第五部分:补全短文(每题2分,共10分)
阅读下面的短文,文章中有5处空白,文章后有6组文字,请根据文章的内容选择5组文字,将其分别放会文章原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置。
难度C/B级
Three attitudes to life
__1__. You may approach life with the philosophy of the vegetable, in which case your life will consist in being born, eating, drinking, sleeping mating, growing old, and dying.
__2__. A great many so-called successful men and women believe that life is a business, and they arrange their conduct and behavior accordingly. If you believe that life is a business your first question of life, naturally, is “what do I get out of it?” __3__.
The great majority of human beings today look at life as if it were a business.__4__.
The third attitude toward life is the approach of the artist. Here the basic philosophy is “what can I put into it? ”, and the basic relation of the individual to his follow-men is one of cooperation and common sense.__5__. The more we investigate and the more we learn about living the more we become convinced that the artistic attitude is the only one which is consistent with human happiness.
A. In a word based on this attitude, happiness becomes a matter of successful competition.
B. As a human being you have the choice of three basic attitudes towards life.
C. Their basic philosophy is one of competition and efficiency.
D. The second basic attitude is to look at life as if it were a business.
E. This point of view has been proved by history; for history remembers best those who have contributed most richly to the interests of their follow-men.
F. Is a proper attitude of life sure to bring about a happy life?
第6部分:完型填空 (每题1分,共15分)
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难度C/B级
The Invention of the Television
In the nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible to send noises, signals, and even music over wires from one place to another. However, the human voice __1__this way. Many inventors tried to find a __2__ to send a voice over wires, and in1876 __3__their efforts were crowned with success. __4__American inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray, __5__ at almost the same time. The __6__ finally had to decide which of the two __7__ the first inventors of the telephone. The court decided __8__ Bells favor.
Born in Edinburg, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family __9__ was very interested in teaching people __10__. His grandfather had been an actor who left __11__ to teach elocution; his father was a teacher __12__ deaf-mutes learn how to speak.
However, probably none of the __13__ inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph __14__ he had on the day when he spilled __15__ acid from his batteries. It was after he had worked for months to find ways to send something more than metallic twangs over the wires. Thinking Watson, his helper, was in the next room, Bell called, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you. ” Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory, next to the receiver. To Watson’s surprise, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell the news: the wires had carried Bell’s voice perfectly.