expectancy(估计寿命)

1、PRACTICAL ENGLISH TEST FOR COLLEGES LEVEL BPart II Vocabulary & Structure (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your ability to use words and phrases correctly to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.Section ADirections: There are 10 incomplete s

2、tatements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.16. The tickets _ when I got there. 35A) were selling outB) h

3、ave been sold outC)D) had been sold outE) sold out17. So absorbed _ in his work, he did not notice us.A) is heB) was heC) he wereD) he is 18. The mobile medical team is made _ of ten doctors.A) out B) on C) intoD) up19. This is the question _ we have made much discussion.A) about whichB) about thatC

4、) about whatD) about of20. Since the meeting we had last month, a completely new situation has _. A) arisenB) risenC) raisedD) aroused21. She said she was busy with her work, _ was a lie.A) whichB) thisC) ofD) that22. She is _ of murdering her husband.A) chargedB) accusedC) caughtD) blamed23. He spo

5、ke so quickly that he couldnt make himself _.A) understandB) understoodC) to understandD) to be understood24. We all agree to his suggestion that we_to Beijing for sightseeing.A) would goB) wentC) to goD) go25. The driver _from the scene after he knocked down a passer-by. A) got away C) got back B)

6、got on D) got downSection BDirections: There are also 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.26. If he (come) _ a few minutes earlier, he would have me

7、t you.27. Radio, television and press are the three most common (mean) _ of conveying news and information.28. Its time you (give) _ a lecture for the college students.29. My letter of inquiry brought no (respond)_.30. To my (surprise)_, he managed to accomplish the task only in a few days.31. My ch

8、ildren are looking forward to (make)_ a trip to Tibet on vocation.32. Whether the experiment succeeds or fails, it will provide us with (value)_ experience.33. The family had an (enjoy)_ afternoon at the seashore.34. The policeman proved he had little (do)_ with the case.35. The villagers saw the th

9、ieves (scare)_ away by the dogs.Part III Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfil. You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage,

10、you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) or D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Since 1939, numerous

11、 studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is a health hazard（危险）. The trend of the evidence has been consistent and indicates that there is a serious health risk. Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking is associated with a sho

12、rtened life expectancy（估计寿命）. Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of some other organs of the body. Male cigarette smokers have a high

13、er death rate from heart disease than non=smoking males. (Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply.) Apart from statistics, it might be helpful to look at what smoking tobacco actually does to the human body. Smoke is a mixture of gases, vapor

14、ized（使蒸汽化） chemicals, minute particles of ash and other solids. There is also nicotine, which is powerful poison and black tar（焦油）. As smoke is breathed in , all those components form deposits on the membranes of the lungs. One point of concentration is where the air tube and bronchus（支气管） divides.

15、Most lung cancer begins at this point. Filters and low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not eliminate the hazards.36. Studies have been made to A) make smoking less hazardous.B) see if smoking is closely related to ones health.C) see if

16、 we can get consistant results.D) see if short life expectancy is caused by smoking.37. Cigarette smoking is believed to be bad byA) the majority of research workers in this field.B) many research workers in this field.C) some research workers in this field.D) all research workers in this field.38.

17、Cigarette smoking is especially bad for the A) lungs.B) lungs and the throat.C) other organs of the body.D) lungs, throat and other organs of the body.39. What the author means is thatA) male cigarette smokers have higher rate of death from heart disease than female cigarette smokers.B) non-cigarett

18、e smokers have lower death rate from heart disease than female cigarette smokers.C) male cigarette smokers have lower death rate from heart disease than female cigarette smokers.D) cigarette smoking does not affect the death rate from heart disease as long as you do not breathe in deeply.40. Cigaret

19、te smoking is bad for your health becauseA) it contains nicotine.B) it has high tar contentC) you do not use the filterD) it contains mixtures of poisonsTask 2Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45. In the old days, fresh food

20、 had to be eaten in the city no more than one or two days after it left the farm. If kept longer, it would spoil. One of the reasons behind it is that the air contains many living things that can harm our food. Some things, such as insects, can be seen by us. Others, like bacteria（细菌）, can be seen o

21、nly with a microscope. All living things need water and man discovered that if this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which causes food to go bad is prevented. In other words, we can protect some of our food by drying it. Besides, living things can grow only at certain temperatures, so

22、we can also protect our food by heating or cooling it. A New York man had an idea. He filled a wooden railroad car with tons of butter. The car was hooked to a train and pulled from New York to Boston. How could this be done? The butter was packed in ice, and twice during the trip, more ice was adde

