1、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Put her report on his desk.
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Read some papers he recommended.
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Improve some parts of her paper.
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Mail her report to the publisher.
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2、【
单选题
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[1分]
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A shop assistant.
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A telephone operator.
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A waitress.
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A clerk.
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3、【
单选题
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[1分]
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A railway porter.
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A taxi driver.
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A bus conductor.
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A postal clerk.
答案:
4、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.
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She does not agree with the man.
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Drunk drivers are not guilty.
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People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving.
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5、【
单选题
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[1分]
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$1.40.
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$6.40.
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$4.30.
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$8.60.
答案:
6、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Collect papers for the man.
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Do the typing once again.
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Check the paper for typing errors.
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Read the whole newspaper.
答案:
7、【
单选题
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[1分]
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The woman does not want to go to the movies.
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The man is too tired to go to the movies.
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The woman wants to go to the movies.
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The man wants to go out for dinner.
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8、【
单选题
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[1分]
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By bus.
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By bike.
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By taxi.
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On foot.
答案:
9、【
单选题
】
The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.” (Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that ________.
[1分]
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the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
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the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties
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there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s
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the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
答案:
10、【
单选题
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Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
[1分]
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People would not buy more food than was necessary.
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Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
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Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
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People had effective ways to preserve their food.
答案:
11、【
单选题
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Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
[1分]
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Inventors.
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Consumers.
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Manufacturers.
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Traveling salesmen.
答案:
12、【
单选题
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What is the author’s overall attitude toward fridges?
[1分]
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Neutral.
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Critical.
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Objective.
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Compromising.
答案:
13、【
单选题
】
In what way can we make a machine intelligent?
[1分]
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By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
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By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
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By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
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By reproducing it.
答案:
14、【
单选题
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What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?
[1分]
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He believes they will be useful to human beings.
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He believes that they will control us in the future.
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He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.
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He doesn’t consider the construction of such machines possible.
答案:
15、【
单选题
】
The word “carbon” (Line 4, Para. 2) stands for ________.
[1分]
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intelligent robots
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a chemical element
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an organic substance
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human beings
答案:
16、【
单选题
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A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when ________.
[1分]
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its intelligence and cost are beyond question
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it is able to bear the rough environment
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it is made as complex as the human brain
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its architecture is different from that of the present ones
答案:
17、【
单选题
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The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to ________.
[1分]
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counterbalance an earthquake’s action on the building
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predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy
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help strengthen the foundation of the building
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measure the impact of an earthquake’s vibrations
答案:
18、【
单选题
】
The smart buildings discussed in the passage ________.
[1分]
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would cause serious financial problems
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would be worthwhile though costly
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would increase the complexity of architectural design
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can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes
答案:
19、【
单选题
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It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on ________.
[1分]
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the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction
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the development of flexible building materials
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the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations
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early forecasts of earthquakes
答案:
20、【
单选题
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The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ________.
[1分]
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compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U.S.
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encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers
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outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials
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report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings
答案:
21、【
单选题
】
Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are ________.
[1分]
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sprayed with pesticides
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facing an infrared scanner
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in poor physical condition
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exposed to excessive sun rays
答案:
22、【
单选题
】
In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to ________.
[1分]
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estimate the damage to the crops
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draw a color-coded map
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measure the size of the affected area
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locate the problem area
答案:
23、【
单选题
】
Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by ________.
[1分]
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resorting to spot-spraying
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consulting infrared scanning experts
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transforming poisoned rain
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detecting crop problems at an early date
答案:
24、【
单选题
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The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties due to ________.
[1分]
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the lack of official support
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its high cost
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the lack of financial support
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its failure to help increase production
答案:
25、【
单选题
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Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of ________.
[1分]
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the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
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growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops
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the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
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full support from agricultural experts
答案:
26、【
单选题
】
The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ________ chemist’s.
[1分]
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each
、
some
、
certain
、
any
答案:
27、【
单选题
】
You cannot be ________ careful when you drive a car.
[1分]
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very
、
so
、
too
、
enough
答案:
28、【
单选题
】
In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ________ for living expenses.
[1分]
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acceptable
、
available
、
advisable
、
applicable
答案:
29、【
单选题
】
Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to ________ the color of his skin.
[1分]
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with the exception of
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in the light of
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by virtue of
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regardless of
答案:
30、【
单选题
】
I hate people who ________ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.
[1分]
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reveal
、
rewrite
、
revise
、
reverse
答案:
31、【
单选题
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He’s watching TV? He’s ________ to be cleaning his room.
[1分]
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known
、
supposed
、
regarded
、
considered
答案:
32、【
单选题
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The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.
[1分]
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adapt
、
bring
、
receive
、
adopt
答案:
33、【
单选题
】
The government is trying to do something to ________ better understanding between the two countries.
[1分]
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raise
、
promote
、
heighten
、
increase
答案:
34、【
单选题
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The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
[1分]
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range
、
level
、
extent
、
quantity
答案:
35、【
单选题
】
The soldier was ________ of running away when the enemy attacked.
[1分]
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scolded
、
charged
、
accused
、
punished
答案:
36、【
单选题
】
Had he worked harder, he ________ the exams.
[1分]
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must have got through
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would have got through
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permitted are freshmen
、
are permitted freshmen
答案:
37、【
单选题
】
Only under special circumstances ________ to take make-up tests.
[1分]
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are freshmen permitted
、
freshmen are permitted
、
permitted are freshmen
、
are permitted freshmen
答案:
38、【
单选题
】
I had just started back for the house to change my clothes ________ I heard voices.
[1分]
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as
、
when
、
after
、
while
答案:
39、【
单选题
】
It seems oil ________ from this pipe for some time. We’ll have to take the machine apart to put it right.
[1分]
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had leaked
、
is leaking
、
leaked
、
has been leaking
答案:
40、【
单选题
】
When he arrived, he found ________ the aged and the sick at home.
[1分]
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none but
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none other than
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nothing but
、
no other than
答案: