《大学英语III》考前辅导材料
2012年11月
试题类型说明
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (35 points)
Part II: Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Part III: Cloze (10 Points)
Part IV: Writing (15 Points)
复习材料
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure
1. Father followed the doctor’s ______ as when to give his son medicines.
A. conclusion B. regulation C. consideration D. instruction
2. It was ____ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.
A. addicted B. alleged C. assaulted D. ascribed
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3. The blind little boy was always interested in what’s ______ around him.
A. coming out B. passing by C. turning out D. going on
4. It seemed to me that the only thing that was to get her husband back to her.
A. matter B. mattered C. would matter D. could matter
5. ______ enough, he should discuss with me as to when he should get married.
A. Strangely B. Obviously C. Strange D. Obvious
6. It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an ______ working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages.
A. effective B. adequate C. efficient D. accurate
7. Upon his shameless act, I could hardly ______ my indignation.
A. hold on B. hold to C. hold back D. hold up
8. Instead of giving a faithful description of the event, he presented a rather ____ picture of what had happened.
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A. distorted B. twisted C. false D. perverted
9. He was so ______ from things around him that I wondered whether he did listen to what I said just now.
A. separated B. dispatched C. detached D. touched
10. If you have a car, you can move around freely, so you will no longer be forced to rely on public ______ and will not be compelled to work locally.
A. transform B. transport C. transplant D. transfer
11. He happened to fall on the ground and _____ all the books he had held in his arms.
A. loosed B. dropped C. disappeared D. lost
12. If I had looked less respectable, _____ that I would have been found guilty.
A. there is every chance B. a chance exists to say
C. I have a chance D. chances will stand
13. Have this, and your fever will soon be ______.
A. brought up
B. brought back
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C. brought about D. brought down
14. Everyone has to be well ______ for tonight’s party.
A. dressed B. decorated C tailored D. turned
15. I wish I longer this morning, but I had to get up and come to class.
A. have slept B. might have slept
C. slept D. could have slept
16. The boy kept gazing at the sky long after the plane had went ______.
A. out of fashion B. out of control C. out of danger D. out of sight
17.I want myself and my students the ivory tower and the real world.
A. from...away B. out of...into
C. to...against D. for...out of
18. Upon the gunfire of the aggressive human hunter, the birds immediately flushed and some _____ in nearby bushes.
A. lightened B. alight C. light D. lit
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19. I started back _____ a covey close to the house.
A. to have pleased found B. to have found pleased
C. to pleased have found D. pleased to have found
20. She felt ______ and did nothing but sleep the whole day.
A. slack B. the slack C. slacking D. slackly
21. She was ______ with cold and fear, being alone in the dark forest.
A. sharing B. shuddering C. shattering D. shivering
22. Many people caught at the rapidly spreading ______ and died afterwards.
A. sickness B. epidemic C. illness D. disease
23. I like watching TV _____ to the cinema.
A. more than to go B. more than going
C. than going D. rather than to go
24. The government is taking measures to wipe out those _______ CDs and VCDs.
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A. pirating B. pirate C. pirated D. pirates
25. I like to ask questions .
A. answer which students struggled
B. what struggles to answer
C. that students must struggle to answer
D. which answer struggles
26. He could still recall that _____ river that ran through the village.
A. glass-like B. glassier C. glassful D. glassy
27. Every large city has its _____ population of vagrants.
A. shifting B. shift C. shifted D. shifts
28. The children found a ______ of birds in the bushes.
A. covey B. litter C. set D. herd
29. Einstein was a great scientific ____.
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A. talent B. intelligence C. gift D. genius
30. At clear night, one can see the stars ______ in the sky.
A. threw B. scattered C. spread D. sowed
30. Don’t ____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
A. release B. discard C. relieve D. retain
31. Tourists see in this area quite a lot of ______ built for defensive purpose in old times.
A. moulds B. mounts C. mounds D. mountains
32. Despite reality, he’s still picturing himself in his mind _____.
A. as winning winning
B. being won C. to win D. being
33. The ______ door closed quietly behind him.
A. springing B. springed C. springlike D. springy
34. China's continuous economic growth shows the country is ______ of facing certain challenges that may emerge in the future.
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A. capable B. possible C. credible D. responsible
35. Such ______ happen almost everyday. No one pay any attention to them.
A. accidents B. incidents C. happenings D. occasions
36. Born in rude and ______ poverty, he never had any education, except what he gave himself, till he was approaching manhood.