23、d. This was the first refrigerator car. As a matter of fact, people also used wooden boxes filled with ice to keep their food.Now we have mechanical refrigerator cars and mechanical refrigerators at homes and stores and other places that need them.41. In the old days in order to avoid eating spoiled

24、 foodA) fresh food had to be eaten in only one or two days in the city.B) food had to be kept in the ice box.C) the delivery of food from the farm to the city should be no longer than one or two days.D) People must be aware of the fact that fresh food after being shipped from the farm will remain ea

25、table within one or two days.42. To prevent food from turning bad, we mustA) not let insects and bacteria in the air get into food.B) not let living things in general get into food.C) use a microscope to detect if there are bacteria in the food before we eat it.D) take various measures to prevent th

26、e activity of the bacteria that causes food to go bad.43. The purpose of the various measures to protect food mentioned in the passage is to A) remove the water in the food.B) make the outside conditions unfit for bacteria to remain alive or to grow.C) maintain a certain temperature range.D) kill th

27、e bacteria altogether.44. The New York mans car was hooked to a train, becauseA) the car had ice in it B) the car had no wheels of its own.C) he wanted to ship butter to Boston in a quick and safe way.D) he wanted to add ice on its way.45. The passage mainly deals withA) ways of keeping food eatable

28、 for a longer timeB) the killing of bacteria.C) the invention of the refrigerator.D) the role bacteria play.Task 3Directions: The following is a Letter of Recommendation. After reading it, you should complete the information by filling in the blanks marked 46 through 50 in the table below.October 21

29、,2001To Whom It May Concern: Mr. Smith worked as a Sales Manager in this company from 1998 to 2000. He has gained MBA at University of Texas and had experience in training sales clerks before. He is very competent at marketing and has fulfilled his other duties well now. As his immediate supervisor,

30、 I can state that he is a very good sales manager. He is hard-working and pleasant and is well liked by the other members of our staff. He now wants to move on to job with more responsibility and higher pay, for which he is surely qualified.I can give him a wholehearted recommendation.Very truly you

31、rs,Information About a Letter of RecommendationSmiths present job:_.Education: The degree he has got is_. Previous work experience: He had experience in_. Present responsibility: he is in charge of_. Reason for changing job: He is seeking a job with more responsibility and _.Task 4Directions: The fo

32、llowing is contents of a book. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to（与等同） those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet,numbered 51through 55.A Famous PeopleB Knowledge EconomyC Internet and O

33、ur livesD Computer CrimesE SightseeingF Multicultural CommunicationG Man and NatureH Famous Chinese Scenic SpotsI Environment AwarenessJ My Favorite ProductK Job HuntL Milestone in Medical ScienceM Investment in ChinaN Employment and ContractO Public SpeakingP Privacy and PlagiarismExample: (F) 跨文化交

34、流 （A）名人51. ( ) 求职 ( ) 求职与合同52. ( ) 知识经济 ( ) 观光53. ( ) 演讲 ( ) 人与自然54. ( ) 电脑犯罪 ( ) 网络和我们的生活55. ( ) 环境意识 ( ) 中国名胜Task 5Directions: Reading the following passage about what you should pay attention to when doing business with Japanese. After reading it, you are required to complete the statements that

35、follow ( No. 56 through No.60). You should write your answers briefly on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.There are some points which are particularly important to remember when we are doing business with the Japanese.First of all, age is a very important factor. Japanese managers, for instance, are

36、 much older than American managers. So many American companies fail in doing business with the Japanese by sending men far too young to conduct business negotiations (谈判) in Japan with their Japanese counterparts（对手）, who could be their fathers! It is quite an insult to the Japanese.The next point t

37、o be remembered is the use of business cards. The business card is not a simple piece of paper in Japan. Every business encounter（见面） starts with the exchange of business cards. The business card represents the person himself. You should receive it and study it with great care, when it is given to y

38、ou. The first thing you should do as soon as youve arrived in Japan is to have 200 business cards printed for yourself.The last point I want to draw your attention to is about business meetings or negotiations. First of all, dont talk too much. Japans culture is essentially a non-verbal(非言语的) one. A

39、nd dont expect the Japanese businessmen to answer you with a clear “yes” or “no”. It often takes a long time to make a decision, or to arrive at a solution.56. What is the first point to remember when doing business with the Japanese? The first point to remember is _. 57. Why do many American compan

40、ies fail in dong business with the Japanese ?Because they send far too _to conduct business negotiations.58. How does every business encounter start with in Japan?It starts with exchanging_.59. What is the characteristic（特点）Japanese culture according to the last point?It is a _culture.60. How long d

