自主招生英语试题

Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 1 Independent Recruitment English Exam July 2016 C Time 90 minutes Student s Name School s Name 注明 所有试题答案必须写在答题纸上 写在试卷上无效 注明 所有试题答案必须写在答题纸上 写在试卷上无效 Section I Use of Language 语言运用语言运用 Total Marks 25 Direction For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D You should decide on the best choice for each question in the answer sheet 1 It is no longer a problem the poor children in this district can go to school A that B whether C so D because 2 A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS were surprising A as results B which results C the results of it D the results of which 3 The organization broke no rules but had it acted responsibly A neither B so C either D both 4 Many workers were organized to clear away remained of the World Trade Center A those B that C what D where 5 My train arrive in New York at eight o clock tonight The plane I would like to take from there by then A would leave B will have left C has left D had left 6 The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds his arguments in favor of the new theory A to be based on B to base on C which to base on D on which to base 7 Will you go to the party Of course I will if A having invited B invited C I was invited D I will be invited 8 There were already five people in the car but they managed to take me as well It a comfortable journey A can t be B shouldn t be C mustn t have been D couldn t have been 9 We could have walked to the station it was so near Yes A taxi at all necessary A wasn t B hadn t been C wouldn t be D won t be 10 A man answered the phone I suppose it was her husband It her husband He has been dead for ages Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 2 A mustn t be B mustn t have been C couldn t be D couldn t have been 11 It quite a few years the accused was declared innocent and set free A was since B is that C will be when D was before 12 The speaker said he could talk on interested the audience A any topic B which topic C whichever topic D the topic he thought it 13 Under no circumstance to tell lies to parents A children are allowed B are children allowed C children will allow D will children allow 14 Modern science and technology has communication between people far apart A made convenient B made it convenient C made it convenient for D made it convenient to 15 I heard that you really had a wonderful time at John s birthday party A didn t I B didn t you C hadn t you D will you 16 The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things to teach you the art of learning A as B that C than D but 17 No matter how frequently the works of Beethoven always attract a large number of people A performing B performed C to be performed D being performed 18 their real economic situations they got some relief fund from the government A Considering B Considered C Having been considered D Being considered 19 Tina have known the truth or she would have told us A mustn t B shouldn t C can t D needn t 20 of water makes Death Valley a desert but it is by no means devoid A Lacking B Being lack C Because of lack D Lack 21 Your performance was very good I could have done better if I more time A have had B had C had had D will have had 22 What did you hear yesterday I seemed someone knock at the door A hear B to have heard C to hear D having heard 23 Shall I open the window Yes please I wish it Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 3 A you would open B your opening C you will to open D you will open 24 Shall I turn on the television No I d rather not television tonight A watching B to watch C watch D for watching 25 Tom must be very wealthy Yes he more in one day than I do in a week A has been earned B had earned C earns D has earnings Section II Reading Comprehension阅读理解阅读理解 Total Marks 40 Directions Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D Passage 1 The frightening rise in crimes of violence throughout the country has caused more and more people to arm themselves They buy guns to protect their homes and carry with them for personal safety when travelling Unfortunately instead of safety what the new handgun owner too often gets is personal tragedy As I found in my reading a handgun does not protect the American home very well The home handgun is more likely to kill or injure family members and friends than anyone who breaks in and is especially harmful to young adults and children Because 90 percent of break ins take place when no one is home the handgun is bought for defense is very often stolen According to some statistics each year about 100 000 handguns are stolen from ordinary citizens These guns then enter the criminal underworld and are used in more crimes Thus the citizens who lost guns is helping to arm the criminal class As a New York City police officer recently pointed out to a homeowner who asked if he should buy a handgun to protect his home too often it is the homeowner himself who ends up getting shot and killed because he often warns the robber by saying something like Stop or what do you think you are doing Possibly the thief turns and fires In street crime the use of a hand gun for defense is very risky with the defender often losing the gun and having it used against him The handgun owner seldom even gets the chance to use his or her gun because the moment of surprise is always with the attacker In fact trying to use a handgun to keep someone off makes the risk of death quite a bit higher For the ordinary citizen using a handgun is seldom helpful for defense on the street And in the home the only way to get real defense from a personal handgun would be to have it always at the Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 4 ready perhaps in hand loaded and ready to fire every time there is knock on the door That is not exactly the American way or my idea of a civilized society 26 Why do people want to arm themselves according to the passage A Because they want to use the guns to protect their personal goods B Because killing animals with guns is their favorite sport C Because the number of crimes of violence is still small D Because people intent to attack others with guns in crimes 27 More often than not what the handgun brings the owner is A safety B tragedy C luck D happiness 28 It can be understood from the passage that A home handguns do more good than harm to ordinary people B home handguns do more harm than good to ordinary people C stolen handguns are usually thrown away instead of being used D handguns are no longer needed in a civilized society 29 If a citizen use a handgun to protect himself in street crime he will probably A be safe and sound B kill the attacker C risk his life D surprise the attacker 30 The passage is mainly about A how criminals get handguns from the citizens B why is the home gun is not essential for home defense C how the criminals use the handgun against ordinary citizens D why America is not a civilized society Passage 2 Roger Sperry and Robert Ornstein of the California Institute of Technology won a Nobel Prize in 1972 They discovered that the human brain has two sides and each side has different work to do The left side of the brain controls language and number it analyses and reasons The right side controls our imagination it controls our understanding of music and our sense of rhythm It is the right side of our brain which daydreams Great artists and great scientists are similar they both use the two sides of their brain It is well Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 5 known that Albert Einstein as a great scientist also enjoyed art playing the violin and sailing Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination rather than from analysis reason and language He said that written and spoken words were not important in his thinking He got ideas by using his imagination He then used the left side of brain to use analysis number and reason and then he used language to explain it Usual education in schools encourages us to use the left side of our brains Language number analysis