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SHANDONG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST
FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJORS OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION
(本科第2册)
I. Vocabulary
and Structure
(15%)
There are 30
questions in this section. For each of the
questions, there are 4 choices marked
A, B, C,
and D. Choose the ONE that best answers the
question.
1. _ _______ some are weak
and old, others must shoulder the burden.
A. What B. Which C. How D. Where
2. Its
European territory _____ ___ about 2,000,000
square miles.
A. extends B. covers C.
locates D. lies
3. He was quite ___________
to teach them a lesson.
A. determined B.
determining C. determine D. determination
4.
Plastics are manufactured in a ____________ of
forms.
A. category B. group C. variety D.
multiple
5. It is not always __________ for
buses to run on Sundays.
A. economical B.
economic C. economy D. economics
6. He has
visited every country in Asia ___________ Japan.
A. rather than B. another than C. the
other than D. other than
7. The actor soon
won ___________ from the public.
A. note
B. recognition C. admission D. distinction
8. Many boys enjoy __________ football,
basketball or baseball.
A. play B. to
play C. played D. playing
9. In
addition, teaching staff is willing __________
extra help if a student needs.
A. to providing
B. to provide C. provide D. provided
10. This unusual sabbatical leave was
conducted ___________ great secrecy.
A. by
B. in C. at D. on
11. Sound was used
___________ the ocean.
A. to measure B. to
measuring C. by measuring D. to be measured
12. It was proposed that the matter
___________ looked into at the next meeting.
A. be B. would be C. to be D.
was
13. There was no point ___________ him to
come early since everything was ready.
A. to
ask B. to have asked C. being asking D. in
asking
14. The offender was ________ over to
the police.
A. landed B. branded C.
handed D. candied
15. The teacher is working
at his ________ changing them and bettering them.
A. lectures B. lessons C. classes D.
subjects
16. The place was ____________ —
larger than any building you have ever seen.
A. significant B. big C. enormous D. important
17. He expects his son to carry ___________
the family tradition.
A. in B. on C. off
D. beyond
18. Scientists ___________
that there is no animal life on Mars.
A.
know B. assume C. trust D. understand
19. A
family has __________ affection when each person
likes the others and is liked by them.
A.
multiple B. mutual C. mature D. manure
20.
Learning a new language is an awful __________.
A. threat B. sweat C. thread D. swear
21. The relationship between teacher and
student is of ____________ importance.
A.
vital B. fatal C. little D. fertile
22. My
love for you is not dependent ___________ whether
you fulfill my expectations of you.
A. on
B. of C. from D. for
23. By the time I
saw the job advertised, it was too late to
__________.
A. appoint B. seek c. demand
D. apply
24. The district grew peas
___________ a large scale.
A. on B. in
C. by D. to
25. I am going to Paris
__________ my brother is coming as well.
A.
both B. or C. either D. and
26. When
he awoke, he found himself ___________ by an old
woman.
A. being looking after B. be
looked after
C. being looked after D. to
be looked after
27. The scientist ________ a
method of desalting seawater.
A. decided
B. placed C. perfected D. played
28. Whether
right or wrong, he has ideas about how the lessons
should ___________.
A. have conducted B. be
conducted C. conduct D. been conducting
29.
Here is some ____________ advice to any freshman.
A. worth for B. worthy of C. worthy at
D. worthwhile
30. You can write to him if you
____________ my word.
A. suspicion B. doubt
C. uncertain D. unsure
1-5 DBACB 6-10 DBDBB
11-15 AADCA 16-20 CBBBB
21-25 AADAD 26-30
CCBDB
II. Cloze
(10%)
There are 20 blanks in the following passages. For
each blank there are four choices marked A,
B,
C, and D. Choose the ONE that best fits into the
passages.
In 31 Greece athletic
festivals were very important and had strong
religious
associations. The Olympian athletic
festival, held every four years in honour of Zeus,
eventually
lost its local character, became
32 of national event, and then, after the rules
against foreign
competitors had been waived,
international. No one knows exactly how far 33
the Olympic
Games go, but some official
records date from 776 B.C.
