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英语专项练习（三）
Part I Reading Comprehension
Directions：There are four passages in this part．Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of
them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）． You should
decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on
the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．
Questions 1to 5are based on the following passage：
More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty．
Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister．He stressed that workmanship and
quality were more important than quantity for industrial production．It would be necessary
to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other
countries．The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to
balance its import and export trade．
French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs
of the people，let alone long-ranged developments．Essential imports had stretched the
national credit to the breaking point．Rents were tightly controlled，but the extreme
inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food．Food costs
took as much as 80 percent of the workers'income．Wages，it is true，had risen．
Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time
and overtime employment．Taken together，these factors enabled the working class to
exist but allowed them no sense of security．In this precarious（不稳定的） and
discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages．
The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country．It was feared this
immigration of workers would deplete the labor force．The lack of qualified workers might
hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced．Qualified workers
employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign
countries．Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase
as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries．
1．According to the passage，the French workers were ________ ．
A）better paid than the workers in any other European countries
B）able to save more money with the increase in their wages
C）anxious to work abroad
D）often unable to find work in France
2．Rene Coty and Charles Deschanel were both interested in ________．
A）better quality in production
B）increasing quantity in production <C）having the government raise tariffs on foreign imports
D）eliminating unions in France
3．The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave
the country because ________ ．
A）it would enlarge the working force
B）it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial
production
C）it would hinder the increase in quantity of exports
D）it would damage the imports
4．Rents in France ________．
A）were extremely high
B）were extremely controlled
C）took as much as 80percent of the workers'income
D）had doubled in two years
5．According to the passage，the French government ________．
A）prohibited French to work abroad
B）reduced taxes to fight inflation
C）paid family allowances and benefits
D）prohibited the French workers to join labor unions
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage：
Food can be divided into two basic categories：real food and pleasure food．Real
food is fuel for the body's needs，while pleasure food， which is high in fat and sugar，
is primarily for taste satisfaction．The categories are pretty obvious．Broccoli is real
food．Cookies are in the pleasure group．
When you are hungry，you are faced with choices．If you aren't suffering from
excessive hunger，you can be rational about them．Go to the refrigerator．What looks
good？If you have chosen a real food，say，a turkey sandwich，you can be certain your
body can use it for fuel．Eat it and enjoy．
Two hours later you are hungry again．Back to the refrigerator．What looks good？
Ice cream．Stop！Employ your will power just a little．Ice cream is not what your body
needs．Does something else look good？Yes，a piece of toast with peanut butter and a
glass of milk sound good too．Okay，go ahead，remembering that high-fat real foods
should be eaten in moderation．
One trick is to eliminate pleasure foods from your kitchen．Instead，keep a variety of
high-quality foods available at all times．In short，buy lots of delicious real food，food
you really like，and get rid of the junk．But what if you have ice cream on hand and nothing sounds good？Although you
don't want
to eat pleasure foods whenever the urge strikes，there is a legitimate place for them in
your diet．If you have analyzed your feelings and there are no other needs imitating
hunger，eat the ice cream．You have not failed．On the contrary，you have accepted
your naturalappetite，but not blindly．
Surprisingly，when you know you can eat anything you want，and that you never
have to
put up with unsatisfied hunger again，it takes a lot of pressure off．You will begin to
want to eat what your body needs，and your body will begin to need foods that will
lead
to slimness．
6．Which of the following statements is NOT true？
A）The author is against getting rid of pleasure food altogether．
B）One can eat the high-fat real foods heartily since it is fuel for the body．
C）Make sure to keep pleasure food such as ice cream in your diet．
D）Of course you can sometimes have ice cream if you really want to．
7．What would be the best title for this passage？
A）Real Food And Pleasure Food
B）Reducing Weight <br>
C）Limit Your Consumption Of Pleasure Food
D）How To Choose Food When You Are Hungry
8．Whatcan you assume from the last paragraph？
A）Being able to eat anything doesn't necessarily imply pleasure．
B）Real foods may lead to slimness．
C）Eat only what your body needs．
D）Be sure to satisfy your hunger whenever it strikes you．
9．What can broccoli be except ________ ．
A）ice cream
B）cauliflower
C）a turkey sandwich
D）a piece of toast
10．Judging from the fourth paragraph，what does"junk"mean？
A）Food like ice cream．
B）Food you do not like．
C）Pleasure foods．
D）Low-quality foods．Questions 11to 15are based on the following passage：
Cloning，manipulating a cell from an animal so that it grows into an exact copy of
that animal，is the forbidden fruit of biotechnology． Some scientists were so sure it
could not be done
that，in the 1970s，they discouraged moralists（伦理学家）from discussing its moral
implications．Yet at the same time other scientists，secretly，in out-of-the-way labs，were
getting ever closer to making clones．For ten years，scientists have been cloning sheep
and cows from embryo（胚胎）cells．But so far Dolly is the only animal cloned from an
adult cell，not from an embryo． She is living proof that scientists have solved one of the
most challenging problems
of cell biology．
The question now is how soon will scientists clone humans．"Nature"，the scientific
journal that published the Dolly paper，commented，"Cloning humans from adults tissues is
likely to be achievable any time from one to ten years from now．"Most scientists agree
there is no insurmountable obstacle in human cloning．But a human clone，even though
it might resemble the individual from whom it was made，would differ dramatically in
personality and character，intelligence and talents．"You will never get 100 percent
identity，"says psychologist Jerome Kagan of Harvard，"because of chance factors and
because environments are never exactly the same．"
That，however，is small comfort to many people．Shortly after Dolly's birth
announcement，President Clinton ordered a group of experts to come up with proposals
for government action．With the cloning of humans within reach，whether it is to be
banned or regulated is now on the nation's moral agenda（议事日程）． Some regard the
cloning of humans as inherently evil，
a morally unjustifiable intrusion into human life．They measure the morality of any act
by the intention behind it；still others are concerned primarily with consequences for
society as well as for individuals．
For the moment it seems that the latest achievement in the biotech field has provided everyone
with food for thought．
11．In what way is Dolly different from earlier clones？
A）It is cloned from human embryo．
B）It is cloned from a human cell．
C）It is cloned from an adult cell．
D）It is cloned from an adult embryo．
12．What is the prospect，according to most scientists，of making clones from adult
human tissues？
A）Such clones will be exactly like the one from whom it was made．
B）It would be possible within the decade．
C）There still exist some technical problems．
D）It is impossible to make such clones in one to ten years from now．
13．Why did Clinton order a group of experts to make proposals for government action？A）He wants to quicken the pace of cloning research．
B）The success of cloning involves serious moral evaluation problems．
C）He wants to ban the human cloning research．
D）He is worried about the funding of the further research．
14．"Food for thought"in the last paragraph means ________．
A）worry for food
B）increased food to be expected
C）something worthy of consideration
D）reasons for deep understanding
15．The best title for the selection can be ________．
A）BiotechnologicalSuccess And Its Possible Consequences
B）Dolly Is Only The Beginning
C）The Definition Of Cloning
D）Cloning Humans From Adults'Tissues
Questions 16to 20are based on the following passage：
Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has．There is nothing
more exhausting than not succeeding，being blocked，not moving ahead．It is an evil
circle．Failure breeds fatigue，and fatigue makes it harder to get to work，which adds to
the fatigue We experience this tiredness in two main ways，as start-up fatigue and
performance fatigue．In the former case，we keep putting off a task that we are forced
to take up．Either because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult，we avoid it．
And the longer we postpone it the more tired we feel．
Such start-up fatigue is very real，even not actually physical，not something in our
muscles and bones．The remedy is obvious，though perhaps not easy to apply：willpower
exercise．The moment I find myself turning away from a job， or putting it under a pile
of things I have to do，
I clear my desk of everything else and attach the objectionable item first． To prevent
start-up fatigue，always treat the most difficult job first．
Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle．Here we are willing to get started，
but we can't seem to do the job right．Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and
however hard we work，we fail again and again．The mounting experience of failure carries
with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue．In such a situation，I work as hard as I
can，then let the
unconscious take over．
16．Which of the following can be called an evil circle？
A）Success-zeal-success-zeal．
B）Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness．
C）Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness．D）Success-exhaustion-success-exhaustion．
17．According to the passage ，when keeping putting off a task，we can experience
________．
A）tiredness
B）performance fatigue
C）start-up fatigue
D）unconsciousness
18．To overcome start-up fatigue ，we need ________ ．
A）toughness
B）prevention
C）muscles
D）strong willpower
19．The word"insurmountable"in the last paragraph probably means ________ ．
A）that can not be solved
B）that can not be understood
C）that can not be imagined
D）that can not be objected
20．According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？
A）It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue．
B）Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked．
C）One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle．
D）Fatigue often accompanies fatigue．
Part II Vocabulary and Structure
Directions：There are 30 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．Then mark the
corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line
through the center．
21．I haven't got the ________ idea of what you mean．Would you please make it clear
to me？
A）lightest
B）furthest
C）smallest
D）faintest
22．We've ________ salt．Ask Mrs．Jones to lend us some．
A）run away withB）run over
C）run off
D）run out of
23．He was always ill for a time，but he managed to ________ ．
A）pull on
B）pull in
C）pull up
D）pull through
24．He ________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions．
A）continually
B）continuously
C）consistently
D）consequently
25．The actors have to ________ before they appear in front of the strong lights on
television．
A）cover up
B）make up
C）paint up
D）do up
26．When the whole area was ________ by flood，the government sent food there by
helicopter．
A）cut away
B）cut down
C）cut up
D）cut off
27．They have left New York ________ good；they'll never go back and live there
again．
A）for
B）at
C）by
D）in
28．The dress in the window ________ her eye when she passed it．
A）attracted
B）got
C）caught
D）met
29．To develop lightindustry in abig way ________ to improving the people's livelihood．A）owes
B）attributes
C）distributes
D）contributes
30．As they haven't a child of their own，they are going to ________ a little girl．
A）accept
B）receive
C）adapt
D）adopt
31．Would you please ________ these books to your classmates？
A）hand out
B）hand down
C）hand in
D）hand over
32．The doctor ________ a medicine for my headache．
A）subscribed
B）described
C）prescribed
D）inscribed
33．No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to
________ ．
A）the other
B）any other
C）another
D）other
34．The dog has ________ its affection to its new master．
A）transferred
B）transformed
C）transported
D）transmitted
35 ． Although he was neat and well-groomed ， he was somehow unattractive in
________ ．
A）outlook
B）look
C）appearance
D）feature
36．The chimney is no longer ________ volumes of waste gas into atmosphere，asprotective filters are being used．
A）giving away
B）giving off
C）giving in
D）giving up
37．It's no good ________ until I'm reasonably sure when I'll be able to go for my
holiday．
A）deciding
B）to decide
C）to have decided
D）being decided
38．I regret ________ you that your application has been refused．
A）informing
B）to inform
C）to be informed
D）being informed
39．The facilities of the older hospital ________．
A）are as good or better than the new hospital
B）is as good or better than the new hospital
C）are as good as or better than the new hospital
D）are as good as or better than those of the new hospital
40．Since you need to catch an early train tomorrow morning，we ________ now．
