军考英语模拟题

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A

Long

bus

rides

are

like

television

shows.

They

have

a beginning,a middle,and an end

The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether

you

want

them

or

not.

Every

couple

of

minutes

a

billboard

glides

by

outside

the

bus

window.

Super

Clean

Toothpaste.

Pacific

Gas.

if

you

sleep,which

is

equal

to

turning

the

television set off,are

you

spared the

unending cry

of

The

beginning

of

the

ride

is

comfortable

and

somewhat exciting,even if you’ve traveled that way

before.

Usually

some

things

have

changed

new

houses,new

buildings,sometimes

even

a

new

road.

The

bus

driver

has

a

style

of

driving

and

it’s

fun

to

try

to

f

igure

it

out

the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly

reckless

（

鲁

莽

的

or

daring,the

ride

can

be

as

thrilling

as

a

suspense

story.

Will

the

driver

pass

the

truck in time? Will the driver move into the right

or the left

hand lane? After a while,of course,the

excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass

the

middle

hours

of

the

ride.

Food

always

makes

bus

rides

more

interesting.

But

you

have

got

to

be

careful

of

what

kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you

very thirsty between stops.

The

end

of

the

ride

is

somewhat

like

the

beginning.

You know it will soon be over and the

re’s a kind of

expectation

and

excitement

in

that.

The

seat

of

course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By

now

you

have

sat

with

your

legs

crossed,with

your

hands

in your lap,with your hands on the armrest seven with

your

hands

crossed

behind

your

head.

The

end

comes

just

at no more ways to sit.

to

the

passage,what

do

the

passengers

usually

see

when

they are on a long bus trip? ______

on the road. on television.

on the billboards. stations.

is the purpose of this passage? ______

give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips.

persuade you to take a long bus trip.

explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

describe the billboards along the road.

writer of this passage would probably favor . ______

drivers who are not reckless alone

television set on the bus billboards along

the road

writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because

______.

commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along

the road are fun

both

have

a

beginning,a

middle,and

an

end,with

commercials in between

drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they

are on buses

traveling and watching TV are not exciting. ______

writer

thinks

that

the

end

of

the

ride

is

somewhat

like

the beginning because both are .

B

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and

the

grandson

of

black

slaves.

His

family

moved

to

Cleveland when he was , a school teacher asked the

youth his name.

She thought he had said

name.

Owens ran his first race at age high school, he

went to Ohio State had to work part time so as to pay

for his a second

year student, in the Big Ten

games in 1935, he set even more records than he would

in the Olympic Games a year later.

A

week

before

the

Big

Ten

meet,

Owens

accidentally

fell

down

a

flight

of

stairs.

His

back

hurt

so

much

that

he

could

not

exercise

all

week, and

he

had

to

be

helped

in

and

out

of

the

car

that

drove

him

to

the

meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he

give up and said he would try, event by event. He did

try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens

victory at the

Olympic

Games

in

Berlin

the

next

year,

and

his

success would come to be regarded as not only athletic

but also did not congratulate any of the African

American winners.

was

all

right

with

me,

said

years

later.

didn

t

go

to

Berlin

to

shake

hands

with

him,

anyway.

Having

returned

from

Berlin,

he

received

no

telephone

calls

from

the

president

of his

own

country,

fact,

he

was

not

honored

by

the

United

States

until

1976,

four years before his death.

Owens

Olympic

victories

made

little

difference

to

him.

He

earned

his

living

by

looking

after

a

school

playground,

and

accepted

money

to

race

against

cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.

it

bothered

me,

said

later.

at

least

it

was

an

honest

living.

I

had

to

eat.

In

time, however,

his gold medals changed his life.

alive over the years,

still for golden moment dies hard.

36. Owens got his other name

A. he went to Ohio State University B. his

teacher made fun of him

C.

his

teacher

took

C.

he

won

gold medals in the Big Ten meet

37. In the Big Ten meet

，

Owens. ______

A.

hurt

himself

in

the

back B.

succeeded

in

setting many records

C. tried every sports event but failed D. had to

give up some events

38. We can infer from the text that Owens was treated

unfairly in the US at that time because. ______

A. he was not of the right race B. he was the son of

a poor farmer

C. he didn

ˊ

t shake hands with Hitler D. he didn

ˊ

t

talk to the US president on the phone

39. When Owens says

years

A. have been changed for money to help him live on

B. have made him famous in the US

C.

have

encouraged

him

to

overcome

difficulties

in

life

D. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

40. What would be the best title for the text? ______

A. Jesse Owens, A Great American Athlete

B. Golden Moment

—

A Life

time Struggle

C. Making A Living As A Sportsman

D. How To Be A Successful Athlete

C

may

make

women

smarter

and

may

help

prevent

deme ntia(

痴

呆

)

in

old

age

by

bathing

the

brain

in

protective

hormones,

US

researchers

reported

on

Thursday.

Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more

litters

of

pups

do

considerably

better

in

tests

of

memory

and

skills

than

rats

who

have

no

babies,

and

their

brains show

changes

that

suggest

they may

be

protected

against diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia (

早老痴

呆

症

).

University

of

Richmond

psychology

professor

Craig

Kinsley

believes

his

findings

will

translate

into

humans.

research

shows

that

the

hormones

of

pregnancy

(

怀

孕

) are protecting the brain, including estrogen (

雌

激素

), which we know has many neuron protective (

保护

神经的

) effects,

rat

data

but

humans

are

mammals

just

like

these

animals

are

mammals,

he

added

in

a

telephone

interview.

Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and

researchers would look to see if having had children

protected a woman from Alzheimer's dementia and other

forms of age-related brain decline.

people

think

about

pregnancy,

they

think

about