银行系统招聘考试（英语）模拟试卷18

银行系统招聘考试（英语）模拟试卷18

一、阅读理解（本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。）

Treesshouldonlybepruned（修剪）whenthereisagoodandclearreasonlordoingsoand

fortunately*thenumberofsuchreasonsissmall.Pruninginvolvescuttingawayof

overgrownandunwantedbranches,andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouraged

bythethoughtthatmoredamageresultsfromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleaving

thetreestogrowintheirownways.First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattrees

haveadesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,andat

thesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebrancheswhichwillthickenitsappearance

orgiveitaspecialshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethetree

healthier.Youmaycutoutdiseasedordeadwood,orbranchesthatarerubbingagainst

eachotherandthuscausingwounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedby

removingthebranchesthatarclockingupthecentreandsopreventingthefree

movementofair.Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeandthis

providesaneasyentryfordiseases,butitisawoundthatwillheal（愈合）.Oftenthere

isaracebetweenthehealingandthediseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,or

thatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeisatrisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenerto

reducetheriskasfaraspossible.Itisessentialtomaketheareawhichhasbeenpruned

smoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.Youshouldallow

thecutsurfacetodryforafewhoursandthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstances

availablefromgardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningisusually

doneinwinter,forthenyoucanseetheshapeofthetreeclearlywithoutthe

interference（妨碍）fromtheleavesanditis,too,veryunlikelythatthecutsyoumake

willbleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.

1、Whyshouldpruningbedone?

A、Becauseitcanmaketreesgrowtaller.

B、Becauseitcanimprovetheshapeofthetrees.

C、Becauseitcangetridofthesmallranches.

D、Becauseilcanmakethesmallbranchesthicker

标准答案：B

知识点解析：第二段中提到了剪枝的两点原因：第一就是让树的外形和大小合适，

第二就是让树更健康。所以只有B符合。

2、Treesbecomeunhealthyifthegardener.

A、tohelpsawoundtodry

B、tocoversaroughsurface

C、damagessomeofthesmallsidebranches

D^allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle

标准答案：D」

知识点解析：由第二段最后一句可知，如果让太多的枝丫长到中间，树就会不健

康。A项和B项都是剪枝后的注意事项，C项是剪枝时的注意事项。

3、Whyisaspecialmaterialpaintedonthetree?

A、Becauseitcanhelpawoundtodry.

B、Becauseitcancoveraroughsurface.

C、Becauseitcanmakeawoundsmooth.

D、Becauseitcanpreventdiseaseenteringawound

标准答案：D」

知识点解析：第三段的第一句就指出剪枝后的伤口容易染病，下文中又提到让伤口

快点愈合的方法就是让伤口晾干几个小时，然后涂上一种专门用于此用途的物质。

由此可知D项符合题意。

4、Agoodgardenerprunesatree.

A、severaltimesthroughouttheyear

B、asquicklyaspossible

C、occasionallywhennecessary

D、regularlyeverywinter

标准答案：C

知识点解析：由文章第一句话可知，必要的时候才需要剪枝，但需要剪枝的时候不

多。故选C。

5、Whatwastheauthor'spurposewhenwritingthispassage?

A^Todiscussdifferentmethodsofpruning.

B、Tointroducesomecommonknowledgeofpruning.

C>Toexplainhowtreesdevelopdisease.

D、Togivepracticalinstructionforpruningatree。

标准答案：B

知识点解析：全文讲述了剪枝的原因和注意事项，以及剪枝以后的注意事项，作者

的目的在于介绍关于剪吱的一些常识。故选B。

RaeArmanlrout,whohasbeenapoetryprofessoraltheUniversityofCaliforniaSan

Diego(UCSD)fortwodecades,haswonthe2010PulitzerPrizeinthepoetrycategory

forhermostrecentbook."Versed".'Tmdelightedandamazedathowmuchmedia

recognitionthatthePulitzerbrings,ascomparedtoeventheNationalBookCritics

Award,whichIwasalsosurprisedanddelightedtowin,“saidArmantrout."Fora

longtime,mywritinghasbeenjustbelowthemediaradar,andtohavethiskindof

attention,suddenly,wiihmy10thbook,isreallysurprising.Armantrout,anative

Californian,receivedherbachelor'sdegreeatUCBerkeley,whereshestudiedwith

notedpoetDeniseLevertov,andhermaster'sincreativewritingfromSanFrancisco

StateUniversity.SheisafoundingmemberofI.anguagePoets,agroupinAmerican

poetrythatanalyzesthewaylanguageisusedandraisesquestionstomakethereader

think.InMarch,shewontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward

fbrtlVersed,\t4Thisbookhasgottenmoreattention,“Armantroutsaid,“butIdon't

fee\asifit'sbetter."Thefirsthalfof^Versed^fbcusesonthedarkforcestakingholdof

theUnitedStatesasitfoughtthewaragainstIraq.Thesecondhalflooksatthedark

forcescastingashadowoverherownlifeafterArmantroutwasdiagnosedwithcancerin

2006.ArmantroutwasshockedtolearnshehadwonthePulitzerbutmanyofher

colleagueswerenot.k*RacArmantroutisauniquevoiceinAmericanpoetry>“said

SethLerer,headofArtsandHumanitiesatUCSD.“Versed",publishedbythe

WesleyanUniversityPress,didappearinalargerprintingthanherearlierworks,

whichisabout2700copies.TheneweditionisscheduledtoappearinMay.

