现代汉语言文学英语统考练习题

1、—Can you go out with us for dinner this evening?—________.A No, I already have plansB Thanks a lot, but I’m busy tonightC No, I really don’t like being with youD I’m ill, so I shouldn’t go out for dinner2、—Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon?—________.A Never mind.B Ok, but what for?C Yes, please help yourself.D Yes, but I don’t care.3、—Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Smith’s office?—_________.A You can’t ask meB Good questionC Please don’t say soD Sorry, I don’t know, but you can ask the man over there4、—Good morning, sir. May I help you?—_________.A No, I don’t buy anythingB NO, I don’t need your helpC Yes, I need some saltD Oh, no. That’s Ok5、—Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?—________.A Thank you very muchB No, no, John is not badC Thank you. He is fineD Don’t say that6、—Oh, sorry to bother you.—________.A That’s okayB No, you can’tC That’s goodD Oh, I don’t know7、—These are certainly beautiful flowers. Thank you so much.—________.A No, nothingB It’s my pleasureC Yes, I agreeD Yes, I think, tooPassage One:Barbara Jordan, one of the most respected lawyers and politicians in the Unites States, was the first black woman from the South to be elected to Congress.She was born in Houston, Texas, on February 21, 1936. Right from the start, she set high standards for herself in school.In high school, Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer. At Texas Southern University she studied political science and history and graduated in 1956 at the top of her class. By 1959 she had earned a law degree from Boston University.Miss Jordan began practicing law at her parents’dining room table. Three years later she opened her own office.The restless Miss Jordan first broke into politics in 1966, becoming the first black woman elected to the Texas senate. After an impressive record as a state senator, she entered the national scene.In 1972 she won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. During her time in office she was devoted to helping minorities, the poor, and the elderly, “My approach is to respect the humanity of everybody,” she once said. That’ just the way Barbara Jordan was.1、In her political life she won _____ in 1973.A a law degreeB an appointment to the president’s cabinetC a seat in the state senateD a seat in the U.S. Congress2、Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer_________.A before she ever started schoolB when she was in high schoolC while she was in CongressD as soon as she finished her school3、Miss Jordan was the first black woman ______.A to be appointed as an ambassadorB from the South to be elected to CongressC to be appointed to the congressD to win a national election4、The word “restless” in Paragraph 5 means ______ in its sentence.A having no rest all days and nightsB being nervous and impatientC having too much restD not satisfied with the life she was living and wanting to have some new experience5、What did she study at Boston University?__________.A History and scienceB LawC Political scienceD Politics and historyHave you ever traveled on any of the large airplanes? If you have not been a passenger (乘客) on one of these planes, try to think of a plane which is more than 70 meters long and more than 5 storeys (层) high. Such a plane costs at least 25 million dollars to a build. It costs at least $6,000 to fuel it. Inside, this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane. It has six kitchens and they are all needed when the plane is full.The plane can hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine that number in one plane. Is there any danger that the plane’s engines will fail? Luckily, the planes appear to be quite safe. On each plane, there are twice as many engines as it needs. If two engines fail on the same side, the plane can easily use its other engines to land. There are also two mechanical pilots (机械飞行员) to take charge if the human pilots cannot fly the plane.1、How many kitchens are there on the plane?A Six.B Five.C Seven.D Four.2、How many passengers can the plane hold?A More than 200.B More than 300.C More than 400.D More than 600.3、How much does it cost to build the large plane?A 60 million dollars.B 70 million dollars.C 40 million dollars.D 25 million dollars.4、What does the plane look like inside?A Like an engine room.B Like a high building.C Like a big kitchen.D Like a small house.5、What will happen if the human pilots cannot fly the plane?A Two mechanical pilots will do the job.B The large plane will be broken into pieces.C The large plane will be forced to land.D The engines of the plane will stop working.Passage Three:Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea, “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hearthe noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered.1、—The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.A TB F2、—The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.A TB F3、—The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.A TB F4、—The thief thought the neighbor couldn’t hear the