2022-2023年四川省廣元市公共英語(yǔ)五級(jí)(筆試)模擬考試(含答案)

2022-2023年四川省廣元市公共英語(yǔ)五級(jí)(筆試)模擬考試(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、1.ListeningComprehension(15題)1.Whatarethestudentsdoingwhenthemanarrivesinclass?

A.Takinganexamination.

B.Drawinggraphs.

C.Givingpresentations.

D.Havingaclassofdiscussion.

2.Howcanthemosteffectivecomplaintbemade?

A.Showingthefaultitemtothemanager.

B.Explainingexactlywhatiswrongwiththeitem.

C.Sayingfirmlythattheitemisofpoorquality.

D.Askingpolitelytochangetheitem.

3.Whatcanthelistenersrelyonwhentheyarelistening?

4.Whatactiondidthetramptake?He______.

A.lootedthestore

B.madehimselfathome

C.wenttosleepfor2days

D.hadaChristmasparty

5.聽力原文：Thehumannosehasgiventothelanguagesoftheworldmanyinterestingexpressions．Ofcourse，thisisnotsurprising．Withoutthenose，wecouldnotbreathenorsmell．Itisapartofthefacethatgivesapersonspecialcharacter．CyranodeBergeracsaidthatalargenoseshowedagreatmancourageous，courteous，manly，andintellectual．

Afamouswomanpoetwishedthatshehadtwonosestosmellarose!BlaisePascal，aFrenchphilosopher，madeaninterestingcommentaboutCleopatra'snose．Ifithadbeenshorter，hesaid，itwouldhavechangedthewholefaceoftheworld!

Historically，man'snosehashadaprincipalroleinhisimagination．Manhasreferredtothenoseinmanywaystoexpresshisemotions．Expressionsconcerningthenoserefertohumanweakness：anger，pride，jealousyandrevenge．

InEnglishthereareanumberofphrasesaboutthenose．Forexample，toholdupone'snoseexpressesabasichumanfeeling—pride．Peoplecanholduptheirnosesatpeople，things，andplaces．

Thephrase，tobeledaroundbythenose，showsman'sweakness．Apersonwhoisledaroundbythenoseletsotherpeoplecontrolhim．Ontheotherhand，apersonwhofollowshisnoseletshisinstinctguidehim．

Forthehumanemotionofrejection，thephrasetohaveone'snoseputoutofjointisverydescriptive．Theexpressionappliestopersonswhohavebeenturnedasidebecauseofarival．Theirprideishurtandtheyfeelrejected．Thisexpressionisnotnew．ItwasusedbyErasmusin1542．

ThisisonlyasamplingofexpressionsinEnglishdealingwiththenose．Thereareanumberofothers．However，itshouldbeasplainasthenoseonyourfacethatthenoseismorethananorganforbreathingandsmelling!

Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.Thehumannoseasanorganforbreathingandsmelling.

B.Thenoseprovidinguswithvariousexpressions.

C.Awomanpoet'swishtohavetwonoses.

D.InterestingcommentsmadeonCleopatra'snose.

6.MrMillerdidchangesonthehouseonlyforfun.

A.RightB.Wrong

7.聽力原文：Farmersusuallyuseplowstopreparetheirfieldsforplantingcrops．Plowscutintotheground，andliftupweeds，andotherunwantedplants．However，plowingisblamedforcausingseveredamagetotopsoilbyremovingtheplantsthatprotectsoilfrombeingblownorwashedaway．ManyfarmersinSouthAsiaarenowtryingaprocesscalledLowTillFarming．LowTillFarminglimitstheuseofplows．Inthismethodoffarming，seedsandfertilizerareputintothesoilthroughsmallcutsmadeinthesurfaceoftheground．LowTillAgricultureleavesmuchorallthesoilandremainsofplantsontheground．Theyserveasanaturalfertilizerandhelpsupporttherootsoffuturecrops．Theytakeinrainandallowittoflowintothesoilinsteadofrunningoff．IthasbeenprovedthatLowTillFarmingincreasesharvestsandreduceswateruse，andthismethodreducestheneedforchemicalproductsbecausetherearefewerunwantedplants．ScientistssayLowTillFanningisbecomingpopularinSouthAsia，whichisfacingaseverewatershortage．TheysaytheareawillbecomedependentonimportedfoodunlesswaterissavedthroughmethodslikeLowTillFarming．Currently，morethan150millionpeopleinSouthAsiadependonlocalriceandwheatcrops．Farmersgrowriceduringwetweather．Duringthedryseasontheygrowwheatinthesamefields．FarmersareusingtheLowTillFarmingmethodtoplantwheatafterharvestingrice．ScientistssayLowTillAgricultureisoneofthebestexamplesintheworldoftechnologiesworkingforbothpeoplearidtheenvironment．

