[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷77及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(阅读)模拟试卷 77及答案与解析 SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are several passages followed by fourteen multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A , B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. 0 Drivin
2、g along South Street, where the Los Angeles sprawl meets sprawling Orange County, you enter and leave Cerritos three times. Although the city is confusingly shaped, it is easy to tell where it begins. Overhead power cables abruptly disappear and run underground. The grass, watered by innumerable spr
3、inklers, is a brighter shade of green. Indeed, a blind man could tell where the boundary lies. Crossing into Artesia there is a bump, followed by a series of clumsily patched potholes: a few hundred yards later you re-enter Cerritos and the road is smooth again. Cerritos cannot boast a glorious hist
4、ory, old money or natural beauty. Fifty years ago it was a flat area of farmland known as Dairy Valley. These days, “its a terribly unremarkable place on the way to Disneyland,“says Tom Irish, a property developer. Yet this small suburban city of some 55,000 people has become remarkable thanks to su
5、perb management and geographical good fortune. It reveals much about why Americas suburbs are so appealing, and how they are changing. Like an increasing number of suburbs, Cerritos is both a bedroom community and an economic engine. It began to prosper in the early 1970s when it encouraged car deal
6、ers to cluster near the motorway that clips its western edge. Fully 27 outfits now trade there, making it the largest such centre in a car-obsessed state. Cerritos also has a shopping mall and a “town center“, otherwise known as an office park. As a result, it has far more jobs than working resident
7、s. Last year the city collected $483 in sales taxes per person more than the glitzy city of Santa Monica. And it has leased, not sold, its land, so a future stream of money is guaranteed. What goes on inside the offices seems less important to locals than what they look like. The city has municipal
8、codes to rival those of notoriously staid Irvine, a planned city in Orange County: dont even think about installing a rotating, blinking or oscillating sign. Sculptures adorn car dealers forecourts. Cerritoss busy library is covered with titanium: its Wal-Mart is clad in granite. It has an opulent p
9、erforming arts centre that will host some 140 impeccably populist acts this year. Building work is underway on the local jail, known for good reason as the “sheriffs hotel“. Although Cerritos has a contract with Los Angeless county sheriff for its policing, it pays for the building and the officers.
10、 They have some of the easiest jobs in California. So far this year 53 serious assaults have been recorded, a bit less than one per cop. The city is so peaceful, says Daryl Evans, the police captain, that gang members from nearby cities occasionally meet there to play basketball, knowing they will n
11、ot be attacked by rivals. Of course, many American cities have built parks, performing-arts centres and fancy libraries while struggling financially. The key to Cerritoss success may be the timing of its investments. Cities such as Cleveland and Baltimore poured money into museums and other grand pr
12、ojects in the vain hope that they would lure businesses and young, creative folk. Cerritos began by building pipelines and roads, then moved on to business parks, policing and schools(including Californias best high school). Only when it was rolling in money did it break out the titanium. Local offi
13、cials attribute the citys success to fiscal discipline and the ability to follow a long-term plan. That, in turn, is the result of its political culture. Cerritos has a tradition of powerful, long-serving city managers, to whom local politicians frequently defer. As Laura Lee, the mayor, explains, “
14、There are many things we, as elected officials, do not understand. “Voters, it seems, like this arrangement greatly. In a 2002 poll, an astonishing 96% of residents said they were satisfied with the provision of public services. Such single-mindedness is particularly striking given the citys diversi
15、ty. In 1980 whites comprised more than half of the population. These days Asians do. Striving immigrants are cause and consequence of the citys excellent schools: in Cerritos High School, pupils who speak inadequate English score better in mathematics tests than those who speak English fluently. Yet
16、 the newcomers have not formed ghettos. The last census showed that whites and Asians were more intermixed in Cerritos than in all but 16 other American cities. Whites were even more mixed-up with blacks and Hispanics. These days Cerritos faces strong competition. Its car mall has inspired imitators
17、: as a result, the value of sales has flattened while the number of vehicles sold seems to be falling. As the city ages, public services will come under increasing strain. Drastic decline is unlikely, but the city may be overtaken though it is almost certain that the places doing the overtaking will
18、 be bland, car-oriented and suburban. 1 The word “sprawl“ in the first paragraph indicates that_. ( A) the landscape of Orange County is of little variety ( B) Orange County is located in a plain of a considerable size ( C) parts of Orange County extend untidily in different directions ( D) Orange C
19、ounty is located in a mountainous area 2 According to the fifth paragraph, we can infer that_. ( A) the total number of cops in Cerritos is no less than 53 ( B) gang members of nearby cities enjoy immunity in Cerritos ( C) the crime rates in Cerritos are relatively low ( D) Los Angeless country sher
20、iff is responsible for the expense of policing Cerritos 3 Which of the following does NOT account for Cerritoss success? ( A) Proper timing of investments. ( B) Advantageous location. ( C) Wealth of previous generations. ( D) Superb management. 4 According to the passage, what impression can we get
21、on Cerritos? ( A) The geographic boundaries of the city are of the remarkably regular shape. ( B) It is a thriving commercial center rather than a residential site. ( C) It is one of the most staidly planned cities in the region. ( D) It boasts a lifestyle that is rich in art and recreation. 4 In 17
22、51, Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus came up with the novel idea of using flowers as clocks. Morning glories open their trumpet-like petals around 10 a. m. , water lilies at 11 and so on through evening primroses and moonflowers. A full array of these blossoms, planted in a circle, could indicate t
23、he time. It was a whimsical notion. But some 250 years later, scientists are seriously interested in the timekeeping mechanisms of nature. “Theyre so ubiquitous, theyre almost a signature of life,“ says molecular neuroscientist Russell Foster of Imperil College, London. From cockroaches to humans, F
24、oster explores these internal clocks in a fascinating new book, Rhythm of Life, co-authored with British science writer Leon Kreitzman. The author show how the daily patterns known as circadian rhythms influence far more than our sleep. Heart attacks are more common in the morning. Women tend to go
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