2012农信社英语部分专项练习(三)

信用社校园招聘考试英语部分专项练习（三）Part I Reading ComprehensionDirections：There are four passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）． You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．Questions 1to 5are based on the following passage：More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty．Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister．He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production．It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countries．The French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade．French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people，let alone long-ranged developments．Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking point．Rents were tightly controlled，but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food．Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers'income．Wages，it is true，had risen．Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time and overtime employment．Taken together，these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security．In this precarious（不稳定的）and discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages．The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country．It was feared this immigration of workers would deplete the labor force．The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced．Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries．Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries．1．According to the passage，the French workers were ________ ．A）better paid than the workers in any other European countriesB）able to save more money with the increase in their wagesC）anxious to work abroadD）often unable to find work in France2．Rene Coty and Charles Deschanel were both interested in ________．A）better quality in productionB）increasing quantity in production <C）having the government raise tariffs on foreign importsD）eliminating unions in France3．The French government was reluctant to let the workers leavethe country because ________ ．A）it would enlarge the working forceB）it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrialproductionC）it would hinder the increase in quantity of exportsD）it would damage the imports4．Rents in France ________．A）were extremely highB）were extremely controlledC）took as much as 80percent of the workers'incomeD）had doubled in two years5．According to the passage，the French government ________．A）prohibited French to work abroadB）reduced taxes to fight inflationC）paid family allowances and benefitsD）prohibited the French workers to join labor unionsQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage：Food can be divided into two basic categories：real food and pleasure food．Real food is fuel for the body's needs，while pleasure food，which is high in fat and sugar，is primarily for taste satisfaction．The categories are pretty obvious．Broccoli is real food．Cookies are in the pleasure group．When you are hungry，you are faced with choices．If you aren't suffering from excessive hunger，you can be rational about them．Go to the refrigerator．What looks good？If you have chosen a real food，say，a turkey sandwich，you can be certain your body can use it for fuel．Eat it and enjoy．Two hours later you are hungry again．Back to the refrigerator．What looks good？Ice cream．Stop！Employ your will power just a little．Ice cream is not what your body needs．Does something else look good？Yes，a piece of toast with peanut butter and a glass of milk sound good too．Okay，go ahead，remembering that high-fat real foods should be eaten in moderation．One trick is to eliminate pleasure foods from your kitchen．Instead，keep a variety of high-quality foods available at all times．In short，buy lots of delicious real food，food you really like，and get rid of the junk．But what if you have ice cream on hand and nothing sounds good？Although you don't want to eat pleasure foods whenever the urge strikes，there is a legitimate place for them in your diet．Ifyou have analyzed your feelings and there are no other needs imitating hunger，eat the ice cream．You have not failed．On the contrary，you have accepted your naturalappetite，but not blindly．Surprisingly，when you know you can eat anything you want，and that you never have to put up with unsatisfied hunger again，it takes a lot of pressure off．You will begin to want to eat what your body needs，and your body will begin to need foods that will leadto slimness．6．Which of the following statements is NOT true？A）The author is against getting rid of pleasure food altogether．B）One can eat the high-fat real foods heartily since it is fuel for the body．C）Make sure to keep pleasure food such as ice cream in your diet．D）Of course you can sometimes have ice cream if you really want to．7．What would be the best title for this passage？A）Real Food And Pleasure FoodB）Reducing Weight <br>C）Limit Your Consumption Of Pleasure FoodD）How To Choose Food When You Are Hungry8．Whatcan you assume from the last paragraph？A）Being able to eat anything doesn't necessarily imply pleasure．B）Real foods may lead to slimness．C）Eat only what your body needs．D）Be sure to satisfy your hunger whenever it strikes you．9．What can broccoli be except ________ ．A）ice creamB）cauliflowerC）a turkey sandwichD）a piece of toast10．Judging from the fourth paragraph，what does"junk"mean？A）Food like ice cream．B）Food you do not like．C）Pleasure foods．D）Low-quality foods．Questions 11to 15are based on the following passage：Cloning，manipulating a cell from an animal so that it grows into an exact copy of that animal，is the forbidden fruit of biotechnology．