competent英语测验 test 6

2021年1月28日发(作者：金花鼠)

Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Multiple

Choice)

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每小题：

1.5

分

)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose

the best answer from the four choice

s marked A, B, C and D.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall

into disuse. They see a day in the not- too-distant future when all

autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities,

however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will

remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable (

可预见

的

) future.

The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30

years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and

should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future

should be far more pollution- free than present types.

Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the

main problem in urban traffic congestion (

拥挤

). One proposed

solution to this problem is the automated (

自动化的

) highway

system.

When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (

可伸缩的

)

arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is

similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached

to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system,

and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The

computer will then monitor all of the car's movements.

The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his

destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best

route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit

from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for

the buzzer (

蜂鸣器

) that will warn him of his coming exit. It is

estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000

vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that

can be carried by a present-day highway.

1.

One significant improvement in the future car will probably be

________.

A. its power source

B. its monitoring system

C. its driving system

D. its seating capacity

2.

B. How to make smaller and safer automobiles.

C. How to solve the problem of traffic jams.

D. How to develop an automated subway system.

3.

What provides autos with electric power in an automated

highway system?

A. A rail.

B. A retractable arm.

C. An engine.

D. A computer controller.

4.

In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is

_______.

A. keep in the right lane

B. wait to arrive at his destination

C. keep in constant touch with the computer center

D. inform the system of his destination by phone

What is the author's main concern?

A. How to render automobiles pollution- free.

5.

B. Optimistic.

C. Pessimistic.

D. Cautious.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog- like

animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are

officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers

down by shooting or poisoning them.

Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control

the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the

countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men

and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox

they kill it or a hunter shoots it.

People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport; they wear a

special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict

codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is

expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.

It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox

hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people

opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (

残酷的

), has

risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without

some kind of confrontation (

冲突

) between hunters and hunt

saboteurs (

阻拦者

). Sometimes these incidents lead to violence,

but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders

and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell, which the dogs follow.

Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs ha

ve become

so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the

pursuit (

追逐

) of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting

face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party Member of

the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a

new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs

illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected

What is the author's attitude toward the future of autos?

A. Enthusiastic.

under the ban in Britain.

6.

B. to limit the fox population

C. in the interests of the farmers

D. to display their wealth

7.

B. It is a costly event which rarely occurs.

C. The hunters have set rules to follow.

D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

8.

B. by taking legal action

C. by confusing the fox hunters

D. by demonstrating on the scene

9.

A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to

________.

A. prohibit farmers from hunting foxes

B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs

C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game ________.

A. by resorting to violence

What is special about fox hunting in Britain?

A. It involves the use of a deadly poison.

Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes ________.

A. for recreation

D. prevent large-scale fox hunting

10.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. killing foxes with poison is illegal

B. limiting the fox population is unnecessary

C. hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent

D. fox-hunting often leads to confrontation between the poor

and the rich

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Despite laws designed to keep cigarettes away from kids, 34

percent of US high school students and 15 percent of middle school

students use tobacco products, government health officials say.

Although the statistics show the number of teens using tobacco has

started to decline from record highs in 1997, experts say the

numbers are still disturbing given that nearly 90 percent of adult

smokers began using tobacco at or before the age of 18.

tobacco, adolescents (

青少年

) are using many forms of tobacco,

and potentially becoming addicted (

成瘾

) to nicotine (

尼古丁

) from

many sources,

associate director for science with the CDC Office on Smoking and

Health.

According to the survey, most middle and high school smokers get

their tobacco at gas stations and convenience stores.

While the legal age to buy tobacco is 18 throughout most of the

United States, the survey shows current laws to be ineffective.

Approximately 69 percent of middle school students and 58 percent

of high school students reported they were not asked for proof of

age when purchasing cigarettes.

Although the tobacco industry has altered its advertising, ads still

lure teens into buying tobacco products, Pechacek said.

广告

牌

), but have taken these advertising dollars and put them into local

convenience stores,

The study also found one of the

to be whether teens spend time with other people who smoke. In

the week before the survey, half of the nonsmokers were in a room

with someone smoking, and approximately 70 percent of middle

school students and 57 percent of high school students who smoke

live in a home with a smoker.

Experts believe that more education about tobacco in schools could

counteract (

对抗

) the bad influences these students face at home.

11.

Figures provided in the second paragraph indicate that

________.

A. most kids between the ages of 12 and 17 are using tobacco

products

B. there are more teens using tobacco since 1997

C. smokers tend to begin smoking when they were very young

D. laws are designed to keep cigarettes away from kids before

the age of 18

12.

