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Reading Comprehension
(Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the following passages
carefully and choose the best answer from the four
choices marked A, B, C and D.
Passage 1
Psychics (
通灵的人
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are people who can get information about people,
places, or situations
through a sixth
sense-a sense that exists in addition to those of
seeing, hearing, smelling,
tasting, and
touching. They can use their psychic ability to
heal people who are sick, to give
advice, to give hints about the future,
and to do many other things. And it's not just
individuals
who
use
psychics;
sometimes
companies
and
governments
use psychics,
too.
One
year
a
company called Delphi and
Associates earned $$120,000 on the stock market
with the help of
psychics.
of money to a professional
psychic. You can start by using your own psychic
ability.
Psychic abilities are really
just another sense, similar to our other five
senses. The difference is
that we never
develop our psychic sense in the same way that we
develop our other senses.
We train our
eyes to see the difference between a V and a U; we
train our ears to hear the
difference
between a /ch/ and a /sh/ sound; we can feel the
difference between silk
and
leather; we can smell and taste if milk
is sour. But our sixth sense, our psychic sense,
seldom
develops very much. Because most
of us ignore our psychic sense for so long, it
takes some
time to develop it. If you
have never played soccer before, you cannot expect
to be a good
player after three
lessons. It might take years to become really
good. Psychic ability works the
same
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1.
People use
psychics ________.
A. mainly to
see the future
B.
to make money
C. to see what one cannot
usually see
D. for many
reasons
Correct answer: D
2.
________
learn to use their psychic ability.
A.
Many people
B. Many
companies
C. Few people
D. Few governments
Correct answer: C
3.
Psychic
abilities ________.
A. are similar
to other senses
B. work in the
same way as other senses
C. are
different from other senses
D.
work together with other senses
Correct answer:
A
4.
Our psychic sense seldom develops very
much because ________.
A. we never
sense it
B. we never
believe in it
C. we ignore it
D. we don't want to take time to train
it
Correct answer: C
5.
The attitude
of the author towards psychic abilities is
________.
A. positive
B. negative
C.
critical
D. neutral
Correct answer: A
Passage 2
It is
not often realized that women held a high place in
southern European societies in the
10th
and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was
protected by the setting up of a dowry
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) or decimum. Admittedly,
the purpose of this was to protect her against the
risk of being
abandoned, but in reality
its function in the social and family life of the
time was much more
important. The
decimum was the wife's right to receive a tenth of
all her husband's property.
The wife
had the right to hold back consent, in all
transactions (
交易
) the
husband would make.
And more than just
a right: the documents show that she enjoyed a
real power of decision,
equal to that
of her husband. In no case do the documents
indicate any degree of difference
in
the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of
her husband's personal property, but the opposite
was
not always true. Women seemed
perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance
against
husbands who tried to exceed
their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine
fighting spirit.
A case in point is
that of Maria Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona.
Having agreed with her
husband Miro to
sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of
the household, she insisted on
compensation. None being offered, she
succeeded in dragging her husband to the official
in
charge to have a contract as
expected drawn up assigning her a piece of land
from Miro's
personal inheritance. The
unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the
contract says,
the sake of
peace.
knew how to win herself, within
the context of the family, a powerful economic
position.
1.
A
decimum was ________.
A. the wife's
inheritance from her father
B.
a gift of money to the new husband
C.
a written contract
D. the wife's
right to receive one-tenth of her husband's
property
Correct answer: D
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2.
In the
society described in the passage, the legal
standing of the wife in marriage was
________.
A. higher than
that of her husband
B.
lower than that of her husband
C.
the same as that of her husband
D. higher than that of a
single woman
Correct answer: C
3.
What
compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?
A. Some of the land Miro had inherited.
B. A tenth of Miro's land.
C. Money for household expenses.
D. Money from Miro's
inheritance.
Correct answer: A
4.
Could a
husband sell his wife's inheritance?
A.
No, under no circumstances.
B. Yes, whenever he wished
to.
C. Yes, if she agreed.
D. Yes, if his
father-in-law agreed.
Correct answer: C
5.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned
as an effect of the dowry system?
A.
The husband had to share the power of decision in
marriage.
B. The wife was protected
from being abandoned.
C. The wife
gained a powerful economic position.
D.
The husband was given control over his wife's
property.
Correct answer: D
Passage 3
Some
cynical 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. Other authorities,
however, think
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the auto is here to stay. They hold
that the car will remain a leading means of city
travel in the
immediate 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
models.
Regardless of its power source,
the auto in the future will still be the main
source of traffic
congestion
(
拥挤
)
in
cities.
One
proposed
solution
to
this
problem
is
the
computerized
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 a computerized 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 driving
system
C. its monitoring system
D. its seating capacity
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Correct answer: A
2.
What is the author's main concern?
A. How to make automobiles pollution-
free.
B. How to abandon automobiles in the
future.
C. How to solve
the problem of traffic jams.
D. How to
develop a computerized
subway system.
Correct answer: C
3.
What provides
autos with electric power in a computerized
highway system?
A. A rail.
B. An engine.
C. A retractable arm.
D. A computer controller.
Correct answer:
A
4.
In a computerized 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
Correct answer: D
5.
What is the
author's attitude toward the future of autos?
A. Enthusiastic.
B. Cynical.
C.
Optimistic.
D. Cautious.
Correct answer: C
Passage 4
What
should you think about in trying to find your
career? You are probably better at some
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school subjects than others. These may
show strengths that you can use in your work. A
boy
who is good at mathematics can use
that in an engineering career. So it is important
to know
the subjects you do well in at
school. On the other hand, you may not have any
especially
strong or weak subjects but
your records show a general satisfactory standard.
Although not
all subjects can be used
directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A
knowledge of history
is not required
for most jobs but if history is one of your good
subjects you will have learned
to
remember facts and details. This is an ability
that can be useful in many jobs.
If you
have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the
summer, think what you gained from
it.
