【自考英语】2022年1月北京市城子街道英语模拟题(解析版)

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1、备 注:本套试卷附有答案解析， 答案解析字体为白色，预览无法观看，如需观看试题的答案解析，请下载试卷CTRL+ A选中全部文字，然后将答案字体调整为黑色即可。【 自考英语12022年1月北京市城子街道英语（ 一）模拟题（ 解析版）第 1 题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and arefriends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-olddaughter, Elizabeth

2、, listen to rock music together and talk about interests bothenjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with hisparents when he was a teenager.! would never have said to my mom, Hey, thenew Weezer album is really great. How do you like it? says Ballmer. There wasjust a co

3、mplete gap in taste.wMusic was not the only gulf. From clothing andhairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and childrenoften appeared to move in separate orbits.The word gulf most probably meansA、interestB、distanceC、 hopeD、separation【 正确答案】D第 2 题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The IS

4、U wont finally approve the new system until it meets in Junebut already UK Sport, the British Governments sports body, has expressedreservations. I remain to be convinced that the random selection system wouldoffer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for”, saysJerry

5、Bingham, UK Sports head of ethics （ 伦理）.What does Jerry Bingham expressby saying I remain to be convinced?A、His anger.B、 His criticism.C、His agreement.D、His doubt.【 正确答案】D第 3 题 【 单选题】【 完成句子】The biggest advance in early detection is continuous watch from weather satellites.With these, we can see the

6、storms form and track them fully, from birth to death. While they canstill kill people and destroy property, hurricanes will never surprise any nation again.Using weathersatellites can ensure of hurricanes.A、the timely （ 及时的）discoveryB、the controllingC its uncertaintyD the reduction【 正确答案】A第4题 【 单选题

7、】【 填句补文】 Some 20,000 tons of antibiotics are used in the European Union and the US each year.More than half are give to farm animals to prevent disease and promote g r o wt h . .A、 The warning comes from a researcher in Switzerland who looked at levels of the drugs in farmslurry.B、The drugs could be

8、 getting into our food and water.C、Many drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.D But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyarddrugs and the appearance of antibiotic-resistant bugs that infect people.【 正确答案】D第5题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】When do people decide w

9、hether or not they want to become friends? During theirfirst four minutes together; according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: The firstfour minutes, he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new f r i e n d s h i p s : . Alot of peoples whole lives would change if

10、they did just that.A、That is not the time to complain about ones health or to mention faults one finds in otherpeople.B、 Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for fourminutes.C、It is not the time to tell the whole truth about ones opinions and impressio

11、ns.D、 He is eager to make friends with everyone.【 正确答案】B第6题 【 单选题】2005.10 I wish you me how to swim last year.A、taughtB、have taughtC、were taughtD had taught【 正确答案】D第7题 【 单选题】【 概括大意】 It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media. Everyday we get hundreds of them. Th

12、ink about advertisements, for example. We see and hear thesemessages almost everywhere we go. Advertisements are important messages, even though they aresometimes annoying. They help us compare and evaluate products. The main idea of this paragraphis.A、Importance of the Mass MediaB、Media - Means to

13、Communicate MessagesC、Advertisements as Important Messages from the Mass MediaD、Various Messages One May Receive Each Day【 正确答案】c第 8 题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The structure of a family takes different forms around the world andeven in the same society. The familys form changes as it adapts to changing socialan

14、d economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North Americawas the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children.The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself.Individual family members strongly depend on one another. The

15、re is little help fromoutside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared foronly if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often donot live with the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.The information in the fir

16、st paragraph is presented mainly t h r o u g h .A listing statisticsB、telling a storyC、pointing out similaritiesD、 pointing out differences【 正确答案】C第 9 题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 In order to produce high quality products, the Tasmanian government understands theneed for getting high quality irrigation equipment

17、 at all times, such as travelling irrigators （ 灌 既车） ，pumps and other irrigation tools, which are the key to the success of the growers. It is also nowonder why irrigation equipment makers and suppliers are making much money in the region.A、 They play a key role in meeting the needs of the farmers.B

18、 Through the years, people there have come up with long-term solutions that mainly focus ondeveloping or improving its various irrigation systems.C、 Travelling irrigators first appeared in the East Han Dynasty in China.D、Next on the list is drip irrigation and spray irrigation.【 正确答案】A第 10题 【 单选题】【

19、概括大意）For more than ten years there has been a big rise in car crime than in most other typesof crimes. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into or stolen in the UK. Car crimeaccounts for almost a third of all reported offenses （ 进攻） with no signs that the trend is slowingdown. The m

20、ain idea of this paragraph is.A、Safe ParkingB、Increase in Car TheftC、Opportunities for Non-professionalsD Anti-theft Organizations【 正确答案】B第 口 题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】On a September day in 1991, two Germans were climbing themountains between Austria and Italy. High up on a mountain pass, they found thebody of

21、 a man lying on the ice. At that height（ 10,499 feet, or 3,200 meters） , the iceis usually permanent, but 1991 had been an especially warm year. The mountainice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface. It waslying face downward. The skeleton（ 骨架） was in perfect condition,

22、except for awound in the head. There was still skin on the bones and the remains of someclothes. The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feetthere were very simple leather and cloth boots. Nearby was a pair of gloves madeof tree bark（ 树皮） and a holder for arrows. What can

