报刊阅读测试题
英语报刊阅读测试题（20和21期）
Section 1
Direction: Find the most suitable word according to the clues given. (30 marks)
1.With the world recession, the mask is coming off, and Greece’s
politicians face a d________. (a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance)
2.Put your l________ food in this bucket. The edible scraps can be ud
as pig feed. (food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal)
3.Her remark was followed by an ____________ silence.(shy, awkward or
ashamed, especially in a social situation)
4.Bad to the bone: The bull shark gets its name from its stocky build,
its broad snout and its a______ nature. (ready to attack)
5.In most jellyfish, the stinging cells are so small that t hey can’t
p_______ human skin. (to go into or through sth.)
6.The boxer punched his o______ on the no. (a person that you are playing
or fighting against in a game, competition, argument, etc.)
7.Gas and oil c_______ always increas in cold weather.(the amount ud)
8.Children who are b______ are more open to different cultures. (able to
speak two languages equally well becau you have ud them since you were very young)
9.The way she outs on that accent really i__________ me. (to annoy sb.
especially by sth you continuously do or by sth that continuously happens)
10.At first glance, this fearsome p_______ rembles a crocodile, with its
squat legs, stout tail, long snout and eyes that sit high on its skull.
(an animal that kills and eats other animals)
11.Perhaps the solution lies in a more i_______ exchange between ur and
software.(being a clo and friendly relationship)
12.The i_____ behavior is a common feature of different drug
addicts.( acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen becau of what you are doing)
13. They c_________ me with conflicting accounts of what happened. (to
make sb. unable to think clearly or understand sth.)
14.He agreed without the slightest h______.(being slow to speak or act
becau you feel uncertain or nervous)
15. The group does not a _________ the u of violence. (to support sth publicly)
Section 2
Direction: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by lecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not u any of the words more than once. (10marks)
When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from Dominican Republic, he knew
“I couldn’t understand anything”, he said. He (17)______from his teachers, came home in tears, and thought about dropping out.
Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while teaching him math and science in his (18) ______ Spanish. “She helped me stay smart while teaching me English”, he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he (19) ______ confidence began to succeed in school.
Today, he is a (20) ______ doctor, runs his own clinic, and works with veral hospitals. Every day, he us the language and academic skills he (21) ______ through bilingual education to treat his patients.
Roberto’s story is just one of (22) ______success stories. Rearch has shown that bilingual education is the most (23) ______ way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students (24) ______ outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif, implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state average a
nd college (25) ______ rates of more than 90%. In E1 Paso, bilingual education programs have helped rai student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the nation.
Section 3 Reading Comprehension (20marks)
Passage I
Questions 26-30 are bad on the following passage
The English have the reputation of being very different from all other nationalities. It is claimed that living on an island parated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has developed some attitudes and habits distinguishing him from other nationalities.
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, and rerved person among people he knows well. Before stranger, he often ems inhibited, even embarrasd. You have only to witness a railway compartment any morning or evening to e the truth. Serious-lookin
g businessmen and women sit reading their newspaper or dozing in a corner, and no one speaks. An English wit once suggested to overas visitors. “On entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the pasngers.”Needless to say, ha was not being rious. There is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of suspicion.
