Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
For 20 months the wrecked Costa Concordia has been lying on its side near the coast of Giglio, a small Italian island. But on Tuesday, as part of the largest salvage ( 打捞 ) operation ever conducted, the large ship was finally moved to the upright position. The next step is for the vessel to be removed from the area entirely.
The Costa Concordia is twice the weight of the Titanic. The ship itself didn ' t budge （稍微移动) for the first three hours of the operation, Sergio Girotto told reporters. He and other engineers worked for 19 hours before Concordia was declared completely upright.
The Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012, after its captain, Francesco Schettino, brought the ship too close to the shore. The ship hit coastal rocks, which caused serious damage and allowed water to pour in. (76) Most of the 4200 people on board made it to land safely, but more than 30 people were killed in the disaster. Two people remain missing. The Concordia 's captain is currently on trial for causing a shipwreck and abandoning his ship.
The operation to right the ship is called parbuckling. While parbuckling is a standard operation to right capsized ships, it has never before been used on such a large ship. (77) Workers had been waiting for favorable weather condition to undertake the operation. On Monday, authorities gave the final go-ahead.
The process was expected to take no more than 12 hours. But problems with the large system of steel chains caused delays. Engineers worked through the night using cables and metal water tanks to roll the ship onto special platforms.
The Concordia is expected to be pulled away from Giglio in the spring of 2014 and turned into scrap metal (废金属). The ship's owner, Costa Cruises, will pay for the recovery, which has already cost more than $800 million.
1、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A Ship Safety Management
B Shipwrecks: an Environmental Threat
C The Costa Concordia Disaster
D The Costa Concordia Salvage
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个是这篇文章的最佳标题?
A:船舶安全管理
B:沉船:环境威胁
C:歌诗达协和号失事
D:科斯塔·康科迪亚号打捞船
2、The word " capsized " in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to
A turned over
B delayed
C departed
D set sail
答案解析：
题目:第三段中“倾覆”一词的意思最接近
A:翻了
B:延迟
C:离开
D:启航
3、According to the passage, the Concordia' s captain has been charged with causing the crash and __ .
A drug use
B alcohol abuse
C abandoning his post
D setting fire
答案解析：
题目:根据这篇文章，协和式飞机的机长被指控造成飞机坠毁。
A:药物使用
B:酒精滥用
C:放弃他的帖子
D:放火烧毁
4、According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A The Costa Concordia is three times the weight of the Titanic.
B Engineers in Italy have successfully righted the wrecked Concordia after an operation that lasted around 12 hours.
C The salvage operation went ahead despite bad weather conditions.
D As a common means of righting wrecked ships, parbuckling had never been carried out on a vessel of the Concordia's size.
答案解析：
题目:根据短文，下列哪个陈述是正确的?
A:歌诗达协和号的重量是泰坦尼克号的三倍。
B:意大利工程师成功地修复了失事的康科迪亚飞机，这次行动持续了大约12个小时。
C:尽管天气不好，打捞工作还是继续进行。
D:作为一种常用的扶正失事船只的方法，在协和号这样大小的船只上从未进行过屈曲。
5、What will happen to the Concordia eventually?
A It will be pulled away to be broken up for scrap metal.
B It will be repaired and put into use again.
C It will be turned into a museum for tourists.
D It will be sunk to the ocean floor.
答案解析：
题目:协和式飞机最终会发生什么?
A:它将被拉出来分解成废金属。
B:它将被修复并再次投入使用。
C:它将被变成游客的博物馆。
D:它将沉入海底。
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
(78) Would you risk your life for a country that considered you a second class citizen? Would you join a military that asked you to risk sacrificing your life but separated you from other soldiers because of the color of your skin? That is precisely what the Tuskegee Airmen did. They were brave, intelligent, African-American men and women who fought for the United States in World War II.
In 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to allow African Americans to fly airplanes in the military. Before that, African Americans could only serve in the Armed Forces as part of the ground troops. The first African American airmen reported for duty in 1941. They began their training outside of Tuskegee, Alabama. (79) The soldiers were completely separated by race and the two races could not communicate. About 450 African American pilots finished the training. These men were the original Tuskegee Airmen.
The Tuskegee Airmen had an amazing record. They did not lose any of the bombers they were escorting (护航). When the war was over in 1945, the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes. But when they returned to America, they were appalled to find out that they were still treated like second-class citizens. They faced the same segregation (种族隔离) and discrimination (歧视) as they had before they began their training.
