27.—Why were you late for the meeting yesterday?

—Well，my car ________ on the way to the company.

A.broke out B.broke down

C.broke up D.broke through

解析：选B。题意：“昨天的那个会议你为什么迟到了?”“哎，我的车在去公司的路上坏了。” break down“(机器、车辆)坏了”，符合题意。break out“(战争、灾难、疾病等)突然爆发、发生”; break up“结束;解体;分手”;break through“突破”。

28.The boy wanted to go on a trip to Tibet alone，but his mother told him ________.

A.not to do B.not do it

C.not to D.do not do it

解析：选C。题意：这个男孩想一个人去西藏旅游，但他妈妈不允许他那样做。为了避免重复，不定式后的do可以省略，但不定式符号to不能省略。

29.Since it is expected that FED will cut interest rate again, there is no doubt ________ the company will raise the oil price.

A.what B.that

C.whether D.if

解析：选B。题意：预计美国联邦储备银行将再次降息，毫无疑问这家公司将提高油价。there is no doubt that...“毫无疑问……”。固定搭配。

30.________ not to miss the meeting at 4 p. m.，the manager put down his work at once and set out for the City Hall.

A.Reminding B.To remind

C.Having reminded D.Reminded

解析：选D。题意：有人提醒经理不要耽误了4点钟的会议，于是他立刻放下手头的工作赶去市政府大厅。the manager与remind构成逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词。

31.An online survey suggested more than four in five interviewees ________ that measure would not be effective.

A.said B.say

C.saying D.says

解析：选A。题意：一项网上调查表明80%多的受访者认为那项措施不会有效。suggest在本句中是“暗示;表明”的意思，后接从句时用陈述语序。

32.Would you gather enough courage and energy to ________ the leadership of the dance group?

A.take in B.take up

C.take off D.take down

解析：选B。题意：你有足够的勇气和精力来担任这个舞蹈小组的领导任务吗?take up“承担;接受”，符合题意。take in“吸引;欺骗”;take off“脱下;起飞;腾飞”;take down“拿下;记下”。

33.—How often do you see President?

—It varies ________ what I’m working on.Maybe a few times a month.

A.depends on B.depended on

C.depending on D.depend on

解析：选C。题意“你多长时间见一次总统?”“不固定，这取决于我做什么工作。或许一个月好几次吧。” depend on“取决于……”，此处是现在分词形式作状语。

34.—May I use your car this afternoon?

—Sorry.It broke down this morning again.I’ll have it ________.

A.repairing B.to repair

C.repaired D.being repaired

解析：选C。题意：“今下午我可以用一下你的车吗?”“对不起。今天上午它又坏了。我要找人修一下。” have sth. done“让别人做某事”，固定搭配。

35.—Have the arrangements for the concert next Saturday been all ________?

—Not yet.We haven’t found a free band.

A.in store B.in wonder

C.in turn D.in place

解析：选D。题意：“下周六的音乐会已经准备好了吗?”“还没有。我们还没找到一个免费的乐队。”in place“准备就绪;在适当的位置”，符合题意。in store“即将到来”;in wonder“吃惊地”;in turn“反过来”。

第二节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

At the age of forty­five，my usually well­ordered life became full of changes.After twenty­two years of working in a __36__，a plan to use less staff __37__ the unemployment of over one hundred people，I being one of them.

My once secure future became __38__.However，I was not a single parent，__39__ the family did not depend only on my income.My motto has always been “Change is good;change is progress”，but when it __40__ my livelihood，I had to change it to “__41__ change and make the most of it.”From the beginning，I __42__ to look at this matter not as __43__ luck，but as a welcome opportunity.I refused to become sorry;__44__，I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the __45__ in the way I pursued (追求)the future.First，I decided to __46__ to college and graduate many years later than I should have.Doing this at my age took more than a little __47__.Not being a graduate had __48__ held me back in my career in the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to __49__.With a lot of determination，I went to evening classes and became an adult __50__.In the class，I became more and more confident.During this time，I __51__ that no matter what life throws in our way，personal growth never stops.

The second thing I did to improve my inner­self was to reevaluate(重新评估)my __52__ life.It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events.But now，my heart and life are completely around people I __53__.

The loss of my job led to some __54__ changes in my life.Revisiting the past made __55__ for the future.I realize that I have accepted the change and am making the most of it.

