出自:东北农业大学大学英语Ⅲ
At Harton College---an English boarding school for boys---there are many rules. Fifteen-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks these rules.
The boys can go into town in the afternoon after classes. But they must return to the school at six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. After the film he looked at his watch. It was after eight o’clock. He was a little worried. He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.
When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance. It was locked. He looked up at the window of his dormitory. It was on the third floor. The window was open. But it was quite dark and he went round the school building to another door. That one was locked too. He couldn’t climb up the wall very easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study.
He looked into the room-----no one was there. Bob quickly climbed on to the window sill (窗台) and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then some one turned on a light in the corridor. Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Mannering, the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa. Then he opened a book and began to read.
Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible. He could not move. The floor was cold and uncomfortable. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour.
“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed?” he thought.
Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up. He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door.
“Thank heavens, he didn’t find me under the sofa!” thought Bob.
Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa. “Would you turn off the light when you leave?” he said and left the study.
31.According to the passage, it is required that students of Harton College _________ .
A) come back to the college at six o’clock if they go to town after classes
B) may stay out until midnight if they like
C) should leave school when class is over
D) may do whatever they like
32.When Bob realized it was too late to return to Harton College as required, it was already ___________ .
A) 8:00 B) 9:00 C) later than 8:00 D) midnight
33.Bob stole into the courtyard of his college by means of ________ .
A) the main entrance
B) going around the school building to another door
C) jumping over the wall
D) climbing into the window of his headmaster’s study
34.Bob hid himself under the sofa probably because he was afraid of ______________ .
A) being punished for his theft
B) being found to have returned late
C) being dismissed for his wrongdoing
D) being capture alive on the spot
35.In the light of what his headmaster said towards the sofa, it can be safely concluded that the headmaster had already ________________ .
A) excused Bob
B) forgiven Bob
C) found Bob hiding under the sofa
D) punished Bob
“Most experiences of absent - mindedness-forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room-are caused by a simple lack of attention, ” says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded（编码） it deeply.”
Encoding, Schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impression on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create troublesome situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your cupboarD.“ Your memory itself isn’t failing you, ” says Schacter, “Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needeD.”
Lack of interest can also lead to absent -mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago, ” says Zelinski, “ may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.”Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that.
“Visual cues（ 视觉提示 ）can help prevent absent- mindedness, ”says Schacter, “But be sure the cue is clear and available. ”If you want to remember to take a medicine with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table-don’t leave it in the medicine box and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
Another common experience of absent - mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time, ”says Zelinski. “The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.”
36．The writer of the passage thinks that encoding properly is very important because ________.
A. it enables us to recall something from our memory
B. it slows down the process of losing our memory
C. it helps us understand our memory system better
D. it helps us to get back to where we were
37．One possible reason why women have a little better memories than men is that________.
A. they rely more on the environment
B. they have a wider range of interests
C. they have an unusual power of focusing their attention
D. they are more interested in what’s happening around them
38．Why can a note in the pocket hardly serve as a reminder? ________.
A. It will easily get lost
B. It is out of your sight
C. It’s not clear enough for you to read
D. It might get mixed up with other things
39．From the last paragraph we can learn that________.
A. repetition might help improve our memory
B. memory depends to a certain extent on the environment
C. we’d better return to where we were if we forget things
D. we should think about something else while doing one thing
40．The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the memory system of persons
B. a way of encoding and recalling
C. the causes of absent - mindedness
D. the impression of the environment on memory
It has been said that no town grows up until it is home to a college or university. Knowing this, as early as 1944, far-sighted community leaders began to plan for and raise money for the creation of a junior college in Columbus. In February of 1958 the Georgia Legislature passed the Junior College Bill(法案), which stipulated that all colleges qualifying for state funding must be in operation by September of 1958.
It was a challenge to meet the deadline, but on September 22, 1958, Columbus came of age: Columbus College began classes in the old Shanon Hosiery Mill, with 13 faculty members, five academic programs and 227 students. The phenomenal growth of the college began. In 1960, the first class of graduates received their associate degrees. In 1963, the college relocated to its present site. In 1965, the college was authorized to move up to the four-year status, and 1966 saw the first enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program. In 1973, the first graduate students began classes leading to the Master of Education degree and finally, two years ago, Columbus College became Columbus State University.
