文都：2008年12月英語四級全真預測試卷(六)

　　62.Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT.

　　[A]because Tabor became its leading citizen

　　[B]because great deposits of lead is expected to be found there

　　[C]because it could bring good fortune to Tabor

　　[D]because it was renamed

　　63.The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means .

　　[A]to supply miners with food and supplies

　　[B]to open a general store

　　[C]to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine

　　[D]to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered

　　64.Tabor made his first fortune .

　　[A]by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one�瞭hird interest in the findings

　　[B]because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying

　　[C]by buying the shares of the other

　　[D]as a land speculator

　　65.The underlying reason for Tabor’s life career is .

　　[A]purely accidental

　　[B]based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site

　　[C]through the help from his second wife

　　[D]he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

　　66.If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part?

　　[A]Tabor’s life.

　　[B]Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.

　　[C]Other colorful characters.

　　[D]Tabor’s other careers.

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze(15 minutes)

　　Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked[A],[B],[C]and[D]on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 67 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 68 of transport. These

　　69 make it possible for boats to travel 70

　　ports along the coast without being 71 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 72 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals

　　permit boats to reach cities that are not 73 on

　　the coast, still other canals 74 lands where there

　　is too much water, help to 75 fields where there

　　is not enough water, and 76 water power for

　　factories and mills. The size of a canal 77 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 78 each other easily. It must be deep

　　enough to leave about two feet of water 79 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 80 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a 81 of strange blue�瞘reen

　　lines. These were called “canals” 82 they

　　looked the same as canals on earth 83 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 84 that the Martian phenomena are really

　　not canals. The photographs 85 from space-

　　ships have helped us to 86 the truth about the Martia “canals”.