英美报刊选读模拟卷

《英美报刊选读》模拟卷

考试形式：闭卷考试时间：90分钟

I. Translate the following terms into Chinese.( 30×1´= 30´)

1．Blue Berets 2.exit poll

3. same-sex marriage 4．discount store

5. property tax

6.unemployables

7. elevated highways rmation superhighway

9. cellular phone 10. talk show

II. Translate the following sentences. ( 5×6´= 30´)

1.As long as people feel embarrassed, restrained or openly criticized for using a particular language, it’s only natural for them to want to avoid continuing to do what’s causing a negative response, whether it’s something overt like having your mouth washed out or more subtle like discrimination.

2.In the United States and Australia in past decades, the government forced native peoples to abandon their languages through vehicles such as boarding schools that punished youth for speaking a traditional tongue.

3.By the time of last week’s election, she had won over all but the most partisan of critics.

4.Text messaging is being used effectively by two colleges in West Yorkshire as a way of communicating with students. As well as sending them reminders about lessons and dealines, the phones are being used for learning games and revision exercises.

5.The meeting certainly produced more than the usual photo ops and spin– and its participants did not go away yelling at one another as they have in the past.

VIII. Reading Comprehension ( 20×2´=40´)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage one: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice

In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence – as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at

all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.

Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. ‘Talk, talk, talk,’ the advocates of violence say, ‘all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.’ It’s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. ‘Possible, my lord,’ the barrister replied, ‘none the wiser, but surely far better informed.’ Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.

1. What is the best title for this passage?

A) Advocating Violence.

B) Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice.

C) Important People on Both Sides See Violence As a Legitimate Solution.

D) The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty for Violence.

2. Recorded history has taught us ___________

A) violence never solves anything. B) nothing.

C) the bloodshed means nothing. D) everything.

3. It can be inferred that truly reasonable men _____________

A) can’t get a hearing. B) are looked down upon.

C) are persecuted. D) Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.

4. “He was none the wiser” means ________________

A) he was not at all wise in listening.

B) He was not at all wiser than nothing before.

C) He gains nothing after listening.

D) He makes no sense of the argument.

5. According the author the best way to solve race prejudice is _____________

A) law enforcement. B) knowledge.

C) nonviolence. D) Mopping up the violent mess.

Passage two: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

THE elephants of Thailand used never to be short of work hauling timber. But most of the country's forests have been cut down, and logging is now banned to save the few that are left. The number of domesticated elephants left in the country is now only 2,500 or so, down from about 100,000 a century ago. Though being the national animal of Thailand earns an elephant plenty of respect, this does not put grass on the table. Thai elephants these days take tourists on treks or perform in circuses, and are sometimes to be seen begging for bananas on the streets of Bangkok.

Some of the 46 elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, a former government logging camp near Lampang, have found a new life in music. The Thai Elephant