2023年阿拉善职业技术学院高职单招（英语）试题库含答案解析

长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。住在富人区的她2023年阿拉善职业技术学院高职单招（英语）试题库含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）全文为Word可编辑，若为PDF皆为盗版，请谨慎购买！卷I一.综合题(共50题)1.我认为每个人都应该有勇气去面对困难。答案：Inmyopinion,everybodyshouldhavecouragetofacethedifficulty..解析：本题考查情态动词用法。should应该，应当。Inone’sopinion依某人看来；havecouragetodosth有勇气做某事；facethedifficulty面对困难。2._____

ofthelandinShillingDistrictofTaibeicity_____

coveredwithtrees答案：A3.假如你是李华，美国一所友好学校准备与你们学校共同创办一份中学生英文刊物，该校格林先生来信询问有关情况。请你给她写封回信，假如你是李华，美国一所友好学校准备与你们学校共同创办一份中学生英文刊物，该校格林先生来信询问有关情况。请你给她写封回信，主要内容如下：

l表示赞成。

l提出你喜欢的栏目。

l简要说明理由。

注意：

1.词数100左右。

2.新的开头和结尾已为你写好。

3.适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

4.参考栏目：栏目-column答案：DearMr.Green,Iamveryexcitedtolearnthatwearegoingtostartamagazinetogether.Thatsoundsgreat!AndIdefinitelyagreewithyouonthat.Someofthecolumnswhichyoumentionedintheletterarereallymycupoftea.Say,“cultureexpress”givesusabetterunderstandingoftheworld.Sincepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavedifferentvalues,it’snecessarytolearnfromeachother.Thiswillofferawonderfulchance.Apartfromthat,“blurtout”isprettygoodforChinesestudentstolearnEnglishidiomsandimproveoralEnglish.Lastbutnotleast,“entertainment”issocool!Thepopularsingers,actorsandcelebritiesaresocatchyandattractivethatyouabsolutelycan’tmissit!Teenagersarejustfondofthetrendythings.Well,Ican’tlistmore.Ireallycan’twaittoreadthatmagazine!Yoursfaithfully,LiHua解析：要用地道的英语，正确的句式，恰当表述要点的阐述意思。4.12.Itistheabilitytodothejob______mattersnotwhereyoucomefromorwhatyouare.A．oneB．thatC．whatD．it答案：B解析：为强调句型，被强调成分为theabilitytodothejob，句意为“重要的是你做工作的能力，而不是你来自何地或你是从事什么工作的”。5.—

Thewindowisdirty.

—Iknow.It_____forweeks.

A.hasn'tcleaned

B.didn'tclean

C.wasn'tcleaned

D.hasn'tbeencleaned答案：D6.—Bob!Howisyourproject?IheardyoustarteditlastFriday,right?

—Oh!I_____forit.ButIhaven'tdecidedwhentodoit.答案：C7.Inmyview,London'snotasexpensiveinpriceasTokyobutTokyois______intraffic.

A.themostorganized

B.moreorganized

C.soorganizedas

D.asorganizedas答案：B8.—Didyoufindyourpenthisafternoon?

—No,Ididn'tfind_____,butI'vebought_____.

A.it;it

B.one;one

C.it;one

D.one;it

答案：C9.IcalledHannahmanytimesyesterdayevening,butIcouldn'tgetthrough.Herbrother____onthephone

allthetime!答案：A10.—Isthatthesmalltownyouoftenreferto?

—Right,justtheone____youknowIusedtoworkforyears.答案：C11.Livingnearthesea,_____.答案：A12.Rubbish_____

togivelightafterthiskindofnewmachineisinvented.

A.willbemadeuse

B.willmakeuseof

C.willbeusedof

D.willbemadeuseof答案：D13.Justinfrontofourhouse___withahistoryof1,000years.A．doesatalltreestandB．standsatalltreeC．atalltreeisstandingD．atalltreestands答案：B解析：考查倒装。这是状语前置引起全倒装，所以句子要彻底倒过来。选择B.14.Father_____

goestothegymwithusalthoughhedislikesgoingthere.答案：C15.短文改错。

Howareyou?TodayI'vegotawonderfulnewstotellyou.

