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1、考试结束时，须将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。Prat I Reading Comprehension （共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，共 40 分）Directions: There are 4 passage in this part . Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements . For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your an

2、swer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 based on the following passage .We use both words and gestures to express our feelings ,but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways .It is true that a smile means the

3、 same thing in any language . So does laughter or crying . There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings . Dogs , tigers and humans , for example , often show their teeth when they are angry . This is probably because they are born with those be

4、havior patterns .Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world . In Chinese and English literature , a phrase like “he went pale and began to tremble”suggests that the man is either very afraid or deeply shocked . However , “he opened his eyes wide ” is used to sugges

5、t anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise . In Chinese surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues ”. Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike .Even in the same culture , people differ in the ability to und

6、erstand and express feelings Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear ,anger love and happiness on peoples faces . Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do .1.Accord

7、ing to the passage , _.A.we can hardly understand what peoples gestures meanB.words and gestures may have different meanings in different culturesC.words can be better understand by older peopleD.gestures can be better understand by most of the people while words can not2.Peoples facial expressions

8、may be misunderstand because_。A.people of different ages may have different understandings B.people have different culturesC.people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently D.people of different countries speak different languages3.Even in the same culture , people_.A.have different a

9、bilities to understand and express feelings B.have exactly the same understanding of something C.never fail to understand each otherD.are equally intelligent4.From this passage .we can conclude_. A.words are used as frequently as gestures B.words are often found difficult to understandC.words and ge

10、stures are both used in expressing feelings D.gestures are more efficiently used than words5.The best title for this passage be_.A. Words and Feelings B. Words,Gestures and FeelingsC. Gestures and Feelings D. Culture and UnderstandingPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage .T

11、he English policeman has several nicknames but the most frequently used are “copper” and “bobby”. The first name comes form the verb “to cop” （ which is also slang ） , meaning “to take”or “to capture” , and the second comes form the first name of Sir Robert Peel , a 19th century politician , who was

12、 the founder of the police force as we know it today . An early nickname for the policeman was “peeler” , but this one has died out .Whatever we may call them , the general opinion of the police seems to be a favorable one , except , of course , among the criminal part of the community where the pol

13、ice are given more derogatory nicknames which originated in America , such as “fuzz” or “pig” . Visitors to England seem to be very impressed by the English police . It has , in fact , because standing joke that the visitor to Britain , when asked for his views of the country , will always say , at

14、some point or other , “I think your policemen are wonderful”.Well , the British bobby not always be wonderful but he is usually a very friendly and helpful sort of character . A music-hall song of some years ago was called “If You Want To Know The Time , Ask A Policeman ” . Nowadays , most people ow

15、n watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman . In London , the policeman spend so much of their time directing visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else .Two things are immediately noticeable to the stranger when he s

16、ees an English policeman for the first time . The first is that does not carry a pistol and the second is that he wears a very distinctive type of headgear , the policemans helmet . His helmet , together with his height , enables an English policeman to be time it is suggested that the policeman sho

17、uld be given a pistol and than his helmet should be taken form him , but both suggestions are resisted by the majority of the public and the police themselves .6. Nowadays British people call the policeman_. A.pig B.peeler C.bobby D.fuzz7.Which of following statements is TRUE?A.There are fewer crimi

18、nals in America than in Britain .B.B.The English police usually leave a deep impression on visitors . C.The English bobby is friendly but not helpful .D.The English police enjoy having pistols .8.If you see an English policeman for the first time , you will probably notice at once that_.A.he often t

19、ells people time B.he is usually very helpfulC.he has a helmet on the head D.he wears special clothes9.That an English policeman can be seen form some distance is_.A.a standing joke B.of no helpC.strange and funny D.of some help10.Visitors praise the English police because_.A.they are police and hel

20、pful B.they obey ordersC.they often give thanks D.they are armed with modern equipmentPassage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage .It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory . The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions , the bases for the decision

21、s we make , and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences , which are brought into the present by memory .Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for latter for later use . It not only includes “remembering ” things like arithmetic or hist

22、orical facts but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves . Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile . Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat .Memory exists not o

23、nly in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines . Computers , for example , contain devices for storing data for later use . It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being . The instant-access memory of a large computer may

24、hold up to 100,000 “words” ready for instant use . An average American teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English . However , this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored . Consider , for example , the number of faces and pla

25、ces that the teenager can recognize on sight .The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings . A large part of a persons memory is in terms of words and combinations of words .11.According to the passage , memory is considered to be_. A.the basis for decis

26、ion making and problem solvingB.the ability to store information for future useC.an intelligence typically possessed by human beingsD.the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words12.The comparison between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that_.A

27、.computers memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenagers B.computers memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human beings C.computers memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenagers D.computers memory capacity is the same as a teenagers13.It is implied in the passage that_.A.only

28、human beings have problem-solving intelligenceB.a persons memory is different from a computers in every respect C.animals can solve very simple problemsD.animals solve problems by instinct rather than intelligence14.The phrase “in term of” in the last sentence can be best replaced by “_” .A.in conne

29、ction with B.expressed byC.consisting D.by means of15.The main idea of the passage is_.A.what life would be like without memoryB.memory is of vital importance to lifeC.how a persons memory is different form an animals or a computersD.what memory carriesPassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the

30、 following passage .Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people . A great deal of communication is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech . If we travel in buses , buy thing in shops , or eat in restaurants , we

31、are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions , receive news or comment ,and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society .Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society . Two things , above others , have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry . Firstly , inventiveness has led to advances in printing , telecommu