English test一、Translation1.工厂和汽车发出的一氧化碳一类气体严重污染了大气Gases such as carbon monoxide emitted by factories and automobiles have seriously polluted the atmosphere. 2. 美国许多父母在孩子出生之前就为他们的教育留出一笔专款Many parents in the United States set aside a fund for their children’s before they are born..3.南方和北方之间于一八六一年爆发的那场战争在历史上称为“美国内战”The war that broke out between the north and the south in 1861 is known in history as the American civil war. 4.当全部乘客都向出口处走去时，他却独自留在座位上，好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的While all the other passengers made for the exit he alone remained in his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane.5.这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人This letter is to be handed to Dr. Wilson himself6.猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下的陷阱方向跑去，脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情The hunter’s face was lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge form among the bushes and run in the direction of the trap he had laid.7.这些年轻科学家通过现场观察，获得和了研究工作所需要的第一手资料By making on-the-spot observations the young scientists obtained first-hand information they needed in their research work.8.委员会成员在新机场最佳选址这一问题上持有不同意见The committee members have conflicting opinions as to the best location of the new airport9.我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是有由于设备有所改进The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of our equipment10.如果让我来决定我们是要一个没有自行车的城市呢，还是要一个没有汽车的城市，我会毫不犹豫的选择后者Were it left to me to decided whether we should have city without bikes or one without cars. I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the later.二、False or trueFresh air will kill youSmog , which was once the big attraction of Los Angeles , can now be found all over the country from Butte , Montana , to New York City , and people are getting so used to polluted air that it’s very difficult for them to breathe anything else.I was lecturing recently, and one of my stops was Flagstaff, Arizona, which is about 7,000 miles above sea level.As soon as I got out of the plane, I smelled something peculiar.“What’s that smell?” I asked the man who met me at the plane.“I don’t smell anything,” he replied.“There’s a definite odor that I’m not familiar with,” I said.“Oh you must be talking about the fresh air. A lot of people come out here who have never smelled fresh air before.”“What’s it supposed to do?” I asked suspiciously.“Nothing. You just before it like any other kind of air. It’s supposed to be good for your lungs.”“I’ve heard that story before,” I said. “How come if it’s air, my eyes aren’t watering?”“Your eyes don’t water with fresh air. That’s the advantage of it. Saves you a lot in paper tissues.”I looked around and everything appeared crystal clear. It was a strange sensation and made me feel veryuncomfortable.My host, sensing this, tried to be reassuring. “Please don’t worry about it. Tests have proved that you can breathe fresh air day and night without its doing any harm to the body.”“You’re just saying that because you don’t want me to leave,” I said. “Nobody who has lived in a major city can stand fresh air for a very long time. He has no tolerance for it.”“Well, if the fresh air bothers you, why don’t you put a handkerchief over your nose and breathe through your moth?”“Okay, I’ll try it. If I’d know I was coming to a place that had nothing but fresh air, I would have brought a surgical mask.”We drove in a silence. About fifteen minutes later he asked, “How do you feel now?”“Okay, I guess, but I sure miss sneezing.”“ we don’t sneeze too much here ,” the man admitted “do they sneeze a lot where you come from?”“All the time. There are some days when that’s all you do.”“Do you enjoy it?”“Not necessarily, but if you don’t sneeze, you’ll die. Let me ask you something. How come there’s no air pollution around here?”“Flagstaff can’t seem to attract industry. I guess we’re really behind the times. The only smoke we get it when the Indians signaling each other. But the wind seems to blow it away.”The fresh air was making me feel dizzy. “Isn’t there a diesel bus around here that I could breathe into for a couple of hours?”“Not at this time of day. I might be able to find a truck of hours?”We found a truck driver, and slipped him a five-dollar bill, and he let me put my head near his exhaust pipe for a half hour. I was immediately revived and able to give my speech.Nobody was as happy to leave flagstaff as I was. My next stop was Los Angeles, and when I got off the plane, I took one big deep breath of the smog-filled air, my eyes started to water, I began to sneeze, and I felt like a new man again.Exercise B true or false?If you think a statement is false, correct it and make it a true one.1. The author has given a realistic description of how Americans are learning to live with pollution.False: this article is a literary satire in which facts are overstated or exaggerated.2. To the narrator, fresh air smells strange.True3. Recently the narrator