Ex  1

      BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world.   1   recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to   2   the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its   3   to become much smaller. In fact, the paper

has   4   its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

      In Britain the newspaper market is   5   between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms   6   the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear   7   in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are   8   papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also   9    long and use quite formal language.

      Tabloids have far more stories about   10   seri- ous issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids of-ten have bigger pictures. Britain's   11   newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked   12   on page three every day.

      By   13   to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the footsteps of a less   14   broadsheet paper the Independent.    15   changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase   16  . Although both papers have   17   to the smaller size, the content of the papers has  18  the same. They are both still se-rious papers.

      The two papers claim that people   19   the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning.    20   says its new size is "compact", not tabloid.

1. A. Then         B. So                C. And              D. But

2. A. match         B. suit               C. fit               D. change

3. A. length           B. size               C. width                   D. thickness

4. A. cut           B. added              C. enlarged           D. printed

5. A. devided       B. separated           C. arranged          D. marked

6. A. turn into       B. refer to              C. think about       D. connect with

7. A. meaning       B. mark              C. difference         D. sign

8. A. old              B. interesting       C. modern            D. serious

9. A. possibly       B. especially           C. reasonably       D. not

10. A. more        B. less               C. even              D. quite

11. A. best-selling   B. good-looking      C.slow-moving      D. ugly-looking

12. A. line         B. page              C. paragraph         D. edition

13. A. going        B. getting             C. changing          D. coming

14. A. important    B. welcoming         C. helpful                  D. famous

15. A. It           B. This               C. That              D. They

16. A. slowly       B. greatly             C. little              D. usually

17. A. halved       B. made              C. switched          D. cut

18. A. become             B. found             C. left             D. remained

19. A. find                B. hope              C. expect           D. agree

20. A. The Independent        B. The Times         C. The Guardion    D. Daily Telegraph

Ex. 2

      The half-empty coffee cups, still standing next to their plates, tell of a morning like any other. And yet, that grey covering of dust that everything   1   tells a different story: it tells of screams, tears, terror and    2  . Now the restaurant in the World Trade Center will   3   again serve breakfast. And never again will all those people go there to eat or   4  . So many people whose faces we associate with life and liveliness are gone   5   .  So many words remain    6   , and so much happiness has been destroyed. In their places are tear-stained faces.

      My generation has seen this. On Monday, a fight with my sister, a bad grade and homework   7  to be the biggest problems in the world. Tonight, so many across the country know that America's pain is at its   8    ever.

      We have   9   World WarⅡBut to most of us students, that's an event on a textbook    10    that would never happen" today.

      After all, this was a time of   11   and wealth—the United States was powerful and successful. There would be no more wars, and we were   12   to live in such a time.

      But when those planes    13   ; when firefighters with   14  on their faces ran among the parts of the building that had fallen; when people   15   for their family members; when history was unfolding before our eyes, in full, clear color--then we knew the world had been changed.    16   how many human beings turned to ashes in a second, and seeing some jump from the buildings, I know that my generation is growing up in a world where   17   can still be evil.

      But seeing those heroes risk their lives among the castle-like ruins, and seeing the   18   blood donors(捐献者) at the hospitals, my generation has learned that tears are allowed,  that mankind can also be  19  ,and that the ghost of evil never    20    the spirit of good.                        :

1. A. dresses               B. gets                      C. wears                    D. covers

2. A. blood            B. surprise                    C. laugh                   D. cry

3. A. still                 B. never                    C. hardly                  D. seldom

4. A. work                B. drive                     C. play                    D. swim

5. A. yesterday                  B. tonight                     C. last night              D. this morning

6. A. unknown                  B. untold                      C. unchanged             D. unsaid

7. A. turned               B. had                      C. got                    D. seemed

8. A. least                 B. worst                    C. best                    D. most

9. A. experienced        B. known                            C. read about             D. seen

10. A. text                 B. lesson                    C. copy                   D. page

11. A. tears                B. terror                     C. peace                  D. health 

12. A. unlucky           B. promising                 C. convenient           D. lucky

13. A. fell                 B. landed                    C. hit                     D. exploded

14. A. terror               B. surprise                    C. joy                    D. smile

15. A. called              B. screamed                  C. died                  D. reached

16. A. Knowing         B. Tellin                        C. Hearing               D. Remembering

17. A. everyone              B. nobody                     C. mankind             D. our country

18. A. unwilling             B. eager                        C. happy                D. curious

19. A. beautiful               B. terrible                     C. terrified              D. hopeful

20. A. hurt                       B. beat                      C. wins                    D. defeats

Ex. 3

       Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world's attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and    1    the theme "Water for Life".

