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Exercise Five
I. Vocabulary and structure.
1.
in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for.
A. The girl was educated
B. The girl educated
C. The girl’s being educated
D. The girl to be educated
2.
the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have
included all variables and modeled them accurately.
A. Even if
B. As far as
3. All flights
C. If only
D. So long as
because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do
nothing but take the train.
A. had been canceled
B. have been canceled
C. were canceled
D. having been canceled
4. Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no
matter what we
during the day.
A. should have done
B. would have done
C. may have done
D. must have done
5. “You are very selfish. It’s high time you
that you are not the most
important person in the world,” Edgar said to his boss angrily.
A. realized
B. have realized
C. realize
D. should
realize
6. In the course of her life, Mary Anne Sadlier
, some fifty of them
original novels and collections of stories.
A. produced nearly sixty books
B. produced sixty books nearly
C. nearly sixty books produced
D. sixty books nearly produced
7. The activities of the international marketing researchers are frequently much
broader than
.
A. the domestic marketer has
B. the domestic marketer does
C. those of the domestic marketer D. that which has the domestic marketer
8. A nation’s merchant marine is made up of its commercial ships and the
personnel
.
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A. they operate them
B. who operate them
C. they operate whom
D. who do they operate
9. The remarkable gains in the general health of the population in the world
have been due in large measure
the efforts of some great doctors.
A. for
C. by
B. with
10. Today’s libraries differ greatly from
D. to
.
A. the past
B. that are past
C. those of the past
D. those past
11. The bus moved slowly in the heavy fog. As a result , we arrived at our _____ almost
two hours later.
A. destination
B. delivery
C. detection
D. depression
12. The captured criminals were _____ in chains through the streets.
A. exhibited
B. paraded
C. displayed
D. paralleled
13. If he wants to get to Shanghai tonight, he has no _____ but to go by plane.
A. selection
B. substitute
C. probability
D. alternative
14. In the 18th century you had to keep on sharpening the point of your feather pen and
_____ it in ink while you were writing.
A. dropping
B. dipping
C. tipping
D. slipping
15. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee be _____ to
investigate the incident.
A. set out
B. set aside
C. set up
D. set down
16. Serious infections can retard and even _____ the growth of tumors in mammals.
A. increase
B. fasten
C. halt
D. finish
17. Don’t you consider it wrong to _____ in examinations?
A. deceive
B. cheat
C. swindle
D. blackmail
18. A new administrator sighed on to lead Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after an _____
search that resulted in 70 applications.
A. extensive
B. expansive
C. intensive
D. expensive
19. Now that external pressures are no longer enough to keep most couples together, a
more _____ approach is called for.
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B. conscious
C. consecutive
D. conscience
20. They _____ a friend before leaving the parking lot this morning.
A bumped
B. witnessed
C. chanced
D. encountered
21. The railways are about to _______ a major program of modernization.
A. arrive at
B. put on
C. expose to
D. embark on
22. It is _______ that he is the country's greatest writer.
A. acknowledged
B. unconscious
C. rigid
D. subconscious
23. This discovery marks a significant technological __________.
A. process
B. adventure
C. project
D. advance
24. It's good he enjoys his own ______because he has a very lonely job.
A. company
B. security
C. sake
D. reverse
25. I felt I couldn't cope with the situation and was in desperate need of some
__________.
A. remark
B. reassurance
C. assumption
D. complaints
26. I'd like to buy you a meal __________ all your hospitality
A. to approve B. to demonstrate
C. in return for
D. in addition to
27. They felt helpless, __________, and incapable of handling the job
A. confident
B. envious
C. insecure
D. criticized
28. This can lead to unnecessary __________ over a child's quite normal behavior.
A. emotion
B. functions
C. pressure
D. anxiety
C. engaged
D. frustrated
29. He __________ in the children's games.
A. glanced
B. observed
30. __________ mistakes and weaknesses, it did a great deal of good work inside the
trade union.
