试题A
Passage 1
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a bookshop. A bookshop is very much like a music shop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. It is a good shop: no assistant will approach you with the evitable greeting. “Can I help you?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary.
Once a medical student had to read a text-book which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn’t obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in a certain bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was disappointed to find the book missing from its usual place. He was about to leave, when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book which was tucked away in a corner. “I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it!” He said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.
1. You may spend a long time in a bookshop because ______ .
A. you are absorbed in the books that are very attractive B. you start reading one of the books C. it is raining outside
D. you have to make sure you don’t buy a dull book as a present 2. In a good bookshop ______ .
A. nobody takes any notice of you
B. the assistant greets you in a friendly way C. your heart is contented
D. you feel that you are in a music shop
3. The medical student went to the bookshop every day ______ .
A. to see if the book he wanted was in its usual place B. to read the book without buying it C. to talk with the shop owner D. to try to get the text-book
4. The text-book the medical student was interested in was tucked away in a corner ______ .
A. to prevent anyone from buying it
B. because the medical student might take it away C. in case the medical student was tempted to buy it D. because the medical student was tempted to buy it 5. The medical student was surprised because ______ .
A. he saw the owner beckoning to him
B. the book wasn’t in its usual place
C. he had expected the owner to be angry with him, but in fact ,he was not. D. he was about to leave Passage 2
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced plans to return people to the moon by 2018. “And this time,” according to a NASA press release, “we’re going to stay.”
NASA wants to make a new spaceship for the missions using parts from the Apollo program, which first took people to the moon in 1969, and the space shuttle. NASA says the new Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) will be “affordable, reliable, and sage.”
The CEV will be able to hold four astronauts. The plan is to have the CEV dock (对接) in space with the lunar lander — the vehicle astronauts will use to land on the moon — which will be launched separately into space. The CEV will then travel to the moon and all four astronauts will walk on the moon.
The first moon missions are expected to last up to seven days. Exploration and construction of a moon base will be the astronauts’ top priorities(最优先考虑的事). NASA hopes to have a minimum of two moon missions a year starting in 2018. This will allow for quick moon base construction, constant scientific study, and training for future missions to Mars.
6. What is new in NASA’s plan to return to the moon by 2018? A. People will land and remain on the moon. B. Equipment will be carried and installed there. C. More CEVs will be made regularly. D. A special device will be used in landing. 7. How will NASA make its new spaceship?
A. It will base its design on that of the Apollo program. B. It will use parts only from the Apollo program.
C. It will make use of the Apollo program and the space shuttle. D. It will develop new designs and make new components. 8. How will CEV and the moon lander be launched? A. They will be launched separately. B. CEV will dock with the moon lander. C. They will be launched together.
D. The moon lander will hold four astronauts. 9. What will be the astronauts’ top priorities?
A. Entering the orbit and landing on the moon. B. Landing and walking on the moon surface.
C. Exploration and researches into the moon composition. D. Exploration and construction of a moon base.
10. The reason why NASA hopes to carry out at least two moon missions a year starting in 2018 is
to ______.
A. ensure the moon traveling and the moon base construction B. speed up the moon base construction and other activities C. guarantee the quality of the researchers’ scientific study
D. set up new training laboratories for future missions to Mars
Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. _______________________________，(如果不立即采取行动)many kinds of wild animals would die from hunger.
2. That song always _____________________________.(使她回想起在芝加哥度过的那个夜晚)
3. ___________________-,(由于天气恶劣)all flights to New York are delayed.
4. I can’t find my checkbook, _________________________.(我一定是把它留在家里了) 5. ________________________，(除非你有经验)you won’t get the job. 6. ___________________________，（如果你继续对每个人这么粗鲁）you will soon find yourself without any friends at all.
7. _________________________(我过去常去看电影)but I never have time now. 8. Some people think he is rude, ______________________. (但情况并非如此) 9. Her hard work _________________.(使她得到了一大笔奖金) 10.We are considering ________________.（卖房子）
参考答案：
Reading:
1-5 AABAD 6-10 ACADB
1. Without immediate action
2. reminded her of the night spent in Chicago. 3. Because of the bad weather 4. I must have left it at home
5. Unless you have got the experience
6. If you keep on being so rude to everybody 7. I used to go to the movies cinema 8. but that’s not the case
9. resulted in a big bonus for her 10. selling the house
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