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《专业英语与文献阅读》2023-2024学年第二学期期末试卷题号一二三四五六总分得分批阅人第一部分（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）1、Itrainedheavilyovernightandnotuntilthismorning__________.A.haditstopped B．diditstopC．stoppedit D．itstopped2、Halfwaythroughthechapter____Ididn’ttakeanythingin.A．didIrealize B．hadIrealizedC．Irealized D．Iwouldrealize3、—IntheUK，somepeopleequatelifeexperiencewiththenumberofstampsintheirpassports.—That’swhytheyallagreethatthey________the“travelbug”．A．catchB．caughtC．havecaughtD．aretocatch4、WeallChinesepeoplearecalledontolearnfromLeiFeng,_______wethinksetagoodexampletoallofus.A．whose B．whoC．that D．whom5、Yourredcoatlookssogood.Itstoodoutclearly______thesnow.A．acrossB．againstC．throughD．over6、Theengineeristhoughttobecapableandmodest,sohispromotiontomanagerisapopular_____.A．achievement B．appointment C．commitment D．employment7、Idon’tlikefish,soIeatitunlessIwasextremelyhungry.A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．wounldn’t8、Howlongdoyousupposeitis______hearrivedthere?A．whenB．beforeC．afterD．since9、Itisreportedthehousingpricesinsomebigcitiesfallindifferentdegrees.A．whichB．whatC．thatD．where10、Whenfacedwithabigchallenge________potentialfailureseemstohideateverycorner,maybeyou'veheardthisadvicebefore:“Bemoreconfident.”A．where B．whose C．which D．ofwhich第二部分阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AHaveyoueverhadapanicattackinmid-flight?Thosethathavewilltellyouit’snotfun.Andthereareplentyofreasonsthatmakepeoplepanic.Someofthemfocusonthestateofthepilot.Aretheytired?Stressed?Payingenoughattention?Wouldthesepeoplefeelanybetterifwecouldgetridofpilotsaltogether?Thetechnologyalreadyseemstobethere—dronesarenotanewinvention.Armiesusedronesinwarzones,wheretheyarecontrolledremotely.Evenhelicopterscanbepilotless,anddeliversaidsuppliestodangerouslocations.Aircraftaccidentsareraretoday,butwhentheyhappentheyaregettingharderandhardertosolve.That’swhyinvestigationsoftenfocuson“humanfactors”,identifyingpsychologicalandphysiologicalissuesasaprobablecause.AttheConsumerElectronicsShowinLasVegasinJanuary,ChinesecompanyEhangdisplayedthefirst-everpassengerdrone.Tofly,thepassengerneedstosetupaflightplan,click“takeoff”and“land”onatablet,andthecomputerdoestherest.ThereareothersimilareffortstodeveloppersonalairtransportsystemsintheUSandtheUK.Butbeitaplanethat’scontrolledremotelyorbyanartificialintelligencesystem,whetherit’sjustapassengerpressingabuttonoragroundcrewpullingthewirelessstrings,onefundamentalquestionhasn’tbeenansweredyet:Wouldwefeelateaseflyingitwecan’tseetwosmartlydressedpilotsinside,calmlyprovidinguswithweatherupdatesduringastorm?Itappearsthatpeoplearemorecomfortablewithapilotdirectlyatthecontrols,andontheplane.Peopleareoftheopinionthatbeinginthevehiclewhilecontrollingitiseasierthancontrollingitremotely.Thereisalsooneworry:theriskoftheunmannedplanegettinghacked(黑客攻击).Itwouldbenecessarytohavenotonlypreventivebutalsorecoverymeasure—tostopanattackfromhappeningand“rescue”theaircraftduringahack.Today,itmightbedifficultforpeopletoacceptunmannedplanesbecausewhenaplanestops,itfallsoutofthesky.Andofcourse,manypeoplearealreadynervousaboutflying,whilenotmanyofusarenervousaboutridinginacaroronatrain.1、Whichdoesthepassagesuggestisamongtheadvantagesofpilotlessplanes?A．