C．for D．with
解析：句意：我们都知道，四川是熊猫的生息地。“是??的生息地”有两种表达 法：be home to...和be the home of...。 答案：A
32．—Hi，I hear you're going to the world park this weekend.
—________，I was going to，but I changed my plans. A．Actually B．Finally C．Usually D．Normally
解析：句意：“我听说本周末你将去世界公园。”“事实上，我本打算去，但后来改 变主意了。”actually事实上；finally最后；usually通常；normally正常地。 答案：A
33．They were surprised that a child should work out the problem，________ they
couldn't.
A．once B．even if C．while D．since
解析：句意：他们很惊讶，一个孩子竟然能解出这个问题，而他们自己却不能。while 是“而；不过”的意思。 答案：C
34．Ice，snow and steam are different ________ of water，as we know.
A．matters B．forms C．shapes D．characters
解析：句意：我们知道冰、雪、蒸汽是水的不同形态。matter物质；form形态，存在 形式；shape形状；character特征。 答案：B
35．The room with the windows ______ north wants ________.
A．facing；cleaned B．faces；cleaning C．faced；to be cleaned D．facing；cleaning
解析：分析句式结构可知，with the windows ________ north为with的复合结构，windows和face之间是主谓关系，故第一空用facing；第二空want doing为主动形式表被动，等于want to be done。 答案：D
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
(2010·烟台模拟)One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled”section.A small advertisement held my __36__.It read，“Easy job.Good wages.No experience __37__.”It sounded like the job I was __38__.Easy job.Good wages.Those four words __39__ now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the __40__.Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good wages.Easy...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large __41__ half filled with water，out of which I noticed __42__ the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes.__43__ these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their __44__ in the water of the basin，the left hand holding a __45__ and the thumb nail of the right hand __46__ the labels (标签) on it.
I sat down on a __47__ beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the __48__ of the water started to __49__ from my hand to my body.But __50__ still，the delicate thumb of my right hand was __51__ by the minute into a fullblown tomatocolored finger.A numb(麻木)pain began to be felt __52__ from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I'd __53__.He figured I had __54__ 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
With the money，I left the working place.“Easy job.Good wages...”came to my brain again.Looking at my hands，I __55__ myself，“Can easy job get good wages？” 语篇解读：容易干的工作真的能得到高报酬吗？请看看本文作者的一次工作经历吧！ 36．A.eyes B．attention C．decision D．breath
解析：一则广告引起了“我”的注意。 答案：B
37．A.necessary B．relevant C．practical D．primitive
解析：这份工作不需要经验。其他选项不符合语境。 答案：A
38．A.running after B．looking for
C．heading for D．looking after
解析： look for表示“寻找”，即这似乎正是“我”正在找的工作：容易做，高报 酬。run after表示“追求，追踪”；head for表示“动身前往”；look after表示“照 顾”。 答案：B
39．A.circled B．moved C．flashed D．attacked
解析：flash表示“闪现，掠过”，即广告中说的这四个词不停地在“我”的头脑中闪 现。 答案：C
40．A.letter B．sign
C．advertisement D．post
解析：广告中说的那个地址，本段第二句话有提示。 答案：C
41．A.baskets B．bowls C．pots D．basins
解析：根据43小题后面的basins可知本题答案。 答案：D
42．A.hiding B．sticking C．rising D．breaking
解析：sticking表示“竖立着”，即看到水盆里有瓶颈竖立着。sticking作宾语补足 语，被放在了宾语the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes的前面。 答案：B
43．A.In B．Above C．Under D．Around
解析：工人们在水盆周围的凳子上坐着干活。 答案：D
44．A.arms B．hands C．legs D．feet
解析：由空后的“left hand”“right hand”可知选B。用手在水池中刷瓶子，刮掉上 面的标签。 答案：B
45．A.knife B．snail C．bottle D．brush
解析：根据下面一段第一句话中的bottle可知答案。即左手拿着瓶子，右手刮上面的 标签。 答案：C
46．A.painting B．decorating C．refreshing D．scratching
解析： scratch表示“刮，擦”，符合语境：刮掉瓶子上面的标签。paint表示“油 漆，粉刷”，decorate表示“装饰”，refresh表示“更新，刷新”，均不符合语境。 答案：D
47．A.chair B．bench C．bottle D．sofa
解析：根据43空所在的句子可知，工人是坐在盆子周围的凳子上干活的，因此选B。 答案：B
48．A.smell B．coldness C．color D．steam
解析：根据文章第一句话可知，故事发生在冬天，因此肯定是很冷的。因此，B项合
理。 答案：B
49．A.spread B．travel C．recycle D．accelerate
解析：spread表示“蔓延，传播”，即冰冷的感觉从手蔓延到全身。 答案：A
50．A.worse B．better C．more D．rather
解析：worse still是固定短语，意思是“更糟糕的是”，符合题意。 答案：A
51．A.going B．finding C．growing D．becoming
解析： grow与后面的into构成固定搭配，意思是“变成??的样子”。这句话的大 意是：我的手渐渐变成了熟透了的番茄的颜色，即冻成了紫红色。 答案：C
52．A.now and then B．here and there
C．one by one D．little by little
解析：little by little意思是“渐渐地”，符合语境：一阵麻木的疼痛渐渐从我右手的 拇指传来。now and then意思是“不时地”；here and there意思是“到处”；one by one意思是“一个接着一个地”。 答案：D
53．A.adapt B．negotiate C．bargain D．quit
解析：quit表示“放弃，离开，停止”。由于水太冷了，“我”的手被冻得受不了， 因此“我”要求停止工作。下一段第一句有提示。 答案：D
54．A.taken B．offered C．earned D．created
解析：用earned表示“赚得，挣得”。他算出“我”挣了69分钱。 答案：C
55．A.thought B．asked C．found D．hated
解析：看着“我”的手，“我”不禁问自己：“容易干的工作能得到高报酬吗？” 答案：B
第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
An inventor has created his perfect woman，a robot who can do the cleaning，remember his favourite drink and read him the newspaper headlines.