College English Test
Direction
/SPAN> There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Question 1 to 5 are based on the following passage/SPAN>
For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies—and other creatures—learn to do things because certain arts lead to “rewards”; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological (生理的) “drives” as thirsty and hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children’s responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “switched on” a display of lights—and indeed they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.
Papousek’s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would “smile and bubble” when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.
1. According to the author, babies learn to do things which______.
A. are directly related to pleasure
B. will meet their physical needs
C. will bring them a feeling of success
D. will satisfy their curiosity
2. Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby______.
A. would make learned responses when it saw the milk
B. would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink
C. would continue the simple movements without being given milk
D. would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink
3. In Papousek’s experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to______.
A. have the lights turned on
B. be rewarded with milk
C. please their parents
D. be praised
4. The babies would “smile and bubble” at the lights because______.
A. the lights were directly related to some basic “drives”
B. the sight of the lights was interesting
C. they need not turn back to watch the lights
D. they succeeded in “switching on” the lights
5. According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of_______.
A. a basic human desire to understand and control world
B. the satisfaction of certain physiological needs
C. their strong desire to solve complex problems
D. a fundamental human urge to display their learned skill
Question 6 to 10 are based on the following passage/SPAN>
Time is tangible(有形的): one can “gain time”, “spend time”, “waste time”, “save time”, or even “kill time”. Common questions in American English reveal this concrete quality as though time were a possession. “Do you have any time?”, “Can you get some time for this?”, “How much free time do you have?” The treatment of time as a possession influences the way that time is carefully divided.
Generally, Americans are taught to do one thing at a time and may be uncomfortable when an activity is interrupted. In business the careful scheduling calendars are printed with 15-,30-,and 60-minute time slot (空位). A 2:30-3:30 interview may end in time for a brief break before a 3:45-4:00 meeting. The idea that “there is a time and place for everything” extends to American social life. Visitors who “drop by” without prior notice may interrupt their host’s personal time. Thus, calling friends on the telephone before visiting them is generally preferred to visitors’ “dropping by”. To accommodate other people’s schedules, Americans make business plans and social engagements several days or weeks in advance.
6. Americans regard time as______.
A. a special possession
B. a way of making schedules
C. useful in daily expressions
D. of minor importance
7. “There is a time and place for everything”(Para.2) refers to______.
A. social engagements
B. visiting friends
C. orderliness
D. business deals
8. To “drop by”(Para.2) probably means to “______”.
A. leave your name on an appointment calendar
B. make an unannounced visit
C. make a phone call
D. drop a letter in friend’s mailbox
9. Americans prefer to ______.
A. have social engagements
B. “drop by”
C. have calendars in their houses
D. do one thing at a time
10. “Do you have any time?” is similar to “______”.
A. Are you wasting time?
B. Do you have a free moment?
C. Do you have a watch?
D. Are you working today?
Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage/SPAN>
As with most aspects of Plains Indian culture, music was closely bound up with religious beliefs. Instruments were played individually and during public dances, and there was music for almost every occasion.
In public ceremonies singing was combined with dancing and with music form a variety of instruments. The dancers shook rattle or pounded hand-held drums to underscore their foot beats. Rattles were made of gourds or of turtle shells filled with pebbles (卵石) or seeds. Drums generally were made by soaking a strip of wood in hot water and bending it into a circle, then the drum skin was tightly strapped over the circle with rawhide (生皮) laces. While some Plain Indian drums had a single drum skin as a tambourine (手鼓) has, there were others, such as the drums of the Ute, that had skins lashed onto both sides.
The whistle and flute (长笛) were the only Plains Indian wind instruments. Whistles were made from the wing bone of an eagle, the bird that symbolized courage. The recorder like flutes, with finger holes along the top, were crabbed from a length of soft, straight-grained wood, like willow or box elder, that was split in half and hollowed out; the halves were rejoined with glue made from boiled hide scrapings and bound together with rawhide lace to make them airtight.
11. The passage mentions that dancers did all of the following EXCEPT______.
A. play the tambourine
B. pound their feet
C. shake rattles
D. beat on drums
12. In the 4th sentence of paragraph 2, to what does the word “it” refer______.
A. Hot water.
B. A circle.
C. A strip of wood.
D. A drum skin.
13. According to the passage, how did the drums of the Ute differ from many other drums?
A. They were two-sided.
B. They were filled with stones or seeds.
C. They were hand-held.
D. They were wind instruments.
14. According to the passage, whistles were made from______.
A. gourds B. turtle shells C. feathers D. eagle bones
15. According to the passage, boiled hide scrapings were used to make______.
A. finger holes B. boxes C. rawhide lace D. glue
Question 16 to 20 are based on the following passage/SPAN>
“Are these real tomatoes?” the supermarket customer asks. “This sign here says they’re ‘genetically engineered’. What does that mean?”
The produce manager smiles and holds up a big, red tomato. “It means that scientists put new stuff in them----new kinds of genes----to make them better.”
Don’t be surprised if some day soon, maybe within just a few years, you hear conversations like that when you drop into the supermarket to shop. And people won’t be talking about just better tomatoes, but about better fruits and vegetables of all kinds. Scientists are also busy at work these days developing genetically engineered cattle, pigs, poultry (家禽), and even fish to make them “better”.
“Better” can mean any number of things. It can mean tastier, or more visually appealing, or more healthful. It can mean a longer “shelf life”, the time that food can stay in the store before it spoils and has to be thrown out. “Better” can mean leaner beef or pork, or cows that produce more milk. “Better” can also mean plants that are more resistant to disease and insects.
Clearly, we are on the threshold (开端) of a new era. Scientists are now able to clone just about any gene from any organism and put it into the cells of another species of plant or animal. This technology enables researchers to give plants and animals a variety of desirable new characteristics.
Revolutionary as these advances are, they represent merely the latest chapter in the continually unfolding human history. The same basic principles now being applied to the genetic engineering of foods have been used since very ancient times. Always, the aim has been to create crops and animals that are tastier, hardier (更抗寒的), more healthful, or more useful.
16. The conversation in the supermarket, as the passage presents, is__________
A a real one B an imaginary one
C an impossible one D a true to life one
17. The genetically engineered things, as the author describes, include all of the following but______.
A fish B pigs C milk D leaner cows
18. “Better” in the fourth paragraph can mean any number of things but _________.
A longer shelf life B tastier C healthier D leaner cows
19 The cloning technology, as mentioned in this passage, is used to give plant or animal ___________.
A more copies B better food
C new characteristics desired D desirable copies
20 The basic principles now being applied to the genetic engineering are _________ what people in ancient times used.
A the same as B not the same as C different from D opposite to
Question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburbs to the north. Each day, about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridge, taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours; with traffic so heavy, the trip is not pleasant.
Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who ravel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again.
The ferry they take is the roomy, quiet, comfortable “Golden Gate”. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck. In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop, and in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at San Francisco’s famous skyline and the nearby hills.
The trip takes only thirty minutes and is not very costly. But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people feel friendlier toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the “Golden Gate”.
Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other, still larger boats. There is also a proposal for a high-speed boat that will make the trip in only fifteen minutes.
Not everyone is happy about that. “A lot of people don’t want to get back and forth faster,” said one commuter. “They feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax.”
21. Most people cross the river by ______.
A. walking along the bridge B. driving cars
C. taking buses D. taking boats
22. During the morning and evening rush hours, ____ cars cross the bridge.
A. 10,000 B. 5,000 C. 1000,000 D. 100,000
23. So far there ____ in use.
A. is one ferry boat B. are a few ferry boats
C. are several ferry boats D. are many ferry boats
24. Which of the following is true about the “Golden Gate”?
A. Comfortable B. Fast C. Crowded D. Noisy
25. “Not everyone is happy about that.” The sentence shows that some people ____.
A. don’t want to get back to cars again
B. don’t like slow boats
C. don’t like faster boats
D. don’t like the idea of taking boats instead of driving
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
26. They are the first regulations passed in the country which ___________ Chinese and international laws.
A. insulate B. participate C. incorporate D. penetrate
27. What he suggested in his lecture __________ the existing ideas about the causes of heart disease
A. exploited B. exploded C. overcame D. pursued
28. The battle is of great significance when viewed ____________ the progress of the war.
A. in the standpoint of B. from the view of
C. from the opinion of D. in the perspective of
29. New ways to treat arthritis may provide a(n) _________ to painkillers.
A. choice B. option C. alternative D. defect
30. It was difficult to ________ what was said over the loudspeaker in the square.
A. make out B. make off C. make over D. make up
31. __________ continued protection and conservation, the country-side will be used and enjoyed by our children and grandchildren.
