C. worried about A. cannot be replaced by other words

D. careful with

20. In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “cool”________.

B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. shouldn’t be overused

Passage 3

Soldiers and other military people wear uniforms with various other symbols to indicate their status. But in the business world everyone wears more or less similar suits, and you cannot tell at a glance who ranks higher or lower than another. So how do people in the business world show their superiority?

An attempt to study this was made by two researchers using a series of silent films. They had two actors play the parts of an executive (经理) and a visitor, and switch roles each time. The scene had one man at his desk playing the part of an executive, while the other, playing the part of a visitor, knocks at the door, opens it and approaches the desk to discuss some business matter.

The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms of status. A certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the ratings. The visitor showed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door to talk across the room to the seated man. He was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to the desk, and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right in front of the seated executive.

Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eyes of the observers was the time between knocking and entering. For the seated executive, his status was also affected by the time between hearing the knock and answering. The quicker the visitor entered the room, the higher status he had. The longer the executive took to answer, the higher status he had.

21. The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _________.

A. how business is conducted by an executive and a visitor B. how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitor C. how to tell businessmen at a glance D. how businessmen indicate their status

22. Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?

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A. The executive has a higher status than the visitor. B. Military people wear uniforms but the businessmen do not.

C. A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen. D. It is a good method to use a series of silent film in research. 23. The closer the visitor approaches the executive, _________.

A. the less it affected his status B. the lower his status C. the more it affected his status D. the higher his status 24. The longer the seated man was in answering the knock, _____________.

A. the higher his status affected his status

C. the lower his status status

25. Which statement is NOT true?

A. Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one can tell their status at a glance.

B. In the experiment, one actor played the executive while the other played the seated man.

C. Business people wear similar suits.

D. The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status.

Passage 4

For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest dramatist (剧作家). Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of the English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well-known proverbs and quotations.

Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, makes full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five

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thousand.

There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners) even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare’s day. 26. English people ____________.

A. have never discussed who is the world’s greatest dramatist B. never discuss any issue concerning the world’s greatest dramatist C. are sure who is the world’s greatest dramatist

D. do not care who is the world’s greatest poet and dramatist 27. Every Englishman knows ______________.

A. more or less about Shakespeare B. Shakespeare, but only slightly C. all Shakespeare’s writings

D. only the name of the greatest English writer 28. Which of the following is true?

A. We use all the words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings. B. Shakespeare’s writings have become the property of those who are learning

to speak English.

C. It is likely to be true that people often do not know the origins of the words they use.

D. All the words people use are taken from the writings of Shakespeare. 29. What does the word “proverb” mean?

A. Familiar sayings. C. Complaints.

B. Shakespeare’s plays.

D. Actors and actresses.

30. Why is it worthwhile to study the various ways in which Shakespeare used

English?

A. English words have changed a lot since Shakespeare’s time.

B. By doing so one can be fully aware of the richness of the English language. C. English words are now being used in the same way as in Shakespeare’s time. D. Beginners may have difficulty learning some aspects of English usage.

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第三部分：词汇和结构 （共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）

第一节：此小节共有15个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。 示例〔A〕〔B〕〔C〕〔D〕

31. I didn’t hear the phone. I _______ asleep.

A. must be have been

32. Don’t wait for me if you _______.

A. have a hurry speed

33. John had _______ his leg while playing football this morning.

A. broken breaking

34. I am _______ of money at the moment. Could you lend me some?

A. short

B. long

C. need

D. wanting

35. — Do you think I should study Japanese or French?

— _______________.

A. It’s your own decision C. It’s up to you A. with

B. None of your business

D. That’s all right

D. to

B. break

C. to break

D.

B. are in a hurry C. have a speed

D. are in a

B. should be C. must have been D. should

36. The travelers were not aware _______ the danger ahead.

B. of

C. for

37. ______ yesterday, I would have asked him not to do that.

A. If he had come C. Provided he came A. In spite of

B. if he came

D. Has he came

B. Despite on

D. However

B. where her son putting

38. _______ the heavy rain, she went shopping.

C. Although

39. Mother doesn’t know _______ the hammer after her son had used it.

A. where did her son put

C. where her son put D. where to put 40. It’s too expensive for me. I can’t _______ it.

D. afford

D.

A. cost B. pay C. spend 41. Mary speaks as _______ as her sister.

A. clear B. clearly C. more clear

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