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2021级四川农业大学英语专业《大学英语》专业课模拟试题Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:For all their great diversity of shapes and sizes, glaciers can be divided into two essential types: valley glaciers, which flow downhill from mountains and are shaped by the constraints of topography(地貌), and ice sheets, which flow outward in all directions from dome—like centers of accumulated ice to cover vast expanse of terrain. Whatever their type, most glaciers are remnants of great shrouds of ice that covered the earth eons ago. In a few of these glaciers the oldest ice is very ancient indeed; the age of parts of the Antarctic sheet may exceed 500,000 years.Glaciers are born in rocky womb above the snow line, where there is sufficient winter snowfall and summer cold for snow to survive the annual melting. The long gestation period of a glacier begins with the accumulation and gradual transformation of snowflakes. Soon after they reach the ground, complex snowflakes are reduced to compact, roughly spherical ice crystals, and the basic components of a glacier. As new layers of snow and firn, snow that survives the melting of the previous summer, accumulate, they squeeze out most of the air bubbles trapped within and between the crystals below. This process of recrystallization continues throughout the life of the glacier.The length of time required for the creation of glacier ice depends mainly upon the temperature and the rate of snowfall. In Iceland, where snowfall is heavy and summer temperatures are high enough to produce plenty of melt—water, glacier ice may come into being in a relatively short time—say, ten years. In parts of Antarctica, where snowfall is scant and the ice remains well below its melting temperature year round, the process may require hundreds of years.The ice does not become a glacier until it moves under its own weight, and it cannot move significantly until it reaches a critical thickness—the point at which the weight of the piled—up layers overcomes the internal strength of the ice and the friction between the ice and the ground. This critical thickness is about 60 feet. The fastest moving glaciers have been gauged at not much more than two and a half miles per year, and some cover less than 1/100 inchin that same amount of time. But no matter how infinitesimal the flow, movement is what distinguishes a glacier from a mere mass of ice.21. Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of glacier?A. Glaciers fall into two basic categories: valley glaciers and ice sheets.B. Glaciers are huge masses of ice that move under their own weight.C. Glaciers either flow downhill from mountains or flow outward in all directions from dome—like centers of accumulated ice.D. Glaciers are primarily formed in the rocky mountain tops above the snow line.22. What is implied in the passage?A. Glaciers can be divided into many categories according to their shapes and sizes.B. Ice sheets move faster than valley glaciers.C. It takes longer for glaciers to form in Antarctica than in Iceland.D. Valley glaciers are not as old as ice sheets.23. Why does the author mention the formation of glaciers inIceland in the third paragraph?A. Heavy snowfall and high summer temperatures make glaciers come into existence in a relatively short period of time in Iceland.B. Iceland contains some of the oldest ice sheets in existence.C. Iceland has one of the best—preserved glaciers in the world.D. People expect to find some relatively new glaciers in Iceland.24. What analogy did the author use when describing the formation of glaciers?A. wombB. trapC. crystalD. birth25. Which of the following is the best title for the article?A. Formation of GlaciersB. Sizes and Shapes of GlaciersC. The History of GlaciersD. Why Do Glaciers Move?Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre—industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all livingthings, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as special branch of “knowledge" at all.Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild. And the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild wouldbegin to fade away.26. According to the first paragraph, early humans .A. did not enjoy the study of botanyB. placed great importance on the ownership of propertiesC. probably had extensive knowledge about plantsD. didn't know how to cultivate crops27. The word “this”in the sentence “This is logical”most probably refers to.A. that our ancestors knew plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living thingsB. that our ancestors' knowledge about plants and their properties was very detailed and organizedC. that extensive knowledge about plants and their properties are essential in the cultivation of crops in pre—industrial societiesD. that a detailed learning of plants and their properties was not obtained until the pre—industrial societies came into being28. According to the author, when did our knowledge of botany become less distinct?A. As our society become industrialized.B. As our direct contact with plants increases.C. As urbanization took place.D. As we became less interested in the extensive botanicalknowledge.29. Why does the author mention tribes living in the jungle of the Amazon in the passage?A. To show that people who have no contact with modern civilization have no idea what the term botany means.B. To show even the most primitive people have extensive knowledge about plants and their properties.C. To show how important the study of botany is to human beings.D. To show that how people unconsciously come into possession of an amazing amount of botanical knowledge.30. The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between the study of animals and .A. sheep raisingB. bird watchingC. deer huntingD. horse ridingQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:The great advance in rocket theory 40 years ago showed that liquid—fuel rocket were far superior in every respect to the skyrocket with its weak solid fuel, the only kind of rocket then known. However, during the last decade, large solid—fuel rockets with solid fuels about as powerful as liquid—fuels have made their appearance, and it is a favorite layperson's question to inquirewhich one is better. The question is meaningless; one might as well ask whether a gasoline or a diesel engine is better. It all depends on the purpose. A liquid—fuel rocket is complicated, but has the advantage that it can be controlled beautifully. The burning of the rocket engine can be stopped completely; it can be re—ignited when desired. In addition, the thrust can be made to vary by adjusting the speed of the fuel pumps. A solid—fuel rocket, on the other hand, is rather simple in construction, though hard to build when a really large size is desired. But once you have a solid—fuel rocket, it is ready for action at very short notice. A liquid—fuel rocket has to be fueled first and cannot be held in readiness for very long after it has been fueled. However, once a solid—fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It cannot be stopped and re—ignited whenever desired (it could conceivably be stopped and re—ignited after a pre—calculated time of burning has elapsed) and its thrust cannot be varied. Because a solid—fuel rocket can be kept ready for a long time, most military missiles employ solid fuels, but human—piloted space flight needs the fine adjustments that can only be provided by liquid fuels. It may be added that a liquid—fuel rocket is an expensive device; a large solid—fuel rocket is, by comparison, cheap. But the solid fuel, pound per pound, costs about 10 times as much as the liquid fuel. So you have, on the onehand, an expensive rocket with a cheap fuel and on the other handa comparatively cheap rocket with an expensive fuel.31. Which of the following is implied in the passage?A. Rockets using liquid fuel was not available 40 years ago although researches were being done on the practicability of using liquid fuel in rockets.B. It was not until the last decade that rockets using solid fuels made their appearance.C. Complicated rockets using solid fuel have the advantage of flexibility and adjustability that liquid—fuel rockets don't possess.D. Liquid fuel costs about 10 times as much as the solid fuel costs.32. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as one of the advantages of liquid fuel rockets?A. They are easy to control.B. Their thrust is variable.C. They are easy to construct.D. Their speed is adjustable.33. Solid—fuel rockets are expensive to operate because of their .A. burning timeB. sizeC. fuelD. engines34. The chief consideration for using liquid fuels in human—piloted space flights is that the rocket .A. is inexpensive to constructB. is capable of carrying heavycargoC. is easy to controlD. is inexpensive to operate35. Which of the following statements is true about solid—fuel rockets?A. They are simple to construct.B. They can be re—ignited when desired.C. They can provide fine adjustments in operation.D. They cost a lot less than liquid—fuel rockets to construct.Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies—and other creatures—learn to do things because certain acts lead to rewards; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological drives as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to reward the babies and so teach them to carry out some simplemovements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement switched on a display of lights—and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.Papousek's light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would smile and bubble when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.36. In this article, the author suggests that babies learn to do things whenA. such acts lead to desired rewardsB. they enjoy a sense of achievementC. their curiosity is satisfiedD. they can derive fun from such acts37. In his experiment, Papousek noticed that a babyA. would go on making the learned response with no milk providedB. would have to have enough to drink before the experiment beganC. would not make the learned response until milk is providedD. would make the learned response with pleasure only when it saw the light display38. According to the passage, the babies would smile and bubble when the light display was turned on primarily becauseA. the babies were impressed by the beautiful sightB. the lights are related to babies' physical drivesC. the babies felt they succeeded in switching on the lightsD. the babies were happy that they learned how to respond to this sight39. According to Papousek, the pleasure the babies displayed when they saw the light display was a reflection ofA. the satisfaction of their curiosityB. the satisfaction of their physiological needsC. the basic human urge to understand and control the worldD. the babies' desire to solve complex problems40. What does the word “it”in the last line refer to?A. successB. skillC. lightD. worldPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. Parents will always remember the first time their baby ___ the word Mama or Papa.A. speaksB. tellsC. utterD. articulates42. He might have thought it was all right to marry a woman ten years older than him, but ___ he eyes of his friends he was crazy.A. withB. toC. againstD. in43. Setting up a committee might be a way ___ the project more efficiently.A. to be doingB. doingC. to doD. being done44. It ___ to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary education.A. pains herB. makes her painC. is painingD. is pained45. These documents will provide ___ you all information you may need.A. aboutB. forC. withD. to46. He ___ his eyes to try to see what the teacher wrote on the blackboard.A. strainedB. exertedC. utilizedD. applied47. Most of the nations in the world are working in an collaborative effort to ___ hunger from the world.A. abandonB. diminishC. withdrawD. eliminate48. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ___ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.A. was promisingB. has been promisingC. promisedD. has promised49. We all feel it's time ___ done about the air pollution in the city.A. something was doneB. anything will be doneC. something should be doneD. everything is done50. We are supposed to ___ all the books when we are finished with them.A. put offB. put upC. put awayD. put out51. There is an increasing ___ towards the excessive use of violence in American movies.A. phenomenonB. traditionC. attitudeD. tendency52. When Michael Jordan was in his heyday (鼎盛时期) at basketball he ___ baseball for a year.A. slipped intoB. reverted toC. resorted toD. turned to53. He was determined to sail around the world ___ his illness and old age.A. givenB. althoughC. despiteD. in spite54. He was ___ exhausted at the end of the Marathon.A. utterB. sheerC. absoluteD. utterly55. It ___ that the old woman she had been taking care of was indeed her own mother.A. turned overB. turned inC. turned acrossD. turned out56. The plant has been ___ of the money it needs for modernization.A. deletedB. extractedC. deprivedD. convinced57. As long as we don't lose heart, I believe we can achieve our goal ___.A. in the long runB. in the first placeC. on the wholeD. at least58. The surpassing beauty of his paintings ___ those of his contemporaries.A. besmearedB. belittledC. dwarfedD. bedimmed59. The microscope can ___ the object 50 times in diameter.A. increaseB. multiplyC. enlargeD. magnify60. Communication is the process of a message from a source to an audience via a channel.A. shiftingB. transmittingC. submittingD. transforming61. In the cowboy movies produced by Hollywood, the “bad guys" ___ get punished at the end.A. inevitablyB. doubtlessC. deliberatelyD. readily62. It is a common theme of many science fiction stories that the world may one day be ___ by beings from the outer space.A. run overB. filled inC. taken overD. broken in63. The committee is ___ a decision form the headquarters before it takes any action.A. waitingB. awaiting forC. awaitingD. anticipating64. Obviously, these small independent western restaurants cannot compete ___ big international chains.A. withB. forC. aboveD. to65. That machine was very useful; but he was definitely ___ when he said it was the greatest machine ever invented.A. lyingB. bluffingC. exaggeratingD. overreacting66. When the family gathered to discuss financial matters, father started ___ ,by saying that it was absolutely necessary to set aside some money each month, for in an emergency we could use it.A. offB. throughC. awayD. /67. Doctors are often under sharp criticism nowadays for people believe they always ___ too many medicines for minor illnesses.A. prescribeB. orderC. deliverD. advise68. All the parts of this model of automobile are ___ , so that you can easily replace them everywhere.A. modernizedB. standardizedC. mechanizedD. normalized69. They ___ his claim of innocence with eye--witness testimony.A. objectedB. opposedC. contradictedD. refuted70. At the end of a football game, players typically ___ shirts with each other.A. tradeB. swapC. exchangeD. barterPaper TwoPart I Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to add a word, cross out a word, or change a word. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you cross out a word, put a slash ( / ) in the blank. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.Within the various forms of energy, natural 71. ______gas has been favorite among U.S. consumers for 72. ______more than 30 years. It has a number of outstandingcharacteristics add to its popularity among consumers. 73. ______First of all, natural gas is a comparatively clean--burning fuel. Second, natural gas heat can carefully 74. ______controlled. This issue makes it the favorite fuelof certain industry. At home, gas is preferred 75. ______by most people for cooking and heating because the 76. ______ease by which it can be put to work. Gas cooking and heatingfurnaces can be turned off and shut off quickly and easy.77. ______Besides, natural gas can be made into a liquid by a specialprocess and then store in tanks. This type of gas can then 78.______be transported by truck, rail car, or pipeline to regions wheretransport by natural gas pipelines is not economic possible79.______Although the supply of natural gas in the U.S. appearsto be decreasing, geologists estimate that billionsof cubic feet of natural gas still remains to be 80. ______discovered and produced.Part II Translation from English to Chinese (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, there are five items, which you should translate into Chinese, each item consists of one or two sentence. These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in the Second Part of the Test Paper.You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You can referback to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.81. (Lines 15, Para.4, Passage 1)The ice does not become a glacier until it moves under its own weight, and it cannot move significantly until it reaches a critical thickness—the point at which the weight of the piled—up layers overcomes the internal strength of the ice and the friction between the ice and the ground.82. (Lines 47, Para.1, Passage 2)It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre —industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.83. (Lines 1922, Para.1, Passage 3)Because a solid—fuel rocket can be kept ready for a long time, most military missiles employ solid fuels, but human—piloted space flight needs the fine adjustments that can only be provided by liquid fuels.84. (Lines 35, Para.1, Passage 4)But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological “drives" as thirst or hunger.85. (Lines 48, Para.4, Passage 4)Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.Part III Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one—way mirror—the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.According to a weather expert's prediction, the atmosphere will be 3 ℃warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several meters and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth's chief food—growing zones.In the past, concern about a man—made warming of the earthhas concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming; in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude, therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and cold spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or colder faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth's atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is alsovariable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar—weather interactions and the actual climate, over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia of the earth's climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counterbalance to the sun's diminishing heat.Questions:86. The passage mainly discusses_________________________________________.87. It can be concluded from the passage that too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would__________________________________________________ ____________.88. Although the fuel consumption is greater in the north hemisphere, temperature there seems to be dropping. What explanation does the author suggest for this phenomenon?89. Based on their models of solar weather interactions,scientists share the opinion that____________________________________________________ _____________.90. If scientists' assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct, then the effect of carbon dioxide would work_______________________________________.Part IV Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title “Pollution: An Increasing Concern in China”. Your part of writing should be no less than 120 words.Tape scriptsPart II Reading Comprehension21. B。

2023届四川省名校联考高考仿真测试（四）英语试题一、听力选择题1.A．It’s clean there.B．It’s relaxing there.C．It’s beautiful there.D．It’s noiseless there.2. What is the woman’s feeling now?A．Relief.B．Regret.C．Embarrassment.3. What does the woman lend to the man?A．A pen.B．A pencil.C．A crayon.4.A．At a special party.B．At a hair-dressing salon.C．At a night club.D．At a fashion show.5. How will the woman probably go to the City Library?A．By bike.B．By car.C．By bus.二、听力选择题6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What is the relationship between the speakers?A．Fellow workers.B．College friends.C．Teacher and student.2. How did the woman get into volunteer work?A．She founded a local organization.B．She followed a group of young people.C．She got the information from a friend.3. What does the man think of his manager?A．Strict.B．Generous.C．Energetic.4. What is the man going to do?A．Join in the project.B．Visit the company.C．Write an email.7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

四级模拟考试策划书主办单位：策划部门：承办方：目录一、前言二、活动目的三、活动意义四、主办及承办单位五、活动时间六、活动地点七、活动对象八、活动流程九、注意事项及应急处理十、活动预期效果十一、活动总结十二、经费预算一、前言已经进入信息时代的地球变得"smaller and smaller"，全球化趋势将在二十一世纪更为凸显。

世界已进入中国,中国已走向世界，而英语作为国际交往的语言，学生的英语听说读写能力愈来愈重要，我国更是以学生的四六级等级成绩来衡量学生的英语运用能力。

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2021级四川农业大学英语专业《大学英语》专业课模拟试题Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage 1Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the o pinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam canrepair his bicycle, he must find the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.21.In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except ____.A) recognize and define the problemB) look for information to make the problem clearerC) have suggestions for a possible solutionD) find a solution by trial or mistake22.By referring to Sam’s broken bicycle, the author intends to ____.A) illustrate the ways to repair his bicycleB) discuss the problems of his bicycleC) tell us how to solve a problemD) show us how to analyze a problem23.Which of the following is NOT true?A) People do not analyze the problem they meet.B) People often accept the opinions or ideas of other people.C) People may learn from their past experienceD) People cannot solve some problems they meet.24.As used in the last sentence, the phrase “in short”means____.A) in the long run B) in detail C) in a word D) in the end25.What is the best title for this passage?A) Six Stages for Repairing Sam’s Bicycle.B) Possible Ways to Problem-solving.C) Necessities of Problem Analysis.D) Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem.Passage 2Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Stone tools, animal bones and an incised mammoth tusk found in Russia’s frigid far north have provided what archaeologists say is the first evidence that modern humans or Neanderthals lived in the Arctic more than 30,000 years ago, at least 15,000 years earlier than previously thought.A team of Russian and Norwegian archaeologists, describing the discovery in today’s issue of the journal Nature, said the campsite, at Mamontovaya Kurya, on the Ura River at the Arctic Circle, was the “oldest documented evidence for human resence at this high latitude. ”Digging in the bed of an old river channel close to the Ural Mountains, the team uncovered 123 mammal bones, including horse, reindeer and wolf. “The most important find,”they said, was a four-foot mammoth tusk withgrooves made by chopping with a sharp stone edge, “unequivocally the work of humans.”The tusk was carbon-dated at about 36,600 years old. Plant remains found among the artifacts were dated at 30,000 to 31,000 years.Other archaeologists said the analysis appeared to be sound. But they cautioned that it was difficult, when dealing with riverbed deposits, to be sure that artifacts had not become jumbled out of their true place, and thus time, in the geologic layers. They questioned whether the discoverers could reliably conclude tha the stone tools were in fact contemporary with the bones. But in a commentary accompanying the article, Dr. John A. J. Gowlett of the University of Liverpool in England wrote, “Although there are questions to be answered, the artifacts illustrate both the capacity of early humans to do the unexpected, and the value of archaeologists’researching in unlikely areas.”The discoverers said they could not determine from the few stone artifacts whether the site was occupied by Neanderthals, hominids who by then had a long history as hunters in Europe and western Asia, or some of the first anatomically modern humans to reach Europe.In any case, other archaeologists said, the findings could be significant.If these toolmakers were Neanderthals, the findings suggested that these human relatives,who became extinct after 30,000 years ago, were more capable and adaptable than they are generally given credit for. Living in the Arctic climate presumably required higher levels of technology and social organization.If they were modern humans, then the surprise is that they had penetrated so farnorth in such a short time. There has been no firm evidence for modern humans in Europe before about 35,000 years ago. It had generally been thought that the northernmost part of Eurasia was not occupied by humans until the final stage of the last ice age, some 13,000 to 14,000 years ago, when the world’s climate began to moderate. Dr. Gowlett said the new findings indicated that the Arctic region of European Russia was extremely cold but relatively dry and ice-free more than 30,000 years ago.26.What is the significance of the discovery?A) It shows that modern humans lived in the Arctic more than 3,000 years ago.B) It shows that Neanderthals lived in the Arctic more than 3,000 years ago.C) It shows the oldest documented evidence for human presence at such high latitude.D) It shows human could use tools 30,000 years ago.27.Why the team believed that the four-foot mammoth tuskwas the most important find?A) Because it was the longest tusk ever found.B) Because there were signs left by human’s tools on it.C) Because there were grooves on it.D) Because there are not any mammoth tusk all over the world.28.When did the Neanderthals extinct?A) More than 30,000 years ago.B) After 30,000 years ago.C) Before about 35,000 years ago.D) Some 13,000 to 14,000 years ago.29.Who were those toolmakers?A) Neanderthals. B) Modern humans.C) Archaeologists. D) Not determined.30.What’s the weather like in the Arctic region of European Russia more than 30,000 years ago?A) Moderate temperature, relatively dry and ice-free.B) Extremely cold, relatively dry and ice-free.C) Extremely cold, plenty of raining and ice-free.D) Extremely cold, relatively dry and ice frosted.Passage 3Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:After watching my mother deal with our family of five, I can’tunderstand why her answer to the question, “What do you do?”is always, “Oh, I’m just a housewife.”JUST a housewife?”Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and cleanup, washing and drying clothes, keeping the house clean, leading ascout troop, playing taxi driver to us kids when it’s time for school, music lessons or the dentist, doing volunteer work for her favorite charity, and making sure that all our family needs are met is not JUST a housewife. She’s the real Wonder Woman.Why is it that so many mothers like mine think of themselves as second-class or something similar? Where has this notion come from? Have we males made them feel this way? Has our society made “going to work”outside the home seem more important than what a housewife must face each day?I would be very curious to see what would happen if a housewife went on strike.Dishes would pile up. Food in the house would run out. No meals would appear on the table. There would be no clean clothes when needed. High boots would be required just to make it through the house scattered with garbage. Walking and bus riding would increase. Those scout troops would have to break up. Charities would suffer.I doubt if the man of the house would be able to take over. Oh, he might start out with the attitude that he can do just as good ajob, but how long would that last? Not long, once he had to come home each night after work to more household duties. There would be no more coming home to a prepared meal; he’d have to fix it himself. The kids would all be screaming for something to eat, clean clothes and more bus fare money. Once he quieted the kids, he’d have to clean the house, go shopping, make sure that kids got a bath, and fix lunches for the next day. Once the kids were down for the night, he might be able to crawl into an unmade bed and try to read the morning newspaper.No, I don’t think many males are going to volunteer for the job.I know I don’t want it. So, thanks, mom! I’ll do what I can to createa national holiday for housewives. It could be appropriately called Wonder Woman Day.31.By what means do the children of the author’s family go to school?A) They take school bus.B) They take a taxi.C) Their mother drives for them.D) Scout troop sends them to school.32.If a housewife went on strike, which one of the following statements is NOT true?A) Children would scream for something to eat.B) No meals would appear on the table.C) The scout troops would have a wonderful time.D) The man of the house wouldn’t be able to take over.33.In the author’s opinion, ____.A) many males are going to volunteer for housewives’workB) housewives deserve a national holiday named Wonder Woman DayC) the man of the house would be able to take over the housewives’workD) housewives are second-class citizens or something similar34.The author’s attitude toward housewives’work is ____.A) critical B) indifferent C) ironical D) appreciative35.The main idea of the passage is about ____.A) housewives, the wonder womenB) what would happen if housewives went on strikeC) the replacement of women by men as housewivesD) the setting up of a national holiday for housewivesPassage 4Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation todie before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday.Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42-44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the Fifties and 30in now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese —double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic —an extensive epidemic —which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australia, Central America and the Middle East.Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population asoverweight. Prof Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease. An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.Prof Prentice said: “So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?”The answer is yes —and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that doughnut and burger.36.What does the word “sedentary (Para. 2)”mean?A) sit still. B) eat too much. C) study very hardh. D) passive thinking.37.Which statement is TRUE?A) The average waist size for a man is 36-38in.B) The average waist size for a woman is 30in.C) In the mid-Eighties, more than half million under-16s in the UK are classed as overweight.D) The obesity pandemic has now spread to South America.38.According to Prof Prentice, what are the reasons for the change in our shape?A) We eat too much and refuse to do physical exercises.B) High-energy foods are easy to get and technology develops fast.C) High-energy foods are the main diet and we use technology.D) High-energy foods are easy to get and we consume less energy.39.Obesity increases the risk factor of ____.A) diabetes, short sight, cancer, strokesB) diabetes, cancer, strokes, psychosocial illnessC) cancer, strokes, fatty, heart diseaseD) strokes, heart disease, diabetes, headache40.What does the author mean by “So say No to that doughnut and burger”?A) Answering the question “will parents outlive their children?”.B) The doughnut and burger should be banned.C) We should lead a healthy life.D) We should begin dieting.Part ⅢVocabulary (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part .For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41.Water fills the ____ in the ground.A) depression B) distress C) depressions D) prosperity42.What you are discussing is a psychological problem and is out of the ____ of art.A) domain B) range C) area D) region43.Helen doesn’t know how much I spent in painting your house. If she ever found out, I’m sure ____.A) she’d never forgive me C) she’ll never forgive meB) she never forgives me D) she never forgave me44.Do you think it possible to have the work ____ within 3 days.A) to do B) doneC) to be done D) being done45.A good scientist ____ into all aspects of a problem in orderto find solutions.A) pricks B) pokes C) probes D) peers46.Most good writers use every means ____to make the reader’s way smooth and easy.A) at their disposal B) at their requestC) at their will D) at their convenience47.Even as a child he showed an inclination to ____ over the other children.A) dominate B) rule C) govern D) inspect48.If most breadwinners ____a day’s pay to the Hope Project, then it will be hopeful.A) gift B) present C) donate D) give49.We started burning some leaves in our yard, but the fire got ____and we had to call the fire brigade to put it out.A) out of hand B) out of order C) out of place D) out of way50.Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.A)inclined to B)subjected to C)prone to D)bound to51.The policeman ____ noted something different about the fellow’s accent.A) undoubted B) doubtlessC) doubtful D) undoubting52.In his unhappiness he had come even to question his ____.A) diversity B) entityC) prosperity D) minority53.Rising energy costs increase operating costs ____for many older air-conditioning systems in large buildings, causing owners to seek help.A) heatedly B) severely C) fiercely D) drastically54.As you must have seen from my work, I’m perfectly ____of him.A) indignant B) independent C) influential D) innocent55.Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ____ from trying new fields of business activity.A) entrepreneurs B) sportsmenC) eolouists D) mediators56.His____, scheduled for the week of Jan.23, was stated last week when he filed an appeal and asked the judge to spare his life.A) desertion B) executionC) suicide D) persecution57.Happiness, like a deer in the forest , dislikes ____ attention and if you chase it, it will run away.A) impatient B) purposeful C) undue D) uncomfortable58.After the completion of that bridge, the ____company’s business has been shrinking.A) navigation B) carriage C) marine D) ferry59.The teacher richly ____ the use of the word.A) exemplifies B) embodiesC) typifies D) proclaims60.Poor eyesight will ____ you from military service.A) prevent B) restrain C) exempt D) stop61.A ____ of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.A) shorthand B) scheme C) schedule D) sketch62.In less than a millionth of a second the vast computer of an international airline can ____accept 800 booking inquiries, and search its 50 million memory units for appropriate replies.A) simultaneously B) implicitly C) cautiously D) confidentially63.The____ spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.A) expedition B) executionC) employment D) exertion64.Have you any proof that a headless ghost ____ that house?A) hunted B) examinedC) haunted D) wandered65.The streets are ____ with people.A)live B)lively C)living D)alive66.Psychologists have succeeded in ____parents’confidence in their own authority.A) underratingB) undervaluing C) underplaying D) undermining67.A wrongdoer is constantly ____ by fear of discovery.A) pursued B)hauntedC)stayed in D)hauled68.The child was playing on the floor with his collection of ____ farm animals.A) infinitesimal B) microscopicC) trivial D) miniature69.It was later admitted that the information had been obtained from unreliable ____.A) origins B) sources C) resources D) amendes70.The newly-elected President says the election was ____compliance with the law.A) spacious B) sophisticated C) substantial D) steadyPart ⅣError Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In the passagethere are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark(∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash(/)in the blank.The place of the child in society has varied for thousands of years and has been effected by different cultures and religions. In ancient times unwanted children were occasionally abandoned, put to death, exploiting or offered for religious sacrifices, and in any event a large percentage of them didn’t survive their physically hazardous existence to reach to maturity.In western civilization within the last few hundred years, there have been many changes in attitude with the young. In agricultural Europe, and later with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the children of the poor work long hours for little or no pay, and there was no public concern on their safety or welfare punishment could be brutal and severe.By the eighteenth century the harsh and severe methods began to show any change. Society slowly accorded(给予) children a role of importance. Books were written expressly for them and gradually laws were passing for their protection. Efforts were madeto create for them a life better than their parents!In the past few decades parents have become more and more attentive for the needs of their children.Better health care is available and education is no longer reserving for the children from wealthy families.71. ______72. ______73. ______74. ______75. ______76. ______77. ______78. ______79. ______80. ______Part ⅤWriting (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed to write a composition on the topic On Part-time Jobs. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline.1.Some people say that college students should take part-time jobs.2.Others worry that part-time jobs do them more harm than good.3. What is your view on this ? Why or why not ?答案Part ⅡPassage one 短文大意人们不会对遇见的每个问题都进行分析。

