[外语类试卷]大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）A类（研究生）模拟试卷12（无答案）.doc

1、大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）A 类（研究生）模拟试卷 12（无答案）一、Part Vocabulary and Structure1 Fortune tellers are good at making_statements such as “Your sorrows will change.（A）philosophical（B） ambiguous（C） literal（D）invalid2 The instruction asks that we _a red pen.（A）do not use（B） not use（C） use not（D）did not use3 _, he woul

2、d not have recovered so quickly.（A）Hadn t he been taken good care of（B） Had he not been taken good care of（C） Had not he been taken good care of（D）Had he been not taken good care of4 He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found sadly（A）lack it（B） absent（C） in

3、need of it（D）wanting5 The office staff_gathered to hear the president speak.（A）are（B） is（C） has（D）will have6 I am sure I can_him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.（A）speak（B） say（C） talk（D）tell7 The man was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was found to be（A）an

4、 artificial one（B） an unnatural one（C） an untrue one（D）a false one8 I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into_when judging my examination.（A）account（B） regard（C） counting（D）observation9 _touching in Henry s stories is the gallantry with which ordinary people struggle to maintain their digni

5、ty.（A）Most is（B） It mostly is（C） Is it most（D）What is most10 It was_for him to wear a T-shirt at the reception.（A）out of place（B） out of question（C） out of order（D）out of practice11 Few people realize_.（A）how quickly many species of cacti are becoming extinct（B） how quickly much species of cacti is

6、becoming extinct（C） how quickly are many species of cacti becoming extinct（D）how quickly is much species of cacti becoming extinct12 In radio and television_impossible to draw the line between news and entertainment programs.（A）frequently is（B） are frequently（C） it is frequently（D）where they are fre

7、quently13 Though_rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life.（A）by any means（B） by some means（C） by all means（D）by no means14 Flora: Billy, would you like to join our ride-sharing group to and from work? Billy: Why not? Itll save me some money, and the company would welcome it. Flor

8、a:_.Billy : Ill be waiting, and thanks.（A）Well, let me know why you gave me a call.（B） Well pick you up tomorrow morning at your place at seven.（C） Ill be back later today to find out your decision.（D）Come by later and Ill show you which are the best trains to take.15 Bellboy: Come this way, please.

9、 Lets take the elevator. Guest: Oh my God! It s a glassed elevator!Bellboy: Don t be frightened, Miss. Enjoy the view!Guest: It s beautiful._So many people are enjoying the sun.（A）I really feel at ease working here.（B） What s the name of that street?（C） Can you see the wall of the next building?（D）Y

10、ou can see the whole beach.二、Part Reading Comperhension15 Of all figures from America s past, Abraham Lincoln is dearest to the hearts of the American people. In fact, the admiration they have for him borders on worship. Writers note that the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. DC is not unlike the temp

11、les that ancient Greeks built in honor of their gods, and that annual ceremonies of celebrating Lincoln* s birthday in schools and public places have sometimes had characteristics of religious services. Certainly Lincoln is America s ideal of a great leader. He had many of the qualities of leadershi

12、p that Americans admire.First of all, Lincoln s career fits popular American belief that every child can dream of becoming president. Americans admire the personthe one who, with neither money nor family influence , fights his or her way to the top. Lincoln was born of poor parents. His mother died

13、when he was young. He had little opportunity for schooling. His early study was done alone at night by the light of a fireplace. He did hard manual labor through the day-splitting rails for fences, taking care of livestock, working on riverboat or in store. But as he grew older he studied law in his

14、 spare time and become a lawyer. He was a good speaker and student of political philosophy. His ability finally made a name for him and eventually, he became president of the United States.Lincoln is also admired because of his leadership during the difficult period of the Civil War. He dared to do

15、what he thought was right at a time when his beliefs were unpopular with many people. He, in a sense, represents the spirit of union among the states. Before the Civil War, the economy of the South depended on an agricultural system, which made use of slave labor. When reformers in the northern stat

