2021江苏公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（2）.docx

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1、2021江苏公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（2）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. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. U (26) /U in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the h

2、eart of a town. This street was U (27) /U on both sides with manyU (28) /Ubusinesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. U (29) /U, some shops offered U (30) /U. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair st

3、ores, and barber or hairdressing shops, U (31) /Uin the 1950s, a change began to U (32) /U. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main StreetU (33) /U too few parking places were U (34) /Ushoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces U (35) /Uth

4、e city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they gotU (36) /Uthe first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, U (37) /Uas a collection of small new stores U (38) /Ucrowded city centers. U (39) /Uby hundreds of free parking space

5、, customers were drawn away from U (40) /Uareas to outlying malls. And the growing U (41) /U of shopping centers led U (42) /Uto the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. U (43) /Uthe late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing

6、the U (44) /U of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, U (45) /U benches, fountains, and out door entertainment. AcheapnessBreadinessCconvenienceDhandiness 2. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. U (26) /U in th

7、e 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was U (27) /U on both sides with manyU (28) /Ubusinesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. U (29) /U, s

8、ome shops offered U (30) /U. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops, U (31) /Uin the 1950s, a change began to U (32) /U. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main StreetU (33) /U too few parking places were U (34) /Ushoppers. Because the s

9、treets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces U (35) /Uthe city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed. And open space is what they gotU (36) /Uthe first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, U (37) /Uas a collection of s

10、mall new stores U (38) /Ucrowded city centers. U (39) /Uby hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from U (40) /Uareas to outlying malls. And the growing U (41) /U of shopping centers led U (42) /Uto the building of bigger and better-stocked stores. U (43) /Uthe late 1970s, many sh

11、opping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the U (44) /U of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, U (45) /U benches, fountains, and out door entertainment. Abecause ofBandCwithDprovided 3.What is it about Paris For the last two

12、 centuries it has been the single most visited city in the world. Tourists still go for the art and the food, even if they have to brave the disdain of ticket-takers and waiters. Revolutionaries on the run, artists in search of the galleries and writers looking for the license to explore their inner

13、 selves went looking for people like themselves and created their own fields filled with experimentation and constant arguments. Would worldwide communist revolution have been conceivable without the Paris that was home to Marx, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh Would Impressionism or Cubism have become isms wi

14、thout Paris as a place to work and as a subject to paint How Paris came to be, for such a long time, capital of the worldThe answer lies in the city’s myths according to the distinguished Harvard historian Patrice Higonnet in Paris: Capital of the World. In his book, Paris came to stand for al

15、l the contradictions of modern life; you went there to experience more fully what modern life had to offer. Paris was imagined, by locals and foreigners alike, as the hothouse of individualism, revolution, scientific progress, urbanism, artistic innovation and cultural sophistication, but it also of

16、fered the more dangerous enticements of pornography, prostitution, alienation and, at the end of the line, crime.Higonnet fully appreciates how the two sides of the myth complemented each other. A product of two cultures himself-he wrote this book in French-Higonnet is ideally placed to serve as gui

17、de to the riches of the Parisian Golden Age, which ran roughly from the French Revolution to 1945. His book is beautifully produced and worth purchasing.Which university did historian Patrice Higonnet graduate from().A. Stanford UniversityB. Harvard UniversityC. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

18、D. University of Michigan4.Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one rood.People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police statio

19、ns of private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 mil- lion square feet. It has 350 s

20、tores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are park- ing spaces for 2,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People like doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built around the

21、 country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of mall walking. Others go to malls

22、 to meet friends.In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping center.What kind of person is called mall rat().A. One spends so much time at malls.B.

23、 One steals at malls.C. One sees dentists at malls.D. One eats a lot at malls.5.W: It’s well-known science fiction plot to freeze a body and bring it back to life years later.However, this may no longer be so far from the truth. Joining us from our Cardiff studio is Professor Andrew Morgan, wh

24、o’s been doing some research into this subject. Professor Morgan.M: Yes, well, I’ve been looking into the ability of certain animals to freeze themselves for a certain amount of time, and then to come back to life when the circumstances around them change. And, what I’ve been worki

25、ng on over the past two years is the particular process that enables them to do this.W: What have you actually discoveredM: I think it’s a particular chemical in the animals’ bodies which begins to work under certain circumstances. And I’m now experimenting with this chemical to se

26、e if I can get other animals that wouldn’t normally be able to freeze themselves to be able to do this.W: Have you had any successM: I have so far. It’s been going very well. And I’m reasonably confident that perhaps within ten years from now I’ll be able to freeze human bein