If nothing else, you may have learned how to get
to work on time, to follow instructions and
to get on with older workers. You may
have learned to give correct change in a shop, for
example. Just as important, you may
become interested in a particular industry or
career you
see from the inside in a
part-time job.
Facing your weak points
is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all
thumbs when you
handle tools; perhaps
you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column
of figures. It is better
to face any
weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your
school record, for instance,
may not be
too good, yet it is an important part of your
background. You should not be
apologetic about it but instead
recognize that you will have a chance at a fresh
start at work.
1.
Which of the following best sums up the
first paragraph?
A. The
importance of doing well at school.
B.
Using school performance to help to choose a
career.
C. The importance of being
good at all subjects.
D. The indirect
value of schoolwork.
Correct answer: B
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2.
Which subject
has indirect, rather than direct, use for a job?
A. Mathematics.
B. English.
C. Engineering.
D.
History.
Correct answer: D
3.
The writer
thinks that for a student to have a part-time job
is probably ______.
A. a waste of
time that could have been spent on study
B. useful for his future work
C. a good way to earn extra money
D. a good way to find out his weak
points
Correct answer: B
4.
According to
the passage, if a student's school record is not
good, he ______.
A. will be a
complete failure in his future work
B.
will not be able to find a suitable job
C. will regret not having worked harder
at school
D. may do well in his
future work
Correct answer: D
5.
The whole
passage centers on ______.
A. choosing a
career according to what one is skilled in
B. acquiring knowledge by working hard
at school
C. finding one's strong and
weak points
D. developing one's useful
abilities in school work
Correct answer: A
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The Norwegian Government is doing its
best to keep the oil industry under control. A new
law
limits exploring for oil to an area
south of the southern end of the long coastline;
production
limits have been laid down
(though these have already been raised); and oil
companies have
not been allowed to
employ more than a
limited number of
foreign workers. But the oil
industry
is still suffering before getting over such
problems. And few people believe that the
Government will be able to hold things
back for long.
Ever since the war, the
Government has been carrying out a program of
development in the
area north of the
Arctic Circle. During the past few years this
program has had a great deal of
success. But the oil industry has
already started to draw people south, and within a
few years
the whole northern policy
could be in ruins.
The effects of the
oil industry would not be limited to the north,
however. With nearly 100
percent
employment, everyone can see a situation
developing in which the service industries
and
the
tourist
industry
will
lose
most
of
their
workers
to
the
oil
industry.
Some
smaller
industries might even disappear
altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods
from
abroad.
The real
argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegians'
way of life. Farmers and fishermen
do
not
make
up
most
of
the
population,
but
they
are
an
important
part
of
it
because
Norwegians
see
in
them
many
of
the
qualities
that
they
regard
with
pride
as
essentially
Norwegian.
1.
The Norwegian
Government would prefer the oil industry to
_________.
A. provide more jobs for
foreign workers
B. slow down
the rate of its development
C.
sell the oil produced abroad
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D. develop more
quickly than at present
Correct answer: B
2.
The Government has tried to _______,
but people fear it won't stay that way for long.
A. encourage the oil companies to
discover new oil sources
B. prevent oil
companies employing people from northern Norway
C. help the oil companies solve many of
their problems
D. keep the oil industry to
somewhat near its present size
Correct answer:
D
3.
According to the passage, the oil
industry might lead northern Norway to _________.
A. the development of industry
B. a growth of population
C.
the failure of the development program
D.
the development of new towns
Correct answer:
C
4.
In the south, one effect of the
development of the oil industry might be
_________.
A. a large reduction in
unemployment
B. a growth in the tourist
industry
C. a reduction in the
number of service industries
D.
the development of a number of service industries
Correct answer: C
5.
Norwegian
farmers and fishermen have an important influence
because _________.
A. they form
such a large part of Norwegian society
B.
their lives and values represent the Norwegian
ideal
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C. their work
is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society
D. they regard oil as a threat to the
Norwegian way of life
Correct answer: B
Passage 6
Sport
is not only physically challenging, but it can
also be mentally challenging. Criticism from
coaches, parents, and other teammates,
as well as pressure to win can create an excessive
amount
of
anxiety
or
stress
for
young
athletes.
Stress
can
be
physical,
emotional,
or
psychological, and
research has indicated that it can lead to burnout
(
筋疲力尽
). Burnout has
been described as dropping or quitting
of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.
The early years of development are
critical years for learning about oneself. The
sport setting
is one where valuable
experiences can take place. Young athletes can,
for example, learn how
to
cooperate
with
others,
make
friends
and
gain
other
social
skills
that
will
be
used
throughout their lives. Coaches and
parents should be aware, at all times, that their
feedback
(
反馈
) to
youngsters can greatly affect their children.
Youngsters may take their parents' and
coaches' criticisms to heart and find a
flaw (
缺陷
) in themselves.
Coaches and parents should also be
cautious that youth sport participation does not
become
work for children. The outcome
of the game should not be more important than the
process
of learning the sport and other
life lessons. In today's youth sport setting,
young athletes may
be worrying more
about who will win instead of enjoying themselves
and the sport. Following
a game, many
parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find
fault with youngster's
performances.
Positive reinforcement should be provided
regardless of the outcome. Research
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that
positive
reinforcement
motivates
and
has
a
greater
effect
on
learning
than
criticism. Again, criticism can create
high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout.
1.
An effective
way to prevent the burnout of young athletes is
_____________.
A. to make sports less
competitive
B. to make
sports more challenging
C. to reduce
their mental stress
D. to increase
their sense of success
Correct answer: C
2.
According to the passage sport is
positive for young people in that ___________.
A. it can help them learn more about
society
B. it teaches them how to
set realistic goals for themselves
C.
it enables them to find flaws in themselves
D. it can provide them with valuable
experiences
Correct answer: D
3.
Many coaches
and parents are in the habit of criticizing young
athletes _________.
