TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2001)&-GRADE EIGHT--在线考试系统

1、【单选题】
Changes in the size of the World Bank’ s operations refer to ___. [1分]

、 the expansion of its loan programme

、 the inclusion of its hard loans

、 the inclusion of its soft loans 

、 the previous lending policies

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2、【单选题】
What actually made the Bank change its overall lending strategy? [1分]

、 Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families.

、 Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribution.

、 The discovery that a low fertility rate would lead to economic development.

、 Poor nutrition and low literacy in many poor countries of the world.

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3、【单选题】
The change in emphasis of the Bank’s lending policies meant that the Bank would ___. [1分]

、 be more involved in big infrastructure projects

、 adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countries

、 embark upon a review of the investment in huge dams and steel mills

、 invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of society

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4、【单选题】
Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the bank? [1分]

、 Colossal travel expenses of its staff. 

、 Fixed annual loans to certain countries.

、 Limited impact of the Bank’s projects. 

、 Role as a financial deal maker.

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5、【单选题】
Throughout the talk, the speaker is ___ while introducing the Wor ld Bank. [1分]

、 biased

、 unfriendly

、 objective

、 sensational

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6、【单选题】
The man sounds surprised at the fact that ___. [1分]

、 many Australians are taking time off to travel

、 the woman worked for some time in New Zealand

、 the woman raised enough money for travel

、 Australians prefer to work in New Zealand

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7、【单选题】
We learn that the woman liked Singapore mainly because of its ___. [1分]

、 cleanness

、 multi-ethnicity

、 modern characteristics

、 shopping opportunities

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8、【单选题】
From the conversation we can infer that Kaifeng and Yinchuan impressed the woman with their ___. [1分]

、 respective locations

、 historic interests 

、 ancient tombs

、 Jewish descendants

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9、【单选题】
Which of the following words can best describe the woman’s feelings a bout Tibet? [1分]

、 Amusement.

、 Disbelief.

、 Ecstasy.

、 Delight

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10、【单选题】
According to the conversation, it was that made the woman ready to stop traveling. [1分]

、 the unsettledness of travel

、 the difficulties of trekking

、 the loneliness of travel

、 the unfamiliar environment

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11、【单选题】
Mike Tyson was put in prison last August because he ___. [1分]

、 violated the traffic law

、 illegally attacked a boxer

、 attacked sb. after a traffic accident

、 failed to finish his contract

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12、【单选题】
The license granted to Tyson to fight will be terminated ___. [1分]

、 by the end of the year

、 in over a year

、 in August

、 in a few weeks

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13、【单选题】
The Russian documents are expected to draw great attention because ___. [1分]

、 they cover the whole story of the former US president

、 the assassin used to live in the former Soviet Union

、 they are the only official documents released about Kennedy

、 they solved the mystery surrounding Kennedy’s assassination

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14、【单选题】
In the recent three months, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has ___. [1分]

、 increased slowly

、 decreased gradually

、 stayed steady

、 become unpredictable

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15、【单选题】
According to the news, which of the following statements is TRUE? [1分]

、 Business conditions have worsened in the past three months.

、 The past three months have seen a declining trend in job offers.

、 The rise of unemployment rate in some sectors equals the fall in others.

、 The unemployment rate in all sectors of the economy remains unchanged.

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16、【单选题】
At the beginning, the passage seems to suggest that Blackpool ___. [2分]

、 will continue to remain as an entertainment centre

、 complied with EC’s standards of clearliness

、 had no swimming beaches all along

、 is planning to revive its former attraction

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17、【单选题】
We can learn from the passage that Blackpool used to ___. [2分]

、 have as many beaches as Luxumbourg

、 have seriously polluted drinking water

、 boast some imposing seafront sights

、 attract few domestic holiday makers

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18、【单选题】
What Blackpool’s beaches strike visitors most is their ___. [2分]

、 emptiness

、 cleanliness

、 modernity

、 monotony

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19、【单选题】
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the writer’s opinion? [2分]

、 Countries paid a heavy price for whichever measure taken.

、 Countries all found themselves in an economic dilemma.

、 Withdrawal of foreign capital resulted in the crisis.

、 Most governments chose one of the two options.