Whatisthemainproblemcausedbytheusualwayofplowing?

A.Thecrop'sbloomingperiodisdelayed.

B.Therootsofcropsarecutoff.

C.Thetopsoilisseriouslydamaged.

D.Thegrowthofweedsisaccelerated.

8.HowlongdidthejourneytakefromEnglandtoIndiaintheolddays?

9.Warmwatercan'tcoolus,butcoldwatercan.

A.TrueB.Fasle

10.Yourwishtovisitsomefar-offplacescanberealizedbyjustreadingbooks.

A.RightB.Wrong

11.Howmanypsychologistsarementionedinthetalk?

12.What'soneofthebestwaystohelpyouraudience?

13.PeopleintheCaucasusMountainsnotonlylivelongbutalsohaveagoodphysicalcondition.

A.RightB.Wrong

14.MDhassixdepartmentalmanagersatthemoment.

A.TrueB.Fasle

15.Whatisthepassagemainlytalkingabout?

二、2.UseofEnglish(10題)16.

【C20】

17.(50)

18.(33)

19.

【C17】

20.

【C10】

21.(45)

22.

【C3】

23.(42)

24.(39)

25.RecentsurveysshowthatJapaneseyouthhavebecomea"MeGeneration"thatrejectstraditionalvalues.

"Around1980manyJapanese,【31】______youngpeopleabandonedthevaluesofeconomicsuccessandbegan【32】______fornewsetsofvaluesto【33】______themhappiness,"writessociologistYasuhiroinComparativeCivilizationsReview.Japaneseyouthareplacingmoreimportanceontheindividual'spursuitof【34】______andlessonthevaluesofwork,family,andsociety.

Japanesestudentsseemtobelosingpatiencewithwork,【35】______theircounterpartsintheUnitedStatesandKorea.Ina1993【36】______ofcollegestudentsinthethreecountries,only10%oftheJapaneseregarded【37】______asaprimaryvaluecomparedwith47%ofKoreanstudentsand27%ofAmericanstudents.Agreater【38】______ofJapaneseaged18—24alsopreferredeasyjobs【39】______heavyresponsibility.

TheyoungerJapaneseare.showinglessconcernforfamilyvaluesastheypursueaninnerworldofprivatesatisfaction.Datacollected【40】______theJapanesegovernmentin1993showsthatonly23%ofJapaneseyoutharethinkingaboutsupportingtheiragedparents,incontrast【41】______63%ofyoungAmericans.Itappearsthatmanyyounger-generationJapaneseare【42】______bothrespectfortheirparents【43】______asenseofresponsibilitytothefamily.AuthorYoshizakiattributesthechange【44】______Japaneseparents'over-indulgenceoftheirchildren,materialaffluence,andgrowing【45】______forprivatematters.

Theshift【46】______individualismamongJapaneseismostpronouncedamong【47】______veryyoung.

Accordingto1991data【48】______theBunkaCenterofJapan,50%ofJapaneseyouthaged16—19canbelabeled"self-centered"comparedwith33%among【49】______aged25-29.Toearntheself-centeredlabel,theyoungpeoplerespondedpositivelyto【50】______ideasas"Iwouldliketomakedecisionswithoutconsideringtraditionalvalues"and"Idon'twanttodoanythingIcan'tenjoydoing."

(31)

三、3.ReadingComprehension(15題)26.

______canpromotetourismdevelopment?

27.

Accordingtothepassageitiscommonlybelievedthatbraindifferencesarecausedby______factors.

A.biologicalB.psychologicalC.physicalD.social

28.