【解题导语】　生活中充满了变数，作者通过自己的经历告诉我们要接受并善于利用这些改变。

36.A.factory B.company

C.bank D.school

解析：选C。根据第三段中的in my career in the bank可知，作者曾在一家银行工作。

37.A.set aside B.led to

C.made up D.took off

解析：选B。失业是裁员带来的结果，故选led to(引起，导致)。

38.A.clear B.bright

C.boring D.uncertain

解析：选D。作者失业后，未来变得“不确定(uncertain)”，与secure形成对比。

39.A.so B.or

C.if D.but

解析：选A。由句意可知the family did not depend only on my income是I was not a single parent的结果，故用so。

40.A.destroyed B.improved

C.affected D.offered

解析：选C。但是当改变“影响(affected)”到作者的生活时。

41.A.Make B.Accept

C.Bring D.Collect

解析：选B。根据文章最后一句中的I have accepted the change可以看出，作者的人生格言变成：接受并充分利用改变。

42.A.chose B.considered

C.happened D.pretended

解析：选A。作者从开始就“选择(chose)”把这次改变看作是一次机遇。

43.A.special B.rare

C.bad D.good

解析：选C。注意前后句not...but...构成的对比，作者并没有把发生的事看作“不幸(bad luck)”，而是把它当作一次良机。

44.A.besides B.instead

C.anyway D.however

解析：选B。后一分句与become sorry意思相反，故选instead，表示“取而代之的是”。

45.A.difference B.decision

C.effort D.use

解析：选A。有一种积极的态度在作者追求未来生活的道路上起了很大的作用。make all the difference的意思是“起大作用，大有作为”。

46.A.attend B.turn

C.return D.admit

解析：选C。根据本句提到的graduate many years later than I should have可知，作者决定“返回(return)”大学，完成早该完成的学业。

47.A.time B.risk

C.chance D.courage

解析：选D。下文的With a lot of determination提示，像作者这样的年龄作出这样的决定是需要很大的“勇气(courage)”的。

48.A.sometimes B.ever

C.always D.never

解析：选D。后面的转折连词but提示前句为一个双重否定句，意思是：没有大学文凭并没有影响我在银行的职业生涯。

49.A.find B.arrive

C.achieve D.discover

解析：选C。这是一个人人期望“达到(achieve)”的目标。

50.A.student B.teacher

C.manager D.monitor

解析：选A。前面提到作者想返回学校完成学业，这里是指作者去了夜大，成为一名成人“学生(student)”。

51.A.hoped B.realized

C.believed D.suggested

解析：选B。通过上课作者越来越自信，同时也“意识到(realized)”，不管在人生的旅途中会遇到什么，个人的成长是永无止境的。

52.A.new B.daily

C.future D.past

解析：选D。根据reevaluate和最后一段的Revisiting the past可以判断，作者完善自我的第二件事是重新评估“过去的(past)”生活。

53.A.care for B.join in

C.stand for D.look at

解析：选A。现在作者的心和生活完全是围绕着自己所“关心(care for)”的人。

54.A.normal B.positive

C.confident D.unsure

解析：选B。通读全文可以看出，作者已经把失业看成了人生的另一次机遇，失业让作者的生活发生了一些积极的改变。第三段的Having a positive attitude也是提示。

55.A.change B.progress

C.room D.promise

解析：选C。make room for意思是“为……腾出空间”。作者通过回顾过去为未来作了更充分的准备。

第三部分　阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Paula and Rory Ward have five kids，three dogs，and a rabbit.When the house is very noisy，Megan，one of the children，is quietly inventing.A year ago，the 10­year­olds had to design an anti­smoking poster for a school project.Rather than a poster，she came up with the idea of creating something that shows the average amount of tar(尼古丁) a smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes.

“I like people to play with things more than read and write，”she says.So she researched her idea on the Internet，found a company in China that could make it，saved up her pocket money and got her idea made.

Paula says her daughter“thinks differently”：Ideas jump into her mind.After she got sunburnt on holiday，Megan invented a small plastic bracelet (手镯) that changes color in the sun，telling you when to put on sunscreen (防晒霜).Several sunscreen companies have expressed an interest in the idea.She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty.“But we didn’t do anything with it，”says Paula.

Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod (钓鱼竿) she has designed.“There is a camera on the hook (钩)，”she explains，“and the screen is on the handle，and it shows you if you’ve caught a fish or not.”