23、be inferred from paragraph 2?A、The Iceman lived a poor life.B The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head.C、The Iceman was struck dead from behind.D、The Iceman was killed while working.【 正确答案】B第 12题 【 单选题】Health good food, fresh air and enough sleep.A、relyB、 dependC、depends onD、consist of【

24、 正确答案】c第 13题 【 单选题】【 阅读判断】The attraction of collecting solar power in space is the almost uninterrupted sunshineavailable in geosynchronous ( 与地球同步的) orbit. Earth-based solar cells, by contrast, can onlycollect sun-light during daytime and when skies are clear. Space-based solar cells could collect

25、solarpower only when skies are clear. ( )A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【 正确答案】B第 14题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Once all this ended, I followed Ed and Helen home to be sure theyarrived safely. After I waved goodbye and wished them my best, I thought, “That isthe kind of love in life. The love is not physical or romanti

26、c but care in any time/Wecan learn from the story that.A、life is full of surprisesB、love is both physical and romanticC、care is a kind of love in lifeD、you will feel good when helping those in trouble【 正确答案】C第15题 【 单选题】2005.4 or not youre conscious of it, youre constantly valuing items in dollars.A

27、AsB WhetherC、HoweverD、If【 正确答案】B第16题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny. Sandy beachesline the coasts of many i s l a n d s . . Many tourists arrive on cruise ships.A、They are Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.B、The Caribbean Islands are known by s

28、everal names.C Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers （ 小片）of exposed coral.D This is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year.【 正确答案】D第17题 【 单选题】【 完成句子】The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5 a-day minimum wagescheme, the greatest contribution he had ever mad

29、e. The average wage in the auto industry thenwas $2. 34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour off the workday. Inthose years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didntinvolve all awful lot of training or education. The Wall Str

30、eet Journal called the plan an economiccrime, and critics everywhere laughed at Ford. But as the wage increased later to daily $10, itproved a critical component of Fords dream to make the automobile accessible （ AT 及的） to all. Thecritics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered h

31、is costs per car, the higherwages didnt matter-except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars. Fords cars becameavailable to ordinary people thanks to.A、criticized by the mediaB、the low wage in the auto industryC their lower pricesD、produce cars in large numbers【 正确答案】c第 18题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】

32、He has also included symbols to show which ions are nutrients, and which arecommon in soil or wa t e r . .A、There have been many attempts to redesign the periodic table since Dmitri Mendeleev drewit up in 1871.B、And the size of elements symbol reflects how much of it is found in the Earths crust.C、

33、Railsback has still ordered the elements according to the number of protons they have.D、Raisback has listed some elements more than once.【 正确答案】B第 19题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Once all this ended, I followed Ed and Helen home to be sure theyarrived safely. After I waved goodbye and wished them my best, I though

34、t, Z/That isthe kind of love in life. The love is not physical or romantic but care in any time?Wecan learn from the story that.A、life is full of surprisesB love is both physical and romanticC、care is a kind of love in lifeD、you will feel good when helping those in trouble【 正确答案】C第 20题 【 单选题】【 概括大意】

35、Take the case of Eta Carinae, one of the most explosive stars in the universe. This starproduces ultraviolet laser rays （ 紫 夕 卜 线 ） and it will destroy itself in a few million years time. It isfive times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for!Themain i

36、dea of this paragraph is.A、Power of the telescopeB、Details of Eta CarinaeC Invention of a time machineD、Biggest telescope【 正确答案】B第 21题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The problem of leisure is new. Until very recent times people workedeach day to the limit of their strength. Of course there were always a privileged fe

37、wwho had leisure; but most men had to work 12,14, or even 16 hours a day, six daysa week. As late as 1840 the average factory worker labored 72 hours a week.“Sunup to sundown“ was the farmers day, or as another phrase puts it, “from canto cant.The phrase “from can to cant me a n s .A、from beginning

38、to endB from birth to deathC from morning to nightD、from time to time【 正确答案】C第22题 【 单选题】is accepted as true is relatively, and not absolutely, true.A、ItB ThatC、WhatD That it【 正确答案】C第23题 【 单选题】When you answer questions in a job interview, please remember the golden rule: Always give themonkey exactly

39、 he wants.A whatB、whichC、whenD that【 正确答案】A第 24题 【 单选题】【 概括大意 1 Take the case of Eta Carinae, one of the most explosive stars in the universe. This starproduces ultraviolet laser rays （ 紫夕卜线） and it will destroy itself in a few million years time. It isfive times brighter than the sun and when it ex

40、plodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting foriThemain idea of this paragraph is.A、Power of the telescopeB、Details of Eta CarinaeC、Invention of a time machineD Biggest telescope【 正确答案】B第 25题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny. Sandy beachesline the coas

41、ts of many i s l a n d s . . Many tourists arrive on cruise ships.A、 They are Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.B The Caribbean Islands are known by several names.C、Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers （ 小片）of exposed coral.D、This is why millions of tourists visit the islands

42、 each year.【 正确答案】D第 26题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the landcalled Parsons Place by the football ground. Few people know about this new planto increase the size of our town. For me, Parsons Place is special because it is abeautiful natural area where local

