2008公共英語二級(jí)(PETS2)考試模擬試卷三(5)

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    The northern parts of the United States get very cold in the winter. It ( 36) a great deal and the temperature often goes ( 37) zero degree in January, ( 38) and March. But the northeastern and northcentral regions of ( 39) have been financial (財(cái)政的) and industrial ( 40), and they are heavily polluted.
    In recent years, people in these ( 41) have begun to take vacations ( 42) these cold winter months. They go to southern parts of the country ( 43) it is warmer. Many go to Florida where the weather is ( 44). Others go to the western states of Arizona, New Mexico (墨西哥) and Texas where they ( 45) dry desert climates.
    It has become ( 46) nowadays, for older people to move south to these places ( 47) they retire. Typically these people ( 48) their houses in their home communities and move south to begin a new life ( 49) senior citizens.
    Their children likely have homes ( 50) and many of them move south ( 51) communities where they were ( 52). The southern and southwestern parts of the country are now growing ( 53) any other parts. Business and industry ( 54) many offices and factories in the ( 55). California is already the most popular state in the country.
     36.rains       snows       winds       clouds      
     37.above       below       nearer      over       
     38.February     April       May        June       
     39.the city     the town     the country    the state     
     40.workshops     factories     centres      plants      
     41.towns       countries     cities      regions      
     42.toward      among       during      before      
     43.where       when       which       that       
     44.usual 
    typical 
    tropical (熱帶的) 
    practical 
     45.search for    look for     get rid of    find       
     46.traditional (傳說的,傳統(tǒng)的) 
    strange 
    common 
    rare 
     47.when       where       unless      though      
     48.buy        sell       rent (出租)    rebuild      
     49.to ward      for        to        as        
     50.of their     for their own   for theirs    for their own's 
     51.nearest      away from     among       far to      
     52.lost       raised      born       found       
     53.less than     as fast as    as slow as    faster than    
     54.closed      have opened    set up      rebuilt      
     55.east       north       west       south