高级英语自学考试模拟试题(2)

她举止优雅，在最冷的天气也能显得温暖宜人；而在阿肯色州的盛夏，她周围好像有一股私人用的微风在打转，使她感到清凉。

一方面，他们的工资很少，而且他们也知道如果一旦失去这里的工作，不用费太大的劲儿，就可以在别的公司找到工资如此低的工作。

但是有一个欲望是电视无法满足而美国极具党派性的报纸却可以满足的，那就是仇恨——对一切不一样的事物的仇恨。

我怀疑他们对高品位事物的欣赏能力。

它们易碎，易变得不新鲜，还易变干。

他把渔竿固定在河岸上,然后站起来伸伸懒腰。

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What are the reasons for people to enroll in recurrent education(继续教育)?

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Still, it is a ___1___ good imitation to be sometimes mistakable for the real thing. The apparatus for mimicking the ___2___ of health is now within the ___3___ of every moderately prosperous person; the knowledge of the way in which real health can be ___4___ is growing, and will in time, no doubt, be universally acted ___5___.

Plenty of people have said ___6___ things about me. Plenty of others have advised me, every time tried to take another ___7___ step that should go back to ___8___ , woman's ___9___ , and leave politics to the men. I love teaching, and I am ready to go back to it as soon as I am ___10___ that this country no longer needs a woman's contribution.

The air was ___11___ , but when you opened your mouth there was just(n) ___12___ chill, like chill from a glass of ___13___ water before you sip, and now and again a leaf came ___14___ -from no- where, from the sky. Miss Brill put up her hand and ___15___ her fur.

The elderly have the ___16___ for qualities of human ___17___ and ___18___ which can only come from having lived an entire life ___19___ There is a lifetime accumulation of personality and experience which is ___20___ to be used and enjoyed.

Accordingly, I was considered one of the ___21___ ones. My scholarship to college was ___22___ . People did not expect me to return. Understanding this, I can understand the ___23___ in the minds of those in Watts when was home last summer, ___24___ in the local poverty program. Rumors ___25___ quickly that I was a FBI agent.

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Everyone else was happily moving forward in their lives, choosing topics of study and predicting futures. still hadn't made my big breakthrough in making this all too significant decision.

Involve yourself in those things that interest you and enjoy learning about the world. There is plenty of time to decide what you will do with the rest of your life.

In fact, didn't even need college. I could just go out into the world, and my great skills andabilities would be immediately recognized.

I was wrong. All they could talk about was majors. They both had to share their majors with me, and both had an opinion as to what I should be.

As college students often do, I decided that if I just slept for a while and wakened up really early, I would be able to arrive at an answer to this enormously difficult question.

Fifteen years later, the writer came to find that major choosing was ______ .

When dinner was over, the writer paged through the list of majors again and found ______ .

The writer could not decide his major until he ______ .

His parents' friends were talking about ______ all the dinner time.

The writer took his parents' friends coming for dinner as a rest because ______ .

The writer's friends had confidence in him and they said he could ______ .

The writer would not choose business as his major because he ______ .

While everyone was busy making a decision about their major the writer was ______ .

What is the problem?

On ______ of my colleagues and myself I would like to send our best wishes to you.

A Major Question of Majors

(1) It was a common question. It echoed through the hallways and out into every corner of the university. Everyone was asking it. It was the new catch phrase. It was the new pick-up line, more commonly used than "What's your sign?" But I had no answer. I hated the question. I was "undeclared "like some unborn baby in its earliest stages. And, by the way I was going, I was merely awaiting abortion. Looking at the database of available majors, I could not make up my mind. Would I have to drop out of school because of my indecision? Would I be banned from a happy life if I couldn't figure this problem out?

(2)Tomorrow was the last day to declare a major. The last day! Everyone else was happily moving forward in their lives, choosing topics of study and predicting futures. I still hadn't made my big breakthrough in making this all too significant decision. "Don't worry, "my friends would say. "You can always major in business."

(3)Business? Not me. I was an artist. I would rather die than major in business. In fact, I didn't even need college. I could just go out into the world, and my great skills and abilities would be immediately recognized. On the night before my fate was to be declared, my parents were hosting a dinner party for two of their friends.

(4)Finally, rest! What would my parents' friends care about majors? I could eat dinner in peace and take a break from being posed this question for a couple of hours. I was wrong. All they could talk about was majors. They both had to share their majors with me, and both had an opinion as to what I should be. All their advice didn't put me any closer to a major, though. It just confused me even most.

(5)Neither of our dinner guests seemed particularly suited for his chosen job. For instance, Dr. Elkins, who claimed to be an expert at performing surgery, had trouble cutting his meat. And Mr. Albertson, the naval aircraft pilot, had difficulty targeting his mouth with his food. Every second spoonful was dropped to the ground. I couldn't imagine what his navigation skills were like in a fighter plane.

(6)Dinner was over, our guests left, the night was getting later, and I was still undeclared". t out the list of majors and began paging through the possibilities for the millionth time. Computers? There were already numerous computer majors. Chinese? I'd always wanted to go to China, but it seemed I could go there without majoring in it or even becoming fluent in the language. Mechanics? No. Advertising? No, again. This was hopeless.

(7)As college students often do, I decided that if just slept for a while and wakened up really early, I would be able to arrive at an answer to this enormously difficult question. I don't know exactly what it is in the college student's brain that thinks some special process occurs between 2 a. m. and 6 a. m. that will suddenly make everything clearer. It had worked for me in the past, but not this time.

(8) In fact, as college students are also likely to do, overslept. I woke up at 10 a. m. I had missed my first class, Survey of English Literature, and I had three hours to commit the rest of my life to something, anything. There was always business.

(9)As I rushed to school, I passed a movie theater playing Once is Not Enough, based on Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel and starring David Janssen. Wait a minute! Movies. I love movies! I could major in movies. No, there is no major in movies. "But there is one in filmmaking," I thought. That's it! I was lost, but now I was found. was declared!

(10)Fifteen years later, I think of all my friends who so confidently began college with their majors declared. Of those who went around asking, "What's your major ?" very few are working in their chosen jobs. I didn't end up a filmmaker. And some days still feel "undeclared".

(11) It really doesn't matter what you major in, as long as you have a prosperous university experience. Involve yourself in those things that interest you and enjoy learning about the world. There is plenty of time to decide what you will do with the rest of your life.

Who is telling the story in this passage?

The ball ______ two or three times before rolling down the slope.

We should not ______ the rubbish, or it will pollute the environment and cause damage to health.

It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to ______ information from the public.

You must have the experience that you find your voice ______ on the telephone.

He broke ______ in the middle of sentence.

The ______ stench of the dirty drain is really disgusting.

The actor turned down the interview invitation as he preferred to keep low ______.

The experiment ______ my theory.

If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ______ in the courtyard.

He has established himself as a ______ businessman.

You'd better let me know as soon as there is a(n) ______ position in the branch office.

Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are ______ to heart attack.

We'll visit China next spring, ______ we have the money.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the great ______ of introducing our speaker for tonight.