52. A. applying 53. A. appreciating 54. A. flexible 55. A. grasp
B. considering B. assessing B. positive B. change
C. comparing C. presenting C. feasible C. create
D. persisting D. comprehending D. progressive D. increase
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. A 50. B 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. B 55. D 【解析】
本文为说明文。选择一所适合你的大学就像你在水中找到舒适的环境一样。首先要研究那个大学能否让你在新的挑战中使你的知识水平得到提高，你可以向你的高中老师求助，因为他们是最了解你的人。如果找到了合适的大学，你就要好好准备你的学校报告书了，还要评估你的学业成绩与其他的竞争者相比是有否更强的竞争力。 【41题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. tough艰难的；B. mysterious神秘的；C. visible看的见的；D. different不同的。根据前一句“move into shallow water”可知在浅水区，就能看到水底的，即水底是可以看见的（visible）。故选C。 【42题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. explosive易爆炸的，暴躁的；B. respective各自的，分别的；C. potential潜在的；D. reasonable合理的。大多数人根据他们各自的（respective）技术水平和舒适度将自己暴露在水和游泳的环境中。不同的人分别有自己各自的(respective)技术水平，因此此处填B。 【43题详解】
考查短语辨析。A. on behalf of为了……的利益，代表……；B. in the place of代替……；C. in case of万一，如果；D. in search of寻找。分析下文“assess”“、study”、“venturing in”、“if admitted—before deciding to apply.”可知，把找到适合自己的大学比作在水中找到舒适的环境，因此此处是指“同样的情况也可能发生在你在不同的学术环境下评估自己的舒适程度，以寻找（in search of）一个适合自己的大学”，故选D。 【44题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. observe观察；B. overcome克服；C. investigate研究，调查；D. complete完成。此处是指“就像你可能在冒险之前要研究（investigate）一处水域的温度、深度和水流一样”，故选C。 【45题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. indication标示；B. implication 含义；C. innovation创新；D. intention意图。此处是指“当你把学业上的困难看作是‘适合’的标示（implication）时，你很可能会发现你有能力
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在各种大学环境下把工作做好”，故选A。 【46题详解】
考查语境及短语辨析。A. In addition此处；B. In other words换句话说；C. By comparison相比之下；D. By contrast相比之下。分析下文的内容可知，这是对上一句的解释，故是“换句话说（In other words），这样的大学适合你”，故选B。 【47题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. continent大陆；B. contribution贡献；C. challenge挑战；D. conscience意识。根据前文可知，学业上的困难被看作是“适合的”暗示，可知，在大学时会有新的挑战。因此此处是指“然而，在你的能力和准备使你能够迎接新挑战（challenge）的大学里，你会是最适合的。”故选C。 【48题详解】
考查副词辨析。A. considerately体贴地；B. traditionally传统地；C. influentially有影响力地；D. intellectually智力上地。根据上文可知，在大学里迎接新挑战，会让你在智力上（intellectually）得到很好的锻炼，故选D。 【49题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. sources信息源，来源；B. origins起源；C. concerns关注；D. demands需求，要求。根据后面的“因为老师们非常熟悉你的能力，所以他们可以提供宝贵的帮助，帮助你找到适合你的大学”可知，当你为满足各学院和大学的学术要求作准备时，你的高中老师是最好的信息源（sources），故选A。 【50题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. continuous连续的；B. invaluable宝贵的，无价的；C. powerless无力的；D. unforgettable难忘的。根据空后的“帮助你找到最适合你的学业课程。”可知，老师的帮助是宝贵的（invaluable），故选B。 【51题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. reliability可靠性；B. alternative选择，可供选择物；C. competitiveness竞争性，竞争力；D. recommendation建议，推荐。根据后面的“你的学习成绩与其他要申请的学生相比（竞争力）如何?”可知，此处是指“你就需要评估你为进入这些学院的报告书（有多大的）竞争性（competitiveness）。”，故选C 。 【52题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. applying申请，应用；B. considering考虑；C. comparing比较；D. persisting坚持。根据第二段最后一句“if admitted—before deciding to apply.”，可知此处是指“你的学习成绩与其他将要申请（applying）这家大学的学生相比如何?”故选A。 【53题详解】
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考查动词辨析。A. appreciating欣赏；B. assessing评估；C. presenting呈现；D. comprehending理解。根据前面的“you then need to assess the ___11___ of your school reports for admission to those colleges”，可知，此处是指“你需要诚实地评估（assessing）这部分情况，尤其是如果你考虑的大学可能是非常挑剔的”故选B。 【54题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. flexible 灵活
；B. positive积极的，乐观的；C. feasible可行的；D.
progressive渐进的。根据空格前后的意思可知，虽然你对自己被这样的大学录取机会很乐观（positive），但事实机会很小。故选B。 【55题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. grasp把握；B. change改变，变化；C. create创造；D. increase增加。分析空格前后的内容 可知，此处是指“你申请十几所这样的学校并不能增加（increase）进入至少一所这样的学校的机会！故选D。
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.
(A)
In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren’t human. They were feline — ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. “Not one or two here and there”, reported
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English Illustrated Magazine, “but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them,
a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. ” Some of the linen-wrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as fertilizer. One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England.
Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized.
In the century since then, archaeology has become less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites’ wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that.
“They’re really displays of daily life,” says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with x-rays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. “You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King So-and-So had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become clearer and closer to us.”
56. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “peddled”(paragraph 1)? A. modernized
B. displayed
C. illustrated
D. demonstrated
57. Why was archaeology once referred to as a“treasure hunt ”(paragraph 3)? A. In the royal tombs, there were many treasures made of silver and gold. B. Animal mummies could be made into fertilizer which is very valuable. C. It was hard to find animal mummies since they were buried under dirt. D. People sought the remains of ancient Egypt merely for their material value. 58. Which of the following is TRUE about Salima Ikram?
A. She wishes to establish the continuity of pets over history.
B. She believes that studying the remains can help modern society relate to the past. C. She wants to identify the King’s personal belongings and classify them.
D. She doubts if current society will understand the significance of Egyptian remains. 59. This article probably encourages the readers to _____________. A. value the past by studying the remains left behind by our ancestors B. make full use of the remains our ancestors have left behind
C. understand that animal mummies are more important than gold and masks D. become more sensitive to the ancient lifestyle of our ancestors 【答案】56. B 57. D 58. B 59. A 【解析】 【分析】
本文为记叙文。自从1888年在埃及发现了猫动物的木乃伊之后，大量的皇家墓穴被挖掘，成千上万的木乃伊被运往世界各地，以攫取物质利益。后来考古学家不再只是寻宝，而是把它作为一门科学研究。因为木
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