太奇2013年模考英语试卷B3

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英语试卷【B3】

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英语（二）测试B3

Section I Use of English

Directions: Read the following text. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A,

B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.

(10 points)

Early October brought an unseasonal chill and a handful of snowflakes to America’s northern states. The of Barack Obama seemed to catch a chill also. Presidential polls his economic record against the attacks of his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. the process has been harder for Mr. Romney than might have been imagined, the jobless figures.

The American economy lost almost 9m jobs between January 2008 and early 2010. It another 32 months recent job-creation rates. Still, bookmakers think the president more likely to win than not. The simple explanation for the tight race is the the economy’s recent performance: too weak to make Mr. Obama a shoo-in (必胜者), too strong to earn him a of employment adds to the complexity.

Despite wintry flurries, the Midwest’s economic weather seems to be turning the unemployment rate dropped from 13.9% in August 2009 to just 8.6% in August this year. Some businessmen in the area say they are planning to increase hiring. A worker at a local petrol station says he has turned “ That same modest is slowly emerging in national figures. Retail sales were up 5.4% in the year to September, and new housing starts in September were up 35% from a year ago. The unemployment rate in September dropped from 8.1% to 7.8%, Mr. Obama to claim that the unemployment rate has not increased on his watch. Meanwhile, unemployment is down follow. V现任者) who bring improvement, 1. A. procedure B. candidacy C. performance D. appointment

2． A. tightened B. loosened C. prompted D. stuck

3． A. confront B. define C. defend D. justify

4． A. Yet B. However C. Although D. Even

5． A. concerning B. despite C. regardless D. given

6． A. full of B. more than C. short of D. filled with

7． A. at B. in C. on D. about

8． A. amusement B. ambiguity C. clarity D. ambition

9． A. promotion B. frustration C. blow D. sack

10．A. event B. issue C. incident D. dispute

11． A. chillier B. colder C. milder D. gloomier

12．A. stable B. steady C. hostile D. swing

13．A. candidate B. position C. designation D. agent

14．A. extremely B. honestly C. cautiously D. generously

15．A. problem B. tendency C. point D. suspicion

16．A. making B. letting C. persuading D. allowing

17．A. substantially B. sustainably C. subsequently D. subordinately

18．A. concern B. suspicion C. confidence D. guess

19．A. attend to B. back up C. toss out D. comment on

20．A. whatever B. no matter C. whoever D. however

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions: Read the following passages. Answer the questions below each passage by

choosing A B C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Passage 1

In 1575—over 400 years ago—the French scholar Louis Le Roy published a learned book in which he voiced despair over the changes caused by the social and technological innovations of his time, what we now call the Renaissance. We, also, feel that our times are out of joint; we even have reasons to believe that our descendants will be worse off than we are.

The earth will soon be overcrowded and its resources exhausted. Pollution will ruin the environment, upset the climate, damage human health. The gap in living standards between the rich and the poor will widen and lead the angry, hungry people of the world to act of desperation including the use of nuclear weapons as blackmail. Such are the inevitable consequences of population and technological growth if present trends continue.

The future is never a projection of the past. Animals probably have no chance to escape from the merciless law of biological evolution, but human beings are blessed with the freedom of social evolution. For us, trend is not destiny(fate). The escape from existing trends is now facilitated by the fact that societies anticipate future dangers and take preventive steps against expected changes.

Despite the widespread belief that the world has become too complex for comprehension by the human brain, modern societies have often responded effectively to critical situations.

The decrease in birth rates, the partial prohibition of pesticides, the rethinking of technologies for the production and use of energy are but a few examples illustrating a sudden reversal of trends caused not by political upsets or scientific breakthroughs, but by public awareness of consequences.

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