2023年高级休闲英语试题秋英语本科专业教学资源整合.pdf

高级休闲英语试题Pa p er 1.L i s t en i ng Compreh e n s i on(30 po i n t s,1p oin t each forl-12,6 p o int s f or 13,1.5 po i nts ea c h f or 14-21)Pa r t AD i rect i ons:In this p a rt y o u w i 1 1 h ear eigh t short c o nversat i on s between two s p e aker s.At t h e end of ea c h co n ver s a ti o n,you will h e ar aqu e sti o n abou t what w a s sa i d Lis t en care f ully an d d e c id e w h ic h o f thefo u r choices is the b e s t answe r t o the q u e stion you h a v e hear d1.A T he mo v i e w as d i s a ppoi n t ing。B t he movie was expe n s i ve to seeC H e wa n t s to see the movie again D He s hould h a v e seen t h e mo v iea t h ome2.A$64B$86C$9 6D$140A T o sta y a t horn eB To go to be di m mediatelyC To se e a movi eD To go toa p a r t y4.A T o m is un a ble to h ea r wel 1B T om did n t say a n y th in g a t the meet i ngC T o m doesnt l i s t e n t o h i mD Tom wen t o u t b e fbr e the meeti n g w a s ov e r5.A S h e d o e sn care for the c h i l d rens pro g r amB She regr e ts missi n g itC S h e h a s see n i t befor eD She k nows ab o u t it6.A Hi s tor y B En g lish C Art D F r en c h7.A She does no t t hi n k i t is i n goo d o rde rB Sh e d o es n ot wan t to p romi s e anythingC She d o e s no t w a n t t o promise anythi n gD S he led it t o t he m a n only t o mo r r o w8.A The black o n eB Th e red oneC T he blue on eDThe white on eP a r t BDir e c t ion s:In thi s part you w i 1 1 te a r a shor t dialogu e three t imes Whenit read f or th e first tim e,y o u s hould lis t e n f or t h e g e nera 1 ideaTh e n t r y to f i l l in the four b 1 anks wi t h the e x act words you hear f rom the dial o gue when it i s read mo r e si o wly,for t h e sec o n d t imeFinal 1 y,c hec k wha t y ou wr o te d o wn when th e di a log u e i s r ead f o r the t hird tim eW:G o o d momin g,Jack.M:Good m o rn i n g,M i ss E d wa r d s.Im r e ally sorry Im late.W：9).Is someth i n g wrong?M:No,n ot r e a lly.I went t o a s occer gam e 1 ast nig h t and 10).I want to d eve 1 op t h e m right a way,so 11)W：Yo u shou 1 d reall y g e t more s l e e p a t ni g h t.M：I k now.12).Uh,woul d y ou like t o se e o neo f t h e p i c tures?I ts a good o n e.W:OK.Par t CDi r e c t io n s：I n this part you will a short passage t h ree t i mes W h e n it isread for t he f i rs t ti n e,y o u sh o uld listen fo r t he gener a 1 idea Then try towrite t h e passage d ow n when i t i s read mo r e s 1 o w 1 y,for the secon d timeFinally,check w hat yo u wrote dow n when th e pass a ge i s read for t h e th i rd time.13._p art DD ir e cti o ns:In t hi s pa r t y o u will he a r two p assa g es Ea c h pas s age wil1 be r e ad twice.At the end of e a ch p a s s a g e y ou will h ear s o me q uestio n s A f t er yo u he a r a que s tio n,y ou s h ould eithe r d e cide wh i chof t h e f our choices i s the b e st a n s w e r t o t h e qu e s t io n you he a r d or an s w e r th e question in y o ur own w o rds a c c o r d in g t o the pa s sa g eTh e qu e stions you should a n s wer ar e also p ri n ted i n y o u shoul d t h e n on1 y aft e r you he a r t h em f r om the tape.Pa s sa g e 11 4.W h at does a g ossi p c o lumn usually carry?A Articles o n n o v e l s.B.Adv i ce ab o ut how to s o Ive pr o b 1 em s.C.Qu e stion a nd answers.D.N e w s a bout o thers p riva t e liv e s.1 5.Wh o is M e la n ie a ccor d i n g to t h e conver s a tio n?A A teach e r.B A stu d en t.C A seer e ta r y.D A wait r ess.16.B e t wee n w h om does th i s conv e r sati o n mo s t 1 i k e 1 y tak e p lac e?A nd w he r e?17.What do you t h ink Janet pr o b a b 1 y i s?Pa s sage 218.W h a t doe s the passage i mpl y abo u t US wom e n in the past?A Th e y worked toget h er w i t h me n.B They s t a y e d at