A. without
realizing criticism may destroy their self-
confidence
B. in order to make them
remember life's lessons
C. believing
that criticism is beneficial for their early
development
D. so as to put more
pressure on them
Correct answer: A
4.
According to the passage parents and
coaches should ___________.
A.
help children to win every game
B.
pay more attention to letting children enjoy
sports
C. enable children to
understand the positive aspect of sports
D. train children to cope with stress
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Correct answer: B
5.
The author's purpose in writing the
passage is ___________.
A. to persuade
young children not to worry about criticism
B. to stress the importance of positive
reinforcement to children
C. to discuss
the skill of combining criticism with
encouragement
D. to teach young athletes
how to avoid burnout
Correct answer: B
Passage 7
If it
was once the case that there were no second acts
in American lives, there are now not only
second acts but third, fourth, and
fifth ones. This is not entirely unhealthy: The
belief that one
shouldn't be judged by
one's worst mistakes revives
(
恢复
) careers that might
otherwise have
ended. Thus, Sergio
Zyman rebounded from the failure of New Coke to
lead the company to
great success and
landed on the cover of Fortune in a story
headlined,
Bounce
Back!
That
story
put
a
new
spin
on
screwing
up:
you
haven't
failed
yet,
you
probably
will. And for the benefit of your career, you
probably should.
Sometime in the 1990s,
though, the notion of failure as the necessary
preface to success
reached its falling
phase. In this, Hollywood led the way. When the
movie Showgirls was not
successful in
theaters, its distributor, MGM, decided to
actively sell it as a bad movie, arranging
midnight shows stocked with drag queens
(
男扮女装的男同性恋者
) shouting the
film's lines
back at the screen. The
notion of shame in failure came to be seen as old-
fashioned, and the
(
补救
)
phase
of
a
comeback
grew
shorter
and
shorter
until
it
disappeared
entirely.
As
Hugh
Grant
taught
us,
no
matter
how
bad
one's
misconduct,
one
can
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forgiveness through a modest chat on a
national talk show. Similarly, Bob Dole didn't
enter a
Nixonian retreat after his
political defeat-he soon entered his new role as a
salesman, poking
(
戳
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捅
) gentle fun at his own
inability to win.
The 1990s
cultivation of an appreciation for failure was
ideally timed since the 2000s have
made
failure epidemic. Failure is not merely more
common than success these days, it's also
more interesting.
1.
The best title that fits
this passage is ________________.
A.
How to turn failure into success
B. Failure is the new
success
C. Failure should be
avoided
D. Don't be afraid of failure
Correct answer: B
2.
What does
A. To get the car moving.
B. To tighten the parts of
the car.
C. To turn failure into
success.
D.
To speed up the process of success.
Correct answer:
C
3.
A. how to make first-class
movies
B. failure is no longer
necessary to success
C. how to
resell the unsuccessful movies
D.
failure is actually a necessary part of success
Correct answer: D
4.
What did Hugh
Grant and Bob Dole tell us about failure?
A. One shouldn't be ashamed of one's
failure.
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B. One should
feel ashamed of one's failure.
C.
The notion of shame in failure is up-to-date.
D. Failure is an embarrassing thing.
Correct answer: A
5.
According to
the author, failure _____________.
A.
was predominant in 1990s
B. can also be fun
C. is less common than success
D. spread to the internet
Correct answer: B
Passage 8
Between
about
1910
and
1930,
new
artistic
movements
in
European
art
were
making
themselves felt in
the United States. American artists became
familiar with the new art on their
trips to Paris and at the exhibitions
in the famous New York gallery
(
美术馆
)
after its
address on Fifth Avenue) of the photographer
Alfred Stiegliz. But the most important
in the spread of the modern movements
in the United States was the Armory Show of 1913
held in New York, in which the works of
many of the leading European artists were seen
along
with the works of a number of
progressive American painters.
Most of
the American modernists who were influenced by the
Armory Show found the city
landscape,
especially New York, an appealing subject.
Compared with the works of the realist
painters,
the
works
of
American
modernists
were
much
further
removed
from
the
actual
appearance of the
city; they were more interested in the
with the meaning behind appearance.
However, both the painters of the
the
later
realists
were
still
tied
to
nineteenth-century
or
earlier
styles,
while
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modernists shared in the international
breakthroughs of the art of the twentieth century.
The greatest of these breakthroughs was
Cubism (
立体派
) developed most
fully in France
between
1907
and
1914,
which
brought
about
a
major
revolution
in
Western
painting.
It
fought
against
and
changed
the
rational
tradition
that
had
been
built
upon
since
the
Renaissance
(
文艺复兴
). In Cubism, natural
forms were broken down into shapes. No longer
was a clear difference made between the
figure and the background of a painting: the
objects
represented and the surface on
which they were painted became one. The Cubists
abandoned
the conventional point of
view, and objects depicted from multiple
viewpoints were shown at
the same time.
1.
With what
topic is the passage primarily concerned?
A. The comparison between various
painters.
B. The greatest
breakthroughs of the Armory Show.
C.
The exhibitions in the famous New York gallery.
D. The modern art movement in the
United States.
Correct answer: D
2.
What was the
most important in the spread of modern movements
in the US?
A. The photographer Alfred
Stiegliz.
B. The famous
New York gallery 219.
C. The Armory
Show of 1913 in New York.
D. The exhibitions of art in Europe.
Correct answer: C
3.
In what
aspect did New York attract the modernists?
A. The exhibitions in shows.
B.
The appearance of the city.
C.
The feel of the city.
D. The galleries of modern
art.
Correct answer: C
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4.
What great
breakthrough brought about a significant
revolution in Western painting?
A.
Cubism.
B.
The Ash Can School.
C. The Armory
Show.
D.
Modernism.
Correct answer: A
5.
What are
unified in the art of the Cubists?
A.
The traditions of modern and Renaissance art.
B. The figures in the foreground and
background.
C. The natural forms of
different shapes.
D. The viewer
and the views he sees the art from.
