2022年云南公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（9）.docx

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1、2022年云南公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（9）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.More than 30, 000 drivers and passengers who sit in the front of the vehicles are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a thirdfloor b

2、uilding. Wearing a seat belt saves lives: it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than a half.Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you will be fined up to 50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear

3、 your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.However, when you’re reversing your car, you do not have to wear a seat belt; or when you are making a local delivery or co

4、llection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember that you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove

5、that you have been excused from wearing it.For some people, it may be better().Ato wear a seat belt for health reasons.Bnot to wear a seat belt for health reasons.Cto get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt.Dto pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt.2.In the late years of the nin

6、eteenth century, capital and labour were enlarging and perfecting their rival organisations on modern lines. Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional

7、 element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders. It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business. The railway com

8、panies, though still private business managed for the benefit of shareholders, were very unlike old family business. Meanwhile the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business

9、had important consequences. Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class, an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equally d

10、etached from the responsible management of business. During the nineteenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world’s movement towards industrialisation. Towns like Bournemou

11、th and Eastbourne sprang up to house large comfortable classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management. On the other hand

12、 shareholding meant leisure and freedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilisation.The shareholders as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of employees in the company in which they held shares, and their influence on the relations

13、 of capital and labour was not good. The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the workers and their demands, but even he had seldom familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employers had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family busines

14、s. Indeed the mere size of operations and the number of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible. Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organisation of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the compan

15、ies who employed them. The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each other’s strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.The text indicates that().Asome countries developed quickly because of the emergence of the limited liability companies.Bth

16、e tide of industralisation would widely benefit British shareholders greatly.Cshareholders contributed a lot to the fast growth of the British economy.Dthe system of shareholding impaired the management of modem companies.3.Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will ma

17、ke (21) easy and fun. Children will happily learn from (22) characters while taught by expertly (23) software. Who needs teachers when you’ve got (24) education These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and (25) extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games (26) thi

18、nk of your own experience: can you (27) even one educational filmstrip of many years ago I’ll (28) you remember the two or three great teachers who made a (29) in your life.Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised (30) catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We&r

19、squo;ll order airline tickets (31) the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales (32) . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more (33) in an after- noon than the entire Internet (34) in a month Even if there were a trustworthy way to (35) money over the Internet, the netwo

20、rk is (36) a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce: salespeople.What’s absent from this electronic wonderland People contact. Computers and networks (37) us from one another. A network chat line is a limp (38) for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes (

21、39) to the excitement of a (40) concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and - in the holy names of Education and Progress - important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.26().AbutBjustCandDtherefore4.In the late years of the nineteenth century, capital and labou

22、r were enlarging and perfecting their rival organisations on modern lines. Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline

23、 in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders. It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business. The railway companies, though still private busin

24、ess managed for the benefit of shareholders, were very unlike old family business. Meanwhile the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important consequences. Such l

25、arge, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class, an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible manag

26、ement of business. During the nineteenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world’s movement towards industrialisation. Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to hou

27、se large comfortable classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management. On the other hand shareholding meant leisure and fr

28、eedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilisation.The shareholders as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of employees in the company in which they held shares, and their influence on the relations of capital and labour was not goo

29、d. The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the workers and their demands, but even he had seldom familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employers had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business. Indeed the mere size of operati

30、ons and the number of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible. Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organisation of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the companies who employed them. The cruel d

31、iscipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each other’s strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.We learn from the text that().Ashareholders often cast negative influence on the well-being of workers.Bowners of traditional firms enjoyed a good relationsh

32、ip with their employees.Climited liability companies were too large to run smoothly.Dtrade unions had a positive role on workers and the management.5.Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make (21) easy and fun. Children will happily learn from (22) characters whi

33、le taught by expertly (23) software. Who needs teachers when you’ve got (24) education These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and (25) extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games (26) think of your own experience: can you (27) even one educational filmstrip of

34、many years ago I’ll (28) you remember the two or three great teachers who made a (29) in your life.Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised (30) catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets (31) the network, book restaurants and negot

35、iate sales (32) . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more (33) in an after- noon than the entire Internet (34) in a month Even if there were a trustworthy way to (35) money over the Internet, the network is (36) a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce: salespeople.

36、What’s absent from this electronic wonderland People contact. Computers and networks (37) us from one another. A network chat line is a limp (38) for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes (39) to the excitement of a (40) concert. This virtual reality where frustr

37、ation is legion and - in the holy names of Education and Progress - important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.27().AappreciateBrecallCcommentDproduce6.In the late years of the nineteenth century, capital and labour were enlarging and perfecting their rival organisations on mo

38、dern lines. Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family

39、firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders. It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business. The railway companies, though still private business managed for the benefit of shareholders, were very unlike o

40、ld family business. Meanwhile the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important consequences. Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly i

41、ncreased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class, an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business. During the nineteenth century, America, Afri

42、ca, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world’s movement towards industrialisation. Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large comfortable classes who had retired on their incomes,

43、and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management. On the other hand shareholding meant leisure and freedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the hi

44、ghest purpose of a great civilisation.The shareholders as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of employees in the company in which they held shares, and their influence on the relations of capital and labour was not good. The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct r

45、elation with the workers and their demands, but even he had seldom familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employers had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business. Indeed the mere size of operations and the number of workmen involved rendered such personal r

46、elations impossible. Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organisation of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, enabled the workmen to meet on equal terms the managers of the companies who employed them. The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to r

47、espect each other’s strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.The author appears to be very critical of().Afamily firm owners.Bshareholders.Cmanagers.Dlandowners.7.Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make (21) easy and fun. Children will happil

48、y learn from (22) characters while taught by expertly (23) software. Who needs teachers when you’ve got (24) education These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and (25) extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games (26) think of your own experience: can you (27) ev

49、en one educational filmstrip of many years ago I’ll (28) you remember the two or three great teachers who made a (29) in your life.Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised (30) catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets (31) the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales (32) . Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more (33) in an after- noon than the entire