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高级英语试题I.The followingparagraphs aretaken from the textbooks,followed by a listof wordsorexpressions marked A to X.Choose theone thatbest completeseach of the sentences and writethe corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.One wordor expressionfor each blank only.12points,
0.5point foreachAs Iate shebegan thefirst ofwhat welater called“my lessonin living.v She said thatI mustalways be[of ignorancebut understandingof illiteracy.That some2,unable togo toschool,were more3and evenmoreintelligent than4professors.She encouragedme to5carefully towhat countrypeople6mother wit.When salesmenare doingwell,there is7upon them to begindoing better,for8they maystart doingworse.When they are doing9,theyaredoing terribly.When a salesman landsa large order or10in animportantnew account,11elation isbrief,for thereis dangerhe mightlose thatlargeorderor importantnewaccount toasalesman12a competingcompany thenext timearound.The Americandreampromised olderpeople thatif they13hard enoughall theirlives,things would14well fbrthem.Todayselderly werebrought upto15in pride,self-reliance andindependence.Many16tough,determinedindividuals17manage tosurvive againstadversity.But eventhe toughones reacha18where helpshould be availableto them.Another solitaryman wasfishing furtheralong thecanal,19Arthur knewthat theywould leaveeachother20peace,would noteven call21greetings.No onebothered22:you werea hunter,a dreamer,your own23,away fromit allfor a few hourson anyday that the24_did notthrow downits rain.__A.people B.fear C.his D.workedE.boss Feducated G.intolerant H.bringsI.believe J.in K.but L.weatherM.are N.point
0.listen PpressureQ.out R.who S.you T.turn outU.from V.called W.poorly X.collegeIL In this section,there arefifteen sentencestaken from the textbookswith ablank ineach,followed bya listof wordsor expressionsmarked AtoX.Choose theone thatbest completeseach of thesentencesand write thecorresponding letteron yourAnswer Sheet.One wordorexpression foreachblankonly.15points,1point foreach
25.They lived,in bitterdisillusionment,to seethe establishmentthey hadoverthrown replacedbyaone,just ashard-faced andstuffy.
26.Among membersof myown party,closed meetingswere heldto discussof stopping
27.No doubtsomebody wouldhave ifshe hadntbeen there;she waspart of the performance,after all.
28.All Icared wasthat shehad madetea cookiesfor meand readto mefrom herfavoritebook.
29.He satwith hisstill pressedover hisstomach,hiding hiswatch,but allthrough thecellyou couldhear itsblunt ticktock tick.
30.Give mea restless or twoin bedand Ican solve,to myown satisfaction,all thedoubtsof humanity.
31.I amnot able,and Ido notwant,completely to the world-view thatI acquiredinchildhood.
32.Were angryabout thesame thingsyou arepolicy——a littleangrier becauseour liveswerethe thingsused totest thosepolicies.
33.I frequentlyfeel Imbeing takenadvantage ofmerely Imasked to do thework Impaidtodo.
34.Through thewide doorsof thesheds shea glimpseof theblack massof theboat,lyingin besidethe quaywall,with illuminedportholes.
35.Persons whodo remain at homewhile illhealth haveserious difficultiesin gettingsocial,medical andpsychiatric servicesbrought directlyto them.
36.What womendidnt seemto realizethat therewere thingsyou knewbut shouldntsay.
37.They executeextraordinarily well,and theirproposition tocustomers isguaranteed loworhassle-free service,or both.
38.Standing infront of the flower-stand womanshe knewshe nothave toexplain thatshewanted toleave them.
39.For somereason hesmiled atwhat hesaw,and turnedsome yardsalong thetowpath.A.irregular B.ways C.genetics D.aboutE.noticed Fabandon G.in termsof H.to walkI.would J.humiliating K.compulsion L.meditateM.price N.new
0.hands PcrunchQ.caught R.in vainS.in T.hourU.apology V.was W.by meansof X.becauseIIL Eachofthe following sentencesis giventwo choicesof wordsor expressions.Choose therightone tocomplete thesentence and write thecorresponding letteron yourAnswer Sheet.15points,1point foreach
40.Mutual cooperationwas fromthe generals9point ofview,because itwasnt helpingthemto win the war.A.understandable B.undesirable
41.He wasmuch morerestless thanlast night,and,despite sleepingdrugs,much more.A.awake B.wakeful
42.The marketplacethe requirementsof advertisers.A.cares forB.caters to
43.At firstI foundthe of being unemployedvery difficultto copewith.A.stigma B.ugliness
44.Using theright handto shakehands is aan.A.invention B.convention
45.Lets tryand discussthis liketwo humanbeings.A.rational B.fashionable
46.Colleges anduniversities canno longertake thelearning thatshould beoccurring ontheircampuses.A.for grantedB.for pride
47.1wont paytop pricesfor goodsof quality.A.high B.inferior
48.1took whathesaid,but afterwardsit becameclear thathe reallymeant somethingelse.A.literally B.freely
49.John wasstanding inthe doorwayin hisblue suit.A.broken B.shabby
50.About fifteenminutes later,I managedto secretlythe distressedwoman fromdanger.A.rescue B.reserve
51.Finally theyrealized thatthey mustreduce theircountrys onimported grain.A.development B.dependency
52.Susan looked,her wholebody weakwith exhaustion.A.pitiful B.hopeful
53.Do youthink thatmarriage betweengay couplesshouldbein ourcountry somedayA.realized B.legalized
54.If youhave notime forShakespeare,for abasic lookat philosophy,for continuityofthearts,forhistory—then youhave nobusiness beingin college.A.beautiful B.fineRead the following passagecarefully andcomplete thesucceeding fouritems IV,V,VI andVILWaiting as a Wayof Life1Waiting isa kindof suspendedanimation,a feelingthat one cant doanything becauseone iswaiting for somethingto happen.Waiting castsones lifeinto alittle hellof time.It isa way of beingcontrolled,ofbeingrendered immobileand helpless.One canread abook orsing oddlooks fromtheothers orchat withstrangers ifthe wait is longenough to begin forminga bondof sharedexperience,as ata snowed-in airport.But peopletend todo theirwaiting impassively.When thesoundsystem wentdead duringthe campaigndebate in1976,Jerry Fordand JimmyCarter stoodinmute suspensionfor27minutes,looking lost.2To enforcea wait,of course,is toexert power.To waitis tobe powerless.Consider oneminor,almost subliminalform.The telephonerings.One picksup thereceiver andhears asecretary say,uPlease holdfor Mr.Green.One sitsfor perhapsfive seconds,the bloodpressure justbeginning tocookup towardthe redline,when Greencomes on the linewith ahearty“How areya”andbusiness proceedsand themoment passes,Mr.Green havingestablished thathe issubtly incontrol,that histime ismore preciousthan hiscallees.一3Waiting isa formof imprisonment.One isdoing timebut whyOne is being punishednot fbranoffense of ones own but often for the inefficiencies of those whoimpose the wait.Hence thepeculiarrage thatwaits cause,the senseof injustice.Aside fromboredom andphysical discomfort,the subtlermisery of waiting is the knowledgethat onesmost preciousresource,time,a fractionofones life,is beingstolen away,irrecoverably lost.4Americans haveenough miseriesof waiting,of course——waits sometimesconnected withaffluenceand leisure.The lines to geta passportin Manhattanlast weekstretched aroundthe blockinRockefeller Center.Travelers waitedfour andfive hoursjust to get intobureaucracy^front door.A WashingtonPost editorialwriter reportedafewdays agothatthepassengers onher747,divertedto Hartford,Connecticut,on thereturn flightfrom Romeasaresult ofbad weatherin NewYorkCity,were forcedto siton arunway forseven hoursbecause nocustoms inspectorswere onhand toprocessthem.5The greatAmerican waitsare oftendemocratic enough,like trafficjams.Some ofthe greatwaitshave beencollective,tribal——waiting for the releaseofthe American hostages in Iran,forexample.But waitingoften makesclass distinctions.One ofthe moredepressing thingsabout beingpoor in America isthe endless waitingin welfareor unemploymentlines.The waitingrooms ofthepoor areoften inbad conditions,but in fact almostall waitingrooms arespiritlessand blank-eyed placeswhere italways feelslike3inthemorning.6One ofthe inestimableadvantages ofwealth isthe immunitythat it can purchasefrom seriouswaiting.The richdo notwait in long linesto buygroceries orairplane tickets.The helpsees toit.The limousinetakes theprivileged rightout onto the tarmac,their shoesbarely grazingthe ground.7People waitwhen they have nochoice orwhen theybelieve thatthewaitis justifiedby thereward——a concertticket,say.Waiting hasits socialorderings,its rulesand assumptions.Otherwise peacefulcitizens explodewhen someonecuts intoa linethat hasbeen waitinga longtime.It isunjust;suffering isnot beingfairly distributed.Oddly,behavioral scientistshave foundthat thestrongestprotests tendto comefromtheimmediate victims,the peopledirectly behindthe linejumpers.People fartherdown the line complainlessornot atall,even thoughtheyhavebeenequally penalizedby losinga place.8Waiting canhave adelicious qualityI cantwait tosee her.v“I cantwait fbrthe party,andsometimes thewaiting isbetter thanthe eventawaited.At theother extreme,itcanshade intoterror:一when onewaits fora childwho islate cominghome or-most horriblyhas vanished.When anyonehasdisappeared,infact,or ismissing inaction,the ordinarystress of waiting isoverlaid withanunbearable anguish of speculation:Alive ordead9Waiting canseem aninterval ofnonbeing,the blankspace betweenevents andthe outcomesofdesires.It makestime maddeninglyelastic:it hasa wayof seemingto compacteternity intoa fewhours.Yet itsbrackets ultimatelyexpand to the largestdimensions.One waitsfor Californiato dropintothe seaor for the Messiah.All lifeisawaiting,and perhapsin thatsense oneshould notbe tooeagerforthewait toend.The regionthat liesontheother sideof waiting is eternity.IV.Inthissection,there areten incompletestatements,followed byfour choicesmarkedA,B,Cand D.Choose thebest answerandwrite thecorresponding letteron yourAnswer Sheet.10points,1point foreach
55.In thefirst paragraph,the writerintroduces.A.how peoplewait indifferent situationsB.the greatanger ofpeople causedby waitingC.how miserablepeople feelwhile waitingD.negative aspectsofwaitingand somewayofcoping
56.Jerry Fordand JimmyCarter stoodin mutesuspension whenthe soundsystem wentdead becausethey.A.wanted tohave arest B.didntlike eachotherC.chose towait thatway D.didnt knowwhat tosay
57.The examplegiven inParagraph2shows that.A.onecanreceive anunexpected phonecallB.sometimes oneis forcedto waitC.Mr.Green istoo slowto cometothephoneD.a calleris alwayssuperior toa callee
58.From the passage weget toknow thatwaiting makespeople angrybecauseA.they donthave somuch timeB.their timeis wastedby strangersC.itisridiculous forthemtowait D.they feelbeing punishedunfairly
59.Which ofthe followingstatements istrueA.Waits areconsidered terribleby Americans.B.Waiting issometimes consideredpleasant.C.People waitfor differentreasons in America.D.Travelers inAmerica are free from waiting.
60.It canbe inferredfromthe passage that.A.Americans weregreatly concernedabout the American hostages in IranB.waiting fortheAmerican hostagesinIran tobe releasedwas greatC.theAmericanhostagesinIran wereadmired bypeople athomeD.all Americanswere waitingfortheAmericanhostagestobereleased
61.We canlearn fromthepassagethat.A.being poorinAmericameans waitingfor variousthingsB.in ordertogetwhat theywant Americans have towaitC.rich peoplearefreefromwaitinginlong linesto buy thingsD.endless waitingdepresses Americansmore thananything else
62.According tothepassage,people waitingina line.A.fail toprotest againstline jumpersB.all hatetheline jumpers verymuchC.consider linejumping animmoral behaviorD.respond differentlytothelinejumpers
63.It isimplied that.A.worrying aboutthe resultis worsethan waitingB.waitingfora missingperson isthe worstthingC.many peoplecant bearthe stress of waitingD.some peoplewould ratherwait thanknow theresult
64.The authorstone ofthe lastparagraph is.A.sincere B.ironicC.pessimistic D.optimisticV.There isone underlined part ineachofthe following sentences,followed byfour choicesmarkedA,B,C andD.Choose theone thatis closestin meaningtotheunderlinedpartandwrite thecorrespondingletteron yourAnswer Sheet.10points,2points foreach一
65.One isdoing timebut whyA.passing timecarelessly B.spending timein prisonC.calculating timeaccurately D.enjoying thetime lonely
66.But waitingoften makesclass distinctions.A.differences B.similaritiesC.connections D.conflicts
67.The limousinetakes theprivileged rightout intothe tarmac,their shoesbarely grazingthe ground.A.touching B.pollutingC.feeling D.walking
68.Otherwise peacefulcitizens explodewhen someonecuts intoalinethat hasbeen waitinga longtime.A.become excitedB.turn intoa mobC.get veryangry D.protest immediately
69.・・・the ordinarystressofwaiting isoverlaid withan unbearableanguishofspeculation:Alive ordeadA.belief B.expectationC.doubt D.guessVI.Translate thefollowingsentences into Chineseandwritethe translation onyourAnswer Sheet.10points,2points foreach
70.One isbeing punishednot foran offenseof onesownbutoftenfortheinefficienciesofthosewhoimpose thewait.
71.Aside fromboredom andphysical discomfort,the subtlermisery ofwaitingisthe knowledgethatones preciousresource,time,a fractionofoneslife,isbeingstolen away,irrecoverably lost.
72.Americanshaveenough miseriesofwaiting,of course——waits sometimesconnected withaffluenceand leisure.
73.One ofthe moredepressing thingsabout beingpoorinAmericaistheendlesswaiting inwelfareor unemploymentlines.
74.The richdo notwait inlonglinestobuygroceries orairplane tickets.The helpsees toit.VIL Answerthefollowingessay questionin Englishwithin80-100words.Write youranswers ontheAnswerSheet.10points
75.What isthe authorspurpose inwriting thearticleVIIL TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish andwritethetranslationonyour AnswerSheet.18points,2points eachfor76-80,8points for
81.我们的城市将继续变得更加拥挤喧嚣,景色将变得更加混乱,空气和水变得更脏
76.当我们从敞开的后门走进去的时候,看到厨房里站着一些人
77.他们每个人都能说出至少一位上级,感到他对自己怀有敌意,而且存心想毁了自己的前途
78.她做梦也没想到会和这些熟悉的东西分开,今后可能再也见不到它们了
79.他站在大门口,尖顶帽推到脑后,头发向前散乱地垂在晒得黝黑的脸上
80.老年生活既不是本来就痛苦,也不是本来就美满的它和生命的每个阶段一样,有困难、欢81乐、恐惧和无限的潜力变老的过程以及最后的死亡必须从根本上就被看作是生命周期的自然进程,老年人结束了生命,为年轻人让路老年的独特之处实际上主要在于变老的事实和死亡的逼近。