and reason are given more important in our schools than imagination and daydreaming However we are encouraged to hop when we have two perfectly good legs Then why don t we give more value to visual thinking In fact all of us need both sides of our brain We need to use our imaginations to think of solutions to problems and to enjoy feeling and creative experiences And we need to be logical and to be able to analyze and organize in order to live on this world It is true that some people find it easier to use one side of the brain rather than the other but all of us can use both sides and all of us benefit by using all the powers we have Nietzsche the well known philosopher said that we add to our knowledge by making conscious the unconscious 31 According to the passage a great composer composes music by using of his brain A the right side B the left side C both sides D neither side 32 Albert Einstein s example is used to support the idea that A all scientific discoveries are based on imagination B people should do nothing but daydream C using two sides of the brain is important D scientists are good at imagining what may happen 33 It is implied in the passage that regular education A should be praised because it suggests using both sides of the brain B finds it very important to have daydreams C claims that analysis and reason are of no value D fails to develop the right side of the brain 34 What did Nietzsche say about adding to the knowledge we have Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 6 A Learning happens when we are not conscious B Learning happens when we make unconscious decisions C Learning happens when we become aware of things inside us D Learning happens when we think about thins logically 35 The author s attitude toward using two sides of the brain is A positive B negative C not logical D critical Passage 3 Culture consists of all shared products of a human society Robertson 1981 This means not only such material things as cities tools and schools but also non material things such as ideas customs family patterns and languages Put simply culture refers to the entire way of life of a society the ways of a people Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture Without language maintaining culture would not be possible On the other hand language is influenced and shaped by culture It reflects culture in the broadest sense is the symbolic representation of a people and it comprises a society s historical and cultural backgrounds Language also displays a people s approach to life and their ways of living and thinking We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another and that each culture is unique As cultures are diverse languages are also diverse It is only natural then that with difference in cultures and differences in languages difficulties often arise in communicating between people of different cultures Understanding is not always easy Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation grammar words and idioms It also means learning to see the world as native speakers of that language see it learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas customs and behaviors of their society It means learning to understand their language of the mind Learning a language in fact is inseparable from learning culture According to Robertson what is NOT part of non material culture 36 A Legal systems B Language C Religion D Tools The second paragraph is about 37 A the way language is used by social scientists B the relationship between language and culture C the influence culture has on language Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 7 D the influence language has on culture If you want to learn a foreign language well you must 38 A grasp the pronunciation grammar words and idioms B master the language as well as its culture C know the way the native speakers of that language think D learn the country s culture first The relationship between language and culture is that 39 A language dominates culture B culture dominates language C they are connected with each other D language consists of culture Language of the mind means 40 A the unspoken things that people think B the method for studying a language C the manner in which people think D the common culture shared by all people regardless of language Passage 4 Danny hung his Boston University diploma below his cab license After 17 years of education in the finest schools in America he couldn t do very simple repairs or even locate the carburetor 化油器 in his car Danny is an educated man He is a master of writing papers taking tests talking and filling out forms He can analyze Freud from a Marxian viewpoint and he can analyze Marx from a Freudian viewpoint In short Danny is an unskilled worker and he has a sociology degree to prove it He is of very little use to American industry This is nothing new Colleges have been turning out unskilled workers for decades Until five years ago most of these unskilled workers took their degrees in sociology philosophy political science or history and marched right into the American middle class Some found work in business and government but many if not most went into education which is the only thing they knew anything about Once there they taught another generation the skills necessary to take tests and write papers But the cycle broke down Teachers are too common these days college applications are down plumbers are making 12 an hour and liberal arts graduates are faced with a choice a graduate school or the taxicab Danny chose the taxicab because driving was about the only marketable skill he possessed Danny refers to his job as Real World 101 He has been beaten and shot at But he has also acquired some practical skills he can get his tickets fixed he knows how to cheat the company out of a few extra Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 8 dollars a week and he found his carburetor and he can fix it What did Danny study at college 41 A Politics B Psychology C Sociology D Philosophy The reason why Danny chose to be a taxicab driver after he graduated from college is that 42 A he wanted to get more experience in society B he didn t know how to repair a taxicab so he wanted to learn the skill C taxi drivers can earn more money than middle class workers D he had no other skills but driving to support himself Which of the following statements is true 43 A Most college graduates went on to graduate schools in the past B Skilled workers make more money than college graduates C Several years ago a college degree ensured a place in the American middle class D A college education is useless in America nowadays What does the word ticket in the last paragraph mean 44 A Label attached to something giving details of its price size etc B A list of the candidates C Official notice of an offense against traffic regulations D A piece of paper that gives the holder a certain of right What does the passage imply 45 A College education is out of date nowadays in America B It s hard for new graduates from college who majored in arts to find a well paid job in the U S A C The American education system isn t practical at all D One learns more from society than from college education Section III Cloze 填词填词 Total Marks 10 Directions After reading the passages below fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct For the blanks with a given word fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word for the other blanks use one word that best fits each blank If you have decided to study abroad you might be looking for effective ways to prepare your language skills before you depart Some student attend ESL English as a Second Language classes 46 other practice with a conversational partner However for those in situations 47 these two options are not available studying ESL online might be the next alternative Independent Recruitment Exam July C Page 9 During 48 past decade many websites have appeared on the Internet 49 provide ESL activities to help people practice the major language skills like grammar reading an