ⅠREADING COMPREHENSION (2’*15)
Paage one
When the steam engine was invented in the eighteenth century, it began one of the greatest revolutions that have ever happened in our world.The invention of the petrol engine at the end of the nineteenth century led to another enormous change in our lives.And the computer is almost certainly going to be no le important an invention than these engines were.
Just as there was a Stone Age, an Iron Age and so on, we have been living for centuries in a Paper Age, during which almost all information was kept and sent on paper; and so much of it is wasted after it has been used once that enormous number of trees have to be cut down every year to provide us with this paper.But now, with the computer, enormous amounts of information can be stored and sent without any paper at all, using small discs or Internet.
Computers have made it poible to do very difficult calculations very much faster than any earlier machine could.Computers also allow one to send information to others anywhere in the world, via the telephone line, and to receive information from them.One can send a very long meage more quickly from England to Australia, for example, than from one’s house to someone in the garden.Computers are not only used for writing; they can produce diagrams and pictures, and they can be used for playing games.One now sees them at airports and railway stations, in hotels and restaurants; in fact, almost everywhere where people gather.
1, The author seems to say that the invention of the computer is ＿＿.
A) not so important as that of the steam and petrol engines
B) at least as important as that of the steam and petrol engines
C) le important than that of the steam and petrol engines
D) far more important than that of the steam and petrol engines
2, According to the author the disadvantage of using paper to keep and send information is that ＿＿.
A) it is hard to get enough paper
B) it wastes our time
C) it damages the environment
D) there is too much paper around
3, We may infer that the fastest way for the computer to send meages is by using ＿＿.
A) paper
B) discs
C) the telephone line
D) air mail
4, Which of the following functions of the computer is NOT mentioned in the paage?
A) Handling information
B) Doing office and busine work
C) Offering entertainment
D) Making phone calls
5, The title that best exprees the main idea of the paage is ＿＿.
A) Computer Age
B) Paper Age and Computer Age
C) Computer and Our Daily Life
D) Computer and Our Future
Paage two
For many years, scientists couldn’t figure out how the atoms and molecules on the Earth combined to make living things.Plants, fish, dinosaurs, and people are made of atoms and molecules, but they are put together in a more complicated way than the molecules in the primitive ocean.What’s more, living things have energy and can reproduce, while the chemicals on the Earth 4 billion years ago were lifele.
After years of study, scientists figured out that living things, including human bodies, are basically made of amino acids and nucleotide bases, carbon, nitrogen atoms.How could such complicated molecules have been formed in the primitive soup? Scientists were stumped.
Then, in 1953, two scientists named Harold Urey and Stanley L.Miller did a very simple experiment to find out what had happened on the primitive Earth.They set up some tubes and bottles in a closed loop, and put in some of the gases through some water, sent them back for more sparks, and so on.After several days, the water that the gases had been bubbling through turned brown.Some new chemicals were diolved in it.When Miller and Urey analyzed the liquid, they found that it contained amino acids—the very kind of molecules found in all living things.
6, When did scientists come to realize how the atoms and molecules on the Earth combined to make living things?
A) 4 billion years ago.
B) After several days.
C) Many years ago.
D) In 1953.
7, Scientists figured out that human bodies basically made of ＿＿.
A)hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms
B)water vapor, ammonia, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen
C)amino acids
D)molecules
8, Harold Urey and Stanley L.Miller did their experiment in order to ＿＿.
A) diolve some new chemicals
B) find out what had happened on the earth 4 billion years ago
C) simulate bolts of lightning on the ancient Earth
D) analyze a liquid
9, At the end of the last paragraph, the word “it” refers to ＿＿.
A) water B) the liquid C) a closed loop D) an electric spark
10, According to the writer, living things on the Earth include ＿＿.
A) atoms and molecules
B) chemicals
C) plants, fish, dinosaurs and human beings
D) the primitive soup
Paage Three
The man of Many Secrets---Harry Houdini---was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century.He was a man famous for his escapes---from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water.He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America.Crowds came to see the great Harry Houdini and his “magic” tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural powers.It was simply strength.He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers.He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Harry started working in the entertainment world when he was 17 in 1891.He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York.They called themselves the Houdini Brothers.When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Be worked together as magician and aistant.But for a long time they were not very succeful.Then Harry performed his first prison escape in Chicago in 1898.Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspaper to watch.
