阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of the students couldn't understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter（口语翻译）.

　During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.

　After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, “Now, please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into a short Japanese one.”

　“I didn't tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile, I just said, “The honourable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please.”

1． The man was invited to give a lecture ________. 

　　　　　　 [　　]

A． to some university students

B． to some writers

C． on English idioms

D． on translation

2． The lecturer had to have an interpreter because________.　　

[　　]

A． the students were Japanese

B． the students could hardly understand English

C． only a few of the students could understand spoken English

D． he was poor at Japanese

3． What surprised the lecturer?　　　

[　　]

A． The students' laughter．

B． The interpreter's good work.

C． The speed of the interpreter's translation.

D． The slowness of the interpreter's translation

4． The lecturer's story was about _______.　　　　　　　　

[　　]

A． something interesting

B． nothing

C． English learning

D． his stay in Japan

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　John Blanchard was at Grand Central Station,looking for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the 36 .

　　His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida 37 .He was reading a book there and was attracted by the 38 on the margins left by a reader named Miss Hollis Maynell.He 39 to find her address and wrote her a letter 40 himself.The next day he was shipped overseas for 41 in the army in World War Ⅱ.

　　During the next 13 months the two grew to know each other throught the 42 .When he returned,they decided their first 43 -7 pm at Grand Gentral Station. "Youll 44 me," she wrote,"by the red rose I'll be 45 on my coat."

　　A young girl in a green suit was coming 46 Blanchard.She was so beautiful that he started fixing his eyes upon her,entirely 47 to notice that she was not wearing a rose.Just then,he saw Hollis Maynell,who was 48 just behind the girl.She was a woman well past 40,with 49 hair under a worn hat.

　　Blanchard felt 50 .But he didn't hesitate.He said to 51 ,"I'm Lieutenant(中尉) John Blanchard,and you must be Miss Maynell.I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?"

　　"I don't 53 what this is about,son," she said,"but the young lady 54 asked me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,I should tell you that she is 55 you in the big restaurant across the street!"

　　You can hardly imagine how happy Lieutenant John Blanchard felt at the moment!　

　　36.A.book B.hat C.rose D.letter

　　37.A.library B.restaurant C.post office D.station

　　38.A.trails B.notes C.signs D.marks

　　39.A.attempted B.stopped C.intended D.managed

　　40.A.introducing B.displaying C.acknowledging D.claiming

　　41.A.business B.work C.service D.research

　　42.A.ship B.mail C.line D.telegraphy

　　43.A.greeting B.interview C.meeting D.talk

　　44.A.memorize B.impress C.run into D.recognize

　　45.A.putting B.carrying C.fixing D.wearing

　　46.A.toward B.over C.from D.off

　　47.A.refusing B.forgetting C.stopping D.managing

　　48.A.standing B.wandering C.chasing D.hurrying

　　49.A.lighening B.darkening C.graying D.thickning

　　50.A.excited B.shy C.embarrassed D.disappointed

　　51.A.the girl B.the woman C.himself D.the passer - by

　　52.A.dinner B.my house C.the hotel D.the train

　　53.A.guess B.believe C.know D.like

　　54.A.under a worn hat B.in the green suit C.with gray hair D.standing behind

　　55.A.preparing for B.looking for C.teating D.waiting for

 

The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues (瘟疫) that flesh receives. The most widespread fallacy (谬误) of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one.
If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
　　During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches (战壕) cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp (奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
　　At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be dipped with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
　　If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
　　No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain-killer pills such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms.
【小题1】How many examples are offered by the writer to support his argument?

A．4

B．5

C．6

D．3

【小题2】Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

A．The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

B．Colds are not caused by cold.

C．People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D．A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

【小题3】Arctic explorers may catch colds when _______.

A．they are working in the isolated arctic regions

B．they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C．they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

D．they are coming into touch again with the outside world

【小题4】Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _______.

A．suffered a lot	B．never caught colds
C．often caught colds	D．became very strong

【小题5】The passage mainly discusses _______.

A．the experiments on the common colds

B．the fallacy about the common cold

C．the reason and the way people catch colds

D．the continued spread of common colds

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，在该行右边横线上划一个勾(√)；

如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

    该行多一个词：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。

    该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    该行错一个词：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。

   Most America school students have a long summer holiday．   1．　　　　   

It is usually from June to September．During the holiday，　　   2．　　　　 

students often travel or have summer works．Some students　　  3．　　　　 

take courses in summer school．Mary spent her last summer in   4．　　　　 

a summer school．She studied two courses，traveled with　　   5．　　　　 

her family．They saw interested places near their home in　　　　 6．　　　　 

Seattle．Mary's friend，Peter，who worked at a gasoline station    7．　　　　 

during the summer．He sold gasoline and mend cars．He　　　　   8．　　　　 

made many money and saved nearly all of it．Peter is going to　　  9．　　　　 

university the next year．He needs money for the university tuition．  10．    ___