1、She is a good cook and the meat she makes is very tender.
A. delicious
B. tasty
C. soft and easy to eat
D. salty
2、The fierce looking horse is in fact very tame and you can set your mind at ease when you ride it.
A. shy
B. timid
C. spirited
D. obedient
3、Can you compress your speech into five minutes due to limited time for the meeting?
A. change
B. condense
C. make smaller
D. comprise
4、It is clear that more poles are needed to sustain the weight of the tent.
A. keep
B. attain
C. retain
D. support
5、翻译:
1.Right now you know your GPS might be able to tell you that there is congestion up ahead. Well, our scientists are now using traffic prediction technology, not just detection, but prediction, so that by knowing everyone's driving patterns, and knowing about the sort of arrival times of trains and planes, etc, we'll be able to give everyone personalized commute instructions. So that rather than just wait for congestion to happen and then wrap people around it, we'll be able to anticipate and prevent that congestion on the same roadways and everyone will move more smoothly.
2.As the century developed ,the increasing magnitude and complexity of the problems to be solved and the growing interconnection of different disciplines made it impossible, in many cases, for the individual scientist to deal with the huge mass of new data, techniques and equipment that were required for carrying out research accurately and efficiently.
6、翻译:
1.Overuse of antibiotics can lead to drug-resistant bacteria that have to be treated with more powerful and often more expensive drugs. And sometimes there are no drugs that work effectively, which increases the danger to people who are infected. The U.S. campaign for the smart use of antibiotics parallels similar efforts in Europe and Canada, which Hicks says underscores the international nature of the threat." Resistant bacteria don't respect country or national boundaries and can easily travel on planes. Antibiotic resistance anywhere is really antibiotic resistance everywhere."
2.The emergence of the European Union has been one of defining events of the twentieth century. It has changed the political, economic, and social landscapes of Western European, changed the balance of power in the world by helping Europe reassert themselves on the world stage, and helped to bring the longest uninterrupted spell of peace in European recorded history. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, Europe was a continent of competing powers that repeatedly fought with each other on their own soil and took their mutual hostilities to other continents in their competition to build colonial empires.
7、完型:
During recent years we have heard much about "race": how this race does certain things and that race believes certain things and so on. Yet, the whole phenomenon of race consists of a few surface indications.
We judge race usually __1__ the coloring of the skin: a white race, a brown race, a yellow race and a black race. But _2__ you were to remove the skin you could not __3__ anything about the race to which the individual belonged. There is __4__ in physical structure, the brain or the internal organs to __5__ a difference.
There are four types of blood. __6__ types are found in every race, and no type is distinct to any race. Human brains are the __7__. No scientists could examine a brain and tell you the race to which the individual belonged. Brains will __8__ in size, but this occurs within every race. Nor does size have anything to do with intelligence. The largest brain once examined belonged to a person of weak __9__. On the other hand, some of our most distinguished, people have had __10__ brains.
Mental tests which are reasonably __11__ show no differences in intelligence between races. High and low test results both can be recorded by different members of any race. __12__ equal educational advantages, there will be no difference in average standings, either on account of race or geographical location.
Individuals of every race __13__ civilization to go backward or forward. Training and education can change the response of a group of people and enable them to behave in a peculiar way.
The behavior and ideals of people change according to circumstances, but they can always go back or go on to something new __14__ is better and higher than anything _15__ the past.
1. A. in B. from C. at D. on
2. A. since B. if C. as D. while
3. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. mention
4. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
5. A. display B. indicate C. demonstrate D. appear
6. A. All B. Most C. No D. Some
7. A. same B. identical C. similar D. alike
8. A. remain B. increase C. decrease D. vary
9. A. health B. body C. mind D. thought
10. A. big B. small C. minor D. major
11. A. true B. exact C. certain D. accurate
12. A. Provided B. Concerning C. Given D. Following
13. A. make B. cause C. move D. turn
14. A. that B. what C. whichever D. whatever
15. A. for B. to C. within D. in
8、完型:
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food __1__ it is badly cooked. The __2__ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an __3__ served meal will often improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never _4__ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother _5__ vegetables in the child's hearing, he is __6__ to copy this procedure. Take it _7__ granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a __8__ dislike. At meal times it is a good __9__ to give a child a small portion and let him __10__ back for a second helping rather than give him as __11__ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child _12__ meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not __13__ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food __14__ he can hurry back to his toys. Under __15__ circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.
1. A .if B. until C. that D. unless
2. A. procedure B. process C.way D. method
3. A. adequately B. attractively C. urgently D. eagerly
4. A. remark B. tell C. discuss D. argue
5. A. opposes B. denies C. refuses D. offends
6. A .willing B. possible C. obliged D. likely
7. A. with B. with C. over D. for
8. A .supposed B. proved C. considered D. related
9. A. point B. custom C. idea D. plan
10. A. ask B. come C. return D. take
11. A. much B. little C. few D. many
12. A. on B. over C. by D. during
13. A. agree B. allow C. force D. persuade
14. A. so B. until C. lest D. although
15. A. some B. any C. such D. no