第l部分：词汇选项  (第1~15题，每题1分，共15分)
　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡位置上。
　　1 It is ridiculous to dispute about such things．
　　A foolish    B shocking
　　C frightening    D amusing
　　2 It was obvious that she was not going home．
　　A evident    B necessary
　　C possible    D probable
　　3 He replied that this was absolutely impossible．
　　A stated    B  answered
　　C said    D claimed
　　4 He confesses that he has done it．
　　A agrees    B alleges
　　C  admits    D  answers
　　5 He lacked the strength to deal with all these problems．
　　A thinkof    B talk about
　　C copy down    D cope with
　　6 He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck．
　　A bought    B took
　　C showed    D made
　　7  Foreign money can be converted into the local currency at this bank．
　　A written    B changed
　　C moved     D reported
　　8 He looks like a crazy mail．
　　A lazy      B patient
　　C  mad     D happy
　　9  We cannot permit such conduct．
　　A  movement    B  words
　　C  principle       D behavior
　　10 She started to clean the kitchen．
　　A stopped    B began
　　C continued   D kept
　　11 John talked over the newjob offer with his wife．
　　A discussed    B mentioned
　　C accepted     D rejected
　　12  I rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car．
　　A normally    B continuously
　　C seldom      D usually
　　13 We explored the possibility of closer trade links at the conference.
　　A rejected     B investigated
　　C proposed    D postponed
　　14 He often finds fault with my work．
　　A criticizes    B praises
　　C evaluates    D talks about
　　15 They agreed to settle the dispute by peaceful means
　　A complete    B determine
　　C untie        D solve
　　第2部分：阅读判断   (第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答
　　题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。
　　Earthquakes and Animals
　　Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpersrecently-animals．Animals often seem to know in advance that aneaghquake is coming．and they show their fear by acting in strangeways．Before a quake(地震)in China in l975 snakes awoke from their wintersleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air．All the unusuaIbehavior,as well as physical changes in earth，alerted(提醒)Chinesescientists to the coming quake．They moved people away from the dangerzone and saved thousands of lives．
　　One task for scientists todayis to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes．It isnot an easy job．First of all not every animal reacts to the danger ofan earthquake．Jusf before a Califomia quake in l979，for example，anArabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of hisstall．The horse next to him，however, remained perlectly calm．It is alsodifficult sometimes to tell the difierence between normal animalcalmness and"earthquake nerves．"A zookeeper once told earthquakeresearchers that his cougar(美洲狮)had been acting strangely．It turned outthat the cougar had a stomachache．
　　A second task for scientists isto find out exactly what kinds of warning the animals receive．They knowthat animals sense far more of the world than humans do．Many animalscan see，hear，and smell things that people do not even notice．Some candetect tiny changes in air pressure．gravity,or the magnetism(磁力)ofearth．This extra sense probably helps animals predict earthquakes．
　　A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs．They were closedin an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes．Beforeeach quake a low booming sound was heard．Each sound caused the dogs tobark(吠)wildly．The dogs began to bark during a silent period! Ascientist who was recording the quakes looked at his machine．Herealized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise．They also sensedthe tiny quake that followed it．The machine recorded both．though humansfelt and heard nothing．
　　In this case there was a machine to checkwhat the dogs were sensing．Many times，however, our machines recordnothing out of the or dinary,even though animals know a quake iscoming．The animals might be sensing something we do measure but do notrecognize as a warning．Discovering what animals sense，and learning howthey know danger signals，is a job for future scientists．
　　16 During an earthquake in China in 1975，some cows had"earthquake nerves"and some remained calm．
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
　　17 Chinese scientists moved people away from the coming quake zoneafter noticing the strange behavior of some animals and physicalchanges in earth．
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
　　18 Animals of the same kind always react in the same way to the danger of a quake
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
　　19 The cougar behaved strangely because it had sensed the threat of a quake．
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
　　20 All animals can sense the very small changes in air pressure，gravity,or the magnetism of earth．
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
　　21 The dogs mentioned in the passage sensed both the low booming sounds and the minor quakes following them．
　　A  Right    B Wrong   C  Not mentioned
　　22 A task for future scientists is to find out how an animal receives a warning signal.
　　A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned