阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

       Two minds with a single thought!

The young fisherman is thinking of a way to cross the stream without getting his   21    wet． The engineer is thinking of a  22   to get automobiles across the river without getting their wheels wet．You know the answer to  23    problems: a bridge．

The fisherman's bridge doesn't take   24   to build．Just place a board across the little stream and you   25   If the board is strong enough and if the fisherman doesn't   26    too much, all will be well．

Will the engineer  27   the same kind of bridge? You know he   28   and you know why． Automobiles are much heavier than   29   The river is much   30   than the stream．A long wood bridge just won't   31    ．It isn't strong enough．It would   32    and break under its own weight．The fisherman's problem is very   33    ．However, the engineer's is not．

But don't   34    sorry for the engineer．He doesn't have to   35    the very beginning with a long board．People have been thinking about bridges for thousands of years．They have designed many types of bridges．Each bridge is suited to its special   36    ．The engineer can choose the type best suited to the river and the   37    nearby．

What choice does he have, and why is one   38    than the others? One way for you to find out is to make a few bridges out of cardboard．They won't be strong enough to   39    a five-ton truck, but you will find out some of the main   40    of bridge design by doing some experiments．

21．A．clothes          B．socks            C．legs            D．feet                  

22．A．road             B．route              C．way               D．course

23．A．all              B．both             C．none            D．neither

24．A．long             B．easy               C．money         D．strength

25．A．have it            B．find it               C．try it                 D．see it

26．A．want．        B．work hard             C．care for if         D．weigh

27．A．promote．         B．permit             C．plan              D．profit

28．A．will             B．won't                 C．can               D．cannot

29．A．cars              B．trucks             C．animals           D．people

30．A．wider         B．deeper        C．more shallow             D．more popular

31．A．do             B．make           C．pass          D．arise

32．A．breakout      B．bring up       C．bend               D．burst

33．A．similar            B．simple ,           C．single              D．skilful

34．A．believe         B．think             C．feel             D．realize

35．A．deal with          B．do with            C．and with           D．start from

36．A．types             B．purpose          C．shapes           D．results

37．A．land              B．lake               C．mountain          D．area

38．A．longer            B．cheaper          C．more expensive   D．more suitable

39．A．convey          B．calculate              C．carry               D．classify

40．A．usage            B．ideas             C．attempts          D．factor

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public  36  for knowledge about how the financial system   37  .

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January,  38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were  39  up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a  40  lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were   41  crowds of 400, rather than the  42  250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics  43  who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to  44  my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t  45  done.” He added.

University applications  46  7% last year. But there were rises  47  average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed  48  in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A  49  study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial  50   and almost half said their children had asked them what was  51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the  52  will be a generation that’s financially  53  and better equipped to  54  their money through times of economic  55  .”

1.A．concern   B．thirst C．sense          D．taste

2.A．works       B．performs     C．serves          D．affects

3.A．in terms of        B．according to        C．on account of      D．in spite of

4.A．yet B．once C．also     D．still

5.A．outstanding      B．inspiring      C．convincing          D．leading

6.A．catching   B．appealing    C．drawing       D．covering

7.A．usual        B．regular        C.  average          D．common

8.A．majors      B．interests      C．preferences        D．standards

9.A．attach       B．adapt  C．approach    D．relate

10.A．generally           B．frequently       C．traditionally       D．originally

11.A．raised    B．rose   C．fell      D．struck

12.A．by          B．in         C．over    D．above

13.A．effect     B．focus           C．interest       D．benefit

14.A．recent   B．late     C．present       D．unique

15.A．matters  B．affairs C.  events         D．issues

16.A．taking up        B．going on      C．calling up    D．keeping on

17.A．overturn         B．downturn           C．breakthrough      D．breakout

18.A．cleverer         B．smarter       C．brighter       D．wiser

19.A．strugglt  B．measure      C．manage       D．earn

20.A．stability  B．puzzle C．uncertainty D．recovery

 

Our car had a _______ on the way to the airport last week.

A. breakout          B. breakdown           C. break-in        D. breakup