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Directions:
There
are
12
reading
passages
in
this
part.
Each
passage
is
followed
by
five
questions. For each question there are
four suggested answers marked A, B, C and
D.
Choose
the
best
answer
and
blacken
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet.
Passage
One
This is not the world we know. This
world is controlled by computers. Men and women
can
be
seen,
but
they
are
following
orders
given
to
them
by
machines.
The
machines
were
designed by mad scientists, but at some
point even the mad scientists were taken over by
their
super-inventions.
Does this sound familiar? You have
probably read something like it in magazines or
books,
or seen it in a film. Why is it
so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects
the fears of many
people; fear of the
unknown, fear of what is not understood or, at
least, fear of something that is
not
completely understood.
The fact is
that every day it seems that computers take
control of another area of our lives.
Some
factory
jobs
are
now
done
by
robots
and
the
robots
are
controlled
by
computers.
Our
bank accounts are managed by computers.
At the airport, our tickets are sold by a
computer.
Certainly, many of these
operations are made more efficient by computers,
but our admiration is
sometimes mixed
with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is
caused by the fact that we do
not know
how computers do these things, and we really don’t
know what they might do next.
But
we
can
find
out
how
computers
work,
and
once
we
understand
them,
we
can
use
computers instead of worrying about
being used by them. Today, there is a new
generation of
computer wizards
(
奇才
) who know exactly how
computers get things done. These young men
and
women,
usually
university
students,
are
happy
to
sit
for
hours,
sometimes
for
days,
designing
programs,
not
eating,
not
sleeping,
but
discovering
what
can
be
done
by
these
wonderful slaves which they have
learned to control. These computer wizards have
learned to
use the computer and search
for new tasks for their machines.
161. We can know that the
scientists who designed the machines
_____________.
A. are careless in their
daily life
C. are out of
their mind
B. are unkind and cruel
D.
have great abilities
162. The reason
why many people are afraid of computers is that
____________.
A. they don't know anything about
computers
B. they haven't really
understood computers
C. there are so many computer games
D. computers
are often down
163. The author mentions
computer wizards in order to point out that
____________.
A. computers can be controlled by man
B.
there should be more people devoted to computers
C.
only young people are interested in computers
D. more time and energy is required to
control computers
164. This passage is
probably written to suggest that ____________.
A.
some day computers can deal with all human
problems
B. computers can be used in place of
traveling to our jobs
C. people should not fear
computers
D. computer technology will
not meet people’s needs in various
situations
165. The author's
attitude (
态度
) towards widely
used computers is_________.
A. positive
Passage Two
B. anxious
C. worried
D. curious
Knowledge
is
power.
But
there
is
another
thing
we
must
remember.
An
intelligent mind
needs a
strong body to make it most useful.
There are a great many good exercises
for building up our bodies. Many of them may be
done indoors in rainy weather. Indoor
exercises, however, are never as helpful as those
taken
out of doors because in the open
air there is more oxygen. The air in the house is
not fresh. But
out of doors it is very
fresh, especially in the morning.
But
what shall we play? There are a number of games
such as football, basketball, races
and
so on. Any game with plenty of exercises is good.
Do not neglect your health. It is of as
much importance as your mind. Our country now
needs people with creative minds, good
judgment, and healthy bodies.
166. One
who has an intelligent mind is ______ .
A. very strong
B. very healthy
C. very clever
D. very stupid
167. “An intelligent mind needs a
strong body to make it useful.” means ______
.
A. if you want to make your
strong body useful, you must have an intelligent
mind
B. in order to make your
intelligent mind useful, you must have a strong
body
C. to make your strong mind
and strong body most useful you need a strong body
D. if you have a strong body you will
have a strong mind
168. Which of the
following statements is true?
A.
Indoor exercises are as helpful as outdoor ones.
B. Indoor exercises are no more helpful
than outdoor exercises.
C. Neither
indoor exercises nor outdoor exercises are
helpful.
D. Outdoor exercises are
more helpful than indoor ones.
169. The
air in the house does not remain fresh very long.
It’s because ______.
