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On February 23, 1790 a ragged group of men were advancing to a fort [要塞] held by British soldiers in Vincennes, Indiana [印第安那州]. The men were___1___. Their leader was a man ___2___George Rogers Clark. Clark and his ___3___ army of about 125 men made up their minds to ___4___ the fort. ___5___ this task, they had marched across Illinois through ___ 6___ and rain.

The men were very ___7___. They had almost no ammunition [弹药]. By the time they ___8___ Vincennes, they had been without food for two days. ___9___ before they could attack [进攻] the fort, they ___10___ to seize the town. Clark sent a ___11___ to the townspeople. In it, Clark advised the townspeople who were for British to go to the fort ___12___. All others were to stay inside homes. His army, Clark ___13___, was powerful!

To make the townspeople ___14___ that this was so, Clarke had his men march in and out of the ___15___ around Vincennes. They marched from early afternoon until dark. Some men, by ___16___ of Clark, also carried flags on long poles so that they were ___17___ visible in the town.

The townspeople ___18___ thought Clark’s army was a powerful one. The town fell to Clark and his men and not a ___19___ was fired. On February 25 the fort which had enough supplies to ___20___ another six months, surrendered [使投降] itself to the ragged American army!

(B)1. A. Indians B. Americans C. Frenchmen D. Englishmen

(D)2. A. said B. reported C. supposed D. named

(C)3. A. big B. powerful C. small D. great

(D)4. A. grasp B. build C. repair D. destroy

(B)5. A. Having completed B. To complete C. Completing D. So as to complete

(A)6. A. mud B. mountain C. roads D. snow

(A)7. A. tired B. excited C. pleased D. frightened

(C)8. A. left B. passed C. neared D. entered

(C)9. A. Long B. Although C. Yet D. Unless

(D)10. A. forgot B. helped C. ought D. had

(B)11. A. gift B. message C. soldier D. telegram

(B)12. A. carefully B. immediately C. suddenly D. actually

(B)13. A. admired B. warned C. promised D. praised

(C)14. A. hope B. expect C. believe D. notice

(A)15. A. hills B. villages C. parks D. rivers

(C)16. A. side B. watch C. order D. means

(A)17. A. constantly B. sometimes C. seldom D. not

(B)18. A. first B. finally C. hardly D. never

(A)19. A. shot B. house C. general D. village

(C)20. A. live B. set up C. hold out D. live in

【语篇解析】本文叙述了Clark率领他的军队如何运用计谋，不费一枪一炮将英国人固守的塞攻下这件事。

1.【解析】B。根据下文意思可得出答案。

2.【解析】D。named在这里是过去分词短语作定语,指名叫 George Rogers Clark的将军。

3.【解析】C。这个军队一共只有125人，因此说small.

4.【解析】D。A有一定干扰性，grasp是“控制、占领”的意思，现在要塞被英军占领，因

此他们只能用武力去摧毁[destroyed].

5.【解析】B。“要完成这个计划，……。”不定式在这里作目的状语，so as to也可以表示“目的”但不可以位于句首。

6.【解析】A。与空后的rain相顺应。

7.【解析】A。从下文“ ……they had been without food for two days”我们得知，这些人又饿又累。

8.【解析】C。neared相当于got near to.从前文我们得知，这些ragged soldiers 正往Vin-cennes挺进，因此其它答案不合题意。

9.【解析】C。他们最终的目的不是攻打Vin-cennes镇，“但是要攻打要塞，他们首先得夺取这个镇。”

10.【解析】D。had to表示“客观上要求必须如此”。

11.【解析】B。从后文in it得知，送到镇里的是message，而不是派了士兵。根据当时的装备，也不可能送去telegram。

12.【解析】B。Clark劝镇上支持英国人的市民赶快到要塞去。其它答案不合题意。

13.【解析】B。因为军队非常强大，因此他告诫人们要躲在家里，以免受到伤害。C有一定干扰性，His army was powerful是Clark告诫人们的话，而不是对他们作出许诺。

14.【解析】C。联系后文，Clark让他的士兵从山里进时出，为的是让人们相信他的人多。

15.【解析】A。B有较大干扰性。hills地势高，这样镇上的人们才看得清，因此A为最佳答案。

16.【解析】C。by order of意思是“在……的命令下”。

17.【解析】A。因为flags是在长杆子上的，因此镇上的人们会不时地看到。

18.【解析】B。经过Clark的一番苦心，最后镇上的人们终于相信他的军队是强大的。

19.【解析】A。从空后的was fired看，其它答案不合题意。

20.【解析】C。hold out意思是“支撑、支持”。

B

Chinese Students are generally fond to studying very, very hard for long hours. This is an excellent ____1___ , but it is often an inefficient [效率低的] way of study. An efficient student must have ___2___ sleep, food, rest and relaxation. Every day you need take a walk or play basketball or do something you find ___3___. And it is necessary ___4___ you to see a film or visit some scenic spots [风景区] every ___5___ and then, when you ___ 6___ to your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn the most. Endless hours of nodding over your books are ___ 7___ effective than shorter and more active study session [课时] .