2021级四川农业大学英语专业《大学英语》专业课模拟试题Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D.. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:When Kathie Gifford's face was splashed across the newspapers in 1996 after her lucrative line of Wal mart clothing was exposed as the work of underpaid laborers in New York City's Chinatown, the Department of Labor and the White House teamed up to condemn such practices. With much fanfare, President Clinton's administration launched the "No Sweat" campaign, which pressured retailers and manufacturers to submit to periodic independent inspection of their workplace conditions.This campaign urged manufacturers to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct, a promise to self regulate that has since been adopted by a handful of retailers and many of the nation's largestmanufacturers, including Nike and L.L. Bean. However, the Department of Defense, which has a $ 1 billion garment business that would make it the country's 14th largest retail apparel outlet, has not signed the Code of Conduct. In addition, it has not agreed to demand that its contractors submit to periodic inspections.Because the Department of Defense has not agreed to adhere to the code, the job of stopping public sector sweatshops falls to the Department of Labor. Federal contractors that persist in violating wage laws or safety and health codes can lose their lucrative taxpayer financed contracts. But Suzanne Seiden, a deputy administrator at the Department of Labor, says that to her knowledge, the department has never applied that rule to government apparel manufacturers. "I just assume that they are adhering to safety and health requirements," she says. According to records obtained by Mother Jones, through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lion 32 times for safety and health violations in the past 12 years.21.What is this passgage mainly concerned with?A.The functions of the Department of Labor in America.B.A serious problem threatening American economy.C.The successful attempt of regulating sweatshops in America.D.The seriousness of the problem of sweatshops in America.22.According to the passage, Kathie Gifford ____.A. was one of the underpaid laborers in New York City's ChinatownB. was one of the well paid laborers in New York City's ChinatownC. made much money from cheap laborers in New York City's ChinatownD. wrote a newspaper article exposing the practice of employing cheap laborers23.The underlined phrase "to submit to" is closest in meaning to ____.A. to accept unwillinglyB. to refuse coldlyC. to welcome warm heartedlyD. to blame strongly24.Which of the following statements about the Department of Defense is true?A. It will become the country's 14th largest retail apparel manufacturer.B. It hasn't acted according to the Workplace Code of Conduct.C. It has demanded its contractors to sign the Workplace Codeof Conduct.D. It has teamed up with the Department of Labor to launch a campaign.25.What was the purpose of President Clinton's administration launching the "No Sweat" campaign?A. To urge manufacturers to obey the Workplace Code of Conduct.B. To remind the manufacturers of the Workplace Code of Conduct.C. To urge the Department of Labor to take its responsibility.D. To urge the Department of Defense to inspect manufacturers.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:The term investment portfolio conjures up visions of the truly rich-the Rockefellers, the Wal Mart Waltons, Bill Gates. But today, everyone-from the Philadelphia firefighter, his part time receptionist wife and their three children, to the single Los Angeles lawyer starting out on his own-needs a portfolio.A portfolio is simply a collection of financial assets. It may include real estate, rare stamps and coins, precious metals and even artworks. But those are for people with expertise. What most of usneed to know about are stocks, bonds and cash (including such cash equivalents as money market funds).How do you decide what part of your portfolio should go to each of the big three? Begin by understanding that stocks pay higher returns but are more risky; bonds and cash pay lower returns but are less risky.Research by Ibbotson Associates, for example, shows that large company stocks, on average, have returned 11.2 percent annually since 1926. Over the same period, by comparison, bonds have returned an annual average of 5.3 percent and cash, 3.8 percent.But short term risk is another matter. In 1974, a one year $1000 investment in the stock market would have declined to $735.With bonds, there are two kinds of risk: that the borrower won't pay you back and that the money you'll get won't be worth very much. The U.S. government stands behind treasury bonds, so the credit risk is almost nil. But the inflation risk remains. Say you buy a $1000 bond maturing in ten years. If inflation averages about seven percent over that time, then the $1000 you receive at maturity can only buy $500 worth of today's goods.With cash, the inflation risk is lower, since over a long period you can keep rolling over your CDs every year (or more often). Ifinflation rises, interest rates rise to compensate.As a result, the single most imortant rule in building a portfolio is this: If you don't need the money for a long time, then put it into stocks. If you need it soon, put it into bonds and cash.26.This passage is intended to give advice on ____.A. how to avoid inflation risksB. what kinds of bonds to buyC. how to get rich by investing in stock marketD. how to become richer by spreading the risk27.The author mentions such millionaires as the Rockefellers and Bill Gates to show that ____.A. they are examples for us on our road to wealthB. a portfolio is essential to financial successC. they are really rich peopleD. they started out on their own28.Which of the following statements will the author support?A. Everybody can get rich with some financial assets.B. The credit risk for treasury bonds is extremely high.C. It's no use trying to know the advantages of stocks, bonds and cash.D. Everybody should realize the importance of distribution of their financial assets.29.The word "returns" in paragraph three can be best replaced by "____."A. returning journeysB. profitsC. savingsD. investments30.The author of the passage points out that ____.A. keeping cash is the only way to avoid risksB. the longer you own a stock, the more you lostC. the high rate of profit and high rate of risk coexist in stocksD. the best way to accumulate wealth is by investing in stocksPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of governmental units (state and statistics come from the same Latin root, status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking ofcensuses-all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability.Descriptive statistics involves tabulating, depicting, and describing collections of data. These data may be either quantitative, such as measures of height, intelligence, or grade level-variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum-or the data many represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major, or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reducing to comprehensibly form the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data.Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great difficulties for the unaided human mind. This general class of problems characteristically involves attempts to make predictions using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine the proportion of children in a large school system who come to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficiency to question each child; the proportion for the entire district could be estimated fairly accurately from a sample of as fewas 100 children. Thus, the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population.31.What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. Development and application of statistics.B. Origin of descriptive statistics.C. Limitations of inferential statistics.D. Importance of statistics.32.Describing and tabulating are associated with ____.A. inferential statisticsB. descriptive statisticsC. theories of probabilityD. inefficiency of counting33.Which of the following statements is true about descriptive statistics?A. It combines quantitative variables and qualitative variables.B. It can be used to deal with only quantitative variables.C. It helps to summarize properties of a group of data.D. It helps to make predictions using a sample of observations.34.The word "unwieldy" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.A. difficult to collectB. difficult to tackleC. incomprehensiveD. uncontrollable35.A sample of a population is often examined for the following purposes except ____.A. to make a more accurate prediction of trendB. to improve efficiency and avoid unnecessary workC. to save the trouble of approaching every membersD. to predict characteristics of the entire populationPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:The Japanese are fascinated by automata and new inventions. Japanese children are used to friendly robots in their comics, in toys, and in TV animated cartoons. When as adults they join the workforce,robots mean that there is no need to import cheap foreign labor, as happens in many other parts of the world. There is no need for humans to put up with dirty, mind deadening mechanical work the robot does it all without complaint, around the clock. Robots don't go on strike over tea breaks they don't have tea, or any other kind of breaks:they work, day and night, without having to be paid overtime, without making mistakes. Human tasks are subject to human error: robot error seldom or never occurs except as a result of human error!In Japan, robots are almost respected for their virtues. When a new robot is introduced to a small suburban factory, a Shinto priest is invited to inaugurate it. He inaugurates the robot with words along the lines of "Welcome to our co worker, we hope you'll help him settle in." No one laughs.FANUC demonstrates the Japanese tendency to conform particularly strikingly. The founder of FANUC, Dr. Inaba, has created an army that makes no distinction between blue collar, white collar and steel collar worker: everyone, including the warlord himself, is dressed in yellow clothing issued free by the company. Perhaps to make up for the boring nature of the work, there are a number of other company perks. Company benefits, including pay, are much higher than in similar companies in Japan. Travel to and from work is provided free in the company's yellow buses. However, workers are expected to put in demanding unpaid "overtime." There is a clock in the product development laboratory set to run at ten times the normal speed, the remind everyone that the company is on a war footing.As we watched Dr. Inaba's yellow helicopter soar away to Narita airport, we couldn't help thinking that his dream of world domination in robotics and allied applications might be moreelegantly achieved if he had also thought to program his robots to whistle while they work.36.According to the author, which of the following is not true to the Japanese?A. Robots mean there is no need to import cheap foreign labor.B. Robots mean that humans needn't do dirty and noisy work.C. Robots mean there are no strikes nor overtimes.D. Robots mean there is no mistake in any form.37.What can be inferred form the words "He inaugurates the robot with words along the lines of 'Welcome to our co worker, we hope you'll help him settle in.'No one laughs."?A. The Japanese has no sense of humor while at work.B. The Japanese does not understand the words of the Shinto priest.C. The Japanese shows a true respect for robots.D. The Japanese goes too far in their respect for robots.38.Which of the following is not true about FANUC?A. Workers receive higher pay for working overtime.B. Workers enjoy free travel to and from work.C. Workers are doing boring, sometimes demanding work.D. Workers are reminded of being on a war footing.39.What is not implied in the following works "we couldn't helpthinking that his dream of world domination in robotics and allied applications might be more elegantly achieved if he had also thought to program his robots to whistle while they work."