【解析】选B。表示“……的样子”之意时，用what, 不用that, what在句中作表语;英语倍数的表达结构为：①倍数+比较级+than ②倍数+the size(length, . . . )of ③倍数+as+形容词或副词原级+as。此题属于第二种句型结构。

6. —My teacher was angry with me.

—You should get up early to______ being late for class again.

A. avoid B. leave

C. miss D. hold

【解析】选A。下句句意为：你应该早起避免再次上课迟到。avoid意为“避免”，强调有意去避免，是主观行为;miss也是“避免，逃避”的意思，但不强调主观意识;leave意为“离开”;hold意为“抑制，约束”，不合题意。

7. —What _______ of computer are you g oing to buy?

—PC 586.

A. kind B. type

C. sort D. species

【解析】选B。上句句意为：你打算买什么型号的电脑?type类型，型号;kind种类;sort含有贬义;species物种。

8. We are all surprised that Tom has made ________ in his studies recently.

A. so great progress B. so great a progress

C. such great progress D. such a great progress

【解析】选C。progress为不可数名词，故B、D不正确。great progress是由形容词修饰的名词短语，不能用so, 故C正确。

9. The _______ you sign your name can tell experts a lot about you.

A. choice B. way

C. method D. means

【解析】选B。choice选择;way方式;method方法;means手段、方法。句意：你签名的方式可以告诉专家许多有关你的情况。

10. The financial problem is difficult______ . It needs efforts made by all the people.

A. dealing with B. dealt with

C. to be dealt with D. to deal with

【解析】选D。此题考查的是固定句型：名词/代词+系动词+形容词+不定式。故A、B不正确。而此结构中的不定式用主动形式表被动意义。

11. When he got to the disaster area, there had already been some volunteers ______ people in the buildings.

A. helping B. helped

C. help D. are helping

【解析】选A。句意为：当他到达灾区时，已经有一些志愿者在帮助困在大楼里的人们了。there be sb. doing sth. 此处用现在分词表示与主语的主动关系和正在进行的动作。

12. Mike had the back wheel of his bus _______ in the deep snow.

A. to stick B. stick C. sticking D. stuck

【解析】选D。stick有“陷入”的意思，本题考查的是had sth. done结构，所以应用过去分词stuck。

13. With the world getting warmer, the bamboo that pandas feed________ is reducing day by day.

A. on B. to

C. with D. for

【解析】选A。feed on 以……为主食。句意为：随着全球变暖，大熊猫的主食竹子一天天在减少。

14. —I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.

—_______, it was her fault. [来源:Z§xx§k.Com]

A. No way B. Not possible

C. No chance D. Not at all

【解析】选A。由后面的it was her fault(是她的错)，可知说话者不会道歉。no way决不;not possible不可能;no chance不可能;not at all不客气，一点也不。只有A项表明说话人不道歉的决心。

15. Though you______a good education_______ is difficult for you to find a job you like.

A. accept; it B. accept; that

C. receive; it D. receive; that

【解析】选C。“受到……教育”用receive而不用accept; 第二空考查it+be+adj. +for sb. +不定式的固定结构。

Ⅲ. 阅读理解

Stephen Hawking, the 67-year-old British physicist, was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by American President Barack Obama on August 12. The medal is the highest civilian(平民) honor given in the US.

Few scientists have won this medal. Hawking is no ordinary scientist. He is a hero in the field of scientific thought. He was seriously disabled by a disease and has spent most of his adult life in a wheelchair. However, that didn’t stop him from coming up with some of the most important discoveries in modern science.

Hawking’s work is difficultfor non-experts to understand. For this reason, he has also written special books for the general public. His best-selling book A Brief History of Time, as well as books for children, has introduced scientific topics to millions of people outside of universities.

At the award ceremony, President Obama said of Hawking: “His popular books have advanced science. From his wheelchair, he has led us on a journey to the farthest and strangest reaches of the cosmos(宇宙). ”

Former US President Harry Truman started the Presidental Medal of Freedom in 1945 to recognize people who have made great contributions to society. Professor Hawking said in a speech after the ceremony that it was a great honor to receive the medal. He said freedom is important for scientists.

“We need freedom to develop our theories, exchange ideas, and communicate our discoveries with each other and the public. ”he said. “We also need the freedom to raise ideas which shake common perceptions(感知) of ourselves, or our place in the universe. ”

In that, he said, he has been much more fortunate than some of his forebears(前辈) in science.

He compared himself with astronomer Galileo Galilei(伽利略) who was put in prison for suggesting that the Earth goes around the sun, rather than the other way around.

1. According to the passage, we know Stephen Hawking______ .

A. was the only scientist who received the Presiden tial Medal of Freedom

B. was 67 when he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom

C. was an ordinary scientist

D. spent all his adult life in a wheelchair

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知B对。根据第二段可排除A、C、D三项。

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. Even the experts can’t understand Hawking’s work.

B. Nobody can understand Hawking’s work.

C. If you are not an expert, Hawking’s work is hard for you to understand.

D. None of the experts have difficulty in understanding Hawking’s work.

【解析】选C。句意理解题。原句中的non-experts意为“不是专家的人”。句意：霍金的作品对于那些不是专家的人来说理解起来很难。故选C。

3. Who started the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

A. Barack Obama B. George Washington.

C. Galileo Galilei D. Harry Truman.

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段第一句可知。

4. According to what Hawking said, we can infer that____ ___ .

A. he compared himself to astronomer Galileo Galilei

B. he thought Galileo Galilei had no freedom to put forward his ideas

C. he was no more fortunate than some of his forebears in science

D. freedom was not everything in science

【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据霍金所说的可知，他认为自由对于科学家是非常重要的，并且他比科学家前辈们要幸运的多，最后他把自己与伽利略相比，伽利略因为发表自己的学说被关进监狱，表明了当时科学家没有发表自己的学说的自由，故选B。

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