IhaveofferedascholarshipatauniversityinAustraliaformy

furthereducation.Onehundredandtwentystudentstookexam

forit,butonlyafewwaschosenandIwasoneofthem.However,

myparentsarenothappyaboutit.Theyarestrongagainstme

goingthere.Theysayitistoofarawaythattheywillnotseeme

forawholeyearandtheyareafraid

ofIwillfeellonely.They

can'timagineagirlsoyounglivealone.Theyadvisemetostudy

inthecapitalinstead.ThenI'llbeabletocontinueliving

in

them.HowcanIpersuadethemtoacceptthefactIhavegrownup?

Bestwishes.

Yours,

John

1______

2______

3______

4______

5______

6______

7______

8______

9______

10______答案：1.去掉a

2.have后加been

3.

took后加the

4.was-were

5.strong-strongly6.too-that

7.去掉of

8.live-living

9.in-with10.fact后加that16.Ifthenewarrangementdoesn’t_____,we’llgobacktotheoldone.A．workoverB．workoutC．workupD．workin答案：B解析：workout在此表示“有预期结果”；workover意为“调查，重做”；workup意为“逐步建立，逐步发展”；workin意为“配合，引进”。17.短文改错。此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行

右边横线上画一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符（/\），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Hereismyideaabouthowafriendislike.Firstly,

afriendissomeoneyoucanshareyoursecrets.Ifyou

tellhimasecret,neverwillhetalkaboutitwithoutanybody

else.Besides,afriendisalwaysgoodlistenerwhenyou

needone.Afterhearyoursadstories,hewillsaysome

wordsthatisniceandwarm.Still,yourhappinessmakes

himhappilytoo.What'smore,agoodfriendiswillingto

offerthehelptowhichyouneed,orcanatleastgiveyou

someadvices.Inaword,friendsarethoseyoulikeand

trust,andyouwillenjoyeveryminutethatyouspentwith

them.

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

8.______

9.______

10.______答案：1.how-what

2.secrets后加with

3.

without-with

4.always后加a

5.hear-hearing

6.is-are

7.happily-happy

8.去to

9.advices-advice

10.

spent-spend18.—Howwasthe2008BeijingOlympicopeningceremony?

—_______thatthewholeworldwasattracted.

A．ItwasveryfantasticB．SuchfantasticwasitC．SofantasticwasitD．Sofantasticitwas答案：C解析：因为没有very+adj+that的结构，故先排除A。而B项中的such是修饰名词的，故也排除。而so表示程度的副词放在句首，应用倒装，故选C。19.E-mailEnglishisanewkindofwrittenEnglishthat_____tosavetime.

A.bebeingused

B.wasbeingused

C.beingused

D.isbeingused答案：D20.CuiJianpingwhogavehislifetosaveagirlinAmericatenyearsagowas_____honourtoourschool.Amemorialisheldhereeveryyearin_____honourofhim.答案：B21.—Haveyoufinishedyouressay?

—Half_____

whenyoucomehack.[

]

A.hasbeendone

B.isdone

C.bedone

D.willhavebeendone答案：D22.Itisobvioustothestudents_____theyshouldgetwellpreparedfortheirfuture.答案：D23.放学后，你方便帮我吗？答案：Isitconvenientforyoutogivemeahandafterclass?解析：本题考查固定短语用法。Itisconvenientforsb.todosth.方便某人做某事；givesbahand帮忙。翻译时注意用一般疑问句形式。24.短文改错

TodayisSunday.Theskyisfullofsunshine,sodoesmylife.

1._________

Atabout9:00am,Igotothebookstorewithmyfriends,

2._________

therewasalotofnewbooks,butIdidn'tknowwhichonetobuy,

3._________

becausethesebookswereallusefultome.Atlast,Ichosetwo.

At10:00am,wewenttothecinema,thefilmcallingTitanicwasvery

4._________

popular.Ittookusabout3hourstosee.Havingseenthefilm,

5.__________

and

everyonewasdeeplymoved.Somefriendsevenburst

6.__________

outtears.

Fromthestory,Iunderstandthatloveisnobleandvaluable.

7.__________

That'sarealwonderfulfilm.Itisveryworthseeingagain.

8.__________

9.__________

Whatahappyday!IhopetomorrowIwillbeevenhappy!

10._________答案：1.does→is2.go→went3.was→were4.calling→called5.see∧→it6.and去掉7.out→into8.real→really9.

very→well10.happy→happier25.Thebedroomistwice_____thekitchen.

