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Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The word “generosity” has been devalued（贬值） somewhat recently. A millionaire man may give his friend a house in the beautiful suburb（市郊）; A rich man could fly halfway round the world to meet his friends for his birthday party. In this case, generosity is more an action of showing off than a sincere action of giving. And such showing off lacks the most important quality of real generosity: to offer kindness and love without expecting anything in return.
Real generosity, when you meet it is simply so pleasant. And as a quality, it belongs equally to the rich and the poor. A traveler in a faraway place felt it when he shared bread, room, even bed with a farmer’s family, whose general principle is “A guest in the house is God in the house”.
Another story is about a university student from Oxford. He did something out of his natural sense of generosity when he learned that his roommate couldn’t afford an impossibly expensive textbook, a book which was very rare in second-hand shops. Knowing that his roommate was far too proud to accept such a book as present from him, the rich student bought a new copy for 35 pounds at Blackwell’s bookshop. He dirtied it up a bit and tore off the paper cover, made a few dog-ears（卷页） and pencil marks against what he thought might be important parts, and wrote an invented name in the front. He even remembered to age the ink by putting it over fire. Then he went back, looking extremely proud of himself and claiming to have got the book in a second-hand bookshop. “Beaten them down to two pounds!” To make his friends believe him, he showed a receipt（收据）for the money by buying himself another book at the same place. Ten years later, the poorer student got to know the truth. Actually he was suspicious at the very beginning, though he didn’t force his richer friend to tell the truth. He appreciated the invaluable generosity as well as the valuable book.
Real generosity lies in the giver’s thoughtfulness, not its price or wrapping of the gift. It is one of the things which make us human and should be honored more than we do now.
31. A millionaire gives his friend a beautiful house, which is considered as ________ by the author.
[A] a sincere action of giving
[B] an action of showing off
[C] a good example of generosity
[D] a quality of being kind to others
32. Which of the following is true of real generosity?
[A] It offers help expecting something in return.
[B] It’s a quality belonging only to the rich.
[C] It expresses a sort of simple love to human beings.
[D] It lies in the giver’s thoughtfulness and kindness.
33. The Oxford student’s generosity to his roommate is shown in ________.
[A] his efforts to look for the textbook in all the second-hand bookshops
[B] his wisdom to beat the price of the book down to two pounds
[C] his ability to make the new book look old and cheap
[D] his consideration of offering the book without hurting his roommate’s self-respect
34. The poorer student didn’t force his rich friend to tell the truth because ________.
[A] he was too proud to know the fact
[B] he appreciated his friend’s thoughtfulness
[C] he was suspicious of the rich student’s intention
[D] he didn’t want to know the truth
35. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?
[A] Real generosity is invaluable.
[B] A guest in the house is God in the house.
[C] The word “generosity” has been devalued.
[D] A gift can’t be judged by its price or wrapping.
PART TWO
IV. Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items)
36. 方便的 a . c 37. 避开 a . a
38. 态度 n . a 39. 失败 n . f
40. 完美的 a . p 41. 频繁的 a . f
42. 版，版本 n . e 43. 海湾 n . g
44. 同意，批准 v . a 45. 有吸引力的 a . a
46. 面试 n . i 47. 有罪的 a . g
48. 动物 n . a 49. 威胁 n . t
50. 秘书 n . s 51. 消灭，灭绝 v . e
52. 批评 v . c 53. 精确的 a . p
54. 实际地 adv . a 55. 考虑 n . c
V. Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item)
56. Proverbs are quite common in both ________ (write) and spoken English.
57. Her (involve) is the dispute led to many trouble.
58. How wonderful would a library be if the books in it ________ (keep) in random order.
59. We find it easy ________ (practice) using the language regularly.
60. Today many people are paying more attention to ________ (reduce) stress in their lives.
61. It is known that bones, muscles, and nerves develop ________ (fast) in baby girls than baby boys.
62. If she ________ (accept) the job, she will have a chance to go to Canada in the future.
63. Who ________ (invent) the first cell-phone?
64. He ________ (not change) since I saw him last year.
65. ________ (tradition), all the members of an extended family lived in the same area.
VI. Translate the following sentences into English (15 points, 3 points for each item)
66.正是周先生昨晚得了严重的心脏病。
67.成功的英语学习者在许多方面都相似。
68.学龄前儿童特别容易受传媒的影响。
69.每个人都应意识到酒后驾车的危险。
70.在理论上，每个人都可以接到无限多的信息。
VII. Translate the following passage into Chinese (15 points)
When you are introduced to foreign friends, you should greet them with “How do you do ?”while shaking hands with them for a few seconds. The next thing is, perhaps, the presenting of a business card, which is also called a name card. You should accept the card with a smile and a quick browse, and at the same time, offer yours
Nowadays, business cards have become more and more popular in an introduction. They contain not only the bearer’s name, profession and title, but also the address, telephone number, postal code, e-mail address and some other useful information and personal data. To a foreign friend, we should remember to present a card either with an English version or written in English, because most English speakers don’t have competent(能力) in reading Chinese. In most cases, a Chinese name is hard to pronounce for foreign friends. So you should make it as simple as possible in the introduction. Probably, you may give them your family name only. They will feel very pleased to pronounce your name correctly. After this short greeting ritual(仪式), most foreigners expect to move on quickly to the business. So you can shift to the business topic naturally.
参考答案1
I．Vocabulary and Structure
1．C 2．C 3．D 4．C 5．B 6．B 7．A 8．A 9．C 10．B
II．Cloze Test
11．D 12．B 13．C 14．D 15．D 16．A 17．A 18．B 19．A 20．C
III．Reading Comprehension
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. B 31. B
32. D 33. D 34. B 35. A
IV. Word Spelling
36. convenient 37.avoid 38.attitude 39. failure 40. perfect
41. frequent 42. edition 43.gulf 44. approve 45.attractive
46. interview 47. guilty 48.animal 49. threat 50.secretary
51. extinction 52. criticize 53.precise 54.actually 55. consideration
V. Word Form
56. written 57. involvement 58. were kept 59. to practice 60. reducing 61. faster
62. accepts 63. invented 64. has not changed 65. Traditionally
VI. Translate the following sentences into English
66. It was Mr. Zhou who had a sever heart attack last night.
68. Preschool children are particularly easily affected by the media.
69. Everyone should be aware of the danger of drunk driving.
70. In theory, every person will have access to an un limited amount of information.
VII. Translate the following passage into Chinese
当你被介绍给外国朋友的时候，你应该跟他们说“你好”，同时与他们握握手。下一步也许就是互赠名片了。你应该面带微笑接受名片，并迅速看一眼，与此同时回赠你自己的名片。
时下，在相互介绍认识时互换名片已经变得越来越流行，名片上不但印有名字、职业和头衔，而且印有住址、电话号码、邮政编码、电子邮箱号和其他一些有用的信息和个人情况。因为讲英语的外国人都不会中文，所以我们别忘了给他们的名片应是有英文翻译的或直接用英文印制的。在大部分情况下，外国朋友很难读准中国名字的发音，因此作介绍时你应该尽可能的简单明了。或许，你可以只介绍你的姓。能正确读出你的名字会使他们觉得非常高兴。在这种短暂的见面仪式结束后，大多数外国人都希望能很快进入正题。这样你就可以自然的转入业务话题上去了。