2021上海公共英语考试真题卷（4）.docx

《2021上海公共英语考试真题卷（4）.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《2021上海公共英语考试真题卷（4）.docx（68页珍藏版）》请在淘文阁 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。

1、2021上海公共英语考试真题卷（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.Attention please. An American friend will come and visit our school on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll give us a talk about the college life in America. All the students and teachers should be at the hall

2、at 3 o’clock. After the talk we can ask questions. He will show us some pictures about the college where he is teaching.What does the announcement ask the people to do ()AGo to welcome a foreign friend.BGo to the hall to have a meeting.CGo to hear a talk given by a foreigner.2.M: Excuse me, ho

3、w much does an ice cream costW: Two yuan. And how many do you wantM: Two, please.W: Anything else you want to buyM: Oh, yes, I still want some bread. A piece of bread, please.W: Here you are. 1.5 yuan a piece.M: By the way, do you have any fruit here, such as apples or orangesW: I’m sorry we h

4、aven’t got any.M: All right. Here’s the money for you.W: Thank you.How much should the man pay in total ()A1.5 yuan.B2 yuanC5.5 yuan3.W: Come in and sit down.M: Thank you. Here I’ve got a small present for you for Christmas.W: How nice of you! Let’s open it right now. Oh, how

5、 lovely it is!M: This small basket will be just right for candy and some other little things.W: Where did you get it M: It’s from China. Two months ago, I went to China with my parents and I bought it for you in Beijing, the capital of China.W: From China Thank you so much. No wonder it’

6、s so lovely. China’s famous for its handicrafts. Let me see what it is made of.M: It’s woven of bamboo.W: Really How skillfully it’s done! I’ll get it right here. Everybody can see it when coming in.M: I’m very glad you like it.What is the small present made of ()AWool.

7、BWood.CBamboo.4.W: That’s a had cough.M: Yes, it’s because I smoke.W: How many cigarettes do you smokeM: Thirty a day.W: Smoking is bad for your health.M: I know.W: Give it up.M: It’s easy to say. But howW: Count one, two, three until ten before you have a cigarette.M: That’s

8、 a goad idea.W: Don’t smoke after dinner.M: But I like a cigarette after dinner.W: Eat an apple or have a cup of tea instead.M: It’s no good. It’s difficult to give it up.The man finally ().Agives up smokingBtakes the woman’s adviceCfeels it unlikely to give up smoking5.W: He

9、llo, Bob. I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you getting along with your preparations for the entrance examM: Well, I really can’t tell. Anyhow, I’m doing my best, working night and day.W: So am I. Sometimes, I feel very tired, both physically and mentally.M: I feel the sa

10、me. I often suffer from headaches and general weakness. Not enough time for sleeping. I don’t know what will become of me if it goes on like this for long.W: And no time for sports, even music, not to mention films or TV programs. All we can see is exercises, exam papers and this sort of thing

11、s.M: It seems that to go to college is the only future we have.W: Certainly not. Even if we can’t go to college, we can take up many other jobs and do our bits for the society as well.M: Quite right. But we’ll get more knowledge after studying several years at college. That means we can

12、work better for our country and people after graduation. In addition our parents lay great hope on us, and we shouldn’t make them feel disappointed.Which of the following is NOT the reason for their going to college ()ATo get more knowledge.BNet to make their parents disappointed.CTo have time

13、 for sports, films and so on.6.W: Did you watch the game last night M: I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.Did the man watch the game last night ()ANo, he missed.BYes, he did.CNo, he didn’t.7.Attention please. An American friend will come and visit our school on Wednesday afternoon. H

14、e’ll give us a talk about the college life in America. All the students and teachers should be at the hall at 3 o’clock. After the talk we can ask questions. He will show us some pictures about the college where he is teaching.What will be showed on Wednesday afternoon ()AA film.BA video

15、tape.CSome pictures.8.M: Mary, why isn’t Jane teaching here this term W: She can’t. She was fired.What reason is given for Janes not teaching ()AShe is tired of teaching.BShe was dismissed from her job.CShe’s changing jobs.9.CARIFF, Wales poets, singers and musicians from across th

16、e globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.It might seem strange that people still want to listen to it instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again, said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytellin

17、g festival in Wales.Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time, he said early this month.Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kn

18、tadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound.Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but listen attentively.Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving storytelling in Wales.It came out of a gro

19、up of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here, Ambrose said.Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling ().Awill be more popular than TVBwill be popular againCstarted in WalesDare in the hands of some old people10.Ever since n

20、ews of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever.Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food p

21、roducts across the European Union (EU) in July 2003.Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled. Last week Sudan’s Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for c

22、larification of the origin of the dye’s name.Omaima Mahmoud A1 Sharief, a press official at Sudan’s Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye.We want to keep an eye on every detail and

23、avoid any misunderstanding there, she said. Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country. But they told us there was no relationship.The FSA, an independent food-security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudan&rsq

24、uo;s Embassy last week.They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name, she said. People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.Sudan dyes, which include Sudan 1 to 4, are r

