2021天津公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（3）.docx

2021天津公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（3）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the sports field. A ball game is going on right now (41) Class 3 and Class 4. Can you (42) me which team is winning Do you see many people over there Some students of Class 1 are practicing the (43) jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices (44) every day. He wants to (45) the school record at the sports meeting next spring. Not far away, some girls are getting ready (46) a race. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them (47) to throw discus. We students love sports. Sports (48) to keep people healthy. They help people to live happily, and to know each other (49) playing games on the sports field, It can (50) people become good friends.AbeforeBafterCwhen 2.A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the sports field. A ball game is going on right now (41) Class 3 and Class 4. Can you (42) me which team is winning Do you see many people over there Some students of Class 1 are practicing the (43) jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices (44) every day. He wants to (45) the school record at the sports meeting next spring. Not far away, some girls are getting ready (46) a race. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them (47) to throw discus. We students love sports. Sports (48) to keep people healthy. They help people to live happily, and to know each other (49) playing games on the sports field, It can (50) people become good friends.AmakeBenjoyCget 3.W: Welcome to the 9 o’clock news of CDB, I’m Susan Morphy. A tornado hit the northwestern parts of Mexico, and caused severe casualties. Though there had been warnings beforehand, as the tornado went slightly away from the predicted route, many people failed to escape from its fatal sweeps. According to the first estimate, at least 200 people were killed and about 30 000 became homeless. Let’s now connect to Tim Hudson, our correspondent there, for some more details. Hi, Tim. Can you give us a report about the tornado there M: Hi, Susan. As you all know, the tornado has caused great losses. There had been some warnings about the tornado before it arrived. But it came slightly away from the predicted route, and, moreover, it came to the densely populated area about 2 AM, when most people were in sound sleep. A lot of buildings have become topless, and many large trees have been rooted up. W: What about the casualties M: There has been no exact report about it so far. According to some reliable estimate, there were no less than 200 of them As a heavy rain went with tornado, some parts of the city where I’m standing have been cut off and isolated by the flood. We don’t know what had exactly happened to those parts. W: How about the rescue work M: As a matter of fact, the local government wasted no time. Just about 20 minutes after the tornado had passed, the local TV and broadcast started to give instructions on the locations of emergency centers in different districts of the city. Early this morning, a team from the Mexican government has arrived. Actually, I’m just back from the airport. W: Thank you, Tim. Now let’s move on to other news.What was the main cause of the severe casualties ()AThe tornado came ahead of time.BThere was no warning beforehand.CThe prediction was not accurate.DThe preventions were not effective.4.M: You’re going to wear out that typewriter. W: Oh, hi. What are you doing here at fills time of night M: I should ask you that question. Do you have any idea what time it is W: About ten or ten-thirty M: It’s nearly midnight. W: Really I didn’t have any idea it was so late. M: Don’t you have an early class tomorrow morning W: Yes, at seven o’clock. My spare-time class, the students who go to work right after their lesson. M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing, anyway W: An article I hope I can sell. M: Oh, another of your newspaper Nieces What’s this one about W: Do you remember that trip I took last month M: The one up to the Amazon W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about - the new highway and the changes it’s made in the Amazon Valley. M: It should be interesting. W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time. M: How many articles have you sold now W: About a dozen so far. M: What kind of newspapers buy them W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up the space between the ads. M: Is there any future in it W: I hope so. As a matter of fact, there’s a chance that I may sell this article to a news service. M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn’t it W: That’s the idea. And I might even be able to do other stories on a regular basis. M: That would be great. But you’d better quit for the night now. Remember your spare-time class students W: All right. I’ll stop, just as soon as I finish this paragraph.When did the conversation take place ()AAt 10:00 AM.BAt 2:00 AM.CAt 12:00 PM.DAt 10:00 PM.5.There are no fossil remains of Stone Age hang gliders or trading records from pre-Columbian stock exchanges, but risk-taking behavior is as old as the sabertooth. Yet what compels modern adventurers to do such foolhardy things as jumping off dizzying cliffs or speculating in Internet stocks Amateur analysts once psychobabbled about a death risk - an old Freudian cliché that said risk takers were really driven by subconscious feelings of guilt. Nowadays scientists say the real roots of such behavior are as likely to be found in the convoluted chemistry of the genes as in the id or the superego.Long before genes were discovered, Darwin suspected that behavior was at least partly inherited. But only recently have scientists working in the burgeoning field of behavioral genetics begun to link specific stretches of DNA with personality traits. Studying the DNA of subjects who were identified as curious and excitable - two of the common characteristics of those who look for novelty and thrills - Israeli scientists found that these people had longer versions of a gene known as D4DR than did subjects who were typed as laid-hack and reflective. It quickly became known as the novelty-or thrill-seeking gene. Shortly thereafter, an American team found a second gene, on a different chromosome, that appears to regulate anxiety.Scientists have yet to figure out how such genes might work, other than to control the flow of certain chemicals in the bratty. The thrill-seeking gene, for example, seems to facilitate absorption by nerve cells of dopamine, one of the brain’s chemical messengers and a key modulator of pleasure and emotion. Similarly, the anxiety gene appears to work by affecting levels of serotonin, a mood chemical linked with feelings of satisfaction. But can such genes actually determine behavior More important, if we happen to possess them in our chromosomes, will we inevitably grow into high rollers or high divers Not at all, says molecular biologist Dean Hamer, a pioneer in the new field of molecular psychology. Unlike the genes that control physical traits - the color of our