6.—Have you got in touch with Tom?

—Oh, sorry. I couldn't think ________ his phone number at the moment.

答案：of　think of“想起，记起”，符合题意。

7.Generally speaking, solids expand as the temperature increases and ________ when they are cooled.

答案：contract　句意：一般来说，固体热胀冷缩。contract意为“收缩”，符合句意。

8.It was difficult to guess what his ________(react) to the news would be.

答案：reaction　one's reaction to sth.“某人对某物的反应”。

9.(2013•许昌高一检测改编)We have been working on it for several hours but we haven't reached any ________(conclude) that was practical.

答案：conclusion　考查名词辨析。句意：我们已经为之花费了数小时，但仍没得出可行的结论。reach a conclusion“得出结论”。空后的that was practical是conclusion的定语。

10.They will start their project ________(aim) at helping the poor children to be educated in China's west.

答案：aiming　考查aim的非谓语形式。句意：他们将要开始他们的工程，该工程旨在帮助中国西部孩子的受教育问题。分析句子可知project和aim at之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用其-ing形式aiming。

Ⅴ.阅读理解

Eight monkeys were put in a room. In the middle of the room was a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each time a monkey tried to climb the ladder, all the monkeys were sprayed with ice water, which made them miserable.

Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempted to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up.

Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempted to climb the ladder. One of the original monkeys was then removed, and a new monkey was put in the room.

Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wondered why none of the other monkeys were doing the_obvious_thing,_but, undaunted (无畏的), he immediately began to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fell upon him and beat him silly. He had no idea why. However, he no longer attempted to climb the ladder.

A second original monkey was removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempted to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys beat the hell out of him. This included the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participated in the beating because all the other monkeys were doing it. However, he had no idea why he was attacking the new monkey.

One by one, all the original monkeys were replaced. Eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them has ever been sprayed with ice water. None of them attempts to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.

And that's how any company's policy/process gets established!

文章大意：本文通过对一些猴子做试验的结果告诉我们：人们是如何适应一些组织的政策或管理的。

1.How many monkeys are needed to complete the experiment?

A.8.　　　 B.10.

C.14.　　　　 D.16.

答案：D　细节理解题。由文章首段中的“Eight monkeys were put in a room.”以及倒数第二段中的“One by one, all the original monkeys were replaced.”可知总共需要16只猴子。

2.The underlined part “the obvious thing” in the 4th paragraph refers to the fact that ________.

A.no monkey wanted to eat the bananas

B.no monkey dared to climb the ladder

C.any monkey could get the bananas using the ladder

D.all monkeys attempted to keep the bananas to themselves

答案：C　短语理解题。结合文章第四段中的“Seeing the bananas and the ladder...he immediately began to climb the ladder”可知此处指用梯子可以够到香蕉这件事。