technology relies on the fact that most adults gradually lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds, It was developed in Britain but has recently spread to America by the Internet. However，the technology was originally aimed at annoying teenagers，not the other way around. Called the Mosquito，it was marketed last year by a Welsh security companyIt is an ear-splitting 17-kilohertz buzzer （蜂鸣器） designed to help shopkeepers get rid of young people hanging around in front of their storesHumans can hear sounds taking place in a frequency range between 200 and 20,000 hertz，as the research showsBut our hearing gradually becomes worse when we grow up68. Students in some Manhattan schools have begun using the technology，so they can_ Atalk in class without being heard by their teachersBuse cellphones to send messages in class Chear better in class than their teachersDimprove their hearing ability69The underlined phrase “the other way around” implies the _.Aadults are annoyed now Bteenagers are annoyed nowCadults are not annoyed now Dboth adults and teenagers are annoyed now70According to this passage，what will happen to a person when he is over twenty? AHe can hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz BHe can hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz CHe cannot hear sounds with frequencies between 200 and 20,000 hertz DHe cannot hear sounds with a frequency of 17-kilohertz71It can be concluded from the passage that _. Aolder people hear no better than teenagers Bolder people had better not use cellphones Cteenagers hear better than old people Dteenagers had better not use cellphones E Martha had been working for Miller Laboratories for two years，but she was not happy thereNothing important had happened in the way of promotions（升职）or salary increasesMartha felt that her supervisor（上司），a younger and less experienced person than she，did not like herIn fact，the supervisor often said unpleasant things to her One day，while talking with her friend Maria，she mentioned how discouraged she wasMaria gave her the name of a cousin of hers who was director of Human Resources Department for a large chemical companyMartha called him the next day and set up an interview during her lunch break During the interview，Mr. Petri said，“Youre just the kind of person we need hereYouve being wasted in your other jobGive me a call in a day or twoIm sure we can find a place for you in our organization”Martha was so happy she almost danced out of the buildingThat afternoon，Ruth Kenny，her supervisor，saw that Martha had come in ten minutes late from her lunch break and she said，“Oh，so you finally decided to come back to work today?”This was the last strawShe could not stand it any longerBesides，Mr.Petri was right：she was being wasted this job “Look，”she said angrily，“if you dont like the way I work，I dont need to stay hereIll go where