A.asbiggeras

B.biggerthan

C.bigthan

D.biggerto答案：B26.Scientistsovercame(克服)muchdifficultytheyhad_____thattechnologicalproblem_____theyfinallycouldsendthemanned(载人的)spaceshipupintospace.答案：B27.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改一下你同桌写的作文。文中共有10处语言错

误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，

并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2.只允许修改10处，多者

（从第11处起）不计分。

Oneeveningtherehadabigdanceatthehotelinourtown.Oneoftheguestatthedancewasamanof

aboutfortywhothoughthewasveryhandsomethateverygirlwhosawhimwouldfallinlovewithhim.In

thebeginningofoneofthedances,hesawaprettyyoungwomanstandingbesidesanolderladyattheedge

ofthedance-floor.Hewentuptothegirlandaskedhertodance.Shehadseenhimtodancebefore,soshe

knewhewasgooddancer,andshetoolikeddancing,soshereceived.Afterdancingthemanaskedher,"Do

youtellyourmothereverythingwhichyoudo?"Sheansweredsweetly,"ShedoesnotmindwhatIdoit.But

myhusbandalwayswantstoknow."

________________________________________________________________________________________答案：第一句：1.had-was

第二句：2.guest-guests

3.very-so

第三句：4.In-At

5.besides-beside第五句：6.去掉to

7.hewas后加a

8.received-accepted

第六句：9.which-that

第七句：10.去掉it28.While_____thedog,youwerecarelessanditgotlooseandwashitbyacar.答案：A29.阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Alongtimeago,therewasahugeappletree.Alittleboylovedtocomeandlayarounditeveryday.Theylovedtoplaytogether.

Astimewentby,theboyhadgrownupandnolongerplayedaroundit.Oneday,hecamebackandthetreeexcitedlyinvitedhimtoplay.Buttheboysaidheneededmoneytobuytoys.“Sorry,butIhavenomoney,butyoucanpickallmyapplesandsellthem,”saidthetree.Theboydidastoldandlefthappilybutnevercameback.Thetreewassad.

Manyyearspassed,theboyreturnedandtoldhimhehadtomakemoneytobuildahouseforhisfamily.Thetreehappilyofferedhisbranchesforhishouse.Withthebranches,heboyleftsatisfied.Thetreewasagainlonelyandsad.

Thenonehotsummerday,thetreewasdelightedtoseetheboybackagain.“Comeandplaywithme!”thetreesaid.“Iamsadandgettingold.Iwanttogosailingtorelaxmyself.Canyougivemeaboat?”“Usemytrunktobuildyourboat.”

Theboycutthetreetrunkandwentsailingbutnevershowedupforalongtime.Thetreewashappy,butitwasnottrue.

Finally,theboyreturnedafterheleftforsomanyyears.“Sorry,myboy.ButIdon’thaveanythingforyouanymore.Nomoreapplesforyou.”thetreesaidwithtears.

Theboyrepliedthathewastoooldandneedednothing“Good!Oldtreerootisthebestplacetoleanonandrest.Come,Comesitdownwithmeandrest.”Theboysatdownandthetreewasgladandsmiledwithtears...

[写作内容]

1．以约30个词概括上述寓言故事的要点；

2．以约120个词，写出以下内容：

（1）故事的寓意及读后感；

（2）假如你是故事中的那个男孩，你会怎样做？

[写作要求]

