Test Three (A)
I Reading Comprehension
Paage One
The man who, legend has it, escaped from an early grave when his uncle pulled him from drowning in a dirty pond is notorious for his dirty deeds but that what cannot be forgotten are his achievements in the 1986 World Cup.
Forget the handball against England, feel the quality of his 50-yard solo goal in the same game and the near repeat performance in the semi-final against Belgium.The Argentina side of the 1986 was functional and hard-working but it was Maradona who fired them to the final and then set up two of the goals in their 3-2 win over West Germany in the final.
In 1990, a barely-fit Maradona fought his way to the final where the Germans took their revenge.Few people shared Diego’s post-match tears.In fact many rejoiced that such an ugly brute of a team had lost.
Eight years before, in Spain, Maradona , then newly arrived at Barcelona, disgraced himself by being sent off in a Second Phase game with Brazil.Even four years before that the 18-year-old Maradona was a source of great controversy when he was left out of the victorious squad that won on home ground.
USA 1994 was the end for Maradona as a player.Right after the Nigeria game, he was picked for drugs-screening and tested positive for banned stimulant ephedrine (麻黄硷).He was banned from the rest of the tournament and the team fell apart, going out in the second round to Romania.
21.How many World Cups are mentioned in the paage?
A) Three.B) Four.C)FiveD) Six.
22.Which country won the 1990 World Cup?
A) ArgentinaB) West GermanyC)RomaniaD) England
23..
A) onceB) twice
C) three timesD) four times
24.When in 1994, Maradona was driven out of the World Cup, he was close toA) 18B) 24C) 26D) 31
25.According to the paage, Maradona is a man A) full of ideasB) with cruel behaviors
C) having good luckD) of great controversy
Paage Two
Many companies have run into serious troubles trying to coordinate their sales and promotional efforts.For example, one firm authorized a large promotional drive to introduce a new product in Latin America.The promotion ran smoothly, but someone forgot to coordinate product delivery — ship the product.Consumers were confused and money was wasted when the promoted product was not available.
To avoid such occurrences, all plans should be in writing and someone should be responsible for central coordination.Hence, risks are leened and opportunities to save money may arise.Coca-cola, for instance, requires that all overseas marketing plans be
submitted to the central office well in advance.This gives the company a chance to examine
the concepts.Previous experiences with similar plans can be viewed and neceary changes
can be suggested.Sometimes central company managers’ ventures have failed in the past.
Minor improvements tried overseas with succe should also be reported.There is no need to
reinvent the wheel.Coordination not only reduces the chance of errors, it also provides
opportunities to learn improved methods.
With so many details to consider, it is rather easy to understand how so many firms
have blundered.Neverthele, their errors illustrate the importance of paying attention to
detail.
26.In the example in the first paragraph, the firm failed because __________.
A) its home office didn’t back them up
B) it didn’t inform its home office of its plan
C) very few customers responded to its efforts
D) it abused much money
27.Coca-cola requires that __________.
A) all overseas firms follow the orders by the central office
B) all overseas firms turn in plans to the central office before carrying out them
C) all minor improvements be reported to the central office
D) all failures be recorded in the files in the central office
28.According to the paage, coordination involves __________.
A) preventing the company from committing the same error
B) paing on orders from the central office
C) training personnel from the overseas firms
D) helping overseas firms make overseas firms
29.In the paage, coordination can be compared to __________.
A) a bridge between the central office and overseas firms
B) a paage through which the orders by the central office can reach its overseas firms
C) a trial-and-error lab to avoid similar errors
D) a file recording all cases in the history of the company
30.“Blundered” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by “__________”.
A) been done withB) gone bankruptC) made succeD) done wrong
Paage Three
Sports fans all over the world recognize the name of Michael Jordan.From
California to Tenneee, kids wear clothes with his picture on them.Jercies(球衫) with his
number 23 on the front, jackets with bold logo on the back, and air Jordan nike flick shoes,
all reflect the fame of the superstar.Michael Jordan has become the most famous attraction
of the world\'s favorite spectator\'s sport.
Michael Jordan was born in 1963, in Brooklyn, New York.Growing up, Micheal did
not look like a future super star.He was very shy and didn\'t like to talk to other people about
himself.He was also very short.He showed little promise of having a future career in
basketball.When he tried out for the freshman team in high school, Michael didn\'t make it.
The next year, however, after a large growth spurs, he made the team.The rest is history.
Michael\'s road to fame began at the University of North Carolina.He brought an
acrobatic(杂技的) style to the game that few had seen before.Michael used his quickne
and strength to reach the basket again and again.He became famous for his powerful slam
dunks.Basketball fans from all over the world began to take notice.One reporter wrote that
when Michael went up to dunk the basketball, it looked like he can fly.He was given the
nickname \"Air Jordan\".
31．Kids all over the world wear things related to Jordan, paage.
A) shoesB) jerseysC) jacketsD) sockets
32Jordan once didn’t seem to promise to be a superstar becauseA) he was too shyB) he kept from other.
C) he was short.D) he was poor.
33.Jordan grew much taller A) after he joined NBA
B) in the first year in high school
C) in the second year in high school
D) in the first year in college
34.which is not mentioned as one of Jordan’ s advantage?
A) QuickneB) Strength C) Skills D) Height
35.When did the same “Air Jordan” become well-known?
A) After a reporter compared his dunk to flying.
B) After he won the “Most Valuable Player” in NBA.
C) In his freshman year in the university.D) In his first year in NBA.