______presentsanedictsignedwiththeGreatFifth'shandprint?

29.(68)

30.(72)

31.

TheGTE'sexampleshowsthat______.

A.efficienttechnologyiscost-effective

B.manymeetingsinacompanyareunnecessary

C.manypositionslikethatofatypistcanbedoneawaywith

D.itdoesn'tcostmuchtoautomatethefacilitiesofacompany

32.

Theelectriccatfishhasadifferentelectricsysteminthat______.

A.currentmovesfromtheheadtothetail

B.currentmovesfromthetailtothehead

C.currentmovesfromthelefttotheright

D.currentmovesfromtherighttotheleft

33.(78)

34.

Theenclosuresofthe17thand18thcenturiesmeantthat______.

A.peoplewerenolongerlegallyentitledtoownland

B.peopleweredriventolookelsewhereformeansofsupportingthemselves

C.peoplewerenotadequatelycompensatedforthelossoftheirland

D.peoplewerebadlypaidfortheworktheymanagedtofind

35.

Accordingtothefirstparagraphofthepassage,theauthorconsiderswhichofthefollowingtobemosthelpfulindeterminingthevalueofspecialprotectivelaborlegislationforwomen?

A.Acomparativestudyofpatternsofwork-relatedillnessesinstatesthathadsuchlawsandinstatesthatdidnot.

B.Anestimateofhowmanywomenworkersareinfavorofsuchlaws.

C.Ananalysisofthecosttoemployersofcomplyingwithsuchlaws.

D.Anexaminationoftheactualeffectsthatsuchlawshavehadinthepastonwomenworkers.

36.

Thelanguageofthepassageismostly______.

A.descriptiveB.narrativeC.expositiveD.critic

37.(70)

38.Defendersofspecialprotectivelaborlegislationforwomenoftenmaintainthateliminatingsuchlawswoulddestroythefruitsofacentury-longstrugglefortheprotectionofwomenworkers.Evenabriefexaminationofthehistoricpracticeofcourtsandemployerswouldshowthatthefruitofsuchlawshasbeenbitter;theyare,inpractice,moreofacursethanablessing.

Sex-definedprotectivelawshaveoftenbeenbasedonstereotypicalassumptionsconcerningwomen'sneedsandabilities,andemployershavefrequentlyusedthemaslegalexcusesfordiscriminatingagainstwomen.AftertheSecondWorldWar,forexample,businessesandgovernmentsoughttopersuadewomentovacatejobsinfactories,thusmakingroominthelaborforceforreturningveterans.Therevivalorpassageofstatelawslimitingthedailyorweeklyworkhoursofwomenconvenientlyaccomplishedthis.Employershadonlytodeclarethatovertimehourswereanecessaryconditionofemploymentorpromotionintheirfactory,andwomencouldbequitelegallyfired,refusedjobs,orkeptatlowwagelevels,allinthenameof"protecting"theirhealth.Byvalidatingsuchlawswhentheyarechallengedbylawsuits,thecourtshavecolludedovertheyearsinestablishingdifferent,lessadvantageousemploymenttermsforwomenthanformen,thusreducingwomen'scompetitivenessonthejobmarket.Atthesametime,eventhemostwell-intentionedlawmakers,courts,andemployershaveoftenbeenblindtotherealneedsofwomen.Thelawmakersandthecourtscontinuetopermitemployerstoofferemployeehealthinsuranceplansthatcoverallknownhumanmedicaldisabilitiesexceptthoserelatingtopregnancyandchildbirth.

Finally,laborlawsprotectingonlyspecialgroupsareoftenineffectiveatprotectingtheworkerswhoareactuallyintheworkplace.Somechemicals,forexample,posereproductiverisksforwomenofchildbearingyears;manufacturersusingthechemicalscomplywithlawsprotectingwomenagainstthesehazardsbyrefusingtohirethem.Thusthesex-definedlegislationprotectsthehypotheticalfemaleworker,buthasnoeffectwhateveronthesafetyofanyactualemployee.Thehealthriskstomaleemployeesinsuchindustriescannotbenegligible,sincechemicalstoxicenoughtocausebirthdefectsinfetusesorsterilityinwomenarepresumablyharmfultothehumanmetabolism.Protectivelawsaimedatchangingproductionmaterialsortechniquesinordertoreducesuchhazardswouldbenefitallemployeeswithoutdiscriminatingagainstany.