home doi n g h o usework.C The y w ent t o s c h o o l and th e n j o i ned t h e wor k force.D Th e y p 1 ayed a n impor t an t r ole i n society.1 9.Why d o work i n g Americ a n women play a n importan t role in society?A Becau s e th e y o f ten work in sc h o ols and g o vemments.B B e caus e th e y n o w w o rk in a 1 1 walks o f li f e.C B ec a us e they a re e s p ecially inte r e sted i n society.D Because they ea r n t h e ir ow n mone y and feel c on f ident.20.Wh a t is the p assage mai n I y ab o u t?21.Wha t d oes r o 1 e of w o m e n to d ay affect mos t a cco r d ing t o the pas s age?Pa p e r 2:Read i ng a nd writi n g 70 p oin t sI nformati o n f o r C a n d id ates:There are th r ee p a r ts t o the rea d in g t e st,e ach h av i n g one r eadingpas s age.There i s o n e w r i t i ng ta s k.You sh ou Id wr i t e ALLy o ur answ e r s o n the Answer S he e t as you do the task s.1.Reading(40 points)Parti.Re a d Passa g e 1 a n d d o t a sk 1.R a ves a n d D r ugs:A New K ind of Pa r tyImagine a la r ge wa r eh o use pac k ed w i th swe a ti n g bodie s,jumpi n g up andd o wn t o 1 o ud,rh y t hmic mu s ic.Ad d some d rugs,some col o rfu 1 clothing,and pl e nty o f bo t t led w ater and you ha v e w h a t is c a 1 led a rav e.Rav e s are a f ai r ly rec e n t p h e nome n on in the W e s t.The f i r st rave p roba b ly too k place a bo u t 10 year s ago.H o weve r,their popu 1 ari t y has i ncreased dr a matically over t h e last d ec a de.T o day,in a Imo s t e v er y b i gc ity and i n many s m a l l c it i e d you c a n find y oung peop 1 e heading o ut fo r a night o f rav i n g.For m o st you n g people,rav e s a re simply a way t o get r id e o f s omeenergy,t o 1 i sten to some g ood music,a n d to meet some new people.H owe ver,f or an i n cr e a s i ng n umber of p eop 1 e,rav e s ha v e b ee ome a n easypla c e t o find drugs,especially a drug ca 1 1 e d Ec s t asy.Today,offic i als a r e b e g in nin g to wonder of th e r a ves rea 1 ly a re g o o d fun,o r w h ethe r t heyare,in fact,a da n g e rous t r en d amon g u ncontroll a ble yo u n g p e opl e.The drug Ecsta s y w a s f irst dev e lo p e d a bout 50 y e a r s a go b y c hemists loo k i n g for a cu r e f o r t he h e adac h e.At t h a t time,the dru g was not u s e d v e r y widely.Ho w ev e r,it wa s no t e d t hat the d rug cau s e d ani n c rease in hear t r a t e a nd a n in c rea s e in energy a so r t o f eu p h o ri c feeli n g.The dr u g w a s redisco v e r e d by drug a ddicts in the 19 8 Os who were lo o king fo r a less dange r o u s way t o get h i g h.S o,when r aves beg a n in the ea r ly 1 9 9 Os,Ecs t a s y w a s a 1 re a d y q u ite r ea d i 1 y a v a il a b 1 e.I t wa s seen by ravers a s th e perfec t d r u g；it ga v e t hem 1 o ts of en ergy for their a 1 1n i g ht d ances,and it d idn9 t seem to h a ve an y s e r ious si de e ff e cts.H ow e ve r,th e p e r c e p tio n o f Ec s t a sy as a sa f e d rug h as recen 11y b eg u n to change.In th e la s t year,a b o ut 10 p e o p 1 e h a ve di e d inrav e s fr o m an Ecstasy o ve r d ose.T h e increasing a v a ilab i 1 i ty o f the d rugmeans t hat mo r e people h a ve b e g u n t o use th e d rug m o re often.I tis c e rta i n tha t t he death toll wil 1 i ncre a se in the n e xt f e w y e a rs .Offici a 1 s h a v e b e g u n t o tak e notice.L a ws have r ecently been pass e din several 1 ar g e Nor t h Ame r i can citie s w h ic h limit o r in som e c a ses f or bi d raves.I n a d d iti o n,y o u n g peo p le h a ve be c ome mor e aware o f d a n ger s o f E c sta s y a n d ot h e r simil a r drugs.Hopeful 1 y,t h e s i t uation will notget wor s e.Ta S k 1 C O mp e I et t he f o llowing statements by ch o o s i ng theb e st a nswer fr o m a,b,and c.W r i te t he letter a,b,or con y our answer she e t.22.A ra v e i s most accu r ately d e scribed asa.a p a r ty。