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1、1996年年全真试题Part Reading ComprehensionDirections:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each questions there are four answers marked A, B, C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blacken

2、ing the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points)Passage 1Tightlipped elders used to say, “Its not what you want in this world, but what you get.”Psychology teaches that you do get what you want if you know what you want and want the right things.You can make a mental blueprint

3、 of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living. If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook first, and such planning is an essential f

4、or any type of meal to be served.Likewise, if you want to find a job, take a sheet of paper, and write a brief account of yourself. In making a blueprint for a job, begin with yourself, for when you know exactly what you have to offer, you can intelligently plan where to sell your services.This acco

5、unt of yourself is actually a sketch of your working life and should include education, experience and references. Such an account is valuable. It can be referred to in filling out standard application blanks and is extremely helpful in personal interviews. While talking to you, your could be employ

6、er is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you and your “wares” and abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something ta

7、ngible to sell. Then you are ready to hunt for a job. Get all the possible information about your could be job. Make inquiries as to the details regarding the job and the firm. Keep your eyes and ears open, and use your own judgment. Spend a certain amount of time each day seeking the employment you

8、 wish for, and keep in mind: Securing a job is your job now. 11. What do the elders mean when they say, “Its not what you want in this world, but what you get.”?A Youll certainly get what you want.B Its no use dreaming.C You should be dissatisfied with what you have.D Its essential to set a goal for

9、 yourself.12. A blueprint made before inviting a friend to dinner is used in this passage as.A an illustration of how to write an application for a jobB an indication of how to secure a good jobC a guideline for job descriptionD a principle for job evaluation13. According to the passage, one must wr

10、ite an account of himself before starting to find a job because .A that is the first step to please the employerB that is the requirement of the employerC it enables him to know when to sell his servicesD it forces him to become clearly aware of himself14. When you have carefully prepared a blueprin

11、t of your abilities and desires, you have something.A definite to offerB imaginary to provideC practical to supplyD desirable to presentPassage 2With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporations news coverage, as well as listen to

12、it.And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can tune in to two BBC television channels, five BBC national radio services and dozens of local radio stations. They are brought sport, comedy, drama, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, childrens programmes

13、 and films for an annual licence fee of 83 per household.It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 years yet the BBCs future is now in doubt. The Corporation will survive as a publiclyfunded broadcasting organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programmes ar

14、e now the subject of a nationwide debate in Britain.The debate was launched by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC including ordinary listeners and viewers to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping. The reason fo

15、r its inquiry is that the BBCs royal charter runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organization as it is, or to make changes.Defenders of the Corporation of whom there are many are fond of quoting the American slogan “If it aint broke, dont fix it.” The BBC “aint broke”, they say,

16、by which they mean it is not broken (as distinct from the word broke, meaning having no money), so why bother to change it?Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world around it is changing. The commercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4 were required by the Thatcher Governments Bro

17、adcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. But it is the arrival of new satellite channels funded partly by advertising and partly by viewerssubscriptions which will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.15. The world fa

18、mous BBC now faces .A the problem of news coverageB an uncertain prospectC inquiries by the general publicD shrinkage of audience16. In the passage, which of the following about the BBC is not mentioned as the key issue?A Extension of its TV service to Far East.B Programmes as the subject of a natio

19、n-wide debate.C Potentials for further international co-operations.D Its existence as a broadcasting organization.17. The BBCs “royal charter” (Line 4, Paragraph 4) stands for .A the financial support from the royal family.B the privileges granted by the Queen.C a contract with the Queen.D a unique

20、relationship with the royal family.18. The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than .A the emergence of commercial TV channels.B the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the government.C the urgent necessity to reduce costs and jobs.D the challenge of new satellite channels.

21、Passage 3In the last half of the nineteenth century “capital” and “labour” were enlarging and perfecting their rival organizations 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 n

22、ew age by engaging a large professional 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 an

23、d state-owned business. The railway companies, though still private business managed for the benefit of shareholders, were very unlike old family business. At the same time the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.The growth of the lim

24、ited liability company and municipal business 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

25、duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business. All through 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 worlds movement tow

26、ards industrialization. Towns like Bournemouth 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 orde

27、rs to the management. On the other hand “shareholding” meant leisure and freedom which was used by many of the later Victorians for the highest purpose of a great civilization.The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which

28、he held shares, and his influence on the relations of capital and labor was not good. The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the

29、more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away. Indeed the mere size of operations and the numbers of workmen involved rendered such personal relations impossible. Fortunately, however, the increasing power and organization of the trade unions, at least in all skilled trades, en

30、abled 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 respect each others strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.19. Its true of the old family firms that .A they were spoiled

31、by the younger generationsB they failed for lack of individual initiative C they lacked efficiency compared with modern companiesD they could supply adequate services to the taxpayers20. The growth of limited liability companies resulted in . A the separation of capital from managementB the ownershi

32、p of capital by managers C the emergence of capital and labour as two classesD the participation of shareholders in municipal business21. According to the passage, all of the following are true except that . A the shareholders were unaware of the needs of the workersB the old firm owners had a bette

33、r understanding of their workers C the limited liability companies were too large to run smoothly D the trade unions seemed to play a positive role22. The author is most critical of .A family firm ownersB landowners C managersD shareholdersPassage 4What accounts for the great outburst of major inven

34、tions in early America breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the countrys excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all

35、the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological.Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of

36、 geometry and trigonometry.Acute foreign observers related American adaptiveness and inventiveness to this educational advantage. As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported, “With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skille

37、d workman.”A further stimulus to invention came from the “premium” system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. This approach, originated abroad, offered inventors medals, cash prizes and other incentives.In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices we

38、re awarded at country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major cities. Americans flocked to these fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the beneficence of technological advance.Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily

39、to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical technology. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, “A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process The designer and the invent

40、or are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist.”This nonverbal “spatial” thinking can be just as creative as painting and writing. Robert Fulton once wrote, “The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheels, etc, like a poet among the letters

41、of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea.”When all these shaping forcesschools, open attitudes, the premium system, a genius for spatial thinking interacted with one another on the rich U.S. mainland, they produced that Ameri

42、can characteristic emulation. Today that word implies mere imitation. But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive striving for fame and excellence.23. According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large part due to .A elementary schoolsB enthu

43、siastic workersC the attractive premium system D a special way of thinking24. It is implied that adaptiveness and inventiveness of the early American mechanics.A benefited a lot from their mathematical knowledge.B shed light on disciplined school management.C was brought about by privileged home tra

44、ining.D owed a lot to the technological development.25. A technologist can be compared to an artist because .A they are both winners of awards.B they are both experts in spatial thinking.C they both abandon verbal descriptionD they both use various instruments26. The best title for this passage migh

45、t be .A Inventive MindB Effective SchoolingC Ways of ThinkingD Outpouring of InventionsPassage 5Rumor has it that more than 20 books on creationism/evolution are in the publishers pipelines. A few have already appeared. The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened

46、citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life. Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened. “Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for “e

47、qual time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science. Virtually all scientists and the majority of nonfundamentalist religious leaders have come to regard “scientific” creationism as bad science and bad religion.The first four chapte

48、rs of Kitchers book give a very brief introduction to evolution. At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of the creationists and provides answers. In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating. He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the e