Ⅱ.Cloze Test 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。 The American love of sports 1 to a pitch never before known. 2 the middle of the century we were practically without sports and even until some fifteen years ago there 3 very little enthusiasm aroused by sports 4 the fever that has within the past decade and a half swept over the country. 5 the passionate fervor has been increasing,and the coming season promises to be the most enthusiastic of all. 6 England the Romans brought their sports;then the Saxons and the Normans added others,and there were football matches and archery games. In 1618 King James I issued a book of sports stating what sports were 7 after church service on Sundays;but intense anger was 8 among those who strictly observed the principles of the Bible,and in 1644 the Long Parliament ordered the book 9 by the public executioner,and all sports forbidden or strongly 10 .
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want so say it well,but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand-he wants to teach them. and he wants them to learn from him. What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain,because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors,not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors,out of the countless billions possible,is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors,or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose:their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at,that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern,that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects. If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous(生坏疽的)leg and another a lake in moonlight,each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something,showing us something,emphasizing something-all of which mean that,consciously or unconsciously,he is trying to teach us.
1. All artists are common in that______.
A.they use shapes and colors instead of words
B.they are trying to teach the public
C.what they want to teach is difficult to explain
D.they want to learn from the public
A B C D
B
[解析] 见本文第三句话“he wants to teach them”。
2. A painter chooses certain shapes and colors;out of the countless billions possible because he believes they______.
A.are beautiful
B.can bring delight to him
C.are worth showing to the public
D.are particular
A B C D
C
[解析] 见本文第五句话“worth showing to us”画家们觉得用形状和色彩来诠释他们的人生特别有趣,不管花多少钱,都是值得展示给我们的。
3. Contemporary artists choose subjects______.
A.without reference to the character of their subjects
B.that only provide an interesting pattern
C.that there is no meaning in it
D.partly for the meaning of the subjects
A B C D
B
[解析] 见本文倒数第六行,现代艺术家只选用自我主观意识来展现有趣的图案。
4. Comparing the painter who paints a gangrenous leg with the one who paints a lake in moonlight,we can draw the conclusion that______.
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Scientists have established that influenza viruses taken from man can cause the disease in animals. In addition,man can catch the disease from animals. In fact,a great number of wild birds seem to carry the virus without showing any evidence of illness. Some scientists conclude that a large family of influenza viruses may have evolved in the bird kingdom,a group that has been on the earth 100 million years and is able to carry the virus without contracting the disease. These are even convincing evidence to show that virus strains are transmitted from place to place and from continent to continent by migrating birds. It is known that two influenza viruses can recombine when both are present in an animal at the same time. The result of such recombinations is a great variety of strains constraining different H and N spikes. This raises the possibility that a human influenza virus can recombine with an influenza virus form a lower animal to produce an entirely new spike. Research is underway to determine if that is the way that major new strains come into being. Another possibility is that two animal influenza strains may recombine in a pig,for example,to produce a new strain which is transmitted to man.
6. According to the passage,scientists have discovered that influenza viruses______.
A.cause ill health in wild birds
B.do not always cause symptoms in birds
C.are rarely present in wild birds
D.change when transferred from animals to man
A B C D
B
[解析] 见本文第三句话。
7. What is known about the influenza virus?
A.It was first found in a group of very old birds.
B.All the different strains can be found in wild birds.
8. According to the passage,a great variety of influenza strains can appear when______.
A.H and N spikes are produced
B.animal and bird viruses are combined
C.dissimilar types virus recombine
D.two viruses of the same type are contracted
A B C D
C
[解析] 见第二段第二句话“The result of such recombinations is a great variety of strains constraining different H and N spikes. ”。
9. New strains of viruses are transmitted to man by______.
A.a type of pig
B.diseased lower animals
C.a group of migrating birds
D.a variety of means
A B C D
B
[解析] 见第二段最后一句话。
10. It can be inferred from the passage that all of the following are ways of producing new strains of influenza viruses EXCEPT______.
A.two influenza viruses in the same animal recombining
B.animal viruses recombining with human viruses
C.two animal viruses recombining in one animal
D.two animal viruses recombining in a human
A B C D
D
[解析] 见第三段,根据句意可知选项D为正确答案。
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent,notions of superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality,and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home,the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the“battle of sexes”. If the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less important-and that has happened in some cases-we are as badly off as before. only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of“Momism”-but we don't want to exchange it for a“neo-Popism”. What we need,rather,is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists,psychologists,social workers,and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credits-nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning,however,to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child. The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules,because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism has unhappy consequences,whether it wears skirts or trousers,and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent(与……有关)not only to a healthy family but also to a healthy democracy.
11. Sharing tasks and decisions in a family leads to______.
A.monism
B.neo-popism
C.inequality
D.further sharing
A B C D
D
[解析] 见本文第一段第二句。
12. If a boy or a girl has grown up in a home with sharing tasks and decisions,he or she will probably______.
A.believe that life is a“battle of sexes”
B.accept equality as their parents did
C.prepare more fully for participation in a cooperative world
D.insist that man has a place in the home
A B C D
C
[解析] 见本文第一段倒数第三行。
13. According to the author,man's role in the American family is______.
A.less important than woman's
B.equal to woman's
C.irrelevant to the healthy development of the child
D.hard to maintain
A B C D
A
[解析] 见第二段第一句话。
14. Psychiatrists,psychologists,social workers and specialists on the family______.
A.are paying increased attention to man's place in the home
B.suggest that we exchange“Momism”for a“neo-popism”
C.women should receive all the credits and blames
D.men should receive all the credits and blames
A B C D
A
[解析] 选项B文中未建议,选项C、D过于绝对,故选A。
15. The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is______.
A.related to either a healthy democracy or a healthy family
B.related to a healthy family as well as healthy democracy
C.related to neither a healthy democracy nor a healthy family
D.none of the above
A B C D
A
[解析] 见第二段最后一句,理想的平等权利和平等义务与健全的民主和健全的家庭有关。
Ⅳ.Word Spelling 将下列汉语单词译成英语。每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。
1. 完成;成绩 n. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
achievement
2. 含义;暗示 n. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
implication
3. 理事会;委员会 n. c_ _ _ _ _ _
council
4. 在性方面 ad. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
sexually
5. 穿透的;深刻的 a. p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
penetrating
6. 不断增加地 ad. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
increasingly
7. 描绘;描述 v. p_ _ _ _ _ _
portray
8. 内部的;国内的 a. i_ _ _ _ _ _ _
internal
9. 改变;改动 v. a_ _ _ _
alter
10. 追求;追赶 v. p_ _ _ _ _
pursue
11. 剂量 n. d_ _ _
dose
12. 面对;遭遇 v. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _
confront
13. 排除;消灭 v. e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
eliminate
14. 使确信;使信服 v. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _
convince
15. 计算机化 v. c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
computerize
16. 年长的;(大学)高年纪的 a. s_ _ _ _ _
senior
17. 适合的;恰当的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
appropriate
18. 遭遇;偶遇 v. e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
encounter
19. 农业的 a. a. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
agricultural
20. 而且;此外 ad. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
furthermore
Ⅴ.Word From 将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。
1. A decision is a choice______(make)from among alternative courses of action that are available.
made
[解析] 被动语态。
2. The most______(convince)evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems.
convincing
[解析] 形容词修饰名词。
3. Many a student______(do)not like having to do their homework.
does
[解析] many a+n. ,谓语动词用单数。
4. The new music was built out of materials already in______. (exist):blues,rock'n'roll,folk music.
existence
[解析] in existence存在的,现存的,现有的。
5. Robots are programmed and______(engineer)to perform industrial tasks without human intervention.
engineered
[解析] and连接两个并列成分,用被动语态。
6. If you had been have yesterday,you______(see)his father.
would have seen
[解析] 本题考查虚拟语气,条件句用过去完成时,表示与过去事实相反,主句常用would have done表示。
7. He took his umbrella with him lest it______(rain).
should rain
[解析] should用来表示推断。
8. ______(win)the presidency,a candidate must receive at least 270 votes. an electoral majority.
To win
[解析] 非谓语形式做主语,表示目的,用to do。
9. ______(increase),new technology is making it easier for us to find alternative methods of testing.
Increasingly
[解析] 插入语。
10. Between labor and play______(stand)work.
stands
[解析] between…and…两者之间,故用第三人称单数。
Ⅳ.Translation from Chinese into English 将下列各句译成英语。
1. 她的社交活动妨碍她的学业。
Her social life got in the way of her studies.
2. 如果你束手无策,就听其自然好了。
You'd better leave things alone if you don't know how to deal with them.
3. 如果我们早点动身,现在就不会在雨中走了。
If we had set out earlier. we wouldn't be walking in the rain.
4. 食物短缺并不像你报道的那么严重。
The food shortage do not exist to the extent that you report.
5. 我们提出了抗议,但没有效果。
We protested but to(of)no avail.
Ⅶ.Translation from English into Chinese 将下列短文译成汉语。
1. Having acknowledged receipt of the interview letter,you must prepare for the interview. Firms usually take a good deal of trouble over interviews,and there may be three or more people present,which can be a little frightening. Very often the personnel officer will begin by some words of welcome and an invitation to you to tell them a little about yourself. This is really inviting you to repeat the information you have already supplied on the application form,and which they have already read,but it does have some point. It will put you at your ease,because at least you know all about your own level of achievement and can speak about it confidently. It helps them assess your ability to communicate and your serf-esteem. Some people have too high an opinion of themselves,some take an unduly pessimistic view of their achievements,while others have a nicely balanced assessment of their own abilities.