1、完形填空(一)及答案解析(总分：60.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、完形填空(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：15.00)The first thing to consider when you want to build a private swimming pool is the size and shape of the pool. The size and the shape will (1)de on many factors. Public pools are usually large and rectangular or L-shap
2、ed. But (2)pr pools, our specialty, are smaller and can be any shape-rectangular, kidney bean, round, oval, or free form. A private pool must fit the design of a house and garden. So the shape is (3)im . The size and the shape of your pool will (4)a depend on what you want to do in the pool: Dive? H
3、ave a place for children to swim? Exercise? Stay (5)c on hot days? Just relax? We can help you make these decisions.(6)N , you must plan the details of your pool. Our engineers and architects can help you do this. They will survey your land, examine the ground, and look (7)c at your house and garden
4、. (8)T they will draw a detailed plan that is similar to an architects house plan. The plans will (9)i the location of drains, pipes, and water filter systems.Next, we (10)m dig a large hole in the ground and prepare the ground for concrete. Our team of pool builders is expert at this work. (11)A th
5、ey dig a large hole in the ground, they will prepare a concrete floor. Then they will prepare the walls of the pool with network reinforcement and steel formwork. Next they will pour or spray concrete onto the walls. The concrete needs to dry (12)s and evenly. If it dries too fast, it will crack.To
6、finish the pool, you might want to add steps, ladders, a diving board, tiles, paint, and lights. You will also need to finish the area around the pool. You might want a paved area around the pool, a fence, and a garden. Be (13)s not to plant trees near the pool: They will cause (14)s and the leaves
7、will drop into the water. (15)Fur , the growing roots will crack the concrete. Our designers and landscapers can help you with these final plans.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Old people
8、are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better (1)edu . They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are
9、 not so (2)de on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly (3)a the ideas of their (4)e . Events which the older generation remembers clearly are nothing (5)m than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the
10、 difference is very marked indeed.The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason (6)t they have been around a bit longer. They dont like to feel that their values are being (7)qu or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of t
11、heir elders and (8)dis their self-satisfaction. They take leave to doubt the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than anything is conformity.Who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have
12、the older generation so often used (9)vi to their problems? Why are they so unhappy and so troubled by a sense of guilt in their personal lives, so (10)oc with mean ambitions and the desire to accumulate more and (11)m material possessions? Havent the old lost touch with all that is important in lif
13、e?These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasnt been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have (12)tu to their elders for guidance. Today, the situation might be (13)rev . The oldif they are prepared to admit itcould lear
14、n a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not “sinful“. (14)En is a principle one could apply to all (15)as of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather tha
15、n in the past or future.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing.
16、It maybe a game of some (1)k of football, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.Those who have a (2)pa for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women (3)w to suffer cold and hardship, and to take (4)ri in high mountains? This astonishment
17、is caused, (5)pr by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity (6)t which men give their leisure.Mountaineering is a sport and (7)n a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of (8)c , rules of a different kind which it wo
18、uld be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made roles (9)t makes mountaineering attractive to many people. (10)T who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big (11)d is that mountaineerin
19、g is not a “team game“. We should be mistaken in this. There are no “matches“ between “teams“ of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their fives may (12)d , there is (13)ob teamwork.The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and
20、 (14)m powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and (15)p qualities.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、Passage Four(总题数：1，分数：15.00)In old days secretaries were men. Then c
21、ame World War I and male secretaries were (1)re by women. A mans secretary became his personal servant, charged (2)w remembering his wifes birthday and buying her presents, taking his suits to the dry-cleaners, telling (3)l on the telephone to keep people he did not wish to speak to at bay, and, of
22、course, typing and filing and taking shorthand.Now all this may be changed again. The computer and high technology are sweeping the office, taking with them much of the (4)ro work that secretaries did. An executive of a secretarial agency said that once office technology takes over generally, the st
23、atus of the job of secretary will rise again (5)b it will involve only the high-powered work, and then men will want to do it again.There are, in (6)f , men coming onto the job market as secretaries. John Bowman is the case. He joined a national grocery chain as (7)se to its first woman senior manag
24、er.“I filled in the application (8)r and said I could do typing, and in fact I was the only applicant. The girls were reluctant to work for this young, glamorous new woman with all this power in the firm. I just thought it would be useful finding a job. It was simpler working for a woman (9)t for a
25、man. I found she made (10)de and she told everybody what she thought. We were a team, thats how I feel about it, not master and (11)s but two people doing different things for the (12)s purpose.“Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will there be a male take- over? Men sho
26、uld beware of thinking that they can walk (13)r into the better jobs. There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they can, not just because they can buy presents for the bosss wife, but because they are as (14)ef and well-trained to cope not only (15)w computers, but also wi
27、th men.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_完形填空(一)答案解析(总分：60.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、完形填空(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：15.00)The first thing to consider when you want to build a private swimming pool is the size and shape
28、 of the pool. The size and the shape will (1)de on many factors. Public pools are usually large and rectangular or L-shaped. But (2)pr pools, our specialty, are smaller and can be any shape-rectangular, kidney bean, round, oval, or free form. A private pool must fit the design of a house and garden.
