
一、Vocabulary and Structure(10 points,1 point each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1. Tired ______ he was,Roger never thought of giving it up.
A. as B. when C. how D. that 答案:A
2. ______ books you borrow from the library should be returned in two weeks’ time
A. Which B. Whichever C. What D. Whatever 答案:D
3. The sports meet has been ______ till next week because of the bad weather.
A. put off B. put aside C. put up D. put down 答案:A
4. We didn’t know that he was in town;otherwise,we ______ him to the wedding.
A. would invite B. would have been invited
C. would have invited D. would be invited 答案:C
5. Washing the food down with water as a substitute ______ chewing is not a good habit.
A. of B. for C. to D. from 答案:B
6. The police is offering a(n) ______ of $3,000 to anyone who will provide
information about the lost boy.
A. praise B. prize C. reward D. award 答案:C
7. Only when he had done it ______ that he had made a mistake.
A. had he come to understand B. he came to understand
C. he had come to understand D. did he come to understand 答案:D
8. Younger children are curious ______ how things work,and many of them want to
take apart everything within their reach.
A. of B. about C. at D. with 答案:B
9. I asked him to ______ me a few minutes so that we could go over all the problems.
A. spend B. save C. spare D. share 答案:C
10. We promise that we’ll meet again after we ______ our college education in three years’ time.
A. finish B. will finish C. finished D. will have finished 答案:A
二、Cloze Test(10 points,1 point each)下列短文中有十个空白,每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1. One type of solar collector is not very expensive. It is usually 1on the sunny
side of the roof of a building.The sun is most 2 on this side,and the unit will 3
more heat from the sun.The unit has a 4 or level surface. The surface is black
because black collects more heat from the sun.5,there are pipes with water. The top
is a piece of glass.The sun 6 through the glass and air inside.It heats the 7 that
is also inside. A pump,a machine to 8 the water,starts when water is warm enough.
The hot water goes into a storage tank. This tank 9 or keeps the hot water. Then
there is hot water to use for washing clothes or 10 baths and showers.
(1).(A). pushed (B). pulled (C). pressed (D). put 答案:D
(2).(A). direct (B). opposite (C). negative (D). steep 答案:A
(3).(A). assemble (B). swallow (C). reflect (D). collect 答案:D
(4).(A). broad (B). narrow (C). flat (D). short 答案:C
(5).(A). Outside (B). Inside (C). Upside(D). Downside 答案:B
(6).(A). shines (B). burns (C). heats (D). brightens 答案:A
(7).(A). air (B). water (C). liquid (D). light 答案:B
(8).(A). move (B). remove (C). obtain (D).maintain 答案:A
(9).(A). stores (B). weighs (C). yields (D). traps 答案:A
(10).(A). take (B). took (C). taking (D). takes 答案:C
三、Reading Comprehension(30 points,2 points each)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案,并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。
1. It happened again the other night. We’re watching the weather report on
television. A genericlooking(相貌平平)man in a genericlooking suit slides back and
forth before a map of the region, telling us we have nothing to worry about.Only a
slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm after midnight.It ’s 6∶30 p.m. He
smiles, tells us to have a great evening and fades away to sports. Less than an hour
later, it’s pouring.And I mean pouring.Sheetsofraindownthewindowpanes pouring.It
remains one of life’s little mysteries to me how such wellintentioned and
welltrained people using such hightech equipment can be so wrong, and so often.
I’ve often said that if I made that many mistakes in front of so many people. I’d
have been out of job 35 years ago.I grew up on the windswept(受大风侵袭的)plains of
western New York State. When the man on the Buffalo station said it was going to
snow,it snowed. It never failed. This was October,usually around Halloween(万圣节
).He then predicted snow for the next six months,and he was never
wrong.November.December.January.February.March.April.Snow.Even as a kid,I figured
out this wasn’t rocket science. But at least he was always accurate. He had no
equipment,no red or blue or green spots floating across his map.In fact, I’m not
sure I remember a map. In those days,we all knew where we were. No map was
required.He got most of his forecast tips, I suspect, from his bones and how they
felt.
I have my simple theories why weather reporting is so inaccurate.Weather reporters
rarely go outside. Nor can they see outside.Most of them work in windowless
buildings.
(1). The sentence“It happened again the other night”implies that _______.答案:C
(A). weather reporters are often fired because they are inaccurate
(B). it rains much too often at night in that area of the country
(C). inaccuracies in television weather reports are frequent
(D). the author often watches the weather report on television
(2). The phrase“fades away to sports”(Para.1)means _______.答案:C
(A). he goes on to talk about sports programs
(B). he goes away to play sports after work
(C). sports programs begin when he disappears
(D). sports have to be cancelled because of rain
(3). It began to rain _______.答案:B
(A). at 6∶30 p.m. (B). before 7∶30 p.m.
(C). after 7∶30 p.m. (D). by midnight
(4). What the author intends to say is that weather reports are inaccurate
because weather reporters _______. 答案:D
(A). are not wellequipped as expected (B). are not always responsible enough
(C). go unpunished for their mistakes (D). do not conduct enough fieldwork
(5). According to the author,the man on the Buffalo station was accurate in
predicting weather because _______.答案:B
(A). his pay depended on the tips he got from weather reports
(B). what he felt in his bones helped to foresee the weather
(C). it was the knowledge he gained from his ancestors
(D). he could see snow coming from the windswept plains
2. Man’s mind is his tool of survival.The mind is used to gain,use,store,and
recall knowledge. It is his mind that enables a farmer to know what to plant, when
to harvest it,how to prepare food from the result. It is his mind that enables a
hunter to know what he needs to make a spear, how to make it, and how to use it. And
it is his mind that enables a blacksmith to know how to make iron tools. In short,
it is the mind that enables a person to know what to do in order to survive.
