高级英语(2)试题
1,Vocabujary and Gramma:
Choose the best answer fur each bnank from the four choices given.Write your answer on the
Answer Shect.(2 points each,30 points)
1 .A: speak to the recruitment manager, please.
B: I'm sorry, I'm afraid he's not in the office at the moment
A. I wonder if I could
B. I'm afraid I can't
C. Do you think you could
D. Thank you for
2. This time tomorrow we'll have handed in our assignments and in the park.
A. we'll be relaxing
B. we're relaxing
C. we'11 relax
D. we relax
3. Just dirty dishes in the sink. I'11 wash them.
A. talk B. take C. leave D. lose
4. Why are you your lunch? Aren't you hungry?
A. pigging out
B. parting with
C. picking at
D. pointing out
5. After they dinner, they went out.
A. finish
B. are finishing
C. have finished
D. had finished
6. A:I really should go home now, or my name'll be mud.
B:
A: oh, I mean I'll be very u flpopu1ar-I'm late!
A. What I meant was
B. Are you with me?
C. I am listening.
D. Sorry, I'm not with you.
7. I'm glad I saw that film, it really
A. cheered up
B. cheered me up
C. cheered up me
D. me cheered up
8 admit that most people are not interested in being informed.
A. You decide to
B. You have to
C. The other hand to
D. As far as I
9 it, it's all about money-it's pure greed.
A. The way I see
B.You have to say
C. Talk about
D. As far as I see
1o. If Tony me a lift on his bike, I always say' no
A. offer B. would offer C. offered D. offers
11. I sometimes feel as if Toby 'Sn't even aware of my
A. exist B. existence C. existing D. existed
12. Do we really have to fill in all these forms? It's so
A. simple B. appealing
C. modern D. tiresome
13. You look a bit _.Maybe you should take some extra vitamins.
A. worried
B. run-down
C. confident
D. outraged
14. Once the press find out his secret,he'11 never live it
A. up B. on
C. down D. off
15. There are mistakes in this TV guide: I've found one on every page so far.
A. quite a few
B. not too many
C. almost no
D. very few
II .Reading comprehension
Passage One
Read the article and then match 16-20 to A-E. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(4
points each,20 points)
Do you realise that your body language is telling people a whole range of things that you
may not be conscious of? In this introduction to her series on nonverbal communication,
Rebecca Cripps gives us some tips for interpreting and using the unspoken code.
16 . We lean towards people we find attractive and interesting and away from those
we don't, It's that simple!
17 Holding your palms slightly up and outwards is seen as open and friendly.
Gestures with the palms down are generally seen as dominant and possibly aggressive. This
palm up,palm down distinction is very important when it comes to shaking hands and we
suggest you always offer a handshake upright and vertical, to convey equality.
18 Stand too close and you'11 be seen as pushy. Stand too far away and you’ll
appear unfriendly. Neither are what we want, so observe in a group Situation how close the
other people are to each other. If you move closer to someone and they back away, you've
probably overstepped the mark and are just a bit too much in their personal space.
19 even though most people can't move them much, if at all. However, you've
got two ears and only one mouth, so try to use them in that order, If you listen twice as
much as you talk, you come across as a good communicator who knows how to strike up a
balanced conversation without being "me me me" or the wallflower.
20 We purse our lips and sometimes twist them to the side when we're thinking.
We might also use this movement to hold hack an angry comment. Then of course we smile:
people smile for all sorts of reasons, only one of which is to signal happiness. But more of
that next week.
A. Mouth movements can give away all sorts of clues
B. Hand gestures are so numerous it's hard to give a brief guide but here goes
C. Distance from others is crucial if you want to give the right signals
D. Angle of the body in relation to others gives an indication of our attitude towards
them
E. Ears play a vital role in communication with others
Passage Two
Read the article and then judge the statements are true 《 T),false《 F)or not informed(NI).
Write your answer on the Answer Sheet(2 points each,10 points).
Amazing People
In this week's edition of Amazing People, we have decided to include some less
well-known celebrities. They may not be world famous or household names, but as we often
say, there's more than one way to be special!
Disabled sailor crosses Channel
On August 23rd 2005,a British woman who can only move her head, eyes and mouth,
sailed across the English Channel and into the record books. Completing her journey in just
over six hours, Hilary Lister set a record for the world's longest solo sail by a disabled
person. Using only her breathing to navigate her boat, she reached Calais to a hero'5
welcome. Having arrived in France, Mrs Lister said, 'I'm just thrilled' ,and attributed her
success to the people who'd helped her. When she made her crossing, she'd been paralysed
for four years. And she'd been sailing for only two. Having lived an active life before her
illness, she took up sailing to boost her confidence.