1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

(来源于中山市2009届5月高考调研试卷)答案：Thefablepresentsasentimentalstorytousinwhichanappletreesatisfiedaboy’swishesunconditionallybysacrificingeverythingforhim.Allitdesiredistheboy’scompany.Thetreeinthefableisaffectionateandunselfish.Themoralofitisthatparentalloveissoinfinitethatchildrenshouldbegratefulforthat.Iwasdeeplymovedbythefableandfeltanimpulsetopraisealltheparents.ItmademerealizehowgreatmyparentsareandIshouldbegratefulforwhattheyhavedone.IfIweretheboy,Iwouldkeepcontactwiththetreeandbeconsiderate.First,fromthebottomofmyheart,Iknowthetreeismorethanatree,itismydearestlove.Youngorold,Iwouldkeepintouchwithitusingvariousways.IfIhavetotravelaway,Iwouldwritetoit,phonehimorsende-mailstoitinformingitofmylife.Secondly,inordernottoletmydearestfeelsolonely,Iwouldplantsometreesandflowersaroundit.Theseplantswillbravethehardwinterswithit.Inaddition,Iwouldinvitesomeotherchildrentoplaywithit.Theircompanywillsurelymakethelifemorecolorful.Therefore,ifIweretheboy,Iwouldholdthetreedear.解析：这篇书面表达给了一段材料，要求根据原文内容写作，动笔前，一定要认真阅读原文，并理解内容。认真看清题目要求，不能遗漏要点，跑题偏题。先要求以约30个词概括上文的主要内容，再以约120个词写一篇短文，内容包括：（1）故事的寓意及读后感；（2）假如你是故事中的那个男孩，你会怎样做？题目还要求你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。写作时注意准确运用时态，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系。写作时尽量使用自己会的单词、词组和句型，同时也要注意使用一些高级语法和句型，使自己的文章更有文采。平时除了加强词汇积累，写作联系以外，还可以适当记忆一些类似的范文，这样在考试中可以起到事半功倍的效果。30.Thechildrenlovedtheirdaytrip,andtheyenjoyedthehorseride_____.答案：A31.Thewetweatherwillcontinuetomorrow,whenacoldfront_____toarrive.

A.isexpected

B.isexpecting

C.expects

D.willbeexpected答案：A32.John,afriendofmine,whogotmarriedonlylastweek,spent＄3,000morethanhe______forthewedding.A．willplanB．hasplannedC．wouldplanD．hadplanned答案：D解析：plan这一动作发生在spent之前。过去的过去，用过去完成时。33.Thereason_____herefusedtoattendthemeetingwasthattheydidn'tgivehimaninvitationearlier.答案：C34.NetLibrayisalibrarythatlendsoutdigitalbooks.Ittreatsadigital

likea

paperbackcopy.Itchargeslibrariesperbookpercopyandgivespublishersacutof

thetotalincome.

Fromtheconsumer’spointofview，thismeansthatifmorethan，Say,fivepeoplewantthelatestDanielleSteelromancenovel，otherpeoplewhorequest

thatbookwillgetamessagesayingthetitlecan’tbefound.

It’samodelmanypublishersseemtohaveembraced.Morethan350gavethe

companyrightstohandouttheirdigitalworks，andMcGraw-HillCorporationand

HoughtonMifflinCorporationhaveputmoneyinthecompany.TheCaliforniapublic

librariesandabout1，800othersacrosstheUSaretryingouttheNetLibraryservice.

SomelibrarianscriticizetheNewLibrarymodel.Stanford

Universitylibrarian

MichaelKellerarguesthatthecompanyiscreatinganunnaturalfearofdigitalwoks,

whichiscontrarytotheideasoftheInternet.

Kelleandsome

other

librariansargue

for

the

e-book

vision

setforthbyE-Brary.E-Braryisstartingaservicethatletsususersreadbooksforfree.

Butitwillchargeabout25centsapagewhenapersontriestoprintoutmaterialorcopyandpasteitintoadifferentfileortriestodownloadcopyontoacomputer.

ChristopherWarnock，chiefexecutiveofE-Brarw,believesmostconsumerswon’twanttobuyentirebooks，onlythepartsthatinterestthem.

“There’snotreallyalotofgoodinowninganelectronicfileandhavingtostoreit

andmanageit.Itdoesn'tmakesense.”hesaid.

5.HowdopublishersgetmoneyfromtheNetLibrary?

A.TheygetmoneyfromsellingtheirbookstotheNetLibary.

B.TheysharethemoneywiththeNetLibrary.

C.Theygetmoneybycuttingthecostofthebooks.

D.Theygetthemoneyfromthereaders.

6.Theunderlinedword“embraced”inthe3rdparagraphmeans.

A.takensomethingwillingly

B.heldsomethingtightly

C.dislikedsomethingbadly

D.triedoutsomethinghard

7.Fromthe2ndparagraphwecanseeconsumers.

A.don’tcareiftheyarechargedmoney

B.enjoytheserviceoftheNetLibrary

C.don’tlikeotherpeopleborrowingbooks

D.complainaboutthelimitednumberofthenewbooks

8.Whatdoesthelastparagraphmean?

