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Vocabulary and Grammar词汇和语法 (30 points)
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Questions 1-15: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
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(1)One of his many faults is that he never___________ anything very long. |
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A. decides on
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B. sticks to
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C. goes over
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D. makes sure
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(2)Without air, ______ no wind or rain. |
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A. there will be
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B. there would be
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C. there have been
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D. there is
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(3)I know nothing about _____ in the army. |
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A. she working
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B. for her to work
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C. her having worked
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D. her having been worked
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(4)This _____ girl is Mary’s cousin. |
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A. pretty little Swedish
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B. Swedish little pretty
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C. Swedish pretty little
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D. little pretty Swedish
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(5)My grandpa gave me a watch, which is made of gold, ______ I still have to this day. |
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A) and thus
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B) and
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C) so
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D) and which
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(6)Harold wrote to his bookseller and ____________two copies of the dictionary. |
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A. brought
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B. ordered
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C. made
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D. purchased
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(7)There is something wrong with my TV set . I must have it ______. |
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A. checking
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B. check
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C. to check
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D. checked
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(8)In the densely ________ part of the city, the problem of air pollution must be solved. |
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A. populace
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B. popular
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C. populated
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D. population
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(9)I have not the least _________ of hurting you. |
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A. concept
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B. mind
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C. intention
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D. attention
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(10)It is the boy’s laziness that _____________his failure in the exams. |
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A. resulted in
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B. brought in
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C. resulted from
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D. led into
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(11)Water enters into a great variety of chemical reactions, ______ have been mentioned in previous pages. |
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A) a few of it
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B) a few of that
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C) a few of them
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D) a few of which
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(12)Only guests of the hotel may enjoy the ____________of using the private beach. |
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A. privilege
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B. thought
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C. favour
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D. service
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(13)One of his many faults is that he never___________ anything very long. |
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A. decides on
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B. sticks to
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C. goes over
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D. makes sure
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(14)I found my pupils there, most of them _____ boys. |
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A. are
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B. were
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C. being
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D. been
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(15)We must ________ that our culture is different from the Americans'. |
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A. keep up with
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B. keep in mind
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C. keep to ourselves
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D. keep in touch
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| Part II. |
Cloze（完型填空）
(10 points)
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Choose the best word to fill each blank from the choices A, B, C and D given after the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A、B、C、D中选择最正确的答案，并填写在答题卷上。
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Monday morning is always the worst morning of the week. Everybody is ______ (16); everybody is in a hurry. Last Monday’s ______ (17) worse than usual. “Hurry up, Dick!” father shouted ______ (18) he hanged on the bathroom door. “I’ve got a train to catch!” “I am shaving,” Dick answered. “I will be out in a ______ (19).” “Breakfast is ready,” mother called ______ (20) the kitchen. As she got no reply, she came upstairs to see what was going on. “Where is David?” she asked. “Is he still in bed?” She knocked at his bedroom door ______ (21) “You’d better get up,” she called. “It’s a quarter to eight. Your breakfast’s getting cold!” “I don’t feel like any breakfast.” David mumbled. “I will have another five minutes sleep ______ (22).”
Mother was about to go into his room and drag him out of bed ______ (23) the doorbell rang. She hurried downstairs to open the door. It was the postman. “Good morning, Mrs. Grawford,” he said ______ (24). “It is a lovely day, isn’t it? “You ______ (25) think so if you lived here,” mother answered. “On Mondays this place is like a madhouse.”
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| Part III. |
Reading comprehension (阅读理解) （40 points）
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In this section there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
本部分包括4篇短文, 请认真阅读后从A,B,C, D中选出最佳答案.
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1) Attention to details is something everyone can and should do----especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. "It's amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves," he says.
"Resumes arrive with stains, some candidates don't bother to spell the company's name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate," Crossley concludes. "If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?"
Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the trees," says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "we must constantly ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into the larger picture. If they don't, we should drop them and move to something else."
Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA, "The Apollo II moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time," says Garfield. "But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary." Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake.
Too often we believe what accounts for others' success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
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（1）According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected __________ . |
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A. because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resume
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B. because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume
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C. because they failed to give a detailed description of their background in their applications
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D. because they eliminated their names from the applicants' list themselves
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（2）The word "perfectionists" (Para 3, line 1) refers to those who ___________. |
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A. demand others to get everything absolutely right
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B. know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances
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C. pay too much attention to details only to lose their major objectives
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D. are capable of achieving perfect results in whatever they do
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（3）Which of the following is the author's advice to the reader? |
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A. Details should not be overlooked.
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B. Don't forget details when drawing pictures.
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C. Be aware of the importance of a task before undertaking it.
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D. Careless applicants are not to be trusted.
