华中师范大学网络教育学院《大学英语 2》练习测试题库

注：每套题题型分布词汇和机构题 30-35道（如果完型填空是 10道题，该题就选 35道；完型填空 15道题，该题选 30道）

阅读理解 20道（4篇）完型填空 10-15道（1篇）作文 1篇，或者翻译 5道（两种题型选其一）

Part I Vocabulary and Structure （每题 1分）Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. Almost _______ that man can do, nature has already done better.A) anything B) everything C) something D) nothingKey: A

2. To be sure, some insects can build complex societies _______ different types individuals performing different tasks.A) taken from B) made of C) composed of D) developed fromKey: C

3. The Hubble Space Telescope can do work from space that _______ telescope can do from the earth.A) nor B) not C) neither D) noKey: D

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4. Teaching a pronunciation class to a mixed group of learning can _______ a teacher with many challenging problems.A) present B) produce C) project D) create Key: A

5. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as _______ its soils and the water of its lakes, rivers and oceans.A) do B) is C) has D) areKey: D

6. Next to air, water is the element most necessary for _______.A) atmosphere B) survival C) environment D) particlesKey: B

7. According to psychologists, a person's attention is attracted not so much by the intensity of different _______ as by their context, significance, and information content.A) signs B) symbols C) signals D) signaturesKey: C 8. We have to be careful not to _______ her suspicion when we take her to the surprise party.A) arouse B) rise C) raise D) ariseKey: A 9. The mechanic jacked up the car and then _______ to changed the tire.A) processed B) proceeded C) possessed D) precededKey: B 10. The new interest rate to boost the national economy will become _______ in the next fiscal year.A) effective B) popular C) feasible D) prosperousKey: A 11. I'm rather uncertain _____ whether I've made the right decision.A. as to B. on C. to D. forKey: A

12. It is reported that two cars _____ into each other this morning on the highway, killing both drivers and two passengers.A. smashed B. cracked C. pressed D. crashedKey: D

13. The new English dictionary I bought yesterday _____ me almost twenty yuan.A. spent B. paid C. cost D. tookKey: C

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14. _____ the sentence pattern and vocabulary _____, this paragraph is quite simple.A. As far as ... concerned B. As far as ... are concernedC. As far as ... is concerning D. As far as ... concernKey: B

15. We've _____ a conclusion that this is a true story.A. arrived B. got to C. come out D. reachedKey: D

16. The boy is so tall that he has _________ his old coat bought last year. A. worn out B. thrown away C. torn D. outgrown Key: D

17. He _____ the windows and the glasses smashed onto the floor.A. slammed B. shut C. closed D. openedKey: A

18. The young man felt a(n) ________ to buy a two-story house in the suburb.A. intention B. intent C. impulse D. hopeKey: C

19. Considering the heavy traffic, the government has decided that the main roads should be _______.A. broad B. wide C. smoothed D. widenedKey: D

20. He was too arrogant to listen to others' advise and the problem ______ soon.A. emerged B. appeared C. rose D. raisedKey: A

21. There're a number of words in the English language which were French in _____.A. source B. origin C. birth D. rootKey: B

22. In my _____ opinion, Your Majesty, it is time for the Prince to improve his image.A. respectful B. modest C. humble D. mumbleKey: C

23. He was _____ for the army because of his bad eyes.A. denied B. refused C. rejected D. declinedKey: C

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24. After posing the difficult question, the teacher _____ and looked expectantly at us.A. hesitated B. paused C. stooped D. waitedKey: B

25. Although he enjoys cycling, he prefers walking _____ it today.A. to B. against C. rather than D. other thanKey: A

26. It is a shame that some artists cannot tell the ugly from the beautiful, and even regard the former as the _____.A. later B. latter C. lately D. latterly Key: B

27. There is a need for the _____ of trees, or there will soon be no forests.A. conversation B. conservation C. conversion D. conserveKey: B

28. To be honest, he is superior _____ me in the knowledge of French literature.A. than B. from C. to D. againstKey: C

29. It has been reported that the project will _____ up to 60 new jobs.A. discover B. invent C. find D. createKey: D

30. We _____ it _____ Marconi and Bell that we can talk to people on the other side of the globe over the radio.A. own...for B. owe...to C. own...to D. owe...for Key: B

31. They didn't know then what had happened, _____ find out.A. nor did he B. nor he did C. neither did he D. neither he didKey: A

32. He prefers living alone in a quiet village _____ living in a noisy city.A. than B. more than C. to D. rather thanKey: C

33. He had to do nothing _____ for the policeman.A. except send B. except to send C. but to send D. but sendingKey: A

34. _____ your advice yesterday, I could complete the task tomorrow.A. Did I taken B. Should I taken C. Had I taken D. Were I to takenKey: C

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35. It is all agreed that he is the _____ image of his father.A. live B. alive C. living D. livedKey: C

36. It is believed that this is the only copy of the book _____.A. at existence B. on existence C. for existence D. in existenceKey: D

37. The committee acted _____ the suggestions the expert made.A. on B. up C. as D. forKey: A

38. When they move to the south, much of their furniture had to be _____.A. left over B. left for C. left behind D. left toKey: C

39. We must work, and _____, we believe in ourselves.A. of course B. above all C. for sure D. not at allKey: B

40. The workers _____ to finish the work in time.A. went out B. went for C. went on D. went out of their wayKey: D

41.His new appointment takes _______ from the beginning of the next month.A) place B) effect C) post D) officeKey: B

42. What you have done is _______ the doctor's orders.A) attached to B) resistant to C) responsible to D) contrary toKey: D

43. Thomas Edison considered genius to be ______one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. A) composed of B) constituted C) consisted of D) comprised inKey: A

44. Roses are quite _______ flowers in English gardens.A) ordinary B) common C) usual D) generalKey: B

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45. In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _______.A) vital B) possible C) competent D)reliable Key: A

46. After a short holiday, he _______ himself once more to his studies.A) applied B) converted C) engaged D)arrangedKey: A

47. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor ______.A) decline B) rarity C) vacancy D) shortageKey: D

48. He was not ______ to the club because he wasn't a member.A) allowed B) admitted C) permitted D) approvedKey: B

49. The severe rainstorm has______ the farm.A) damaged B) destroyed C) ruined D) depressedKey: C

50. The social security system in our country provides _____ for all retired workers and cadres.A) allowance B) pensions C) salary D) wages Key: B

51. His manner was so bright and pleasant that Jane feltat ____ with him at once.A) easy B) confident C) rest D) easeKey: D

52. The old man was _____ with joy.A) deducing B) beaming C) bewildering D) shruggingKey: B

53. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _____ of how life began.A) cause B) problem C) puzzle D) logicKey: C

54. Well, let's put our heads together and find _____ to the problem.

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A)an answer B) a solution C) a method D) a wayKey: B

55. Jane _____ no strong emotion when they told her thenews.A) displayed B) frustrated C) signed D) observed Key: A

56. Rob stood in the hallway, from where he could ____ the happenings on the street.A) choose B) obtain C) observe D) presentKey: C

57. They often _____ with each other over petty affairs.A) argued B) discussed C) distorted D) adaptedKey: A

58. The book was written _____ for the young children.A) finally B)exclusively C) repeatedlyD) alternativelyKey: B

59. Researchers now pay more attention to the ______ of their research outcome.A) solution B) approach C) observationD)applicationKey: D

60. If a = b and b = c, we can _____ that a = c.A) deduct B) discuss C) display D)deduce Key: D

61. He said he had ______ this subject at that university for ten years.A) demanded B) pursued C) taught D) affordedKey: B

62. He has been _______ from all the others for this job.A) chosen out B) asked C) singled out D) signed outKey:D

63. You have to ______ the TV set _____ to find out what is wrong with it.A) put, away B) cut, into pieces C) take, apart D) work, outKey: C

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64. It took Jane a whole hour to _____ this algebra problem.A) work at B) work on C) work out D) work overKey: C

65. Before long he reverted _______ his bad habit of drinking and smoking.A) to B) back C) from D) on Key: A

66. Mary longs to visit the Great Wall, ______ she often dreams about it.A) so much that B) too much that C) so that D) so much so thatKey: D

67. Madame Curie once said, "Life is not easy for any of us. We must work, and above all we must _____ourselves. We must ______ that each of us is able to do something well."A) believe, believe in B) believe in, believe C) believe, believe D) believe in, believe inKey: B

68. The patient was _______ the possibility of recovery. She was to die.A) of B) over C) beyond D) underKey: C

69. His question threw him _____ balance for he was dozing off at the moment.A) out of B) off C) into D) away Key: B

70. Her photograph ______ the description that he gave us.A) corresponds on B) communicates with C) corresponds with D) corresponds to Key: C

71. If you undertake this project you are bound to _________ many difficulties. A. encounter B. face with C. overcome D. handleKey: A