The Games took
place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus.
Many thousands of
34 gathered from all
parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted
even as a
spectator. Slaves, women and
dishonoured persons were not allowed to compete.
The exact
sequence of events is 35 ,
but events included boys’ gymnastics, horse-
racing, field events
such as discus and
javelin throwing, and the very important foot
races. There was also boxing and
wrestling and
special tests of 36 ability such as the
pentathlon, the winner of which excelled
in
running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing and
wrestling. The evening of the third day was
devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes
of 37 day, and the fourth day, that of the
full
moon, was set aside a holy day.
On
the sixth and 38 day, all the victors were
crowned with holy garlands of wild olive
from
a sacred wood. 39 great was the honour that
the winner of the foot race gave his name
to
the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners
received no prize money, they were, in fact,
richly rewarded by their 40 authorities.
The public honour also made the strict discipline
of
the ten-month training period worthwhile.
In spite of the lengthy training, however, runners
were
known to drop dead from strain at the
winning post. How their results compared with
modern
standards, we unfortunately have no
means of telling.
31. A. ancient B. old
C. distant D. faraway
32. A. primary B.
first C. prior D. important
33. A. backway
B. backward C. back D. back to
34. A.
lookers B. speculators C. watchers D.
spectators
35. A. unconscious B. unaware C.
uncertain D. unsure
36. A. changed B. varied
C. differed D. differentiated
37. A. the
B. a C. some D.
38. A. the last B.
some last C. a lost D. last
39. A. For B.
Such C. So D. Very
40. A. country B.
state C. nation D. public
31-35 ABCDC
36-40 BADCB
The oldest stone
buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have
stood for nearly 5,000
years, and it seems
likely that they 41 continue to stand for
thousands of years yet. There are
over eighty
of them scattered along the banks of the Nile,
some of which are different in shape
from the
true pyramids. The most 42 of these are the
“Step” pyramid and the “Bent”
pyramid.
Some of the pyramids still look much as they
must have done when they were built thousands
of years 43 . Most of the damage suffered
by the others has been at the hands of men who
were
looking for treasure or, more often, for
stone to use in modern buildings. The dry climate
of Egypt
has helped to preserve the pyramids,
and their very shape has made them 44 likely to
fall into
ruin. These are good reasons why
they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most
important is that
they were planned to last
forever.
It is practically certain that plans
were made for the building of the pyramids because
the
plans of 45 large works have
fortunately been preserved. However, there are no
writings or
pictures to show us how the
Egyptians planned or built the pyramids
themselves. Consequently, we
are only able to
guess at the methods used. Nevertheless, by
examining the actual pyramids and
various tools which have been 46 ,
archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture
of them.
One thing is certain: there must have
been months of careful planning 47 they could
begin to build. The first thing they had to do
was to choose a suitable place. You may think this
would have been easy with miles and miles of
empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be
built
just anywhere. Certain rules had to be
48 , and certain problems had to be overcome.
The step pyramid had to be on the west side of
the Nile, the side on which the sun sets. This
was for 49 reasons. It also had to stand
well above the level of the river to protect it
against the
regular floods. It could not be
too far from the Nile, however, as the stones to
build it needed to be
carried in boats down
the river to the nearest point. Water transport
was, of course, much easier than
land
transport. The builders also had to 50 a rock
base which was not likely to crack under the
great weight of the pyramid. Finally, it had
to be near the capital, or better still, near the
king’s
palace so that he could visit it easily
and personally check the progress being made on
the final
resting place for his body.
41. A. shall B. will C. would D. must
42. A. notorious B. known C. notice D.
famous
43. A. ago B. before C. early D.
earlier
44. A. much B. little C. more D.
less
45. A. another B. the other C. other
D. an other
46. A. found B. finding C.
founded D. founding
47. A. early B. earlier
C. before D. ago
48. A. followed B. made C.
done D. banned
49. A. divine B. Christian
C. Catholic D. religious
50. A. found B.
find C. set D. build
41-45 BDADC
46-50
ACADA
III. Reading Comprehension
(40%)
Section A: There are 2 passages
in this section. Each passage is followed by some
true-false
questions. Decide whether each of
them is true (T) or false (F).
