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English Test Paper（1） Part I. From the four choices given, choose the one that best completes the sentence. (30%) 1. Will this new oil recovery technique be financially ______ ? A. representation B. feasible C. characteristics D. diffusion 2. Today, getting a new heart is no longer silly. It is now a ______. A. curiosity B. novelty C. reality D. application 3. He picked up his_____ and put it in his pocket. A. resolution B. resolve C. determination D. revolver 4. The mosquitoes that pass on malaria are becoming resistant to the_____ now used against them . A. poisons B. capsules C. chemical D. pills 5. ______ she saw the serious concern on Li Gong’s face that she agreed to let him try again. A. It was not until B. Until C. It was until D. Not until 6. _____ whether I am going to China. A. It is not already settled B. It is yet settled C. It is not yet settled D. It is still settled 7. There remained nothing but to get the canoe into the water. However, all my_____ to get it into the water failed. A. equipment B. tools C. instrument D. devices 8. It is _____I want to leave you,_____ I have to. A. not that…but because of B. because …but C. not that…but D. not because …because 9. Tom’s style of travel was interesting---he must _______the land as much as possible. A. live off B. be fed up with C. be lived on D. be fed on 10. The name of Chaplin_____ the image of a little tramp with a brush mustache. A. conjures up B. occurs to C. comes upon D. runs through 11. With night _____ , We started for home. A. moving along B. went by C. coming on D. dragged on 12. As the fire was nearly out and it was getting late, they prepared to_____ for the night. A. sit up B. retire C. stay up D. return 13. Tension within a family____ or eliminated when the family, as a whole, is threatened by an external force. A. is often relived B. often relaxed C. is often relieved D. often released 14. Obviously, the white bird in the story has a ______ meaning of freedom. A. symbolic B. symbol C. symbolize D. symbolism 15. The search was called off when the fog got thicker. A. started B. canceled C. postponed D. continued 16. Let’s ____our resources and get the job done quickly. A. use up B. put together C. conserve D. store up 17. Mrs. Jones______ the suspect by the scar on his face. A. identified B. found out C. discovered D. coincided 18. The landlady could not ___--because all her rooms were booked A. adapt us B. put up with us C. put us up D. help us 1 19. The economic crisis has seriously____ French exports. A. stimulated B. simulated C. reduced D. increased 20. What it ______ is simply that he is not willing to give us his support. A. amounts to B. matters C. teaches D. signals 21. The train will_____ from Platform 2 at 3:45 on Tuesday morning. A. arrive B. stop C. depart D. derail 22. The young girl took the cheese and ______ to eat. A. commenced B. commended C. renounced D. commented 23. A judge must be disinterested when weighing evidence. A. interested B. detached C. separated D. disconnected 24. These courses, if properly conducted, will _____ the minds of the students. A. refresh B. renew C. stimulate D. encourage 25. That way of speaking is _____ people in this part of the country. A. strange to B. odd to C. peculiar to D. particular about 26. He______ as though he had never in his life seen me before. A. went pass me B. avoided me C. ignored me D. went away from me 27. He had been _forced_ to give up much of his time to housework. A. ordered B. compelled C. persuaded D. frightened 28. He ___ that he could create live fish out of chemicals. A. asserted B. demanded C. argued D. announced 29. The best students are_____ special scholarships. A. rewarded B. awarded C. compensated D. refused 30. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks_____. A. in the end B. on end C. off and on D. endlessly Part II. Reading Comprehension (40%) Passage One If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. Your are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington, concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the beat period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking 31. According to the passage, man’s intelligence_________A Varies from day to day B. Stays the same throughout the year C. Changes with the seasons D. Changes from year to year 32. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have________ A. some effect on a few people’s intelligence 2 B. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence C. some effect on most people’s intelligence D. no effect on most people’s intelligence 33. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on____A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to season B. the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climates C. detailed records of temperature changes in different places D. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples on different climates 34. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking? ____ A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power. B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer. C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy. 35. The central idea of this passage is______ A. man’s mental abilities change from season to season B. man’s intelligence varies from place to place C. man should take a long vacation in summer D. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place Passage Two On November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of courtesy. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere. It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tire out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, “I have failed again.” On the train back to Washington he commented sadly, “That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed. Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made. Today , every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest orations ever given in American history. 36. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was______A. very popular B. unpopular C. very critical D. very courteous 37. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery Because he was______A. very handsome B. a famous orator C. President of the United States at the time D. a popular statesman 38. It can be inferred from the text that_____ A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg 3 B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich oratory D. Lincoln’s speech was very long 39. Lincoln’s speech was_____ A. An immediate success B. Warmly applauded C. A total failure D. Not well-received at first 40. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning. B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style C. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child. D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States. Passage Three The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do. He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine. 41. The selection says that Watt made the first A. engine B. steam engine C. widely used steam engine D. useful engine 42. watt wanted to find a way to A. measure the work his engine could do B. tell people how powerful his engine was C. lift a 3300-pound weight D. both A & B 43. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of A. a man B. ten horses C. his engine D. a horse 44. One horsepower would equal the A. work a horse could do in a minute B. weight a horse could lift C. work a horse could do in ten minutes D. weight of one horse 45. The best title for this selection is A. Watt’s Engine B. The Origin of the Term Horsepower C. Units of Measurement D. It Happened 200 Years Ago Passage Four When I was about six years old, my mother came home one day and found that I had collected half a dozen babies of the neighborhood -------all of them too young to walk------and had them sitting before 4 me on the floor while I was teaching them to wave their arms. When she asked the explanation of this, I informed her that it was my school of dance. She was amused, and placing herself at the piano, she began to play for me. This school continued and became very popular. Later on, little girls of the neighborhood came and their parents paid me a small sum to teach them. This was the beginning of what afterwards proved a very lucrative occupation. My mother took me to a famous ballet teacher, but his lessons did not please me. When the teacher told me to stand on my toes I asked him why, and when he replied “Because it is beautiful,” I said that it was ugly and against nature and after the third lesson I left his class, never to return. This stiff and commonplace gymnastics which he called dancing only disturbed my dream. I dreamed of a different dance. I did not know just what it would be, but I was feeling out towards an invisible world into which I guessed I might enter if I found the key. My art was already in me when I was a little girl, and it was owing to the heroic and adventurous spirit of my mother that it was not stifled. I believe that whatever the child is going to do in life should be begun when it is very young. I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original. 46. When her mother came home one day, the narrator of the story_________. A. was teaching half a dozen babies to dance B. was teaching half a dozen babies to walk C.. was collecting babies of the neighborhood D. .was making babies of the neighborhood sit before her on the floor 47. The attitude of the narrator’s mother toward her school of dance was one of __________. A. despise B. contempt C. support D. indifference 48. The narrator thought that ballet was ________. A. the most graceful dance B. stiff, ugly and unnatural C. a dance that she had dreamed of D. an invisible world into which she gussed she might enter 49. According to the narrator, she owed her success in art to___________. A. the good education her parent gave her B. the support of her understanding and adventurous mother C. her inborn talent D. her ballet teacher 50. The ce3ntral idea of the passage is that__________. A. parents should try to discover the natural gift in their children and help to develop it while they are young B. the so-called good education parents give their children only drives them into the commonplace and deprives them of any chance of doing anything original C. mothers should be heroic and adventurous D. ballet is no good as a form of dance Part III. Cloze (10%) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. After years of study, I have determined there are only two types of people in this world: those who get to the airport early and those who stroll in as the plane is about to take ___1___. If there were any justice in this world, the early-airport people would be rewarded ___2___ doing the right thing. And the late-airport people would be punished. But there is no ___3___. The early-airport people get stomach 5 troubles, heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. The late-airport people barely are aware they are flying. You know who really gets his luggage first? The late-airport person, who gets into the airport three minutes ___4___ the plane takes off. The pilot is practically in the air when these people are still paying off the taxi. Then they ___5___ a big fuss at the gate in order to get their luggage on board(登机). Not only will that late ___6___ be the first off the plane, ___7___ it is probably sitting on ___8___ of our luggage, crushing our shirts. After a lifetime of arguing over ___9___ I really have to pack 24 hours ahead of time and set the alarm clock four hours ___10___, I have learned one other fact about early-airport people and late-airport people: they always marry each other. 