北语网院21秋阅读（III）考前模拟资料
北语练习阅读（III）1. But to me she seemed (unflappable).
A. frustrated B. composed C. satisfied D. disappointed 答:——B——
2.The woods were dark, but there was a gray light on the snowy path, and in the sky there were a few (faint) stars.
A. not bright B. not warm C. not big D. not near 答:——A——
3. It was time to do the( chores), and still he had not come.
A. dishwashing B. homework C. saying prayers D. small household duties 答:——D——
4. When Beth is writing a letter,she looks deep in_______________
A. thinking B. thought C. mind D. recall
5. ...my wife had (slipped) me the housekeeping before going on holiday.
A. escaped from B. got free from C. left D. given secretly
6. Bill's talk with the boss this morning left him in a (thoughtful) mood.
A. pensive B. deliberate C. considerate D. passive
7. He said he wrote the song by himself,_______________was not true.
A. which B. that C. it D. what
8. Every Monday morning when I am in my small office, I wish I _______________ in a multi-national company.
A. were working B. have worked C. am to work D. work
9. The windscreen and five of its windows had been (shattered) by the gunfire.
A. broken
B. scattered
C. shot
D. break
10. _______________from space, the earth looks like a huge water covered globe.
A. Having seen
B. To see
C. Seeing
D. Seen
11. (Regardless of) their direction or form, computer developments and uses of the future will depend on the cleverness and skill of men.
A. without respect for
B. without what happens to
C. without worrying about
D. without being troubled by
12. It was because she was too inexperienced_______________she didn’t know how to deal with the situation.
A. so that
B. that
C. that is why
D. so
13. Like many independent people, Mr. Dikin’s greatest fear was to become a burden to anyone; to (incur) obligation.
A. produce
B. create
C. invite
D. resist
14. They have said that smokers are (hooked on ) their own kind of drug ,nicotine
A. addicted to
B. puzzled over
C. cheated into
D. closely linked
15. _______________in the labor market, he has enrolled in a computer course.
A. Be competitive
B. Being more competitive
C. Being competitive
D. To be more competitive
16. A beam of light will not bend round corners unless_______________ to do so with the help of a reflecting device.
A. made
B. being made
C. having made
D. to be made
17. Here is an (intriguing) example of how inhibition plays a crucial role in maintaining socialconventions among monkeys.
A. fascinating
B. exciting
C. encouraging
D. confusing
18.But “glory” doesn’t mean a nice (knockdown) argument
A. falling
B. overwhelming
C. convincing
D. unpleasant
19. The doctor said that the patient had_______________at once.
A. to operate
B. to be operated
C. to operate on
D. to be operated on
20. Harry Paulinanas,23,also from Sydney, said he was still(stunned ) hours after the attack.
A. surprised
B. shocked
C. worried
D. unconscious
21. The working pattern of Hainan Airlines is similar to_______________ of Capital Airlines.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. whose
22.Fertilizers are used primarily to enrich the soil and _______________yield.
A. increasing
B. increase
C. to increase
D. have increased
23. There were so many furs that when they were packed (tightly) and tied together they made a bundle almost as big as Pa.
A. lightly
B. firmly
C. together
D. in a bundle
24. If you turn to the right at the corner, you’ll find a path_______________ to the historical building.
A. lead
B. leading
C. to lead
D. leads
25. There is no( dearth) of homework.
A. shortage
B. increase
C. much
D. decrease
26.She always rides the same kind of bike_______________her twin sister does.
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. what
27. When the request is granted, and at any time when you are receiving something, however obviously you (are entitled to )it , you are always expected to say “thank you ”
A. have the right to
B. are worthy to
C. are respected for
D. are opposed to
28. Don’t forget to post the letter for me, ___________?
A. do you
B. will you
C. are you
D. can you
29. They usually aren’t prepared by pharmacists or physicians--- but by commercial (vendors).
A. sellers
B. consumers
C. agents
D. advertisers
30. He has a large collection of books, _______________ are written in English.
A. many among
B. many in which
C. many ones of which
D. many of which
31.She( hung on to) Ma and sobbed.
A. hugged Ma
B. leant against Ma
C. pushed against Ma
D. went to Ma
32.[完型填空] Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? _____1____ an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets ____2_____the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to ____3______ the news.Newspapers have one basic____4_____ , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to _____5______ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and _____6____inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. ____7_____, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the __8____and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are ___9_____ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers _____10___ of the latest news, today's newspapers ____11____and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices __12____advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very _____13_____.Newspapers are sold at a price that ___14_______even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main _____15______ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The ____16____ in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This ____17____in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends ____18______ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment _____19_____ in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information ___20________ the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.
