[語言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全]Places(地方)(一)

1、書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學(xué)子：學(xué)業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全Places(地方)(一)Places(地方)(一)Section Listening ComprehensionPart A You will hear 4 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answerA, B, C, orD. You will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE. (如需獲取本MP3聽力

2、錄音請搜索標(biāo)題名) 1. Whose video is it?A.Cindy s.B.Cindy s sister s.C.John s.D.The man s.答案:C解析M: Where have you put the video, Cindy? I have to return it to John tomorrow.W: I m sorry, I ve lent it to my sister. I ll get it back for you now.2. Why does the woman walk all the way to the office?A.She takes i

3、t as a kind of exercise.B.She wants to save money.C.She loves doing anything that is new.D.Her office isnt very far.答案:A解析M: Hi, Susan. I hear that you walk all the way to the office these days.W: Yes. I have found great pleasure in walking. That s the type of exercise I enjoy very much.3. What are

4、they talking about?A.A conference.B.A director.C.A theater.D.An author.答案:B解析W: Well, what did you think of the theater director?M: You mean Emily Thompson? She was away attending a conference.4. What is the relationship of the two speakers most likely to be?A.Husband and wife.B.Boss and secretary.C

5、.Salesperson and customer.D.Designer and model.答案:C解析M: I ll take this suit. It fits me really well. And I like the shirt and the tie, too.W: We have some nice socks that match.Part B You will hear one dialogue or monologue. Before listening, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions whi

6、ch accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosingA, B, C, orD. You will hear ONLY ONCE. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the following passage. (如需獲取本MP3聽力錄音請搜索標(biāo)題名) 1. What is the complaint mentioned in the passage?A.There are too many cats and dogs in the cities.B.Too much money has s

7、pent on homeless cats and dogs.C.Too many people keep cats and dogs as pets.D.Too many homeless cats and dogs are running wild in the cities.答案:D解析 5-8 One of the main complaints of the city residents in the United States is the number of homeless cats and dogs. It has been estimated by Friends of A

8、nimals Incorporation that more than 30 million cats and dogs are wandering through the streets Of the cities. Each year, about a fifth of these animals are destroyed. A survey of 41 cities reports that as much as 15 million dollars is spent in capturing and kilting those animals every year. However,

9、 Chicago spends $ 1 000 000 a year in controlling its animal population. On the other hand, though you can find quite a lot of cats and dogs wandering in New York, the city government doesn t spend any money on animal control. 2. What is the estimated number of these animals?A.Over 30 million.B.Over

10、 13 million.C.Over 15 million.D.Over 50 million.答案:A3. What is the source of the statistics given in the passage?A.A survey done by Friends of Animals Incorporation.B.A study done by the U. S. government.C.A report issued in Chicago.D.A survey done by the city government of New York.答案:A4. Where wil

11、l you find no control of the animal population?A.In Chicago.B.In a fifth of the cities in the U. S.C.In New York.D.In 41 cities in the U. S.答案:CSection Use of EnglishDirection: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank. Text Dramatic Peak District, with its genu

12、ine steep fells, never fails to astonish me. A car will 1 you all round the Peak District 2 a morning. It is nothing 3 a crumpled green handkerchief. 4 , we hear of search parties going out there to find 5 travelers. I have never explored this region properly, and so it remains to me a country of 6

13、. I could go on with this list of surprises, but perhaps you had better make your own. Another 7 of our landscape is its exquisite moderation. It has been born of a compromise 8 wildness and tameness, between Nature and Man. One 9 for this is that it contains that exquisite 10 between Nature and Man

14、. The fence and the gate are man-made, but are not severely regular and trim 11 they would be in some other countries. The trees and hedges, the grass and 12 flowers, all suggest that Nature has not been forced 13 obedience. The irregularity and coloring of the cottage make it 14 snugly into the lan

15、dscape, and you feel it might have grown there, because it looks nearly as much a piece of natural history as the trees. In some countries, the cottage would have declared, Man, the drainer, the tiller, the builder, has settled here. In this English 15 there is no such direct opposition. Men and tre

16、es and flowers, we feel, have all settled down comfortably together. The motto is, Live and let live. This exquisite 16 between Nature and Man explains in part the charm of the older Britain. The whole town fitted snugly into the landscape, 17 they were no more than bits of woodland; and roads went

17、18 the easiest way as 19 as rivers. It was impossible to say where cultivation ended and wild life began. It was a country rich 20 trees, birds, and wild flowers, as we can see to this day. 1.A.makeB.takeC.landD.drop答案:B解析 本題考查動詞辨析。make使，制作；take帶著，帶領(lǐng)；land降落，著陸；drop掉下，掉落，故選B。2.A.atB.onC.inD.into答案:C解

18、析 本題考查介詞用法。on a morning，特指某一天的早晨，本題是泛指某一天的早晨，故選C。3.A.butB.howeverC.evenD.if答案:A解析 本題考查詞組nothing but用法，表“只是，僅僅”。4.A.SoB.IfC.As ifD.Nevertheless答案:D解析 本題考查連詞用法。據(jù)上下文，此句與上句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。5.A.losingB.loseC.lostD.loosed答案:C解析 本題考查詞義辨析。迷落的，走失的，應(yīng)為形容詞lost，故選C。6.A.romanceB.mysteryC.secretD.wonder答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。ro

19、mance浪漫；mystery神秘；secret秘密；wonder涼奇，驚訝。故選B。7.A.characterB.characteristicsC.characteristicD.chapter答案:C解析 本題考查名詞辨析。character角色，演員；characteristics特點(diǎn)，特色，為復(fù)數(shù)形式；chapter章，節(jié)。故選C。8.A.againstB.atC.betweenD.in答案:C解析 本題考查介詞搭配，compromise between.。9.A.seasonB.reasonC.courseD.coin答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析，season季節(jié)；reason原因

20、；course課程；coin硬幣，故選B。10.A.weightB.balanceC.unbalanceD.imbalance答案:B解析 本題考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)為達(dá)到了“自然與人的一種平衡”，故選B。11.A.as ifB.ifC.asD.though答案:C解析 本題考查連詞用法。as if好像，后常接虛擬語氣；if如果；as和一樣，如同；though雖然，但是，據(jù)上下文，故選C。12.A.wildB.artificialC.falseD.genuine答案:A解析 本題考查形容詞辨析，wild野的，荒涼的；artificial人工的；false假的，偽劣的；genuine直正的

21、，故選A。13.A.intoB.inC.atD.against答案:A解析 本題考查介詞用法。force into sth，強(qiáng)迫，故選A。14.A.suitB.fitC.suitableD.fitness答案:B解析 本題考查動詞辨析。suit.to.意為“使適合于”；o或fit into.適合，與一致；放入(大小正合適)；suitable為形容詞：fitness合適，健康，故選B。15.A.sceneryB.sightseeingC.sceneD.scale答案:C解析 本題考查名詞辨析。scenery景色，景觀；sightseeing景象，景色；scene布景，舞臺；scal

22、e標(biāo)尺，規(guī)模。文中把“cottage擬人化，故選C。16.A.harmonyB.indifferenceC.disputeD.accordance答案:A解析 本題考查名詞辨析，harmony和諧，和睦；indifference漫不關(guān)心，冷漠；dispute爭議，爭論；accordance一致，依據(jù)。故選A。17.A.asB.ifC.as ifD.though答案:C解析 本題考查連詞用法。據(jù)題意選C正確，as if似乎，好像，其后從句常為虛擬語氣。18.A.windingB.windC.zigzagD.winded答案:A解析 本題考查詞義辨析。winding彎曲的；wind風(fēng)；winded

23、為彎曲的過去式，或分詞形式；zigzag動詞，彎曲。故選A。19.A.artificiallyB.naturallyC.slenderlyD.wildly答案:B解析 本題考查副詞用法。故選B。20.A.atB.intoC.inD.on答案:C解析 本題考查固定用法。be rich in sth.。Section Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following text. Answer the questions on each text by choosingA, B, CorD. The view over a valle

24、y of a ting village with thatched roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildingsthese are still common sights in parts of England. Most peopl

25、e will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside. Thatching is in fact the oldest of all the building crafts practised on the British Isles(英倫諸島). Although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles an

26、d churches, too. Thatching is a solitary (獨(dú)自的) craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practised today has changed very little since the Middle Ages. Over 800 full-time thatchers are employed in England and Wales today, maintaining and renewing the old roofs as well as t

27、hatching newer houses. Many property owners choose thatch not only for its beauty but because they know it will keep them cool in summer and warm in winter. In fact, if we look at developing countries, over half the world lives under thatch, but they all do it in different ways. People in developing

28、 countries are often reluctant to go back to traditional materials and would prefer modern buildings. However, they may lack the money to allow them to import the necessary materials. Their temporary mud huts with thatched roofs of wild grasses often only last six months. Thatch which has been done

