2011级天津大学英语在线测试样题

PART 1 (5 points)

Directions: In this part of the test, there are 10 incomplete sentences.

For each sentence, please choose one from the four choices given

that can best complete its meaning.

1. Engineers may help produce guided missiles, industrial robots,

or ____a___ limbs for the physically handicapped.

A. artificial

B. artistic

C. authentic

D. articulate

2. Unlike hackers, who gain unauthorized ____c____ to

computer or telecommunication systems for the challenge or

even the principle of it, crackers do so for malicious purposes.

A. password

B. entry

C. access

D. approach

3. Instead of probing for ________ of alien life on Mars’ harsh

surface, some researchers have suggested looking inside the

planet, where there is mounting evidence of water ice near the

equator and the potential for underground aquifers that could

support basic, microbial organism.

A. signs

B. trails

C. marks

D. symptoms

4. Unlike a lecture, a seminar is a place for experiment, for

testing out ideas, for challenging concepts ________ during

the lecture, and a place to clarify any confusion or

misunderstanding a student may have been left with after the

lecture.

A. taught

B. preached

C. transmitted

D. delivered

5. The truth is that there is no quick and easy way to lose weight

and improve physical fitness; despite all the ____a____ made

by advertisers for such products, the truth is that the only way

to achieve a fitter, healthier and more attractive body is

through diet and regular exercise.

A. claims

B. clamors

C. pronouncements

D. advertisements

6. Defining and strengthening identity is a central task of

adolescence and is the crucial building block that ____a____

effective communication, stress management, and decision

making.

A. permits

B. prevents

C. hinders

D. hampers

7. Most new technologies, with the exception of those associated

with weaponry, have had hugely ____d____ effects for most

people extending our capabilities and indeed our lives to an

extent that our ancestors could not have imagined.

A. formal

B. urgent

C. harmful

D.

beneficial

8. Electronic files are replacing ____c____ filing cabinets, and

intelligent facsimile and copying machines are appearing

together with a variety of printers able to print anything from

letter-quality characters to four color diagrams.

A. subsequent

B. substantial

C. conventional

D. conservative

9. It's true that humanity has seen a _____d___ of crises, wars

and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in

technology and cultural exchanges.

A. line

B. serial

C. set

D. succession

10. Suddenly, we knew as much about the lives of our _____c___

acquaintances as we did about the lives of our intimates—

what they’d had for dinner, how they felt about Tiger Woods

and so on.

A. remote

B. close

C. distant

D. friendly

PART 2 (5 points)

Directions: In this part of the test, you have 5 paragraphs given in wrong order. Please re-organize these paragraphs so that they make

a coherent text. The third sentence has already been correctly placed for you.

__ __ D __ __

A. Perhaps we’ll learn to do what my mother did. She used to keep a

store of paper bags in a kitchen drawer and use them again and again in those days and the shopkeeper weighted out the amount you wanted.

B. Can you believe it? There’s a world paper shortage, there’s a

national bottle shortage, and we’re running out of raw materials like timber and tin—or so the papers say.

C. All this packaging makes shopping cleaner and more convenient,

but at what cost? Every time you throw away a paper bag you’re throwing away part of a tree—and trees don’t grow overnight! At this rate there soon won’t be any tress left, and then what shall we do? D. You can’t even buy a loaf of bread without getting a piece of paper

round it—that’s if you can find a loaf that hasn’t already been sliced and then wrapped. Supermarkets are the worst offenders. Pieces of meat are put on small plastic trays and then wrapped in polythene, cartons of cream are put in extra-paper bags at the checkout point, fruit and vegetables are packed in plastic bags, cheese is sold wrapped in polythene and eggs come in special cardboard or plastic boxes.

E. Well, I’ve just emptied my shopping basket after my weekly

shopping trip and it was full of things made from these scarce materials. Half of what I’d bought I threw away at once: all those unnecessary paper bags, plastic bags, fresh wrapping paper and old newspapers they put the food in nowadays.

KEY:

1-5 ACADA

6-10 ADCDC

B E D

C A