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班级考场姓名学号 答 题 不 得 超 过 此 线胜利油田职工大学试卷纸11. We are now living in an age where every mind feels the _of the new idea. A. impact B. impression C. shock D. impulse 12. The traffic was very heavy, _I would have been here half an hour sooner.A. however B. otherwise C. anyway D. although13 A completely new situation is likely to _when the school leaving age is raised to 16.A. rise B. arise C. raise D. happen14. To be really happy and safe, one _at least two or three hobbies , and they must all be real. A. would have B. ought to have C. could have D. may have 15. Human beings are superior to animals _they can use language as it goes from one place to another. A. for which B. in which C. for that D. in that16. The editor told me that if I could _my story to 3000 words , they would take it. A. cut off B. cut short C. cut down D. cut out17 I have no objection _ your story again.A to hear B. to hearingC to having heard D. to have heard18 The clothes a person wears may express his _ or social position.A. curiosity B. statusC. determination D. significance19 By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have _ opportunity to change his mind.A. accurate B. urgentC. excessive D. adequate20. We must remember _conceited. A. not to become B. no to become C. not becoming D. no becoming 英语（4）试卷A 2010 年05 月 日密封线题号12345678 总 分阅 卷 人得分 答题说明：请将答案写在最后一页空白处。一、Choose the best answer.(20points)1. Not only _the telephone number , but he had also forgotten his mobile phone.A. he forgot b. did he forget C. he had forgotten D. had he forgotten2. Never _such a lot of rubbish.A. I have read B. do I read C. have I read D. I read3. The cat follows me _ I go!A. whoever B. how C. wherever D. whatever4. Do you know _we are going?A. wherever B. which C. where D. whatever5. By the time the captain finally left the ship, everyone else _into the lifeboats.A. jumped B. jumping C. had jumped D. have jumped 6. I didnt know my arm _so badly until I tried to move it.A. has been injured B. is injured C. had been injured D. injured7. The customs officer asked me, Have you anything to _madam?A. give B. declare C. explain D. state8. The top on this bottle is far too tight . I cannot _it.A. untie B. unwrap C. unfasten D. unscrew9. Why is it that so many important people work for the government are so _.A. official B. office C. officious D. offer10. A good teacher learns to be _even when his pupils make the same mistakes.A. tolerate B. tolerable C. tolerating D. tolerant卷共4页第1页3. A U.S military airplane followed the boat because _.A. the boat was on a dangerous voyage B. the boat was from an enemy countryC. the boat looked like a ship from an unknown countryD. it was the effect that the director wanted4. According to this passage, one of the reasons that films are often expensive to make is that_. A. special effects often cost a lot B. actors destroy many things C. many actors are harmed or killed in film making D. special-effects people earn high salaries5. Which of the following is Not an example of special effects in this passage? A. Making the fish stop swimming. B. Causing the fish to swim away.C. The flying of a military plane. D. The sailing of a 163-foot-long boat.Passage 2Do you know how to use a mobile phone（手机） without being rude to the people around you? Talking during a performance irritates（激怒） people. If you are expecting an emergency call, sit near the exit doors and set your phone to vibrate（震动）. When your mobile phone vibrates, you can leave quietly and let the others enjoy the performance.Think twice before using mobile phones in elevators, museums, churches or other indoor public placesespecially enclosed spaces. Would you want to listen to someones conversation in these places? Worse yet, how would you feel if a mobile phone rang suddenly during a funeral? It happens more often than you think. Avoid these embarrassing situations by making sure your mobile phone is switched off. When eating at a restaurant with friends, dont place your mobile phone on the table. This conveys the message that your phone calls are more important than those around you.Mobile phones have sensitive microphones that allow you to speak at the volume you would on a regular phone. This enables you to speak quietly so that others wont hear the details of your conversations. If you are calling from a noisy area, use your hand to direct your voice into the microphone.Many people believe that they cant live without their mobile phone. Owning a mobile phone definitely makes life more convenient, but limit your conversations to urgent ones and save the personal calls until you are at home.6. What should you do when you need to answer a phone call during a performance?A. Call back after the performanceB. Answer it near the exit door.C. Talk outside the exit door.D. Speak in a low voice. 班级考场姓名学号密封线 答 题 不 得 超 过 此 线胜利油田职工大学试卷纸II. Reading comprehension (30points)Passage 1Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship sank into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without harming the people in the film.The man who knows the answer is the “special-effects” man, who has one of the most important jobs in the film industry. In a scene for one movie there was a big glass bowl filled with water in which small fish were swimming. The director wanted the fish to stop swimming suddenly while they seemed to stare at an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish cant be ordered to do anything. It was quite a problem.The special-effects man thought about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for controlling the fish with a harmless use of electricity. First he applied electricity to the fish bowl, causing the fish to be absolutely still. Then he rapidly reduced the amount of electricity, allowing the fish to swim away. Thus he got the humorous effect that the director wanted.As in other parts of movie making, there