A.
the fresh air can’t come into the house
B. there is only a little fresh air
coming in and a little waste going out
C.
the air in the house can’t move at all
D. the house gives off wastes
170. Our country now ______ with
creative minds, good judgment and healthy bodies.
A. needs men and women
B. only needs men
C. only needs scientists
D.
does not need women but men
Passage Three
Survival is an
art. Survivors are artists. The best acting is
done in daily life, not on the stage.
My late uncle Sir Alexander Korda, the
motion-
picture producer who could
“charm money out
of an empty safe”, was
a gifted survivor.
Once, a
group of investors called him in to complain that
he had lost 5 000 000 of their
money.
Most men would have tried to defend themselves.
Alex did not. “You are right,” he said
quietly,
“I
have
been
wasteful,
and
careless.
I
have
chosen
the
wrong
scripts,
paid
too
little
attention to the budgets. I am too old
for this business. I will retire. I only hope you
will forgive
me.”
Within an hour, the investors were busy
encouraging Alex, cheering him up. It was out of
the question for him to resign; they
wouldn’t hear it. And by lunchtime, Alex had 2 000
000
more of their money and was back in
the action again. When I asked him if he was happy
about
it, he said, “No. They would have
put up three or four million, I think. Still, it’s
a good lesson
for you to learn. Always
settle for less than you could get. It doesn’t
hurt to have a reputation as
a
gentleman.”
171. According
to the author, Sir Alexander Korda is an excellent
artist because ______.
A.
he is a motion-picture producer
B. he knows
well about how to survive
C. he had a gift to act in the movie
D.
he can get large amounts of money from investors
172. The phrase to “charm money out of
an empty safe” in the context means
.
A. to put all your money to
your savings account
B. to draw your
money back if it is not in a safe place
C. to avoid wasting money if you have
an empty pocket
D. to be able
to get money even if it looks impossible
173. What would most probably have
happened if Sir Alexander Korda had defended
himself
？
A. He would
resign and live miserably.
B. He would be
considered a gentleman.
C. The investors would not
forgive him.
D. The investors would give him more
money.
174. Alex did not defend himself
because
.
A. he hoped to have a happier life
B. his nature prevented him from doing
so
C. he wanted to test if he could give
the best acting
D. he knew the
way to cope with the investors
175.
Alex was not happy with the settlement because
.
A. he thought he could have got more
from the investor
B.
he didn’t
teach the author a good lesson
C. he didn’t like the way
he behaved
D. he lost his
reputation as a gentleman
Passage Four
Time is the
biggest problem of most students. It becomes
particularly difficult when you
have to
do library research for a term paper or report.
Finding information in the library can
take so much time that many students
avoid it until the last possible minute.
Library
research
does
not
have
to
be
time
consuming.
If
you
learn
to
use
a
library
efficiently, you can save yourself a
great deal of time. The exercises in this section
are designed
to familiarize you with
the library so that you can find the information
you need quickly.
The first and the
most important thing to know about a library is
that when you cannot find
something,
ask
a
librarian
for
help.
The
librarians
are
paid
not
just
to
shelve
books,
but
to
provide
information and assistance. The most helpful
librarians are usually those who work in
the
reference
room.
They
will
help
you
get
started
on
a
term
paper
and
even
help
you
find
material. There are two
basic places to begin looking for information, the
card catalog and the
various periodical
indexes. The card catalog is a list of all the
books in the library. A periodical
index is a list of all the magazine and
journal articles written on any subject.
176. According to the author, finding
information in the library needs a lot of time, so
students
should ______.
A. avoid it until the last possible
minute
B. do library research
C. learn how to use it
efficiently
D.
save a great deal of time
177. It is the librarians’ duty to do
all the following things except______.
A. arranging and lending books
B. helping
students locate the needed books
C.
helping students find needed materials
D. helping
students write their term paper
178. In
what way could a student get familiarized with the
library while reading this section?
A. By doing the exercises provided.
B.
By asking the librarians.
C. By looking
into the catalog part.
D. By reading in the
reference room.
179.
