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大学英语4 网络自主学习测验试卷三 （Quiz 3 )
Part 1. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.
A. interpretation B. explanation C. meaning D. sense
2. I remember seeing him some years ago, but I don't ________ what he said.
A. remind B. recognize C. recall D. reflect
3. His results are not very ________. He does well one week and badly the next.
A. invariable B. consequent C. consistent D. continuous
4. Shortly after his retirement, the former president ________ gardening and hunting.
A. took to B. took on C. took in D. took after
5. He looked ________, as if he'd missed a night's sleep.
A. worn out B. worn off C. worn away D. worn through
6. They don't know how to put in a central-heating system, but they managed it by trial and ________.
A. fault B. slip C. error D. mistake
7. He was ________ admittance to the restaurant for not being properly dressed.
A. denied B. rejected C. stopped D. accepted
8. Old Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will ________.
A. pull through B. pull up C. pull back D. pull out
9. He did his best to stay awake, but the performance was so boring he just _____ to sleep.
A. dropped away B. dropped out C. dropped off D. dropped down
10. ________ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.
A. Had it not been B. Weren't it C. It were not D. Had not it been
11. ________ I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree that they can't be solved.
A. Suppose B. Because C. While D. Until
12. The revolutionary fighter would rather die with his head high than _____ with his knees bent.
A. to live B. living C. live D. lived
13. I did not mean ________ anything, but those apples looked so good I couldn't resist ________ one.
A. to eat; trying B. to eat; to trying C. eating; to try D. eating; to trying
14. Don't worry about your son's illness. What he really needs is ________ a few days' rest.
A. nothing but B. anything but C. something but D. everything but
15. The government is believed to be considering ______ a law making it a crime to import any kind of weapon.
A. to pass B. passed C. have passed D. passing
16. ________ is a fact many smokers choose to ignore.
A. To smoke is harmful to health B. It is harmful to health to smoke
C. That smoking is harmful to one's health D. Smoking is harmful to health
17. The important role played by women in ________ used to be considered "a man's world" began to have effects on
attitudes to the English language.
A. which B. what C. that D. how
18. I must tell you that you ________ in your red overcoat the other night.
A. look so handsome B. are looking so handsome
C. looked so handsome D. were looked so handsome
19. I'd rather you ______ anything about it for the time being. You should take a break first.
A. not do B. don't do C. didn't do D. won't do
20. The firm decided after a board meeting that the old machinery in the factories ________ with.
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21. ________ in his reading that Susan hadn't dared to make a sound.
A. So was he absorbed B. So absorbed he was C. So absorbed was he D. So he was absorbed
22. Tim cannot but ________ his supervisor to help him solve the difficulty he has in doing his project.
A. to ask B. ask C. asking D. asked
23. We were greatly encouraged by the news of China _______ another man-made satellite.
A. to have launched B. to launch C. launched D. having launched
24. The rain looked as though it had ________ for the night.
A. set off B. set out C. set in D. set up
25. They are well ________ with each other since they once studied in the same university.
A. acquainted B. recognized C. acknowledged D. identified
26. The article suggests that when a person _______ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a
well-balanced diet.
A. is B. be C. were D. was
27. Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.
A. to separate B. for separating C. separating D. of separating
28. There was a big hole in the road which ________ the traffic.
A. set back B. held up C. stood back D. kept down
29. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ________ roles in raising children.
A. incapable B. insensible C. indispensable D. infinite
30. There was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half an hour.
A. as B. so C. that D. since
31. ________ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, in an earthquake.
A. Accumulated B. Assembled C. Gathered D. Collected
32. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ________.
A. tradition B. transmission C. transportation D. transformation
33. Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a
contract signed between the two companies.
A. ability B. ownership C. possibility D. impact
34. My brother's plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A. arbitrary B. ambitious C. aggressive D. abundant
35. The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.
A. accurate B. delicate C. fixed D. rigid
36. The football game comes to you ________ from New York.
A. lively B. live C. alive D. living
37. The mother didn't know who ________ for the broken glass.
A. blamed B. to blame C. be blamed D. would blame
38. Tyson was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the boss's office.
A. prevent B. turn C. prohibit D. avoid
39. The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working
there for many years.
A. informed B. enlightened C. acquainted D. acknowledged
40. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically.
A. manually B. automatically C. artificially D. synthetically
41. Unlike most students, he doesn't learn English ________ learning.
A. with the excuse of B. at the cost of C. for the sake of D. in the name of
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42. A student messenger interrupted our history lesson with the news ________ I was to report to the
principal's office immediately.
A. that B. which C. because D. of
43. My mother bought me a new pair of boots on my birthday ________ she had promised.
A. which B. what C. with D. as
44. On the day of my ________, all my friends in the city came to see me off.
45. ________ scientists may find a way to send a portion of the earth's population to the moon.
A. More or less B. This or that C. Sooner or later D. Such and such
46. But for the heavy traffic, I ________ late.
A. will not be B. would not have been C. would not D. had not been
47. Most of ________ scientists know of the Sun's outer atmosphere comes from studies of solar eclipses (日蚀).
A. that B. what C. which D. those
48. By the time John retires from the hospital, Jane ________ from medical school.
A. will have graduated B. will be graduating C. has graduated D. will graduate
49. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
A. having been canceled B. having canceled C. had been canceled D. were canceled
50. Reading ________ the lines, I would say that the Government is more worried than it will admit.
A. behind B. along C. between D. among
Part 2. Cloze (with four choices provided)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four
choices given for each blank.
Questions 51 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Mr. Brown has been senator for quite a few years. He was used to getting favors from businesses in the state he (51)________ (represented ,presented ,symbolized ,devoted) ; it was just how things got done. He never
expected that he would get (52)________ ( strained, spoiled, struck , stung) engaging in bribery. A few months before the senator had met with a man who he thought represented the logging industry. The man said that he wanted a law that would allow his company to (53)________( divide ,split, chop, slice) down trees that many people didn't want to cut. These trees existed in government (54)________ ( proclaimed, protected, produced, protested) areas. He (55)________ (demanded, challenged, insisted, claimed ) that he was willing to pay money. He would give the senator a good deal of money to (56)________ (see, observe, watch, look) that the bill was (57)________ ( carried forward, pressed forward, put forward, move forward) in the congress. (58)________( Unfortunately, Unfavorably, Unsuccessfully, Unsuitably) for the senator, the man wasn't who he said he was. He was actually a detective for the (59)______( community, commitment, commission, committee) in the senate. And it was this body that (60)_______( enquires, investigates, researches, inspects) the ethics of its members. Journalists put
microphones in front of the senator's face and asked ( 61) ______ (which, how, what, whether) he planned to do. What did he have to say about being (62)_______ (blamed, accused, committed, involved) of taking money from a special interest group? The senator (63)_______ ( excluded, exclaimed, executed, exerted), "This is all a big
misunderstanding. I am an ethical man with (64)_______ ( too much, much too, so much, much so) integrity to ever do something like that!" The reporters continued to attack him and then in an irritated tone a lawyer of the senator stated, "The senator (65)____ ( retains, sustains, maintains, remains) that he is innocent. He says that this is just a/an (66)_______( intention, attempt, challenge, trial) by politicians who do not like him to discredit him. They only want to (67)_______( refresh, restore, render, remove) him from power." (68)_______ ( While, Because, Although, Since )his attorney was speaking to the reporters, the senator left. He (69)_______ ( disguised, discharged,
disappeared, dismissed) into a building. He was later found (70)_______ ( penalty, nasty, faulty, guilty) of taking bribes. As a result he was expelled from the Senate.
Part 3 . Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) 〈Quiz 3〉 3
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B,
C and D.
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the same passage or dialog.
Despite laws designed to keep cigarettes away from kids, 34 percent of US high school students and 15 percent of middle school students use tobacco products, government health officials say.
Although the statistics show the number of teens using tobacco has started to decline from record highs in 1997, experts say the numbers are still disturbing given that nearly 90 percent of adult smokers began using tobacco at or before the age of 18.
"We want to emphasize, while cigarettes are the most lethal form of tobacco, adolescents (青少年) a using many forms of tobacco, and potentially becoming addicted (成瘾) to nicotine (尼古丁) from many sources," said Terry
Pechacek, head of the survey team and associate director for science with the CDC Office on Smoking and Health. According to the survey, most middle and high school smokers get their tobacco at gas stations and convenience stores. While the legal age to buy tobacco is 18 throughout most of the United States, the survey shows current laws to be
ineffective. Approximately 69 percent of middle school students and 58 percent of high school students reported they were not asked for proof of age when purchasing cigarettes.
Although the tobacco industry has altered its advertising, ads still lure teens into buying tobacco products,
Pechacek said.