Insum,protectivelaborlawsforwomenarediscriminatoryanddonotmeettheirintendedpurpose.Legislatorsshouldrecognizethatwomenareintheworkforcetostay,andthattheirneeds—goodhealthcare,adecentwage,andasafeworkplace—aretheneedsofallworkers.Lawsthatignorethesefactsviolatewomen'srightsforequalprotectioninemployment.

Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingresultedfromthepassageorrevivalofstatelawslimitingtheworkhoursofwomenworkers?

A.Womenworkerswerecompelledtoleavetheirjobsinfactories.

B.Manyemployershaddifficultyinprovidingjobsforreturningveterans.

C.Manyemployersfoundithardtoattractwomenworkers.

D.Thehealthofmostwomenfactoryworkersimproved.

39.(74)

40.

Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______.

A.thedropofcrimerateiscausedbyJackMaples'stwo-tiersystem

B.thedropofcrimerateiscausedbytheincreasedimprisonment

C.itisdifficulttoidentifytheexactcauseforthefallofcrimerate

D.theincreasedimprisonmentisnotthereasonforthefallofcrimerate

四、閱讀理解(5題)41.

第

24

題

coversabuildingspaceof90thousandsquaremeters?__________

42.

第

25

題

5.__________

43.

根據(jù)下列文章回答36～40題：

第

36

題

Howmanynewmaterialsarementionedinthispassage?

44.

第

30

題

Fromthetextwecanseethatthewriterseems__________．

45.

第

45

題

Accordingtothepassage，speciallaborlawsprotectingwomenworkerstendgenerallytohavewhichofthefollowingeffects?

參考答案

1.C

2.B

3.Theirmemory

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.Sixmonths

9.B

10.A

11.Three

12.Tospeakslowly．

13.A

14.A

15.Thepasttype/past-orientedpeople

16.butbut解析：此句意為“30歲的人表現(xiàn)出非常不同的握筆方式，…超過(guò)40歲的人都統(tǒng)一用三個(gè)手指握筆?！憋@然，此空處表轉(zhuǎn)折。

17.dodo解析：分析見上題。故答案為do。

18.lessless解析：由此空前面的“deterioratedsharply”可知此空應(yīng)填“更少的”，而不是“更多的”。

19.withwith解析：endupwith意為“以…結(jié)束，以…告終”，為固定短語(yǔ)。

20.callscalls解析：此句意為“他把這種缺乏禮節(jié)的行為稱作是一種無(wú)意識(shí)的無(wú)禮”。call+雙賓語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)，以為“把…稱為”，所以此處填“calls”。

21.concernconcern解析：“concernfor”表示“對(duì)…關(guān)心”。所以此處應(yīng)填“concern”。

22.pollpoll解析：此句意為“Synovate市場(chǎng)研發(fā)公司的調(diào)查顯示”，poll的意思為“民意調(diào)查”。因此答案為“poll”。

23.suchsuch解析：“poorposture，leaningtoo…tothedesk，using…”均是對(duì)characteristics的舉例說(shuō)明，而舉例用英語(yǔ)說(shuō)應(yīng)為“suchas”。

24.atat解析：某大學(xué)的教授，應(yīng)為“aprofessorat…university”，所以答案為介詞“at”。

25.especiallyespecially解析：“Around1980manyJapanese，——youngpeople…”，“1980年左右許多日本人，尤其是年輕人…”，所以此處應(yīng)填“especially”。

26.D解析：由D中的advantage中的第四句話“Windfarmscanbetouristattractions．”可知答案為D。

27.D解析：根據(jù)這篇文章，普遍認(rèn)為大腦的區(qū)別由什么因素引起的?短文第三段倒數(shù)第二句話說(shuō)“Wetendtothinkthat，istheinfluenceofsocietythatproducesthesedifferences．”即我們認(rèn)為社會(huì)的影響造成了這些區(qū)別。A、B、c均不符合題意。所以本題應(yīng)選D。

