英语口语练习题.docx

1、英语口语练习题英语口语练习题一、阅读理解Passage OneUnless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids(小行星) now ,one might crash into Earth destroy life as we know it ,say some scientists.Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and dont threa

2、ten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.Buy 50 million worth new telescopes right now. Then spend 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one , the scientists say, well have a way to ch

3、ange its course.Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldnt be cheap.Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are:1)How likely the event is; and 2)How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big en

4、ough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare-but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. “If we dont take care of these big asteroids, theyll take care of us,” says one scientist. “Its that simple.” The cure, though, might be worse than the

5、disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less go fear from doomsday(毁灭性的)rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,” said a New York Times article.1. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? A. They are heavenly bodies

6、 different in composition.B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.C. There are more asteroids than meteoroids.D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.2. What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists.B. Such a collisi

7、on might occur once every 25 years.C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.D. Its still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.3. What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids? A. It sounds practic

8、al but it may not solve the problem.B. It may create more problems than it might solve.C. It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.D. Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.4. We can conclude from the passage that A. While pushing as

9、teroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world.B. asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future.C. the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime.D. workable solutions still have to be found to

10、 prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth.5. Which of the following best describes the authors tone in this passage? A. Optimistic B. Critical C. Objective D. ArbitraryPassage TwoBelieve it or not, optical illusion(错觉)can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile cr

11、ashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形)painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington

12、D. C. is planning to rep eat Japans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic

13、 accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed related hazards are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initial

14、ly cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bar. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane spear to be

15、narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.6. The passage mainly discusses A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new approach to training driversD. a new type of optical illusion7. On roads painted

16、 with chevrons drivers tend to feel that A. they should avoid speed related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong laneC. they should slow down their speedD, they are approaching the speed limit 8. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former A. can keep drivers awake

17、B. can cut road accidents in halfC. will have a longer effect on driversD. will look more attractive9. The American Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to A. try out the Japanese method in certain areasB. change the road sighs across the countryC. replace straight, horizontal bars with c

18、hevronsD. repeat the Japanese road patterns10. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads? A. They are falling out of use in the United States.B. They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.C. They are applicable only on broad roads.D. They cannot

19、be applied successfully to traffic circles.I、单项选择题Choose the best answer from the choices given:1. To the dinner party all her _were invited. a. relationb. relationsc. a relationd. the relations2. His ill-health may well be _malnutrition. a. due tob. next toc. thanks tod. up to3. Why is there _ traf

20、fic on the streets in February than in May. a. fewerb. fewc. littled. less4. _ friends usually speak highly of him. a. His someb. His manyc. Many hisd. Some his5.The ship was sunk by a collision;but _diving apparatus the cargo was retrieved. a. for the sake ofb. by way ofc. by reason ofd. by means o

21、f 6. Hainan province has _. a. too much summerb. too many summerc. long summerd. much summer7.He _likes fiction_poetry. a. Both.andb. Whether.orc. Neither.nord. Not only.but also8. Over sixty per cent of the city _destroyed in the war. a. areb. wasc. wered. is 9.They denied_any further information t

22、o help the police. a. to be givenb. to have been givenc. givingd. give10.There are trees on _ side of the street. a. such ab. bothc. somed. each11.No one is exempt_taxation in the United States. a. inb. aboutc. withd. from12.he would rather _ to others than talk himself. a. listenb. to listenc. list

23、enedd. listening13. We still have a lot of problems _. a. unsolvedb. unsolvingc. unsolved. to be unsolved14. He regretted _ her the truth. a. having toldb. to have toldc. had toldd. to tell15.Jerry is very generous_his money. a. at b. inc. ond. with16. _ by accident _ by design, he arrived too late

24、to help us. a. Not only.but alsob. Neither.norc. Whether.ord. Both.and17._ , he managed to remain among the top 5% of his class. a. To work hard as he didb. Working hard as he didc. Work hard as he didd. Worked hard as he did 18. They left the door open _ to hear the baby. a. so as for meb. so that

25、mec. in order for med. and for me19. New machinery _ arriving tomorrow. a. will beb. isc. ared. shall be20. The family _ able to come to a unanimous consent that the child must be operated on as quickly as possible. a. wereb. isc. ared. was三 、完型填空In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults, 21%

26、said they believed the sun revolved(旋转)around the earth. An 1 7% did not know which revolved around 2 I have no doubt that 3 all of these people were 4 in school that the earth revolves around the sun 5 may even have written in 6 at est. But they never 7 their incorrect mental models of planetary(行星

27、的) 8 because their every day observations didnt support 9 their teachers told them: People see the sun moving 10 the sky as morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary(静止的) 11 that is happening. Students can l learn the right answers 12 heart in class, and yet never combined them 13 their

28、 working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the 14 personal understanding of the world Can 15 side by side, each unaffected by the other.Outside of class, the student continues to use the 16 model because it has always worked well 17 that circumstance, Unle

29、ss professors address 18 errors in students personal models of the world, students are not 19 to replace them with the 20 one .( )1. A. excessive B. extra C. additional D. added( )2. A. what B. which C. that D. other( )3. A. virtually B. remarkably C. ideally D. preferably( )4. A. learned B. suggest

30、ed C. taught D. advised( )5. A. those B. these C. who D. they( )6. A. on B. with C. under D. for( )7. A. formed B. altered C. believed D. thought( )8. A. operation B. position C. motion D. location( )9. A. how B. which C. that D. what( )10.A. around B. across C. on D. above( )11.A. since B. so C. wh

31、ile D. for( )12.A. to B. by C. in D. with( )13.A. with B. into C. to D. along( )14.A. adults B. teachers C. scientists D. students( )15.A. exist B. occur C. survive D.maintain( )16.A. private B. individual C. personal D. own( )17.A. in B. with C. on D.for( )18.A. general B. natural C. similar D. specific( )19.A. obliged B. likely C. probable D. partial( )20.A