Frederick Henry, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, lives in Detroit, Michigan. Because he was from the North, he would often forget the segregation rules of the South. Once, Henry was on a bus alone with a white bus driver. Soon, after the two had talked for a while, a wave of other passengers came on the bus. A problem arose when some white passengers were still standing, which was against the rules. Henry was put off the bus, even though he was the first person to board the bus and had paid his fare.
One thing did change, however. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order prohibiting segregation in the military. Eventually, the Tuskegee Airmen were officially thanked for their amazing efforts in the war.
6、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A American Soldiers in World War II
B American Civil Rights Movement
C The Tuskegee Airmen
D Racial Discrimination in the U. S.
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个是这篇文章的最佳标题?
A:二战中的美国士兵
B:美国民权运动
C:的塔斯克基飞行员
D:美国的种族歧视。
7、What docs the word "appalled " in the third paragraph probably mean?
A Reluctant.
B Pleased.
C Shocked.
D Relieved.
答案解析：
题目:第三段中“惊骇”一词可能是什么意思?
A:不情愿的。
B:高兴的。
C:震惊了。
D:松了一口气。
8、It can be inferred from the passage that Henry __ .
A refused to give up his seat to a white passenger
B refused to pay his bus fare
C had a fight with the bus driver
D was the last person to board the bus.
答案解析：
题目:从这篇文章可以推断出亨利。
A:他拒绝给一位白人乘客让座
B:他拒绝付车费
C:和公交车司机打架了
D:他是最后一个上公共汽车的人。
9、In __ , President Harry S. Truman ordered to end military segregation.
A 1940
B 1941
C 1945
D 1948
答案解析：
题目:杜鲁门总统下令结束军事隔离。
A:1940
B:1941
C:1945
D:1948
10、According to the passage, which of the following statements about the Tuskegee Airmen is TRUE?
A In World War II, they never lost a bomber to enemy fire.
B They were the first group of black soldiers ever trained by the ground troops.
C They were not subjected to racial discrimination in the army.
D They were already soldiers in the ground troops before their training at Tuskegee began.
答案解析：
题目:根据这篇文章，下列关于塔斯基吉飞行员的陈述哪个是正确的?
A:在第二次世界大战中，他们从未因敌人的炮火而损失过一架轰炸机。
B:他们是第一批接受地面部队训练的黑人士兵。
C:他们在军队中没有受到种族歧视。
D:他们在塔斯基吉开始训练之前就已经是地面部队的士兵了。
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. (80) On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.
Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by travelling tribes ( 部落) for thousands of years , but it wasn't until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds.
"Then it really took off,"said historian Mark Pendergrast-author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. By the 1500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world Within another 150 years，it took Europe by storm."It actually had a major impact on the rise of business, " Pendergrast says. Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.
The insurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London's 2,000 coffeehouses. Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists (殖民者 attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee."There's a lot of truth to the story, I found," Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpatriotic (不爱国的)。
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too. Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.
11、According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee?
A Literature.
B Newspapers.
C The insurance industry.
D The oil industry.
答案解析：
题目:根据短文，下列哪个选项与咖啡无关?
A:文学。
B:报纸。
C:保险行业。
D:石油行业。
12、According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.
B Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.
C During the 1770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee*
D Coffee is a refreshing drink.
答案解析：
题目:根据短文，下列哪个选项是不正确的?
A:波士顿茶党于1773年举行。
B:欧洲人在1670年代找到了使用咖啡的方法。
C:在18世纪70年代，越来越多的美国人开始喝咖啡
D:咖啡是一种提神的饮料。
13、The author of the book believes that .
A drinking coffee was unpatriotic
B 2000 insurance companies were set up hundreds of years ago
C Europeans were responsible for the existence of slavery
D coffee actually influenced the rise of business
答案解析：
题目:这本书的作者认为。
A:喝咖啡是不爱国的
B:2000家保险公司是几百年前成立的
C:欧洲人对奴隶制的存在负有责任
D:咖啡实际上影响了商业的兴起
14、The phrase "took off" in the second paragraph means "__ " .
A dropped to the ground
B became very successful
C removed its coat
D went away suddenly
答案解析：
题目:第二段“起飞”一词的意思是“”。
A:掉在地上
B:变得非常成功
C:删除它的外套
D:突然走了
15、Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
A When Coffee Became Popular
B Coffee Is a Powerful Drink
C How Coffee Influenced the Course of History
D What Impact Coffee Has on Human Behavior
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个是适合这篇文章的标题?
A:当咖啡流行起来
B:咖啡是一种强力饮料
C:咖啡是如何影响历史进程的
D:咖啡对人类行为有什么影响
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