Passengers’safetywillbeensured.B．We’llhaveexactlypunctualflights.C．Pilots’conditionscanbeexcluded.D．Theycanofferacomfortableflight.2、Thepresentproblemwithpilotlessplanesseemstobe________.A．producingappropriateplanesB．cuttingthecostofoperationC．improvingcurrenttechnologyD．gettingpassengersonboard3、Itisobviousthatthepassageintendsto________.A．throwdoubtuponunmannedplanesB．analyzethevalueofpilotlessplanesC．showusawonderofnewtechnologyD．teachushowtoflyunmannedplanesBMathsandMusicAnexcellentwaytokillaconversationistosayyouareamathematician．Tellothersyouarealsoamusician，however，andtheywillbehooked．Althoughthereareobvioussimilaritiesbetweenmathematicalandmusicalactivity，thereisnodirectevidenceforthekindofmagicalconnectionmanypeopleseemtobelievein．I'mpartlyreferringheretothe"Mozarteffect"，wherechildrenwhohavebeenplayingMozartcompositionsaresupposedlymoreintelligent，includingatmaths，thanotherchildren．Itisnothardtoseewhysuchatheorywouldbepopular：wewouldallliketobecomebetteratmathswithoutputtinginanyeffort．ButtheconclusionsoftheexperimentthatexpressedthebeliefintheMozarteffectweremuchmoremodest．Ifyouwantyourbraintoworkbetter，youclearlyhavetoputinhardwork．Asforlearningtoplaythepiano，italsotakeseffort．Surelyaconnectionisquitereasonable．Bothmathsandmusicdealwithabstractstructures，soifyoubecomegoodatone，thenitislikelythatyoubecomegoodatsomethingmoregeneralthathelpsyouwiththeother．Ifthisiscorrect，itwouldshowaconnectionbetweenmathematicalandmusicalability．Itwouldbemoreliketheconnectionbetweenabilitiesatfootballandtennis．Tobecomebetteratone，youneedtoimproveyourfitnessandcoordination（协调）．Thatmakesyoubetteratsportandprobablyhelpswiththeother．Abstractstructuresdon'texistonlyinmathsandmusic．Ifyoulearnalanguagethenyouneedtounderstanditsabstractstructureslikegrammar．Yetwedon'thearpeopleaskingaboutaconnectionbetweenmathematicalandlinguistic（语言的）ability．Maybethisisbecausegrammarfeelsmathematical，soitwouldn'tbesurprisingthatmathematicianswerebetteratlearninggrammar．Music，however，isstronglytiedupwithfeelingsandcanbeenjoyedevenbypeoplewhoknowlittleaboutit．Assuch，itseemsdifferentfrommaths，sotherewouldn'tbeanyconnectionbetweenthetwo．Let'sseehowwesolveproblemsofthe"AistoBasCistoD"kind．Theseappearinintelligencetestsbuttheyarealsoimportanttobothmusicandmaths．ConsidertheopeningofMozart'sEineKleineNachtmusik（小夜曲）．Thesecondphrase（小节）isaclearanswertothefirst．Thelistenerthinks："ThefirstphrasegoesupwardandusesthenotesofaGmajorchord（和弦）；whatwouldbethecorrespondingphrasethatgoesdownwardandusesthenotesofaD7？"Musicisfullofpuzzleslikethis．Ifyouaregoodatthem，expectationswillconstantlybesetupinyourmind．Thebestmomentssurpriseyoubybeingunexpected，butweneedtheexpectationsinthefirstplace．1、Whatdoestheauthorsayabout"Mozarteffect"？______A．Thegoalofitwasnotcarefullythoughtabout．B．Thefindingsfromitgavepeoplewronginformation．C．Theinterestpeopleshowedinitwasunexpected．D．Thewayitwascarriedoutprovedtobeineffective．2、TheauthormentionedfootballandtennisinParagraph3toshowthat______．A．footballandtennisareplayedinasimilarway．B．certainskillsmaybedevelopedthroughpractice．C．musicandmathshavesomethingincommon．D．abstractstructuresbringbenefitstovariousfields．3、WecaninferfromParagraph4that______．A．languageseemsmorelikemathsthanmusicdoes．