2021年江西公共英语考试考前冲刺卷(4).docx
2021年江西公共英语考试考前冲刺卷(4)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.BB/B After losing her job and home in 1984, Lynn Carr was living on the streets of St. Charles, Montana, with her five-year-old son. "We slept in our car for about a week," she said, "but then it was sold." As she moved from one friends house to another, Carr began working toward a high-school-equivalence diploma(高中同学学历证书), listening to self-help tapes and making cheesecakes. After developing some new methods which she thought were pretty good, she offered her cakes to a restaurant. They sold out in a matter of hours. The following year, she met a man at a church service and before long, they married. Cart began selling the cheesecakes out of their home. Later she opened a cheesecake company. As business became better and better, UCart didnt forget where she came from./U All the women she hires are mothers or high school dropouts(退学者) - workers most other employers wouldnt like to hire. Her dozen workers make 100 to 150 cakes a week and Cart owes her success to her employees. She says, "Were going to have a learning center and a day-care center in the company. Part of the workday will be spent studying for high-school-equivalence diplomas." Recently, a 33-year-old woman with three children to raise was referred to Carr. She hired her at once. "It has been a real blessing(恩赐) ," the woman said.The text suggests that Lynn Carr _. Ahad to sell her car for a new oneBhad few friends to turn to for helpCwas once a school dropout herselfDdidnt work hard enough to keep her job 2. 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Many visitorsU (36) /UBritain are not fond of English food. They are often heardU (37) /U, "English food is not good, English cooking isU (38) /U. " But they do not really know what they are talking about because theyU (39) /Uget a chance to eat it.U (40) /Uof the restaurants in large towns have foreignU (41) /Uand serve foreign food. When visitors areU (42) /Uto eat in an English home, the hosts often feel they must offer them somethingU (43) /U. Those of usU (44) /Udo know English food understand that at its best itU (45) /Ube really very good.U (46) /U, it is true to say that it isU (47) /Uterrible Part of theU (48) /Uis that we are not really interested in food - we eat to live, we do not live to eat. So usually we do notU (49) /Uthe necessary time cooking truly good meals. We like food that is simple andU (50) /Uto cook, or already prepared food which only needs heating upU (51) /Ueating. You can find the best English food in the countryU (52) /Uthe large towns,U (53) /Ulife is slower and people are not in such a hurry.U (54) /U, of course, most visitors who come to London do not come becauseU (55) /Ufood. AinBatCtoDof 3.Who gave the lecture this Thursday A Professor Black. B The woman speaker. C They didnt mention his or her name. 4.What do Peter and Linda use their money for A They use their money for food. B They use it for their entertainment. C They go to the movies and buy records. 5.What are they talking aboutAA A new building.BB A new factory.CC A new government. 6.Why does the woman say sorry to David A She lost one of the magazines B She doesnt want to return the magazines. C She lost all of them. 7.BD/B It was late at night on October 10, 1939, when Dr Bethune was busy working in a field hospital. An Eighth Route Army soldier came and told Dr Bethune that the front was in great need of medical care. Dr Bethune set off with a medical team at once. On their way, they met a group of wounded Eighth Route Army men. They took the wounded soldiers into a small temple at once and Dr Bethune began to operate on them. Dr Bethune went on working all the night. The next day while an operation was going on, a young man ran in and said to the doctors, "Several hundred enemy soldiers are coming." Soon they heard the sound of gunshots. But Dr Bethune still went on with his work. Twenty minutes later, when Dr Bethune was operating on the leg of the last wounded soldier, the gunshots sounded much closer. This time the young man rushed in and told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more. "Dr Bethune, you must leave now!" he cried. "Please go, Doctor," begged the wounded soldier himself. "Its not a bad wound. Take me with you, or leave me here, but please go before the enemies come." "Never mind, my boy, it wont take long," said Dr Bethune. "If I spend a few more minutes on it, I can save your leg. But if I dont, youll lose it." The gunshots sounded closer and closer now, but Dr Bethune worked on. He and other doctors did not leave until the operation was over. By that time the Japanese enemies were already very near. As Dr Bethune and other doctors were climbing the hills, they could see the enemies walking in the valley below.Where did the operation begin AIn a field hospital.BIn a small templeCOn the road.DIn a house. 