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于中国人民大学
模拟试题一
PartIReadingComprehension(30%)
Directions:
Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Passage1
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Whatexactlyisalie?
Isitanythingwesaywhichweknowisuntrue?
Orisitsomethingmorethanthat?
Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyou.Yousay“IwishIcouldhelpyoubutI’mshortofmoneymyself.”Infact,youarenotshortofmoneybutyourfriendisinthehabitofnotpayinghisdebtandyoudon’twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Isthisrallyalie?
ProfessorJeraldJellisonoftheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasmadeascientificstudyoflying.(76)Accordingtohim,womenarebetterliarsthanmen,particularlywhentellinga“whitelie”,suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies,suchasmakingapromisewhichtheyhavenointensionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliepoliticiansandbusinessmenaresupposedtobeparticularlyskilledat:
theliefromwhichtheliarhopestoprofitorgaininsomeway.
Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople’sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthatiftheyaresittingdownatthetime,theytendtomoveaboutintheirchairsmorethanusual.Tothetrainedobservertheyaresaying“IwishIweresomewhereelsenow.”Theyalsotendtotouchcertainpartsofthefacemoreoften,inparticularthenose.Oneexplanationofthismaybethatlyingcausesaslightincreaseinbloodpressure.Thetipofthenoseisverysensitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.
AnothergesturewhichgivesliarsawayiswhatthewriterDesmondMorrisinhisbookManwatchingcalls“themouthcover”.(77)Hesaysthereareseveraltypicalformsofthis,suchascoveringpartofthemouthwiththefingers,touchingtheupper-liporputtingafingerofthehandatonesideofthemouth.Suchagesturecanbeunderstoodasanunconsciousattemptonthepartoftheliartostophimselforherselffromlying.
Ofcourse,suchgesturesasrubbingthenoseorcoveringthemouth,ormovingaboutinachaircannotbetakenasproofthatthespeakerislying.Theysimplytendtooccurmorefrequentlyinthissituation.Itisnotonegesturealonethatgivestheliarawaybutawholenumberofthings,andinparticularthecontextinwhichthelieistold.
1.Accordingtothepassage,a“whitelie”seemstobealie
A.thatotherpeoplebelieve
B.thatotherpeopledon’tbelieve
C.toldinordertoavoidoffendingsomeone
D.toldinordertotakeadvantageofsomeone
2.Researchsuggeststhatwomen
A.arebetterattellinglessseriousliesthanmenare
B.generallyliefarmorethanmendo
C.lieatpartiesmoreoftenthanmendo
D.oftenmakepromisestheyintendtobreak
3.Researchersfindthatwhenapersontellslies
A.hisbloodpressureincreasesmeasurably
B.helooksveryserious
C.hetendstomakesomesmallchangesinhisbehavior
D.heuseshisunconsciousmind
4.Onereasonpeoplesometimesrubtheirnoseswhentheylieisthat
A.theywishtheyweresomewhereelse
B.thenoseissensitivetophysicalchangescausedbylying
C.theywanttocovertheirmouths
D.theyaretryingtostopthemselvesfromtellinglies
5.Thetoneofthispassagetellsusthatthewriter
A.hatestolie
B.enjoyslying
C.oftentellsalie
D.triestoanalyzelying
Passage2
Question6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
(78)Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearningtotalkdoesnotlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime:
ifcorrectedtoomuch,hewillstoptalking.Henoticesathousandtimesadaythedifferencebetweenthelanguageheusesandthelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,hemakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople’s.Inthesameway,childrenlearningtodoalltheotherthingstheylearntodowithoutbeingtaught—towalk,run,climb,whistle,rideabicycle—comparetheirownperformanceswiththoseofmoreskilledpeople,andslowlymaketheneededchanges.Butinschoolwenevergiveachildachancetofindouthismistakesandcorrectthemforhimself.Wedoitallforhim.Weactasifwethoughtthathewouldnevernoticeamistakeunlessitwaspointedouttohim,orcorrectitunlesshewasmadeto.Lethimworkout,withthehelpofotherchildrenifhewantsit,whathiswordsays,whattheansweristothatproblem,whetherthisisagoodwayofsayingordoingthisornot.
Ifitisamatterofrightanswers,asitmaybeinmathematicsorscience,givehimtheanswerbook.Lethimcorrecthisownpapers.Whyshouldweteacherswastetimeonsuchroutinework?
Ourjobshouldbetohelpthechildwhenhetellsthathecan’tfindthewaytogettherightanswer.Letthechildrenlearnwhatalleducatedpersonsmustsomedaylearn,howtomeasuretheirownunderstanding,howtoknowwhattheyknowordonotknow.
6.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisthebestwayforchildrentolearnthings?
A.Listeningtoskilledpeople’sadvice.
B.Askingolderpeoplemanyquestions.
C.Makingmistakesandhavingthemcorrected.
D.Doingwhatotherpeopledo.
7.ThewriterthinkteachersshouldNOT.
A.givechildrencorrectanswersB.allowchildrentomakemistakes
C.pointoutchildren’smistakestothemD.letchildrenmarktheirownwork
8.Accordingtothewriter,teachersinschoolshould.
A.allowchildrentolearnfromeachother
B.pointoutchildren’smistakeswheneverfound
C.correctchildren’smistakesassoonaspossible
D.givechildrenmorebookknowledge
9.Accordingtothepassage,learningtospeakandlearningtorideabicycleare.
A.differentfromlearningotherskillsB.thesameaslearningotherskills
C.moreimportantthanotherskillsD.notreallyimportantskills
10.Thetitleofthispassagecouldprobablybe.
A.LetUsTeachersStopWork
B.LetUsMakeChildrenLearn
C.LetChildrenCorrectTheirExercises
D.LetChildrenLearnByThemselves
Passage3
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
(79)Johnhadboughtapacketofcigarettesjustbeforewecaughtthetrainandheofferedmeoneaswesettledourselvesinourcompartment.Wewereonourwaybackfromacampingholiday;
wehadlivedroughforoverafortnightandevenacigarettewasaluxuryatthatmoment.
Ifeltinmypocketforaboxofmatches,butcouldnotfindany.
“Ihaven’tgotanyeither,”saidJohn.
Sittingoppositetouswasamanwhosefacewashiddenbyanewspaper.
“Excuseme,sir,”saidJohn,leaningacross.“Couldyougivemealight,please?
”
Thenewspaperwasloweredtorevealaratherelderlymanwithasternface.
“Thisisanosmokingcompartment,”themansaid.Heindicatedthenoticenearthewindow.Weapologizedandputawayourunlitcigarettes.
(80)Themanwenton,inarathermorekindlyway,towarnusagainstthedangersofsmoking.
“Ispeakasadoctor,”heconcluded,andafterthathewentbacktoreadinghisnewspaper.
Whenhegotoutafewstationslater,helefthisnewspaperbehindhim.Wepickeditup,eagertofindoutwhathadhappenedwhilewewereonholiday.
“Justlookatthis,”remarkedJohn,pointingtoaphotograph.“it’sthemanwhowassittingoppositeus.”Underneaththephotographwasanaccountofalunatic(精神病者)whohadrecentlyescaped.Itappearedthathelikedtopretendtobeadoctor.
11.Thefriendshadspenttheirholiday______.
A.onaboatB.inatentC.onafarmD.withanaunt
12.Theirholidayhadlasted______.
A.morethantwoweeksB.justtwoweeks
C.lessthantwoweeksD.aweekortwo
13.Theman______.
A.threwhisnewspaperaway
B.offeredthemhisnewspaper
C.droppedhisnewspaper
D.didnottakehisnewspaperwithhim
14.Thetwofriendsreadthenewspaper______.
A.inahurryB.withgreatinterest
C.topassthetimeD.tolookatthepictures
15.Theman’sphotographwasinthenewspaperbecausehewas______.
A.adoctorB.aspacemanC.amadmanD.anactor
PartⅡVocabularyandStructure(30%)
Inthispart,thereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.
16.thefactthattheareahadbeenhitbytheseverestdroughtintwentyyears,afairlygoodharvestwasgatheredin.
A.InspiteB.Despite
C.InspitethatD.Despiteof
17.Iobjectedthemeetingwithouth