Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.
No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that “Village life” is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline (衰落) about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing number in search of a work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What “village life” meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp —oil and coal.
Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long — established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high — level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life. “ It is just life, and that a better life.
Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid — morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
11. By saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that _________
A. those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong
B the two statements are against each other
C. “village life” today is rather uninteresting
D. “village life” today is no longer like what is used to be.
12. It was _________ that “village life” began to take a sharp turn.
A. about a century ago
B. during the two world wars
C. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the village
D. only recently
13. As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past _________
A. lived a simpler life than villagers today
B. knew fewer people than villagers today.
C. found it difficult to enjoy themselves
D. liked to wash themselves with cold water.
14. The expression “.... ” There is no point whatever in talking about in paragraph 3 means that _________
A. there is no end to the talking about....
B. It is harmful to talk about….
C. It is not meaningless to talk about....
D. there is no reason for talking about
15. From the passage we can see that the writer’s attitude toward “village life” is ___________
A. positive B. negative
C. neutral D. unclear
Passage 4
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
We all know that it is possible for ordinary people to make their on the equator (赤道), although often they may feel uncomfortably hot there. Millions do it. but as for the North Pole(北极)—— we that it is not only a dangerously cold place, but that people like you and me would find it quite impossible to live there. At the present time only the scientists and explorers can do so, and they use special equipment. Men had been traveling across and around the equator on wheels, on their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only a few men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole. So it may surprise you to learn that, when traveling by air, it is really safer to fly over the North Pole than over the equator. Of course, this is not true about landings in the polar region (which passenger aeroplanes do not make), but the weather, if we are flying at a height of 5,000 meters above the Pole, is a delight. At 4 000 meters and more above the earth you can always be that you will not see a cloud in the sky as far as the eye can reach. In the tropics (热带), on the other hand, you are not certain to keep clear of bad weather even at such heights as 18,000 or 20,000 meters.
Aeroplanes can’t climb as high or as quickly in cold air as in warm. Nor can clouds. In practice, this is an advantage to the aeroplane, which is already at a good height when it reaches the polar region and so does not need to climb, while at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low.
16. “Millions do it.” In this sentence “do it” refers to _________
A. feeling uncomfortably hot on the equator
B. flying over the North Pole
C. flying over the equator
D. making homes on the equator
17. The polar region is ________
A. a good place to land at by aeroplane
B. a good place to fly over
C. difficult place to fly over
D. a good place to live in
18. It is a delight to fly at the Pole because there _________
A. planes fly higher than at the equator
B. the eyes can reach about 4,000 meters
C. planes are clear of bad weather
D. planes fly more quickly than at the equator.
19. Aeroplanes can climb quickly ________
A. in warm air
B. in cold air
C. when it reaches the polar region
D. only when the clouds are down low
20. Aeroplanes usually do not need to climb quickly or fly high in the polar region because _________
A. they do not land there
B. there are no clouds at all
C. they can cross the ice with special equipment
D. it is very cold
Part I Vocabulary and Structure (40%)
Directions2 In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each se there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer ~ best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. He knows little of English to say ____ of English culture.
A. something B. everything
C. nothing D. anything
22. Being ignorant of the law is no ______ of breaking the law.
A. reason B. excuse
C. ground D. point
23. The new law, it is said, will be ____
A. put into effect B. taken into account
C. kept in sight D. brought to mind
24. Life is often compared a stage by many writers.
A. like B. as
C. with D. to
25. Television makes us better ____ than ever before.
A. inform B. informing
C. informed D. to be informed
26. You could have done much better yesterday. Why ____?
A. didn’t you B. couldn’t you
C. hadn’t you D. shouldn’t you
27. Air, or ____ is called atmosphere, surrounds the whole earth.
A. it B. that
C. which D. what
28. If I do something in vain, I do it.
A. without interest B. without success
C. with difficulty D. with ease
29. The old man walked slowly, stopping frequently —.
A. on rest B. at rest
C. resting D. to rest
30. The pain will go away ____
A. by an by B. by and chance
C. all over D. at present
31. Don’t you think it is time you ______smoking?
A. give up B. gave up
C. would give up D. should give up
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