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1、Sect i on I Use of Eng I i shDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)from each numberedblank and mark A,B,C or D on AN SWER SH EET 1.(10 points)Valentine s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of L upercalia.1 the fierce wolves roamed nearby,the old Romans called _ 2the god L

2、upercus to help them.A festival in his _ 3 was held onFebruary 15th.O n the eve of the festival the _ 4 of the girlswere written on _ 5 of paper and placed in jars.Each young man_ 6 a slip.The girl whose name was _ 7 was to be his sweetheartfor the year.L egend _ 8一 it that the holiday became Valent

3、ine s Day _ 9 aRoman priest named Valentine.Emperor Claudius I I _ 1 0 _ the Romansoldiers N O T to marry or become engaged.Claudius felt marriedsoldiers would _ 11 stay home than fight.When Valentine _ 12the Emperor and secretly married the young couples,he was put todeath on February 14th,the _ 13

4、 of L upercalia.After his death,Valentine became a _ 14.Christian priests moved the holiday fromthe 15th to the 14th-Valentine s Day.N ow the holiday honorsValentine _ 15 of L upercus.Valentine s Day has become a major _ 16 of love and romance inthe modern world.The ancient god Cupid and his _ 17_ i

5、nto al o v e r s h e a r t m a y s t i l l b e u s e d t o _ 18 f a l l i n g i n l o v e o r b e i n gi n l o v e.Bu t w e a l s o u s e c a r d s a n d g i f t s,s u c h a s f l o w e r s o r j e w e l r y,t o d o t h i s.19 t o g i v e f l o w e r t o a w i f e o r s w e e t h e a r t o nV a l e

6、n t i n e s Da y c a n s o m e t i m e s b e a s _ 20 a s f o r g e t t i n g a b i r t h d a yo r a w e d d i n g a n n i v e r s a r y.1.A2.L A3.A4.A5.A6.A7.A8.A9.L A10.A o r d e r e d B p l e a d e dW h i l e B W h e n C T h o u g h Du p o n B b a c k C o f f Dh o n o r B b e l i e f Cp r o b l e

7、 m s B s e c r e t sr o l l sc a s tg i v e nt e l l sa f t e rh a n dU n l e s sa w a y Dw a y B B B B Bp i l e sc a u g h tc h o s e nm e a n ss i n c e C C C C C n a m e sw o r k s Dd r e w D D i n t e n t i o n ss l i p sf o u n de l e c t e d D d e l i v e r e dm a k e s D h a sa s D f r o m C

8、e n v i s i o n e d D b e l i e v e d11.A o t h e r B s i m p l y C r a t h e r D a l l12.A d i s l i k e d B d e f i e d C d e f e a t e d D d i s h o n o r e d13.A c e l e b r a t i o n B a r r a n g e m e n t C f e a s t D e v e14.A g o a t B s a i n t C m o d e l D w e a p o n15.A b e c a u s e

9、B m a d e C i n s t e a d D l e a r n t16.A p a r t B r e p r e s e n t a t i v e C j u d g e m e n t D s y m b o l17.A s t o r y B w a n d e r C a r r o w D p l a y18.A portray B require C demand D alert19.A Keeping B Disapproving C Supporting D Forgetting20.A constructiveB damaging C reinforcing D

10、 retortingSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each textby choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on A N SW ER SHEET 1.(40points)Passage 1One meaning of the Greek word dran is to accomplish,and in thismeaning lies a further key to th

11、e structure of drama.A play concernsa human agent attempting to accomplish some purpose.In tragedy hisattempt is,in personal terms at least,unsuccessful;in comedy itis successful;in the problem play final accomplishment is ofteneither ambiguous or doubtful.This action,from the beginning to the end o

12、f a movement toward apurposed goal,must also have a middle;it must proceed through anumber of steps,the succession of incidents which make up the plot.Because the dramatist is concerned with the meaning and logic ofevents rather than with their casual relationship in time,he willprobably select his

13、material and order it on a basis of the operation,in human affairs,of laws of cause and effect.I t is in this causalrelationship of incidents that the element of conflict,present invirtually all plays,appears.The central figure of the play一the protagonist一encountersdifficulties;his purpose or purpos

14、es conflict with events orcircumstances,with purposes of other characters in the play,orwith cross-purposes which exist within his own thoughts and desires.These difficulties threaten the protagonist?s accomplishment;inother words,they present complications,and his success or failurein dealing with

15、these complications determines the outcome.N ormally,complications build through the play in order ofincreasing difficulty;one complication may be added to another,or one may grow out of the solution of a preceding one.At some pointin this chain of complication and solution,achieved or attempted,the

16、 protagonist performs an act or makes a decision whichirrevocably commits him to a further course,points toward certaingeneral consequences.This point is usually called the crisis;thecomplications and solutions which follow work out the logical stepsfrom crisis to final resolution,or denouement.1.Ac