Finally , be realistic [现实的]. If you set ___ 8___ objects for yourself, you can only be disappointed in your progress. Psychologists [心理学家] have found ___ 9___ learning tasks ___ 10 ___ this way: first, you make such great progress that you feel very happy. Then your language ability ___ 11___ the same: you believe you are not learning anything ___12___ all and you feel ___13___. This period can last for days ___ 14___ even weeks, but you must not ___ 15___. At some point your language ability will again take ___ 16___ big jump and you’ll see that you really have been learning ___ 17___.

Perhaps we can say that learning English ___ 18___ Chinese medicine which effects come slowly but ___ 19___. Don’t give ___20___ halfway.

(A)1. A. way B. means C. idea D. character

(D)2. A. little B. a great deal of C. much D. enough

(C)3. A. it happy B. relaxation C. relaxing D. relaxed

(B)4. A. to B. for C. of D. with

(A)5. A. now B. day C. of D. with

(C)6. A. go B. come C. return D. refer

(D)7. A. very B. much C. more D. less

(C)8. A. good B. possible C. impossible D. low

(B)9. A. that B. out that C. it out D. it out that

(A)10. A. like B. in C. place D. away

(D)11. A. stays B. must stay C. looks to stay D. seems to stay

(C)12. A. after B. above C. at D. in

(A)13. A. sad B. better C. helpless D. regretful

(C)14. A. and B. but C. or D. nor

(C)15. A. discourage B. lost heart C. be discouraged D. be discouraging

(D)16. A. other B. the other C. an other D. another

(B)17. A. all B. all time C. at all D. at time

(C)18. A. like to take B. likes taking C. is like to take D. is like taking

(C)19. A. quickly B. timely C. surely D. mainly

(A)20. A. up B. in C. off D. away

【语篇解析】本文介绍了心理学家们所发现的关于学习的一些规律，讨论了如何才能更有效的学习。

1.【解析】A。 way 和means都可指“方法”，way 即可指具体的方法，如可指抽象的方法，用得最广，再根据下文中an efficient way of study 可确定答案。means指“方法”时，常用来表示与结果相对应而存在的手段[method, process by which a result may be obtained]。

2.【解析】D。根据常识，效率高的学生必须有充足的[enough] 睡眠时间、食物、休息和休闲。

3.【解析】C。在本句中，you find…是一个定语从句。relaxing指“使人放松的”，用来修饰事物。

4.【解析】B。It作形式主语，不定式复合结构for you see…为真正主语

5.【解析】A。 [every]now and then 为固定结构，指“有时候，偶尔”

6.【解析】C。此处指休息、休闲后再转入学习时效率高

7.【解析】D。根据文章意思，此处对比两种学习方法，很容易得出答案

8.【解析】C。set objectives指“确定目标”，根据下文中的you can only be disappointed可确定选impossible。

9.【解析】B。find out 指[由研究、计算、探询[获知；探知；得知

10.【解析】A。like this way 指“象这样方法”。全句意为“心理学家们发现学习是象这样发生的。

11.【解析】D。“seem to stay the same”指学生者觉得自己的语言能力似乎停留在这种状态。

12.【解析】C。Not…at all指“一点也不”

13.【解析】A。根据上下文可得出答案

14.【解析】C 。days or even weeks指“数天或甚至数周”

15.【解析】C。be discouraged指“气馁、沮丧”。不能选B项的原因是must后要接动词原形。

16.【解析】D。another big jump指语言能力又一次出现大的飞跃

17.【解析】B。all the time指[在某段时间内]一直。

18.【解析】C。be like to do 指“好象就要……”。这里将学习同吃中药相类比。

19.【解析】C。本句意思为“学习英语就象吃中药一样，效果慢，但是肯定有效果。”

20.【解析】 A。give up 指“放弃[做某事、寻求答案等]。如： I can do nothing more; I give up。[我无能为力，我放弃]。