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1、2022天津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.Questions 1417 are based on the following dialogue about election of school president.To what student body office does the man want to be electedAChairman.BTreasurer.CSecretary.DPresident. 2.Whats the probab

2、le relationship between the two speakersABoss and employee.BBrother and sister.CSalesperson and customer.DDoctor and patient. 3.Questions 2225 are based on the following dialogue.What are tile speakers talking aboutAPlaces the man has visited.BA paper the woman wrote.CSchool activities they enjoy.DP

3、lans for the summer. 4.Questions 1113 are based on the following dialogue.Why the woman doesnt want to see the movie Gone with the WindABecause the movie theater is far away.BBecause the film is too old.CBecause she doesnt want to see it a second time.DBecause its a popular film so the tickets would

4、 be quite expensive. 5.Questions 1417 are based on the following dialogue about election of school president.Where will they put the postersAIn the hall ways.BIn the classrooms.CIn the cafeteria.DIn the radio station. 6.Poverty exists because our society is an unequal one ,and there are extremely st

5、rong and powerful political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistribute wealth and income in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper class interests. People can be relatively rich only if others are relatively poor, and since power is concentrated in

6、the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor. As Herbert Gans (1973) has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the point of view of the non-poor. Poverty ensures that dirty work gets done. If there were, no poor people to sc

7、rub floors and empty waste, these jobs would have to be rewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs for many of the non-poor, such as police officers, welfare workers, pawnbrokers, and government bureaucrats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing the

8、m with cooks, gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores while their employers enjoy more, pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for inferior goods and services, such as day-old bread, run-down automobiles, or the advice of incompetent physicians and lawyers. Poverty makes midd

9、le-class values seem acceptable. To the middle class, the fate of the poor who are supposed to lack the virtues of thrift, honesty, and a taste for hard work only confirms the desirability of qualities the poor are thought to lack. Poverty also provides a group that can be made to absorb the costs o

10、f change. For example, the poor suffer the main part or force of unemployment caused by automaton, and it is their homes, not those of the wealthy, that are demolished when a route has to be found for a new highway. There is no intentional, conscious secret plan of the wealthy to keep the poor in po

11、verty. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American economic system; which the poor are politically powerless to influence change.Poverty exists in American society because_.Athe wealthy find it hard to change itBthe great majority of the non-poor are totally not concerned about

12、itCthe rich think they are powerless to do anything about itDthe poor lack such desirable qualities as honesty 7.Questions 1821 are based on the following dialogue.Whats the womans problemAHer daughter shows no interest in going to college.BHer daughter is not interested in her studies and has poor

13、grades.CHer daughter does not think going to college: is the best choice for her.DHer daughter wants to get a job. 8.What is the woman going to do on SundayAGo to the museum.BAttend a wedding.CSee an exhibition.DGo to New Mexico. 9.What can we learn from the conversationATile woman knows more about

14、computer than the man.BBoth of the man and the woman begin to realize the importance of computer.CThe man is not intelligent enough.DThe woman is a computer major. 10.Questions 2225 are based on the following dialogue.What does the man find surprising about the womanAShe has never been to Cettysburg

15、.BShe took a political science course.CHer family still goes on vacation together.DShes interested in the United States Civil War. 11.Text A study in the United States finds that girls and young women use tobacco, drugs and alcohol for different reasons than hoys. It says young males (26) use tobacc

16、o, drink alcohol or fake drugs (27) excitement. Or they think it will make them more popular. Young females, (28) , may hope to feel happier or reduce (29) or lose weight. There are physical, psychological and social (30) from smoking, drinking anti using (31) . The report says some of these may (32

17、) more quickly and severely in females. For example, it says they arc more likely to become dependent (33) tobacco than males who smoke just as many cigarettes. (34) it says females have a great (35) of brain damage from too much alcohol. Here are some other findings. Girls and young women who drink

18、 coffee are much (36) to smoke and drink alcohol and to start sooner than those who do not drink coffee. The report calls caffeine a little known warning (37) . Girls who do unhealthy things to lose weight drink (38) alcohol than those who do not (39) even though alcohol can cause weight gain. (40)

19、, even girls who do healthy things to lose weight smoke more than those not (41) diets. The report lists a number of warning signs to (42) for. These include depression and too much concern about (43) . The study also reminds parents and other adults that they (44) examples good or bad by their own

20、(45) .AnormallyBoccasionallyCgenerallyDscarcely 12.Last week ,on a flight to Washington, I met a self-assured businessman who asked me about my profession when sitting himself comfortably next to me. I told him that I am an educator, and for twelve years I have been trying to develop and promote cri

21、tical thinking about learning in general education. That must be the most difficult task in the world ! He thought for a moment. Why do you do this I talked about how I had started teaching geography. I told him about the struggles of being a headmaster. And then I told him what I have come to regar

22、d as my real turning-point experience. It was back in 1984,when I visited what was known at the time as one of the most outstanding high schools on the Eastern seaboard. After two days there I was totally amazed. I had never met such a fine collection of young people, every one of them apparently co

23、nfident, enthusiastic, sensitive and well able to manage their futures. I asked head of the school how this had been achieved and he smiled broadly. We believe in functional literacy for all young people; that is, the ability to feel confident that you can handle the cballenges of modern society. Th

24、at confidence comes when you know that you are able to manage your own learning and will be able to handle that throughout a lifetime. And that, he concluded, requires the highest possible skills in thinking, communicating, collaborating and decision-making. But, for goodness sake, those are just th

25、e skills Im looking for among my employees, cried my companion. Thats just what industrys been trying to tell the academic world for years. Instead of listening, you continue to keep going a set of practices which are counter-productive to those very skills needed in employment. You teachers think t

26、hat life is about working alone on some piece of academic research in an ivory tower far removed from the daily routines and the need to consult other people. You just dont understand about working with confusion, nor do you accept the importance of use based on experience or even plain guesswork !