noise of the bell.A TB F5、—The thief was trying to get his neighbor’s doorbell.A TB FPassage Four:One dictionary broadly defines the word “crisis” as “a crucial turning point in the progress of an affair or of a series of events, as in politics, business, a story, or play …” This paper will attempt to define a much narrower but extremely significant aspect of crisis: personal crisis.Sometimes our more or less steady progress through life comes to a jolting halt. Something unexpected, shocking, frightening, threatening, and disastrous happens- a crisis. Such a development can disturb relationships, interfere with work efficiency, and cause confusion, disorganization, and serious emotional upheaval. Solutions that have worked for us in solving past problems no longer prove adequate. As anxiety increases, our powers to cope with it correspondingly decrease. The crisis quickly leads to frustration: we feel helpless either to escape from the problem or to resolve it successfully.Many people think of crisis as being connected only with unhappy or unpleasant events. This is not the case. Crisis can occur as a result of any change. Even on what is generally welcomed: marriage, birth of a child, graduation from school or college, or election to public office.Crises are generally of two types. First, there are the expected, maturational (成熟过程的) crises we experience at times of life development and change. Examples of this include a child’s first enrollment in school or his transfer at a later age to a new school. There events may precipitate (加快促成) a crisis —both for the younger and his parents. Another time when crisis can be expected is during adolescence.The second type of crisis is the unexpected, accidental kind. This can stem from many sourcesbecoming involved in a legal suit, having an automobile crash, being fired from a job, losing a large sum of money, or falling suddenly ill. Severe illness will create a crisis not only for the individual concerned but also for his family. And an illness may itself be caused by an emotional crisis, such as the death of a spouse, offspring, or other family membersIn a recent attitude survey, researchers gathered information to determine which crisis situation in life were most likely to precede illness. The study showed that the three most stressful life events were death of a spouse, divorce, and marital separation. Other events that fell toward the top of the crisis scale were a jail term, death of a close family member, personal injury or illness, marriage, losing one’s job, marital reconciliation retirement change in the health of a family member, pregnancy, sex difficulties, gain of a new family member, business readjustment, and the……1、According to the writer of the following is NOT true?A Adolescence is a period when crisis is quite likely to occur.B Lots of people do not associate graduation from college with crisis.C Crisis is not necessarily the result of unpleasant events.D Marital reconciliation is found to be the number one stressful problem.2、In the author’s opinion, ______’A crisis usually befalls people unexpectedB the crisis caused by being elected to public office belongs to the second typeC crisis is seldom experienced by childrenD illness may be either the result or the cause of crisis3、In this passage, the author mainly intends to ______.A give a more accurate definition to the word “crisis”B illustrate one important aspect of “crisis”C divide “crisis” into three different categoriesD explain the meaning of “crisis” in general4、The word “broadly” in the first paragraph of passage is similar in meaning to ______.A generallyB criticallyC extremelyD narrowly5、Which of the following statement is true according to the text?A In crisis, one’s general solution can hardly yield the usual results.B People may become more power as their anxiety increases.C Crisis has little to do with people’s work efficiency.D Frustration usually results in crisis.Passage Five:The camel is a slow-moving creature. But what it lacks in speed it gains in endurance. This veritable beast of burden can walk 30 miles a day carrying a load that weighs half a ton.The kangaroo, with its long, muscular hind legs, is a marvel of fitness. Weighing about 200 pounds, it can thrust its heavy body into the air and clear a fence nine feet high. While airborne, this leaping athlete uses its thick tail as both a counterbalance and a steering wheel.Never underestimate the strength of an insect. The tiny ant can move a burden 50 times its weight. And the brawny bee, when tied to a small load on wheels, is able to haul up to 300 times its own weight.The elephant is a monument to muscle. Its trunk alone, which can do everything from pulling out a tree to delicately picking up a pin, contains bout 70 times the number of muscles in your body.One of the world’s longest leapers is the flea: it can jump 13 inches – about 350 times its own length. For a person six feet tall, this would be like jumping approximately 2,000 feet, or seven football fields. No one yet has leaped even as much as 30 feet.A seemingly