蝿D．theyhaveprovedtobethebestcreatures
膄42．Underconstantthreat,insectscanavoidattacksby__________.
蒃A．camouflaging
袃B．hidingbehindleaves
蒈C．relyingonnaturalsurroundings
薈D．escapingquicklywithoutbeingnoticed
43.Theword“camouflage”(paragraph2,line2)mostprobablymeans__________. 芁A．mixture 薁B．resemblance 蚈C．appearance 芅D．disguise 44.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofinsects? 蚀A．Allinsectscanchangetheircolourstoblendwiththeirnaturalsurroundings. 肈B．Ifinsectsdon’tremaincompletelystill,theirdisguiseswillbeuseless. 羆C．Someinsectscanchangetheirshapestomixwiththeirnaturalsurroundings. 螁 袄 羃D．Althoughthedisguiseofthelarvaisdifferentfromthatoftheadultinsect,itcanbealsoveryeffective. 荿 肃 膈试卷序号： 班级： 学号： 姓名： ━━━━━━━━━装━━━ ━━━━订━━━━━━━线━━━━━━━ 45.Thispassagemainlytalksabout_________.
膈A．camouflage
膈B．camouflageandinsectsurvival
薄C．theprocessofcamouflage
羁D．thecharacteristicsofinsects
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Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
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薂WhenJulesVernewroteJourneytotheCenteroftheEarthin1864,thereweremanyconflictingtheoriesaboutthenatureoftheEarth’sinterior.Somegeologiststhoughtthatitcontainedahighlycompressedballofincandescent(遇热发光的)gas,whileotherssuspectedthatitconsistedofseparateshells,eachmadeofadifferentmaterial.Today,welloveracenturylater,thereisstilllittledirectevidenceofwhatliesbeneathourfeet.MostofourknowledgeoftheEarth’sinteriorcomesnotfromminesorboreholes,butfromthestudyofseismic(地震的)waves----powerfulpulsesofenergyreleasebyearthquakes.
羆ThewaythatseismicwavestravelshowsthattheEarth’sinteriorisfarfromuniform.Thecontinentsandtheseabedareformedbythecrust----athinsphereofrelativelylight,solidrock.Beneaththecrustliesthemantle,averydifferentlayerthatextendsapproximatelyhalfwaytotheEarth’scenter.Theretherockisthesubjectofabattlebetweenincreasingheatandgrowingpressure.
芄Initshighlevels,themantleisrelativelycool;atgreaterdepths,hightemperaturesmaketherockbehavemorelikealiquidthanasolid.Deeperstill,thepressureisevenmoreintense,preventingtherockfrommeltinginspiteofahighertemperature.
蚂Beyondadepthofaround2900kilometers,agreatchangetakesplaceandthemantlegiveswaytothecore.Someseismicwavescan’tpassthroughthecoreandothersarebentbyit.Formthisandotherevidence;geologistsconcludethattheoutercoreisprobablyliquid,withasolidcenter.Itisalmostcertainlymadeofiron,mixedwithsmalleramountsofotherelementssuchasnickel.
薀TheconditionsintheEarth’scoremakeitafarmorealienworldthanspace.Itssolidironheartissubjectedtounimaginablepressureandhasatemperatureofabout9000degreeFahrenheit.Althoughscientistscanspeculateaboutitsnature,neitherhumansnormachineswilleverbeabletovisitit.
莄46.FromwheredowegetmostofourinformationabouttheEarth’sinteriortoday?
羂A.Fromboreholes.
螂B.Fromearthquake.
螆C.Fromseismicwaves.
膆D.Fromcrust.
螁47.Theword“uniform”inparagraph2isclosestinmeaningto_______.
袂A.imagination B.consistency C.difference D.variation
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聿48.WhichofthefollowingsisaprimarycharacteristicoftheEarth’smantle?
螆A.Compressedincandescentgas.
蒄B.Lightsolidrock.
螁C.Subjectofincreasingheatandpressure.
腿D.Unvaryingincomposition. 49.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
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膇A.Inthedeeperlevelofthemantle,becauseboththeheatandpressurearesohighthattherockbehavelikealiquid.
薀B.PeoplehaddifferenttheoriesaboutthenatureoftheEarth’sinteriorin1860s.
艿C.Todaywestilldon’tknowmuchabouttheEarth’sinterior.
薈D.WeknowevenlessabouttheEarth’scorethanspace.
蚄50.Thephrase“giveswayto”inparagraph4isclosestinmeaningto______.