28.C解析：由C中的第二段“Onthesouthwall,visitorswillseeanedictsignedwiththeGreatFifth'shandprint.”可知。

29.EE解析：由此空上段的最后一句話“Eachwillveerslightlyandthepassingisdonesmoothly．”可知，當(dāng)兩人接近時(shí)應(yīng)該慢慢的把目光轉(zhuǎn)向別的地方。而后面的一段接著說(shuō)“thissignal”，也就是選項(xiàng)中的“Itrustyou．Iamnotafraidofyou．”故此處應(yīng)選E。

30.B解析：B中提到“TheaccoladeofwinningtheSchoolsCurriculumAwardin1997gaveEdgehillnationalrecognitionand，recentlv,…”。

31.A解析：由第三段中所舉的GTE的例子可知“efficienttechnologyiscost-effective”。

32.B解析：由文章倒數(shù)第二段第一句“TheelectriccatfishoftheNileandofotherAfricanfreshwatershasadifferentsystemagainbywhichcurrentpassesoverthewholebodyfromthetailtothehead．”可知。

33.C解析：越來(lái)越多的人贊成Stiglitz的觀點(diǎn)，批評(píng)自由貿(mào)易和全球化，從“Suchclaimsarenolongercredible，forStiglitzispartofasmallbutgrowinggroupofeconomists，sociologistsandpoliticalscientists…”growing一詞可以看出答案。所以本題應(yīng)選C。

34.B解析：由短文第四段第一句“…the17thand18thcenturiesmademanypeopledependentonpaidworkbydeprivingthemoftheuseoftheland…．”可知。

35.D解析：A、B、C項(xiàng)文中均沒(méi)有提到。根據(jù)第三段的論述，可知D項(xiàng)是惟一正確的。

36.C解析：由全文的語(yǔ)氣來(lái)看，均是在解釋、闡述事情，而不是descriptive或narrative，更不是critic。

37.EE解析：文章的最后一段中指出“averyfew”、“theelitefew”，而選項(xiàng)中的“averysmallgroupof‘scholars’”也正是指出了這種情況，故應(yīng)選E。

38.A解析：從第二段前兩句話可以看出，婦女被以能力和需要的理由勸離工廠，故A項(xiàng)正確。沒(méi)有足夠的工作給老兵不是由限制婦女工作時(shí)間的法律造成的，所以B項(xiàng)不正確。C項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有提及。根據(jù)文章第三段可知婦女的健康不是改善了，而是下降了，故D項(xiàng)也不正確。

39.A解析：由A中最后一句“TheCollegehasanationalreputationforthequalityofitsdyslexiaprovision．”可知。

40.C解析：由全文可以推斷，要指出犯罪率下降的確切原因是很困難的。

41.C由C中的第一段最后一句話“…occupyingabuildingspaceof90thousandsquaremeters”可知。

42.D此處的前一段說(shuō)明的是一些特殊情況，例如“Thesameistrueofthecrippledorphysicallyhandicapped．”而后面的一段指出“Ofcourse，theoppositeisalsotrue．”也就是說(shuō)在空白的地方，作者依然在說(shuō)明這些不尋常的情況，故應(yīng)選D。

43.B短文賞析

過(guò)去的時(shí)代常常用某一種材料命名。未來(lái)的材料科學(xué)時(shí)代將迎來(lái)許多新的技術(shù)。新材料出現(xiàn)的關(guān)鍵在于研究者越來(lái)越能夠在分子層次上操縱材料?？茖W(xué)家制造了硬度更高的抗熱瓷器。同樣，塑料也經(jīng)歷了轉(zhuǎn)變。高強(qiáng)度塑料被用來(lái)作為建筑材料，還出現(xiàn)了能夠發(fā)電的塑料，塑料回收再利用功能得以增強(qiáng)，而用塑料制成的化合物甚至被用于制造戰(zhàn)斗頭盔。由玻璃制成的電纜將電話訊號(hào)傳遞到全國(guó)各地。但是，新材料的影響只有制成產(chǎn)品才能夠被看到。因此，技術(shù)的商業(yè)化將決定一個(gè)國(guó)家未來(lái)的成敗。

答案解析:

