安徽自考00015英语（二）2022年10月押题

一.单选题

1.It is important to ___ the fine tradition of plain living and hard work.（ B ）a call off b keep up c make over d lay out

2.The general manager was very busy yesterday, otherwise he ___ to the meeting. （ A ）

a would have come b would come c should come d had come

3.Our sleep influences our mood. Our mood,___, affect our performance. （ D ）

a in return b in vain c in short d in turn

4.The child enjoyed___up the wooden bricks then knocking them down. （ C ）

a adding b pushing c piling d forming

5.I’d appreciate it very much if you could make some___on my recent article at the conference. （ C ）

a requests b references c remarks d restrictions

6.The police refused to___the clues they are working on. （ B ）

a exhibit b disclose c expose d discern

7.The number of tickets___will be determined by the size of the stadium. （ D ）

a adaptable b acceptable c advisable d available

8.The court considers a financial___to be an appropriate way of punishing him. （ D ）

a option b duty c obligation d penalty

9.If you want this painkiller, you’ll have to ask the doctor for a___.（ D ）

a transaction b permit c settlement d prescription

10.The managing director took the___for the accident, although it was not really his fault. （ B ）

a guilt b charge c blame d accusation

11.Generally speaking, there is always a generation ___ in every country. （ A ）

a gap b break c globe d equality

12.This is a purely ___ problem, not a political one. （ D ）

a additional b advantage c announce d academic

13.Nobody knows his ___ for helping us. （ A ）

a motive b motion c mood d moral

14.The student___described the beautiful mountains and rivers in his home town. （ B ）

a artificially b vividly c critically d viciously

15.The microphone enable to keep in touch. In other words, it made it___for them to contact each other. （ C ）

a likely b capable c possible d probable

16.___ today, he would get there by Saturday. （ D ）

a Was he leaving b If he leaves c Would he leave d Were he to leave

17.I shall have a companion in the house after all these___years. （ B ）

a alone b lonely c isolating d separate

18.___ we have satisfied you, you have no further grounds for complaint. （ C ）

a Since that b Since now c Now that d By now

19.Experts have found that normal sleep can be divided into five___stages. （ C ）

a moderate b initial c distinct d advanced

20.___ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production. （ D ）

a What b That c It d As

21.Physically we feel comfortable. But ___, we suffer a lot. （ A ）

a psychologically b moderately c naturally d precisely

22.He could not___his tears on hearing that he was not admitted to the university. （ B ）

a hold up b hold back c get over d get through

23.A person is lucky if his career___ with his interest and hobby. （ C ）

a concerns b competes c coincides d compares

24.This company provides a very good ___ service for its products. （ A ）

a maintenance b merit c philosophy d pigeon

25.Mr. Green has recently been ___ to director of the president’s office. （ C ）

a pushed b purchased c promoted d promised

26.There is something wrong with my mobile phone. I must have it___.（ D ）

a repair b to repair c repairing d repaired

27.It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time___?（ C ）

a we are going home b we go home c we went home d we can go home

28.In order to follow fashions, the girl has to ___ great discomforts．（ B ）

a catch up with b put up with c keep up with d fall in with

29.The spokesman occasionally___his speech with gestures. （ B ）

a acknowledges b accompanies c attributes d anticipates

30.This textbook is for the ___ students, not for the beginners. （ C ）

a observation b transportation c advanced d transfer

31.He always _______ to everything and never agrees with anybody. （ D ）

a projects b gives c folds d objects

32.Her father will never _______ of her going to study in the United States alone. （ D ）

a prove b agree c admit d approve

33.The author of the book benefited a lot___his readers’ criticism. （ C ）

a to b of c from d for

34.The teacher required that all errors should be___ before the students turn in their term paper. （ B ）

a deported b eliminated c deprived d implemented

35.No sooner___ home than Michael arrived with Jane in his car. （ C ）

a did I reach b I had reached c had I reached d I reached

36.We were delayed at the airport. ___we would have been here earlier. （ B ）

a Subsequently b Otherwise c However d Consequently

37.In order to write his paper, he borrowed a lot of _______ books from the school library. （ B ）

a implication b reference c sample d saucer

38.So far scientists have only acquired___understanding of the physical processes that cause earthquakes. （ A ）

a a partial b a changeable c an original d an individual

二.完形填空题

1.Albert Einstein is said to have been asked by a student, “what finding helped you most when you were developing the theory of relativity?” Einstein replied without __1__ moment’s hesitation. “Finding how to __2__ about the problem.” The same __3__ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and __4__ other scientists. We have no proof __5__ any of these well-known conversations __6__ took place, but we are prepared to __7__ that they did, and, if so, that the __8__ was the same one Einstein gave, __9__ this is the “way scientists work __10__ science progresses.”

1.（ A ）

a a b the c an d some

2.（ C ）

a know b learn c think d argue

3.（ C ）

a event b news c story d information

4.（ D ）

a A any b more c few d several

5.（ A ）

a that b since c which d as

6.（ B ）

a naturally b actually c eventually d regularly

7.（ C ）

a forget b consider c believe d realize

8.（ B ）

a question b answer c conversation d topic

9.（ B ）

a although b because c unless d once

10.（ C ）

a while b or c and d but

2.If you asked people what the most important invention has been, many would say the printing press. Others __1__ say the wheel. But even though it’s __2__ whether the appearance of the printing press affected the course of history more than the wheel, the printing press __3__ within the top two or three inventions in history. __4__ the telephone, the television, the radio, and the computer, the written word was the only way to __5__ ideas to people too far away to talk with. Until the 6th or 7th century all books had to be written __6__. Creating a book was difficult, and very few existed. Therefore, very few people read books. In the 6th and 7th centuries, the Chinese invented a way to print pages by __7__ characters and pictures on wooden, ivory, or clay blocks. They would print a page from the block by putting __8__ on the block and pressing paper onto the ink. This __9__ is called letterpress printing. The invention of letterpress printing was a great advance in communication __10__ each block could be inked many times and many copies of each page could be made. Many books could now be made. Therefore, many people could read the same book.

1.（ A ）

a might b should c had to d ought to

2.（ B ）

a variable b debatable c reliable d agreeable

3.（ C ）

a lists b covers c ranks d ranges

4.（ C ）

a Now that b Since then c Long before d No longer

5.（ D ）

a invent b motivate c generalize d communicate

6.（ A ）

a by hand b in mind c on foot d at heart

7.（ B ）

a drawing b carving c writing d painting

8.（ C ）

a chalk b oil c ink d crystal

9.（ D ）

a definition b action c movement d process

10.（ B ）

a when b because c although d if

3.Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. __1__ a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the __2__ in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The ideal student is considered to be __3__ who is motivated (激励) to learn for the sake of __4__, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned with brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is __5__ for learning the material assigned. When research is　　6__, the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with minimum guidance. It is the __7__ responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain __8__ a university library works; they expect students, particularly graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference __9__ in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but __10__ that their students should not be too dependent on them.

1.（ A ）

a If b Although c Because d Since

2.（ D ）

a suggestion b context c abstract d information

3.（ B ）

a such b one c any d some

4.（ C ）

a fun b work c learning d prize

5.（ C ）

a criticized b innocent c responsible d dismissed

6.（ C ）

a collected b distributed c assigned d finished

7.（ A ）

a student’s b professor’s c assistant’s d librarian’s

8.（ D ）

a when b what c why d how

9.（ C ）

a selections b collections c sources d Origins

10.（ D ）

a hate b dislike c like d prefer

4.Have you ever seen the man in the moon? If you look__1__ at the moon on some nights, you can see the face of the man in the moon. Some people say that they can see an old man__2__ sticks. Others say a girl reading. These pictures are made by the mountains and plains of the moon. Long ago people in England used to tell their children that the moon was__3__green cheese. Everyone knows that this is not true. The moon is a large round rock. It is completely__4__.There are no trees and plants of any kind on the moon. There are no rivers and seas. There are no living things. It never rains on the moon, and everything is covered with__5__,white dust. Not even a__6__can be heard on the moon. Where the sun__7__on it, the moon is very hot. In the dark, however, it is cold__8__ice. The moon is much smaller than the earth. It does not weigh as__9__as the earth. If you__10__ to the moon, you would weigh six times less than you do. Even a fat man would be able to jump high off the ground.

1.（ A ）

a closely b scarcely c daily d immediately

2.（ B ）

a to carry b carrying c carried d carries

3.（ C ）

a made up b made out c made of d made over

4.（ D ）

a hollow b vacant c empty d bare

5.（ B ）

a damp b dry c weighty d colored

6.（ C ）

a volume b voice c sound d scream

7.（ A ）

a shines b glitters c burns d lights

8.（ A ）

a like b as c with d in

9.（ A ）

a much b many c plenty d heavy

10.（ D ）

a go b will go c going d went

5.In English---- as in any other language ----we do not always say what we mean or mean what we say. This is true__1__some of the things we say every day. For example: "How do you do?" "How are you?" This is what people say__2__meeting. Sometimes they stop and shake hands. "How are you?" looks like a question. It__3__written with a question mark after it.__4__sometimes "How are you?" is a question. One person may want to know__5__another is well or ill -- how his health is -- and son on. When there are question they are almost said__6__ the person who says them means them __7__questions and wants an answer. But most __8__they are said in a way which does not ask for any answer. When these words are said__9__ , we do not answer: "I am tired," or "I have a bad cold," or "I am not well." We say the same thing back to__10__ person: "How are you?" or "Hello!" Such words are like a smile or a wave of the hand.