B．languageislessappealingtolearners．C．mathematiciansaregoodatmusiclearning．D．thestructureoflanguageiseasiertolearnthanthatofmusic．4、Whatdoesthewriterintendtostateinthelastparagraph？______A．Howmusicdiffersfrommaths．B．Whymusicianspossessmathematicalabilities．C．WhyMozartissohighlyconsideredbymathematicians．D．Howabstractthinkingappliestobothmusicandmaths．第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．ThefollowingisabeautifulspeechbySundarPichai,aseniorexecutiveatabigITcompany.Ata1,acockroach(蟑螂)suddenlyflewfromsomewhereandsatonalady.Shestarted2outoffear.Withapanic-strickenfaceandtremblingvoice,shestartedjumping,withbothherhands3tryingtogetridofthecockroach.Her4wascontagious(传染的),aseveryoneinhergroupalsogot5.Theladyfinallymanagedtopushthecockroachawaybutit6onanotherladyinthegroup.Now,itwasthe7oftheotherladyinthegroupto8thedrama.Thewaiterrushedforwardtotheir9.Intherelayofthrowing,thecockroachnextfelluponthewaiter.Thewaiterstood10,calmedhimselfandobservedthebehaviorofthecockroachonhisshirt.Whenhewas11enough,hegrabbeditwithhisfingersand12itoutoftherestaurant.Sippingmycoffeeandwatchingtheamusement,Ipickedupafewthoughtsandstartedwondering13thecockroachwasresponsiblefortheirbehavior.Ifso,thenwhywasthewaiternot14?Hehandleditneartoperfection,withoutany15.Itwasnotthecockroach,butthe16oftheladiestohandlethedisturbancescausedbythecockroachthatdisturbtheladies.I17that,itisnottheshoutingofmyfatherormybossormywifethatdisturbsme,butmyinabilitytohandlethedisturbances18bytheirshoutingthatdisturbsme.It’snotthetrafficjamontheroadthatdisturbsme,19myinabilitytohandlethedisturbancescausedbythetrafficjamthatdisturbsme.20thantheproblem,it’smyreactiontotheproblemthatcreateschaosinmylife.1、A．hotelB．zooC．schoolD．restaurant2、A．pointingB．jumpingC．checkingD．screaming3、A．separatelyB．elegantlyC．desperatelyD．carefully4、A．reactionB．surpriseC．settlementD．excitement5、A．angryB．anxiousC．readyD．steady6、A．steppedB．diedC．landedD．took7、A．turnB．rightC．powerD．interest8、A．finishB．continueC．improveD．increase9、A．sideB．sceneC．rescueD．relative10、A．backB．aloneC．firmD．aside11、A．confidentB．certainC．braveD．strong12、A．pushedB．threwC．broughtD．helped13、A．howB．thatC．whetherD．why14、A．defeatedB．overcomeC．welcomedD．disturbed15、A．panicB．hesitationC．pauseD．delay16、A．inabilityB．fearC．troubleD．doubt17、A．expectedB．realizedC．includedD．argued18、A．ignoredB．concernedC．causedD．dealt19、A．andB．butC．orD．just20、A．BetterB．MoreC．WorseD．Truer第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Asweheadtowardsmidwinterallseemsquietinthegarden,butnowistheperfecttimefor1．(plant)atreeAreyouworryingaboutnothavingthespace?Areyougardeningonconcrete?There2．(be)asimplesolution3．theproblems:growasmalltreeinapotThisisoftenoverlooked,soinaneffort4．(change)that,hereisalistofthebestspeciesforpotgrowing,5．willworkwellineventhetiniestofthecitygardensThemost6．(common)suggestedcandidateforthistreatmentisanolive(橄榄树)andwithgoodreasonTheyareevergreenandhavecharacterfromayoungageIfyouwantsomething7．(usual),I’dgivedwarfeucalypus8．tryEucalypuskybeannensisismuchslowergrowingthanitscousins,creatinganairytreetopoffragrantleavesontreesjust5mtallFinally,ifbright9．(colour)aremoreyourthing,youcanchooseCerciscanadensis“ForestPansy”(加拿大红叶紫荆)Itisclothedallsummerinrichandhe