inexhaustible jumper is the Oriental rat flea: it can jump 600 times an hour for three whole days without stopping.The fastest muscle movement ever recorded belongs to the mighty midge. This tiny, agile insect can beat its wings 133,000 times a minute, about 100 times faster than a human can blink an eye – which takes all of one twenty fifth of a second.By land, air or sea, birds are masters of motions. The ostrich outruns any animal on two legs, carrying its 300-pound body at 30 miles an hour. The flight of the Indian bird sometimes exceeds 100 mph. And the gentoo penguin, by at least one account, can swim 22mph. At this speed, the penguin keeps pace with one of the fastest-swimming marine mammals, the dolphin.1、It can be inferred from the passage that _____.A an animal’s sire decides its physical powerB human beings can hardly jump as high as fleasC ostrich is kind of birdD the penguin swims faster than the dolphin2、It can be learned from the passage that ____.A the camel cannot cover 30 miles a day with a heavy loadB the kangaroo cannot jump high with its heavy bodyC the elephant’s trunk is both flexible and mightyD the brawny bee has incredible strength when it is fastened to a tree3、It seems that the author of this passage intends to _____.A compare animals with human athletesB introduce some gifted animal athletesC show the underestimated strength of some animalsD demonstrate the law of “survival of the fittest”4、The fastest muscle movement champion belongs to a kind of _____.A marine mammalB huge-tailed animalC mighty beastD small insect5、Which of the following figures is NOT correct?A The weight of a normal kangaroo is about 200 pounds.B The flea is the world’s greatest high jumper.C No one can jump 30 feet so far.D The oriental rat flea can jump for three days nonstop.Passage Six:When a man is taller and stronger than other men, he is sometimes called a giant. Many people think of Wilt Chamberlain as a giant. He is so tall that he has a special, long bed to sleep in and a special car with enough space for his long legs. During his playing days, Wilt was paid about $200,000 a year which was as much as that of the president of the Unite States. At that time, it was more than any other sports man in the whole history who had ever been paid.Wilt played for the Los Angeles Lakers team. He helped to make it the Western Division of the National Basketball Association, which is a group of the best professional (职业的) teams in the world. Wilt owns a beautiful apartment building in Los Angeles, in which his mother lives, and another one in New York. He owns race horses. He wears fine clothes. He owns an English Bentley car.When Wilt was just seven years old, he took a job. He did not tell his mother or his father, but one day his mother found out. She looked out into the street and saw Wilt lifting boxes for a milkman. Mrs. Chamberlain told the milkman that Wilt was only seven. She said he shouldn’t be lifting those heavy milk boxes. “I thought he was twelve,”said the milkman. So Wilt stopped helping the milkman.1、What team did Wilt Chamberlain play for?A The Western Division.B The National Basketball Association.C The Los Angeles Lakers.D New York.2、Which of the following words best shows Wilt’s desire to work when he was seven?A Honesty(诚实).B Love.C Independence(独立).D Happiness.3、Who else got as much money as Wilt?A The head of NBA.B The milkman.C A professional team leader.D The president of the United States.4、Why du you think Wilt Chamberlain could be a famous basketball player?A Because he was from Philadelphia.B Because he was too good at basketball.C Because he made so much money.D Because he played for the Los Angels Lakers.5、缺题词汇与语法：1、______ the weather is bad tomorrow, John still would like to go out.A WhateverB Even ifC No matter whatD Nevertheless2、_____ his leisure hours, he reads science fiction storie.A AtB OnC InD With3、Does he _____ his mother?A look likeB looks likeC look likesD looked like4、He is ____ than his brother in writing.A bestB betterC goodD clever5、He lost his job last week, so he was ____.A worriedB happyC wellD easy6、he was ____ to tell the truth.A too much of a cowardB too much cowardC a coward enoughD enough of coward7、—“I like apples very much.”—“________.”A So do IB So don’t IC So I didD So I didn’t8、I often get up very early ____ the morning.A atB onC inD from9、I was ____ to find that he had lots of money.A surprisedB shyC sillyD simple10、Many young people are _____ in music.A interestedB keptC sadD alive11、New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before they are ______.A fully acceptingB accepting fullyC fully acceptedD acceptfully12、The bus arrived late ______ the heavy snow.A because ofB exceptC becauseD owing13、The cost is _____ for me; I won’t go this way any longer.A great muchB too muchC very muchD much too14、The homework is very ____ to do.A difficultB dirtyC districtD distant15、The thief admitted ______ gold rings in the store.A StealB to have stolenC to stealD stealing16、The ____ of space exploration started in the 1960s.A periodB eraC spellD