13级本科复习题

13级本科期末复习题1. Einstein had impressive power of concentration.2. She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking outside.3. What is the new atmosphere of distrust and fear doing to our way of life?4. The Statue of Liberty was made by a French artist to celebrate US independence.5. I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do.6. It is getting more and more difficult for the company to recruit experienced staff.7. Black conductors were often motivated by their own painful experiences.8. If he is only interested in your looks, that just shows how shallow he is.9. Once Levi Coffin was transporting so many runawayslaves that he disguised them as a funeral procession.10. We have become so used to putting up barriers thatwe have not had time to think about what it may mean.11. Not until I run my hand over her knees do I feel any of the life-giving warmth of blood.12. In the house where I grew up, it was our custom toleave the front door on the latch at night.13. Grandma took it for granted that food prices would rise, so she bought a lot of rice.14. An old saying goes, there is no use helping those who are not willing to help themselves.15. Just as Father’s death had changed Jimmy’s world overnight, September 11thchangedour lives.16. Jimmy longed to live in my parents’house and work at his old job.17. Here we really begin to focus on having a fruitful relationship with each student.18. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam beganappearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character.19. Because women often restrict their diet tocontrol weight, they may not consume enough iron-rich food.20. It’s advisable for people in these groups to havea yearly blood test to check blood iron reserves.21. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has becomethe universally recognized Queen of the Dolls.22. There is no hint in the room anywhere that this is a person who is loved.23. Scientists are learning a great deal about thegeneral probability that a given place will have anearthquake.24. By 1995, roughly 85 percent of the world’s personalcomputers were using a Microsoft operating system.25. Parents could clone a second child who resembled their first child in appearance.26.Not only do the workers want a pay increase, but they also want reduced working hours.27.He was late for almost an hour for the first meet ing, leaving a bad impression on everyone.28.I hope that the effort that we’ve made will be of some use to the battle against AIDS.29.The police got to the station five minutes after t he explosion, and so did the reporters.30.The country’s economy depends to some degree on th e import of raw materials.Passage1Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely apart from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, but it is much more than that. Many animalscan communicate. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers to other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, even things like the unicorn (独角兽) that have never existed. The key lies in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be strung together in different ways, according to rules, to communicate different meanings.Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing defines humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, it is an immensely complex process that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most aspects of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to another. The speaker has to translate thoughts into spoken language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from the thought to the building of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to figure out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to identify the words spoken, understand the pattern of layout of the words (sentences), and finally interpret the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course acontinuous process.Passage 2I understand culture shock, I've been through it myself. However, some foreigners living in China are just too negative about the cultural differences, and it is causing them to lose an excellent opportunity to learn the Chinese culture. Most of them seem to be simply putting in their time for the terms of their employment, whereas they don't care to enjoy what is special about their new surroundings.Communicating successfully with people from other cultures can be a real challenge. We bear the responsibility for learning their culture. Adjusting to another culture requires a great deal of personal awareness and patience. I know several foreigners living with a fork in their pocket. I could understand if they said they were unwilling to commit their time to learning the language --- Chinese is very difficult. If you are working full-time, you may not have enough time to make much progress in Chinese, but what about chopsticks? Come on! Learning how to use chopsticks is the easiest part of the adjustment. Learninghow to conduct yourself in a competent way during social interactions is what should have been done. Only by that time will you be able to appreciate the cultural differences and not to let down our Chinese friends.TopicParent-children Relationship;Private Cars;Cherishing the time and studying hard;the importance of oral English。