1.（ B ）

a to b of c with d for

2.（ B ）

a in b at c during d on

3.（ B ）

a is being b is c will be d has been

4.（ C ）

a Moreover b And c Hence d Consequently

5.（ C ）

a why b how c if d when

6.（ A ）

a when b but c after d as if

7.（ C ）

a like b through c as d by

8.（ A ）

a of the time b of the times c time d times

9.（ A ）

a so b such c this d thus

10.（ B ）

a another b the other c every other d other

6.When I was a child, I lived with my mother, my father having been away to work in the town. I was then not __1__nine years old, lonely and expectant,__2__ for things which I knew little about. I walked out alone one morning along the mountain tops__3__my home stood. The sun had not yet risen, and the air __4__rain of the night and he mountain grass was heavy__5__ tiny drops of water. As I looked back, I could see the marks my feet__6__on the long grassy slope behind me. I walked till I came to a place__7__a little stream ran into the deep valley below. Here it passed between soft.__8__banks; at one place a large slice of earth had fallen away from the bank on the other side, and it had made a little island a few feet wide with water__9__all round it. It was covered with a weed with yellow flowers and long waving grasses. I sat down on the bank __10__a short pine tree. All the plants on the island were dark with the heavy raindrops of the night, and the sun had not yet risen.

1.（ A ）

a yet b however c but d nevertheless

2.（ B ）

a sending b longing c standing d making

3.（ D ）

a in which b at which c from which d on which

4.（ C ）

a melt b felt c smelt d sensed

5.（ B ）

a for b with c on d upon

6.（ C ）

a have made b has made c had made d having made

7.（ A ）

a where b that c which d what

8.（ D ）

a worldly b hardening c worthy d earthen

9.（ B ）

a drifting b flowing c blowing d floating

10.（ C ）

a at the top of b on the part of c at the foot of d on the ground of

三.阅读理解题

1.①Since the late 1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement wherein the husband and his career are the primary considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers. More and more American women have come to believe that they should be equal partners rather than junior partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although not typical of most American marriages at present, will grow most rapidly in the future. ②In an equal partnership marriage, the wife pursues a full time job or career which has equal importance to her husband's. The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wife no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally. The rapid change in women's attitudes toward marriage in 1970s reflected rapid change in the larger society. ③The Women's Liberation Movement appeared in the late 1960s, demanding an end to all forms of sexual discrimination against females. An Equal Rights Amendment(修正案) to the U. S. Constitution was proposed which would make any form of discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be ratified, it continues to have millions of supporters.

1.Since the late 1960s, more and more women dissatisfied with the marriage（ B ）a arranged by other people

b in which husband and children are put in the first place

c in which they themselves have superior privilege

d arranged by their husbands

2.In an equal partnership marriage, （ C ）

a the wife is the main provider of family income

b the wife no longer has household duty

c the husband and wife share the responsibility for the family

d the husband and wife will not quarrel in the family

3.The Women's Liberation Movement（ A ）

a maintains sexual equality

b claims to get rid of family responsibility

c began in the end of 1970s

d thinks that husband and wife should interchange roles in family

4.The word “ratify” (the fourth line in paragraph 3) probably means （ D ）

a encouraged b objected c disproved d confirmed

5.In 1970s, women's attitude toward marriage changed rapidly because（ D ）

a women’s liberation movement appeared in the late 1960s

b an Equal Rights Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was proposed