*b.a cone e c.a meetin g23.R a ves a r ea.an o Id We s t e rn c us t om b.a r ec e nt de v el o pmen t c.a kindo f mus i c2 4.E c stasy w i 1 1 proba b 1 y m a k e y ou f eela.excited b.t ired8g c.a n gry2 5.T h e wo r d eup h ori c probably mea n sa.ha p pyo e b.sick。c.b e a u t i f u 126.Th e w riter o f t h e ar t i c 1 e b e lieves th a ta.f ew p eople will d i e from E c s tasy i n t he f utu r eb.the s am e number o f peo p 1 e w i 1 1 d i e f rom E c s t a sy in th en e x t yearc.m o re people will die f rom E c sta s y in th e f u tureTa s k 2.Questi o ns 2 6-3 0D e ath GigglesNot many bo o k s about ol d a ge and the f e ar o f d e ath tend to b o o s tmy moo d,but G ene Co h en the C reati ve Age h a s me singing i n the showe ra n d chu c kling e ven at I ntemet jokes.B e in g a w h ite-headed w r inkly,as Austra lia n s call us old f o Iks,I now feel t he 1 a ughs b ubb 1 i ng up the way t hey h av e f or mo s t of my 76 years.Wh y?Well C o hen b r i ghtened my life 一 b yp utt i ng me back i n t o u c h with m y f e a r o f de a th.Mi 1 lions o f us a re liv in g 3 0 y e a r s Ion g er t h an w e di d a hu n dr e dy e a rs ago,an d the data sug g est t h a t just in my 1 i f e t ime weve b e e n give n a 1 4-y e a r bo n u s i n p ro d u ctiv e ac t i v i ty.Our species is ex p eri menting with 1 i f e s pan.Here we a r e p 1 a y ing in overtime,w i th m o re h e althand ener g y t ha n any c oho r t our a ge e v e r h ad.But o u r b odies we a rdown and cram p u p,aggravati n g rem i n d e r s that the whi s tie wi 1 1 soo n b lo wt o end t h e gam e.We te n s e up wit h anxiet y and noct u ma 1 pa n ic,wakefrom nightm a r es a t 2:2 9 a.m.,r o u s edb y f e a r-moved bowel s,fal 1 int ode p r es s io n,1 o se con c e n trati o n a nd t u r n e d gy e ach time mem o r y hid es a name or a fa c t ju s t when w e hav e t o h ave i t.So we h ave to turn t o mb s t o ne t er r or s into cre a tive energy,urges Co h e n.Wes t a r t t o g e t 1 i b erated,ifeve r,o n ly b y a“dr a ma t ic,t h o ugh o ft e n o v e r 1 ooked,changed in the wa y we think about dea t h.S hif t ing f r o mthe abs t ract t o the c o n c r et e,de a t h c hang e s 44 f rom s o m ething t h at h a ppe ns to som e t h i ng that will h a ppe n Only when we 1 o ok deat h i n t he eye-w h ate v e r wor d s wor k for y ou-and c ome t o terms w i th our mo r ta 1 i t y d o w e d i sc o ver a c reat i ve new f r e edom,C o hen r ep o r t s.A st h e f ounding d irect o r o f th e N ation a 1 I nstitute o f M e ntal He a It h sIn s titut e f or Ageing,hes 1 o ok e d in t o enough cases t o d ig out the s ubtle stuffb uried unde r d eath d enia 1 s.Thats wh y t h e b o ok p a ys off so 1 idl y o nt he p r omise of its subt i t le:A wakening Human P o tenti a I i n th e SecondHal f o f Li f e.The data sugges t s that w e e I d e rs ha v e e a sier acces s to our unc onsciou s,pr o du c tive d r earns,th an mos t busy grown-u p.In Den i al of D ea t h,the c I as s ic by Em s t Becker,the autho r a r g ued th a tmo s t ar t,a nd inde e d civi I i zati o n i tse I f,come s f rom s t ru g gleto transcend o u r mortal lim i t s.W h a t I k n o w is Id 1 o st my old h umo u r p a r t ne r,d eath,but wit h Coh e ns he Ip w e re ha n gin gout toge t h er aga i n an d we kn o w t h at a w o rkable idea or a go o djoke is mo r e i mp o rtan t t ha n e x t ended t o f u.Qu e st i o n s 2 630.Complete the fo I lowing sta t ement s b y c hoo si ng the b e s t from th e a n swer s a,b,c9 a n d d an d write th eletter on o u r an s w er s heet.27.Th e au t h o r o f this text d i scu s ses.a)energy b)fr e ed o m c)a book d)a f i