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基础英语二
模拟试题
V
.Reading Comprehension. (
每题
2
分，共
30
分
)
A
After breakfast the boys wandered out
into the play-ground. Here the day-boys were
gr
adually assembling. They were sons of
the local clergy, of the officers at the Depot,
and of s
uch manufacturers or men of
business as the old town possessed. Presently a
bell rang, and
they all trooped into
school. This consisted of a large, long room at
opposite ends of which t
wo under
masters conducted the second and third forms, and
of a smaller one, leading out o
f it,
used by Mr. Watson, who taught the first form. To
attach the preparatory to the senior
sc
hool these three classes were known
officially, on speech days and in reports, as
upper, mid
dle, and lower second. Philip
was put in the last. The master, a red-faced man
with a pleasa
nt voice, was called Rice;
he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time
passed quickly. Phi
lip was surprised
when it was quarter to eleven and they were let
out for ten minutes' rest.
The whole
school rushed noisily into the play-ground. The
new boys were told to go in
to the
middle, while the others stationed themselves
along opposite walls. They began to
pl
ay
Pig in the
Middle
. The old boys ran from wall to
wall while the new boys tried to catch
t
hem: when one was seized and the
mystic words said - one, two, three, and a pig for
me - h
e became a prisoner and, turning
sides, helped to catch those who were still free.
Philip saw
a boy running past and tried
to catch him, but his limp gave him no chance; and
the runners
, taking their opportunity,
made straight for the ground he covered. Then one
of them had th
e brilliant idea of
imitating
Philip’s
clumsy
run. Other boys saw it and began to laugh; then
they all copied the first; and they ran
round Philip, limping grotesquely, screaming with
shri
ll laughter. They lost their heads
with the delight of their new amusement, and
choked with
helpless merriment. One of
them tripped Philip up and he fell, heavily as he
always fell, and
cut his knee. They
laughed all the louder when he got up. A boy
pushed him from behind, a
nd he would
have fallen again if another had not caught him.
The game was forgotten in the
entertainment of
Philip’s
deformity. Philip was completely scared. He could
not make out
why they were laughing at
him. His heart beat so that he could hardly
breathe, and he was
more frightened
than he had ever been in his life. He stood still
stupidly while the boys ran
round him,
mimicking and laughing; they shouted to him to try
and catch them; but he did n
ot move. He
did not want them to see him run any more. He was
using all his strength to pr
event
himself from crying.
1. From the
beginning of the passage we learn that ________.
A. some pupils came from the local area
B. the school
only accepted day-boys
C. the school
had only three classes
s class was part of senior school
2. What was
Philip
’
s reaction to his
class?
A. He thought class was too
short.
B. He found his
class surprising.
C. He seemed to have
enjoyed it. D. He wanted to change class.
3. In the game Philip lost
his ground because ________.
A. the
game wasn
’
t fit for new boys
like him
B. the playground
wasn
’
t big enough for the
game
C. he did not
know the rules of the game
D. he could
not run as quickly as other boys
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4. What did the boys do after Philip
lost his ground?
A. They continued
with the game.
B. They stopped to make fun of him.
C. They changed to another game.
D.
They stopped and went inside.
did Philip feel in the end?
A. He was ashamed of himself
.
B. He was very nervous.
C. He was really horrified.
D. He felt himself stupid.
B
Elizabeth Freeman was born
about 1742 to African American parents who were
slaves. At the
age
of
six
months
she
was
acquired,
along
with
her
sister,
by
John
Ashley,
a
wealthy
Massachusetts slaveholders. She became
known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the
Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to
strike
Mumbet’s sister with a spade.
M
umbet protected her sister and took
the blow instead. Furious, she
left
the
house
and
refused
to
come
back.
When
the
Ashleys
tried
to
make
her
return,
Mumbet
consulted a lawyer,
Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet
sued(
起诉
) for her freedom.
While
serving
the
Ashleys,
Mumbet
had
listened
to
many
discussions
of
the
new
Massachusetts constitution. If the
constitution said that all people were free and
equal, then she
thought
it
should
apply
to
her.
Eventually,
Mumbet
won
her
freedom----
the
first
slave
in
Massachusetts to do so under the new
constitution.