Man’s mind allows longrange planning and thinking. It enables such longrange
planning as required for farming,hunting, and tool making. These efforts require the
ability to form concepts of longterm cause and effect chains.“I need to make a
spear tonight so I can hunt tomorrow and have food for the next 7 days.”These may
be environments where people could survive for a while without longrange planning,
but without the results of knowledge like spears, fire,and other technologies, peope
would get outbred by other animals and die out.
Man’s mind is his tool for survival, but like all tools,it must be properly used.
The mind makes good use of knowledge, and knowledge can only be obtained through
reason. Without reason, there is no knowledge, and thus no survival.
You must recognize reality and act in accordance with it in order to be
successful.To the extent that you use reason as your method of judgment in knowledge
and action,you will survive and flourish.If you ignore or escape from reality, you
will suffer and die.
It is very important to note that survival by reason requires the freedom to act
according to your reason.That is why people do not develop well in the control of
others, and can not survive when they are subject to force that destroys their
ability to act on reason.
(1). It is his mind that enables a farmer to know how to _______.答案:D
(A). make spears (B). hunt for animals (C). make iron tools (D). cultivate crops
(2). The first two paragraphs show that man’s mind _______.答案:A
(A). is his basic means of survival (B). enables him to act at will
(C). is used to protect themselves (D). helps him look into reality
(3). In order to survive, man should _______.答案:B
(A). be conquered by other animals (B). make a longrange plan for the future
(C). learn to recall knowledge (D). learn to think reasonably
(4). Without the results of knowledge like spears,fire,and other technologies,people _______.答案:D
(A). could only survive for 7 days (B). would kill off all the animals
(C). would be controlled by others (D). would disappear from the earth
(5). It is reasonable that if people want to survive,they should _______.答案:C
(A). develop well in the control of others
(B). ignore or escape from reality
(C). have freedom to act on reason
(D). be subject to certain environments
3. Many language learners fail to realize that when they listen to their native
language they do not actually hear every word. They also fail to understand that
they integrate their knowledge about language with their existing experience and
knowledge of such things as topic and culture, and do not need to hear every word.
This means that learners often have unrealistic expectations and try to understand
each word of a listening text. As some experts point out,“such total
comprehension...is a misconception of how normal comprehension works in the native
language.”Learners’ anxiety may get worse when a classroom procedure does not
provide adequate context for the text or prepare the topic by activating their
prior knowledge;in other words, a procedure which asks students to “Listen to the
text and then answer the questions.”This tests listening ability rather than aiming
to teach it. Adults returning to English language learning whose earlier experiences
have been of this nature may well have developed negative perceptions of their
ability as listeners and a major task for the teacher will be to build confidence.
This means recognizing anxiety and taking care to provide positive classroom
experiences. For examlpe, the teacher needs to make sure that the pace and length of
a listening activity is not too taxing as the concentration required in trying to
comprehend unfamiliar sounds can be tiring.
(1). .When they comprehend their native language by listening,many language
learners tend to think that they _______.答案:A
(A). need to hear every word (B). have linguistic knowledge
(C). know the culture very well (D). have some existing experience
(2). According to the passage,foreign language learning depends very much upon_______.答案:C
(A). native language competence (B). ability to concentrate
(C). experience and knowledge (D). personal preference
(3). This passage is mainly about_______.答案:D
(A). writing (B). speaking (C). reading (D). listening
(4). The language teacher should _______.答案:B
(A). develop negative perceptions of students’ ability
(B). activate the prior knowledge students have
(C). refer to the past experience of adult learners
(D). help students understand their native language first
(5). The word“taxing”in the last sentence probably means _______.答案:B
(A). costly (B). demanding (C). anxious (D). interesting
四、Word Form(10 points,1 point each)将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。答案写在答题纸上。
1. Nowadays,youngsters like listening to CD music more than ___ (go)to concerts. 答案:going
2. It seems the roof ___(leak)for some time.We’d better call in the repairman.答案:has been leaking
3. It is reported that daydreaming improves a person’s ability ___(solve)everyday problems.答案:to solve
4. Ever since the paintings of contemporary artists went on exhibition at the
gallery,there ___(be)many visitors every day.答案:have been
5. Every student in this class likes the film ___(base)on the novel by D.H.Lawrence.答案:based
6. Some enjoy ___(meet)new people,while others want to be left alone.答案:meeting
7. Looking through the window,I found him ___(seat)in a sofa.答案:seated
8. Deeply ___(touch)by her speech,many offered financial support to the school.答案:touched
9. If I ___(follow)my teacher’s suggestions, I would have passed the examination.答案:had followed
10. Shortly afterwards, the government announced its ___(decide)on the future of the railways.
答案:decision
五、Translation from English into Chinese(15 points)将下列短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。
1. It is generally known that our daily life is divided into two phases:work and
recreation.However, few people know the distinction between active play and passive
entertainment.We have to participate in and practice it if we would enjoy an active
play.We have to paint rather than look at paintings,to play instruments rather than
go to concerts,to dance and sing and act ourselves,engaging all our senses in fun
and rules of the active play. Then something may begin to happen to us:to work upon
our bodies and our souls.
答案:人们普遍认为,我们的日常生活分为两个方面:工作和娱乐。不过,很少有人了解积极的
娱乐和消极的消遣的区别。如果我们要想享受积极娱乐的话,我们就必须自己参与并实践。我们
必须自己绘画,而不是去看画;自己演奏乐器,而不是去听音乐会;自己唱歌,跳舞和演出,从
而使我们所有的感觉受到积极娱乐的乐趣和规则的约束。这样,我们的身心就开始发生变化。
