2023年广东公共英语考试模拟卷（4）.docx

2023年广东公共英语考试模拟卷（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.Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the world cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer. Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost 8 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States. The study has also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the world cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams play. Organizers say this years world cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold. Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country And how long has it existed in other parts of the world No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer. Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modern soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.Who invented the modern soccer gameAAmerican Indians.BThe British.CThe Greeks.DThe Romans. 2. Netasha The recent university students among you may have had a culture shock: with no parents peering over your shoulder to check on homework and no teachers looming with threats of detention, independence reigns. As such, the temptation to give in to the power of procrastination when you should be working is suddenly very strong! Procrastination takes many forms. Things like checking if you have any unread emails. Perhaps seeing if you have any new text messages. Then, with mobile in hand, taking the time to change the ringtone, just before phoning a friend to tell them about your new ringtone. When they tell you that they havent finished their essay either, its time to go and make a cup of tea, do the washing up and make a sandwich. Shaikh Once youve put an essay, project, or revision stint off until the very last minute, you then have the strenuous task of completing it under pressure, which makes it seem deceptively difficult. As a result, the next time you have to knuckle down you remember it as being something horrendous, so you put it off againand so it goes on. Mark Resist the temptation. Even if your chosen distraction isnt utterly pointless, remember that you would have much more fun doing it if you got the most pressing burden of what youre supposed to be doing out of the way first. So, be paradoxical and put off procrastination! Thomas The prospect of sitting down and doing nothing but write an essay for a few hours straight can be daunting enough to stop you doing it at all. So, make it more achievable by breaking it down. If its a 2,000 word essay, reward yourself by taking a half-hour break alter youve reached 500 words. Make sure your target is one of quantity rather than time, though: if you tell yourself youll take a break after an hour of work, you could spend the entire hour producing three sentences then gleefully skip off. Also, keep said break to half an hour: if you use it to watch an episode of your favorite show, make sure you dont end up watching the entire box-set. Peter "Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task"so goes the quote from late American psychologist William James, and he has a point. Once youve triumphed over that elusive essay or properly prepared for your exam, youll feel much better with yourself. You may even find that the prospect of rearranging your socks has suddenly lost its allure (strangely enough), giving you the opportunity to get out there and do something exciting with your time! Now match each of the people (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement. Note: There are two extra statements. StatementsA. While doing an essay, we should make it more achievable by breaking it down.B. We should only pay attention to the quality and forget about the time.C. If we get the most pressing burden of what were supposed to be doing out of the way first, we can easily have fun.D. Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.E. Things like checking if you have any unread emails or perhaps seeing if you have any new text messages are the typical forms of "Procrastination".F. Once youve put an essay, project, or revision stint off, you will be likely to put it off again.G. If you tell yourself youll take a break after an hour of work, you will definitely spend the entire hour working efficiently, then go to enjoy your free timShaikh 3.The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain. A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brains electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings. While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process. "Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist. "Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse." "I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering." Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.How many artists have been mentioned in the passageA4.B5.C6.D7. 4.From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first (26) , they were like newborn children, unable to use this (27) tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for mankinds future (28) and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is (29) for our ability to produce and use language. They (30) that our highly evolved brain provides us (31) an innate language ability not found in lower (32) . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our (33) for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, (34) a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical (35) times for language development. Current (36) of innateness theory are mixed; however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. (37) , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in (38) grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being (39) to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the (40) of their first language have become firmly fixed. (41) some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been (42) from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that (43) with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language (44) than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. (45) , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their childs language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.AessentialBavailableCreliableDresponsible 5.Why does the speaker mention a football gameATo illustrate another effect of television.BTo demonstrate the importance of televised sports.CTo explain what television replaced radio broadcasting.DTo provide an example of something motion pictures cant present. 6.Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the world cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer. Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost 8 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States. The study has also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the world cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams play. Organizers say this years world cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold. Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country And how long has it existed in other parts of the world No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer. Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modern soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.What is the author going to state in the next paragraphAThere have been attempts to start a professional soccer organization in the US.BIn the 12th century soccer games in Britain often involved whole towns.CProfessional soccer grew quickly in Europe.DExperts believed that the United States would win. 7.The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African- American president do for race relations Obamas victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told The Los Angeles Times, "Kobe doesnt have to be everybodys role model any more." Recent polls also suggest that Obamas victory has given Americans new optimism about race relations. For example, a USA Today poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe relations between blacks and whites "will finally be worked out". This is the most hopeful response since the question was first asked during the civil rights revolution in 1963. However, its still too early to tell whether Obamas presidency will begin to solve many of the social problems facing low-income black communities. Although blacks make up only 13 percent of the US population, 55 percent of all prisoners are African-American. Such numbers can be blamed on any number of factors on Americas racist past, a failure of government policy and the collapse of the family unit in black communities. It is unlikely that Obama will be able to reverse such trends overnight. However, Bill Bank, an expert of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own communities. "Thats not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama," he told The Los Angeles Times. "Its actually the people closest to them. Barrack only has so much influence." In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obamas rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US. "When the G8 meets, the four most important people in the room will be the president of China, the prime minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barrack Obama," he told Londons The Times newspaper. "It will be the first time weve seen that on our television screens. That will be a huge psychological shift(心理转变) for both the white people and the colored ones in the world.What would be the best title for this passageAThe First African-American PresidentBAmericas New Role ModelCObamaA Successful BlackDChoosing a Right Role Model 8.The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain. A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to lo