英语辅导班第一次课自测题目(521)

1、part i grammar & vocabulary30%there are thirty sentences in this section. beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.1. which of the following italicized phrases indicates cause?a. why donft you do it for

2、 the sake of your friends?b i wish i could write as well as you.c. for all his efforts, he didn't get an a.d. her eyes were red from excessive reading2. nancy's gone to work but her car's still there. sheby bus.a. must have goneb. should have gonec ought to have goned. could have gone3.

3、he feels that he is not yetto travel abroada. too strong b. enough strong c so strongd strong enough4. afterseemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personnel managers officea. thatb. it c. what d. there5. fooljerry is, he could not have done such a thinga. who b. asc. like d. that6. whi

4、ch of the following sentences is incorrect?a they each have two tickets.b. they cost twenty yuan each.c each they have bought the same bookd. they were given two magazines each7. she seldom goes to the theatre,?a. doesn't sheb. does shec. would shed. wouldn't she8. dr johnson is head of the

5、department,an expert in translation.a. or b. either c. but d. and9. when one has good health,should feel fortunate.a. youb. they c. he d. we10. it is necessary that hethe assignment without delay.a. hand inb. hands in c. must hand in d. has to hand in11. in the sentence nifs no use waiting for herf

6、the italicized phrase is).a. lhe object b. an adverbial c a complement d lhe subject12. which of the following sentences is incorrect?a. all his lectures are very interesting.b. half their savings were gonec many his friends came to the party.d. both his sisters are nurses.13. which of the following

7、 sentences has an object complement?a. the directors appointed john manager.b. i gave mary a christmas present.c you have done peter a favou匚d. she is teaching children english14. which of the following words can not be used to complete "we've seen the filmh?a. before b. recently c. lately

8、d. yet15. should not become a serious disadvantage in life and work.a. to be not tallb. not being tall c. being not talld. not to be tall16. due to personality、the two colleagues never got on well in worka. contradictionb. conflictc. confrontationd competition17. during the summer vacation, kids are

9、 often seen hangingin the streets.a. about b. on c. over d. out1& there were 150at the international conference this summer.a. spectators b. viewers c. participants d onlookers19. school started on acold day in february.a. severe b. bitter c such d. frozen20. in the face of unexpected difficulti

10、es, he demonstrated a talent for quick,action.a. determiningb. defensivec demandingd. decisive21. the team has been working overtime on the research projecta. lately b. just now c. late d. io ng ago22. because of the economic crisis, industrial output in the region remaineda. mofionlessb. inactivec.

11、 stagnantd. immobile23- the police had difficulty inthe fans from rushing on to the stage to take photos with thesinger.a. limiting b restraining c confining d. restricting24. joan is in the dorm, putting the finalto her speech.a. detailsb. remarks c. comments d. touches25. hisin gambling has eventu

12、ally brought about his ruin.a. indulgence b. habit c. action d. engagement26. the teacher told the students to stay in the classroom and they did.a. absolutelyb accidentallyc. accordinglyd. accurately27. you can actually see the deer at close range while driving through that area the italicizedphras

13、e means.a. clearly b. very near c. quickly d. very hard28. he listened hard but still couldn'twhat they were talking about.a. make overb. make upc. make upond make out29. for the advertised position, the company offers a(n)salary and benefits packagea. generousb. plentiful c abundant d. sufficie

14、nt30. as there was no road, the travelerslip a rocky slope on their way back.a. ran b hurried c scrambled d. crawledpart iireading comprehension38%in this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked a，b, c and d choose the o

15、ne that you think is the best answer.text awhat is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? we all know that science plays an important role in the societies in wh

16、ich we live. many people believe, however, that our progress depends on two different aspects of science. the first of these is the application of the machines, products and systems of applied knowledge that scientists and technologists develop. through technology, science improves the structure of

17、society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment.the second aspect is the application by all members of society of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work.what are these special methods of thinking and acting? first of all, it seems that a suc