took a break from his lecture tour to stop in Flagstaff a small mountain city.False: the narrator took a break from his lecture tour to stop was Flagstaff, Arizona, which is about 7,000 miles above sea level.4. The narrator found being in Flagstaff to be most enjoyable because the mountain air was so fresh and clean.False: he could not put up with the fresh air in Flagstaff.5. The air wasn’t polluted because there were no factories and fewer buses or trucks in Flagstaff.True6. Fresh air made his eyes water and caused him to sneeze.False: the polluted air made his eyes water and caused to sneeze.7. The narrator needed polluted so badly that paid money for the privilege of breathing exhaust fumes from a truck. True8. The true intention of the writer is to show people what life might be like in the future if we don’t control air pollution. True三、ClosePut in the missing words:(b)A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office out of nearly fifty persons who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter, not a single recommendation.”“You are wrong,” said the gentlemen. “He had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door behind him, showing that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and considerate. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions promptly, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.”“All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited for his turn instead of pushing and crowding. When I talked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair and his clean finger nails. Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendation? I consider them more significant than letters.”四、Reading comprehensionBlack boyI held a series of jobs for short periods, quitting some in disgust, being fired from others because of my attitude, my speech, or the look in my eyes. I was no nearer than ever to my goal of saving enough money to leave town. At time I doubted if I never could.One jobless morning I went to my old classmate, Griggs, who worked for a Capital Street jeweller. He was washing the windows of the store when I came up to him.“Do you know where I can find job?” I asked.He looked at me with scorn.“Yes, I know where you can find a job,” he said, laughing.“Where?”“But I wonder if you can hold it.” He said.“What do you mean?” I asked. “Where’s the job?”“Take you time,” he said. “Dick, you’ve been trying to keep a job all summer, and you can’t. why? Because you’re impatient that’s you big fault.”“Well,” I said, eagerly encouraging him to continue.He grew serious. “There’s an optical company upstairs, and the boss is a northerner from Illinois. He wants a boy to work all day in summer, morning and evenings in winter. He wants to start a colored boy in the optical trade. You know algebra, and you’d be good at this. I’ll tell Mr. Crane about you and get in touch with you.”“Do you suppose I could see him now?” I asked.“For God’s sake, take your time!” he thundered at me.“Maybe that’s what’s wrong with Negroes,” I said. “They take too much time. I don’t want a job sweeping floors. I plan to make something of myself!”I thanked him and left. After a week I gave up hope. Then one afternoon Griggs came to my house.“It looks as if you’ve got a job,” he said. “You’re going to have a chance to learn a trade. But remember to keep your head. Remember you’re black; you’re working for whites. You start tomorrow.”“What will I get?”“Five dollars a week to start with; they’ll raise you if they like you,” he explained.My hopes grew. I would have a chance to learn a trade. And I need not give up school. I told him I would take the job, that I would humble and respectful to Whites. “You’ll be working for a White Yankee, and you’ll have to try really hardto get along,” he said.The next morning I was outside the office of the optical company long before it opened. I was reminding myself that I be polite, must think before I spoke, must think before I acted, must say “yes, sir or no, sir,” that I must behave myself so that White people would n’t think that I thought I was so good as they. Suddenly a White man came up to me.“what do you want?” he asked me.“I’m reporting for a job, sir,” I said.“O. K. Come on.”I followed him up a flight of steps and he unlocked the door of the office. I was a little nervous, but the young White man’s manner put me at ease, and I sat and held my hat in my hand. A White girl came in and began punching the typewriter. Soon another White man, thin and gray, entered and went into the back room. Finally, a tall, fed-faced White man arrived, shot me a quick glance, and sat down at his desk. His brisk manner told me he must be a Yankee.“You’re the new boy, eh?”“Yes, sir.”“Let me get my mail out of the way, and I’ll talk with you,” he said pleasantly.“Yes, sir.”I even tried to keep the tone of my voice low, trying to rob it of any suggestion or overtone of aggressiveness.Half an hour later Mr. Crane called me to his desk and questioned me closely about my schooling, about how much mathematics I had had. He seemed pleased when I told him that I had had two years of algebra.“How would you like to learn this trade?” he asked.“I’d like it fine, sir. I’d like nothing better.” I said. He was treating me so well, being so good to me.He told me that he wanted to train a Negro boy in the optical trade; he wanted to help him, guide him. I tired to answer in a way that would let him know that I would try to be worthy of what he was doing. This was the chance I’d been writing for-a chance to learn a trade and make something of myself. After introducing me to the other people in the firm, Mr. Crane said, “now, boy, let’s see how clean you can get this place…”Exercise aChoose the best answer for each of the following:1. Dick had quit some jobs because ( c )a. he did not want to word for white bosses.b. he did not like to work with southerners.c. he could not stand doing the low paying, unchallenging kind of work that was open to Negroes.d. he was eager to leave town.2. Dick had been fired from some jobs because ( d )a. his employers thought he wasn’t ambitious enough.b. he spoke quite a different language.c. he thought only about ways of getting enough money.d. his employers objected to his manners.3. Griggs’ feeling was that ( a )a. dick shouldn’t be in such a hurry.b. dick did n’t really want a job.c. dick wasn’t suited to the type of work in the optical trade.d. dick was capable of finding a better job.4. When dick says, “maybe that’s what’s wrong with Negroes. They take too much time,” he means. ( a )a. Negroes fail to take immediate and resolute action and that’s why they never get anywhere in the world.b. it’s utterly wrong of Negroes to be so docile, taking whatever is offered themc. Negroes are content with what they are given and that’s fatal mistake they have made.d. none of the above.5. Waiting outside the office the next morning, Dick decided ( a )a. to hide his real feelings.b. to prove he was as good as white people.c. to speak before he thought.d. to say “yes, sir” to all the questions he might be asked.6. all the people in the office except the young white man ( b )a. appeared never to have seen a black boy in the office before.b. ignored himc. were particularly anxious to make him feel an homed. were deliberately rude to him7. on the first meeting, Dick’s future employer seemed ( d )a. relaxed but formalb. easy-going and very friendly.c. rather embarrassed by Dick’s presence.d. in a hurry and concerned with business matters8. when Dick said, “I’d like nothing better,” he was ( c )a. being humorous .b. just trying to be polite.c. saying what he honestly felt.d. trying to please Mr. Crane.9. from the end of the passage we know ( b )a. Mr. Crane would train Dick in real earnestb. Mr. Crane wanted an office boy.c. Dick finally got a job he liked.d. Mr. Crane would give Dick higher pay than he had promised.10. from this passage we know that Dick ( d )a. felt indignant at the way Negroes were treated.b. was eager to begin his career by learning a trade.c. thought much of his education, hoping to keep up schooling at any cost.d. all of the above.五、Fill inCrisis resent motion proceed self-evidenceEmerge stick feasibility survive oweSlightly appoint hazard host existenceInfluence spring perform hesitate nameObtain impulse smash widen faintReject conflict crash action threaten1. Many young writers of that time were influenced by Hemingway, who they thought had revolutionized the technique of writing.2. His parents named him after his great grandfather, who was a Supreme Court Justice.3. Racial discrimination in America has led many people to conclude that that all men are created equal is aself-evidence lie.4. the plane crashed into a building when it was landing. Not a single passenger survived the tragedy.5. the attention of the guests was drawn to the corner of the room where a heated argument had sprung up.6. the host did not sit down until he was sure that all the guests were comfortably seated in the room.7. think twice before you take action. To act on impulse is not likely to do you any good.8.unexpected weather conditions have made our task difficult to perform.9. the southern states threatened to declare independence if Lincoln became President.10. the chairman of the committee rejected the idea as unfeasible.11.you should not resent criticism. It will only do you good if you learn to take it wisely.12.George Washington appointed Tomas Jefferson to be his secretary of state.13. Confliction interests drew the two friends apart.14.is the elephant the biggest land animal in existence today?15.Action speak louder than words.16. she has gone out of her way to help me. At least I owe her my thanks.17.I was brought up to think that a person should not hesitate to speak the truth..18. since he is unable to obtain financial support, going to college remains a dream for him.19.when dinner was over, mother motioned to me to come closer to her and told me that I could leave the guests now and proceed with my own business.20. there is a faint smell of gas. Let’s open the window.21.the Yangtze River widens as it flows further east.22.many old people in America still have a vivid memory of their life during the economic crisis of the 1930’s.23. a research group has been set up to work on the feasibility of producing a pollution-free automobile.24.we saw the ship emerge in the distance. We could even see its mast, which stuck up about three meters at its head.25. no one is denying now that smoking is a hazard to health.26. several windows were smashed to piece during the storm..27. don’t worry. He is only slightly wounded..