由短文第一段最后一句“Exoticplastics，glassandceramicswillshapethefuturejustassurelyashavegeneticengineeringandcomputerscience．”可知，本文提到了三種新材料。

44.A文章第三段第一句“Yettherearegoodreasonstoexpecttheeconomicconsequencesnowtobelessseverethaninthel970s．”和第四段第一句都指出“Richeconomiesarealsolessdependentonoilthantheywere，andsolesssensitivetoswingsintheoilprice．”也就是說(shuō)各國(guó)有很好的理由盼望現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)后果會(huì)比二十世紀(jì)七十年代的情況樂(lè)觀。發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家對(duì)石油的依賴性較以前有所下降，因而對(duì)石油價(jià)格變動(dòng)的敏感度也降低，這些都表明作者是持有樂(lè)觀態(tài)度的。故應(yīng)選A。

45.B對(duì)于婦女的慣常思維沒(méi)有因?yàn)榉啥兓訟項(xiàng)不正確。根據(jù)第二段第一句話可知B項(xiàng)正確。從常識(shí)判斷，雇主是不會(huì)主動(dòng)提出提高婦女權(quán)益保護(hù)的，所以他們的保護(hù)不會(huì)比立法前多，故C項(xiàng)是不正確的。D項(xiàng)從文中不能推斷出。2022-2023年四川省廣元市公共英語(yǔ)五級(jí)(筆試)模擬考試(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、1.ListeningComprehension(15題)1.Whatarethestudentsdoingwhenthemanarrivesinclass?

A.Takinganexamination.

B.Drawinggraphs.

C.Givingpresentations.

D.Havingaclassofdiscussion.

2.Howcanthemosteffectivecomplaintbemade?

A.Showingthefaultitemtothemanager.

B.Explainingexactlywhatiswrongwiththeitem.

C.Sayingfirmlythattheitemisofpoorquality.

D.Askingpolitelytochangetheitem.

3.Whatcanthelistenersrelyonwhentheyarelistening?

4.Whatactiondidthetramptake?He______.

A.lootedthestore

B.madehimselfathome

C.wenttosleepfor2days

D.hadaChristmasparty

5.聽力原文：Thehumannosehasgiventothelanguagesoftheworldmanyinterestingexpressions．Ofcourse，thisisnotsurprising．Withoutthenose，wecouldnotbreathenorsmell．Itisapartofthefacethatgivesapersonspecialcharacter．CyranodeBergeracsaidthatalargenoseshowedagreatmancourageous，courteous，manly，andintellectual．

Afamouswomanpoetwishedthatshehadtwonosestosmellarose!BlaisePascal，aFrenchphilosopher，madeaninterestingcommentaboutCleopatra'snose．Ifithadbeenshorter，hesaid，itwouldhavechangedthewholefaceoftheworld!

Historically，man'snosehashadaprincipalroleinhisimagination．Manhasreferredtothenoseinmanywaystoexpresshisemotions．Expressionsconcerningthenoserefertohumanweakness：anger，pride，jealousyandrevenge．

InEnglishthereareanumberofphrasesaboutthenose．Forexample，toholdupone'snoseexpressesabasichumanfeeling—pride．Peoplecanholduptheirnosesatpeople，things，andplaces．

Thephrase，tobeledaroundbythenose，showsman'sweakness．Apersonwhoisledaroundbythenoseletsotherpeoplecontrolhim．Ontheotherhand，apersonwhofollowshisnoseletshisinstinctguidehim．

Forthehumanemotionofrejection，thephrasetohaveone'snoseputoutofjointisverydescriptive．Theexpressionappliestopersonswhohavebeenturnedasidebecauseofarival．Theirprideishurtandtheyfeelrejected．Thisexpressionisnotnew．ItwasusedbyErasmusin1542．

ThisisonlyasamplingofexpressionsinEnglishdealingwiththenose．Thereareanumberofothers．However，itshouldbeasplainasthenoseonyourfacethatthenoseismorethananorganforbreathingandsmelling!

Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.Thehumannoseasanorganforbreathingandsmelling.

B.Thenoseprovidinguswithvariousexpressions.

C.Awomanpoet'swishtohavetwonoses.

