1、TEXT ADo you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? 81When you are running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For ma

2、ny years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. 82Any engineer

3、 will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem,(工程師覺得這是一個(gè)典型的機(jī)械問題) which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease（租約；租期；租賃物；租賃權(quán)）of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.This typifies the way in which engineers work to help

4、 people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. 84Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now

5、 produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to 83mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst 83machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for t

6、he rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.81. According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints?A. When one is walking. B. When one is running.C. When one is standing. D. When one is lying down.解析：細(xì)節(jié)類。第一段開頭“when you are running, this for

7、ce is increased further still”當(dāng)你跑步的時(shí)候，這種受力會加重。關(guān)鍵：讀懂題目。就算沒有讀懂，其他三項(xiàng)也沒有提到，因此可以排除?！癉o you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight?”你是否意識到自己每次邁步的時(shí)候，胯關(guān)節(jié)的受力是體重的四至五倍？。此句話的主干是 “Do you realize that”that后面引導(dǎo)一賓語從句。賓語從句的主

8、干是：the bones in your hip are subjected to forces；“every time you take a step”作時(shí)間狀語從句，between four and five times your body weight作后置定語，修飾前面的forces。 *are subjected to易遭受 Steel surfaces are subjected to wetting before painting。 底材表面在涂裝前受到濕潤。82. Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) _

9、problem.A. mechanical B. medicalC. healthD. Agricultural解析：細(xì)節(jié)類。Mechanical : adj. 機(jī)械的；力學(xué)的；呆板的；無意識的；手工操作的； engineering n. 工程，工程學(xué) v. 設(shè)計(jì)；管理（engineer的ing形式）；建造83. According to the passage, how do engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of the agricultural industry?A. By working with farmers. B. By

10、working in teams.C. By growing crops of the same height. D. By making agricultural machinery.解析：推斷類。第二段提到“mechanical harvesting”，“machines harvest crops more efficiently?！笨梢酝茢喑龉こ處熤铝τ谕七M(jìn)農(nóng)業(yè)的機(jī)械化進(jìn)程。并不因?yàn)锳.B 而使得效率性高。C 也是達(dá)到機(jī)械化農(nóng)業(yè)的其中一個(gè)因素。Similar advances 指的就是agricultural machinery.84. According to the context

11、, “This team effort” in Paragraph Two refers to _.A. mechanical engineers B. doctors and engineersC. biologists, doctors and farmers D. farmers, biologists and engineers解析：指代類?！癿echanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers， machinery and harvesting systems”，這個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)

12、的努力包括農(nóng)場主、生物學(xué)家和工程師。TEXT B：Hello? Im glad you calledNowadays, 85Aa cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, 85Dbut I just discovered it, so Im going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning. （然而是我剛剛發(fā)現(xiàn)它的，所以我打算對此項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)申報(bào)享有權(quán)，并給它命名為Fake

13、 Foning。）85BThe technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually（事實(shí)上，幾乎）in any public space. （這項(xiàng)技術(shù)對我來說在辦公室一直很是管用，但是它能無限開發(fā)，幾乎任何公共空間都沒問題：事實(shí)上它的用處遠(yuǎn)不止這些。）Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you ne

14、ed to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person cant walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.（假設(shè)你在一所規(guī)模較大的大學(xué)工作，周圍凈是一些多嘴多舌的教職員工且不提多嘴多舌的學(xué)生整天嘰嘰喳喳。話說你內(nèi)緊需要上廁所，

15、你知道，光穿過大廳就得 花費(fèi)你大約一個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間。這是因?yàn)?，遇上那些嘴上閑不著的人，不管你愿意不，就得與他們交談。他們也許會問你一個(gè)問題，也許傳播點(diǎn)有關(guān)某人的流言蜚語， 也許是對某個(gè)文學(xué)名著的一個(gè)句子的一些新的解釋。）So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Dont dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to ta

16、ilor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to evade.（所以，一部手機(jī)，隨便什么樣的手機(jī)，拿起來就是了，但不要撥號，把它放在耳邊開始說話，一邊裝模作樣地進(jìn)行對話，一邊表情從容地走過大廳。對話的大意和內(nèi)容要因人而異，讓站在你面前的那個(gè)你極力要回避的人確實(shí)感到，你無法和他（她）說話。）For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:“Yes, Im glad

17、 you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. Whats that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there.”（說到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的同事之間的回避，我建議假裝聊些業(yè)務(wù)方面的事情：“是啊，這就是為什么我很高興你打電話來，細(xì)節(jié)方面我們確實(shí)需要仔細(xì)推敲推敲。什么？啊對，12頁我看了，不過如果你看了4頁下面的內(nèi)容，我想你就會明白，問題正是從那兒開始的?！保?

