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1、2023年山东公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（1）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.I Questions 11-13 are based on the following news. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13./IWhich group of children have a bias when choosing musical instrumentsAChildren with private music tuto

2、rs.BChildren who are between 5 and 7.CChildren who are well-educated.DChildren who are 8 or older. 2.I Questions 14-16 are based on the following dialogue between a doctor and a patient. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16./IWhen does the lady usually go to bedA1:00 a.m.B2:00 a. m.C11:00

3、 p.m.D12:00 p.m. 3. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own.U (21) /Uthe turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominentU (22) /Uof its own. No one knows exactly when jazz wasU (23) /U, or by whom. But it began to beU (24) /Uin the early 1900s. Jazz

4、 is Americas contribution toU (25) /Umusic. In contrast to classical music, whichU (26) /Uformal European traditions. Jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, U 27 /Umoods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazzU (28) /Ulike America. AndU (29) /Uit does today. Th

5、eU (30) /Uof this music are as interesting as the musicU (31) /U, American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today were the JazzU (32) /U. They were brought to the Southern states U (33) /Uslaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work longU (34) /U. When a Negro died, his frien

6、ds and relativesU (35) /Ua procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied theU (36) /U. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion,U (37) /Uon the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of the

7、irU (38) /U, but the living were glad to be alive. The band playedU (39) /Umusic, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunesU (40) /Uat the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz. AdiscoveredBactedCinventedDdesigned 4.BPassage 3/B Karen

8、Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months Karen had been experiencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her childrens safety. She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out o

9、f her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg playing football at school. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after rece

10、iving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being somewhat surprised when he later arrived home unharmed. Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had

11、come to have a special meaning to her; she found that her preoccupation with these numbers was hampering her ability to perform everyday activities. One example was grocery shopping. Karen believed that if she selected the first item on the shelf, something terrible would happen to her oldest child.

12、 If she selected the second item, some unknown disaster would fall on her second child, and so on for the four children. Karens preoccupation with numbers extended to other activities, most notable the pattern in which she smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. If she had one cigarette; she believed th

13、at she had to smoke at least tour in a row, or one of her children would be harmed in some way. If she drank one cup of coffee, she felt compelled to drink tour. Karen acknowledged the unreasonableness of these rules, but, nevertheless, maintained that she felt more comfortable. When she observed th

14、em earnestly, when she was occasionally in too great a hurry to observe these rules, she experienced considerable anxiety, in the form of a subjective feeling of dread and fear. She described herself as tense, uneasy, and unable to relax during these periods. The occurrence of rarely minor accidents

15、 does not reduce her belief that she had been directly responsible because of her inability to observe the rules about number.What does the underlined word preoccupation mean AThe first right to occupy something.BThe first impression.CThe extreme focus of attention.DThe question. 5.BPassage 2/B Educ

16、ation is primarily the responsibility of the states. State constitutions set up certain standards and rules for the establishment of school. State laws require children to go to school until they reach a certain age. The actual control of the schools, however, is usually a local matter. The control

17、of the schools does not usually come directly from the local government. In each of the three types of city government, public schools are generally quite separate and independent. They cooperate with local officials but are not dominated by the municipal government. Most Americans believe that scho

18、ols should be free of political pressures. They believe that the separate control of the school systems preserves such freedom. Public schools are usually maintained by school districts. The state often sets the district boundaries. Sometimes the school district has the same boundaries as the city.

19、Sometimes it is larger than the city. In the South, county boards of education members are elected. In some places they are appointed by the mayor or city council. The state legislature decides which method should be used. Most district boards of education try to give all pupils a chance to get a go

20、od education. A good education prepares a person to live a better life. It helps him to become a better citizen. Nearly all states give financial aid to local school districts. State departments of education offer other kinds of aid. States offer help with such things as program planning and the sch

21、ool districts. The federal government also helps. The National Defense Education Act allows school districts to get financial aid for certain purposes. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 added many other kinds of financial help. But neither the state nor the federal government dictat

22、es school policy. This is determined by local school boards.How did they preserve the freedom of the schools from political pressure ABy uniting all the schools into a union.BBy having the federal administration.CBy having separate and independent control.DBy cooperating with the state government. 6

