模拟试题[8]
Simulated Test
Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section
A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are
four choices marked A,B,C,and D)Choose the one that best completes the
sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets.(5 points)
- _____ the many hours of study that he devoted to the subject, he still
found the subject matter difficult.
A)After
B)Because of
C)Due to
D)Despite
- Tell me how to send a Email to my friends in the United States, _____
.
A)don′t you
B)do you
C)will you
D)shall you
- Since they could not vote or take part in the government, they resented
_____ to help pay most of the public costs.
A)be taxed
B)to be
taxed
C)being taxed
D)taxed
- What they wanted to know was when and where the 36th International Field
Emission Conference _____ .
A)be held
B)to be held
C)is to be held
D)was to be held
- Subject _____ is the mechanism of high temperature
superconductivity.
A)which continues to be intense debate.
B)on which
there continues to be intense debate
C)on which it continues to be intense
debate
D)what continues to be intense debate debate
- _____ for the rich oil resources, life would be a perpetual struggle
against poverty for the people in the Middle Eastern countries.
A)If it
shouldn′t be
B)Had it not been
C)If it was not
D)Were it
not
- Some stories set us thinking, _____ we should do under similar
circumstances.
A)which
B)wonder what
C)wondering what
D)that
- During the World War Ⅱ his father _____ a living. How could he send his
three children to school?
A)could not even make
B)could note even
make
C)even could not make
D)could even not make
- _____ the history of the tough, strongwilled Nebraska farmer.
A)Not
only is much of the history of Nebraska
B)Although it is much of the
history of Nebraska that is
C)It is as much the history of Nebraska′s
being
D)Much of the history of Nebraska is
- The mini bus production line _____ by the end of this year.
A)Will be
automated
B)were automated
C)will have been automated
D)would be
automated
Section
B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four
underlined parts marked A,B,C, and D) Identify the part of the sentence that is
incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the
corresponding letter in the brackets. (5 points)
- All of us have read thrilled (A) stories in which
(B) the hero had only a limited (C) and specified time to live.
(D)
- New dictionaries are needed (A) because English has changed
(B) more (C) in the past two generations than any other time
(D) in its history.
- A wellwritten (A) composition calls in (B) good choice
of words (C) and clear organization among (D) other things.
- I should want (A) to see the people whose (B) kindness,
gentleness and companionship havc madc (C) my lifc worthy living
(D) .
- The field of dynamics in physics is concerned (A) with a particle′s
motion (B) in relation (C) to the forces acting it. (D)
- How (A) native Americans developed corn is a puzzling, (B)
for no wild corn has ever been (C) discovered, and it grows only
where (D) people plant and tend it.
- In many pieces of music there is (A) dominant theme on which
(B) the restful (C) of the composition is centered. (D)
- A loudspeaker functions on (A) the same (B) principle that
the telephone receiver does, but is more (C) larger and louder.
(D)
- A sandy hair girl (A) is needed (B) to play the part
of (C) the reporter in this (D) new play.
- Reducing the inefficiencies (A) in production lines (B)
were (C) the main concern of the newly hired (D)
consultants.
Section
C
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there
are four choices marked A,B,C,and D) Choose the one that best completes the
sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets.(10 points)
- I'm not sure why he didn′t go into the higher class, but I _____
he failed the entrance test.
A)estimate
B)suspect
C)predict
D)deduce
- An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation _____
.
A)indeed
B)eventually
C)apart
D)whatsoever
- A fire alarm in the adjoining building caused the play at the theater to
be _____ .
A)broken away
B)brokcn off
C)broken down
D)broken
out
- You must buy the book with your own pocketmoney or do _____
.
A)without
B)with
C)away with
D)up
- He was extremely tired, but he was _____ unable to sleep until after
midnight.
A)nevertheless
B)otherwise
C)meanwhile
D)whereas
- They were frightened by a concept that they _____ in their own
mind.
A)sought
B)accepted
C)created
D)idealized
- The second law of thermodynamics says, _____ , that heat never flows
spontaneously from a cooler to a hotter object.
