Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the   1  of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.
'What?'   2  one participant. 'Those guys have to be lying.'
There is no reliable   3  of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the   4  spender.
A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the   5  . The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than 'survey'), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.
About half the respondents（受調(diào)查者） inherited（.繼承） their   6  , a quarter   7  it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it   8   . That is roughly in line with other surveys of   9  women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than   10  a salary.
As for   11   , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as 'below their means.' The report on the survey said that is 'possibly   12  they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.
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Many women also worried about wealth having   14   effects on their children and didn't want to spend lavishly（揮霍） to   15  a bad example.
At the same time, 70% of the women said they 'buy nice things when   16   .' And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making   17  on major purchases, which   18  that they do a lot of the big spending.
Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision   19  .
But what about other   20  ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?
(   ) 1. A. results                B. reasons             C. times                D. directions
(   ) 2. A. cried                  B. sighed              C. shouted            D. laughed
(   ) 3. A. data                   B. measure            C. division            D. news
(   ) 4. A. biggest               B. bigger              C. smaller             D. worse
(   ) 5. A. matter                B. message            C. point                D. report
(   ) 6. A. spirit                 B. money              C. habit                D. cost
(   ) 7. A. bought                      B. robbed             C. got                   D. earned
(   ) 8. A. itself                  B. herself              C. ourselves          D. themselves
(   ) 9. A. wealthy              B. poor                 C. ordinary            D. honest
(   ) 10. A. making            B. earning             C. taking              D. spending
(   ) 11. A. buying             B. wasting            C. spending           D. saving
(   ) 12. A. when                      B. if                     C. whether            D. because
(   ) 13. A. women             B. youth                      C. adults               D. men
(   ) 14. A. serious             B. good                C. bad                  D. various
(   ) 15. A. send                 B. set                   C. do                    D. give
(   ) 16. A. necessary          B. possible            C. pleased             D. anxious
(   ) 17. A. plans                B. decisions          C. appointments    D. suggestions
(   ) 18. A. notices             B. stresses             C. implies             D. intends
(   ) 19. A. away                B. together            C. as well             D. out
(   ) 20. A. purchases         B. effects              C. differences        D. examples
1-20 ACBBC BCDAB CDDCB ABCBA
本文用調(diào)查的結(jié)果，說(shuō)明只有很小一部分富翁認(rèn)為自己的太太花錢太多。完成本題要結(jié)合現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中男女不同花錢習(xí)慣。
1. A組織者公布了一項(xiàng)調(diào)查的結(jié)果（results），而不是原因（reasons），次數(shù)（times），方向（directions）。
2. C有錢，但不顯擺沒(méi)人相信，故一位與會(huì)人士大叫道(shout)：什么？那些家伙肯定在說(shuō)謊�？藿校╟ried），嘆息（sighed），大笑（laughed），都不足以說(shuō)明他的驚訝。
3. B目前還沒(méi)有可靠的方法（measure）來(lái)評(píng)斷富人堆里誰(shuí)花錢更多：是男性還是女性。數(shù)據(jù)（data），分離（division），新聞（news）就更不行了。
4. B雙方都會(huì)說(shuō)對(duì)方是個(gè)較大的（bigger）花錢者。就兩類人沒(méi)法最大的（biggest），較少的（smaller）不符合常識(shí)，較壞的（worse）就更沒(méi)道理了。
5. C由Wilmington Trust、Campden Research和Relative Solution最近聯(lián)手進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查證明了上述觀點(diǎn)（point）。物質(zhì)（matter），信息（message），（報(bào)道report）顯得不倫不類。
6. B約有一半的被調(diào)查者的財(cái)產(chǎn)(money)是繼承而來(lái)，全文都說(shuō)的是錢，而不是精神(spirit),習(xí)慣(habit),成本(cost)。
7. C四分之一得(got)自丈夫，剩下的四分之一是自己賺的。根本不是買來(lái)的(bought)，更不是搶來(lái)的(robbed)，后面才說(shuō)的是自己掙來(lái)的(earned)。
8. D剩下的四分之一是自己(是多個(gè)受調(diào)查者當(dāng)然用themselves)賺的，而不能用它自己(itself)，她自己(herself)，我們自己(themselves)。
9. A這與我們對(duì)富有（wealthy）女性及其財(cái)富來(lái)源的調(diào)查基本相符。全是對(duì)有錢人的調(diào)查，而不是窮人（poor），普通人（ordinary），和誠(chéng)實(shí)的人（honest）。
10. B 90%是自己當(dāng)老板開(kāi)公司賺的，而不是靠掙（earning）工資得來(lái)的。不可能是開(kāi)（making）工資，帶走（taking）工資，花（spending）工資就更不對(duì)了。
11. C至于支出（spending），幾乎所有女性（90%）都說(shuō)自己的支出習(xí)慣是量入為出。前文說(shuō)的是掙錢，這兒是說(shuō)花錢，而不是買（buying），浪費(fèi)（wasting），節(jié)約（saving）。
12. D調(diào)查報(bào)告中說(shuō)，這可能是因?yàn)椋╞ecause）她們并不認(rèn)為自己的極大財(cái)富就是成功的全部意義所在。當(dāng)……時(shí)候（when），如果（if），是否（whether），明顯不適合這兒的語(yǔ)意。
13. D女性往往沒(méi)有男性（men）花錢多，也不會(huì)四處宣揚(yáng)自己。全文都是那男女相比，并不是女的和女的（women），年輕人（youth），還有成年人（adults）比。
14. C很多女性也擔(dān)心財(cái)富會(huì)對(duì)孩子造成不良（bad）影響，而不是嚴(yán)肅的（serious），好的（good），各種各樣的（various）影響。
15. B所以不希望亂花錢，以免給孩子樹(shù)立（set an example是固定短語(yǔ)）壞榜樣。送（send），做（do），給（give）都不和an example搭配構(gòu)成這個(gè)意思的短語(yǔ)。
16. A與此同時(shí)，70%的女性說(shuō)，她們會(huì)在必要的（necessary）時(shí)候買好東西，而不是比較不合理的可能的（possible）時(shí)候，高興的（pleased）時(shí)候，焦急的（anxious）時(shí)候。
17. B有93.5%的女性說(shuō)，買大件的主意（即是決定decisions）都是由她們定，計(jì)劃（plans），指定（appointments），建議（suggestions）都沒(méi)用這個(gè)更合理，因?yàn)槭腔ㄥX購(gòu)置東西，是一個(gè)行動(dòng)的結(jié)果。
18. C這暗示（implies）她們經(jīng)�；ㄥX買大件。并沒(méi)有直接這樣說(shuō)，故不是注意到（notices），強(qiáng)調(diào)說(shuō)（stresses），打算（intends）之意。
19. B當(dāng)然，對(duì)于真正的大件──比如在科羅拉多州買座房子，一架灣流(Gulfstream)私人飛機(jī)，一艘Feadship游艇，夫婦兩人可能會(huì)一起(together)作決定，根本不是遠(yuǎn)處（away），也一樣（as well），出去（out）之意。
20. A不過(guò)買其他東西（要買的東西就是purchases）的時(shí)候呢？你認(rèn)為男性還是女性的高端花銷更多？影響(effects)，不同(differences)，例子(examples)統(tǒng)統(tǒng)不符合邏輯。
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A．does not only work under one set of conditions at one time, but also works under the same conditions at other times
B．leaves no room for improvement
C．does not allow any change even under different conditions
D．can be used for many purposes
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.
B．The theory of relativity.
C．Exactness is the core（核心）of science.
D．Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

