英 语
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2. 本试卷共8页,满分为100分,考试时间为120分钟
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: In this part, there are 15 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each
one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices
maked with A., B., C. and D. Then you should write the letter in the
corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
1. Jenny is only three years old. She is too young ________ alone at home.
A. to leave B. to be leaving
C. to be left D. to have been left
2. Mother has never been to Tibet but that’s the only city ________.
A. where she most likes to visit B. that she most likes to visit
C. which she likes to visit most D. what she likes to visit most
3. It’s so long since I last saw her that I couldn’t ________ her.
A. realize B. review C. acknowledge D. recognize
4. By the end of 2002 we ________ more than 5000 teachers of English all over the province.
A. trained B. had trained
C. would have trained D. have trained
5. ──There must be someone at the door.
──Who could ________ be? It is already midnight.
A. it B. he C. she D. this
6. He talked as if he ________ there before.
A. used to be B. was C. had been D. had gone
7. I ________ them to go by train, but they went by bus after all.
A. suggested B. demanded C. proposed D. advised
8. ________ knows the fact should report it to the manager.
A. Whoever B. No matter who C. Someone D. Anyone
9. I tried to catch the ball but it was ________ my reach.
A. over B. above C. out D. beyond
10. Let me ________ your telephone number before I forget it.
A. put up B. put down C. put off D. put on
11. No sooner had the thief disappeared into a side street ________.
A. than the police arrived B. as the police arrived
C. then the police arrived D. when the police arrived
12. ________, we missed our train the day when we were back to Paris.
A. With the bus late B. The bus to be late
C. The bus being late D. The bus was late
13. After a whole-night discussion, they have finally ________ the conclusion that they should
be united as one and fight against the local authorities.
A. come B. reached C. received D. arrived
14. ________ from the top of the TV tower, you will find the city far more beautiful at night.
A. To see B. Seen C. Seeing D. See
15. But for his kind help, I ________ this experiment so quickly.
A. shouldn’t be finishing B. couldn’t finished
C. hadn’t finished D. wouldn’t have finished
Part II Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. After reading each passage, you will
find 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement there
are 4 choices marked A., B., C. and D. You should choose the most appropriate
answer and write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
For thousands of years, people have looked up at the night sky and looked at the moon. They wondered what the moon was made of. They wanted to know how big it was and how far away it was. One of the most interesting questions was “Where did the moon come from?” No one knew for sure. Scientists developed many different theories, or guesses, but they could not prove that their ideas were correct.
Then, between 1969 and 1972, the United States sent astronauts to the moon. They studied the moon and returned to the earth with rock samples. Scientists have studied these pieces of rock, the moon’s movements, and information about the moon and the earth. They can finally answer questions about the origin of the moon.
Today most scientists believe that the moon formed from the earth. They think that a large object hit the earth early in its history. Perhaps the object was as big as Mars. When the object hit the earth, huge pieces of the earth broke off. These pieces then moved around the earth. After a brief time, the pieces came together and formed the moon.
This “impact(撞击) theory” exposes many facts about the earth and the moon. For example, the moon is very dry because the impact created so much heat that it dried up all the water. The earth has iron in its centre. However, the moon has very little iron in its centre. This is because the moon formed from lighter materials that make up the outer part of the earth. Finally, the earth and the moon are almost of the same age: the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, while the moon is about 4.4 billion years old.
No one can prove that something really happened billions of years ago. In the future, new information will either support this theory or show that it is wrong. For now, scientists accept the impact theory because it explains what we know today about the earth and the moon.
16. From the first paragraph we know that when people looked at the moon they ________.
A. wished to travel to it
B. enjoyed its beauty very much
C. wanted to know more about it
D. developed many theories about it
17. Astronauts are people who ________.
A. collect rock samples
B. are sent to work in space
C. are interested in the moon
D. study the structure of the moon
18. We can infer from the second paragraph that ________.
A. answers to the moon have been found out at last
B. scientists are eager to send more astronauts to space
C. technology helped scientists understand the universe more and better
D. astronauts could not return to the earth without the help of scientists
19. It is believed by most scientists that ________.
A. the moon was hit by an object as large as Mars
B. the moon formed from pieces of rock from Mars
C. the pieces from Mars came together to form the earth
D. the moon is made up of materials similar to those of the earth
20. The “impact theory” sounds reasonable because ________.
A. scientists have found what happened billions of years ago
B. it is based on the newly gathered information about Mars
C. it can answer many questions raised about the moon and the earth
D. astronauts believe that the moon and the earth are of the same age
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland, Ore., and began scanning titles on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if I’d like a job. I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes.
I worked after school and during summers for minimum wage, and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs: I brewed(煮) coffee in thestudent union during college, was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying.