A)in the effect
B)in
effect
C)at effect
D)at the effect
- The international Olympic Committee _____ the rules for athletes in the
Olympic Games.
A)lays down
B)lays aside
C)lays out
D)lays
off
- Although they usually did their own painting and papering, on this
occasion they brought in a firm of _____ decorators.
A)inside
B)interior
C)internal
D)inward
- Automation threatens mankind with an increased number of _____
hours.
A)useless
B)active
C)idle
D)complex
- The staff at the hospital were well _____ to deal with the
epidemic.
A)capable
B)equal
C)ready
D)equipped
- This course _____ no previous knowledge of the subject.
A)assumes
B)assigns
C)assures
D)assembles
- The specialist recommended that the exact nature of the woman's illness
should be kept _____ her.
A)from
B)away from
C)back from
D)to
- The introduction of fabrics made from rayon, nylon and other _____ fibers
has made many changes in our civilization.
A)magic
B)arithmetic
C)manufactured
D)synthetic
- Having decided to go abroad, he at once set _____ fulfilling his business
in China.
A)down
B)in
C)about
D)apart
- Even on weekend, Mrs. Watson prefers doing something _____ doing
nothing.
A)than
B)to
C)rather than
D)instead of
- They were very disappointed _____ the findings of the
Commission.
A)from
B)in
C)on
D)of
- I ordered a lockin amplifier two weeks ago, and I think it is _____ that
I will have it before next Saturday.
A)possible
B)probable
C)presumable
D)likely
- Having published his first novel earlier this year, he is _____ starting
in a new science fiction about traveling in space shuttle to the
Mars.
A)currently
B)lately
C)recently
D)actually
- Though badly damaged by fire, the most famous castle in this country was
eventually _____ to it′s original splendor.
A)renewed
B)repaired
C)renovated
D)restored
Part Ⅱ Cloze Test
Directions: For each numbered
blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A,B,C, and D)
Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the
corresponding letter in the brackets.(10 points)
It
has been established beyond a shadow of doubt that readers in general waste a
great deal of time and effort. Why is this so? Why is it that the poorest
readers by whatever standard are often the ablest (41) people? Why is it
that the majority of students have very little idea of how to tackle their
reading? Why is it that a high (42) of readersnot excluding those
(43) professional work involves a lot of readinguse a technique that is
hardly more advanced than (44) they were
children?
Or why are there peopleto take an extreme
but illuminating examplewho in conversation and discussion (45) sustain
a difficult argument with ease and (46) Who as readers assimilate(吸收)
only factual information, and (47) do that with difficulty, so that
worthwhile books are virtually beyond them? In our opinion, reading (48)
technical problems of communication that dispose the reader to use
inappropriate methods of assimilation; this, and only (49) , can provide
an adequate explanation of why readers (50) a class are so
ineffcient.
- A)of
B)with
C)in
D)among
- A)rate
B)percentage
C)number
D)majority
- A)who
B)whoever
C)whose
D)their
- A)since
B)as
C)when
D)that
- A)would
B)are going
C)could
D)will
- A)so
B)therefore
C)not yet
D)nevertheless
- A)even
B)even though
C)such
D)there is
- A)presence
B)present
C)presents
D)presents with
- A)it
B)this
C)that
D)in this way
- A)as
B)like
C)in
D)form
PART Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Directions:
Each
of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are
four answers marked A,B,C and D) Read the passages carefully and choose the best
answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by
blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(30 points)
Passage 1
A vast health checkup is
now being conducted in the western Swedish province of Varmland with the use of
an automated apparatus for highspeed multipleblood analyses. Developed by two
brothers, the apparatus can process more than 4,000 blood samples a day,
subjecting each to 10 or more tests. Automation has cut the cost of the analyses
by about 90 per cent.
The results so far have been
astonishing, for hundreds of Swedes have learned that they have silent symptoms
of disorders that neither they nor their physicians were aware of. Among them
were irondeficiency anemia(贫血症).high blood pressure, heart attack and even
diabetes(糖尿病).
