行業(yè)+英語(yǔ)能力大賽文學(xué)方向樣題
滿(mǎn)分100分
I. Multiple-choice Questions (40 points)
In this section, there are 20 questions with 4 choices. Each question only has ONE right answer.
1. The classroom _____ twenty feet across.
A. measures
B. has measured
C. measuring
D. is measured
[參考答案]A
2. _____ you insist, I will reconsider the matter.
A. But
B. When
C. Since
D. For
[參考答案]C
3. I won’t consider _____ my job at this time.
A. quit
B. to quit
C. quitting
D. to quitting
[參考答案]C
4. You _____ your visa extended before it expires.
A. had better to get
B. had better get
C. had better got
D. had to get better
[參考答案]B
5. While I _____ with my wife last night, an old friend of mine showed up.
A. talked
B. had talked
C. would talk
D. was talking
[參考答案]D
6. If I had not called for a doctor, your friend _____.
A. had died
B. will die
C. would die
D. would have died
[參考答案]D
7. Bill wasn’t happy about the delay, and _____.
A. I was neither
B. I wasn’t either
C. neither I was
D. either was I
[參考答案]B
8. Can you tell me the reason _____ you are always late?
A. why
B. that
C. which
D. how
[參考答案]A
9. Smith is not so _____ as you are.
A. strongest
B. stronger
C. strong
D. the strong
[參考答案]C
10. I don’t take John’s laptop because I don’t like _____.
A. that laptop of his
B. that laptop of him
C. his that pen
D. that his pen
[參考答案]A
11. All he ever thinks about is making _____.
A. income
B. salary
C. money
D. currency
[參考答案]C
12. She still doesn’t know how she found her _____ to the meeting without map.
A. road
B. route
C. way
D. direction
[參考答案]C
13. He had been sent to prison twice for _____.
A. robber
B. thief
C. cheat
D. stealing
[參考答案]D
14. You should be _____ of yourself for treating your own brother so badly.
A. guilty
B. ashamed
C. astonished
D. shy
[參考答案]B
15. He refused to _____ to the victim.
A. apologize
B. regret
C. be sorrowful
D. bow
[參考答案]A
16. I’m not surprised he is late again: he never appears _____ at mealtime.
A. exact
B. lately
C. punctually
D. early
[參考答案]C
17. I’m sorry for being late. I was held up in a traffic _____.
A. sauce
B. jam
C. group
D. crowd
[參考答案]B
18. The primitive tribe had lived peacefully deep in the mountains _____ a great many years.
A. during
B. on
C. in
D. for
[參考答案]D
19. It took him two hours to _____ his journey.
A. realize
B. complete
C. come
D. start
[參考答案]B
20. London is one of the important _____ centers of the world.
A. financial
B. finance
C. economical
D. economic
[參考答案]A
II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
In this section, you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4 choices to answer the question or complete the statement. You must choose the one which you think fits best.
Passage 1
A new study shows that bilingual speakers’ ability to speak a second language is improved after they have consumed a low dose of alcohol.
It is well-established that alcohol damages cognitive and motor functions. “Executive functions”, which include the ability to remember, pay attention, and prevent improper behaviors, are particularly sensitive to the effects of alcohol. While alcohol increases self-confidence and reduces social anxiety, both of which might be expected to improve language ability, especially, the ability to speak a second language, when interacting with another person.
An experimental study was to test these competing predictions for the first time. The researchers tested the effects of a low dose of alcohol on participants’ self-rated and observer-rated ability to converse in Dutch. Participants were 50 native German speakers who were studying at a Dutch University (Maastricht) and had recently learned to speak, read and write in Dutch.
Participants bought randomly either a low dose of alcohol or a control beverage that contained no alcohol, before they chatted with an experimenter in Dutch for a few minutes. The exact dose of alcohol varied depending on participants’ body weight, but it was equivalent to just under a pint (460 ml) of 5% beer, for a 70kg male.
The researchers found that participants who had consumed alcohol had significantly better observer-ratings for their Dutch language, specifically better pronunciation, compared to those who had not consumed alcohol. However, alcohol had no effect on self-ratings of Dutch language skills.
Dr Jessica Werthmann who was one of the researchers, said “We need to be cautious about the implications of these results until we know more about what causes the observed results. One possible reason could be the anxiety-reducing effect of alcohol. But more research is needed to test this.”