18、7Be animated. Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. 87 ABCMake eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug（聳肩）and move on.要栩栩如生，裝得象真事似的。要全神貫注于你的虛假談話之中。對路過的人用眼神接觸，向他們點(diǎn)頭致意，指指你的手機(jī)，聳聳肩，表示你很想與他們交談，只是現(xiàn)在不行，然后繼續(xù)前

19、行。Animate v. Adj. 有生氣的，鼓動Animated adj:-an animated cartoon/movie/show: a movie or program made by photographing a series of pictures,or by drawing a series of pictures with a computer-showing a lot of interest and energy: We had a very animated discussion about womens right.Engage 吸引，占用；使參加；雇傭；使訂婚；預(yù)

20、定Engage in sth: to take part or become involved in an activity: the two companies are engaged in a price war.Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, youd be in for a 20-minute sp

21、eech on how terrible the world is.購物者在果蔬部看到愛扯老婆舌的鄰居正在掐捏未成熟的桃子，應(yīng)考慮隨時(shí)進(jìn)行“fake foning”。沒有手機(jī)在你的耳邊，你恐怕得忍受一個(gè)關(guān)于這個(gè)世界如何如何糟糕的言論。88One important caution about fake foning The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about

22、a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. “So I dont need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news.”打“fake foning”電話要格外謹(jǐn)慎。有一天，我碰到一個(gè)同事時(shí)打了fake foning”。他實(shí)際上眼睛一直盯著我想引起我的注意，我知道他想問一個(gè)我還沒有完成的項(xiàng)目，我想盡量給自己再爭取點(diǎn)時(shí)間,所以我繼續(xù)和我的醫(yī)生打虛假電話：“那么

23、說，我不需要要手術(shù)了？天哪，大夫，這是我聽到的最好的消息?！盇nd then: Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. 89“What is the matter with this thing?” I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then

24、 putting it back to my ear.“Hello? Are you still there?”O(jiān)ops. int. 哎喲（表示驚訝，狼狽時(shí)所發(fā)的喊聲）這時(shí)，嘟!嘟!嘟! 我的手機(jī)鈴聲響了，而此時(shí)，我的手機(jī)正在我的耳邊，我的同事詫異地看著我，我也看著他，自然地吸了口氣說：“這東西咋得了？”將手機(jī)從耳邊拿開看了看，然后重新放回耳邊?！拔?，你還在嗎？”哎呀。85. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Cellphone service is popular among people. B. Cellphone has

25、much use in office.C. Fake foning is a new cellphone service. D. Fake foning is a new discovery.解析：推斷類?？捎门懦ā牡谝?、二段可以知道，手機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)在人民當(dāng)中非常流行，可用于辦公室中，F(xiàn)ake foning 指的是作者有一個(gè)新的發(fā)現(xiàn)：假裝接手機(jī)，而不是新的業(yè)務(wù)。86. What is fake foning?A. A strategy to avoid people. B. A device newly produced.C. A service provided everywhere. D.

26、A skill of communication.解析：推斷理解類。作者假裝借手機(jī)是為了躲避和某些人交談。87. In the authors opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to _.A. talk about interesting matters B. behave politely to people passing byC. hold the phone while walking D. appear absorbed in conversation解析：細(xì)節(jié)類。Be animated. Be engag

27、ed in your fake fone conversation. 為了讓假裝接收機(jī)顯得更加逼真，應(yīng)該更加投入到手機(jī)交談中。A.B和C都只是讓假裝的手機(jī)交談顯得更加逼真的表現(xiàn)之一。88. What does the last example show?A. One effective way is to fake fone ones doctor. 錯(cuò)誤，只是假裝跟醫(yī)生講電話B. One has to be careful while fake foning.C. Fake foning may not deceive people. D. Fake foning is always qui

28、te successful.解析：推斷類。One important caution about fake foning 這段主旨句，接下來講例子。文章最后的例子是作者在假裝接手機(jī)的時(shí)候，手機(jī)突然響了，作者用了這個(gè)特別有趣的例子告訴我們要小心露餡。89. After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author _.A. immediately started talking to the callerB. immediately started talking to his colleagueC. put the phone away and st