Lightning never strikes twice?
Roy Sullivan, a forest ranger from Virginia, was struck by lightning seven times in his
Thirty-six-year career. The first strike was in 1942. He wasn't hit again until twenty-seven
years later, driving his truck. The following year, another bolt of lightning burnt his
shoulder, while his hair caught fire in a fourth strike in 1972. A year later, Sullivan was
driving around the park when a bolt came out of a small cloud, knocking off his shoe. 'l
actually saw the lightning coming straight for me, 'he said. Lightning struck for the sixth
time in 1976. But it was the final strike in 1977,while he was fishing, that put him in the
Guinness Book of World Records. Two of his Ranger hats, burnt by lightning, are now in
Guinness Exhibit Halls-proof that lightning does strike in the same place twice.
Child prodigy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed musical gifts at a very early age, and was already
composing his first works when he was four. Born in Salzburg in 1756,he was one of the
greatest musical geniuses in history. By the age of six, he'd played before the Austrian
empress and had begun to write his earliest symphonies. A year later, he was playing to
audiences in London and Paris, astonishing them with his brilliance. He worked all over
Europe during the next seventeen years, finally settling in Vienna. He lived just a little over
half of Beethoven's life span but was amazingly prolific. He died in 1791,aged only
thirty-five, having composed over 600 works ,including great operas like The Magic Flute.
Just before his death, he'd been composing the Requiem, one of his most famous works.
21.Hilary Lister was the first disabled woman to sail from England to France.
22.Hiary Lister had never done any sailing until two years before the crossing.
23. Lightning struck Roy Sullivan for the third time in 1970.
24. By 1973,Roy Sullivan had survived five lightning strikes.
25. Mozart wrote his earliest symphonies when he was four.
lll .Cloze
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank. Each word must be used once and only once. Write
your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2 pints each,10 points)
In December 1915,Lake Morena was nearly empty and everybody in San Diego was
praying for rain. In desperation, the city council 26 Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker.
Hatfield 27 to fill the lake for$10,000. On January 1 1916,he started work, 28
his secret rain-making chemicals. By January 5,the rain had started. By January 20 it had
been raining non-stop for two weeks. On January 26 the level of the lake 29 by two feet
per hour when suddenly it stopped-just five inches from the top. Having kept his promise
Hatfield wanted his money. But the city council 30 to pay,saying that the rain wsa an
act of God'. Hatfield had only made a verbal agreement, and hadn'tsigned a contract. He
never received a penny.
A. was rising
B. using
C. contacted
D. refused
E. agreed
Ⅳ .Writing
3l.Write your essay on the Answer Sheet in 200-250 words.(30 points)
An English person recently came to your school to give a talk (what was the talk
about?).He/She left a personal possession(what is it?)at the school (where exactly?).
You want to return the possession(how will you return it?)but you have had difficulty
contacting the person ( how have you tried to contact him/her?).You have a possible address
for the person, hut you're not sure if it's correct (why?).
Write a letter to the person.
.Thank them for coming to give the talk.
. Explain the situation.
.Ask them to contact you.
高级英语(2)试题答案及评分标准
(供参考)
I .Vocabulary and Grammar( 2 points each,30 points)
1.A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D
6.D 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. C 15.A
II .Reading comprehension(30 points)
Passage One(4 points each,20 points in total)
16. D 17. B 18.C 19. E 20. A
Passage Two( 2 points each,10 points in total)
21 .NI 22. T 23. T 24.T 25. F
III .Cloze (2 points each,10 points in total)
26. C 27. E 28. B 29.A 30. D
Iv .Writing(30 points)
Dear Mr Collins,
I am writing to thank you for attending our school careers day last week and giving such
an inspirational and interesting speech on career prospects in the financial services industry.
I am also writing to inform you that you left a CD-ROM in the computer which you used
during your speech. I would like to return it to you as soon as possible but I was unsure
whether to send it to your company or adifferent address.
I contacted your office but, unfortunately, you were away on business and I spoke to a
secretary. She said that the disc belonged to your own private consultancy business and that
I should send it there. She provided me with an address but I am afraid that I may have
written it down incorrectly. The address I have is as follows: Collins' Consultancies, Box
283 A, Bristol. Could you please confirm that this is the correct address to which I should
send the disc?
Thank you once again for your generosity in giving up your valuable time for the
students at our school and lam sorry I have been unable to return your CD-ROM more
promptly.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
John Smith
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