16、es put pressure on Congress not to permit to secede or withdraw from the United States, they argued that the question of slavery was a matter for the individual states to decide rather than the federal government, and they did not want to accept its decision. The national government said that no sta

17、te had the right to secede, and the Civil War was the result. If the south had won the war, the Unites States might well have been divided into several countries. Lincoln worked hard to preserve the union, and the northern states were victorious.Furthermore, Lincoln had many personal qualities that

18、made him dear to the hearts of his countrymen. He had infinite patience and tolerance for those who disagreed with him. As president, he appointed men to high government positions whom he considered most capable, even though some of them openly scorned him. He was generous to his opponents. There ar

19、e many stories about his thoughtful treatment of southern leaders. When the war was over, he showed the South no hatred. Since generosity toward a defeated opponent is admired by Americans, Lincoln fitted the national ideal of what is right.Shortly after the Civil War ended, Lincoln was shot while a

20、ttending a play in Washington Theater. He died within a few hours. The uncontrolled emotional reaction of the nation to his death was almost unbelievable and demonstrated the deep esteem in which he was held. Newspapers were edged with black; religious leaders gave praise of Lincoln instead of their

21、 prepared sermons. His funeral procession in Washington was miles long. Lincolns body was taken by train back to his former home in Springfield, Illinois, but in all the major cities through which the train passed, the coffin was paraded through streets lined with sorrowful thousands. In the small t

22、owns through which the train passed bells rang in honor of the dead president. Citizens lit torches along the railroad track to show their last respect.The circumstances of his death set Lincoln apart from other American leaders. Had Lincoln lived, it might well be that his postwar policies would ha

23、ve brought criticisms upon him that would have tarnished his popularity. Instead , an assassins bullet erased in the minds of Americans any faults he had and emphasized his virtues.16 What are the aspects that made Lincoln ideal of a great leader?（A）Lincoln s career and family.（B） Lincoln was a self

24、-made person.（C） Lincoln s leadership during the difficult period of the Civil War.（D）His career, leadership, generosity and right time of death.17 Lincolns beliefs used to be _（A）unpopular with many people during the period of the Civil War（B） welcomed by people in the South during the period of th

25、e Civil War（C） worshipped by American people during the period of the Civil War（D）popular with most American people during the period of the Civil War18 From the last paragraph it could be inferred that_.（A）American people like those who are generous to their opponents（B） A president must be like a

26、president（C） Lincoln s death was at a right time to him（D）Lincoln is still popular with the American people19 From the second paragraph we learn that_.（A）a person who fights his or her way to the top will be president（B） Americans believe that everyone can be president if he has ability（C） anyone wh

27、o has a difficult life in his early years can be successful（D）difficult life makes a successful man20 We can infer from the passage that_.（A）before the Civil War, the Northern states needed more slaves to work for them（B） after the Civil War, there was a strong hatred from the Northern states agains

28、t the Southern states（C） before the Civil War, the Northern states had a better economic system than the Southern states（D）before the Civil War, the Northern states had an economic system different from the Southern slates20 Although French, German, American and British pioneers have all been credit

29、ed with the invention of cinema, the British and the Germans played a relatively small role in its worldwide exploitation. It was above all the French, followed closely by the Americans, who were the most passionate exporters of the new invention, helping to start cinema in China, Japan, Latin Ameri

30、ca and Russia. In terms of artistic development it was again the French and the Americans who took the lead, though in the years before the First World War, Italy, Denmark and Russia also played a part.In the end it was the United States that was to become, and remain, the largest single market for

31、films. By protecting their own market and pursuing a vigorous export policy, the Americans achieved a dominant position on the world market by the start of the First World War. The centre of film-making had moved westwards, to Hollywood, and it was films from these new Hollywood studios that flooded

32、 onto the worlds film markets in the years after the First World War, and have done so ever since. Faced with total Hollywood domination, few film industries proved competitive. The Italian industry, which had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like Quo Vadis? (1913) and Cabiria (1914