c husband is no longer the main provider of family income

d both A and B

2.College-bound American high school students usually have some combination of parents，teachers，guidance counselors，or peers to support them in the tough process of applying to and beginning college. Unfortunately，adults who want to go to college particularly adults who have been out of school for a long time generally have no such support system. “①Adults have a much harder time starting out in college because，unlike regular students，they have adult obligations----raising children and working full time that often conflict with the demands of school，”says Deepa Rao，a World Education expert. “Also，adults who have been out of school for a long time may not be academically prepared for college-level work. Some have little exposure to technologies like e-mail and Internet research，which are an increasing part of college communication and courses. They may be unaware of available resources，such as financial aid，tutoring centers or mentoring programs, and may be unfamiliar with terms such as ‘bursar’ and ‘prerequisite’ And if you don’t know where to begin or what to do once you do get there，it’s easy to get overwhelmed and simply give up.” The challenges that working adults face when going to college inspired Deepa to develop a web page and ③The website is arranged like a college campus with ‘buildings’ representing the sort of departments and classrooms housed on a college campus. Each building contains ‘classes’ that describe the admissions process, where to look for grants and scholarships，and lists resources，where an out-of-practice student can review reading，writing，and math.There are also lists of advice and resources to help students with their college life. Another helpful aspect of this interactive multimedia site is its audio capacity：all texts can be read to the visitor.④This particular feature is especially helpful for people with visual problems or learning disabilities. ⑤The cycle of learning runs from cradle to grave，and World Education works to break down barriers to education for people of all ages, all over the world.

1.According to the passage，working adults find it difficult to start their college education because（ A ）

a they are too busy and academically unprepared

b they have been out of school for quite a long time

c tutoring resources in college are unavailable to them

d they do not have enough money for further education

2.The comparison between adult students and regular students shows that（ C ）

a the latter are less prepared than the former

b the latter have more problems than the former

c the former have more problems than the latter

d the former are no less prepared than the latter

3.The purpose of the website is to（ B ）

a help adult students edit web pages

b provide adult students with guidance

c solve financial problems of adult students

d enable students to repair computers by themselves

4.The newly created website provides programs（ C ）

a for regular college students only

b for students interested in websites

c for students including the disabled

d for educators interested in adult learning

5.The last paragraph shows that learning（ B ）

a involves difficulties

b is a life long process

c requires repeated efforts

d starts at one’s birthplace

3.①My husband Christopher was once a financial planner. Even though he couldn’t balance our budget, his clients trusted him completely and he made them feel secure. In exchange they paid him very well. We had a nice life then. At that time, my yoga studio(瑜伽馆) was just starting to make a profit, and I had recently decorated it. At last, I was in control of my working life and poured my heart and soul into making it succeed. ②When we first met, I fell hard for Christopher right away, although I wouldn’t call it love. I’d never been with a man who was prettier than I was, but after a while I got used to this, and it didn’t bother me so much. I was recovering from a broken heart and needed something to help me move on. If it wasn’t love, it was good enough, and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chance, knowing that it might be my last. Things started out so well. I was working steadily and Christopher was patiently climbing up the ladder in his department. Then, without any warning, one grey winter afternoon in year five, he just upped and left his desk at the bank, handed in his resignation, and came home and told me he wanted to start an interior design business. He has always loved mixing and matching, and has a real eye for color, texture and shape, but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn’t something we had ever discussed.③ I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he would take a few months off over the spring and summer to relax and get the idea out of system. ④I didn’t believe he could be serious. ⑤But once he had a few clients, he began to draw up plans, ordering catalogues and turning our empty workshop into a kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall. After spending a lot of time and money on all of this preparation, and really doing quite a nice job of it, he called each client in turn and apologized, saying he wouldn’t be able to design their living spaces after all.

1.As a financial planner, Christopher（ B ）

a paid his clients very well

b was trusted by his clients

c was making his yoga studio profitable

d could make his family’s budget balanced

2.The woman in the passage. （ A ）

a fell in love with Christopher at first sight

b managed a yoga studio with her husband

c felt really uncomfortable with a smart man

d married Christopher because of a broken heart

3.His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job because he（ D ）

a couldn’t wait to get promoted

b had experience in interior design

c wanted to do something he enjoyed

d couldn’t bear the pressure from his job

4.The woman___her husband’s decision. （ D ）

a was supportive of

b was indifferent to

c was satisfied with

d was negative about

5.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Christopher（ A ）

a was more likely to change his mind

b would return to his office in the bank

c made a big success in interior design

d was not well-prepared for his business

4.①Dream is a story that a person watches or even takes part in during sleep. Dream events are imaginary, but they are related to real experiences and needs in the dreamer's life. They seem real while they are taking place. Some dreams are pleasant, others are annoying, and still others are frightening. Everyone dreams, but some persons never recall dreaming. Others remember only a little about a dream they had just before awakening and nothing about earlier dreams. No one recalls all his dreams. Dreams involve little logical thought. In most dreams, the dreamer cannot control what happens to him. The story may be confusing, and things happen that would not happen in real life. People see in most dreams, but they may also hear, smell, touch, and taste in their dreams. Most dreams occur in color. but persons who have been blind since birth do not see at all in dreams. ②Dreams are a product of the sleeper's mind. They include events and feelings that he has experienced. Most dreams are related to events of the day before the dream and strong wishes of the dreamer. Many minor incidents of the hours before sleep appear in dreams. Few events more than two days old turn up. Deep wishes or fears - especially those held since childhood- often appear in dreams, and many dreams fulfill such wishes. Events in the sleeper's surrounding- a loud noise, for example, may become part of a dream, but they do not cause dreams. Some dreams involve deep feelings that a person may not realize he has. ④Psychiatrists（精神病医生）often use material from a patient's dreams to help the person understand himself better. ⑤Dreaming may help maintain good learning ability, memory, and emotional adjustment. People who get plenty of sleep-but are awakened each time they begin to dream- become anxious and restless.