72. I suddenly realized that he was trying to __________ quarrelling with me.A. consider B. enjoy C. avoid D. preventKey: C

73. He was tired of wife's __________ complaints, so whenever she complained, he left her alone.A. immediate B. common C. constant D. bitterKey: C

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74. I am afraid I have to __________ you with a great many questions.A. charge B. furnish C. disgust D. botherKey: D

75. Ronny looked at Mr. Das to see how he could __________the difficulty and work out the puzzle.A. handle B. experience C. place D. arise Key: A

76. You can depend on him to make a __________choice .A. fair B. sound C. smart D. faintKey: B

77. The doctor told him to__________ a month or so before going back to work.A. advance B. wander C. drift D. relax Key: D

78. She is __________interested in taking a course in chemistry. A. lively B. particularly C. keen D. enthusiasticallyKey: B

79. He said he had every __________in his secretary, she would do the right thing.A. confidence B. knowledge C. belief D. dependenceKey: A

80.An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of __________.A. challenge B. pressure C. competition D. emergencyKey: D

81. It's claimed that this tin-opener is a good invention, but ________ it's not easy to use.A. in particular B. in detail C. in the end D. in practiceKey: B

82. The book ________ with a happy ending.A. declared B. equipped C. concluded D. exchangedKey: C

83. Where is the bus ________ ? A. bound B. bound for C. responsible for D. likely toKey: B

84. Tom jumped out of the way to ________ by the falling branch.A. escape hitting B. escape to be hit

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C. avoid to be hit D. avoid being hitKey: D

85. It was ________ that a new city hall should be built in three years.A. contracted B. settled C. converted D. resolvedKey: D

86. There is no reason why you shouldn't tell them ________ that you are going.A. in advance B. on schedule C. by change D. for pleasureKey: A

87. He's been ________ my letter for months, why doesn't he answer it?A. sitting by B. sitting on C. sitting out D. sitting inKey: B

88. The wounded soldier, ________, wouldn't give up the attempt to find his troop.A. in case B. in case of C. any case D. in any caseKey: D

89. He set up a standard of perfection for himself, which seldom permitted him to ________.A. free B. loosen C. relax D. dismissKey: C

90. I am ________ that he has not answered my letter.A. annoyed B. interrupted C. interfered D. botheredKey: A

91. She thought she saw the ship on the horizon, but it was a(n) ____.A) illusion B) fantasy C) dream D) imagination Key: A

92. The old building had to be ____ to make way for a new housing project. A) pulled out B) pulled down C) put down D) set down Key: B

93. If you continue to spend money like that, you will soon ____ broke.A) end in B) end up C) end to D) end with Key: B

94. The two sides did not ____ conditions for technical exchanges.

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A) agree with B) agree to C) agree about D) agree on Key: D

95. His stay among the mountains ____ him ____ to the health.A) brought...about B) brought...down C) brought...back D) brought...through Key: C

96. She was ____ by the way he kept mumbling something over and over to himself.A) amazed B) delighted C) annoyed D) bewildered Key: C

97. No one can be sure what a ____ statement means.A) dim B) vague C) definite D) positive Key: B

98. The couple had a quarrel, but actually there was no ____ reason for it.A) detailed B) additional C) fixed D) specific Key: D

99. He ____ believed that he was too clever to be caught in his wrong-doing.A) absurdly B) sensitively C) logically D) senselessly Key: A

100. It is impossible to ___ the man among so many people.A) figure out B) point out C) remind D) identify Key: D

101 Do you remember ____ for smoking at the library last time? A. to be finedB. being finedC. to fineD. finingKey: B

102 We prefer that the plan ____ before being put into execution.A. be fully discussedB. is fully discussedC. will be fully discussed

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D. must be fully discussed Key: A

103 ____ arriving at the airport, he was arrested by the police.

A. WithinB. OnC. As soon asD. AsKey: B

104 I knew his father for the simplest, hardest working man ____ drew the breath of life.A. whichB. xC. thatD. whoKey: C

105____ walks around in such a heavy rain will catch a cold.A. No matter whoB. WhoeverC. No matter whichD. Whichever Key: B

106____ he saw me, he turned pale.A. The occasionB. The chanceC. The periodD. The momentKey: D

107 His mother had to call him 3 times ____ he came downstairs.A. beforeB. afterC. untilD. tillKey: A

108 She ____ to school, for we have no school today.A. can'tB. mustn'tC. can't have goneD. mustn't have gone Key: C

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109 You should have known that there is no point ____ with this sort of people. A. in arguing B. of arguingC. to argueD. to have arguedKey: A

110 Once the price of this piece of land is ____, the airport will be under construction.

A. agreed aboutB. agreed toC. agreed withD. agreed upon Key: D

111. Ever since Mary got a raise, she's been too _______ to work hard.A) remarkable B) determined C) complacent D) confidentKey: C

112. Our department secretary has _______ 12 students for the seminar.A) registered B) acknowledged C) stimulated D) exploredKey: A

113. All these matters are _______ attention.A) worth B) worthy C) worth of D) worthy ofKey: D

114. He has great _______ skill as a speaker and as a writer.A) capable B) verbal C) wordy D) lengthyKey: B

115. A detective story usually has a(n) _______ plot.A) intricate B) introductory C) artificial D) emotional Key: A

116. After the diplomat _______ the talks, he put forward his opinions on them.A) denied B) estimated C) evaluated D) calculatedKey: C

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117. We should not _______ our ideas and views _______ the other people.A) foist...on B) convince... of C) provide...with D) talk... into Key: A

118. The unsuspecting teacher pulled out the drawer,_______, a few frogs jumped out. A) furthermore B) whereupon C) moreover D) thereforeKey: B

119.Susan has a singular _______ for dealing with crisis.A) contribution B) jugdment C) aptitute D) calculationKey: C

120.I look up that as an _______ necessity.A) evaluative B) intricate C) abstract D) absolute Key: D

121. The Chinese and American modernist writers on the whole had a _______ view of life.A) same B) similar C) likely D) alikeKey: B

122. The man is very generous. Money _______ to him.A) means much B) makes senseC) means nothing D) makes much differenceKey: C

123. Don't make so much fuss _______ losing a cent.A) on B) for C) in D) over Key: D

124. The new discovery made the adventure even more _______. A) worth B) worthy C) worthwhile D) worthy ofKey: C

125. He _______ a wonderful story to explain his absence. A) made out B) made up C) made for D) made up for Key: B

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126. It took Susan a few hours to _______ a new dress at the store.A) pick out B) pick up C) pick at D) pick offKey: A

127. _______ as Christmas presents for the children?A) What do you suppose will they buy B) Do you suppose what will they buyC) What do you suppose they will buy D) Do you suppose what they will buyKey: C

128. From a distance she couldn't tell _______ whether it was George or Peter.A) in advance B) sure enough C) to be sure D) for sure Key: D

129. The court strenographer _______ the trial proceedings.A) generated B) regulatedC) registered D) stretchedKey: C

130.The old man saw the grey summit of the mountain _______ a brilliant background of blue sky.A) along B) on C) over D) against Key: D

131. ________, what he said at the meeting is true except that a few figures he quoted are not very reliable.A. In general B. In particular C. In respects D. As a matter of fact Key: A132. I'd like to take ________ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.A. profit B. occasion C. benefit D. advantage Key: D

133. Who is going to ________ the telephone?A. reply B. respond C. answer D. pick Key: C

134. We have come to a critical moment. You must take immediate ________.A. action B. act C. activity D. behavior Key: A

135. We tried to ________ what he meant. A. make out B. make for C. make of D. make from Key: A

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136. The manager offered $3,000 ________ to anyone who could solve the problem of water pollution.A. award B. reward C. price D. prize Key: B

137. Students are expected to ________ their classed regularly. A. present B. go C. follow D. attend Key: D

138. There was a long ________ silence between them after his angry words. A. severe B. terrible C. embarrassing D. implying Key: C

139. The student made no ________ to the teacher's call.A. respond B. response C. responsibility D. respect Key: B

140. When John was sick, he couldn't ________ his homework. A. find out B. work up C. look over D. concentrate on Key: D

Part II Reading Comprehension （每题 2分）Direction: There are some passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice for each of the following.

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I swung the pod stalk as high as I could. When it came down, it pointed mostly west-but a little south.That night I couldn't sleep. I kept trying to remember how much that stalk had really been pointing to the south. At last I got up, slipped out into the yard, and took the ax from the chopping block. Then I went into the barn and got the chocolate. I took it outside and laid it on the lower rail of the corral fence. The moon gave enough light for me to see what 1 was doing.Just as I was starting to cut, Father said:"Son!"I couldn't think of a thing to say. I grabbed up the bar of chocolate and hid it next to my chest before I turned around. Father picked me up by the shoulder straps of my overalls and took me over to the woodpile. I didn't know anybody could spank as hard as he did!

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Then he stood me on my feet and asked if I thought I had deserved it. He said it wasn't so much that I'd taken the chocolate, but that I'd tried to hide it from him."Son,'' he said, "I know you help to earn the family money. We might say the chocolate was yours in the first place. You could have had it if you'd asked for it, but I won't have you being sneaky about things. Now, do you want to keep your money separate from mine -or are we partners?"I never knew till then how much I wanted my money to go in with Father's. When I went to sleep my hand was still hurting-from where he squeezed it when we shook hands.HOW WELL DID YOU READ?Did you understand the reasons?

1. The boy took the whole bar of chocolate because he was _________.A. too hungry to resist B. sure he was doing right C. surprised by his motherKey: C

2. The boy felt that some of the family grocery money might be his because ________.A. he had helped with the farm workB. his father owed him some moneyC. he had given money to his mother to boldkey: A

3. The boy lay awake thinking about how ______.A. angry his father would be B. wrong it was to take the chocolateC. much he wanted some chocolateKey: C

4. The father probably learned that the boy had done something wrong by ______.A. finding the chocolate in the barnB. watching the boy throughout the dayC. noticing that the chocolate was missingKey: B

5. The boy finally realized that his parents ______.A. wanted all the family to share the family moneyB. fell he was too young to handle money C. wanted to pay him higher wagesKey: A

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Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered many physical features of the earth. He has transformed woodlands into farmland, and made lakes and reservoirs out of rivers for irrigation purposes. Man has also modified the face of the earth by draining marshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.However, man's changes to the physical environment haven't always had beneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles; smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding areas of countryside. The air in cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy. The pollution of water is equally harmful. In the sea, pollution from oil is increasing and is killing enormous numbers of fish and birds. The whole ecological balance of the sea is being changed. The same problem exists in rivers. Industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless. Conservationists believe that it is now necessary for man to limit the growth of technology in order to survive on earth.1. Why has man changed his physical environment?A) To alter the physical features of the earth. B) To modify the face of the earth.C) To better his way of living. D) To improve his surroundings.Key: C

2. What do you learn about the ecological balance of the sea? A) People consume more fish than they used to.B) The ecological balance of the river is changed.C) The production of marine petroleum is increased.D) The ecological balance of the sea is lost.Key: D

3. Who would most probably disagree with conservationists?A) Industrialists. B) Ecologists. C) Businessmen. D) Environmentalists.Key: A

4. What's the purpose of the speaker?A) Reduce modern technology. B) Improve man's way of living.C) Warn people not to change the natural environment. D) Call attention to the protection of the natural environment.Key: D

3.As my train wasn't due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office

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to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn't seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and railway-tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs fell out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown-looking object no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then game me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the case. If they were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed the case already. This hadn't happened fortunately, for after a time I found the case lying on its side high up in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I could take the case away. Again I took out my wallet: this time to pay. I pulled out a ten-shilling note and the "lost" receipt slipped out with it. I couldn't help blushing and looked up at the assistant. He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too!1. The writer had plenty of time to spare as his train ________.a. was leaving later than scheduledb. was not leaving for another hourc. was not scheduled to leaved. was delayed for some reasonKey: b

2. Why did he go to the luggage office?a. He would ask when his train was leaving.b. He wanted to claim his luggage.c. His case had to be left in the office.d. The office took care of heavy cases.Key: b3. Which of the following is true?a. The receipt was in the case he had left in the luggage office.b. He had put his wallet in the case.c. There were a lot of things in the wallet.d. He searched everything but the wallet.Key: c

4. When the writer explained his situation, the assistant ________.

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a. responded quickly saying it was a lieb. believed him then and therec. gave a suspicious look as much as to say he had heard such stories befored. just took his story as a jokeKey: c

5. The writer could not help blushing for his ________.a. carelessnessb. stupidityc. inconsiderationd. rudenessKey: a

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Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone's preference, is that it's one person's

opinion. But because the two big cola (可乐饮料) companies -- Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Cola are marketed so aggressively, we've wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.

We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought

they'd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants' choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.

Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse -- only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so fatigue, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test

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results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.

1. According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to ______.A. find out the role taste preference plays in a person's drinkingB. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkersC. show that a person's opinion about taste is mere guess-workD. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinksKey: A

2. The statistics recorded in the preference tests show ______.A. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people's two most favorite drinksB. there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and PepsiC. few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from PepsiD. people's tastes differ from one anotherKey: B

3. It is implied in the first paragraph that ______.A. the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colasB. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companiesC. the competition between the two colas is very strongD. blind tasting is necessary for identifying fansKey: C

4. The word "burnout" (Para.5, Line 4) here refers to the state of ______.A. being seriously burnt in the skinB. being unable to burn for lack of fuelC. being badly damaged by fireD. being unable to function because of excessive useKey: D

5. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ______.A. show that taste preference is highly subjectiveB. argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategyC. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each otherD. recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas

Key: A

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Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts.

He was the son of a bankrupt (破产者) , but became a millionaire; a scientist with a

love of literature, an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive,

dynamite (甘油炸药 ), to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road

building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. (1) During his useful life he often felt he was useless: "Alfred Nobel," he once wrote of himself, "ought to have been put to death by a kind doctor as soon as, with a cry, he entered life." World-famous for his works he was never personally well known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity. "I do not see," he once said, " that I have deserved any fame and I have no taste for it," but since his death his name has brought fame and glory to others.He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833 but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented the landmine and made a lot of

money from government orders for it during the Crimean War (克里米亚战争) , but

went bankrupt soon after. Most of the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred rejoined them in 1863, beginning his own study of explosives in his father's laboratory. (2) He had never been to school or university but had studied privately and by the time he was twenty was a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. Like his father, Alfred Nobel was imaginative and inventive, but he had better luck in business and showed more

financial sense. He was quick to see industrial openings (机会 ) for his scientific

inventions and built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. (3) Indeed his greatness lay in his outstanding ability to combine the qualities of an original scientist with those of a forward-looking industrialist. But Nobel's main concern was never with making money or even with making scientific discoveries. (4) Seldom happy, he was always searching for a meaning to life and from his youth had taken a serious interest in literature and philosophy. Perhaps because he could not find ordinary human love - he never married - he came to care deeply about the whole of mankind. He was always generous to the poor: "I'd rather take care of the stomachs of the living than the glory of the dead in the form of stone memorials," he once said. His greatest wish, however, was to see an end to wars, and thus peace between nations, and he spent much time and money working for this cause until his death in Italy in 19896. (5) His famous will, in which he left

money to provide prizes for outstanding work in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology (心

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理学), Medicine, Literature and Peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideals. And

so, the man who felt he should have died at birth is remembered and respected long after his death.

1. According to the author scientists usuallya. take a serious interest in literature.b. take no serious interest in literature.c. take a serious interest in literature as well as science.Key: b

2. Generally an industrialista. attaches more importance to practical considerations than to ideals.b. considers practical matters as important as ideals.c. pays attention to practical considerations but manages to remain idealistic at the same time.Key: a

3. Alfred Nobel said he did not deserve any fame and had no taste for it. From this we can infer that Alfred Nobel wasa. a self-conscious person.b. a generous person.c. a modest person.Key: c

4. The expression "have no taste for" meansa. try to avoidb. don't like.c. have no ability to enjoy.Key: b

5. The expression "made a strong position for himself" could most suitably be replaced bya. became well establishedb. made large profits.c. won himself a well-paid job.Key: a

6. From the context we can guess that a "linguist" must bea. a person who studies and is good at foreign languages.b. an inventor in the engineering industry.c. a scientist with a talent for language learning.Key: a

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7. A person with much financial sense is onea. who has a very strong desire for money.b. who cares about nothing but making profits.c. who manages money matters well, making the best of chances for making profits.Key: c

8. Alfred Nobel stood head and shoulders above others becausea. as a scientist he was imaginative and inventive.

b. as an industrialist he showed prudent (慎重) judgment and great foresight (预见).

c. both a and b.Key: c

9. "I'd rather take care of the stomachs of the living than the glory of the dead in the form of stone memorials." The implication of this statement isa. We should honor the dead in some other way rather than by building stone monuments for them.b. Rather than spend money and make efforts in building monuments in memory of the dead, we should do something to provide more food for the living.c. When we are planning to build monuments to honor the dead, we should also make real efforts to provide the living with more food.Key: b

10. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?a. In leaving behind a well-meant will, Alfred Nobel succeeded in building a permanent monument for his interests and ideals.b. Alfred Nobel made a glorious will so that he might be remembered and respected after his death.c. In his famous will Alfred Nobel expressed his wish that a monument should be put up in memory of him as a scientist and inventor.Key: a

6."I ask you to drink to his health as a young man full of the spirit of adventure who has lit up the world with a flash of courage." 1) With these words, the British Minister of Air turned and raised his glass to the young man who sat beside him - a young man who, only a month before, was completely unknown. Yet on that summer day in 1927 his name was on the world's lips - Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic alone.He had been an air mail pilot, flying back and forth between Chicago and the city of

St. Louis. 2) Determined to win the ＄25 000 prize offered by a fellow-American for

the first flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh had persuaded a group of St. Louis businessmen to finance the building of a special plane for him.

