省委党校研究生招考练习题英语及答案

英语一、单项选择1. Is there anything I ____ C ____ do for you?A. mayB. mustC. canD. ought2. This kind of tree has green _____B___ throughout the year.A. leafsB. leavesC. leafD. leaves’3. I will tell him the news as soon as I ____A___ him.A. seeB. seesC. sees’D. saw4. They never knew that pollution ____B____ a big problem.A. becomeB. would becomeC. is going toD. does become5. You ___D___ where you leave your things.A. always forgetsB. forgetC. will always forgetD. are always forgetting6. He doesn’t live in the city, ___D_____ ?.A. isn’t heB. doesn’t heC. is heD. does he7. Now she is leaving London. She has stayed here ____D____.A. after 1980B. in 1980C. for 1980D. since 19808. These questions ___C___ at tomorrow’s meeting.A. have been discussedB. had been discussedC. will be discussedD. shall be discussed9. Nothing is ___A___ than one’s personal freedom.A. more importantB. much importantC. importanterD. much importanter10. A good father is one ____D___ we can love as well as respect.A. whichB. whoC．whose D. whom11. The instructor asked me to write a ___A__ composition every week.A. two-thousand-wordB. two-thousand-wordsC. two-thousand-wordsD. two-thousands-words12. They __C____ be waiting for us, let’s hurry up.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. mustD. may not13. You __B____ clearly see the top of the tower from here.A. mightB. canC. mustD. mustn’t14. __A___ weeks later she came to my office with a smile on her face.A. TwoB. SecondC. After twoD. After second15. He said that was a good suggestion, ___A___ he would look into (研究).A. whichB. whoC. whatD. that16. The role of _B__ has changed a lot in the past 30 years.A. womansB. womenC. womanD. women’s17. __A meeting will be put off till next Monday.A. Tom orrow’sB. Tomorrows’C. TomorrowD. Tomorrows18. If he __B___ to go, I'll ask someone else to go with me.A. don’t wantB. doesn’t wantC. not wantD. not wants19. This is my cell phone. ___C_____ is on the desk.A. TheirB. OurC. YoursD. Her20. The house __C__ is very nice, but the compound (院子) is too small.A. himselfB. herselfC. itselfD. oneself21. I told him not to go, but he __B__ not listen.A. willB. wouldC. shallD. should22. This time last year, Tom __B____ with his friends in London.A. stayedB. was stayingC. is stayingD. stays23. Let’s ___B___ and get something to eat.A. to goB. goC. goingD. goes24. Bill has been out of work _D____ three years.A. byB. sinceC. inD. for25. When they arrived, the game __D___.A. already startB. already startedC. have already startedD. had already started26. Those books ___B_ to the library next Monday.A. can returnB. can be returnedC. can returnedD. can return to27. I’m sorry, but smoking __B____ here.A. is allowedB. is not allowedC. will be allowedD. will not allow28. They got to the airport __B___ than you did.A. more lateB. laterC. more laterD. late29. He talked of the people and books __C____ interested him.A. whoB. whoseC. thatD. whom30. I live in __D___. I’d like to let you know that I’m checking out early tomorrow morning.A. Room 216thB. 216 RoomC. 216th RoomD. Room 21631. Mrs. Clinton has a __C____ daughter.A. three years oldB. three year oldC. three-year-oldD. three-years-old32. __C__ a long time since I saw my father last time.A. There isB. There areC. It isD. For33. There is a fine sunset, it ____A____ to be a fine day tomorrow.A. oughtB. mustC. shouldD. can34. I don’t know whether it will rain or not, but if it ___D___ I shall stay at home.A. shallB. doC. didD. does35. ____B______ people attended the meeting last night.A. HundredB. Hundreds ofC. HundredsD. A hundred of36. Though small, the room is comfortable ___A__________.A. to live inB. to liveC. to have lived inD. live in37. If you want something ___B____, you can go to the library.A. readB. to readC. be readD. to be reading38. Would you please tell me ___C_____ the plane will take off?A. thatB. whereC. whenD. which39. It is necessary that you __C____ your reservation before the weekend.A. will confirmB. must confirmC. confirmD. confirmed40. The doctor ______A____ is treating for your heart trouble is a relative of mine.A. whoB. whomC. whichD. whose41. John plays football _____D______, if not better than, David.A. as wellB. so wellC. so well asD. as well as42. The girl apologized, ___B____ that she was sorry to be late.A. having saidB. sayingC. was sayingD. said43.I often have a glass of milk and ____A__ for breakfast.A. two pieces of breadB. two piece of breadC. two pieces of breadsD. two piece of breads44. ___B____ a radio, I would have heard the news this morning.A. Had IB. Had I hadC. Should I haveD. Have I had45. ____C___ another chance, how could she let it slip away.A. GivingB. Having givenC. Having been givenD. Give二、阅读理解(1)A man lived in a tall building in the city of Moscow. He liked living there. It was usually very quiet, and he could see the park from his window. There was only one problem: the man upstairs.Every night, the man upstairs came back late. He always took off his shoes and threw them on the floor. At this time, the man downstairs was trying to sleep. But every night he heard the noise upstairs. Bang! One shoe. Bang! The other shoe. It was too bad. He found it very difficult to get to sleep and he was rather angry with the man upstairs.One day, the man downstairs went to talk to the man. He went upstairs and knocked at the door. The man opened it. With a smile the man from downstairs said: “I am sorry to trouble you, comrade.”“What is it?” asked the man.“Well, every time you get back at night, you drop your shoes on the floor.It happens every night. The noise wakes me up! Would you please not do this?”“I’m very sorry, comrade,” said the man. “I won’t do it again.”The next evening the man upstairs came home from work late as usual. He was feeling very tired. He took off the first shoe and threw it on the floor.Then he remembered his comrade downstairs. So he took off the second shoe and put it under his bed very quietly. He had his supper, listened to the radio, read a newspaper and then went tobed. He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door. He opened it and saw the man from downstairs.