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1、 12012 届钻石卡学员英语（二）强化阶段测试届钻石卡学员英语（二）强化阶段测试考试时间：考试时间：180 分钟分钟 满分：满分：100 分分 学员姓名：学员姓名： 是否学数学：是否学数学： 目标院校和专业：目标院校和专业： 总分：总分： Section I Use of EnglishDirections：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)What can be said of t
2、he normal process of aging, from a linguistic point of view? In general 1 , there is a clear and 2 relationship: no one would have much difficulty 3 a baby, a young child, a teenager, a middle-aged person, or a very old person from a tape recording. With children, it is possible for 4 in language de
3、velopment, and people 5 in child care, to make very detailed 6 about how language correlates with age in the early years.Little is known about the patterns of 7 change that affect older people. It is plain that our voice quality, vocabulary, and style 8 as we grow older, but research into the nature
4、 of these changes is in its earliest stages. 9 , a certain amount of information is known about the production and 10 of spoken language by very old people, 11 regarding the phonetic changes that take place.Speech is 12 to be affected by reductions in the 13 of the vocal organs. The muscles of the c
5、hest 14 , the lungs become less elastic, the ribs less mobile: 15 , respiratory efficiency at age 75 is only about half that at age 30, and this has 16 for the ability to speak loudly, rhythmically, and with good tone. In addition, speech is affected by poorer movement of the soft palate and changes
6、 in the 17 skeleton, especially around the mouth and jaw. There are other, more general signs of age. Speech rate slows, and fluency may be more inconsistent. Hearing 18 , especially after the early fifties. Weakening 19 of memory and attention may affect the ability to comprehend complex speech pat
7、terns. But it is not all bad news: vocabulary awareness may continue to grow, as may stylist ability skills in narration, for example. And grammatical ability seems to be 20 affected.1. A speech B terms C ways D cases 2. A obscure B unmistakableC unacceptable D backward 3. A identifying B perceiving
8、 C discerning D disclosing 4. A doctors B teachers C lawyers D specialists 5. A prominentB competentC experiencedD distinguished 6. A predictions B determination C judgmentsD decisions 7. A psychological B social C linguistic D physical 8. A vary B deviate C depart D alter 9. A However B Therefore C
9、 Moreover D Otherwise 10. A editionB appreciation C comprehensionD distribution211. A approximatelyB especially C frankly D fairly 12. A ableB similarC used D likely 13. A effect B accuracy C efficiency D proficiency 14. A weaken B increase C ceaseD fracture 15. A for exampleB as a result C in turn
10、D in addition 16. A subsequences B disadvantages C consequences D advantages 17. A audio B visual C vocal D facial 18. A damagesB decays C deteriorates D spoils 19. A faculties B departments C patternsD authorities 20. A much B little C clearly D oftenSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections
11、: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 1Forget all the talk about corporate culture. Its time to analyze your companys personality.Plenty of business gurus have argued for years that companie
12、s arent just boxes and bubbles on the charts. Instead, theyve argued, companies are more like biological organismsliving things that learn, evolve, and eventually die. Are you ready to take this biological worldview to the next level? According to marketing consultant Sandy Fekete, companies can bes
13、t be understood when thought of as peopleas unique creatures with their own value, their own personalities, and sometimes, if her clients really get into the spirit, their own names.“Most people assume that a companys personality matches its CEOs personality,” says Fekete, 43 founder of Fekete Compa
14、ny, a marketing-communications firm based in Columbus, Ohio. “But thats not true. An organization has its own ways of being.”Feketes job is to help her clients understand their companys personalityits strengths and its weaknesses. Her main tool is a 74-question diagnostic method called appropriately “Companies Are People, Too.” So far, people in 63 organizations ranging from museums to construction firms to medical practices have put pen to paper to scrutinize their companies personalities.It may sound like psychobabble, but the idea behind the tool is fairly simple: An organization, like