A. measurable B. memorable C. miserable D. memorial
37. The plane will take off soon. ______, please remain seated.
A. In due time B. At this moment C. Subsequently D. Meanwhile
38. Being around people, I occasionally find_____.
A. breathing out by myself B. I take a breath out
C. that I myself catches breath away D. myself catching breath with them
39. Not by any chance ______ turn against my friend.
A. will I B. I will C. would rather I D. willing i
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40. Baltimore’s economy had expanded tremendously, to be sure, but the same forces that sparked expansion around 1750 continued to ______ it fifty years later.
A. obtain B. sustain C. restrain D. attain
41. ______ that the woman in black was the President’s former wife Elizabeth herself.
A. It was turned out as a result
B. As a result it was turned out
C. As a result it turned out
D. It turned out subsequent
42. Do you believe that _____ for a very little boy to be drowned when he is in bath by himself?
A. is there every chance
B. there are a thousand chances
C. chances prove that
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D. it has a chance
43. As with any large country, the U.S.A has several ______ regions. Each region boasts its own special style of food.
A. instinct B. extinct C. distinct D. tint
44. It ______ my look ______ frightened the small child.
A. must have been… that has
B. must be …which
C. can by …that has
D. could be …which
45. Obviously he had come to my place ______.
A. having the intention with talking to me
B. with the intention of talking to me
C. and intended of talking with me
D. intending of talking to me
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46. An Oscar represents the ____ accolade for a movie actor’s performance.
A. excessive B. ultimate C. negative D. affirmative
47. The teacher has told me everything and now______.
A. leaving me in no doubt left
B. I am having in no doubt left
C. I have not in doubt left
D. I was left in no doubt
48. An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to ______ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.
A. violate B. terminate C. stimulate D. tolerate
49. I ______ them to be a stranger in this town so they tried to deceive me by going the wrong way.
A. appears to B. was appeared to C. has appeared to D. appeared to
50. Accuracy is ____ to the programming of computers.
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A. primary B. elementary C. fundamental D. characteristic
51. ______, I can persuade anybody that he is guilty.
A. Arming with such facts
B. Armed with facts like these
C. Being armed with facts enough
D. Having armed with facts enough
52. A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ____.
A. precaution B. crisis C. emergency D. urgency
53. At the party were a lot of my friends, ______ I hadn’t seen for years.
A. included an old friend that
B. an old friend of mine including
C. including a very old friend
D. an old friend whom
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54. A copyright makes it ______ for anyone to copy or reproduce the work of another person or company.
A. illegal B. irregular C. immortal D. illogical
55. ______, you are not so stupid as you imagined.
A. Given that you haven’t been here before
B. Giving your not being here before
C. Giving that you haven’t been here before
D. Given the fact of your not here before
56. ____energy under the earth must be release on one form or another, for example, an earthquake.
A. Gathered B. Accumulated C. Collected D. Assembled
57. When the person cannot see any light, he ______ blind.
A. presumes be
B. is presumed C. presumes to be D. presuming to
58. _____ you are leaving tomorrow, we can eat dinner together tonight.
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A. For B. before C. Since D. While
59. ______, I wouldn’t have given him up.
A. Had there been any chance
B. If I stood any chance there
C. If I had not stood a chance
D. would I stand a chance
60. _____ we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.
A. For now B. Ever since C. Now that D. By now
61. _____ to support his case?
A. Are there any evidence
B. Is there any evidence
C. Evidence there is
D. Evidences there are
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62. _____ quite recently, most mothers in Britain did not take paid work outside the home.
A. Until B. From C. Before D. Since
63. ______ its success as a novel, it was made into a film.
A. Subsequently B. Subsequent to to
C. Being followed by D. Following
64. ____ in the office had a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.
A. Some B. Anyone C. One D. Someone
65. He would have given more help, but he so busy.
A. is B. would be C. has been D. had been
Part II: Reading Comprehension
(1)
My Wonderful Lousy Poem
When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the
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little poem and began to cry. \"Buddy, you didn't really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!\" Shyly, proud bursting, I stammered（结结巴巴地说）that I did. My mother poured out her praise. Why, this poem was nothing short of genius!
I glowed. \"What time will Father be home?\" I asked, I could hardly wait to show him what I had accomplished. My mother said she hoped he would become around seven. I spent the best part of that afternoon preparing for his arrival. First, I wrote the poem out in my finest flourish（花体字）. Then I used colored crayons（蜡笔）to draw an elaborate border around it. Then I waited. As 7 o'clock drew near, I confidently placed it right on my father's plate on the dining-room table.