Im2 8.The author o f t hi s t e x t is.a)a y oun g man b)a n old man c)an o 1 d woma nd)a grown-up29.T h e n a me of th e author o f the te x t is.a)not stated b)Eme s t B e c ker c)G ene Cohe n d)D e nial o f Deat h30.The subti t le o f th e Cre a t i v e A g e i s.a)Denial of Death b)D e a th Gi g gl e sc)Awake n i n g H u ma n P o tential i n t he S eco n d H alf of Lifed)F rom som e thi n g t hat h a ppen s to something tha t will happ e n3 1.T he di r e c tor o f th e N ati o n a 1 Insti t u t e o f Menta 1 He a It h s Instit ute fbr A ge is.a)its f b u n d e r b)the a u tho r of 由 e a bo v e textc)t h e di r ector o f a film d)t h e d i recto r of the N at i o nal I nstitute of M e ntal Heal t hTas k 3 Q u e S tions 314 0Romance O f Three King d O m ST h e Ming Dy n as t y c las s ic R om a n c e o f the T h re e k ingdoms,by Luo Gu a nz h o n g,h a s lo n g int r igued read e rs,b o th C h in e se an df o r eig n,with its dep i c t i o n of p o li t ical c o ns p i r aci e s and i t s ch a rac ter po r t r a i ts o f politici a ns,sta t e smen a n d mi 1 i t ary s t r ategists.Now a mammoth,84 p ar t TV se r i e s,t h e p 1 a y is a faithf u 1 adap tatio n of th e origi n a 1 n o vel,an d has b ecom e almost a s p o pular o v e rs e asas it is a t horn e.It is a p a n o r a ma o f a p a rtic u 1 ar c h aot i c perio d i nC h in e se hi s t o ry,whe n im p eri a 1 r u l e was w e ak and 1 ocal mo n ar ch s lo n g e d f o r power.Th e rivals were finally reduced to thre e m a in cont e nd e rs,t h e r u lers of t he states o f Wei,S hu,and W u,k n o wn in Chinesehistory as the T h r ee Kin g doms.T h ey f o u g h t for o ver h alf a centur y untilChin a was f i nal 1 y r e unit e d under the Jin Dyn a sty.T h e st o ry of the pl a yalso s p a ns a b out h a 1 f a c e n tu r y,s t arti n g wi t h loc a 1 riv a Iries,m o v ing o n to th e c o nfr o n t a t i on o f t h e Thr e e K i ngdoms a n d e n d i ng with the final u n i fi c atio n of the c oun t ry.T he Three Ki n g doms period i s o n e o f t h e m o st wr i tten an d t a l ked-a b o u t e r as i n C hinas 5,0 0 0 y e a rs of his t or y.Fo r si x d e cades batt 1es rag e d b a ck an d for t h,dip 1 om a cy wa s ho n e d to a fin e a r t,an d p o1 itical alii a n c es w e re fbrg e d and broken in r ap i d succe s s i o n.The monarchsof t h e t h ree ki n gd o ms ha ve gained a reputa t i on th r ough o u t h i s to r yfor bein g sm a r t ruler s,an d each in turn was serv e d b y out s t a n d i n g und e rling s,b o th m i litar y and civilia n.It was a n e r a i n w h ich a ba t tie o fwits w a s ev e n m o re i mportant t h an a militaiy bat t le,a t im e w h en ta lent col 1 i de d wi t h tai e nt an d m i 1 i t a ry g e nius w i t h mili t ary ge n iu s-i n short,a fan t a s ti c s o u r ce of lit e r a ry c re a tio n f or gen era t io n s to c o me.T he novel i tself is an epic with a n enormous number of p r o t agonis t s.Th e ce n t ra 1 c h ar a cter,i f there i s one,i s Zhug e Liang,mi 1 itary a d vi s e r t oLiu B ei,rul e r o f t h e state S hu.Because o f h is t alen t s as a state s manand mi 1 ita r y s t rat e gist,Z hug e lian g has come t o be s een by 1 arger g e ne ratio n s of Chinese a s t he a r chetype o f wisdom.Li u Bei is regarded as th er ep r esentat i on o f C o n f ucia n i sm.Both t h e novel a nd TV play s t ress h is be n ev o len c e,1 e ni e n cy,unde r s t a n d ing of t he p e op 1 e,and the factthat h e knew h o w to get t he bes t o u t o f ever y o ne.Anot h er leading c h ara c t er,C a o Cao,i s a far more c o m p le x pe r s ona 1i ty.H a v i ng forced th e yo u n g empe r or o f t h e Han D yn a sty i n to subse r vi e n c e throu g h h i s 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