大学综合英语模拟试题（附带答案）(2)

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装 订 线 内 不要答 题Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.” Many Americans have difficulty paying attention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans admire conciseness, or what they call “getting to the point.”

Americans engage in little ritual interaction (礼仪式的交流). Only a few ritual greetings are common: “How are you?” “I’m fine, thank you,” “Nice to meet you,” and “Hope to see you again.” These things are said in certain situations Americans learn to recognize, and, like any ritual greetings, are concerned more with form than with substance. That is, the questions are supposed to be asked and the statements are supposed to be made in particular situations, no matter what the people involved are feeling or what they really have in mind. In many American’s opinions, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are “too shy” or “too polite,” unwilling to reveal their true natures and ideas.

Americans are generally impatient with long ritual greetings about family members’ health—common among Latin Americans—considering them a waste of time. 26. During a typical conversation between Americans, people try to be ________. a. polite b. interested c. concise d. friendly

27. By comparing a conversation between two Americans to a table tennis game, the British observer means that _________.

a. Americans like to take short turns in a conversation

b. Americans enjoy talking as well as watching a table tennis game c. Americans get excited easily

d. Americans talk with great expression

28. Americans ___________ when they talk with Arabs. a. may lose their patience

b. have to listen very carefully c. talk too much d. never use English

29. In the United States, ritual greetings __________. a. are very common in people’s conversations b. are suitable in all situations

c. help to lead to a serious conversation d. have little substance

30. According to this passage, Americans have a low opinion of people who ____________. a.. do not talk much

b. do not pay attention to the speaker c. like to ask about other people’s health

d. bring too many ritual greetings into a conversation

Passage 2

Ask most American children what they want to be when they grow up, and they probably will say “doctor” or “lawyer.”

Though our culture, our economy, indeed our very security are heavily dependent on science and engineering, only 12 percent of American high school students graduate with the prerequisites(必要条件) for a career in science or engineering. Worse yet, only 6 percent of

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装 订 线 内 不要答 题minority children are said to be so prepared.

Don’t be too surprised. If you ask further why the majority of the high school students would choose a career in medicine or law, the answers will be straight out of some popular TV shows.

“Doctors help people. They save lives.” “Lawyers beat the bad guys.” Most students would say.

Now, how about science or engineering as a career choice? The answers will be just as predictable: “Get real! Who wants to be a geek? They all are nerds. Besides, I hate math.”

In our media, scientists and engineers typically are portrayed as introverted(内向的) and humorless. They always wear white lab coats, with a collection of pencils in their pocket protectors. They wear glasses with black plastic frames.

If more students are to choose technical careers, they must have a better view presented to them.

They need to be told, for instance, that the invention of lifesaving equipment saves lives just as surely as the application of it in the hospital.

It also might help if someone emphasized to students that the lawyer who saved the defendant(被告) by introducing the DNA evidence would have seen him hanged had it not been for the scientists who discovered DNA.

Whatever we do, until students stop thinking of the term “engineer” as a synonym for “geek,” it is impossible to expect our children to change their views towards scientists and engineers.

31. What is the problem with most American children when they choose their careers? a. They have a very low opinion of science and engineering. b. They are too anxious to succeed in different fields. c. They are not sure what career suits them best.

d. They do not have enough confidence in themselves.

32. Which of the following has influenced American students greatly in their choice of their careers?

a. Parents’ opinions.

b. TV shows and various publications.

c. Great discoveries made by doctors and lawyers. d. Culture and economy.

33. In the passage, the writer criticizes the media for ___________. a. depicting scientists and engineers as nerds and geeks b. creating too much violence in the society

c. failing to report the great achievements made by scientists d. using words like “nerd” and “geek” inappropriately

34. In order to change the students’ view towards scientists and engineers, the writer suggests that _________.

a. teachers reconsider their way of teaching mathematics

b. students be told about the wonders of science and engineering c. scientists and engineers change their images a little bit d. the media stop praising doctors and lawyers excessively

35. Judging from what is said in the passage, the writer obviously believes that _________.

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