Passage 1
The air surrounding us is important to
everyone. Without air, we could not exist.
Everyone
understands that. But air is
necessary in many other ways—ways that are not
always so obvious or
widely known.
For
example, if we did not have air, there would be no
sound. Sound travels through air.
Where there
is no air, there is no sound. Without air, there
would be no fire. There would be no
automobiles, since motors need air in order to
operate.
Without air, there would be no wind
or clouds. There would be no weather, as we know
it. The
night time would be very cold and the
days very hot. We would be forced to seek shelter
from the
sun, as there would be no atmosphere
to protect us from the sun’s deadly rays.
The
atmosphere is all the air surrounding the earth.
Atmospheric pressure is the weight of all
that air against the surface of the
earth. If we did not have atmospheric pressure, we
could not have
automobile tires. The tires
would swell or burst if they did not have the
pressure of the atmosphere
against their
surfaces.
Large and powerful, the atmosphere
consists of an ocean of gases hundreds of miles
high. It
presses down on our bodies with a
force of more than fourteen pounds per square
inch. The narrow
column of air which rests
upon our shoulders weighs almost 2,000 pounds. But
our bodies are built
in such a way that its
weight does not crush us.
In this huge ocean
of air there is more energy than in all the coal,
oil, and gas we have on earth.
Electrical
energy is collected in the atmosphere as water is
collected and stored in a dam. The
existence
of electricity in the air has been known for
centuries. Men have gazed in wonder at the
bright patterns of lightning in storm clouds.
But a thorough study of electricity in the
atmosphere
was not possible until the
development of radio and radar.
One scientist,
Dr. Sydney Chapman, has tried to explain the
electric field which surrounds the
earth. He
believes that the great storms on the sun create
large amounts of electric energy. This
energy
is contained in a very light gas called hydrogen.
The earth pulls the gas toward it, and a ring
is formed around the earth several thousand
feet above its surface. The great space ring is a
powerful
current of electrical energy.
Sometimes the ring comes down and curves into the
lower atmosphere,
causing strange electrical
effects.
Dr. Chapman’s ideas explain many
things. It has long been known that there is an
electric
field inside the earth. It moves in
much the same manner as the electric energy
contained in the
atmosphere. Scientists now
believe that the electric energy in the atmosphere
causes the electric
energy inside the earth to
flow.
If we can learn to control the energy in
the atmosphere, we will have an unending supply of
energy. Many scientists are trying to learn
how to control it. In the meantime, even those of
us who
are not scientists have begun to pay
attention to air. We realize that air does not
contain the same
elements that it contained
years ago. Automobiles, airplanes, factories, and
atomic explosions have
added dust and waste
gases to the atmosphere. It is time to learn how
to protect our atmosphere, the
roof over the
world of man.
51. If atmospheric pressure did not exist,
tires would be burst.
52. The atmosphere
presses down on our bodies with a force of more
than fourteen pounds per
square inch.
53.
The existence of electricity in the air has been
known for a century.
54. Dr. Sydney Chapman’s
ideas about an electric field surrounding the
earth explain many things.
55. If we can learn
to control the energy in the atmosphere it will be
endless.
51-55 TTFTT
Passage 2
Huge trucks are a familiar sight to anyone who
travels across the United States by car. But
many travelers never meet a truck driver. Most
people know little about the trucker’s way of
life.
This way of life has certain
disadvantages. The three-day periods away from
home put a
strain on family life. Wives
complain that their husbands are not at home to
deal with their children’s
problems. In turn,
drivers worry about their families while they are
away.
Another problem is that
truckers’ families can seldom plan ahead. It is
hard to plan a party for
a certain date or
even to accept invitations. Friends often say to
each other, “Come over next
Saturday if your
husband is back by then.”