1. A. on 2. A. for 3. A. reason 4. A. after 5. A. take 6. A. people 7. A. but 8. A. tip 9. A. what 10. A. in advance B. from B. with B. justice B. before B. see B. passengers B. nevertheless B. top B. when B. ahead time C. off C. to C. significance C. as soon as C. make C. bags C. however C. bottom C. if C. before D. above D. beyond D. result. D. when D. produce D. luggage D. yet D. button D. how D. in front Part IV. Translation: (20%) 1．据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。 2．请务必做到不让孩子们探身窗外。 3．既然他答应出席会议，我们想请他演讲 4．如果你想在一生中有所成就，最重要的是树立信心。 5．一般地说，通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。 6．她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。 7．Technology makes more technology possible, as we can see if we look for a moment at the process of innovation. 6 English Test Paper （2） Part I. From the four choices given, choose the one that best completes the sentence. (30%) 1. As the fire was nearly out and it was getting late, they prepared to_____ for the night. A. sit up B. retire C. stay up D. return 2. Tension within a family____ or eliminated when the family, as a whole, is threatened by an external force. A. is often relived B. often relaxed C. is often relieved D. often released 1. He picked up his_____ and put it in his pocket. A. resolution B. resolve C. determination D. revolver 2. The mosquitoes that pass on malaria are becoming resistant to the_____ now used against them . A. poisons B. capsules C. chemical D. pills 3. ______ she saw the serious concern on Li Gong’s face that she agreed to let him try again. A. It was not until B. Until C. It was until D. Not until 4. _____ whether I am going to China. A. It is not already settled B. It is yet settled C. It is not yet settled D. It is still settled 5. There remained nothing but to get the canoe into the water. However, all my_____ to get it into the water failed. A. equipment B. tools C. instrument D. devices 6. It is _____I want to leave you,_____ I have to. A. not that…but because of B. because …but C. not that…but D. not because …because 7. Tom’s style of travel was interesting---he must _______the land as much as possible. A. live off B. be fed up with C. be lived on D. be fed on 8. The name of Chaplin_____ the image of a little tramp with a brush mustache. A. conjures up B. occurs to C. comes upon D. runs through 9. With night _____ , We started for home. A. moving along B. went by C. coming on D. dragged on 10. Will this new oil recovery technique be financially ______ ? A. representation B. feasible C. characteristics D. diffusion 11. Today, getting a new heart is no longer silly. It is now a ______. A. curiosity B. novelty C. reality D. application 12. Obviously, the white bird in the story has a ______ meaning of freedom. A. symbolic B. symbol C. symbolize D. symbolism 13. The search was ______ when the fog got thicker. A. started B. called off C. postponed D. continued 14. Let’s ____our resources and get the job done quickly. A. use up B. pool C. conserve D. store up 15. Mrs. Jones______ the suspect by the scar on his face. A. identified B. found out C. discovered D. coincided 16. The landlady could not _______ because all her rooms were booked A. adapt us B. put up with us C. accommodate us D. help us 7 17. The economic crisis has seriously____ French exports. A. stimulated B. simulated C. affected D. increased 18. What it ______ is simply that he is not willing to give us his support. A. amounts to B. matters C. teaches D. signals 19. The train will_____ from Platform 2 at 3:45 on Tuesday morning. A. arrive B. stop C. depart D. derail 20. The young girl took the cheese and ______ to eat. A. commenced B. commended C. renounced D. commented 21. A judge must be_____- when weighing evidence. A. interested B. detached C. separated D. disconnected 22. These courses, if properly conducted, will _____ the minds of the students. A. refresh B. renew C. stimulate D. encourage 23. That way of speaking is _____ people in this part of the country. A. strange to B. odd to C. peculiar to D. particular about 24. He______ as though he had never in his life seen me before. A. went pass me B. avoided me C. passed me by D. went away from me 25. He had been _____ to give up much of his time to housework. A. ordered B. compelled C. persuaded D. frightened 26. He ___ that he could create live fish out of chemicals. A. claimed B. demanded C. argued D. announced 27. The best students are_____ special scholarships. A. rewarded B. awarded C. compensated D. refused 30. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks_____. A. in the end B. on end C. off and on D. endlessly Part II. Reading Comprehension (40%) Passage one If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. Your are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington, concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the beat period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking 31. According to the passage, man’s intelligence_________A Stays the same throughout the year B. Varies from day to day C. Changes with the seasons D. Changes from year to year 32. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have________ A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence 8 B. some effect on most people’s intelligence C. some effect on a few people’s intelligence D. no effect on most people’s intelligence 33. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on____A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to season B. the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climates C. detailed records of temperature changes in different places D. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples on different climates 34. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking? ____ A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power. B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer. C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy. 35. The central idea of this passage is______ A. man’s mental abilities change from season to season B. man’s intelligence varies from place to place C. man should take a long vacation in summer D. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place Passage Two On November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of courtesy. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere. It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tire out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, “I have failed again.” On the train back to Washington he commented sadly, “That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed. Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made. Today , every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest orations ever given in American history. 36. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was______A. very critical B. unpopular C. very popular D. very courteous 37. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery Because he was______A. a famous orator B. very handsome C. President of the United States at the time D. a popular statesman 38. It can be inferred from the text that_____ A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech 9 C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich oratory D. Lincoln’s speech was very long 39. Lincoln’s speech was_____ A. An immediate success B. Warmly applauded C. A total failure D. Not well-received at first 40. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning. B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style C. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child. D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States. Passage Three A flag is more than a piece of cloth. It stands for a nation’s people – their land, history, and ideals. Iceland’s flag, for instance, stands for features of the land. Red is for the fire of Iceland’s volcanoes. (火 山) White is for ice. Blue is for the mountains. On India’s flag, the blue wheel stands for peace and progress. The white stripe (条纹) behind it is for truth. The black stripe on the flag of Malawi stands for the Negro people of that African land. The red stripe represents (代表) the blood they shed to free themselves from foreign rule. When the people of any nation see their flag flying, they feel proud. They love and honor the flag as the symbol (象征) of their country. 41. The flag of Iceland is A. red and white B. blue and green C. black, white, and red D. red, white, and blue 42. The white stripe on India’s flag stands for A. ice and mountains B. peace and progress C. waterfalls D. truth 43. India’s flag stands mostly for the A. feature of the land B. riches of the soil C. ideals of the people D. history of the country 44. The red on Malawi’s flag reminds the people of A. the many volcanoes in their land B. the beauty of their countryside C. their fight for freedom D. their need to make progress 45. The most important thing about a flag is A. what it stands for B. when it is used C. what it is made of D. how big it is Passage Four Warm water freezes more quickly than cold. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him – till 1970. In that year Canadian scientist George Kell proved the English scholar was right. Dr. Kell filled an open pail with cold water. He exposed both to the same low temperature. The warm water froze first. The lack (缺少) of covers on the pails was the secret. Some of the warm water changed to vapor. (水 蒸气) It evaporated (蒸发) into the air. This meant that less of the warm water was left to freeze. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water – even though it had a greater temperature drop to make. 46. Sir Francis Bacon was A. an American experimenter B. a Canadian scientist 10 C. an English scholar D. an Australian writer 47. Dr. Kell’s pails were both A. filled with water B. left uncovered C. exposed to the same temperature D. all of the above 48. The second paragraph tells why A. Dr. Kell was studying water B. the warm water froze first C. Dr. Kell used pails in his work D. water freezes in underground pipes 49. No water vapor would have escaped into the air if the pails had been A. warmed B. covered C. shaken D. filled 50. The cold water froze more slowly because A. salt was added to it B. its pail was smaller C. there was more of it left D. the air near it was moving 111. Cloze (10%) I’ve really got to do something to lose weight, because I’m getting much too fat. I wasn’t worried about it__51__ I went to see the doctor. He told me that I’d probably have a heart __52__ unless I started eating less. When you’re on a diet you have to __53___the temptation to eat___54___though you feel hungry. This may be very hard to do and you certainly need a lot of strength to succeed. So I’m going to a health farm for a month where I won’t be able to eat and so I’ll have to__55___to my