一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共25.0分）
1. In the eighteenth century young ladies in Italy knew history and geography little.
Once the French officer in Rome was giving a ball to which many important people were invited. The Italian Minister（大臣） came very late. A young lady, who knew him, saw him enter the ball-room and asked why he was so late.
\to take his letters with him and went back to his hotel to bring them. If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six months for them.\
\so far from Rome?\knew very little geography.
\
\\Columbus.\
When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:
\and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus.\
1. Why was the Minister late?
A. The head left his letters in Brazil. B. He had a traffic accident.
C. The head had to go back to Brazil. D. The head left his letters in the hotel. 2. Where did the head leave his letters?
A. In the hotel. B. In Brazil. C. In his office. D. In Rome
3. Why did the young lady shout?
A. She wanted to tell the surprising news. B. She was the hostess of the ball. C. She knew the Minister.
D. She had never heard about Columbus. 4. Her shouting showed she was______.
A. clever
B. lack of knowledge C. thoughtless D. knowledgeable
5. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. The New World B. Surprising News
C. An Ignorant Italian Woman D. Christopher Columbus
试题分值：25.0 得分：[5, 5, 5, 5, 5]
提示：[1]D.细节题。本题问“为什么大臣迟到了？”中心词是“Minister late”。答案在第三段。该段大意是“‘哦，没什么严重的事情’大臣回答道。‘我们上司忘记带信了，所以他就回宾馆取信去了。如果他把信件遗留在巴西的话，那我们可要等上至少六个月了。’”据此，可知本题答案是D。
[2]A.细节题。本题问“那个大臣的上司把信忘记在什么地方了？”中心词是“head”和“letters”。答案在第三段，该段大意请参考第一题。答案是A。
[3]A.细节题。本题问“为何那个年轻女士叫了起来？”中心词是“the young lady shout”。答案在最后一段，该段大意是“女士们、先生们，你们听说了最新的消息了吗？一个叫哥伦布的人不久刚发现了一个新世界。”据此，可知答案是A（她想告诉大家这个惊人的信息）。B的意思是“她是舞会的女主人”，C的意思是“她认识那个大臣”，D的意思是“她从没听说过哥伦布”。 [4]B.推断题。本题问“她的叫喊表明她_______。”推断题一般需要我们先浏览一下选项。A的意思是“聪明的”，B的意思是“知识缺乏的”，C的意思是“无思想的，笨的”，D的意思是“有见识的”。根据第三题的解释我们可以看出这名女士对哥伦布发现新大陆（新大陆是15世纪末发现的，而本文的背景是18世纪）的这种大事都不知道，可见其缺乏知识。据此，答案是B。
[5]C.中心思想题。本题让我们给文章选个最好的标题。我们可以先浏览每个段落的第一句话。第一段就是一句话，该句大意是“十八世纪的意大利少女,她们的历史知识、地理知识一般来说非常贫乏。”读到这里，我们应该可以知道这样的一个句子明显就是文章大意的概括，所以题目就要和此相关。当然，你也可以再继续读几段，你会发现文章出现了一名女士和一位意大利大臣之间的对话。最终，我们选择C（一个无知的意大利女性）。
二、单项选择题（共15道小题，共75.0分）
1. (错误)The school_________ of one class of twenty-four boys.
A. composed B. in consisted C. is constituted D. consisted 知识点: 第一部分 学生答
[C;]
案: 得分: [0]
标准答案: 试题分值:
D; 5.0
该题选D，题目大意是“学校只有一个班，二十四名男生。”
提示: consist of：由...构成
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. 水由氢和氧组成。
2.
3. The prospect of working under a woman_________ the ultimate indignity.
A. formed B. came
C. constituted D. composed
知识点: 第一部分 学生答
[C;] 标准答案:
案:
得分: [5] 试题分值:
C; 5.0
该题选C，题目大意是“在一个女人手下干活，就觉得是最大的侮辱。”
提示: constitute：及物动词 vt. 构成，组成
This move constitutes an act of aggression. 这一举动构成了侵略行为。
4.
5. How one presents himself at an __________ will often decide whether or not he will be given a job.
A. occasion B. ease
C. investigation D. interview
知识点:
第二部分
学生答
[D;] 标准答案:
案:
得分: [5] 试题分值:
D; 5.0
该题选D，题目大意是“一个人如何在面试中表现自己往往决定他是否被录用。” interview：名词 n. 1. 接见,会见
He asked for an interview with the president.
提示:
他要求与校长会晤。 2. 面谈,面试 Don′t be late for your interview, or you won′t get the job. 面试不要迟到,否则你就得不到工作了。
6.
7. He _______ his tie as soon as he walked out of the office building.
A. unfold B. undid C. unloaded D. undo
知识点: 第二部分 学生答
[B;]
案: 得分: [5]
标准答案: 试题分值:
B; 5.0
该题选B，题目大意是“他一走出办公大楼，就解开他的领带。” undo：及物动词 vt.
提示: 1. 解开，打开；使松开；脱去(衣服等)
He undid the parcel. 他打开了包裹。 2. 取消，消除；使失败；使复旧
What′s done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。
8.
9. He had developed theories that were profound and ________of exciting relatively few scientists.
A. incapable B. able C. capable D. inept
知识
第一部分 点:
学生
[C;] 标准答案: 答案:
得分: [5] 试题分值:
C; 5.0
该题选C，题目大意是“他已经创造了如此深奥并让少数相关的科学家兴奋的理论。”
be capable of：有能力做某事，能胜任某事（如果跟动词，介词of之后要用动名词）
1. However, more advanced civilizations would be capable of seeing much farther.然而，更先进的文明就能够看得更远些。 提示:
2. The system will be capable of destroying hypersonic and ballistic targets.该系统将能够摧毁超音速和弹道目标。 3. It’s important to understand both sides and be capable of distinguishing between the two.要理解并能够分辨出这两者之间的区别是非常重要的。 10.
11.Einstein was purely and ________ a theorist.
A. exclusively B. extremely C. excessively D. extraordinarily
知识点: 第一部分 学生答
[A;] 标准答案:
案:
得分: [5] 试题分值:
A; 5.0
该题选A，题目大意是“爱因斯坦是一位纯粹而完全的理论家。”
exclusively：副词 ad. 1. 专门地；专有地
提示: She writes exclusively for New York Times.
她专门为《纽约时报》写稿。 2. 独占地；排外地
This room is exclusively for women. 这房间只对女士开放。 12.
13.I could accept this fact with__________.
A. taciturn B. calmness
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