In addition, of
course, there is always the danger of accidents.
Although the accident rate per
mile is only
about half the rate for passenger cars, a life
spent on major highways can never be really
safe. All truck drivers fear being forced to
make a sudden turn or having to stop unexpectedly
on an
icy road. When such accidents happen,
someone other than a truck driver is usually at
fault.
Truckers have a low opinion of the
driving skills of the general public. When truck
drivers meet,
much of their conversation deals
with careless driving habits—the habits of others
on the road. But
truck drivers and their wives
also point to advantages in their way of life. The
chief advantage is
money. “How else could an
uneducated man earn as much?” one trucker’s wife
asked, sitting in the
comfortable living room
of their new home with its large color television
set and expensive furniture.
The average
salary earned by truck drivers may be
$$25,000—$$30,000 with some drivers earning as
much as $$40,000 each year.
Driving a truck
requires little physical labor. At each end of the
journey other workers load
and unload the
truck. For days at a time the driver’s life
consists entirely of sitting, eating, and
sleeping. It is not surprising that many
truckers worry about gaining weight.
Some of
the sleeping is done inside the truck. It is quite
common for two men to ride together
in a huge
truck, one man driving while the other sleeps on a
comfortable bed behind the driver. That
part
of the truck is usually air conditioned, and often
it is furnished with all the comforts of home.
When a trucker does not sleep in the truck, he
spends the night at a truck stop. Some truck
stops have enough parking space for as many as
400 trucks. At the truck stop there are stores
that
sell clothing, gifts, books, magazines,
and many other kinds of goods. There are also
comfortable
rooms for sleeping, showers, and
machines which wash the trucks.
After a shower
the driver can enjoy a good meal in the dining
room, listening to music. Much
of the music is
“country” music or “western” music, as most
truckers grew up on farms in the
southern and
western states. There are even special truckers’
songs, like “I’m a Truck”, in which a
truck
complains about its unsympathetic driver. In
another song, “A Truck Driver’s Prayer”, the
driver prays for a chance “to pass a Greyhound
bus” before he dies.
To the average citizen,
who works in the same place from 9:00 to 5:00 each
day and then goes
home to his family, the
truckers live in a different world. It is a world
seldom seen by others.
56. The accident
rate for trucks is lower.
57. Truck drivers
worry about their families when they are away.
58. The average salary earned by 25 truck
drivers last year was $$24,000.
59. Many truck
drivers worry about losing weight because their
life is hard.
60. At a truck stop there is
usually space for only a few trucks, so the driver
must often travel farther
in search of a place
to spend the night.
56-60TTFFF
Section
B: There are 2 passages in this section. Each
passage is followed by some questions. For
each question there are 4 choices marked A, B,
C, and D. Decide on the one that best answers the
question.
Passage3
The second year in Cornell for me was very
demanding. This was not because of the study.
The pressure mainly came from job-hunting.
In such top-ranking business schools as
Cornell, permanent job recruiting starts as soon
as the
second year starts. There is a special
office, the Career Service Office (CSO), which is
in charge of
posting on-campus interview
schedules, collecting students’ resumes and
coordinating the company
and students in
regard to the interview. Usually, during the
summer time, companies start to book
with the
CSO when to make presentations on campus, when to
collect resumes and when to conduct
interviews. By mid-September, the CSO will
start the first round of resume drop. Throughout
the
whole semester, there are about 12 or more
rounds of resume drop and each round is composed
of
about 20 companies. Over the past two
years, the job market has been unprecedentedly
good, and
lots of companies have come to
campus to recruit.
However, for international
students, the opportunities are very limited.
Almost two-thirds of
the American companies
will state at the end of their job descriptions
that they are not recruiting
students without
US work authorization. In the States,
international students are on F-1 visa status.