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The news that Lindbergh intended to fly the Atlantic alone was received with disbelief. The plane would never fly, people said. It would run out of fuel. It had only a single engine. Lloyds of London refused to insure the flight. Men called Lindbergh the "flying fool".But on May 20th, 1927, just after ten to eight in the morning, Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis", heavily laden with fuel, struggled into the air from a New York airfield. For several hours the weight of the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-tops. Night came and thick fog covered up the stars. Lindbergh flew steadily on, hoping that his course was the right one. 3) He struggled to keep awake, checking the fuel all the time to keep his mind active. Throughout the next day the "Spirit of St. Louis" flew on over the seemingly limitless sea. Then a fishing boat appeared, and, an hour later, land. It was Ireland. Lindbergh set a compass ourse for Paris.By ten o'clock the lights of France's capital were shining beneath him. 4) Tired, unshaved, suddenly hungry, the "flying fool" came down to Le Bourget airport, and landed in front of a huge crowd of wildly cheering people. After 34 hours of continuous piloting, the flight of 3 600 miles was over.1. The British Minister of Air _________ .a. praised Lindbergh for his intelligenceb. encouraged Lindbergh to be more adventurousc. congratulated Lindbergh for his braveryd. warned Lindbergh not to fly aloneKey: c2. "His name was on the world's lips" means _________ .a. "everybody was drinking to his health"b. "everybody was jumping about because of him"c "he became suddenly unpopular"d. "everybody was talking about him"Key: d3. A group of St. Louis businessmen had been persuaded to _________ the building of a special plane.a. arrangeb. organizec. stopd. pay forKey: d4. Which of the following is true?a. Nobody at all believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic.b. Everybody knew that Lindbergh was very brave and adventurous.c. People didn't believe that Lindbergh really meant to fly the Atlantic alone.d. Everybody believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic at all.Key: c5. The "Spirit of St. Louis" here refers to _________.a. the plane Lindbergh flew in

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b. the "flying fool"c. the hope of the people of St. Louisd. the city of St. LouisKey: a

7.'It's a privilege to be a doctor ...' 'How lucky you are to be a doctor...' It's a privilege to be a doctor, is it? (1) (Anyone who's a doctor is right out of luck, I thought. Anyone who's studying medicine should have his head examined.)You may think I want to change my job. Well, at the moment I do. (2) (As one of my friends says - even doctors have a few friends - it's all experience.) Experience! I don't need such experience. I need a warm, comfortable, undisturbed bed all my own. I need it badly. I need all telephones to be thrown down the nearest well, that's what I need.

All these thoughts fly round my head as I drive my Mini (微型汽车 ) through the

foggy streets of East London at 3.45 a. m. on a December morning. I am a ministering angel in a Mini with a heavy coat and a bag of medicines. (3) (As I speed down Lea

Bridge in the dark at this horrible morning hour, the swish (沙沙声 ) of the mud

against the windows, the heater (发热器) first blowing hot then cold, my back aching

from the car-seat made for a misshapen camel, the fog swirling (盘旋 ) about the

empty petrol stations, I do not feel like a ministering angel.) I wish I were on the beach in southern France. Call me a bad doctor if you like. Call me what you will. But don't call me at half past three on a December morning for an ear-ache that you have had for two weeks.Of course, being a doctor isn't really all bad. We do have our moments. (4) (Occasionally people are ill, occasionally you can help, occasionally you get given a cup of tea and rock-hard cake at two o'clock in the morning - then you worry if you have done everything.) But all too often 'everything' is a repetitious routine: look,

listen, feel, tap. Tablets (药片)，injection, phone, ambulance, away to the next.

And then there is always the cool, warm voice of the girl on the switchboard of the emergency bed service who will get your patient into hospital for you - the pleasant voice that comes to you as you stand in the cold, dark, smelly, dirty telephone box somewhere in a dangerous section of town. Oh, it has its moments, this life does.1. The authora. thought he was lucky to be a doctor.b. thought his job as a doctor gave him great pleasure.c. thought a doctor could enjoy certain special rights whether he felt lucky or not.d. did not agree with many of people's ideas about the medical profession.Key: d

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2. "Anyone who's studying medicine should have his head examined." One of the implications of this statement isa. a medical student should have a very good memory.b. a doctor must be mentally strong so that he can meet any difficult situations.c. the writer thinks that those who want to be doctors are crazy.d. both a and b.Key: c3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?a. The writer wished he could have a quiet, undisturbed night in bed at home.b. One of his friends said that being a doctor helps one gain all sorts of experience.c. He hated the telephone as a modern means of communication.d. He was not happy with the small and uncomfortable car he was driving.Key: c4. From the last paragraph we can infer thata. the author envies the switchboard operator at the hospital who, unlike him, works in comfortable, pleasant surroundings.b. he always phoned his wife from a telephone-box on his way back from a house call.c. on his way back he always hears a girl speaking in a cool and warm voice in a telephone-box.d. he always feels relieved and relaxed after an exhausting home call.Key: a5. From the whole passage we know that the writera. is a bad doctor, unwilling to make a house call during the night-time.b. is so dissatisfied with his job that he wishes to find a new one.c. is satisfied with his job but he hates to be called out unnecessarily in the early hours of a winter morning.d. Both a and b.Key: c

8.On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks boarded a bus in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, paid her fare and took a seat in the front of the Negro section at the back end. It felt good to sit down after a long day's work. At the next stop, however, the driver told the Negroes to move back to make room for new white passengers.All but one of the blacks gave up their places obediently. Rosa Parks hesitated. The bus was now full: if she got up, she would have to stand all the way home. A white man waiting for her seat glared impatiently.At that moment, something in Rosa Parks snapped. Maybe her soul had had enough of

humiliation (羞辱 ); maybe it was just that her feet were tired. Anyway, 80 the 42-

year-old seamstress refused to give up her seat.

Black and white passengers alike stared at the troublemaker. The bus driver hailed (呼

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叫) a policeman. Mrs. Parks was arrested.

Montgomery's 17,000 Negroes were enraged (激怒 ). Some wanted violence- "Bum

the buses, tip (翻倒) them over. " Others kept their cool. (5) With the help 85 （of a

27-year-old preacher (传道士 ) who had been inspired by the non-violent ways of

Mahatma (圣雄) Gandhi, they organized a boycott (联合抵制) of the bus line.）The boycott lasted 380 days, and cost the bus line millions of dollars. Finally, the U.S.

Supreme Court affirmed ( 确 认 ) that segregation ( 隔 离 ) on the buses was

unconsitutional. Rosa Parks could now sit anywhere on'a bus. Although most of us 90 have forgotten her, the revolution she started changed America.

For the unknown preacher, however, there was no way back to obscurity (无名 ).

Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream. And the world - at least in part because of Rosa Parks - was finally ready to honor that dream, and to listen.

... Acts of honor, allot them... Acts of sacrifice, integrity (正直), love. And no one is

laughing. Perhaps we have not lost our sacred Honor after all.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?a. Older generations thought highly of honor as an expression of noble spirit. b. Nowadays teachers seldom teach students about honor because it is difficult to

bring home to (使清楚地认识) them the idea of honor and its importance.

c. People think that Abraham Lincoln was a fool because he walked ten miles to return a library book. d. To many people honor seems to have gone out of style and no longer has a place in real life.Key: c 2. In the first story the author intends to tell the reader thata. the French and British armies were totally defeated by the German armed forcesin 1940.b. the British pilots fought bravely against the German planes over the beach atDunkirk.

c. Winston Churchill hailed (欢呼) the miracle performed by the Bathtub Navy.

d. the men of the Bathtub Navy, braving dangers and death, performed their glorious act of honor.Key: d3. In her letter. Aunt Edith

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a. told Dr. DeBakey about her family and her long-cherished (渴望已久的) wish for

traveling.b. asked Dr. DeBakey to do her a special favor and operate on her heart. c. requested Dr. DeBakey to give her a prompt answer. d. All of the above.Key: a

4. The author's chief intention in telling the third story is

a. to expose racial discrimination (种族歧视) in the 1950s.

b. to applaud the non-violent boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. c. to sing the praise of Rosa Parks' courage and firmness. d. All of the above.Key: c5. What is the author's attitude towards his subject? a. optimistic b. light-hearted c. matter of fact d. enthusiasticKey: a

9. The word “hello” is probably used more often than any other one in the English language. Everybody in the United States and elsewhere — uses the word again and again, every day of the week.

The first thing you hear when you pick up the phone is “hello” except when the caller is an Englishman, who might say, “Are you there?” Where did he word come from? Some say it came from French, “ho” and “la” — “Ho, there!” It may have arrived in England in the year 1066. “Ho, there” slowly became something that sounded like “hallow”, which was often heard in the 1300’s. Two hundred years later, in Shakespeare’s time, “hallow” had become “halloo”. And later, sounds like “halloa”, “halloo” and “hollo” were often heard.

As time passed, “halloo” and “halloa” changed into “hullo”. And during the 1800’s this was how people greet each other in America.

The American inventor, Thomas Edison, is believed to be the first person to use “hello” in the late 1800’s, soon after the invention of the telephone. At first, people had greeted each other on the telephone with “Are you there?”. They were not sure the new instrument could really work. But Tom Edison was a man of few words. The first time he picked up the phone he did not ask if anyone was there. He was sure someone was, and simply said, “Hello”.

From that time on, the “hullo” because “hello”, as it is heard today.

1. The word “any other one” in the first sentence mean “________”.A. anyone other languageB. any other manC. any other country

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D. any other word2. When making a phone call, Englishmen might say, “_________”.

A. Are you there?B. It’s me!C. Who are you?D. What do you want?

3. The word ______ was often heard in America during the 1800’s.A. “hullo”B. “halloo”C. “halloa”D. “hallow”

4. Since Edison first used “hello”, the word has been used for _________.A. less than 100 yearsB. more than 100 yearsC. less than 200 yearsD. more than 200 years

5. The passage is mainly about the ________ of the word “hello”.A. meaningB. soundC. historyD. use

key: 1. D 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C

10.Water problems in the future will become more intense and more complex.Our

increasing population will tremendously increase urban wastes, primarily sewage (污水). On the other hand, increasing demands for water

will decrease substantially the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce larger volumes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensified. This will involve ever-increasing quantities of agricultural chemicals. From this, it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem.There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be dwindled. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazard. This involves the processing of solid wastes "prior to" disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes,or effluents, to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal.A second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of the wastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement. Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients contained.Effluents from other processing plants may also be used as a supplemental

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source of water. Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproducts. Other industries are exploring potential economic uses for their waste products.1. The purpose of this passage is ______.A. to acquaint the reader with water pollution problemsB. to alert the reader to the dwindling water supplyC. to explain industrial uses of waterD. to demonstrate various measures to solve the pollution problemKey: A2. Which of the following points is NOT INCLUDED in the passage? A. Diluting wastes needs certain amount of water. B. Demands for water will go up along with the expanding population. C.Intensive cultivation of land requires more and more chemicals. D. Industrial development includes the simplification of complex chemical processes.Key: D3. The words "prior to' (Para. 2. Line 3) probably mean _____.A. during B. before C. after D. beyondKey: B4. The reader can conclude that ______.A. countries of the world will work together on pollution problems B. some industries are now making economic use of wastes C. byproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplace D. science is making great progress in increasing water suppliesKey: B5. The author gives substance to the passage through the use of ______. A. interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsB. definitions which clarify important termsC. opinions and personal observations D. strong arguments and persuasionsKey: C

11. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on--- but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before. By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in

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1948 was he able to get back to work. In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Naziism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.

1. The main idea of paragraph 1 is _______.A. the time it will take people to appreciate Einstein ,: . ,;B. the feelings of an American college president C. the change in human thought produced by EinsteinD. the difficulty of Einstein's thought to teachersKey: C

2. According to the American university president, _______. A. everyone understands Einstein's theory today B. Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in history C. the theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyone D. our ideas about the universe are different today because of EinsteinKey: D

3. According to paragraph 4 Albert Einstein ________. A. was a famous chemist B. headed a research institute C. was popular in America D. enjoyed reading about the warKey: B

4. According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work ________. A. during world War I B. as a young man C. when Naziism rose D. between 1906-1915Key: B

5. It may be concluded that _______.A. Albert Einstein had no other interests than scienceB. Einstein was forced to serve in the German armyC. Germans usually have a high respect for scienceD. his reputation was ruined because of his work during World War IKey: C

12.Albert Einstein once attributed the creativity of a famous scientist to the fact that he never went to school, and therefore preserved the rare gift of thinking freely. There is undoubtedly a truth in Einstein's observation; many artists and genius seem to view their schooling as a disadvantage. But such a truth is not a criticism of schools.It

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is the function of schools to civilize, not to train explorers. The explorer is always a

lonely individual whether his or her pioneering (研究) be in art, music, science or

technology. The creative explorer of unmapped lands shares with the genius what William James described as the "faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. " In so far as schools teach perceptual patterns they tend to destroy creativity and genius. But if school could somewhat exist solely to cultivate genius, then society would break

down. For the social order demands unity and widespread agreement, both traits(特点) that are destructive (破坏的 ) to creativity. There will always be conflict between

the demands of society and the impulses (冲动) of creativity and genius.

1. Albert Einstein once thought that schools ______ A. helped develop the creativity of a scientist B. preserved a rare gift for scientists C. prevented a scientist from thinking freely D. contributed a lot to science and technologyKey: C

2. To the author's opinion, schooling meets the need of ______. A. genius B. social order C. faculty of perceiving D. the impulses of creativityKey: B

3. There will always be contradiction ( 矛盾) between ______.

A. the demands of society and schoolingB. cultivation of creativity and faculty of perceiving C. social unity and schooling D. creativity and widespread social agreementKey: D

4. Einstein's observation is in accord (- 致)with ______.

A. the schoolmaster's B. the author'sC. that of many artists D. both B and C.Key: D

5. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?A. Einstein and artists have said schools limit creativity and genius. B. Schools should be designed to encourage creativity and social order.C. Explorers and geniuses look at the world differently from the way most people do.

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D. Schools can never satisfy the needs of both genius and society as a whole.Key: D

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Tourists were surprised to see a woman driving a huge orange tractor down one of Rome's main avenues. Italy's political leaders and some of its male union chiefs are said to have been even more puzzled to see that the tractor was followed by about 200, 000 women in a parading procession that took more than three hours to snake through central Rome.

Shouting slogans, waving flags and dancing to drumbeats, the women had come to the capital from all over Italy to demonstrate for "a job for each of us, a different type of job, and a society without violence". So far, action to improve women's opportunities in employment has been the province of collective industrial bargaining. "But there is a growing awareness that this is not enough," says a researcher on female labor at the government-funded Institute for the Development of Professional Training for workers.Women, who constitute 52 per cent of Italy's population, today represent only 35 per cent of Italy's total workforce and 33 per cent of the total number of Italians with jobs. However, their presence in the workplace is growing. The employment of women is expanding considerably in services, next to the public administration and commerce as their principal workplace. Official statistics also show that women have also made significant strides in self-employment. More and more women are going into business for themselves.Many young women are turning to business because of the growing overall unemployment. It is also a fact that today many prejudices have disappeared, so that banks and other financial institutes make judgements on purely business consideration without caring if it is a man or a woman.Such changes are occurring in the professions too. The number of women doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers and university professors increased two to threefold. Some of the changes are immediately visible. For example, women have appeared on the scene for the first time as state police, railway workers and street cleaners.However, the present situation is far from satisfactory though some progress has been made. A breakthrough in equal opportunities for women is now demanded.

1. The expression "snake through central Rome' probably means "to move______". A. quietly through central Rome B. violently through central Rome C. in a long winding line through central RomeD. at a leisurely pace through central RomeKey: C

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2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. There are more women than men in Italy. B. In Italy, women are chiefly employed in services. C. In Italy, women are still at a disadvantage in employment. D. In Italy, about two-thirds of the jobs are held by men.Key: B

3. About 200,000 women in Rome demonstrated for _______.A. more job opportunities B. a greater variety of jobs C. "equal job, equal pay" D. both A and BKey: D

4. Women can get financial help from banks and financial institutes because ________.A. they are womenB. sex means nothing to banks and financial institutes any longerC. women are more reliable than menD. men have less creditKey: B

5. The best title for this passage would be ______. A. The Role of Women in Society B. Women Demonstrate for Equality in Employment C. Women as Self-employed Professionals D. Women and the Jobs Market

Key: B

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A white-haired elderly gentleman steps out of his car, briefcase in hand and coat over arm. He has called from the office to say that he will be home shortly. His wife is preparing dinner. He can see the light shining inside his own front door. He looks forward to a fire and his slippers. It is a cold night. A few seconds later he is lying on the icy sidewalk in a pool of his own blood.It does not happen very often, but it did happen last week in the national capital of the United States. Senator Stennis was the victim of a classic street crime. He happened to be an important politician, but that is not why he was shot. What happened to him could happen to anyone else.Senator Stennis, who is 71, got out of his white car at 7: 40 p. m, outside his home at 3609 Cumberland Street. Two youths said, "Get'em up". He put up no resistance. He handed over his wallet containing credit cards, driver's license, and the like, a gold watch and all the cash he had in his pockets - twenty-five cents. The youths said either

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"Now we're going to shoot you anyway, " or "We ought to shoot you anyway." Anyway they did. One bullet hit him in the thigh and struck the bone, and the other entered his chest just below the breast pocket of his suit. It narrowly missed his heart.Senator Stennis is a powerful political figure, but it is unlikely that the two young men knew who he was. More likely his offense was that he had no more cash than a quarter- not enough for a taking of drugs or two cups of coffee.