21. What languages could the participants speak in the study?
A. English and Dutch.
B. English and German.
C. German and Dutch.
D. German and French.
22. When did the bilingual participants’ second language get improved?
A. After they have drunk some beverage.
B. After they have drunk a little alcohol.
C. After they have drunk much beverage.
D. After they have drunk plenty of alcohol.
23. Which one will be LEAST affected by the effect of alcohol among “executive functions”?
A. The ability to remember.
B. The ability to focus on things.
C. The ability to inhibit improper behaviors.
D. The ability to talk.
24. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. A low dose of alcohol will limit the ability to speak a second language.
B. Alcohol will increase self-confidence.
C. Alcohol will reduce social anxiety.
D. Alcohol will improve the ability to speak a second language.
25. What is the main idea of the text?
A. The researchers intend to prove the effects of a low dose of alcohol on Germans’ self-rated and observer-rated ability to talk in Dutch.
B. Participants drank randomly a low dose of alcohol or soft drink, before they spoke Dutch.
C. The study shows that alcohol consumption has positive effects on the pronunciation of a second language in people who recently learn that language.
D. Participants who consumed a low dose of alcohol have significantly better observer-ratings for their second language, but more research is needed to test this.
[參考答案]CBDAD
Passage 2
There are many ways we can enjoy sport—watching it on TV or a smartphone, attending an event at a stadium or even playing the game. But for those who enjoy getting competitive with their computer gaming, there are realistic-looking games with lifelike graphics to be played without leaving home. It’s this type of sport—if that’s what we can call it—that has become big business. And interest in it has gone to a new level.
Initially, grabbing a controller and playing a game was a lonely activity. But around 20 years ago computers became cheaper and the internet became faster, which made it much easier for more people to get involved with computer gaming. This led to gamers connecting with each other around the world, so they could go head-to-head online. It also became a sport with people watching others play. The whole experience has been given the name “esports”—electronic sports.
Now, huge esports competitions take place all over the world in big arenas with large crowds. Die-hard enthusiasts, who have become first-rate players, are now well-known—some play together in teams. Its top stars can earn millions of dollars a year, without even breaking into a sweat! And fans from around the world tune in to watch the action online. The global audience is now estimated at more than 200 million and growing. Annual revenues from esports, currently around 650 million dollars for events, continue to rise with billions more generated through video games sales.
Famous football clubs are now trying to get in on the action. England’s Football Association for example launched its first esports team this year, known as the eLions. It recruited Fifa 19 players to represent them at the Fifa eNations Cup. Mark Bullingham, the FA’s chief commercial and football development officer, said “The FA prides itself on being a modern, innovative organization that strives to engage and inspire all generations of football fans.”
But while this virtual version of football might give aspiring footballers a chance to get closer to the real game, some might argue the lack of physical activity means it shouldn’t be called a sport—and the biggest winners are the companies who promote and sell esports.
26. There are many ways we can enjoy sport EXCEPT _____.
A. watching TV or a smartphone
B. attending an event at a stadium
C. playing computer games
D. reading novels
27. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. A game player can play games alone at home.
B. Computers are cheaper to buy.
C. Esports have no audience.
D. More player will get involved in computer games easily.
28. Which of the following statements can NOT enable esports to become more popular?
A. Computers became cheaper.
B. The internet became faster.
C. Players are easily connected with each other worldwide.
D. Fifa plays a vital role in esports’ promotion.
29. Which statement is NOT true according to the text?
A. Huge esports competitions are popular with large crowds.
B. The audience all over the world is now estimated as many as 200 million.
C. Top players can earn millions of dollars a year easily.
D. First-rate players are famous and they play together in teams.
30. Why do some people think that an esport shouldn’t be called a sport?
A. It lacks physical activity.
B. Famous football clubs are unhappy.
C. Esports help players understand the real game better.
D. Biggest winners of esport are the companies who promote and sell esports.
[參考答案]DCDBA
Passage 3
A symbolic story distinguishes itself from an allegory. Symbols in fiction are not generally abstract terms like love or truth, but are likely to be perceptible objects or worded descriptions that cause us to imagine them. In William Faulker’s A Rose for Emily, Miss Emily’s invisible watch ticking at the end of a golden chain not only indicates the passage of time, but suggests that time passes without even being noticed by the watch’s owner, and the golden chain carries suggestions of wealth and authority. Often the symbols we meet in fiction are inanimate objects, but other things also may function symbolically. In James Joyce’s Araby, the very name of the bazaar, Araby—the poetic name for Arabia—suggests magic, romance, and The Arabian Nights; its syllables (the narrator tells us) “cast an Eastern enchantment over me.” Even a locale, or a feature of physical topography, can provide rich suggestions. Recall Ernest Hemingway’s A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, in which the café is not merely a café, but an island of refuge from night, chaos, loneliness, old age, and impending death.