Megan doesn’t want to go to university.She keeps her pink­and­cream bedroom tidy.Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter.“Everything has to be in a certain order，”Paula says.“Her brothers and sisters go_with_the_flow，but with Megan，it’s ‘What time will that be happening?’or‘Where am I being picked up from today?’”

【解题导语】　本文主要介绍了一个10岁小女孩不断发明创造的故事。

56.From Paragraph 2，we can infer that Megan ________.

A.is not willing to go to school

B.likes to play with her brothers sand sisters

C.prefers making something by herself

D.is good at reading and writing

解析：选C。推理判断题。从第二段的I like people to play with things more than read and write以及后面她着手从网上寻找信息，最终使得产品得以批量生产等可知，Megan喜欢自己动手制作一些东西。故答案选C项。

57.What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt on vacation?

A.The anti­smoking poster.

B.The ball providing water for thirsty dogs.

C.The fishing rod telling whether you’ve caught a fish.

D.The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreen.

解析：选D。细节判断题。结合第三段可知答案选D项。

58.The underlined phrase“go with the flow”probably means “________”.

A.set an example to others

B.do what most people usually do

C.follow the fashion closely

D.do something differently from others

解析：选B。词义推测题。根据后面的but with Megan...把Megan与她的兄弟姐妹作比较可知，他们做事都按部就班，随大流。故答案选B项。www.

59.According to the passage，which of the following about Megan is TRUE?

A.She would like to keep everything in order.

B.She is quite the same as her other four brothers and sisters.

C.Her mother Paula doesn’t want her to go to university.

D.Her parents always help her invent something special.

解析：选A。细节理解题。由第三段第一句以及最后一段可看出，Megan喜欢将事情安排得井然有序，故A正确;由末段Paula的话可看出，Megan与她的兄弟姐妹很不同，B项错误;由末段第一句可知，Megan不想读大学，而非Megan的母亲不想让她读大学，C项错误;由第三段末句以及文中Megan母亲的话可看出，Megan的父母并没有帮助她搞发明，D项错误。

B

More than half of Americans do not take all their vacation days，even though they think they need one more holiday.And nearly a third of workers who take a break check their e­mails from the boss every other day and some even keep in touch hourly.

“We’re workaholics(工作狂)’，”said Samuel Nahmias.“From a general perspective，this has a lot to do with the economic situation in the US.More and more people are unemployed.”

With jobless numbers reaching 9.6 percent，people who have jobs seem to be unwilling to take time off.“It_is_not_a_great_picture and that affects vacations.People are not going on vacation as much and those who are going on vacation are being more selective about where they are going.”Nahmias explained.

Unlike European countries where four or more weeks of holiday each year is normal,27 percent of people questioned in the poll said they had 6 to 10 days of annual leave and 20 percent had less than 3 days.With more people on unemployment lists in America，those still with jobs are facing more responsibility at work，which is reflected in their lack of time off.

The majority of workers who did not take time off mentioned too many responsibilities or stress at work，while some people said they simply did not have time to plan a holiday.“People are more conscious of what they are doing and when they are going on vacation because they don’t want to look bad in this situation，”Nahmias explained.

Technology is also playing a part with smartphones enabling workers to keep in contact in ways that were not possible before.It has to do with technology and the level of concern about what is going on in the office.

【解题导语】　本文主要讲述了当前高失业率让美国人不敢休假的现实。

60.Americans don’t take all their vacation days because ________.

A.they devote themselves to the whole work

B.they are afraid that they may lose their jobs

C.they are asked to keep in touch with their bosses

D.they aren’t in need of holidays at all

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第二段的More and more people are unemployed.可推知美国人不敢休假的原因是在经济环境不景气的情况下，他们害怕失业。

61.What does Nahmias mean by saying the underlined words in Paragraph 3?

A.Travelling makes people unwelcome.

B.People are unwilling to go on short vacations.

C.The economic situation remains at a low point.

D.People are more selective about places of interest.

解析：选C。细节理解题。由第三段的With jobless numbers reaching 9.6 percent，people who have jobs seem to be unwilling to take time off可知，美国失业率升高，以及第二段的表述可推断，Nahmias的意思为“经济持续低迷”。

62.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that ________.