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her virtually everything we had in stock and found other books we could order. She left the store less apprehensive, and I’ve always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his thumb attached, weblike, to the rest of his hand. His family could not afford corrective surgery, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I persuaded my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgery for free. I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt an overwhelming(巨大的) sense of reward.
At McCarley’s Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them make sense of the world.
21. The author accepted the job because ________.
A. she wanted to make some money to go to college
B. she couldn’t find anything better to do
C. selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs
D. helping people made her feel proud
22. The author felt very proud ________.
A. because she could help do something for the bookstore
B. when she sold all the books in stock to others
C. because she could order books for the woman
D. when she did her best to help the woman
23. The word “apprehensive” in the third paragraph probably means ________.
A. disappointed B. worried
C. doubted D. unhappy
24. The author ________ because she wanted very much to help the boy.
A. broadcast the story
B. wrote a letter to the boy
C. reported the story to the public
D. wrote to a doctor and a nurse for help
25. ________, the author felt that she was working for those who she served.
A. Since she worked in the bookstore after school
B. When she could help people make sense of the world
C. If she sensed she was working for the customers
D. Though she worked for certain companies and got paid by them
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
One form of driver assistance that is sure to call one’s attention is intelligent speed adaptation (ISA)---a technology for forcing a driver to observe the speed limit. This works by building into the car a digital map marked with local speed restrictions. The addition of GPS (global positioning system) navigation tells the car what the maximum speed on any given stretch of road should be. Cars are then slowed down, or prevented from accelerating, whenever they are at or above the speed limit. One way to do this is to starve the engine of fuel. Another is to add a measure of play to the accelerator pedal(油门). A third is to make the accelerator harder to push down. In future drive-by-wire vehicles, the software would refuse requests from the accelerator pedal when above the speed limit.
However, people have different opinions as far as ISA is concerned. Whatever their opinions are, the main justification for ISA is likely to be the high cost of speeding. Studies suggest that ISA could reduce the number of accidents by as much as 40%, and the number of fatal accidents by nearly 60%. It could also improve fuel efficiency, remove the need for enforcing speed limits with cameras and policemen, and reduce the costs of insurance.
Trials of ISA systems have already been carried out in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain, and more are planned in Belgium and France. Although resistance is expected from drivers as well as from motor manufacturers, ISA could be introduced gradually, first with new cars and later as retro-fitting (改装) to the remaining old cars──rather as seatbelts were introduced a generation ago. The trials show that a surprisingly large proportion of people come to accept ISA after they have lived with it for a while──again, much like the experience with seatbelts.
26. According to the first paragraph the highest allowed speed of a car is to be determined
by ________.
A. the accelerator
B. GPS
C. a digital map
D. the driver
27. One of the measures to keep a car within the speed limit is ________.
A. to add less fuel to the engine
B. to limit the use of accelerator
C. to push down the accelerator pedal
D. to remove the pedal from accelerator
28. One of the major reasons for having ISA fixed in a car is to ________.
A. replace policemen with a new device
B. warn drivers of possible accidents
C. have traffic accidents greatly reduced
D. introduce fuel-efficient equipment
29. According to the passage, ISA systems ________.
A. are still in their testing period
B. remain a theory to be tested
C. have found wide applications in the auto industry
D. have been a popular invention among motor makers
30. The author compares ISA with seatbelts to show that ________.
A. both could reduce the death rate in traffic accidents
B. fitting ISA in a car is justified
C. both could make a car accident less serious
D. ISA would take time for people to accept
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
While acting may run in the family, it wasn’t Angelina Jolie’s only choice when she thought about her future career. Although Jolie has studied her craft since childhood, at one point the 26-year-old, who stars this month in Tomb Raider with her father, actor John Voight, wanted to be a funeral director. “I thought that the crossing over could be a beautiful thing and a time of comfort where people could reach out to each other.”
Tradition appeals to Jolie, who moved with her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, and brother after her parents separated when she was two. “I never had one home. I never had an attic that had old stuff in it. We always moved, so I was never rooted anywhere. And I always dreamed of having that attic of things that I could go back and look at. And I’m very drawn to some things that are tradition, that are roots, and I think that may be why I focused on funerals.”
Finally, she chose acting. “Following in my father’s footsteps,” she says, “is an interesting thing, because I think we speak to each other through our work. You don’t really know your parents in a certain way, and they don’t really know you. So he can watch a film and see how I am as a woman, the way I’m dealing with a husband who’s been injured, or the way I’ m crying alone.”
“And it’s the same for me: I can watch films of his and just see who he is. I’ve learned to communicate with him as a person.”
