英语练习题 (六级)

2024年3月19日发(作者：蔡万春)

英语综合课练习题

20150401

Part I. Vocabulary

1. Weeks ____ before anyone was arrested in connection with

the bank robbery.

A. terminated B. elapd C. overlapped D. expired

2. In order to prevent stress from being t up in the metal,

expansion joints are fitted which ____ the stress by allowing the

pipe to expand or contract freely.

A. relieve B. reconcile C. reclaim D. rectify

3. How much of your country's electrical supply is ____ from

water power?

A. deduced B. detached C. derived D. declined

4. She had recently left a job and had helped herlf to copies of

the company's client data, which she intended to ____ in starting

her own business.

A. dwell on B. come upon C. ba on D. draw upon

5. The glass vesls should be handled most carefully since they

are ____.

A. intricate B. fragile C. subtle D. crisp

6. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but

this only ____ the crisis.

A. accelerates B. prevails C. ascends D. precedes

7. He blew out the candle and ____ his way to the door.

A. converged B. groped C. strove D. wrenched

8. Often such arguments have the effect of ____ rather than

clarifying the issues involved.

A. obscuring B. prejudicing C. tackling D. blocking

9. I found it difficult to ____ my career ambitions with the need

to bring up my children.

A. consolidate B. intensify C. amend D. reconcile

10. It is fortunate for the old couple that their son's career goals

and their wishes for him ____.

A. coincide B. collaborate C. comply D. conform

11. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to e it

_____ when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of

society.

A. compacted B. disperd C. delayed D. restricted

12. Allen will soon find out that real life is ldom as simple as it

is _____ in commercials.

A. drafted B. depicted C. alleged D. permeated

13. Diamonds have little _____ value and their price depends

almost entirely on their scarcity.

A. subtle B. eternal C. inherent D. intrinsic

14. Retirement is obviously a very complex _____ period and the

earlier you start planning for it, the better.

A. transition B. transaction C. transmission D.

transformation

15. As one of the youngest professors in the university, Mr.

Brown is certainly on the _____ of a brilliant career.

A. porch B. threshold C. edge D. cour

16. They are _____ investors who always make thorough

investigations both on local and international markets before

making an investment.

A. indecisive B. implicit C. cautious D. conscious

17. Most people in the modern world _____ freedom and

independence more than anything el.

A. illuminate B. fascinate C. cherish D. embody

18. Doctors are interested in using lars as a surgical tool in

operations on people who are _____ to heart attack.

A. prone B. dispod C. infections D. accessible

19. The were stubborn men, not easily _____ to change their

mind.

A. tilted B. converted C. persuaded D. suppresd

20. The circus has always been very popular becau it _____

both the old and the young.

A. facilitates B. fascinates C. immers D. indulges

21. The designer has applied for a ____ for his new invention.

A. tariff B. discount C. version D. patent

22. The toy maker produces a ____ copy of the space station,

exact in every detail.

A. minimal B. minimum C. miniature D. minor

23. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil

imports and cut the budget ____.

A. disposition B. discrepancy C. defect D. deficit

24. They have decided to ____ physical punishment in all local

schools.

A. put away B. break away from C. do away with D.

pass away

25. Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually

nt up in a spacecraft.

A. inclined to B. subjected to C. prone to D. bound to

26. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing

bodies who functions usually include ____ rules, holding

events, lecting national teams and promoting international

links.

A. drawing on B. drawing in C. drawing up D.

drawing down

27. Up until that time, his interest had focud almost ____ on

fully mastering the skills and techniques of his craft.

A. restrictively B. radically C. inclusively D.

exclusively

28. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique

Australian flavor, ____ of their multicultural communities.

A. noticeable B. indicative C. conspicuous D. implicit

29. I have had my eyes tested and the report says that my ____ is

perfect.

A. outlook B. vision C. horizon D. perspective

30. He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by

Collins in ____ with the Imperial Muum.

A. collection B. connection C. collaboration D.

combination

Part II. Reading Comprehension

( A )

President Clinton’s decision on Apr.8 to nd Chine Premier

Zhu Rongji packing without an agreement on China’s entry into

the World Trade Organization emed to be a massive

miscalculation. The President took a drubbing from much of the

press, which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag.

The Cabinet and Whit Hou still appeared divided, and

business leaders were characterized as furious over the lost

opportunity. Zhu charged that Clinton lacked “the courage” to

reach an accord. And when Clinton later telephoned the angry

Zhu to pledge a renewed effort at negotiations, the gesture was

widely portrayed as a flip-flop.

In fact, Clinton made the right decision in holding out for a

better WTO deal. A lot more hor trading is needed before a

final agreement can be reached. And without the

Administration’s goal of a “bullet-proof agreement” that

business lobbyists can enthusiastically ll to a Republican

Congress, the whole process will end up in partisan acrimony

that could harm relations with China for years.

THE HARD PART. Many business lobbyists, while

disappointed that the deal was not clod, agree that better

terms can still be had. And Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin,

National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling,

Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, and top trade negotiator

Charlene Barshefsky all advid Clinton that while the Chine

had made a remarkable number of concessions, “we’re not there

yet,” according to nior officials.

Negotiating with Zhu over the remaining issues may be the

easy part. Although Clinton can signal U.S. approval for China’s

entry into the WTO himlf, he needs Congress to grant Beijing

permanent most-favored-nation status as part of a broad trade

accord. And the temptation for meddling on Capital Hill may

prove over-whelming. Zhu had barely landed before Senate

Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss. declared himlf skeptical

that China derved entry into the WTO. And Senators Jes A.

Helms (R-N.C.. and Emest F. Hollings (D-S. C.. promid to

introduce a bill requiring congressional approval of any deal.

The hidden message from the three textile-state Southerners:

Get more protection for the U. S. clothing industry. Hoping to

smooth the way, the Administration tried, but failed, to budge

Zhu on textiles. Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood,

and Detroit. Zhu refud to open up much of the lucrative

Chine curities market and insisted on “cultural” restrictions

on American movies and music. He also blocked efforts to allow

U. S. auto makers to provide fleet financing.

BIG JOB. Already, business lobbyists are blanketing Capitol

Hill to presale any eventual agreement, but what they’ve heard

so far isn’t encouraging. Republicans, including Lott, say that

“the time just isn’t right” for the deal. Translation: We’re

determined to make it look as if Clinton has capitulated to the

Chine and is ignoring human, religious, and labor rights

violations; the theft of nuclear-weapons technology; and the sale

of missile parts to America’s enemies. Beijing’s fierce critics

within the Democratic Party, such as Senator Paul D. Wellstone

of Minnesota and Hou Minority leader Richard A. Gephardt

of Missouri, won’t help, either.

Just how tough the lobbying job on Capitol Hill will be

become clear on Apr. 20, when Rubin lectured 19chief executives

on the need to discipline their Republican allies. With business

and the White Hou still trading charges over who is

responsible for the defeat of fast-track trade negotiating

legislation in 1997, working together won’t be easy. And

Republicans—with a wink—say that they’ll eventually embrace

China’s entry into the WTO as a favor to Corporate America.

Though not long before they torture Clinton. But Zhu is out on a

limb, and if Congress overdoes the criticism, he may be forced

by domestic critics to renege. Business must make this much

dear to both its GOP allies and the White Hou: This historic

deal is too important to risk losing to any more partisan

squabbling

31. The main idea of this passage is

A. The Contradiction between the Democratic Party and the

Republican Party.

B. On China’s entry into WTO.

C. Clinton was right.

D. Business Lobbyists Control Capitol Hill.

32. What does the ntence “Also left in the lurch: Wall Street,

Hollywood, Detroit” convey?

A. Premier Zhu rejected their requirements.

B. The three places overdid criticism.

C. They wanted more protection.

D. They are in trouble.

33. What was the attitude of the Republican Party toward

China’s entry into the WTO?

A. Contradictory B. Appreciative C. Disapproving D.

Detestful

34. Who plays the leading part in the deal in America?

A. White Hou B. Republicans C. The Democratic Party D.

Businessmen

35. It can be inferred from the passage that

A. America will make concessions.

B. America will hold out for a better WTO

C. Clinton has the right to signal U. S. approval for China’s

entry.

D. Democratic party approve China’s entry into the WTO.

( B )

The striving of countries in Central Europe to enter the

European Union may offer an unprecedented chance to the

continent’s Gypsies (or Roman. to be recognized as a nation,

albeit one without a defined territory. And if they were to

achieve that they might even ek some kind of formal place—at

least a total population outnumbers that of many of the Union’s

prent and future countries. Some experts put the figure at

4m-plus; some proponents of Gypsy rights go as high as 15m.

Unlike Jews, Gypsies have had no known ancestral land to

hark back to. Though their language is related to Hindi, their

territorial origins are misty. Romanian peasants held them to be

born on the moon. Other Europeans (wrongly. thought them

migrant Egyptians, hence the derivative Gypsy. Most probably

they were itinerant metal workers and entertainers who drifted

west from India in the 7th century.

However, since communism in Central Europe collapd a

decade ago, the notion of Romanestan as a landless nation

founded on Gypsy culture has gained ground. The International

Romany Union, which says it stands for 10m Gypsies in more

than 30 countries, is fostering the idea of “lf-rallying”. It is

trying to promote a standard and written form of the language;

it waves a Gypsy flag (green with a wheel. when it lobbies in

such places as the United Bations; and in July it held a congress

in Prague, The Czech capital. Where President Vaclav Havel

said that Gypsies in his own country and elwhere should have

a better deal.

At the congress a Slovak-born lawyer, Emil Scuka, was

elected president of the International Tomany Union. Later this

month a group of elected Gypsy politicians, including members

of parliament, mayors and local councilors from all over Europe

(OSCE., to discuss how to persuade more Gypsies to get involved

in politics.

The International Romany Union is probably the most

reprentative of the outfits that speak for Gypsies, but that is

not saying a lot. Of the veral hundred delegates who gathered

at its congress, few were democratically elected; oddly, none

came from Hungary, who Gypsies are perhaps the world’s best

organized, with some 450 Gypsy bodies advising local councils

there. The union did, however, announce its ambition to t up a

parliament, but how it would actually be elected was left

undecided.