But my father did not return at seven. Seven-fifteen. Seven-thirty. I could hardly stand the suspense(悬念). I admired my father. He was head of Paramount Studios（派拉蒙电影公司）in Hollywood but he had begun his motion picture career as a writer. He would be able to appreciate this wonderful poem of mine even more than my mother.
This evening it was almost 8 o'clock when my father burst in. He was an hour late for dinner. His mood seemed thunderous. He could not sit down but circled the long dining-room table with a drink in his hand, calling down terrible oaths（诅咒）on his employees.
\"Imagine, we would have finished the picture tonight,\" my father was shouting. \"Instead that moron suddenly gets it into her beautiful empty, little head that she can't play the last scene. So the whole company has to stand there at $ 1,000 a
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minute while this silly little blank walks off the set! And now I have to beg her to come back!\"
He wheeled（旋转）in his pacing（踱步）, paused and glared at his plate. There was a suspenseful silence. \"What is this?\" He was reaching for my poem. \"Ben, a wonderful thing has happened,\" my mother began. \"Buddy has written his first poem! And it's beautiful, absolutely amaz —\"
\"If you don't mind, I'd like to decide for myself.\" Father said.
I kept my face lowered to my plate as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. I could hear him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of decision.
\"I think it's lousy,\" he said.
I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting wet.
\"Ben, sometimes I don't understand you,\" my mother was saying. \"This is just a little boy. You're not in your studio now. These are the first lines of poetry he's ever written. He needs encouragement.\"
\"I don't know why,\" my father held his ground. \"Isn't there enough lousy poetry in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.\"
I couldn't stand it another second. I ran from the dining-room up to my room,
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threw myself on the bed and sobbed. When I had cried the worst of the disappointment out of me, I could hear my parents still quarreling over my first poem at the dinner table.
That may have been the end of the anecdote but not of its significance for me. A few years later I took a second look at the first poem, and reluctantly I had to agree with my father's harsh judgment. It was a pretty lousy poem. After a while, I worked up the courage to show him something new, a short story. My father thought it was overwritten but not hopeless. I was learning to rewrite. And my mother was learning that she could criticize me without crushing me. You might say we were all learning. I was going on 12.
As I worked my way into other books and plays and films, it became clearer and clearer to me how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, \"Buddy, did you really write this? I think it's wonderful!\" and a father who shook his head no and drove me to tears with, \"l think it's lousy.\" A writer — in fact every one of us in life — needs that mother force, the loving force from which all creation flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete, even misleading, finally destructive. It needs the balance of the force that cautions,\"Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.\"
Those conflicting but complementary（互相补充的）voices of my childhood echo down through the years — wonderful ... lousy ... wonderful ... lousy like two opposing winds battering（连续猛击）me. I try to steer my small boat so as not to turn over before either. Between the two poles of affirmation（肯定）and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.
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1. When the mother cried, \"Buddy, you didn't really write this beautiful, beautiful poem !\"
A. she didn't believe that her son had really written this beautiful poem.
B. she was not sure whether her son had written this poem.
C. she meant that an eight-or-nine-year-old boy could not have written such a wonderful poem.
D. she wanted to let her son know she was amazed that he had written such a beautiful poem.
2. That afternoon the author spent a great deal of time
A. rewriting his poem.
B. drawing pictures around the poem.
C. carefully copying and decorating the poem.
D. Both A and B.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the next?
A. The author was confident that his father would like the poem better than his
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mother did.
B. The author’s father had once worked as film script（剧本）writer and was then working as a film director.
C. The father returned home late and was very angry that evening.
D. They did not finish the film because the movie star refused to play the last scent.
4. We may infer from the context that the word “lousy” means
A. very bad B. childish. C. meaningless D. overwritten.
5. “My father held ground ” could best be replaced by
A. My father was shouting loudly.
B. My father was very angry.
C. My father refused to give in.
D. All of the above.
6. On hearing his father’s judgment the author felt 20
A. pained. B. hurt. C. disappointed. D. all of the above.
7. Which of the following conclusions do you think the author might agree with?
A. This childhood event changed the author’s course of life
B. This event made the author all the more determined to become a writer.
C. Looking back on the event in his childhood, the author sees it in a new light and comes to realize its great significance.
D. From his “first poem” experience the author knew that he could never become a poet ,so he started to work his way into stories, plays and films.
