A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. they were not enough. Something was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men-- individuals who could invent machines, find new of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who the machines of the Industrial Revolution from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were inventors than scientists. A man who is a scientist is primarily interested in doing his research . He is not necessarily working that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by the theories science or by experimenting through trial and error. of his method, he is working to obtain a result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had or no training in science might not have made their inventions a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years .
A．cases B．reasons C．factors D．situations
A．But B．And C．Besides D．Even
A．else B．near C．extra D．similar
A．generating B．effective C．motivating D．creative
A．origins B．sources C．bases D．discoveries
A．employed B．created C．operated D．controlled
A．came B．arrived C．stemmed D．appeared
A．less B．better C．more D．worse
A．respectable B．practical C．pure D．clever
A．happily B．occasionally C．reluctantly D．accurately
A．now B．and C．all D．so
A．seldom B．sometimes C．always D．never
A．planning B．using C．studying D．applying
A．of B．with C．to D．as
A．Speaking B．Thinking C．Instead D．Regardless
A．single B．sole C．specialized D．specific
A．proposed B．developed C．supplied D．offered
A．little B．much C．some D．any
A．as B．if C．because D．while
A．ago B．past C．ahead D．before
完形填空（2）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Dance can be art, ritual, or recreation. It goes __11____________ the functional purposes of the movements used in work or athletics in order to express emotions, moods, or ideas; tell a story; __12____________ religious, political, economic, or social needs; or simply be an __13___________ that is pleasurable, exciting, or aesthetically (审美的) valuable.
Besides giving __14____________ pleasure, dancing can have psychological effects. Feelings and ideas can be expressed and communicated; __15____________ rhythms and movements can make a group feel unitied. In some societies, dancing often __16____________ trance(心醉神迷的状态)or other changed states of consciousness. These states can be __17____________ as signaling possession by spirits, or they may be sought as a means to emotional __18____________. A state of trance may enable people to perform remarkable feats of strength, endurance, or __19____________, such as dancing through hot coals. In some societies shamans (道士) dance in trance in order to heal others physically or emotionally. The modern field of dance __20 ___________ developed as a means to help people express themselves and relate to others.
11. A. behind B. after C. beyond D. forward
12. A. do B. have C. perform D. serve
13. A. experience B. emotion C. feeling D. experiment
14. A. mental B. physical C. emotional D. spiritual
15. A. hearing B. practicing C. sharing D. enjoying
16. A. refers to B. leads to C. turns up D. makes up
17. A. interpreted B. interrupted C. preferred D. stressed
18. A. pressure B. strain C. recognition D. release
19. A. danger B. pleasure C. delight D. sadness
20. A. medicine B. operation C. therapy D. cure
第一部分完形填空（共两节, 20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
完形填空（1）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
If you wear socks on your ears, you won’t be punished. Crossing a street against a red light is another matter — it’s against the law. Laws are __1___________ rules made by governments. They keep peace and create order. __2___________ people break laws, their governments punish them. Long ago, people lived only in small tribal groups. They lived together, followed the same __3_____________, and worshipped the same gods. There were no formal laws. __4_____________, people were guided by their customs, morals, and religion.
Over time, cities began to form. Laws became more formal and were written down in legal codes. In about 1750 BC, the king of Babylon __5_____________ one of the first legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi. It listed certain crimes and told how they should be punished. The ancient Romans helped shape our modern view of law. In the 600s BC, citizens of Rome wrote down all of their basic laws on twelve bronze tablets. The Romans declared that no citizen, __6_____________ the ruler, was above the law. Modern law codes are rooted in the Roman system. Such law codes are statutory, meaning they are created and changed by legislatures, not by courts.
Another system of law __7_____________ later in England. Before the 12th century AD., each part of England had its own rules and customs. From the 12th century onward, England became a single nation. The courts of the land made sure people __8_____________ a common set of customs — the English common law.
Unlike the Roman system of law, the common law was never written down in one place. Instead, the courts made decisions about the law __9__________ earlier court decisions. Those decisions are called examples. Each case must be decided in the same way as earlier cases. But if a case has some new aspects, the decision made will set a new example. That way, courts gradually change the law __10____________ society changes.
1. A. police B. political C. official D. officer
2. A. Unless B. Until C. Though D. When
3. A. laws B. traditions C. action D. principles
4. A. Instead B. Including C. Besides D. Moreover
5. A. imagined B. assumed C. created D. supposed
6. A. except for B. not even C. in addition to D. besides
7. A. took effect B. made up C. got over D. picked up
8. A. formed B. provided C. presented D. followed
9. A. set about B. based on C. came to D. taken over
10. A. before B. after C. despite D. as
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon 41 into complaints about pressure in work and life.