In some novels and stories, symbolic characters make brief cameo appearances. Such characters often are not well-rounded and fully known, but are seen fleetingly and remain slightly mysterious. In Heart of Darkness, a short novel by Joseph Conrad, a steamship company that hires men to work in the Congo maintains in its waiting room two women who knit black wool—like the classical Fates. Usually such a symbolic character is more a portrait than a person—or somewhat portrait like, as Faulkner’s Miss Emily, who twice appears at a window of her house “l(fā)ike the carven torso of an idol in a niche.” Though Faulkner invests Miss Emily with life and vigor, he also clothes her in symbolic hints: she seems almost to personify the vanishing aristocracy of the antebellum South, still maintaining a black servant and being ruthlessly betrayed by a moneymaking Yankee. Sometimes a part of a character’s body or an attribute may convey symbolic meaning: a baleful eye, as in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart.
Much as a symbolic whale holds more meaning than an ordinary whale, a symbolic act is a gesture with larger significance than usual. For the boy’s father in Faulkner’s Barn Burning, the act of destroying a barn is no mere act of spite, but an expression of his profound hatred for anything not belonging to him. Faulkner adds that burning a barn reflects the father’s memories of the “waste and extravagance of war”; and further adds that “the element of fire spoke to some deep mainspring” in his being. A symbolic act, however, doesn’t have to be a gesture as large as starting a conflagration. Before setting out in pursuit of the great white whale, Melville’s Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick deliberately snaps his tobacco pipe and throws it away, as if to suggest (among other things) that he will let no pleasure or pastime distract him from his vengeance.
Why do writers have to symbolize—why don’t they tell us outright? One advantage of a symbol is that it is so compact, and yet so fully laden. Both starkly concrete and slightly mysterious, like Miss Emily’s invisibly ticking watch, it may impress us with all the force of something beheld in a dream or in a nightmare. The watch suggests, among other things, the slow and invisible passage of time. What this symbol says, it says more fully and more memorably than could be said, perhaps, in a long essay on the subject.
31. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Love or truth is not a perceptible term.
B. Symbols in fiction can be imagined.
C. Worded description of an object is not a symbol.
D. Symbols in fiction are similar to allegories.
32. Miss Emily’s invisible watch most probably indicates that ______.
A. it does not exist in real life
B. she does not want to show off
C. she does not care about time
D. she is rich and powerful
33. Which of the following inanimate objects is referred to in the text?
A. A golden chain.
B. A poem.
C. A location.
D. A ticking from a watch.
34. In A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, the café symbolizes ______.
A. an island
B. a mortuary
C. negative associations
D. a refuge
35. The purpose of the use of symbolic characters is ______.
A. to make the story mysterious
B. to convey implicit and figurative meanings
C. to symbolize a portrait
D. to make the main characters stand out
36. “The carven torso of an idol in a niche” is used to describe ______.
A. Emily’s portrait
B. Emily’s character
C. Emily’s clothes
D. Emily herself
37. In Barn Burning, what does the act of destroying a barn convey?
A. The barn does not belong to the family.
B. The father is irritable.
C. The father hates the owner of the barn.
D. The family needs some firewoods.
38. The underlined phrase “spoke to” in paragraph 3 can be paraphrased as ______.
A. talked to
B. mentioned
C. sounded
D. demonstrated
39. Captain Ahab breaks his tobacco pipe and throws it away, which indicates that ______.
A. he is determined to give up smoking
B. he has a good chance to catch a big whale
C. he is determined to revenge himself
D. vengeance should be thrown away if he wants to catch the whale
40. The underlined phrase “fully laden” in the last paragraph probably means the following except _____.
A. mysterious
B. substantial
C. memorable
D. impressive
[參考答案]BCADB DADCB
III. Translation of Underlined Parts (20 points)
In this section, there are 20 sentences. For each sentence, there are four suggested translations of its underlined part.Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Each question only has ONE right answer.
41. I have been studying in books the languages of the living and those we call dead.
A. 活著的語(yǔ)言
B. 生存的語(yǔ)言
C. 活人的語(yǔ)言
D. 生活的語(yǔ)言
[參考答案]A
42. The reference was clearly to a nonhuman species of incredible properties, not indigenous to Earth.
A. 特質(zhì)
B. 道具
C. 財(cái)產(chǎn)
D. 性能
[參考答案]A
43. Give her a rag to bite down on before delivering the baby, or I’ll come up there and give her a taste of my hand.
A. 含著
B. 咬住
C. 咬掉
D. 吃掉
[參考答案]B
44. Dickens demonstrates why Scrooge changed: four ghostly visitors, stirring kind memories the miser had forgotten and warning him of the consequences of his habits, provide the character with adequate motivation.
