“No man is an island,” wrote the poet John Donne several centuries ago. He was acknowledgi

A.will; found

B.would; be found

C.is; found

D.had; been found

A. The End of the Chapter

B. The Forsyte Saga

C. A Modern Comedy

D. The Island Pharisees

Which of the following facts is the last？

A. Piano Man was released.

B. Billy Joel played in a number of Long Island groups.

C. Cold Spring Harbor was released.

D. Billy Joel was named "Best New Male Vocalist".

Passage Five

Billy Joel was born on Long Island, in New York State. He began taking piano lessons at an early age and joined his first rock band when he was fourteen. After playing in a number of Long Island groups, Billy began concentrating on his song-writing. His first album of completely original songs was Cold Spring Harbor. It was released in 1972. Two years later, after the release of the smash-hit albums Piano Man and Street-life Serenade. Billy was named "Best New Male Vocalist" by Cask Box magazine.

51. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______.

A. when he joined his first rock band

B. after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist"

C. at fourteen

D. before he was fourteen years old

Island is a very special statue called Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most famous sights in the world.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of U. S. independence from England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt inn the United States. It was opened for the public on October 28, 1886.

As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of New York.

A good title for this passage is ______.

A．Famous Sights in the World

B．Liberty Island

C．The Statue of Liberty

D．A Gift from France

完形填空Todd was working at his gas station at night when he heard over the radio that a bank in Long Island had been ____1___ by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $ 150,000. “One hundred and fifty thousand,” Todd whistled. Here's a fellow who just ____2____ into a bank and helps himself ___3_____ so much money. Todd thought of the difficulty with which he managed to get the amount of money he ____4____ to start his gas station. So many papers to sign, so much money to pay back. The news continued twenty minutes later. The gunman had ____5____ a car for a ride, and then ____6___ out the driver. He was possibly ____7____ the Southern State Parkway in a white Ford. License plate number LJR1939. The voice of the announcer continued: “____8____ out for white cars. Don't pick up ____9____, and all you folks in gas stations better not do ___10_____ to a white Ford car.” Todd stood up and tried to see out into the cold night. It was dark but Todd ____11____ the Southern State Parkway was out there. Just then, Todd saw the headlights coming at him and a car pulled in for ___12____. There it was, a white Ford. He saw the number, LJR1939. “What should I do？” Todd had to make a quick ____13____. “Yes, sir？” Todd ___14____ while making up his mind for sure. “____15____ her up,” the man said sounding like any other driver. When the tank was full, Todd quickly turned round and pointed a gun at the man. ‘Hands up and get out!’

1. A. searched for B. held up C. taken over D. broken into

2. A. walks B. looks C. marches D. drives

3. A. for B. by C. to D. of

4. A. saved B. made C. offered D. needed

5. A. bought B. borrowed C. stolen D. stopped

6. A. sent B. found C. left D. pushed

7. A. calling from B. fleeing from C. heading for D. looking for

8. A. Look B. Run C. Call D. Set

9. A. guests B. strangers C. prisoners D. passengers

10. A. harm B. favor C. service D. business

11. A. considered B. knew C. recognized D. learnt

12. A. directions B. repairs C. gas D. parking

13. A. decision B. call C. movement D. remark

14. A. wondered B. stopped C. waited D. asked

15. A. Cover B. Fill C. Check D. Tie

s claimed that living on an island separated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has developed some attitudes and habits distinguishing him from other nationalities.

Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, and reserved person among people he knows well. Before strangers he often seems inhibited, even embarrassed. You have only to witness a railway compartment any morning or evening to see the truth. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing (打盹) in a corner, and no one speaks. An English wit once suggested to overseas visitors, "On entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the passengers." Needless to say, he was not being serious, There is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of suspicion.

It is well known that the English seldom show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion etc. Of course, an Englishman feels no less than any other nationality. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. Pi man of more emotional temperament might describe her as "a marvelous jewel", while the Englishman will flatly state "Um, she's all right." An Englishman may recommend a highly successful and enjoyable film to friends by commenting, "It's not bad." The overseas visitors must not be disappointed by this apparent lack of interest. They must realize that "all right", "not bad" are very often used with the sense of "first class", "excellent". This special use of language is particularly common in English.

One explanation for the different character of English people is that ______.

A．they are geographically isolated from the European continent

B．they have nothing to do with the other Europeans

C．they like to keep quiet among their acquaintances

D．they tend to be reserved by nature

Passage Four

Within a large concrete room，Cut out of a mountain on a freezing-cold island just 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole，could lie the future of humanity.

The room is a vault(地下库)designed to hold around 2 million seeds,representing all known varieties of the world’S crops.It is being built to safeguard the world’S food supply against nuclear War,climate change，terrorism，rising sea levels，earthquakes and the collapse of electricity supplies。“If the worst came to the worst，this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet，”says Cary Fowler,director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust，an independent international organisation promoting the project.

The Norwegian(挪威的)government is planning tO create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists.The ＄3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen.The vault will have metre-thick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and high-security doors.