Paage Four
Sir Isaac Newton noted in 1672 that a beam of sunlight paed through a prism and
allowed to fall on a white surface becomes a “rainbow” of varying colors: red at one end,
ranging through orange, yellow, green, and blue, to violet at the other.This colored strip of
pure light is called a spectrum, the Latin word meaning “apparition”.
Sunlight consists of a mixture of light of varying wavelengths that affect our eyes
differently, so that we see the components of sunlight as colors.When a beam of light paes
into gla at an acute angle, it is bent, or refracted, and if the gla is a triangular prism, the
wavelengths are refracted farther in the same direction, and the spectrum appears.Light that
appears red is refracted the least; that which appears violet is refracted the most.
Scientists have found that particular substances, when heated to a white heat, give off
only certain colors; when the light from this heated substance is paed through a slit, each
color in the light will form an image of the slit at a certain predictable position in the
spectrum, leaving the rest of the band black: sunlight’s paing through a cool gas will have
certain of its colors absorbed ― dark images of the slit will then appear against the colored
background.
By using a spectroscope, an instrument through which one can view a spectrum against
a marked scale so that the position of each color line can be located exactly, scientists have
1earned about the composition of the sun and the stars.
36.A beam of sunlight becomes a “rainbow” when it ____.
A) paes through a pane of glaB) falls on any white surface
C) paes through a prismD) both A and C
37.The rainbow is called a spectrum because ____.
A) it is composed of pure lightB) it has no tangible reality
C) it comes from the Latin word which means “apparition”D) all of the above
38.Sunlight is made up of ____.
A) a mixture of light of varying wavelengthsB) pure light
C) light waves traveling at varying anglesD) light waves of equal lengths
39.We see the components of sunlight as color because ____.
A) light waves are refracted in different ways
B) different wavelengths affect our eyes differently
C) all light waves are refracted equallyD) both A and B
40.It has been found that certain substances, when heated, will ____.
A) absorb all colorsB) refract all colorsC) give off only certain colors D)
certain colors
reflected
III.Vocabulary and Structure
41.With a(n)income of a little more than $10,000, Josephine found it hard to
make ends meet.
A) annualB) one yearC) each yearD) year
42.Sport is not only a bodilybut a means of achieving a unity of mental and
physical development
A) behaviourB) actionC) movementD) performance
43.Chemists working on a animal dye-stuffs have in a number of directions.
A) broken through B)broken downC) broken out D) broken in
44.Highly efficient busine people from these cultures may feel frustrated in a country
where work proceeds at a slow A) ratioB) paceC) strideD) step
45.The school headmaster played theA) principleB) principalC) poibleD) plentiful
46.Along the way, Lewis and Clark French-Canadian guide named
Charbonneau to be their interpreter.
A) picked upB) picked overC) put upD) put out
47.In cultures where close physical contact is acceptable and Americans
may be regarded as cold and distant.
A) desirableB) availableC) advisableD) profitable
48.Most people who travel in the course of their work are given traveling .
A) incomeB) allowancesC) wagesD) pay
49.The people in the towntheir defences .
A) increased B) strengthenedC) heightenedD) reinforced
50.There are so absorbed in their study that they A) overlookB) ignoreC) loseD) overcome
51.He A) spokeB) wailedC) utteredD) yelled
52.After a month , the criminal was finally captured(抓获) by the police.
A) on line B) on demandC) on the runD) on occasion
53.The green boughs with all their pearls of dew.
A) glitteredB) glintedC) glimmeredD) lighted
54.I’m in no A) feelingB) attitudeC) moodD) tendency
55.all advice, he started to climb the mountain during a storm.
A) Contrast toB) In addition toC) Contrary to D) Except for
56.The rest A) composes ofB) composes inC) consists inD) consists of
57.Yet when women prove their abilities, men refuse to them and give them
their due.
A) acknowledge B) demandC) claimD) maintain
58.I asked Jeniffer about her opinion of my new job.She said, “To be
perfectly
A) critical B) virtualC) frankD) valid
59.It is poible for our physical state to influence our moods, behavior patterns and, incases, our sanity(心智健全).
A) enormousB) intenseC) constantD) extreme
60.Safety devices A) aistB) aureC) aembleD) contribute
61.He has been in his devotion to scientific studies.
A) constantB) complicatedC) delicateD) consistent
62.A flock of wild ducks seemed to be uncertain and then quietlyin
front of the two hunters.
A) skated away B) moved awayC) slipped awayD) ran away
63.Thethat the earth is round has been widely accepted since
Magellan accomplished the first voyage round the world.
A) noticeB) notionC) factD) principle
64.Although collaborative group work might not always turn out encouraging results, it is
certainly a strategyexploring.
A) worthB) worthyC) deservesD) liable
65.The travelers left two in the hotel in a hurry.
A) luggages B) luggageC) pieces of luggages D)pieces of luggage
66.Not long ago, a person whom I know very well was A) related toB) involved inC) included inD) subjected
to
67.Running can strengthen your heart and muscles, but your knee joints and the bones in your feet.
A) formerlyB) converselyC) initiallyD) continuously
68.Although a few minor problems still exist, the economic situation of
this city is quite good.
A) principalB) overallC) particularD major
69.Language has always been----as the phrase goes----one mirror to society.English is
no A) explanationB)excuseC) expectationD) exception
70.I was told that I would receive the notification of the result but I just
couldn’t wait to know it.
A) at timesB) on the wholeC) in due courseD) in unison
Key to Test Three (A)
II Reading Comprehension
Paage OneCBADD
Paage TwoBBAAD
Paage ThreeDCCDA
Paage FourCCADC
III Vocabulary and Structure
ADABBAABDADCACC DACDA ACBADBBBDC
