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1、2021年甘肃公共英语考试考前冲刺卷本卷共分为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.As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase. I had

2、 left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it; but

3、 no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found. When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an

4、old, brown-looking object not different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the case. I were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and

5、 wrote them down as they came to me. After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed the case already. This had not happened fortunately.

6、 For after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in a comer. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I could take the case away. Again I took out my wallet: this time to pay. I pulled out a ten shilling note and the lost receipt

7、 slipped out with it. I could not help blushing and glanced up at the assistant. He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too !The writer needed the receipt _.Ato claim his suitcaseBto pay at the luggage officeCto prove that he had paid at the luggage

8、 officeDto prove that he had bought the suitcase 2.Questions 11-13 are based on the story you are going to hear.What was the main difference the speaker noted on returning to his hometownAIt was busy early in the morning.BThe school had become better than it used to be.CThe Shakespeare industry has

9、grown more important.DMany Americans now lived ther 3.Questions 14-17 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.What is the man surprised to learnAThat the library opens at 8:00.BThat no one else has read the articles.CThat none of the material he needs is available.DThat reserve materials c

10、an be taken out of the library. 4.Questions 18-21 are based on the following monologue.In what way is John Smith different from millionairesAHe never uses money.BHe is a slave of his money.CHe is rich in peace of mind.DHe has no friends. 5.Questions 22-25 are based on a conversation you are going to

11、 hearWhy is the man talking to the womanAHe is explaining the language laboratory.BHe wants to know where the tapes are.CHes showing her a new tape recorder.DHes recording her voice on a tap 6.Does she like concertsAYes.BNo.CSometimes.DWe dont know. 7.Todays policeman in large cities throughout the

12、world (26) on modem inventions to help them in their work. In most places motor scooters and police patrol cars have (27) away with the need to patrol a beat on foot or on horseback. Policemen use telephones, (28) located throughout their districts, to make immediate (29) with headquarters. Radio, t

13、elevision, and computers (30) to speed the work of the modem force. Even boats and helicopters are part of the equipment of metropolitan police departments. New technical inventions are widely used to (31) crime and speed the (32) of criminal cases. Electronic computers reduce from hours to minutes

14、the time spent in (33) for fingerprints. Witnesses (34) of a criminal are coded and fed (35) a computer. The machine then sorts through the picture file of known criminals and selects the name and photograph of the most (36) suspect. Lie detectors, (37) such evidence is acceptable, are used to (38)

15、the truth. A criminal identification tool in (39) in some places is the image reflector, or imagemaker. This machine (40) a picture of a face (41) a screen. A detective manipulates the machine to (42) the parts of the face to match those of the suspect (43) described by the witnesses. The final pict

16、ure is then photographed and sent to police in other areas. Sometimes skilled sketch artists employed by police departments (44) oral descriptions into (45) of a suspect.AdoneBkeptCputDtaken 8.Why bother with the study of history What possible connections exist between an increasingly remote past an

17、d our own predicaments (困境) in the present Can stories about other peoples in other places at any other times have any meaning in an age of vaulting (飞速发展的) technology and traumatizing (惊人) change Is it reasonable to think that anyone can benefit from the experiences of others in a presumably unprec

18、edented (前所未有的) time when our political and economic systems falter (踉跄), and the nuclear, peril causes nightmares of dread These questions hold more than rhetorical importance and compel serious answers. Undergraduates in all programs of study need to know what they can hope to learn and how their

19、experiences will affect their capacity to think and act creatively in the future. Skeptics have often argued that a knowledge of history will not provide much help. The American industrialist Henry Ford characterized history as bunk. Although the observation probably tells more about the limitations

20、 of Fords mind that about the nature of history, other luminaries (名人) have expressed similar reservations. In the seventeenth century, the French scientist and mathematician Rene Descartes worried that undue curiosity about the past would result in excessive ignorance of the present. Another French

21、man, Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, a philosopher and historian, described history as a pack of tricks we play on the dead. Although he meant the comment as an appeal for history written more accurately, he inadvertently gave support to the cynical claim that historians invariably fall into one

22、of three camps: those as George Wilhelm Fried Rich Hegel, a nineteeth century German, feared that the only thing we can learn from history is that no one learns anything from history. Undoubtedly the writing of history is a perilous (危险的) venture. A common lament among historians is the fact that ev

23、ery day requires them to face up to their incomprehension of the world and their incapacity to interpret their evidence correctly. Surely they should rank among the humblest of people. Nevertheless, for many, the sheer joy of the endeavor makes the risk worthwhile. Some even have assigned to themsel

