1、Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,Cor Don ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20thcentury and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries.Yet muc
2、h hadhappened 1.As was discussed before,it was not 2 the 19th century thatthe newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic3,following in the wake ofthe pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical.It was during the sametime that the communications revolution5up,beginning with transport,thera
3、ilway,and leading 6through the telegraph,the telephone,radio,and motionpictures7 the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane.Noteveryone sees that process in8.It is important to do so.It is generally recognized,9,that the introduction of the computer in theearly 20th century,10 by the i
4、nvention of the integrated circuit during the1960s,radically changed the process,11 its impact on the media was notimmediately 12.As time went by,computers became smaller and morepowerful,and they became personaltoo,as well as 13,with displaybecoming sharper and storage 14 increasing.They were thoug
5、ht of,likepeople,15 generations,with the distance between generations much 16.It was within the computer age that the terminformation societybegan to bewidely used to describe the 17 within which we now live.The communicationsrevolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both abo
6、utplace and time,but there have been19 views about its economic,political,social and cultural implications.“Benefits”have been weighed20“harmful”outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult.英语试题1.(共12页)1.AbetweenBbeforeCsinceDlater2.AafterBbyCduringDuntil3.AmeansBmethodCmediumDmeasure4.Aproces
7、sBcompanyClightDform5.AgatheredBspeededCworkedDpicked6.AonBoutCoverDoff7.AofBforCbeyondDinto8.AconceptBdimensionCeffectDperspective9.AindeedBhenceChoweverDtherefore10.AbroughtBfollowedCstimulatedDcharacterized11.AunlessBsinceClestDalthough12.AapparentBdesirableCnegativeDplausible13.AinstitutionalBun
8、iversalCfundamentalDinstrumental14.AabilityBcapabilityCcapacityDfaculty15.Aby means ofBin terms ofCwith regard toDin line with16.AdeeperBfewerCnearerDsmaller17.AcontextBrangeCscopeDterritory18.AregardedBimpressedCinfluencedDeffected19.AcompetitiveBcontroversialCdistractingDirrational20.AaboveBuponCa
9、gainstDwithSection II Reading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,Cor D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)英语试题.2.(共12页)Text 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile,you must knowhow to identi
10、fy shared experiences and problems.Your humor must be relevant to theaudience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that youunderstand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.Depending onwhom you are addressing,the problems will be different.If you are talking
11、 to a groupof managers,you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries;alternatively if you are addressing secretaries,you may want to comment on theirdisorganized bosses.Here is an example,which I heard at a nursesconvention,of a story which workswell because the audience all shared
12、the same view of doctors.A man arrives in heavenand is being shown around by St.Peter.He sees wonderful accommodations,beautifulgardens,sunny weather,and so on.Everyone is very peaceful,polite and friendly until,waiting in a line for lunch,the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white
13、coat,who rushes to the head of the line,grabs his food and stomps over to a table byhimself.“Who is that?”the new arrival asked St.Peter.“Oh,thatsGod,”came thereply,but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.If you are part of the group which you are addressing,you will be in a position toknow the experie
14、nces and problems which are common to all of you and itll beappropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or thechairmans notorious bad taste in ties.With other audiences you mustnt attempt tocut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks
15、abouttheir canteen or their chairman.You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoatslike the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward being humorous,you must practice so that it becomes morenatural.Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you candeliver in
16、 a relaxed and unforced manner.Often its the delivery which causes theaudience to smile,so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or anunbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.Look for the humor.It often comes from the unexpected.A twist on a familiarquot
17、e If at first you dont succeed,give upor a play on words or on a situation.Search for exaggeration and understatements.Look at your talk and pick out a fewwords or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.英语试题3.(共12页)21.To make your humor work,you shouldAtake advantage of different k
18、inds of audience.Bmake fun of the disorganized people.Caddress different problems to different people.Dshow sympathy for your listeners.22.The joke about doctors implies that,in the eyes of nurses,they areAimpolite to new arrivals.Bvery conscious of their godlike role.Centitled to some privileges.Dv
19、ery busy even during lunch hours.23.It can be inferred from the text that public servicesAhave benefited many people.Bare the focus of public attention.Care an inappropriate subject for humor.Dhave often been the laughing stock.24.To achieve the desired result,humorous stories should be deliveredAin well-worded language.Bas awkwardly as possible.Cin exaggerated statementsDas casually as possible.25.The best title for the text may beAUse Humor EffectivelyBVarious Kinds of HumorCAdd Humor to SpeechDDifferent Humor Strategies英语试题4.（共12页）