单选题During the first half of the twentieth century, the average American household was _____ by the introduction of a group of machines that profoundly altered the daily lives of housewives.A transformedB transferredC transmittedD transported
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During the first half of the twentieth century, the average American household was _____ by the introduction of a group of machines that profoundly altered the daily lives of housewives.
A
transformed
B
transferred
C
transmitted
D
transported
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第1题：
The twentieth century saw great change. In your opinion, what is one change that should be remembered about the twentieth century? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your opinion.
In the first part of your essay you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
正确答案：Computer The twentieth century witnessed great changes in the whole world: economic boom industrial development and raise in people's living standards to which technological evolution contributed a lot. Among all those inventions which was the greatest one? Different people have different views. Some think the greatest invention was television while others believe it should be atom energy. But as far as I am concerned in terms of the depth of influence no other inventions can be compared with computers which would remain unrivalled even for another one hundred years. First of all computers save a great deal of effort people spend on calculating. Before computers were invented people had to calculate manually. Sometimes it took scientists weeks even months to work out a result daring the course of which they might make mistakes and the accuracy of data was in turn affected. But with the help of computers people are freed from heavy calculation. It only takes seconds to have a result which used to take weeks in the past. Moreover not only the speed but also the accuracy is improved to a large extent. Computers can also simulate different environments that can't be created in real life. In the science research sometimes scientists need to have a simulation environment to improve their theories or as a basis of further research. Without computers it would be difficult to have accurate and reliable results. But computers can make everything easy. Just input programs and data everything will be done. With computers the storage of information has become easier which in turn has increased the whole world's efficiency. At banks post offices and supermarkets people no longer need to queue for a long time because computers help the working staff increase their work efficiency — files and data stored in computers can be located in a very short time and their chances of getting lost are lowered to a large extent. Computers' influence has been further reinforced with the appearance of Internet which was developed based on the local area network (LAN) of computers. Today Internet has become the fastest developing medium in the world and you can do almost everything you need on it: communicating with friends reading news watching movies listening to music etc. But you must do all the above things on a computer. Although many other inventions of the 20th century brought great convenience to human or changed people's lives computers have the most valuable contribution to human and it will have much more contribution in the future.
Computer The twentieth century witnessed great changes in the whole world: economic boom, industrial development and raise in people's living standards, to which technological evolution contributed a lot. Among all those inventions, which was the greatest one? Different people have different views. Some think the greatest invention was television, while others believe it should be atom energy. But as far as I am concerned, in terms of the depth of influence, no other inventions can be compared with computers, which would remain unrivalled even for another one hundred years. First of all, computers save a great deal of effort people spend on calculating. Before computers were invented, people had to calculate manually. Sometimes it took scientists weeks, even months to work out a result, daring the course of which they might make mistakes and the accuracy of data was in turn affected. But with the help of computers, people are freed from heavy calculation. It only takes seconds to have a result which used to take weeks in the past. Moreover, not only the speed but also the accuracy is improved to a large extent. Computers can also simulate different environments that can't be created in real life. In the science research, sometimes scientists need to have a simulation environment to improve their theories or as a basis of further research. Without computers it would be difficult to have accurate and reliable results. But computers can make everything easy. Just input programs and data, everything will be done. With computers, the storage of information has become easier, which in turn has increased the whole world's efficiency. At banks, post offices, and supermarkets, people no longer need to queue for a long time, because computers help the working staff increase their work efficiency — files and data stored in computers can be located in a very short time and their chances of getting lost are lowered to a large extent. Computers' influence has been further reinforced with the appearance of Internet, which was developed based on the local area network (LAN) of computers. Today, Internet has become the fastest developing medium in the world and you can do almost everything you need on it: communicating with friends, reading news, watching movies, listening to music etc. But you must do all the above things on a computer. Although many other inventions of the 20th century brought great convenience to human or changed people's lives, computers have the most valuable contribution to human, and it will have much more contribution in the future. 解析： 在上个世纪，世界发生了巨大的变化。题目要求考生自己命题，淡谈自己认为20世纪最应该记住的发明是什么。
文章本身并不难写，首先要确定自己的观点，就是20世纪最重要的发明是什么。所谓“最应该记住”，就是说它对整个世界的变化影响最大。写作时，可以有两种方法：一种是一一列举该发明的重要性，对社会的发展、人们的生活有什么重大的影响，论证时还可以用反证法说如果没有这种发明世界会怎么样；另外一种就是在列举该发明重要性的同时，将它和其他较为重要的发明进行对比，从而更加凸显其重要性。 -
第2题：
What date is it?()A.July twentieth-first
B.of July twenty-first
C.the twenty-first of July
D.the twentieth-first of July
正确答案：C
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第3题：
The Prize in Economics()in 1968, that is, more than half a century ago.