1.This passage is mainly about（ C ）

a why we dream during sleep

b how we dream during sleep

c what dreams are

d what benefits dreams bring to people

2.According to the passage, dreams result from（ D ）

a the sleeper’s wishes

b the sleeper’s imagination

c the sleeper’s feeling

d the sleeper’s own mind

3.Which of the following is NOT true? （ D ）

a Dream is a confusing story which involves little logic thought.

b Dream is related to the dreamer’s real life.

c Dream is an imaginary store which seems real while taking place.

d Dream involves events that always happen in real life.

4.This passage suggests that psychiatrists are（ C ）

a trying to help the dreamer recall his earlier dreams.

b trying to make the sleeper dream logically.

c studying the benefits of dreams.

d helping the sleeper fulfill his dreams

5.We may infer form the passage that dreaming （ A ）

a is beneficial to people

b disturbs people’s life

c makes people always restless

d deprives people of a good sleep

5.①American scientists are developing an “intelligent” mobile phone capable of blocking incoming calls depending on the owner’s mood. Using “context aware” technology the “Sensay” phone will monitor calls and send back polite messages saying the user may be contacted later. A research team at the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems at Carnegic Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, are developing body temperature and electrical skin monitors to help the device understand the emotional state of its user. If the phone senses that the user is busy----for instance, involved in a conversation—it might block an incoming call and turn it onto voicemail. The phone would send back a text message saying the user is unavailable, but advising that if the matter is urgent the caller can try again in three minutes. If a call from the same person came in again, the phone would put it through. The researchers are interested in four basic different states—busy and not to be interrupted, physically active, idle, and “normal”. Most people are said to change between these states, an average of 6 to 12 times a day. Professor Asim Smailagic, a leading member of the Carnegie Mellon team, told The Engineer magazine, “Today’s computers are pretty dumb compared with the device. We got to work at the beginning of May and since then have been improving it. The next stage is to make it smarter, adding various intelligence systems so ④it can learn about the user. The phone also employs four primary sensors—two microphones to pick up conversations and monitor local noise, a light detector and an accelerometer(加速度计). ③The light sensor shows if the phone is being carried in a bag or pocket, while the accelerometer determines whether the user is walking, running or standing still. In the future, the sensor box, phone and personal organizer will be combined into one device.”

1.According to the passage, the “Sensay” phone is capable of（ C ）

a showing body temperature

b blocking unwanted calls

c detecting the owner’s mood

d sensing the caller’s mood

2.The second paragraph mainly tells us（ B ）

a where the intelligent phone is developed

b how the new phone is going to function

c whether the researchers failed in their experiment

d why the researchers are developing an intelligent phone

3.According to Professor Smailagic, the light detector will show  （ A ）

a where the mobile phone is

b where the mobile phone user is

c whether the mobile phone user is busy

d whether the mobile phone is within reach

4.The word “it” in line 5 of paragraph 4 refers to （ A ）

a the phone b the monitor c the computer d the light sensor

5.The best title for this passage is （ D ）

a How to Tell a Person’s Mood

b How to Block Incoming Calls

c Sensay: Your Personal Organizer

d Sensay: The Future Mobile Phone

6.Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. it may be a game of some kind football, hockey（曲棍球）, golf, of tennis, it may be mountaineering. Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. ②Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there’ re for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a 'team game'. ③We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no 'matches' between 'teams' of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork. ④The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities. A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is no unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1.Mountaineering is a sport which involves （ D ）

a hardship b cold c physical risk d all of the above

2.The main difference between a sport and a game lies in  （ C ）

a uniform b activity c rules d skills

3.Mountaineering is also a team sport because（ D ）

a it involves rules

b it involves matches between teams

c it requires mental and physical qualities

d mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

4.Which of the following is NOT true? （ C ）

a Mountaineers compete against each other.

b Mountaineers compete against other teams.

c Mountaineers compete against nature.

d Mountaineers compete against international standard.