8.BC/BOh! I have just had such a lovely dream!And then I woke,And all the dream went out like kettle-steam,Or chimney-smoke.My dream was all about - how funny, though!Ive only justDreamed it, and now it has begun to blowAway like dust.In it I went - no! In my dream I had -No, thats not it!I cant remember, oh, it is too bad,My dream a bit.But I saw something beautiful, Im sure-Then someone spoke,And then I didnt see it any more,Because I woke. What do we do every night, whether we know it or not We dream. Researchers have found that We dream about the same amount on nights that we remember our dreams as on the nights that we dont. The amount of time we sleep is broken into cycles and states. There are two states of sleep: The first state, is called NREM, or non-rapid eye movement. It consists of four stages: Stage 1 is when we feel relaxed and sleepy. Stage 2 is when we move into a light sleep. We dont dream in these two stages. Stages 3 and 4 are called slow-wave sleep. In these stages, we are in a deep sleep and the dreams we have are ones we dont usually remember. The second state is called REM, or rapid eye movement. This is when we dream the most and have the dreams we remember the most. For many people, their REM dreams are the most meaningful and visually exciting. Approximately three-fourths of our total sleep time is spent in the NREM state and one-fourth in the REM state. We sleep by cycling through these states. Throughout the night, we experience four to six NREM/REM cycles.Many people remember nothing about their dreams when they awake. The person in the I _. Aremembered she had a dream, but did not remember the specificsBthought she should have had a dream, but could not remember what she dreamedChad a dream about kettles steaming, chimneys smoking, and dust blowingDwas upset because someone woke her before she had a chance to dream 9.What did the woman mean by saying "How silly of me". A She meant it was silly of her not to attend the lecture. B She meant it was silly of her to blame the students. C She meant it was silly of her to mix up the dates of the lectures. 10. 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Many visitorsU (36) /UBritain are not fond of English food. They are often heardU (37) /U, "English food is not good, English cooking isU (38) /U. " But they do not really know what they are talking about because theyU (39) /Uget a chance to eat it.U (40) /Uof the restaurants in large towns have foreignU (41) /Uand serve foreign food. When visitors areU (42) /Uto eat in an English home, the hosts often feel they must offer them somethingU (43) /U. Those of usU (44) /Udo know English food understand that at its best itU (45) /Ube really very good.U (46) /U, it is true to say that it isU (47) /Uterrible Part of theU (48) /Uis that we are not really interested in food - we eat to live, we do not live to eat. So usually we do notU (49) /Uthe necessary time cooking truly good meals. We like food that is simple andU (50) /Uto cook, or already prepared food which only needs heating upU (51) /Ueating. You can find the best English food in the countryU (52) /Uthe large towns,U (53) /Ulife is slower and people are not in such a hurry.U (54) /U, of course, most visitors who come to London do not come becauseU (55) /Ufood. AsayingBaskingCtellingDtalking 11.BB/B After losing her job and home in 1984, Lynn Carr was living on the streets of St. Charles, Montana, with her five-year-old son. "We slept in our car for about a week," she said, "but then it was sold." As she moved from one friends house to another, Carr began working toward a high-school-equivalence diploma(高中同学学历证书), listening to self-help tapes and making cheesecakes. After developing some new methods which she thought were pretty good, she offered her cakes to a restaurant. They sold out in a matter of hours. The following year, she met a man at a church service and before long, they married. Cart began selling the cheesecakes out of their home. Later she opened a cheesecake company. As business became better and better, UCart didnt forget where she came from./U All the women she hires are mothers or high school dropouts(退学者) - workers most other employers