试卷详情 Great Men [单项选择]{{B}}Passage 1{{/B}} When he died in April of 1983, Dr. Joel Hildebrand was 101 years old, who had been married for seventy-five years, and had taught freshman chemistry to over 40,000 college students. For his life, he had published a popular chemistry textbook and dozens of articles, managed the U. S. Olympic ski team, and discovered a way to allow deep-sea divers to stay underwater longer. In his own way, Dr. Hildebrand was certainly a genius. Dr. Hildebrand’s interest in chemistry began at an early age. In an interview, he once said that his interest had been formed because he was fortunate enough to be born before there was television, so he had to make his own decisions about what to pay attention to. Even as a student in high school. Dr. Hildebrand had the reputation as the one who learned more chemistry than his teacher knew.A. The prizes and honors Dr. Joel Hildebrand received.B. Dr. Joel Hildebrand’s contributions to physical training facilities.C. Dr. Joel Hildebrand’s talent in technical innovations.D. The number of students Dr. Joel Hildebrand had ever taught. [填空题] How many gold medals did he win at the Olympics [单项选择]{{B}}Passage 2{{/B}} Lewis Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1874. As a young boy, he worked long hours in a local factory, experiencing at first hand conditions he would later document so vividly with his camera.In 1903, he acquired a camera and a flashgun, and within a few years became one of the foremost investigative reporters of his days. He first examined the lives of some of the hundreds of thousands of immigrant families who were then crowding the customs sheds at Ellis Island. What happened to them once they set foot on the Promised Land His photographs showed the appalling conditions that awaited most immigrants: overcrowded, filthy slums; violent, dangerous streets; and poor-paying, enslaving jobs at which men and women roiled to support their young families. Next he turned the illuminating light of his camera on the horrifiA. dirtyB. poorC. remoteD. overcrowded [单项选择] {{I}}Questions 14 -16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 14 -16.{{/I}}What do you know about George Daniels A. He is one of the few remaining watchmakers in the world.B. He is the last of the great watchmakers.C. He is training young watchmakers.D. He thinks matchmaking will continue for another three centuries. [单项选择] What do you do when you want to learn the meaning of a {{U}} (21) {{/U}} word If you’re {{U}} (22) {{/U}} most people, you do one of two things. You ask someone to tell you the word’s meaning, or you look {{U}} (23) {{/U}} the word in a dictionary. The fact that you can look up words in a dictionary can be {{U}} (24) {{/U}} to a man named Noah Webster. He produced the first dictionary of American English. Noah Webster was a person who {{U}} (25) {{/U}} words. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. Webster studied at Yale and later became a teacher and a writer. In 1782 Webster was teaching at an elementary school in Goshen, New York. He saw that the schoolbooks he was using left {{U}} (26) {{/U}} something he felt was important. The books Webster {{U}} (27) {{/U}} to use in his teaching came from England. ThA. sureB. suchC. certainD. some [单项选择] {{I}}Questions 11 -13 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 11 -13.{{/I}}How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where she was born A. Almost all her life.B. Less than half her life.C. Until 1830.D. Before 1872. [简答题]{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You have been taught by many teachers. They are very different from each other. Some treat their teaching seriously; some get along well with their students; and some have their peculiar characteristics, such as easy-going, warm-hearted or cheerful. Write an essay making use of the information provided below: [填空题] What kind of family was Jesse Owens born to [单项选择]{{B}}Passage 3{{/B}} Society was fascinated by science and things scientific in the nineteenth century. Great breakthroughs in engineering, the use of steam power, and electricity were there for all to see, enjoy, and suffer. Science was fashionable and it is not surprising that, during this great period of industrial development, scientific methods should be applied to the activities of man, particularly to those involved in the processes of production. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, international competition began to make itself felt. The three industrial giants of the day, Germany, America, and Great Britain, began to find that there was a limit to the purchasing power of the previously apparently inexhaustible markets. Science and competition therefore provided the means and the need to improve industrial efficiency. Frederick A. Great breakthroughs.B. Unlimited purchasing power.C. Science and competition.D. International competition. [填空题] In which country were the 1936 Summer Olympics held [填空题] What kind of ability did he have [单项选择]{{B}}Passage 4{{/B}} After he became Chancellor Hitler had to accept a certain degree of routine. This was against his natural inclination. He hated systematic work, hated any discipline. Administration bored him and he usually left, as much as he could to others. When he had a big speech to prepare he would put off beginning work on it until the last moment. Once he could bring himself to begin dictating he worked himself into a passion rehearsing the whole performance and shouting so loudly that his voice echoed through the neighboring rooms. The speech composed, he was a man with a load off his mind. He would invite his secretaries to lunch praising and flattering them and amusing them. Most North Germans regarded such lack of discipline as a typically Austrian characteristic. In Hitler’s eyes it was part of his artist nature: he should have beenA. decided not to do any work that he did not like doingB. did not like to be controlled in his workC. was obliged to work more regularly than he had done beforeD. was forced to work more efficiently and much more quickly [简答题] Bill Gates is smiling again. The boyish enthusiasm is back, and the grueling burdens of monopoly lawsuits and dot corn downturns are receding. 61. {{U}}America’s best-known billionaire is back to doing what he has always done best-designing exciting new products and making barrels of money.{{/U}} The launch of Office XP, a sophisticated rethink of Microsoft’s most popular business tool at the end of this May, marks merely the opening shot in a forthcoming technological blitz that Gates is serenely convinced will cement his company’s status as the unshakeable colossus of computing. 62. {{U}}"It’s great to see people enthused about what we are doing, "Gates happily declares.{{/U}} How different it all looked a year or so ago, when the US Department of Justice won its claim that Microsoft had abused its Windows monopoly, and a court ordered the company to split itself in two. Then there was the dotcom trouble. Last year the bubble burst [填空题] His time in which race set a new Olympic records [单项选择] {{I}}Questions 17- 20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read questions 17 -20.{{/I}}What are most of Steinbeck’s books about A. People with problems.B. Travels around the world.C. Beautiful America.D. People in great cities. [填空题]{{B}}Part A{{/B}}{{I}} For questions 1 - 5, you will hear a passage. Listen and answer the questions with the information you’ve heard. Write not more than 3 words in each blank. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions below. {{/I}} Lincoln got most of his education by ______.