The automeated blood analysis
apparatus was developed by Dr.Gunnar Jungner, 49yearold associate professor of
clinical chemistry at Goteborg University, and his brother, Ingmar, 39, the
physician in charge of the chemical central laboratory of Stockholm′s Hospital
for Infectious Diseases.The idea was conceived 15 years ago when Dr. Gunnar
Jungner was working as clinical chemist in northern Sweden and was asked by
local physicians to devise a way of performing multiple analyses on a single
blood sample. The design was ready in
1961.
Consisting of calorimeters, pumps and other
components, many of them American made, the Jungner apparatus was set up here in
Stockholm.Samples from Varmland Province are drawn into the automated system at
90second intervals. The findings clatter forth in the form of numbers printed
by an automatic typewriter.
The Jungners predict
that advance knowledge about a person′s potential ailments(疾病) made possible by
the chemical screening process will result in considerable savings in hospital
and other medical costs. Thus, they point out, the blood analyses will actually
turn out to cost nothing.
In the beginning, the
automated blood analyses ran into considerable opposition from some physicians
who had no faith in machines and saw no need for so many tests. Some laboratory
technicians who saw their jobs threatened also protested. But the opposition is
said to be warning.
- The results of the use of the jungner apparatus indicate that
_____ .
A)person may become aware of an ailment not previously
detected
B)blood diseases can be cured very easily
C)practically all
Swedish physicians have welcomed the invention
D)only one analysis may be
made at a time
- All of the following statements about automated blood analysis are true
EXCEPT: _____ .
A)the analysis is recorded in a permanent form
B)the
idea for the apparatus involved an international effort
C)the system has
met opposition from physicians and technicians
D)the machine is more
efficient than other types of analysis
- The main purpose of the passage is to _____ .
A)predict the future of
medical care
B)describe a health checkup system
C)warn about the dangers
of undetected disease
D)describe in detail the workings of a new
machine
- Automation is viewed by the writer with _____ .
A)indecision
B)resentment
C)favor
D)indifference
Passage 2
When, in the age of
automation, man searches for a worker to do the tedious, unpleasant jobs that
are impossible to mechanize, he may very profitably consider the
ape.
If we tackled the problem of breeding for brains
with as much enthusiasm as we devote to breeding dogs of surrealistic shapes, we
could eventually produce assorted(各式各样的) models of useful primates (灵长类),
ranging in size from the gorilla down to the little African monkey, each adapted
to a special kind of work. It is not putting too much strain on the imagination
to assume that geneticists(遗传专家) could produce a superape, able to understand
some scores of words, and capable of being trained for such jobs as picking
fruit, cleaning up the litter in parks, shining shoes, collecting garbage, doing
household chores, and even babysitting.
Apes could
do many jobs, such as cleaning streets and the more repetitive types of
agricultural work, without supervision, though they might need protection from
those nasty specimens of Homo sapiens who think it amusing to tease or bully
anything they consider lower on the evolutionary ladder. For other tasks, such
as delivering papers and laboring on the docks, our manape would have to work
under human overseers; and, incidentally, I would love to see the finale of the
twentyfirst century version of On the Waterfront in which the honest but hairy
hero will drum on his chest after literally taking the wicked labor leader
apart.
Once a supply of nonhuman workers becomes
available, a whole range of low IQ jobs could be thankfully relinquished(放弃) by
mankind, to its great mental and physical advantage. What is more, one of the
problems which has plagued so many fictional Utopias would be avoided. There
would be none of the degradingly (劣货的) subhuman Epsilons(智力低下的人) of Huxley′s
Brave New World to act as a permanent reproach(丢人现眼的人) to society, for there is
a profound moral difference between breeding submen and superapes, though the
end products are much the same. The first would introduce a form of slavery; the
second would be a biological triumph which could benefit both men and
animals.
- Until now, man has enthusiastically tackled the problems of _____
.
A)breeding for brains
B)breeding dogs of surrealistic
shapes
C)producing intelligent gorillas
D)producing useful
primates
- In the author′s opinion, the idea that geneticists could produce a
superape is _____ .
