A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future intention C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish D. speaking without regard for native speakers
187. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by______. A. asking native speakers for explanations
B. reading good books in the foreign language C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers D. learning through trial of an error
188. According to the passage, foreign language students who do not interact with native speaker will NOT
______.
A. learn very much about the foreign culture B. learn about the history of the foreign language C. have to worry about making mistakes D. take advantage of available language models
189. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes
because _______.
A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language B. communication is the primary goal of language learning C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes
D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language
190. The author's major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign language learning is that ______. A. mistakes are not important in the process of learning a language B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes
C. making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the language D. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes
Passage Seven
I found my father a very hard man to understand when I was young. He was very short and thin and had large blue eyes. I could have loved him as I did my mother, but he seemed to hold us off so that we could not approach him or sit on his knee as love to do. I believe he had a hard life as a child, and I know that he left school at the age of ten and started to work. This made him an unsociable man, unfriendly even to the people closest to him. I never knew him to have a close friend as the other men did.
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Everything he did had to be precise. If he chopped the sticks for the fire, each stick would be the same length and thickness as all the others, and they would all be stacked without one out of place. His motto was \worth doing, it is worth doing well\
He worked hard when in a job and saw to it that we children learned the meaning of work. My mother did not have much pleasure but I do not remember her ever complaining ---except on Sunday afternoons when father would take off his clothes and get into bed, leaving her to mend his working clothes while he had his rest. This she disliked very much, for the clothes were dirty from the work he had been doing and she hated handling anything that was not clean.
191. The writer found it difficult to understand her father because he _____. A. looked distant B. rejected affection
C. ill-treated the family D. hated keeping company with children 192. What did the writer think made her father unsociable? A. An unhappy childhood. B. A lack of friends. C. No interest in hobbies. D. Not smoking or drinking. 193. What was particular about the sticks for the fire?
A. They were arranged in a pattern. B. They were chopped in only one place. C. They were similar in length. D. They all weighed the same. 194. The writer's father believed that ______.
A. you should only do things for which you have the ability B. only important jobs are worth doing well
C. you should only attempt worthwhile jobs D. anything you do should be done to your best ability
195. What did the writer's mother dislike about Sunday afternoons? A. Working while her husband rested.
B. Repairing her husband's clothes.
C. Not being able to derive any pleasure from what she herself found delightful. D. Touching unclean clothes.
Passage Eight
Have you ever wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls, are very fond of locusts, but birds cannot easily catch locusts because locusts change their colors together with the change of the color of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But
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when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the color much like the barks of trees.
An even stranger act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies cannot find it, and it immediately swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all. 196. This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the change of color in locusts B. the protective coloration of animals and pests C. how a certain sea fish protects itself D. animals or pests can dye themselves different colors 197. Locusts are not easily wiped out by their enemies because ______.
A. they are powerful enough B. they are dangerous to their enemies C. they take on the same colors as crops D. they fly extraordinary fast
198. The pests that have different colors from plants usually appear at night because ______.
A. birds take their rest when night comes B. their enemies can easily find them and eat them C. they have the habit of coming out in darkness D. it’s easy for them to destroy plants in darkness
199. Bears and wolves have the same colors as barks of trees because ______.
A. they fear other beasts B. they prefer brown or grey colors C. they enjoy walking through forests quietly
D. the colors help prevent themselves from being noticed
200. A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of tears because ______.
A. it is the most powerful in the sea
B. it can swim much faster than any other fish
C. it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find it D. it can send out a kind of liquid which can kill its enemies
Passage Nine
Advertising has become a very specialized activity in modern times. In the business world of today, supply is usually greater than demand. There is great competition between different manufacturers of the same kind of
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product to persuade customers to buy their own particular brand. They always have to remind the consumer of the name and the qualities of their product. They do this by advertising. The manufacturer advertises in the newspapers and on posters. He sometimes pays for songs about his product in commercial radio programs. He employs attractive salesgirls to distribute samples of it. He organizes competitions, with prizes for the winners. He often advertises on the screens of local cinemas. Most important of all, in countries that have television he has advertisements put into programs that will accept them. Manufacturers often spend large sums of money on advertisements. We buy a particular product because we think that it is the best. We usually think so because of the advertisements that say so. Some people never pause to ask themselves if the advertisements are telling the truth. 201. How many kinds of advertisements are mentioned in the passage? A. 7.
B. 5. C. 4.
D. 8.
202. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? A. Some people never have any doubts about what advertisements tell them. B. Great competition exists between different manufacturers of the same products. C. The customer usually demands more than the manufacturer can supply. D. The manufacturer wants to persuade customers to buy his own brand. 203. Which of the following advertisements is the most important one? A. Advertising in the newspapers.
B. Putting advertisements into TV programs. C. Distributing samples by attractive salesgirls.
D. Organizing competitions with prizes for the winners.
204. The passage tells us that the customer usually buys a particular brand because he thinks that ______.
A. he can get a prize
B. it is the cheapest
C. there is great competition between customers for the same brand D. it is the best 205. Which of the following can best be used as the title of the passage? A. Different Approaches to Advertising C. The Manufacturer and the Customer Passage Ten
It seems that beauty and women are twins. You are joking? No, I am not. Observe for yourself. Ads on fashion flood TV screens, radio programs, magazines, newspapers, and the streets. Whether they have realized or not, women are besieged （包围）by a sea of fashion. They are taught to think that without beautiful clothes they will grow old and lose their charm. So who dares to neglect dressing up at the cost of their appearance and youth?
But I do not agree with the opinion that women have to show their beauty through their looks. The richness of their mind proves to be more beautiful and attractive than their looks. A woman who has experienced many
B. Supply and Demand
D. The Negative Sides of Advertising
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