A）might as well leave
B）ought to have left
C）should have left
D）could have left
41．Do you feel like ________ to a film or would you rather ________ at home？
A）going．．．stay
B）to go．．．stay
C）going．．．staying
D）going．．．to stay
42．At three o'clock ________ a cold morning，he arrived here．
A）in
B）at
C）on
D）of
43．I'm sure dirty， ________？A）am I
B）aren't I
C）isn't I
D）am not I
44． ________ ，there is no place like home，wherever you go．
A）It may be humble
B）As humble it may be
C）Humble it may be
D）Humble as it may be
45．"Has he gained weight？""He would gain weight，but he ________ much．"
A）does not eat >
B）did not eat
C）hadn't eaten
D）couldn't eat
46．The day's work ________ ，Mary and Carl are playing cards．
A）are done
B）done
C）doing
D）did
47．But for his help，I ________ ． >
A）did not succeed
B）had not succeeded <
C）should not have succeeded
D）have not succeeded <br>
48．His use of technical terms left his audience ________ ．
A）confusing
B）with confusion
C）confused
D）to confusion
49．Try and calm yourself， ________ your mind will be easy again．
A）and
B）or
C）when
D）before
50．It was not untilshe had arrived home ________ remembered her appointment with the
doctor．
A）when sheB）that she
C）and she
D）she
Part III Short Answer Questions
Directions ： In this part ， there is a short passage with five
questions or incomplete statements．
Read the passage carefully．Then answer the questions or complete
the statements in the fewest possible words．
In an effort to produce the largest，fastest， the most luxuriousship afloat，the British
built the Titanic ． It was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was
considered"unsinkable"． So
sure of this were the owners that they provided lifeboats for only 950of its possible 3，500
passengers．Many passengers were aboard the night it rammed an ice-burg，only two
days at sea and more than half way between England and New York，the destination．
Because the
luxury liner was traveling so fast，it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking ice-
burg．An inextinguishable fire also contributed to the ship's disaster．Panic increased the
number of deaths as people jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board
the lifeboats．Four hours after the mishap，another ship，the Carpathia，rescued the
survivors，less than a third of those originally aboard．The famous Titanic enjoyed only
two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1912before plunging into 12，000feet
of water near the coast of Newfoundland，where it lies today．
Questions.
51．The owners of Titanic provided lifeboats for only 950passengers
which were far from enough because ________ ．
52．How many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking？
53．The word"inextinguishable"means________．
54．Where is the Titanic now？
55．Besides speed and fire，what else contributed to the large number
of deaths？
Part IV Writing
Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a
composition on the topic Importance of Teamwork．You should write
at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the
outline（given in Chinese）below．
1．每个人都需要有团队合作的精神。
2．从以下几方面加以论证：（1）个人成长完善、追求个人成功的需要。
（2）高度发展的社会的需要。
（3）心理需要，如满足献身于共同事业感或集体荣誉感等。
3．结论：基于协同合作的重要性，简要阐明我们应如何去做。
【参考答案】
Part I
1-5 C A B B A 6-10 B C A A D 11-15 C B B C A 16-20 B C D A C
Part II
21-25 D D D A B 26-30 D A C D D 31-35 A C A A C 36-40 B A B D A
41-45 A C B D A 46-50 B C C A B
Part III
51．it was considered"unsinkable"
52．Two days．
53．uncontrollable；can't be put out
54．Near the coast of Newfoundland．
55．Panic．Part IV
Importance of Teamwork
As teamwork is increasingly important in modern society，everyone should train his
ability to cooperate with others．
Today's society is no longer aself-sufficient one，but one in which all the people
depend on each other for existence．Only for existence，not to mention the pursuit and
obtainment of happiness，one can't do without the ability to work harmoniously with
others．In the highly developed society today，one can almost accomplish nothing without
joint efforts．Every loaf of bread，every article ofclothes，every house or apartment，
every means oftransportation is the product ofcooperative efforts．We play with other
children in kindergartens；we study with our classmates at schools；and we will work
with our fellow workers or colleagues in factories or companies． What we have got
through teamwork is not only self-improvement，personalsuccessbutalso the satisfaction at
both our devotion to common causes and the sense
of collective honor．
To meet the needs of both personal improvement and the sophisticated society，we should
learn to cooperate with each other and adjust to each other．Only in this way can we
achieve successes and satisfy ourselves as wellas the society．
