2022年公共英語考試考前沖刺卷125測

1、2022年公共英語考試考前沖刺卷（本卷共分為1大題50小題，作答時(shí)間為180分鐘，總分100分，60分及格。）單位：姓名：考號：題號單選題多項(xiàng)選擇判斷題綜合題總分分值得分一、單項(xiàng)選擇題(共50題，每題2分。每題的備選項(xiàng)中，只有一個(gè)最符合題意)Indians always shake (搖)their heads when they talk to others. (41) does not have the same meaning (42) “no. If someone wants to visit India, (43) shouId know this,(44) it wiI I gi

2、ve him some trouble.One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired (雇傭) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he (45) the driver to send him to his office, the driver shook his (46) at once. The officer repeated his order, and the driver (47) so again. At last, the officer, of course

3、, got (48)(49) dare you refuse (拒絕)my order he shouted. Driveme to off i ce i mmed i ate Iy!M The driver answered (50) quite a loud voice, too. Yes, sir!1 But he still shook his head at the same time. Suddenly the officer realized that, “No means Yes here A WhoB WhyC HowBi I ly was four years o I d

4、and he was a very c I ever boy. He I i ked playing in the open ai r very much. Every day after lunch his mother told him to stay at home. She took him to his bedroom and put him on his bed to rest for an hour, but Billy never slept and usually he made a lot of noise and got off his bed every few min

5、utes. One afternoon, Billy9 s mother put him on his bed and then went to her bedroom to do some reading. After ten minutes, she heard a noise, so she went to Bi I lyJ s room. He was not there, but his trousers were lying on his bed. She looked in the other rooms upstai rs, but he was not there eithe

6、r, so she went to the balcony （P0 臺）and shouted down angrily, “Are you running about down there without your trousers No, my dear, answered her husband. n I have bought some vegetables and I am wear ing my trousers. n Now, Billy was playing in the garden without his trousers.Bi I T s father was very

7、 strict with Bi I Iy. A Right. B Wrong. C Doesn, t say.The British show a great Iove for the countryside and it is reaI ly nice and beautiful. A lot of people dream （夢 想）about I iving in the countryside, to enjoy the quiet and the air. Today, many people, both old and young, make the dream come true

8、. But most peopIe have to Iive in a town or city because that is where the work is. PeopIe of a city are often proud （自豪的）of living in it. Peop I e of Manchester be I ieves that there is no better city than Manchester; peopIe of Liverpool feel the same way about Liverpool. Outsiders and passing trav

9、elers may be interested in what the difference is between one city and another. Maybe they remember NewcastIe because of its bridge over the River Tyne, or Liverpool because of its docks （碼頭）.There is one difference which most peopIe can hear; that is the different ways of speaking and also some wor

10、ds which are used only in one place. In Newcastle, for examp I e, hoy” is used instead of Mthrow1, and Mmarra instead of friend”, as is shown in the sentence MHoy the ba 11 to me”, and He1 s my marra at work in the factory. The word nmatra is used in NewcastIe to mean A hoythrow C friendIndians alwa

11、ys shake (搖)their heads when they talk to others. (41)does not have the same meaning (42) “no. If someone wants to visit India, (43) shouId know this, (44) it wiI I give him some trouble. One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired (雇傭) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he (45

12、) the driver to send him to his office, the driver shook his (46) at once. The officer repeated his order, and the driver (47) so again. At last, the officer, of course, got (48)(49) dare you refuse (拒絕)my orderM he shouted. Driveme to off i ce i mmed i ate Iy! The driver answered (50) quite a loud

13、voice, too. Yes, sir! But he still shook his head at the same time. Suddenly the officer realized that, “No means Yes here A withB asC onWhat does the announcement tel I peopIeThey should start leaving the exhibition hall now.No more visitors will come.The exhibition is still open.What was the most

14、wonderful piece of machinery on showThe steam boat.The steam engine.The steam hammer.How did the speaker and his wife find thei r seatsThey were feeling their way to their seats like the blind.The speaker found the seats first and then he led his wife there.They didn t find their seats because it wa

15、s too dark.At least how many nuclear power centres are there in China from this newsThree.Four.Two.Why did the fiIm become successful at the beginning of this centuryBecause it lasted a whole hour.Because it joined the scenes together in a story.Because the price of the ticket was only five cents.Wh

16、at was the most wonderful piece of machinery on show6,000.60,000.6,000,000.What does the announcement teI I peopIeHalf past five in the afternoon.Fifteen minutes to five.A quarter past five.At least how many nuclear power centres are there in China from this newsAll.Two.Three.Why did the f i Im beco

17、me successful at the beginning of this centuryAbout how to make films.About the earliest films.About the prices for different firms to make films.How did the speaker and his wife find their seatsAt the front of the cinema.In the middle of the rows.In one of the rows near the door.What was the most w

18、onderful piece of machinery on showIt was destroyed in a fire.It was destroyed in a flood.It was destroyed in an earthquake.Why did the f i Im become successful at the beginning of this centuryShort, clear and regular.Short, smooth and successful.Short, simple and unnatural.How did the speaker and h