33、) , almost collapsed. In Scandinavia, the Swedish cinema had a brief period of glory, notably with powerful epic films and comedies. Even the French cinema found itself in a difficult position. In Europe, only Germany proved industrially capable, while in the new Soviet Union and in Japan, the devel

34、opment of the cinema took place in conditions of commercial isolation.Hollywood took the lead artistically as well as industrially. Hollywood films appealed because they had better-constructed narratives, their special effects were more impressive, and the star system added a new dimension to screen

35、 acting. If Hollywood did not have enough of its own resources , it had a great deal of money to buy up artists and technical innovations from Europe to ensure its continued dominance over present or future competition.From early cinema, it was only American slapstick comedy that successfully develo

36、ped in both short and feature format. However, during this “Silent Film“ era, animation, comedy, serials and dramatic features continued to thrive, along with factual films or documentaries, which acquired an increasing distinctiveness as the period progressed. It was also at this time that the avan

37、t-garde film first achieved commercial success, this time thanks almost exclusively to the French and the occasional German film.Of the countries which developed and maintained distinctive national cinemas in the silent period , the most important were France, Germany and the Soviet Union. Of these,

38、 the French displayed the most continuity, in spite of the war and post-war economic uncertainties. The German cinema, relatively insignificant in the pre-war years, exploded on to the world scene after 1919. Yet even they were both overshadowed by the Soviets after the 1917 Revolution. They turned

39、their back on the past, leaving the style of the pre-war Russian cinema to the Emigres who fled westwards to escape the Revolution.The other countries whose cinemas changed dramatically are : Britain, which had an interesting but undistinguished history in the silent period: Italy, which had a brief

40、 moment of international fame just before the war; the Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, which played a role in the development of silent cinema quite out of proportion to their small population; and Japan, where a cinema developed based primarily on traditional theatrical and, to a less

41、er extent, other art forms and only gradually adapted to western influence. 21 _played the main role in cinema s worldwide exploitation and led the artistic development22 The Americans achieved a dominant position on the world market by the start of the First World War by_.23 During_, the avant-gard

42、e film first achieved commercial success.24 The most important countries that developed and maintained distinctive national cinemas in the silent period were_ .25 Hollywood can dominate over present or future competition because _25 Businesses Thrive on TransparencyStakeholders scrutinize business a

43、ctivity.Corporate transparency is changing the face of business. Consumers are now armed with new tools to uncover information about business firms on matters important to them. Corporations have no choice but to rethink their values and behaviors.Several factors drive this trend.The success of mark

44、et economies and globalization; As market capitalism grows globally, the competitive success of firms and nations depends on genuine performance.The rise of knowledge work and business webs that depend on openness and candor regarding business and production matters, as opposed to firms knowledge, w

45、hich remains in employees brains and resources.The spread of communications technology, especially the Internet, which challenges traditional business hierarchies by making information pervasive, immediate, and impossible to control.Demographies and the rise of the Net Generation: Young people today

46、 are more aware of the world around them and have a stronger sense of civil values than previous generations, mostly through technologies like the Internet.The rising global civil foundation; Its becoming more difficult to get away with bad behavior.The corporate world is responding by behaving more

47、 responsibly; business integrity is on the riseand not for just legal or ethical reasons. It makes economic sense. Firms that exhibit ethical values, openness, and candor have discovered that they can better compete and profit. Furthermore, firms cant hide their secrets, thanks to information and co

48、mmunications innovations. Firms, are transparent whether they want to be or not, and many are opting to make themselves transparent to better serve their shareholders and the public.The international banana company Chiquita is a firm that has benefited from this transparency. Chiquita saved itself f

49、rom bankruptcy by becoming a transparent organization with more open, honest, and straightforward communications with all its stakeholders. Furthermore, a dramatic change in the company s image occurred: Chiquita has won several awards and is widely cited as a leader in corporate responsibility.Transparency has resulted in a network of stakeholders who scrutinize firms, with or without their knowledge. Firms that don t pay attention to t