第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填人空白处的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn't until October 26 that Vice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwood was____36____to send off his report to Britain____37____tile victory and Nelson' s death.
He chose____38____the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle.____39____by Captain Lapenotiere. In spite of 40 winds and rough seas, Pickle made the____41____ of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days, ____42____ Falmouth on the morning of November 4.
From there, Captain Lapenotiere____43____a fast post chaise (轻便马车) to London, traveling____44____for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at1a.m. on Wednesday, November 6 -- less than 11 days after he had.45____Collingwood.
Most of the officials had gone to bed____46____, but the secretary was still____47____in the famous Board Room. Lapenotiere hurried in and____48____the report with the simple words:" Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have____49____Lord Nelson."
Copies of the report were quickly made and____50____to the Prime Minister and King George III. A special edition of a____51____was rushed out and delivered all over the country.
The atmosphere of public____52____for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the____53____of Nelson.As one poet later wrote: "The victory of Trafalgar was____54____ indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing (欢庆),____ 55____they were without joy."
36. A. eager B. anxious C. able D. sure
37. A. announcing B. telling C. mentioning D. warning
38. A. withB. from C. forD. among
39. A. seatedB. brought C. owned D. led
40. A. strongB. weakC. warmD. light
41. A. distance B. flightC. voyageD. march
42. A. leaving for B. arriving at C. staying inD. sailing for
43. A. made B. tookC. keptD. sat
44. A. freely. B. aimlessly C. slowlyD. continuously
45. A. seenB. foundC. toldD. left
46. A. long beforeB. long agoC. before long D. long after
47. A. on leave B. on business C. at workD. at sea
48. A. took over B. handed over C. gave outD. turned out
49. A. defeated B. beatenC. missedD. lost
50. A. sentB. carriedC. suggested D. written
51. A. bookB. newspaperC. weeklyD. magazine
52. A. hope B. searchC. desireD. happiness
53. A. returnB. failureC. deathD. injury
54. A. congratulated B. celebrated C. gainedD. reported
55. A. and B. soC. forD. but 来源：www.examda.com
第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑A
Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I' m not a football commentator (评论员), though --just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn' t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it' s best to teach, in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for tile nightlife factor. But I' d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I' m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it's well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule (日程表) of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off -- even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
56. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in ________.
A. TokyoB. a small townC. a city of middle sizeD. a big city
57. According to the writer, one had better ________ first to do private teaching better.
A. take a TEFL courseB. decide his or her own lessons
C. find studentsD. build up a full schedule
58. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that ________.
A. there are many foreigners in JapanB. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected
59. The underlined word "reluctant" in the passage may probably mean ________.
A. kindB. unwillingC. freeD. careless
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As skies are filled with millions of migrating(迁徙) birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, tile better it flies.
The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics (空气动力学), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.
For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice-a-year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance: 5,000 kilometers.
Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird' s air stream.
Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.
The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it takes to carry the additional weight.
In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated(模拟的) flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds' bodies so that they could measure the ammount of energy burnt during the flight.
60. A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh ________ before making its nonstop migrating flight.
A. 50 grams B. 100 gramsC. 150 gramsD. 200 grams
61. During their migrating flight, red knot wading birds can save energy by flying
A. separatelyB. aloneC. in groupsD. in pairs
62. A ________ red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.
A. strongerB. weakerC. thinnerD. fatter
63. The best title for this passage may probably be ________.
A. Birds Thin Down For JourneyB. Birds Fatten Up For Journey
C. How Birds Build Up Fat For JourneyD. How Birds Burn Energy For Journey