第1某些:词汇选项(第1~15题,每题1分,共15分)
下面共有15个句子,每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线,请从每个句子背面所给4个选项中选取1个与画线某些意义最相近词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应位置上。
1 The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
A force B influence C surprise D power
2 Can you follow the plot?
A change B investigate C write D understand
3 Even in a highly modernized country,manual work is still needed.
A physical B mental C natural D hard
4 In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed
A result B judgment C decision D event
5 Norman Blamey is an artist of deep convictions.
A statements B beliefs C suggestions D claims
6 Up to now,the work has been easy.
A So B So long C So that D So far
7 The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
A supposed B excited C suggested D discussed
8 Accordingly,a number of other methods have been employed
A Therefore B Afterwards C However D Furthermore
9 The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
A view B sight C look D point
10 Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
A tensely B nearly C carefully D closely
11 The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
A explained B invented C considered D accepted
12 He talks tough but has a tender heart.
A heavy B strong C kind D wild
13 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy.
A making B taking C discussing D expecting
14 Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing
A waste B buy C use D sell
15 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
A function B ability C power D volume
第2某些:阅读判断(第16~22题,每题1分,共7分)
阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出7个句子,请依照短文内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供是对的信息,请在答题卡上把A涂黑;如果该句提供是错误信息,请在答题卡上把B涂黑;如果该句信息文章中没有提及,请在答题卡上把C涂黑。
A Pay Rise or Not?
\I get a rise,I'll have talk with the boss,Henry Manley,' George Strong said to himsele. 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 thingking 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.
Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors. The company was in deep trouble because,among 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(加工资) 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 Strong was a very young