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More and more students want to study in “ hot majors [专攻课程]. ___1____ a result , many students want to ___2____ their interests and study in these ___3___ such as foreign languages , international business and law , etc.

Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, ___4___ maths ,physics, and biology, and art majors, ___5___ history, Chinese and philosophy. [哲学]. ___6___ students can study in these “hot” majors, because the number of these “hot” majors ___7___limited

If one ___8___ interest in his work or study, ___9___ can he do well? I ___10___ this from one of my classmates. He is ___11___ the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he ___ 12___ biology, he chose “international business.” He ___13___ to live a life which is different ___14___ of his parents.

In the end, he found he ___15___ in doing business. He found all the subjects to be ___16___.

___17___ this wouldn’ t have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests.

Choosing a major in university ___18___ decide one’s whole life. Majors ___19___ are not “hot” today may become the “hot” major of tomorrow. Choosing your major according to your own ___20___ is the best way to succeed.

(D)1. A. Being B. For C. Having D. As

(A)2. A. give up B. appear C. give D. master

(C)3. A. place B. room C. areas D. space

(B)4. A. for example B. such as C. and so on D. as a result

(B)5. A. even B. like C. just D. or

(A)6. A. Only a few B. Quite a lot C. Perhaps few D. Many

(A)7. A. is B. are C. would be D. have been

(C)8. A. had to B. had C. has no D. has

(C)9. A. why B. and what C.. how D. and how

(D)10. A. suggested B. guessed C. searched D. learned

(D)11. A. out of B. off C. in D. from

(B)12. A. studies B. likes C. learns D. succeeds to study

(A)13. A. wants B. doesn’t want to C. enjoys D. doesn’t like

(B)14. A. from which B. from that C. for which D. for that

(C)15. A. was interested B. was clever C. was not interested D. was not clever

(D)16. A. lovely B. rare C. obvious D. tiresome

(D)17. A. so B. Then C. Just then D. Maybe

(B)18. A. can B. does not C. probably D. perhaps not to

(C)19. A. on which B. in which C. which D./

(A)20. A. interests B. experience C. mind D. heart

【语篇解析】本文论述如何对待大学里“热门”专业这一问题。

1.【解析】D。as a result表示“结果[是]……”， 系固定短语。

2.【解析】A。give up 意为“放弃”。

3.【解析】C。整句意思为：“许多学生想放弃他们的爱好，学习诸如……这些学科[领域]”。area在此处指“领域、学科范围”。

4.【解析】B。such as 用于简单的罗列事物。

5.【解析】B。like等同于such as,避免重复，分别列举文理学科中的冷门学科。

6.【解析】A。“仅有少部分学生能学习这些‘热门’专攻课程”。其余选项均不符合语境或语法规则。

7.【解析】A。the number of与单数谓语连用。

8.【解析】C。has no interest in = is not interested in，指“对…..不感兴趣”。

9.【解析】C。how can he do well? 动词do在句中作不及物动词，意为“进行”、“发展”。

10.【解析】D。指“ 获悉，了解到”。

11.【解析】D。be from=come from, 来自某地。

12.【解析】B。“虽然他喜欢生物学”。

13.【解析】A。答案B、D不符合语意，答案C不符合语法规则。

14.【解析】B。be different from与……不同。

15.【解析】C。根据文章意思应为否定。

16.【解析】D。根据上文，选tiresome, 意为boring, 指“令人厌倦的”。

17.【解析】D。“或许在当初他按照自己的爱好选择他的专攻课程，这种情况就不会发生”。此句表示与过去事实相反。

18.【解析】B。“在大学选择专攻课程并不决定某人的一生”。答案A不符合语意，答案C、D不符合语法规则。

19.【解析】C。定语从句，关系代词作主语不能省略。

20.【解析】A。文章的中心意思是说要根据自己的“兴趣”选择自己的专攻课程。

B

Mary was seven years old. Her parents had recently moved to a new town, and so Mary was going to a ___1___ school, which was a few kilometers from the house they lived now. A school bus going around picked up ___2___ every morning and brought them back to their ___3___ every afternoon , and as both of Mary’s parents ___4___ to go to work , she always went on this bus. She had to be at a ___5___ twenty metres from her front door by half past eight every day and the ___6___ was usually on time.

Mary’s parents always ___7___ their alarm clock every morning so that none of them would be ___8___. But one morning the alarm ___ 9___ to go off, and it was not till a quarter past eight that Mary’s mother suddenly woke up, looked ___10___ the clock and said, “ What’s ever happened to that clock?” and then ___11___ into Mary’s room. Mary was fast asleep, ___12___ her mother woke her up and told her to get ready for school.

