2014湖北襄阳二调英语试题答案(5)

63.According to the passage, why was Tabor able to achieve great success in Leadville?  
A. His wise decisions helped him achieve goals. 
B. He knew miners there were poor.  
C. He succeeded quite by accident.  
D. His second wife helped him a lot.  
64. Tabor renamed the city Leadville when he became its first mayor because ______.
A. it was the mayor's duty to do so  
B. a great storage of lead was found there  
C. the city had brought great fortune to Tabor  
D. miners were eager to search for lead  
65. What does the underlined sentence mean in the 2nd paragraph?  
A. He was unwilling to help miners without getting anything.
B. He opened a general store for miners who worked for him.
C. He was angry with the miners because nothing valuable was found.
D. He provided miners with life necessities in return for a share in the mine. 
66.What maybe talked about in the following part of the story?  
A. Tabor's children. B. Tabor's second wife.  
C. Tabor's first wife.                         D. Miners in Leadville.
 
                                        E
Don't be surprised if you see a group of people dancing or shouting on the square. They are a flash mob. Confused by their name? Actually, a flash mob, organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks, is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a period of time, such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and shouting something at the top of their lungs for 30 seconds, and then quickly disappear before the police can arrive.  
Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3, 2003 at Macy’s department store involving 100 people gathering on Macy's Department Store. Following this, about 200 people flooded the lobby of the Hyatt hotel, applauding in one voice for fifteen seconds, and next participants pretending to be tourists on a trip invaded a shoe shop in Soho. A later mob saw hundreds of people in Central Park making bird noises. 
Wasik claimed that he created flash mobs as a social experiment designed to tease hipsters (追逐时尚的人),and highlight the cultural atmosphere of agreerment and of being part of “the next big thing”.
Many web logs, chat rooms and Web groups are devoted to the craze. Though flash mobs were originally regarded as useless, the concept has already developed for the benefit of political and social events. Flash mobbing takes advantage of the efficiency of communicating information on Websites and by email, and protesters can similarly use the “on and off”concept to be involved in political events. Such flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock or frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. They also have enormous economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product. 
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. For example,in 2009, hundreds of Michael Jackson’s fans took part in a flash mob to remember him, gathering outside the railway station in Liverpool,singing and dancing Michael's famous song Beat It together. In another example, some people took part in a flash mob to warn people against negative words. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.  
67. The writer indicates that the flash mob _____.
A. may perform some positive functions
B. is always a headache for the police 
C. is now a social experiment to criticize fashion fo11owers 
D. helps to improve the efficiency of communication
68. A flash mob is most likely to ______.
A. give out leaflets of a brand bicycle to the passers-by
B. gather in pulic places performing and leave quickly
C. plan to go mountaineering on the first day of Horse Year
D. sit for days in front of the city hall for higher wages  
69. According to the passage, what contribute(s) most to the popularity of the flash mob?
A. Harper's Magazine              B. the government  
C. political events                      D. digital networks  
70. The purpose of the writing is ______.
A. to amuse and interest                 B. to argue and advise
C. to describe and introduce           D.to question and comment




第四部分：书面表达 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上。
71.Up till now I _____________________an ideal flat. But the house price is too high for me to accept. (look)
目前，我一直在寻找理想的公寓。但房价太高我不能接受。
72. Tom got another C in the end-of-term exam. If only he _________________ E-books!  (waste) 
Tom在期末考试中又得了C。要是他没浪费时间看电子图书该多好！
73. Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei seemed ___________________ than ZTE and it secured a stable profit increase last year. (behave)  
去年，中国电信设备巨头华为似乎比中兴表现得更好，它获得了稳定的利益增长。 
74. So______________________new campus life that in the first month almost all freshmen were at a loss how to arrange their schedule. (know)  
在第一个月，几乎所有新生对校园生活了解甚少，以至于他们不知道如何安排时间。