17、cording to the first paragraph of the text,a dramatist.A seldom believes what he writes aboutB portrays what he experiences in the dramaC concerns himself with the results of human effortD tries to convince his audience of what he believes2.A drama is arranged mainly in accordance with.A the will of

18、 the dramatist B the sequence of eventsC the law of dramatic art D the need of performance3.A dramatist usually.A clarifies the complicated relationship in his dramaB makes the relationship in his drama more complicatedC hopes to see his protagonist win an easy victoryD likes to present his protagon

19、ist as threatening fellows4.The word“crisis”(in the last line but one,paragraph 3)mostprobably implies.A a dangerous moment B the last decisionC the crucial point D a brave engagement5.In the text,the author mainly deals with.A the necessity of drama in a cultureB some social functions of dramasC th

20、e responsibility of dramatistsD some key elements in drama-makingPassage 2At the start of the year,The Independent on Sunday argued that therewere three over-whelming reasons why Iraq should not be invaded:there was no proof that Saddam posed an imminent threat;Iraq wouldbe even more unstable as a r

21、esult of its liberation;and a conflictwould increase the threat posed by terrorists.What we did not knowwas that Tony Blair had received intelligence and advice that raisedthe very same points.Last week s report from the Intelligence and Security Committeeincluded the revelation that some of the int

22、elligence had warnedthat a war against Iraq risked an increased threat of terrorism.Why did Mr.Blair not make this evidence available to the publicin the way that so much of the alarmist intelligence on Saddam sweapons was published?Why did he choose to ignore the intelligenceand argue instead that

23、the war was necessary,precisely because ofthe threat posed by international terrorism?There have been two parliamentary investigations into this war andthe Hutton inquiry reopens tomorrow.In their different ways theyhave been illuminating,but none of them has addressed the mainissues relating to the

24、 war.The Foreign Affairs Committee had thescope to range widely,but chose to become entangled in the disputebetween the Government and the BBC.The Intelligence Committeereached the conclusion that the Government s file on Saddam?sweapons was not mixed up,but failed to explain why the intelligencewas

25、 so hopelessly wrong.The Hutton inquiry is investigating thedeath of Dr.David K elly,a personal tragedy of marginal relevanceto the war against I raq.Tony Blair has still to come under close examination about hisconduct in the building-up to war.I nstead,the Defence Secretary,Geoff H oon,is being fi

26、ngered as if he were master-minding the warbehind everyone s backs from the Ministry of Defence.Mr.H oon isnot a minister who dares to think without consulting Downing Streetfirst.At all times he would have been dancing to Downing Street?stunes.Mr.Blair would be wrong to assume that he can draw a li

27、neunder all of this by making Mr.H oon the fall-guy.I t was Mr.Blairwho decided to take Britain to war,and a Cabinet of largelyskeptical ministers that backed him.I t was Mr.Blair who told MPsthat unless Saddam was removed,terrorists would pose a greaterglobal threat一even though he had received inte

28、lligence thatsuggested a war would lead to an increase in terrorism.Parliament should be the forum in which the Prime Minister is calledmore fully to account,but I ain Duncan Smith s support for the warhas neutered an already inept opposition.I n the absence of properparliamentary scrutiny,it is lef

29、t to newspapers like this one tokeep asking the most important questions until the Prime Ministeranswers them.1.We learn from the first two paragraphs that.A the evidence should have been made available to the ParliamentB the necessity of war has been exaggerated by the CommitteeC Blair had purposel

30、y ignored some of the intelligence hereceivedD it was The Independent that first revealed the intelligence2.The author thinks that the Hutton enquiry is.A also beside the mark B hopelessly wrongC illuminating in its way D wide in scope3.By“chose to become entangled”(Line 4,Paragraph 3),the authorimp

31、lies that.A the dispute between the Government and the BBC was unnecessaryB the Foreign Affairs Committee had mixed up the argumentC it was entirely wrong to carry out such investigationsD the Intelligence Committee shouldn t mix up with the affair4.It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that.A most min

32、isters were suspicious of Hoon s conductB Hoon will not do anything without consulting BlairC Blair should not divert his responsibility to his CabinetD MPs think that it is Blair who drags the country into the war5.What is the author s attitude towards the Parliament?A Indignant.B Skeptical.C Inqui

33、sitive.D Critical.Passage 3U.S.-l e d o c c u p a t i o n a u t h o r i t i e s h a v e b e g u n a s e c r e t c a m p a i g n t or e c r u i t a n d t r a i n a g e n t s w i t h t h e o n c e-d r e a d e d I r a q i i n t e l l i g e n c es e r v i c e t o h e l p i d e n t i f y r e s i s t a n

34、c e t o Am e r i c a n f o r c e s h e r e a f t e rm o n t h s o f i n c r e a s i n g l y s o p h i s t i c a t e d a t t a c k s a n d b o m b i n g s,a c c o r d i n g t o U.S.a n d I r a q i o f f i c i a l s.T h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y m o v e t o r e c r u i t a g e n t s o f f o r m e r