According to Terry Pechacek, teenagers using tobacco

________.

A. are likely to take drugs

B. like using cigarettes

C. tend to quit smoking after age of 18

D. like trying different forms of tobacco

13.

Most teenage smokers buy tobacco at gas stations and

convenience stores, because ________.

A. cigarettes there are cheaper than those at any other place

B. people there usually don't ask them to prove they have

reached legal age

C. there are more types of cigarettes there than other places

D. people there put up cigarettes advertisements on the wall

14.

The word

A. tempt

B. persuade

C. force

D. talk

15.

According to what Pechacek said, which of the following

factors may NOT influence teenagers' using tobacco

products?

A. Advertisement.

B. Family.

C. School education.

D. Government.

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.

It seems like science fiction, but it's already a reality: milk from

cloned cows, and it's coming to a grocery store near you unless the

federal government decides to intervene (

干涉

).

An experimental dairy farm in Wisconsin is producing some of the

world's first milk from a herd of 21 cloned cows, 17 of them from the

same original animal, all genetically identical.

Infigen, the biotech (

生物工程

) company that runs the farm, says its

cows are normal and healthy, and the milk looks and tastes just like

any other. The lack of any completed scientific study on the milk's

safety doesn't stop Infigen's president, Michael Bishop, from

pouring himself a glass.

To date there is nothing to stop him. The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) has asked biotech companies to voluntarily

refrain from selling animal products derived from clones, but there

are no laws in place. The FDA is waiting for the National Academy

of Sciences to complete a review of the safety of cloned animal

products. The report is expected sometime in January.

Infigen has agreed to wait until the federal report comes out before

marketing its milk, but it's mostly a public relations move. Bishop

has learned from the widespread public mistrust of genetically

engineered foods.

Cloned animals are not considered genetically engineered (their

DNA has not been modified in any way, simply copied), and Infigen

wants to make sure the public understands the distinction.

have to be diligent in getting in front of consumer groups. We need

to put together the data, go out and tell them about this.

Groups that monitor genetically engineered foods say they are also

concerned about cloned animal products, only because we know

so little about their safety.

支流

) would be and

how it would play out with products from the animals,

Mendelson, legal director for the Washington-based Center for

Food Safety.

16.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of cloned cows?

A. They are of the same origin.

B. They have entirely the same genes.

C. They are genetically identical.

D. They produce milk.

17.

When can the milk from cloned cows be sold at grocery

stores?

A. When the federal government stops intervening.

B. After the cows prove normal and healthy.

C. When the milk proves to be safe to drink.

D. After Infigen's president drinks the milk himself.

18.

Why can't the FDA stop Infigen from selling its milk?

A. Because there's no law to prohibit it from selling the milk.

B. Because the National Academy of Sciences can prove the

safety of cloned animal products.

C. Because most people like the milk from cloned cows.

D. Because Infigen can show their consumers that its milk is

normal.

19.

The term

________.

A. the DNA has been modified

B. the DNA has become irregular

C. the DNA has been copied

D. the DNA has become abnormal

20.

From this passage, we can draw the conclusion that the major

problem of cloned animal products is that of its ________.

A. regularity

B. safety

C. normality

D. popularity

Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

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满分：

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Part 2 Cloze (with four choices provided)

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每小题：

1

分

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose

the best answer from the four choice

s given for each blank.

Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.

It is easy to get the impression that bribery and other

questionable payments are on the increase. Questionable

payments can be

1.

into three classes. The first

is sums of money paid over to achieve political

2.

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. Money given in this class isn't always

a contract. The political aims

. It can be providing the money to

paid simply to

3.

can be

4.

5.

a foreign government. Or it can be to

6.

support a political party. Sometimes large

payments were made to support a US presidential

7.

. This is done to

8.

s

e

c

u

r

e

arms sales

or major construction contracts. The second class of

payments tries to make the

9.

run faster. Payments of this type

10.

receive special treatment. They get a

quick official

11.

i

n

v

o

l

v

e

s

of government

. The third class

12.

giving money in countries where doing so is

acceptable. In these countries, there is a tradition of paying

officials to

13.

good business. So you must

give money if you want a satisfactory business

14.

d

e

a

l

. To combat these problems the International

a

, an

among

Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is

15.

code of conduct prohibiting bribes.

16.

unfortunate difficulty is that opinions

17.

members of the ICC. The British members

18.

p

r

e

f

e

r

the code to have the force of law. However, the

the code should not be too strong. It

what is

French

19.

should merely provide guidelines

20.

ethically acceptable. As a result, some people argued recently

that

is

Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Mr. Brown has been senator for quite a few years. He was

used to getting favors from businesses in the state he

21.