are those who have developed particular skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a “special-effects” man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes. Calmly he builds and crashes airplanes or sends tiny models of ships on dangerous voyages. For a movie about World War he built a boat, which was a copy of a real ship. The copy was made of wood and was 165 feet long. As it sailed along at a speed of seven sea miles an hour in the Pacific ocean, it seemed so real that a United States military airplane flew down near it, trying to discover which country owned it.All the special effects require special training, skill, and experience. It adds a great deal to the expense of producing the film. It helps explain why so many movies are very expensive to make.1. The special-effects peoples job is important because_.A. they reduce the costs of movie makingB. they make scenes look realC. they make destroyed things reusableD. they protect their works from being destroyed2. The special-effects person made the fish stop swimming_.A. by staring at them B. by applying electricity to the fish bowlC. by reducing the amount of electricity applied to the fish bowlD. by ordering them to stop卷共3页第2页卷共4页第2页Wednesday 16th the authorities reported that there were no signs of life and people realized to their horror that all 118 men had almost certainly died. Was there still a slight chance that some of the crew were still alive? A week after the accident Norwegian divers reached the sub and managed to open the outer doors. They found that the airlock was flooded, and the tragic loss of the whole crew was confirmed officially the following day;11. Why was this accident so worrying?A. The submarine was Russian.B. It happened in August 2,000.C. Hundreds of sailors died.D. The Kursk was a nuclear submarine. 12. How deep was the seabed where the Kursk sank?A. 14 meters. B. 108 meters C. 118 meters. D. 135 meters.13. Which statement is true?A. The sub had no nuclear weapons.B. A nuclear explosion was possible. C. The reactor was still operating. D. Radiation was leaking from the sub. 14. How did the accident happen?A. The Kursk collided with a ship. B. The sub dived too fast.C. The nuclear engine exploded. D. We do not know.15. The Norwegian divers discovered_.A. some of the men alive. B. why the Kursk had sunk.C. that the airlock had flooded. D. the true cause of the accident.III. Cloze (10 points)You know, I feel (1)_sorry for people who say they would like to escape from it all and go and live on a desert island. If they had nearly starved to (2) _ , as I once did, they would not want to leave home! What happened was this. Some friends and I were on holiday in Greece and had decided to (3) _ a day on a small island a mile away from the mainland. We had taken the (4) _ to hire a small sailing (5) _. We sailed over to the island and while the others were eating on the beach, I had gone off to explore the island. It was beautiful with plenty of trees, birds and animals and no people, it was my idea of (6)_. Unfortunately, on the way back, I fell over and badly (7)_ my leg. When I reached the beach, the others had left on their(8)_ back to the mainland. I thought they were playing a trick on me, but when darkness fell I began to get worried. To cut a long story short, I was feeling (9)_ by the time I was finally (10) _two days later, having gone without food or drink for forty eight hours.班级考场姓名学号 答 题 不 得 超 过 此 线胜利油田职工大学试卷纸7. Putting your mobile phone on a restaurant table may make your friends think_.A. you prefer to talk to your friends at the tableB. you value your calls more than your friendsC. you are enjoying the company of your friendsD. you are polite and considerate of your friends8. When you are calling in a noisy area, you are advised to_.A. use a more sensitive microphoneB. shout loudly into your microphoneC. go away quietly to continue the phone callD. use your hand to help speak into the phone9. The author implies that the use of mobile phones in such places as museums should be_.A. limited B. expected C. discouraged D. recommended10. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. You should limit your mobile phone calls to personal affairsB. You should speak quietly into your phone while in a church.C. You are supposed to turn off your mobile phone at a funeral.D. You are supposed to use your mobile phone as much as possible.Passage 3The Loss of The KurskOn Saturday, 12th august , 2000, the Kursk, a Russian nuclear submarine was taking part in exercises in the icy waters of the Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean north of Russia and Finland. It was a colossal submarine, larger than a Jumbo Jet. Some time during that day Russians Northern Fleet Command lost contact with it and almost immediately assumed that it had sunk. News of the tragic accident emerged very slowly in the following days.The next day, about 135 kilometers off the coast of Severomorsk, a Russian cruiser discovered that the submarine had sunk 108 meters to the bottom of the sea. No one knew then what had happened. On Monday 14th the Russians admitted that the Kursk was on the seabed, but the only way that any survivors could possibly communicate with any rescuers was by knocking on the walls. There were no nuclear weapons on the Kursk, and the nuclear reactor had shut down.How did the submarine sink? Was there a collision with another ship, perhaps a foreign one? Was there an explosion on board? What was the explanation? Whatever happened, it is almost certain that the Kursk plunged to the bottom very fast. Over the next few days attempts were made to rescue the crew. But heavy storms and other problems made it impossible. there were unofficial reports that the faint sounds from inside the sub had stopped, and by密封线卷共4页第3页注意：请将选择题答案及作文写在此处。班级考场姓名学号卷共4页第4页密封线 答 题 不 得 超 过 此 线胜利油田职工大学试卷纸1. A. encouragingly B. narrowly C. genuinely D. trag