夜雨聆风Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure (35%)
Directions: There are 35 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 and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. The committee ______ a conclusion only after days of discussion.
A. reached B. achieved C. arrived D. completed
2. The next afternoon I went to ______ Miss Barkley again, but found her out.
A. call for B. call on C. call up D. call of
3. He said ______ was not within his power to answer the question.
A. that B. this C. what D. it
4. ______ to hurt her, he did not tell her the truth.
A. Not to want B. Not wanting C. To want not D. Wanting not
5. He risked ______ his house when his company went bankrupt.
A. to lose B. having lost C. losing D. to have lost
6. I didn’t hear ______ because there was too much noise where I was sitting.
A. what did he say B. what he said C. what was he saying D. what to say
7. I can’t ______ this type of computer; it’s too expensive.
A. cost B. spend C. afford D. calm
8. Faced with the crisis, the girl looked pale but was quite ______.
A. silent B. quiet C. still D. calm
9. He didn’t allow ______ in his room. Actually he did not allow his family ______ at all.
A. to smoke; to smoke B. smoking; to smoke
C. to smoke; smoking D. smoking; smoking
10. George took ______ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.
A. advantage B. profit C. use D. charge
11. I was very tired. Otherwise, I ______ to the theatre with you.
A. had gone B. would go C. will have gone D. would have gone
12. Seldom ______ in such a rude way.
A. we have been treated B. we have treated
C. have we been treated D. have we treated
13. This well‑known international organization was ______ several years ago.
A. set up B. made up C. taken up D. got up
14. The policeman ______ the thief down the road.
A. chased B. ran C. rushed D. raced
15. Every means ______ but it’s not so effective.
A. have been tried B. has been tried C. have tried D. has tried
16. By the time class was over, the rain ______.
A. will stop B. would stop C. had stopped D. have stopped
17. Fortunately, the demonstration ______ to be quite peaceful.
A. turned in B. turned out C. turned off D. turned up
18. Mr. Johnson, together with his wife and two daughters, ______ to arrive this evening.
A. were B. are C. was D. is
19. ______, he’ll make a first‑class tennis player.
A. Given time B. To give time
C. Giving time D. Being given time
20. We shall have an opportunity to exchange ______ tomorrow.
A. sights B. opinions C. thoughts D. minds
21. Many birds ______ the island during the summer months.
A. settle B. join C. move D. visit
22. Thank you for the ______ you did me to move the sofa upstairs.
A. favor B. good C. help D. aid
23. I paid him 50 dollars for the painting, but its real ______ must be about 500 dollars.
A. fee B. value C. price D. fare
24. We enjoyed ourselves very much at the party. You ______ with us.
A. must have come B. must come C. should have come D. should come
25. Where is the ______ writing desk?
A. charming round small B. round small charming
C. charming small round D. small round charming
26. It would be unwise to ______ too much importance to these opinion polls.
A. stick B. give C. apply D. attach
27. We haven’t been able to find out the ______ of the rumor.
A. source B. cause C. resource D. reason
28. I ______ to come to your house last night but it rained hard.
A. thought B. attended C. intended D. considered
29. The cost of the reconstruction would ______ from 2.5 to 3 million pounds.
A. deserve B. spend C. range D. include
30. The authorities have refused to ______ him a visa to visit England.
A. arrange B. agree C. approve D. grant
31. By the time I saw the job advertised, it was too late to ______.
A. ask B. request C. demand D. apply
32. Unfortunately he didn’t ______ to read the agreement carefully before signing it.
A. bother B. disturb C. trouble D. interrupt
33. Import for the first three months this year is larger than for the ______ period last year.
A. relating B. concerning C. corresponding D. regarding
34. I bought a new bicycle, ______ was very high.
A. the price of which B. which price
C. price of which D. which the price
35. The furniture arrived ______, so we had to send it back.
A. damaging B. to be damaged C. to damage D. damaged
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: In this section, there are four passages, each of which is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Surfing(浏览) the Internet can be as addictive(上瘾的) as drugs, alcohol or gambling, a researcher from the University of Pittsburgh said last month.
In a study of almost 400 men and women in Canada, researchers found Internet addiction caused people to spend 40 hours or more a week online. Most of them often got involved in role‑playing games or chat room discussion. One 17‑year‑old boy was so addicted to the Internet activities that his parents had to send him to a hospital for 10 days’ treatment.
One woman was described by friends and family as a perfect wife and mother. She became so addicted to the Internet that she would not cook or clean and was neglecting her children and husband, because she was spending as much as 12 hours a day talking to people on the Internet. Finally her husband said, “Choose me or the computer.” She divorced him.
Kimberly Young, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, found that 76 percent of the subjects(调查对象) in the study spent an average of 40 hours a week on the Internet.
Of 396 people who met Young’s criteria(标准) for addicted Internet users, 157 were men, 239 women. The men were younger with an average age of 29; the women averaged 43 years of age. The largest group of addicted users of the Internet was people who were not working outside home, housewives, students and those who were disabled(残疾的) or retired.
36. According to the researcher in the University of Pittsburgh, surfing the Internet can be highly ______.
A. tiring B. exciting C. harmful D. wasteful
37. After getting addicted to the Internet, the woman ______.
A. chose to leave her husband B. chose to live with her husband
C. was too busy with her housework D. was too busy to work
38. From the passage, we learn that the majority of addicted Internet users are ______.
A. middle‑aged men B. middle‑aged women
C. young men D. young women
39. According to this research, people who are likely to become addicted Internet users are ______.
A. those who are busy with their work
B. those who want to make friends
C. those who are not employed
D. those who are fond of talking
40. The writer’s attitude towards Internet surfing is ______.
A. supportive B. negative C. neutral D. practical
Passage 2
Many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling(叛逆). I wish it were so. At this age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet.
