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2017“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛初赛（90min）
Part I Read and Know
In Part I, you will read short texts of various kinds. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. (Time suggested: 20 minutes)
Questions 1-3 (Suggested completion time: 3 minutes)
Directions: Read the following quotes. Match the quotes with the people. Please note there are three extra options you do not need. A. William Shakespeare _____1. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog B. Nelson Mandela and filthy air. Questions 4 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes) C. Thomas A. Edison _____2. I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text. D. Steve Jobs won’t work. E. Mark Zuckerberg A few intuitive, sensitive visionaries may understand and comprehend XXXX (the book title), _____3. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. F. Lucius Annaeus Seneca XXXX (the author)’s new and mammoth volume, without going through a course of training or Design is how it works. instruction, but the average intelligent reader will glean little or nothing from it—even from careful perusal, one might properly say study, of it—save bewilderment and a sense of disgust. It should be companioned with a key and a glossary like the Berlitz books... 4. Which of the following works does the book review address? A. Ulysses
B. The Odyssey
C. In Search of Lost Time
D. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Question 5 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)
Directions: Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
I like the fact that the study focuses on a French classroom, which receives less attention in Second Language Acquisition research than other foreign language classrooms.
However, for reasons that I elaborate on below, I do not recommend this manuscript for publication. I recommend that the author consults the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. That journal might be a better fit for this paper. 5. The text could best be described as __________. A. a conclusion B. a summary C. a review D. a pledge
Question 6 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)
Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.
My Lord,
I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished is
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an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
6. This text is taken from a letter which showed the writer’s __________ the Lord. A. gratitude towards B. indifference to C. contempt for D. respect for
Question 7 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)
Directions: Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
Because of social media, words are moving around the world within weeks and months, whereas in the past, it could take a few years, says Julie Coleman, author of The Life of Slang. “It’s not necessarily that language is changing more quickly, but technologies have developed and they allow the transmission of slang terms to pass from one group to another much more quickly.”
7. The main purpose of the text is to ________. A. explain the quick migration of slang
B. imply the unnecessary change of language C. exemplify the advancement of technology D. introduce the book The Life of Slang
Questions 8 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)
Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.
When hunting raccoons for fur was a popular sport, hunting dogs were used to sniff them out of trees. As they are XXXX animals, the hunting party had to work at night, and the dogs would sometimes end up choosing the wrong tree, or as the idiom goes, “bark up the wrong tree.” The term was first printed in a book by Davy Crockett in 1833.
8. Which word is the best substitution for the missing word XXXX? A. solitary B. aggressive C. nocturnal D. herbivorous
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Question 9 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes)
Directions: Read the details about a euphemism, and answer the question according to the details.
? It was first used by British journalists in 1967 to describe a state of alcohol 9. The euphemism described above most probably refers to __________. intoxication exhibited by Labour Cabinet Minister George Brown. A. people with special needs ? It is now used as a stock phrase. The Guardian describes it as having joined B. downright overwrought those “that are part of every journalist’s vocabulary.” C. tired and emotional ? In fact, one source cautions professional British journalists against its use D. mentally challenged “even if the journalist meant it literally.” Question 10 (Suggested completion time: 5 minutes) Directions: The bar chart shows the share of UN procurement from Global Compact members from 2010 to 2014. Answer the question according to the information in the chart.
Source: 2014 Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement, the United Nations Office for Project Services, 2015
10. Choose the INCORRECT description of the chart.
A. The share of UN procurement volume from Global Compact members grew steadily over the
five years in terms of absolute volume.
B. In 2013, the total procurement volume dropped noticeably, and so did the procurement from
Global Compact members.
C. In 2014, the total procurement volume increased greatly, causing a drop in the share of
procurement from Global Compact members.
D. The proportion of procurement from Global Compact members was not in line with the
general trend of procurement from Global Compact members.
Part II Read and Reason
In Part II, you will read short texts on different subjects. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions based on logical inference and reasoning. (Time suggested: 40 minutes)
Question 11 (Suggested completion time: 3 minutes)
Directions: Read the following definition of a logical fallacy. Answer the question according to the definition.
Confusion of “Necessary” with “Sufficient” Condition 11. Which of the following provides a typical example of Confusion of “Necessary” with A causal fallacy. You commit this fallacy when you assume that a necessary condition “Sufficient” Condition? of an event is sufficient for the event to occur. A necessary condition is a condition A. You said that I would have to run the mile in less than six minutes to be on the track team, that must be present for an event to occur. A sufficient condition is a condition or set and I did. So why did I get cut from the team? of conditions that will produce the event. A necessary condition must be there, but it B. Dina has to be rich or at least to be an heiress. She after all belongs to the Alpha Phi Lambda alone does not provide sufficient cause for the occurrence of the event. Only the sorority which is the richest sorority on campus. sufficient grounds can do this. In other words, all of the necessary elements must be C. It’s supposed to be in the low twenties tonight, so surely we’re not going to the football there. game, are we? 1文档来源为:从网络收集整理.word版本可编辑.
2020“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛初赛样题
