1、该题测试考生根据上下文来辨析词义的能力。根据句中community一词和词组consist of，应该选inhabitants，其他选项都不合适。第3题：A baby might show fear of an unfamihar adult, he is likely to smile and reach out to another in- fant.A.ifB.wheneverC.so thatD.whereas从句义看，该句需选择一个表示转折的连接词，即whereas。be likely to意为“很可能”。第4题：Its _ of her to refuse to admit tha
2、t she is wrong; she is very stubborn.A.characteristicB.peculiarC.specificD.particularcharacteristic of意为“是的特点；是特有的”；specific意为“具体的，特有的”；peculiar意为“独有的”，常见搭配是 peculiar to；be particular about/over sth意为“对很挑剔”。第5题：Most children do not become permanently right- or left-handed _ they are five or six year
3、s old.A.sinceB.untilC.as long asD.onceB not.until直到才；since自从，由于；as long as/so long as只要就；once用作连词时，意为“一旦就”。该题考点为连词的用法。第6题：The girl wont have her lunch before she _ her homework.A.will finishB.finishesC.had finishedD.finished本题的考点是将来时间句的时态。根据英语语法规则，将来时间句和条件句的时态应用一般现在时态（有时用现在完成时态）。其主句用将来时态。第7题：Many of
4、 the human problems associated with living in the ocean are _ the problems of living in outer space.A.just asB.such asC.such thatD.the same asthe same as意为“和一样”；just as意为“正如”；such as意为“例如，诸如之类”；such. that意为“如此以至于”，such后应接名词。第8题：He kept a _ hold on her hand as he helped her over the fence.A.solidB.st
5、iffC.firmD.rigidC 题意是“他紧紧抓住她的手”，英语的对应表达是He kept a firm hold on her hand，C项 firm符合表达的习惯。第9题：The suggestion that the mayor _ the prizes was accepted by everyone.A.would presentB.presentC.presentsD.ought to present同位语从句中的谓语形式应根据 suggestion 的要求，应为“ should+动词原形”， should 可省略。第10题：A recent survey suggested
6、 that if money were not an issue, most mothers_not to work at all.A.should preferB.preferC.would preferD.preferred本句的考点是虚拟语气。当条件句的时态是过去式时，主句的时态应该为would再加动词原形。本句中were与would prefer相对应，所以应该选C。注意：suggest由于其主语不是某人，所以它的意思不是“建议”，不能用后面的宾语从句跟动词原形的形式。suggest在本句的意思为：“表明、显示”。阅读理解Thirty-two people watched kitty
7、Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about ones fellow man ? Not so, say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines
8、to probe the reasons why people didnt act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency. Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk, is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma from diabetes ? Or is he about to sle
9、ep off a drank? Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it steam pipes, or is it really smoke from a fire? Its not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally respons
10、ible. He must feel that he must help, or the person wont get the help he needs. The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be tested. Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist starte
11、d them off on the tests. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the testing room and the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets filling and cry for help. All of this had been pm-recorded on a tape-recorder. Eight out of ten of the students
12、 taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of the ten helped. Of the students in group, none helped. In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, neednt. They do not feel any direct responsibility. Are pe
13、ople bothered by situation where people are in trouble? Yes, scientists found that the people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt that other persons trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.第11
14、题：The purpose of the passage is_.A.to explain why people fail to act in emergenciesB.to explain when people will act in emergenciesC.to explain what people will do in emergenciesD.to explain how people feel in emergencies主旨题。从第三段和第五段最后一句话可知，本文主要讲述了人们在何时才会去提供帮助。一是在他认为确实有紧急情况出现；二是只有自己一个人才可以提供帮助才会帮助别人，
15、因而选B。第12题：Which of the following is not tree?A.When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency.B.When a person tries to help others, he should know whether they are worth his help.C.A person must take the full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies
16、if he wants to help.D.A person with a heart attack needs the most.因为文章并未提到，人们在给他人提供帮助时，并不需要对他人的安全负全部责任。第13题：The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act in emergencies when_.A.they are in pairsB.they are in groupsC.they are aloneD.they are with their friends推断题。从第七段可知，当
17、只有一个人出现在紧急状况周围时，他帮助的可能性最大，是百分之八十。第14题：The main mason why people fail to act when they stay together is thatA.they are afraid of emergenciesB.they are reluctant to get themselves involvedC.others will act if they themselves hesitateD.they do not have any direct responsibility for those who need help从
18、第8段“Americans often fail to actThey do not feel any direct responsibility”可推知D为正确答案。第15题：The author suggests that_.A.we shouldnt blame a person if he fails to act in emergenciesB.a person must feel guilty if he fail to helpC.people should be responsible for themselves in emergenciesD.when you are in
19、 trouble, people will help you anyway归纳题。以最后一段可知作者认为当人们面临紧急状况，而没有援之以手时，并不是他们无心提供帮助，而是他的行为被周围的人极大地影响着，因而应选A。President Coolidges statement, The business of America is business, still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige （威望） in American society than any othe
20、r kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions possess this great prestige? One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress
21、and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are respected. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected. Competition protects the freedom of the in
22、dividual by ensuring that there is no monopoly （垄断） of power. In contrast to one, all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for profits. Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its custo
23、mers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers dollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves. A contrast is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it i
24、s more supportive of freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people and business leaders are not. Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as important, or even more important, than democracy in preserving freedom. Competition in business is also believed
25、to strengthen the ideal of equality of opportunity. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on family background. Bus
26、iness is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic （贵族的） idea of inherited privilege.第16题：The statement The business of America is business probably means _.A.The business institutions in America are concerned withB.Business problems are of
27、 great importance to the American governmentC.Business is of primary concern to AmericansD.America is a great power in world business从文章的第1段以及整篇文章所谈及的内容判断“The business of America is business”论断中的两个business定义不同，第一个business显然应该作“主要事务或头等大事”解释，第二个business即是通常意义上的理解，意为“商业，生意，贸易”。第17题：Americans believe th
28、at they can realize their personal values only _.A.when given equality of opportunityB.through doing businessC.by protecting their individual freedomD.by way of competition参见文章第2段第4行。第18题：Who can benefit from business competition?A.Honest businessmenB.Both businessmen and their customersC.People wit
29、h ideals of equality and freedomD.Both business institutions and government依据文章第3段可以看出竞争使消费者，即顾客受益，也使商人获利。第19题：Government is believed to differ strikingly from business in that government is characterized by _.A.its absolute control of powerB.its function in preserving personal freedomC.its role in protecting basic American valuesD.its democratic way of exercising leadership谈及government和business差异比较的地方出现在第4段开头，此处的 monopoly指monopoly of power（权力垄断也即权力的高度集中控制）。第20题：It can be inferred from the passag