A)a strain on the imagination
B)demonstrably
true
C)plausibl(似合理的)
D)biologically impossible
- The author states that a supply of nonhuman workers for low IQ jobs world
_____ .
A)upset the nation′s economy
B)benefit man mentally and
physically
C)be a disadvantage to many human workers
D)enrage the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- The author of this article is _____ .
A)merely attempting to be
humorous
B)revealing his low opinion of mankind
C)expressing his doubts
about the possibility of breeding a superape
D)presenting a plausible
theory in a humorous tone
Passage 3
The atmosphere is a
mixture of several gases. There are about ten chemical elements which remain
permanently in gaseous form in the atmosphere under all natural conditions. of
these permanent gases, oxygen makes up about 21 per cent and nitrogen about 78
per cent. Several other gases, such as argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon,
krypton, and xenon, comprise the remaining one per cent of the volume of dry
air. The amount of water vapor, and its variations in amount and distribution is
of extraordinary importance in weather changes. Atmospheric gases hold in
suspension great quantities of dust, pollen, smoke, and other impurities which
are always present in considerable, but variable
amounts.
The atmosphere has no definite upper limits
but gradually thins untill it becomes imperceptible(难以察觉的). Until recently it
was assumed that the air above the first few miles gradually grew thiner and
colder at a constant rate. It was also assumed that upper air had little
influence on weather changes. Recent studies of the upper atmosphere, currently
being conducted by earth satellites and missile probings(探查), have shown these
assumptions to be incorrect. The atmosphere has three welldefined
strata(层).
The layer of the air next to the earth,
which extends upward for about ten miles, is known as the troposphere(对流层).On
the whole, it makes up about 75 per cent of all the weight of the atmosphere. It
is the warmest part of the atmosphre because most of the solar radiation is
absorbed by the earth's surface which warms the air immediately surrounding it.
A steady decrease of temperature with increasing elevation is a most striking
characteristic. The upper layers are colder because of their greater distance
from the earth's surface and rapid radiation of heat into space. The
temperatures within the troposphere decrease about 3.5 degrees per 1,000 feet
increase in altitude. Within the troposphere, winds and air currents distribute
heat and moisture. Strong winds called jet streams, are located at the upper
levels of the troposphere. These jet streams are both complex and widespread in
occurrence. They normally show a waveshaped pattern and move from west to east
at velocities of 150 mph, but velocities as high as 400 mph have been noted. The
influences of changing locations and strengths of jet streams upon weather
conditions and patterns are no doubt considerable. Current intensive research
may eventually reveal their true significance.
Above
the troposphere to a height of about 50 miles is a zone called the
stratosphere(同温层).The stratosphere is separated from the troposphere by a zone
of uniform temperatures called the tropopause. Within the lower portion of the
stratosphere is a layer of ozone(臭氧) gases which filters out most of the
ultraviolet rays from the sun. The ozone layer varies with air pressure. If this
zone were not there, the full blast of the sun's ultraviolet light would burn
our skins, blind our eyes, and eventually result in our destruction. Within the
stratosphere, the temperature and atmospheric composition are relatively
uniform.
The layer upward of about 50 miles is the
most fascinating but the least known of th three strata. It is called the
ionosphere because it consists of electrically charged particles called ions,
thrown from the sun. The northern lights (aurora borealis) originates within
this highly charged portion of the atmosphere. Its effect upon weather
conditions if any, is as yet, unknown.
- The title below that best expresses the ideas of this passage is
_____ .
A)The Makeup of the Atmosphere
B)Studying the
Atmosphere
C)Atmosphere and Weather
D)Temperature in the
Stratosphere
- Studies in the stratosphere have been made possible by _____
.
A)weather balloons
B)meteorologists
C)jet planes
D)earth
satellits
- The troposphere is the warmest part of the atmosphere because it _____
.
A)is warmed by the earth's heat
B)contains electrically charged
particles
C)radiates heat into space
D)has winds and air current that
distribute the heat
- Studies of the atmosphere may reveal _____ .
A)the secrets of
life
B)its true effect upon the earth's weather
C)the source of the
sun's energy
D)how to control ultraviolet rays
Passage 4
The world has spent on
preparations for war more than $112 billion a year, roughly $450 per head for
every man, woman, and child in the world. Let us consider for a moment what
could be done with this sum of money if it were spent on peace and not on war.