A.NetLibraryisnotagoodwayfortheconsumers.

B.Thereisnoneedforconsumerstohaveawholebook.

C.EBraryisnotagoodlibraryfortheconsumers.

D.It’sreasonabletochargetheconsumersmoneyforcopyingsomepages.答案：5-6BADB解析：5.B

由第一段Itchargeslibrariesperbookpercopyandgivespublishersacutofthetotalincome可知。6.A

由后句Morethan350gavethecompanyrightsto...可知。7.D

由Morethanfivepeople...otherpeoplewillget...can’tbefound可知。8.B

由前面的一段中“mostconsumerswon’twanttobuyentirebooks,onlythepartsthatinterestthem”可知最后一段的意义。35.Shewenttothebookstoreandbought_____.

A.dozenbooks

B.dozensbooks

C.dozenofbooks

D.dozensofbooks答案：D36.TheinformationtellsmethatthewayofeducationinCanadaisquitedifferentfrom_____inChina.

A.one

B.it

C.that

D.those

答案：C37.Iknowofhim,butIhavenoidea______.答案：D38.Happiness,ratherthanworkinghard,isthekeytosuccess,accordingtoresearchpublishedyesterday.Cheerfu1peop1earemore1ikelytotrynewthingsandchallenge（wk战）themselves，whichstrengthenstheirgoodemotionandleadstosuccessinwork，goodrelationshipsandstronghealth，saypsychologists（心理学家）.

Thefindingssuggestthathappinessisnota“feel-good”luxury（奢侈品），butisnecessaryforpeople’swell-being.Whatismore,happinesscanalsoreachanentirenation，withpeoplein”happy”nationsbeingmorelikelytohelpothers.

ThelinkbetweenhappinessandsuccesswasstudiedbyateamfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaRiverside，ledbyProfessorSonjaLyubomirsky.

First,theyexaminedquestionnairesthataskpeop1eabouttheir1ives.“Forexample,theyshowthathappypeoplearelikelytoearnhigherincomes”saidLyubomirsky.Havingestablishedthelink，theywantedtodiscoverthecause.

“Almostalwaysithasbeentakenforgrantedthatthingsthatconnectcloselytohappinessarethecausesofhappiness，butitcouldbejusttheoppositethatthosethingsarelikelytobecausedbyhappiness，”saidProfessorEdDienerfromtheUniversityofIllinois，anotherauthoronthepaper.

“Therewasstrongevidencethathappinessleadspeopletobemoresociable，moregenerousandmoreproductiveatwork，tomakemoremoney，andtohavestrongerimmune（免疫）systems，”saidLyubomirsky.

Theresearchshowsthatwhilesuccesscanputaspringinsomeone’sstep，peop1eneedhappinessinthefirstplacetoachievesuccess.

Accordingtothestudy，around4outof5peopleinmodernindustrializednationsarchappyatanyonetime.

Successwasnotjustaboutearninglotsofmoney.“Wedescribesuccessashavingthethingsthatcultureorsocietyvalues，whetheritbefriends，closefamily,moneyandincome，orlonglife，”saidDiener.

However，sorrowfulpeoplearcnotpredeterminedtoleadalifeoffailure.

小题1:Inthispassage，whichofthefollowingviewpointsdoesProfessorLyubomirskystate？A．Peopleinlesshappycountriesaremorelikelytohelpothers.B．Thingsconnectedtohappinessarebroughtaboutbyhappiness.C．Happinessresultsinricherandhealthierpeople.D．Successmeanspossessingthingsthatacu1tureorsocietythinkshighlyof.小题2:Theunderlinedphrase“putaspringinsomeone’sstep”means

.A．putyouingoodspiritsB．putspringwateronyourfeetC．haveapleasantwalkinspringD．stepintoacheerfulspring小题3:Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingistrue？A．Peoplearchappybecausetheyearnmoremoney.B．Peopleearnmoremoneybecausetheyarehappy.C．Workinghardisimportantforbeingsuccessful.D．Wecandowhateverwelikeas1ongaswefeelhappy.小题4:Wecaninferfromthepassagethat