29、 So the shape is (3)im . The size and the shape of your pool will (4)a depend on what you want to do in the pool: Dive? Have a place for children to swim? Exercise? Stay (5)c on hot days? Just relax? We can help you make these decisions.(6)N , you must plan the details of your pool. Our engineers an
30、d architects can help you do this. They will survey your land, examine the ground, and look (7)c at your house and garden. (8)T they will draw a detailed plan that is similar to an architects house plan. The plans will (9)i the location of drains, pipes, and water filter systems.Next, we (10)m dig a
31、 large hole in the ground and prepare the ground for concrete. Our team of pool builders is expert at this work. (11)A they dig a large hole in the ground, they will prepare a concrete floor. Then they will prepare the walls of the pool with network reinforcement and steel formwork. Next they will p
32、our or spray concrete onto the walls. The concrete needs to dry (12)s and evenly. If it dries too fast, it will crack.To finish the pool, you might want to add steps, ladders, a diving board, tiles, paint, and lights. You will also need to finish the area around the pool. You might want a paved area
33、 around the pool, a fence, and a garden. Be (13)s not to plant trees near the pool: They will cause (14)s and the leaves will drop into the water. (15)Fur , the growing roots will crack the concrete. Our designers and landscapers can help you with these final plans.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：depend）解析：
34、depend on 为固定搭配。由全句可知游泳池的大小和形状决定于许多因素，故填 depend。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：private）解析：private pools 与上文 public pools相对应。并且由下文可知，该句谈的是 private pools。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：important）解析：由上句 A private pool must fit the design of a house and garden(私人游泳池必须与房屋和花园的设计相谐调)，可断定游泳池的形状是很重要的，因此填 important。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：also）解析：前文提到
35、A private pool must fit the design of a house and garden，此处又指出 The size and the shape of your pool will depend on what you want to do in the pool，两者为并列关系。再者，由全句可断定此处为一副词。再根据提示字母 a，可断定为 also。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：cool）解析：由常识可得 hot day中，人们自然希望 cool。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Next）解析：此段与上文的关系是递进关系。第一段第一句的关键词是 the size and
36、shape of the pool，而该句的关键词是“the derails of your pool”。再根据第一段的段首词 The first thing to consider，和提示字母 N，此处填 Next。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：carefully）解析：首先根据句子结构可判断此处应为一副词。另外，look carefully 与上文 survey、examine 意义相同。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Then）解析：此句与上句的关系是递进关系。修建游泳池首先要 survey your land，examine the ground，and look carefully at
37、your house and garden，然后是 draw a derailed plan。根据提示字母 t，填then。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：include）解析：修建游泳池的设计应包含给排水等，因此此空为 include。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：must）解析：根据句子结构，可判断此空格应为副词或情态动词。再根据句意修建游泳池必须要挖坑，和提示字母 m，可判断此空为 must。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：After）解析：该句是复合句，此空应为连词，引导从句。从句句意是在地面上挖坑，主句句意是准备水泥地面，时间上呈先后顺序关系。再根据提示字母 a，可判断此空为 after。填空
38、项 1:_ （正确答案：slowly）解析：此空应与 every并列，根据下文 fast和提示字母 s，可判断此空为 slowly。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：sure）解析：动词 be位于句首，该句是祈使句。be sure 是固定搭配，表示忠告。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：shadows）解析：有 trees，必然有 shadows。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Furthermore）解析：此句与上句的关系是递进关系，都是不能种树的原因。根据提示字母 f，填 furthermore。三、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Old people are always sayi
39、ng that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better (1)edu . They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so (2)de o
40、n their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly (3)a the ideas of their (4)e . Events which the older generation remembers clearly are nothing (5)m than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is
41、very marked indeed.The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason (6)t they have been around a bit longer. They dont like to feel that their values are being (7)qu or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and
42、 (8)dis their self-satisfaction. They take leave to doubt the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than anything is conformity.Who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older gener
43、ation so often used (9)vi to their problems? Why are they so unhappy and so troubled by a sense of guilt in their personal lives, so (10)oc with mean ambitions and the desire to accumulate more and (11)m material possessions? Havent the old lost touch with all that is important in life?These are not
44、 questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasnt been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have (12)tu to their elders for guidance. Today, the situation might be (13)rev . The oldif they are prepared to admit itcould learn a thing or tw
45、o from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not “sinful“. (14)En is a principle one could apply to all (15)as of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：educated）解析：此句与后面的几句均是今天的年轻人与他们的长辈不同的地方。根据提示字母 edu，可判断此空为educated。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：dependent）解析：今天的年轻人成长迅速，较独立，因此也就不太依赖于父母。根据提示字母 de和介词 on，可判断此