Once they are employed by the companies upon
graduation, they need to change to H-1 status, to
get
the work authorization, which has to be
sponsored by their employers. The legal process is
troublesome and time-consuming. Therefore, to
avoid the troubles, many companies do not want to
recruit international students without work
authorization, which means that the international
students can apply only when they have a green
card. Given the fact that only about one-third of
the
companies coming to campus to recruit are
willing to employ international students and
sponsor
them to get the necessary work
authorization, it is not difficult to imagine how
fierce the
competitions are among
international students on campus. Fortunately,
beyond the confines of the
campus, there are
still more companies out there which have a great
need for MBA students and are
willing to
sponsor the international students having no green
cards to get the H-1 work visa. With
these
companies, what you need to do is to network. I
cannot stress enough how important
networking
is in job-hunting. But networking here is quite
different from what we understand by
“connections” in Chinese culture. You do not
have to send any presents to the person with whom
you want to establish a network, and neither
do you have to know him beforehand. Our school has
a
great network of alums working in different
fields and those alums’ contact information is
provided
by the CSO.
So, what do you do
with the information? Cold calls. At the
beginning, I found the idea of
contacting an
alum quite ridiculous. Think about it, you’ve
never met this person and you are asking
him
to help you get a job on the phone. However,
without any other more solid and effective
connection in hand, cold calls may turn out to
be the beginning of something more than a mere
straw
in the water. The success of other
people made me believe that it was a very
practical way to land a
job as long as you
persisted and knew what you were after. Of course,
not every alum is enthusiastic
in helping a
stranger. But most of the alums are very helpful,
passing on your resume to human
resources,
arranging interviews, and referring you to other
companies they may have contacts with.
Of
course, whether you can finally get the job or not
is up to your interview skills, overall ability
and
fate. Still, networking can help you get
into the door, which is already a blessing to the
international
students whose on-campus
interview chances are limited.
61.
The special office, CSO, is in charge of
__________.
A. posting on-campus interview
schedules
B. collecting students’ resumes
C. coordinating the company and students in
regard to the interview
D. all the above
62. Which one of the following statements is
true of the “connections” in USA?
A. It is
different from what we understand in Chinese
culture.
B. You have to send any presents to
the person.
C. You have to know him
beforehand.
D. You must establish a network.
63. According to the last paragraph, which
statement is NOT true?
A. It isn’t a very
practical way to give a phone call.
B. Not
every alum is enthusiastic in helping a stranger.
C. Most of the alums are very helpful.
D.
Most of the alums will pass on your resume to
human resources.
64. According to the passage,
which statement is NOT true?
A. By mid-
September, the CSO will start the first round of
resume drop.
B. Throughout the whole semester,
there are about 12 or more rounds of resume drop.
C. For international students, the
opportunities are very unlimited.
D. I cannot
stress enough how important networking is in job-
hunting.
65. Throughout the passage, the
author wants to depict that _________.
A.
green cards are the most important thing in
finding a job
B. networking is necessary to
find a job in the States
C. green cards and
networking are very important for an international
student to find a job in the
States
D. the
action of the international students’ alums is
very important for one to find a good job
Passage 4
Several months ago I
decided it would be wise to investigate the
possibilities of buying a life
insurance
policy, if for no other reason than because I
understood it might be a good investment. I
got the name of an insurance agent from a
friend and called the agent to get some
information. From
the kinds of questions I put
to him, the agent could tell that I knew nothing
about insurance, so he
kindly offered to
explore the matter with me in more detail—to help
me determine the kind of policy
I ought to be
considering.
That evening he appeared at my
door promptly at 7:30; without wasting time on
amenities, he
spread his papers out on the
kitchen table and launched into a lengthy
explanation. I listened
attentively as he
talked about the difference between various types
of policies, and he explained the
kind of
coverage he felt I ought to have because of my age
bracket and financial objectives. Toward
the
end of the evening (after three or four hours of
talking), he kindly helped me fill out an
application for a $$50,000 policy, and then he
asked if I could go to a Dr. Luther’s office on
Friday for
a physical examination.
