马钢英语等级考试

马钢两公司2009年外语水平测试英语公外模拟试卷5(答题写在答题纸上 否则无效)PartI.Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. The news _ we were having a holiday tomorrow is not true. A. of which B. which C. that D. as2. You speak English very well. Your English is much better _. A. as IB. than IC. as mineD. than mine3. After a long walk on a hot day, one often feels _. A. exhaustB. exhausting C. exhausted D. tired of4. His strange behaviour aroused the _of the police.A. doubtB. mistrust C. misbeliefD. suspicion5. He_to the teacher of Johns dishonestyA. accused B. complainedC. scolded D. grumbled6. I found _ to answer all the question in two hours.A. no possibility B. there was impossibility C. impossibleD. it impossible7. Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of _ crowding and dirty air in large cities. A. submarine B. automobileC. aircraftD. engine8. It looked _ the horse really could think and count. A. just as B. as if C. likeD. as 9. He was asleep before I _him in.A. tuckedB. insertedC. squeezeD. chip10. The monument looks different _ what the visitors expected. A. than B. with C. from D. of11. The oil must be used up, _ the light went out. A. since B. as C. because D. for12. Almost all foreigners_ to find the city wreathed in yellow-grey mist for most of the year. A. look forwardB. expectC. look upD. look out13. The board deemed it urgent that these files _ right away.A. had to be printedB. should have been printedC. must be printed D. should be printed 14. I need _ to cut this picture out of the paper. A. screwdriverB. chopsticksC. scissors D. canoe15. He suggested that the work _at once.A. would startB. would be started C. should start D. should be started16. It took Jane a whole morning to _this algebra problem.A. work atB. work onC. work outD. work over17. The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also _ a large number of social customs. A. share B. join C. take D. make 18. We are _ with these experienced technicians. A. too pleased to workB. too pleased workingC. only too pleased to workD. only too pleased working 19. The banker is offering a _ to anyone who can give information about the robbery. A. compensationB. prize C. reward D. fund20. According to a recent _, the majority would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.A. electionB. campaignC. pollD. votePartII.Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth Section B)Direction: In this part there areseveral passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. Can you imagine traveling to work in a one-man submarine? Scientists believe that someday one-man submarines will be as numerous as automobiles are today. Jacques Yves Cousteau says, “One day soon, men will walk on the ocean floor as they do on the street.” Perhaps, during your life time, people will travel, work and live in the sea. Ships carrying oil and articles of trade will move beneath the ocean. Passenger ships will be built to travel underwater, where storms cannot delay them or make people seasick. Special underwater ships will be designed for mining, fishing, and exploring unknown areas. For military use, there may be submarines that can fly and then dive underwater to approach the battle area without being seen. First, however, the human problems associated with living in the ocean will need to be studied in detail. Many of these problems are the same as the problems of living in outer space: pressure, lack of oxygen, and weightlessness. Already scientists have begun to study these problems. In 1963 and 1964, scientists and Navy divers lived and worked underwater for several days in two projects which were called Sealab I and Sealab II. The Sealab II experiment kept the scientists and divers 215 feet below the surface for thirty days, studying marine biology, temperature, pressure, currents, and ocean-bottom geology. Many puzzling questions remain unanswered, however. Mans warm blood makes it difficult for him to live long in the sea without some kind of warmth. Can our blood be changed to fit new water surroundings? What will happen to our muscles if we live in the water very long? Will they become soft away from our usual land existence? Will bones become weak and our blood pressure change? Scientists are searching for answers By studying plants and animals deep in the ocean, science may find a cure for some of our most serious human diseases. We may learn to use sea plants to increase our world food supply. Engineers may learn to use the power of the sea by building huge walls to catch the force of the tides. With new tools and machines, mining engineers may make it possible to obtain valuable metals from the ocean. Fortunately, ocean minerals renew themselves, unlike land minerals, which are gone forever when they are taken out of the earth. It is already known that vast amounts of minerals exist in the ocean. For instance, there are at least five times as many diamonds in the sea as in mines on land. The problem now is the expense of obtaining them, but this problem may be solved before long. Perhaps, in the future, men will live on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land. The sea has plenty of space, not only for floating communities and parks, but also for storing supplies and for underwater travel. Some oceanographers believe that ocean living will benefit man in more than physical ways. In the freedom and beauty of the deep sea, man may find new sources of joy.1. According to the passage, the one-man submarine will be _. A. popular somedayB. too slow to be practicalC. assisting space travel in the next centuryD. as cheap as automobiles2. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that _. A. passenger ships will be built to move in the air and under waterB. ships carrying goods will not be able to move beneath the oceanC. military submarines will be able to drop bombs from the airD. ships will be able to move under water for different uses3. The sea labs are used for _. A. traveling underwaterB. carrying oil and goods beneath the ocean C. making scientific experimentsD. helping ships move under water for different uses.4. In Paragraph 7, the writer believes that _. A. there are as many diamonds in the sea as in mines on landB. large amounts of minerals exist in the oceanC. it is more difficult to get minerals from the ocean than from land D. it is dangerous to work underwater5. Oceanographers believe that ocean living _. A. will be possible and benefit human beingsB. will help people in obtaining minerals from the oceanC. will cure some of our most serious human diseasesD. will change our blood pressure2. A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the idea that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the most of his mental faculties or he may accept another persons mistaken estimate of his ability. Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age. A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He wont go at a job without the confidence necessary for success. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence. Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. When he was a small boy, he got off to a poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed the idea ,“Isnt it too bad that Alfred cant do arithmetic?” He accept their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected. One day, Adler succeeded in solving a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldnt do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. He newly found confidence stimulated him to go at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic. This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have, and that lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply ones ability, lack of confidence and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.1. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true? A. A child may accept another persons underestimate of his abilityB. A child may think that he is too young to make the most of his mental faculties.C. A person may have the idea that he is incapable of doing good workD. Some old people dont believe that they are capable of learning anything new.2. A person who believes in his incompetence will_ A. make no real efforts B. fail to go at a jobC. show a complete lack of confidence D. all of the above3. As a boy, Alfred Adler was poor at arithmetic because_ A. he lost his self-confidence B. he was mentally retardedC. his teacher had no confidence in herself D. his parents expected too much of him4. Which of the following is the most important factor to Adlers success? A. Spirit and experience B. InterestC. Confidence and determination D. Purpose and knowledge5. Adlers experience made him realize that_ A. people are not as capable as they think B. people can be more capable than they thinkC. lack of knowledge leads to failure D. lack of ability results in lack of determination3. Good locks on all outside and first floor windows are essential to a homes security and will go a long way toward discouraging burglars (窃贼). But an added protective device that is increasingly being used in homes is the burglar alarm system, which sounds a loud bell, horn, or siren when someone tries to break in. Although this will not always prevent entry by a determined professional burglar, it is often enough to scare off vandals (破坏他人财产者) and spurn-of-the-moment thieves who account for a high percentage of residential break-ins. Security alarm systems have been available for many years and have long been common in commercial and industrial establishments and in large homes. But until the last few years, these systems were almost always professionally installed because they required complicated wiring techniques, individualized design, and sometimes lots of carpentry all of which made them expensive. To answer the demand for low-cost alarm systems that can be easily installed, several companies now make alarms that are specifically designed for do-it-yourself. These systems come with detailed installation instructions and usually do not require inside-the-wall wiring.1. Which of these statements is supported by the passage?A. Do-it-yourself burglar alarm systems are not as effective as those professional available. B. Burglar alarm systems for home use have just recently been made available. C. These are more burglar alarm systems in homes today than there were a few years ago.D. Burglar alarm systems for the home will not prevent entry by professional a burglar.2. The tone of this passage is _.A. instructiveB. informative C. opposedD. funny3. A major point of this passage is that _.A. good locks are essential to homes security B. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cureC. there are many types of security alarm systems for the home D. there are burglar alarm systems that can be installed without professional help4. If you live in a large city, you are quite familiar with some of the problems of noise, but, because of some of its harmful effects, you may not be aware of the extent of its influence on human behavior. Although everyone more or less knows what noise is, i. e., it is sounds that one would rather not hear, it is perhaps best to define it more precisely for scientific purposes. One such definition is that noise is sounds that are unrelated to the task at hand. Thus stimuli (刺激物) that at one time might be considered relevant will at another time to be considered noise, depending on what one is doing at the moment. In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in the effects on human behavior, and concepts such as “noise pollution” have arisen, together with movements to reduce noise. Exposure to loud noises can definitely produce a partial or complete loss of hearing, depending on the intensity, duration, and frequency composition of the noise. Many jobs present noise hazards (危险), such as working in factories and around jet aircraft, driving farm tractors, and working in music halls where rock bands are playing. In general, continuous exposure to sounds of over 80 decibels can be considered dangerous. Decibel values correspond to various sounds. Sounds above 85 decibels may, if exposure is for a sufficient period of time, produce significant hearing loss. Noise can have unexpected harmful effects on performance of certain kinds of tasks, for instance, if one is performing a watch keeping task that requires vigilance (注意)，in which he is responsible for detecting weak signals of some kind (e. g., watching a radar screen for the appearance of aircraft). Communicating with other people is unfavorably affected by noise. If you have ridden in the rear of a jet transport, you have noticed that it was difficult to carry on a conversation at first, and that, eventually you adjusted the loudness of your speech to compensate for the effect. The problem is noise.1. Noise differs from sound in that _.A. noise interferes with the task being doneB. noise is a special type of loud soundC. noise is usually unavoidable in big citiesD. noise can be defined more precisely than sound2. One of the harmful effects of noise on human performance is that _.A. it deprives one of the enjoyments of musicB. it drowns out conversation at worksitesC. it reduces ones sensitivity to soundD. it makes the victim helpless in everything3. The purpose of this passage is _.A. to give advice as to how to prevent hearing lossB. to define the effects of noise on human behaviorC. to warn people of the danger of noise pollutionD. to tell the difference between noise and sound4. Jet aircraft is mentioned in the passage as an example of _.A. means of modern transportB. sources of loud sound C. peoples interest in noiseD. movements to reduce noise5. Decibel might be _.A. an effect of noise on human behaviorB. a persons distance to a noise sourceC. a degree of deafness caused by noiseD. a measure of the loudness of soundPartIII.Translation (C_E)Direction: Translation1. 无论是下雨还是下雪都不能阻止我上学.2. 充足的睡眠对健康至关重要。(be vital to )3. 我认为我们造新路是理所当然的。(take it for granted that )4. 这项计划和原来的计划比起来，要完整得多(compare with)。5. 显然，这个问题值得每位大学生思考(deserve)。PartIV.ClozeDirections: Each blank in the following passage is provided with four possible choices. Read the whole passage and choose the best answer for each blank. Then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. As soon as Chief Hutch knew what Detective Smith d