Ⅲ.阅读理解
Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband’s income.So this year she did something more than a hobby(业余爱好)：She planted vegetables in her yard.For her first garden，Ms.Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants，and five rows of a variety of vegetables.The family’s old farm house has become a chicken house，its residents arriving next month.Last year, Ms.Rita Gartin kept a small garden.This year she has made it much larger because，she said，“The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds，too;so it’s a winwin situation all around.”
They are among the growing number of Americans who，driven by higher living costs and a falling economy(经济)，have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time.Others have increased the size of their existing gardens.Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home.Now many gardens across the country have been sold out for several months.In Austin，Tex.，some of the gardens have a threeyear waiting list.
George C.Ball Jr.，owner of a company，said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%over last year，double the average growth of the last five years.Mr.Ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years.The big one is the striking rise in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruits and vegetables.Food prices have increased because of higher oil prices.People are now driving less，taking fewer vacations，so there is more time to garden.
31.What does the word “residents” in Paragraph 1 probably refer to?
A.chickens B.tomatoes
C.gardens D.people
32.By saying “a winwin situation all around”，Ms.Gartin means that________.
A.she is happier and her garden bigger
B.she may spend less and lose weight
C.she is selling more and buying less
D.she has grown more varieties of vegetables
33.Why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?
A.More Americans are doing it for fun.
B.The price of oil is lower than before.
C.There’s a growing need for fruits.
D.The cost of living is on the rise.
34.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.Family Food Planning
B.Banking on Gardening
C.A Belttightening Move
D.Gardening as a Hobby
Ⅳ. 任务型读写
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
Having entered a boarding school, Ada and her twin sister Rita determined to strike out independently. Although the sisters had requested rooms in different buildings, they were placed in the same, Ada on the eighth floor and Rita one floor higher. While Ada lived in harmony with her roommate, Rita was unhappy. She and her roommate had a quarrel over matters like the smallest thing—the time of lights being turned off—and the biggest thing—the arrangement of the furniture. Finally, they communicated primarily through short notes rather than by speaking. Rita kept running down along the stairs to ask Ada for help. Before long, the two wanted to live together again. Rita’s roommate finally had to move out.
Rita’s ability to solve her problem by rooming with her twin is unusual, but the conflict she faced is not. Despite great efforts by many schools to make good roommate matches, unpleasant outcomes are common.
Most conflicts between roommates develop from small, annoying differences. In extreme cases, the conflicts can lead to serious violence and affect roommates’ psychological (心理的) health.
Learning to tolerate a stranger’s habits may teach students the art of compromise, but the learning process is often painful.
Many schools have started conflict solution programs to calm tensions that could build up like a volcano preparing to explode, resulting in physical violence. Some schools try to prevent conflicts by using computerized matching. Students are put together on the basis of their answers to housing form questions about preferred hours of study and sleep, and selfdescribed tendencies toward tidiness or disorder. Parents sometimes weaken the process by taking the forms and filling in false data about their children’s habits.
If only conflicts between roommates could disappear!
TitleRoommate 35.________
ExampleRita, living on the 36.________floor, quarreled with her roommate over matters 37.________from when lights should be turned off to how the furniture should be arranged before they gave up on oral communication. Rita kept running 38.________to seek comfort from her twin sister. They finally 39.________the room again.
40.________Though many schools try to make 41.________roommates, conflicts between roommates still exist.
Bad results·Leading to serious physical violence.
·42.________roommates’ psychological health.
Solutions·Learning the art of 43.________.
·Tolerating a stranger’s habits.
·Using computerized matching.
WishConflicts between roommates could be 44. ________.