43、people can relax - the small wood has manyunusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers. Itzs veryquiet because there are few houses or roads nearby. I think that losing this area willbe terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.Why isParson

44、s Place particularly important, in Alans opinionA、Because it is near the football ground.B、Because lots of people live near it.C、Because it is a place near the town where people can enjoy nature.D、Because local people can get there easily by car from the town.【 正确答案】C第 27题 【 单选题】2007.10 To some exte

45、nt the good service at the hotel the poor food.A、brought outB came aboutC、got down toD、made up for【 正确答案】D第 28题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These areseemingly simple activities that the majority of us dont question. But aninternational team of researchers, in

46、cluding Dr. Richmond from GWs ColumbianCollege of Arts and Sciences, have discovered that human walking upright may haveoriginated millions of years ago as an adaptation to carrying scarce, high-qualityresources. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the first twoparagraphsA、 Ma

47、ny people question the simple human activities of walking and carrying items.B、Chimpanzees behaviors may suggest why humans walk on two legs.C、Human walking upright is viewed as an adaptation to carrying precious resources.D、Our ancestors7 ecological conditions resembled those of modern-day chimpanz

48、ees/.【 正确答案】A第 29题 【 单选题】 阅读理解】 Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers andYeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants.Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again,providing much needed food in the poorer co

49、untries of the world.The attitude ofthe author towards the research project is.A、positive.B、negative.C suspicious.D、indifferent.【 正确答案】A第 30题 【 单选题】2004.04 He is_ better in math than any other student in his class.A、muchB、moreC、manyD、most【 正确答案】A第 31题 【 单选题】 阅读理解】During work Tom always thought of th

50、e girl and felt as if he had mether somewhere, but he couldnt remember when. Tom concluded that the girl wasin love with him and he was very excited. This girl maybe looked not as beautiful asthe girl he had dated the other day, but she had a grand （ 豪华的）car. She must bevery rich. So he chose to lov

51、e this girl. When his work was over, Tom called the girlwho had dated him. He said, After several days* thinking, I think I am not suited forbeing your boyfriend, so I hope you will forget me. We can learn from this passagethat Tom.A、was very poorB、didnzt like the biscuitsC、walked to work every morn

52、ingD、compared the two girls carefully【 正确答案】D第 32题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】It had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. The roadcrew were playing a game with dollar notes. Folding them into small planes to seewhose would fly the furthest. Having nothing better to do, I joined in and won five,and t

53、hen took the opportunity to escape with my profit. Despite the evil-lookingclouds, I had to get out for a while. Why did the writer want to leave the hotelA、To enjoy the good weather.B To have a change of scene.C、To spend all his winnings.D、To get away from the crew.【 正确答案】B第 33题 【 单选题】2004.10 Somet

54、imes very young children have trouble_the right from the wrong.A for separatingB、to separateC、having separatedD separating【 正确答案】D第34题 【 单选题】【 2004.04 For a week she worked with us in the village,_her poor health.A、as a result ofB、on account ofC、in spite ofD despite of【 正确答案】C第35题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】The t

55、ypical person living alone is neither old nor l one l y . . The majority ofthese people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to getmarried and have a family.A、 This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.B、The growi

56、ng number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number ofpeople living alone.C、Theres more pressure to get married nowadays.D、 In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.【 正确答案】D第36题 【 单选题】【 阅读判断】 As a father, I believe that the death of a

57、child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic thanthe death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference inthese childrens lives.To Bill Gates mind, there is a big difference between the death of the poorschildren and the death of the richs children.A TrueB、Fa

58、lseC、Not Given【 正确答案】B第 37题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Gang Xiao and Ben Schrag at Brown University, visualize the current by measuringsubtle （ Z田微的） changes in the magnetic field of an object and.A、to shrink it to the size of a desktop computerB、to make it capable of measuring very weak changes in magnetic field

59、sC、as well as revealing microscopic defects in anything from aircraft to banknotesD converting the information into a color picture showing the density of current at each point【 正确答案】D第 38题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Once all this ended, I followed Ed and Helen home to be sure theyarrived safely. After I waved go

60、odbye and wished them my best, I thought, “That isthe kind of love in life. The love is not physical or romantic but care in any time.Wecan learn from the story that.A、life is full of surprisesB、love is both physical and romanticC、care is a kind of love in lifeD、you will feel good when helping those

61、 in trouble【 正确答案】c第39题 【 单选题】【 概括大意】Take the case of Eta Carinae, one of the most explosive stars in the universe. This starproduces ultraviolet laser rays （ 紫 夕 卜 线 ） and it will destroy itself in a few million years time. It isfive times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to b

62、e a sight worth waiting foriThemain idea of this paragraph is.A、Power of the telescopeB Details of Eta CarinaeC Invention of a time machineD、Biggest telescope【 正确答案】B第40题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 Mothers Day is a special day for everyone! We use this day to honor our mothers allover the world!It is held on the

63、 second Sunday of May in many countries, such as Australia,Canada and the United States. It is held exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday in the UnitedKingdom. Sundays are usually non-school and non-working days in these countries.A、 She wanted to memory her mother, Ann Jarvis.B When is the earli