27、gs for as long or as short a time as I would like to, and then bring them back to life again in exactly the same state that they were in before they were frozenjust as you can do with animals.W: And what’s the main application of your researchM: I think the main application of this for human b

28、eings would be for people with terminal illnesses, such as certain types of cancer, AIDS. We could freeze them, find a cure for the illness and then bring them back to life again and administer the cure.W: I see. Well, this obviously is going to create great debate I would think as to the rights and

29、 wrongs of whether we should be actually doing this.What does Professor Morgan do().A. He is a film director of Science Fiction.B. He is a writer of Science Fiction.C. He is a scientist who researches on how to freeze a body and bring it back to life later.D. He is a doctor who treats terminal illne

30、sses.6.What is it about Paris For the last two centuries it has been the single most visited city in the world. Tourists still go for the art and the food, even if they have to brave the disdain of ticket-takers and waiters. Revolutionaries on the run, artists in search of the galleries and writers

31、looking for the license to explore their inner selves went looking for people like themselves and created their own fields filled with experimentation and constant arguments. Would worldwide communist revolution have been conceivable without the Paris that was home to Marx, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh Wou

32、ld Impressionism or Cubism have become isms without Paris as a place to work and as a subject to paint How Paris came to be, for such a long time, capital of the worldThe answer lies in the city’s myths according to the distinguished Harvard historian Patrice Higonnet in Paris: Capital of the

33、World. In his book, Paris came to stand for all the contradictions of modern life; you went there to experience more fully what modern life had to offer. Paris was imagined, by locals and foreigners alike, as the hothouse of individualism, revolution, scientific progress, urbanism, artistic innovati

34、on and cultural sophistication, but it also offered the more dangerous enticements of pornography, prostitution, alienation and, at the end of the line, crime.Higonnet fully appreciates how the two sides of the myth complemented each other. A product of two cultures himself-he wrote this book in Fre

35、nch-Higonnet is ideally placed to serve as guide to the riches of the Parisian Golden Age, which ran roughly from the French Revolution to 1945. His book is beautifully produced and worth purchasing.What is Higonnets attitude towards the fact that the two sides of the myth complemented each other()A

36、. AppreciationB. DislikeC. IndifferenceD. Anger7.W: It’s well-known science fiction plot to freeze a body and bring it back to life years later.However, this may no longer be so far from the truth. Joining us from our Cardiff studio is Professor Andrew Morgan, who’s been doing some resea

37、rch into this subject. Professor Morgan.M: Yes, well, I’ve been looking into the ability of certain animals to freeze themselves for a certain amount of time, and then to come back to life when the circumstances around them change. And, what I’ve been working on over the past two years i

38、s the particular process that enables them to do this.W: What have you actually discoveredM: I think it’s a particular chemical in the animals’ bodies which begins to work under certain circumstances. And I’m now experimenting with this chemical to see if I can get other animals th

39、at wouldn’t normally be able to freeze themselves to be able to do this.W: Have you had any successM: I have so far. It’s been going very well. And I’m reasonably confident that perhaps within ten years from now I’ll be able to freeze human beings for as long or as short a ti

40、me as I would like to, and then bring them back to life again in exactly the same state that they were in before they were frozenjust as you can do with animals.W: And what’s the main application of your researchM: I think the main application of this for human beings would be for people with

41、terminal illnesses, such as certain types of cancer, AIDS. We could freeze them, find a cure for the illness and then bring them back to life again and administer the cure.W: I see. Well, this obviously is going to create great debate I would think as to the rights and wrongs of whether we should be

42、 actually doing this.According to Professor Morgan, what enables animals to freeze themselves().A. A certain chemical in their bodies.B. The change of certain circumstances around them.C. A certain temperature.D. A certain season in the year.8.Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some peopl

43、e spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one rood.People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations of private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is a

44、lways fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 mil- lion square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are park- ing spaces for 2,7

45、50 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People like doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built around the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things, the

46、y shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of mall walking. Others go to malls to meet friends.In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even atten

47、d church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping center.Which of the following is NOT the reason why people like malls().A. They feel safe because malls have police station of private security guards.B. They can be ser

48、ved free meals after doing shopping.C. They can do about everything at malls.D. The weather inside is always fine.9.What is it about Paris For the last two centuries it has been the single most visited city in the world. Tourists still go for the art and the food, even if they have to brave the disdain of ticket-takers and waiters. Revolutionari