Some of the benefits from the university to our town are obvious-the spreading of knowledge and culture, skills and technology through college and advanced courses that students are able to take locally.
A major benefit from the university to our town is not so obvious, perhaps. Hundreds of highly educated and talented faculty and staff have become citizens of our area, contributing their skills, expertise and viewpoints to the common good of the community and generally promoted the progress of the area in a number of diverse ways.
Looking back over 40 years of growth, and forward into the next century, the dream of those leaders who had the foresight to bring the college to Columbus has been fulfilled beyond their dreams.
41. The idea that prompted the community leaders in Columbus to plan for the creation of a college is that __________.
A) towns can grow very large if they have a college
B) the town must have a college for their own benefit
C) a town cannot be fully developed without a college
D) foresight is essential when they plan for the college
42. Columbus College began classes in September, 1958 so that it obtained financial support from __________.
A) citizens of the Columbus area B) the state government
C) private companies D) students’ tuition
43. How-many years did it take the students at Columbus College to receive an associate degree?
A) Two years. B) Three years. C) Four years. D) Seven years.
44. The meaning of the word “phenomenal” (Para. 2) can be expressed by ________.
A) remarkable B) surprising C) far-sighted D) hasty
45. The writer’s purpose in writing this article is most likely to
A) recount the university’s history
B) celebrate the university’ s 40th anniversary.
C) ask more students to attend the university
D) show the importance of the university to the town’s residents
Animals other than humans have not developed communications comparable to human languagA. But is it possible that other animals have the capacity to learn a language if they are adequately taught? Obviously, this is a fascination notion. The idea of communicating directly with another species has long been a part of human folklore and children’s fantasies. But on a scientific level, the question of whether animals can learn a language is important primarily because it relates to the controversy()between the cognitive and the learning approaches to languagA. If language is dependent on and is actually an outgrowth of the intellectual structure of the human mind, there is the strong supposition that only humans are capable of using languagA. Therefore, Noam Chomsky and other psycholinguists have argued that only humans can learn a language, while most behaviorists feel that with sufficient patience it should be possible to teach an animal some sort of languagA. Although the two schools of thought clearly differ on this point, it is not really a crucial test of the two theories. If a chimpanzee can master a simple language all it would mean is that the chimp’s intellectual capacity and brain structure are more similar to ours than we thought. It would not necessarily imply that our intellectual structure is unimportant in our own mastery of languagA. Thus, teaching an animal language is an impressive demonstration of the power of learning techniques, but it is not evidence that language is developed entirely through learning.
On the other hand, the question of whether other animals can learn a language is fascination in its own right, aside from its value as a test of the two theories of language development. Accordingly, whatever one’s position on the theoretical dispute, we must consider training an animal to use language a dramatic accomplishment.
46.Which of the following statements is the view of psycholinguists?
A. The cognitive view of language learning says that only human beings can learn language because it is an outgrowth of the structure of the human minD.
B. Other animals simply could master a languagA.
C. The animals intellectual capacity is much better than human beings.
D. Language is developed by learning.
47.The behaviorists’ view is that __________.
A. language is actually an outgrowth of intellectual structure of the animal’s mind
B. animals have not developed communications system
C. given enough patience, a man should be able to teach an animal some sort of language
D. only human beings can learn language
48.That an animal can master a simple language means that __________.
A. human’s intellectual structure is not important
B. animals’ intellectual capacity and brain structure are more similar to the humans’
C. the learning techniques are much more important
D. language is developed completely by learning
49.The main idea of paragraph two is ___________.
A. teaching a chimp language is not crucial test of the two theories
B. their brain structure is not similar to human
C. using various methods to let the chimp master a language
D. training a nonhuman to use language is an amazing accomplishment
50.The best title for this passage would be _________.
A. Animals’ language
B. Human’s language
C. Teaching Animals’ Language
D. Can Other Animals Acquire Language?
40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the annual games for the disabled were started as Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi German, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London. His ideas about treating injuries included sport for the disabled.
In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part. The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings, thing have developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stoke Mandeville every year. In 1960 the first Olympics for the disabled were held in Rome. In the same place was the normal Olympic Games. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stoke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games, 1064 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.
The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can’t enjoy sport. One small source of disappointment for those who organize, and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able-bodied. Perhaps a few more year are still needed to convince those fortune enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded.
51. The first games for the disabled were held _____ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.
A) 40 years B) 21 years C) 10 years D) 9 years
52. Besides Stoke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in _____.
A) New York B) London C) Rome D) Los Angeles
53. In Paragraph 3, the word athletes’ means____
A) People who support the games
B) People who watch the games
C) People who organize the games
D) People who compete in the games
54. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabled.
B) Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an injured soldier.
C) Sir Ludwig Guttmann is from Germany.’
D) Sir Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British government.
55. From the passage, we may conclude that the writer is _____.
A) One of the organizers of the games for the disabled.
B) A disabled person who once took part in the games.
C) Against holding the games for the disabled.
D) In favor of holding the games for the disabled.
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper, you should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
There was a time then parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or a set of encyclopedia(百科全书). Now those _56__ seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, _57__ a lot of personal computers under the tree. _58__ that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children _59__ taught to use them in school--- as early as possible.
The problem for schools is that when it _60__ computers, parents do not always know best. Many schools are __61_ parental impatience and are purchasing hardware _62__ sound educational planning so they can say, :Ok, we’ve moved into the computer age.” Teachers _63__ themselves caught in the middle of the problem-between parent pressure and _64__ educational decisions. Educators do not even agree _65__ how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials _66__ research has shown can be taught _67__ with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should _68__ to computer warn of potential __69_ to the very young.
The temptation remains strong largely because young children _70__ so well to computers. First graders have been __71_ willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. _72__ school can afford to go into computing, and that creates _73__ another problem: division between the haves and have-nots.
Very few parents _74__ for computer instruction in poor school districts, _75__ there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
56. A) items B) books C) sets D) series
57. A) there were B) they were C) there had D) they had
58. A) Given B) Provided C) Convinced D) Believed
59. A) are B) be C) are being D) were
60. A) talks about B) comes to C) turns to D) mentions
61. A) ignorant of B) blaming C) yielding to D) absent from
62. A) without B) with C) through D) for
63. A) relied on B) relaxed C) freed D) found
64. A) wise B) clever C) slow D) enough
65.A) on B) with C) to D) about
66.A) however B) where C) what D) that
67.A) equally B) in the same way C) just as well D) not as well
68.A) be open B) have access C) look D) turn
69.A) approaches B) exposures C) hazards D) laziness
70.A) adopt B) keep C) adapt D) devote
71.A) watched B) seen C) told D) taught
72.A) So many B) Not every C) No D) Any
73.A) already B) of course C) in addition D) yet
74.A) demand B) expect C) press D) require
75.A) due that B) in any case C) although D) where
I left my friend’s house shortly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal, so I walked along the seafront (滨海马路) for about an hour until I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a week. I knew the owner well and frequently complimented (赞美, 恭维) him on his excellent cooking.
I went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal. While I was waiting for the soup to arrive, I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then that I noticed that a man sitting at a corner table near the door kept glancing in my direction, as if he knew me, I certainly did not know him, for I never forgot a face. The man had a newspaper open in front of him, which he was pretending to read, though all the while I could see that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the familiar way in which the waiter and I addressed each other. He became even more puzzled as time went on and it grew more and more obvious that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually he got up and went into the kitchen. After a few minutes he came out again, paid his bill and left without another glance in my direction.
When I had finished and was about to pay my bill, I called the owner of the restaurant over and asked him what the man had wanted. The owner was a little embarrassed by my question and at first did not want to tell me. I insisted. “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “He followed you here because he thought you were a man he was looking for,” the owner of the restaurant said. “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the wanted man. He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we know you here, I was able to convince him that he had made a mistake.” “It’s lucky I came to a restaurant where I am known,” I said, “otherwise I might have been arrested!”
31.When the author got to his favorite restaurant, it was ___________ .
A) already nine o’clock
B) eight o’clock on the dot
C) about two minutes past eight
D) slightly later than eight o’clock
32.The man sitting at the corner table near the door kept glancing in the direction of the author because he was __________________ .
A) interested in the personality of the author
B) making a study of the author
C) looking up and down the author
D) keeping a lookout over the author
33.The author was followed by the detective probably because he ___________ .
A) took after a suspect
B) was similar to a criminal in personality
C) was an accomplice
D) looked like a murderer
34.The detective had a newspaper open in front of him in order to ____________ .
A) read it in detail
B) cover up what he was really doing there
C) have it rechecked
D) wait for his food
35.According to the text, if the author had been a stranger in the restaurant, he would have been ____________________.
