2021年贵州公共英语考试考前冲刺卷.docx

2021年贵州公共英语考试考前冲刺卷本卷共分为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."Now were more than halfway; only two miles away from the tavern, "said the driver."I m glad of that ! "answered the stranger, in a sympathetic mood. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew clear down a mans throat if he tried to speak. The girls voice was something quite charming, however, and at present he spoke again."You dont feel the cold so much at 20 below zero out in the Western Country. Theres none of this damp chill," he said, and then it seemed as though he had blamed the uncomplaining young driver. She had not even said that it was an awful day, and he began to be conscious of a warm hopefulness of spirit, and sense of pleasant adventure under all the woollen shawls."Youll have a cold drive going back," he said in earnest, and put up his hand for the thirtieth time to see if his coat-collar were as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times for the warm old hunting rig in which he had many a day confronted the worst of weather in the Northwest."I shall not have to go back!" exclaimed the girl, with eager pleasantness. "Im on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the tavern."The driver was_.Aan old manBa girlCa strangerDwe dont know from this part of the story 2.What does the woman meanAThe man shouldnt drink too much.BThe man shouldnt drive home.CThe man does not have a car.DThe man does not need to go home. 3.What is the attitude of the neighborhood to newcomersAThey are cold to them.BThey try to be friendly to them.CThey never speak to them.DThey dont want to know them. 4.Who is going to be with the womanAHer uncle.BHer mother.CHer aunt.DHer father. 5.Mr. Mike Smith:It wasnt an easy decision, but we re been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at last people are beginning to listen to us because we work day and night to keep this country alive and what do we get 200 dollars a week. That s not enough to raise a family at today s prices. Inflation this year was 32 percent. We re only asking for a 25 percent increase in our wages. 250 dollars a week, that s all. It s a pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by our strike. But please don t blame us. Blame the government. That s what you should blame. Blame the government for refusing our claim.Mr. Tom Brown:It s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up, so do prices. If we gave in to the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What were trying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer the electricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Union to see reason.Mr. Bob Davis:Everybody will be hurt by this strike, including the electricity workers themselves. The economy will be destroyed and many people will lose their jobs. Moreover, the very image of the trade union movement will be harmed. Already people are saying that the big unions have too much power and shouldn t be allowed to strike. Of course the electricity workers want to get more money. Don t we all Of course we all do. But we re not asking for 250 dollars a week. Why should theyMrs. Baker:My opinion is "Get the Army in". All the power stations should be managed by the army. The strikers should be thrown into prison. That s what this country needs. Why must we all suffer just because a few men are greedy If they don t like their jobs. Nobody s forcing them to work. They should try and live on 50 dollars a week like I have to. Perhaps they d keep their mouths shut then.Miss Slater:Let s face it. It s neither here nor there. The electricity workers are in a strong position. perhaps we can t do anything about it. What I say is: let them have their 250 dollars so we can return to work. I mean, the government wastes the taxpayers money all the time on trivial things. How can anyone say 250 dollars is "too much" Pop singers get more. Nurses get less. It s just one of those things.Now match each of the persons (61 to 65)to the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements.Statements A A 10% increase is already too much, and Im here to persuade the Union to see reason.B I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nations security and stability.C We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.D I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker s demands.E I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.F I must make you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.G We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.Mr. Mike Smith 6.It was the day I froze a household pet that I began to worry about my memory. Technically, it was not a real household pet I froze but a bag of tropical fish, which on the scale of beloved members of any home, rank somewhere below the family cat and above an attractive set of coasters. And technically, I didnt completely freeze my fish. Rather, I absent-mindedly tossed them into the refrigerator with a bag of other things I had bought and fortunately found them just before my highly sensitive tropical fish could turn into lightly breaded dinner fish. Nonetheless, that near-death experience for the fish, if not for me woke me up to the fact that my memory might not be all it once was. In the hope of improving my memory, I decided I would first try the memory books. However, much of what I read was, at first blush, utterly forgettable. If I was truly going to juice up my recall, however, book reading wouldnt cut it. What I needed was some kind of memory pill. The big bat in the memory-pill lineup is ginkgo biloba, the dried leaf of the maidenhair tree, thought to improve circulation and, in theory, memory. I decided to try it. The package warned that in addition to any other problems, ginkgo can cause "mild stomach discomfort". After just one pill, I discovered that the package was how best to put this not kidding. Its hard to say if my memory improved in the little time I was on ginkgo, but I can say I had no trouble at all remembering to eat a tasteless diet for several days afterward. For me, the answer to memory problems was not in the medicine chest, but that didnt mean I was a hopeless case. My recall had improved after two weeks in the memory-improvement battle. I may not be able to read a magazine and instantly memorize it, but I now remember to buy it when I get to the store. I may not be able to memorize hundreds of names and faces, but at least I wont meet an Alex at a party and find myself calling him Alan or Alvin or Evelyn.It can be inferred from the passage that ginkgo_.Acan improve memoryBworks after the first pillCcan produce several side effectsDcauses mild