C
A mouse looked through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a box. “What is in it?” Themouse wondered, but he was shocked to discover it was a mouse trap(夹子). Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning everyone, “There is a mouse trap in the house! There is a mouse trap in the house!”
The chicken, with her head high, looked at the mouse and said, “Shut up. Little Ugly. This is a big problem to you, but it has nothing to do with me. I can’t be troubled by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him. The pig said, “I am so sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray(祈祷). You are always in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “Moo, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”
Now the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night，a sound was heard through the house, like that of a mouse trap catching something. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a big snake whose tail was caught by the trap. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever.
It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard, the chicken was killed.
His wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig.
The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died. Many people came to her home. The farmer had the cow killed to provide for all of them to eat.
Next time when someone is facing a problem, don’t say that it has nothing to do with you.
38. The mouse was surprised because it saw_________.
A. a mouse trap B. a big snake
C. a box full of rice D. the farmer and his wife
39. According to the passage, the mouse is_________.
A. lazy B. hardworking C. kind D. foolish
40. What does the underlined sentence “it’s no skin off my nose ” probably mean?
A. My skin hurts. B. My nose looks terrible.
C. We should face the problem. D. It has nothing to do with me.
41. What can we learn from the story?
A. Traps can always cause danger.
B. It is better to be safe than to be sorry.
C. We should work together in time of trouble.
D. It’s our duty to keep the balance of nature.
D
There’s no doubt that autonomous cars(无人驾驶汽车) are coming. Experts say that a small part of autonomous cars will be on the road by 2017, and that within ten years, fully autonomous vehicles will be running on highways and through our neighborhoods.
When this day comes, though, what will become of the two-car garage? It may not be needed anymore, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
The study says that: if autonomous cars become normal, they could be shared by two people in the same household. For example, Jack and Diane are married and live in the center of a medium-sized city, one where there is no major public transportation to speak of. Their self-driving car could take Jack to his job in the country, then return to the apartment, where Diane would get in and go to work in another part of town. The two no longer need their own vehicles to get to work, and can share the one autonomous car without having to deal with car pooling(拼车) or going out of their way.
“If the vehicle is shared by family members within each household, in the most extreme hypothetical (假设的)situation, the number of cars would become smaller. That means the number of car ownership will drop from 2.1 to 1.2 vehicles per household.” the report says.
As mentioned above, though, this is just the most extreme possibility. Brandon Schoettle, the lead writer of the study, said the number in car ownership could be much fewer than that, depending on many reasons. For instance, the government may pass laws that will not allow the autonomous cars to go on the road alone unless there’s a human inside.
And even though autonomous cars are starting to enter the mainstream（主流）, don’t expect this change to happen overnight. Schoettle said it would take a long time to reduce the number of cars on the road.
42. We can see from the passage that the autonomous cars _________.
A. can’t be true B. need a two-car garage
C. will be popular by 2017 D. will be used in our daily life
43. In Para. 3, the writer takes the couple Jack and Diane as an example to show that _________.
A. they don’t need to take a bus to work B. they can share the same car to work
C. they no longer need cars to get to work D. they can go to work in their friend’s car
44.The underlined word “this” in Para. 5 refers to “_________”.
A.The number of car ownership will become smaller.
B. There will be no cars in each household.
C. Each family will own two cars or more.
D. Many people share the same car.
45. From the passage we can infer that the autonomous cars are put into use in order to _________.
A. make cars fashionable B. be shared with families
C. try to solve the traffic problems D. change the life style
卷 二
说明：本卷共四大题，30小题，满分50分。
四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
A、根据内容和括号所给的汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Most of American businesses are open five days a week. American school children attend school five days a week as well. American families usually have a two-day weekend. The weekend is（46） (星期六)and Sunday. Over the weekend people spend their time in many different（47） ______（方式）. Many families enjoy weekends （48）______（一起）。 They may go shopping， go for a drive or visit friends. They may also （49）______（邀请）friends over and have a party at home. Many American families participate （参加） in sports during the weekend. （50）______（跑步）， biking， playing volleyball and swimming are（51）______ （流行） in summer. Skiing and skating are the （52）______ （最喜爱的） winter sports.
Weekends are also a time for American families to work on something in their yards or in （53）______（他们的） houses. Many families plant flowers and have vegetable gardens. Some families use the weekends to（54）______（粉刷） or repair their houses. For（55）______（大多数）Americans， weekends are very busy.
B、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使对话通顺、正确。每词仅用一次（每空一词）。
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Bill: I saw a great programme on TV about space yesterday evening.
Tony: What is 56 about?
Bill: Scientists have discovered 57 on Mars.
Tony: Really? That’s very fantastic. Have they discovered life on Mars?
Bill: Well, they’re 58 for life but they haven’t found anything yet.
Tony: I know there’s 59 life on the moon.
Bill: Yes, that’s right. So far there’s only life on Earth.
Tony: Are we alone with so many stars in the universe?
Bill: I am 60 in it, so I want to be a scientist when I grow up.
Tony: I wish you will.
五、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Bruce lived in a small town in England. He lived 61 (quiet) with his family. And he always spent time in England for his holidays, but last year he thought, “I’ve never been outside this country. All my friends 62 (visit) Spain, and they like it very much. Most of them say that it has beautiful sunshine and fantastic 63 (beach), and it’s good for holiday. What’s 64 , on the way I can also go to visit my cousin in Barcelona whom I haven’t seen for many years. So this year, I’m going there, too.”
He went to Madrid first and stayed in 65 small hotel for a few days. On the first morning he went out for a walk. In England people drive on the left, 66 in Spain they drive on the right. Bruce forgot about this. While he 67 (cross) a busy street, a bike knocked him down. Jack lay 68 the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said to 69 (him), “Where am I?”
Just then an old man selling maps went past him, When he heard Bruce’s words, he said to him at 70 , “Map of the city, sir?”
