We can‘t judge every modern building by the standards of the ancient time，even though we admire the ancient buildings. Technologically，the modern buildings are more advanced. The modern architect knows he should learn from the ancient works，but with his greater resources of knowledge and materials，he will never be content to imitate the past. He is too proud to do that.

76. Some people hate everything that is modern because _______.

A. they are aged

B. they find it hard to accept modern things

C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek

D. they look at things by the standards of the past

77. The writer of the passage thinks that ________.

A. it is true to say artists fail in their work

B. it is untrue to say artists fail in their work

C. it is true to say some artists fail in their work

D. it is true to say only painters fail in their work

78. The writer thinks the failure of a building _______.

A. means nothing

B. concerns others

C. concerns only the artist

D. concerns all the people in the world

79. The writer thinks that _________.

A. we can‘t judge buildings by the ancient standards

B. we can‘t judge all the buildings by the ancient standards

C. we can‘t judge all the modern buildings by the ancient standards

D. we can‘t judge modern buildings

80. Technologically，the modern buildings are more advanced. The sentence means _____.

A. the ancient architects had no technology

B. the modern architects use more advanced technology

C. the modern buildings are advanced because they are completely different from the ancient buildings

D. the modern buildings are more beautiful

Ⅴ、Writing （20 points） Directions： For this part， you are allowed 20 minutes to write a short composition of about 80 words on the title： Where to Live-in the City or in the Country？ Base your composition on the outline given below. 1.一些人喜欢住在城市，因为城市生活有许多便利。 2.但有些人喜欢住在农村。 3.我认为，……

参考答案

Ⅰ、Phonetics

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C

Ⅱ、Vocabulary and Structure

11.D 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.D 16.A 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.D 21.C 22.B 23.B 24.A 25.B 26.A 27.C 28.C 29.C 30.A 31.B 32.C 33.A 34.D 35.A 36.A 37.C 38.D 39.D 40.B 41.A 42.C 43.C 44.B 45.C 46.C 47.B 48.A 49.A 50.B

Ⅲ、Cloze

51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.B 56.A 57.C 58.B 59.D 60.C

Ⅳ、Reading Comprehension

61.B 62.A 63.D 64.C 65.C 66.B 67.A 68.D 69.A 70.A 71.B 72.A 73.B 74.C 75.B 76.D 77.C 78.B 79.C 80.B

Ⅴ、Writing Where to live -in the City or in the Country Some people like living in the city because city life has many advantages. They think there are more job opportunities in cities， life there is more colorful and meaningful than that in the country， and there are more modern conveniences in cities for people to enjoy. But some other people prefer to live in the countryside. They say life in the countryside is closer to nature and better for their health， life there is quieter and that country people are more honest than city people. I would like to live in a city when I am young to earn enough money and I live in the countryside when I am old for having a quite life.liuxuepaper.com