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第 1 页 Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors. The company was in deep trouble because, among 题号 得分 一 英语（二）考前模拟题第二套 二 三 四 五 六 七 总分 other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices. As a result, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well. Otherwise he would not get any orders at all. Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises for his workers. Somehow, he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well. He sighed. Just then the phone rang. His secretary told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possible. Manley sighed again. He could guess what it was about. George was a very young engineer. The company had no future unless it could attract and keep men like him. Manley rubbed his forehead; his problems seemed endless. 1. Henry Manley was already deeply in debt. A. True B. False C. Not Given 2. The job that had been offered to George in Birmingham paid better. A. True B. False C. Not Given 3. If George took the job in Birmingham, he would have to leave his family at Wyeford. A. True B. False C. Not Given 第一部分：阅读判断(第1～10题。每题1分，共10分) 下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容列每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B;如果该旬的信息文中没有提及，选择C。 A Pay Rise or Not? “Unless I get a rise, I’ll have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley,” George Strong said to himself. George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family. That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city, about 50 miles away. He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better. George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town. He really liked the place and didn’t like the idea of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there. -可编辑修改- 。
4. Henry Manley’s company was in deep trouble.
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A. True B. False C. Not Given
5. Henry Manley’s company was making enough profits to raise the workers’ wages.
A. True B. False C. Not Given
6. Henry Manley had no idea at all why George Strong wanted to see him.
A. True B. False C. Not Given
7. George Strong was the best engineer in Henry Manley’s company. A. True B. False C. Not Given
8. The electric motors produced by Henry Manley’s company are cheaper than those made in Japan.
A. True B. False C. Not Given
9. Men like George Strong are important to the future of the company.
A. True B. False C. Not Given
10. Different children learn their native languages at sharply different speed.
A. True B. False C. Not Given
第二部分：阅读选择(第11～15题，每题2分。共10分)
阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项。
The Definition of Price
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be
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known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount 第 3 页 of money in order that they may evaluate a given price. 11. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System. B. The Complexities of the Price System. C. Credit Terms in Transactions. D. Resource Allocation and the Public Sector. 12. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to ___________. A. labor and education B. transportation and insurance C. utilities and repairs D. products and services 13. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price? A. Instructions that come with a product. B. The quantity of a product. C. The quality of a product. D. Warranties that cover a product. 14. In the last sentence of the passage, “they” refers to _____________. A. return privileges B. all the factors C. buyer and seller D. money 15. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses _________. A. unusual ways to advertise products B. types of payment plans for service C. theories about how products affect different levels of society D. how certain elements of a price “package” influence its market value 第三部分：概括段落大意和补全句子(第16～25题。每题1分。共10分) 阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：(1)从第16～20题后所给的6个选项中为第①～⑤段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)从第21～25题后-可编辑修改- 。
所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项。分别完成每个句子。
Science Fiction
① Amongst the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. Furthermore, some of the most successful films of recent years have been based on science fiction stories.
② It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories. Science fiction is a genre of fiction with imaginative but more or less plausible content such as settings in
the future, futuristic science and technology, space travel, parallel universes,
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aliens, and paranormal abilities. Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it a “literature of ideas”. Science fiction has been used by authors as a
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device to discuss philosophical ideas such as identity, desire, morality and social structure.
③ Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the last hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, to mention just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages.
④ Modern science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars or space adventure stories. They are more interested in predicting the results of technical developments on society and the human mind; or in imaging future worlds which are a reflection of the world which we live in now. Because of this their writing has obvious political undertones. Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures. It is similar to, but differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation思索). The settings for science fiction are often contrary to consensus （一致） reality, but most science fiction relies on a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated
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in the reader’s mind by potential scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements.
⑤ In an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction, the writers may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific advances. Those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going, however, may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology.
24. Works of modern science fiction have________________. 第5页 25. Writers find it difficult ___________________. A. a recurrent theme B. to keep ahead of scientific advances C. reading books of science fiction D. political implications 16. Paragraph ①_______ A. Popularity of Science Fiction 17. Paragraph ②_______ B. Future Development 18.Paragraph ③______ C. Classics of Science Fiction
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E. a current theme F. read worldwide 第四部分：填句补文(第26-30题。每题2分，其10分) 下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 The Origin of Mother’s Day In the U.S. Mother’s Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts and flowers. First observance was in Philadelphia in 1907._________26_____________ Although it wasn’t celebrated in the U.S. until 1907, there were -可编辑修改- 19.Paragraph ④______ D. Difficulty in Keeping Ahead of Scientific
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F. Themes of Modern Science Fiction Task 2
21. Some form of ideal society is ________________. 22. Books written by J. Verne are_________________. 23. People enjoy_____________.
自考英语二全真模拟题第二套
