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A）much B） too C） so D) such 四、完型填空（20 分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题纸的相应位置。(每题 2 分，共 20 分) China has large desert areas and much of its agricultural land (31) ____________ by desertification, which is getting worse. In addition, soil erosion has led to a huge loss of farmland and also the drying out of rivers. Consequently, the livelihoods of 35 million people are being threatened. (32) ___________, it is even affecting cities. The nearest sand dune is less than 100 miles from Beijing, so, when northwest winds blow, unpleasant sandstorms are becoming more frequent, (33) ____________ major difficulties. The situation is becoming worse, therefore the government has to take action. The reasons for the changes are complex. In some places the environment is suffering (34) ____________ the growth in factories. As a result, trees and other vegetation die, and so soil is eroded. (35) ________ trees that die, (36) ________water is held in the earth. Moreover the need for wood for fuel and buildings leads to further deforestation, which causes further soil erosion. (37) ____________ local farmers find it more and more difficult to make a living and they end up using inefficient farming methods, which again (38) ________ soil erosion. And the Government is carrying out anti-desertification projects, including the building of a forest belt around deserts. So a tree-planting campaign is being started. (39) ______ as the Great Green Wall, it is meant to protect Beijing from sandstorms. Moreover trees will be planted around the deserts themselves. Moreover China hopes to control the (40) _______ of desert land by the year 2010. As a result plans to establish a protected ecosystem in desert areas by 2050. (31) A) is threat B) is being threatened C) threats D) threatened (32) A) As a result B) However C) Furthermore D) Beside (33) A) resulting in B) resulted in C) caused in D) causing in

(34) A) and B) also C) because of D) because (35) A) More B) Less C) The less D) The more (36) A) more B) less C) the less D) the more (37) A) But B) Consequently C) Also D) In addition (38) A) leads B) results C) leads to D) results from (39) A) Known B) Know C) Knowing D) Knows (40) A) extend B) extension C) expand D) expansion 第三部分：阅读理解（30 分）五、阅读下列短文，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择一个正确答案，并标在答题纸的相应位置。（每题 2 分，共 20 分）短文理解 1 ‘Mum, can we go to McDonald’s, please?’ Some people might ask, ‘Where would we be today if we did not have fast food?’ and ‘Where would parents take their children out to eat?’ It has been reported that approximately 30% of meals consumed by families in the USA are eaten at one of the big chains like Burger King and Taco Bell, though probably none is more famous than McDonald’s. The distinctive ‘golden arch’ can now be seen in most major cities in the world. In 2002, McDonald’s had approximately 25,000 restaurants in over 120 countries and served 29 million people a day. Apparently, the secret of their success is a marketing strategy of ‘think global, act local’. McDonald’s learnt that if they adapted their ‘Mac’ meals to different cultures, it was more successful than having a standardised set of products that taste the same everywhere. So now, around 80% of McDonald’s restaurants are franchised to local people who serve food with a ‘local’ flavour. For example, in Hong Kong, food called ‘Shake Shake Fries’ and ‘Red Bean Sunday’ can be found on the menu, while in Switzerland, ‘Vegi Macs’ are served. However, fast food is not popular with everyone. It is often called ‘junk’ food because it is said to be unhealthy and full of fat. Furthermore, many people claim that fast food chains produce enormous amounts of waste, while millions of people in developing countries go hungry. At the same time, more and more people

old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking.go out to a ballgane,come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa?Talking? What in the world,Harold wonders.do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs.Talk?We're friends. Researching this matter called friendship,psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age. their job,their sex.the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is“marked and unaistakable.” More tham two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not nane a best friend.Those who could were likely to nane a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single wonen had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married nen than women naned their wife/hushand as a best friend,nost trusted person, or the one identified (at least one,usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled poment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives." "In general,writes Rubin in ber new book,"women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support,but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.For the nost part,Rubin says,interactions between men are enotionally controlled a good fit with the social requirenents of "manly behavior. "Even when a man is said to be a best friend,"Rubin writes,"the two share little about their innermost feelings.Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage,it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if be could sleep on the sofa." 46.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that A)he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband B)wonen have so ruch to share

扰）old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking? What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs. Talk? We’re friends. Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.” More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/ husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one identified（认定）at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.” “In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions（交往）between men are emotionally controlled – a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior.” “Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared on night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.” 46. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ____________. A) he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband B) women have so much to share

中央广播电视大学 试卷习题 考试模拟卷_英语Ⅱ（2）

中央广播电视大学试卷习题考试模拟卷_英语Ⅱ（2）