英美报刊选读模拟卷.docx

1、英美报刊选读模拟卷英美报刊选读模拟卷考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 90 分钟I. Translate the following terms into Chinese.( 30something overt like having your mouth washed out or more subtle like discrimination.2.In the United States and Australia in past decades, the government forced native peoples to abandon their languages through veh

2、icles such as boarding schools that punished youth for speaking a traditional tongue.3.By the time of last week s election, she had won over all but the most partisan of critics.4.Text messaging is being used effectively by two colleges in WestYorkshire as a way of communicating with students. As we

3、ll as sending them reminders about lessons and dealines, the phones are being used for learning games and revision exercises.5.The meeting certainly produced more than the usual photo ops and spin -and its participants did not go away yelling at one another as they have in the past.VIII. Reading Com

4、prehension ( 20 x 2 =40)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage one: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.Violence Can Do Nothing to Di

5、minish Race PrejudiceIn some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black manprot

6、ests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmlyargue in favor of violence- as if it were a legitimate solution, likeany other. What is really frightening, what really fills you wit

7、h despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have madeno actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has tau

8、ght us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, thesuffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.Before

9、 we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other s problems. And to do this, we mustlearn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchangingIt s rather like theyou ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.story of the famous

10、barrister who painstakingly explained his case to thejudge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained thatKnowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge thatviolence creates the evils it pretends to solve.1. What is the best title for this passage?A) Advocating Vio

11、lence.B) Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice.C) Important People on Both Sides See Violence As a Legitimate Solution.D) The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty for Violence.2. Recorded history has taught us3. It can be inferred that truly reasonable menC) are persecuted.D) Have diffic

12、ulty in advocating lawenforcement.4.“He was none the wiser ” meansA)he was not at all wise in listening.B)He was not at all wiser than nothing before.C)He gains nothing after listening.D)He makes no sense of the argument.5. According the author the best way to solve race prejudice isC) nonviolence.D

13、) Mopping up the violent mess.Passage two: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.THE elephants of Thailand used never to be short of work hauling timber.But most of the countrys forests have been cut down, and logging is now banned to save the few that are left. The number of domestica

14、ted elephants left in the country is now only 2,500 or so, down from about 100,000 a century ago. Though being the national animal of Thailand earns an elephant plenty of respect, this does not put grass on the table. Thai elephants these days take tourists on treks or perform in circuses, and are s

15、ometimes to be seen begging for bananas on the streets of Bangkok.Some of the 46 elephants living at the Thai Elephant ConservationCentre, a former government logging camp near Lampang, have found a new life in music. The Thai Elephant Orchestra is the creation of two Americans,Richard Lair, who has

16、 worked with Asian elephants for 23 years, and DavidSoldier, a musician and neuroscientist with a taste for the avant-garde.They provided six of the centers elephants, aged seven to 18, with a variety of percussion and wind instruments. Those familiar with Thai instruments will recognize the slit drums, the gong, the bow bass, the xylophone-like rants, as well as the t