D.InterestingcommentsmadeonCleopatra'snose.

6.MrMillerdidchangesonthehouseonlyforfun.

A.RightB.Wrong

7.聽力原文：Farmersusuallyuseplowstopreparetheirfieldsforplantingcrops．Plowscutintotheground，andliftupweeds，andotherunwantedplants．However，plowingisblamedforcausingseveredamagetotopsoilbyremovingtheplantsthatprotectsoilfrombeingblownorwashedaway．ManyfarmersinSouthAsiaarenowtryingaprocesscalledLowTillFarming．LowTillFarminglimitstheuseofplows．Inthismethodoffarming，seedsandfertilizerareputintothesoilthroughsmallcutsmadeinthesurfaceoftheground．LowTillAgricultureleavesmuchorallthesoilandremainsofplantsontheground．Theyserveasanaturalfertilizerandhelpsupporttherootsoffuturecrops．Theytakeinrainandallowittoflowintothesoilinsteadofrunningoff．IthasbeenprovedthatLowTillFarmingincreasesharvestsandreduceswateruse，andthismethodreducestheneedforchemicalproductsbecausetherearefewerunwantedplants．ScientistssayLowTillFanningisbecomingpopularinSouthAsia，whichisfacingaseverewatershortage．TheysaytheareawillbecomedependentonimportedfoodunlesswaterissavedthroughmethodslikeLowTillFarming．Currently，morethan150millionpeopleinSouthAsiadependonlocalriceandwheatcrops．Farmersgrowriceduringwetweather．Duringthedryseasontheygrowwheatinthesamefields．FarmersareusingtheLowTillFarmingmethodtoplantwheatafterharvestingrice．ScientistssayLowTillAgricultureisoneofthebestexamplesintheworldoftechnologiesworkingforbothpeoplearidtheenvironment．

Whatisthemainproblemcausedbytheusualwayofplowing?

A.Thecrop'sbloomingperiodisdelayed.

B.Therootsofcropsarecutoff.

C.Thetopsoilisseriouslydamaged.

D.Thegrowthofweedsisaccelerated.

8.HowlongdidthejourneytakefromEnglandtoIndiaintheolddays?

9.Warmwatercan'tcoolus,butcoldwatercan.

A.TrueB.Fasle

10.Yourwishtovisitsomefar-offplacescanberealizedbyjustreadingbooks.

A.RightB.Wrong

11.Howmanypsychologistsarementionedinthetalk?

12.What'soneofthebestwaystohelpyouraudience?

13.PeopleintheCaucasusMountainsnotonlylivelongbutalsohaveagoodphysicalcondition.

A.RightB.Wrong

14.MDhassixdepartmentalmanagersatthemoment.

A.TrueB.Fasle

15.Whatisthepassagemainlytalkingabout?

二、2.UseofEnglish(10題)16.

【C20】

17.(50)

18.(33)

19.

【C17】

20.

【C10】

21.(45)

22.

【C3】

23.(42)

24.(39)

25.RecentsurveysshowthatJapaneseyouthhavebecomea"MeGeneration"thatrejectstraditionalvalues.

"Around1980manyJapanese,【31】______youngpeopleabandonedthevaluesofeconomicsuccessandbegan【32】______fornewsetsofvaluesto【33】______themhappiness,"writessociologistYasuhiroinComparativeCivilizationsReview.Japaneseyouthareplacingmoreimportanceontheindividual'spursuitof【34】______andlessonthevaluesofwork,family,andsociety.

Japanesestudentsseemtobelosingpatiencewithwork,【35】______theircounterpartsintheUnitedStatesandKorea.Ina1993【36】______ofcollegestudentsinthethreecountries,only10%oftheJapaneseregarded【37】______asaprimaryvaluecomparedwith47%ofKoreanstudentsand27%ofAmericanstudents.Agreater【38】______ofJapaneseaged18—24alsopreferredeasyjobs【39】______heavyresponsibility.