So far, the European Commission is wary of encouraging

Gypsies to prent themlves as a nation. The might, it is feared,

open a Pandora’s box already containing Basques, Corsicans

and other awkward peoples. Besides, acknowledging Gypsies as

a nation might backfire, just when veral countries,

particularly Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, are

beginning to treat them better, in order to qualify for EU

membership. “The EU’s whole premi is to overcome

differences, not to highlight them,” says a nervous Eurocrat.

But the idea that the Gypsies should win some kind of special

recognition as Europe’s largest continent wide minority, and one

with a terrible history of percution, is catching on . Gypsies

have suffered many pogroms over the centuries. In Romania, the

country that still has the largest number of them (more than 1m.,

in the 19th century they were actually enslaved. Hitler tried to

wipe them out, along with the Jews.

“Gypsies derve some space within European structures,”

says Jan MarinusWiersma, a Dutchman in the European

Parliament who suggests that one of the current commissioners

should be responsible for Gypsy affairs. Some prominent

Gypsies say they should be more directly reprented, perhaps

with a quota in the European Parliament. That, they argue,

might give them a boost. There are moves afoot to help them to

get money for, among other things, a Gypsy university.

One big snag is that Europe’s Gypsies are, in fact, extremely

heterogeneous. They belong to many different, and often

antagonistic, clans and tribes, with no common language or

religion, Their lf-proclaimed leaders have often proved

quarrelsome and corrupt. Still, says, DimitrinaPetrova, head of

the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Gypsies’ shared

experience of suffering entitles them to talk of one nation; their

potential unity, she says, stems from “being regarded as

sub-human by most majorities in Europe.”

And they have begun to be a bit more pragmatic. In Slovakia

and Bulgaria, for instance, Gypsy political parties are trying to

form electoral blocks that could win ats in parliament. In

Macedonia, a Gypsy party already has some—and even runs a

municipality. Nicholas Gheorge, an expert on Gypsy affairs at

the OSCE, reckons that, spread over Central Europe, there are

now about 20 Gypsy MPS and mayors, 400-odd local councilors,

and a growing number of businessmen and intellectuals.

That is far from saying that they have the people or the cash

to forge a nation. But, with the Gypsy question on the EU’s

agenda in Central Europe, they are making ground.

36. The Best Title of this passage is

A. Gypsies Want to Form a Nation. B. Are They a

Nation.

C. EU Is Afraid of Their Growth. D. They Are a Tribe

37. Where are the most probable Gypsy territory origins?

A. Most probably they drifted west from India in the 7th

century.

B. They are scattered everywhere in the world.

C. Probably, they stemmed from Central Europe.

D. They probably came from the International Romany Union.

38. What does the International Romany lobby for?

A. It lobbies for a demand to be accepted by such international

organizations as EU and UN.

B. It lobbies for a post in any international Romany Union.

C. It lobbies for the right as a nation.

D. It lobbies for a place in such international organizations as

the EU or UN.

39. Why is the Europe Commission wary of encouraging Gypsies

to prent themlves as a nation?

A. It may open a Pandora’s Box.

B. Encouragement may lead to some unexpected results.

C. It fears that the Basgnes, Corsicans and other nations

eking paration may rai the same demand.

D. Gyspsies’ demand may highlight the difference in the EU.

40. The big problem lies in the fact that

A. Gypsies belong to different and antagonistic clans and tribes

without a common language or religion.

B. Their leaders prove corrupt.

C. Their potential unity stems from “being regarded as

sub-human”.

D. They are a bit more pragmatic.

Part III. Translation from Chine into English

51.风水（Feng shui）是中国建筑中的一个特殊传统，是古人对空间的布置与安排方法，其目的是为了实现建筑与环境的和谐共存。

52. 风水的字面意思就是“风和水”。在古代，风水通常将从选址、设计、建筑直到内部和外部装修的整个过程联系在一起。

53. 它将天、地、人三者融为一体，并且在所选的地址、方位、自然法则以及人类命运之间寻求和谐。

54. 它反对人对自然的破坏，而是强调人与环境的共处，这种状态被认为是完美的、神秘的。

55.舞龙（Dragon dance）是中国文化中一种传统的舞蹈与表演

形式。它起源于汉朝并且有信仰并尊敬龙的中国人所开创。

56. Confucianism is the cornerstone of traditional Chine

culture. Founded about 2 500 years ago in the Spring and

Autumn Period, Confucianism is a complete ideological system

created by Confucius, bad on the traditional culture of the Xia,

Shang and Zhou Dynasty.

57. It is extensive and profound, covering the fields of humanity,

politics, law, education, philosophy and ethics.

58. Confucian culture rests on humanistic philosophy, which is

shown in its respect, attention to and love of human individuals.

59. In belief, Confucian culture is an important component of

world cultural heritage, a major reprentative of oriental

culture, and the dominant facet of Chine cultural tradition.

repuls human destruction of nature and stress

cohabitation with the environment, which is regarded as perfect

and occult.