diet. They will also __56____me take plenty of exercise, __57___won’t do me any harm either. Both the diet and the exercise will__58___me to lose weight and feel fitter. I’m terribly easily influenced by other people. Whenever I see someone having a drink in a TV program, I feel__59__a drink myself and it’s the same with cigarettes and food. So wish me luck, when you see me again, I’ll be looked ___60__different that you won’t recognize me! 51. A. although B. after C. before D. until 52. A. disease B. break C. attack D. damage 53. A. bear B. resist C. endure D. retreat 54. A. as B. even C. if D. despite 55. A. insist B. hold C. stick D. keep 56. A. advise B. force C. make D. instruct 57. A. this B. that C. what D. which 58. A. make B. help C. assure D. cause 59. A. desire B. like C. want D. hope 60. A. also B. too C. so D .much IV. Translation: (20%) 1．她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。 2．既然他答应出席会议，我们想请他演讲。 3．据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。 4．如果你想在一生中有所成就，最重要的是树立信心。 5．Technology makes more technology possible, as we can see if we look for a moment at the process of innovation. 11 English Test Paper （3） Part I. From the four choices given, choose the one that best completes the sentence. (20%) 1. She is unconscious now, but may________ at intervals. A. wake up B. come over C. come to D. be awakened 2. Let him have his own way. What’s the ______ of forcing him to do what he is reluctant to? A. reason B. matter C. point D. way 3. Whether right or wrong, he has some new ideas about how the lesson should be ______. A. conducted B. deducted C. conduced D. deduced 4. An important business meeting demanded his _______. A. presence B. attendant C. attending D. presentation 5. He accepted his friend’s _______ to swim across the river in the depths of winter. A. invitation B. challenge C. demand D. claim 6. She felt unable to ______ heavy traffic after her accident. A. drive B. cope with C. overcome D. take to 7. Jean ______ to drive us to St.Joseph, but we preferred to walk. A. offered B. accepted C. requested D. refused 8. The one who guesses the answer _______ to ask the next question. A. is free B. is forced C. is willing D. is entitled 9. A violent crime was _______ every 32 seconds in this area of the city last year. A. committed B. found C. sentenced D. made 10. _______ the weight and the specific gravity of a body, you can calculate its volume. A. Giving B. Gives C. Given D. Give 11. Peterson found himself more and more ______ in the study of ancient Chinese art. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. to interest 12. The earthquake victims are in _______ need of medical supplies. A. urgent B. insistent C. imminent D. important 13. Not all details of this aircraft’s performance are______. A. sufficient B. adequate C. available D. enough 14. These small white houses are _______ the Greek islands. A. characteristic of B. peculiar of C. specil to D. strange to 15. The search was ______ when the fog got thicker. A. started B. canceled C. postponed D. continued 16. He______ as though he had never in his life seen me before. A. went pass me B. avoided me C. ignored me D. went away from me 17. He had been _____ to give up much of his time to housework. A. ordered B. forced C. persuaded D. frightened 18. He ___ that he could create live fish out of chemicals. A. asserted B. demanded C. argued D. announced 19. The best students are_____ special scholarships. A. rewarded B.awarded C. compensated D. refused 20. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks_____. A. in the end B. on end C. off and on D. endlessly 12 Part III. Reading Comprehension (40%) Passage one If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. Your are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington, concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the beat period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking 1. According to the passage, man’s intelligence_________A Stays the same throughout the year B. Varies from day to day C. Changes with the seasons D. Changes from year to year 2. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have________ A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence B. some effect on most people’s intelligence C. some effect on a few people’s intelligence D. no effect on most people’s intelligence 3. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on____A.variations of his own mental abilities from season to season B.the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climates C. detailed records of temperature changes in different places D. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples on different climates 4. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking? ____ A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power. B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer. C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy. 5. The central idea of this passage is______ A. man’s mental abilities change from season to season B. man’s intelligence varies from place to place C. man should take a long vacation in summer D. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place Passage two On November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of courtesy. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere. It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tire out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke 13 first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, “I have failed again.” On the train back to Washington he commented sadly, “That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed. Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made. Today , every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest orations ever given in American history. 6. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was______A. very critical B. unpopular C. very popular D. very courteous 7. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery Because he was______A. a famous orator B. very handsome C. President of the United States at the time D. a popular statesman 8. It can be inferred from the text that_____ A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich oratory D. Lincoln’s speech was very long 9. Lincoln’s speech was_____ A. An immediate success B. Warmly applauded B. A total failure D. Not well-received at first 10. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning. B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style C. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child. D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States. Passage three London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. No matter how small or indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period to get special taxi driving license. During this period, which can take two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. The exams are terrible experience. The officers ask you “How do you get from Birmingham palace to the Tower of London?” and you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower, they won't say “well done”. They will quickly move on to the next question. After five or six questions, they will just say “See you in two months' time.” and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they have obtained the license. The training can cost quite a lot, because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and the medical exam. 11. Why are London taxi drivers very efficient? 14 A. Because they have a driving license. B. Because they have received special training. C. Because the traffic conditions in London are good. D. Because the traffic system of the city is not very complex. 12. How long does the training period last? A. Two to four months. B. About three weeks. C. At least half a year. D. Two years or more. 13. Why does the author think the driving test is a terrible experience? A. Government officers are hard to please. B. The learner has to go through several tough tests. C. The learner usually fails several times before he passes it. D. The driving test usually lasts two months. 14. Why do learner drivers have to keep their present jobs? A. They don't want their present bosses to know what they're doing. B. They want to earn money from both jobs. C. They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet. D. They look forward to further promotion. 15. What can you know from the passage? A. The training is financed by the government. B. Government officers can get money from the training. C. The learner has to pay for the training. D. The training is free. Passage 4 It is , everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation. Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on .But since these cannot be said to show the baby's intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire(能发出 的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate(有意识的)imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech. 16. By “....challenges explanation”(Line 2, Para.1) the author means that ______. A. no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon B. no explanation has been made up to now 15 C. it's no easy job to provide an adequate explanation D. it's high time that an explanation was provided 17. The third paragraph is mainly about _________ A. the development of babies' early forms of language B. the difficulties of babies in learning to speak C. babies' strong desire to communicate D. babies' intention to communicate 18. The author's purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _______. A. usually obey without asking questions B. are passive the process of learning to speak C. are born cooperative D. learn to speak by listening 19.From the passage we learn that _______. A. early starters can learn to speak within only six months B. children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises C. imitation plays an important role in learning to speak D. children have various difficulties in learning to speak 20.The best title for this passage would be _______. A. How Babies Learn to Speak B. Early Forms of Language C. A Huge Task for Children D. Noise Making and Language Learning Part VI. Cloze (10%) I’ve really got to do something to lose weight, because I’m getting much too fat. I wasn’t worried about it__1__ I went to see the doctor. He told me that I’d probably have a heart __2__ unless I started eating less. When you’re on a diet you have to __3___the temptation to eat___4___though you feel hungry. This may be very hard to do and you certainly need a lot of strength to succeed. So I’m going to a health farm for a month where I won’t be able to eat and so I’ll have to__5___to my diet. They will also __6____me take plenty of exercise, __7___won’t do me any harm either. Both the diet and the exercise will__8___me to lose weight and feel fitter. I’m terribly easily influenced by other people. Whenever I see someone having a drink in a TV program, I feel__9__a drink myself and it’s the same with cigarettes and food. So wish me luck, when you see me again, I’ll be looked ___10__different that you won’t recognize me! 1. A. although B. after C. before D. until 2. A. disease B. break C. attack D. damage 3. A. bear B. resist C. endure D. retreat 4. A. as B. even C. if D. despite 5. A. insist B. hold C. stick D. keep 6. A. advise B. force C. make D. instruct 7. A. this B. that C. what D. which 8. A. make B. help C. assure D. cause 9. A. desire B. like C. want D. hope 10. A. also B. too C. so D .much 16 Part V. Translation: (20%) 1．