1、2. A) mostly B) partially C) occasionally D) rarely3. A) Therefore B) Besides C) Otherwise D) Consequently4. A) drift B) tide C) current D) trend5. A) remarkably B) essentially C) specially D )particularly6. A) While B) Because C) When D) Since7. A) surging B) stretching C) slipping D) shaking8. A)
2、unless B) if C) as D) after9. A) lower B) slighter C) broader D) larger10. A) liable to B) in terms of C) thanks to D) in view of11. A) unique B) similar C) mysterious D) strange12. A) over B) against C) on D) behind13. A) mess B) boom C) growth D) decay14. A) proceeded B)relieved C) launched D) rev
3、ised15. A) quickening B) widening C) strengthening D) lengthening16. A) average B) massive C) abundant D) general17. A) labels B) cycles C) vehicles D) devices18. A) or B) until C) but D) then19. A) concludes B) predicts C) reckons D) prescribes20. A) distant B) likely C) temporary D) immediateTest
4、2Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut _1_ from the world of books and newspapers, having to _2_ on friends to read aloud to them.A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a comp
5、uter which is a major _3_ in providing aid to the _4_. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that _5_ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like _6_ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons _7_ Cyclopss keyboard, a blind person can “read” any
6、 _8_ document in the English language.This remarkable invention represents a tremendous _9_ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. _10_, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller _11_ improved version that will sell _12_ less than half that pric
7、e. Within a few years, Kurzweil _13_ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to _14_ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that _15_ will be able to buy home _16_ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set.Mr. Hingsons organizat
8、ion purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been _17_ in those tests, making lots of _18_ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops.“This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual st
9、udies _19_ a product was put on the market, Hingson said. “Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that _20_, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.”1. A) up B) down C) in D) off(D)2. A) dwell B) rely C
10、) press D) urge(B)3. A) execution B) distinction C) breakthrough D) process(C)4. A) paralyzed B) uneducated C) invisible D) sightless(D)5. A) scans B) enlarges C) sketches D) projects(A)6. A) behavior B) expression C) movement D) voice(D)7. A) on B) at C) in D) from(A)8. A) visual B) printed C) virt
11、ual D) spoken(B)9. A) stride B) trail C) haul D) footprint(A)10. A) Likewise B) Moreover C) However D) Though(C)11. A) but B) than C) or D) then(A)12. A) on B) for C) through D) to(B)13. A) estimates B) considers C) counts D) determines(A)14. A) settle B) own C) invest D) retain(B)15. A) schools B)
12、children C) families D) companies(C)16. A) models B) modes C) cases D) collections(A)17. A) producing B) researching C) ascertaining D) assisting(D)18. A) true B) valuable C) authentic D) pleasant(B)19. A) after B) when C) before D) as(C)20. A) occasion B) moment C) sense D) event(C)Test 3Comparison
13、s were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened _21_. As was discussed before, it was not _22_ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic _23_, following in the wake
14、 of the pamphlet and the book and in the _24_ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution _25_ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading _26_ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures _27_ the 20th-century world of the motor c
15、ar and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in _28_. It is important to do so.It is generally recognized, _29_, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, _30_ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, _31_ its impact o
16、n the media was not immediately _32_. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as _33_, with display becoming sharper and storage _34_ increasing. They were thought of, like people, _35_ generations, with the distance between generations mu
17、ch _36_.It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the _37_ within which we now live. The communications revolution has _38_ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been _39_ view about its
18、economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed _40_ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.21. A between B before C since D later22. A after B by C during D until23. A means B method C medium D measure24. A process B company C light D form2
19、5. A gathered B speeded C worked D picked26. A on B out C over D off27. A of B for C beyond D into28. A concept B dimension C effect D perspective29. A indeed B hence C however D therefore30. A brought B followed C stimulated D characterized31. A unless B since C lest D although32. A apparent B desi
20、rable C negative D plausible33. A institutional B universal C fundamental D instrumental34. A ability B capability C capacity D faculty35. A by means of B in terms of C with regard to D in line with36. A deeper B fewer C nearer D smaller37. A context B range C scope D territory38. A regarded B impre
21、ssed C influenced D effected39. A competitive B controversial C distracting D irrational40. A above B upon C against D withSection II: Use of English (10 points)21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. B26. A 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. B31. D 32. A 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. CTest 4The human nose is
22、 an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, _1_ this is largely because, _2_ animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are _3_ to perceiving those smells which float through the air, _4_ the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In
23、 fact, _5_, we are extremely sensitive to smells, _6_ we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of _7_ human smells even when these are _8_ to far below one part in one million.Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, _9_ others are sensitive to
24、 the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate _10_ smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send _11_ to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell _12_ can
25、suddenly become sensitive to it when _13_ to it often enough.The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it _14_ to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can _15_ new receptors if necessary. This may _16_ explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own sme
26、lls we simply do not need to be. We are not _17_ of the usual smell of our own house but we _18_ new smells when we visit someone elses. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors _19_ for unfamiliar and emergency signals _20_ the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.1. A although B as C but D while2. A above B unlike C excluding D besides3. A limited B committed C dedicated D con
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