18、cessful scientist is full of curiosity - he wants to find out how and why the universe works. he usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for underlying relationships even if the data available seem to be uncon

19、nected moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involveshe is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective and applies logical thought to the observations he makes. he utilizes the facts he observes to the fullest extent. for e

20、xample, trained observers obtain a very large amount of information about a star mainly from the accurate analysis of the simple lines that appear in a spectrumhe is skeptical he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available and therefore rejects authority as

21、 the sole basis for truth. scientists always check statements and make experiments carefully and objectively to verify them.furthermore, he is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since he knows that man is the least reliable of scientific instruments and that a number of fa

22、ctors tend to disturb objective investigation.lastly, he is highly imaginative since he often has to look for relationships in data which are not only complex but also frequently incomplete. furthermore, he needs imagination if he wants to make hypotheses of how processes work and how events take pl

23、ace.these seem to be some of the ways in which a successful scientist or tech no logist thinks and acts.1. many people believe that science helps society to progress througha. applied knowledge.b more than one aspect.c. technology only.d. the use of machines.2. which of the following statements is i

24、ncorrect about curiosity?a. il gives the scientist confidence and pleasure in work.b. it gives rise to interest in problems that are unexplainedc. it leads to efforts to investigate potential connections.d. it encourages the scientist to look for new ways of acting3. according to the passage, a succ

25、essful scientist would nota. easily believe in unchecked statements.b easily criticize others1 research workc always use his imagination in workd. always use evidence from observation.4. what does the passage mainly discuss?a. applicatio n of tech no logy b progress in modem society.c. scientists

26、9; ways of thinking and acting.d how to become a successful scientist.5. what is the author's attitude towards the topic?a. critical. b. objective. c. biased.d. unclea匚textbcultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. who eats together defines social units for example, in some soci

27、eties, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. the anthropologist mary douglas has pointed out that, for the english, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. she distinguishes between regula

28、r meals, sun day meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances the food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. for example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. it would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. the distinctions among cockta

29、ils, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. in this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten.in some new guinea so

30、cieties, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats togethe匚 the men take their meals in a men's house, separately from their wives and children. women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husband's portion to the men's house. the women eat with their children in

31、 their own houses this pattern is also widespread among near eastern societies.eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. in many new guinea societies, like that of the lesu on the island of new ireland in the pacific and that of the trobriand islanders, marriage is symbolized

32、by the couple's eating together for the first time eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple in u.s. society, it is just the reverse. a couple may go out to dinner on a first dateother cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. in some societies, members of

33、 a clan, a type of kin (family) group, are not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their totemic ancestor. since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.there is also an association between food prohibitions and ran

34、k, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste system of india. a caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization. in india, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into

35、contact with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva, of individuals of lower-ranked castes because of the fear of pollution, brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with no-ranked people6. according to the passage, the english make clear distinctions betweena. people who e

36、at together.b the kinds of food servedc snacks and hamburgersd family members and guests.7. according to the passage, who will not eat together?a. the english.b americans on their first date.c. men and women in near eastern societiesd. newly-weds on the island of new ireland.& according to the p

37、assage, eating together indicates all the following excepta. the type of foodb social relations.c marital status.d. family ties.9 the last paragraph suggests that in indiadecides how people eat.a. pollution b food c. culture d. social status10. which of the following can best serve as the topic of t

38、he passage?a. different kinds of food in the worldb. relations between food and social units.c. symbolic meanings of food consumptiond. culture and manners of eating.textcdepending on whom you believe, the average american will, over a lifetime, wait in lines for two years (says national public radi

39、o) or five years (according to customer-loyalty experts)the crucial word is average, as wealthy americans routinely avoid lines altogether. once the most democratic of institutions, lines are rapidly becoming the exclusive province of suckers(people who still believe in and practice waiting in lines

40、). poor suckers, mostly.airports resemble france before the revolution: first-class passengers enjoy heliten security lines and priority boarding, and disembark before the unwashed in coach, held at bay by a flight attendant, are allowed to foul the jetway.at amusement parks, too, you can now buy yo