"Tobacco companies voluntarily stopped outdoor billboards (广告牌), but have taken these advertising dollars and
put them into local convenience stores," he said.
The study also found one of the "major predictors" of tobacco use to be whether teens spend time with other people who smoke. In the week before the survey, half of the nonsmokers were in a room with someone smoking, and approximately 70 percent of middle school students and 57 percent of high school students who smoke live in a home with a smoker.
Experts believe that more education about tobacco in schools could counteract (对抗) the bad influences these
students face at home.
71. Figures provided in the second paragraph indicate that ________.
A. most kids between the ages of 12 and 17 are using tobacco products
B. there are more teens using tobacco since 1997
C. smokers tend to begin smoking when they were very young
D. laws are designed to keep cigarettes away from kids before the age of 18
72. According to Terry Pechacek, teenagers using tobacco ________.
A. are likely to take drugs B. like using cigarettes
C. tend to quit smoking after age of 18 D. like trying different forms of tobacco
73. Most teenage smokers buy tobacco at gas stations and convenience stores, because ________.
A. cigarettes there are cheaper than those at any other place
B. people there usually don't ask them to prove they have reached legal age
C. there are more types of cigarettes there than other places
D. people there put up cigarettes advertisements on the wall
74. The word "lure" (Para. 6) most probably means ________.
A. tempt B. persuade C. force D. talk
75. According to what Pechacek said, which of the following factors may NOT influence teenagers' using
tobacco products?
A. Advertisement. B. Family. C. School education. D. Government.
Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage.
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Choosing a travel companion is at least as uncertain as choosing a marriage partner. The chances of
success are perhaps even less.
No law of causality (因果关系) exists to insist that in choosing a travel companion you will lose a friend.
But it's not unlikely. The odds depend on the length and the rigorousness (严密) of the trip. Some friendships
have a strength that will withstand even travel; others are by nature short-lived and travel merely hastens their
dissolution (结束，终止).
Perhaps I should make it clear that in discussing this matter of travel companions I am confining myself
to Platonic (柏拉图式的) friendships. Intimate friends may well be the best companions of all. Compromises
and concessions from such companions clearly spring from a recognized emotional base that colors every
issue. I'll confine myself, then, to companions, male and female, who are sharing a trip solely for company.
Why bother at all with a travel companion? Why not travel alone, shiftily (机智地) pursuing one's goal?
Some of the answers are obvious. A pleasant fellow traveler eases the stress and tensions, adds to the delights
and rewards and pays half the bills. However, a bad-tempered companion quite often brings you to the point
where you devoutly (虔诚地) wish you were alone.
Finding that suitable companion is something of an art and something of a gamble. But the choice
should be determined by one important rule: travelers should be going on the trip with the same idea in mind.
They should hold in common a theory of travel.
76. Choosing a travel companion is hard and risky, because ________.
A. one may lose a friend B. one may suffer financial losses
C. one may be trapped in the dangerous situation
D. one may miss the chance of finding the right marriage partner
77. When intimate friends travel together, ________.
A. the trip will hasten their dissolution B. the trip will make them closer to each other
C. they will find the right ways to solve problems due to their relationship
D. they will make more friends on trip
78. It can be inferred from the passage that the companion talked about here is the person ________.
A. one can think of developing a deeper relationship with B. one can travel with merely for company
C. one can count on for a free travel D. one can learn much from
79. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Choosing a travel companion won't lead to the loss of friends. B. Friendships cannot withstand the test of any trip.
C. A travel companion is badly needed if one wants to take a trip. D. Like-minded people should travel together.
80. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Travel and Marriage-Two Similar Experiences B. Finding a Good Travel Companion-a Risky Matter
C. Will Travel Damage the Friendship? D. Should One Travel Alone or in Another's Company? Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage.
Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In the interval he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and there are few things of which he stands in more fear than of the absence of noise. Even his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to prevent a dreadful (可怕的) silence. He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing (发出嗡嗡声) of a fly, but he longs to join the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure. The object of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas. It is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz: there is even a buzz that is as exasperating (使人恼怒的) as the continuous ping (砰声) of a mosquito. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a mute (哑巴). Most buzzing, fortunately, is agreeable to the ear, and some of it is agreeable even to the mind. He would be a foolish man, however, who waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.
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Those who despise (看不起) the weather as a conversational opening seem to me to be ignorant of the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they have had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing at immense length, they are proud of themselves on their success as conversationalists.
81. The significance of man's speaking ability is that ________.
A. it proves his existence as a man B. it raises his position as a man
C. it makes him enjoy meaningful conversations D. it gets him out of trouble
82. The statement that "ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly" suggests
that ________.
A. most of the human conversations are inspiring and instructive
B. most of the human conversations are as irritating as the noise made by a fly
C. most of the human conversations can be dismissed as meaningless
D. most of the human conversations can be regarded as the effective activities
83. According to the passage, a man will look silly if he ________.
A. makes mistakes in the conversation B. feels reluctant to join in the conversation
C. fails to communicate anything new to others in the conversation
D. misunderstands others' meanings in the conversation
84. In the author's opinion, the introduction of weather as a conversational opening indicates ________.
A. the ignorance of the conversationalist B. the start of an acceptable conversation
C. the coming of something new D. the boring nature of the conversation
85. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
A. At a dinner party, everyone prefers to talk like a mosquito. B. People despise meaningless conversations.
C. People take pride in their roles as conversationalists.
D. One can always learn something useful from conversation. 〈---End of Quiz 3---〉
大学英语4 网络自主学习测验卷四 （Quiz 4）
Part I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. The problem ________ when the students refused to do their homework.
A. arose B. aroused C. rose D. raised
2. ________ so many people in the United States been out of work as today.
A. More than ever before B. In the past, there have never
C. Never before have D. Formerly, there never were
3. Since William had been seriously ill for several months, his parents were worried about ________ to
return to school full-time.
A. he wanted B. he wanting C. him to want D. his wanting
4. I won't ________ those children making a noise in my house!
A. allow B. let C. have D. permit
5. The opposition leaders ________ the government for not taking action sooner.
A. warned B. criticized C. threatened D. urged
6. Others argue that since the earth has endured a long string of ice ages in the last two million to three million years, any warming is ________ to be temporary.
A. seemed B. likely C. tended D. possible
7. ________, John has been to several foreign countries.
A. Even he is young B. Young though he is C. In spite of he is young D. Young is as he
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8. She got a job as an assistant stage manager at the Cambridge Arts Festival Theatre, thinking that it might
________ to a career as a playwright (剧作家).
A. pave the way B. work wonder C. point out D. stand a chance
9. After so many days without rain, the ground quickly ________ the little rain that fell last night.
A. dropped B. flooded C. grasped D. absorbed
10. Senior members of the staff competed eagerly ________ the position of sales manager in the company.
A. in B. with C. for D. on
11. The address book ________ the email addresses of your friends or groups of colleagues.
A. makes it easy to recall B. makes it easy recall
C. makes easy to recall D. makes recall it easy
12. We regret to ________ that it may not be possible to deal with every request.
A. put off B. pass on C. help along D. point out
13. ________ to the papers is restricted to Defense Department personnel only.
A. Application B. Exception C. Access D. Glance
14. ________ from the occasional late night party, our neighbors are very quiet.
A. Apart B. But C. Except D. As
15. I'm sorry I forgot to write; I had so much else ________ my mind.
A. over B. for C. on D. about
16. _______ the movie I would have finished my paper last Sunday.
A. In spite of B. But for C. Because of D. As for
17. We must ______ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.
A. assure B. secure C. ensure D. issue
18. ________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
A. If you compare B. Compare them C. When compared D. A comparison
19. The student found the novel _______. It provided him with so much information about the subject.
A. enlightening B. confusing C. frustrating D. delighting
20. Let's drink _______ Dicks' success in business.
A. of B. for C. to D. with
21. The engine has broken and the boat is ______ on the water.
A. flowing B. floating C. drifting D. sailing
22. Each year in the United States, many black teenagers _______ of school, either because they cannot
keep up or they have to work to support their family.
A. go out B. drop out C. check out D. pull out
23. I'm ______ to graduate in the next half of the year.
A. owing B. thanks C. due D. because
24. Construction of the railways helped to develop the national _______ of Tanzania and Zambia.
A. economic B. economies C. economics D. economical
25. In the future, more ______ should be placed on the education of the young.
A. crisis B. implications C. impressions D. emphasis
26. Just as the increase of fax machines, wireless phones and personal computers has caused a shortage of
phone numbers, heavy use of the Internet is _____ the supply of numerical (数字的) Internet addresses.