eyes, say, or the shape of our nose - such DNA merely Upredisposes/U us to certain behaviors. Genes are not switches that say ’sky’ or ’outgoing’ or ’happy’ or ’sad’, he and co-author Peter Copeland write in their book Living with Our Genes. Genes are simply chemicals that direct the combination of more chemicals. But some chemicals, like dopamine, can have far-flung effects. Because dopamine creates sensations of pleasure, he says, those who inherit the thrill seeking gene might want to stimulate dopamine production by pushing the danger button, whether with edgy sports for long days or e-trading.The writers general attitude towards Freudian theory about risk-taking behavior is ().AappreciativeBobjectiveCnegativeDprotective6.Schools used to be considered places to prepare young people for life. After their education was finished, they were supposed to get ready to go out into the real world. But many adults these days are coming back to schools of continuing education and centers of life-long learning. They feel that one’s education is never really ended, because one is never too old to learn.A fast-growing number of older students are helping schools that once ignored their needs. Filling empty seats in classrooms from Maine to Hawaii, students who are 25 and older are having a great effect on all fields of higher education. In all, there are 17 million of them. Programs include courses offered by high schools, local governments, federal agencies, and private groups. But it is at the college level where effects are the greatest. Educators say the registration of older students is caused by a growing feeling of Americans that education is a life-long effort. It has provided new variety as well as needed dollars to schools, traditionally intended for students in their teens and early twenties.According to Census Bureau estimates, Olin Cook, Direct0r of Higher Education for the state of Arkansas, says: Adult education will keep the classes filled and the bills paid.Teachers say that there has been a definite effect on classrooms and course work. Older students are described as more serious and mature, frequently more demanding of instructors, and more willing to contribute personal experiences to discussions. They realize that they are here to do X,Y,Z, and they want the professor to teach them that. They are very attentive and concerned. A Michigan educator, Elinor P. Waters says that the presence of older students on campus will take us a step closer to the real world; there will be fewer irrelevant courses and more practical ones.Why do adults want to re-enter academic life School administrators say high unemployment is one of the biggest reasons, forcing many Americans to develop new skills. In addition, a large number of women who left school to raise families or who want jobs that require a college diploma are going back to school. College graduates are returning for second degrees to start new careers. And there are thousands of retired persons who are seeking good use of their free time.Many students feel that they are better prepared for learning than they were when they were younger. For example, Jane Pirozzolo, who will soon receive a degree in English from Boston University, graduated from junior college in 1967 and has worked as a secretary since then. Explaining her decision to return to school, she says: I felt overqualified for the jobs I was doing, and they were becoming increasingly boring. Now I feel I can understand what the professor wants, and I can study and read better than I could ten years ago. I feel like I’m one step ahead of the young students.Most educators are convinced that the growth of adult learning is an important change in American education. Proof of the great interest in adult education is the action being taken to attract adult students.Many grown people now believe that ().Ait is not necessary for them to receive continuing educationBone can learn all his lifeCit is difficult for them to learnDyou can’t teach an old dog new tricks7.People’s attitude toward drugs has become to resemble an emotional roller coaster, careening wildly from dizzy heights of pharmacologic faith to gloomy terror over drug hazards. A host of dreaded killers that had tyrannized the world for centuries can now be cured. That is a cause for some to regard drugs as miraculous. On the other hand, there are hundreds of pitifully deformed babies born of mothers who had taken thalidomide - the very thought of them causes terror.What is the-sensible attitude toward drugsI think the first thing to think about is the differences between drugs and wonder drugs. The antibiotics, such as penicillin, can really cure certain bacterial diseases. On the other hand, the major diseases threatening Americans today are cancer, stroke, hypertension, coronary disease, arthritis and psychoses. Against them, the doctor’s bag of tricks is limited. He has no wonder drug.Of course, many patients suffering from these illnesses can be improved by taking drugs and a few can be dramatically helped. But no drug has cured a single case of schizophrenia or rheumatoid arthritis, in the way that penicillin can cure pneumonia or meningococcal meningitis.So the first important lesson is not to expect too much from drugs. Too many patients exert unholy pressures on doctors to prescribe for every symptom, even when such treatment is unwarranted or dangerous.Unfortunately, the medical profession is guilty of some complicity here The patient who demands a shot of penicillin for every sniffle and sneeze may be given the injection by a reluctant physician because he is certain that if he does not, the patient will search until he or she finds a doctor who will.More important, the physician is apt to be a willing collaborator in over-medication because he, too, has been oversold on drugs. He is rarely at a loss for a remedy that might be just what the patient needs. Doctors want their patients to get well. They also derive feelings of power and ego-satisfaction from the ability to pre- scribe the latest drugs.At the other extreme is the patient who is suspicious of all medications. In the category are the patients who never take an aspirin tablet because they believe that every aspirin you take leaves a scar on the lining of your stomach.Without doubt, such ill-advised behavior is at times traceable to lurid accounts of drug dangers. Not long ago, when one antidepressant drug was temporarily withdrawn from the market by the Food and Drug Administration, radio and television stations in New York carried stories about that. Patients were advised by commentators not to take any medication at all. The resulting hysteria in hundreds of patients was as real as it was predictable.The author thinks that peoples attitude toward drugs resemble a roller coaster because both cases ().Ainvolve exciting experiencesBcontain extremitiesCmake people either dizzy or faithfulDmay result in danger8.M: Give me a pack of first class stamps, please. W: Here you are. That will be five dollars. Anything else M: Yes, I want some postcards and some foreign airmail stamps. I want to send some letters to South America. W: Just a mo