stomach discomfort 7.Although few would deny that it is better to be rich than poor, for some people the quest for money is so all-consuming that it extinguishes all other aspects of life. The cause of the urge to make enormous sums of money varies with the individual, but often money is a substitute for something a persons life lacks. To some, money means security. To some, it means power. To others, it means the possibility of love, and to a fourth group, it means competition and winning the game. A tremendous need for power is invariably the bottom line for those driven to make a lot of money. The bigger the pile, the more powerful they think they will feel. Parents and family background also influence a persons pursuit of money. Many people who grew up poor and then made a fortune live in fear that they will lose it. Others strive for money to compete with their wealthy, successful parents. Making money for its own sake can be addicting like high-stakes gambling. The more they earned, the bigger their appetite was. They paid great price for their insatiability for money in terms of their living quality. For example, their obsession with money-making renders them unable to enjoy what they have earned. Instead, they just work at such an intense pace and under such strenuous pressure that they totally neglected themselves. Hence the emergence of various kinds of psychological and physical problems, like impotence, insomnia, heart attacks and problems with a spouse or children.According do the author, the bottom line for having too much money is_.Athe need for powerBfor the sake of moneyCthe pursuit of securityDan arrangement for the future 8.Why did Mary hang up on Lucy this morningABecause Mary mistook Lucy for Mark.BBecause Mary wouldnt like to receive Lucys phone.CBecause Mary was very busy at the moment and wouldnt like to be interrupted.DBecause Mary was very tired and wouldnt like to talk on the phone. 9."Now were more than halfway; only two miles away from the tavern, "said the driver."I m glad of that ! "answered the stranger, in a sympathetic mood. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew clear down a mans throat if he tried to speak. The girls voice was something quite charming, however, and at present he spoke again."You dont feel the cold so much at 20 below zero out in the Western Country. Theres none of this damp chill," he said, and then it seemed as though he had blamed the uncomplaining young driver. She had not even said that it was an awful day, and he began to be conscious of a warm hopefulness of spirit, and sense of pleasant adventure under all the woollen shawls."Youll have a cold drive going back," he said in earnest, and put up his hand for the thirtieth time to see if his coat-collar were as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times for the warm old hunting rig in which he had many a day confronted the worst of weather in the Northwest."I shall not have to go back!" exclaimed the girl, with eager pleasantness. "Im on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the tavern."From the passage we gather that the two speakers are in_.Athe WestBthe EastCthe NorthwestDthe South 10.When will the woman go home to her own countryAIn five years.BIn twelve months.CIn two months.DWhen her mother goes home. 11.Where does the conversation most probably take placeAAt the North Pole.BIn the zoo.COn the street.DIn the womans house. 12.What is not mentioned in the new shopping centerAA book store.BSupermarkets.CA drugstore.DA cinema. 13.Mr. Mike Smith:It wasnt an easy decision, but we re been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at last people are beginning to listen to us because we work day and night to keep this country alive and what do we get 200 dollars a week. That s not enough to raise a family at today s prices. Inflation this year was 32 percent. We re only asking for a 25 percent increase in our wages. 250 dollars a week, that s all. It s a pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by our strike. But please don t blame us. Blame the government. That s what you should blame. Blame the government for refusing our claim.Mr. Tom Brown:It s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up, so do prices. If we gave in to the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What were trying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer the electricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Union to see reason.Mr. Bob Davis:Everybody will be hurt by this strike, including the electricity workers themselves. The economy will be destroyed and many people will lose their jobs. Moreover, the very image of the trade union movement will be harmed. Already people are saying that the big unions have too much power and shouldn t be allowed to strike. Of course the electricity workers want to get more money. Don t we all Of course we all do. But we re not asking for 250 dollars a week. Why should theyMrs. Baker:My opinion is "Get the Army in". All the power stations should be managed by the army. The strikers should be thrown into prison. That s what this country needs. Why must we all suffer just because a few men are greedy If they don t like their jobs. Nobody s forcing them to work. They should try and live on 50 dollars a week like I have to. Perhaps they d keep their mouths shut then.Miss Slater:Let s face it. It s neither here nor there. The electricity workers are in a strong position. perhaps we can t do anything about it. What I say is: let them have their 250 dollars so we can return to work. I mean, the government wastes the taxpayers money all the time on trivial things. How can anyone say 250 dollars is "too much" Pop singers get more. Nurses get less. It s just one of those things.Now match each of the persons (61 to 65)to the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements.Statements A A 10% increase is already too much, and Im here to persuade the Union to see reason.B I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nations security and stability.C We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.D I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker s demands.E I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.F I must make you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.G We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.Mr. Tom Brown 14.It was the day I froze a household pet that I began to worry about my memory. Technically, it was not a real household pet I froze but a bag of tropical fish, which on the scale of beloved members of any home, rank somewhere below the family cat and above an attractive set of coasters. And technical