参考答案
Ⅰ.1.C 考查动词词义辨析。leave 离开，丢下;throw扔掉;ignore 忽视，不顾;emphasize强调。句意：受增长收益的驱使，安全措施被公司经理忽视了，那正是这次事故发生的原因。结合句意可知C项为正确答案。
2.A 考查名词的区别。该题的意思是：这个体系设计的目的是为了给学生们快速、容易地使用图书馆电子资源的机会。access to的意思是：接近或使用某物的机会或权利。由以上分析可知答案为A。approach的意思是“方法”，不符合语境。
3.B 考查形容词辨析。alternative可供选择的;absolute完全的;alternate轮流的;appreciable足以认为重要的。句意：春节期间我打算回家，但是如果买不到火车票，我还有别的安排，参观博物馆。
4.A 考查非谓语。从句子结构判断此处需要定语修饰path，lead与path之间是逻辑上的主动关系，因此要用现在分词作定语。不定式作定语往往表示将来的动作，例如：There is nothing to do. 此处也可以用定语从句修饰path，但是要用关系代词引导，即that/which leads up to the house，因为关系词在定语从句中作主语不能省略，故排除B项。
5.C 考查固定搭配。become of表示“降临于，遭遇，发生”，是固定搭配，故答案为C。
6.C 考查固定搭配。be accustomed to (doing) sth.是固定搭配，表示“习惯于(做)某事”。
7.B 考查固定搭配。approve of sb. doing sth.是固定搭配，表示“赞成某人做某事”。
8.D 考查动词的用法辨析。四个选项都可以接宾语从句，但只有urge后接宾语从句时要求从句中的谓语动词用“should+动词原形”形式，should可以省略。故答案为D。
9.B 考查worth与worthy的用法区别。be worth doing 值得做……;be worthy of sth./being done值得做……;be worthy to be done 值得做……。所以答案是B。
10.B 考查动词短语的辨析。句意：因为销售额下降，商店不得不裁掉一些雇员。lay out展开，摆开;lay off(暂时)解雇，裁减;lay aside放在一边;lay down放下，规定，制定。
Ⅱ.11.A on the way home 是固定词组，意为“在回家的路上”。
12.D 根据前面提到的on the bus or train，可知这个人已经在车上，应该是在看报纸。
13.C it appears as if看起来好像……
14.B 坐车打瞌睡时会不停地点头，看起来像“吃”报纸一样。
15.D 结合前面的bus和train，指那些坐在他身旁的陌生人。sitting next to坐在旁边的。
16.C 前面提到了人们经常疲惫而入睡在汽车和火车这些地方，因此这里讨论另一个入睡的地方。
17.A 指另一个人们容易进行睡眠的地方。go on进行;end up结束;last持续。
18.C 从前面的snoring(打鼾)，可知声音太大，以至于教授不得不让其他学生把睡觉的学生唤醒。
19.B 教授让其他的学生把睡觉打鼾的学生叫醒，因为睡得深沉，因此需要摇晃才能醒来。
20.C 从后面的pushes the arm off 可知是脑袋的重量压在胳膊上，推动了胳膊。
21.B 根据常识判断，同学们一般趴在桌子上面睡觉，故选B。
22.C 结合后面这个学生在地上醒来，可知不但胳膊滑下了桌子，而且整个身体都滑了下去。
23.A 从前面的wakes up on the floor可知这个学生醒来的时候，对于发生了什么根本没有印象。
24.D 结合后面的police和road可知最可怕的睡眠是发生在驾驶的时候。
25.D 由于人们在驾驶的时候睡着了，因此根据警察的报告应该是发生的交通事故。
26.B 根据前面的people fall into sleep可知人们睡着了，因此开车的时候，容易驶离公路。
27.A 从后面的they are not seriously hurt可知他们受伤不严重，因此表示他们是幸运的。
28.D 这里作者以一位妇女的情况作为例子，来说明驾驶中睡觉的危害，故选D。
29.B 从前面可知这个妇女把汽车开进了河里，因此她应该是在水里。
30.A 结合文章的第一段第一句话people are so tired，可知这里选A。
Ⅲ.31.A 词义理解题。根据第一段的“The family’s old farm house has become a chicken house，its residents arriving next month.” 我们知道，这里所说的“房子的居住者”就是这些小鸡。
32.B 推理判断题。根据第一段的“…she said，‘The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds，too;…’”可知，“双赢状况”指的是省钱和减肥。故选B项。
33.D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The cost of everything is going up”我们知道，物价上涨是他们自己种植蔬菜的主要原因。
34.B 主旨大意题。全文讲述了在物价飞速上涨的美国，人们为了节省开支自己种植蔬菜的事情。
Ⅳ.35.Conflicts/conflicts 纵观全文尤其是文中提到的“She and her roommate had a quarrel over matters”“Most conflicts between roommates”等可知。
36.ninth 根据第一段中的“Ada on the eighth floor and Rita one floor higher.”可以推知。
37.ranging 根据第一段中的“She and her roommate had a quarrel over matters like the smallest thing—the time of lights being turned off—and the biggest thing—the arrangement of the furniture.”可以推知争吵的范围。
38.downstairs 根据文章第一段“Rita kept running down along the stairs to ask Ada for help.”中的down along the stairs可推知。
39.shared 根据第一段最后“Before long, the two wanted to live together again. Rita’s roommate finally had to move out.”中的live together again可推知。
40.Problem 根据第二段“Rita’s ability to solve her problem by rooming with her twin is unusual，…”中的problem可知。
41.wellmatched/suitable 根据第二段“Despite great efforts by many schools to make good roommate matches，…”中的good roommate matches可推知。
42.Affecting 根据第三段“…and affect roommates’ psychological…”中的affect可知。
43.compromise 根据第四段“Learning to tolerate a stranger’s habits may teach students the art of compromise，…”中的compromise可知。
44.gone/solved/settled/handled 根据最后一段“If only conflicts between roommates could disappear!”提到的disappear可推知。
