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II.Grammar and Vocabulary 20%
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. It is not believed that the owner of a fruit stand took over the ownership _____ the Checker’s and then became a millionaire.
A. of B. for C. out of D. to
26. — How was your winter holiday, Mary?
— Not so good. I _________ in a tutorial center for two months.
A. studied B. will be studying C. have been studying D. study
27. My cousin ________of becoming a diplomat and his dream _______true the year before last.
A. dreams…came B. had been dreaming…came
C. has been dreaming …has gone D. had dreamed…went
28. Look at the rain! I am afraid Peter __________in it on his way to school.
A. is going to catch B. will catch C. will be caught D. is going to be caught
29. The manager had declared the meeting open ________we could make preparations for it.
A. until B. after C. before D. unless
30. After living in Dallas for 50 years, he returned to the small town _____he grew up as a child.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
31. On hearing the news, he rushed out of the office, ______ into his car and started it hurriedly, ______ to get home as soon as possible.
A. got; hoped B. getting; and hoped C. got; hoping D. getting; hoped
32.______ to the zoo in Taipei, the pandas are reported ______ well.
A. Sent; to have settled down B. Sending; to settle down
C. Having sent; to settle down D. Being sent; to settle down
33. I tried to phone her, but all I got was a _____ message _____that she was away for the weekend.
A. recorded; saying B. recording; saying C. recorded; said D. recording; to say
34.______ stay in the classroom where I can do nothing is totally a waste of time. Which of the answer
is inappropriate?
A. Being forced to B. Have to C. Having to D. Being made to
35. It is reported that two schools, ______ are being built there, will open next year.
A. they both B. which both C. both of them D. both of which
36. Ann never dreams of _________a chance for her to learn history by hand-feeding friendly dinosaurs with the help of VR games.
A. there being B. her being C. there to be D. her having
37. It is not weapons but the men ______use them _______count.
A. who…which B. that…who C. who…that D. which…what
38. With the gain from his business, he _____his shop into a supermarket empire.
A. extended B. expended C. experimented D. expanded
39. There is a carved _______in the center of the square, which is not a success in the eyes of the public.
A. image B. picture C. reflection D. photo
40. The commander-in-chief in _______of the troops boomed out his order that they should fight for the security of their motherland.
A. recommendation B. inspection C. command D. detection
41. Thinking he would be late for the meeting, he _____out to take a taxi for it.
A. popped B. had popped C. paced D. had paced
42. Reily_______himself in every aspect of his company’s business, so I think he will soon be worn out, _____?
A. involves…won’t he B. survives…don’t I C. commits…doesn’t he D. involves…do I
43. Are teachers’ salaries in the school ______ high _____?
A. ranging from 3000 to 4000; reasonably B. ranged from 3000 to 4000; enough
C. which are ranged from 3000 to 4000; reasonably D. ranging from 3000 to 4000; enough
44. It _______that if China sends a woman astronaut to the moon, the story of Chang’e will no longer be a dream hard to ______.
A. is believed … realize B. says…come true C. is suggested…be realized D. is clear…be become true
III. Reading Comprehension 30%
Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular (心血管) disease. Now Finnish scientists have shown that 45 in healthy people the pressure of work can cause damage.
High blood pressure, lack of 46 , smoking and being overweight contribute to heart disease — a 47 killer in many industrialized countries.
But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the 48 histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as 49 to die of heart disease, according to the study published in the British Medical Journal.
Work stress 50 too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and unappreciated.
Many people work long hours but if the effort is 51 the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is 52 with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.
The British Heart Foundation said the results support earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater 53 of heart disease than other employees.
“It is advisable for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to 54 people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.
45. A. though B. seldom C. even D. despite
46. A. exercise B. patience C. enthusiasm D. interest
47. A. leading B. plain C. moderate D. heavy
48. A. personal B. professional C. medical D. family
49. A. much B. likely C. equal D. stable
50. A. contains B. brings C. proceeds D. involves
51. A. rewarding B. improved C. increasing D. neglected
52. A. sponsored B. combined C. threatened D. responded
53. A. portion B. chance C. danger D. risk
54. A. persuade B. force C. allow D. rescue
Section B
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician days, was playing the saxophone (萨克斯管) on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to his daughter and me. Clifford asked the girl if she played any instrument. When she replied that she was taking trumpet (小号) lessons and played in her junior high school band, he said, “That’s fine, little lady. Learn your instrument well and you can play anything.”
Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as appropriate not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want ---- not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, file criticism, military history ---- whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary ---- or at least a good dictionary near at hand ---- you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the author’s words.
In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignments armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses will be even greater than they were in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to accomplish several tasks: to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignments with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader.
55. The purpose of the author writing this article is .
A. to tell a story of a street musician B. to emphasize the importance of music education
C. to compare different reading skills D. to give introduction to the content of a book
56. The street musician can be best described as .
A. popular B. miserable C. knowledgeable D. peculiar
57. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Americans are quite satisfied with their elementary school reading skills.