       There are more than one billion people in the world who live without   2   drinking water. The United Nations   3   to cut this number in half by 2015.

       Solving such a big problem seems like   4   chal-lenge. But everyone,    5    teenagers, can do some-thing to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an exam-ple to   6   of her age around the world.

       Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work   7   discarded batteries which pollute water.

       In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an ex-hibit about how   8   in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

       Haggerty learnt that    9    the batteries was an easy solution. "I think everybody can do it, because everyone   10   batteries, and it can make a bigdiffer-ence. " With these words, she began to   11      aware-ness in her area.

       She    12    her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling pro-gramme in schools   13   the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management   14  , she gathered contain-ers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)    15   video.

       Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made   16   progress.

       When asked   17   she feels like a hero Haggerty is quite   18  . "Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved !"

       Every year the Gloria Barron Prize   19   young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in   20   the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

 1. A. had                      B. gave              C. wrote                          D. discussed

 2. A. enough                    B. safe               C. much                  D. polluted

 3. A. asks                      B. orders             C. hopes                   D. ensures

 4. A. a great                       B. a strong             C. an important          D. an unreal

 5. A. especially              B. sometimes         C. even                 D. seldom

 6. A. boys                      B. others               C. students             D. grown-ups

 7. A. collecting                  B. selling             C. buying                         D. using

 8. A. things                      B. chemicals          C. water                          D. air

 9. A. making                 B. recycling           C. reducing               D. handling

 10. A. uses                     B. has               C. throws                         D. needs

 11. A. tell                       B. increase            C. spread                  D. inform

 12. A. talked to                 B. listened to          C. heard from           D. thought about

 13. A. and                  B. besides                     C. as well as             D. as good as

 14. A. officials                     B. workers                   C. clerks                  D. experts

15. A. industrial               B. agricutural                C. scientific              D. educational

16. A, much                      B. no .                      C. some                   D. little

17. A. if                         B. how                     C. when                   D. why

18. A. pround              B. glad                         C. modest              D. worried

19. A. praises                          B. helps                        C. supports              D. honours

20. A. benefiting              B. saving                      C. serving               D. favouring

Ex. 4

      Salsa is a musical type that has existed for many years and is still   1   today. Salsa comes from Cuba, but many people    2   that the Puerto Ricans who moved to the US   3   the style of salsa we know today.

      Because of political problems in the   4    20th century, many people left Puerto Rico and settled in the US. Between 1915 and 1930, about 50,000 Puerto Ricans  5   in the US. In 1917, a   6  was passed that made people from Puerto Rico Americans move   7   After this, Puerto Ricans were able to move   8   between their home and the US mainland.

       Between 1940 and 1969, about 800,000 Puerto Ri-cans moved to the US,    9   to New York City and Miami. They brought with them their culture, style, and Latin rhythm (节拍). One style of music and dance they   10   to the US was a mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Puerto Rican traditional dance.  In New York,   11  incorporated (little) American jazz, and the salsa we know today   12  . During this time, sala music and dance, were popular in the New York City and around the US.

       The song words   13    stories of the immigrants' (移民) struggle to make a   14   in New York City. By the late 1970's, salsa caliente was   15   popular; another style-salsa romantica, with its romantic love lyrics (词句) -became popular,   16    . Salsa romantica is still popular today and is   17   by musicians suchas Mare Anthony, a singer from Puerto Rico.