wouldnt like to hire. Her dozen workers make 100 to 150 cakes a week and Cart owes her success to her employees. She says, "Were going to have a learning center and a day-care center in the company. Part of the workday will be spent studying for high-school-equivalence diplomas." Recently, a 33-year-old woman with three children to raise was referred to Carr. She hired her at once. "It has been a real blessing(恩赐) ," the woman said.Which of the following can be learned from the text APeople like Lynn Carrs cheesecakes very much.BLynn Carrs cheesecakes are sold to high school dropouts.CLynn Carr learned to make cheesecakes by taking courses.DWithout finishing high school, one cannot even make good cakes. 12. 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。 BA/B One day two scientists were quarrelling about whose watch was better, the German one or the Japanese one Since they were scientists, they decided to do an experiment to test the watches. They went into their lab and filled a basin with water, put the watches in, waited for 20 minutes and took them out. They could see there was something wrong with both watches. They observed them for several hours before speaking to each other. They both silently found that the German watch was losing 60 minutes and the Japanese one doubled that. The scientist with the Japanese watch then slowly raised his head and said, "Both watch are out of work, but my watch is right more often than yours, so its better." The scientist with the German watch went home without saying a word.They did an experiment because they _. Awanted to know whose watch was betterBliked their labCwanted to repair their watchesDhad a basin of water in their lab 13.What is the story about A It is about how Peter and Linda get their money. B It is about how Peter and Linda spend their money. C It is about how Peter and Linda get and spend their money. 14.Which is the beat answer according to the dialogue A The woman cant pay because she is very poor. B The woman will buy a new one because David is very angry. C David will not ask the woman to pay. 15.The new factory is not likely to be built because of _.AA the technical problemBB the money problemCC the pollution problem 16.BD/B It was late at night on October 10, 1939, when Dr Bethune was busy working in a field hospital. An Eighth Route Army soldier came and told Dr Bethune that the front was in great need of medical care. Dr Bethune set off with a medical team at once. On their way, they met a group of wounded Eighth Route Army men. They took the wounded soldiers into a small temple at once and Dr Bethune began to operate on them. Dr Bethune went on working all the night. The next day while an operation was going on, a young man ran in and said to the doctors, "Several hundred enemy soldiers are coming." Soon they heard the sound of gunshots. But Dr Bethune still went on with his work. Twenty minutes later, when Dr Bethune was operating on the leg of the last wounded soldier, the gunshots sounded much closer. This time the young man rushed in and told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more. "Dr Bethune, you must leave now!" he cried. "Please go, Doctor," begged the wounded soldier himself. "Its not a bad wound. Take me with you, or leave me here, but please go before the enemies come." "Never mind, my boy, it wont take long," said Dr Bethune. "If I spend a few more minutes on it, I can save your leg. But if I dont, youll lose it." The gunshots sounded closer and closer now, but Dr Bethune worked on. He and other doctors did not leave until the operation was over. By that time the Japanese enemies were already very near. As Dr Bethune and other doctors were climbing the hills, they could see the enemies walking in the valley below.According to the passage, we know _. ADr Bethune was a brave soldierBDr Bethune was woundedCDr Bethune had his legs brokenDDr Bethune was caught by the enemy 17.BC/BOh! I have just had such a lovely dream!And then I woke,And all the dream went out like kettle-steam,Or chimney-smoke.My dream was all about - how funny, though!Ive only justDreamed it, and now it has begun to blowAway like dust.In it I went - no! In my dream I had -No, thats not it!I cant remember, oh, it is too bad,My dream a bit.But I saw something beautiful, Im sure-Then someone spoke,And then I didnt see it any more,Because I woke. What do we do every night, whether we know it or not We dream. Researchers have found that We dream about the same amount on nights that we remember our dreams as on the nights that we dont.