.A．fee1inggoodisacauseandnotaneffectofachievementB．ourlifewouldbeafailureifwewerenothappyC．happinessisjustapersonalproblemD．beingsuccessfulmainlymeansbeingwealthy答案：小题1:C小题2:A小题3:B小题4:A解析：小题1:此题考查学生对阅读文章细节的把握tomakemoremoney，andtohave

strongerimmune（免疫）systems小题2:考查学生语义理解能力。要能理解句子中while是尽管的意思。Theresearch

showsthatwhilesuccesscanputaspringinsomeone’sstep,peopleneedhappinessinthefirstplacetoachievesuccess，此题考查学生阅读文章后对细节的阅读能力。小题3:判断推理题。要掌握文章的中心意思小题4:判断推理题。39.Whenwas_____thatthegeneralmanagerleftforJapan?A．heB．itC．thatD．since答案：B解析：为强调句的特殊疑问句形式。可视为ItwasinMaythatthegeneralleftforJapan的特殊疑问句形式。40.—

Howarethethingsinyourvillage?

—Modernfarmingmethodshavebeenbroughtinandthevillagersare_____nowthanbefore.[

]

A.welloff

B.betteroff

C.badlyoff

D.worseoff答案：B41.–Excuseme,Sir.Smokingisnotallowedhere.

–Oh,sorry.I__________.A．haven’tknowB．don’tknowC．hadn’tknowD．didn’tknow答案：D解析：交际用语及时态。由语境可以为过去式。42..Hehastofinishtheexperimenttoday.Hemustbeinthelab,____?

Thatsquitepossible.A．mustn'theB．won'theC．doesn'theD．isn'the答案：.D解析：该题考查反意疑问句中尾句部分的助动词用法，mustbe结构中的中心词应为be，且Hemustbeinthelab相当于Ithinkheisinthelab，故其尾句部分为isn'the。43.Thenews_____JoanwillbeournewEnglishteacheristrue.答案：A44.从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

ink

A.moon

B.finger

C.absent

D.soon答案：B45.Manypeopleagreethat

knowledgeofEnglishisamustin

internationaltradetoday.A．a；／B．the；anC．the；theD．／；the答案：A解析：此题重点考查冠词搭配。knowledge是个不可数名词，但aknowledgeof为固定搭配，表示“某方面的知识”。“国际贸易”是抽象名词，前面不加冠词。46.Idon’tmindpickingupyourthingsfromthestore._____,thewalkwilldomegood.A．soonerorlaterB．stillC．intimeD．besides答案：D解析：本题考查连接副词或副词短语的意义。Soonerorlater迟早，早晚；still但还是，依然,表转折关系；intime及时，迟早；besides而且，加之，表递进关系。根据题意：我不介意帮你去商店取回你的东西，何况走一走对我的身体有好处。47.LangLangisaworld-classyoungpianistwhogrewupinShenyang.HewenttoapianoschoolinBeijingwhenhewasjusteight.“Youneed__21__,”hisfathersaid.“Butifyoudon’tworkhard,nofortunewillcome.”

Whatmadehimsadwas__22__hispianoteacherinBeijingdidn’tlikehim.“Youhavenotalent.Youwillneverbeapianist.”Asanine-year-oldboy,LangLangwasbadly__23__.Hedecidedthathedidn’twanttobeapianistanymore.Forthenexttwoweeks,hedidn’ttouchthepiano.Wisely,hisfatherdidn’tpush,butwaited.

Luckily,thedaycamewhenhisteacheraskedhimtoplaysomeholidaysongs.Hedidn’twantto,butasheplacedhisfingersonthepianokeys,he__24__thathecouldshowothersthathehadtalent__25__.Thatdayhetoldhisfatherwhathehadbeenwaitingtohear—thathewantedtostudywithanewteacher.Fromthatpointon,everythingturnedaround.

Hestarted__26__competitions.Inthe1994InternationalYoungPianistsCompetition,whenitwas__27__thatLangLanghadwon,hewastooexcitedtoholdbackhistears.Soon__28__wasclearthathecouldn’tstayinChinaforever—hehadtoplayontheworld’sbigstages.In1997LangLangmovedagain,thistimetoPhiladelphia,USA.Therehespenttwoyearspracticing,andby1999hehadworkedhardenoughforfortunetotakeover.Afterhis__29__performanceatChicago’sRaviniaFestival,gigsinLincolnCentreandCarnegieHallstarted__30__in,LangLangfinallyworkedtoreachtheplacewherefortunespotshim,andletshimshine.