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The Development of Cities
Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant form city centers than they were in the premodern（現(xiàn)代文明之前）era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from the old business district; by the turn of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas. Over the same period, another 550,000 were plotted outside the city limits but within the metropolitan area. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years – lots that could have housed five to six million people.
Of course, many were never occupied; there was always a huge surplus of subdivided, but vacant, land around Chicago and other cities. These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users. Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a prime example of this process. Real estate（財(cái)產(chǎn)）subdivision（細(xì)分再分的部分）there proceeded much faster than population growth.
小題1:With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?
A Types of mass transportation.
B Instability of urban life.
C How supply and demand determine land use.
D The effect of mass transportation on urban expansion.
小題2:Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?
A To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth.
B To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation.
C To show mass transportation changed many cities.
D To contrast their rate of growth.
小題3:According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?
A It was expensive.
B It happened too slowly.
C It was unplanned.
D It created a demand for public transportation.
小題4:The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city,
A that is large.
B that is used as a model for land development.
C where the development of land exceeded population growth.
D with an excellent mass transportation system.

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三、完形填空（共30分）
In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading message. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no   36   for stillness.
And when we are   37   to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often   38  something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re   39  .
This comes at a   40   : we lose that time for   41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And   42   yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get   43  done.
Take a moment to think about   44   you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering   45   checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always   46   through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your   47   ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be   48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already.   49   be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d  
50   it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more   51   .
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day.   52   you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too   53  . slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of   54  for it.
55   the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.
36. A .place          B. chance         C. freedom        D. time
37. A. forced         B. ordered        C . invited         D. told
38. A. have          B. find           C. buy            D. get
39. A. familiar with    B. curios about    C. used to         D. interested in
40. A. cost          B. risk           C. loss            D. danger
41.A. play           B. food           C. sleep        D. consideration
42. A. further         B. worse         C. farther        D. deeper
43. A. everything      B. anything       C. nothing        D. something
44. A. how           B. where         C. why          D. whether
45. A. questions       B. problems       C. phones        D. messages
46. A. walking        B. rushing        C. stepping       D. going
47. A. school         B. youth          C. work          D. life
48. A. silent          B. patient         C. still           D. quiet
49. A. Nearly         B. Ever           C. Just          D. Already
50. A. like           B. decide          C. choose       D. need
51. A. activity        B. research        C. study         D. peace
52. A. Because        B. Until          C. Once         D. Unless
53. A. frequently      B. slowly         C. fast          D. quickly
54. A. asking         B. sending        C. calling         D. waiting
55. A. Value        B. Miss           C. Owe          D. Hold

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