64、est Mothers Day celebrationC、 Many families begin Mothers Day with breakfast in bed.D、Mothers Day falls on different days in different the countries.【 正确答案】D第 41题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The problem of leisure is new. Until very recent times people workedeach day to the limit of their strength. Of course there

65、 were always a privileged fewwho had leisure; but most men had to work 12,14, or even 16 hours a day, six daysa week. As late as 1840 the average factory worker labored 72 hours a week.“Sunup to sundown“ was the farmers day, or as another phrase puts it, “from canto cant.The phrase “from can to cant

66、 me a n s .A、from beginning to endB、from birth to deathC、from morning to nightD、from time to time【 正确答案】C第 42题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of popmusic. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions withvarious forms of music popular

67、 today, such as hip-hop, rap, rock, jazz, or reggae.The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world, butat the same time is distinctly African. It is different also in another way Many of thesongs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues

68、 inAfrica today. This passage is about how African pop music is.A、usually about love and romanceB、more serious than most pop musicC popular with young people in AfricaD、mostly written just for entertainment【 正确答案】B第 43题 【 单选题】2004.04 Harry Potter is the most interesting book I have ever read.A、which

69、B、whereC、whenD、that【 正确答案】D第 44题 【 单选题】【 完成句子】Amongst the most popular books being written today are those which are usuallyclassified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds ofpeople. Furthermore, some of the most successful films of recent years ha

70、ve been based on sciencefiction stories.People enj oy.A、a recurrent themeB、 reading books of science fictionC read worldwideD political implications【 正确答案】B第45题 【 单选题】 概括大意Radar is now a familiar tool. Like many others it was an unexpected discovery. It wasfirst observed by two researchers, who were

71、 studying sound communication. They were sendingsignals from a station on one side of a river in Washington D to a vehicle across the river. Theydiscovered that their signals were stopped by passing ships. They recognized the importance of thisdiscovery at once.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、S

72、tudy of RadarB Radar is now a familiar toolC Radar Working PrinciplesD、Radar was Discovered by Chance【 正确答案】D第46题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known fortheir rolein pollination （ 授粉） and for producing honey and b e e s w a x . T h e best-known bee s

73、peciesis the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types ofbee.A、There is only one queen in a hive.B Every bee does a job without being told.C、There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees.D、Bees do not like ice and snow.【 正确答案】C第47题 【 单选题】 填句补文】 As part

74、of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos ofthe students br a i ns . . This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when goodreaders read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognizefamiliar written words quickly.A

75、、Do you have difficulty reading in class?B、 The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.C、As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.D By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before.【 正确答案】B第48题 【 单选题】【

76、 填句补文】 When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During theirfirst four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: The firstfour minutes, he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new f r i e n d s h i p s : . Alot of people

77、s whole lives would change if they did just that.A、That is not the time to complain about ones health or to mention faults one finds in otherpeople.B、 Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for fourminutes.C、It is not the time to tell the whole truth abo

78、ut ones opinions and impressions.D、He is eager to make friends with everyone.【 正确答案】B第49题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 Some 20,000 tons of antibiotics are used in the European Union and the US each year.More than half are give to farm-animals to prevent disease and promote g r o wt h . .AThe warning comes from a r

79、esearcher in Switzerland who looked at levels of the drugs in farmslurry.B、 The drugs could be getting into our food and water.C、Many drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.D But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyarddrugs and the appearance of

80、 a ntibioticresista nt bugs that infect people.【 正确答案】D第50题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Once upon a time there was a rich village. The wealthiest of the villagers decided tohide a huge lump （ 堆） of gold to protect it from robbers.A A poor old farmer decided to plow the field.B When you are always ready to share yo

81、ur own things with others, you are doomed to benefitfrom it.C、And I will receive the honor with the fourth by giving it to the needy.D、So he buried it in a nearby rice field.【 正确答案】D第 51题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The question of how healthy school food is was called attention to bythe professional cook, Jamie O

82、liver, who launched a campaign to improve childrensnutrition, after spending a year working in a school kitchen. The TV series about thecampaign won a BAFTA award this week. We can learn from the passage thatA、Jamie never eats the junk foodB Jamie taught parents to cook healthy foodC、Jamie once work

83、ed in a school kitchenD、in order to win a BAFTA award, Jamie launched a campaign【 正确答案】C第 52题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The value of childhood is easily blurred （ 变得模糊不清） in todaysworld. Consider some recent developments: The child-murderers in the Jonesboro,Ark. schoolyard shooting case were convicted and sente

84、nced. Two boys, 7 and 8,were charged in the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Chicago.The two boys inChicago wereA、shot.B、murdered.C、 accused.D、sentenced.【 正确答案】c第53题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】But Bali starlings are only found in a small area on the island of Bali in Indonesia. Theylive in the tall grasslands nea

85、r the c o a s t .T o d a y there are only 14 left in the wild on a singlereserve. More than half of their habitat was converted into farmland, and forest plantation. Many ofthem were captured and sold as pets.A、We should take measures to protect them.B Bali starlings are very beautiful birds.C They

86、grow fast because of a protein rich diet of insects.D、In 1984, there were only 150 birds left in the wild.【 正确答案】D第54题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known fortheir rolein pollination （ 授粉） and for producing honey and b e e s w a x . T h e best-known

