2023年青海大学英语考试真题卷（7）.docx
2023年青海大学英语考试真题卷（7）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. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. AcityBdistrictCcommunityDcontinent 2.BTEXT D/B Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds. Most people have plenty of insecurities, Band this/B seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways. While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect. In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself. Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true. Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that youve been cheated. Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Dianas funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesnt work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience. I remember going to see British.psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it. The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satis-fying.In the last paragraph the author recommends that _ . Ayou forget about your nervousnessByou feel natural and speak naturallyCyou may feel nervous, but appear naturallyDyou may imagine yourself to be natural 3. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. AprocessedBproducedCprecededDproceeded 4. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. Ain spite ofBinstead ofCalong withDin line with 5. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. AagainstBasCinDfor 6. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. AoftenBseldomCreallyDmuch 7. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34) /U, were used as money in some countries until recentU (35) /Uand cakes of saltU (36) /Ubuy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shellsU (37) /Uas money at some timeU (38) /Uanother over the greater part of the Old World. These wereU (39) /Umainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across theU (40) /Ufrom East to West. Metal, valued by weight,U (41) /Ucoins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countriesU (42) /Upaper money. It can either be exchangedU (43) /Ugoods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze,U (44) /Uin flat, round pieces with a bole in the middle, called "cash". TheU (45) /Uof these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the easterr Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes haveU (46) /Unearly all the more picturesqueU (47) /Uof money, andU (48) /Uin one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonialU (49) /Usuch as weddings and funerals, examples ofU (50) /Umoney will soon be found only in museums. AearlierBearliestCbetterDbest 8. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strangeU (31) /Uto use as money,U (32) /Uin countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often anU (33) /Unecessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show theirU (34)