A. Just when
B. While
C. Soon after
D. Before
A. to give
B. giving
C. given
D. being given
A. gather
B. spread
C. carry
D. bring
A.reason
B.cause
C.question
D. problem
A.make
B.publish
C.know
D. write
A.another
B. other
C. one another
D. the other
A. However
B. And
C. Therefore
D. So
A. value
B. ratio
C. rate
D. speed
A. spread
B. passed
C. printed
D. completed
A. inform
B. be informed
C. to be informed
D. informed
A. entertain
B. encourage
C. educate
D. edit
A. on
B. through
C. with
D. of
A. forms
B. existence
C. contents
D. purpose
A. tries to cover
B. manages to cover
C. fails to cover
D. succeeds in
A. source
B. origin
C. course
D. finance
A. way
B. means
C. chance
D. success
A. measures
B. measured
C. is measured
D. was measured
A. somewhat
B. little
C. much
D.something
A. offering
B.offered
C. which offered
D. to be offered
A. by
B. with
C. at
D. about
33.[完型填空] In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words ______ which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we _____ ,that is to say, from the _____ _of our own family and from our familiar associates, and _______ we should know and use _______ we could not read or write. They ________ _the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who _________ the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since they belong to the people _________ and are not the exclusive ________ _of a limited class. On the other hand, our language __________ a multitude of words which are comparatively __________used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little __________ to use them at home or in the market-place. Our __________ _acquaintance with them comes not from our mother’s __________ _or from the talk of our school-mates, __________ from books that we read, lectures that we __________ ,or the more ___________ conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular ___________in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual __________ of everyday life. Such words are called“learned”, and the __________ between them and the“popular”words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
A.at
B.with
C.by
D.through
A.study
B.imitate
C.stimulate
D.learn
A.mates
B.relatives
C.members
D.fellows
A.which
B.that
C.those
D.ones
A.even
B.despite
C.even if
D.in spite of
A.mind
B.concern
C.care
D.involve
A.hire
B.apply
C.adopt
D.use
A.in public
B.at most
C.at large
D.at best
A.right
B.privilege
C.share
D.possession
A.consists
B.comprises
C.constitutes
D.composes
A.seldom
B.much
C.never
D.often
A.prospect
B.way
C.reason
D.necessity
A.primary
B.first
C.principal
D.prior
A.tips
B.mouth
C.lips
D.tongue
A.besides
B.and
C.or
D.but
A.hear of
B.attend
C.hear from
D.listen
A.former
B.formula
C.formal
D.formative
A.theme
B.topic
C.idea
D.point
A.border
B.link
C.degree
D.extent
A.diversion
B.distinction
C.diversity
D.similarity
34.[完型填空] If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses.Success or ________ in your work would depend, to _________great extent, _________ your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage.__________ the utmost importance is your attitude.A person ___________begins a job convinced that he isn't going to like it or is __________ that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure ___________ his belief that he is probably as capable ____________ doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt ______________ it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. ____________ the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book keeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw __________ hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize __________ the strength and overcome the __________ that you bring to the job of learning.But insgroupsto measure your development, you must first ___________ stock of where you stand now. ___________ we get further along in the book, we' ll be ___________ in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening__________ skills. However, _________ begin with, you should pause ___________examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your____________, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.
A. improvement
B. victory
C. failure
D. achievement
A. a
B. the
C. some
D. certain
A. in
B. on
C. of
D. to
A. Out of
B. Of
C. To
D. Into
A. who
B. what
C. that
D. which
A. ensure
B. certain
C. sure
D. surely
A. onto
B. on
C. off
D. in
A. to
B. at
C. of
D. for
A. near
B. on
C. by
D. at
A. Have
B. Had
C. Having
D. Had been
A. being
B. been
C. are
D. is
A. except
B. but
C. for
D. on
A. idea
B. weakness
C. strength
D. advantage
A. make
B. take
C. do
D. give
A. as
B. till
C. over
D. out
A. deal
B. dealt
C. be dealt
D. dealing
A. learnt
B. learned
C. learning
D. learn
A. around
B. to
C. from
D. beside
A. to
B. onto
C. into
D. with
A. intelligence
B. work
C. attitude
D. weakness
35.[阅读理解] When we think of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, i. e. great artists, inventors and scientists—a select and exceptionally gifted body of men with rare talent and genius. The tendency to regard creativity and imaginative thinking as the exclusive province of a lucky few disregards the creative and imaginative aspects in the solution of many of the tasks we regularly have to face—the discovery and development of new methods and techniques, the improvement of old methods, existing inventions and products. Everyone has creative ability to some extent. Creative thinking involves posing oneself aproblem and then originating or inventing a solution along new and unconventional lines. It involves drawing new analogies, discovering new combination, and/or new applications of things that are already known. It follows, then, that a creative person will exhibit great intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observant with a great store of information which he will be able to sort out and combine in the solution of problems. He will be emotionally receptive to new and unconventional ideas and will be less interested in facts than in their implications. Most important of all he will be able to communicate uninhibitedly (无顾忌地 ) andwill not be too concerned about other people's reaction to his apparently "crazy" notions. People called the Wright brothers mad but it did not stop them from becoming the first men to construct and fly a heavier-than-air craft.
(1). The author believes that creative thinking_______.
A. is only possessed by great artists
B. requires rare talent and genius
C. is needed in the solution of many problems
D. belongs to a lucky few
(2). In order to solve scientific problems, people_______.
A. should not be afraid of what others think
B. should be mad
C. must possess crazy notions
D. should have inhibitions
(3). Creative thinking involves_______.
A. drawing new pictures of old things
B. observing the actions of great people
C. finding the problem and originating a solution
D. discovering new emotions
(4). A creative person must look at facts _______.
A.for their face-value
B. for what they imply
C. and remember them
D. which are less interesting
(5). In the second paragraph, the word "unconventional" means_______.
A.not ordinary
B. not political
C. unacceptable
D. not creative
36.[阅读理解] When a Japanese business man allows himself a holiday, there is nothing he likes better than to fly down to the South Pacific. Tahiti is a favorite destination, with its good hotels and French food, second only, in his mind, to Japanese cooking. All that Tahiti needed to make it perfect was a decent golf course. This seemed about to be realized when a Japanese firm announced that it was to build “one of the ten most beautiful golf courses in the world”on Moorea, one of Tahiti’s islands.The French government favored the scheme. The 300 jobs the Japanese said would be created would help to reduce Tahiti’s unemployment and marginally reduce the cost to France of keeping the tricolor fly over the islands. But some local people thought the idea would hurt Moorea’s environment. Tahiti has an environmental group which has fought many battles with the government over France’s nuclear tests in the Polynesian atoll of Mururoa. Churchmen were not keen on the golf course either. Tourism, with its display of wealth, tends to undermine Christian teaching. It was in Moorea that the Bible was first translated into Tahitian.The decision was left to the people of Moorea. On June 16,1991 they voted against the golf course by 1,900 votes to 1,449.It was a rare rejection in the Pacific of the Japanese embrace.
(1). Japanese businessmen like to spend their holidays_______.
A. in the pacific
B. in Tahiti
C. in France
D. in Australia
(2). According to the passage, which food does Japanese think is the best?
A. Japanese food.
B. French food.
C. American food.
D. Chinese food
(3). The building of the golf course would create the employment opportunities for______.
A. 100 people
B. 200 people
C. 300 people
D. 400 people
(4). The environmental group fought many battles_______.
A. over France’s nuclear tests
B. the building of the golf course
C. the tourism
D. Christian teaching
(5). The plan to build a golf course was____.
A. voted against
B. voted for
C. implemented
D. aborted
37.[阅读理解] A geyser is the result to underground water under the combined conditions of high temperatures and increased pressure beneath the surface of the depth. Water that seeps down in cracks and fissures until it reaches very hot rocks in the earth’s interior and becomes heated to a temperature in excess of 290 degrees F. Because of the greater pressure, it shoots out of the surface in the form of steam and hot water. The result is a geyser.For the most part, geysers are located in three regions of the world: New Zealand, Iceland, and the Yellowstone National Park area of the United States. The most famous geyser in the world is Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park. Old Faithful erupts almost every hour, rising to a height of 125 to 170 feet and expelling more than ten thousand gallons during each eruption.
(1). In order for a geyser to erupt,_________ .
A. hot rocks must rise to the surface of the earth.
B.water must flow underground.
C. it must be a warm day.
D. the earth must not be rugged or broken.
(2).Old Faithful is located in <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. New Zealand.