六、chooseA replace of same meaning21. it took Jane a whole hour to solve this algebra problem. ( c )A. work atB. work onC. work outD. work over22.his manner was so bright and pleasant that Arthur felt at ease with him at once. ( b )A. easyB. comfortableC. confidentD. at rest23. the market was full of salted fish, giving off the worst smell that you can imagine. ( a )A. sending outB. sending offC. sending upD. sending down24.the self-important manager didn’t seem to attach much important to my advice. ( d )a. applyb. considerc. judged. give.25. by then our experiment had reached a vital stage. ( d )a. a profoundb. an ultimatec. a perpetuald. a very important26. the British naturalist went all the way to India so that he could obtain first-hand information about the cobra. ( b )a. findb. getc. searchd. learn27. the bridge club rejected his application for membership. ( a )a. refused to considerb. refused to usec. refused to gived. refused to believe28. The world market is constantly changing. We must anticipate the changes and make timely adjustments. ( d )a. regularlyb. steadilyc. scarcelyd. always29. he talked in detail about the feasibility of setting up an experimental school in which each child works at his or her own pace. ( c )a. easeb. suitabilityc. practicabilityd. possibility30. icy roads and poor visibility are familiar hazards in the Midwest. ( b )a. chancesb. dangersc. conditionsd. happeningsB structure31.they overcame all the difficulties and fulfilled the plan ten days ahead of schedule, ___d__ was something we had not expected.a. thatb. thisc. itd. which32.Bob tried in vain to stick his little brother ___d__ some money from their mother’s purse.a. to stealb. to stealingc. into steald. into stealing33. I was __c___ to find his article on such an ____ topic so _____.a. surprised excited boredb. surprising exciting boringc. surprised exciting boringd. surprising excited bored34. it was in 1777 __b ___ Vermont, threatened with invasion, declared itself an independent commonwealth.a. whenb. thatc. in whichd. which35.___a_ a professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Edward Charles Pickering established the first laboratory in the United States.a. whileb. Beingc. Althoughd. He was36. he didn’t __b___ and so he failed the examination.a. work enough hardb. work hard enoughc. hard work enoughd. hard enough work37. the two boys had so ___c__ in common that they soon became good friends.a. littleb. fewc. muchd. many38. As fuel prices rose, bus companies raised their fares and ___a___.a. so did the airlinesb. nor did the airlinesc. so the airlines didd. nor the airlines did39. __d__ mainly for the invention of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell devoted his life to helping the deaf .a. He is rememberedb. To rememberc. While rememberingd. Though remembered40. if Dorothy had not been badly hurt in a car accident, __c___ in last month’s marathon race.a. she would participateb. she might participatec. she would have participatedd. she must have participated七、composition自我介绍，兴趣爱好等I am a Cancer.Cancer is the first summer constellation, I heard that people born in this sign have aloving mother (paternal) like the enthusiasm, but also filled with a childlike purity andinnocence, has a strong self-control. Nostalgia and love at home, but also thecharacteristics of Cancer. Friends always said I would be a good wife and mother, but Iwould like to become a strong woman, but now it seems impossible. Who can become a strongwoman is not.To Chengdu for 5 years and started to like Chengdu, will not be as homesick and cry. In 5years, I learned a strong, independent, mature, I am glad my parents did not stay around, soI can grow step by step on their own. Although grievances over, helpless before, but I stillhad a very good, very happy, very happy, because I have many friends around. Rest time, Iwill go shopping with friends, KTV, eat aspicy hotpot, I think the time with my friends isthe most happy.My current job is the user interface designer, I like my job, but also strive tocontinuously upgrade yourself, a lot of software I have been learned through self-study, andsometimes will have some sense of accomplishment. I believe that in the near future, I willbe a senior UI.。