27、This is the real world. There are real issues. What are you or anyone else going to do about just that The turning point in the authors teaching career was_.Ahis encounter with a self-assured businessmanBhis visit to a high school on the Eastern seaboardChis appointment as a headmasterDhis teaching

28、of geography 13.Questions 1417 are based on the following dialogue about election of school president.When is the radio going to be broadcastedAIn the morning.BDuring lunch.CIn the afternoon.DDuring dinner. 14.Why cant the man go to the partyAHe has to work.BHe has an appointment.CHe doesnt like dan

29、cing.DHe wants to eat out. 15.Questions 1113 are based on the following dialogue.What do the man and the woman finally decide to doAThey decide to go and see a horror film.BThey decide to stay home and watch TV.CThey decide to go to a movie in the neighborhood.DThey decide to go downtown. 16.Questio

30、ns 2225 are based on the following dialogue.What is the woman unable to rememberAWhy her parents wanted to go to Gettysburg.BWhy her familys vacation plans changed ten years ago.CWhere her family went for a vacation ten years ago.DWhere her family went for their last vacation. 17.Poverty exists beca

31、use our society is an unequal one ,and there are extremely strong and powerful political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistribute wealth and income in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper class interests. People can be relatively rich only if ot

32、hers are relatively poor, and since power is concentrated in the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor. As Herbert Gans (1973) has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the point of view of the non-poor. Poverty ensures t

33、hat dirty work gets done. If there were, no poor people to scrub floors and empty waste, these jobs would have to be rewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs for many of the non-poor, such as police officers, welfare workers, pawnbrokers, and government bureauc

34、rats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing them with cooks, gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores while their employers enjoy more, pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for inferior goods and services, such as day-old bread, run-down automobiles, or the adv

35、ice of incompetent physicians and lawyers. Poverty makes middle-class values seem acceptable. To the middle class, the fate of the poor who are supposed to lack the virtues of thrift, honesty, and a taste for hard work only confirms the desirability of qualities the poor are thought to lack. Poverty

36、 also provides a group that can be made to absorb the costs of change. For example, the poor suffer the main part or force of unemployment caused by automaton, and it is their homes, not those of the wealthy, that are demolished when a route has to be found for a new highway. There is no intentional

37、, conscious secret plan of the wealthy to keep the poor in poverty. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American economic system; which the poor are politically powerless to influence change.The poor take on dirty work because they do it _.Aunder political pressuresBfor the high

38、pay offeredCas they are reasonably paidDfor low salary to raise themselves and their families 18.What are the two speakers talking aboutATheir children.BEnvironmental problem.CSafe food.DClean water. 19.Questions 1821 are based on the following dialogue.What the result might be if Janes grades conti

39、nue to fallAShe wouldnt be able to get a scholarship for college.BShe wont be able to be admitted to college.CShe wont get a diploma from high school.DShe will be forced to leave the high school. 20.Text A study in the United States finds that girls and young women use tobacco, drugs and alcohol for

40、 different reasons than hoys. It says young males (26) use tobacco, drink alcohol or fake drugs (27) excitement. Or they think it will make them more popular. Young females, (28) , may hope to feel happier or reduce (29) or lose weight. There are physical, psychological and social (30) from smoking,

41、 drinking anti using (31) . The report says some of these may (32) more quickly and severely in females. For example, it says they arc more likely to become dependent (33) tobacco than males who smoke just as many cigarettes. (34) it says females have a great (35) of brain damage from too much alcoh

42、ol. Here are some other findings. Girls and young women who drink coffee are much (36) to smoke and drink alcohol and to start sooner than those who do not drink coffee. The report calls caffeine a little known warning (37) . Girls who do unhealthy things to lose weight drink (38) alcohol than those

43、 who do not (39) even though alcohol can cause weight gain. (40) , even girls who do healthy things to lose weight smoke more than those not (41) diets. The report lists a number of warning signs to (42) for. These include depression and too much concern about (43) . The study also reminds parents a

44、nd other adults that they (44) examples good or bad by their own (45) .AinBforCbyDat 21.Questions 2225 are based on the following dialogue.What does the woman imply about GettysburgAIts far from where she lives.BHer family went there without taking her.CShe doesnt know a lot about it.DShes excited a

45、bout going there. 22.Questions 1417 are based on the following dialogue about election of school president.What will the man do tonightAMake posters.BWrite a speech.CAnswer questions.DStudy for chemistry. 23.Last week ,on a flight to Washington, I met a self-assured businessman who asked me about my

46、 profession when sitting himself comfortably next to me. I told him that I am an educator, and for twelve years I have been trying to develop and promote critical thinking about learning in general education. That must be the most difficult task in the world ! He thought for a moment. Why do you do this I talked about how I had started teaching geography. I told him about the struggles of being a headmaster. And then I told him what I have come to regard as my real turning-point experience. It was back in 1984,when I visited what was known at the time as one of the most outstand