华东理工走向成功2015年英语样卷.doc

I. Vocabulary (30%)1. Some think that cloned human beings will be _ of freedom or dignity or personal identity.A. confessed B. revived C. stressedD. deprived2. It wasnt as if a fifty-year-old woman _ any threat to a twenty-five-year-old beauty.A. posedB. emergedC. ensuredD. assured3. I agree with him to some _ but there are still some areas of sharp disagreement between us.A. aspectsB. commentC. extentD. view4. We have it on _ evidence that there are plans to build a road here.A. alternativeB. oppositeC. dependentD. reliable5. In the article Wilmut discussed _ medical uses for cloning, and ethical issues surrounding cloning technology.A. accountableB. potentialC. definedD. sensitive6. When they _ of food, the soldiers set about hunting for more.A. pulled outB. ran outC. took outD. made out7. She inherited a _ fortune from her grandmother.A. virtualB. influentialC. substantialD. perpetual8. Its a long-term investment, so you might expect to _ light losses in the early years.A. incurB. occurC. recurD. secure9. Because of the swift, _ growth of the urban areas many farmers left their villages in quest of work. A. genuineB. dizzyC. enormousD. sensitive10.Egypt, Israel, and the representatives of the Palestinian people will _ in negotiations on the resolution of the Palestinian problem.A. prescribeB. participateC. prospectD. perceive11. If you turn the stereo up to _ volume, the neighbors will complain.A. maximumB. minimum C. mediaD. medium12. He will _ me with the use of his house, while he is abroad.A. recommendB. recruitC. accommodateD. incur13. _ in the south of China, she wouldnt enjoy living in such a cold climate.A. Bringing outB. Bringing upC. Brought outD. Brought up14. The doctors have _ the cause of the illness to an unknown virus.A. convertedB. attributedC. contributedD. diverted15. The development of computers and other _ machines has made industry much more efficient.A. sophisticatedB. realisticC. ancientD. executive16. Amazingly, our soccer team won the victory in the _ final game. A. considerableB. crucialC. accessibleD. available17. This research has attracted wide media coverage and has _ on BBC televisions Tomorrow World.A. featuredB. participatedC. referredD. recalled18. Amid warm _ the honored guests mounted the rostrum.A. approvalB. collapseC. conflictD. applause19. The charity agency will recruit volunteers to build _ housing for the poor.A. accountable B. favorable C. affordable D. possible20. The improvement in the job market in the past few years has been _.A. alertB. reliableC. remarkableD. alternate21. I would take you if I could but I dont have a car at my _ this week. A. adaptationB. disapprovalC. disposalD. opposition22. As a _ of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse. A. sequence B. consequence C. consequent D. sequent23. He started out in the personnel department; later he was _ to the sales department.A. transferred B. evolved C. retired D. strained24. The teacher _ the students to the danger of swimming in the river. A. remindedB. predictedC. adjustedD. alerted25. Since they moved to this community they have lived in _ with their neighbors.A. recessionB. loyaltyC. harmonyD. virtue26. He is still one of the worlds most popular tennis players, but his game is in _.A. decreaseB. declineC. effectD. stability27. Inflation is likely to _ this year, adding further upward pressure on interest rates.A. exceedB. approachC. accelerateD. overstate28. Finding a cure for this disease is one of the greatest _ faced by scientists. A. threats B. challenges C. consequences D. effects29. Professor Smiths general comments may help students to _ the theories in the textbook.A. appreciateB. recruitC. approveD. revise30. Its a bit _ to think that we can do the journey within five hours. A. optionalB. drasticC. optimisticD. excessive II. Reading Comprehension (30%)Passage 1In some ways the employment interview is like a persuasive speech because the applicant (interviewee) seeks to persuade the employer (interviewer) to employ him or her. Several suggestions might prove helpful to the applicant as preparation is made for the actual interview.A job applicant has the responsibility for ascertaining certain types of information prior to（在之前）the interview. First, the applicant should know what kind of job he wants and how that job relates to his career objective. It is important that the applicant be able to state his reasons for wishing to work for a particular company. Second, the applicant should seek as much information as possible concerning the company. Relevant information for the applicant to locate includes such items as the location of the home and regional offices, the financial status of the company, plans for expansion, and company philosophy. Information about most major corporations is available in reference books and periodicals（期刊）.After gathering information concerning the company, the applicant is ready for the interview. The interviewers first impression comes from the interviewees appearance. For most interviews, appropriate dress for man is a conservative dark colored suit with a long sleeve, white or light blue shirt and a conservative tie. For women a conservative, tailored suit or dress is appropriate. Both men and women should have neat, conservative length hair.Although hairstyle and dress are matters of personal taste, many personnel directors（人事主管） form initial（最初的）impressions from these characteristics. For example, one recent college graduate, who felt himself qualified, interviewed for a public relations job. However, the personnel manager considered this young mans long hair, sloppy dress, and overly casual manner unsuited for this particular position.31. For whom is the passage most likely written?A. An employee.B. An employer.C. An interviewee.D. An interviewer.32. As the author suggests, what the applicant should know before the interview is _.A. the type of work and his career expectationB. his career objective a particular company will decideC. the reasons a particular company has to employ himD. all of the above33. Before the interview, the applicant should obtain some information about _.A. most major corporationsB. reference books and periodicalsC. the company he wants to work forD. business and philosophy34. What the applicant wears, as the author suggests, can make him look _.A. persuasiveB. informativeC. personalD. conservative35. What is the author trying to tell us through the example in the last paragraph?A. The importance of personal taste.B. The importance of first impression.C. The importance of public relations.D. The importance of self-confidence.Passage 2Believe it or not, optical illusion（错觉）can cut highway crashes.Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons（人字形）, painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal（平行的）bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.36. The passage mainly discusses _.A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new approach to training driversD. a new type of optical illusion37. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _. A. they should avoid speed-related hazards B. they are driving in the wrong lane C. they should slow down their speed D. they are approaching the speed limit38. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former _. A. can keep drivers awake B. can cut road accidents in half C. will have a longer effect on drivers D. will look more attractive39. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _. A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the country C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons D. repeat the Japanese road patterns40. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads? A. They are falling out of use in the United States. B. They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time. C. They are applicable only on broad roads. D. They cannot be applied successfully to traffic circles.Passage 3We live in an era when modern technology has relieved us of almost every task our grandparents once performed from chopping（砍）wood to carrying water. Technology is not the only reason for this, however: attitudes to children and work have changed dramatically（显著地） in the last hundred years, and to many children physical work is a wholly foreign idea. In many homes, parents simply do not expect their children to work, even to make their own beds, wash the dishes, or mow the lawn. A friend recently wrote to me: Im not sure my generation ever really grew up. We dont know what it is to make sacrifices（做出牺牲）, to give unselfishly in ways that wont ever be recognized. Many of us are still seeking the perfect partner, the perfect car, or some other kind of elusive（难以捉摸的） happiness.While no one in his right mind could desire a return to the days of child labor, sometimes it seems that the pendulum（钟摆）has swung too far the other way, that we have forgotten the value of work as an important tool of education. Physical work will not harm children; in fact, it usually does wonders for them. When you give a child a chore to do, you develop his or her ability to follow instructions. In helping to see it through to completion, you help the child build initiative and perseverance（毅力）. Afterwards, you can praise him or her and instill（灌输）pride in a job well done.Where I grew up, hard physical work was part of daily life. I used to complain about the never-ending work, but my parents had no pity: “Good, hard work makes a man,” they always said. On looking back, I am grateful（感激的） for every chore I did. I see now how work taught me self-discipline（自律）and concentration and prepared me for the responsibilities of fatherhood.Learning to work hard means far more than learning to sweat: it means building character. Our children need to grow up loving work, not avoiding it. Let us teach them to find inspiration in the face of challenges and difficulties, not frustration. And let us instill in them the desire to carry out everything they do with joy.41. By saying “to many children physical work is a wholly foreign idea” (Line4, Para.1), the author means _. A. physical work is often assigned to children B. many children do not like physical work at all C. physical work is too hard for many children D. many children are not familiar with physical work42. What does the authors friend mean by saying “Im not sure my generation ever really grew up” (Line1, Para.2)? A. The younger generation wants everything perfect. B. The younger generation does not know what happiness is. C. The younger generation grew up quite selfish. D. The younger generation is idealistic about life.43. What does the author mean by saying “the pendulum has swung too far the other way” (Line2, Para.3)? A. Too many children today find physical work boring. B. Physical work has gained importance as a tool of education. C. Children do too little physical work nowadays. D. Too little physical work is now needed in our daily lives.44. How did the authors parents react to his complaints about never-ending work? A. They disciplined him. B. They showed sympathy for him. C. They said it could not be helped. D. They took no pity on him. 45. What does the author think of children doing physical work? A. It helps children build up their character. B. It is becoming unnecessary as technology develops. C. It is too great a challenge for children growing up today. D. It means nothing but sweat and brings back memories of child labor.III. Blank-filling (15%) Traditional Chinese upbringing strives and pushes for the all-time success of a child and the best of a child, while typical Western parenting _46_ the idea “parents need to foster the idea that learning is _47_” and of a childs self-esteem by showering words of encouragement and _48_. The education system in Chinese public schools is a direct _49_ of this long-drilled culture. Traditionally, students from _50_ to high school are expected to _51_ to the best of their abilities and a