外研社杯全国英语阅读大赛样题.docx

1、外研社杯全国英语阅读大赛样题2021“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛样题2021“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛样题Part I Read and KnowIn Part I, you will read short texts of various kinds. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. (Time allowed: 22 minutes) Questions 1-3 (Suggested completion time: 5 minutes)Directions: Read the following quo

2、tes. Match the quotes on the left with the people on the right. Please note there are two extra options you do not need to use.Questions 4 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.To ensure the high standards of facilities we need

3、 to build new wards, laboratories and consulting rooms. In short, we need your help now. Complete the coupon today and rest assured that your donation is going to the best possible cause. 4. Where is the piece of text taken from?A. an advertisement B. an instruction bookletC. a story D. a newspaperQ

4、uestions 5 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.Few corners of the world remain untainted by intrepid tourists, and their impact is often devastating. Too frequently they trample heedlessly on fragile environments, displacing

5、wildlife and local populations in their insatiable quest for unexplored locations. 5. What is the best title for this text?A. The future of tourismB. The role of tourismC. The price of tourismD. The benefits of tourismQuestions 6 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and a

6、nswer the question according to the text.Buying and selling anything is your forte now. If you visit a jumble or car-boot sale or the like, a romantic encounter is more than probable! News linked to the family is brilliant!6. What type of text is this?A. A personal advertisement.B. A personal horosc

7、ope.C. A friends letter of advice.D. A written warning.Questions 7 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text. With our travel agency, the holiday you book is the holiday you get. If you arrive and find weve failed to live up to our

8、 promises, let us know what the problem is within one day of your arrival. Well spend 24 hours doing everything possible to sort the problem out. In the unlikely event that we cant resolve your problem and make you happy within 24 hours, well fly you home and give your money back.7. The text could b

9、est be described as _.A. a commitmentB. an appealC. a warningD. a vowQuestions 8 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text. The new digital cameras are great fun and very easy to use. They let you review your pictures the moment yo

10、u take them, so you can re-shoot right away if youre not satisfied. But remember, a digital camera is just a computer XXXX. Its not a replacement for your ordinary camera.8. What is the meaning of the missing word (XXXX) in the text?A. “something that is poor quality”B. “an item that is not essentia

11、l, something extra”C. “something expensive but good value for money”D. “a fashion which always remains popular”Questions 9 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.She had gone alone, but the children were to go to the station to

12、meet her. And loving the station as they did, it was only natural that they should be there a good hour before there was any chance of Mothers train arriving, even if the train were punctual, which was most unlikely.9. What can you say about their mothers train?A. It would probably be early.B. It wo

13、uld probably be on time.C. It would probably be late.D. It had been cancelled.Question 10 (Suggested completion time: 5 minutes)Directions: The bar chart shows the number and proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions, from 19901992 to 20212021. Answer the question according to th

14、e information in the chart.Source: The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report202110. Choose the INCORRECT description about the chart.A.Current estimates suggest that nearly one in nine individuals do not have enough to eat between 2021 and 2021.B.Projections indicate that the 2021 MDG target is

15、nearly reached, with 12.9 per cent of undernourished population.C.The situation noticeably improved during the years 1995-1999, but went down in the first five years of the new millennium.D.The proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has fallen by almost half since 1990.Part II

16、 Read and ReasonIn Part II, you will read short texts on different subjects. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions based on logical inference and reasoning. (Time allowed: 38 minutes) Question 11-12 (Suggested completion time: 10 minutes)Directions: Read the definitions of two typ

17、es of logical fallacy. Answer the questions according to the definitions.11. Which of the following provides a typical example of poisoning the well?A. Thats my stance on funding the education system, and anyone who disagrees with me hates children.B. You are so weird. That meanswe are pretty much s

18、urethat your whole family is weird, too.C. God exists because the Bible says so. The Bible is inspired. Therefore, we know that God exists.D. I dont care what you say. We dont need any more bookshelves. As long as the carpet is clean, we are fine.12. Which of the following provides a typical example

19、 of a false dilemma?A. Smoking is harmful to health, so you are supposed to quit smoking. B. If the government doesnt reduce public spending, our economy will collapse.C. You may as well avoid overeating, or else you might be obese in no time. D. You are the worst of the classmates; therefore, what

20、you say is incredible.Questions 13 (Suggested completion time: 4 minutes)Directions: Read the passage about syllogism. Decide whether the reasonings are Valid or Invalid based on the principles of syllogism.Syllogism is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a concl

21、usion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. It is perhaps todays most commonly accepted form of logical reasoning in aptitude tests. The most commonly used type of syllogisms is elucidated in a frequently used example:Premise 1: All men are mortal.Premise 2: Socr

22、ates is a man.Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.Now practice syllogisms for IQ tests. Please note that the conclusion is based on logical reasoning and doesnt necessarily represent the “truth” always. 13. Valid ( ); Invalid ( )Premise 1: All human action is conditioned by circumstances. Premise 2: All

23、human action involves morality. Conclusion: All that involves morality is conditioned by circumstances. Questions 14 (Suggested completion time: 4 minutes)Directions: Read the passage about contraposition. Decide whether the reasonings are Valid or Invalid based on the principles of contraposition.I

24、nlogic,contrapositionis a law that says that aconditional statementislogically equivalentto itscontrapositive. The contrapositive of the statement has its antecedent and consequentinvertedandflipped. The most commonly used type of contraposition is elucidated in the following example:Premise 1: If i

25、t is raining, then there are clouds in the sky.Premise 2: There are no clouds in the sky.Conclusion: It is not raining.Now practice contraposition for IQ tests. Please note that the conclusion is based on logical reasoning and doesnt necessarily represent the “truth” always.14. Valid ( ); Invalid (

26、) Premise 1: If he is not an American, he is not from Texas.Premise 2: He is from Texas.Conclusion: He is an American. Questions 15-17 (Suggested completion time: 6 minutes)Directions: Read the text about a science discovery. Answer the questions according to the text. Manipulating MemoryMemory is n

27、otoriously malleable. Our recollections fade and take on new meanings; sometimes we remember things that never even happened. But 15 .Recently, however, scientists have started to grasp and tinker with memorys physical basis. Last year, in work evocative of films such asEternal Sunshine of the Spotl

28、ess Mindand Inception, researchers discovered ways to manipulate specific memories in mice using optogenetics, a powerful technique that can trigger nerve cells in animals brains by zapping them with beams of laser light. In a series of experiments, they showed that they could delete existing memori

29、es and “incept” false ones.This year, researchers went even further: switching the emotional content of a memory in mice from bad to good and vice versa. Under the laser, for example, male mice that had once associated a certain room with being shocked were tricked into acting as though they had onc

30、e met friendly female mice there instead.Whether the mice in these experiments actually experienced vivid false memories or just a fuzzy sense of pleasure or fear is unclear. Nor is it clear whether the findings apply to the tricks of memory so familiar to people. Long-sought therapeutic advances, s

31、uch as treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, could remain far off. One thing is certain, however: Once considered beyond scientific dissection, memory is finally starting to yield its secrets.15. Which of the following best fits the numbered space in the passage? A.what is really happening

32、in our brain as memories are remodeled remains mysteriousB.scientists are curious about why people are oblivious to what have happened to them C.advanced technology has helped scientists discover the workings of our brainD.some scientists argue that what we observe about human memory is not what it really is 16. The word “incept” is closest in meaning to _.A. operate B. startC. detectD. occupy1