But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. They say they want to dress as they please, but all of them wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music, but all of them end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting is that the others are doing it that way.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award(给予) high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records and stamps. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.
41. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1?
A. Parents are happy that their children rebel.
B. Teenagers should not live with their parents.
C. The author of this passage agrees with the parents.
D. Parents dislike their children’s rebellion.
42. The kind of rebellion mentioned in this passage is that all teenagers ______.
A. dress in their own ways B. wear the same clothes
C. listen to the same music D. act in the same way
43. According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact, most of them ______.
A. have difficulty understanding each other
B. follow the popularity wave
C. dare to deal with problems by themselves
D. are very much afraid of getting lonely
44. Which of the following is one way of “climbing over the barrier” according to the writer?
A. Listening to classical music. B. Going to evening parties.
C. Collecting records and stamps. D. Learning from advertisements.
45. In this passage the writer wants to tell ______.
A. teenagers how to decide things for themselves
B. readers how to be popular with other people
C. parents how to control and guide their children
D. people how to understand and respect each other
Passage 3
A moment’s drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the needle that deadens the nerves around the tooth.
Now it’s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves and our brain, we wouldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture(酷刑) is based on the human body being open to pain.
But there is a way to handle pain. Some Indian monks can sit on a bed of nails. Fakirs(苦行僧) can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
The big thing in standing pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says this will hurt a little, it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation(感觉), we can handle the pain calmly. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.
46. The word “deadens” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.
A. increases B. restrains C. improves D. excites
47. The sentence “But we pay for our sensitivity” in the second paragraph means that ______.
A. we should pay a debt for our feeling
B. we have to be hurt when we feel something
C. our pain is worthwhile
D. when we feel pain, we are suffering it
48. When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he suggests that ______.
A. Indians are not at all afraid of pain
B. some people may be senseless of pain
C. some people are able to handle pain
D. fakirs have magic to avoid pain
49. Which of the following is true?
A. The nerves play an important part in feeling pain.
B. We can only feel pain when badly wounded.
C. The dentists can do nothing to the pain.
D. Everyone should try his best to avoid pain.
50. The most important thing to handle pain is how to ______.
A. avoid pain B. put up with pain
C. look at pain D. stop pain
Passage 4
There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority(优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities(复杂性) of spelling.
If spelling becomes the only focus of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a piece of writing about a personal experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors in the writing”, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had feelings.” The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have encouraged the pupil to improve his writing.
51. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1?
A. Parents are not interested in spelling.
B. Schools are not interested in spelling.
C. Teachers must give top priority to spelling.
D. Complex spelling prevents free writing.
52. From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. parents support how the schools teach spelling
B. parents don’t know how the schools teach spelling
C. people agree on the importance of spelling in writing
D. people agree on how to teach spelling in writing
53. In the second paragraph, the expression “play safe” most probably means “______”.
A. pay more attention to the ideas
B. write freely and smoothly
C. avoid words he is not sure of
D. use dictionaries very early
54. Which of the following is true according to the last paragraph?
A. The writing did not truly reflect the feelings.
B. The teacher liked the writing very much.
C. The teacher’s priority was on the child’s ideas.
D. The author disagreed about the teacher’s comments.
55. This passage mainly discusses ______.
A. the necessity of teaching spelling in writing
B. the role of developing writing skills
C. the complexities of spelling
D. the relationship between spelling and ideas
Part Ⅲ Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Have you 56 asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go 57 their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science and 58 subjects. That is quite true, but why do they learn these things? And are these things 59 that they learn at school?
We 60 our children to school to 61 them for the time 62 they are grown‑up and have to work 63 their own. Nearly all they learn at school has some 64 use in their life, but is that the only reason 65 they go to school?
There is 66 in education than just learning facts. We go to school 67 all to learn how to learn, 68 when we have 69 school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows 70 will always be successful, because 71 he has to do something new that he has never had to do 72 he will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best 73 . The uneducated person, 74 , is probably unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is not just to teach languages, arithmetic, etc., 75 to teach students the way to learn.
56. A. either B. forever C. ever D. never
57. A. learning B. to learn C. for learning D. in learning
58. A. all other B. all others C. all the other D. all the others
59. A. each B. ones C. every D. all
60. A. send B. get C. fetch D. select
61. A. set B. prepare C. make D. give
62. A. where B. when C. while D. how
63. A. on B. for C. with D. to
64. A. realistic B. effective C. efficient D. practical
65. A. why B. which C. how D. what
66. A. much B. most C. many D. more
67. A. above B. over C. on D. beyond
68. A. so as B. as that C. so that D. such that
69. A. remained B. left C. got out D. went away
70. A. how to be learned B. how to learn
C. how to have learned D. how learning
71. A. whenever B. whichever C. whatever D. however
72. A. ago B. later C. before D. after
73. A. path B. course C. road D. way
74. A. on another hand B. on other hand
C. on the other hands D. on the other hand
75. A. yet B. however C. but D. or
Part Ⅳ Writing (15%)
Directions:This part is to test your practical writing ability. You are required to write A Letter of Suggestion according to the information given in Chinese. Your writing should contain 100 words. Write it on the Answer Sheet.
76. 你叫张新，与李明是好朋友，在不同大学读书。你得知他沉迷于(indulge in)网络游戏(online game‑playing)，影响了学习，期末考试有几门课程不及格。请你给他写封信，说明沉迷于网游的危害，劝他珍惜大学时光，学好专业知识。
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