Ⅱ . 完形填空(二)

Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace 16.________. A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction 17.________specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places. 18.________，they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend ￡20 million—23 per cent of 19.________training budget for London 2012—in increasing the skills of the British workforce to 20.________the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians 21.________attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told The Times, “All the way along we have been holding the view 22.________ we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the 23.________population.”

Ⅲ . 閱讀理解

Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now，and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them;often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.

Of course sometimes there were real disasters(災(zāi)難) which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes.Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore.At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disasters or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries;however, the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill.

Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. In the U. S.， for example, there is a department which tests new airplanes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell.A third department looks at the places where people work，and then reports any company that is breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course，new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness，but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.

24.The main topic of the passage is________.

A.conditions in the work place

B.the freedom of industries in the past

C.changes in industrial production

D.the safety and health of workers and customers

25.It can be inferred from the passage that in the past________.

A.workers often got ill because of the poor working conditions

B.companies were free to put out any products they wanted to

C.many people were killed by dangerous products

D.industries were as careful in management as they are today

26.It is implied in the passage that________.

A.governments and companies had different opinions about the safety of products

B.governments paid little attention to the safety of products

C.government officials often did not listen to scientists

D.in the past no safety laws were introduced by governments

27.Some years ago safety rules________.

A.were put forward due to scientists’ recommendations

B.came into being as a result of the workers’ demands

C.were introduced because quite a number of people were killed or seriously injured

D.were effective enough to protect workers and customers

28.The special departments protect customers and workers in many ways EXCEPT by________.

A.testing new products

B.controlling the sale of products

C.designing new products

D.inspecting work places

參考答案

Ⅰ.1.C　本題中l(wèi)ack為及物動(dòng)詞，此處是一種省略形式，相當(dāng)于though they lacked money。

2.D　表示與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的虛擬語(yǔ)氣。

3.C　date back to(date from) 從……時(shí)就有，回溯到;look around (=look round) 到處尋找，察看;think back to 回憶，想起;think over 考慮。根據(jù)句意選C。

4.C　available 可以得到的;precious 寶貴的;vacant 空缺的;unusable 不能用的。根據(jù)句意選C。

5.C　6.C

7.D　break up 打碎，破碎;break away 突然離開，脫離;break out 突發(fā)，爆發(fā);break down 毀掉，(身體)垮掉。此處解釋為(身體)垮掉。

8.B　句意為：剛才提到的問題很重要。problem與refer to 是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故選B。

9.D　考查倒裝。“Only+狀語(yǔ)從句”置于句首，要引起部分倒裝。

10.C　考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。come up with good ideas“ 想出好主意”。

11.D　考查副詞詞義。只要知道詞義即可選出答案，該題較為簡(jiǎn)單。partly“部分地”;merely“只不過(guò)”; nearly“幾乎”;equally“同樣地，相等地”。

12.B　考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：如果我們想要成功，知識(shí)和學(xué)習(xí)都是重要的，但是，它們也許也會(huì)限制我們的思維。direct 指導(dǎo)，引導(dǎo);change 改變，變化;improve 提高，改善。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境只有B項(xiàng)“限制”符合語(yǔ)意表達(dá)。

13.C　考查短語(yǔ)。句意：盡管對(duì)那枚郵票很感興趣，但那個(gè)人還是假裝一點(diǎn)都不感興趣，結(jié)果他以半價(jià)買了它。由語(yǔ)意可判斷選C。

14.A　考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)是解答此題的關(guān)鍵。句中“human activities have contributed to”為定語(yǔ)從句修飾“problems”，need為整句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)句型“主語(yǔ)+need+doing/to be done”可判斷選A。

15.A　It being Saturday為獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)，rather than后接動(dòng)詞原形;prefer to do sth. 寧愿做某事。

Ⅱ.16.them　此空指代“skilled Polish workers”，故填them。

17.skills　根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可判斷此處意為“建筑技巧”，故填skills。

18.However　根據(jù)前后的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系可判斷填However。

19.the/their　此處特指“訓(xùn)練預(yù)算”，故填the/their。

20.meet/satisfy　“滿足要求”習(xí)慣用meet/satisfy表達(dá)。

21.by　by doing sth.意為“通過(guò)做某事”。

22.that　該空引導(dǎo)同位語(yǔ)從句，具體說(shuō)明view的內(nèi)容，故填that。

23.local/native　此處指“本地人口”，故填local/native。

Ⅲ.本文為說(shuō)明文。文中首先指出在過(guò)去，工人在工作中、顧客使用新產(chǎn)品時(shí)的安全與健康得不到保障，導(dǎo)致一些災(zāi)難的發(fā)生。這致使政府采取相關(guān)政策，以保障人們的安全與健康。

24.D　主旨大意題。全文通過(guò)對(duì)比過(guò)去與現(xiàn)在，說(shuō)明了全文的主題是：工人與顧客的安全與健康。故選D。

25.A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers可推斷過(guò)去工人常常因工作環(huán)境的惡劣而生病，故選A。

26.D　推理判斷題。根據(jù)二段however, the new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill.可推斷政府過(guò)去并未引進(jìn)相關(guān)的安全措施，故選D。

27.C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquiries可判斷選C。

28.C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。分析最后一段可知，C項(xiàng)內(nèi)容不符合文意，故選C。