29、opped talkingD. continued with his fake conversation解析：細(xì)節(jié)類。當(dāng)作者的手機(jī)開始響起來的時(shí)候，作者還是繼續(xù)把戲演了下去。看懂！90. What is the tone of the passage? 態(tài)度類。A. Critical. B. Humorous.C. Serious. D. Unclear.解析：作者用非常幽默的口吻,有趣的事例來介紹假裝接手機(jī)來躲避不愿與之交談的人。TEXT CIt was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece o

30、f writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, 91but my cursor had frozen計(jì)算機(jī)屏幕上的光標(biāo)不能移動了. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用來猛拉) the battery out.Cursor: 光標(biāo) move the cursorMouse：鼠標(biāo) click the mouse1. freeze frozen

31、 freezing2. ADJ If the ground is frozen it has become very hard because the weather is very cold. (地面) 冰凍的例：It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard.現(xiàn)在天氣冷極了，地面凍硬了。3. ADJ Frozen food has been preserved by being kept at a very low temperature. 冷凍的 (食物)例：Frozen fish is a very healthy con

32、venience food.凍魚是一種非常健康的方便食品。4. ADJ If you say that you are frozen, or a part of your body is frozen, you are emphasizing that you feel very cold. 凍僵的例：Im frozen out here.我在這兒要凍僵了。PHRASE: - Frozen stiff means the same as frozen. 凍僵的 (同frozen) - be frozen with fear/terror/fright: to be so afraid, sho

33、cked etc. That you cannot moveUnfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setu

34、p CD.corrupt krpt Vt 1. 使腐敗(尤指通過賄賂)；行賄：He tried to corrupt the policeman with money. 他設(shè)法用金錢向警察行賄。2. 使墮落；使走邪路：She has corrupted her children. 她把孩子給慣壞了。3. 使腐爛：One corrupt apple corrupts many sound ones. 一個(gè)爛蘋果可以使許多好蘋果爛掉。一顆老鼠屎，壞掉一鍋湯4. 使訛誤；訛用：The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄寫者粗心而有訛誤。Vi.

35、變腐敗，腐化；墮落：Power tends to corrupt. 掌權(quán)者容易腐化墮落。I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer companys Global Support Centre全球客戶支持中心. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk （閑聊，聊天)

36、with someone when I dont know what continent theyre standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather weve been having when there was a monsoon(季風(fēng)，雨季）at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.“My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, bu

37、t I dont have the Windows Setup CD.”“So youre having a problem with your Windows Setup CD.” 92She has apparently been dozing (打瞌睡)and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention漫不經(jīng)心.92It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. He

38、r job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels女接線員讓作者越來越惱怒。shield/ild/( shields, shielding, shielded )1. N- Something or someone which is a shield against a particular danger or risk provides protection

39、 from it. 防護(hù)物; 保護(hù)人例：He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight.他用左手遮擋反射過來的陽光。2. V-T If something or someone shields you from a danger or risk, they protect you from it. 保護(hù)例：He shielded his head from the sun with an old sack. 他用一個(gè)舊袋子遮住頭來防曬。3. V-T If you shield your eyes, you pu

40、t your hand above your eyes to protect them from direct sunlight. 遮擋例：He squinted and shielded his eyes. 他瞇著眼并遮住眼睛。4. N- shield is a large piece of metal or leather which soldiers used to carry to protect their bodies while they were fighting. 盾例：He clanged his sword three times on his shield. 他用他的劍

41、當(dāng)當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)厍昧?下盾。5. N-COUNTA shield is a sports prize or badge that is shaped like a shield. 盾形獎(jiǎng)?wù)? 盾形徽章To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I dont know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didnt

42、have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite.When my voice hit a certain decibel (分貝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.“You dont have the Windows Setup CD, maam, because you dont need it,”

43、he explained cheerfully. “Windows came preinstalled on your computer!”“But I do need it.”“Yes, but you dont have it.” We went on like this for a while. 93Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. “Of course, youd lose all your e-mail, yo

44、ur documents, your photos.” 94It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. “You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive.” He sounded delighted. “And its not covered by the warranty (產(chǎn)品保證書) !” The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.93I hu

45、ng up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place Id heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out (dig out 翻出)a Windows CD and told me it wouldnt be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same

46、 outside my window as it was outside his.91. Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly?A. She had saved what she had written. B. She couldnt move the cursor.C. The computer refused to work. D. The computer offered to repair itself.Abrupt: abruptly: abruptness-sudden and unexpected: there ma

