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1、考试中心模拟题之(2)Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents
2、is 1 and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is 2 listening behavior. As 3 in point, one parent believed that her daughter had a severe 4 problem. She was so 5 that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear 6 . The audiologist carefully tested both ears and reported back to the par
3、ent: “Theres nothing wrong with her hearing. Shes just tuning you out.“A leading cause of the 7 divorce rate (more than half of all marriages end in divorce) is the failure of husbands and wives to 8 effectively. They dont listen to each other. Neither person 9 to the actual message sent by the othe
4、r.In 10 fashion, political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected and 11 officials are out of 12 with the constituents they are supposedly 13 . Why ? Because they dont believe that they listen to them. In fact, it seems that sometimes our politicians dont even l
5、isten to themselves. The following is a 14 story: At a national legislative conference held in Albuquerque some years ago, 15 Senator Joseph Montoya was 16 a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before he got up before the audience to 17 a speech. When he rose to speak, to the horror of h
6、is press aide and the 18 of his audience, Montoya began reading the press release, not his speech. He began, “For immediate release. Senator Joseph M. Montoya, Democrat of New Mexico, last night told the National Legislative Conference at Albuquerque.“. Montoya read the entire six-page release, 19 w
7、ith the statement that he “was repeatedly 20 .by applause. 1. A little B scarce C poor D rare 2. A lack B deficient C ineffective D fruitless 3. A a case B an example Ca lesson D a suggest 4. A listening B hearing C aural D audio 5. A believing B doubtless C assured D convinced 6. A experimented B t
8、reated C cured D tested 7. A arising B rising C increasing D soaring 8. A exchange B interchange C encounter D interact 9. A relates B responds C refers D resorts 10. A like B alike C likely D likewise 11. A nominated B selected C appointed D supported12. A connection B reach C communication D touch
9、 13. A leading B supporting C representing D delegating 14. A real B true C actual D genuine 15. A then B when C a D the 16. A awarded B distributed C submitted D handed 17. A present B publish C deliver D pursue 18. A joy B enjoyment C amusement D delight 19. A conclude B to conclude C concluding D
10、 concluded 20.Astopped B interrupted C disrupted D interfered Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1As a young bond trader, Buttonwood wa
11、s given two pieces of advice, trading rules of thumb, if you will: that bad economic news is good news for bond markets and that every utterance dropping from the lips of Paul Volcker, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the man who restored the central banks credibility by stomping on run
12、away inflation, should be respected than Popes orders. Todays traders are, of course, a more sophisticated bunch. But the advice still seems good, apart from two slight drawbacks. The first is that the well-chosen utterances from the present chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, is of mor
13、e than passing difficulty. The second is that, of late, good news for the economy has not seemed to upset bond investors all that much. For all the cheer that has crackled down the wires, the yield on ten-year bonds-which you would expect to rise on good economic news-is now, at 4.2%, only two-fifth
14、s of a percentage point higher than it was at the start of the year. Pretty much unmoved, in other words.Yet the news from the economic front has been better by far than anyone could have expected. On Tuesday November 25th, revised numbers showed that Americas economy grew by an annual 8.2% in the t
15、hird quarter, a full percentage point more than originally thought, driven by the ever-spendthrift American consumer and, for once, corporate investment. Just about every other piece of information coming out from special sources shows the same strength. New houses are still being built at a fair clip. Exports are rising, for all the prot