Correct answer:
B
Passage 9
It seems that the art of
survival
—
or continual
positive projection
—
in the
world of popular
music these days,
depends very much on change. If artists fail to
recreate their image over and
over
again
—
they risk facing
criticisms of dullness; that they are not
fashionable.
This phenomenon applies
especially to the female ranks. It is not enough
for an artist to be
beautiful and sexy.
These characteristics too must be changed often,
and remodeled to avoid
being bogged
down by a stereotype.
One
example of the rock
the trend. Her
latest disc (
光盘
),
陈列
) her wonderful
popular songs and how she has so
effectively been able to stay at the top without
diminishing
(
降低
)
credibility (
信誉
) in her
particular field. (For these purposes, we will
forget her unworthy
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play about sex and that horrible book.)
This collection demonstrates how she
has toned down her image at relevant
(
相关的
) times to
give contrast and definition to her
career. But it offers more than simply a study in
rock fashion
history. There is also a
solid assortment (
混合物
) of
quality music.
It opens with the newest
which quickly moves back in time to her
earlier songs:
Playground
So
this is more than an exploitative
(
利用的
) offering.
1.
This article
is primarily ________.
A. a review of
Madonna's new record
B. a review of
Madonna's life story
C. an analysis
of Madonna's success in Hollywood
D.
a review of Madonna's career
Correct answer:
A
2.
The main point of Paragraph 1 is to
tell the reader that artists need to ________.
A.
keep
an
image
that
the
public
knows
and
loves
B.
recreate
themselves
to
survive
C. avoid being
dull at all costs
D.
stay sexy to survive
Correct answer: B
3.
How would you describe the writer's
attitude towards Madonna?
A. Basically
critical.
B. Negative.
C. Generally favourable.
D. Uncritically admiring.
Correct answer: C
4.
In Paragraph
5 the main point ________.
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A. is to
suggest that the record is a waste of money
B. is to describe some stories from
Madonna's past
C. is to introduce
Madonna's new record
D. is to detail
the contents of the new record
Correct answer:
D
5.
In paragraph 2,
A. Enhanced.
B. Improved.
C. Restricted.
D.
Bothered.
Correct answer: C
Passage 10
Engineering students are supposed to be
examples of technical skill and logic, but when it
comes to my college education I am an
idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be
an
electrical engineer and, of course,
any sensible student with my aims would have
chosen a
college with a large
engineering department, famous reputation and lots
of good labs and
research equipment.
But that's not what I did.
I choose to
study engineering at a small liberal-arts
university that doesn't even offer a major
in electrical engineering. Obviously,
this was not a practical choice; I came here for
more noble
reasons. I wanted a broad
education that would provide me with flexibility
and a value system
to guide me in my
career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my
vision by interaction with
people who
weren't studying science or engineering.
I headed off to college sure I was
going to have an advantage over those students who
went
to big engineering
going to be a complete engineer:
technical genius and sensitive scholar all in one.
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Now I'm not so sure. Somewhere along
the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as
all
noble
ideals
eventually
do.
After
three
years
of
struggling
to
balance
math,
physics
and
engineering
courses
with
liberal-arts
courses,
I
have
learned
there
are
reasons
why
few
engineering students try to reconcile
(
调和
) engineering with
liberal-arts courses in college.
The
reality
that
has
blocked
my
path
to
become
the
typical
successful
student
is
that
engineering
and
the
liberal
arts
simply
don't
mix
as
easily
as
I
assumed
in
high
school.
Individually they shape a person in
very different ways; together they threaten to
confuse. The
struggle to reconcile the
two fields of study is difficult.
1.
The
author
chose
to
study
engineering
at
a
small
liberal-arts
university
because
he
________.
A.
wanted to be an example of technical skill and
logic
B. intended to be a
combination of engineer and scholar
C.
wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts
courses in college
D. intended to
be a sensible student with noble ideas
Correct answer:
B
2.
According to the author, by interacting
with people who study liberal arts, engineering
students can ________.
A.
balance engineering and the liberal arts
B. receive guidance in
their careers
C. become noble idealists
D. broaden
their horizons
Correct answer: D
3.
In the eyes
of the author, a successful engineering student is
expected ________.
A. to have an
excellent academic record
B. to be wise
and mature
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C. to be
creative with a value system to guide him
D. to be a technical genius with a wide
vision
Correct answer: D
4.
The author's
experience shows that he was ________.
A.
creative
B. ambitious
C. unrealistic
D. irrational
Correct answer: C
5.
The word
A. engineering
and the liberal arts
B.
reality and noble ideals
C. flexibility
and a value system
D. technical skill and logic
Correct answer: A
Passage 11
As a
Canadian bilingual (
双语的
)
teacher, I agree that the Canadian bilingual
schools have
been
successful
in
producing
functionally
bilingual
students.
However,
Mr.
Whelpton's
suggested condition that teachers in
these schools must be fully bilingual may be
unnecessary.
For example, primary
teachers can and do function with a smaller
vocabulary than secondary
teachers.
Secondly, it is doubtful that students
will use English because they
objective
of
making
English
the
language
of
the
classroom
which
is
a
rather
sterile
explanation.
One
reason
that
Canadian
bilingual
programs
work
is
because
of
the
commitment to Whole Language Learning,
that is, children learn a language, (first or
second),
by using it to transmit
(
播送
) or receive meaningful
messages that are interesting, real and
important. They want to make their
needs and desires known and to understand the
world
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around
them.
Bilingual
programs
integrate
language
and
content
in
an
activity-based,
child-centered manner so that the child
is motivated to use the second language as a tool
to
transmit and receive messages
related to social and academic interests.
Mr. Whelpton's third argument that all
the students in one class need to be at
approximately
the same level of English
proficiency (
熟练
) when they
switch to English is unrealistic and
unprofitable.
How
does
a
teacher
group
children
who
have
a
huge
vocabulary
but
poor
grammar
skills with others who have correct grammar but a
poor vocabulary? Also, suppose
the
students
have
similar
language
abilities
but
different
learning
styles!