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（4）The example of the Apollo II moon launch is given to illustrate that _________. |
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A. minor mistakes can be ignored in achieving major objectives
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B. failure is the mother of success
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C. adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work
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D. keeping one's goal in mind helps in deciding which details can be overlooked
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（5）The best title for this passage would be_______. |
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A. Don't Be a Perfectionist
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B. Importance of Adjustments
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C. Details and Major Objectives
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D. Hard Work Plus Good Luck
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2) Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was very hard to sell a story, and I barely made enough money to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to become one of those people who die wondering, What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of Hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
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(1)The passage is meant to _________. |
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A. warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer may experience
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B. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
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C. show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
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D. encourage young people to pursue a writing career
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(2)It can be concluded from the passage that _________. |
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A. genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding
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B. a writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort
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C. famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation
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D. the chances of a writer becoming successful are small
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(3)The reason why the author began to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career is _________. |
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A. he wasn’t able to produce a single book
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B. he hadn’t seen a change for the better
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C. he wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year
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D. he found his dream would never come true
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(4)“… people who die wondering, What if?” (Para. 3) refers to “those _________”. |
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A. who think too much of the dark side of life
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B. who regret giving up their career halfway
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C. who think a lot without making a decision
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D. who are full of imagination even upon death
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(5)“Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to _________. |
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A. the wonderland one often dreams about
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B. the bright future that one is looking forward to
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C. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached
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D. a world that exists only in one’s imagination
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3) Up to 50,000 British women scientists and engineers are "wasting their talents" by failing to return to work after starting families, the government said Monday. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said a report published by her department showed that around 50,000 of the country's 290,000 women graduates in science, engineering and technology were not working at any one time.
In 2000, 24,000 of these graduates returned to work, but only a third resumed positions in their qualified field. "Of those who do return to work, only around 8,000 return to a job that makes use of their university education and training. That is a waste of women's talents," said Hewitt, announcing a series of measures to tempt women back to their profession. Among the strategies is a new award, the Franklin Medal, named after Rosalind Franklin, whose research contributed to the discovery of DNA. The award comes with 30,000 pounds for research studies.
A mentoring program to help women scientists and engineers return to work following a career break will also be established, Hewitt said.
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（1）From the passage, we may infer that the number of the graduates who return to work is _______. |
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A. 8,000
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B. 50,000
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C. 24,000
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D. 30,000
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（2）Why did the government say many intellectual women are wasting their talents? |
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A. Because they wouldn't go to work after they married.
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B. Because it is hard to go on their original work.
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C. Because their boss refuse to accept them.
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D. Because they have to raise their children.
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（3）According to the passage, what's the purpose of the new award? |
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A. It is sponsored by Rosalind Franklin.
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B. It is used to draw women back to their profession.
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C. It is used to collect enough money for women.
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D. It is used to help the research of women.
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（4）In the last sentence, the phrase "a career break" probably means ________. |
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A. the period in which the women stay at home and raise the children
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B. the period in which the women couldn't return to their work
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C. the women wasted their talents
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D. the women couldn't make use of their university education and training
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（5）The tone of the author can be said to be ________. |
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A. serious
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B. indifferent
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C. appreciative
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D. mild
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4) The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are blaming portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.
RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban (禁止) such devices from being used during "critical" stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.
The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft's computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.
The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable (易受损的) to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use a radio system to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who can't hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music's too loud.
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(1)The passage is mainly about_______. |
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A) a new regulation for all airlines
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B) the defects of electronic devices
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C) electronic devices and aircraft safety
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D) effective safety measures for air flight
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(2)What is said about more than 100 aircraft incidents in the past 15 years? |
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A) They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.
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B) They may have taken place during take off and landing.
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C) They were proved to have been caused by the passengers' portable computers.
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D) They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference.
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(3)Few airlines want to impose a total ban on their passengers using electronic devices because_______. |
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A) they don't believe there is such a danger as radio interference
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B) the harmful effect of electromagnetic interference has not been proved yet
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C) most passengers may refuse to take a plane which bans the use of electronic devices
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D) they have other effective safety measures to fall back on
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(4)Why is it difficult to predict the possible effects of electromagnetic fields on an airplane's computers? |
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A) Because it is extremely dangerous to conduct such research on an airplane.
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B) Because it remains a mystery what wavelengths are liable to be interfered with.
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C) Because research scientists have not been able to produce the same effects in labs.
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D) Because experts lack adequate equipment to do such research.
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(5)It can be inferred from the passage that the author_______. |
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A) is in favor of prohibiting passengers' use of electronic devices completely
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B) has overestimated the danger of electromagnetic interference
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C) hasn't formed his own opinion on this problem
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D) regards it as unreasonable to exercise a total ban during flight
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| Part IV. |
Writing(写作) （20 points
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For this part, you have 30 minutes to write a composition (at least 120 words) on the topic Should education be life long? (教育是否应该终身化?) You should base your composition on the outline below:
- 表明你对终身教育的观点 ( your view on life long education)
- 列出支持你观点的三个理由 （three reasons to support your view）
- 结论 (your conclusion)
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