           18    Puerto Ricans continue to make special mixtures of salsa by combining it with other musical styles. A mixture of hip-hop and salsa can be   19   in Jennifer. Lopez's music which became world famous by combining rock rhythms with the salsa romantics style.

       For many people, listening to salsa music is not   20     ;its fast rhythm and lively beat make them want to get up and dance.

1. A. new                 B. popular                   C. beautiful                 D. wonderful

2. A. believe               B. doubt                    C. agree                   D. guess

3, A. formed               B. got                      C. developed                D. invented

4. A. middle               B. late                      C. unknown                       D. early

5. A. arrived               B. lived                     C. worked                 D. visited

6. A. plan                 B. law                      C. suggestion                      D. rule

7. A. back and forth   B. up and down             C. in and out             D. here and there

8. A. slowly               B. quickly                   C. gradually                 D. freely

9. A. exactly             B. certainly                   C. mainly               D. impossibly

10. A. brought              B. took                     C. carried                         D. gave

11. A. singers             B. musicians                 C. dancers              D. New Yorkers

12. A. was born                     B. came out                  C. was finished       D. went on

13. A. wrote                B. made up                   C. changed into        D. told

14. A. journey                B. room                        C. living         D. contribution

15. A. for ever                 B. even more                C. no longer                    D. now and then

16. A. instead                     B. indeed                    C. too                            D. either

17. A. acted                    B. performed                C. played               D. showed

18. A. Old                       B. Young                    C. Man                    D. Woman

19. A. seen                       B. felt                      C. heard                          D. imagined

20. A. good                    B. comfortable                     C. enough               D. easy

英语第二轮 完行填空  答案

EX．1

1．D从后文内容看．《泰晤士报》历经216年后缩小版面，进行改革，此处应为转折关系，用But。

2．C使……适应。D逻辑不符，match意为“……与……相配”，suit指某物适合某人，某人适合做

  某事。

3．B大小、尺寸、规模，指报纸则为版面，长度、宽度、厚度都不能表述报纸的版面。

4．A cut削减，减少。B增加，c扩大，D印刷，均不合文意。

5．A分为，分成。B离开，C安排，D作记号。

6．B涉及、提及。A变成，C考虑，D联系，均不符合文意。

7：C从but表转折之意看应为difference。

8．D从后文叙述的其内容为政、经、国际问题以及文章相当长、语言正式看应为serious。

9．C相当地。A、B、D不符合逻辑和文意。