35、p r e s i d e n t ss e c u r i t y s e r v i c e s d e m o n s t r a t e s a g r o w i n g r e c o g n i t i o n a m o n g I I.S.o f f i c i a l s t h a t Am e r i c a n m i l i t a r y f o r c e s一a l r e a d y s t r e t c h e dt h i n c a n n o t a l o n e p r e v e n t a t t a c k s l i k e t h e

36、 d e v a s t a t i n g t r u c kb o m b i n g o f t h e U.N.h e a d q u a r t e r s r e c e n t l y,t h e o f f i c i a l s s a i d.Au t h o r i t i e s h a v e s t e p p e d u p t h e r e c r u i t m e n t o v e r t h e p a s t t w o w e e k s,o n e s e n i o r U.S.o f f i c i a l s a i d,d e s p i

37、 t e s o m e t i m e s f i r m o b j e c t i o n sb y m e m b e r s o f t h e U.S.-a p p o i n t e d I r a q i Go v e r n i n g Co u n c i l,w h oc o m p l a i n t h a t t h e y h a v e t o o l i t t l e c o n t r o l o v e r t h e p o o l o f r e c r u i t s.W h i l e U.S.o f f i c i a l s a c k n

38、o w l e d g e t h e s e n s i t i v i t y o f c o o p e r a t i n gw i t h a f o r c e t h a t e m b o d i e d t h e r u t h l e s s n e s s o f t h e o v e r t h r o w np r e s i d e n t s r u l e,t h e y a s s e r t t h a t a n u r g e n t n e e d f o r b e t t e r a n dm o r e p r e c i s e i n t

39、 e l l i g e n c e h a s f o r c e d u n u s u a l c o m p r o m i s e s.“T h e o n l y w a y y o u c a n c o m b a t t e r r o r i s m i s t h r o u g h i n t e l l i g e n c e,t h e s e n i o r o f f i c i a l s a i d.I t s t h e o n l y w a y y o u,r e g o i n g t o s t o pt h e s e p e o p l e f

40、 r o m d o i n g w h a t t h e y r e d o i n g.H e a d d e d:W i t h o u tI r a q i i n p u t,t h a t s n o t g o i n g t o w o r k.Officials are reluctant to disclose how many former agents have beenrecruited since the effort began.But Iraqi officials say theynumber anywhere from dozens to a few hu

41、ndred,and U.S.officialsacknowledge that the recruitment is extensive.We re reaching out very widely,“said one official with theU.S.-led administration,who like most spoke on condition ofanonymity because of sensitivity over questions of intelligence andsources.Added a Western diplomat:There is an ob

42、vious evolution inAmerican thinking.First the police are reconstituted,then the army.It is logical that intelligence officials from the regime would alsobe recruited.”Officials say the first line of intelligence-gathering remains theIraqi police,who number 6,500 in Baghdad and 33,000 nationwide.But

43、that force is hampered in intelligence work by a lack ofcredibility with a belief-broken public,and its numbers remain farbelow what U.S.officials say they need to bring order to an unrulycapital.Across Iraq,walk-in informers have provided tips onweapons hidings and locations of suspected guerrillas

44、,but manyIraqis dismiss those reports as occasional and sometimes motivatedby a desire for personal gain.The emphasis in recruitment appears to be on the intelligenceservice known as the Mukhabarat,one of four branches in the formersecurity service,although it is not the only target for the U.S.effo

45、rt.The Mukhabarat,whose name itself inspired fear in ordinaryIraqis,was the foreign intelligence service,the mostsophisticated of the four.1.America s attitude towards Iraqi intelligence was one of.A disgust B hatred C fear D resent2.The word“devastating”(Line 3,Paragraph 2)is closest inmeaning to.A

46、 destructive B regretful C frustrating D terrible3.The U.S.officials consider the nature of the recruitments offormer security services.A give-ins to the bombingB setbacks of US-led administrationC examples of US-Iraqi cooperationD compromises of some kind24.Which of the following is true regarding

47、the recruitment of theintelligence?A The new-release people are unwilling to tell anything aboutthemselves.B It is just a preparatory step for the reconstruction of theIraqi armed forces.C The western world as a whole dislikes the idea ofreconstruction in this way.D An obvious connection exists in t

48、he reconstructions of thearmy and the police.5.A large part of the Iraqi people hold information about weaponhidings as.A fear-inspired B money-drivenC unreliable D sophisticatedPassage 4The real heroine of the novel stands at one remove to the narrative.On the face of it,readers are more likely to

49、empathize with,andbe curious about,the mysterious and resourceful slave,Sarah,whoforms one point of an emotional triangle.Sarah is the property ofManon,and came with her to a failing Louisiana sugar plantationon her marriage to the good-for-nothing,bullying owner.ButManon s husband is soon struck by

50、 Sarah,and the proof lies in theiridiot small son,Walter.However,the reader is forced to see things through Manon s eyes,not Sarah s,and her consciousness is not a comfortable place tobe.Never a please or a thank you passes her lips when talking toslaves,though manners is the order of the day in whi