A. draining B. soaking C. absorbing D. drying
27. According to the recent report, 10 years ago about one in seven people in this country spoke a language
________ English at home.
A. rather than B. other than C. regardless of D. except for
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28. If, one day, it was possible to direct stem cells to become selected types of replacement tissue, it could
be used to ________ a host of diseases which at present are incurable.
A. treat B. adjust C. adopt D. remedy
29. Most individuals and families are turning to lawyers for help in solving disputes and ___ legal
procedures.
A. commenting B. complementing C. implementing D. supplementing
30. Educated young people in China now are clever and resourceful, full of plans, and able to _________
with the world of high technology and constant change.
A. meet B. cooperate C. cope D. solve
31. Every two months, Li Liang ________ a new hair style and a new look.
A. stands up to B. makes up for C. comes up with D. puts up with
32. We shouldn't ________ our own national features for international ads that are shown globally.
A. dispose B. expose C. discard D. discharge
33. Without outside ________, China's advertising people cannot really mature and obtain a foothold (稳固 的地位)
in the global ad market.
A. encouragement B. consumption C. pressure D. controversy
34. Educational Service Inc. operates 70 institutes in the United States and they concentrate on providing
career-focused degree programs to ________ 28,000 students.
A. considerably B. approximately C. preferably D. ideally
35. Now that the excitement of celebrating has had a chance to _______, it's time to turn the Olympic ideal
into reality.
A. cut in B. carry away C. turn down D. wear off
36. Most native speakers of English will miss consonants (辅音) at their ________.
A. ease B. consciousness C. convenience D. facilities
37. Last month, Mars and Earth were at the closest points in their ________ orbits. The distance between the two
worlds was 68 million kilometers.
A. identical B. respective C. rigid D. reverse
38. Everyone is trying to ________ how the fire started.
A. figure out B. put out C. turn out D. clear out
39. ________ emergency, please follow the orders of the plane crew.
A. In the case of B. In case C. In case of D. In that case
40. There comes a moment when you _______ interest so totally that to touch it again would be a physical
impossibility.
A. losing B. lost C. lose D. having been lost
41. An old friend from abroad, ______ I was expecting to stay with me, telephoned from the airport.
A. that B. which C. who D. whom
42. If the work ________ by the end of the month is delayed the construction company will be fined.
A. will be completed B. has been completed C. to be completed D. being completed
43. Ever since Picasso's paintings were on exhibition, there ________ large crowds at the museum every day.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have been
44. _______ you have been in this school for some time, please tell me what you think of it.
A. That B. In that C. With that D. Now that
45. The experts feel that there would be fewer problems underground than ________ in case of an earthquake.
A. surface B. the surface C. on the surface D. that on the surface
46. Just as the sun is the central body of the solar system, _______ the nucleus is the core of the atom.
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47. What surprised us most is the fact that he had committed an ________ crime.
A. intelligent B. intelligible C. intellectual D. intelligence
48. There is a 20-minute parking _______ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly.
A. freedom B. limit C. allowance D. ability
49. Actually, humor helps make products more ________ to consumers.
A. available B. sensible C. feasible D. accessible
50. Compared with what I saw 10 years ago, ads today are becoming increasingly _______.
A. sophisticated B. soaked C. philosophical D. physical
Part 2. Cloze (with four choices provided)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank.
Questions 51 to 70 are based on the following passage.
Are there any relations between Australians and Africans? Because native Australians closely look (51)_____(at, as, like, alike) Africans, some people have made comparisons between them. The（52)________( option, assumption, perception, reception) has long been that there is a strong connection between them. Some have thought that Africans and Australians are close (53)______(alternatives, relatives ,representatives, conservatives) on a genetic level.
(54)________(In person, In public, In opinion, In fact) , this is not true. Australians are genetically far away
(55)_______(from ,with ,near, apart) Africans. Their (56)_______(best, worst, closest, farthest) relatives are actually South East Asians. This was (57)________(reckoned, registered, related, revealed) by one study. Scientists did a study of the blood (58)________( proteins, profiles, particles, nuclei) of nearly 2,000 racial groups. These groups were those who were in their 1492 locations before the (59)________( opening, beginning, origin ,birth) of significant European colonization. This is when Europeans started traveling (60)________(around, away, against, across) the globe. This was done to make (61)_______( confident, positive, certain, correct) that these populations were not genetically "impure". They were of pure and definite (62)______(source, foundation, base, origin) . Study shows that Europeans' genes appear to be a (63)______(mode, maximum, mix, confusion) of one third African and two thirds Asian. This genetic information is very important to the (64)_______( medical, surgical, chemical, mechanical) industry. It is this industry that plans to use such (65)________( foundation, information, formation, combination) to create new drugs. Their drugs will help (66)_______(suffer, catch, fight, contract) disease. Some people are strongly against the medical companies. They feel that this is (67)_______(exploration, exploitation, compensation, corporation) of certain racial groups. After all the native groups, which originally gave the (68)_______(samples, examples, diseases, drugs) , are not getting anything from this work. They aren't (69)_______(delivered, discussed, paid, granted) any money. It is only the drug companies that (70)_______( evaluate, estimate, create, benefit) financially. No matter what people may argue, the study of the blood proteins has provided much information for further studies.
