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1、2021宁夏公共英语考试真题卷（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.BD/B Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver. He was very interested in the discovery of new lands. His brother Bartholomew was a chart maker in Lisbon, Portugal. Columbus studied chart making with his

2、 brother. He believed that the world was round, and he wanted to travel the seas to prove it. At that time, spice merchants were looking for a new route to Asia. Asia was a large trading area, but it was very difficult to reach by land. Columbus requested support from many people to help him travel

3、the seas. Finally, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain granted his request, and gave him three ships for his voyage. On August 3, 1492, Columbus and ninety men set sail on the Santa Maria along with two other ships, the Nina and the Pinta. The voyage was hard and many men were sick and tired.

4、 On October 11, at ten oclock at night, Columbus saw a light. The Pinta sailed ahead and reported that they had reached land. Since Columbus thought they had reached India, they expected to see people that were Indians. Even when they found out that they were not in Asia, they were happy to have fou

5、nd a new place that they could trade with. Columbus named the area where they landed San Salvador, and claimed the area for Spain. Today Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States on the second Monday in October. Banks and government offices are closed to honor the man who was the first Europea

6、n to have discovered the New World of the Americas.Columbus decided to explore new areas because _. Ahe learnt charting and wanted to practise itBhe wanted to prove the earth was roundChe was encouraged by his Queen and KingDhe hoped to be a famous sailor of his age 2. 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中

7、选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set U (36) /U to honor and remember the U (37) /U men and women who have U (38) /U their country, in any war and U (39) /U peacetime. Veterans Day was first U (40) /U Armistice Day.

8、 That day U (41) /U the end of World War I. Thirty-five countries U (42) /U in that war. An armistice was U (43) /U on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and this U (44) /U the war was over. Many countries were U (45) /U to hear that the war was over and that their soldiers

9、 would be coming home. An U (46) /U American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery U (47) /U a hillside overlooking the Potomac River at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1921. His U (48) /U is called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The U (49) /U of the tomb is where the U.S. government U (50)

10、 /U its annual Veterans Day U (51) /U. On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from England were U (52) /U also buried in their U (53) /U countries, to give special U (54) /U to the end of the war. In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the day U (55) /U Armistice Day to Veteran

11、s Day. AhelpedBfoughtCservedDprotested 3.BB/B An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card. Ms. Doss White, 72 years old, is claiming $ 3 000 damages from the store for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.

12、 Ms. White visited the store while doing Christmas shopping, but did not buy anything. She was followed through the town by a store manager. He had been told that a customer saw her take a card and put it in her shopping bag. He stopped her at a bookstore as she was reading a book. Ms. White said. T

13、his man, a total stranger, suddenly grasped my bag and asked if he could look in it. She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutes until the police arrived. At the police station she was body-searched and nothing was found. Her lawyer said the depar

14、tment store sent an insincere apology and they insisted that she might have been stealing. The hearing continues today.What does the woman think of the stores attitude in this case AAgreeable.BUnsatisfied.CSorrowful.DApologetic. 4.Why do you think Jada and Jessie dont care if people cant tell them a

15、partAA They know their differences.BB They like wearing blue dresses.CC They like making Jared mad. 5.B第一节/B 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有十秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。 When will Rudy come from BeijingAA 8 oclock in the evening.BB 18 oclock in the evening.CC At abo

16、ut any hour in the evening. 6.BE/B From the end of the 1700s, Kentucky had a special problem: horseracing. There werent many special tracks for horseracing then, so people would take their horses to the main square and race them. This was quite dangerous for the people who were walking around! Meriw

17、ether Lewis Clark, Jr. established the Kentucky Derby. After visiting England and studying Englands racetracks and races, he built a racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, which he named Churchill Downs. On May 17, 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was held. Until 1895, the distance around the track was 1

18、miles. Since 1895, the Derby track has been 1 miles. Before 1902, the Derby was very popular, but it was not financially successful. It underwent some changes in ownership, and had its first profit in 1903. By 1920, the Derby had become the best-known race in North America. Today, the race attracts

19、the best three-year-old horses from all over the country. The Kentucky Derby is held each year on the first Saturday of May. The whole week is full of fun activities. The event attracts over 100 000 visitors, and is watched on television around the world.In which month of a year is the Kentucky Derb

20、y held AMarch.BSeptember.CMay.DDecember. 7. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。 BA/B Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do-especially in a job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert, notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. Its amazing ho

21、w many candidates fail themselves, he says. Applications arrive with stains. Some candidates dont bother to spell the companys name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate, Crossley concludes. If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job Can we pa

22、y too much attention to detail Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. To keep from losing the forest for the trees, says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, we must constantly ask ourselves how the d

23、etails were working on fit into the larger picture. It they dont, we should drop them and move to something else. Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. The Apollo moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time, says Garfield, but a successful landing

24、 was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary. Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. Too often we believe what accounts for others success is some special secret or a luck. But rar

25、ely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.The example of the Apollo moon launch is given to illustrate that _. Aminor mistakes can be ignoredBfailure is the mother of successCadjustments are key to the success of any