31. Which of the following is true about Angelina Jolie?
A. Angelina.Jolie became a funeral director at the age of 26.
B. Angelina Jolie was 26 years old when this article was written.
C. Angelina Jolie started to learn acting when she was 26 years old.
D. Angelina Jolie wanted to become a funeral director at the age of 26.
32. An attic is ________.
A. a small room
B. a collection of books
C. a small suitcase
D. an amount of money
33. Angelina Jolie wanted to be a funeral director probably because ________.
A. tradition was always appealing to her
B. she paid particular attention to funerals
C. she was never rooted when she was young
D. she thought people could reach out to each other after their death
34. Angelina Jolie finally chose acting because she thought ________.
A. her father could see her on the screen
B. acting was interesting and attractive to her
C. she could hardly communicate with her father
D. her father could understand her better through films
35. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Angelina Jolie was born in a family of acting.
B. Angelina Jolie hoped to communicate with her father by watching films.
C. Angelina Jolie once believed that the crossing could be a time of comfort.
D. Angelina Jolie thought people could know each other better by watching films
Part III Cloze
Directions: There is a passage in this part with 10 blanks in it. Read the passage carefully and
then choose the most appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A., B., C.
and D. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Bernie Voytas, 46, had been working 28 hard and long days. That’s the way of it for a 36 during harvest time in Randolph County, Illinois.
So he decided to take a 37 and spend a Sunday with his friend Stephen Keith at a St. Louis Rams football game. But Keith noticed something 38 : Voytas’s speech was halting and he was slurring(含糊地发……音) his words.
Just after the game started, Voytas’s face became contorted(扭曲), 39 his right side froze. Keith found someone to help send Voytas to the hospital. Doctors stabilized him and discovered the 40 of his illness.
Early the next morning more than 15 farmers arrived at Voytas’ s fields with their tools and trucks. They came without 41 asking them to. “This is a small community,” Keith explained. “Hard to say how the news gets 42 . It just does.” There were so many that Keith had to refuse some of their help.
The neighbours harvested the corn and soybeans and planted wheat. They worked into darkness and were back at 6 a.m.. After five days the job was done.
This is a farming thing, the workers said. 43 is a sense of community when everybody is dependent upon the 44 and the soil. But it was more than that. “Bernie is always the first to help others,” Keith said. “He 45 his equipment to others. He does things for people that he doesn’t have to do. It’s why we had to turn people away.
Voytas has resumed farming──with the continued help of his friends.
36. A. boy B. farmer C. worker D. woman
37. A. walk B. picture C. break D. leave
38. A. strange B. unreasonable C. negative D. funny
39. A. so B. but C. and D. for
40. A. trouble B. reason C. case D. cause
41. A. him B. anyone C. someone D. her
42. A. through B. away C. off D. around
43. A. There B. It C. As D. That
44. A. nature B. season C. weather D. environment
45. A. rents B. lends C. borrows D. purchases
Part IV Word Forms
Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. You should fill in each blank with
the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in
the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
46. Instead of waiting for a ________ (favor) turn, the paper-making industry has begun seeking
new ways for development.
47. It is high time that we ________ (start) to do the experiment.
48. If we make a ________ (compare) between these two cities, we’ll find they differ widely in
the control of pollution.
49. Don’t get your schedule ________ (change); stay with us in this class.
50. This can be well used as a ________ (refer) for predicting the country’s future environment.
51. When you tried to pay no attention to them, you saw the look of ________ (hopeless) in their
eyes.
52. The two men ________ (stand) over there heard every word we said.
53. It is so lonely a place that I object strongly to ________ (stay) here alone.
54. Air is a ________ (mix), whose components are of great use in the chemical industry.
55. It was said that computers could crash because they were ________ (able) to make sense of
“00” for the year 2000.
Part V Translation-English into Chinese
Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. There are 5
sentences in this part. Write your translation in the corresponding space on
the Answer Sheet.
56. This offer is subject to our final confirmation.
57. It may do little for the cold but it certainly cheers me up.
58. His failure to observe the safety regulations resulted in an accident to the machinery.
59. Knowing some of the common faults a writer can fall into while arguing is a way of avoiding
them.
60. If you decide to buy, you must place a firm order within the stated time limit.
Part VI Writing
Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a
letter based on the following information. You should write about 100 words.
收信人: Mr. George Taylor of John Marshall Co. Ltd.
96 Jefferson Street; New York 3, N. Y.
写信人: Zhang Hua of Sunny Co. Ltd
日期: 2003年4月26日
内容:你公司订购的货物应该在4月25日到货,但是对方没有按时送货,现由你写一封信通知对方并说明没有按时到货给你们带来的极大的不便,如果对方不能在三日内保证把货送到,你方将根据合同条款撤销所有订货,并要求赔偿你公司可能遭受的损失。