41、ur way out of line. this summer i haplessly watched kids use a $52 gold flash pass to jump the lines at six flags new england, and similar systems are in use in most major american theme parks, from universal orlando to walt disney world, where the haves get to watch the have-mores breeze past on th

42、eir way to their seats flash pass teaches children a valuable lesson in real-world economics: that the rich are more important than you, especially when it comes to waiting. an nba player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief, that when playing in canadaget thisuwe have to wait in the

43、 same customs line as everybody else.”almost every line can be breached for a price. in several u.s. cities this summer, early arrivers among the early adopters waiting to buy iphones offered to sell their spots in the lines. on craigslist, prospective iphone purchasers offered to pay "waiters”

44、 or "placeholders" to wait in line for them outside apple stores.inevitably, some semi-populist politicians have seen the value of soil-of waiting in lines with the ordinary people this summer philadelphia mayor john street waited outside an at&t store from 3:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. befo

45、re a stand-in from his office literally stood in for the mayor while he conducted official business. and billionaire new york mayor michael bloomberg often waits for the subway with his fellow citizens, though he's first driven by motorcade past the stop nearest his house to a station 22 blocks

46、away, where the wait, or at least the ride, is shorte匚as early as elementary school, we're told that jumping the line is an unethical act, which is why so many u.s. lawmakers have framed the immigration debate as a kind of fundamental sin of the school lunch line. alabama senator richard shelby,

47、 to cite just one legislator, said amnesty would allow illegal immigrants "to cut in line ahead of millions of people/*nothing annoys a national lawmaker more than a person who will not wait in line, unless that line is in front of an elevator at the u.s. capitol, where senators and representat

48、ives use private elevators, lest they have to queue with their constituents.but compromising the integrity of the line is not just antidemocratic, its out-of-date there was something about the orderly boarding of noah's ark, two by two, that seemed to restore not just civilization but civility d

49、uring the great floodhow civil was your last flight? southwest airlines has first-come, first-served festival seating. but for $5 per flight, an unaffiliated company called boardf will secure you a coveted hau boarding pass whe n that airline ope ns for onli ne check-in 24 hours before departure thu

50、s, the savvy traveler doesn't even wait in line when he or she is onlinesome cultures are not renowned for lining up. then again, some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizen of the fonner soviet union would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what eveiyone

51、 was queuing foiand then there is the u.s., where society seems to be cleaving into two groups: very important persons, who don't wait, and very impatient persons, who dounhappily.for those of us in the latter group- consigned to coach, bereft of flash pass, too poor or proper to pay a placehold

52、er what do we do? we do what vladimir and estragon did in waiting for godot: mwe wait. we are bored.'111. what does the following sentence mean? "once the most democratic of institutions, lines are rapidly becoming the exclusive province of suckers.poor suckers, mostly： ( paragraph 2)a. lin

53、es are symbolic of america's democracyb. lines still give americans equal opportunities.c. lines are now for ordinary americans onlyd. lines are for people with democratic spirit only.12. which of the following is not cited as an example of breaching the line?a. going through the customs at a ca

54、nadian airportb. using gold flash passes in amusement parks.c. first-class passenger status at airports.d. purchase of a place in a line from a placeholder.13. we can infer from the passage that politicians (including mayors and congressmen)a. prefer to stand in lines with ordinary peopleb. advocate

55、 the value of waiting in linesc believe in and practice waiting in lines.d. exploit waiting in lines for their own good.14. what is the tone of the passage?a. instructive. b. humorous. c serious. d. teasingtextdcome on -everybody's doing it. that whispered message, half invitation and half forci

56、ng, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. it usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. but in her new book join the club, tina rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations

57、and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the wordrose nberg, the recipie nt of a pulitzer prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: in south carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called rage against the haze sets

58、 out to make cigarettes uncool. in south africa, an hiv-prevention initiative known as lovelife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.the idea seems promising, and rosenberg is a perceptive observer. her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology." dare to be different, please don't smoke!" pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking amon