26、 workDkeeping ones goal in mind helps decide what can be overlooked 8.BC/B Once upon a time, in a solar system there were two planets. Their names were Yee and Lan, and they loved each other very much. But they were a little sad, because it was so long between times that they got to be near each oth

27、er. Most of the time they had to gaze from afar. Centuries went by, and one time as they passed, reaching out through the cold and emptiness, Yee slipped Lan a moon, because Yee had three and Lan had none. Lan looked so perfect with the new moon that all the other planets were a little jealous; and

28、Yee didnt mind giving up that moon at all. So the planets kept on dancing to the music of the universe, and Lans moon was admired by all, until one day an evil-minded ice-hearted comet viciously slammed into it, shattering it into a thousand pieces. At that time, Yee was all the way on the other sid

29、e of the sun and couldnt hear the wails that rocked Lan through and through. After so long they were together again. Lan was almost afraid to look at Yee, but Yee reached out a wisp of atmosphere in comfort. He hesitated a minute, but then went ahead and smashed the two remaining moons together so t

30、hat Lan would have no reason to feel bad. So around and around they went, much in love that they thought they would burst, even though they looked a little bare, and felt a little cold without their lovely moons. But then, something beautiful happened-their shimmering bits of moon dust started to fl

31、atten out, and make two large circles, one for each of them. And before too long, the circles became rings, great big wonderful rings, sparkling in the pure sunlight, the wonder of that solar system. And that is why when two people have so much love that theyll give each other rings, in memory of th

32、e planetary love of Yee and Lan.Why did the other planets feel jealous of Lan AShe had the beautiful moon.BShe was loved by Yee.CYee often comforted her.DThey admired her beauty. 9.The man felt funny about his ear. What did the woman explain to himAA Its the air pressure.BB His ears have some proble

33、m.CC He is hungry. 10. 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set U (36) /U to honor and remember the U (37) /U men and women who have U (38) /U their country, in any war and U (39) /U peace

34、time. Veterans Day was first U (40) /U Armistice Day. That day U (41) /U the end of World War I. Thirty-five countries U (42) /U in that war. An armistice was U (43) /U on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and this U (44) /U the war was over. Many countries were U (45) /U

35、to hear that the war was over and that their soldiers would be coming home. An U (46) /U American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery U (47) /U a hillside overlooking the Potomac River at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1921. His U (48) /U is called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The U (4

36、9) /U of the tomb is where the U.S. government U (50) /U its annual Veterans Day U (51) /U. On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from England were U (52) /U also buried in their U (53) /U countries, to give special U (54) /U to the end of the war. In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed t

37、he name of the day U (55) /U Armistice Day to Veterans Day. AatBbyConDduring 11.BD/B Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver. He was very interested in the discovery of new lands. His brother Bartholomew was a chart maker in Lisbon, Portugal. Columbus studied chart making with his brother. He b

38、elieved that the world was round, and he wanted to travel the seas to prove it. At that time, spice merchants were looking for a new route to Asia. Asia was a large trading area, but it was very difficult to reach by land. Columbus requested support from many people to help him travel the seas. Fina

39、lly, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain granted his request, and gave him three ships for his voyage. On August 3, 1492, Columbus and ninety men set sail on the Santa Maria along with two other ships, the Nina and the Pinta. The voyage was hard and many men were sick and tired. On October 11

40、, at ten oclock at night, Columbus saw a light. The Pinta sailed ahead and reported that they had reached land. Since Columbus thought they had reached India, they expected to see people that were Indians. Even when they found out that they were not in Asia, they were happy to have found a new place

41、 that they could trade with. Columbus named the area where they landed San Salvador, and claimed the area for Spain. Today Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States on the second Monday in October. Banks and government offices are closed to honor the man who was the first European to have disc

42、overed the New World of the Americas.About how long did it take Columbus to reach the new land ATwo years.BTwo months.CThree months.DThree years. 12.BC/B Once upon a time, in a solar system there were two planets. Their names were Yee and Lan, and they loved each other very much. But they were a lit

43、tle sad, because it was so long between times that they got to be near each other. Most of the time they had to gaze from afar. Centuries went by, and one time as they passed, reaching out through the cold and emptiness, Yee slipped Lan a moon, because Yee had three and Lan had none. Lan looked so p

44、erfect with the new moon that all the other planets were a little jealous; and Yee didnt mind giving up that moon at all. So the planets kept on dancing to the music of the universe, and Lans moon was admired by all, until one day an evil-minded ice-hearted comet viciously slammed into it, shatterin

45、g it into a thousand pieces. At that time, Yee was all the way on the other side of the sun and couldnt hear the wails that rocked Lan through and through. After so long they were together again. Lan was almost afraid to look at Yee, but Yee reached out a wisp of atmosphere in comfort. He hesitated

46、a minute, but then went ahead and smashed the two remaining moons together so that Lan would have no reason to feel bad. So around and around they went, much in love that they thought they would burst, even though they looked a little bare, and felt a little cold without their lovely moons. But then, something beautiful happened-their shimmering bits of moon dust started to flatten out, and make two large circles, one for each of them. And before too long, t