tern17、The two boys drink ____ water after playing football.A littleB manyC fewD much18、There are four ____ on the desk.A booksB sheepC cupD box19、Tom looked very much ____ when he was caught cheating in the exam.A puzzledB bewilderedC disappointedD embarrassed20、Where are you going in the ____.A homeB holidayC historyD family完形填空：（1）Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes __26__ read about dogs. I have a friend. He bas a big police dog with the name Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every afternoon my friend takes Jack __27__ a log walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became much worried. He walked __28__ the room several times and then sat down __29__ front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention （注意）to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went __30__ of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor’s cap in his mouth.1、A forB inC outD toE around2、A forB inC outD toE around3、A forB inC outD toE around4、A forB inC outD toE around5、A forB inC outD toE around（2）The people began talking a lot about Women’s Liberation. __21__ first I did not take it seriously. I thought that the women in the movement were just unhappy and bitter. I had the __22__ that they hated men, whereas I myself had nothing against men at all. However, I was encouraged by a friend to attend a meeting in North London. There were Women’s Liberation groups in each area of London, __23__ in size and in their particular interests. The group I attended was started by a few of middle-class intellectual women who wanted to get the support of working-class housewives in the area. However, __24__ I turned up at the meeting I found that the other women were all the middle-class graduates, a few with several degrees. Some of the girls were very intellectual and articulate, and had even published books or appeared on TV. I have been __25__ the group for several years now and we have had some interesting discussions about the issues the Women’s Liberation Movement is concerned with.1、A whenB AtC going toD ideaE varying2、A whenB AtC going toD ideaE varying3、A whenB AtC going toD idea24E varying4、A whenB AtC going toD ideaE varying5、A whenB AtC going toD ideaE varying（3）There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job __21__ a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home onFridays, his wife made him give her all his money. And then she used to give him __22__ only enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried __23__ the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.“You’ll never guess what happened __24__ me today, dear,” he said.He waited for a few seconds and then added, “ I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery(彩票) !”“That’s wonderful!”said his wife happily. But then she thought __25__ a few seconds and added angrily, “But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery ticket?”1、A intoB inC backD forE to2、A intoB inC backD forE to3、A intoB inC backD forE to4、A intoB inC backD forE to5、A intoB inC backD forE to（4）The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia about a hundred years ago, The U.S. paid less __21__ two cents an acre. One Alaskan Island is only two miles away __22__ a Russian Island. The nearest state is Washington, 500 miles __23__.Alaska is more than twice as big as Texas. It has many different kind of __24__. In some areas the temperature can go as low as 57 below zero. It can also go as __25__ as 38 above zero.Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other states together. The ocean bottom is full of sea life. __26__ fish catch is one of the biggest of all states. Most of the land there is still __27__ by the U.S. government – not by people or businesses.Alaska is the biggest state, but it has the fewest people. Towns are far apart. Long roads cost a lot to build in __28__ wild country. So there are not very many roads. Many people use planes to travel in the state. Others travel in boats along the coast. Rivers freeze in winter, but boats travel on them when summer comes.Many people go to __29__ big and small animas. Fishermen and skiers and people who __30__ beautiful country visit the state too.1、A asB fromC thanD by2、A fromB onC intoD down3、A awayB nearC longD farther4、A weatherB airC skyD atmosphere5、A tallB highC hotD boiling6、A AlaskaB Alaska’sC Alaskan’sD Alaskan7、A owedB earnedC broughtD owned8、A soB suchC justD thus9、A searchB exploreC findD hunt10、A likeB approachC welcomeD see英译汉：1、As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife made him give her all his money.2、“How did you write your advertisement,” asked a businessman.3、He wanted to help all the wounded people no matter which side they were fighting for.4、He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later.5、Inside, this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane.6、She said he shouldn’t be lifting those heavy milk boxes.7、Trees must be grown all over the world.8、The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm.汉译英：1、李明晚上9点上床睡觉吗？2、他们一起打篮球。