A. No matter what
B. Although
C. In spite
D. Despite
II. Reading comprehension.
Passage 1
After practicing as a surgeon for several years, Dr. Ginoux decided to apply for a
membership in the American College of Surgeons, a highly selective and distinguished
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professional organization.
As part of the application procedure, Dr. Ginoux was asked to prepare a list of all the
operations performed in the previous seven years. Slowly, as she worked on the long list,
she began to feel uncertain. She began to question some of her decisions. Had she used
the best technique in that case? Maybe, in this case, she should have run one more test
before operating? On the other hand, maybe she should have … Would the doctors on the
selection committee understand that, as the only trained surgeon in the area, she usually
could not get advice from others and therefore, had to rely completely on her own
judgment? For the first time, Dr. Ginoux felt lonely and isolated.
The longer Dr. Ginoux worked on the application forms, the more depressed she
became. As hope faded, she wondered if a “country doctor” had a realistic chance of
being accepted by the American College of Surgeons.
1. Dr. Ginoux was working in _______.
A. a large city
B. the American College of Surgeons
C. an area far from any big city
D. a selection organization
2. The application forms must include _______.
A. the decision procedure
B. a record of all the operations
C. the best technique
D. a list of advice and judgments
3. It was most probable that Dr. Ginoux was _______.
A. a member in organization
B. a well-trained surgeon
C. a graduate from the American College of Surgeons
D. a distinguished surgeon in America
4. When she was filling the application forms, Dr. Ginoux began to be _______.
A. realistic
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B. distinguished
C. perplexed
D. decisive
5. When filling the forms, Dr. Ginoux felt depressed because _______.
A. she didn’t perform enough operations
B. some operations were unsuccessful
C. she didn’t get advice from the selection committee
D. she was doubtful about her operations
Passage 2
Many rules governing speech patterns are learned in childhood and people grow up
thinking that everyone has the same rules for speaking. People unconsciously expect
others to use the same modes of expression as they do. But this may lead to mistakes. For
instance, not all languages use silence and interruptions in the same way. Have you
observed the ways people from different cultures use silence? Have you noticed that some
people interrupt conversations more than other people? All cultures do not have the same
rules governing these areas of communication.
Many Americans interrupt silence in a conversation to mean disapproval,
disagreement, or unsuccessful communication. They often try to fill silence by saying
something even if they have nothing to say! On the other hand, Americans do not
appreciate a person who dominates a conversation. Knowing when to take turns in
conversation in another language can sometimes cause difficulty. Should you wait until
someone has finished a sentence before contributing to a discussion, or can you break into
the middle of someone's sentence? Interrupting someone who is speaking is considered
rude in the United States. Even children are taught explicitly not to interrupt.
Individuals in every culture have similar basic needs but express them differently. In
daily life we all initiate conversation, use formal and informal speech, give praise, express
disagreement, seek information, and extend invitations. Some of the verbal patterns we
use are influenced by our culture. Whereas directness in speech is common in the United
States, indirectness is the rule in parts of the Far East. Thus people from both of these
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parts of the world would probably express criticism of others differently. In parts of the
Middle East a host is expected to offer food several times but in the United States he may
make an offer only once or twice. The different modes of expression represent variations
on the same theme. Each language reflects and creates cultural attitudes; each has a
unique way of expressing human need.
6. The main idea of the passage is that ______.
A. invitations may not always be genuine
B. it is not polite to interrupt a conversation
C. there are unwritten and tacit rules of speaking that affect verbal interaction
D. directness is characteristic of American verbal interaction
7. People sometimes make mistakes in communication because ______.
A. they do not listen to others
B. they expect others to be like them
C. they tend to be self-centered
D. they are not considerate
8. The author implies that silence in conversation ______.
A. always means disapproval and disagreement in the American culture
B. means unsuccessful communication in all cultures
C. is interrupted in the same way in both the East and the West
D. often makes Americans feel uncomfortable during conversation
9. Which statement of the difference between the American culture and the culture of
parts of East Asia is NOT true?
A. The American people tend to be more direct in their speech than those in the Far
East.