While the guests were talking, the professor went to the 42 and prepared coffee. Then he 43 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain (瓷) , plastic, glass, crystal, some 44 looking, some expensive, some delicate (精致) — telling them to 45 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee 46 hand, the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, 47 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 48 for you to choose the best for yourselves, that is the 49 of your problems and pressure. Be assured that the cup itself 50 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. Though 51 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you 52 the best cups directly. And then you began 53 each other’s cups.”
The professor paused and then went on, “Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and 54 in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and 55 life and they do not change the 56 of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 57 to enjoy the coffee God has 58 for us. God brews the coffee, not the cup…Enjoy your coffee!
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just 59 the best use of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 60 to God.
41. A. stopped B. looked C. became D. turned
42. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. study D. living-room
43. A. went B. got C. returned D. turned
44. A. plain B. clean C. ugly D. fine
45. A. enjoy B. help C. offer D. devote
46. A. for B. by C. in D. with
47. A. falling B. leaving C. hiding D. keeping
48. A. natural B. formal C. necessary D. important
49. A. answer B. cause C. result D. reason
50. A. adapts B. puts C. applies D. adds
51. A. asB. that C. what D. which
52. A. cared forB. called for C. looked for D. went for
53. A. facing B. eyeing C. smelling D. tasting
54. A. condition B. attitude C. position D. situation
55. A. contain B. include C. control D. experience
56. A. quality B. color C. cost D. style
57. A. manage B. start C. hope D. fail
58. A. shownB. taken C. sent D. provided
59. A. keep B. make C. take D. hold
60. A. complexB. remains C. rest D. complaints
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well 41 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs 42 his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private 43 . His father told him how 44 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He 45 his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but 46 disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's 47 embossed (压印浮凸)in gold.
Angrily, he 48 his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible（圣经）?" He then stormed out of the house, 49 the Bible.
Many years 50 and the young man was very 51 in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very 52 , he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. 53 he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had 54 , and willed all of his possessions to his 55 . He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and 56 filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the 57 new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.
With 58 , he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the 59 dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the word "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings 60 they are not packaged as we expected? What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
41. A. buy B. afford C. make D. pay
42. A. that B. which C. what D. where
43. A. house B. office C. study D. car
44. A. proud B. hopeful C. eager D. anxious
45. A. showed B. handed C. brought D. provided
46. A. anyway B. somewhat C. somehow D. somewhere
47. A. number B. hand C. hair D. name
48. A. risen B. rose C. arose D. raised
49. A. leaving B. left C. leave D. to leave
50. A. past B. passed C. went D. flied
51. A. satisfied B. busy C. successful D. lucky
52. A. old B. selfish C. mean D. lonely
53. A. After B. When C. Before D. Since
54. A. passed by B. passed away C. passed down D. passed out
55. A. daughter B. son C. grandson D. wife
56. A. regret B. anger C. disappointment D. annoyance
57. A. even B. also C. still D. yet
58. A. smiles B. tears C. hearts D. glasses
59. A. same B. different C. familiar D. similar
60. A. before B. if C. though D. because
完形填空部分（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses 36Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __37there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __38 , her house was39 quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children ,40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their houses.
Anna's friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .
"Well," Anna 47 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I 48 lived found herself very poor, because her husband 49 in the war and she had a lot of children, 50 I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for 51 this year, so I’m going to 52 only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back 53 a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were 54 to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. 55 was that Christmas present.”
36．A．down below B．just around C．next to D．above
37．A．rising B．appearing C．falling D．standing
38．A．water B．trees C．dust D．mud
39．A．just B．already C．yet D．still
40．A．so B．but C．for D．since
41．A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
42．A．made B．found C．shared D．built
43．A．possible B．necessary C．important D．valuable
44．A．worried B．disappointed C．puzzled D．impressed
45．A．them B．herself C．them all D．her
46．A．support B．supply C．grow D．keep
47．A．explained to B．asked for C．talked with D．spoke as
48．A．actually B．then C．before D．later
49．A．had killed B．might be killed C．had been killed D．killed
50．A．for B．as C．like D．that
51．A．you B．us C．Christmas D．your birthday
52．A．get B．send C．buy D．make
53．A．for B．from C．like D．with
54．A．sad B．happy C．worried D．sorry
55．A．It B．She C．Such D．I