1. This incident took place in _______ .A. New York City B. Washington D. C C. San FranciscoKey: B

2. Senator Stennis was shot when he was _______.A. going to work B. coming home from work C. going out for the eveningKey: B

3. What happened to Senator Stennis could happen to _____ __.A. other old men B. other politicians C. anyone elseKey: C

4. We may infer from the passage that Senator Stennis didn't try to fight off the attackers because _____.A. he knew an old man couldn't overpower young men B. he didn't think the youths would hurt him it he gave them his wallet C. both a. & bKey: C

5. The youths shot Senator probably because _____ .A. he didn't have much cash to give themB. he laughed at them C. they belonged to a different political party

Key: A

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In spite of all stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate.Most types of serious crime increased from 363,5 in every 100, 000 people in 1970 to 535,5 in 1979. In that one year, there was one murder committed in every 24 minutes, one case of robbery in every 10 minutes and one case of rape in every 7 minutes. The cases of murder involved a number of 21, 456 victims. Most acts of violence were committed by young people. 57% of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age.Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack

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of education, living without a settled home, being parentless, sufferings from other kinds of misfortune, etc.There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate. In the first place, some state laws provide for a death penalty but some not. Secondly,the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection. It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun. Finally, there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime---the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read. All these have resulted in a higher frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by nonprofessional ones in murder, drug-smuggling, robbery, pocket-picking, etc.

1. In this passage, the author intends to tell the reader that _______.A. the United States is a wealthy country although poverty and crime exist there B. crime has become a serious problem in the United States although it is said to be a prosperous country C. despite the fact that crimes have been increasing rapidly in the United States, it is a country of prosperity D. in spite of stories about poverty and crime in the United States, it is prospering at an increasing rateKey: B

2. In 1979, there was one murder committed _______.A. in every 24 minutes B. in every 10 minutes C. in every 100, 000 people D. in every 7 minutesKey: A

3. Which of the following factors is NOT mentioned but implied by the author as responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate? A. Being poor. B. Being parentless. C. Being unemployed. D. Being homeless.Key: C

4. The word misfortune in the third paragraph means _______.A. ill luck B. bad fortune C. mischance D. any of the aboveKey: D

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Everyone agrees that bad material conditions are the partly reason for crime. B. The Constitution of the U. S. guarantees the right of every citizen to possess weapons for his own protection. C. Too much crime shown on TV has, at least partly, resulted in a higher rate of crime in the U. S. D. More than half of the criminals arrested in 1979 were young people under 25.

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Key: A

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It was not yet eleven o'clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare. While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the ferryman lifted a lamp, by the aid of which, together with the newly risen moon, he

took a very accurate survey (打量) of the stranger's figure. He was a young man of

barely eighteen years, evidently brought up in the country, and now as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. The garments under his coat were well constructed of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of long legs, his blue stockings must have been the work of a mother or sister, and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps protected the grayer head of the young man's father. In his left hand was a walking stick, and his belongings were completed by a leather bag which hung on his strong shoulders. Brown, curly hair, well-shaped features, bright, cheerful eyes were nature's gifts. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little town of a New England colony.

1. What time of the year was it when the story took place?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Fall. D. Winter.Key: D

2. The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because _____. A. he wanted to make extra money B. he saw that Robin was young and rich C. he was going to row across the river anyway D. he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poorKey: A

3. The stockings that Robin wore were obviously _____.A. well worn B. very expensive C. handmade D. much too bigKey: C

4. Judging from his appearance, most probably Robin was _____. A. a wealthy leather merchant B. a farmer's son C. a young soldier D. a foreignerKey: B

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5. The place Robin was visiting was _____.A. Madrid B. London C. unknown D. a town in New EnglandKey: D

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In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities.Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year,the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 Kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960's, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common.Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.

1. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.A. compare skyscrapers with other modern structuresB. describe skyscrapers and their effect on the environmentC. advocate the use of masonry in the construction of skyscrapersD. illustrate some architectural designs of skyscrapers Key: B

2. According to the passage, what is one of the disadvantages of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls?A. The exterior surrounding air is heated.B. The windows must be cleaned daily.C. Construction time is increased.D.Extra air-conditioning equipment is needed.Key: A

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3. The author raises issues that would most concern _______.A. electricians B. environmentalists C. aviators D. teachersKey: B

4. According to the passage, in the late 1960's some residents of Boston were concerned with ________.A. the noise from their construction B. the removal of trees from building sites C. the harmful effects on the city's grass D. the high cost of rentable office spaceKey: C

5. Where in the passage does the author compare the energy consumption of skyscrapers with that of a city? A. Lines 1-3 B. Lines 4-6 C. Lines 7-12 D. Lines 13-14

Key: A

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One day a tailor in Duluth, Minnesota, was busy mending an old coat, repairing some holes and a place where it was torn, when he suddenly heard a low, threatening sound at his open door. He looked up and could hardly believe what he saw. He had heard there were bears coming right into the city looking for food, but it didn't seem possible the brown beast at his door was real. He was terribly frightened. He had no gun in the shop. His only weapon was the pair of scissors he used for cutting cloth. At that moment a car came down the street. The driver saw the bear and was so surprised he steered his car off the road and onto the sidewalk. Luckily, the bear was just as frightened by the car as the tailor was by the bear. The bear moved quickly on down the street to look for food elsewhere. The tailor telephoned the police, and the bear was captured before it could harm anyone.

1. According to the passage, the story took place ______.A. at the hair-dresser's B. at the shoe-maker's C. at the barber's D. at the tailor'sKey: D

2. A low, threatening sound was suddenly heard at the time ______. A. the man was talking with his friends B. the man was sleeping C. the man was doing some mending

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D. the man was dozingKey: C

3. The man was dreadfully frightened because ______. A. there was something wrong with his gun B. he did not know how to use a gun C. he was afraid to fire a gun D. there was no gun at all in the shopKey: D

4. The passage says _______.A. that bears were heard coming right into Duluth looking for food B. that no one heard bears coming into Duluth looking for food C. that the tailor often saw bears coming to him D. that sometimes bears came into the city looking for food at nightKey: A

5. When a car came down the street, ______.A. the bear got frightened and fledB. the bear was killed by the driverC. the bear ran down the street to look for food elsewhereD. the bear was captured by the tailor

Key: C

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Every American high-school student may or may not hope, or expect, to go to college, but if he does, depending on how much he wants to, he probably can. At any rate, six out of ten high-school graduates go to college. Not all of them go immediately-lack of money, the Armed Forces, an attractive job, illness, any one of a hundred reasons, common and uncommon, many hold some out for a year, or two, or five, but they too will go eventually. Some of them will go to four-year colleges, some to junior colleges, some to technical institutes. And the number will climb. In ten years seven out of ten high-school graduates will go, and in twenty years four out of five.The fact that so many high-school graduates now continue their education suggests that there is a high value on college in American life. And this is so. A young man or a young woman of college is more or less expected to be going to college simply because that is the best thing to be doing at that age. The expectation is not abstract devotion to education but ordinary common sense based on the values of college. The fact is that the differences, in terms of lifetime experiences, between the average student who goes to college and the average student who does not, are so favorable to the college-going student that any student who can reach college owes it to himself to do so.

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The word "reach" is important. College is a separate experience. It is optional in the sense that no student is required to go to college as he is required by law-in most states-to go to high school. But it is not optional for a student who would like to enter a profession or who would like to get into the management structure of business or finance, or who would like to enter government service. Such a student has no choice but to go to college.

1. Which of the following is the least possible reason that may hold a high-school graduate out for a number of years before he goes to college? A. His service in the army. B. The problem of age. C. The problem of money. D. His poor health.Key: B

2. What percentage of today's American high-school graduates will eventually go to college? A. About 60% B. About 70% C. About 80% D. About 90%Key: A

3. The main reason for most high-school graduates to go to college is that ______. A. they want to devote themselves to higher education of America B. higher education, in a sense, means better Job opportunities C. college education is their only possible choice D. they think college is a separate, joyful experience they must learnKey: B

4. It is implied but not directly mentioned that _______.A. in most states a student is required by law to go to high school B. in some states there is a law that requires every high-school graduate to go to collegeC. to go to college is the best thing for a young man of college age to do D. a high-school education is not enough for those who want to be, for example,doctors, lawyers, managers, or scientistsKey: D

5. What does the phrase "reach college" most probably means:A. get to the collegeB. play trick on somebodyC. go to collegeD. pay tuition

Key: C

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Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed.Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar.

Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about man's brain, compared with that of the monkey, if the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern "toy-bear" . And even more incredible is the young brain's ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.But speech has to be induced, and this depends on interaction between the mother and

the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child's babbling (咿呀学语),

grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child's non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development of language.

1. The purpose of Frederick 's experiment was ______.A. to prove that children are born with the ability to speakB. to discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech C. to find out what role careful nursing ,would play in teaching a child to speak D. to prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language Key: B

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2. The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that _______ A. they are incapable of learning language rapidly B. they are exposed to too much language at once C. their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speak D. their mothers are not intelligent enough to help themKey: C

3. What is exceptionally remarkable about a child is that ______.A. he is born with the capacity to speakB. he has a brain more complex than an animal'sC. he can produce his own sentencesD. he owes his speaking ability to good nursingKey: C

4. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage? A. The faculty of speech is inborn in man. B. Encouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning. C. The child's brain is highly selective. D. Most children learn their language in definite stages.Key: B

5. If a child starts to speak later than others, he will ______ in future.A. have a high IQ B. be less intelligent C. be insensitive to verbal signals D. not necessarily be backwardKey: D

21.The term "satellite" presents an interesting study of word usage and definition when we trace it from its Latin origin through its historical development. We find that, although one of its meanings may be totally unlike others, an underlying relationship is evident throughout its evolution. The word was first invented in ancient Rome, a metropolis which for a thousand years controlled the Roman Empire and served as the hub of Western civilization. Eventually, however, the very life of the Empire was threatened by economic unrest and a series of rapid changes in government. Matters reached such a state that no person of importance dared walk the streets of the capital without an escort. Many notables were literally surrounded by armed bodyguards; members of such a guard were known as satellites, from an old name for

an attendant (侍者).

Despite their satellites, one notable after another was murdered. External difficulties increased, the Empire crashed, and classical Latin ceased to be the language of commerce and science. But learned men revived the ancient tongue ten

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centuries later and used it for most formal speeches. Among the revived terms was "satellite," which rulers of the Middle Ages applied to their personal guards. Johannes Kepler thought of the king's satellites when he heard about the strange bodies going about Jupiter. Discovered by Galileo, the secondary planets hovered about the planet like guards and courtiers attending upon a prince. So in 1611 Kepler named them satellites; soon the term was applied to all heavenly bodies that move about primary masses.

1. The original meaning of satellite was ______. A. attendant B. ruler C. naturalist D. person of importanceKey: A

2. In the Middle Ages, satellite meant ______. A. star B. friendly nation C. personal guard D. secondary planetKey: C

3.The most possible meaning of hub in the second paragraph is ______. A. city B. centre C. country D. governmentKey: B

4. What is implied? A. Latin is a dead language. B. Language is constantly changing. C. Safety has become a serious problem in Rome. D. The study of a word of Latin origin is interesting.Key: B

5. Most probably Johannes Kepler was a ______. A. ruler in ancient Rome B. an royal attendant C. well-know biologist D. an accomplished physicistKey: D

22. The basic flag of the United States is one of the world's oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older. During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags of various European nations were flown over the land, as symbols of possession. Later, in the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods, flags representing famous persons, places, and events were flown in the American Colonies. The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14, 1777. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation

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to the two new states admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky. By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restored the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912, President William H. Taft made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars. He ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Previously the arrangement of the stars had been left to the flag-maker's fancy. The evolution of the stars and stripes reflects the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th time since its creation. There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national flag. Among them are the president's and vice-president's flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. The United States Navy uses special flags for signaling.

1. The basic flag of the United States is _________. A. as old as the basic flags of some European nations B. the oldest national flag in the world C. the most beautiful flag in the West D. one of the world's oldest flagsKey: D

2. Before the War of Independence the flags of various European nations flown over the land were symbols of ________.A. self-rule B. occupationC. peace and friendship D. independence

Key: B

3. The first official flag of the United States was adopted _________. A. during the War of Independence which ended in 1783 B. when independence was declared in 1776 C. right after the declaration of the War of Independence D. before the War of IndependenceKey: A

4. The original design of 13 stripes was restored (恢复) in 1818 because _________.

A. the American people would accept this restoration B. too many stripes would destroy the shape of the flag C. Congress insisted 13 be the best number D. that was a decision President Taft had made Key: B

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5. Which of the following statements is true? A. The newly-admitted state of Hawaii does not have an official flag. B. All federal departments and agencies have flags of their own. C. The United States has a number of government flags. D. No other flags than the national flag and the president's flag are flown in the United States.

Key: C

Part III Cloze (每题 1分)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

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What is now called international trade has existed for thousands of years -- long before there were nations with specific boundaries. Speaking in strictly economic 1)____, international trade today is not 2)____ nations. It is between producers and 3)____ or between sets of producers in different parts of the globe. Nations do not trade, and only 4)____ units do. Agriculture, industry, and service enterprises are economic units, nations are political units.Trade 5)____ centuries ago because different sets of people had something the other wanted, 6)____ finished products, 7)____ resources or food. The Industrial Revolution, which began in the mid-18th century, enabled a few economies to develop and compete in 8)____ goods. Today's globalized economies are spreading the manufacturing processes themselves around the world.It has been customary to 9)____ of trade as the shipping of products 10)____ national borders. This is how economist Adam Smith explained it in 1776. His book "The Wealth of Nations" implied by its 11)____ that nations were economies or at least that there were national economies (hence a term such as "the economy of the United States"). Nations are, in fact, collections of economies, all of them regional or 12)____, and the economies would exist whether there were a 13)____ or not. In the United States, for instance, the economy of the Los Angeles area is different from 14)____ of Detroit. 15)____ has its own characteristics and problems.

1. A. words B. language C. terms D. expression

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2. A. within B. between C. in D. for

3. A. customers B. workers C. salesmen D. consumers

4. A. economic B. production C. business D. manufacture

5. A. involved B. originated C. revolved D. tracked

6. A. not B. neither C. whether D. either

7. A. natural B. processed C. unfinished D. produced

8. A. same B. different C. various D. similar

9. A. consider B. think C. imagine D. take

10. A. within B. inside C. across D. through

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11. A. title B. words C. contents D. sayings

12. A. national B. international C. global D. local

13. A. producer B. nation C. customer D. people

14. A. that B. economy C. one D. this

15. A. All B. Everyone C. Each D. Some

Key: 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.C

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But _______(1) my surprise, in some restaurants in Albany, people use Tianjin dialect instead of Cantonese. _______(2) of my friends Michaell Lee, who is a student from Hong Kong, took me to a Chinese restaurant _______(3) by a group of people from Tianjin. It was really nice to hear the old and familiar northern accent again in a place thousands of miles _______(4) from home. Learning that I was _______(5) the People's Republic of China, from home, the manager greeted me warmly, and the cook came from the kitchen to our table to say _______(6). Some of them had been back to Tianjin for visitors, but never had anyone from home visited their restaurant. We talked on and on about what was _______(7) in China. We laughed and sighed. We laughed because things were changing for _______(8) better in our country. We sighed because we were _______(9) away from our homeland, from our loved ones and friends. After dinner one of the cooks insisted on paying the _______(10) for us. Later, since I often went to chat with the manager, the cooks and the waiters, I got to know them better.

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1. A. for B. to C. with D. at2. A. One B. A C. Some D. Certain3. A. got B. had C. owned D. followed4. A. distant B. farther C. out D. away5. A. in B. of C. at D. from6. A. yes B. something C. words D. hello7. A. doing B. having C. happening D. owned8. A. much B. the C. more D. far9. A. really B. indeed C. far D. much10. A. amount B. bill C. food D. vegetables

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

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Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. Many medical authorities express their _______(1) about the effect of smoking _______(2) the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, non-smokers who must involuntarily inhale the air polluted by tobacco smoke may _______(3) more than the smokers themselves.As you are doubtlessly aware a considerable number of our students have _______(4) in an effort to _______(5) the university to ban smoking in the classroom. I believe they are entirely right in their aim. _______(6), I would hope that it is possible to achieve this by calling on the smokers to use good judgment and show concern _______(7) others rather than by regulation.Smoking is _______(8) by laws in theatres and in halls used for showing films as well as in laboratories where there may be a fire hazard. Elsewhere, it is up to your good sense.I am _______(9) asking you to maintain "No Smoking" in the auditoriums, classrooms and seminar rooms. This will prove that you have the non-smokers' health and well-being _______(10), which is very important to a large number of students.