她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。 2．既然他答应出席会议，我们想请他演讲。 3．据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。 4.．一般地说，通过增加供给或减少需求可以降低物价。 5．请务必做到不让孩子们探身窗外。 6．她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。 7．Technology makes more technology possible, as we can see if we look for a moment at the process of innovation. 17 English Test Paper （4） Part I. From the four choices given, choose the one that best completes the sentence. (20%) 1. Let him have his own way.What’s the ________ of forcing him to do what he is reluctant to? A. reason B. matter C. point D. way 2. Will this new oil recovery technique be financially ______ ? A. representation B. feasible C. characteristics D. diffusion 3. Today, getting a new heart is no longer silly. It is now a ______. A. curiosity B. novelty C. reality D. application 4. Obviously, the white bird in the story has a ______ meaning of freedom. A. symbolic B. symbol C. symbolize D. symbolism 5. The search was ______ when the fog got thicker. A. started B. canceled C. postponed D. continued 6. Let’s ____our resources and get the job done quickly. A. use up B. put together C. conserve D. store up 7. Mrs. Jones______ the suspect by the scar on his face. A. recognized B. found out C. discovered D. coincided 8. The landlady could not ___--because all her rooms were booked A. adapt us B. put up with us C. put us up D. help us 9. The economic crisis has seriously____ French exports. A. stimulated B. simulated C. reduced D. increased 10. What it ______ is simply that he is not willing to give us his support. A. means B. matters C. teaches D. signals 11. The train will_____ from Platform 2 at 3:45 on Tuesday morning. A. arrive B. stop C. leave D. derail 12. The young girl took the cheese and ______ to eat. A. started B. commended C. renounced D. commented 13. A judge must be_____- when weighing evidence. A. interested B. disinterested C. separated D. disconnected 14. These courses, if properly conducted, will _____ the minds of the students. A. refresh B. renew C. excite D. encourage 15. That way of speaking is _____ people in this part of the country. A. strange to B. odd to C. characteristic of D. particular about 16. He______ as though he had never in his life seen me before. A. went pass me B. avoided me C. ignored me D. went away from me 17. He had been _____ to give up much of his time to housework. A. ordered B. forced C. persuaded D. frightened 18. He ___ that he could create live fish out of chemicals. A. asserted B. demanded C. argued D. announced 19. The best students are_____ special scholarships. A. rewarded B. given C. compensated D. refused 20. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks_____. A. in the end B. continuously C. off and on D. endlessly 18 Part II. Reading Comprehension (40%) Passage one If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. Your are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington, concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the beat period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking 28. According to the passage, man’s intelligence_________A Stays the same throughout the year B. Varies from day to day C. Changes with the seasons E. Changes from year to year 29. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have________ A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence B. some effect on most people’s intelligence C. some effect on a few people’s intelligence D. no effect on most people’s intelligence 30. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on____A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to season B. the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climates C. detailed records of temperature changes in different places D. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples on different climates 31. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking? ____ A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power. B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer. C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy. 32. The central idea of this passage is______ A. man’s mental abilities change from season to season B. man’s intelligence varies from place to place C. man should take a long vacation in summer D. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place Passage two On November 19,1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of courtesy. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. 19 Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere. It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tire out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, “I have failed again.” On the train back to Washington he commented sadly, “That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed. Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little, as people read the speech, they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made. Today , every American school child learns Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest orations ever given in American history. 33. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was______A. very critical B. unpopular C. very popular D. very courteous 34. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery Because he was______A. a famous orator B. very handsome C. President of the United States at the time D. a popular statesman 35. It can be inferred from the text that_____ A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn’t have much time to prepare his speech C. Lincoln’s speech was full of rich oratory D. Lincoln’s speech was very long 36. Lincoln’s speech was_____ A. An immediate success B. Warmly applauded C. A total failure D. Not well-received at first 37. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning. B. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is simple in style C. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child. D. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States. Passage Three The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do. He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine. 41. The selection says that Watt made the first A. engine B. steam engine C. widely used steam engine D. useful engine 20 42. watt wanted to find a way to A. measure the work his engine could do B. tell people how powerful his engine was C. lift a 3300-pound weight D. both A & B 43. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of A. a man B. ten horses C. his engine D. a horse 44. One horsepower would equal the A. work a horse could do in a minute B. weight a horse could lift C. work a horse could do in ten minutes D. weight of one horse 45. The best title for this selection is A. Watt’s Engine B. The Origin of the Term Horsepower C. Units of Measurement D. It Happened 200 Years Ago Passage Four For every man in the Civil War who died in battle, two or three men died of disease. Doctors of that time knew very little about causes of sickness or ways of preventing it. Thousands of men in poor health became soldiers. Hundreds of others had never had childhood diseases. Many of these soldiers could not withstand the epidemics of measles, mumps, and whooping cough that went through the camps. Army life was hard . Soldiers got few fruits or vegetables . There was no milk unless they happened to find a cow. Neither their clothes nor their shelters protected the troops from rain, snow , and cold. Sickness and disease were spread by insects, rats, and impure drinking water. Often the men drank straight from muddy streams. Gunshot wounds were serious, as in any war, but they did not cause as much death and suffering as disease did. 46. Disease caused A. only a few deaths. B. Fewer deaths than wounds did. C. More deaths than wounds did. D. Both a and b 47. Doctors at the time of the Civil War knew A. a lot about curing disease. B. Little about the causes of disease. C. Only how to prevent disease. D. Both b and c 48. Men who were accepted as Civil War soldiers were A. known to have already had measles and mumps. B. Required to be in perfect health C. Able to withstand epidemics easily D. Sometimes in poor health 49. Army life was hard on the troops because A. they were not sheltered from the cold B. they had no warm clothing. C. Their diets lacked good, healthful food D. All of the above 50. The best title for this selection is A. Disease. B. The Greatest Danger 21 C. Insects, Rats, and Gunshot Wounds D. The History of Epidemics Part 111. Cloze (20%) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Ninety-five percent of adult Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night. ___1___ seem to need more than nine hours, or get along nicely ___2___ less than six. What distinguishes the long and short sleepers ___3___ the majority? To get some answers, psychologist Ernest Hartmann ___4___ in Boston and New York papers for long and short sleepers ___5___ an eight-night “Sleep-in” at Boston State Hospital’s Sleep and Dream laboratory. His ___6___ indicate that such people differ from ordinary sleepers, and each other ___7___ much physically as psychologically. Testing showed ___8___ psychological differences between long and short sleepers. The shorts ___9___ be emotionally stable. Their entire life-style ___10___ keeping busy and avoiding psychological problems ___11___ facing them. They were also awakened seldom during the night and ___12___ in the morning refreshed and ready ___13___ Long sleepers, ___14___, checked out as shy, somewhat withdrawn. ___15___, they slept fitfully, waked often and typically got up ___16___ a mild case of the morning blah (浮夸的语言). ___17___ the long sleeper shows more symptoms of emotional problems ___18___ the short sleepers, it seems that he may use his hours in bed to give his ___19___ sleeping self more time to examine these problems and, ___20___, to work them out. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. Another of against advertised involved in investigations not so magnificent were used to enjoyed in the place of rise of going in contrast However with As soon as then unconscious if only B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. The best about between claimed to engage in performances not very performances tended to avoided instead risen for go with regard to Moreover from As long as than conscious if possible C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. Everyone else on of declared concerning with findings fairly significant used to minded rather than rose in going as a rule Therefore upon But as subconscious if necessary D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. The others in from proposed to turn in checking never that excellent are meant to involved hardly ever aroused to go as usual Provided that over Although like sound so far IV. Translation: (20%) 22 1．她行医至今已有三年零四个月了。 2．既然他答应出席会议，我们想请他演讲。 3．据说这一地区早在两千年前农业就很先进。 4．如果你想在一生中有所成就，最重要的是树立信心。 5．Technology makes more technology possible, as we can see if we look for a moment at the process of innovation. 23