00600高级英语 2012 07

高级英语试题卷(课程代码00600)本试题卷分为两部分，共9页，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。

第一部分为客观题，第1页至第7页。

应考者必须在答题卷上按要求填涂，不能答在试题卷上。

第二部分为主观题，第8页至第9页。

应考者必须在答题卷上按要求答题，不能答在试题卷上。

第一部分客观题(共30分)I.选择填空(本大题共10小题，每小题I分，共10分)在每小题列出的备选项A, B中只有一个选项最符合题目要求.错选、多选或未选均无分。

1 .It was (A. proud, B. arrogant) moment for my cousin when she shook hands with the President.2. He was born in a small town (A. lived, B. inhabited) by about 500 people.3. The girl looked at the doctor (A. terrifyingly, B. terrified).4. The suspect was accused of (A. preventing, B. withholding) some important evidence from the Court.5. Her friends expressed great (A. sympathy, B. empathy) to her when her mother died.6. "Do you really think he will give up the position?" he (A. scoffed, B. scolded).7. With the help of the specially trained dogs, they were able to (A. rescue, B. save) ten peopleburied in the snow.8. We have a sense of working towards a (A. common, B. ordinary) goal.9. A soft background music will (A. increase, B. enhance) a delicious meal.10. The employees are openly (A. contemptible, B. contemptuous) of their corrupt manager.II.阅读理解(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分.)在每小题列出的备选项A, B.C.D中只有一个选项最符合题目要求。

错选、多选或未选均无分。

Passage AIn the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror一the glass in the roofof a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.高级英语试题卷第1页(共9页)According to a weather expert's prediction, the atmosphere will be 30C warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several meters and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of northern hemisp here, possibly resulting in an alteration of the’ earth's chief food-growing zones.In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming: in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fi勺years from the burning of fuels.Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude, therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and "cold" spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter of "colder" faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth's atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia(惯性)of the earth's climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counter-balance to the sun's diminishing heat.11 .It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would_.A. prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth's surfaceB. mean a warming up in the ArcticC. account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphereD. raise the temperature of the earth's surface高级英语试题卷第2页(共9页)12. The article was written to explain_.A. the greenhouse effectB. the solar effects on the earthC. the models of solar-weather interactionsD. the causes affecting weather13, Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. This is_.A. mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are risingB. possibly because the ice caps in the poles are meltingC. only due to the effect of the inertia of the earth's climateD. partly due to variations in the output of solar energy14. On the basis of their models, scientists are of the opinion that_.A. the climate of the world should be becoming coolerB. it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth's climate to take effectC. the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effectsD. the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse15. If assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct,_.A. the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuelsB. ice would soon cover the northern hemisphereC. the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth evenmore quicklyD. the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earthPassage BNo line can be drawn between common knowledge of things and scientific knowledge; nor between common reasoning and scientific reasoning. In strictness all accurate knowledge isscience; and exact reasoning is scientific reasoning. The method of observation and experiment ---by which great results are obtained in science, is identically the same as that which is employed by everyone, every day of his life, but refined and rendered precise. If a child acquires a new toy, he observes its characters and experiments upon its properties; and we are all of us constantly making observations and experiments upon one thing or another.But those who have never tried to observe accurately will be surprised to find how difficult a business it is. There is one person in a hundred who can describe the commonest occurrence with even an approach to accuracy. That is to say either he will omit something which did occur, and which is of importance; or he will imply or suggest the occurrence of something which he did not actually observe, but which he unconsciously infers must have happened. When two truthful高级英语试题卷第3页(共9页)witnesses contradict one another in a court of justice, it usually turns out that one。