“I’m ____13___, dear,” she said, “but you’ll have to wash and ___14___ very quickly, have an even quicker breakfast and then I’ll ___15___ you to school on my way to the office.”

“But how can you ___16___ the way, Mum?” Mary said “You’ve only been to school once.”

“Yes,” her mother answered, “but you’ve done the ___17___ several times now in the bus, so you can be by ___18___ to get there, can’t you?”

“Oh, yes, ”said Mary, “I suppose ___19___.” She washed, and dressed and had a quick breakfast, and then they set off. Mary told her mother to ___20___ each time they came to a place she recognized. In this way she made her mother drive round ___21___of the town before they got to her school. When they arrived, her mother ___22___ that it was not really very far from her house.

“Why ever did you make me go such a long way round, Mary, instead of the most ___23___ way?” her mother asked her.

“Well, Mum,” answered Mary, “it was because I didn’t know how else to get ___24___. That’s the way our bus ___25___ goes to pick up the other children on the way to school.

(C)1. A. big B. nice C. different D. primary

(A)2. A. pupils B. teachers C. parents D. passengers

(D)3. A. streets B. towns C. classrooms D. homes

(B)4. A. wanted B. had C. decided D. started

(C)5. A. shop B. road C. stop D. corner

(A)6. A. bus B. class C. school D. girl

(B)7. A. found B. set C. remembered D. fixed

(A)8. A. late B. early C. lazy D. asleep

(C)9. A. started B. stopped C. failed D. continued

(D)10. A. for B. up C. into D. at

(A)11. A. broke B. hurried C. walked D. went

(A)12. A. but B. and C. so D. then

(D)13. A. regretful B. careless C. unhappy D. sorry

(C)14. A. go B. get up C. dress D. run

(D)15. A. carry B. pick C. drop D. drive

(B)16. A. know B. find C. realize D. learn

(C)17. A. homework B. job C. trip D. driving

(A)18. A. guide B. driver C. partner D. teacher

(D)19. A. this B. that C. not D. so

(B)20. A. speed B. turn C. think D. stop

(D)21. A. part B. some C. outside D. most

(A)22. A. saw B. thought C. said D. heard

(D)23. A. easiest B. straight C. correct D. direct

(A)24. A. here B. there C. home D. back

(B)25. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. seldom

【语篇解析】本文为一篇记叙文，讲了Mary与她母亲之间发生的一件趣事。

1.【解析】C。刚搬到另一城镇，故转到一个“不同的”学校。

2.【解析】A。Every morning a school bus…going round自然是接学生上学。

3.【解析】D。根据下文，school bus送学生回到各自的“家”。

4.【解析】B。她的父母不得不工作。

5.【解析】C。bus停车点应是stop。

6.【解析】A。当然是bus准时来到，D项干扰最大。

7.【解析】B。使闹钟定时应用set。

8.【解析】A。用闹钟就是为了按时或不耽误。

9.【解析】C。闹钟声音没响，故选failed。此句中go off为闹钟铃响。

10.【解析】D。由于没响，故感到吃惊，“看”了一下。

11.【解析】A。由于Mary仍在熟睡，故门未开，break into意为“闯进”。

12.【解析】A。尽管Mary仍在熟睡，但也得把她叫醒，故为转折关系。

13.【解析】D。由于晚了，故向女儿道歉。

14.【解析】C。从空前面的wash来看，接下来应穿衣，从19空后的句子也可得知这一点。

15.【解析】D。开车送某人去某地，drive sb. To…。

16.【解析】B。find the way或find one’s way表示“认识路，找到路”。

17.【解析】C。由上下文可知，Mary已去过学校几次了。do the trip,表示短途旅程，其他几个词明显与句意不符。

18.【解析】A。guide意为“向导”。

19.【解析】D。so是分句替代词，替代18空所在的那个分句。Not也可替代一个分句，但系否定，根据前面的“Oh, yes”可以将其排除。

20.【解析】B。turn在此处意为“转弯”。

21.【解析】D。根据文章意思应当是大部分城区。

22.【解析】A。到了后来才亲眼发现，其实并不远。

23.【解析】D。应当是最便捷的，最直接的，故选direct。此题B、C项干扰较大，straight表示“直，笔直的”。correct不用于比较。

24.【解析】A。由于到了学校，故选get here。

25.【解析】B。school bus每天都转着接送学生们，故用always。