叼成人英语2016年上半年真题

2021年1月15日发(作者：黄子卿)
Reading Comprehension Directions:There are three passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by some ques-tions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices
marked A, B, C and D.
The California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from
18 to 21. The measure is part of a larger package of laws aimed at reducing tobacco use. If
Gover- nor Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to
raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products. More than 100 cities in the U.
S., inclu-ding New York and Boston, have already raised the age limit.
A week ago, the Caiifomia Assembly approved the measure, which--in addition to raising the
age limit-- treats electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products, expands smoke-free areas,
in-creases smoking bans and allows counties to collect higher taxes on cigarettes than the
87-cent per pack state tax. The Assembly' s vote came a few days after the city of San Francisco
increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.
California lawmakers passed the bill despite lobbying (游说)from tobacco interests. The
meas- ure also faced opposition from many Republicans, who said the state should not be
involved in po-licingpeople' s personal choices.
to,
our citizens as adults.
But supporters of the bill say raising the age to 21 moves legally purchased tobacco that
much farther from younger kids. This will save the medical system millions of dollars,said
Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood.( 76 )
Institute of Medicine that if the minimum legal age to buy tobacco were raised to 21
nation-wide, tobacco use would drop by 12 percent by the time today' s teens reached adulthood.
In addi-tion, there would be 223,000 fewer premature ( 过早的) deaths and 50,000 fewer deaths
from lung cancer.








第1题 Which of the following is the first state to raise smoking age to 21?
rnia.
.
York.
gton.

第2题 The California law includes all the following measures EXCEPT__________.
ing no- smoking areas
ng counties .to collect higher taxes on cigarettes
sing smoking bans
ing parents who encourage their children to smoke

第3题 The word policing in Paragraph 3 probably means__________.
ing
lling
tanding
ting

第4题 Who is against the bill?

















or Jerry Brown.
lyman Donald Wagner.
lyman Jim Wood.
mayor of San Francisco.

第5题 Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage?
rnia Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking Age to 21
Francisco Increased the Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21
Has Already Raised the Age Limit to Buy Tobacco
D.A California Bill Faces Opposition from Many Republicans

Dr. James Barry was the first woman in England to go to medical school. When she was
grow-ing up, women could not go to medical school. (77) So how did she become a doctor? She
simply pretended that she was a man.
No one knows Dr. Barry' s real name, her birth date, of her family' s background. Some
re-cords show that she was born in 1795 in London. Some people say she was the daughter of a
rich man or a royal prince. One fact we know is that in 1810, James Barry became a medical
student at the University of Edinburgh.
James Barry' s classmates made fun of her because she didn' t have a beard and she was
only five feet tall. But no one thought she was a girl. At the age of 20, James Barry graduated
from the University of Edinburgh as a Doctor of Medicine. She was one of the youngest students
to complete her studies. Dr. Barry then went to work in a London hospital and studied surgery. A
year later,she entered the army and became a hospital assistant. We will never know how she
avoided the ar-my physical examination.
For the next 45 years, Dr. James Barry was a British officer and a successful surgeon.
Every-one admired her. She began to do a lot of important work for the army.( 78 ) At that time,
Eng-land had many colonies around the world. Dr. Barry spent a lot of time in foreign countries.
She travelled to India, Corfu, Malta, and Jamaica. In 1856 she went to South Africa, and she was
sooL known as the best doctor and surgeon in the colony. She saved the life of the governor' s
daughter, and later she became the governor' s personal doctor. People admired Dr. Barry, but
she also had a reputation as a troublemaker. If people talked about her high voice or tiny figure,
she became very angry. She was an excellent swordsman, and she started fights often.
























第6题 According to the passage, Dr. Barry was made fun of because she__________.
a low voice
a funny beard
tall
l

第7题 Which of the following about James Barry is a fact?
had a rich father.
became a medical student in 1810.
was born in Edinburgh.
was a royal princess.



















第8题 Which of the following about James Barry is NOT TRUE?
was a troublemaker.
worked in many foreign countries.
made great contributions to the British Army.
was the best doctor in London.

第9题 Dr. Barry was not happy when people talked about her__________.
sity

第10题 The word swordsman in Paragraph 4 probably means__________.
e who is skilled at fighting with a sword
e who is skilled at fighting with a gun
e who often fights with other people
e who often makes trouble for other people

Chokwe Selassie is on a mission to help drivers avoid potholes( 路面坑洼). The
eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his mission on a recent morning, when his mother was
driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the
street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.
the pothole prob-lem in my city,手机应用) that warns drivers
when there is a pothole ahead.
Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks.
the app detects a potheole, it is highlighted(突出显示) in red,Chokwe says. if you get
close to the pothole, your phone will warn you. Drivers can also use the app to report any
pot-holes
them.
The app relies on Current available information about the streets of Jackson.
u-sing the city' s 311 call system, so it uses information already stored in a database,
says.
(79) Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non- emergency problems--whiCh
in-clude potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in
Jack-son would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype(原型).
(80) Although the app isn' t yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to
improve it. The prototype remains limited'to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so
that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther.
working on the app until it' s nationwide,
第11题 Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.A Solution to Traffic Jams
App to Detect Potholes
e Problems in Big Cities
Road Conditions

第12题 The phrase kick off in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to__________.

第13题 People use the 311 call system to report__________.
ncies ist attacks -emergencies abuse

第14题 The prototype focuses on __________ streets in Jackson.
A.10 B.15 C.20 D.25

第15题 According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
developed the app all by himself.
can buy this app from the online store.
her' s car was once damaged over a pothole.
app works by using the city's 911 call system.

Vocabulary and Structure Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For
each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best
completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
第16题
either one r one

第17题 Someday in the future they are bound to __________ for the crimes they have
committed today.


第18题 A true friend is one who offers you a helping hand when you are__________.
order public time trouble

第19题 Young boys and girls stood on __________ sides of the street to welcome the
president from Africa.


第20题 Last night a big fire __________ in the suburbs of the town, causing huge losses to
the area.
down down out out

第21题Customer:Waiter, a table for two, please.
Waiter:Yes, sir. There' s one but it' s close to the door.
Customer: __________ We' 11 take it.
me at all , it doesn't matter really

第22题 A child' s first five years is important as far as learning is__________.
d d ned ed

第23题 The man fell in love with her at first__________.