2014高考冲刺《英语》预测题及答案解析(北京卷)

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　　An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (归因于)the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.

　　Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A. spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.

　　Professor john Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

　　“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.

　　University applications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in caters in the pubic sector(部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

　　A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

　　Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”

　　67. Professor John Beath’s lectures are .

　　A. given in a traditional way B. connected with the present situation

　　C. open to both students and their parents D. warmly received by economics

　　68. In the opinion of most parents, .

　　A. eccentrics should be the focus of school teaching

　　B. more students should be admitted to universities

　　C. the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened.

　　D. children should solve financial problems themselves

　　69. According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters .

　　A. wiser in money management B. have access to better equipment

　　C. confide about their future careers D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds

　　70. What’s the main idea of the text?

　　A. Universities have received more applications.

　　B. Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students

　　C. college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty

　　D. parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

　　第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，共10分)

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。

　　Laser(激光) is short for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Laser light is different from daylight or electric lights. Industry put lasers to work almost immediately after they were invented in nineteen sixty. _____71______.

　　The first medical operation using a laser took place the year following its invention. Doctors Charles Campbell and Charles Koester used a laser to remove a tumor from a patient’s eye at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. ________72_______.

　　Lasers have made measurement an exact science. Astronomers have used lasers to measure the moon’s distance from Earth. ________73________. For example, drawing a perfectly level straight line on a construction site is easy using a laser.

　　_________74________. And the jewelry industry uses lasers to write on the surface of the world’s hardest substance, diamonds.

　　Lasers are found in many products used almost everywhere. Over one hundred years ago, writers imagined that beams of light could be powerful weapons. Today, lasers guide missiles and bombs. American defense companies are working on giant laser guns recognizable to science fiction fans everywhere. _______75________. Scientific American magazine says huge lasers turn only about twenty to thirty percent of the energy they use into a laser beam. The rest is lost as heat.

　　That has not stopped scientists from working to perfect powerful lasers that, one day, may be able to shoot missiles out of the sky.

　　A. But weapons were not the first to use it on the list.

　　B. All lasers have several things in common.

　　C. Mappers and builders use laser technology every day.

　　D. But there are technological difficulties.

　　E. Lasers have also changed the way we communicate.

　　F. Manufacturers have used lasers for years to cut and join metal parts.

　　G. Since then, doctors have used lasers to cut and remove tissue safely with little risk of infections.