B. Iceland.
C. the United States.
D. England.
(3)..Old Faithful erupts<span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. every 10 minutes.
B. every 60 minutes.
C. every 125 minutes.
D. every 170 minutes.
(4).A geyser is <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. hot water and stream.
B. cracks and fissures.
C. hot rocks.
D. great pressure.
(5).As depth increases, <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. pressure increases but temperature does not.
B. temperature increases but pressure does not.
C. both pressure and temperature increase.
D. neither pressure nor temperature increases
38.[阅读理解] More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Ren Coty. Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister.He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countries. The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade. French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people, let alone long-ranged developments. Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food. Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers’ income. Wages, it is true, had risen. Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state, and there was full-time and overtime employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security. In this precarious(不安定的) and discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages. The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country. It was feared that this migration of workers would deplete the labor force. The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries. Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.
(1).According to the passage, the French workers were <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. better paid than workers in any other European country
B. able to save more money with the increase in his wages
C. anxious to work abroad
D. often unable to find work in France
(2).The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave the country, because <span style='text-decoration:underline;'>.
A. it would enlarge the working force
B. it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial production
C. it would hinder the increase in quantity of exports
D. it would damage the imports
(3). Rents in France <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. were extremely high
B. were tightly controlled
C. took as much as 80 percent of the workers’ income
D. had doubled in two years
(4). According to the passage, French production_______.
A. was inadequate to meet the needs of the French people
B. was flooding the international market with inferior products
C. emphasized industrial production at the expense of agricultural production
D. was enough for the local market
(5).According to the passage the French government <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
A. prohibited the French workers to work abroad
B. reduced taxes to fight inflation
C. paid family allowances and benefits
D. prohibited the French workers to join labor unions
39.[阅读理解]Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used--what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra. Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole. One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media--radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.
(1). Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because __________.
A. it helps produce new cultural tools and technology
B. it can reflect the development of the nation
C. it helps understand the nation’s past and present
D. it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization
(2). It can be learned from this passage that ____________.
A. the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music
B. Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony Orchestra
C. the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music
D. the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music
(3). According to the author, music notation is important because ____________.
A. it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read it
B. it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians
C. it is the printed version of standardized folk music
D. it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs
(4).It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world <p>of music ____________.
A. has brought about an information revolution
B. has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computers
C. has given rise to new forms of music culture
D. has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments
(5). Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A. Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.
B. Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.
C. Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.
D. The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.
40.[阅读理解] I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
(1). Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D. She finds space research more important.
(2). From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author’s failures to ________.
A. the very fact that she is a woman
B. her involvement in gender politics
C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
(3). What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s stereotyped attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
(4). Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?
A. Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.
B. Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.
C. Her female students can do just as well as male students.
D. More female students are pursuing science than before.
(5). What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
B. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.
41.[阅读理解] You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors (骗子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright (彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century---that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.
(1). The main idea of this passage is that ___________.
A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now
B. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem
C. college degrees can now be purchased easily
D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees
(2). According to the passage, "special eases" refers to cases that __________.
A. students attend a school only part-time
B. students never attended a school they listed on their application
C. students purchase false degrees from commercial firms
D. students attended a famous school
(3). We can infer from the passage that ___________.
A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree
B. experience is the best teacher
C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do
D. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition
(4). This passage implies that _____________.
A. buying a false degree is not moral
B. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools
C. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school
D. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications
(5). The word "phony" (Line 12, Para. 2) means _____________.
A. thorough
B. ultimate
C. false
D. decisive
42.[阅读理解] Teaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schools. But relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistake. Many schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffective. The staying power of the “look say” or “whole word” method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectively. The whole word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. It fits in with the self-directed, “learning how to learn” activities recommended by advocates (倡导者)of “open” classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin reading. Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these “RunSpotRun” readers. However, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called “the great debate” in beginning reading. In his bestseller Why Johnny Can’t Read, Flesch indicted(控诉)the nation’s public schools for miseducating students by using the look say method. He said—and more scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra later confirmed that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics(语音学), is far superior. Systematic phonics first teachers children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make words. Rather than building up a relatively limited vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the most common words in the English language can be learned. Phonics does not devalue the importance of thinking about the meaning of words and sentences; it simply recognizes that decoding is the logical and necessary first step.
(1). The author feels that counting on educators to teach reading correctly is_____________ .
A. only logical and natural
B. the expected position
C. probably a mistake
D. merely effective instruction
(2). The author indicts the look say reading approach because____________ .