5.What is the best title for the passage? （ A ）

a Mountaineering

b Mountain Climbers

c Mountaineering is Different from Golf and Football

d Mountaineering Is More Dangerous Than Other Sports

7.According to psychologists（心理学家）, an emotion is aroused when a man or animal views something as either bad or good. When a person feels like running away from something he thinks will hurt him, we call this emotion fear. if the person wants to remove the danger by attacking it, we call　the emotion anger. The emotions of joy and love are aroused when we think something can help us. An emotion does not have to be created by something in the outside world. it can be created by a person's thoughts. Everyone has emotions. Many psychologists believe that infants are born without emotions. They believe children learn emotions just as they learn to read and write. A growing child not only learns his emotions but learns how to act in certain situations because of an emotion. Psychologists think that there are two types of emotion: positive and negative. Positive emotions include love, liking, joy, delight, and hope. They are aroused by something that appeals to a person. Negative emotions make a person unhappy or dissatisfied. They include anger, fear, despair, sadness, and disgust. in growing up, a person learns to cope with the negative emotions in order to be happy. Emotions may be weak or strong. Some strong emotions are so unpleasant that a person will try any means to escape from them. in order to feel happy, the person may choose unusual ways to avoid the emotion. ④Strong emotions can make it hard to think and to solve problems. They may prevent a person from learning or paying attention to what he is doing. For example, a student taking an examination may be so worried about failing that he cannot think properly. The worry drains valuable mental energy he needs for the examination.

1.We learn from the passage that an emotion is created by something（ A ）

a one thinks bad or good 　

b one feels in danger

c one faces in the outside world 　

d one tries to escape from real life

2.Which of the following is NOT true? （ B ）

a Children learn emotions as they grow up.

b Babies are born with emotions.

c Emotions fall into two types in general.

d People can cope with the negative emotions in life.

3.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to（ D ）

a explain why people have emotions

b show how people avoid the negative emotions

c explain what people should do before emotions

d define and classify people's emotions

4.We can safely conclude that a student may fail in an exam if（ B ）

a he can not think properly

b he can’t pay attention to it

c he can’t prepare for it

d he is not full of energy

5.As used in the last sentence, the word drains means（ C ）

a stops b ties c weakens d flows gradually

8.I met him on the Internet and we chatted for several months. Every time I suggested we meet in person, he would come up with an excuse. I thought it was strange-but he told me that he had not gotten over the death of his wife and he was still grieving for her. I thought that he needed a friend and decided that I could be that friend. We sent cards, exchanged gifts, talked on the phone and I was sure that we would meet someday. I had spoken with his children so I was sure that what he told me was true. I could not wait for the day when we would meet. I was so looking forward to being able to reach out and touch him. To hug him, to hold him and feel his big strong arms around me. After almost two years of time, thousands of dollars on long distance phone calls, I was very frustrated at the endless stream of excuses as to why we could never seem to make a time to meet. Finally, I contacted the website ②WhoisHe.com and asked if they could check out the man who had taken up so much of my heart, my energy and my life. I had enough information about him and felt that if I could confirm what he had been telling me –I could feel okay about these delays. I had hopes that I didn’t want to dash if he was telling the truth. I believed I could wait a little while longer. Well, I am glad that I decided to have him checked out----he was nothing he claimed to be. He was first and foremost a married man. He was not a man grieving for the loss of his wife. He was a man cheating on his wife, with me—and ①I found out later, with countless others on the “net”. He did not care that he had hurt me in a very deep and pathetic way. He talked of spending his life together with me. He told my son that he wanted to make me happy. Basically, he just lied. He was such a good liar. I did not see it coming. It was as if he had been able to worm his way into my heart—and he didn’t care about the effect he had on my hopes and dreams. ⑤Each of us should look at the signs that are so clear if we are willing to see them. Do not let someone keep making excuse after excuse. If something feels wrong—likely it is. It is good to know the truth and be able to deal with it. Next time I will pay more attention. I may never be able to trust someone online again.