Therefore
the
concept
of
Cooperative
Learning:
students
with
a
mixture
of
personalities,
talents
and
weaknesses (a more
realistic reflection of life) learn better as they
cooperate (
合作
), instead of
compete, and depend on each other for
support and information.
1.
How would you describe the writer's
style?
A. Written in an academic
style.
B. Written in a
journalistic style.
C. Written in a
personal style.
D. Written on the basis of widespread
research in
the area.
Correct answer:
C
2.
How would you describe the writer's
attitude towards the Canadian bilingual programs?
A. Balanced.
B.
Unenthusiastic.
C. Supportive.
D. Critical.
Correct answer: C
3.
In Paragraph 1 the writer ________.
A. agrees completely with Mr.
Whelpton's argument
B. agrees
partially with Mr. Whelpton's argument
C.
disagrees completely with Mr. Whelpton's argument
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D. is
overwhelmingly critical of Mr. Whelpton's argument
Correct answer: B
4.
In Paragraph
2
A. uninformative
B.
unusual
C. exaggerated
D.
uninspiring
Correct answer: D
5.
According to
the writer the Canadian bilingual programs have
been a success ________.
A. because
students accept the objective of making English
the language of the classroom
B.
because students study in classrooms where
everybody is at about the same level
C.
because the students can use their first language
freely
D. because they work
towards real life goals
Correct answer: D
Passage 12
On
July 17, 1774, the officials from Maryland and
Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the
Six Nations. The Indians were invited
to send boys to William and Mary College. In a
letter the
next day they refused the
offer as follows:
that the
cost of living of our young men, while with you,
would be very expensive to you. We
are
convinced that you mean to do good by your
proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you
must
know
that
different
nations
have
different
ways
of
looking
at
things,
and
you
will
therefore not be offended if our
opinions on this kind of education happen not to
be the same
as yours. We have had some
experience of it. Several of our young people were
formerly
brought up at the colleges of
the northern states; they were taught all your
sciences; but when
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they came back to us they were bad
runners, ignorant of every means of living in the
woods,
they were totally good for
nothing.
to show our
grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia
will send us a dozen of their sons,
we
will take care of their education, teach them in
all we know and make men of them.
1.
This passage is about
______.
A. the talk between the
Indians and the officials
B. the colleges
of the northern states
C. the
educational values of Indians
D.
the problems of the Americans in the mid-
eighteenth century
Correct answer: C
2.
The Indians' chief purpose in writing
the letter is probably to _______.
A.
politely refuse a friendly offer
B. express their opinions
on equal treatment
C. show their
pride
D. describe
Indian customs
Correct answer: A
3.
According to
the letter, the Indians believed that ______.
A. it would be better for their boys to
receive some schooling
B. they were
being insulted by the offer
C.
they knew more about science than the officials
D. they had a better way of educating
young men
Correct answer: D
4.
Different
from the official's view of education, the Indians
thought ______.
A. young women
should also be educated
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B. they had different goals of
education
C. they taught different
branches of science
D. they should teach the sons of the
officials first
Correct answer: B
5.
The tone of the letter as a whole is
best described as ______.
A. angry
B. pleasant
C. polite
D. positive
Correct answer: C
Passage 13
In
the old days, when the sight of a woman in the
office was looked upon as something
shocking enough to distract others in
the workplace, secretaries were men.
Then came the First World War and the
male secretaries were replaced by women. A man's
secretary became his personal servant,
charged with remembering his wife's birthday and
buying her presents; taking his suits
to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone
to keep
people he did not wish to speak
to away; and, of course, typing, filing and taking
shorthand.
Now all this may be changing
again. High technology is sweeping the British
office, taking
away much of the daily
office work that secretaries used to do.
involve only the high
powered work
—
and then men
will want to do it again.
That
was
said
by
one
of
the
executives
(male)
of
one
of
the
biggest
secretarial
(
秘书的
)
agencies in this country. What he has
predicted is already under way in the US.
Once high technology has made
secretarial work less routine, will men take all
of these jobs?
Men should be careful of
thinking that they can walk right into the better
jobs. There are a lot
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of women secretaries who will do the
job as well as do
—
not just
because they can buy gifts
for the
boss's wife, but because they are as efficient and
trained to cope with word processors
and computers as men.
1.
Before the First World War,
female secretaries were rare because they
___________.
A. were replaced by men
B. were not as serious as
men
C. were personal servants
D. were thought to distract others
Correct answer: D
2.
A. order her
boss' servants
B.
clean her boss's clothes
C. do
everything her boss asked her to
D. telephone her boss's wife
Correct answer: C
3.
Secretaries,
until recently, had to do a lot of work now done
by ________.
A. machines
B.
other staff
C. servants
D.
wives
Correct answer: A
4.
A secretary
in the future will _________.
A.
be better paid
B. have higher status
C.
have less work to do
D.
have more work to do
Correct answer: B
5.
The writer believes that before long
_________.
A. both men and women will
be secretaries
B. men will do better than
machines
C. men will take over
women's job as secretaries
D. women will
operate most office machines
Correct answer:
A
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Passage 14
Light, above all else,
plays the most important role in picture making;
it is the very being of
painting, for
without it there is no color, no modeling, no
shapes, nothing. Coupled with light
are
the shadows it casts. How often does one notice a
painting that may be quite delicately
worked, full of details and interest
but for all these points it remains a dull, sorry
sight? The
reason can often be that the
light and shade have just not been observed and
rendered with
truth.
This
seeing of light and shade in landscapes does need
practice; there can be many shades
and
gentle features that can be unnoticed. Still, it
will not be just a matter of highlights
(
强
彩色
) and deep
shade. There will be half-tones
(
中间色调
), reflected lights to
be sought out
and registered.
Deep shade can be deceptive (
造成假象的
)
—
it is no
good just dismissing it as a matter of a
dark flat area of color. It is what the
artist can paint of the things going on in
shadowed areas
that marks his class.