If
you
need
to
find
a
magazine
article
in
the
library,
the
best
way
for
you
to
do
is
to
______.
A. look in the card catalog
B. look in the periodical
indexes
C. search through the
bookshelves
D. go to the reference room
180.
The
passage
is
taken
from
an
introduction
of
a
chapter,
and
the
title
of
the
chapter
is
probably ______.
A. Save Your Study Time
B. Using the Library for
Your Term Paper
C.
Using the Library Efficiently
D. Library--- An Information Source
Passage Five
Every
year
just
after
Christmas
the
January
Sales
start.
All
the
shops
reduce
their
prices and for two
weeks, they are full of people looking for
bargains. My husband and I do
not
normally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds
and in any case are short of money as
we have to buy lots of Christmas
presents.
Last year, however, I took my husband
with me to the sales at the large shop in the
center of London. We both needed some
new clothes and were hoping to find a television
set.
When we got to Oxford Street, it
was so crowded that we decided to split up and
meet again
at
the
underground
station.
So
I
left
my
husband
and
started
looking
around
the
shops.
Unfortunately all the clothes were in
very large sizes and so were not suitable for me.
But I
did buy a television at a very
cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.
When I arrived at the
station, my husband was not there. So I sat down
in a nearby cafe
to have a cup of tea.
I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband
and went out to meet
him. He looked
very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and
heavy cardboard box.
“Oh, dear!” I
thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two
televisions. We shall not be going
to
the sales again.
181. In January
____________.
A. lots of people go
shopping for discount
B. people have a
lot of money to spend after Christmas
C. all the shops close for a two-week
Christmas holiday
D. people don’t have
enough money to go looking for bargains
182. In this passage, the word
“bargain” could best be replaced by
“something_______”.
A. given
to people
C.
offered
，
sold or bought which
is expensive
B. offered at a reduced
price
D.
sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement
183. The husband and wife in the story
__________ .
A. wished to buy a TV
B. went to the sales the year before
C. often went to the sales to buy
clothes D. were usually not short of money after
Christmas
184. The phrase “split up” in
the second paragraph means“_________”.
A. break apart
B. cause to
break
C. become pieces
D. go
indifferent directions
185. After their
day’s sho
pping, they _________.
A. were happy with their bargains
B. had got everything they wanted
C. got more than they had hoped
for
D. had to go
back to the sales the next day
Passage
Six
In order to learn a foreign
language well, it is necessary to overcome the
fear of making
mistakes. If the primary
goal of language use is communication, then
mistakes are secondary
considerations
that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of
those mistakes increases. On
the
other hand,
students should
not ignore
their
mistakes.
The
language learner
may
observe
how
native speakers express themselves, and how native
expressions differ from the way
the
learner
might
say
them.
For
example,
a
Spanish
speaker
who
has
been
saying
“I
do
it”
to
express
willingness to do something in the immediate
future, could, by interacting with native
speakers
of
English,
observe
that
native
speakers
actually
say
“I’ll
do
it”.
The
resulting
difference can
serve as a basis for the student to modify his way
of using the present tense in
English.
But a student who is unwilling to interact in the
first place would lose this opportunity
to learn by trial of an error.
186. According to the
passage, the present tense in English is ______.
A. not used to express a
desire to do something in the immediate future
B. used with some verbs but not with
others to express future intention
C.
basically the same in English as it is in Spanish
D.
speaking without regard for native speakers
187.
According
to
the
passage,
language
learners
can
reduce
the
number
of
their
mistakes
by______.
A. asking native speakers for
explanations
B. reading good
books in the foreign language
C.
comparing their speech with that of native
speakers
D. learning through trial
of an error
188.
According
to
the
passage,
foreign
language
students
who
do
not
interact
with
native
speaker will NOT
______.
A. learn very much
about the foreign culture
B.
learn about the history of the foreign language
C. have to worry about making mistakes
D.
take advantage of available language models
189.
According
to
the
passage,
foreign
language
students
should
not
worry
too
much
about
making
mistakes because _______.
A. native speakers like foreign
students who try to learn their language
B. communication is the primary goal of
language learning
C. native
speakers will ignore their mistakes
D.
everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate
in a strange language