8. The author owes his success as a professional writer
A. to his own courage and confidence.
B. more to his mother’s praise than to his father’s criticism.
C. more to his father’s caution than to his mother’s encouragement.
D. to both his mother’s warm encouragement and is father’s harsh judgment.
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9. Quite a few figurative expressions are used in the story. Two of them that appear in the last paragraph:“I try to steer my small boat…”and “I try to follow my true course” are both
A. metaphors. B. similes C. personifications D. symbols.
10. Another good title for this passage might be
A. An Anecdote in my Childhood.
B. Two Conflicting but Complementary Voices.
C. A Scene to Remember.
D. An Important Lesson
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Biomechanics — the application of engineering principles to the motions of the human body — stands at the heart of much of the current work in training athletes. At the U.S. Olympic Committee Biomechanics Laboratory in Colorado Springs, experts use a computerized “force platform” to measure both the magnitude (大小) and direction of body forces as an athlete runs, lifts and throws. This information can tell an athlete such as a discus(铁饼) thrower whether he performs better when more weight is placed on the front or back foot.
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The U.S. Cycling Federation relies on biomechanical analysis to measure the force applied to pedals by cyclists. “We can tell if one leg is using more force than the other and how effective a rider’s pedaling motion is,” says Edmund Burke of the federation.
Marathoner Tony Sandoval benefited from biomechanics in a different way troubled by tendonitis (腱炎) and unable to figure out the cause, he went to specialists who analyzed his running movements and found he was rotating his ankle excessively when landing and thus inflaming tendons. Additional analysis showed this occurred because his lower leg muscles, which should stabilize the ankle, were weak. He went on a muscles-strengthening program, and now everything is back to normal.
1.Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. Biomechanics is an important course in physical education.
B. Americans are successful in utilizing biomechanical analysis in training athletes.
C. The U.S. Olympic Committee Biomechanics Laboratory is for biomechanical analysis.
D. The equipment in Colorado Springs helps athletes to achieve success.
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2. The author develops the main idea by _________________.
A. comparing a cyclist to a marathoner
B. explaining the principles of the computerized “force platform”
C. giving examples to show how the experts utilize biomechanics in training athletes
D. analyzing the results by engineering principles.
3. The computerized “force platform” is used to _____________.
A predict who the winner will be B. measure the speed of a runner
C measure how far an athlete throws D. record body forces
4. Relying on biomechanical analysis, the U.S. Cycling Federation is making an effort ____.
A. to improve the rider’s performance pedals
B. to measure the strength of
C. to make the cyclists stronger D. to strengthen the rider’s legs
5. We can infer that ____________.
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A. every marathoner would suffer from tendonitis
B. Edmund Burke was a famous cyclist
C. an athlete can benefit from biomechanics
D. without biomechanics, American athletes can’t make any progress
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Computer experts have been gripped by fear of a dangerous illness. It is highly contagious, difficult to diagnose and in many cases impossible to cure.
It is not computer experts or programming staff who are likely to be affected, but rather the electronic data banks themselves. Computer programmes are threatened by a computer “virus” that can paralyses entire computer networks once it has been smuggled into the system.
Initially, the viruses were quite harmless. Amateur computer enthusiasts smuggled them into big electronic systems, where they showed up as little massages or games. Such spectacular cases of computer espionage have shown that the big data banks are efficient, but also vulnerable.
Many experts complain that computer safety has been neglected for too long. By threatening to place a computer virus into the heart of the electronic data system, a large company could be put under extreme pressure. The damage done
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by computer viruses is already incalculable. The insidious thing about computer viruses is that if they are well programmed they will spread throughout the entire system unnoticed. Bit by bit they infect the programmes that they have access to and then one day they jump into action all at once.
And there seem to be hardly any counter measures. The chance of finding a computer virus in an electronic system without comprehensive know how and technical programme assistance is practically zero.
As an antidote, “virus blockers” have been introduced to keep viruses from entering and detect viruses tat have already gained access. The main attraction is that the virus blocker is the first anti virus programme that protects itself against virus infection.
1. According to this passage, computer viruses .
A. are not very harmful
B. can affect computer experts and programming staff
C. only attack the heart of the electronic data system
D. can make computer systems out of order
2. Computer viruses were first smuggled into computer systems by
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A. computer experts
B. programming staff
C. amateur computer enthusiasts
D. those who carry on espionage by computers
3. The infection of computer viruses is characterized by .
A. an insidious process
B. an immediate manifestation
C. an extreme pressure
D. a jumping action
4. To find a computer virus in an electronic system without comprehensive know how is . A. very easy B. a good practice
C. almost impossible D. a technical problem
5. Which of the following statements is true?
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A. Computer experts can do nothing to prevent computer viruses
B. Computer viruses have posed a great threat to computer systems
C. The damage done by computer viruses is not very great so far
D. The virus blocker can not protect itself against virus infection
(4)
During the Christmas shopping rush in London, a story was reported of a tramp who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents.