“Please!” said the man from downstairs. “Please drop the other shoe! I was waiting for the sound of the ot her shoe! I can’t get to sleep!”B1. Why did the man downstairs like living in a tall building in the city of Moscow?A. Because he liked the city very much.B. Because he liked the environment of the tall building.C. Because there were many parks in the city.D. Because he had a good friend there.C2. What was the problem the man downstairs had?A. Every night the man upstairs came back late.B. The man upstairs always took off his shoes.C. The man upstairs took off his shoes and threw them on the floor, which made himdifficult to get to sleep.D. He did not get along well with his neighbors.A3. How did the man downstairs try to solve his problem?A. He went to talk to the man upstairs and asked him not to throw his shoes on the flooragain.B. He had a quarrel（吵架）with the man upstairs.C. He moved out of the tall building.D. He did not go to bed before the man upstairs came back any more.B4. What did the man upstairs do the next evening after he came home from work?A. He took off his shoes and threw them on the floor as usual.B. He took off his first shoe and threw it on the floor, but put his second shoe under hisbed quietly.C. He put both his shoes under his bed quietly.D. He was very tired and went to bed without taking off his shoes.C5. Why couldn’t the man downstairs fall asleep the next night?A. Because the man upstairs made a great noise by having his supper, listening to the radioand reading the newspaper.B. Because the man upstairs threw his shoes on the floor with a big noise and woke him up.C. Because he had been waiting for the sound of the other shoe.D. Both B and C.(2)You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying, when you are at school. School is also the place where you learn to get along well with people. But this is not always easy. What can you do if you just don’t like one of your classmates?If you discover that you have problems getting along with your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others. We can not change the way that other people do, so it is important to learn to live happily with them.Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other. Getting to know someone may help you understand why they do things differently.Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. Tolerance teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind.You need to remember an old saying, “treat others how you want to be treated”. You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is important to treat them kindly too. If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change.It is important to practice tolerance, because it will make everyone’s lives easier. Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests. The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.B 6. According to the author, what is tolerance?A. Tolerance is the ability that we have to change the way that other people do.B. Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others.C. Tolerance is a weapon to fight against the enemy.D. Tolerance is the way to discover whether you have problems getting along with yourclassmates or friends.B7. What does tolerance function (起作用) in getting along with your friends?A. It makes you change who you are and what you believe.B. It can help us understand why people do things differently.C. It warns us to keep an even tempter and open mind.D. It is important for us to learn tolerance.D8. Why is tolerance important?A. Because it will make everyone’s lives easier.B. Because it will make everyone get on better with each other.C. Because it teaches us to respect the differences in others and not try to make them change.D. All of the above.A9. “Treat others how you want to be treated”, what does the sentence mean?A. If you want to be treated kindly, you should treat others kindly too.B. If someone treats you badly, you will treat them kindly.C. You should change yourself to tolerate others.D. Others should change themselves to tolerate you.B10. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. If you tolerate something, you must change yourself.B. Tolerance can make you get on better with your classmates or friends, for it teachesyou to keep an even temper and open mind.C. We can live happily with other people by changing the way they do.D. Practicing tolerance can not make any change in your life for the world is different.(3)Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so that people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. Even so, more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time.Why is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth do not get very much rain. Yet, they still do not become deserts. This is because there are some green plants growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants help keep water in the earth. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold water. Without plants, the land can becomea desert much more easily.A man decides to make a farm in a very dry place. He cuts down the trees. He digs in the earth and takes away the grass and plants that are already growing on the dry land. He makes a farm. He puts plants in rows. The sun is very hot. It makes the land even drier. When the rain comes, it runs between the rows of plants. It washes the good dirt away. When the wind comes, it blows between the rows of plants. It blows the good dirt away.Soon the land is not good enough for a farm any more. The man lets his animals eat all the plants on it. Now the land does not have any plants on it. The sun and wind dry the land and blow all the good dirt away. Now the land is a desert.Now it is time for man to protect his environment!D 11. ________ are doing their best to change the deserts into good land again.A. MenB. WomenC. PeopleD. ScientistsC12. According to the scientists, it is ________ who make deserts.A. bad weatherB. the lack of rainC. peopleD. plantsD13. What’s the main id ea of the third paragraph?A. Some places have little rain.B. Some places have many plants.C. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away.D. Plants help protect the land.B14. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. A man wants to make a farm in a dry place.B. The influence of men’s activities on the environment.C. He succeeds in making a farm.D. He puts plants in rows.C15. The main idea of the whole passage is that ________.A. people work very hardB. scientists are studying the problem of desertsC. people are doing much harm to the environmentD. many good lands are becoming deserts（4）A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”“That’s none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the littl e boy.“If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour.”“Oh,” the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?”The father was furious. “If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed.Think about why you’re being so selfish. I work long, hard hours every day and don’t have time for such childish games.”The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy’s questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn’t ask for money very often.The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep, son?” he asked.“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here’s that $10.00 you asked for.” The little boy sat straight up, beaming.“Oh, thank you daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled outsome more crumpled up bills.The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. “Why did yo u want more money if you already had some?” the father grumbled.“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?”B16. What do you know about the man?A. He made a lot of money.B. He often came home from work late.C. He often went to work late.D. He spent lots of time taking care of his son.C17. Why was the boy waiting for his father at the door?A. Because he missed his father very much.B. Because he was hungry.C. Because he wanted to borrow some money from his father.D. Because he had good news to tell his father.A18. The man went to talk to his son because ________.A. he thought he might have been a little hard on his son.B. he wanted to ask his son some questions.C. he wanted to find out whether his son was asleep or not.D. his son was crying in his bedroom.D19. The boy wanted to borrow some money from his father because ________.A. he wanted to buy a toy with the moneyB. he wanted to buy a birthday present for himselfC. he didn’t have any moneyD. he didn’t have enough money to buy an hour of his father’s timeB 20. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Parents should give their children some pocket money.B. Parents should not neglect (忽视) their children no matter how busy they are.C. Parents should not be hard on their children.D. Children can buy time from their parents.(5)Have you ever seen people dance? Some dance s are fast and others are slow. People’s feet move when they dance. They keep on moving until the music stops.People have enjoyed dancing for a very long time. This story is of a different kind of dance. It is a dance without people or music. Yet this dance is one of the oldest in the world. It is the dance of bees.If you have ever watched bees, you know that they are very clever. They also work hard looking for food and bringing it back to their home.The home of bees is called a bee-hive. Here hundreds —even thousands —of bees live. They work day and night building small walls of wax. Here they make their honey. This is the same honey that we eat.Where does the honey come from? Bees live on food from flowers. Have you ever seen bees flying around a flower garden? When a bee rests on a flower, it tries to go to the center of it. There it takes in as much food as its body can hold. Then it carries the food back to the hive.At the hive, bees change this flower food into honey. Then they fly away for more food.How do bees know where to find the best food in the sweetest flowers?One bee acts as a guide. When it discovers good flowers, it flies back to the hive to tell the others. It does this by dancing for them.The bee dances on one side. This tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers, but that is not all. The bee dances for some time, and the length of its dance tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.When the other bees see the dance, they know where the flowers are. They fly away and return with more food for the hive.Sometimes we hear the music of bees as they fly around, but few people have ever seen them dance. Yet without that dance we might never have sweet honey to eat.A 21.According to the passage, peop le don’t stop dancing until ________.A. the music stopsB. they are very tiredC. they want to go to bedD. it is very lateB 22. In the text, “an unknown dance” is a dance ________.A. without a lightB. without people or musicC. without light and musicD. without any drinksD 23. Bees carry the flower food back to the hive ________.A. to eatB. to storeC. to be a present to other beesD. to change them into honeyA24. What does a guide bee do if it finds the best food in the sweetest flowers?A. It will fly back to the hive to tell the others.B. It will take in as much food as it can.C. It will bring it back to the hive.D. It will change it into honey.B25. What does the length of the dance mean?A. It tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers.B. It tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.C. It means that bees enjoy dancing.D. It means nothing.(6)This story took place a long time ago. But it has been repeated time and again. Everyone is moved by the true story.An old man was knocked down by a car and was taken to hospital.He was badly hurt, and during his few returns to consciousness, he repeatedly called for his son.No one knew where his son was. A dirty letter was found in his pocket. The nurse learned that his son was a soldier in North Carolina.The hospital called the Red Cross office to find the young man. The young soldier was rushed to the airport in time to catch the plane.It was evening when the young soldier walked into the hospital. A nurse took him to the bedside of the old man.“Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the old man’s eyes opened. He dimly saw the young man and got great comfort. He reached out his hand. The young soldier held the old man’s hand and offered words of hope.All through the night the young soldier sat beside the bed. The nurse offered to watch instead of him for a while. He refused.At dawn the old man died. The nurse started to comfort him, but the so ldier asked her, “Who was that man?”