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20、【单选题】
The writer thinks that those Asian countries ___. [2分]

、 well deserved the punishment

、 invested in a senseless way at the time

、 were unduly punished in the crisis

、 had bad relationships between government and business

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21、【单选题】
It can be inferred from the passage that IMF policy recommendations ___. [2分]

、 were far from a panacea in all cases

、 were feasible in their recipient countries

、 failed to work in their recipient countries

、 were rejected unanimously by Asian countries

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22、【单选题】
At the end of the passage, the writer seems to think that a full reco very of the Asian economy is ___. [2分]

、 due

、 remote

、 imaginative

、 unpredictable

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23、【单选题】
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? [2分]

、 Migration exerts a great impact on population change.

、 Migration contributes to Mankind’s progress.

、 Migration brings about desirable and undesirable effects.

、 Migration may not be accompanied by human conflicts.

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24、【单选题】
According to Kingsley Davis, migration occurs as a result of the foll owing reasons EXCEPF ___. [2分]

、 human adaptability

、 human evolution

、 cultural differences

、 inter-group inequalities

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25、【单选题】
Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned as migrants in the pas sage? [2分]

、 Farmers.

、 Workers.

、 Settlers.

、 Colon izers.

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26、【单选题】
There seems to be a(n) ___ relationship between great events an d migration. [2分]

、 loose

、 indefinite

、 causal

、 rem ote

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27、【单选题】
Creative artists and thinkers achieve communication by ___. [2分]

、 depending on shared conventions

、 fashioning their own conventions

、 adjusting their personal feelings

、 elaborating a common language

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28、【单选题】
A common characteristic of artists and scientists involved in creativ e work is that ___. [2分]

、 they cave about the possible reaction to their work

、 public response is one of the primary conceits

、 they are keenly aware of public interest in their work

、 they are indifferent toward response to their work

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29、【单选题】
According to the passage, which of the following statements is INCORR ECT? [2分]

、 Individual contributions combined possess great significance to the public.

、 Good contributors don’t neglect the use of internal communication system.

、 Everyone except those original people comes under the influence of society.

、 Knowing how to communicate is universal among human beings.

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30、【单选题】
It is implied at the end of the passage that highly original individu als feel isolated because they ___. [2分]

、 fail to acknowledge and use an acceptable form of communication

、 actually differ from other individuals in the same period

、 have little in common with the society of the time

、 refuse to admit parallels between themselves and the society

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31、【单选题】
The purpose of the passage is to ___. [1分]

、 review some newly-published interior-design books

、 explore the potential market for interior-design books

、 persuade people to buy some good books

、 stress the importance of reading good books

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32、【单选题】
The writer of the passage mainly intends to ___. [1分]

、 criticize Germany’s tax system

、 help companies ease their tax burden

、 examine the current corporate tax rates

、 propose ways to reform the tax system

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33、【单选题】
The following passage emphasizes the role of ___ in health conservation. [1分]

、 advertising

、 research

、 governments

、 taxation

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34、【单选题】
The passage is primarily ___ in the development of the thesis. [1分]

、 persuasive

、 descriptive

、 narrative

、 expository

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35、【单选题】
According to the census prediction, the average male Americans will b e expected to live up to ___ years of age by 2050. [1分]

、 73.3

、 75.1

、 81.3

、 83.6

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36、【单选题】
Crime experts predict that in the near future crime rates will first decrease in ___. [1分]

、 South and Southwest

、 North and Northeast

、 Southwest and Midwest

、 Northeast and Midwest

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37、【单选题】
The formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States w ere established on ___. [1分]

、 February 28,1972

、 January 28,1979

、 December 16,1978

、 January 1,1979

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38、【单选题】
The Five Principles for the establishment of a new type of Sino -US r elationship were put forward by Chinese President Jiang Zemin in ___. [1分]

、 Seattle

、 Jakarta 

、 Manila

、 New York

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39、【单选题】
Whose works would you most probably choose to read if you were intere sted in satire? [1分]

、 Alexander Pope.

、 Oliver Goldsmith.

、 R.B.Sheridan.

、 W.M. Thackeray.

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40、【单选题】
Which of the following writers was a Nobel-Prize winner? [1分]

、 Alexander Pope.

、 John Galsworthy.

、 Thomas Hardy.

、 W.M. Thackeray.

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