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1、一、詞匯和語法1. _ should any money be given to a small child.A. On no account B. From all accountsC. Of no account D. By all accounts答案：A2. _ some mammals came to live in the sea is now known.A. Which B. SinceC. Although D. How答案：D3. _ student with a little common sense should be able to answer the questi

2、on.A. Each B. AnyC. Either D. One答案：B4. _ such a good chance, he planned to learn more.A. To be given B. Having been givenC. Having given D. Giving答案：B5. _ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.A. For B. NowC. Since D. Despite答案：B6. _ that the trade between the tw

3、o countries reached its highest point.A. During the 1960's B. That it was in the 1960'sC. It was in the 1960's D. It was the 1960's答案：C7. _ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent.A. So clever are the construction robotsB. So cle

4、ver the construction robots areC. Such construction robots are cleverD. Such clever construction robots are答案：A8. _ that you were out, I wouldn't have bothered to come all the way at that time of night.A. If I should know B. If I knowC. Had I known D. Were I to know答案：C9. _ the advances of scien

5、ce, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.A. As for B. DespiteC. Except D. Besides答案：B10. _ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.A. To give B. GivenC. Giving D. Having given答案：B11. _ the fact that he

6、 was in his seventies, the old man decided to swim across the channel.A. At B. Since C. Despite D. With答案：C12. _ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.A. In case of B. In spite of C. Because of D. But for答案：D13. _ the library _ the bookstore has the book I need. Will you tel

7、l me where I can get it?A. Neither, nor B. Neither, or C. Either, or D. Either, nor答案：A14. _ the sight of the police officers, the men ran off.A. In B. At C. On D. With答案：B15. _ the wall, we decided that we should need three tins of paint.A. Making up B. Doing up C. Putting up D. Sizing up.答案：D16. _

8、 the whole, early American city planning was excellent.A. In B. From C. On D. Above答案：C17. _ we are having these days!A. What a lovely weather B. What lovely weathersC. What lovely weather D. What lovely a weather答案：C18. _ we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.A. For n

9、ow B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now答案：B19. _ when she started complaining.A. Not until he arrived B. Hardly had he arrivedC. No sooner had he arrived D. Scarcely did he arrive答案：B20. _ whether he will come or not.A. There is no telling B. There is not tellingC. There is telling not D. There is no

10、t to tell答案：A二、閱讀理解Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exercise at the best of times. A fire drill at 2：00 in the morning in terrible weather conditions, like the one we had on Thursday night and Friday morning last, is incomparably

11、more inconvenient. This is why writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for your excellent co-operation and the spirit with which you endured the inconvenience.A fire drill is not an idle exercise. It is an extremely serious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week fire d

12、rill has already reyealed a number of important things regarding fire precautions in the Hall. For instance, there seem to exit a number of “deaf spots” in the Hall, namely, the two rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottom corridor. I have no reason to doubt that residents from these areas

13、 could not hear the alarm. I shall request an immediate examination of this problem.I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills should be regularly carried out (at least two in every one year.and each resident should be made fully aware of this and obliged to take part. All

14、residents must take fire precautions with the seriousness they deserve. Failure to do so can result bin fines and expulsion(驅(qū)逐.from the Hall. Thank you again for your co-operation.21. The last fire drill caused much more inconvenience because_.A.it was in bad weather B.there were “deaf spots”C.a big

15、 fire started D.it was at the weekend答案：A22. The phrase “in the long run”(L.2, Part.2.means_.A.effectively B.endlessly C.eventually D.efficiently答案：C23. Some people did not make their appearance at the last drill because_.A.they were deaf B.they could not hear the alarmC.nobody waked them up D.they

16、refused to leave their rooms答案：B24. Afire drill is extremely important according to the writer for_.A.it is a good physical exercise B.it cultivates people's enduranceC.it is a legal requirement D.it can save lives in case of a fire答案：D25. Which of the following was NOT stated by the author?A.A

17、fire drill is very important and useful.B.The last fire drill received inactive co-operation from the residents.C.Those who do not take fire precautions will be fined and driven out.D.It has been made a rule that fire drills will be performed regularly.答案：BQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the followin

18、g passageAccidents are caused;they don't just happen. The reason may be easy to see：a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the misfortunefrustration, tiredness or just bad temperthat show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.Road accidents, for example, happen frequently aft

19、er a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.By definition, an accident is something you can not predict or avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majorit

20、y of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moments of carelessness or thoughtlessness.It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more li

21、kely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are injured from work due to accidents. These acci

22、dents are largely the result of human error or misjudgmentnoise and fatigue, boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accide

23、nts at work.26. The passage suggests that_.A.Accidents are usually caused by psychological factors.B.Accidents mostly result from slippery roads.C.Drinkers run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories.D.About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.答案：A27.Which of the

24、 following is NOT mentioned as a factor of accidents?A.Mood. B.Tiredness. C.Carelessness D.Weather答案：D28. The word “accidents-prone”(L.2 Para.2.means_.A.likely to have accidents B.injured in accidentsC.possible to die in accidents D.responsible for road accidents答案：A29. What can we infer about the a

25、uthor opinion of accidents?A.Safety precautions are of little use in accidents.B.Many accidents can and should be avoided.C.Factory accidents , unlike road accidents, are inevitable.D.Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless drivers.答案：B30. The best title for the passage would be _.A.Ac

26、cidents and AnxietyB.How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in FactoriesC.Human Factors in AccidentsD.How to Prevent Accidents on Road and in Factories答案：CIs language, like food, a basic human need?Judging from the result of the violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century,

27、 it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the

28、first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.Today no much violent deprivation exists as that by Frederick II. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, wh

29、ose brain is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical times, it seems, when children learn more readily. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring language skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.Linguists(語言學家.suggest that speech s

30、tages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about Man's brain compared with that of

31、the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of , say, a teddy-bear(玩具熊.with the sound pattern “teddy-bear”。But speech has to be stimulated, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child

32、's babbling(牙牙學語., grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child's non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and devel

33、opment language.31. FrederickII's experiment was violent because_.A.he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speakB.he ignored the importance of mothering to the infantC.he was unkind to the nurseD.he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue答案：B32. The reason some children are backw

34、ard in speaking today that_.A.their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speakB.their mothers are not intelligent enough to help themC.they do not listen carefully to their mothersD.their brains have to absorb too much language at once.答案：A33. By “critical times” in Paragraph 3 the author mea

35、ns_.A.difficult periods in the child's lifeB.moments when the child becomes critical to its motherC.important stages in the child's developmentD.times when mothers often neglect their children答案：C34. Which of the following in NOT implied in the passage?A.Ability to learn to speak a language

36、is inborn in manB.Children do not need to be encouraged to learn to speakC.Early language starters are not necessarily highly intelligentD.Most children learn their language in definite stages答案：B35. If the mother does not respond to her child's signals_.A.the child will never be able to speak p

37、roperlyB.the child will stop giving out signalsC.the child will invent a language of his ownD.the child will make little effort to speak答案：DAmericans who remember “the good old days” are not alone in complaining about the educational system in this country. Immigrants(移民. complain ，too. Lately a Ger

38、man friend was filled with anger when he learned that the mathematics test given to his son on his first day as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan to learn mathema

39、tics at Japanese levels，generally considered at least a year more advanced than the level here.But I wonder：If American education is so poor，why is it that this is still the country of innovation(創(chuàng)新.?When I was 12 in Indonesia，I had to memorize the name of all the world's major cities，from Kabul

40、 to Karachi. At the same age，my son，who was brought up by a Californian，thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However，unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe，my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6，he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school，in

41、cluding the streets，the traffic signs and the houses that he passed.Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not really be able to think or to believe in themselves.Critics of American education cannot g

42、rasp one thing：freedom. America，I think，is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak，write and be creative. Our public education certainly is not perfect，but it is a great deal better than any other. I think I have found the answer to my question.36. From the text we

43、 learn that_.A.both Americans and immigrants are dissatisfied with the quality of American educationB.the author shares the general idea that American education is worse than education in many other countriesC.Japanese schools in America require their American teachers to teach mathematics at Japane

44、se levelsD.the author's German friend was a little displeased because the mathematics test for his son was too easy.答案： A37. Which of the following is NOT true?A.The author most probably was an immigrant from Asia and received some school education there.B.Buenos Aires must be the name of a city

45、，as are Kabul and Karachi.C.Children in other countries are not likely to learn creative geography.D.The knowledge of geography of the author's son shows that American education is poor.答案：D38. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.If children are not allowed to experiment fr

46、eely with ideas they won't grow up independent and creative.B.Most Americans think the present American educational system is not as good as it used to be.C.Private schools run by Japanese businessmen maintain a higher level than American public schools.D.Americans are more innovative than other

47、 people in the world.答案：A39. In the last paragraph the author says，“I have found the answer to my question.” What is the question?A.Is Japanese education better than American education?B.Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed schools?C.Why was my son not taught enough ge

48、ographic knowledge?D.Is American education really worse than education in other countries?答案：D40. What would be the best title for this passage?A.American Education and Education in Foreign countriesB.Improvement Needed for American EducationC.Freedom to Think Characteristic of American EducationD.E

49、ducation and Innovation in American答案：C三、完形填空Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer(41)on interviews for recruitment. Years of studying interviewing has made clear that it is not a very objective(42). Personnel officers often hire the person they like best, or even th

50、e one they think most(43)attractive. Looking good is no guarantee of doing the job well, however. Those who are ugly or less beautiful take heart.To get a more(44)view, many companies are also using psychological tests to hire both for high and low positions.The basic reason employers use tests is c

51、lear: tests(45)to be scientific and objective. A large body of research has shown that interviews by themselves are not very reliable as a method of selection. People' s judgment is often very subjective : whether they like the look of someone counts(46)more than almost anything else. But reliab

52、le and valid tests can offer rapid and more objective information about would-be employees. If a candidate talks well in an interview but his test results suggest that he is a(47) person who cannot concentrate, an employer is likely(48)twice about hiring him.Taking a serious test for a job is rather

53、 different from taking a game-like test. You can spend just a little time(49)questions of that kind of test, and you deny the answers and say they are not accurate. But you cannot go to a serious test without enough preparation since you cannot afford(50)and eliminated again and again.41.A. relying

54、B. to rely C. rely on D. relied答案：A42.A. proceedingB. procession C. process D. procedure答案：C43.A. physical B. physicallyC. physiologically D. mentally答案：B44.A. objective B. subjective C. negativeD. positive答案：A45.A. announce B. disclaimC. declare D. claim答案：D46.A. on B. for C. as D. in答案：B47.A. care

55、less B. careful C. carefree D. cautious答案：A48.A. thinking B. to thinking C. to think D. think答案：C49.A. in answering B. on answering C. by answering D. to answer答案：A50.A. to being denying B. to denyC. to denyingD. to be denied答案：D四、翻譯(英譯漢)Money really can't buy happiness, according to a new surve

56、y showing lawyers and other well-paid white-collar? workers are more likely to suffer depression.51.A national survey of more than 7500 professionals has found that al most one in 10 reported moderate or severe depressive symptoms.The legal profession had the worst result, with almost 16 percent reporting? symptoms? of clinical depression. Next were accountants and insurance underwriters, both on 10 percent. People in IT services? architecture'? and engineering also had depression rates above the average.52. The survey conducted by Beyondblue, an organization devoted to fig