Part 3. Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B,
C and D.
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.
This was the challenge Kristin Casper faced when she learned that San Francisco voters would decide on two solar power propositions (提案) last November. This probably meant to Casper, who is a Greenpeace clean-energy organizer, that they were lacking the support they'd need to pass. But she also believed that California, still in its crippling energy crisis, was ripe for solar.
So Casper got help, employing five students from Green Corps, a Boston-based field school for environmental campaign organizers. By the end of their second month, Casper's group had assured the victory of both solar propositions. Proposition B, which won 73 percent of the vote, allows the city to issue $100 million in revenue bonds (债券) to create active-solar facilities for city agencies, without imposing new taxes on its citizens. It opens the
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potential for San Francisco to nearly double its capacity of power generation. Proposition H allows the city to carry out future clean-energy projects without a citywide vote each time.
How did they manage this?
"First off," says Casper, "the five organizers were fresh out of school and full of energy. Second, we focused on city districts we knew would turn out to vote in favor if informed." They also targeted religious groups, which, in recent years, have increasingly shown a sense of responsibility for protecting the Earth, she says.
Third, they just worked hard. They planned the campaign over breakfast at 7:00 a.m. and then worked until 10 P.M., distributing 300,000 leaflets (小册子), posting 1,500 signs, calling 50,000 voters, and gaining new support. In the end, more than 200 volunteers got involved.
They impressed more than San Francisco's voters. Casper says officials of other cities, including Boulder, Colorado, have approached them for guidance, and they're happy to help. "We hope to get San Diego to be the next solar city in California," she says.
71. "This probably meant to Casper, who is a Greenpeace clean-energy organizer, that they were lacking the support
they'd need to pass." (Para.1) Here, "they" refer to ________.
A. San Francisco voters B. Greenpeace clean-energy organizers
C. two solar power propositions D. students from Green Corps
72. To Casper's mind, California was ________.
A. not fit for the solar power project B. deeply involved in energy crisis
C. ready for the solar power project D. crippled by the financial problems
73. Proposition B ________.
A. allowed the city to carry out each clean-energy project without a vote
B. allowed San Francisco to impose new taxes on its citizens
C. doubled the entire country's capacity of power generation
D. eased the city's financial burden in the form of $100 million revenue bonds
74. Casper's group focused their efforts on ________.
A. city districts they thought would be most likely to vote in favor if informed
B. the five energetic organizers fresh out of school
C. religious groups showing great responsibility for environment
D. leaflets distribution and telephone calls
75. Which city is in line to be the next solar city in California?
A. Boulder. B. San Diego. C. Colorado. D. San Francisco.
Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage.
Planetary (行星的) scientists are set to write the opening chapter of A Tale of Two Comets (彗星) with next Monday's launch of Contour, an unprecedented (空前的) mission that will peer into the cores of two comets over the next four years.
Where ground-based astronomers (宇航员) can see only a glowing ball whose core is shrouded (遮蔽) in dust and gas, Contour will be able to pierce that veil—and spot details in the comet's nucleus only 12 feet across.
For hundreds of years, comets have caught the human imagination. But only recently have they come within reach of science's virtual grasp—first through optical and radio telescopes, then via spacecraft.
The Contour will encounter the comets in November 2003 and it promises, with a clearer picture of their structures and locations, to expand understanding of these mysterious comets. Their collisions with a young Earth are thought to have supplied the planet with water and other chemical compounds necessary to give rise to organic life, and to have altered the course of evolution.
Armed with Contour's observation facilities, as well as with data from past comet flybys, researchers will be able to explore the diversity of comets arising at different stages of their life cycle. "This is an essential next step in exploring 〈Quiz 4〉 10
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