试卷详情 大学四级-75 [单项选择]{{B}}Passage One{{/B}}{{B}}Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.{{/B}} In this new era, the single most immediate and most serious challenge to America traditional identity comes from the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America, especially from Mexico, and the fertility (生育) rates of these immigrants compared to black and white American natives. Americans like to boast of their past success in assimilating (同化) millions of immigrants into their society, culture, and politics. But Americans have tended to generalize about immigrants without distinguishing among them and have focused on the economic costs and benefits of immigration, ignoring its social and cultural consequences. As a result, they have overlooked the unique characteristics and problems posed by contemporary Hispanic immigration. The extent and naA. their strong economic and political power on world stageB. their capability on involving other people into their cultureC. their great tolerance of the cultural features of immigrantsD. their high fertility rate of native blacks and whites [单项选择] {{B}}Happiness and Sadness{{/B}} Happiness and sadness are two most basic and familiar feeling for human beings. Recently, people have achieved further understanding about them. {{B}}Happiness{{/B}} University of Illinois, psychologist Ed Diener, who has studied happiness for a quarter century, was in Scotland recently, explaining to members of Parliament and business leaders the value of increasing traditional measures of a country’s wealth with a national index of happiness. Such an index would measure policies known to increase people’s sense of well-being, such as democratic freedoms, access to health care and the rule of law. Eric Wilson tried to get with the program. Urged on by friends, he bought books on how to become happier. He made every effort to smooth outA. The standard of morality.B. The freedom of speech.C. The sense of well-being.D. The access to health care. [简答题]1.随着私家车越来越多,人们开始选择自驾游的方式外出旅行 2.自驾游的利与弊 3.我的观点 {{B}}The Popularity of Self-Drive Tourism{{/B}} _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ [单项选择] A. It will be very far.B. It will take place, as planned.C. It was canceled on Saturday.D. The arrangements are uncertain so far. [填空题]In the past several years, ____________________________________(粮食产量增长了10%)in this area. [单项选择] {{B}}Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.{{/B}}A. Before finishing school.B. After finishing university.C. During her university course.D. Between school and university. [填空题]As is known to all, people who smoke______________________________(更有可能得肺部疾病). [单项选择]{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}{{B}}Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.{{/B}} Troubled by the persistently poor graduation rates of basketball and football players, the National Collegiate Athletic Association plans to start punishing schools whose athletes continue to underperform in the classroom. The proposal, which is expected to adopt next month, is being proposed by NCAA President Myles Brand as the final and critical piece of a package of changes designed to boost graduation rates and put the student back into the often-mocked term, student-athlete. Even supporters of the plan, however, worry that it will prove impractical, characterizing it as a well-intentioned idea that has been weakened by compromise and will ultimately generate more paperwork than real change. There’s also broad acknowledgement that it may cause unintA. help student athletes play better in the coming matchesB. raise the academic level of those student athletesC. cut funding to colleges for their poor performance in sportsD. boost the academic researches of colleges and universities [单项选择] {{B}}Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}A. Red Cross workers are in many countries.B. Red Cross only exists in the United States.C. Red Cross is another name for world hospital.D. Many people who are in need work in Red Cross. [填空题]What he thought and did at school____________________________________(与这个问题毫无关系). [填空题] Scientists in India have discovered a way to make bamboo plants produce flowers in laboratory. The British {{U}} (36) {{/U}} Nature recently reported the {{U}} (37) {{/U}} event. In the wild it can take as long as one hundred and twenty years for some kinds of bamboo to flower, and after the plant {{U}} (38) {{/U}} its seeds it dies. The bamboo plant is used in many different ways. But because it takes so long to produce seeds, scientists never {{U}} (39) {{/U}} it a traditional farm crop. The recent {{U}} (40) {{/U}} in India may change that. The {{U}} (41) {{/U}} was done at the National Chemical Laboratory in India. Three scientists cut two hundred pieces from two different kinds of bamboo plants; each was a few {{U}} (42) {{/U}} long. The tiny cuttings were placed in the {{U}} (43) {{/U}} of coconuts milk, plant-growth hormone and other nutrients. Just a few weeks later, flowers began to appear. {{U}} (44) {{/U}} . Two weeks afte [填空题]He________________________(为了谎话而内疚), so he went to apologize to her. [单项选择] For the first time in history, evolution has taken a backseat. There is an ongoing realization that human beings are capable of directly shaping their own evolution. As we case into the twenty-first century, we realize that genetic engineering is undoubtedly going to have a dramatic {{U}} (67) {{/U}} on our lives. It seems that with genetic engineering, science has moved from {{U}} (68) {{/U}} the natural world to redesigning it. Now we must ask ourselves {{U}} (69) {{/U}} this influence will be for better or for worse. However, scientists remain {{U}} (70) {{/U}} in their opinions. Some have {{U}} (71) {{/U}} against the hazards of genetic engineering, {{U}} (72) {{/U}} others have dismissed these perils as inconsequential. Lewis Wolpert, professor of biology at University College London, says, "There are no ethical {{U}} (73) {{/U}} becA. defectB. affectC. effectD. infection [填空题]{{B}}Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.{{/B}} Although the enjoyment of color is universal and color theory has all kinds of names to it, color remains a very emotional and subjective element. Our awareness of color is {{U}} (47) {{/U}} conditioned by our culture, but color also probably {{U}} (48) {{/U}} our instincts. Our psyche (心智) reacts in different ways to colors in part through subjective {{U}} (49) {{/U}} and in part through cultural conditioning, and the two are often hard to separate. Black and white, for example, {{U}} (50) {{/U}} us intuitively (直觉) of night and day, darkness and light; their link with evil and good is likely the result of culture. There exists a {{U}} (51) {{/U}} tendency to feel that some colors are warm whereas other colors are cool. Colors that are near red on the color wheel (色轮) are {{U}} (52) {{/U}} warm colors—which seem more {{U}} (53) {{/U}} ; and colors near blue are regar [单项选择] {{B}}Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}A. People don’t often eat English food.B. People don’t like English food.C. People who travel to Britain eat English food in English home.D. People who travel to Britain don’t know much about English food. [填空题]This reference letter is provided____________________________________(应我以前的雇员的要求). [单项选择] {{B}}Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.{{/B}}A. People in developing countries.B. People living in poor conditions.C. People in the 1950s.D. People in New York. [单项选择] {{B}}Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}A. The workers on the underground platforms were replaced by machines.B. It became the first completely automatic railway in the world.C. A completely automatic line was added to its network.D. Its trains became computer-controlled.