42. D Apart from modernization modernizing Bhuta, whatelse did Wangchuck want to do for Bhuta?答案为D. keep its traditions and customs.相关句：Wangchuck decided to helpBhuta to become modern, but without losing itstraditions.
43. A A country shows its progress with GNPby ___.答案为A. selling more products相关句：The GNP measures products and money. When thenumber of products sold increases people say the country is making progress.
44. C According to GNH, people are happier ifthey ___.答案为C. have a good stable government
45. D Today many countries are ___.答案为D. trying to find their ownways to measure happiness.相关句：Many countriesare interested in Hutan’s GNH. These countriesare investigating their own ways to measure happiness.
第5部分：补全短文（第46~50题，每题2分，共10分）
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标题： the mysteries of Nazca
The Mysteries of Nazca
In the desert of Peru, 300 kilometers from Lima, one of the most unusual artworks in the world has mystified (迷惑) people for decades. ------E--------(46) But from high above, these marks are huge images of birds, fish, seashells, all beautifully carved into the earth.
The Nazca lines are so difficult to see from the ground that they weren't discovered until the 1930s, when pilots spotted them while flying over the area. In all, there are about 70 different human and animal figures on the plain, along with 900 triangles, circles, and lines.
Researchers have figured out that the lines are at least 1,500 years old, but their purpose is still a mystery.----B------ (47) However, it would probably be very tricky to xxxxx and a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs and monkeys.
In the 1940s, an American explorer named Paul Kosok suggested that the drawings are a chronicle (记录) of the movement of the stars and planets. ----------F--------。(48) xxxxx ，an astronomer tested his theory with a computer, but he couldn't find any relation between the lines and movements in space.
Another explanation is that the lines may have been made for religious reasons. The English researcher Tony Morrison investigated the customs of people in the Andes xxxxx and learned that they sometimes pray by the side of the road. It's possible that xxxxx, the lines of Nazca were created for a similar purpose. ----------D---------(49) But xxxxx people have never constructed anything this big.
Recently, two other scientists, David Johnson and Steve Mabee, have speculated xxxxx lines could have been related to water. Nazca is one of the driest places in the xxxxx receives only 2cm of rain every year. While Johnson was searching for xxxxx water sources in the area, he noticed that some waterways built ancient xxxxx were connected with the lines. Johnson believes that the Nazca lines are a giant xxxxx underground water in the area. --------A--------------(50)
A. Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.
B. A Swiss writer named Erich Von Daniken wrote that the Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.
C. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs.
D. The largest pictures may have been the sites for special ceremonies.
E. Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.
F. He called Nazca “the largest astronomy book in the world”.
答案：
46. 答案为E. seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.解析：It 指代空格上文中的：one of the most unusual artworks
47. 答案为B. A Swiss(瑞士) writer named Erich wrote that Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.解析： the Nazca lines 回应空格上文中的linesUFOs呼应空格下文中的spaceship
48. 答案为F. He called Nazca “the largest astronomy book in the world”.解析：He 回指空格上文中的an American explorer PaulAstronomy 回应空格上文中的stars, planets
49．D. The largest pictures may have been the sites for special ceremonies.解析：largest与空格下文中的big呼应Ceremonies与空格上文中的religious reasons呼应
50．A. Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.解析：other scientists 与空格上文中的two scientists 呼应
第6部分：完形填空（第52~65题，每题1分，共15分）
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The Old Gate
In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for 51 defensive(变化) reasons but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious 52 diseases. The Old City of London gates were all 53 demolished by the end of the 18th century. The last of London's gates was removed a century ago, 54 but(变化) by a stoke of luck, it was never destroyed.
This gate is， in 55 actual fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the 56 border(换词了，原文boundary)between the Old City of London and Westminster. In 1878 the Council of London took the Bar 57 down(变化), numbered the stones and put the gate in storage 58 because(变化) its design was unfashionable it was expensive to 59 maintain and it was blocking the traffic. |