B. To become an active reader, one has to master specific reading skills.
C. Reading skills can be improved only through repeated practice.
D. Philosophy is the most difficult of all kinds of readings.
B
February 28th, 2009 2:54 am GMT
I have to say that I am shocked at just how bad the new music is. This cannot be the same band that produced great albums such as HIDAAB and ATYCLB! This is awful! They either do not care anymore, or have completely lost it. I never thought U2 (a rock band founded in Dublin, Ireland) would become irrelevant, but they have officially become one of those bands that you will now say, “Remember when they were great?”
—Posted by Ronald Harris
February 28th, 2009 8:29 pm GMT
Total drivel (废话), Mr. Harris. The new album is great, far better than the safe, cynical HIDAAB and ATYCLB. U2 have become inventive again, as they were in the 1990s. Thank goodness!
—Posted by Dan
March 3rd, 2009 12:09 pm GMT
Agree, Dan. The new album is the best since Actung Baby. Magnificent is an anthem in the waiting, Breathe is unbelievable, and Stand up Comedy is absolutely outstanding— to name just three!! Loving the new sound, pure class as usual.
—Posted by Martin
March 4th, 2009 7:43 pm GMT
Totally agree with you guys. This album is unbelievable. Breathe is definitely a great song, same with Moment of Surrender. I bet their upcoming tour (巡回演出) will be amazing. If you haven’t bought the CD yet, you should. I bought mine on Amazon.com for $3.99. I couldn’t believe it.
—Posted by Josh Briggs
58. Whose comment is contrary to the others?
A. Martin’s. B. Dan’s. C. Josh Briggs’. D. Ronald Harris’.
59. Which of the following statements is Not True according to the passage?
A. U2 is good at playing classical music. B. The new album is available on the Internet.
C. The people who made comments are fans of U2. D. U2’s upcoming tour may be a great success.
60. The passage is most probably from _____________________.
A. a concert poster B. a TV review C. a newspaper D. the Internet
C
The solar system is bigger than we thought. Recently, scientists have found a new world orbiting the Sun 2 billion miles beyond Pluto, which had been the most distant known planet. The existence of the new object — named Sedna after a goddess of the sea— will be announced by NASA tomorrow. It is about 6 billion miles from Earth and the space shuttle would need to travel for more than 40 years to reach it.
Professor Michael Brown from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), whose team made the discovery, said the find was the most significant for years.
“Sedna is very big, and much further out than previous discoveries,” he said. It extended significantly the known boundaries of the solar system.
Sedna has a diameter (直径) of more than 1,200 miles, making it the biggest find in the solar system since Pluto was discovered 74 years ago.
It is slightly smaller than Pluto — a finding that is likely to reopen the debate over what a planet is actually made up of. Some scientists claim that even Pluto is too small to be regarded as a planet while others say that any sizeable object orbiting the sun fits the definition.
In 2002 Brown’s team reported the discovery of Quaoar, a planetoid (小行星) about 800 miles in diameter and 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. Pluto’s average distance from the sun is 3.6 billion miles.
Last month they reported finding a new body, code-named 2004 DW, which is 10% larger and slightly further away. Both those objects lie within the Kuiper belt — some rocks and very small planetoids orbiting the sun beyond Neptune that are probably the remains that formed the solar system about 5 billion years ago. There are about 800 known Kuiper belt objects, most of them about 60 miles in diameter.
“Sedna is much further out than 2004 DW and is well beyond Kuiper belt,” Brown said. “We have been looking for 2 1/2 years and I am pretty sure there are other large bodies up there too.”
Cambridge Prof. Sir Martin Rees said objects like Sedna could provide valuable clues on how the solar system formed.
61. Which of the following CAN NOT be true about Sedna?
A. It is named after a goddess of the sea. B. It has a diameter of more than 1200 miles.
C. It is a satellite of Pluto. D. It has been observed for some time.
62. Which of the following might be the focus in the debate over the definition of a planet?
A. Its size and orbiting. B. Its size and structure.
C. Its distance from the sun. D. Its position in the solar system.
63. Which of the following tells the correct order of discovery in the order of time?
A. Sedna-Quaoar-2004 DW. B. Quaoar-2004 DW-Sedna.
C. 2004 DW-Sedna-Quaoar. D. Quaoar-Sedna-2004 DW.
. What is implied about the Kuiper belt in the passage?