A. 攪動(dòng)各種記憶
B. 煽動(dòng)善良記憶
C. 提醒類(lèi)似記憶
D. 喚醒過(guò)往善舉
[參考答案]D
45. “He’s killing her,” Garth of Greenaway had said. “His roof, his rule,” the ranger Ronnel Harclay had reminded him.
A. 他的屋頂他的規(guī)章
B. 他的地盤(pán)他做主
C. 他的屋頂他說(shuō)了算
D. 他定的上限他統(tǒng)治
[參考答案]B
46. I never quite worked up the courage to hand my offering to Miss Benson directly and each day the delicacy found its way unobserved to the corner of her desk.
A. 找到它的出路
B. 以其自身的方式
C. 被放置于
D. 被發(fā)現(xiàn)其來(lái)歷
[參考答案]C
47. The day I got my allowance, I hurried down to the sporting goods store, the money burning a hole in my pocket.
A. 口袋被燒個(gè)洞
B. 從口袋洞掉了出去
C. 燒了個(gè)洞后裝進(jìn)了口袋
D. 有錢(qián)不花燒得慌
[參考答案]D
48. He wondered what he could do to give the girl a hand and pour oil on troubled waters.
A. 息事寧人
B. 火上澆油
C. 將油潑在渾水中
D. 將油和水?dāng)嚢杈鶆?/span>
[參考答案]A
49. In employing Huck as his narrator, Twain selects a special angle of vision: that of a resourceful boy moving through the thick of events with a mind shrewd and/or innocent.
A. 事件的厚重
B. 豐富的閱歷
C. 密集的事件
D. 笨重的經(jīng)歷
[參考答案]B
50. He was not amused by Pitt’s unsophisticated sense of humor.
A. 不經(jīng)世事的幽默感
B. 單純的幽默感
C. 不到家的幽默感
D. 不復(fù)雜的幽默感
[參考答案]C
51. 《水滸傳》所寫(xiě)的以宋江為首的農(nóng)民起義是有史實(shí)根據(jù)的。
A. had a historic base
B. was written as historical facts
C. was historically grounded
D. enjoyed historic foundation
[參考答案]C
52. 一個(gè)戴眼鏡的記者死死糾纏著問(wèn)：“你最喜歡什么？”她不知如何作答。
A. tightly asked
B. deathly asked
C. bombarded her with questions
D. relentlessly asked
[參考答案]D
53. 君子喻以義，小人喻以利。
A. Virtuous men
B. Superior men
C. Noblemen
D. Gentlemen
[參考答案]A
54. 賈赦只在家高臥，有芥豆之事，賈珍等或自去回明，或有話(huà)說(shuō)，便傳呼賈璉賴(lài)大等來(lái)領(lǐng)命。
A. slept high at home
B. stayed at home at ease
C. slept with a high pillow at home
D. stayed in a high place of home
[參考答案]B
55. 為了使人物個(gè)性化，他們的語(yǔ)言在風(fēng)格上也有些變化，如紅娘的語(yǔ)言帶有潑辣的特色。
A. frank and out-spoken
B. reckless
C. characterized by hotness
D. having a rude feature
[參考答案]A
56. 年紀(jì)雖那么老了，本來(lái)應(yīng)當(dāng)休息了，但天不許他休息，他仿佛便不能夠同這一分生活離開(kāi)。
A. heaven did not allow him to rest
B. somehow he was destined to move on
C. he was deprived of rest by a god
D. he had the right to move on
[參考答案]B
57. 戰(zhàn)國(guó)中葉，主要作品有《孟子》、《莊子》等，它們的文辭繁富，說(shuō)理暢達(dá)。
A. whose theory makes sense
B. whose reasoning is smooth
C. whose theory is fluent
D. whose reasoning is articulate
[參考答案]D
58. 一進(jìn)教堂，我就被那鋼琴的樂(lè)音吸引住了，簡(jiǎn)直不能自拔。
A. couldn’t control myself
B. couldn’t help myself
C. found myself intrigued
D. found myself tightly fixed
[參考答案]C
59. 兩岸是高大壁立千丈的山，山頭上長(zhǎng)著小小竹子，長(zhǎng)年翠色逼人。
A. an enchanting emerald
B. a pressing green
C. an excited emerald
D. an enchanted green color
[參考答案]A
60. 我坐在小屋里，聽(tīng)著滿(mǎn)山樹(shù)葉嘩嘩響，終于到了物我兩忘的境界。
A. a state of forgetting everything
B. a state of meditation
C. a feeling of unconsciousness
D. a feeling of immersion
[參考答案]D