The vault’S seed collection will represent the products of some 10，000 years of plant breeding by the world’S farmers.Though most are no longer widely planted，.the varieties contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding.

To survive，the seeds need freezing temperatures.Operators plan to replace the air inside the vault each winter,when temperatures in Spitsbergen are around-18℃.But even if some disaster meant that the vault Was abandoned,the permanently frozen soil would keep the seeds alive.And even accelerated global warming would take many decades to penetrate the mountain vault.

“This will be the world’s most secure gene bank，” Says Fowler.“But its seeds will only be used when all other samples have gone for sOme reason.”

The project comes at a time when there is growing concern about the safety of existing seed banks around the world.Many have been criticized for their poor security, ageing refrigeration(冷藏)systems and vulnerable electricity supplies.

The scheme won UN approval at a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome in October 2005.A feasibility study said the facility“would essentially be built to last forever”.

46.The Norwegian yault is important in that_________________.

A.the seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of world’S crops

B. the seeds in it could revive agriculture if the worst thing should happen

C.it is built deep in a mountain on a freezing-cold Arctic island

D.it is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature

In many traditional societies a woman&39;s role is restricted to that of mother (for the continuation of the race) , and she is confined to family and household activities, including help out in the field and market. In some ethnic(种族的) communities in Indonesia, even today, women are supposed to do the hard labor in the rice fields, while men take it easy in their coffee shops

When I visited the island of Timor in eastern Indonesia in 1987, I was told by friends that in the interior of the islands, where roads are still non-existent,villagers traveled to market either on foot or on horseback. It was a common sight to see the husband riding a horse, with his wife walking behind him carrying a heavy bundle of produce on her head to the market. On the island of Alor, also in eastern Indonesia, I met an old man aged about 80 years, proudly boasting to me that he had nine wives. "But you are a Catholic," I said to him. "How could you have nine wives？" He smiled, and said: "I married only once in church, but the other eight wives I married according to our traditional laws. " In many ethnic communities in Indonesia the good woman or wife is one who obey her husband, who does not go around gossiping, who cleans her home and cooks good food for the family, who is diligent in the field, who does not visit friends too much, and who gives birth of lots of children, especially boys.

In Indonesia many years ago the wives of government workers or members of the armed forces were organized into women&39;s organizations. The leadership of these women&39;s organizations was set up according to the hierarchical positions of the members&39; husbands. For example, the organization of women of personnel of a government ministry would automatically have as its chairperson the wife of the minister at the national level, and the chairperson of the provincial organization would be the wife of the governor, and so on to the lower administrative levels. It is amazing how a woman who may have an interest in being a leader nevertheless automatically becomes a chairperson because of the official position of her husband. When the husband is no longer minister or governor, she also automatically loses her position. Many of these women have complained to me that they feel this is a straitjacket(约束物) imposed on them, but they feel they have to accept the role for the sake of safeguarding their husbands&39; careers.

In some ethnic districts in Indonesia women should_______.

A.do household activities

B.give birth of children

C.do the hard labor in the fields

D.all of the above

In the 2nd paragraph "roads" means_______.A.some roads

B.high ways

C.country roads

D.heavy roads

What does the question "How could you have nine wives？" imply？A.The old man is too old to have nine wives.

B.The old man shouldn't have had nine wives.

C.The old man could marry only once because he is member of the Church of Rome.

D.The old man could have only a wife for he is a Christian.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to Paragraph 3？A.Women's organizations were set up in the government administrative levels and the armed forces.

B.The head of the women's organization of a province must be the wife of the governor.

C.All the leaders of the woman's organizations enjoyed their roles.

D.The wife of a governor loses her leading position for the sake of her husband.

The closest restatement of the last sentence in,the 3rd paragraph is______.A.many women would hate to be the chairperson without considering their husband's careers

B.many governors' wives complain they have to accept the chairperson roles

C.many women are forced to become the leaders of women's organizations in order to protect their husband's profession

D.many governors' wives feel it necessary to accept the roles

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

d earnestly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from bad weather, and to store his few possessions.But then one day, when he came back from looking for food, he found that his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

The worst had happened.Everything was lost.

He was stunned with grief and anger.“God, how could you do this to me!” he cried.

Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island.It had come to rescue him.“How did you know I was here？” the weary man asked his rescuers.“We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad.

But we shouldn’t lose heart, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the help from God.

46.From the first paragraph we learn that a ship().

A、had been on fire

B、had been robbed

C、had sunk

D、was missing

47.The word exhausted (Para.2) can be best replaced with().

A、tired

B、shocked

C、excited

D、disappointed

48.When he came back from looking for food, the man found his little hut().

A、washed away

B、in water

C、torn down

D、on fire

49.The rescuers got to know there was a person on the island because they saw().

A、the hut

B、the smoke

C、the footprints

D、the shipwreck

50.What is the main idea of the story？

A、Misfortunes never come singly.

B、A loss may turn out to be a gain.

C、Bad things may easily discourage us.

D、God help those who help themselves.