Some scientists were so sure it could not be done that，in the 1970s，they discouraged moralists（伦理学家）from discussing its moral implications．Yet at the same time other scientists，secretly，in out-of-the-way labs，were getting ever closer to making clones．For ten years，scientists have been cloning sheep and cows fromembryo（胚胎）cells．But so far Dolly is the only animal cloned from an adult cell，not from an embryo．She is living proof that scientists have solved one of the most challenging problemsof cell biology．The question now is how soon will scientists clone humans．"Nature"，the scientific journal that published the Dolly paper，commented，"Cloning humans from adults tissues is likely to be achievable any time from one to ten years from now．"Most scientists agree there is no insurmountable obstacle in human cloning．But a human clone，even though it might resemble the individual from whom it was made，would differ dramatically in personality and character，intelligence and talents．"You will never get 100 percent identity，"says psychologist Jerome Kagan of Harvard，"because of chance factors and because environments are never exactly the same．"That，however，is small comfort to many people．Shortly after Dolly's birth announcement，President Clinton ordered a group of experts to come up with proposals for government action．With the cloning of humans within reach，whether it is to be banned or regulated is now on the nation's moral agenda（议事日程）．Some regard the cloning of humans as inherently evil，a morally unjustifiable intrusion into human life．They measure the morality of any act by the intention behind it；still others are concerned primarily with consequences for society as well as for individuals．For the moment it seems that the latest achievement in the biotech field has provided everyone with food for thought．11．In what way is Dolly different from earlier clones？A）It is cloned from human embryo．B）It is cloned from a human cell．C）It is cloned from an adult cell．D）It is cloned from an adult embryo．12．What is the prospect，according to most scientists，of making clones from adult human tissues？A）Such clones will be exactly like the one from whom it was made．B）It would be possible within the decade．C）There still exist some technical problems．D）It is impossible to make such clones in one to ten years from now．13．Why did Clinton order a group of experts to make proposals for government action？A）He wants to quicken the pace of cloning research．B）The success of cloning involves serious moral evaluation problems．C）He wants to ban the human cloning research．D）He is worried about the funding of the further research．14．"Food for thought"in the last paragraph means ________．A）worry for foodB）increased food to be expectedC）something worthy of considerationD）reasons for deep understanding15．The best title for the selection can be ________．A）BiotechnologicalSuccess And Its Possible ConsequencesB）Dolly Is Only The BeginningC）The Definition Of CloningD）Cloning Humans From Adults'TissuesQuestions 16to 20are based on the following passage：Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has．There is nothing more exhausting than not succeeding，being blocked，not moving ahead．It is an evil circle．Failure breeds fatigue，and fatigue makes it harder to get to work，which adds to the fatigue We experience this tiredness in two main ways，as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue．In the former case，we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up．Either because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult，we avoid it．And the longer we postpone it the more tired we feel．Such start-up fatigue is very real，even not actually physical，not something in our muscles and bones．The remedy is obvious，though perhaps not easy to apply：willpower exercise．The moment I find myself turning away from a job，or putting it under a pile of things I have to do，I clear my desk of everything else and attach the objectionable item first．To prevent start-up fatigue，always treat the most difficult job first．Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle．Here we are willing to get started，but we can't seem to do the job right．Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work，we fail again and again．The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue．In such a situation，I work as hard as I can，then let the unconscious take over．16．Which of the following can be called an evil circle？A）Success-zeal-success-zeal．B）Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness．C）Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness．D）Success-exhaustion-success-exhaustion．17．According to the passage ，when keeping putting off a task，we can experience ________． A）tirednessB）performance fatigueC）start-up fatigueD）unconsciousness18．To overcome start-up fatigue ，we need ________ ．A）toughnessB）preventionC）musclesD）strong willpower19．The word"insurmountable"in the last paragraph probably means ________ ．A）that can not be solvedB）that can not be understoodC）that can not be imaginedD）that can not be objected20．According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？A）It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue．B）Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked．C）One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle．D）Fatigue often accompanies fatigue．Part II Vocabulary and StructureDirections：There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part．