25、ed dyes used for coloring solvents, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 1 ()ACausing cancer.BHaving side effects.CContaining poison.DPoisonous.11.I clim

26、bed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was (36) and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad (37) a step and fell, sending my new suitcases (38) down the stairs. Damn! he screamed, his face turning red. I kn

27、ew trouble was ahead. Whenever Dad’s face turns red, (39) !How could I ever (40) him to finish unloading the car (41) screaming at me or making a scene in front of the other girls, girls I would have to spend the (42) of the year with Doors were opening and faces were peering out (探出), as Dad

28、walked (43) close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a bad start.(44) the room quickly, I thought. Get him into a chair and to calm down. But (45) , would there be a chair in Room 316 Or would it be an empty room(46) I turned the key in the lock and (47) the door o

29、pen, with Dad (48) complaining about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in, expecting the worst. But to my (49) , the room wasn’t empty at all! It had furniture, curtains, a TV, and even paintings on the walls.And there on a well-made bed sat Amy, my new roommate, dressed neatly. Greet

30、ing me with a nod, she said in a soft voice, Hi, you must be Gori. Then, she (50) the music and looked over at (51) . And of course, you’re Mr. Faber, she said, (52) . Would you like a glass of iced tea Dad’s face turned decidedly (53) before he could bring out a yes.I knew (54) that Amy

31、 and I would be (55) and my first year of college would be a success.36().AhelplessBlazyCanxiousDtired12.Museums have changed. They are no longer places that one should go to but now they are places to enjoy.At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity p

32、asses through your body. At the Children’s Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no Do Not Touch signs in some other museums in the USA.More and more museum directors have realized that people learn best when they can become part of what they are seeing. In many science m

33、useums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.The purpose is not only to provide fun, but also help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don’t understand science, they will be afraid of it; and i

34、f they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. Another cause is the growing number of young people in the population. Many of them are college students or college graduates. They see things in a new and dif

35、ferent way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new and modern museums. In the United States and Canada, there are more than 6,000 museums, almost twice as many as there

36、 were 25 years ago.The directors of the museums have realized().Athe importance of scientific rulesBpeople learn best when they look at somethingCvisitors prefer to learn from museumsDthe museums need changes13.Americans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every year, that is, every person smokes

37、about 4,195 cigarettes a year in the country of 18 years of age or more. It has been calculated that 51% of American men smoke while 34% of American women do so.Since 1939, scientific studies have shown that smoking does great harm to one’s health and it will shorten one’s life.Cigarette

38、 smoking is believed, by most research workers in the field, a very important cause in the development of the cancer of the lungs and the cancer of the throat and is believed to have much to do with some other kinds of cancers. Cigarette smokers suffer from the illness of the heart more often than t

39、hose who don’t smoke. But strange, yet true, women are thought to be less affected, because when women smoke, they usually don’t breathe in the smoke so deeply. Most of doctors and researchers say, Give up smoking. If you don’t smoke-don’t start!Filters (过滤嘴) are required now

40、 to make smoking a bit safer, but they can only reduce, not get rid of, its poison.But there are still a number of doctors and research workers who are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They believe that the cancers of the lungs, the throat and so on may also be caused by air p

41、ollution, or chemical poison that is now being used by farmers in large quantities to destroy plant pests and small animals.()each smoke about 4,195 cigarettes a year.AAmericansBAmerican menCAmerican womenDAmerican aged 18 or more14.More than three million years ago, our ancestors were already on th

42、e march, rising on two legs to search for food, seek greener lands and, above all, to grow in body and brain. Let’s meet some of them:1. Australopithecus afarensisThey had ape-like faces and their brains were a third the size of modem humans’ brains. They lived 3-3.9 million years ago. F

43、ossils were found in Ethiopia in 1974.2. Paranthropus boiseiCovered with fur, they had strong arms and gorilla-like faces. They lived 1-2.5 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania in 1959.3. Homo habilisHomo habilis, which actually means handy man, was the first species to make and use pri

44、mitive stone tools. They lived 1.6-2.2 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania in 1960.4. Homo erectusWith skeletons very similar to those of modern humans, they were probably the first to use fire. They lived 30,000-1.8 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Africa and Asia since 1

45、893.5. Homo heidelbergensisThey were skilled hunters who used spears to kill animals. Their bodies were similar to ours, although more muscular and larger boned. They lived 200,000-500,000 years ago. Fossils have been found in Ethiopia, Germany, France and Spain since 1921.6. Homo NeanderthalTheir b

46、rains were at least as large as those of the average modem humans, while their smaller bodies helped them deal with cold climates. They lived 30,000-230,000 years ago. Fossils have been found in France and Iraq since 1856.What is considered more important in the development of the human ()AMan could

47、 stand on two feet.BMan’s brain became big enough.CMan’s arms became strong.DMan could use the stone tools.15.CARIFF, Wales poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.It might seem strange that people still want to list

48、en to it instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again, said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytelle

49、rs have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time, he said early this month.Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound.Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but liste