2021年1月23日发(作者：mmy)
英语精读

第

1
学期


Words:10%
1.

混合物

4.

宗教

2.

听众

5.

个别的

3.

领导者


Vocabulary and structure 10%
shock
glance
Grope
response
schedule
abstract
Property
offer
compass
crash
Make up for
Rule out

1.

The parents were ________ by the child
’
s dangerous act.
2.

During the meal he kept ________ at the door, obviously expecting someone to
walk in.
3.

She ______ for her glasses on the bedside table
4.

The car ____________into a tree and burst into flames.
5.

The construction was completed three weeks ahead of __________________.
6.

We drove as fast as we could, trying to __________ lost time.
7.

The manager
’
s _______________ to our plan was encouraging.
8.

We can
’
t ________ the possibility that she was murdered by her husband.
9.

Professor
Brown’s
books are very ________ and are hard to read.
10.

Sailors use an ____________ to know in which direction their ship is headed.


Reading comprehension 40%
Passage one
As supplier of most of the food we eat and of raw material for many industrial
processes, agriculture is clearly an important area of the economy. But the productive
performance of agriculture is even more important than this, because in nations where
the productivity of farmers is low, most of the working population is needed to raise
food
and
few
people
are
available
for
production
of
industrial
goods
or
of
other
activities
required
for
economic
growth.
Indeed,
one
of
the
factors
related
most
closely to the per capita income of a nation is the number of its population engaged in
farming. In the poorest nations of the world, more than half of the population lives on
farms. This
compares sharply with less than 10 percent in Western Europe and less
than 4 percent in the United States. In short, the course of economic development in
general depends in a fundamental way on the productive performance of farmers. This
performance, in turn, depends on how agriculture is organized and on the economic
environment, or market structure, within which it works.
In the following pages the
performance
of
American
agriculture
is
examined.
It
is
reasonable
to
begin
with
a
consideration of its market structure.

1. This passage is most probably part of







.
A) a news item





B) an advertisement



C) a lecture



D) an article
2. What is most important to agriculture is







.
A) its productive performance

B) the per capita income of farmers
C) the amount of food it produces
D) the production of industrial goods
3. The word
“
this
”
(line 4) refers to








.
A) the productivity of farmers
B) the provision of food and raw materials
C) the production of investment goods
D) the economy as a whole
4. The performance of farmers essentially determines










.
A) the size of the working population
B) the organization of agriculture
C) the market structure
D) the general development of economy
5. This passage will most probably be followed by a discussion of






.
A) the market structure of American agriculture
B) the structure of American farming population
C) the various functions of American agriculture
D) the organization of American agriculture

Passage two
In ancient time the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the
schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud
or giving speeches.
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for
advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had
made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of
testing students for the doctor
’
s degree.
Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination,
where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the
nineteenth
century.
Perhaps
it
came
into
existence
with
the
great
increase
in
population and development of modern industry.
A room full of students for a state
examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers,
resembles
a
group
of
workers
at
an
automobile
factory.
Certainly,
during
examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.
One type of test is sometimes called an objective test. It is intended to deal with
facts,
not
personal
opinions.
To
set
an
objective
test
the
teacher
writes
a
series
of
questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the
teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to
students who have not learned the material properly.

6. In the Middle Ages students




.