However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios. Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humour and philosophic temperament—as indeed tramps very commonly are. Everyone else was enjoying
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Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted, cheered enough, to being taken away by the police. Perhaps he had had a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television.
1. The tramp was locked in the store . A. through an error of his won
B. due to the mistake of Christmas shoppers
C. by accident
D. through a trick of his
2. “The staff were dead beat” in the first paragraph means that they were .
A. wounded B. exhausted C. irritable D. forgetful
3. What did the tramp do after he had been locked in?
A. He stole some expensive items from the store.
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B. He made himself at home
C. He kept himself in bed for 3 days.
D. He had a Christmas party.
4. When the tramp was arrested, he . A. gave good reasons to protect himself
B. said a lot of humorous words
C. felt rather sad
D. seemed to be willing to be taken away
5. The judge did not award compensation to the chain store because he thought that
A. the tramp had stolen nothing of value
B. the store had profited by the incident
C. the tramp deserved a happy Christmas
D. the store was responsible for what had happened
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(5)
A Doctor on Night-call
It’s a privilege to be a doctor‘How lucky you are to be a doctor’It’s a privilege to be a doctor, is it? Anyone who’s a doctor is right out of luck, I thought. Anyone who’s studying medicine should have his head examined.
You may think I want to change my job. Well, at the moment I do. As one of my friends says — even doctors have a few friends — it’s all experience. Experience! I don’t need such experience. I need a warm, comfortable, undisturbed bed of my own. I need it badly. I need all telephones to be thrown down the nearest well, that’s what I need.
All these thoughts fly round my head as I drive my Mini through the foggy streets of East London at 3:45 a.m. on a December morning. I am a ministering angel in a Mini with a heavy coat and a bag of medicines. As I speed down Lea Bridge in the dark at this horrible morning hour, the swish of the mud against the windows, the heater first blowing hot then cold, my back aching from the car-seat made for a misshapen camel, the fog swirling about the empty petrol stations, I do not feel like a ministering angel. I wish I were on the beach in southern France. Call me a bad doctor if you like. Call me what you will. But don’t call me at half past three on a December morning for an ear-ache that you have had for two weeks.
Of course, being a doctor isn’t really all bad. We do have our moments.
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Occasionally people are ill, occasionally you can help, occasionally you get given a cup of tea and rock-hard cake at two o’clock in the morning — then you worry if you have done everything. But all too often ‘everything’ is a repetitious routine: look, listen, feel, tap. Tablets, injection, phone, ambulance，away to the next.
And then there is always the cool warm voice of the girl on the switchboard of the emergency bed service who will get your patient into hospital for you — the pleasant voice that comes to you as you stand in the cold dark, smelly, dirty, telephone box somewhere in a dangerous section of town. Oh, it has its moments, this life does.
1. The author
A. thought he was lucky to be a doctor.
B. thought his job as a doctor gave him great pleasure.
C. thought a doctor could enjoy certain special rights whether he felt lucky or not.
D. did not agree with many of people’s ideas about the medical profession.
2. “Anyone who’s studying medicine should have his head examined.” One of the implications of this statement is
A. a medical student should have a very good memory.
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B. a doctor must be mentally strong so that he can meet any difficult situations.
C. the writer thinks that those who want to be doctors are crazy.
D. both A and B.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The writer wished he could have a quiet, undisturbed night in bed at home.
B. One of his friends said that being a doctor helps one gain all sorts of experience.
C. He hated the telephone as a modern means of communication.
D. He was not happy with the small and uncomfortable car he was driving.
4. The metaphor “ministering angel” as is used here refers to
A. a lovely person who brings happiness to others.
B. a doctor who is superb at caring for others.
C. a warm-hearted person, always ready to offer help.
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D. all of the above.
5. The statement “we do have our moments” could best be replaced by
A. “we doctors are called at a moment’s notice to see people who need medical treatment”.
B. “usually we are glad that we can do something to help the sick.”
C. “occasionally we find people are grateful for our help.”
D. “there are occasions when doctors find their work rewarding and satisfying.”
(6)
A form of talk therapy was more effective than sleeping pills at reducing insomnia（失眠）, and its effects were longer lasting, a new study has found. The study, published last week, compared zolpidem tartrate, sold as Ambien, the most widely used sleeping pill, with cognitive（认知的）behavior therapy. In cognitive behavior therapy, a patient is taught to recognize and change patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to problems.
For the study, 63 healthy people with insomnia were randomly assigned to receive Ambien, the therapy, both or a placebo（安慰剂）.