6、AccordingtoRaeArmantrout,.

A、her10thbookismuchbetter

B、herwinningthePulitzerisunexpected

C、themediaissurprisedatherworks

D^shelikesbeingrecognizedbyherreaders

标准答案:B

知识点解析：由倒数第二段的第一句可知Armanirout听到自己得奖以后很震惊，

即她对自己得奖感到很意外。故选Bo

7、WhichofthefollowingistrueofRaeArmantrout?

A、Shepublishedapoetrytextbook.

SheusedtoteachDeniseLevertov.

CNShestartedapocts'groupwithothers.

D、ShetaughtcreativewritingatUCBerkeley.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：由第四段的最后一句可知，她是建立这个组织的成员之一，因此C

是正确答案。A项文中没有提及；第四段第一句只梃及她是加州大学伯克利分校毕

业的学生，和DeniseLevertov是同学,因此B和D不正确。

8、Whatcanbelearnedabout"Versed”？

A、Itconsistsofthreeparts.

ItismainlyabouttheAmericanarmy.

C>Itisabookpublishedtwodecadesago.

D、Itpartlyconcernsthepoet'sownlire.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：根据倒数第三段的第二句thesecondhalf...castingashadowoverher

ownlife...可知D项正确。

9、RaeArmantrout'scolleaguesthinkthatshe.

11、The14YouthEmancipation^programmeaimsathelpingyoungpeople.

A^fightforfreedom

liveinanindependentway

C、fightagainstsocialinjustice

D、getridoffamilyresponsibilities

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据文章第一段“…decidedtohelpthemleavethenest...”我们知道西班

牙政府的这项“青年解放计划”旨在帮助年轻人早H离开父母独立生活，而不是鼓励

他们逃避家庭的责任等，因此其他选项不正确。

12^Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph5thatfamilytiesarestrongerinPortugalthan

in.

A、Finland

B、Greece

C、Spain

D、Italv

标准答案：A

知识点解析：木段讲至『'FamilytiesinsouthEurope...arestrongerthanthoseinmiddle

andnorthEurope.芬兰属于北欧国家，而葡萄牙、希腊、西班牙和意大利都位于

欧洲的南部，所以可以推断出葡萄牙家庭的纽带比芬兰要强一些。

13、Youngpeople'sfamilydependencecanbeattributedtoallthefoliowingfactors

EXCEPT

A、parent^tolerance

housingproblems

C、cuhuraltraditions

D、unwillingnesstogetmarried

标准答案：D

知识点解析：从文章第四、七、九段可以得知，年轻人对于家庭依恋的主要原因有

文化因素、父母的宽容以及住房的原因，但是并没有提及他们不愿意结婚。

14、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofDinoisioMasso?

A^Sheis60yearsold.

B>Shehasaboyfriend.

C^Shehasthreechildren.

D^ShelivesinMadrid.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章倒数第二段提到了她的个人情况，即A、C和D的内容，实际

情况是她的大儿子有个女朋友，所以选B。

15、Thephraset4waryof'inparagraph8couldbebestreplacedby.