?A. Our technology is not yet up to the needs of Dr. Inaba's dream.B. Dr. Inaba's dream of world domination in robotics lacks humanity.C. Dr. Inaba's dream of allied applications is too practical.D. The author is in favor of Dr. Inaba's dream.40.What does "our co worker" refer to in the sentence "Welcome to our co worker, we hope you'll help him settle in?"A. Japanese workers who attend the inauguration.B. The introduced robot.C. The people who have invented the robot.D. Japanese workers in general.Part ⅢVocabulary (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked. A., B., C. and D.. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41.Since the most commonly accepted test is the TOEFL exam, most institutions will expect a ____ TOEFL score for admission.A. minimalB. maximalC. mimimumD. maximum42.It was believed that his death ____ with the robbery of the bank downtown.A. accompaniedB. coincidedC. correlatedD. conformed43.Does Emerson find his career full and ____ as a basketball player?A. conflictingB. charmingC. rewardingD. awarding44.The local government gave the first ____ to education after the war.A. projectionB. protectionC. professionD. priority45.The professor ____ his habit of getting up early in the morning to do writing all his life.A. projectionB. retainedC. retailedD. revitalized46.The news of our team winning the match was really ____, and millions of people came out to celebrate the victory.A. overwhelmingB. acceleratingC. promptingD. preceding47.What the government should do urgently is to take actions to ____ the economy.A. brookB. blushC. boostD. brood48.The explosion in the mine was ____ by a careless miner who lit a match.A. triggeredB. claimedC. hamperedD. protested49.The mass newspaper depended significantly more on advertising ____ than did their predecessors.A. revenuesB. incomesC. avenuesD. outcomes50.Some minerals are quite common, others are regionally ____, and still others are rare on the earth.A. attributedB. distributedC. contributedD. scattered51.The most successful way to solve the language problem while a foreign play is being performed is ____ translation.A. instantaneousB. spontaneousC. simultaneousD. homogeneous52.The hostess ____ in the contract that the rent should be paid in cash at the beginning of each month.A. assumedB. submittedC. exposedD. specified53.This year, the number of accidents has ____ that of last year.A. overtakenB. overweighedC. overcomeD. overshadowed54.You must ____ yourself or they will continue to bully you, so you will go on living in disgrace.A. assessB. assertC. maintainD. promote55.While both plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed ____ in China's particular situation.A. availableB. feasibleC.resolvableD. presumable56.A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas to the students, as generally agreed by educational experts.A. transmitB. transferC. conveyD. communicate57.If you keep on taking on more work than you can do, your health will ____.A. declineB. degradeC. degenerateD. deteriorate58.The director tried to wave aside these issues as ____ details that would be settled later.A. preliminaryB. primaryC. trivialD. alternative59.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ____ of a brilliant career.A. endB. edgeC. thresholdD. course60.During the famine of 1943, millions of peasants ____ to the cities because they could not make a living in the countryside.A. immigratedB. emigratedC. migratedD. generated61.I'm sorry to inform you that you application has been declined. Our manager thought you were not ____ for the post.A. legibleB. eligibleC. validD. literate62.Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large ____.A. issueB. distributionC. coverageD. circulation63.This line was carrying equal number of eastbound and westbound trains, and they ____ regularly.A. alteredB. alternatedC. switchedD. exchanged64.The three astronauts have splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, only six miles from the aircraft carrier that was ____ for the recovery mission.A. dispatchedB. depositedC. deployedD.delivered65.Pubs have fanciful names like "The Red Lion" or "The Pig and Whistle" and they often have picutre on a signboard outside to ____ the name.A. justifyB. illustrateC. modifyD. clarify66.There are two main requirements before the fifth generation computer can become a reality and it is these that scientists are ____.A. anticipatingB. tacklingC. manipulatingD. speculating67.College students in this city have set up "the Cleaner Air Society" to help urban citizens become aware of the ____ to our environment.A. conditionsB. situationsC. dangersD. threats68.When you get a minor burn, pour some cold water on it, which will help____ the pain of the burn.A. relieveB. relaxC. revealD. release69.The library published a colletion of books recently made ____ to the public.A. acceptableB. accessibleC. accommodableD. accountable70.For 14 years after her spouse's death, she saw the ____meaning of her life as nourishing her son and safeguarding her husband's works.A. dueB. loneC. soleD. keenPart ⅤWriting (30 minutes)Directions:For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: How to Cope with Personal Crisis.You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:How to Deal with Personal Crisis1.造成个人危机的起因。

2022 2023学年四川省职教高考研究联合体普通高校对口招生第四次模拟考试英语参考答案第Ⅰ卷(共两部分满分70分)第一部分英语知识运用(共两节;满分30分)第一节单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)1.Bʌ解析ɔ本题考查冠词㊂f i r s t为序数词,其前用定冠词t h e㊂2.Aʌ解析ɔ本题考查双重所有格㊂ 我的一个学生 为a s t u d e n t o fm i n e㊂3.Dʌ解析ɔ本题考查介词的用法㊂根据 英语演讲在下午2:00开始 可知,到达演讲大厅的时间最迟不应晚于下午1:50㊂a f t e r表示 下午1:50后到演讲大厅 ,u n t i l表示 在演讲大厅待到下午1:50为止 ,均不合题意㊂a r o u n d意为 左右,大约 ,与a t t h e l a t e s t相矛盾㊂b y 是n o t l a t e r t h a n(不迟于)之意,符合句意㊂4.Cʌ解析ɔ本题考查动词时态及合成形容词㊂根据a n d后的l e f t可知第一空为一般过去时,故用a r r i v e d㊂第二空 22岁的 英语表达为22-y e a r-o l d㊂5.Dʌ解析ɔ本题考查固定用法㊂r e m e m b e r t od o s t h.意为 记得去做某事 ㊂6.Dʌ解析ɔ本题考查主语从句中i t的用法㊂i t作形式主语,真正的主语是t h a t引导的从句㊂7.Bʌ解析ɔ本题考查形容词的比较级㊂此句中基本结构为 m o r e+多音节形容词的原级+ t h a n+比较对象 ㊂8.Cʌ解析ɔ本题考查情态动词㊂c a n意为 能 ,表示能力;m a y意为 可以 ,表示许可; m u s t意为 必须 ,强调主观愿望;c o u l d意为 可以 ,表示允许㊁请求㊂根据后半句句意可知, 我 必须待在家㊂9.Bʌ解析ɔ本题考查感叹句㊂此处感叹句结构为 W h a t+形容词+不可数名词+主语+谓语! ㊂10.Cʌ解析ɔ本题考查时间状语从句㊂w h e n意为 当 时候 ;a f t e r意为 在 之后 ;b e f o r e意为 在 之前 ;u n t i l意为 直到 ㊂句意: 你为什么不告诉他这个好消息? 我还没来得及说,他就冲出了宿舍㊂ b e f o r e表示没来得及㊂11.Dʌ解析ɔ本题考查连词㊂句意: 下周我们将放假,童辉和我都有时间参加志愿活动㊂b o t h...a n d...意为 两者都 ㊂12.Bʌ解析ɔ本题考查非限定性定语从句㊂w h i c h替代前面提到的事情㊂13.Aʌ解析ɔ本题考查动词短语㊂句意: 你觉得这次演讲怎么样? 非常棒!它也能让我振作起来实现我的梦想㊂ c h e e r s b.u p意为 使某人振作起来 ㊂14.Aʌ解析ɔ本题考查宾语从句㊂宾语从句用陈述语序,即按照主语在前㊁谓语在后的顺序㊂15.Dʌ解析ɔ本题考查交际用语㊂句意: 我寒假打算去海南㊂ 祝你旅途愉快㊂ 第二节语言应用(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)16.Cʌ解析ɔ根据 C l e v e r h o u s e A l a r mS y s t e m R o o m T e m p e r a t u r e 可知,这是用于智能家居控制的㊂17.Cʌ解析ɔ根据图片信息可知,本图是一个关于影响P O S支付因素的调查,从图表中得知,阴影部分横向最长的为A v a i l a b l em e t h o d㊂18.Bʌ解析ɔ根据 P L E A S ES W I T C H O F F T H E L I G H T SA N D F A N SB E F O R E Y O U L E A V E 可知,此图呼吁人们节约用电㊂19.Bʌ解析ɔ根据 D e a d l i n e:13t hA u g u s t2022 可知截止日期为2022年8月13日㊂20.Aʌ解析ɔ根据图表中第二行可知,一张票(单日)的价格是$45,再结合 C h i l d r e n2 y e a r s a n du n d e r a r e a d m i t t e dF R E E 可知,他总共需要付$45㊂21.Bʌ解析ɔ根据图中 N e v e r p i c ku p s o m e o n e e l s e s c o p i e s 可知B项与文本不符㊂22.Aʌ解析ɔ根据 E L E C T R I C V E H I C L E C H A R G I N GS T A T I O N 可知,这是一个新能源汽车充电站㊂23.Cʌ解析ɔ根据表格中T E A C H E R一列可知,D O B老师于2月19日和2月20日分别有两节课,总共是四节课㊂24.Bʌ解析ɔ根据表格中周二的S U B J E C T定位到下方M a t h以及其右边的时间10:00 13:00,可知周二的数学课是上午10:00开始㊂25.Cʌ解析ɔ根据表格中S U B J E C T下方P h y s i c sT r i l o g y(H&F)右侧对应的R O OM可知, 2023年2月20日的授课房间是L R C1㊂第二部分阅读理解(5篇短文,共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)26.Dʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 L i u H a i:Y o ua r eac l e v e rb o y.Y o uw o nt h eP h y s i c sc o m p e t i t i o n t h i s t e r mi no u r s c h o o l 可知答案㊂27.Cʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据L i F a n g一栏中 Y o u r v o i c e i s s ob e a u t i f u l,w e a l l l i k e t o l i s t e n t o y o u r s i n g i n g 可知答案㊂28.Aʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据W e nH u a一栏中 B u t I t h i n kC h i n e s e i s a l s o i m p o r t a n t.T h e m o r e y o u r e a d,t h em o r e y o uw i l l l e a r n 可知,老师建议文华通过多阅读来提升汉语水平㊂29.Bʌ解析ɔ推理判断题㊂总览全文,可知这是教师在期末时对学生各科学习所做的评价及建议㊂30.Dʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t g o a lo f t h i s s p i r i t i s t oc h e r i s h, v a l u e a n db e r e s p o n s i b l e t o w a r d s o u r s o c i e t y a n d p e o p l e 可知答案㊂31.Aʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 T h a t i s,b e c a u s e i n t h e l o n g r u no n l y a s e r i o u s a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s o u rw o r kw i l l e n s u r e ah i g h l e v e l o f p r o d u c t q u a l i t y 可知答案㊂32.Cʌ解析ɔ主旨大意题㊂文章第一㊁二㊁四段均提到了s p i r i t o f c r a f t s m a n s h i p,可知本文主要围绕 工匠精神 展开㊂33.Bʌ解析ɔ推理判断题㊂根据文章第一段和最后一段,且结合文章内容,可知此文最有可能来自一篇关于工匠精神的演讲㊂34.Cʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 C h i l d r e n a n d y o u n g p e o p l e s h o u l d g e t a t l e a s t60m i n u t e s o f p h y s i c a l a c t i v i t y e v e r y d a y 可知答案㊂35.Bʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 E a t i n g f r u i t a n d v e g e t a b l e s e v e r y d a y h e l p s u s r e d u c e t h e r i s ko fm a n y d i s e a s e s 可知答案㊂36.Aʌ解析ɔ主旨大意题㊂根据文章开头 O u r b u s y l i f e s t y l e s c a nb eh a r do no u r f a m i l y sh e a l t h 以及每段主旨句可知,本文作者向读者讲述了5种健康生活的方式㊂37.Dʌ解析ɔ推理判断题㊂文章所讲的内容是健康的生活方式,可判断本文最有可能来自健康杂志㊂38.Cʌ解析ɔ段落大意题㊂通读第一段可知,本段主要介绍了即食食品已成为一个快速增长的行业,又因其与餐馆食物相似且方便,因此越来越受人们欢迎㊂39.Dʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 F o t i a o q i a n g d a t e s b a c k t o t h e r e i g no fE m p e r o rT o n g z h i (18621875)o f t h eQ i n g D y n a s t y 可知答案㊂40.Cʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 I n2008,t h e r e c i p e o f J u c h u n y u a n f o t i a o q i a n g w a s l i s t e da s an a t i o n a l i n t a n g ib l ec u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e 可知答案㊂41.Bʌ解析ɔ主旨大意题㊂通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了中国历史悠久的食品品牌聚春园的名菜 佛跳墙的菜谱及其起源,并说明中国美食将中国的饮食文化进一步推向世界㊂42.Bʌ解析ɔ细节理解题㊂根据 ...t h eC h i n e s e c o m p a n y h a s l a u n c h e d(上市)i t s p r o d u c t si nS o u t hK o r e a,J a p a n,S i n g a p o r e,t h e M i d d l eE a s t,N o r t hA m e r i c aa n dE u r o p e 可知,其中没有马来西亚㊂43.Aʌ解析ɔ词义猜测题㊂根据 W ea i mt ol a u n c h...t oe a s i l y f i t i n t ov e n u e s s u c ha sh o m e s,g y m s a n do f f i c e s f o r p e r s o n a l u s e 可知,v e n u e s在此处的意思与p l a c e s相似㊂44.Cʌ解析ɔ推理判断题㊂第四段首先讲述了V R和A R在中国的广泛应用,又进一步举例说明其运用㊂45.Aʌ解析ɔ主旨大意题㊂通读全文可知,文章主要讲述了A R和V R技术在中国的发展㊂第Ⅱ卷(共三节满分30分)第一节补全对话(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)46.E47.G48.D49.C50.B第二节翻译(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)51.眼见为实㊂52.这种药对治疗胃痛很有效㊂53.如果我们不怕困难,困难就算不了什么㊂54.f i l l i n/f i l l o u t55.r e m i n d sm e第三节书面表达(满分15分)参考范文:D e a r J i m,I m w r i t i n g t o i n v i t e y o u t o a t t e n d o u r s c h o o l s e v e n i n g p a r t y.I t i s h e l d t ow e l c o m e t h e f r e s h m e n.T h e e v e n i n g p a r t y w i l l b e h e l d a t t h e s c h o o l g y m n a s i u m.I tw i l l s t a r t a t7:00p.m. t h i sF r i d a y a n d l a s t a b o u t t h r e eh o u r s.T h ee v e n i n gp a r t yp r o m i s e s t ob ev e r y w o n d e r f u l. 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2021年大学英语四级(CET-4)真题模拟试卷4【附答案】Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of students selecting their lectures. You should write at least 120words following the outline given bellow:1.越来越多的博物馆免费对外开放的目的是什么？2.也会带来一些问题3.你的看法？Free admission to museumsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). For questions8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.How Do You See Diversity?As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company .During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise.He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice.“It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding . He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting(避开) your eyes.“I was just thrown off by the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was cultural,”Tiffany says. “I missed out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.”Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand our under-standing of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions .Hire AdvantageAt a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid biases(偏爱) from the process have a distinct advantage .My company, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots .A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make .“During my Mindsets coaching session ,I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets .The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company .When the real estate market began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we were able to stay in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”Blinded by GenderDale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce . “Through one of the sessions ,I discovered my personal bias ,” he recalls . “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person , and being open to differences .” In his case , the blindness was not about culture but rather gender .“I had a management position open in my department ;and the two finalists were a man and a woman . Had I not attended this workshop , I would have automatically assumed the man was the best candidate because the position required quite a bit of extensive travel . My reasoning would have been that even though both candidates were great and could have been successful in the position , I assumed the woman would have wanted to be home with her children and not travel .”Dale’s assumptions are another example of the well-intentioned but incorrect thinking that limits an organization’s ability to tap into the full potential of a diverse workforce .“I learned from the class that instead of imposing my gender biases into the situation , I needed to present the full range of duties, responsibilities and expectations to all candidates and allow them to make an informed decision .” Dale credits the workshop , “because it helped me make decisions based on fairness .”Year of the Know-It-AllDoug is another supervisor who attended one of my workshops .He recalls a major lesson learned from his own employee.“One of my most embarrassing moments was when I had a Chinese-American employee put in a request to take time off to celebrate Chinese New Year . In my ignorance , I assumed he had his dates wrong , as the first of January had just passed . When I advised him of this , I gave him a long talking-to about turning in requests earlywith the proper dates .“He patiently waited , then when I was done , he said he would like Chinese New Year did not begin January first , and that Chinese New Year ,which is tied to the lunar cycle ,is one of the most celebrated holidays on the Chinese calendar . Needless to say , I felt very embarrassed in assuming he had his dates mixed up . But I learned a great deal about assumptions , and that the timing of holidays varies considerably from culture to culture .“Attending the diversity workshop helped me realize how much I could learn by simply asking questions and creating dialogues with my employees , rather than making assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all ,” Doug admits . “The biggest thing I took away from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive’ to differences.”A better Bottom LineAn open mind about diversity not only improves organizations internally , it is profitable as well . These comments from a customer service representative show how an inclusive attitude can improve sales .”Most of my customers speak English as a second language . One of the best things my company has done is to contract with a language service that offers translations over the phone . It wasn’t until my boss received Mindsets’ training that she was able to understand how important inclusiveness was to customer service . As result , our customer base has increased .”Once we start to see people as individuals . and discard the stereotypes , we can move positively toward inclusiveness for everyone . Diversity is about coming together and taking advantage of our differences and similarities . It is about building better communities and organizations that enhance us as individuals and reinforce our shared humanity .When we begin to question our assumptions and challenge what we think we have learned from our past , from the media, peers , family , friends , etc , we begin to realize that some of our conclusions are flawed(有缺陷的) or contrary to our fundamental values . We need to train our-selves to think differently , shift our mindsets and realize that diversity opens doors for all of us ,creating opportunities in organizations and communities that benefit everyone .1.What bothered Tiffany during an interview with her candidate?A)He just wouldn’t look her in the eye.B)He was slow in answering her questions.C)His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant.D)His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant .2. Tiffany’s misjudgment about the candidate stemmed from .A) Racial stereotypes. C) Racial stereotypes.B) Invalid personal bias . D) Emphasis on physical appearance3. What is becoming essential in the course of economic globalization accordingto the author?A) Hiring qualified technical and management personnel.B) Increasing understanding of people of other cultures.C) Constantly updating knowledge and equipment.D) Expanding domestic and international markets.4. What kind of organization is Mindsets LLC?A) A real estate agency. C) A cultural exchange organization.B) A personnel training company. D) A hi-tech company5. After one of the workshops ,account executive Dale realized that .A) He had hired the wrong person.B) He could have done more for his company.C) He had not managed his workforce well.D) He must get rid of his gender bias.6. What did Dale think of Mindsets LLC’s workshop?A) It was well-intentioned but poorly conducted.B) It tapped into the executives’ full potential.C) It helped him make fair decisions.D) It met participants’ diverse needs.7. How did Doug, a supervisor, respond to a Chinese-American employee’srequest for leave?A)He told him to get the dates right. C)He flatly turned it downB)He demanded an explanation. D)He readily approved it.8. Doug felt when he realized that his assumption was wrong.9. After attending Mindsets’ workshops, the participants came to know theimportance of to their business.10. When we view people as individuals and get rid of stereotypes , we canachieve diversity and benefit from the between us.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 Minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions willbe asked about what was said .Both the conversation and the questionswill be spoken only once .After each question there will be a pause . Duringthe pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B),C) and D), anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) She expected more people at her party.B) She enjoys entertaining small children.C) She threw a surprise party for her friendD) She has always enjoyed great popularity.12. A) They are not used to living in a cold place.B) They feel lucky to live in Florida.C) They are going to have a holiday.D) They have not booked their air tickets yet.13. A) He was pleased to get the medal. C) He used to be a firefighter.B) He was very courageous. D) He was accused of causing a fire.14. A) Make a profitable investment. C) Get parts for the machine from Japan.B) Buy a new washing machine D) Have the old washing machine fixed.15. A) He is pleased with his exciting new job.B) He finds the huge workload unbearable.C) He finds his office much too big for him.D) He is not so excited about his new position.16. A) The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow.B) The man has no idea what the right thing to do is.C) The woman doesn’t know how to get to the party.D) The man offers to drive the woman to the party.17. A) Drawing up a business plan. C) Finalizing a contract.B) Discussing a term paper. D) Reviewing a co-authored article.18. A) She ordered some paper. C) She chatted online with a friendB) She had the printer repaired. D) She filled in an application formQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) His health is getting worse. C) His past life upsets him a good deal.B) He can no longer work at sea. D) He has not got the expected pension.20. A) She passed away years ago. C) She has been working at a clinic.B) She used to work as a model. D) She has been seriously ill for years.21. A) She has made lots of money as a doctor.B) She is going to take care of her old dad.C) She has never got on with her father.D) She is kind and generous by nature.22. A) He dines out with his wife every weekend.B) He is excellent but looks had-tempered.C) He does not care about his appearance.D) He is not quite popular with his patients.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) The man has sent the order to the woman by mistakeB) Some of the telephone systems don’t work properlyC) Some of the packs do not contain any manuals.D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard.24. A) Send a service engineer to do the repairs.B) Consult her boss about the best solution.C) Pass the man’s order to the right person.D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard.25. A) Ideal. C) PartialB) Temporary D) CreativeSection BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages .At the end of each passage .You will hear some questions. Boss the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) It is entertaining. C) It takes lots of time.B) It is a costly hobby. D) It requires training.27. A) They can harm nearby plants. C) They fight each other for food.B) They may catch some disease. D) They may pollute the environment.28. A) Place the food on warmer spots. C) Avoid using any contaminated food.B) Use prepared feed mixtures only. D) Continue the feeding till it gets warm. Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) He will betray even his best friends.B) He is able to make up good excuses.C) He will lie whenever he wants.D) He tries to achieve his goal at any cost30. A) She made him apologize C) She broke up with him.B) She readily forgave him D) She refused to answer his calls.31. A) Buy her a new set of tires. C) Lend her his batteries.B) Help clean her apartment. D) Move furniture for her.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) The atmosphere they live in is rather unreal.B) Their parents put too much pressure on them.C) It’s hard for them to get along with other kids.D) They have to live in the shadow of their parents.33. A) He always boasts about his rich father.B) He will grow up to be good for nothing.C) He has too much to know the value of things.D) He is too young to manage his inherited property.34. A) She wants Amanda to get professional care.B) She has no experience in raising children.C) She wants to show off her wealth.D) She has no time to do it herself.35. A) The lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies.B) The worship of money, beauty and pleasure.C) The attention the media focuses on them.D) The pursuing of perfection in performance.Section CDirections : In this section , you will hear a passage three times .When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea .When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in theblanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missinginformation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you havejust heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, whenthe passage is read for the third time, you should check what you havewritten .Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He(36) .on studying how quickly the human mind can remember (37) . One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis(假设), which simply means the amount you learn (38) on the time you spend trying to learn it . This can be taken as our first rule of learning.Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it better to study for four hours (39) or to study for one hour a day for four days in a (40) ?. The answer, as you may have (41) , is that it is better to spread out the study times. This (42) , through which we can learn more (43) .by dividing our practice time, is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, (44).But we’re not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very short periods of time. (45).Should you look at the same word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again ?