A. It consists of rocks and small planetoids moving around the sun.
B. Its structure is the same as most of the planets of the solar system.
C. Its objects are of the same size in diameter with Sedna or Quaoar.
D. It has shown how the solar system was formed.
IV. Blank-Filling 10% Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in their proper forms in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
distinguish adore rise fly operate attempt
| impress reflect pick up eminent name |
66. The pilot floated on the water for several days until he ________ by a fishing boat.
67. The talent was so popular that he ________ by boys and girls alike.
68. Although Tokyo and Paris are _____, other big cities play important international roles of their own.
69. After the talent show the poor boy from the country ________ to fame overnight.
70. They visited the school ________ after the high mountain that stands in front of it.
71. If the goat shelter has a metal roof, it should be painted white ________ heat from the sun.
72. The explorers made the first ________at reaching the Alps, but had to turn back due to the snow storms in succession.
73. Language is the most important character than other ones that ________humans from animals.
74. ________ by the boy’s diligence, the teachers all sang high praise for him.
V. Translation 15% Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
75. 满足学生的需求是我们老师在教学中应该考虑的。(needs)
76. 他们都知道,经常迟到意味着会失去工作。(mean)
77. 他向我建议用另一种方式处理这个难题。(suggest)
78. 毫无疑问,和所有新技术一样,电子衣服同样会存在一些问题。(No doubt)
79. 科学家们计划用温室效应来提高火星的平均温度,使之适合居住。 (inhabitable)
VI. Guided Writing 10% Directions: Write an English composition in about 100-120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
近年来,我国的经济、科技飞速发展,比如:汽车进家庭、载人航天成功,令人鼓舞。谈谈你打算怎样为祖国的经济技术发展和国家富强做出你的努力:
1. 现在作为学生。。 2. 将来进入社会后。。
Additional Test 20’ Section A
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there are two words more than you need.
A. accused B. good C. involve D. inactive E. caught F. hold
| G. fear H. total I. remarkable J. challenge K. harmony L. argument |
After being 1 for almost 200 years, a volcano(火山) on the island of Iceland emitted(喷射) balls of fire, ice and a giant cloud of ash for days on end. The ashes in the air paralyzed(使瘫痪) European air travel and put a(n) 2 on people’s plans all over the world.
Travelers and airlines were naturally frustrated that airspace in certain European countries had been closed for so long. Some even 3 authorities of being unskillful and irresponsible for grounding thousands of flights.
They should have taken that 4 up with Mother Nature.
With all of our attempts to tame and predict nature, we often find ourselves 5 off-guard when “acts of God” are beyond our comprehension.
Volcanoes erupt(爆发) all over the world but often don’t create as much damage as Iceland’s volcano caused. The 6 now is, according to some scientists, that an eruption of the much larger Laki volcano on this island would follow.
We attempt to 7 nature. We put our trust in our dams, early warning systems and modern weather radar and the manpower we call when uncontrollable forces face us.
Most often, we can only respond to disaster rather than prevent it. And those human responses to tragedy can be 8 occurrences to themselves. But let’s not get too proud of ourselves even when we’re able to bring 9 out of chaos(混乱).
When we start to place too much importance on our accomplishments, remember that a little volcano sitting on a little island in the Northern Atlantic forced us to sit still in 10 amazement.
Section B Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest words.
Now let us look how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky(抽动的) movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes fixate(集中目光). Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span. The length of time for which the eyes stop ---- the duration of the fixation ---- varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.
Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised(设计) to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twelfth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in No More Than Fourteen Words.)
1. According to the passage the duration of the fixation can be affected by .
2. What is the purpose of designing many exercises for reading improvement?
3. What can we learn from the sentence in the second paragraph “it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.”?
4. In the passage, the writer holds a critical attitude towards the link between .
答案:
25 A 26-30 A B C C B 31-35 C A A B D 36-40 A C D A B 41-44 A A D A
45-54 C A A C B D A B D C 55-57 D A B 58- 60. D A D 61- C ABA
65. to fly 66. was picked up 67. was adored 68. eminent 69. rose 70. named
71. to reflect 72. attempt 73.distinguish 74. Impressed
75. 满足学生的需求是我们老师在教学中应该考虑的。(needs)
To meet students’ needs is what we teachers should think about in our teaching.
77. 他们都知道,经常迟到意味着会失去工作。(mean)
As they all know, being late for work very often means losing a job.
77. 他向我建议用另一种方式处理这个难题。(suggest)
He suggested to me that we should deal with the difficult problem in another way.
78. 毫无疑问,和所有新技术一样,电子衣服同样会存在一些问题。(No doubt)
No doubt there will be some problems with electronic clothes, as there are with all new technologies.
79. 科学家们计划用温室效应来提高火星的平均温度,使之适合居住。 (inhabitable)
Scientists are planning to use the greenhouse effect to raise the average temperature of the Mars to make it inhabitable.
附加题
I. 选词填空: 1-10 DFALE GJIBH
II. 问题简答:
1. one’s purpose in reading, one’s familiarity with the text, lighting and tiredness
2. To train eyes to see more words at one fixation.
3. The ability to see words is different from the ability to understand a text.
Or: The ability to see words doesn’t mean ability to understand a text.
4. eye training and efficient reading Or: eye training and reading efficiency下载本文