Take a look at a picture such as The Adoration of
the Shepherds by
Rembrandt.
Within the dark passages are subtle forms, all
indicated with as much care as
those in
the strongly-lit places.
There is an
Italian word chiaroscuro that means the study of
light and shade. This concern with
the
effects of both can be seen in the handling of
many masters.
Seeing the actual effects
of light and shade is one side of the
study
—
the other is to train
the
eye to decide exactly what colors
are in them. Once more, whenever possible, turn to
look at
those who have succeeded in the
past with the particular problem that is puzzling
you.
1.
According to the passage, there is
another important thing that goes together with
light
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in picture making. What is it?
A. It is the color that the painter
uses in the picture.
B. It is the
shapes of things that the painter paints in the
picture.
C. It is the modeling in
the picture.
D. It is the shadows that
the light casts.
Correct answer: D
2.
According to the passage, a good
painter _______.
A. paints deep
shade as a dark flat area of color
B.
paints strongly-lit forms in the shaded parts
C. pays careful attention to his dark
areas
D. pays more care to the
strongly-lit parts
Correct answer: C
3.
What are the two sides of chiaroscuro?
A. Studying both light and shade.
B. Studying how light and shade affect
things.
C. Studying the colors in
light and shade.
D. Studying the
effects of light and shade and the colors in them.
Correct answer: A
4.
What does the
writer suggest to a painter who is having
problems?
A. He should learn by trial
and error (
差错
).
B.
He should study the old masters.
C.
He should be careful about mixing his paints
together.
D. He should observe his
work carefully.
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.
Correct answer: B
Passage 15
After
the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in
1994, earthquake scientists had good
news to report: The damage and death
toll (
死亡人数
) could have been
much worse.
More
than
60
people
died
in
this
earthquake.
By
comparison,
an
earthquake
of
similar
intensity
(
强度
) that shook America in
1988 claimed 25,000 victims.
Injuries
and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles
because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m.
on a holiday, when traffic was light on
the city's highways. In addition, changes made to
the
construction codes
(
准则
) in Los Angeles during
the last 20 years have strengthened the city's
buildings and highways, making them
more resistant to quakes.
Despite
the
good
news,
civil
engineers
aren't
resting
on
their
successes.
Pinned
to
their
drawing boards are blueprints
(
蓝图
) for improved quake-
resistant buildings. The new designs
should offer even greater security to
cities where earthquakes often take place.
In the past, making structures quake-
resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such
as steel
and wood, that bend without
breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building
off its foundation,
and insert rubber
and steel between the building and its foundation
to reduce the impact of
ground
vibrations (
振动
). The most
recent designs give buildings brains as well as
concrete
and steel supports. Called
smart buildings, the structures respond like
living organisms to an
earthquake's
vibrations. When the ground shakes and the
building tips forward, the computer
would force the building to shift in
the opposite direction.
The new smart
structures could be very expensive to build.
However, they would save many
lives and
would be less likely to be damaged during
earthquakes.
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1.
One reason
why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles
earthquake was comparatively low is
that ________.
A. new
computers had been built into the buildings
B. it occurred in the residential
(
居住的
) areas rather than on
the highways
C. large numbers of Los
Angeles residents had gone for a holiday
D. improvements had been made in the
construction of buildings and highways
Correct answer: D
2.
The function of the computer mentioned
in the passage is to ________.
A.
counterbalance (
抵消
) an
earthquake's action on the building
B.
predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy
C. help strengthen the foundation of
the building
D. measure the impact of an
earthquake's vibrations
Correct answer: A
3.
The smart buildings discussed in the
passage ________.
A. would cause
serious financial problems
B. would be
worthwhile though costly
C. would
increase the complexity of architectural
desig
n
D. can reduce
the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes
Correct answer: B
4.
It
can
be
inferred
from
the
passage
that
in
minimizing
the
damage
caused
earthquakes attention should be focused
on ________.
A. the increasing use of
rubber and steel in capital construction
B. the development of flexible building
materials
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C. the reduction of the impact of
ground vibrations
D. early
forecasts of earthquakes
Correct answer: C
5.
The author's main purpose in writing
the passage is to ________.
A.
compare the consequences of the earthquakes that
occurred in the US
B. encourage
civil engineers to make more extensive use of
computers
C. outline the history of
the development of quake-resistant building
materials
D. report new developments
in constructing quake-resistant buildings
Correct answer: D
Passage 16
Prices determine how resources are to
be used. They are also the means by which products
and services that are in limited supply
are rationed (
供应
，
分发
) among buyers. The price
system of the United States is a very
complex network composed of the prices of all the
products bought and sold in the economy
as well as those of a myriad
(
极大数量
) of services,
including
labor,
professions,
transportation,
and
public-utility
(
公
用
事
业
)
services.
The
interrelationship of all these prices
makes up the system of prices. The price of any
particular
product or service is linked
to a broad, complicated system of prices in which
everything
seems to depend more or less
upon everything else.
If one were to
ask a group of randomly
(
任意地
) selected individuals
to define price, many
would reply that
price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to
the seller of a product or
service or,
in other words, that price is the money value of a
product or service as agreed upon
in
market
transaction.
This
definition
is,
of
course,
valid
as
far
it
goes.
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a
complete
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understanding of a price in any
particular transaction, much more than the money
involved
must be known. Both the buyer
and seller should be familiar with not only the
money amount,
but with the amount and
quality of the product or service to be exchanged,
the time and place
at which the
exchange will take place and payment will be made,
the form of money to be
used, the
credit terms and discounts that apply to the
transaction, guarantees (
保证
)
on the
product or service, delivery
terms, return privilege, and other factors. In
other words, both the
buyer and seller
should be fully aware of all the factors that
compose the
total
being
exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in
order that they may evaluate a given
price.
1.
What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price
System.
B. The Complexities of the
Price System.
C. Credit Terms in
Transactions.
D. Resource Distribution
and the Public Sector.
Correct answer: B
2.
According to the passage, the price
system is related primarily to _____.
A.
labor and education
B.
transportation and insurance
C.
utilities and repairs
D.
products and services
Correct answer: D
3.
According
to
the
passage,
which
if
the
following
is
NOT
a
factor
in
the
complete
understanding of price?
A.
Instructions that come with a product.
B.
The quantity of a product.
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C. The quality
of a product.
D. Warranties
(
保修证书
) that cover a product.
Correct answer: A
4.
In the last
sentence, the word
A. return
privileges
B. buyers and sellers
C.
money and credits
D.
all the factors
Correct answer: B
5.
The paragraph following the passage
most likely discusses ______.
A.
unusual ways to advertise products
B.
types of payment plans for service
C.
theories about how products affect different
levels of society
D. how certain
elements of a price
Correct answer: D
Passage 17
I'm
90 years old. The advantage of being 90 is that
you can look forward to death. The world
is getting noisier, sexier and more
horrible by the minute, but at least I can comfort
myself
with the fact that the end is in
sight. Or so I thought. Imagine my anger when I
opened the
newspaper and discovered
they were going to make us live till 130. When
you're 60 or 70 the
thought of death
crosses your mind like a shadow. It disturbs you,
it worries you. But by the
time you
reach my age you hope for it.
My body
is dying on me. It's horrible. You start to
smell
—
the smell of
death
—
and you can do
nothing about it. I can no longer see
properly. You go deaf, and people talk to you as
if you're
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a
child. Your legs give up on you. Nowadays I spend
so much time working out how to avoid
making the trip downstairs more than
once a day. When I do get out, I can barely walk
more
than a few
yards
—
and according to those
who know me, I'm lucky in good shape for my 90
years.
Ah, but the world
would be so much wiser, some people say. I'm
afraid that's an illusion. As we
get
older, we lose our wisdom, our mind, and even our
language. We would have a world in
which no one could communicate because
we'd have forgotten how to.
No. The
absolute nothingness of death is something to look
forward to. If I discovered a
medicine
to make people live until 130, the first thing I'd
do is to bury it.
1.
What is the advantage of being 90 years
old?
A. You can become sexier.
B.
You can look forward to death.
C.
You can enjoy the world more.
D. You can hear less noise.
Correct answer: B
2.
Why did the
speaker get angry?
A. He learned
people will live longer.
B. He learned people will be noisier.
C. He learned people will become sexy.
D. He learned people will think about
death.
Correct answer: A
3.
Why is the
speaker lucky, according to some?
A.
He doesn't have to walk much.
B. He doesn't need to
listen to others.
C. He is in
good health for his age.
D.
He is much wiser than before.
Correct answer:
C
4.
What is an
A. That the
world has become a better place.
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B. That the
world has become sexier and noisier.
C.
That old people are happy to live longer lives.
D. That old people are wiser than they
were before.
Correct answer: D
5.
What would he
do with a medicine that makes life longer?
A. Live 130 years.
B. Become
wiser.
C. Forget where it is.
D. Bury the medicine.
Correct answer: D
Unit 6 Part 18 Reading Comprehension
(Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the following passages
carefully and choose the best answer from the four
choices marked A, B, C and D.
Passage 18
The
cost of helping someone with AIDS drugs is high.
Pills cost a lot of money. In Africa, AIDS
drugs may cost more than a person makes
in one year. At the same time, some American
hospitals throw away a lot of pills.
One man, named Lee Wildes, didn't think this was
fair, so
he decided to do something
about it.
Wildes lives in a small
apartment in San Francisco. Every month, he sends
AIDS drugs, which
would've been thrown
away, to Africa. His act of kindness has not been
noticed much in his
home country. In
Africa though, he is well known. Many people in
Africa send him e-mails,
asking him for
the medicine they need.
Lee was a
nurse. He knows that millions of dollars worth of
drugs are thrown away. Five years
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ago he learned he was sick with
HIV
. Following this discovery, he took
a vacation to Africa and
saw many
people there with AIDS. His visit caused him to
begin sending drugs to Africa.
Lee
talks with doctors in Africa by mail, e-mail and
telephone. With their help, he has gotten
the names and addresses for a hundred
people in six African countries. He fills the pill
orders
and he records what pills he
sends to them. He even returns to Africa, once a
year, to see the
people he's helping.
Giving left over drugs away is against
the law, as is giving out drugs without a license.
However,
it is not likely he'll be
taken to court for his kindly efforts. People who
have discovered his
actions have not
caused problems for him. They know that 25 million
Africans are sick with
AIDS, and they
don't want to prevent him from helping.
1.
Why aren't
more Africans taking AIDS drugs?
A.
They don't want to take something that was thrown
away.
B. They don't think that
the drugs work.
C. They can't
work when taking them.
D. They don't
have enough money.
Correct answer: D
2.
What does Wildes do every month?
A. Mail medicines to Africa.
B. Take a trip to Africa.
C. Throw away AIDS drugs.
D. Send e-mails to Africans.
Correct answer: A
3.
What did
Wildes learn five years ago?
A.
Drugs are thrown away.
B. He has AIDS.
C.
Africans need drugs.
D. Hospitals are not fair.
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Correct answer: B
4.
With whom does Wildes have phone
conversations?
A. A San Francisco nurse.
B. 100 sick
Africans.
C. American doctors.
D. African
doctors.
Correct answer: D
5.
What do
people think of Wildes' actions?
A.
They think he shouldn't break the law.
B. They think he is doing good work.
C. They think he will be taken to
court.
D.
They think he is prevented from helping.
Correct answer: B
Passage 19
The
great river Nile (
尼罗河
) flows
gently in its course through the hot plains in the
first half
of the year but later on
when the melting (
融化
) snows
and the rains on the mountains far to
the south swell its tributaries
(
支流
), the Nile overflows
(
泛滥
). It spreads rich, muddy
(
泥泞的
)
soil from
Ethiopia over its valley and forms deep stretches
of green, fertile (
肥沃的
)
lands along
its banks. The settlers
found that in the soft rich earth wheat and other
crops could be planted,
even without
the use of the plough, and they began to make many
settlements of farmers.