B. The Americans use more informal speech than the East Asian people.
C. People from the two different cultures might express criticism differently.
D. A Middle East host might offer food several times to his gusts, whereas an American
host would only offer once or twice.
10. The last paragraph states that people from various cultures ______.
A. share common needs but express them differently
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B. share common needs so they express them similarly
C. express their uncommon needs in similar ways
D. share no common needs and therefore have no similar expression
Passage 3
Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human
knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which
humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today
just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of
preindustrial societies that still exist; a detailed learning of plants and their properties
must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all
living things, even of other plants. They have always been enormously important to the
welfare of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes,
medicines, shelter, and a great many other purpose. Tribes living today in the jungles of
the Amazon recognize liberally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To
them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special
branch of "knowledge" at all.
Unfortunately, the more Industrialized we become the farther away we more from
direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet
everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few
people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors,
living in the Middle East about 10, 000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be
harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a
new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them
flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would
increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than
getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild - and the
accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with
plants in the wild world would begin to fade away.
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11. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The early humans did not enjoy the study of botany.
B. They thought there were no needs to cultivate crops.
C. They probably had extensive knowledge of plants.
D. They placed great importance on the ownership of property.
12. What does the comment "this is logical" mean?
A. It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like people in
preindustrial societies.
B. Human knowledge of plants is well organized and detailed.
C. There is no clear way to determine the extent of our ancestor's knowledge of plants.
D. It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants
13. According to the passage, why has the accumulated knowledge of botany begun to
fade away?
A. People no longer valued plants as a useful resource.
B. Direct contact with a variety of plants has decreased.
C. Many wild plants changed their properties somehow and invalidated human
knowledge.
D. Research is unable to keep up with the increasing numbers of plants.
14. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of
agriculture?
A. The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted.
B. The changing diets of early humans.
C. The development of a system of names fro plants.
D. The invention of agricultural implements and machinery.
15. The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between
zoology (the study of animals) and ______.
A. sheep raising
B. deer hunting
C. bird watching
D. horseback
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III. CLOZE
Cars are an important
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people feel that they are poor. And
really poor
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of life in the Untied States.
3
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he has a car.
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in the United
of all the county is a huge one and Americans like to move
in it. The car provides the most comfortable and
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most
if a person is poor he doesn’t feel
There are three main reasons the car became so
States.
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form of transportation.
a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact
never developed
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11 and inexpensive form of public
trains have never been
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the United States
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. Long-distance
common in the United States as they are in
other parts of world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service
planes. But it is
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by
expensive to be used frequently.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit
of independence is
wait
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really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to
a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to
schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule
freedom that Americans want
1. A role
2.
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B part
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time. And this is the
to have.
C effect
to exact
D basis
A Without a car
B
Not with a car
C Without no car
D
With not a car
3. A ever
B still
C even
D quite
4. A although
B when
C whether
D but
5. A qualified
B increasing
C developing
D popular
6. A First
B Firstly
C At first
D The first
7. A around
B on
C along
D forth
8. A cheap
B most cheap
C cheapest
D cheaper
9. A Through
B Since
C With
D As
10. A which
B that
C where
D what
11. A in interested
B an affected
C an efficient
D a satisfied
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12. A movement
B carriage
C shipping
D transportation
13. A quite
B very
C too
D as
14. A providing
B to provide
C provided
D provides
15. A very
B so
C too
D as
16. A that
B what
C how
D which
17. A for
B on
C beside
D about
18. A follow
B further
C chase
D run
19. A their own
B their self
C theirs own
D theirs self
20. A best
B most
C worst
D least
IV. Translation
1. I dare not go there___________________________(惟恐怕被他看见).
2. We left the house early___________________________(希望能避开交通阻塞).
3. After he left college,________________________（他的父亲出资帮他经营家具业）.
4. ________________________(自从我们制定了新规章制度), fewer people have been
late to work.
V. Writing
A letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus
假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应设计
食堂的饭菜质量、价格、环境、服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，
也可以兼而有之。