87、bee speciesis the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types ofbee.A、There is only one queen in a hive.B Every bee does a job without being told.C、There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees.D、Bees do not like ice and snow.【 正确答案】c第 55题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】“L

88、onger life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes andpromote long term thinking/ says Dr Gregory Stock of the University Of CaliforniaSchool Of Public Health. rtlt would also raise productivity by adding to the year wecan work. Longer lives dont just affect the people who live them. The

89、y also affectsociety as a whole. We have war, poverty, all sorts of issues around, and I dontthink any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer/ says USbioethicist Daniel Callahan. The question is zWhat will we get as a societys suspectit wont be a better society/Which of the foll

90、owing is NOT mentioned as one of thethings that living longer might enable an individual to doA Spending more time with his family.B、Having more education.C、Realizing more dreams.D、Working longer.【 正确答案】B第 56题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】We are so used to our life on the surface of the earth that it can bequite an

91、 effort for our mind to break free of all the ideas that we take for granted.Because we can feel that things are heavy, we think of weight as being a fixedquality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take a one-poundpacket of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would

92、weigh only a quarter of apound.We find it hard to break free from ideas connected with living on the earthbecauseA、it demands too great an effort for us to do so.B、we are too familiar with the way things are to question the ideas.C、we have proved that those ideas are correct.D、we are so sure of ours

93、elves that we never doubt anything on the earth.【 正确答案】B第 57题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 Mothers Day is a special day for everyone! We use this day to honor our mothers allover the w o r l d ! I t is held on the second Sunday of May in many countries, such as Australia,Canada and the United States. It is held ex

94、actly three weeks before Easter Sunday in the UnitedKingdom. Sundays are usually non-school and non-working days in these countries.A She wanted to memory her mother, Ann Jarvis.B、 When is the earliest Mothers Day celebrationC、 Many families begin Mothers Day with breakfast in bed.D Mothers Day fall

95、s on different days in different the countries.【 正确答案】D第 58题 【 单选题】2004.10 The teachers insistence on high standards resulted_excellent work.A、withB、fromC、inD、to【 正确答案】c第 59题 【 单选题】 阅读理解】 I entered the hotel managers office and sat down. I had just lost 50and I felt very upset. I left the money in m

96、y room, I said, and its not there now.The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. Everyones losing moneythese days. he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but wasinterrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.It contained 50. I found thi

97、s outside this gentlemans room, she said, Well, Isaid to the manager, there is still some honesty in this world!What did the writerbelieve had happened to his money?A、He had left his money in the managers office.B、Someone had stolen his money.C The manager had the money.D、The girl had stolen the mon

98、ey.【 正确答案】B第 60题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether thestudents believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchersturned to the teachers To find out which teachers were anxious about math, theresearchers asked the teachers how they felt at tim

99、es when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at thenumbers on a sales receipt, for example, was probably anxious about math.According to the experiment, those teachers were probably anxious about mathwhen they f el t .A、nervous memorizing the

100、numbers of a sales receiptB、helpless saving the numbers of a sales receiptC、uneasy reading the numbers of a sales receiptD、hopeless filling in the numbers of a sales report【 正确答案】C第 61题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】He has also included symbols to show which ions are nutrients, and which arecommon in soil or wa t e

101、r . .A、There have been many attempts to redesign the periodic table since Dmitri Mendeleev drewit up in 1871.B、And the size of elements symbol reflects how much of it is found in the Earths crust.C、Railsback has still ordered the elements according to the number of protons they have.D Raisback has l

102、isted some elements more than once.【 正确答案】B第 62题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Some 20,000 tons of antibiotics are used in the European Union and the US each year.More than half are give to farm-animals to prevent disease and promote g r o wt h . .AThe warning comes from a researcher in Switzerland who looked at lev

103、els of the drugs in farmslurry.B、 The drugs could be getting into our food and water.C、Many drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.D、But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyarddrugs and the appearance of a ntibiotic- resista nt bugs that infect

104、people.【 正确答案】D第 63题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】I found in my babys behaviour a metaphor for the new generation.My wife and I had given him some books to examine； but he merely spit upon them.When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. Wefind that our students dont read, that th

105、ey look down upon reading and scoldthose of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience withthe baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: let them watch it. If television isthat much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let themwatch it all th

106、ey want!From the passage we know that the author isA、a doctor.B、an editor.C、a writer.D、a teacher.【 正确答案】D第 64题 【 单选题】【 阅读判断】On a Monday morning in July, the worlds first atom bomb exploded in the NewMexico desert. Forty seconds later, the shock waves reached the base camp where theItalian-American p

107、hysicist Enrico Fermi and his team stood. After a mental calculation, Fermiannounced to his team that the bombs energy had equated 10, 000 tons of TNT. The bomb teamwas impressed, but not surprised. Fermis genius was known throughout the scientific world. In1938 he had won a Nobel Prize. Four years

108、later he produced the first nuclear chain reaction （ 核链式反应）zleading us into the nuclear age. Since Fermis death in 1954, no physicist has been at oncea master experimentalist and a leading theoretician.Fermi, an experimentalist as well as atheoretician, won a Nobel Prize for producing the first nucl