A. establish
B. established
C. was established
参考答案：A
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第4题：
Albert Einstein, the author of the Theory of Relativity, made a () contribution to physics in the twentieth century. .A.separated
B.separate
C.significant
D.severe答案：C解析：爱因斯坦一一相对论的作者，对二十世纪的物理学有极重大的买献 -
第5题：
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680,The umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colors.
According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?A.Women enjoy using umbrellas with various kinds of colors nowaday
B.The inventor of the umbrella is unknow
C.Once ordinary people had no right to use umbrell
D.Umbrellas were popular and cheap in ancient time答案：D解析：参见第三段。 -
第6题：
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680,The umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colors.
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.The Invention of Umbrell
B.The History of Umbrell
C.Umbrella--A Symbol of Hono
D.Who Used Umbrella First?答案：B解析：文章介绍伞的历史。 -
第7题：
Alexander Pope was an outstanding enlightener and the greatest English poet of school in ( ) the first half of the 18th century.A.romantic
B.pre-romantic
C.Neoclassical
D.realistic答案：C解析：考查英国文学作家及其流派。亚历山大·蒲柏是新古典主义诗歌的重要代表。浪漫主义的代表人物主要有Wordsworth，Byron和Shelley等；前浪漫主义的代表人物是William Blake和Robert Bums；现实主义的代表人物主要有Daniel Defoe等。 -
第8题：
单选题ABy the end of this century.
BBy the first half of this century.
CBy the second half of this century.
DIn the middle of this century.
正确答案： C解析：
[考点]细节题。录音提到，大多数科学家认为最大化的警告将会在本世纪后50年产生。
【听力原文】
With the development of science, scientists have discovered more about the world. Scientists say world coastal areas must prepare now for [33] a rise in sea levels. No matter what action is taken, scientists say there are already enough [34] greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to cause a major warning. As a result, scientists and government officials are focusing on how society might adapt to rising sea levels, changing agricultural zones, changing climates and other problems.
Already, state and local governments along the coast of the United States are starting to plan for a possible long-term rise in the sea level, and a few have taken action to cope with it. Agricultural researchers are developing [35] heat-resistant and draught-resistant crops that might replace traditional crops if the climate changes. How long it will take for maximum warming to be reached is uncertain because the oceans slow such warming. Most scientists expect the maximum warming to take place [36] by the second half of this century.
If levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere double, sea levels will rise; estimates of the average rise are from 1.5 feet to 6.5 feet. Some leading experts expect a rise of 1 meter, a little more than three feet.
Questions 33 to36 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What must world coastal areas prepare for according to scientists’ opinion?
34. According to the passage, what has caused the rise in sea levels?
35. What are the agricultural researchers developing?
36. When will the maximum warming take place? -
第9题：
单选题During the first half of the twentieth century, the average American household was _____ by the introduction of a group of machines that profoundly altered the daily lives of housewives.Atransformed
Btransferred
Ctransmitted
Dtransported
正确答案： B解析： -
第10题：
单选题—How did you play in the match?—Well, our team was ahead by two to zero during the first half, but we _____ in the last ten minutes.Ahad lost
Bhave lost
Cwere losing
Dlost
正确答案： A解析：
本句是在“最后十分钟”出现的结果，应该用过去时。 -
第11题：
单选题When did the modern concept of “literature” emerge?AIn the seventeenth century.