For each sentence there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）．Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence．Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center．21．I haven't got the ________ idea of what you mean．Would you please make it clear to me？ A）lightestB）furthestC）smallestD）faintest22．We've ________ salt．Ask Mrs．Jones to lend us some．A）run away withB）run overC）run offD）run out of23．He was always ill for a time，but he managed to ________ ．A）pull onB）pull inC）pull upD）pull through24．He ________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions．A）continuallyB）continuouslyC）consistentlyD）consequently25．The actors have to ________ before they appear in front of the strong lights on television．A）cover upB）make upC）paint upD）do up26．When the whole area was ________ by flood，the government sent food there by helicopter． A）cut awayB）cut downC）cut upD）cut off27．They have left New York ________ good；they'll never go back and live there again．A）forB）atC）byD）in28．The dress in the window ________ her eye when she passed it．A）attractedB）gotC）caughtD）met29．To develop lightindustry in abig way ________ to improving the people's livelihood．A）owesB）attributesC）distributesD）contributes30．As they haven't a child of their own，they are going to ________ a little girl．A）acceptB）receiveC）adaptD）adopt31．Would you please ________ these books to your classmates？A）hand outB）hand downC）hand inD）hand over32．The doctor ________ a medicine for my headache．A）subscribedB）describedC）prescribedD）inscribed33．No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to ________ ． A）the otherB）any otherC）anotherD）other34．The dog has ________ its affection to its new master．A）transferredB）transformedC）transportedD）transmitted35．Although he was neat and well-groomed，he was somehow unattractive in ________ ．A）outlookB）lookC）appearanceD）feature36．The chimney is no longer ________ volumes of waste gas into atmosphere，as protective filters are being used．A）giving awayB）giving offC）giving inD）giving up37．It's no good ________ until I'm reasonably sure when I'll be able to go for my holiday．A）decidingB）to decideC）to have decidedD）being decided38．I regret ________ you that your application has been refused．A）informingB）to informC）to be informedD）being informed39．The facilities of the older hospital ________．A）are as good or better than the new hospitalB）is as good or better than the new hospitalC）are as good as or better than the new hospitalD）are as good as or better than those of the new hospital40．Since you need to catch an early train tomorrow morning，we ________ now． A）might as well leaveB）ought to have leftC）should have leftD）could have left41．Do you feel like ________ to a film or would you rather ________ at home？ A）going．．．stayB）to go．．．stayC）going．．．stayingD）going．．．to stay42．At three o'clock ________ a cold morning，he arrived here．A）inB）atC）onD）of43．I'm sure dirty，________？A）am IB）aren't IC）isn't ID）am not I44．________ ，there is no place like home，wherever you go．A）It may be humbleB）As humble it may beC）Humble it may beD）Humble as it may be45．"Has he gained weight？""He would gain weight，but he ________ much．" A）does not eat >B）did not eatC）hadn't eatenD）couldn't eat46．The day's work ________ ，Mary and Carl are playing cards．A）are doneB）doneC）doingD）did47．But for his help，I ________ ．>A）did not succeedB）had not succeeded <C）should not have succeededD）have not succeeded <br>48．His use of technical terms left his audience ________ ．A）confusingB）with confusionC）confusedD）to confusion49．Try and calm yourself，________ your mind will be easy again．A）andB）orC）whenD）before50．It was not untilshe had arrived home ________ remembered her appointment with the doctor． A）when sheB）that sheC）and sheD）shePart III Short Answer QuestionsDirections：In this part，there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements．Read the passage carefully．Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words．In an effort to produce the largest，fastest，the most luxuriousship afloat，the British built the Titanic．It was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was considered"unsinkable"．So sure of this were the owners that they provided lifeboats for only 950of its possible 3，500 passengers．Many passengers were aboard the night it rammed an ice-burg，only two days at sea and more than half way between England and New York，the destination．Because theluxury liner was traveling so fast，it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking ice-burg．An inextinguishable fire also contributed to the ship's disaster．Panic increased the number of deaths as people jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board the lifeboats．Four hours after the mishap，another ship，the Carpathia，rescued the survivors，less than a third of those originally aboard．The famous Titanic enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1912before plunging into 12，000feet of water near the coast of Newfoundland，where it liestoday．Questions.51．The owners of Titanic provided lifeboats for only 950passengerswhich were far from enough because ________ ．52．How many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking？53．The word"inextinguishable"means ________．54．Where is the Titanic now？55．Besides speed and fire，what else contributed to the large numberof deaths？Part IV WritingDirections：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Importance of Teamwork．You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese）below．1．每个人都需要有团队合作的精神。