A. it overlooks decoding
B. Rudolf Flesch agrees with him
C. he says it is boring
D. many schools continue to use this method
(3). One major difference between the look say method of learning reading and the phonics method is____________ .
A. look say is simpler
B. phonics takes longer to learn
C. look say is easier to teach
D. phonics gives readers access to far more words
(4). The phrase “touch off” (Para 3, Line 1) most probably means___________ .
A. talk about shortly
B. start or cause
C. compare with
D. oppos
43.[阅读理解] It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the World were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said. “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like When I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.” The Princess concluded, with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an, attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon (乱放炮的人).” The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.” Opposition parties, the media and the Public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government. To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.” For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the Chance to get closer to people and their problems.
(1). Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 ________.
(2). What did Diana mean when she said “... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me” (Line 5, Para. 1)?
(3). Some members of the British government criticized Diana because ________.
A. she was ill-informed of the government’s policy
B. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
C. she had not consulted the government before the visit
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
(4). How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A. She paid no attention to them.
B. She made more appearances on TV.
C. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D. She rose to argue with her opponents.
(5). What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
C. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
44.[阅读理解] It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆). Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The dowry was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to with hold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right; the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife. The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
(1). Originally, the purpose of a dowry is to_______________.
A. give her the right to receive all her husband’s property
B. help her to enjoy a higher position in the family
C. protect a woman against the risk of desertion
D. both A and C
(2). According to the passage, the legal status of the wife in marriage was_____________.
A. higher than that of a single woman
B. higher than that of her husband
C. lower than that of her husband
D. the same as that of her husband
(3). Why does the author give us the example of Maria Vivas?
A. To show that the wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property.
B. To show that the wife can defend her own inheritance.
C. To prove that women have powerful position.
D. To illustrate how women win her property.
(4). The compensation Maria Vivas gets for the field is____________.
A. some of the land Miro had inherited
B. a tenth of Miro’s land
C. money for household expenses
D. money form Miro’s inheritance
(5). The author’s attitude towards Maria Vivas is___________.
A. sympathetic
B. disapproval
C. indifferent
D. objective
45.[阅读理解] The Swedish Space Corporation and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a $32.9 million contract to develop the Small Advanced Research and Technology1 (Smart1) science and technology demonstration spacecraft. Smart1 will be launched to the moon in 2003.The Smart series of small European spacecraft will prepare ESA for future missions, demonstrating innovation and key technologies, using common spacecraft platforms and equipment for maximum efficiency and cost savings.Using the moon as its target, Smart1 will demonstrate how ion propulsion could propel a future craft into orbit around the planet Mercury, the largely unexplored inner planet of the solar system. The Smart1 solar electric propulsion demonstration will mean Europe will not be dependent on the USA for this major new technology. The craft will also demonstrate other new technologies, including autonomous star tracker and a miniature imaging camera.Other instruments to observe the lunar surface include an infrared spectrometer for planetary geology, an imaging X-ray spectrometer for surface elemental composition, and space plasma (等离子体) instruments.Smart1 will be placed into a geostationary transfer orbit and will fire the xenon ion (氙离子) propulsion system to gradually increase the orbit. After about 200 days in space, its flight path will rendezvous (会合) with the moon and the craft will enter orbit around it naturally under the influence of lunar gravity.
(1).Smart1 will be developed_________.
(2).The Smart series will_________.
(3).According to the passage, _________.
(4). Instruments used to observe the lunar surface include all the following EXCEPT_______
(5). The suitable title for the passage could be :__________.
46.[阅读理解] In old days, when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something far too shocking to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men. Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man’s secretary became his personal servant, charged with remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; ta-king his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep people he did not wish to speak to at bay; and, of course, typing and filling and taking shorthand. Now all this may be changing again. The microchip and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical work that secretaries did. “Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve only the high-powered work－and then men will want to do it agian.” That was said by one of the executives(male) of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country. What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S. Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will there be a male takeover? Men should beware of thinking that they can walk right into the better jobs. There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they－not just because they can buy negligees(妇女长睡衣) for the boss’s wife, but because they are as efficient and well-trained to cope with word processors and computers, as men.
(1).Before 1914 female secretaries were rare because they <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
(2). A female secretary has been expected, besides other duties, to ___________.
(3).Secretaries, until recently, had to do a lot of work nowdone by <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
(4).A secretary in the future will <span style='text-decoration:underline;'> .
(5).The writer believes that before long___________.
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