Some of it, at any rate, in the more prosperous countries, could be spent on the
reduction of taxation. The rest should be spent in ways that will, at the same
time, be of benefit to mankind and a solution to the economic problem of
conversion from war industry to the expansion of peace industries. As to this
expansion, let us begin with the most elementary of all needs, namely, food. At
present, the majority of mankind suffers from undernourishment, and, in view of
the population explosion, this situation is likely to grow worse in coming
decades. A very small part of what is now being spent upon armaments would
rectify our predicament(处境).Not only could the American surplus of grain, which
was for many years uselessly destroyed, be spent in relief of famine, but, by
irrigation, large regions now desert could be made fertile, and, by improvement
in transport, distribution from regions of excess to regions of scarcity could
be facilitated.
Housing, even in the richest
countries, is often disastrously inadequate. This could be remedied by a tiny
fraction of what is being spent on missiles. Education everywhere, but
especially in the newly liberated countries of Africa and Asia, demands an
expenditure many times as great as that which it receives at present. But it is
not only greater expenditure that is needed in education. If the terror of war
were removed, science could be devoted to improving human welfare, instead of to
the invention of increasingly expensive methods of mutual slaughter, and schools
would no longer think it a part of their duty to promote haterd of possible
enemies by means of ignorance tempered by lies.
By
the help of modern techniques, the world could enter upon a period of happiness
and prosperity far surpassing anything known in previous history. All this is
possible. It requires only a different outlook on international affairs and a
different state of mind toward those nations which are now regarded as enemies.
This is possible, I repeat, but it cannot be done all at once. To reverse the
trend of affairs in the most powerful nations of the world is no light task and
will require a difficult process of reeducation.
- By diverting some or all of the money spent on preparations for
war to peaceful purposes, all of the following benefits would occur EXCEPT
_____ .
A)taxes would be reduced
B)education could be improved
C)the
population explosion could be controlled
D)better housing could be
provided
- Schools at the present time often have to make use of _____
.
A)inadequaie funds
B)untrained teachers
C)poor buildings
D)lies
in order to promote hatred of possible enemies
- The problem of undernourishment will become more critical because _____
.
A)America destroys its surplus goods
B)there is inadequate
shipping
C)of the population explosion
D)of lack of irrigation
- The adjective that best describes this author is _____ .
A)humorous
B)realistic
C)utopian
D)radical
Passage 5
Of all the areas of
learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions
as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most
people.
“The burnt child fears the fire” is one
instance; another is the rise of despots like Hitler. Both these examples also
point up the fact that attitudes stem from expericnce.In the one case the
experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was indircct and
cumulative. The Nazis were indoctrinated(灌输;教训) largely by the speeches they
heard and the books they read.
The classroom teacher
in the elementary school is in a strategic position to influence attitudes. This
is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose word
they respect.
Another reason it is true is that
pupils often delve(钻研) somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only
been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a
child who had previously acquired little knowlcdge of Mcxico.his tcacher′s
method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward
Mexicans.
The media through which the teacher can
develop wholesome attitudes are innumerable. Social studies (with special
reference to races, creeds and nationalities),science matters of health and
safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom… these are a few of the fertile
flelds for the inculcation(反复灌输) of proper emotional
reactions.
However, when children come to school with
undesirable attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their
feelings by cajoling or scolding them. She can achieve the proper; effect by
helping them obtain constructive experiences.
To
illustrate, firstgrade pupils afraid of policemen will probably alter their
attitudes after a classroom chat with the neighborhood officer in which he
explains how he protects them. In the same way, a class of older childrce can
develop attitudes through discussion, research, outside reading and allday
trips.
Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate
her own attitudes, because her influence can be deleterious(对身心有害的) if she has
personal prejudices. This is especially true in respect to controversial issues
and questions on which children should be cncouraged to reach their own
decisions as a result of objective analysis of all the facts.
- The central idea conveyed in the above passage is that _____
.