A.Unemployment rate is higer in America than that in Europe

B.European economic situation is better than that in America

C.Americans are more hard­working than Europeans

D.More people are losing their jobs in Europe

解析：选A。推理判断题。从第四段的欧洲国家的人每年休假四个星期或以上很正常，并结合With more people on unemployment lists in America，those still with jobs are facing more responsibility at work，which is reflected in their lack of time off可推知美国的失业率比欧洲高。

63.What’s the main idea of the text?

A.Americans are all workaholic.

B.Many Americans don’t choose to take vacations.

C.Unemployment is going from bad to worse.

D.US economic situation becomes worse and worse.

解析：选B。主旨大意题。本文介绍了美国人在经济危机的压力下，担心失业而不敢休假，B项最能表达这一主旨。

C

Scientists have confirmed the first sighting in more than a decade of one of the world’s rarest animals—the saola，sometimes called the Asian “unicorn”.

The animal was caught by villagers in Laos in August，according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).The villagers took the saola back to their village in Bolikhamxay province and Laotian conservation authorities(官方) sent a team to check on the animal.The creature，likely weakened from its time in captivity (囚禁)，died shortly after that team arrived.“The death of this saola is unfortunate，”the Provincial Conservation Unit of Bolikhamxay province said in the IUCN statement.“But at least it confirms an area where it still occurs and the government will immediately move to strengthen conservation efforts there.”

This was the first confirmed sighting of a saola since 1992，when remotely controlled cameras took images of one in Laos.First discovered in 1992，the saola is considered extremely endangered，its numbers so few that biologists have never witnessed one in the wild.Fewer than a few hundred saolas are believed to wander the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam.

The carcass of the saola recovered in the Laotian village was being preserved for study，officials said.“Study of the carcass can produce some good from this unfortunate incident.Our lack of knowledge of saola biology has always made it difficult to preserve it，”says Dr Pierre Comizzoli，a veterinarian with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and a member of the IUCN Saola Working Group.“This can be a major step forward in understanding this extraordinary and mysterious species.”

64.What could be the reason for the death of the saola?

A.The villagers didn’t feed it well.

B.It was killed for biological study.

C.The team carried out an experiment on it.

D.Its health was badly affected after being caught.

解析：选D。根据第二段第3句中“...likely weakened from its time in captivity...”可知，它很可能是因为被村民囚禁起来从而身体虚弱致死。

65.The underlined word“carcass” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________”.

A.skin B.body

C.position D.habitat

解析：选B。分析该句：这只动物死后被保存起来用于研究。因此可以推出该词应该是“尸体”的意思。

66.The discovery of the saola is of great importance because ________.

A.it proves that the saola only lives in Laos

B.it proves that Laos has perfect natural environment

C.the species can be studied further and then protected better

D.the species can be used to lift the local tourism

解析：选C。根据最后一段可知，人们对这种动物知之甚少，所以这次发现有助于对这个物种进一步研究，更好地对它加以保护。

67.What’s the text mainly about?

A.Endangered animals in Laos.

B.A saola was caught and died in Laos.

C.A saola was killed by the villagers in Laos.

D.How the Laotian government protect wildlife.

解析：选B。本文主要讲述在老挝一只珍稀野生动物被捉住后不久死亡的事件，故答案为B项。

D

NEW YORK(CNNMoney.com) September 20,2010—The economic recession (萧条) ended in June 2009，according to the body in charge of dating when economic downturns begin and end.

But the news is little comfort to the millions of Americans still out of work，underwater on their mortgages (抵押) or uncertain about the future.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)，an independent group of economists，released a statement Monday saying economic data now clearly show the economy’s turning higher last summer.That makes the 18­month recession that started in December 2007 the longest and deepest downturn for the US economy since the Great Depression (1929～1933).

Still，weaker economic data over the past few months have led to rising fears of a double­dip (二次探底) recession.The forecast of top economists surveyed recently by CNNMoney was that there is a 25% risk of a double­dip recession within the next year，up from a 15% chance just six months ago.

In its statement，the NBER acknowledged the risk，but said “the committee decided that any future downturn of the economy would be a new recession and not a continuation of the recession that began in December 2007.”

The NBER said it did not conclude that economic conditions since that month have been favorable or that the economy has returned to its normal state.Rather，it decided that June was when the economy hit bottom，and that it has been slowly but steadily growing since then.

68.How did the Americans respond to the announcement made by NBER?