大学英语五级补考试卷

大学英语五级补考试卷 大学英语五级补考试卷 January 9 2008 120 minutesPar t I Reading Compr ehension 35 minutesDir ections: There are several passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D. Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 ar e based on the following passage: The government is likely to set a capped “rational return” rate of 10 percent for privateinvestors injecting funds into education which has been officially proclaimed a non-profit sectoraccording to educational policy makers. Sun Xiaobing a senior official with the Ministry of Education said other detailed financingand accounting requirements are still under discussion in a bid to ensure the healthy developmentof private investment in education. “All of the detailed requirements are designed to make enforcement of the Private EducationPromotion Law more functional” said Sun at a workshop on education sponsored by the Fordfoundation on Friday. The law passed by the National People’s Congress NPC last November will take effect onSeptember 1. But the enforcement measures said Sun will not take shape by that time. Many private investors and economists are firmly against the capped return rate. Mao Yushia renowned economist with the Beijing-based Unionrule Economic Research Institute said thatmarket forces can play an efficient role in the endeavor. “I firmly believe massive profit cannot begained in China’s education sector so far and therefore capping rates is unnecessary” said Maoadding the government’s role is to ensure that poor children can also obtain basic education. Chinese Academy of Social Science researcher Lin Yueqin urged that the enforcementmeasures would ensure equality between non-State schools and those funded by the governmentin order to attract more private investment to education where demand still exceeds supply. China with its 1.3 billion population urgently needs non-governmental funding to helpdevelop its voluntary education sector said Lin. NPC education legislator Hou Xiaojuan said the rate setting was in line with China’sEducation Law which holds that the education sector is based on the welfare of the public andcannot be allowed to seek profits. “But as far as attracting private investment is concerned weallow investors to gain some rational return” said Hou. According to Chinese law and regulations the characteristic of schools organized by privateinvestors is between non-profit public welfare organizations and profit companies.1. What can be drawn from the first paragraph A Private investment in education has only taken up 10 of the total. B The return for private investment in education has now been limited to 10. C Changes in educational policy in China have taken place. D Private investment is in question.2. Which of the following is true as far as private investors go A They have worked out detailed requirements in the area of return from their investment. B They have taken out 10 of their profits to feed education. C They have discussed some financial problems in education. D They have invested money on education. 13. What is Mao’s opinion on this issue A Positive. B Negative. C Mutual. D Doubtful.4. Which of the following is in line with China’s Education Law A To make maximum profit is the final goal in education sector. B To obtain basic education for poor children is the first concern. C Government should interfere in education if possible. D Education sector should be non-profit.5. What is the best title for the passage A “Capped Rate” for Investors Stirs Debate. B A New Policy Is Likely to Be Made. C “Capped Rate” Is Cheered by Private Investors. D Government Plays a Role in Education.Passage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 ar e based on the following passage: One must recognize the very considerable multiplication 增多 of disciplines particularly inthe sciences which by widening the total area of advanced studies has produced an enormousnumber of specialists whose particular interests are precisely defined. These people would work insome isolation if they were not able to keep in touch with similar isolated groups in other countries. Frequently these specializations lie in areas where very rapid developments are taking placeand also where the research needed for developments is extremely costly and takes a long time. Itis precisely in these areas that the advantages of collaboration 协作 and sharing of expertise 专业知识 appear most evident. Associated with this is the growth of specialist periodicals whichenable scholars to become aware of what is happening in different centres of research and to meeteach other in conferences. From these meetings come the personal relationships which are at thebottom of almost all formalized schemes of cooperation and provide them with their mostsatisfactory stimulus. But as the specializations have increased in number and narrowed in range there has been anopposite movement towards interdisciplinary studies. These owe much to the belief that onecannot properly investigate the incredibly complex problems thrown up by the modern world andby recent advances in our knowledge along the narrow front of a single discipline. This trend hasled to a great deal of academic contact between disciplines and a far greater emphasis on thepooling of specialist knowledge reflected in the broad subjects chosen in many internationalconferences.6. Which of the following best summarizes the passage A The importance of specialization in science. B Specialization --- a new trend in science. C Specialization is being replaced by interdisciplinary studies. D Two opposite trends in science.7. Specialization makes scientists ________. A work by themselves B have to cooperate and communicate with each other C progress rapidly D improve personal relationships8. The reasons for specialization include ________. A gradual advances in some fields of research 2 B rapid findings in research C the advantages of collaboration and sharing of expertise D all of the above9. Which of the following illustrates scholarly collaboration A Specialist periodicals. B Academic conferences. C Personal relationships with fellow scientists. D All of the above.10. The reason for interdisciplinary studies is ________. A international conference B increased academic contact C complex scientific problems D our narrow knowledgePassage Thr eeQuestions 11 to 15 ar e based on the following passage: One thing the tour books don’t tell you about London is that 2000 of its residents are foxes.They ran away from the city about two centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. Butnow that the environment is cleaner the foxes have come home. “The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing” says Gomer Jones. Asurvey of the wildlife in New York’s Central Park last year counted 14 species of mammals 哺乳动物. A similar survey conducted in the 1890s counted only five species. Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost is that air and water qualityin many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile ruralareas have been built up leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition urban wildliferefuges 庇护所 have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent 750000 to buyland to build 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city. As a result many birds are now living inthe city. For peregrine falcons 游隼 cities are actually safer than rural cliff dwellings. By 1970the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because of the DDT that had made their eggs too thinto support life. That year scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds forrelease in cities for cities afforded plenty of food. Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to create habitatswhere they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated. Such habitats can even befunctional. In San Francisco the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater controlbasins to see not only which ones retain the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.11. The passage is primarily concerned with _____________. A wildlife returning to large cities B foxes returning to London C wild animals living in zoos D a survey of wildlife in New York12. It can be inferred from the passage that ______________. A Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoos B Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their city C Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countryside D Londoners have welcomed the wild birds but found foxes a nuisance13. According to the passage the number of species of wildlife in New York’s Central Park____________. A is slowly decreasing 3 B competes favorably with other cities C is on the same level as before D has more than doubled in the twentieth century14. Which of the following is NOT a reason that wildlife is returning to the cities A Air and water quality has improved in the cities. B Wildlife is appreciated in the cities. C Food is plentiful in the cities. D Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities.15. The word “habitat” Sentence 2 Paragraph 4 here means ___________. A a building for keeping wild animals B a garden for growing plants C a place for animals to live naturally D a park where live animals are exhibitedPassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 ar e based on the following passage: Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see onTV ― if they ever get home in time. There are similarities of course but the cops don’t thinkmuch of them. The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolves round the law. Most of his trainingis in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be usedto prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer and what ismore he has to apply it on his feet in dark and rain running down an alley after someone hewants to talk to. Little of his time is spent in chatting to scantily-clad(穿衣很少的) ladies or in dramaticconfrontations with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions ofwords on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad unimportant people who are guilty — or not —of stupid petty crimes. Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested the storyis over. In real life finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious caseslike murders and terrorist attacks ― where failure to produce results reflects on the standing of thepolice ― little effort is spent on searching. Having made an arrest a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court andto do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence. So as well as being overworked adetective has to be out at all hours of the day and night interviewing his witnesses and persuadingthem usually against their own best interests to help him.16. It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law ______ . A so that he can catch criminals in the streets B so that he can justify his arrests in court C because many of the criminals he has to catch are dangerous D because he has to know nearly as much as a professional lawyer17. The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ______ . A exciting and glamorous B full of danger C devoted mostly to routine matters D wasted on unimportant matters18. When murders and terrorist attacks occur the police ______ . A prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away B spend a lot of effort in trying to track down their man 4 C make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation D usually fail to produce results19. Which of the following is true according to the passage A Generally the detective’s work is over once the arrest has been made. B People are usually willing to give evidence. C Policemen and detectives spend little time at the typewriter. D Policemen feel that the image of their lives shown on TV is not accurate.20. Which of the following could be a suitable title for the passage A Policemen and Detectives B The Reality of Being a Detective C Detective’s Life ― Fact and Fantasy D Drama and RealityPar t II Vocabular y and Str uctur e 15 minutesDir ections: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there arefour choices marked A B C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.21. The troops were ordered to ________ and then concentrate 20 miles to the south. A collect B concrete C scatter D scold22. You shouldn’t have written in the _____ since the book belongs to the library. A interval B margin C border D edge23. ________ I agree with your estimate of the situation. A In the way B On the way C In a way D In any way24. To save money for my education Mother often took on more work than ________ for her. A it was good B what was good C was good D being good25. General Grant had General Lee _______ him at Appomatox to sign the official surrender of the confederate forces. A meet B met C meeting D to meet26. The doctor arrived and proceeded to examine the patient without delay. A decided B settled C attempted D started27. Today I’m ______ the woman whom gun manufacturers have been aiming at as potential buyers -- one of the millions who have taken the plunge. A typical of B crazy about C critical about D nervous about28. As people identify their own problems and begin to ______ the conditions that contribute to the problems they can develop strategies that are appropriate for their own culture time and place. A improve B create C analyze D worsen29. It was typical ________ him to be so rude. A with B in C about D of30. As she had been entirely _________ for the accident in which she had been severely disabled she had no legal redress 赔偿. A responsible B suitable C accessible D indispensable 531. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _______. A relatively B actually C annually D comparatively32. As ______ announced in today’s papers the Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays. A being B is C to be D been33. Although punctual himself the professor was quite used ______ late for his lecture. A to have students C for students to be B for students’ being D to students’ being34. A season ticket _______ the holder to make as .