A^tiredof

B>afraidof

C^cautiousabout

D、worriedabout

标准答案：A

知识点解析：本题属于词汇理解题。“wary。「和liredof是近意表达，都有“厌倦、

讨厌”的意思;cautiousabout：对...警觉；worriedabout：担忧；afraidof：

对……害怕。

Ilseemsthatpoliticiansaroundtheworldarethinkingaboutthehealthoftheir

countries.WhileinChina,ChenZhuhasannouncedhisplansforauniversalhcakh

serviceandreformacrosshealthservices.GordonBrown,theUKPrimeMinister,has

alsoannouncedheisplanningtomakesomechangesinourhealthservice.Thecruxof

Mr.Brown'sproposalsisrelatedtogivingtheNHS（NationalHealthService）agreater

focusonprevention,ratherthanjustcuringpatients.Heisplanningtointroduce

increasedscreeningforcommondiseasessuchasheartdisease,strokesandcancer,for

example,breastcancer.InBritainthereare200000deathsayearfromheartattacks

andstrokes,manyofwhichmighthavebeenavoidediftheconditionhadbeenknown

about.Initially,thediagnostic（诊断的）testswillbeavailableforthosewhoare

vulnerable>ormostlikelytohavethedisease.Oneexampleisaplantoofferallmen

over65anultrasoundtesttocheckforproblemswiththemainarlery（动脉），acondition

whichkills3000menayear.TheoppositionhavecriticizedMr.Brown'sproposals,

sayingthattheyarcjustatrick,andclaimingthatthereisnopropertimetableforthe

changes.TheyalsosaythatMr.Brownisreducingthemoneyavailableforthe

treatmentofcertainconditionswhileputtingmoremoneytowardstestingforthem.The

NHSwasfoundedin1948,andispaidforbytaxation.Theideaisthattherichpay

moretowardsthehealthservicethanthepoor.However,inrecentyearstherehasbeen

agreatincreaseintheuseofprivatehealthcare,andit'smilchquicker.TheNHS

waitinglistsforoperationscanbeverylong,somanypeoplewhocanafforditchoose

topayformedicalcarethemselves.

16、Theunderlinedword"vulnerable^inthefourthparagraphprobably

means.

A、sick

weak

C、wounded

D、old

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据画线之词后的“…ormostlikelytohavethedisease”可知Bi卜确c

17、Allthefollowingstatementsaretrueexceptthat.

A^allpeopleshouldpayfortheirhealthcareattheNHS

B、somepeoplearcagainstthereformofhealthcare

C、thewriterislikelytocomefromBritain

D、moremoneywillbespentontestingpeoplethanbefore

标准答案：A

知识点解析：根据文章最后一段的“TheNHSwaitinglistsforoperationscanbevery

long,somanypeoplewhocanafforditchoosetopayfbrmedicalcarethemselves”,nJ'

推知A项错误。

18、Whichofthefollowingisthereasonfortheincreasingprivatehealthcare?

A、Peoplearepayingmoreattentiontotheirownhealih.

B、Peoplearewelloffenoughtopaytheirhealthcare.

C、IheNHSwasnotavailableformostofthepeople.

D、It'snotsoconvenientfbrpeopletogototheNHSfbrtheirhealthcare.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：根据文章最后一段“However,inrecentyearstherehasbeenagreat

increaseintheuseofprivatehealthcare,andit'smuchquicker.TheNHSwaitinglists

fbroperationscanbeverylong…”可知答案为D。

19、Accordingtothepassage,thepurposeofthehealthreformplanintheUKis

to.

A、encouragemoreprivatehealthcare

B、fbcusonthepreventionratherthanoncuringthepatient

C、dealwiththemainarteryproblems

D、fightagainsttheoppositionintheUK

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据文章第二段的“…iheNHS(NationalHealthService)agreaterfocus

onprevention,ratherthanjustcuringpatients“，可知B正确。

20、Theauthorofthispassageintendstotellus.

A、theNHSshouldbereformedrightaway

B、moreandmorepeoplearedyingfromdiseases

C、theplantoreformtheNHSintheUK

D、thecriticismofMr.Brown'sproposals

标准答案：C

知识点解析：根据文章第一段的“GordonBrown,theUKPrimeMinister,hasalso

announcedheisplanningtomakesomechangesinourhealthservice”,可矢口本题正确

答案为C。

二、选词填空(本题共加题，每题分，共70分。)

21、TheHinmanUniversityMathTeaminthe27thannualInternational

CollegiateMathOlympics.

A、participate

B>participant

C、participated

D^participative

标准答案：C

知识点解析：本句缺少一个动词，此空应该填入一个动词，故排除B项和D项。

主语是第三人称单数，句子的时态如果是一般现在时，则动词应该在词尾加s,故

排除A项。故本题正确答案为C。

22、Theplaynextmonthaimsmainlytoreflectthelocalculture.

A^produced

B、beingproduced

C^tobeproduced

D、havingbeenproduced

标准答案：C

知识点解析：由nextmonth可知定语从句用将来时，不定式可以表示将来发生的动

作，从句中的动词produce和先行词theplay是动宾关系，所以应该填入被动式的

不定式。

23、Thesettlementishometonearly1000people,manyoflefttheirvillage

homesforabetterlifeinthecity.

A、whom

B、them

C>which

D、those

标准答案：A

知识点解析：先行词是1000people,且要填入的关系代词作为介词。f的宾语，所

以A是正确答案。

24、一CanIgetthehousecheaper?Sorry,it'smypowertosellitany

cheaper.

A、without

B、except

CNbeyond

D、out

标准答案：C

知识点解析：beyondone'spower是固定搭配，表示“超出某人的能力”，故选C。

25、一IwonderwhyMaryissounfriendlytokls.—Sheisthanunfriendly,

I'mafraid.

A、shyer

B、muchshyer