英语试卷及答案14

do we learn about the influence of films from the passage?

A) It can make all the audiences crazy.

B) It can affect the fashion of the world.

C) It can spoil the image of an actor.

D) It can make an ordinary person leap to fame.

正确答案为

B

解析：

B)

。由短文中提到的

For example...films sometimes affect fashion

可知，答案为

B)

。

do we learn about the film Star Wars from the passage?

A) It was made during World War II.

B) It was made for politicians.

C) It reflects things in World War II.

D) It was made for peace lovers.

正确答案为

C

解析：

C)

。短文中提到，

《星球大战》里的英雄们极像第二次世界大战早期的英国人，他们的敌人

就像德国纳粹党（

Nazis

）

?

?

《星球大战》整部电影就是第二次世界大 战的重演（

a rerun

of World War

Ⅱ），由此可推断出，《星球大战》反映了第二次世界大战的一些事件，故

< br>答案为

C)

。

Section C Dictation

Directions

：

In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second

time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when

the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

本题得分：

7.0 /10

分

Script

Numerous

studies

have

shown

the

crucial

role

Earth's

forests

play

in

storing

carbon and mitigating (

减轻

) the effects of global warming. But according to the

latest

research,

forests

may

be

less

capable

of

coping

with

climate

change

as

(26)previously

thought.

As

temperatures

rise

and

regions

of

(27)favorable

growing conditions shift towards the poles, experts expected

plant species

would

migrate to

(28)survive

,

though

it turns out not

to

be

the

case.

Duke

University

professor

James

S.

Clark,

a

leading

expert

on

how

climate

change

(29)impacts

trees,

says

that

most

forests

in

the

eastern

US

aren't

migrating

as

(30)effectively

as

was

once

believed.

Instead

of

inching

north

towards higher altitudes and more familiar conditions, research suggests that 60%

of

plant

species

were

experiencing

(31)contracting

habitats,

while

only

21%

showed some movement north. Clark says

(32)models

have suggested

that trees will migrate rapidly to higher

(33)latitudes

and elevations in response

to warming temperatures, but evidence for a consistent, climate-driven northward

migration is essentially absent in this large

(34)analysis

.

It may be too soon to tell whether Clark's findings are unique to forests in the

eastern

US,

or

if

tree

species

across

the

planet

will

find

climate

change

similarly

difficult to

(35)cope with

. There was once some cold comfort in the notion that

despite

the

nefarious

(

极

的

)

effects

of

global

warming

on

Earth's

delicate

ecosystems, plant life was capable of adapting via migration. Unfortunately, in lieu

(

代替

)

of

evidence

to

the

contrary,

we

can

now

count

forests

among

the

likely

casualties of a warming world.

26.

正确答案为

previously

你答对了！

27.

正确答案为

favorable

28.

正确答案为

survive

你答对了！

29.

正确答案为

impacts

你答对了！

30.

正确答案为

effectively

31.

正确答案为

contracting

你答对了！

32.

正确答案为

models

你答对了！

33.

正确答案为

latitudes

34.

正确答案为

analysis

你答对了！

35.

正确答案为

cope with

你答对了！

Part

Ⅱ

Reading

Section A Fill in Blanks

Directions

：

In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word

for

each

blank

from

a

list

of

choices

given

in

a

word

bank

following

the

passage.

Read

the

passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a

letter. Please fill in the blanks with the

corresponding letter for each item

. You may not use any

of the words in the bank more than once.

本题得分：

4.0/10

分

Is physical frailty (

虚弱

) inevitable as we grow older? Until recently, the evidence

was discouraging. A large number of studies in the past few years showed that after

age

40,

people

typically

lose

8%

or

more

of

their

muscle

mass

each

decade,

a

process

that

accelerates

(36)significantly

after

age

70.

Less

muscle

mass

generally

means

less

strength,

(37)mobility

and

independence

among

the

elderly. However, a growing body of newer science suggests that such decline may

be

changed.

Exercise,

the

thinking

goes,

and

you

might

be

able

to

rewrite

the

future for your muscles.

Consider the results of a stirring study published last month in the journal

The

Physician and Sports Medicine. For it, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh

recruited

40

competitive

runners,

cyclists

and

swimmers.

They

(38)ranged

in

age from 40 to 81, with five men and five women representing each of four age

groups: 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, and 70-plus. They completed questionnaires

detailing their health and weekly physical activities. Then the researchers measured

their muscle mass, leg strength and body composition, determining how much of

their body and, more

(39)specifically

, their muscle tissue was composed of fat.

Other studies have found that as people age, they not only lose muscle, but the

tissue that remains can become infiltrated (

渗透

) with fat, degrading its quality and

reducing its strength.

There

was

little

evidence

of

(40)deterioration

in

the

older

athletes'

musculature (

肌肉组织

), however. The athletes in their 70s and 80s had almost as

much thigh muscle mass as the athletes in their 40s. There was, as scientists noted,

a drop-off in leg muscle strength around age 60 in both men and women. They

weren't as strong as the 50-year-olds, but little additional decline followed. The 70-

and 80-year-old athletes were about as strong as those in their 60s.

(41)encouraging

results,

surgeon

and

founder

of

the

Performance

and

Research

Initiative,

who

(42)oversaw

the study.

lose

muscle

mass

and

function

as

they

grow

older.