A. Given B. Granted C. Provided D. Allowed
32. Students are not allowed to ___________ the final exam if they have missed one third of the classes.
A. make B. sit C. offer D. go
33. The Labour Party __________ its support for the campaign for Nuclear disarmament.
A. exposed B. adored C. declared D. frustrated
34. The poor man got lung cancer at the age of 60 and since then his health has been __________.
A. in decline B. on the decrease C. on the fall D. in decrease
35. The doctor had great __________ for her patients.
A. consistency B. sympathy C. capability D. imperfection
36. You need to rewrite this sentence because it is __________; the readers will have difficulty in understanding it.
A. comprehensive B. alternative C. deliberate D. ambiguous
37. The tour of our country __________ the foreign visitors on the workings of democracy.
A. determined B. focused C. instructed D. hampered
38. The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many __________ references.
A. obscure B. acute C. notable D. objective
39. I was very ________ to agree to their conditions, but I didn’t really have much choice.
A. annoyed B. impatient C. helpless D. unwilling
40. The moment my mother came home after a day’s work, she lit the fire and ______ making the soup.
A. set aside B. set about C. set off D. set up
41. While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any _________ messages for me.
A. urgent B. hasty C. early D. confident
42. The chairperson was very angry when the executive committee members __________ late for the meeting.
A. turned in B. turned up C. turned out D. turned over
43. There is reasonable __________ of reaching the trapped child before it gets dark.
A. illusion B. concept C. deception D. prospect
44. I’m interested in a detailed __________ of your trip.
A. explanation B. message C. description D. statement
45. There are serious penalties for failure to __________ with the regulations.
A. consult B. comply C. confront D. identify
46. Not that John doesn’t want to help you, ___________ it’s beyond his power.
A. in that B. for that C. and that D. but that
47. She is only 12 years old? I find that completely __________ .
A. credible B. credulous C. incredible D. incredulous
48. Everybody liked the stranger, but __________ he was a criminal.
A. of a truth B. in a matter of fact C. in reality D. in the fact
49. He offered the boys some coffee. They __________ politely.
A. inclined B. declined C. rejected D. injected
50. He adapted himself to the changing ___________ of society.
A. phases B. time C. people D. economy
51. You can’t keep small children still; they are always ___________.
A. on the run B. on the go C. in a hurry D. in haste
52. Roger cannot __________ all his problems.
A. cope for B. cope with C. cope against D. cope over
53. Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last __________ .
A. resort B. approach C. appeal D. solution
54. You needn’t speak so loudly, __________?
A. don’t you B. do you C. needn’t you D. need you
55. Long sentences and difficult sentence patterns in this novel have been __________, but it still keeps much of the charm and flavour of the original.
A. adopted B. applied C. simplified D. polished
56. _____ from the tenth floor when the policeman pointed his pistol at him.
A. Jumping down the burglar B. Down the burglar jumped
C. The burglar jumps down D. Down jumped the burglar
57. ____ that the East Wind couldn’t sail the Pacific.
A. The storm so severe was B. So severe was the storm
C. So the storm was severe D. Such was the storm severe
58. Only after they had performed hundreds of experiments ____ in solving the problem.
A. did they succeeded B. they succeeded
C. would they succeeded D. did they succeed
59. Scarcely _____ he began to complain.
A. had he arrived when B. he had arrived when
C. did he arrived than D. he arrived than
60. ________ driving to work, Mr. Randolph goes to his office by train.
A. Without B. Rather than C. Instead of D. In spite of
61. The surgeon advised that Mr. Malan ________ an operation right away so as to save his life.
A. had B. would have C. have D. was going to have
62. You’d better have your car ________ immediately, or you will be late for the professor’s lecture.
A. repairing B. repaired C. to be repaired D. repair
63. Although the police had spent a whole month investigating the crime, it seemed that they had lost all hope of ____ the criminals.
A. turning out B. trailing off C. tracing back D. tracking down
64. For a whole month she stayed in the hospital ward and not once did she visit her home for fear of carrying the ____ to her child.
A. infection B. affection C. defection D. injection
65. This summer we had heavy rain for weeks ____, so there was a serious flood.
A. in the end B. once in a while C. on end D. in time
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you__66__wonder how it is possible for us to__67__people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the__68__that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child__69__an animal, such as a pigeon ¾ can learn to recognize faces. We all__70__this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart__71__how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean__72__in which he or she acts. Speaks, thinks, and feels__73__that individual different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality__74__words is somewhat easier than__75__his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you__76__have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person,” you__77__begin to think about someone who was kind,__78__, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe__79__a person thinks, feels, and acts. Gordon Allport,
__80__U.S. psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words__81__differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a__82__for describing a__83__. Hippies, bookworms,__84__, military types ¾people are described with such__85__.
66. A. sometimes B. ever C. always D. anytime
67 A. spot B. locate C. know D. recognize
68. A. features B. characteristics C. distinctions D. qualities
69. A. or even B. and also C. and then D. and too
70. A. have B. use C. take D. regard
71. A. in B. by C. from D. with
72. A. the manners B. the means C. the ways D. the patterns
73. A. courses B. cause C. makes D. make
74. A. with B. by C. in D. using
75. A. describe B. describing C. to describe D. description of
76. A. will B. would C. shall D. should
77. A. may B. can C. might D. will
78. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. concerned
79. A. why B. when C. how D. what
80. A. a B. an C. the D. that
81. A. characterizing B. characterize C. characterized D. to characterize
82. A. base B. foundation C. point D. criterion
83. A. person B. personality C. man D. woman
84. A. politicians B. scholars C. professionals D. conservatives
85. A. nouns B. nicknames C. jargon D. terms
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Part IV Writing (30 minutes) 20%
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline below:
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