1. A. concern B. trouble C. interest D. displeasure2. A. on B. in C. with D. to 3. A. endure B. suffer C. undergo D. put up with4. A. linked B. connected C. associated D. joined5. A. make B. persuade C. cause D. tell6. A. But then B. However C. Further D. Moreover7. A. with B. for C. to D. in8. A. prohibited B. stopped C. showing D. prevented9. A. hence B. therefore C. subsequently D. so10. A. on mind B. in heart C. in mind D. on your mind

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

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The frontier experience challenged in particular the basis of many of the values that characterized 19th century "civilized society". An important part of this value system --1-- with "the woman's place". From the 1840's on, the women's rights movement was making --2-- and in that same --3-- the first settlers crossed into Nebraska to begin the travel to the Pacific. For the women who went west in the 1840s and thereafter, the new life was a --4-- of the incredible deprivation and quiet --5-- of the "great day-a-coming". They literally put so many miles between themselves and their sisters and mothers back east that the established society of the settled country never fully caught up with them. Their very scarcity gave women a --6-- enjoyment of respect and admiration. The 1865 bylaws of Yellowstone City, Montana, for example, --7-- that death was to be the --8-- for "murder, thieving or for --9-- a woman." Not --10--, there were just 15 women and 300 men in the city.

1. A. concerned B. dealt C. treat D. appeared2. A. success B. mistakes C. progress D. achievements3. A. time B. years C. decade D. century4. A. mixture B. fixture C. fantasy D. frame5. A. looks B. participation C. anticipation D. respect6. A. especial B. special C. complete D. incomplete7. A. stated B. related C. believed D. convinced8. A, result B. penalty C. trial D. trying9. A. respecting B. insulting C. attaining D. killing10. A. wonderfully B. surprisingly C. necessarily D. exactly

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

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George Wythe, whom he called his second father. Wythe, having no children of his own --1-- two white wives, took a black mistress, Lynda Broadnax, whom he had --2--. She bore him a son, whom he raised with --3--, teaching him Latin and Greek and --4-- him an --5-- in his will. Wythe named Jefferson in his will as the trustee in --6-- of the boy's education. The --7-- was his father-in-law, John Wayles, who was almost --8-- close to Jefferson as George Wythe at least for a time. Wayles had had three white wives, who bore him four daughters. When his third wife died, he turned to Elizabeth Hemings, a slave --9-- his plantation and the daughter of an English sea

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captain and an African slave woman, by whom Sally was born. Jefferson, after the death of his wife, took Sally as his mistress. When Sally died on September 6, 1782, Jefferson --10-- and, according to his oldest daughter who was then 10 years old remained so long insensible that they feared he never would revive.

1. A. of B. by C. from D. with2. A. freed B. lived C. deformed D. attached3. A. affectation B. affection C. effect D. effects4. A. keeping B. kept C. promising D. promised5. A. attribute B. owe C. embrace D. inheritance6. A. hope B. exchange C. course D. charge7. A. another B. other C. second D. person8. A. enough B. so C. as D. always9. A. at B. in C. off D. on0. A. laughed B. slept C. fainted D. died

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

Part IV Writing （每题 15分）1. Directions:You are supposed to write a short passage within 120 words on the

following topic: Ways of spending one’s spare Time

2.Directions: Write a short essay of about 120 words on the topic “The Value of Time”. You should base your composition on the information given below.

1．我们为什么要珍惜时间。 2．我们应该充分利用有限的时间。3. Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the

topic “Competitive or Cooperative”. Your composition should be no less than 120 words.

Some people say that the best preparation for life is learning to work with others and be cooperative. Others take the opposite view and say that learning to be competitive is the best preparation. Discuss these positions, using concrete examples of both. Tell which one you agree with and explain why.

4. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic

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“Working Women in China”. Your composition should be no less than 120 words and you should write it according to the following outline.

(1)State the fact that many Chinese women are working outside their homes; (2)Describe the jobs these women are doing; (3)Say what the above facts mean to Chinese men and to the Chinese government.

5. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Should Private Cars Be Encouraged in China”. Your composition should be no less than 120 words.

6. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “How to Choose Good Books?”. Your composition should be no less than 120 words.

Part V Translation (每题 3分)

Direction: Translate the following sentences into English:

1. 美国许多父母在孩子出生之前就为他们的教育留出一笔专款。Answer for Reference: Many parents in the United States set aside a fund for their children's education before they are born.

2. 我已了解清楚，她的结论是以事实为根据的。Answer for Reference: I have made sure that her conclusion is based on facts.

3. 这个村庄是以矗立在它前面的那座高山命名的。Answer for Reference: The village is named after the high mountain that stands in front of it.

4. 南方和北方之间于一八六一年爆发的那场战争在历史上称为“美国内战”。Answer for Reference: The war that broke out between the North and South in 1861 is known in history as the American Civil War.

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5. 约翰尼已长大成熟，不再害怕独自呆在家里了。 Answer for

Reference: Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone.

6. 你觉得什么时候最有可能在家里找到他？ Answer for Reference:

What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home?

7. 会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程。Answer for Reference: It was suggested at the meeting that a committee of eleven (should) be appointed to make a new constitution.

8. 他很可能会因视力不好而被拒收入伍。Answer for Reference: It is very likely that he will be rejected by the army because of his bad/poor eyesight.

9. 我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于设备有所改进。（owe much

to）Answer for Reference: The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of our equipment.

10. 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。Answer for Reference: Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgment, but he didn't because as a soldier he had to obey the order.

11. 这项建议在会上一宣布，她就站起来提出异议。Answer for Reference: Hardly had the proposal been announced when she got to her feet to protest.

12. 由于缺乏资金， 他们正在想办法吸引外资（attract foreign capital）。Answer for Reference: Being short of money, they are trying to attract foreign capital.

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13. 千万别说可能会被人误解的话。(capable of)

Answer for Reference: Be sure not to say anything capable of being misunderstood.

14. 起初, 这个复杂问题使他们感到灰心丧气, 但经过仔细思考他们终于研究出了解决办法。Answer for Reference: At first this complicated problem frustrated them, but after thinking it over carefully they finally worked out a solution.

15. 这学期我们都学习得不错, 我真不明白为什么我们的英语老师单单表扬了班长一个人。 (single out)

Answer for Reference: I really don't see why our English teacher should single out our monitor for praise since we have all done quite well this term.

16. 汤姆起初认为，凭他的知识、技术和经验，一定能够找到一份称心如意的工作。Answer for Reference: At first Tom thought that with his knowledge, skill and experience he was bound to find a satisfactory job.

17. 你是否认为公共汽车司机应对乘客的安全负完全的责任？Answer for Reference: Do you think bus drivers should take full responsibility for the passengers' safety?

18. 医生对诺兰太太说，她搬到乡下去住的明智决定在一定程度上帮助她恢复了健康。Answer for Reference: The doctor told Mrs. Nolen that her intelligent decision to move to the country probably had helped to a certain degree to bring back her health.

19. 他们为新建一所医院开展筹款运动。Answer for Reference: They launched a campaign to raise money for a new hospital.

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20．他们都具有很高的道德标准，决不会受诱惑接受如此贵重的礼品。Answer for Reference: They are men of high moral standards, and they are never to be tempted to take such expensive presents.

21. 有迹象表明，不少工厂正面临着十分困难的局面。Answer for Reference: There are indications that numerous factories are faced with a very difficult situation.

22. 一切都表明他的计划出了毛病Answer for Reference:Everything indicates that something has gone wrong with his plan.

23. 作者认为，我们不应想当然地以为那些智力测验得分高的人在实际工作中就一定能干得好。

Answer for Reference: The author thinks that we should not take it for granted that those who score high on intelligence tests will certainly do well in practical work.

24. 我挑出几条英语成语（idiom）, 考了一下我的同班同学。Answer for Reference: I picked out some English idioms and tried them on my classmates.

25. 我们常常发现运用一个规律比懂得它要难得多。Answer for Reference: We often find that to apply a rule is much more difficult than to know it.

26. 南希虽然很想参加辩论，但腼腆得不敢开口。(feel like)

Answer for Reference: While Nancy felt like joining in the debate, she was too shy to open her mouth.

27. 真正重要的不在于你买了多少书而在于你看了多少。(count)

Answer for Reference: What really counts is not how many books you have bought

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but how many you have read.

28. 社会的稳步发展是由于改革的政策。(owe to)

Answer for Reference: The steady development of the society owes (much) to the policy of the reforms. (Our society owes its steady development to the policy of the reforms.)

29. 我发现很难得出该地区的表面是由沙粒构成的这一结论。Answer for Reference: I find it difficult to come to the conclusion that the surface of this area is composed of sand particles. 30. 他们的错误主要在于对调查不够重视。Answer for Reference: Their mistake mainly lies in the fact that they didn't attach enough importance to investigation.

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