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The study's lead author, Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs of Harvard Medical School, said the patients in the therapy group received five 30-minute sessions over six weeks. The patients who were given Ambien took a full dose for a month and then were cut off the drug over the course of another month. Long-term use of sleeping pills is not recommended because dependence can result, the study said.
The patients kept diaries in which they estimated how long it took to fall asleep. After three weeks, that time was reduced by 44 percent in those receiving cognitive behavioral therapy or the combination treatment, 29 percent for those taking pills alone and 10 percent for those taking placebos.
Two weeks after all treatment had ended, the gap had widened. The patients receiving the therapy fell asleep in half the time it had taken before the study, while the decrease for patients taking sleeping pills was only 17 percent.
1. Which of the following can best sum up the passage?
A. It mainly informs people of what insomnia is and how to cure it.
B. It introduces the most widely used sleeping pill — Ambien.
C. It recommends people who can’t sleep to try cognitive behavior therapy.
D. It compares a form of talk therapy with other methods of treating insomnia.
2. ______ is the most effective way to reduce insomnia, according to the
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passage.
A. Cognitive behavior therapy B. Ambien
C. Placebos D. Sleeping pills
3. Which one is TRUE about the cognitive behavior therapy?
A. Cognitive behavior therapy lasts five or six weeks.
B. It helps to change a person’s way of thinking.
C. It can help people to be dependent on sleeping pills.
D. Cognitive behavior therapy can help 44% sleepless people get better.
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned but implied?
A. In the study 63 people with insomnia were experimented with.
B. Long-term use of sleeping pills will result in dependence.
C. Some patients in the study were given sleeping pills for two months.
D. Cognitive behavior therapy turned out to have more obvious effects.
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5. The following paragraph will discuss _______.
A. how to cure insomnia by asking help from doctors
B. how to take sleeping pills or placebos
C. how to reduce insomnia using cognitive behavior therapy
D. how to keep diaries to make one sleep well
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Alfred Nobel — a Man of Contrasts
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt but became a millionaire, a scientist with a love of literature, an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive, dynamite（甘油炸药）, to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. During his useful life he often felt he was useless: “Alfred Nobel”, he once wrote of himself, “ought to have been put to death by a kind doctor as soon as , with a cry, he entered life.” World-famous for his works he was never personally well
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known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity. “I do not see”, he once said, “that I have deserved any fame and I have no taste for it”, but since his death his name has brought fame and glory to others.
He was born in Stockholm on October 21,1833 but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented the landmine and made a lot of money from government orders. The family returned to Sweden in 1859 where Alfred rejoined them in 1863, beginning his own study of explosives in his father’s laboratory. He had never been to school or university but had studied privately and by the time he was twenty he was a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. Like his father, Alfred Nobel was imaginative and inventive, but he had better luck in business and showed more financial sense. He was quick to see industrial openings for his scientific inventions and built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. Indeed his greatness lay in his outstanding ability to combine the qualities of an original scientist with those of a forward – looking industrialist.
But Nobel’s main concern was never with making money or even with making scientific discoveries. Seldom happy, he was always searching for a meaning to life, and from his youth had taken a serious interest in literature and philosophy. Perhaps because he could not find ordinary human love — he never married — he came to care deeply about the whole of mankind. He was always generous to the poor: “I’d rather take care of the stomachs of the living than the glory of the dead in the form of stone memorials.” he once said. His greatest wish
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however, was to see an end to wars and thus peace between nations and he spent much time and money working for this cause until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology（生理学）, Medicine, Literature and Peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideals. And so, the man who felt he should have died at birth is remembered and respected long after his death.
1. According to the author scientists usually A. take a serious interest in literature.
B. take no serious interest in literature.
C. take a serious interest in literature as well as science.
2. Generally an industrialist
A. attaches more importance to practical considerations than to ideals.
B. considers practical matters as important as ideals.
C. pays attention to practical consideration but manages to remain idealistic at the same time.
3. Alfred Nobel said he did not deserve any fame and had no taste for it. From this we can infer that Alfred Nobel was
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A. a self-conscious person.
B. a generous person.
C. a modest person.
4. The expression “have no taste for” means
A. try to avoid.
B. don’t like
C. have no ability to enjoy.
5. The expression “made a strong position for himself” could most suitably be replaced by
A. became well established.
B. made large profits.
C. won himself a well-paid job.
6. From the context we can guess that a “linguist” must be
A. a person who studies and is good at foreign languages.
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B. an inventor in the engineering industry.
C. a scientist with a talent for language learning.
7. A person with much financial sense is one
A. who has a very strong desire for money.
B. who cares about nothing but making profits.
C. who manages money matters well, making the best of chances for making profits.
8. Alfred Nobel stood head and shoulders above others because
A. as a scientist he was imaginative and inventive.
B. as an industrialist he showed prudent judgment and great foresight.
C. both A and B.
9. “I’d rather take care of the stomachs of the living than the glory of the dead in the form of stone memorials.” The implication of this statement is
A. we should honor the dead in some other way rather than by building stone monuments for them.
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B. rather than spend money and make efforts in building monuments in memory of the dead, we should do something to provide more food for the living.
C. when we are planning to build monuments to honor the dead, we should also make real efforts to provide the living with more food.
10. Which of the following statements is true according to the text? A. In leaving behind a well-meant will, Alfred Nobel succeeded in building a permanent monument for his interests and ideals.
B. Alfred Nobel made a glorious will so that he might be remembered and respected after his death.
C. In his famous will Alfred Nobel expressed his wish that a monument should be put up in memory of him as a scientist and inventor.
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Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as “Refuse Collection and Disposal Officer”, you may think that this is rather silly, and that it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be just as sensitive as people of any other occupation, and we must admit that their job is not the most romantic one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are up, we are inclined to forget that they exist. Our
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dustbins are emptied regularly, but we rarely stop to think about men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to take away the rubbish the general public soon become aware that something is wrong.
Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a joke. For some reason, jokes have always been made about dustmen, and some people thought this strike was very amusing. But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so funny any more. As the strike continued, people could not bear the accumulation of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to get rid of it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of the West End of London, was piled high with plastic sacks full of smelly rubbish. This was a tourist attraction that the people of London were not at all happy to see. Even when the strike was over, and the wages dispute had been settled, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely, as so much rubbish had accumulated; perhaps now the English people appreciated the work of their dustmen rather more highly, and won’t take them for granted any more.
1. Dustmen are often taken for granted because ___________.
A they are very sensitive people
B the dustbins are always emptied at regular intervals
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C their job is a very important one
D they often go on strike for higher wages
2. When did the English people begin to think about the dustmen and their work?
A Early in the morning. B During the strike.
C Several weeks after the strike. D When the country was cleaned up.
3. Recently the dustmen of England went on a strike for _____________.
A they wanted people to know the importance of their job
B some people had made jokes about them
C they thought the strike was a joke
D they thought their wages were lower than they should be
4.The main purpose of the author in writing his passage is ___________.
A to encourage dustmen to go on strikes
B to warn people not to make jokes about dustmen
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C to show the importance of dustmen’s job
D to compare dustmen’s job with other jobs
5.Which of the following is closest in meaning to “appreciated” in the last sentence?
A admired B valued C satisfied D neglected
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Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago. The great canal at Babylon was built about 2000 B. C. The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2500 years ago, and took centuries to finish. During the seventeenth century, France built many canals that are still in use today. However, they are not so heavily traveled as they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built. One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea to the North Sea. The Kiel Canal provides a passage way between the North Sea and the Baltic. In America, the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence River to Lake Superior.
It is impossible to answer the question, “Who built the first canal?” Perhaps some people long ago, living in a dry country, discovered that they could dig ditches to irrigate their fields with river water. And, naturally, in the days when
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boats were the most important means of transport, canals were the easiest means of reaching a place that was not on a river. A canal joining two rivers proved both easy and time-saving for boat travel.
Today, most countries is the world have canals, even in the twentieth century, goods can move more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport. Some canals, such as the Suez or the panama, save ships weeks of time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast. Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.
1.Which of the following pairs of places has not yet been connected by canal?
A. The North Sea and the Black Sea.
B. The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
C. The North Sea and the Baltic.
D. The Black Sea and the Baltic.
2. According to this passage, canals in Europe were built primarily for _____.
A. transport B. irrigation C. drainage D. electricity
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3. It is implied in the passage that the first canal was probably built ______.
A. in China B. about 2000 B. C.
C. for irrigation D. for boat travel
4. Which of the following statements is not true according to this passage?
A. Boats travel faster in the canal than in the river.
B. Canals make the voyage of ships shorter.
C. Canals are still used for the delivery of goods.
D. Canals provide a means of cheap transportation even today.
5. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is most probably to ___
A. discuss the development of canals in the world
B. introduce the history of important canals in the world
C. illustrate the usefulness of canals
D. suggest the necessity to make better use of canals
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Part III: Cloze Both botany and zoology are parts of a more general field of science, biology. The two are studies of __1 things, which share certain characteristics, whether they are plants or animals. Botany deals with plants, __2 organisms that can manufacture their own food by the sunlight. __3, on the other hand, deals with animals, those organisms that cannot manufacture their own food and are thus dependent on plants for their food.