47、y be an abrupt change in weather patterns.-seeming rude and unfriendly: “change it” he says in his abrupt, no-nonsense style.我想要保存它，可是鼠標(biāo)動不了。我試圖關(guān)掉電腦，可是失靈了。由于不知道該怎么辦，我猛地拉出了電池。可見作者突然關(guān)掉電腦，是因?yàn)殡娔X失靈了，即沒法正常工作了，所以答案為C.而A選項(xiàng)保存她所寫的文檔，文中并未提及，而且她的文檔并沒有保存。B選項(xiàng)她沒法移動鼠標(biāo)，只是電腦失靈的一個(gè)方面。D選項(xiàng)跟題目完全不干。92. Which of the followin

48、g is the authors opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?A. She sounded helpful and knowledgeable.B. She was there to make callers frustrated.C. She was able to solve her computer problem.D. She was quick to pass her along to a technician.解析：raise global stress levels提高全球壓力。 即使打進(jìn)電話的人感到挫

49、折，對應(yīng)于B選項(xiàng)，故此題答案為B.A選項(xiàng)說她樂于助人，且學(xué)識淵博，可文中說她只是個(gè)看門的，可見學(xué)識并不淵博。文中提到cover for her inattention掩蓋她的不注意，說明她對打過電話的人說的話都不怎么注意聽，更加不可能說她是樂于助人的，故排除此項(xiàng)。C選項(xiàng)說那個(gè)接線員可以解決她的電腦問題，可文中說她并不是電腦技術(shù)工，也不能解決她的電腦問題，故也排除。D選項(xiàng)說她很快把她的電話轉(zhuǎn)入給技術(shù)工，No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place.可文中說了是在她們談了很久之后才給轉(zhuǎn)入的，

50、故也排除。93. According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician was _.A. effective B. economicalC. Unpractical 不切實(shí)際的 D. Unacceptable解析：推斷類。從第12段可以看出技術(shù)人員提出的解決方案毫無用處。技術(shù)工給他提供另外一個(gè)CD，可是這樣會消毀以前的系統(tǒng)，以前電腦上的東西會全都沒有了。這個(gè)方法就是掉一個(gè)保險(xiǎn)柜在我頭上來治好我的頭痛一樣，是不切實(shí)際的，對應(yīng)于D選項(xiàng)。94. “It was like offering to drop a safe on

51、my head to cure my headache” in the last but one paragraph means that _.A. the technicians proposal would make things even worseB. the technicians proposal could eventually solve the problemC. files stored on her computer were like a safeD. erasing the entire system was like curing a headache掉一個(gè)保險(xiǎn)柜在

52、我頭上來治好我的頭痛一樣。這樣只會帶來更大的傷害，頭痛只是小事，但保險(xiǎn)柜掉在頭上，有可能會使頭破裂，流血。故對應(yīng)于A選項(xiàng)。95. It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the following EXCEPT _. A. efficiency B. locationC. setup CDs D. Attitude解析：推斷類。可用排除法。CD盤的重裝都是一樣的。此題問的是他們之間

53、的不同點(diǎn)有哪些，除了以下的哪個(gè)？首先：那個(gè) Global Support Centre 接線員是：No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place.談了多少次，總是回到原點(diǎn)。而the local repair shop man :An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. 一小時(shí)候，就打電話給我說修好了，這說明高效率，排除A選項(xiàng)。 My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed,

54、far-off land. 說明the Global Support Centre 離作者住的地方很遠(yuǎn)，we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.說明那個(gè)老人和作者就住在相同的地方，排除B選項(xiàng)。She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention. A smart, he

55、lpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldnt be a problem. 一個(gè)是不注意別人的談話，另一個(gè)是helpful，即雙方態(tài)度不同，排除D選項(xiàng)。而C選項(xiàng)，作者需要的CD是一樣的，所以選擇答案為：C.Lie: lay lain lying 平躺，位于，說謊，展現(xiàn)Be in a place: to be in a particular place: the town lies in a small wooded valley.Exist: used to say where sth such as a reason or answ

56、er can be founded: the solution lies in alternative sources of power.TEXT DNot long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot（位置；狹槽；水溝；硬幣投幣口）. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasnt sealed（adj. 密封的

57、；未知的）, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and 96Raoul wanted a holiday tip郵遞員通過寄送空白明信片的方式來索要小費(fèi). We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are rendered at 4 a.m., you cant simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct. 當(dāng)你是在凌晨4點(diǎn)進(jìn)行工作時(shí)，不可能像酒店的服務(wù)員一樣，在