The

changes

that

we've

assumed were due to aging and therefore were

(43)unstoppable

seem actually

to be caused by inactivity. And that can be changed.

(44)certainty

is that any activity is better than none,

Dr. Wright says,

that it looks as if how we age can be under our control. Through exercise, you can

preserve muscle mass and strength and avoid the decline from

(45)vitality

to

frailty.

A) assumed

B) encouraging

C) certainty

D) ranged

E) specifically

F) vitality

G) oversaw

H) surveyed

I) mobility

J) significantly

K) unstoppable

L) saddening

M) deterioration

N) exceptional

O) evident

36.

正确答案为

J) significantly

解析：

J) significantly

略

37.

正确答案为

I) mobility

解析：

I) mobility

略

38.

正确答案为

D) ranged

你选对了！

解析：

D) ranged

略

39.

正确答案为

E) specifically

解析：

E) specifically

略

40.

正确答案为

M) deterioration

解析：

M) deterioration

略

41.

正确答案为

B) encouraging

你选对了！

解析：

B) encouraging

略

42.

正确答案为

G) oversaw

你选对了！

解析：

G) oversaw

略

43.

正确答案为

K) unstoppable

解析：

K) unstoppable

略

44.

正确答案为

C) certainty

你选对了！

解析：

C) certainty

略

45.

正确答案为

F) vitality

解析：

F) vitality

略

Section B Match

Directions

：

In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.

Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from

which the information is may choose a paragraph more than paragraph is

marked with a letter.

本题得分：

9.0/10

分

A Look That Conveys a Message

[A] To tour an assembly plant in Canada, Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of

Chrysler, wore a black sweater and a checked oxford shirt. At the North American

International

Auto

Show

in

Detroit,

Mr

Marchionne

wore

a

black

sweater

and

a

checked oxford shirt. And at a Saturday night gala honouring Lee A. Iacocca in Los

Angeles, he wore a black sweater and a checked oxford shirt.

[B] Mr Marchionne, who last year earned more than 5 million euros ($$6.9 million)

and owns luxury houses in three countries, has donned a monochromatic (

单色的

)

wardrobe similar to that worn by other top-flight executives. He has discovered the

power of dressing down, and not just on Fridays.

is not wearing a tie, not wearing a suit, means we are more flexible and what really

matters is not the uniform but something else,

head of used cars at Fiat, which Mr Marchionne also heads.

[C]

Today,

corporate

executives

have

a

wider

choice

of

what

to

wear

than

ever

before. Stylists and personal shoppers reserve exclusive clothes, Hong Kong tailors

make office visits and silk ties from France can be delivered overnight.

[D]

Yet

the

simple

personal

uniform

is

being

seen

in

some

corner

offices

as

the

ultimate power suit.

director

of

the

trend-forecasting

company

the

Doneger

Group,

said

of

the

single-outfit executives.

out if everybody's trendy? The only way is to be beyond the trend.

[E]

Mark

Zuckerberg,

chief

executive

of

Facebook,

wears

hoodies

and

sneakers.

Andrea Jung, chief executive of Avon Products, sticks with sleeveless close-fitting

dresses

—

often red

—

and pearls. The television personality Simon Cowell and

the

fashion

designer

Roberto

Cavalli

wear

jeans,

T-shirts

and

black

jackets.

Joe

Scarborough,

the

host

of

MSNBC's

Joe

takes

regular

ribbings

(

笑话

)

about

his

day-in,

day-out

fleece

(

羊毛的

)

jacket

and

jeans.

A

Facebook

group

is

campaigning for Michael Kors, a designer and judge on the show

to change his ensemble (also jeans, T-shirt and black jacket), which he has worn for

nearly all eight seasons of the show. Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple,

wears

New

Balance

sneakers,

Levi's

and

black

mock

turtlenecks

(

高领衣

),

while

Lawrence J. Ellison, the chief of Oracle, dons black mock turtlenecks, usually topped

with a blazer.

[F] The motivations vary, but every uniform sends a message. Mr Scarborough, a

Republican who is the host of a programme on a left-leaning cable network, may

be

signaling

that

he

is

a

(

温

和

的

),

fleece-wearing

Republican

that

Democrats

love

to

like,

wrote

New

York

magazine.

Mr

Jobs,

by

most

accounts,

prefers

the

ordinary

clothe

as

a

way

to

de- emphasise

individuality

in

favour

of

promoting a

collective approach at Apple. And

Thierry

Rautureau,

a Seattle

chef

who tops every outfit with a hat, wears the distinctive style for branding purposes.

[G] Mr Wolfe, the fashion forecaster, switched to a single outfit last summer as a

protest against how accessible trends had become.

自命不凡

)

or elitism that made me think,

player in a game that too many people are playing,

[H]

While

Mr

Wolfe

used

to

go

to

work

in

clothes,

cowboy

outfits,

a

baseball uniform one season, often street-cleaner jumpsuits and things like that.

He said he has altered his look in the last several months to wearing white L. L. Bean

oxford shirts and Levi's 501s every day.

fact that the recession is the new normal. We're not going to get over it and go

back

to

a

wild

and

crazy

extra

message

vagrant

time

right

away.

I

think

that's

starting to affect the way people are presenting themselves to the world at large,

with a very conservative fashion approach,