21.A.exercise

B.fortune

C.knowledge

D.wealth

22.A.whether

B.why

C.when

D.that

23.A.hurt

B.weakened

C.ruined

D.frightened

24.A.seemed

B.admitted

C.noticed

D.realized

25.A.inall

B.aboveall

C.afterall

D.atall

26.A.receiving

B.accepting

C.winning

D.beating

27.A.told

B.mentioned

C.announced

D.recognized

28.A.this

B.it

C.that

D.what

29.A.successful

B.cheerful

C.respectful

D.meaningful

30.A.pulling

B.breaking

C.falling

D.pouring答案：21.B。22.D。23.A。24.D25.C26.C。27.C。28.B。29.A。30.D。解析：21.fortune运气，根据下文得知答案。22.本句考查表语从句，从句中没有缺少任何成分，所以应该选择连接代词that。23.badlyhurt指心灵上受到严重伤害。24.seem似乎；admit承认；notice注意到；realize意识到。本句的意思是：当他把手指放在琴键上时，他意识到他可以向别人证明他有天分。25.afterall尽管…还是，归根结底；inall总计；aboveall最重要的是。本句的意思是：尽管老师说过他永远不可能成为钢琴家，但是他意识到他还是能向别人证明他是有天赋的。26.winthecompetitions赢得比赛。27.announce宣布，It’sannouncedthat…被宣布…。28.it作形式主语，代替后面的主语从句。29.successfulperformance成功的演出。30.pourin涌现，本句指的是：很多特约演出不断涌向朗郎。48.ThinkofLondonandyou’relikelytothinkofthecity’sfamousbrightreddouble-decker(双层)buses．ThinkofThailand’scapitalcity,Bangkok，and

thenoisytuk-tuk(三轮摩托车)may

cometomind．PicturetheAmericancityofSanFrancisco

and

you

mightsee

thecity’scablecars(电车)．

Imaginingwhatthesecitieswouldlooklikewithouttheirred

buses，tuk-tuks

orcablecarsis

difficult．They

are

symbols

ofthesecities

thatmakethemdifferentfrom

anywhereelsein

theworld．However,thesecity

symbols，whichareso1ovedbytourists，arenot

alwayssowell

lovedbytheir

city

1eaders．City

1eaders

want

what

is

bestfortheir

city,whichoftenmeansthemostmoderntransport．

InThailand，Bangkokcityauthoritieshaveforbiddennewtuk-tuksbecausetheyconsiderthemnoisyandpolluting．However,thebanhaslargelybeenunsuccessful，asithasnotchangedThaipeople’spreferencefortheinexpensivetuk-tuksovertaxis．

InLondon，thecity’sfirstevermayorgotridofthereddouble-deckerbuses．whichhethoughtwereold—fashioned,bysellingthemtoothercountries．Hisplanworked．butLondonerswereupsettolosethecharmingoldbusesthattheybelievedrepresentedthebestoftheircity.Theymadetheirupsetfelt，

whenthemayorcameupforre-election1astyear．MostLondonersvotedforhiscompetitor,whopromisedtobringthebusback．Now,animprovedversion(版本)ofthedouble-decker

buswillhitLondon’sstreetsin2012．

ASforSanFrancisco,

severalcable

carsremainin

usebutmainly

astouristattractions．They

aretooslowtobe

used

foranythingotherthan

scenictrips．

Citytransportsymbolsmayhavepalaceintheircitypeople’shearts，butitseemstheyareincreasinglyoutofstepwiththemodernworld．AsLondonershaveproved，theircontinued1ifedependsonpeople’swillingnesstofightfortheirsurvival．

5．What’sthepurposeofwritingthefirstparagraph?

A．Toshowtheculturalsignificanceofseveralcities’uniquetransportsystems．

B．Tointroducesomeold-fashionedmeansoftransport,whicharesymbolsofthreetouristcities．

C．Tousetheoldtransportsymbolstoattractmoretouriststovisitthecities．

D．Toexplainwhythosecitiesarepopularwithtouristsaroundtheworld．

6．Bangkok’sbanontuk-tuksisunsuccessfuldueto________.

A．people’sunawarenessofenvironm