1.It can be inferred from Para. 4 that（ C ）

a the man was a single person in reality

b the woman was he man’s only girlfriend

c the man had too many girlfriends on the net

d the woman had countless online boyfriends

2.The job of WhoisHe.com is to （ D ）

a help people find true love

b write single men’s biographies

c verify the truth of friends’ words

d offer information about single men

3.It can be concluded from the passage that（ B ）

a the man loved his wife passionately

b the woman loved the man deeply

c the man dearly loved the woman

d the woman hated the man’s wife

4.The woman felt badly hurt because she（ C ）

a gave many gifts to the man

b spent a lot of time with the man

c failed to find true love from the man

d spent too much money on the phone

5.The last paragraph probably indicates that the woman（ A ）

a was outraged at the truth

b was used to being cheated

c found the truth at the beginning

d came to know she was cheated

9.Rob Reiner, co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment, was greatly surprised when he saw his studio’s film Proof of Life. “Wow, why is Meg Ryan smoking up a storm? ” Reiner says,. ”It didn’t add to the plot.” Fourteen months later, Castle Rock has a policy of discouraging tobacco use. Any actor, director or screenwriter who wants to depict ③it must first meet with Reiner. “They have to make a really good case,” he says. “Movies are basically advertising cigarettes to kids.” Movie characters light up more often than people do in real life, argues ②Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine who has launched a “Smoke-Free Movies” newspaper ad campaign. His study found that on average the 20 top-grossing films featured 50% more instances of smoking an hour in 2000 than in 1960. And an American Lung Association survey discovered that 61% of the tobacco use in films last year occurred in movies rated G, PG and PG-13. With teen smoking up dramatically in the past decade, a movement is building to hold Hollywood accountable. So Glantz says, “The entertainment industry is in denial.” But it’s getting an education. Susan Moses, deputy director of Harvard’s Center for Health Communication, and Lindsay Doran, former head of United Artists, have been going from one studio to another. They hit the bosses with hard facts: a million teens a year become daily smokers, and a third of those will eventually die from tobacco-related illness. When Doran and Moses met with ④executives from Imagine Pictures, says Doran, “They said, ‘Smoking is not in any of our scripts.’ But then they called the next day and said, ‘We looked, and it’s everywhere.” Karen Kehela, co-chairman of Imagine, recalls trying to take smoking out of one script after the meeting, “but the actor insisted on smoking,” she says. In fact, many movie stars can’t leave their cigarettes in the dressing room.. “Actors who smoke look for any reason to integrate it into their characters,” Reiner says. ⑤“You have directors who don’t care about the social implications or are yielding to the actors.”

1.Reiner was astonished at the film Proof of Life made in his studio because （ A ）

a one of the characters smoked a lot

b smoking added something to the plot

c smoking in the film resulted in a storm

d tobacco use was prohibited from films

2.Glantz found that the number of smoking scenes in hit movies were ___ higher than 40 years ago. （ B ）

a 20% b 50% c 61% d 80%

3.The word “it” in Line 4, Para, 1 refers to（ C ）

a film b plot c smoking d advertising

4.Executives from Imagine Pictures（ C ）

a failed to tell actors about the seriousness of tobacco use

b should have informed actors of the bad effects of smoking

c didn’t admit the existence of tobacco use scenes in their films

d didn’t know there were smoking scenes in their movies at first

5.In Reiner’s opinion, ___ should be held mainly responsible for smoking scenes in movies. （ C ）

a bosses b actors c directors d screenwriters

10.Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone's personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others. ④Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. if you were asked to describe what a nice face looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a nice person, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth. There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon all ports, an American psychologist, found nearly 18 000 English words characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms. People have always tried to type each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain's（坏人）or the hero's role. In fact, the words person and personality come from the Latin persona, meaning mask. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the good guys from the bad guys because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

1.The main idea of this passage is（ C ）

a how to distinguish people’s faces

b how to describe people’s personality

c how to distinguish people both inward and outward

d how to differ good persons from bad persons

2.The author is most probably a（ B ）

a behaviorist b psychologist c writer d sociologist

3.Which of the following is NOT true? （ D ）

a Different people may have different personalities.

b People differ from each in appearance.

c People can learn to recognize faces.

d People can describe all the features of others.

4.The reason why it is easier to describe a person's personality in words than his face is that（ D ）

a a person’s face is more complex than his personality

b a person’s personality is easily distinguished

c people’s personalities are very alike

d many words are available when people try to describe one’s personality

5.We learn from the passage that people classify a person into certain type according to（ D ）