I don’t
know why, but it was not until the mention of the
doctor’s appointment that I realized
fully
what was happening. I was about to sign lifetime
contract, yet I had not really made a decision
about whether I wanted to buy the
policy or not. As a matter of fact, the question
of a need for a
decision from me one way or
the other had not even come up. Suddenly I felt
sure that I definitely
did not want to buy the
policy. However, since he had spent so much time
with me, I didn’t want to
make him feel that
he had wasted his time. So I invented an excuse
about things I had to do on Friday,
and I
assured him I would call him in a few days.
Actually, I had no intention of going to see Dr.
Luther or of calling the agent again. I wanted
to forget the whole thing.
It’s been over
three months now since our meeting, and my
friendly insurance agent still calls
at my
office faithfully two or three times a week. My
secretary knows that I don’t want to talk to him,
so when he calls she tells him that I’m in a
meeting or that I’m out of the office or that I’m
away on
a business trip. I realize now that it
was a mistake not to tell him that first night
that I didn’t want the
policy. Since I still
can’t bring myself to tell him outright that I’m
not interested, and please not to
bother me
anymore, all I can do is avoid his calls and hope
I don’t run into him some place.
66. The
writer phoned the insurance agent because
__________.
A. he wanted to fill out an
application for a life insurance policy
B. he
had decided to buy a life insurance policy
C.
he took great interest in the insurance company
D. he was eager to explore the possibilities
of buying a life insurance policy
67. After
several hours of talking, the writer __________.
A. decided to buy the policy
B. decided to
postpone making a decision
C. made an
appointment with Dr. Luther
D. decided not to
buy the policy
68. The writer didn’t tell the
agent the truth because __________.
A. he was
afraid of him
B. he felt embarrassed to do so
C. he thought it none of the agent’s business
D. he did not wish to lose the agent’s
friendship
69. Which of the following is true?
A. The writer has tried many ways to get rid
of the agent.
B. The agent is easily put off.
C. The agent phones every day.
D. The
writer intends to call the agent in a few days.
70. The secretary __________.
A.
understands the writer well B. helps the writer
C. is clever and experienced D. all of the
above
61-65 DAACC
66-70 DDBAD
IV.
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
(10%)
71. At last the meeting came to an end.
会议终于结束了。
72. But this time Pete had come
here more from habit than from hunger.
但这次彼特来到这里不是由于饥饿,而是由于习惯。
73. Different friends
fill different niches in each person’s life. These
friendships are not made part
of family life.
不同的朋友在每个人的生活中有不同的作用,他们不介入家庭生活。
74.
Patel and his team tested the idea using an
printer inkjet cartridge that had an array of 512
separate nozzles.
派特及其同事运用有512独立的喷嘴的墨盒检验了这个想法。
75. Visitors are
requested not to touch the exhibits.
参观者请勿触摸展品。
V. Translate the following
sentences into English. (10%)
76.一些大学白天晚上都授课。(as well as)
Some
universities hold classes at night as well as in
the daytime.
77.美国人喜欢棒球和橄榄球,这并不足为奇。(not
unusual)
It’s not unusual that Americans like
baseball and football.
78.一百年前,80%的工人生产物品,今天只有20%。(do)
One
hundred years ago,80% of workers produced goods,
today only 20% do.
79.银行同意给予这个学生低息贷款。(grant)
The bank agreed to grant this student low-
interest loan.
80.老年人很难改变自己的习惯。(形式主语it)
It’s hard to change their habits for the old..
VI. Writing (15%)
Directions: For this
section, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a
short composition on the topic
MY HOBBY: STAMP
COLLECTING. You should write about 100 words, and
base your
composition on the points suggested
(given in Chinese) below.
(1) 集邮是怎么成为你的业余爱好的?
(2) 你认为集邮有什么优点?
(3) 你打算如何继续你的集邮?
六级听力在线练习-下车英语
勉强英文-豚骨是什么骨
屎的成语-liberty是什么意思啊
naoh相对分子质量-早发白帝城拼音
日字开头的成语-mala
英语必修一课文-grape什么意思
从什么到什么-系动词
elder怎么读-草原斑猫
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