(46).Part IV Reading Comprehension (reading in depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before makingyour choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please markthe corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bankmore than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments 47 it . They fine the writing process 48 and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it- 49 English , with its rich vocabulary . Being able to speak but not write is like living in an 50 mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one small room . When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my 51 is to show them the rest of the rooms . My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to 52 the moral and emotional development of my students . One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done 53 , just like exercise ; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and 54 after only a few weeks of journal writing .Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and 55 lives . They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step 56 to fluency , eloquence (雄辩), and command of language .Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choiceand mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The January fashion show, called FutureFashion , exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their lines.The designers who undertake green fashion still face many challenges. Scott Hahn, cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality sustainable materials can still be tough to fine . “Most designers with existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable fabrics that can just replace what you’re doing and shat your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and non-organic cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents.Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs(企业家) who attend its two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are at least 25% sustainable . It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional(过渡型的) cottonat higher prices , thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material . “Mainstream is about to occur,” says Hahn.Some analysts(分析师) are less sure . Among consumers, only 18%are even aware that ecofashion exists, up from 6% four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the unconverted consumer, when asked if she owned any sustainable clothes, she replied: “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers, she finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t too expensive.” By her own admission, green just isn’t yet on her mind. But –thanks to the combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers –one day it will be.57. What is said about FutureFashion?A) It inspired many leading designers to start going green.B) It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far.C) It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized.D) It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made durable.58. According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who will go organic isthat .A) much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable materials .B) they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic materials .C) customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic materials .D) quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available .59. We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion .A) can attend various trade shows free .B) are readily recognized by the fashion worldC) can buy organic cotton at favorable prices .D) are gaining more and more support .60. What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toward ecofashion?A) She doesn’t seem to care about it. C) She is doubtful of its practical value.B) She doesn’t think it is sustainable D) She is very much opposed to the idea61. What does the author think of green fashion?A) Green products will soon go mainstream.B) It has a very promising future.C) Consumers have the final say.D) It will appeal more to young people.Passage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using a strand(缕) of hair , a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified murder victims .The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people’s hair.“You’re what you eat and drink, and that’s recorded in you hair,” said Thure Cerling, a geologist at the University of Utah.While U.S diet is relatively identical, water supplies vary. The differences result from weather patterns. The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as raid clouds move.Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable , but traces of both elements are also present as heavier isotopes (同位素) . The heaviest raid falls first .As a result, storms that form over the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.Similar patterns exist throughout the U.S. By measuring the proportion of heavier hydrogen and oxygen isotopes along a strand of hair, scientists can construct a geographic timeline. Each inch of hair corresponds to about two months.Cerling’s team collected tap water samples from 600 cities and constructed a mop of the regional differences. They checked the accuracy of the map by testing 200 hair samples collected from 65 barber shops.They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of raid systems.“It’s not good for pinpointing (精确定位),” Cerling said . “It’s good for eliminating many possibilities.”Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.The woman was 5 feet tall. Police recovered 26 bones, a T-shirt and several strands of hair.When Park heard about the research, he gave the hair samples to the researchers. Chemical testing showed that over the two years before her death, she moved about every two months.She stayed in the Northwest, although the test could not be more specific than somewhere between eastern Oregon and western Wyoming.“It’s still a substantial area,” Park said “But it narrows it way down for me.”62. What is the scientists’ new discovery?A) One’s hair growth has to do with the amount of water they drink.B) A person’s hair may reveal where they have lived.C) Hair analysis accurately identifies criminal suspects.D) The chemical composition of hair varies from person to person.63. What does the author mean by “You’re what you eat and drink” (Line 1, Para.3)?A) Food and drink affect one’s personality development.B) Food and drink preferences vary with individuals.C) Food and drink leave traces in one’s body tissues.D) Food and drink are indispensable to one’s existence.64. What is said about the rainfall in America’s West?A) There is much more rainfall in California than in Utah.B) The water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland.C) Its chemical composition is less stable than in other areas.D) It gathers more light isotopes as it moves eastward.65. What did Cerling’s team produce in their research?A) A map showing the regional differences of tap water.B) A collection of hair samples from various barber shops.C) A method to measure the amount of water in human hair.D) A chart illustrating the movement of the rain system.66. What is the practical value of Cerling’s research?A) It helps analyze the quality of water in different regions.B) It helps the police determine where a crime is committed.C) It helps the police narrow down possibilities in detective work.D) It helps identify the drinking habits of the person under investigation.Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable 67 . He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses 68 subways and grains . “It’s not inconvenient at all ,” he says 69 , “having a car is so 20th century.”Suda reflects a worrisome 70 in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, 71 among the young ,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 72 mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular ,everything in between is 73 .Last years sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent 74 you don’t count the mini-car market . There have been 75 one-year drops in other nations :sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 76 a tax increase . But experts say Japan is77 in that sales have been decreasing steadily78 time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.67. A) profit C) incomeB) payment D) budget68. A) mostly C) occasionallyB) partially D) rarely69. A) Therefore C) OtherwiseB) Besides D) Consequently70. A) drift C) currentB) tide D) trend71. A) remarkably C) speciallyB) essentially D )particularly72. A) While C) WhenB) Because D) Since73. A) surging C) slippingB) stretching D) shaking74. A) unless C) asB) if D) after75. A) lower C) broaderB) slighter D) larger76. A) liable to C) thanks toB) in terms of D) in view of77. A) unique C) mysteriousB) similar D) strange78. A) over C) onB) against D) behindAlarmed by this state of 79 , the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) 80 a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 81 wealth gap, demographic(人口结构的) changes and 82 lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their83 longer , replace their cars with smaller ones84 give up car ownership altogether .JAMA85 a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer , further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is 79. A) mess C) growthB) boom D) decay80. A) proceeded C) launchedB)relieved D) revised81. A) quickening C) strengtheningB) widening D) lengthening82. A) average C) abundantB) massive D) general83. A) labels C) vehiclesB) cycles D) devices84. A) or C) butB) until D) then85. A) concludes C) reckonsB) predicts D) prescribes86. A) distant C) temporaryB) likely D) immediate。

四川农业大学2021级大学英语专业模拟试题Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.Joy: A Subject Schools LackBecoming educated should not require giving up pleasure.A) When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once；feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business. Even as a satire (讽刺), it seems disgusting and shocking in America with its child-centered culture. But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.B) If you spend much time with educators and policy makers, you'll hear a lot of the following words；"standards," "results”, "s kills," "self-control," "accountability," and so on. I have visited some of the newer supposedly "effective" schools, where children shout slogans in order to learn self- control or must stand behind their desk when they can’t sit still.C) A look at what goes on in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when people think about education, they are not thinking about what it feels like to be a child, or what makes childhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right.D) I’m a mother of three, a teacher, and a developmental psychologist. So I’ve watched a lot ofchildren一talking, playing, arguing, eating, studying, and being young. Here’s what I’ve come to understand. The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills. It’s their enormous capacity for joy. Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year-old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip. A child’s ability to become deeply absorbed in something, and derive intense pleasure from that absorption, is something adults spend the rest of their lives trying to return to.E) A friend told me the following story. One day, when he went to get his7-year-old son from soccer practice, his kid greeted him with a downcast face and a sad voice. The coach had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drills. The littleboy walked out of the school with his head and shoulders hanging down. He seemed wrapped in sadness. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to peer at something on the sidewalk. His face went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, "Dad. Come here. This is the strangest bug I've ever seen. It has, like, a million legs. Look at this. It's amazing. "He looked up at his father, his features overflowing with energy and deli ght. "Can’t we stay here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs. This is the coolest ever."F) The traditional view of such moments is that they constitute a charming but irrelevant byproduct of youth一something to be pushed aside to make room for more important qualities, like perseverance (坚持不懈), obligation, and practicality. Yet moments like this one are just the kind of intense absorption and pleasure adults spend the rest of their lives seeking. Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy. Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example. In some cases, schools should help children find new, more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are constant sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions.G) Building on a child's ability to feel joy, rather than pushing it aside, wouldn't be that hard. It would just require a shift in the education world’s mindset (思维模式). Instead of trying to get children to work hard, why not focus on getting them to take pleasure in meaningful, productive activity, like making things, working with others, exploring ideas, and solving problems? These focuses are not so different from the things in which they delight.H) Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty' low academic achievement, and high dropout rates ’ think again. The more horrible the school circumstances, the more important pleasure is to achieving any educational success.I) Many of the assignments and rules teachers come up with, often because they are pressured by their administrators, treat pleasure and joy as the enemies of competence and responsibility. The assumption is that children shouldn’t chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work；instead, they should learn to delay gratification (快乐) so that they can pursue abstract goals, like going to college.J) Not only is this a boring and awful way to treat children, it makes no sense educationally. Decades of research have shown that in order to acquire skills and real knowledge in school, kids need to want to learn. You can force a child to stay in his or her seat, fill out a worksheet, or practice division. But you can’t force the child to think carefully, enjoy books, digest complex information, or develop a taste for learning. To make that happen, you have to help the child find pleasure m learning一to see school as a source of joy.K) Adults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine: unpleasant, but necessary and good for you. Why not instead think of learning as if it were food一something so valuable to humans that they have evolved to experience it as a pleasure?L) Joy should not be trained out of children or left for after-school programs. The more difficult a child's life circumstances, the more important it is for that child to find joy in his or her classroom. "Pleasure" is not a dirty word. And it doesn’t run counter to the goals of public education. It is, in fact, the precondition.1. It will not be difficult to make learning a source of joy if educators change their way of thinking.2. What distinguishes children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy from what they are doing.3. Children in America are being treated with shocking cruelty.4. It is human nature to seek joy in life.5. Grown-ups are likely to think that learning to children is what medicine is to patients.6. Bad school conditions make it all the more important to turn learning into a joyful experience.7. Adults do not consider children's feelings when it comes to education.8. Administrators seem to believe that only hard work will lead children to their educational goals.9. In the so-called "effective" schools, children are taught self-control under a set of strict rules.10. To make learning effective, educators have to ensure that children want to learn.答案1-10 GDAFK HCIBJ。

四川农业大学2021级大学英语专业模拟试题Directions: There are 2 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests.The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.On the other hand, indicators of a person’s accumulated knowledge—like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.The results do not mean that young adults need to start worrying about their memories. Most people’s minds function at a high level even in their later years, according to researcher Timothy Salthouse."These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one’s abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no dispases," Salthouse said in a news release.The study included healthy, educated adults who took standard tests of memory, reasoning and perception at the outset and at some point over the next seven years.The tests are designed to detect subtle (细微的)changes in mental function, and involve solving Puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbols.In general, Salthouse and his colleagues found, certain aspects of cognition (认知能力)generally started to decline in the late 20s to 30s.The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia(痴呆),according to the researchers.“By following individuals over time,” Salthouse said, "we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.”The researchers are currently analyzing, the study participants' health and lifestyle to see which factors might influence age-related cognitive changes.1. What is the common view of mental function?A. It varies from person to person. C. It gradually expands with age.B. It weakens in one’s later years. D. It indicates one’s health condition.2. What does the new study find about mental functions?A. Some diseases inevitably lead to their decline.B. They reach a peak at the age of 20 for most people.C. They are closely related to physical' and mental exercise.D. Some of them begin to decline when people are still young.3. What does Timothy Salthouse say about people's minds in most cases?A. They tend to decline in people’s later years.B. Their flexibility determines one’s abilities.C. They function quite well even in old age.D. Their functioning is still a puzzle to be solved.4. Although people’s minds may function less flexibly as they age, they_____.A. may be better at solving puzzlesB. can memorize things with more easeC. may have greater facility in abstract reasoningD. can put what they have learnt into more effective use5. According to Salthouse, their study may help us_____.A. find ways to slow down our mental declineB. find ways to boost our memoriesC. understand the complex process of mental functioningD. understand the relation between physical and mental healthPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.The most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children. The shorthand(简写)educators use for this is "pre-K"—meaning instruction before kindergarten—and the big idea is to prepare 4-year-olds and even younger kids to be ready to succeed on their K-12 journey.But it gets complicated. The concept has multiple forms, and scholars and policymakers argue about the shape, scope and cost of the ideal program.The federal Head Start program, launched 50 years ago, has served more than 30 million children. It was based on concepts developed at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College by Susan Gray, the legendary pioneer in early childhood education research.A new Peabody study of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program reports that pre-K works, but the gains are not sustained through the third grade. It seems to me this highlights quality issues in elementary schools more than pre-K, and indicates longer-term success must connect pre-K with all the other issues, related to educating a child.Pre-K is controversial. Some critics say it is a luxury and shouldn't be free to families able to pay. Pre-K advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child's schooling. I lean toward the latter view.This is, in any case, the right conversation to be having now as Mayor Megan Barry takes office. She was the first candidate to speak out for strong pre-K programming. The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real goal andthe longer, bigger picture.The weight of the evidence is on the side of pre-K that early intervention (干预)works. What government has not yet found is the political will to put that understanding into full practice with a sequence of smart schooling that provides the early foundation.For this purpose, our schools need both the talent and the organization to educate each child who arrives at the schoolhouse door. Some show up ready, but many do not at this critical time when young brains are developing rapidly.6. What does the author say about pre-kindergarten education?A. It should cater to the needs of individual children.B. It is essential to a person's future academic success.C. Scholars and policymakers have different opinions about it.D. Parents regard it as the first phase of children's development.7. What does the new Peabody study find?A. Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.B. The third grade marks a new phase of learning.C. The third grade is critical to children's development.D. Quality has not been the top concern of pre-K programs.8. When does the author think pre-K works the best?A. When it is accessible to kids of all families.B. When it is made part of kids' education.C. When it is no longer considered a luxury.D. When it is made fun and enjoyable to kids.9. What do we learn about Mayor Megan Barry?A. She knows the real goal of education.B. She is a mayor of insight and vision.C. She has once run a pre-K program.D. She is a firm supporter of pre-K.10. What does the author think is critical to kids' education?A. Teaching method.B. Kids' interest.C. Early intervention.D. Parents' involvement.答案：1-5: BDCDA 6-10: CABDC。

四川农业大学2021级大学英语专业模拟试题Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage."One of the reasons I find this topic very interesting is because my mom was a smoker when I was younger," says Lindson-Hawley, who studies tobacco and health at the University of Oxford.By studying about 700 adult smokers, she found out that her mom quit the right way-by stopping abruptly and completely.In her study, participants were randomly ( 随机地) assigned to two groups. One had to quit abruptly on a given day, going from about a pack a day to zero. The other cut down gradually over the course of two weeks. People in both groups used nicotine (尼古丁) patches before they quit, in addition to a second form of nicotine replacement, like gum or spray. They also had talk therapy with a nurse before and after quit day.Six months out, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it-more than one-fifih of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group. Although these numbers appear low, it is much higher than if people try without support.And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting. "If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it. And I think people see that for smoking as well. They think, 'Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,'" says Lindson-Hawley. But that wasn't the case. Instead of giving people practice, the gradual reduction likely gave them cravings (隐) and withdrawal symptoms before they even reached quit day, which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point. "Regardless of your stated preference, if you're ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective," says Dr. Gabriela Feneira. "When you can quote a specific number like a fifth of the patients were able to quit, that's compelling. It gives them the encouragement, I think, to really go for it," Ferreira says.People rarely manage to quit the first time they try. But at least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.1. What does Lindson-Hawley says about her mother？A) She quit smoking with her daughter's help.B ) She succeeded in quitting smoking abruptly.C) She was also a researcher of tobacco and health.D) She studied the smoking patterns of adult smokers.2.What kind of support did smokers receive to quit smoking in Lindson-Hawley's study？A ) They were given physical training.B ) They were looked after by physiciansC)They were encouraged by psychologists.D) They were offered nicotine replacements.3. How does Dr. Gabriela Ferreira view the result of Lindson-Hawley’s experiment？A ) It is idealized.B ) It is unexpected.C) It is encouraging. D ) It is misleading.4. The idea of "a marathon" (Line 2, Para5 ) illustrates the popular belief that quitting smok ing?A) is something few can accomplish. B ) needs some practice first.C ) requires a lot of patience. D) is a challenge at the beginning.5. What happens when people try to quit smoking gradually?A) They find it even more difficult. B ) They are simply unable to make it.C) They show fewer withdrawal symptoms.D ) They feel much less pain in the process.答案：1-5: B D C B A。