Ⅰ.单项填空1.________amIawarethatanyoneelseknowsthesecret.A.NorB.EitherC.NoneD.Nothing解析:选A。句意:只有我知道这个秘密。nor也不。2.Yourdeskis________withtoomanyunnecessarythings.Youhavetoremovesomeofthem.A.crowdingB.busyC.coveringD.crowded解析:选D。句意:你的桌子上满是太多不需要的东西,你得去掉其中的一些。bebusywith忙于做……;becrowdedwith挤满了……。3.Tomy________,hewasnotalittle________atthenewsthathehadwonthefirstprizeintheEnglishspeechcontest,forhethoughtthathedidn’tperformsowell.A.astonishment;astonishingB.astonished;astonishingC.astonishment;astonishedD.astonish;astonishment解析:选C。toone’sastonishment意为“使某人感到惊讶的是”;beastonishedatsth.意为“对……感到惊讶”。4.Theywereall________toseethat________baby.A.pleasing;smiledB.pleasing;smilingC.pleased;smilingD.pleased;smiled解析:选C。句意为:他们很高兴地看到那个微笑的小孩。bepleasedtodosth.很高兴地做什么;smiling现在分词作定语,表示被修饰词的特征。5.—WhencanIuseyourcomputer?—Never!________shouldyoutouchit.A.AtnotimeB.InnotimeC.AtanytimeD.Atonetime解析:选A。Atnotime绝不;innotime立刻,马上;atanytime任何时候;atonetime以前,曾经;根据句意可知选A。6.________thefactthathisinitial(开始的)experimentshadfailed,Pro.Whitepersisted(坚持)inhisresearch.A.BecauseofB.AstoC.InspiteofD.Inviewof解析:选C。becauseof因为;asto关于;inspiteof尽管;inviewof鉴于,由于;句子前面提到“开始的试验失败了”;后面提到“坚持研究”可知应该是用“尽管”,因此选C。Ⅱ.阅读理解AThename“cowboy”conjuresupmanydifferentimagesfrommovies,songsandTV.Theseimaginedcowboysrangefromwhitehatwearingheroestogunshootinghooligans(流氓).But,cowboysareactuallyrealpeoplefromUShistory.WhentheUSCivilWarended,manysoldiershadnoplacetocallhome.So,theybegantodrifttothecountry’sruralWest.Ranchers(农场主)hiredthesementotakecareofthecattleandworkaroundtheranch.Whentheranchownerwantedtosellthecattle,thecowboyswouldrounduptheherdfromtheopenprairie(牧场)anddrivethecattlemilestothemarket.Withtheinventionofbarbedwire(铁丝网),thecowboyera(1865~1890)begantocometoanend.ButpeopleintheEasthadalwaysbeencuriousabouttheirlifestyle.Manycountry/western课时训练songsduringthistimetriedtocapturethetruecowboyspirit.Newspaperspublishedcowboytalesinserialformandadventurenovelsfollowed.Thebiggerthefiction,thebetterthesales.Thesenovelsoftenportrayedcowboysascruelandviolentmen.Cowboyscarriedthebadreputationformanyyearsafterwards.Whenmoviesbegantobepopularinthe1920s,thecowboyimagechangedagain.Now,acowboybecamethegreatwhiteknight(骑士)thatlovedhishorsemorethanthebeautifulladiesherescued.Asthecowboyofthe“OldWest”spentmoretimewithhishorsethantheladies,thisera’simagewasnotentirelyfalse.Then,inthe50s,Hollywoodbeganproducingsocalled“spaghettiwesterns(意大利西部片)”.TheyearnedthenicknamebecauseItaliancompaniesfinancedthefilmsandTVshows.Thisstartedthedecade’s“CowboyCraze”.Whilethisdidn’tlastlong,itmademoderncountry/westernmusic,fashionanddanceextremelypopular.Inrecentyears,withthehelpofmusicians,radiostationsandbars,cowboynostalgia(怀旧情绪)hasreturned.Eventhoughhisimageisstillchanging—somewherebetweenballadsingingcountryboyandbarroomfighter—there’sonethingforsure,youcan’tkeepthecowboydown.【解题导语】文章主要介绍在不同时期人们对cowboy的不同理解。1.Thepurposeofthisstoryisto________.A.introducecowboymoviesandnovelsB.introducevariousproductionsassociatedwithcowboysC.showthecowboy’severlastingcharmD.informusaboutthecowboy’sspirit解析:选D。主旨大意题。根据全篇文章来理解,可推测出答案。2.During“thecowboyera”mentionedinthestory,________.A.thecowboyoftencametotherescueofladiesinnewspapertalesB.thedistantWildWestappealedtopeopleintheEastC.cowboyswereshownascruelandviolentmenonthesilverscreenD.countrymusicstartedthecowboycrazewhichsweptthewholecountry解析:选B。推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“ButpeopleintheEasthadalwaysbeencuriousabouttheirlifestyle.”可得出答案。3.Bysaying“youcan’tkeepthecowboydown”,thewritermeansthat________.A.cowboysarerealpeopleinhistoryB.cowboysstillfascinatepeopleC.youcan’tmakecowboysunhappyD.youcan’tgraspthecowboyspirit解析:选B。推理判断题。根据这句话之前的语境可推测出答案。4.Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldthewriteragreeto?A.Thecowboyhasbeenpresentedindifferentlightsindifferenteras.B.Cowboysaregunshootinghooligans,withoutdoubt.C.Cowboyshavealwaysbeenapassingphenomenon.D.CowboysenjoyItalianfoods,forexample,spaghetti.解析:选A。主旨大意题。通读短文可知文章的主旨为介绍在不同时期人们对cowboy的不同理解。BModernmanhasclearedtheforestsforfarmlandandforwood,andhasalsocarelesslyburnedthem.Morethanthat,though,hehasalsointerfered(干涉)withtheinvisiblebondsbetweenthelivingthingsintheforests.Therearemanyexamplesofthiskindofdestruction.Theharmfulnessofman’sinterferencecanbeseeninwhathappenedmanyyearsagointheforestoftheKaibabplateau(凯亚巴布高原)ofnorthernArizona.Mantriedtoimproveonthenaturalwebofforestlifeanddestroyeditinstead.TheKaibabhadastorybookforestoflargesizedpine,Douglasfir,whitefir,blueandEngelmannspruce.In1882avisitornoted,“We,who...havewanderedthroughitsforestsandparks,havecometoregarditasthemostenchantingregionithaseverbeenourprivilege(特权)tovisit.”ThiswasalsothelivingplaceoftheRockyMountainmuledeer.Indianshuntedthereeveryautumntogathermeatandskins.Theforestalsohadmountainlions,timberwolvesandbobcatsthatkeptthedeerfrommultiplyingtoorapidly.Then,in1906,PresidentTheodoreRooseveltmadetheKaibabanationalgamepreserve.Deerhuntingwasforbidden.Governmenthuntersstartedkillingoffthedeer’senemies.In25years’time,6,250mountainlions,wolvesandbobcatswerekille