19、is wife find their seatsAt two o clock.At three o clock.At one o clock.How did the speaker and his wife find their seatsBecause the film started late.Because the second of the two films which they were not interested in was shown first.Because they couldn, t see the film clearly.How did the speaker

20、and his wife find their seatsThey would finish seeing the 2 films.They would go to a restaurant right after the second film.They might have planned to go home after seeing the first film.This is Bob Smith from BBC. Im at the scene of a mi raculous rescue that occurred ear I ier today i nvo I v i ng

21、a fire, a 3 - month - babyf and the baby s dog. Lucki ly, the f i re broke out at the three - story bui Iding behind me. Unfortunately, we re not able to get any closer because of the possibi I ity of an explosion. However, witnesses say that they not i ced of fire coming from the buiIding ear Iier

22、this morning. It was be Iieved that everyone had been evacuated to safety; however, one of the residents, Susan O Connor, when she had returned and noticed the fire, she panicked, real izing that her 3 - month - old baby was still inside. However, witnesses report seeing the dog, the fami ly dog, pu

23、lling the baby to safety by the babys c I othes. Fortunate I y, everyone i s reported fine. The baby was taken to the hospital f as we I I as the dogv but were happy to say that at this time, it looks I ike everyone wi 11 be fine.What news event is reported().A bomb threat at a hospital.A flood at a

24、 schooI.A fire at an apartment buiI di ng.A severe drought famine in a viI I age.21. "；A large fire erupted Tuesday in Egypt&rsquo；s parliament and five people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation,"； official said. There was no official word on the cause of the blaze which ravaged a 19th c

25、entury palace where par1iament&rsquo；s upper house is located. Dozens of fire tracks were at the scene. While firefighters focused on one corner of the building, the blaze burned heavier on the second corner, spreading to the second floor, Two helicopters scooped water from the nearby Nile River in

26、small buckets and dumped it onto the blaze. Evacuated employees said authorities told them they had ruled out terrorism and that an electrical short-circuit had likely Sparked the fire "；Those hospitalized included parliament employees and firefighters,"； said Ahmand Salah, the fire operatio

27、n supervisor. The extent of damage was not immediately known. Egypt requires some fire-safety measures in buildings, including fire extinguishes. But in general, the rules are not straightly enforced.Which of the following is CORRECT().A.A big fire erupted on the Nile River.Helicopters were used to

28、evacuate people.Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D.A big fire took place on two floors.22.China on Tuesday expressed its regret over the EUs recent fa i I ure to foot its pl edge of lifting its arms sa I es ban to Ch i na. Ch i nese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao made the remark

29、s at a routine press conference when commenting on the EUs decision at a summit in Brussels ear Iier this month. The European Union (EU) summit pI edged to develop a strategic partnership with China. It reiterates its resolve to develop a strategic partnership with China by intensifying dialogue in

30、al I areas, whether of an economic or pol itical nature, and by working towards a rapid so I ut i on to its trade dispute, said a conclusion document issued by the summit. Liu said China still hopes that the EU wi I I mater i a I i ze its pl edge to I i It the ban as soon as poss ible. Luxembourg Fo

31、reign Minister Jean Asselborn pI edged last week it would make more efforts for the ear ly I ift ing of the arms embargo against China. Luxembourg, which is to hand over the presidency of the European Union (EU) to Britain, urged Britain to continue the efforts aiming to strike a deal on the EU code

32、 of conduct on arms exports at an EU summit in September, so as to lay down a so I i d road for the I i ft i ng, Asselborn told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.Which one was not ment i oned in the cone I us i on document i ssued by the summit ().the EU would deveI op a strategic partnership with Ch

33、inathe EU had decided to Iift the arms ban later this yearthe EU would try to resolve the trade dispute with China quickly D. the EU promised to intensify dialogue in al I areasMr. Green： While you&rsquo； re here. I wish yon&rsquo； d have a look around the house. I had a terrible fuel bill last wint

34、er. My mother-in-law was staying with us and she wanted the temperature around 80F all the time. Engineer： Yes, lots of people overheat their houses. Actually 70 T is comfortable, if you let yourself get used to it. Mr. Green： What&rsquo； s the most popular heating system used nowadaysEngineer： The

35、warm air system, the kind you have, has become more common because of economy and convenience. A heat chamber heats air, which passes through ducts and openings into the rooms by blowers or by convection. These openings are called outlets. Fitters are installed in the ducts to collect dust. They can

36、 also control humidity to some extent. The fuel is usually coal, oil, or gas. Mr. Green： What kind of cooling systems are used in homesEngineer： Either central or localized air conditioning is used. With the central system, air duets bring cool air into the rooms. Sometimes, if the house has warm ai

37、r heating , the same duets may be used for air conditioning. This system provides an even temperature throughout the house. However, in homes which are not constructed for the central system, small individual air conditioners are installed at several windows. This is probably the easiest way. But th