109、ear chain reaction in the world.A、TrueB、FalseC Not Given【 正确答案】B第 65题 【 单选题】2005.10 Since time is limited, wed better our task.A、get onB、get overC、get acrossD get into【 正确答案】D第 66题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The other side of a state legal apparatus is a state military apparatus.While the one protects the individ

110、ual from violence, the other sacrifices theindividual to violence in the interests of the state. In war the state affirms supremepower over the individuals within its own borders. War is not simply a trial bycombat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makesits most powe

111、rful demands upon its people for their commitment, allegiance, andsupreme sacrifice. Times of war test a communitys deepest religious and ethicalcommitments. What can we learn from the paragraph?A、Governments tend to abuse their supreme Power in times of war.B、 In times of war governments may extend

112、 their power across national borders.C In times of war governments impose high religious and ethical standards on their people.D Governments may sacrifice individuals in the interests of the state in times of war.【 正确答案】D第 67题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the

113、 landcalled Parsons Place by the football ground. Few people know about this new planto increase the size of our town. For me, Parsons Place is special because it is abeautiful natural area where local people can relax - the small wood has manyunusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen a

114、nd bird-watchers. Itzs veryquiet because there are few houses or roads nearby. I think that losing this area willbe terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.Why isParsons Place particularly important, in Alans opinionA Because it is near the football ground.B、Because

115、 lots of people live near it.C、 Because it is a place near the town where people can enjoy nature.D、Because local people can get there easily by car from the town.【 正确答案】C第 68题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Mexicos current lack of funds is also partly due to oil. The country has rich oil fieldsand a few years ago, w

116、hen oil was expensive, Mexico was selling large quantities of oil to the USAand earning a lot of mo n e y . . However, the price of oil then dropped, and Mexico has beenleft owing enormous sums of money and with not enough income from oil sales to pay back theloans.A、 But those ruins are in danger o

117、f being seriously damaged by pollution.B、Scientists estimate that about one millimeter of stone is worn away every twelve years.C At others the painted surfaces inside temples are lifting and flaking off and the stone is beingeaten away.D、The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of mone

118、y from banks around theworld, thinking they would have no problem repaying their debts.【 正确答案】D第 69题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】The basic tools for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils.But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. Theres nothing less likely to relax ape

119、rson than the arrival of someone with a note-taking pad. . Take a while just to chat,judging what sort of person youre dealing with, getting him or her to trust you.A This fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary.B Come back another day; it will go better.C、 The rest is instinct, which can all be lear

120、ned with experience.D、Both of you need time to get to know each other.【 正确答案】D第 70题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Until recently, the science of the future was supposed to beelectronics and artificial intelligence. Today it seems more and more likely that thenext great breakthroughs in technology will be brought thr

121、ough a combination ofthose two sciences with organic chemistry and genetic engineering. Thiscombination is the science of biotechnology.According to the passage, the scienceof the future is likely to be.A、electronicsB、biotechnologyC、genetic engineeringD、nuclear technology【 正确答案】B第 71题 【 单选题】2009.1 D

122、ont go shopping during the hour unless you have to.A、 busyB dashC、 rushD、hurry【 正确答案】C第 72题 【 单选题】2009.1 Dont go shopping during the hour unless you have to.A、 busyB、 dashC、 rushD、hurry【 正确答案】C第 73题 【 单选题】【 阅读判断】Mr. Ibadovs eldest son has just turned 70. He lost count long ago of how manygrandchildr

123、en he has. Tm an old man now I look after the sheep, and I prepare the wood for winter.I still have something to do. Mr. Ibadov cant do any kind of work anymore.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【 正确答案】B第 74题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Two United Nations agencies warned on Tuesday that children aremost at risk of developin

124、g skin cancers as a result of the long-term decline in theearths protective ozone layer. The agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO)and the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) , issued the warning as theylaunched a global programme aimed at alerting schools to the dangers of exposureto the sun.W

125、hy does the risk of developing skin cancers in children become greaterand greaterA、 Because they pay little attention to their skin health.B、Because they are short of physical training.C、Because the earths protective ozone layer declines year after year.D、Because the earth is getting warmer and warm

126、er.【 正确答案】C第75题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 Mexicos current lack of funds is also partly due to oil. The country has rich oil fieldsand a few years ago, when oil was expensive, Mexico was selling large quantities of oil to the USAand earning a lot of mo n e y . . However, the price of oil then dropped, and Mexico

127、 has beenleft owing enormous sums of money and with not enough income from oil sales to pay back theloans.A、 But those ruins are in danger of being seriously damaged by pollution.B、Scientists estimate that about one millimeter of stone is worn away every twelve years.C、At others the painted surfaces

128、 inside temples are lifting and flaking off and the stone is beingeaten away.D、The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of money from banks around theworld, thinking they would have no problem repaying their debts.【 正确答案】D第76题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Mexicos current lack of funds is also partly du

129、e to oil. The country has rich oil fieldsand a few years ago, when oil was expensive, Mexico was selling large quantities of oil to the USAand earning a lot of mo n e y . . However, the price of oil then dropped, and Mexico has beenleft owing enormous sums of money and with not enough income from oi

130、l sales to pay back theloans.A、But those ruins are in danger of being seriously damaged by pollution.B、Scientists estimate that about one millimeter of stone is worn away every twelve years.C、At others the painted surfaces inside temples are lifting and flaking off and the stone is beingeaten away.D