“He was your father,” she answered.“No, he wasn’t, I never saw him before.”“Why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”“I knew right off there was a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son j ust wasn’t here. I realized I was needed. So I stayed.”B26. What happened to the old man?A. He drove a car and was hurt in a car accident.B. He was knocked down by a car and seriously hurt.C. He had looking for his son for a long time and finally found him.D. He was sick and was sent to the hospital.A27. How did the hospital know the name and address of the old man’s son?A. They found a letter in the old man’s pocket and learned that his son was a solider.B. The old man told them.C. A nurse kn ew where the old man’s son was.D. The Red Cross knew the old man’s son and helped the hospital to find him.D28. Who watched the old man all through the night?A. The nurse.B. The old man’s son.C. The Red Cross.D. The young soldier.D29. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The old man died because nobody took care of him.B. The old man did see his son and got better in the hospital.C. A nurse in the hospital wrote the story.D. The young soldier was not the old man’s son.B30. Why did the young solider stay and look after the old man?A. Because he was the old man’s son.B. Because he realized he was needed.C. Because there was no plane to take at that time.D. Because he was the old man’s friend.（7）We use both words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people. We can learn a lot about what a person is thinking by watching his or her body language. Words are important, but the way a person stands, folds his or her arms, or moves his or her hands can also give us information about his or her feelings.Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture. Making eye contact –looking directly into someone’s eyes –is in some counties a way to show interest. In other countries, however, eye contact is rude or disrespectful. The gesture of OK, making a circle with one’s thumb and index finger, has different meanings in different cultures. In Japan, someone who sees another person making the gesture will think it means money. In France, a person seeing the same gesture will think it means zero. In Brazil and Germany, however, the gesture is rude. The thumbs-up gesture, meaning “great” or “good job” in the US, is rude in Nigeria, but in Germany and Japan it means the number one. The “crazy” gesture, moving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear, means “you have a phone call” in Brazil.While there are many different interpretations of our body language, some gestures seem to be universal. A good way of saying “I am full” is moving the hand in circles over the stomach after a meal. If a person pats his or her stomach before a meal, it usually means “I am hungry”.Perhaps the best example of universally understood body language is the smile. A smile can help us get through difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers. A smile can open doors and tear down walls. It can be used to express almost any emotion. We can use a smile to apologize, to greet someone, to ask for help or to start a conversation. We can smile at ourselves inthe mirror to make ourselves feel happier and stronger. And if we are feeling down or lonely, there is nothing better than to see the smiling face of a good friend.D31. We can get information about a person’s feelings from ________.A. his wordsB. the way he standsC. the way he folds his arms or move his handsD. both his words and his body languageD32. Eye contact ________.A. is a way to show interestB. is rude or disrespectfulC. has the same meaning in all the countriesD. has different meanings in different culturesA33. A good way of saying “I’m full.” is ________.A. moving the hand in circles over the stomach after a mealB. resting one’s head on the back of one’s handC. patting the stomach before a mealD. Both A and CC34. The “crazy” gesture means ________ in Brazil.A. greatB. the number oneC. you have a phone callD. none of aboveD35. The gesture for OK, making a circle with one’s thumb and index finger, ________.A. has different meanings in different culturesB. means money in JapanC. means zero in FranceD. all of the above（8）A patient came to see me about the stress in her life. She described all the things she had to do – one was to make her bed – from the moment she woke up till she flew out the door for work.I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks.Two weeks later she breezed into my office beaming. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years –and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what,”she said, “I don’t dry my dishes any more, either.”This woman had made two major breakthroughs. One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect. It was a watershed experience.This story illustrates an important principle about managing time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves.They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. That’s fine if it’s occasional. It would even be okay if there was a balance. But most people living that way are wearing themselves out, feeling out of control. They stop exercising or start skipping meals; next they steal time from their sleep. Soon they get too busy to see friends; they stop reading or playing balls, and six months go by without a long walk. That’s not a great way to live. Fortunately, life doesn’t have to be like that.So what is the solution? In a word, prioritize. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, adequate sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. The point is to do something for yourself every day. The choice is yours: Whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. In short, fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.Add your name to the list of people you’re trying to make happy. Not “me first” or “me only” but “me, too.” Balance is the goal. Permission is the key. And the time to start is now.A36. What was the woman’s problem?A. She felt stress in her life.B. She had difficulty falling asleep.。