It was the publicity that came from ’s succe.Harry had finger’s trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape from ankle chains.But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors.Every time he went into the prison cell, Be gave him a ki for good luck ---and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, paed quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame.He arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited.In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full.What was the result? World-wide fame and a name remembered today.Choose the correct answer according to the paage
11, Harry’s succe in prison escapes depends on ＿＿.
A)his magic tricks and superman powers
B)his special tricks and a skeleton key
C)his unusual ability and a skeleton key
D)the help of his wife and his food luck
12, In the fourth paragraph, the word “this” refers to ＿＿.
A)his first prison escape
B)the local newspaper
C)the detective
D)the publicity
13, Harry gave his performance most often ＿＿.
A)In the local theaters
B)in rivers
C)in the local prisons
D)in clubs
14, It can be inferred from the paage that Harry became famous ＿＿.
A)when he was about 24
B)when he was about 17
C)after the year 1894
D)before the year 1898
15, From the paage we can learn that Harry ＿＿.
A)gave his first performance in a prison
B)was first recognized widely in Chicago
C)entered the entertainment world together with his wife
D)owed his great succe principally to his small skeleton key
Ⅱ Cloze (1’*20)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following paage.For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the paage.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
For the past two years, I have been working on students’ evaluation of claroom teaching.I have kept a record of informal conversations __16__ some 300 students from at __17__ twenty-one colleges and universities.The students were generally __18__ and direct in their comments __19__ how course work could be better __20__.Most of their remarks were kindly ___21___ — with tolerance rather than bitterne—and frequently were softened by the __22__ that the students were speaking __23__ some, not all, instructors.Neverthele, __24__ the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel __25__ with things-as-they-are in the claroom.
Profeors should be __26__ from reading lecture notes.“It makes their __27__ monotonous(单调的).”
If they are going to read, why not __28__ out copies of the lecture? Then we __29__ need to go to cla.Profeors should __30__ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book.“__31__ we’ve read the material, we want to __32__ it or hear it elaborated on, __33__ repeated.” “A lot of students hate to buy a __34__ text that the profeor has written __35__ to have his lectures repeat it.”
16.A) involving B) counting C) covering D) figuring
17.A) best B) least C) length D) large
18.A) reserved B) hard-working C) polite D) frank
19.A) over B) at C) on D) of
20.A) presented B) submitted C) described D) written
21.A) received B) addreed C) made D) taken
22.A) occasion B) truth C) case D) fact
23.A) on B) about C) at D) with
24.A) though B) whether C) as D) if
25.A) diatisfied B) unsatisfactory C) satisfied D) satisfactory
26.A) interfered B) interrupted C) discouraged D) disturbed
27.A) voices B) sounds C) pronunciation D) gestures
28.A) hold B) leave C) drop D) give
29.A) couldn’t B) wouldn’t C) mustn’t D) shouldn’t
30.A) refuse B) prohibit C) prevent D) avoid
31.A) Once B) Until C) However D) Unle
32.A) remember B) argue C) discu D) keep
33.A) yet B) not C) and D) or
34.A) desired B) revised C) required D) deserved
35.A) about B) how C) but D) only
Translation (3’*10)
1, 除了向我要东西，他从不跟我说话。 （other than）
2, 做任何重要决定之前都要慎重思考。 （think twice）
3, 在文化交流中，误解常常是不可避免的。 （unavoidable）
4, 在西方国家，向老师赠送圣诞节贺卡，是一种常见的表达敬意的方式。 （a common way）
5, 这次事故造成两名乘客死亡。 （result in）
6, 修建这条路是为了缓解交通拥挤。 （be designed to）
7, 非洲大陆的一大片区域有变成沙漠的危险。 （in danger of）
8, 我们都十分清楚，市场竞争是非常残酷的。 （be all aware）
9, 饭后散步有助于消化。（promote; digestion）
10,由于开车速度太快而引起的交通事故在不断增加。（due to; on the increase）
Ⅳ WRITING (20’)
我对在校大学生结婚问题的看法
1.有些人持反对意见。
2.有些人表示支持。
3.我的看法……
