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⊙ 山东鄄城第三中学  马加芬

    一、单项选择
    1. Asafa Powell of Jamaica ____________ the world 100-meter record with a time of 9.74 seconds in Italy in September.
    A. lowed  B. lowered
    C. slowed  D. slew
    2. Germany became the first team in ____________ to defend the title at the Women’s World Cup after beating Brazil 2-0 in the final on Sept. 30th.
    A. the history B. a history
    C. history  D. an history
    3. FIFA ended its policy of rotating the hosting of World Cups through its six_____________ confederations from the 2018 World Cup finals.
    A. continental   B. continent
    C. continentally D. continence
    4. For the third time in four years, Federer walked away with three of the four majors and now stands only two slams short of Pete Sampras’ overall _________ of 14.
    A. memory    B. recognition
    C. recorder    D. record
    5. World record hurdler Liu Xiang and 100 meters sprinter Asafa Powell are _______ of picking up gold medals in their respective events at next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing.
    A. intelligent  B. talent
    C. confident   D. hopeful
    6. Pratibha Patil, former Rajasthan Governor, was elected as India’s first woman president in a contest in which she _______ current Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
    A. defeat      B. won
    C. beaten    D. beat 
   

   二、单词拼写
    1. Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style s____ to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
    2. Swiss national Louis Palmer fulfilled a childhood dream when he set off from his home country on July 3, t_________ over desert, city and sea in 17 countries by a “solar taxi” to reach UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia.
    3. Parents who have more than two children should be charged a lifelong climate change tax to offset the e_______ of their extra greenhouse gas emissions, an Australian medical expert has proposed.
    4. P_________ for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games have been going on smoothly. Twenty-six “Good Luck Beijing” events, which aimed to test the Olympic venues, the BOCOG’s administration, air quality, transportation, etc.
    5. Shanghai unveiled its mascot for the 2010 World Expo on Tuesday evening, 865 days before the six-month party kicks off. The mascot, named Haibao, literally means “t_________ of the world”.
    6. The twin towers of the new China Central Television （CCTV） building were c_____ on Wednesday morning December 26th, 2007.
    7. China is to build a standing o__________ station to monitor melting of its longest glacier range at the edge of the world’s top plateau.
    8. China is widely expected to b________ the United States and Russia to top the medal standings of the 2008 Olympic Games.
    9. A large-scale outdoor p_____ was staged on the last day of 2007 in Beijing to celebrate the Olympic host city stepping into the “Olympic Year”.
    10. China’s economic hub, Shanghai, on Tuesday opened its first TV channel that b_____ in foreign languages on Jan 1st 2008.
    11. A group of Macao citizens p_____ in a challenge to pull the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, an aircraft that carries advanced eye-surgery equipment and medical profes-sionals to help the needy around the world, December 8th, 2007.
    12. D______ by a Canadian architect, the biggest art center well resembles abstract mo-dels of three major ancient Chinese wind mu-sical instruments, the Xun, the pan-pipes and the bone-flute, dated back to 2500 to 8700 years.

   【答案及解析】
    一、单项选择
    1. B。根据语境可知阿萨法·鲍威尔把100米短跑的时间降低到了9.74秒。
    2. C。in history是一个固定搭配，不需要任何冠词，表示在历史上。
    3. A。此处continental为形容词表示“大洲的”。
    4. D。此处record表示“记录”，而recorder意思是“记录者”或者“录音机”等。费德勒在四年中三次夺得了冠军，再有两次就打破了Pete Sampra的纪录。
    5. C。此处confident 表示“自信的”，而be confident of 表示“对……充满自信”。
    6. D。此处beat的过去时和动词原形一致，而won的宾语一般不是人。
    二、单词拼写
    1. stomachs此处为名词，表示“胃”，虽然该词以ch结尾，但发音却是k，故加s而不是es。 为了减少导致全球变暖的温室气体的排放，澳大利亚科学家目前正在想办法将牛羊的胃变成袋鼠式的胃。
    2. traveling此处表示“旅行、经过”等。瑞士男子路易斯·帕尔莫终于圆了他儿时的一个梦。2007年7月3日，他驾驶一辆“太阳能出租车”从瑞士出发，穿越了沙漠、城市和海洋，途经17个国家，最终抵达印度尼西亚的巴厘岛，参加在此召开的联合国气候变化大会。
    3. effect此处是名词，表示“影响”的意思。澳大利亚一位医学专家提议，有两个以上孩子的家庭要终身缴纳气候变化税，以消除其多排放的温室气体带来的不良影响。
    4. Preparations此处是名词，表示“准备工作”。经过一系列的“好运北京”测试赛之后，北京奥运会和特奥会的准备工作一切进展顺利。
    5. treasure此处是名词，表示“世界之宝”。中国2010年上海世界博览会的吉祥物“海宝”诞生的过程走的是“全民参与”之路。世博会在中国还属新生事物，在全国范围征集，无疑可以拉起一条沟通、联系的纽带，向13亿中国人宣传世博理念、普及世博知识，进一步发动全国人民关心和参与上海世博会。
    6. connected此处是过去分词，表示“被连接在一起、被接通”。2007年12月26日上午CBD央视新址的两座斜塔楼正式合拢。
    7. observation此处是名词，意思是“观察或观测站”。中国将建立一个永久的观测站来监控世界上最高高原上的祁连山冰川融化情况。
    8. beat此处是动词，表示“战胜、打败”的意思。2008年北京奥运会中国队能否击败美国队和俄罗斯队跃居奖牌积分榜的首位呢?让我们拭目以待!
    9. performance此处是名词，表示“表演”。2007年12月31日晚，“喜迎奥运 祝福北京”大型主题活动在中华世纪坛举办，多位全球华人熟悉的嘉宾在零点时刻为北京敲响2008年的新年钟声，宣告北京正式跨入奥运年。
    10. broadcasts此处是动词第三人称单数，表示“广播”。2008年新年钟声敲响之际，上海电视事业又迎来了崭新的一页。上海外语频道（The International Channel Shanghai，简称ICS）将于2008年元旦早上7点正式开播。
    11. participated此处是动词，因为发生在过去故用过去时态。奥比斯澳门筹募发展经理卢保珊在澳门国际机场宣布：奥比斯眼科飞机医院将与澳门国际机场合办“光明之行”。参观该活动的有一千多名澳门各界人士，他们登上独一无二的眼科飞机医院，见证了奥比斯飞越国界的“救盲”工作。
    12. Designed此处是过去分词，与by一起表示“被设计的”。河南艺术中心在郑州落成，该中心位于河南省郑州市郑东新区CBD核心区，占地面积十公顷，投资9.39亿元人民币，总建筑面积达77 396平方米。■

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