中秋假期卷
中秋假期卷
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and
Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Sean has formed the habit of jogging _______ the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.
A. between B. along C. below D. with
26. It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park. It was _______ journey.
A. three hour B. a three-hours C. a three-hour D. three hours
27. If our parents do everything for us children, we won't learn to depend on _________
A. themselves B. them C. us D. ourselves
28. Every few years, the coal workers. ________ their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health.
A. are having B. have C. have had D. had had
29. – Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn't finish the assignment yesterday.
--Oh, you ______ have done it as yesterday was the deadline.
A. must B. mustn't C. should D. shouldn't
30. In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only travelled ______ the local market.
A. longer than B. more than C. as much as D. as far as
31. The church tower which ______ will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.
A. has restored B. has been restored C. is restoring D. is being restored
32. I had great difficulty _______ the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.
A. find B. found C. to find D. finding
33. Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues _____ with her stories.
A. amused B. amusing C. to amuse D. to be amused
34. _______ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.
A. However a serious problem B. What a serious problem
C. However serious a problem D. What serious a problem
35. _______ the city centre, we saw a stone statue of about 10 metres in height.
A. Approaching B. Approached C. To approach D. To be approached
36. One reason for her preference for city life is _______ she can have easy access to places like
shops and restaurants.
A. that B. how C. what D. why
37. When changing lanes, a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers know ______.
A. he is entering which lane B. which lane he is entering
C. is he entering which lane D. which lane is he entering
38. Wind power is an ancient source of energy ________ we may return in the near future.
A. on which B. by which C. to which D. from which
39. _________ our manager objects to Tom's joining the club, we shall accept him as a member.
A. Until B. Unless C If D. After
40. Thai is the only way we can imagine ______ the overuse of water in students' bathrooms.
A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. reduce
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can
Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200
years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America. The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide in the .
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater.
Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region. The growth may also be influenced by the significant in atmospheric CO2, he said.
them,
Dr Parker and his colleagues have out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) basis since 1987. They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing tons of wood each year.
The scientists the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate. More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had from estimates of the long-term rates of growth.
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,
C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a
masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing .
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber some of the music because the Phantom’s makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in to your evolving purpose, or to include ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. , it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows become your own and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you new ideas.
Revising involves the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask your self the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose throughout my draft? Do I ever lose
sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the that is, facts, opinions, inferences -- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too details that may confuse readers?
50. A. technique B. style C. process D. career
51. A. in particular B. as a result C. for example D. in other words
52. A. undergone B. skipped C. rejected D. replaced
53. A. rewrote B. released C. recorded D. reserved
54. A. addition B. response C. opposition D. contrast
55. A. fixed B. ambitious C. familiar D. fresh
56. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore
57. A. discuss B. switch C. exhaust D. cove r
58. A. drafting B. rearranging C. performing D. training
59. A. director B. master C. audience D. visitor
60. A. personal B. valuable C. basic D. delicate
61. A. mixing B. weakening C. maintaining D. assessing
62. A. amazing B. bright C. unique D. clear
63. A. angles B. evidence C. information D. hints
64. A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. concrete D. final
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.
Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants.
Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old fife.
But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun.
The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant.
65. For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to __________ .
A. get long lasting excitement B. keep both man and elephants safe
C. send them back to the jungle D. make the angry elephants tame
66. Before Parbati studied in a boar ding school, __________ .
A. she spent her time hunting with her father
B. she learned how to sing love songs
C. she had already been called an elephant princess
D. she was taught how to hunt tigers
67. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because __________.
A. they are caught and sent for heavy work B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them
C. they are attacked and their land gets limited D. dogs often bark at them and chase them
68. The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India _________.
A. people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks
B. the man-elephant relationship is getting worse
C. elephant tamers are in short supply
D. dogs are as powerful as elephants
(B)
Trevor, C. O., Lansford, B. and Black, J. W., 2004,
performance: monitoring the influences of salary growth and promotion
In this article Trevor et al. review the influences of pay and job opportunities in respect of job performance, turnover rates and employees' job attitude. The authors use data gained through organizational surveys of blue-chip companies in Vancouver, Canada to try to identify the main cause of employee turnover and whether it is linked to salary growth. Their research focuses on assessing a range of pay structures such as pay for performance and organizational reward plans. The article is useful as Trevor et al. suggest that there are numerous reasons for employee turnover and a variety of differences in employees' job attitude and performance. The main limitation of the article is that the survey sample was restricted to mid-level management, thus the authors indicate that further, more extensive research needs to be undertaken to develop a more in-depth understanding of employee turnover and job performance. As this article was published in a professional journal, the findings can be considered reliable. It will be useful additional information for the research on pay structures.
The following card includes a brief summary and a short assessment of a research paper. It can provide a guide for further reading on the topic.
69. The research paper published is primarily concerned with________
A. the way of preventing employee turnover
B. methods of improving employee performance
C. factors affecting employee turnover and performance
D. pay structures based on employee performance
70. As is mentioned in the card, the limitation of the research paper mainly lies in that _______.
A. the data analysis is hardly reliable B. the research sample is not wide enough
C. the findings are of no practical value D. the research method is out-of-date
71. Who might be most interested in this piece of information? _______
A. Job hunters. B. Employees in blue-chip companies.
C. Mid-level managers. D. Researchers on employee turnover.
(C)
The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added - a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.
Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.
At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Sun's atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter.
Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.
Professor Richard Hold away, the lab's director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth
72. The phrase
_______ during the 2012 Olympics.
A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch B. the collapse of broadcasting systems
C. the transportation breakdown in London D. the destruction of weather satellites
73. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage? __________
A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.
D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.
74. According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _________
A. take images of the solar system B. provide early warning of thunderstorms
C. keep track of solar activities D. improve the communications on Earth
75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled