31第31題應(yīng)選( )

　　A.suchB.allC.manyD.Those

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　such與空格后的as搭配。

　　32第32題應(yīng)選( )

　　A.useB.spreadC.coverD.connection

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)0ver the radio and television net.works可以確定答案為spread，意思為“語言的傳播”。

　　33第33題應(yīng)選( )

　　A.citiesB.stationsC.statesD.Nations

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)前面句子中的networks“網(wǎng)絡(luò)”可知應(yīng)選擇nations，指“國家”。其他選項只是國家的部分地區(qū)。

　　34第34題應(yīng)選( )

　　A.languagesB.populationsC.accentsD.Customs

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)British colonies可推測應(yīng)表示各種“人口”。

　　35第35題應(yīng)選( )

　　A.educationB.marketC.collegeD.business參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　market，business包括在commerce中;college包括在education中。

　　IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points)

　　Directions:There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by fourquestions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Chooseone best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　Luckily, the back tires of their car stayed on the road. Otherwise, the young couple would have

　　driven right into a pit twenty feet wide and thirty feet deep!

　　The man and woman were coming home from a party. They were enjoying the landscape aroundSwansea, Wales. Suddenly, they found the front of their car leaning into a huge hole. The car barely hung onto the edge of the pit. It swayed back and forth like the arm of a balance.

　　In their precarious position,the couple knew that each movement they made could be a matterof life and death. Slowly, slowly, they edged toward the backseat. Then each opened a back door. An don the count of three,they jumped out together. The accident was so scary that they ran a long way before they calmed down. But later they returned to see what had happened. They found that a big chunk of the road had sunk into the ground! And at the bottom of the pit lay their car--roof down and wheels up.

　　Was this mystery of the sunken road ever solved? It turned out that an abandoned mine shaftlay under the road. It had collapsed and taken the pavement with it. Layers of tunnels intersect be-neath the city of Swansea. The tunnels were built so many years ago that no one knows where they end or begin. The tunnels are shaky, like those that ants build in the sand. No one knows when the entire city might collapse.

　　36This passage is primarily about __________ .

　　A.driving carefullyB.the city of Swansea, WalesC.a road that caved inD.tunnels that ants build

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：

　　本文講了一對夫婦因道路塌陷而經(jīng)歷的一次險情。C項是正確的。cave in“塌陷”。

　　37It is probably true that _________

　　A.the other roads in Swansea are pretty safeB.other sections of Swansea will cave in sometimeC.everyone should move out of SwanseaD.Swansea is a very interesting city

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　最后一段指出這座城市的地下有座被遺棄的煤礦，煤礦坑道的倒塌帶動了道路的下沉，整座城市隨時都會倒塌。B項是正確的。

　　38The writer creates interest in the first sentence by using _________

　　A.a funny storyB.romantic imageryC.a vivid descriptionD.a precise argument

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：

　　作者在文章的一開始就生動地描述了這對夫婦所處的險情。c項是正確的。

　　39The underlined word "precarious" in the third paragraph means _________

　　A.unexpectedB.DangerousC.unusualD.ridiculous.

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　第三段整段都在描述這對夫婦的危險境地，他們采取的冒險的自救方式等等，這些都充滿了危險。B項是正確的。unexpected“出人意料的”;dangerous“危險的”;unusual“不平常的”;ridiculous“愚蠢的”。