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2007—2008学年第2学期专业：英语年级：06 学生人数：92 课程名称：中级英语II A卷选课号：050102101221 考试形式：闭卷考试时间：100分钟任课教师：路佳、李忠华、徐德荣学生填写：学号（全称）：姓名：专业：年级：课程名称：负责人填写：系主任：分管院长：命题专用纸V. Reading Comprehension. (20%)1By a strange perversity in the cosmic plan, the biologically good die young. Species are not destroyed for their shortcomings but for their achievements. The tribes that slumber in the graveyards of the past were not most simple and undistinguished of their day, but the most complicated and conspicuous. The magnificent sharks of the Devonian period passed with the period, but certain contemporaneous genera of primitive shellfish are still on earth. Similarly, the lizards of the Mesozoic era have long outlived the dinosaurs, who were immeasurably their biologic betters. Illustrations such these could be endlessly increased. The price of distinction is death.1 According to the passage, the fact that the biologically good die young is .(A) strangely normal in the cosmic plan(B) unnatural and abnormal in the scheme of the universe(C) a result of their shortcomings(D) the price of being undistinguished2. The lizards of the Mesozoic era have long outlived the dinosaurs because they were .(A) immeasurably the biologic betters of the dinosaurs(B) complicated and conspicuous(C) primitive species(D) magnificent and therefore able to survive3. The sharks of the Devonian period .(A) became extinct long ago(B) were undistinguished in their period(C) are contemporaneous with modern shellfish(D) were biologically inferior to certain contemporaneous genera of primitive shellfish2The lunar landscape is not dominated by jagged rocky ridges, as were so often depicted in the illustrations accompanying articles and-science fiction of past decades. Indeed, barren rock is all but absent from the surface of the moon; the observations of both manned and unmanned missions have revealed everywhere a rolling, hummocky terrain of plowed-up "soil"—more properly a loose, unconsolidated material mechanically similar to terrestrial soil. The lunar landscape resembles nothing so much as World War I battlefield after intensive artillery bombardment, and for good reason: both kinds of terrain have been tortured by a rain of explosive projectiles,4. The surface of the moon is .(A) full of barren rock(B) almost devoid of barren rock(C) dominated by jagged rocky ridges(D) unaffected by explosive projectiles5. The lunar landscape has been tortured by .(A) intensive artillery bombardment(B) a rain of terrestrial missiles(C) explosive meteorites(D) unidentified flying objects6. Most of the description of the lunar i landscape by science fiction of past decades .(A)has since been disproved by both manned and unmanned missions(B) often reminds us of a World War I battlefield after intensive artillery bombardment(C) revealed that the moon was full of a loose, unconsolidated material mechanicallysimilar to terrestrial soil(D) proved that it was not dominated by jagged rocky ridges3Very few people anywhere in the world were prepared for the first transplant of the human heart. Never in the surgical profession, where the literature included many documented reports of successful transplantation of hearts in dogs by Dr. Norman Shumway and Richard Lower at Stanford University Medical School, there was little serious acceptance of Shumway's published prediction that the time for a human experiment was near. Consequently, when news came from South Africa on December 3, 1967, that Dr Christiaan Bernard had taken the heart of a young woman killed in a road accident and put it into a middle-aged grocer whose own heart was failing, the popular reaction everywhere was as to a miracle.7. The first transplant of the human K heart was performed by .(A) Norman Shumway(B) Richard Lower(C) Christiaan Bernard(D) a middle-aged grocer8. In the first transplant of the human heart, the donator of the organ was .(A) a middle-aged grocer(B) a young woman whose own heart was failing(C) a victim in a traffic accident(D) a doctor9. When the first transplant of the human heart was reported, most people were .(A)well prepared for it(B) greatly amazed(C) indignant(D) indifferent10. When Norman Shumway predicted that the first transplant of the human heart wasaround the corner, .(A) his statement was readily accepted by the surgical profession(B) the general public was prepared for the miracle(C) his report inspired many other doctors(D) his statement was generally ignored4In 1545, as King Henry VIII watched from shore and as the great invasion armada of the French King Francis I approached the English coast, the Mary Rose, a flagship of the British Royal Navy, sank with almost all hands in the waters between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.11. What was the position of the French armada?(A) They were at anchor out at sea.(B) They were at anchor in the harbor of Portsmouth.(C) They had just left the coast of France.(D) They were moving toward the English coast.12. Who died when the Mary Rose went down?(A) King Henry VIII(B) King Francis I(C) The crew of the French invasion armada(D) Almost all the sailors aboard the ship13. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the English and theFrench?(A) The French were at war with the English(B) The English were signing a truce with the French I(C) The French were at peace with the English(D) The English and French kings were allies in a war against the British5To describe its potentials the computer needs a new name. Perhaps as good a name as any is “information machine.” This term is intended to distinguish its function from that of a power machine, such as a loom. A loom performs the physical work of weaving a fabric; the information machine controls the pattern being woven. Its purpose is not the performance of work but the ordering and supervision of the way in which the work is done.14. The purpose of a power machine is .(A) the performance of work(B) the ordering and supervision of the way in which a piece of work is done(C) the physical work of weaving a fabric alone(D) similar to that of a computer15. The term "information machine" is .(A) a generally accepted term(B) a term coined by the author(C) a term used to describe the potentials of a loom(D) a new name applied to both a computer and a loom6For each of these questions, choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the original sentence. Note that several of the choices may be factually correct, but you should choose the one that is the closest restatement of the given sentence:16. The idea that same law should apply to everyone living in a given territory was an alienconcept to the medieval mind.(A) In medieval times only foreigners believed in applying the same law to all citizens.(B) The medieval mind accepted the idea that the same law should be applied toeveryone in a given area.(C) The idea of applying the same law to all the people in a given area was not part ofmedieval thinking.(D) One set of laws applied to citizens and another set of laws applied to foreigners inmedieval times.17. Diabetes involves both a shortage in the hormone insulin, which is secreted by thepancreas, and an excess in the production of another pancreatic hormone called glucagon.(A) The pancreas of a diabetic secretes too little insulin and too much glucagon.(B) Diabetes causes too much glucagon and too little insulin to be stored in the pancreas.(C) Both insulin and another pancreatic hormone called glucagon cause diabetes.(D) Diabetics are secretive about their overproduction of glucagon and underproductionof insulin.18. Mathematics, the language of science, is not like other tongues.(A) Mathematics, as well as the language of science, is unlikely to be orallyconveyed.(B) Mathematics is the language of science, which is different from the languages ofother studies.(C) Both mathematics and the language of science differ from other tongues.(D) Mathematics, like the language of science, is to be distinguished from other tongues.19. For all his absorption in the struggle for American economic recovery after theDepression of 1929, Roosevelt watched the spread of fascism with increasing中国海洋大学外国语学院答题专用纸。