a his way of acting and thinking

b his way of speaking and behaving

c his learning and behavior

d his physical appearance and his personality

11.Michael Stadtlander set Toronto’s restaurant world on fire in the ②1980s with his original food, and established a national and international fame. In 1994, however, he decided to leave the city restaurant scene and seek a quiet life in the country, where he has been preparing meals on his farm two hours north of Toronto and asks guests to bring their own wine. Not long ago, Stadtlander ①was charged with selling liquor without a license. He said when a guest asked for wine at a dinner in December, he provided two bottles from his private stock. But the customer turned out to be an undercover Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer who returned a few days later along with four armed officers to seize 83 bottles of wine, and to search the farmhouse for records. The punishment could run as high as 100,000 dollars in fines and a year in jail. ③When Mr. and Mrs. Smith arrived at the farm on a weekend before Christmas, they said that it was their annual celebration and asked if they could get some wine. Nobuyo, Stadtlander’s wife, told them the policy was that guests provide their own. Given the occasion, though, Stadtlander agreed to provide a bottle of white wine from his own cellar, at cost, as a favor. ⑤Later, Mr. Smith asked for a second bottle and a detailed receipt that included the price of the wine. ③He turned out to be OPP Detective Paul Smith and “his wife,” an assistant who went as a witness. ④“I was shocked,” Nobuyo Stadtlander recalls. “How could they do this to us when we did them a favor? We sold them our wine at our cost.” But Mr. Smith says, “No, they made 1.20 dollars.” Stadtlander is determined to prove his innocence and continue the business. “People who live in the area have been very supportive,” he says.” And when this is over, I want my wine back.”

1.Stadtlander was accused because （ D ）

a he offered too much wine for a guest

b he asked guests to bring their own wine

c he charged too much for the wine offered

d he sold wine to his guests without a license

2.In the 1980s, Stadtlander（ B ）

a threw his original restaurant menu into the fire

b made his restaurant well-known around the world

c sought for a quiet life in the central part of the city

d opened one restaurant after another home and abroad

3.It turned out that Mr. and Mrs. Smith were（ D ）

a two farmers b two witnesses c husband and wife d police officers

4.Nobuyo Stadtlander claimed that in the wine case they made （ B ）

a 1.20 dollars b no money c 100,000 dollars d a lot of money

5.Which of the following could be used as evidence against Stadtlander? （ D ）

a What Stadtlander’s wife said.

b The second bottle of wine.

c The records from the farmhouse.

d A receipt with the wine price.

12.A recent study shows that sixteen out of every 100 American couples have violent confrontations of one sort or another during the course of a year. ①In six of these cases there is severe kicking, biting, punching or hitting with objects. Almost four of every 100 wives are seriously beaten by their husbands. Three of every 100 children are kicked or punched by their parents. More than a third of all brothers and sisters severely attack each other. As expected, the incidence of violence is highest among the urban poor (many of them minorities), blue-collar workers, people under 30 or without religious beliefs, families with a husband who is jobless and those with four to six children. ②But the study also showed that violence occurs among wealthy families as well. Indeed, the wife of a university president once quietly called Straus, one of the sociologists who conducted the study, to ask what she could do about her husband, who often beat her. Straus suggested seeking assistance from marriage advisors.　　 Straus and his colleagues found out that there are various root causes that give rise to such behavior. “The reasons are mixed-psychological, sociological, situational,” says Straus. “The husband, for example, may feel under particular stress because he has been out of work too long. Violence may also be an echo of the past”, Straus explains. “When Mummy gives her two-year-old a slap(巴掌) for putting something dirty in his mouth, he is learning from infancy that those who love you hit you.” Another reason may be the worsening economic situations. ③“If we have a real economic decline, it’s going to get worse,” says Gelles, one of Straus’ colleagues. These sociologists have no easy answer to violence in the American family. While they welcome such move as the opening of shelters for beaten wives and the establishment of a National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, they believe that there must be more basic attack on violence, including the reduction of “macho”(大男子主义的) themes on the television, the outlawing of physical punishment in schools and perhaps even the elimination of death sentences. As Straus explains, “⑤Violence is an acceptable solution to problems in American society. And that is how it is used in families.”

1.Which of the following statements is true? （ C ）

a More than a third of brothers attack sisters in American families.

b Almost four percent of husbands are seriously beaten by their wives.

c Six out of one hundred couples experience severe domestic violence.

d Six percent of American couples have some kind of domestic violence.

2.The example concerning a university president’s wife shows that（ A ）

a domestic violence is found in well-to-do families as well

b the incidence of violence is highest among urban families

c marriage advisors’ assistance is the best solution to violence

d domestic violence exists regardless of age, race, and social status

3.What Gelles says shows that（ C ）

a violence is responsible for the decline of economy

b violence may be a reflection of one’s past experience

c violence is related to the economic situation of the time

d violence is the best form of emotional release for a husband

4.The word “outlawing” in line 5 of the last paragraph means（ A ）

a making something illegal

b freeing someone from prison

c learning something from law

d throwing someone out of court

5.According to the sociologists, it is impossible to curb domestic violence unless （ C ）

a more shelters for beaten wives are opened

b children are protected by a National Center

c violence is not accepted as a solution to problems

d Americans get tougher with violent behaviors