In these early
times they did not of course understand why the
river overflowed each year. But
they
knew that their crops and, therefore, their lives,
depended upon its magic
(
魔术似的
)
floods,
and they explained the miracle as the work of
gods.
But there came some years when
there was a
and did not bring enough
soil; the crops were poor and the people starved.
At other times the
waters were so great
that they destroyed houses and villages, and
drowned (
淹死
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beasts (
牲畜
). It
took perhaps many centuries before the farmers
learned how to control the
Nile waters.
Wise men among them watching the
position of the stars year by year found that they
could
predict when the annual rising of
the Nile would come. Thus they began to learn
about the
scientific study of the sun,
earth, moon, and stars and could make a calendar
of the years. They
also learnt how to
measure out the land so that it could be divided
fairly again after the
boundaries of
the farms had been washed away by great floods. In
this way, there came about
ancient
knowledge of engineering and of geometry.
1.
We can learn
from this passage that the Nile is ______.
A. always a gentle flowing river
B. hot in the first half of the year
but cold later on
C. likely to
overflow at unknown times of the year
D.
a life-giving river that makes the land rich
Correct answer: D
2.
The settlers
began farming in the Nile valley because ______.
A. they discovered that their crops
could grow well in the soil there
B.
they did not realize that the river would overflow
sometimes
C. they found many
settlements of farmers in the valley
D.
they realized that their crops depended on the
floods
Correct answer: A
3.
The Nile was
called the
A. the floods made the
river difficult to control
B. the floods
could only be predicted by wise men
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C. the river
sometimes flooded too little or too much
D. the river took the good soil away to
Ethiopia
Correct answer: C
4.
The Egyptians
of that time learned to predict the floods by
_______.
A. studying the flooding of
the Nile year by year
B. observing
the position of the stars year by year
C.
inventing some maps of the Nile floods
D.
developing engineering and measuring land
Correct answer: B
5.
According to
the passage, the ancient Egyptians ________.
A. had studied the stars and made their
own calendar of the years
B. watched the
fall and rise of the Nile and learned how to
control the flood
C. discovered
science before the peoples of other nations
D. learned a lot about geometry and
spread the knowledge all over the world
Correct answer: A
Passage 20
I
don't have a strong village feeling. There is a
little pub and that is where most people go,
although I tend to avoid it. The
village always wants to know what you are doing
and if you
don't have too much contact
with it in the pub, then they don't learn too
much. I just keep
them guessing.
The new people want a great community
center. People who have just arrived in a village
always want to do something in it or to
it. What exactly they are going to have in this
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don't know. They keep talking about
公共设施
). I suppose they mean a
car-park
and a big smart room. The
young village people don't want this. When their
work is over they
want to go off in
their cars to the bright lights of Ipswich. The
new people are often just
kidding
themselves that they are real village people. They
don't just want to be accepted; they
really want to take over the
traditions. This is why they have come to live in
a village. They
want to do things
villager
got the wit
(
才智
) to make enough money to
come and live comfortably in the country, and
have a centrally-heated house and a
car, should want to put on entertainment in a hut
(
小屋
).
These
people are just playing at village
life
—
kidding themselves that
they are genuine country
folk. They
wear us out. When their work is done they want to
play in the village and when our
work
is done we want to play outside it. I suppose that
sums it up.
1.
We can learn from this passage that the
writer ______.
A. doesn't learn about what
village people are doing
B. tells the
other village people about the pub
C.
never tells people anything about himself
D. doesn't often go to the village pub
Correct answer: D
2.
According to
the passage, the young village people _______.
A. want their pleasure outside the
village
B. don't like
going to the community
center
C. don't like the new people
D.
want to see the latest group in the village
Correct answer: A
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In the
writer's opinion, the new people _______.
A. want to get rid of the old ways of
the village
B. want to be left alone by
people in the village
C. know that
they aren't accepted by people in the village
D. do things that change the village
from how it is
Correct answer: D
4.
The old
village people _______.
A. don't want
to get rid of their old things for new things
B. are not ready to accept the new
people in their village
C. want a new
community center with a place to park
D.
want to go back to their own traditions
Correct answer: A
5.
It can be
inferred from this passage that the author
_______.
A. likes to play at village
life
B.
disagrees with the new people
C.
likes laughing at the new people
D. wants the new people to go away
Correct answer: B
Passage 21
Do
you find getting
up in the morning so
difficult that it's painful? This might be called
laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new
explanation. He has proved that everyone has a
daily
energy cycle.
During
the hours when you labor through your work you may
say that you're
The time of day when
you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body
temperature is at its
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peak. For some people the peak comes
during the forenoon (
午前
).
For others it comes in the
afternoon or
evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but
it leads to such familiar
monologues
(
独白
) as:
to the
trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-
energy peak in the evening. Much family
quarreling ends when husbands and wives
realize what these energy cycles mean, and which
cycle each member of the family has.
You can't change your energy cycle, but
you can learn to make your life fit it better.
Habit can
help, Dr. Kleitman believes.
Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you
must stay up late
anyway. Counteract
(
阻碍
) your cycle to some
extent by habitually staying up later than you
want to. If your energy is low in the
morning but you have an important job to do early
in the
day, rise before your usual
hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get
up steam and
work better at your low
point.
Get off to a slow
start which saves your energy. Get up with a
leisurely yawn (
呵欠
) and
stretch.
Sit on the edge of the bed a
minute before putting your feet on the floor.
Whenever possible,
do routine work in
the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy
or concentration
(
专
注
) for your
sharper hours.
1.
If a person finds getting up early a
problem, most probably ______.
A.
he is a lazy person
B. he refuses
to follow his own energy cycle
C.
he is not sure when his energy is low
D.
he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
Correct answer: D
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