A) taken to court
B) followed
C) captured
D) sentenced to a few years’ imprisonment
Man young British doctors drink too much and use cannabis and other illegal drugs, according to a survey released last week.
The poll of 14 junior doctors in northeastern England, published in a letter in The Lancet medical journal, showed that more than 60 per cent drank more alcohol than the recommended safe limits.
Over 35 per cent of male doctors and 19 per cent of female physicians also admitted using cannabis and up to 13 per cent also took other drugs.
“The current drinking habits, illegal drug use, and stress in some junior doctors is of concern, not only for their own well being, but also how they affect patients’ care,” said Dr. Farhad Kam all of the University of Newcastle, who conducted the study.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said the findings were consistent with its own research into the habits of the junior doctors.
The survey was released a day after Dr. Patrick Dixon, a British AIDS expert and author, called for random testing of doctors for alcohol and drug abuse.
EXxon, the author of The Truth about Drugs, said that the problem, posed a significant threat to the public health because patients’ lives were being put at risk.
“With around 10 per cent of all doctors either intoxicated(沉醉)or withdrawing (from drugs or alcohol) we are faced with the fact that significant numbers of doctors have impaired judgment because of addiction,” Dixon said in a telephone interview.
He claimed that more than 1,000 addicted doctors in London were addicts but he said their colleagues were reluctant to identify them because of fear of retribution (报复).
“Our estimate is that up to 10 percent of doctors may have a drug or alcohol problem at some time in their working lives,” a BMA spokeswoman said.
36. From the first paragraph, we can know ________________.
A) it is quite fashionable to take cannabis in Britain
B) taking cannabis is against the law in Britain
C) cannabis is something delicious to eat
D) there is no limit to the use of cannabis
37. What does the word “released” (Para. 6) mean?
A) Set free. B) Given up. C) Finished. D) Issued.
38. According to Dr. Dixon, alcohol drinking and drug abuse ___________.
A) put the health of the drinkers and users at risk
B) had negative influence over the younger doctors
C) presented a great threat to the public health
D) was a pretty new social phenomenon in Britain
39. The word “impaired” (Para. 8) means ____________.
A) irresponsible B) weakened C) false D) paired up
40. The colleagues of the addicted doctors were unwilling to identify them because they _____________.
A) did not want to lose friendship
B) lacked self-confidence
C) didn’t want to get punished
D) didn’t’ t want the addicted doctors to be punishe
One of the most daring deep-space missions NASA has ever launched is turning out to be one of the least publicized. The target is a large asteroid (小行星) named 1992KD, which orbits the sun millions of miles from Earth. But that destination is almost incidental to the performance of the spacecraft that will make the trip. Though it looks little different from countless other unmanned probes NASA has launched, the ship will be navigated by an electronic brain that has been likened to HAL, the independent-minded computer in the film 2001, and will move through space under power of a system that has long been the stuff of technological fantasies: an ion propulsion (离子推进) engine.
If all goes as planned, Deep Space 1, scheduled for launch later this month, will be the forerunner of a new’ generation of spacecraft. While flight planners hope the ship will make some interesting observations about the target asteroid, including its composition and the structure of its surface, DS1 ‘s primary assignment is to validate a host of new technologies NASA has always considered too risky to try on a mission that may attract a great deal of public attention. Says Mar Rayman of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, DS1’ s chief engineer, “We have an unproven propulsion system, powered by an unproven solar panel, commanded by an unproven navigation system.
What is most remarkable about the spacecraft is how it gets from place to place. After being launched by an ordinary rocket, DS1 will be pushed through space by an engine that works by firing electrons into atoms of xenon gas, stripping each of an electron and giving the atoms an electric charge-ionizing them. The ions are then accelerated through an electric field and emitted from the thrusters at 65,000 m. p. h. Despite that speed, the particles produce little thrust, comparable to the weight of a piece of paper.
41. What is special about NASA’s planned deep-space mission regarding its publicity?
A) It is targeted at a large asteroid.
B) It is much less reported by the media.
C) It is the same as other unmanned probes.
D) It isn’t certain whether it will be successful.
42. What is the primary, purpose of the DS1 mission?
A) Testing new technologies for future spacecraft.
B) Calculating risks for the benefit of other missions.
C) Studying the surface of a large asteroid.