薃A.turnsinto
荿B.floatson
蚅C.rubsagainst
蚀D.runsalong 螃试卷序号： 班级： 学号： 姓名： 薆 莀━━━━━━━━━装━━━ ━━━━订━━━━━━━线━━━━━━━ PassageFour
Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
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Accordingtosociologists,thereareseveraldifferentwaysinwhichapersonmaybecomerecognizedastheleaderofasocialgroup.Inthefamily,traditionalculturalpatternsconferleadershipononeorbothoftheparents.Inothercases,suchasfriendshipgroups,oneormorepersonsmaygraduallyemergeasleaders,althoughthereisnoformalprocessofselection.Inlargergroups,leadersareusuallychosenformallythroughelectionorrecruitment. 螀
Althoughleadersareoftenthoughttobepeoplewithunusualpersonalability,decadesofresearchhavefailedtoproduceconsistentevidencethatthereisanycategoryof“naturalleaders”.Itseemsthatthereisnosetofpersonalqualitiesthatallleadershaveincommon;rather,virtuallyanypersonmayberecognizedasaleaderifthepersonhasqualitiesthatmeettheneedsofthatparticulargroup. 衿
Researchsuggeststhattherearetypicallytwodifferentleadershiprolesthatareheldbydifferentindividuals.Instrumentalleadershipisleadershipthatemphasizesthecompletionoftasksbyasocialgroup.Groupmemberslooktoinstrumentalleadersto“getthingsdone”.Expressiveleadership,ontheotherhand,isleadershipthatemphasizesthecollectivewell-beingsofasocialgroup’smembers.Expressiveleadersarelessconcernedwiththeoverallgoalsofthegroupthanwithprovidingemotionalsupporttogroupmembersandattemptingtominimizetensionandconflictamongthem. 膃
Instrumentalleadersarelikelytohavearathersecondaryrelationshiptoothergroupmembers.Theygiveothersandmaydisciplinegroupmemberswhoinhibitattainmentofthegroupsgoals.Expressiveleaderscultivateamorepersonalorprimaryrelationshiptoothersinthegroup.Theyoffersympathywhensomeoneexperiencesdifficultiesandtrytoresolveissuesthatthreatentodividethegroup.Asthedifferenceinthesetworolessuggest,expressiveleadersgenerallyreceivemorepersonalaffectionfromgroupmembers;instrumentalleaders,iftheyaresuccessfulinpromotinggroupgoals,mayenjoyamoredistantrespect.
袃51.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?
膁 A．Theproblemsfacedbyleaders.
芇 B．Howleadershipdiffersinsmallandlargegroups.
蚂 C．Howsocialgroupsdeterminewhowillleadthem.
蒈 D．Theroleofleadersinsocialgroups.
螄52.ThepassagementionsallofthefollowingwaysbywhichpeoplecanbecomeleadersEXCEPT_____________.
蒅 A．recruitment
蒁 B．formalelectionprocess
薈 C．specificleadershiptraining
膅 D．traditionalculturalpatterns
羃53.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutleadershipcanbeinferredfromParagraph2?
A．Apersonwhoisaneffectiveleaderofaparticulargroupmaynotbeaneffectiveleaderinanothergroup. B．Fewpeoplesucceedinsharingaleadershiprolewithanotherperson.
C．Apersoncanbestlearnhowtobeaneffectiveleaderbystudyingresearchonleadership. D．Mostpeopledesiretobeleadersbutcanproducelittleevidenceoftheirqualifications.
54.Inmentioning“naturalleaders”(Paragraph2,Line2),theauthorismakingthepointthat____________. A．fewpeoplequalifyas“naturalleaders” B．thereisnoproofthat“naturalleaders”exist C．“naturalleaders”areeasilyacceptedbythemembersofagroup D．“naturalleaders”shareasimilarsetofcharacteristics 55．Thepassageindicatesthatinstrumentalleadersgenerallyfocuson___________. A．ensuringharmoniousrelationships B．sharingresponsibilitywithgroupmembers C．identifyingnewleaders D．achievingagoal
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芃 蚈 芁 莆 芆 肂 蚁 肈 肄 膂PartⅣSentenceTranslation（本大题共5小题，每题2分，共10分。） 56.他全神贯注地听杨教授上课并很快成了她最喜欢的学生。 螈阅卷教师 57.许多女权主义者反对男人养育孩子不如女人的想法。 58.我希望我的忠告对处于压力下的学生们会起作用：前面的路有着许多不能预见的螄得分 机遇。 59.小汤姆意识到已无法改变这一严酷的现实：随着父母的突然去世，他的家庭已经破碎。 试卷序号： 班级： 学号： 姓名： 60.为了帮助外国投资者更好地了解上海，他们根据能找到的各种资料来源汇编了这本指南。 ━━━━━━━━━装━━━ ━━━━订━━━━━━━线━━━━━━━ PartⅤParagraphTranslation（本大题共1小题，10分。）
阅卷教师 61.上学的孩子们中间有一种普遍的错误想法，即认为他们的老师当年都是些神童。
不管得分 怎么说，除了不像一般孩子那样生性贪玩、不愿学习的书呆子之外，还有谁愿意
长大后当老师呢？我竭力向我的学生们解释我在他们心目中的形象??一个在青春期热衷于书本和作业的人??有一点被扭曲了。相反，我极为憎恨义务教育。我永远都无法接受在鱼儿上钩时不得不去上学的想法。
PartVIWriting（本题共1小题，15分。）
阅卷教师 得分 62.Directions:Forthispart,youarerequiredtowriteashortessayentitled“HowLongShouldtheNationalHolidayBe?”Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.
2015-2016学年第1学期大学英语III期末考试A卷试题 (1)