Strangely
enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet
to come back and work for them
as a
paid employee. She declined and instead went to
work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829,
but her legacy lived on in her many
descendants(
后裔
). One of her
great-grandchildren was W.E.B.
Du Bois,
one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important
writer and spokesperson for African
American civil rights.
Mumbet’s
tombstone
still
stands
in
the
Massachusetts
cemete
ry
where
she
was
buried.
It
reads, in part: “She was
born a slave and remained a slave and remained a
slave for nearly thirty
years. She
could neither read nor write, yet in her own
sphere she had no superior or equal.”
6. What do we know about
Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?
A. She was born a slave
B. She was a
slaveholder
C. She had a
famous sister
D. She was born into a rich family
7. Why did Mumbet run away
from the Ashleys?
A. She
found an employer
B. She wanted to be a lawyer
C. She was hit and got
angry
D. She had to take care of her sister
8. What did Mumbet learn
from discussions about the new consititution?
A. She should always obey
her owners’ orders B. She should be as free and
equal as whites
C. How to
be a good servant
D.
How to apply for a job
9.
What did Mumbet do after the trial?
A. She chose to work for a lawyer
B.
She found the NAACP
C. She
continued to serve the Ashleys
D. She went to live with
her grandchildren
10. What
is the test mainly about?
A. A story of a famous writer and
spokesperson B. The friendship between a lawyer
and a slave
C. The life of
a brave African American woman D. A trial that
shocked the whole world
C
Sparrow
is
a
fast-food
chain
with
200
restaurants.
Some
years
ago,
the
group
to
which
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Sparrow
belonged
was
taken
over
by
another
company.
Although
Sparrow
showed
no
sign
of
declining, the chain was generally in
an unhealthy state. With more and more fast-food
concepts
reaching the market, the
Sparrow menu had to struggle for attention. And to
make matters worse,
its new owner had
no plans to give it the funds it required.
Sparrow
failed
to grow
for another
two
years.
Until
a new
CEO, Carl Pearson,
decided
to
build
up
its
market
share.
He
did
a
survey,
which
showed
that
consumers
who
already
used
Sparrow restaurants were extremely
positive about the chain, while customers of other
fast-food
chains
were
unwilling
to
turn
away
from
them.
Sparrow
had
to
develop
a
new
promotional
campaign.
Pearson faced a battle over
the future of the Sparrow brand. The
chain
’
s owner now favored
rebranding Sparrow as
Marcy
’
s restaurants. Pearson
resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign
designed
to
convince
customers
that
visits
to
Sparrow restaurants
were
fun.
Such an
attempt
to
establish a positive relationship
between a company and the general public was
unusual for that
time.
Pearson
strongly
believed
that
numbers
were
the
key
to
success,
rather
than
customers
’
speeding power. Finally, the owner
accepted his idea.
The
campaign itself changed the traditional
advertising style of the
fast-food
industry. The
TV ads of Sparrow focused
on entertainment and featured original sons
performed by a variety of
stars.
Instead of showing the superiority of a specific
product, the intension was to put Sparrow in
the hearts of potential customers.
Pearson also made other
decisions which he believed would contribute to
the new Sparrow
image.
For
example,
he
offered
to
lower
the
rent
of
any
restaurants
which
achieved
a
certain
increase in their
turnover. (
营业额
)
These efforts paid off, and Sparrow
soon became one of the most successful fast-food
chains
in the regions where it
operated.
11. Which was one
of the problems Sparrow faced before Pearson
became CEO?
A. The number of its
customers was declining
B.
Its customers found the food unhealthy
C. It was in need of financial support
D. Most of its restaurants
were closed
12. What does
the underlined word
“
them
”
in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Customers
of Sparrow restaurants
B. Sparrow restaurants
C. Customers of other fast-
food chains
D.
other fast-food chains
13.
For what purpose did Pearson start the advertising
campaign?
A. To build a good
relationship with the public
stress the unusual tradition of
Sparrow
C. To lean about customers; spending
power.
D. To meet the challenge from
Marcy
’
s restaurants.
14. The TV ads of Sparrow
________ .
A. changed
people
’
s views on pop stars
B. amused the public with original
songs
C. focused on the
superiority of its products
D. influenced the eating habits of the
audience
.
was Pearson
’
s
achievement as a CEO?
A. He managed to
pay off Sparrow
’
s debts.
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