BIn the eighteenth century.
CIn the nineteenth century.
DIn the twentieth century.
正确答案： C解析：
根据第一句话did not emerge earlier than the eighteenth century可知，“literature”从十八世纪起才具有了现在的内涵。 -
第12题：
单选题Futurism, ______ early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.Aan
Bbeing
Cthat it was an
Dthat being
正确答案： B解析：
未来派是二十世纪艺术领域的一种运动，它反对所有传统观念，并且试图通过强调机械和运动来赞扬现代生活。这里采用并列主语形式，即Futurism与an early twentieth-century movement in art是同位语，后者采用名词短语的形式，对前者起到解释说明的作用。故A项正确。 -
第13题：
The ( ) of air travel during this century has made the world seem smaller.A.Production
B.Conversation
C.Transition
D.innovation
正确答案：D
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第14题：
Instead of trying to imitate reality in their works, many artists of the early twentieth century _____ their feelings and ideas in abstract art.
A:in the beginning to reveal
B:began to reveal
C:revealed the beginning
D:to begin revealing
正确答案：B -
第15题：
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是高位）6261 (number.i 和number.half 共用一块地址空
间） -
第16题：
It seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains.But actually the?umbrella was not invented as protection against rain.Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times.Probably?the first to use it were the Chinese,as early as the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade.And there?was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honour and authority.In the Far?East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.And the umbrella was?in common use in ancient Greece.But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the?umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared.Then it appeared?again in Italy in the late sixteenth century.And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority.By 1680,the umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe.Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight.It wasn′t until the twentieth century that women′s umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colours.
A strange feature of the umbrella′s use is that it was used as__________.A.protection against rain
B.a shade against the sun
C.a symbol of honour and power
D.a way of women's decoration答案：C解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章第三段指出，雨伞曾经是荣耀、权威和权势的象征，这在今天看来是很奇隆的。 -
第17题：
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680,The umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colors.
The umbrella was used only by royalty or those in high office__.A.in Europe in the eighteenth century
B.in ancient Egypt and Babylon
C.in the Far East in ancient times
D.during the Middle Ages答案：C解析：参见句子：In the Far East in ancient times，the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office． -
第18题：
It seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains.But actually the?umbrella was not invented as protection against rain.Its first use was as a shade against the sun!
Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times.Probably?the first to use it were the Chinese,as early as the eleventh century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade.And there?was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honour and authority.In the Far?East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.And the umbrella was?in common use in ancient Greece.But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the?umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared.Then it appeared?again in Italy in the late sixteenth century.And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority.By 1680,the umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe.Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight.It wasn′t until the twentieth century that women′s umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colours.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the umbrella?A.No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella.
B.The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.
C.The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.