131、、The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of money from banks around theworld, thinking they would have no problem repaying their debts.【 正确答案】D第77题 【 单选题】 填句补文 More and more Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of divorce or thedeath of a p a r t n e r . . According to a

132、 recent U.S. census （ 人口普查）, 25 percent of allhouseholds in the U.S. are made up of just one person.A、 It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.B He says, a like being by myself/C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.D、Theres more pressu

133、re to get married nowadays.【 正确答案】C第78题 【 单选题】【 完成句子】The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5 a-day minimum wagescheme, the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry thenwas $2. 34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour

134、off the workday. Inthose years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didntinvolve all awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan an economiccrime, and critics everywhere laughed at Ford. But as the wage increased later to dail

135、y $10, itproved a critical component of Fords dream to make the automobile accessible （ 可及的） to all. Thecritics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higherwages didnt matter-except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars. Fords cars becameavai

136、lable to ordinary people thanks to.A、criticized by the mediaB、the low wage in the auto industryC their lower pricesD produce cars in large numbers【 正确答案】c第 79题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】 Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood- a poor, crowed area where a boys dream is not to be a doc

137、tor, lawyer, orbusinessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example,Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer （ 英式足球）teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a ball made of rags. AndGeorge Best learned the tricks that made him

138、famous by bouncing the ball off awall in the slums of Belfast.AII great players have a lot in common, but that doesntexplain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, butonly one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality thatsets them apart fro

139、m all the others.In the last paragraph the statement . but onlyone became Pele“ indicates t hat .A、Pele is the greatest soccer player.B、the greatest players are born with some unique quality.C、 Peles birthplace sets him apart from all the others.D、the success of a soccer player has everything to do

140、with the family back ground.【 正确答案】B第8 0题 【 单选题】【 概括大意】There is a vital need to understand the potential risks and long-term health effects ofliving on naturally contaminated soils. Future environmental investigations of naturally polluted soilsshould concentrate on the potential pathways of metals

141、into the food chain and human body.Geologists should be part of such studies as they can provide the essential background informationon rock and soil chemistry as well as the chemical forms of heavy metal pollution.The main idea ofthis paragraph is.A、 Long- term Health Effects on ChildrenB、Research

142、on Channels of Heavy Metals Getting into Human Food ChainC、Potential Hazards of Human Contaminated SoilsD、No Evidence to Indicate Bad Effects of Naturally Contaminated Soil【 正确答案】B第8 1题 【 单选题】【 概括大意 1 It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media. Everyday we get h

143、undreds of them. Think about advertisements, for example. We see and hear thesemessages almost everywhere we go. Advertisements are important messages, even though they aresometimes annoying. They help us compare and evaluate products. The main idea of this paragraphis.A、Importance of the Mass Media

144、B Media Means to Communicate MessagesC、Advertisements as Important Messages from the Mass MediaD、Various Messages One May Receive Each Day【 正确答案】C第82题 【 单选题】2007.10 To some extent the good service at the hotel the poor food.A、brought outB、came aboutC、got down toD made up for【 正确答案】D第83题 【 单选题】【 填句补文

145、】Once upon a time there was a rich village. The wealthiest of the villagers decided tohide a huge lump （ 堆） of gold to protect it from robbers.A、A poor old farmer decided to plow the field.B When you are always ready to share your own things with others, you are doomed to benefitfrom it.C、And I will

146、 receive the honor with the fourth by giving it to the needy.D、So he buried it in a nearby rice field.【 正确答案】D第84题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During theirfirst four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: T

147、he firstfour minutes, he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new f r i e n d s h i p s : . Alot of peoples whole lives would change if they did just that.A、That is not the time to complain about one*s health or to mention faults one finds in otherpeople.B Every time you meet someone

148、in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for fourminutes.C It is not the time to tell the whole truth about ones opinions and impressions.D、He is eager to make friends with everyone.【 正确答案】B第85题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】 We all have our own comfort foods. Interestingly, they may vary according t

149、o moodsand gender. One study found that happy people seem to want to eat things like pizza, while sadpeople prefer ice cream and c o o k ie s .R e s e a r c h e r s also found that guys seem to preferhot, homemade comfort meals, like steaks and casseroles. Girls go for chocolate and ice cream.A、 Bor

150、ed people crave salty, crunchy things, like chips.B、Emotional eating patterns can be learned.C Dont let emotional eating disturb your weight.D、 But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too.【 正确答案】A第 86题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】 A new study has found no evidence that sunscreen, commonly used tore

151、duce the risk of skin cancer, actually increase the risk.Researchers from theUniversity of Iowa based their findings on a review of 18 earlier studies that lookedat the association between sunscreen use and melanoma （ 黑素瘤） . They said thatthey found flaws in studies that had reported associations be

152、tween sunscreen useand higher risk of melanoma.The word “flaws“ in the 2nd paragraph most probablyme a n s .A、evidenceB、factsC faultsD、failures【 正确答案】C第 87题 【 单选题】【 阅读判断】 As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic thanthe death of a child anywhere else,

153、and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference inthese childrens lives.To Bill Gates mind, there is a big difference between the death of the poorschildren and the death of the richs children.A、TrueB、FalseC Not Given【 正确答案】B第88题 【 单选题】 概括大意Paul Wignail from the University of Leeds was in