A)attitudes affect our actions
B)teachers play a significant role in
developing or changing pupils′ attitudes
C)attitudes can be changed by some
classroom cxperiences.
D)by their attitudes, teachers inadvertently affect
pupils′ attitudes.
- The author implies that _____ .
A)the teacher should guide all
discussions by revealing her own attitude
B)in some aspects of social
studies a greater variety of methods can be used in the upper grades than in
the lower grades
C)people usually act on the basis of reasoning rather than
on emotion
D)children′s attitudes often come from those of other
children
- A statement not made or implied in the passage is that _____
.
A)attitudes can be based on the learning of falsehoods
B)a child can
develop in the classroom an attitude about the importance of brushing his
teeth
C)attitudes cannot easily be changed by rewards and lectures
D)the
attitudes of elementary schoolaged children are influenced primarily by the
way they were treated as infants
- The passage specifically states that _____ .
A)direct experiences are
more valuable than indirect ones
B)whatever attitudes a child learns in
school have already been introduced at home.
C)teachers should always
conceal their own attitudes.
D)teachers can sometimes have an unwholesome.
influence on children
Part Ⅳ
EnglishChinese Translation
Directions: Read the follwing
passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(15
points)
(71) Computer programmers often remark
that computing machines, with a perfect lack of discrimination, will do any
foolish thing they are told to do. The reason for this lies, of course, in
the narrow fixation of the computing machine′s “intelligence” on the details of
its own perceptions - its inability to be guided by any large context. In a
psychological description of the computer intelligence, three related adjectives
come to mind;singleminded, literalminded and simpleminded. Recognizing this,
we should at the same time recognize that this singlemindedness,
literalmindedness, and simplemindedness also characterize theoretical
mathematics, though to a lesser extent.
(72) Since
science tries to deal with reality, even the most precise sciences normally work
with more or less imperfectly understood approximations toward which scientists
must maintain an appropriate skepticism. Thus, for instance, it may come as
a shock to mathematicians to learn that the Schrodinger equation for the
hydrogen atom is not a literally correct description of this atom, but only an
approximation to a somewhat more correct equation taking account of spin,
magnetic dipole(偶极子),and relativistic effects; and that this corrected equation
is itself only an imperfect approximation to an infinite set of quantum field
theoretical equations.(73) Physicists, looking at the original Schrodinger
equation, learn to sense in it the presence of many invisible terms in addition
to the terms visible,and this sense inspires an entirely appropriate disregard
for the purely technical features of the equation. This very healthy
skepticism is foreign to the mathematical
approach.
Mathematics must deal with welldefined
situations. Thus, mathematicians depend on an intellectual effort outside of
mathematics for the crucial specification of the approximation that mathematics
is to take literally (74) Give mathematicians a situation that is the least
bit illdefined, and they will make it welldefined, perhaps approximately, but
perhaps inappropriately. In some cases, the mathematicians′
literalmindedness may have unfortunate consequences. The mathematicians turn
the scientists′ theoretical assumptions, that is, their convenient points of
analytical emphasis, into axioms, and then take these axioms literally. This
brings the danger that they may also persuade the scientists to take these
axioms literally. The question, central to the scientific investigation but
intensely disturbing in the mathematical context-what happens if the axioms are
relaxed?-is thereby ignored.
(75) The physicist
rightly dreads precise argument, since an argument that is convincing only if it
is precise loses all its force if the assumptions on which it is based are
slightly changed, whereas an argument that is convincing though imprecise may
well be stable under perturbations of its underlying assumptions.
PartⅤ Writing (15
points)
Directions:
A)Title:ONE COUNTRY WITH TWO
SYSTEMS
B)Time limit:40 minutes
C)Word limit: 120-150 words (not including
the given opening sentence)
D)Your composition should be based on the OUTLINE
below and should start with the given opening sentence:“The homecoming of Hong
Kong is universally accepted as one of the most important events in the 20th
century.”
E)Your composition must be written clearly on the ANSWER
SHEET
OUTLINE
1.Introduction of onecountrytwosystem policy
2.The
political and economical successes in Hong Kong
3.Bright prosepcts of the
policy for China