赴法国交换实习选拔英语试卷

Exam Paper

Name_________ Department__________ Score______ Part I Reading Comprehension (25%)

Section A

Directions: There is a passage with 10 blanks in this section. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given below. You may not use any of the words

in the bank more than once.

Many countries face a (1)________ more serious economic problem in the form of an (2)________ trade balance with other nations. Such an imbalance exists when the (3)________ valu e of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. For example, if a country buys $25 billion of products from other countries, yet sells only $10 billion of its own products overseas, its trade deficit is $15 billion. Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this (4)________ because they lack natural resources or the industrial (5)________ to use these resources, and thus have to import raw materials or manufactured goods.

One (6)________ of a trade deficit is the flow of currency out of a country. In the case of an underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including failure to (7)________ debt payments and obstacles to (8)________ of an industrial base. Even in the case of a fully developed nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is a reason for alarm. American products, made by well-paid workers in U.S. industries, (9)________ more to produce than those made in places like Asia, where labor and material costs are much lower. Money (10)________ on foreign products is money not spent on items produced by domestic industries.

Section B

Directions:There are 2 reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested

answers marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the best answer to each question. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

All of us rely on what we see. We say to ourselves, ‘I know, I was there; I saw it happen’ and that seems to settle the matter. Or does it? Can we really trust the evidence of our eyes?

Take competitive sports. Fans who see the same game will not agree with each other and will disagree with the referee. ‘He was out of bounds when he caught the pass,’ says one fan. Says another, ‘You’re crazy. I saw it with my own eyes. He was five feet in bounds. You must be blind.’ The referee rules that the receiver did step out of bounds. But thousands of fans are still not convinced—because they were there!

It’s the same story in the courtroom. Trial procedure depends on witnesses giving sworn testimony（证词）. But just how reliable is the testimony of a person who reports what he has seen? In a recent study, ten thousand witnesses were asked to describe the man they saw commit a crime. The study reveals that, on the average, the witnesses overestimated the man’s height by five inches, his age by eight years, and gave the wrong hair color in 83 percent of the cases. These witnesses didn’t play tricks on them!

What can we do to keep error to a minimum? First of all, don’t let your emotions interfere with your vision. Don’t see something because you want to see it. Secondly, try to stay relaxed. If you are tense, you are liable to see red when the color is blue. And finally, it helps to make notes of what you see. Don’t rely on your memory alone. Take pictures, make recordings, and use any other aid to reduce distortion.

11. The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that ________.

A) all of us rely on what we see

B) sworn witnesses can hardly be trusted

C) we can’t completely trust the evidence of our eyes

D) eyewitnesses are unreliable

12. The passage suggests that fans at sports events ________.

A) are influenced by emotion

B) are crazy about sports

C) lie about what they see

D) have no respect for the truth

13. Statistical studies suggest that ________.

A) courtroom testimony only confuses the jury

B) in 83 percent of the cases, witnesses overestimate age by eight years

C) witnesses are remarkably accurate

D) testimony of people reporting what they see is often unreliable

14. The word ‘them’ in the last line of paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A) the eyes of the witnesses

B) the sworn testimony given by the witnesses

C) the members of the jury

D) the height, age and hair color of the criminal

15. To keep visual error to a minimum, all of the following are necessary EXCEPT ________.

A) to stay calm

B) to get close for a better look

C) not to let your emotions interfere

D) to make notes of what you see

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: