新视野英语

新视野英语 新 视 野 英 语 (三) 考 前 辅 导 Reading (40) Vocabulary and structure(30) Close (10) Translation (5) Writing (15) Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked a, b, c, and d. you should choose ONE best answer. Passage 1 When faced with death, we all react in different ways. Most people hope for a "good death", however they may define it. There are many books which are available to help you approach death mindfully and plan for end-of-life care in a systematic(系统的) way. If you are faced with making decisions about end-of-life care for yourself or someone you love, a good place to start is with the Handbook(手册)for Mortals (凡人), a caring and authoritative(权威的) guide written by a team of experts in the field. It's important for a person to express preferences about health care at the end of life. This can be done through the use of formal legal documents which grant a power of attorney for health care to someone you trust to make decisions for you should you become unable to do so yourself. These directives (指示), which may be called living wills, must be tailored to your specific situation and location, as laws vary(变化) around the world. These directives may cover any issue you consider important. A very common concern centers around tube feeding and related issues including difficult decisions about withdrawing life-sustaining (生命维持) treatment. A very important decision is whether or not you wish to choose home or hospice care (临终关还) as an alternative to a hospital setting. Whether at home or in a hospital, it's important to demand top-quality palliative (缓解病痛) care. You can inform yourself about specific diseases by researching health care texts. Many faith traditions place emphasis on the importance of conscious preparation for death as a way of showing respect for and acceptance of life's final adventure. Death is not the opposite of life——it is the opposite of birth. The decision to end one's life when death is approaching anyway is sometimes called physician-assisted suicide (PAS), or voluntary(自愿的) euthanasia (安乐死); this is a special case of the more general topic of suicide. "The right to die" is the subject of controversial legal battles on an international scale. 1. . Which of the following is not true in terms of a "good death"? ________. A. There are many recommendations to plan for a "good death". B. "good death" means a peaceful death with dignity. C. To face death mindfully is what is expected most. D. A "good death" may be defined as voluntary euthanasia. 2. What is the better recommendation for health care at the end of life? _______. A. Always leave end-of-life care with lawyers. B. Never stay at home for the final phase of life. C. Study different causes of death. D. Express the will to die without pain. 3. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?__________ A. Whether or not to stop life-sustaining treatment is one of the difficult decisions to make. B. Hospice care is one of the choices to make to enjoy pain-free end-of-life care. C. Tube feeding comes to be accepted soon. D. The Handbook for Mortals is an authority for health care at the end of life. 4. The word “tailored” in Line 5, Para. 2 may means__________ A. cut to specific requirements B. adapted for a particular purpose C. engaged in the trade of a tailor D. sewed clothes 5. What main idea does the author intend to express?_________ A. Euthanasia is a legal matter that causes worldwide arguments. B. Death is the last stage of life and a human being should die with respect and dignity. C. It's important to make clear what laws to follow in making directives. D. No effort is to be spared to keep life even with physical and mental sufferings. Passage 2 When the Romantic Movement was still popular, it was a common matter of debate(辩论) whether people should marry for love or for money. The young people concerned usually favored love, and their parents usually favored money. Careful parents, while admitting that their daughters should marry for love, took care that all the young men they met should be rich. This method was sometimes very successful. It was adopted, for example, by my grandfather, who had a large number of romantic daughters, none of whom married badly. In these days the matter no longer looks so simple as it did eighty years ago. We realize now that money may be the cause, or part of the cause, of quite genuine love; of this there are notable(显著的) examples in history. Mohammed is just one of them. As most people know, he was a camel-driver to a rich widow whom he loved and ultimately married. It was her capital which supported him throughout the early hard years of the prophet(神的代言者,预言者) business. Mohammed was not the man to give the only devotion to any one woman, but there is no doubt that, within the limit set by polygamy(一夫多妻), he was genuinely fond of his wife and benefactress. This is an example where the man was poor and woman rich, but in a world dominated by men the opposite is the commoner case. If a very rich man asks a very poor girl to marry him, she is likely, especially if she has social ambitions, to feel a kind of gratitude which will lead her to fall in love with him. At any rate, he will need a smaller degree of personal attractiveness than a poor man would need. Wealth can often purchase not only the appearance of love but its reality. This is unjust and undesirable but nonetheless(虽然如此) a fact. 6. It can be inferred but not stated that _______. A. although people favor romantic love, many of them can not easily give up the temptation(诱惑) of money B. the author's grandfather was a money-seeker C. eighty years ago, people married for love D. in a world dominated by men, poor girls tend to marry wealthy but not attractive gentlemen 7. Why, in Paragraph 2, does the author say "... the matter no longer looks so simple..."? _______ A. People are making greater effort to seek for money. B. People have become more and more complex. C. People have had a new understanding of money and love. D. People are no longer so foolish as before. 8. What does the example about Mohammed imply?________. A. Money can easily purchase love. B. Money can also cause genuine love. C. Mohammed was a real cheater. D. The widow was really foolish. 9. The meaning of "benefactress" in Paragraph 2 is closest to__________- A. master B. lover C. the person who has given sympathy D. the person who gives money for a good purpose 10. What is the author's attitude toward the matter mentioned in this passage?_________ A. Compromising. B. Certain. C. Negative. D. Critical. Passage 3 Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are lighted. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The four dials(钟面) of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated (校准) with a stack(堆) of coins placed on the huge pendulum (钟摆), Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped. The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen-ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner行政长官) of works, Sir Benjamin Hall. This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster, and was given to the Dean(教长) of St. Paul by William III. Before returning to Westminster to hang in its present home, it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858. The BBC first broadcast the chimes(报时) on the 31st December 1923 — there is a microphone(扩音器) in the turret (塔楼) connected to Broadcasting House. During the Second World War in 1941, a bomb destroyed the Lower Chamber(众议院，下院)of the Houses of Parliament, but the clock tower remained intact and Big Ben continued to keep time and strike away the hours, its unique sound was broadcast to the nation and around the world, a welcome reassurance (恢复信 心) of hope to all who heard it. The tower is not open to the general public, but those with a "special interest" may arrange a visit to the top of the Clock Tower through their local (UK) MP. 11. When parliament has a meeting________ A. Big Ben lights the parliament B. the clock faces are lighted C. a light is on above the face D. Big Ben strikes the time 12. Which of following statements is true according to the passage?________ A. Big Ben has only one hand. B. Coins are used to make Big Ben work more precisely. C. Big Ben has never stopped. D. Big Ben has a huge pendulum made of coins. 13. The bell was once owned by ______________. A. the old Palace of Westminster B.Sir Benjamin Hall C.The Dean of St. Paul D.The BBC14. the BBC first broadcast the chimes on the eve of ____________. A.1858 B. 1923 C. 1924 D. 1914 15. the word “intact” in Line 2, Para.4 probably means _____________. A. uninjured B. uncut C. unharmed D. undamaged Passage 4 Surfing the Internet(网上冲浪) can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol or gambling(赌博), a researcher from University of Pittsburgh said last month. In a study of almost 400 men and women in Canada, researchers found Internet addiction hooked people into spending 40 hours or more a week online, most often involved in role-playing games or engaged in chat room discussions. One 17-year-old boy was so addicted(上瘾) to the Internet activities that his parents had to admit him to a drug/alcohol rehabilitation(康复) hospital for 10 days for treatment. One woman, described by friends, family and children as a perfect homemaker, wife and mother, became so addicted to the Internet that she would not cook, clean or do the laundry(洗烫衣物) and was neglecting her children and husband because she was spending as much as 12 hours a day talking to acquaintances on the Internet. Finally her husband said, "Choose me or the computer." She divorced him. Psychologist Kimberly Young, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh's Bradford campus, found that 76 per cent of the subjects in the study spends an average of 40 hours a week on the Internet. Of 396 people who met Young's criteria(标准) for addicted Internet users, 157 were men, 239 women. The men were younger with an average age of 29; the women average 43 years of age. The largest group of addicted users of the Internet was people who were not working outside the home; that is, homemakers, students and those who were disabled(伤残的) or retired(退休的). In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association(协会) in Toronto, 82 percent of the addicted users said they had slowly drifted into their addictions. 16. According to the researcher in University of Pittsburgh, surfing the Internet can be __________ A. alcoholic B. harmful C. exciting D. stimulating 17. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage? __________. A. Many Internet surfers play games and chat online. B. Some Internet surfer has to receive medical treatment to get over the addiction. C. Nearly half of the Internet surfers spend almost 6 hours online every day. D. Internet, sometimes, can exert influence more powerful than family. 18. It can be inferred from the passage the majority of addicted Internet users are________. A. young men B. middle-aged men C. young women D. middle-aged women 19. It is implied people who are likely to be addicted Internet users are usually __________. A. those who are busy with their work B. those who are not employed C. those who want to escape from their boring life D. those who want to make friends 20.The writer’s attitude towards surfing the Internet is _________. A. appreciative B. satiric(讽刺的) C. critical D. solem Vocabulary and Structure (30)Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four 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 center. 21. The newly-built residential area can ___________ three hundred households. A) accommodate B) accomplish C) accelerate D) accumulate 22. If anything unexpected happens, you should ___________ a doctor as soon as possible. A)call off B)call in C)call out D)call at 23. The judge ____________ all the charges against Smith on the ground of insufficient evidence. A) prevented B) stopped C) dismissed D) opposed 24. In his ____________ time, Dr. Stockton reads all the books that he can lay his hands on. A)light B) casual C)leisure D)easy 25. He lives in a world of ___________ where he believes everyone envies him. A ) fantasy B) fashion C) fallacy D) fame 26. It is such a _____________ day that he can hardly do anything right. A) cheerful B) hopeful C) greedy D) gloomy 27. He used to hold an extremely ___________ attitude towards the blacks. A) close B) hostile C) distant D) psychological 28. I have an _____________ that his mother knows the truth. A) intuition B) institution C ) invention D) inspiration 29. A book or a play that is ____________ has been made shorter by removing some parts of it. A) abridged B) absorbed C) cut D) summed 30. They finally brought the price ______________ to a reasonable figure. A) on B) down C) out D) about 3l. All these fees ______________ to a total of $ 5,000. A) add B) account C ) attach D) amount 32. If you ______________ a door or a barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. A) break up B) break of C) break down D) break out 33. He was arrested and ______________ with a variety of offences. A) clenched B) charged C) sentenced D) continued 34. They had to decide whether they should ______________ some classes. A)call off B)call on C)call up D)call in 35. Most of the motorway network in that region is in ________need of repair. A)mere B)tense C) urgent D)rare 36. With both my friends ____________, I lived alone for some time. A. go B. gone C. going D. have gone 37. The next moment, __________ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit over the head. A. when B. after C. before D. as 38. Public pressure is towards more street lighting rather than less ____________ that people feel safer in well lit streets. A. for the reason B. for some reason C. for reason that D. by reason that 39. I meant to write to you, but __________. A. I forgot writing it B. I forgot writing C. I forgot to do D. I forgot 40. __________ everything to go wrong and you won’t feel quite so bad when it does. A. Having expected B. Expect C. Expecting D. To expect 41. __________ your role is, knowing who you are and what you are good at is critical for success. A. Whatever B. However C. Whoever D. Whomever 42. _____________ a free hand, he would turn the magazine into a profitable business. A. Giving B. Given C. To give D. Being given 43. The Americans celebrate Christmas ________ the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. A. just as B. as just C. just so D. just the same 44. _____________ his arguments that even those who came to sneer became his firm supporters. A. Forceful were so B. Were so forceful C. So were forceful D. So forceful were 45. People around her had few good words for her conduct,___________. A. she did neither B. neither did she C. did she neither D. neither she did 46. Because of our excellent service, ___________ we received a large number of orders. A. not long before it B. it was not before long C. not long before that D. it was not long before 47. When he was elected director of the factory, he found himself ____________ a severe shortage of funds. A. to face B. facing C. to be faced D. faced48. ___________ of the large population of China and you will see that a big success the Chinese government has achieved in feeding its people. A. Having thought B. Thinking C. Think D. Being thought 49. It is still to be proved ___________ way is the shortest to the top of the mountain. A. which B. where C. when D. how 50.At first, Jack did not want to write for the student paper, but I persuaded him ______. A. to do B. to C. do D. do it