Although plants share many abilities, the extent __4 which plants can exercise some of those abilities is __5. for example, both plants and animals need food, water, and warmth for growth, but plants can __6 to acquire those needs only by the slow extension of their leaves and roots, __7 animals can move relatively large distances in relatively little time. When an animal is hurt with a needle, the animal will __8 the part of the body being hurt. This ability to draw back from pain or irritation, called irritability, is found only to a very limited extent in plants.
If plants had the same mobility and irritability as animals, animals would have a more difficult time finding food. If animals were as limited as plants, they might have evolve a __9 of manufacturing their own food, as plants do now. the world would be a very different place than it is if the characteristics of plants and animals were __10.
1. A. alive B. living C. livable D. lively
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2. A. whose B. which C. what D. those
3. A. Botany B. Zoology C. Psychology D. Biology
4. A. within B. beyond C. to D. at
5. A. limited B. unlimited C. definite D. indefinite
6. A. run B. go C. do D. move
7. A. when B. while C. meanwhile D. where
8. A. extent B. develop C. achieve D. withdraw
9. A. mean B. means C. trick D. trap
10. A. reviewed B. revised C. re-examined D. reversed
The word permanent can have several meanings. The context of the word, or the way it is used in a sentence or story, tells us exactly what it means. Notice what permanent means in this passage.
Many experts now know that some of the old ways of 1 sports injuries were wrong. For instance, the most common sports injury is a sprain, 2 pulled muscle. Sports doctors used 3 out onto the field and wrap a sprain immediately. Then they applied ice and said, \"Don't move it \". The result was 4 the player couldn't play for
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six to eight weeks, or even for the rest of the season. The 5 of movement 6 the muscles to weaken. Sometimes the weakness was permanent.7 the player could never play the sport again. Years ago, many good football, tennis and baseball players had to 8 their sports 9 they received knee or hand sprains that 10 healed properly.
This doesn't 11 very often today. Sports doctors now know that the best way to treat a hurt muscle is to 12 it. Muscles and joints heal faster when they are used. Most injuries now 13 just two or three weeks to heal. 14 the player returns to the field, he or she plays just 15 before, and there is no permanent damage.
1. A. treating B. healing C. curing D. dealing with
2. A. on B. or C. And D. with
3. A. running B. to running C. to run D. runs
4. A. what B. how C. that D. whether
5. A. use B. lack C. activity D. existence
6. A. made B. causes C. makes D. Caused
7. A. So B. As C. However D. Besides
8. A. give in B. give off C. give out D. give up
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9. A. in spite of B. though C. there for D. because
10. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. finally
11. A. come out B. discover C. happen D. grow up
12. A. rest B. Move C. pull D. hold back
13. A. have B. get C. take D. spend
14. A. While B. Whether C. Upon D. When
15. A. as good as B. not so well as C. as well as D. so nice as
1 the entrance 2 a big office in London 3 was a book which 4 employees had to sign when they 5 each morning. At nine o’clock the secretary had to 6 a red line under the last name in the book, 7 anyone who came after that had to explain 8 he was 9 .
Whenever there was a 10 fog in the city, the first person who arrived late usually wrote “ 11 by fog” under 12 red line in the book, and then anybody else who came 13 that just put “ditto”（同上） below.
But one foggy morning, the first man who arrived late wrote “My wife 14 a baby early this morning” under the red line. Twenty or thirty people who came after him put “ditto” below this as 15 .
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1. A. At B. Into C. From D. For
2. A. in B. at C. to D. from
3. A. it B. this C. that D. there
4. A. other 5. A. got 6. A. draw 7. A. that 8. A. that 9. A. there 10. A. thin 11. A. Delayed 12. A. a 13. A. to B. all C. every C. arrived B. do C. see B. so C. as B. why C. which B. worried C. late B. tin C. thick B. Stopped C. Late C. any B. for C. after 52
D. each
D. reached
D. pull
D. when
D. not
D. densely
D. Worried
D. the
D. at
B. come D. and
B. some
14. A. gave B. had C. has D. born
15. A. follow B. usual C. him D. that
Part IV: Writing
1. Write a composition (100 --120 words) on the topic “Study Abroad, to Go or not to Go?” 2. Write a composition of 100 words on the following topic: A Terrible
Experience.
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