TheyoungerJapaneseare.showinglessconcernforfamilyvaluesastheypursueaninnerworldofprivatesatisfaction.Datacollected【40】______theJapanesegovernmentin1993showsthatonly23%ofJapaneseyoutharethinkingaboutsupportingtheiragedparents,incontrast【41】______63%ofyoungAmericans.Itappearsthatmanyyounger-generationJapaneseare【42】______bothrespectfortheirparents【43】______asenseofresponsibilitytothefamily.AuthorYoshizakiattributesthechange【44】______Japaneseparents'over-indulgenceoftheirchildren,materialaffluence,andgrowing【45】______forprivatematters.

Theshift【46】______individualismamongJapaneseismostpronouncedamong【47】______veryyoung.

Accordingto1991data【48】______theBunkaCenterofJapan,50%ofJapaneseyouthaged16—19canbelabeled"self-centered"comparedwith33%among【49】______aged25-29.Toearntheself-centeredlabel,theyoungpeoplerespondedpositivelyto【50】______ideasas"Iwouldliketomakedecisionswithoutconsideringtraditionalvalues"and"Idon'twanttodoanythingIcan'tenjoydoing."

(31)

三、3.ReadingComprehension(15題)26.

______canpromotetourismdevelopment?

27.

Accordingtothepassageitiscommonlybelievedthatbraindifferencesarecausedby______factors.

A.biologicalB.psychologicalC.physicalD.social

28.

______presentsanedictsignedwiththeGreatFifth'shandprint?

29.(68)

30.(72)

31.

TheGTE'sexampleshowsthat______.

A.efficienttechnologyiscost-effective

B.manymeetingsinacompanyareunnecessary

C.manypositionslikethatofatypistcanbedoneawaywith

D.itdoesn'tcostmuchtoautomatethefacilitiesofacompany

32.

Theelectriccatfishhasadifferentelectricsysteminthat______.

A.currentmovesfromtheheadtothetail

B.currentmovesfromthetailtothehead

C.currentmovesfromthelefttotheright

D.currentmovesfromtherighttotheleft

33.(78)

34.

Theenclosuresofthe17thand18thcenturiesmeantthat______.

A.peoplewerenolongerlegallyentitledtoownland

B.peopleweredriventolookelsewhereformeansofsupportingthemselves

C.peoplewerenotadequatelycompensatedforthelossoftheirland

D.peoplewerebadlypaidfortheworktheymanagedtofind

35.

Accordingtothefirstparagraphofthepassage,theauthorconsiderswhichofthefollowingtobemosthelpfulindeterminingthevalueofspecialprotectivelaborlegislationforwomen?

A.Acomparativestudyofpatternsofwork-relatedillnessesinstatesthathadsuchlawsandinstatesthatdidnot.

B.Anestimateofhowmanywomenworkersareinfavorofsuchlaws.

C.Ananalysisofthecosttoemployersofcomplyingwithsuchlaws.

D.Anexaminationoftheactualeffectsthatsuchlawshavehadinthepastonwomenworkers.

36.

Thelanguageofthepassageismostly______.

A.descriptiveB.narrativeC.expositiveD.critic

37.(70)

38.Defendersofspecialprotectivelaborlegislationforwomenoftenmaintainthateliminatingsuchlawswoulddestroythefruitsofacentury-longstrugglefortheprotectionofwomenworkers.Evenabriefexaminationofthehistoricpracticeofcourtsandemployerswouldshowthatthefruitofsuchlawshasbeenbitter;theyare,inpractice,moreofacursethanablessing.

Sex-definedprotectivelawshaveoftenbeenbasedonstereotypicalassumptionsconcerningwomen'sneedsandabilities,andemployershavefrequentlyusedthemaslegalexcusesfordiscriminatingagainstwomen.AftertheSecondWorldWar,forexample,businessesandgovernmentsoughttopersuadewomentovacatejobsinfactories,thusmakingroominthelaborforceforreturningveterans.Therevivalorpassageofstatelawslimitingthedailyorweeklyworkhoursofwomenconvenientlyaccomplishedthis.Employershadonlytodeclarethatovertimehourswereanecessaryconditionofemploymentorpromotionintheirfactory,andwomencouldbequitelegallyfired,refusedjobs,orkeptatlowwagelevels,allinthenameof"protecting"theirhealth.Byvalidatingsuchlawswhentheyarechallengedbylawsuits,thecourtshavecolludedoverthey