29、the British way lasts from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defence against the heat. 1. Which of the following remains a unique feature of the English countryside?A.Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses.B.Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings.C.Cottages with thatched roofs.D.C

30、hurches with cottages around them.答案:C解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解測試題。根據(jù)第一段1-3行。2. What do we know about thatching as a craft?A.It is a collective activity.B.It is practised on farms all over England.C.It is quite different from what it used to be.D.It is in most cases handed down among family members.答案:D解析 單句理解測試題。依據(jù)第

31、三段第一行“thatching is a solitary craft which often runs in families”(Thatching是一手獨(dú)門手藝，通常在家庭內(nèi)部相傳。)可以確定D項與之意思吻合，故正確。3. Thatched houses are still preferred because of _ .A.their style and comfortB.their durabilityC.their easy maintenanceD.their cheap and ready-made materials答案:A解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解測試題。依據(jù)文章第三段第四行。4. Pe

32、ople in developing countries also live under thatch because _ .A.thatched cottages are a big tourist attractionB.thatched roof houses are the cheapestC.thatch is an effective defence against the heatD.they like thatched houses better than other buildings答案:B解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解測試題。依據(jù)文章第四段第三行。5. We can learn from

33、 the passage that _ .A.thatched cottages in England have been passed down from ancient timesB.thatching is a building craft first created by the English peopleC.the English people have a special liking for thatched housesD.most thatched cottages in England are located on hillsides答案:C解析 推理測試題。由本文主題可

34、以推斷，茅草屋美觀、舒適，且又是鄉(xiāng)村一景，因而備受英國人青睞。故選C。Part BDirections: Read the text from a magazine article in which several people expressed their different opinions on the same issue. Please match the name of each person to one of the statements given below. Jack Every time you raise a hot-button issue, such as th

35、e in-laws or money, does your husband suddenly clam up? Take heart, more than 80 percent of the time, it s the wife who brings up sticky marital issues, while the husband tries to avoid discussing them. This isn t a symptom of a troubled marriageit is true in most happy marriages. Lilian I watched m

36、any couples fight about one major issue. After four years, 69 percent of these successfully married couples were still fighting about the same problem. When you marry, you automatically inherit your set of unresolvable relationship problems. If you married somebody else, you d have a different set.

37、Patrick Youll often hear that staying in a bad marriage is worse for everybody concernedthat getting divorced. That may be true if your home is so riddled with hostility it s like a war zone. But I found that 75 percent of couples who rated their marriages as miserable but stayed married were happy

38、five years later. Brandy Every couple experiences disappointment as initial romance and passion fade and they discover all their differences. He doesn t do enough housework. She s too emotional. He watches too much TV. She s too lenient with the kids. We usually think the strongest marriages are tho

39、se that survive major traumas, but frequently, it is those daily annoyances that eat away at a marriage. Anthony What if she is in corporate sales and he is a musician? She prizes safety and security while he longs for adventure? She loves watching football at home while he is a rover with a passion

40、 for sailing? Less resilient couples might see such dramatic differences as grounds for divorce. But paradoxically, it is this unbridled independence that holds marriage together. Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. StatementsA.Deal wit

41、h little things.B.Silence doesnt spell trouble.C.Take a leap of faith.D.Divorce is not the best solution. E. We don t have to solve every problem. F. Relive beautiful moments.G. Love your differences.1. Jack答案:B2. Lilian答案:E3. Patrick答案:D4. Brandy答案:A5. Anthony答案:GSection Writing You should write yo

42、ur responses to both Part A and Part B of this section. Part A問題:1.Directions: Zhang Ming was once a student in Tianjin University of Commerce from 1999 to 2002. Now he required a certificate for his university studies. Please on behalf of the school manager, compose a certificate for him. (about 10

43、0 words). 答案:CERTIFICATE June 25,2002 Dear Sir or Madam, Mr. Zhang Ming, male, born in Tianjin, in 1979, was once a student in Tianjin University of Commerce from 1999 to 2002. As the school manager, Id like to compose a certificate for him. In September 1999 he was admitted into the postgraduate de

44、partment of Tianjin University of Commerce, majoring in English Literature and graduated from the university in July 2002 with a degree of Master in English Literature. Tianjin University of Commerce Part B問題:1.Directions: The following table shows the percentage of the Earth s surface area and the percentage of the world s population for the seven continents. Write a short report outlining the main findings of the area and population