阅读后面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。　　 　　

    One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico　　 stopped 1 for a moment and looked across his field of corn. 　　 2 he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up (旋转) out of his field,　　 about 200 feet 3 he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see 　　 4 , he heard a strange 5 . The line of smoke 　　 6 bigger. It looked 7 some great force were pushing it up into the sky.

　　     The farmer 8 home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife　　 to hurry 9 the house, the earth 10 violently(剧烈地). When he　　 stood up 11 the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field　　 and saw that 12 flames (火焰) were rising from his cornfield. A　　 volcano 13 .

　　     They hurried across 　　 14 earth to the village of Paricutin, 15 was near their farm. They found the village in ruins (废墟) and the　　 road from the village 17 frightened people 　　 16 to safety.

　　     Paricutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up　　 the sky for miles around. Flames rushed 18 the ground. The volcano　　 hurled (喷出) hot stones a thousand feet 19 the air. Great　　 explosions shook the earth and heavy black ashes (灰) fell from the sky. But that was not all. Next, there was lava(熔岩). 　　 20 the third evening a stream of lava began to boil up from the center of the　　 volcano. It 21 slowly across the valley, 　　 22 certain death to everything that could not move from its path.　　 　　Government officials, scientists, newspaper reporters and　　 photographers rushed into the valley. They went as 　　 23 to the fire 24 and stayed there for several days, 　　 25 the new volcano which people now call Paricutin, after the village.

(1) A. to work 　　 B.　　 worked C. working 　　 D.　　 work

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(2) A. Quietly 　　 B. Just now C. For 　　　　 D. Suddenly

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(3) A. from where 　　B. where C. that 　　　　 D. in front of

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(4) A. it was what B. what it was C. where it was D. how it was

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(5) A. cry 　　　　 B. shout C. voice 　　　　 D. noise

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(6) A. was 　　　　 B. became C. seemed 　　　　D. looked

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(7) A. as if 　　　　 B. like C. as 　　　　　　D. if

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(8) A. walked 　　　　B. moved C. traveled 　　 D. rushed

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(9) A. in 　　　　　　B. away C. from 　　　　 D. to

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(10) A. shook 　　　　 B. moved C. tremble 　　 D. waved

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(11) A. after 　　　　 B. since C. before 　　　　D. for

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(12) A. much 　　　　 B. great C. a great deal D. a little

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(13) A. was being born B. was born C. was over there D. was there

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(14) A. shaking 　　 B. a shaking C. the shaking D. the

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(15) A. from where 　　B. that C. where 　　　　 D. which

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(16) A. filled by 　　 B. filled with C. filling in D. filling with

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(17) A. hurrying 　　 B. to hurry C. hurried 　　 D. in hurry

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(18) A. out 　　　　 B. through C. across 　　　　D. out of

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(19) A. out 　　　　 B. through C. from 　　　　 D. out of

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(20) A. On 　　　　　　B. In C. At 　　　　　　D. For

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(21) A. shook 　　　　 B. traveled C. covered 　　 D. turned

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(22) A. carrying 　　 B. taking C. bringing 　　 D. fetching

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(23) A. close 　　　　 B. closely C. nearby 　　　　D. nearly

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(24) A. possibly 　　 B. so as possible C. as possibly D. as possible

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(25) A. studying 　　 B. watching C. checking 　　 D. looking at

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阅读下面短文，从后面所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　The London Tea Trade Centre is on the north bank of the River Thames. It is the centre of 1 of great importance in the 2 lives of the British. Tea is without 3　　 the British national drink: every man, woman and child over ten years of age has 4 average over four cups a day or some 1,500 cups a 5　　. Some thirty percent of the world's exports of tea makes its 6 to London. Britain is by far the 7 importer(进口商) of tea in the world. A large number of Samples (样品) of tea brought into the country to 8 the national thirst go to the London Tea Trade Centre, where they are tasted by 9 professional tea tasters before being sold at each week's tea 10 . It is interesting to see them at 11 . Over a hundred samples are 12 in a line on long tables. Teas are generally tasted with milk, since that is how the 13 in Britain drink their tea. The tasters 14 down the line with surprising 15 , tasting each sample from a spoon and deciding what is a 16 price for each tea. The types of tea that are popular in Britain are 17 inexpensive but they are of a very 18 quality. The best are fine 19 of numerous teas from 20 sources (来源) and countries.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.　Goods for auction (拍卖) sales
　　B.　Definition of bidding
　　C.　Way to sell more goods by auction
　　D.　Auction sales in history
　　E.　Brief introduction to auctions
　　F.　Making a larger profit as an auctioneer
【小题1】______
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.
【小题2】 ______
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
【小题3】 ______
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.
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An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
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The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”

“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.

1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class ______.

A. how to telephone         B. about electricity

C. about time zone           D. about sound　

2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether ______.

A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away

C. her students had understood her lesson

D. sound waves were slower than electricity

3. Kate thought Tom was wrong because ______.

A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

B. electricity was slower than sound waves

C. Tom was not good at physics at all

D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

4. Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

A. Tom’s. 　　                  B. Kate’s.          C. Both A and B. 　　          D. Neither A nor B.