23、.BPassage 1/B In the 1920s demand for American farm products fell, as European countries began to recover from World War I and instituted austerity (紧缩) programs to reduce their imports. The result was a sharp drop in farm prices. This period was more disastrous for farmers than earlier times had be

24、en, because farmers were no longer self-sufficient. They were paying for machinery, seed, and fertilizer, and they were also buying consumer goods. The prices of the items farmers bought remained constant, while prices they received for their products fell. These developments were made worse by the

25、Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1939s. In 1929, under President Herbert Hoover, the Federal Farm Board was organized. It established the principle of direct interference with supply and demand, and it represented the first national commitment to provide greater econ

26、omic stability for farmers. President Hoovers successor attached even more importance to this problem. One of the first measures proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in 1933 was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was subsequently passed by Congress. This law gave the S

27、ecretary of Agriculture the power to reduce production through voluntary agreements with farmers who were paid to take their land out of use. A deliberate scarcity of farm products was planned in an effort to raise prices. This law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the grounds th

28、at general taxes were being collected to pay one special group of people. However, new laws were passed immediately that achieved the same result of resting soil and providing flood-control measures, but which were based on the principle of soil conservation. The Roosevelt Administration believed th

29、at rebuilding the nations soil was in the national interest and was not simply a plan to help farmers at the expense of other citizens. Later the government guaranteed loans to farmers so that they could buy farm machinery, hybrid (杂交) grain, and fertilizers.The Agricultural Adjustment Act encourage

30、d American farmers to Areduce their scale of production.Bmake full use of their land.Cadjust the prices of their farm products.Dbe self-sufficient in agricultural production. 7.I Questions 17-20 are based on the following news story. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20./IWhat does the st

31、ory try to tell usAParents should take good care of their children.BMan and wife should share household duties.CWomen should never have their own careers.DWomen should do all the housework. 8.BPassage 3/B Karen Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months

32、 Karen had been experiencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her childrens safety. She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out of her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg play

33、ing football at school. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after receiving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being somewhat

34、surprised when he later arrived home unharmed. Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had come to have a special meaning to her; she found that her preoccupation with these number

35、s was hampering her ability to perform everyday activities. One example was grocery shopping. Karen believed that if she selected the first item on the shelf, something terrible would happen to her oldest child. If she selected the second item, some unknown disaster would fall on her second child, a

36、nd so on for the four children. Karens preoccupation with numbers extended to other activities, most notable the pattern in which she smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. If she had one cigarette; she believed that she had to smoke at least tour in a row, or one of her children would be harmed in som

37、e way. If she drank one cup of coffee, she felt compelled to drink tour. Karen acknowledged the unreasonableness of these rules, but, nevertheless, maintained that she felt more comfortable. When she observed them earnestly, when she was occasionally in too great a hurry to observe these rules, she

38、experienced considerable anxiety, in the form of a subjective feeling of dread and fear. She described herself as tense, uneasy, and unable to relax during these periods. The occurrence of rarely minor accidents does not reduce her belief that she had been directly responsible because of her inabili

39、ty to observe the rules about number.Which of the following inferences is most probably NOT true according to the passage AWhen Karen was in a great hurry to smoke, she would feel much anxiety.BIf she selected the fourth item on the shelf in a group, the fourth child must experience some unknown dis

40、aster.CDrinking four cups of coffee would make Karen more comfortable than drinking two cups.DKaren was a mother of four sons. 9.BPassage 4/B Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your abili

41、ty to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought

42、 with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some form of school discipline is intelligent. Yet mental hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of in

43、telligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day. If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything its worth, then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful help to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to resolve

44、 a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself, or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelligent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon against the big N. B. D. -Nervous Break Down. Intelligent people do not have N. B. D. Its because they a

45、re in charge of themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression, because they know how to deal with the problems of their lives. You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pr

46、etty much the same for each of us. Everyone who is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness, deaths, natural disasters and accidents are a

47、ll events, which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N. B. D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and dont measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare.According to the author, the conventional notion of intelligence measured in terms of ones ability to read, write and compute Ais a widely held but wrong concept.Bwill help e