41、oes it take for the Japanese businessmen to give you an answer?The Japanese businessmen often take a _to give an answer.Part IV Translation ( 15 minutes)Directions: This part, numbered 61 to 65, is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. Each of the four sentences ( No.61 to No. 64)

42、is followed by four choices of suggested translation marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Composition/Translation Sheet. Write your translation of the paragraph (No. 65) in the corresponding space also on the Composition/Translation Sheet.61. The I

43、NTERNET is helping to make buying a car faster and more efficient.A) 因特网有助于使购车更快捷，方便。B) 因特网有助于使购车更迅速，效率更高。C) 因特网正帮助汽车提高速度和效率。D) 因特网会帮助购车提高速度和效率。 62. Nobody wanted to commit himself to a definite answer before the decision. A) 在决定前，没有人想承认自己做出了肯定的答案。B) 没有人在决定前提出了明确的答复。C) 在决定前，没有人愿提出肯定的答案。D) 没有人决定提出肯定的

44、答案。 63.As many members were absent, this matter remained undiscussed at the meeting.A) 既然许多成员缺席，这个问题在会上没有被讨论。B) 因为许多成员没在，这个问题留在会上没有被讨论。C) 因为许多会员没到，所以会议留下了这个没有被讨论的问题。D) 因为很多会员未到，会上未能讨论这个问题。 64. Sometimes thoughts can also be expressed by means of music.A) 有时思想也可以借音乐表达。B) 有时思想也可以被音乐表达出来。C) 有时想法也可以被音乐表

45、达出来。D) 有时音乐也能表达思想。65. Making things more cheaply isnt enough to attract a world full of more and more sensible consumers. That requires an extraordinary stream of ideas. As some economists have declared,“we are in the midst of the third industrial revolution.” 高等学校英语应用能力考试（B级）参考答案Part I Listening Co

46、mprehensionSection ASection BSection CPart II Vocabulary & StructureSection A16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. A21. A 22.B 23. B 24. D 25. ASection B26. had come 27. means 28. gave29. response 30. surprise 31. making32. valuable 33. enjoyable 34. to do35.scaredPart III Reading Comprehension Task 136. B 37

47、. A 38. B 39. A 40. DTask 241. D 42. D 43. B 44. D 45. CTask 346. Sales Manager 47. MBA48. Training sales clerks 49. Marketing50. Higher payTask 451. K,N 52. B,E 53. O,G 54. D,C 55. I,HTask 556. age 57. young men 58. business cards59. non-verbal 60. long timePaart IV Translation按4 等评分：21.51061. ABDC

48、 62. CBAD63. DACB 64. ADBC65. 仅仅降低产品造价并不足以吸引一个越来越理智的消费者的世界。它需要卓越的源源不断的新思维。正如一写经济学家宣称的那样：“我们正处于第三次工业革命中。”Part V Writing（略）PRACTICAL ENGLISH TEST FOR COLLEGES LEVEL A级Part II Structure (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists o

49、f 2 sections.Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single l

50、ine through the centre.16. _ is known to all, he is the best students in our class.A) ThatB) WhatC) AsD) It17. If you had not helped him, he _the final exam.A) could passB) couldnt have passedC) cant help passedD) cant pass18._by a man, he hid himself in the cave.A) Having been followedB) Having fol

51、lowedC) FollowingD) Being followed19.They _out because the light is on! A) mustnt have gone C) may not have gone B) neednt have gone D) cannot have gone20. Hardly _ in the wheat when it began to rain.A) we had gatheredB) did we gatherC) we gatheredD) had we gathered21.It is necessary that Mary shoul

52、d go to see the doctor,_? A) shouldnt she C)isnt it B) should she D) is it 22. The engine is superior in many respects _ that.A) to B) thanC) withD) rather than23. Her attitude toward him were quite _ they had always been.A) the same asB) same likeC) as same asD) the same24. _ happens, Ill stand on

53、your side.A) WhateverB) No matterC) WhetherD) However25._adequate preparation, they intended to postpone the experiment. A) Not making C)Having not made B) Not having made D) Not being madeSection BDirections:There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form

54、 of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.26. It was very (thought) _ of you to make all the necessary arrangements for us.27. He was seen (fill) _ with anger after he returned from managers office.28. (Smoke) _ is forbided in public place.29. Mary and her younger sister look much alike and are often (mistake) _ for each other.30. Peter spends most of his spare time (collect) _ butterfly specimens.31. N