D) Proving a new generation of spacecraft.
43. Once launched, whether the spacecraft will reach its destination is incidental to the performance of all the following EXCEPT ___________.
A) the self-navigation system B) the ion-powered engine
C) the solar cells D) the flight planners
44. How does the DS1 leave the earth’s orbit?
A) By its special propulsion engine.
B) By a conventional rocket engine.
C) By firing electrons into the atoms of xenon gas.
D) By accelerating through an electric field.
45. Which of the following is NOT true according to this article?
A) The author likens the DS1’s navigation system to an electronic brain.
B) The DS1 is the first of a new breed of spacecraft.
C) The DS1 chief engineer has nothing to lose in such a mission.
D) The DS1’s power system used to be the dream of scientists.
Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind-foot-ball, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering(登山).
Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and are powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier if probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time that younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
46. Mountaineering involves everything EXCEPT ______________.
A) cold B) hardship C) risk D) astonishment
47. The difference between a sport and a game has to do with the kind of __________.
A) activity B) rules C) uniform D) participants
48. Mountaineering can be called a team sport because _________.
A) it is an Olympic event
B) teams compete against each other
C) mountaineers depend on each other while climbing
D) there are 5 climbers on each team
49. Mountaineers compete against __________.
A) nature B) each other C) other teams D) international standards
50. The best title for the passage is ___________.
A) Mountaineering Is Different from Golf and Football
B) Mountaineering Is More Attractive than Other Sports
C) Mountaineering
D) Mountain Climbers
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from other.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so.
But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Fordin Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words charactering differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains or the hero’s role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
51. By using the simile (直喻) of fingerprints, the author tells us that _____.
A) people differ from each other in facial features
B) people have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints
C) people have different personalities
D) people can learn to recognize faces
52. According to this passage, some animals have the gift of _____.
A) typing each other
B) telling people apart by how they behave
C) recognizing human faces
D) telling good people from bad people
53. Who most probably knows best hw to describe people’s personality?
A) Psychologists. B) The modern TV audience.
C) The ancient Greek audience D) The movie star.
54. According to the passage, it is possible for us to tell one type of person form another because _____.
A) human faces have complex features
B) people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
C) human fingerprints provide unique information
D) people’s behavior can be easily described in words
55. Which of the following is the major point of the passage?
A) How to get to know people.
B) Why it is necessary to identify people’s personality.
C) Hoe best to recognize people.
D) Why it is possible to describe people.
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper, you should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
There was a time then parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or a set of encyclopedia(百科全书). Now those _56__ seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, _57__ a lot of personal computers under the tree. _58__ that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children _59__ taught to use them in school--- as early as possible.
The problem for schools is that when it _60__ computers, parents do not always know best. Many schools are __61_ parental impatience and are purchasing hardware _62__ sound educational planning so they can say, :Ok, we’ve moved into the computer age.” Teachers _63__ themselves caught in the middle of the problem-between parent pressure and _64__ educational decisions. Educators do not even agree _65__ how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials _66__ research has shown can be taught _67__ with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should _68__ to computer warn of potential __69 to the very young.
The temptation remains strong largely because young children _70__ so well to computers. First graders have been __71_ willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. _72__ school can afford to go into computing, and that creates _73__ another problem: division between the haves and have-nots.
Very few parents _74__ for computer instruction in poor school districts, _75__ there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
56. A) items B) books C) sets D) series
57. A) there were B) they were C) there had D) they had
58. A) Given B) Provided C) Convinced D) Believed
59. A) are B) be C) are being D) were
60. A) talks about B) comes to C) turns to D) mentions
61. A) ignorant of B) blaming C) yielding to D) absent from
62. A) without B) with C) through D) for
63. A) relied on B) relaxed C) freed D) found
64. A) wise B) clever C) slow D) enough
65. A) on B) with C) to D) about
66. A) however B) where C) what D) that
67. A) equally B) in the same way C) just as well D) not as well
68. A) be open B) have access C) look D) turn
69. A) approaches B) exposures C) hazards D) laziness
70. A) adopt B) keep C) adapt D) devote
71. A) watched B) seen C) told D) taught
72. A) So many B) Not every C) No D) Any
73. A) already B) of course C) in addition D) yet
74. A) demand B) expect C) press D) require
75. A) due that B) in any case C) although D) where