ID：9121-11834
A transformation is occurring that should greatly __1__ living standards in the developing world. Places that __2__ recently were deaf and dumb are rapidly acquiring __3__ telecommunications. Many developing countries are planning to invest vast sums of money __4__ their telecommunications networks to allow them to __5__ with developed countries. They believe this will __6__ foreign and domestic investment. However, how fast these nations should push __7__ is a matter of debate. And some developing countries __8__ experience in weighing costs and choosing between technologies. Vietnam, __9__ particular, though desperate for any phones, requires that all mobile phones be expensive digital models. Still, there is __10__ dispute that communications will be a key factor __11__ the winners from the losers. Over the next decade, China plans to pour some $100 billion into telecommunications equipment. Telecommunications is also a key __12__ Shanghai’s ambition of becoming a top financial center. Shanghai plans to be as electronically advanced __13__ New York. __14__, some other developing countries and areas such as Hungary, Latin America, and Thailand are all hoping to jump into the modern world __15__ means of telecommunication revolution. For countries that have lagged __16__ for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to __17__. And __18__ the mistakes they’ll make, they’ll persist ―__19__ day they can cruise alongside Americans and Western Europeans __20__ the information superhighway.
6
A progress
B promote
C process
D project
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ID：9121-12316
I remember that Shakespeare once wrote that parting is a sweet sorrow. ( )
A. metonymy B. parallelism C. personification D. hyperbole E. alliteration
F. euphemism G.. metaphor H. irony I. oxymoron J. Transferred epithet
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ID：9121-14800（本题为引用材料试题，请根据材料回答以下问题）
It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because ________.
A) it gets one into the habit of making empty promises
B) it may make the other person feel guilty
C) it is vague and ineffective
D) it is hurtful and insulting
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ID：9121-12339
In the People’s Republic of China the odd pre-quake behavior of horses and other animals__36__successfully to warn people that earthquakes__37___. Recently, a group of American geologists and geophysicists visited China and listened with great interest__38__ scientists there who explained how they have been able to predict many earthquakes in the past three years. The American scientists compared the___39__ with the unique Chinese program__40 __the impact of Chinese acupuncture ___41___ Western medicine.
The Chinese scientist use ___42 __ but they also monitor strange signals such as various ground noises, the fluctuation of well-water levels, and the strange behavior of animals. The results are quite interesting. Chinese seismologists, for example, ___43 __ predicted two magnitude 6.9 quakes near the China-Burma border on May 29, 1976. The seismologists _ 44 __ that their predictions have been so precise that they were able to evacuate many of their people before an earthquake occurred, thus __45__thousands of lives.
__46___ , the Chinese experts also admit that there have been some false alarms. American scientists__47___ stories of unusual pre-quake animal behavior before, but they ___48___ them too seriously until their recent visit to China. “Maybe there’s something to it.” said Jack Everndon, a California scientist. “We need some kind of short-term warning. We need something.”
He didn’t mention the kind of research he may be considering, “Some of us
are thinking it’s __49___ enough to give it a serious look,” he commented. “Two years ago we ___50__ that.”
36. A. have used B. have been used C. has been used D. will be used
37. A. is about to occur B. are about to occur
C. have occurred D. has occurred
38. A. with B. at C. to D. in
39. A. impact B. affect C. result D. with
40. A. to B. with C. of D. by
41. A. of B. on C. with D. from
42. A. a modern electronic equipment B. modern electronic equipments
C. the modern electronic equipments D. modern electronic equipment
43. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully
44. A. say B. tell C. speak D. talk
45. A. saving B. killing C. saved D. killed
46. A. In one word B. On the other hand
C. Generally speaking D. In another word
47. A. have listened B. have said C. have told D. have heard
48. A. never took B. did take C. took D. are taking
49. A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. worthy of
50. A. had said B. could have said
C. wouldn’t have said D. mustn’t have said
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ID：9121-12981（本题为引用材料试题，请根据材料回答以下问题）
We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry ________.
A) the complexities involved should be ignored
B) their ages should be taken into account
C) parents need to set them a good example
D) parents should be patient and tolerant
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