24、ves important and useful functions. Most historians regard the study of history as a way for human beings to acquire self knowledge. Edward Gibbon, the great English historian of the Roman Empire, sadly described the historical record as consisting of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

25、 Though certainly indicative of a wretched and dismal (阴沉的) state of affairs, his remark also held forth the possibility of escaping such conditions through rational in quiry. Transcendence over the past could come about only through knowledge. Other historians have invoked (行使) their discipline as

26、a kind of ethical sanction (制裁). Lord Acton, a Victorian Englishman, insisted upon maintaining morality as the sole impartial criterion of men and things. He called upon historians to act as arbiters, defending the proper standards, out of an expectation that the threat of disapproval in the future

27、might discourage incorrect behavior in the present. Historians should call malefactors to account for their misdeeds. Still others presumed the existence of links between the past and the future and suggested that comprehension of what had taken place might prepare for what will come about. How to g

28、et ready for the unknown has always posed a great problem. George Santayana, a Harvard philosopher, asserted early in the twentieth century that people who forget about the past are condemned to repeat it. This utilitarian (实利主义的) conception saw in the discipline a way of developing workable strateg

29、ies for survival. History comprised the recollections of all people. Santayanas claim affirmed that things learned from experience could aid in the avoidance of mistakes, pitfalls, and catastrophes in the future.This passage is primarily concerned with _.Adifficulties encountered in writing history

30、of any kindBa comparison of varions approaches and attitudes to history as a scienceCa summary of functions of writing historyDthe improbability of writing and convincing and detailed history 9.Questions 18-21 are based on the following monologue.In what way is John Smith similar to the average mill

31、ionaireAHe always gets other people to pay for his drinks.BHe is full of jokes and fun.CHe always makes people feel happy.DHe does not give much thought for tomorrow. 10.Questions 11-13 are based on the story you are going to hear.What was the direct connection between members of the speakers family

32、 and ShakespeareAThey owned Shakespeares birthplace.BThey went to Shakespeares old school.CThey lived near Shakespeares house.DThey shared Shakespeares first nam 11.Questions 22-25 are based on a conversation you are going to hearWhat is the mans opinion of the language laboratoryAIt needs to have m

33、ore French lesson tapes.BIt needs to have its controls repaired.CIt is different from all the other laboratories.DIt can be operated rather easily. 12.What does the man meanALinda is practically the only one who thinks so.BMost people will go down town.CFew people will be surprised at the price.DThe

34、 price causes different opinions. 13.As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase. I had left there three days before. There were only a few peop

35、le waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere t

36、o be found. When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown-looking object not different from the many cas

37、es I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the case. I were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me. After I had done thi

38、s, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed the case already. This had not happened fortunately. For after a time, I found the case lying on its side hig

39、h up in a comer. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I could take the case away. Again I took out my wallet: this time to pay. I pulled out a ten shilling note and the lost receipt slipped out with it. I could not help blushing and glanc

40、ed up at the assistant. He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too !The writer felt foolish because _.Ahe couldnt really lost his receiptBhe hadnt really lost his receipt at allChe had to fill in a formDthe assistant was laughing at him 14.Questions

41、 14-17 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.What does the woman say about Professor GrandAHe is not cooperative.BHe will be in his office all afternoon.CHe has not read any of the articles himself.DHe already brought in extra copies of the articl 15.A break through in the provision of e

42、nergy from the sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EECs research effort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EECs scientific laboratories

43、at Lspra, near Milan. The senior West German scientist in charge of the Communitys solar energy programme, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Communitys energy requireme

44、nts even after the year 2000. But he said that with a modest increase in the present sums devoted by the EEC to this work it was possible that the breakthrough could be achieved by the end of the next decade. Mr. Gretz calculates that if solar energy only provided three percent of the EECs needs, th

45、is could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Communitys future energy needs. At pre

46、sent the EEC spends about $2.6 millions a year on solar research at Lspra, one of the EECs official joint research centres, and another $3 million a year in indirect research with universities and other independent bodies.Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy depends

47、 on _.Asufficient fundingBfurther experimentsCadvanced technologyDwell equipped laboratories 16.Todays policeman in large cities throughout the world (26) on modem inventions to help them in their work. In most places motor scooters and police patrol cars have (27) away with the need to patrol a beat on foot or on horseback. Policemen use telephones, (28) located throughout their districts, to make immediate (29) with headquarters. Radio, television, and computers (30) to speed the work of the modem force. Even boats and helicopters are part of th