38、e temperature of the rooms is quite uneven. Mr. Green： How important is the insulation of the houseEngineer： Very important, and sometimes this is not appreciated. The roof, for example, should have adequate insulation with glass fiber, aluminum foil, or something similar. It is important to have va

39、por seals on the warm side, to avoid moisture when the air cools. Double glazing of windows is also very important.Why did Mr. Green have a terrible fuel bill last winter().Because his wife overheated the house.Because his mother overheated the house.Because his wife&rsquo；s mother overheated the ho

40、use.Because he overheated the house.The dark smoke that comes out of stacks or from a burning dump contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter. The smoke also contains many gases, most of which cannot be seen. Altogether, they make up the ser ious problems of air pollution. In so many places it kee

41、ps us from seeing the sun, i rr itates our eyes, causes us to cough, and makes us i 11. Ai r pol lution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had bI ack snow from pol lutants that have traveled through the air from other coun

42、tr ies and have fallen with the snow. So ai r polIut ion is really a global problem. Air polIut i on can kill babies, older peopIe , and those who have respiratory （呼吸道的）diseases. In London, in 1952, four thousand peopIe died in one week as a result of a serious air-pollution episode. In 1948, in th

43、e smaI I town of Donora, Pennsylvania, twenty peopIe died in a four-day per iod of bad air pollution. At I eve Is often found in cities, air pol Iution increases the risks of certain lung diseases, such as emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma. Of course, smoking and other factors help to cause these i

44、I Inesses, too, but these cases have increased greatly during recent years as ai r pollution has become worse. Air pol lut ion can cause both ai rplane and auto accidents because it cuts down visibility. There are other possible health dangers from ai r polIut i on that we dont know much about. For

45、example, scientists are trying to f ind out whether chemicals that reach us from the ai r may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how al I the many chemicals we are apt to take into our bodies from air, wa

46、ter, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it i s so important to begin to controI pollution now instead of waiting unti I we learn al I the answers. Air pol Iution costs us a lot of money. It soils and corrodes our bui Idi

47、ngs. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of a I I this damage to our government is astronomical. It would be much more worthwhi Ie, both for us and for the envi ronment, to spend our tax dollars on air polIution control.The author mentions peo

48、pIe dying of air poI Iution in ().IllinoisPennsylvaniaNew Jersey D. Washi ngton 25. Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese (jueshi), you may be misled into assuming that it is an aristocratic cultural form. Nothing could be further from the truth. It originated among black Americans at the e

49、nd of the 19th century, at a time when they occupied the very bottom of the American social heap. So how has something that was created by a once downtrodden and despised minority acquired a central place in today&rsquo； s American culture Perhaps the essence of America is that you could never get t

50、wo Americans to agree on just what that might be. After thinking about it for a while, we might chuckle and say, "；Hmm, seems like being American is a bit more complicated than we thought. "； Certainly things like individualism, success (the "；American Dream"；), innovation and tolera

51、nce stand out. But these things come together because of our ability to work with one another and find common purpose no matter how diverse we might be.Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison, believe that jazz captures the essence of America. For good reason, for in jazz all of the charact

52、eristics I mentioned above come together. The solos are a celebration of individual brilliance that can&rsquo；t take place without the group efforts of the rhythm section. Beyond that, though, jazz has a connection to the essence of America in a much more fundamental way. It is an expression of the

53、African roots of American culture, a musical medium that exemplifies the culture of the Africans that came to dominate much of what is American. That&rsquo； s right, in many respects America&rsquo；s roots are in Africa. Read Ralph Ellison&rsquo； s perceptive description of the transformation of sepa

54、rate African and European cultures at the hands of the slaves："；. the dancing of those slaves who, looking through the windows of a plantation manor house from the yard, imitated the steps so gravely performed by the masters within and then added to them their own special flair, burlesquing the

55、white folks and then going on to force the steps into a choreography uniquely their own. The whites, looking out at the activity in the yard, thought that they were being flattered by imitation and were amused by the incongruity of tattered blacks dancing courtly steps, while missing completely the

56、fact that before their eyes a European cultural form was becoming Americanized, undergoing a metamorphosis through the mocking activity of a people partially sprung from Africa. "； Jazz brought together elements from Africa and Europe, fusing them into a new culture, an expression unique to the

57、Americas. Out of this fusion came an idea that we Americans believe central to our identity： tolerance. Both cultures represented in Ellison&rsquo；s passage eventually came to realize each other&rsquo；s value. Americans acknowledge that in diversity is our strength. We learn every day that other cul

58、tures and peoples may make valuable contributions to our way of life. Jazz music is the embodiment of this ideal, combining elements from African and European culture into a distinctly American music. Jazz reflects two contradictory facets of American life. On the one hand it is a team effort, where

59、 every musician is completely immersed in what the group does together, listening to each of the other players and building on their contributions to create a musical whole. On the other hand, the band features a soloist who is an individual at the extreme, a genius like Charlie Parker who explores

60、musical territory where no one has ever gone before. In the same sense, American life is also a combination of teamwork and individualism, a combination of individual brilliance with the ability to work with others. According to the passage, Jazz is().actually an aristocratic cultural form.a cultura