2021辽宁公共英语考试模拟卷（5）.docx

2021辽宁公共英语考试模拟卷（5）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._ you become famous your private life comes under public scrutiny.AHoweverBOnceCWhateverDUntil 2.I hope you won't take _ if I tell you the true.AannoyanceBoffenceCresentmentDirritation 3.Americans have been criticized for placing too much _ on being on time.AemphasisBactivityCbotherDassistance 4.He told me how the accident come _.AoutBalongCaboutDinto 5.Just then we had an important piece of work in hand, the generator that supplies the power to the whole works broke _.AoutBupCoffDdown 6.The Egyptians _ copper as early as 5,000 years before Christ.Athey were usingBhaving usedCmay have usedDusing 7.What was on the listAThe name of the school where Mr, Moore taught.BThe name of the man who took the books.CDavid Moore,26 Fry Road.DThe names of the books Mr. Moore had lost. 8.How did the man get Mr. Moore's booksAHe bought them from David.BHe bought them from a bookshop.CHe took them from a car.DThe policeman gave him. 9.Why did Mr. Moore write the letter to the newspaperAHe hope more people would know he had lost some expensive books.BHe thought in this way the thief(赋)would bring the books back to him.CHe wanted to buy old and modern books.DHe wanted to tell the police he had lost some expensive books. 10.How did David get his books backAA man brought them to David's house.BHe never got them back.CDavid bought them from a visitor.DThe police found them and gave them to David. 11.A galaxy is the name of _.Aa large group Of starsBthe sunCplanets like the earthDthe universe 12.In the Milky Way we can see many _.AgalaxiesBsuns like oursCstars like our sunDboth B and C 13.Man has known that _.Athe Milky Way is the only galaxyBother galaxies are near oursCthe sun is a large star in the Milky WayDthe earth is a small part of the universe 14.We use _ to work out how far a star is from us.AkilometresBmetresClight-yearsDmonths and years 15._ made the old woman not answer the telephone.AThe doctor's adviceBHer husband's suggestionCHer poor healthDThe two pieces of bad news 16.Mrs. Keller could do all housework because _.Ashe had no money to employ a helperBshe was strong enough to do all at homeCshe-didn't believe anybodyDonly she was free at home 17.The old woman fell in a faint because _.Ashe went to answer the telephoneBshe was very ill that eveningCshe walked in the room carelesslyDshe heard the news about her son's death 18.After she came out of hospital, Mrs. Keller wasn't _ as before.AstrongBableCcleverDsad 19.In the expression "an immense body of literature"(Para. 1), the underlined word "literature" is nearest in meaning to _.Aspecific information for a researchBprinted material in generalCwords that are designatedDfiction written by famous writers 20.What does the writer mainly talk about in this passageAThe deficiencies of the library in providing information.BThe different applications of the computer and the library.CThe advantages and disadvantages of the computer and library.DThe advantages of the computer in search of information. 21.According to the context, the underlined" simple reading"(Para. 1)done by the computer most probably refers to _.Arending in search of intended information onlyBlooking for unexpected information onlyCreading to locate text to be used in teachingDreading to set up superior master indexes 22.The writer believes that reading by the computer is advisable chiefly because it _.Asaves a lot of time to find information neededBreads more efficiently than a human mindCcovers a much wider range of referenceDguarantees reading efficiency and validity 23.To "live a completely sedentary life-style" (Para. 1) most probably means to _.Alive an inactive lifeBlive an decent lifeClive a life with complete freedomDlive a life of vice 24.The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because _.Apersonal health choices help cure most illnessesBit helps raise the level of our medical knowledgeCit is essential to personal freedom in American societyDwrong decisions could lead to poor health 25.Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because _.Acurrent medical knowledge is still insufficientBthere are many factors influencing our decisionsCfew people are willing to trade the quality of life for the quantity of lifeDpeople are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends 26.To knowingly allow oneself to pursue unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo to _.Aimproving the quality of one's lifeBlimiting one's personal health choiceCdeliberately ending one's lifeDbreaking the rules of social behavior 27.Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet. It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K. Thus the American president and vice president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi). The world’s three top central bankers(Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami)are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffett. Allen, Ellishon and Albrecht). Can this merely be coincidence One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabatically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly. The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ, Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.What does the author mean by "most people are literally having a ZZZ" (Line 2, Para. 5) ()AThey are getting impatient.BThey are noisily dozing off.CThey are feeling humiliated.DThey are busy with word puzzles.28.Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education-not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find. Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual, says education writer Diane Ravitch. Schools could be a counterbalance. Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits. But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, We will become a second rate country. We will have a less civil society. Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege, writes historian and professor Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulizer Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicality, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you could learn from a book. Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children: We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized - going to school and learning to read - so he can preserve his innate goodness. Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligence, a quality we reluctantly admire. Intellect is the critical, creative, and contemplative side of the mind. Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, reorder, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes, and imagines. School remains a place where intellect is mistrusted. Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.We can learn from the text that Americans have a history of().Aundervaluing intellectBfavoring intellectualismCsupporting school reformDsuppressing native intelligence29.Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet. It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K. Thus the American president and vice president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi). The world’s three top central bankers(Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami)are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffett. Allen, Ellishon and Albrecht). Can this merely be coincidence One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabatically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly. The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ, Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.The 4th paragraph suggests that().Aquestions are often put to the more intelligent studentsBalphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from classCteachers should pay attention to all of their studentsDstudents should be seated according to their eyesight30.Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet. It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K. Thus the American president and vice president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi). The