D.In Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.答案：C解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章最后一段指出，18世纪的雨伞除了重量有所减轻之外，形状的变化并不大。 -
第19题：
序数词“第二十一”的英文写法是“（）”。
- A、twenty-one
- B、twenty-first
- C、twentieth-one
- D、twentieth-first
正确答案:B -
第20题：
问答题Practice 8 For most people the word “education” means “school” and “school” conjures up an image of a building with classrooms. But what do people think of when they hear “literacy programmes”? Probably nothing. Living in illiteracy is such an unknown-even a little mysterious-experience. Yet today nearly a billion people are illiterate, not to mendon the 113 million school-aged children who do not attend school. Wonderful progress has been made during the last half of the twentieth century in the field of education. But still the number of adult illiterates, particularly women, rises. This is now the challenge of the twenty-first century-the thorn in the side of efforts to achieve Education for All (EFA). It has become clear that Education for All cannot be possible without Literacy for All. However, tremendous strides have been made in literacy. How has this been possible? Who brought it about? The people behind literacy efforts must be congratulated for working against all odds to bring about this achievement. But where are they? Who are they? What are their tasks like? And their problems, challenges and rewards? What inspires them? What conditions do they work and live under?正确答案： 【参考译文】
对大部分人来说,“教育”就意味着“学校”,而一提到“学校”,他们想到的就是大楼里一间间的教室。但当听到“扫盲计划”的时候,他们会想到什么呢?也许什么也没有。
文盲是怎样生活的?我们不知道;对我们来说,甚至还会感到有些神秘。但即使在今天,世界上还有10亿文盲,这个数字还不包括1. 13亿失学的学龄儿童。当然,20世纪后半叶,教育领域已取得了长足的进步。但成人文盲的人数,尤其是妇女文盲的人数却增加了。这是对21世纪的挑战——对我们实现“全民教育”计划的努力,无疑也是一个巨大的障碍。非常明显,没有“全民扫盲”,就不会有“全民教育”。
当然,扫盲工作已取得了巨大的成就。那么,这些成就是怎么取得的呢?是谁作出了这些成就的?我们必须赞扬那些为扫盲工作做出贡献的人,他们克服了种种困难才取得了这些成就。那么,他们这些人在哪儿呢?他们又是谁?他们是怎样工作的?他们会遇到些什么样的问题扣挑战?他们能取得多少报酬?是什么激励他们从事扫盲工作的?他们的工作条件和生活条件又是什么样的? 解析： 暂无解析 -
第21题：
问答题Practice 5 One by one, economies around the world are stumbling. By cutting interest rates again this week-for the seventh time this year-the Federal Reserve hopes it can keep America out of recession. But in an increasing number of economies, from Japan to Taiwan to Mexico and Brazil. GDP is already shrinking. Global industrial production fell at an annual rate of 6 percent in the first half of 2001. Early estimates suggest that gross world product, as a whole, may have contracted in the second quarter, for possibly the first time in two decades. Welcome to the first global recession of the 21st century.正确答案：
【参考译文】
全球经济接二连三受挫。美国联邦储备委员会通过本星期的再次降息(即今年的第七次降息),希望力挽狂澜,避免美国陷入衰退。但是从日本到台湾、从墨西哥到巴西,国内生产总值(GDP)萎缩的国家和地区愈来愈多。2001年上半年全球工业生产下降率已达年6%的幅度。初步估计表明,全球的生产总值总体上可能会在第二季度出现20年来的第一次负增长。21世纪第一次全球性经济衰退已正式降临。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题Futurism, _____ early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion.Aan
Bbeing
Cthat it was an
Dthat being
正确答案： A解析：
句意：未来派是二十世纪艺术领域的一种运动，它反对所有传统观念，并且试图通过强调机械和运动来赞扬现代生活。这里采用并列主语形式，即Futurism与an early twentieth-century movement in art是同位语，后者采用名词短语的形式，对前者起到解释说明的作用。故A项正确。 -
第23题：
问答题At the eating contest the winner ate an average of 15 hot dogs at the first 20 sittings. After a further 20 sittings the average increased to 20 hot dogs. What was the average for the last 20 sittings?正确答案： 25解析：
前20轮共吃汉堡300个，40轮下来共吃汉堡800个，则后20轮吃汉堡500个，因此每轮吃25个。 -
第24题：
问答题A car traveled from A to B in 30 minutes. The first half of the trip was covered at 50 mph, and the second half at 60 mph. What was the average speed?400/11 - 500/11 - 600/11 - 700/11正确答案： 600/11 miles解析：
这是一道计算题，我们设平均时速为X，则0.25X/50+0.25X/60=0.5，进而可得X=600/11，因此该选600/11。