154、vestigating the link between volcaniceruptions and mass extinctions. Not all volcanic eruptions killed off large numbers of animals, butall the mass extinctions over the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanicrock. To his surprise, the older the massive volcanic eruptions w

155、ere, the more damage they seemedto do.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic EruptionsB、Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic EruptopmsC、A Mass ExtinctionsD、Volcanic Eruptions That Caused No Mass Extinction【 正确答案】A第89题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Some 20,000 tons of antibiot

156、ics are used in the European Union and the US each year.More than half are give to farm animals to prevent disease and promote g r o wt h . .AThe warning comes from a researcher in Switzerland who looked at levels of the drugs in farmslurry.B、 The drugs could be getting into our food and water.C、Man

157、y drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.D、But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyarddrugs and the appearance of antibiotic-resistant bugs that infect people.【 正确答案】D第 90题 【 单选题】【 完成句子】The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5 a-da

158、y minimum wagescheme, the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry thenwas $2. 34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also took an hour off the workday. Inthose years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that di

159、dntinvolve all awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan an economiccrime, and critics everywhere laughed at Ford. But as the wage increased later to daily $10, itproved a critical component of Fords dream to make the automobile accessible （ 口 及的） to all. Thecritics

160、 were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higherwages didnt matter-except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars. Fords cars becameavailable to ordinary people thanks to.A、criticized by the mediaB the low wage in the auto industryC、their lower pr

161、icesD、produce cars in large numbers【 正确答案】c第 91题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】 Some people told me that it was too late. Some told me that I was tooold. Others told me that I would never be able to pull it off. I had to work full timeand take care of my son. But inside I was told something different.The underlineds

162、entence “But inside I was told something different in the passage probably meansA、what others told her was not trueB、someone told her something differentC the author would have a different life if she triedD、the author decided to return to school for a college degree【 正确答案】D第92题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Once up

163、on a time there was a rich village. The wealthiest of the villagers decided tohide a huge lump （ 堆） of gold to protect it from robbers.A、A poor old farmer decided to plow the field.B、When you are always ready to share your own things with others, you are doomed to benefitfrom it.C、 And I will receiv

164、e the honor with the fourth by giving it to the needy.D、So he buried it in a nearby rice field.【 正确答案】D第93题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please., The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chancemore and mor

165、e Americans are taking.A、Its now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone.B、The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doingwhat they want when they want to do it.C、Living alone is a luxury.D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that

166、 childhood dream.【 正确答案】D第 94题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Jamie was worried about the junk food which he saw being servedwhich included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he decided to ban the junk and startedcooking some good soup and curries for the children instead. So he improved theschool dinners in that particul

167、ar school, and trained the dinner ladies to cookhealthy food. Then he put pressure on the government to improve the standards ofschool food across the country. And it looks like the changes have takenplace.Generally, schools didnt serve to students before.A、soup and curriesB、hot cooked mealsC、drinks

168、 and chipsD、burgers and pizzas【 正确答案】A第 95题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】The withdrawal of Nevadas Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclearwaste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spentnuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste. In an article in the July 10 issue of Science,University o

169、f Michigan geologist Rodney Ewing and Princeton University nuclearphysicist Frank von Hippel argue that, although federal agencies should setstandards and issue licenses for the approval of nuclear facilities, local communitiesand states should have the final approval on the siting of these faciliti

170、es. Theauthors propose the development of multiple sites that would service the regionswhere nuclear reactors are located. Which of the following words can bestsubstitute the word “withdrawal in the first paragraphA、Retirement.B、Canceling.C、Replaced.D、Disposal.【 正确答案】B第 96题 【 单选题】She hasnt decided w

171、ith she should first make contact.A、whoB、whomC、howD、which【 正确答案】B第 97题 【 单选题】【 填句补文】He has also included symbols to show which ions are nutrients, and which arecommon in soil or wa t e r . .A、There have been many attempts to redesign the periodic table since Dmitri Mendeleev drewit up in 1871.B、And

172、the size of elements symbol reflects how much of it is found in the Earths crust.C、 Railsback has still ordered the elements according to the number of protons they have.D、Raisback has listed some elements more than once.【 正确答案】B第 98题 【 单选题】【 阅读理解】Another problem the village people face is the destr

173、uction caused bywild animals such as the elephant. Elephants will walk through and destroy theircrops, trees and huts in just one night. The cheap and easy solution is to soak ropein chili water and put it up around their fence and it will keep the elephants andother wild animals a way. In the local

174、 village, ElephantsA、are important for farmingB、are the only wild animalsC often cause trouble to villagers cropsD、can be found in each family【 正确答案】C第99题 【 单选题】2004.10 the saying goes, practice makes perfect.A、SinceB、AsC、ForD Uke【 正确答案】B第100题 【 单选题】【 填句补文Bees are flying insects closely related to w

175、asps and ants, and are known for their rolein pollination （ 授粉） and for producing honey and b e e s w a x . T h e best-known bee speciesis the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types ofbee.A、There is only one queen in a hive.B、 Every bee does a job without being told.C、There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees.D、Bees do not like ice and snow.【 正确答案】C