10．B less serious不太严肃，从more stories和love lives恋情知A、C、D都不对。

11．A  畅销的。从其内容更市民化、生活化知其畅销。

12．B一般说来，big picture不存在在哪行或哪段，且报纸一般不存在印刷几版的问题，只能是在第3页(版)。

13．C变成，变为；由文章第一段可知。

14．D从后文叙述两报虽经缩版，但内容不变，仍为严肃报纸知A、B、C不合文意，只不过大版面特色不复存在，故较之往昔其名气稍逊一筹。

15．A  It指代The Times。

16．B  从全文的主旨是英国报业的成功改革看，可以推定greatly为正确答案。

17．C switch此处相当于change。

18．D保留原样，有主观的含意，A、B均指客观发生的状态，left不合文意。

19．A指读者在客观上对已有事实的发现，B、c表达的不是已有事实，D不合逻辑。

20．B，文章叙述的主体是《泰晤士报》，答案自然为B。

EX．2

1．C Wear此处喻指大楼倒塌后周围的物体表面覆盖着灰尘，而dress在此处用法不对。

2．A  根据全文以及这里的表示痛苦和灾难的词screams，tears和terror判断只有blood与它们是同

  一个范畴的。

3．B根据整个文章判断，世贸大厦倒塌后，人们不再去吃早饭和工作，由下句中的And never again亦可得到提示。

4．A 同上。

5．B根据前面的morning判断，这里说的是今天的事情。

6．D话当然是“说”出来的。

7．D根据上下文判断。

8．B世贸大厦倒塌使人们感到从未有过的痛苦。

9．C根据后文判断，作者是从书本上了解到的二次世界大战。

10．D若选lesson或text，则前面的介词应该是in。

11．C根据上下文以及后面的wealth和there would be no more wars判断。

12．D生活在没有战争的时代，所以是“幸运”的。

13．C 这里是说飞机撞击世贸大厦。

14. A 根据后面的seeing those heroes risk their lives among the castle-like ruins判断，消防员在倒塌的大楼里救援的时候是充满了恐慌的。

15．B这里是指人们为自己的家人而哭泣。

16．A根据上下文判断。

17．C根据19空处的mankind来判断。

18．B这里描述的是人们“急切”为伤员捐血。

19．A人们为伤员捐血反映了人类美丽的一面。

20．D邪恶是永远不会战胜正义的。

EX．3

1．A因为每个节日都“有”一个主题，所以“节水日”也是一样。

2．B这里是指没有洁净的水，所以饮用也就不“安全”。

3．C 这里是说联合国“希望”将这个数字减少一半。

4．D要达到这个目的有极大的困难，好像是一个不真实的挑战。

5．C这里是说“甚至”青少年也可以参与到这个活动中，做一些有帮助的事情。

6．B泛指与之年龄相仿的其他青少年，并非指其他某类人。

7．A根据后文知是“收集”废弃龟池。

8．B是由于电池里面的“化学物”对环境造成的污染和危害。

9．B这里只有“回收”电池符合上下文。

10．A人人都能做点事是因为人人都“使用”它。

11．B因为她有这种想法，所以她开始使她生活的地方的人们认识到这一点。

12．A于是她就向她们县的管理部门和学校董事会“谈”这件事。

13．C因为后面有and，所以这里只能用as well as。

14．A存waste-management部门工作的是政府官员。

15．D这里说的是她制作一个用于宣传教育的电视影像。

16 . D根据这甲的but判断。

17．A根据后面的答语not really来判断。

18．C根据下文判断。

19．D根据后文知，the Gloria Barron Prize每年都要“奖励”些8到18岁的那些“为公众服务和保护地

    球”的青少年.

20．C  同上。

EX．4

 1．B  既已存在多年，自然不是new，另后文有提示popular和很多人仍然了解、熟悉。

2．A由第二、三、四、五段陈述的Salsa演变的事实决定此空应为believe。

3．C从Salsa最初的形式到今天的形式应是演变、发展，而不是发明、得到、形成。

4．D由后句1915 and 1930和in 1917知是20世纪初，不是middle和late。

5．A从前句settled，本句的50，000 Puerto Ricans以及后文内容知此处应是arrived，不是B、C、D项。

6．B移民是一项严肃的国策，涉及许多社会问题，只有法(1aw)才能解决，并非计划、建议、规定能决定。

7．C从前后文看此处移民是国与国之间的移民，只能是移进移出，并非前后、上下和空泛的here and

  there。

8．D从前句的in and out和下段的移民数字800，000及本句句意综合看答案应是相对于一般移民的严格限制而言的自由freely，而不是时间的快、慢和进度的gradually。

9．C   A选项是指精确地，B选项是指当然地，与前后文逻辑上毫无关联且与事实不符，D选项是指不可能地，在文中不合逻辑，C选项由上下文可知。

10．A移民带到美国的音乐和舞蹈的风格，“带到”只能是brought to。

11．B从句意和文意看能够改编、创作乐曲的人当然是选项四种人中的B。

12．A  WflS born诞生、问世，音乐诞生只能用was born。

13．D  told讲述，A、B、C与文意均不相符。

14．C  make a living谋生，对于新移民而言首要的任务是谋生，不是在纽约旅游。make a room留出空间，与文意不符，make a contribution做贡献，更是与文意不符。

15．C该句前后两部分内容形成对照，后一句讲另一种风格的Salsa became popular，前一句自然就是no longer popular。

16．A后者替代前者。

17．B  演奏，played接乐器类名词，showed表演，acted扮演。

18.  B  Man, Woman填于此空与全文没有任何联系，由continue可推断答案应为Young。

19．C   hip—hop和salsa都是音乐，音乐只能听到。

20．C  由后句想跳舞知答案为c，光听还不够，还要伴乐而跳。