Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in thehistory books are great conquerors,generals, and soldiers, whereas thepeople who really helped civilization( 文明 )move forward are often nevermentioned at all.We do not know who first launched a seaworthy boat, orwho calculated the length of the year,but we know all about the killersand destroyers.People think a great deal of them,so much so that on allthe highest pillars (柱子)in the great cities of the world you will findthe figure of a conqueror,a general,or a soldier.And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten inbattle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them asconquerors.It is just possible that they are the greatest,but they arenot the most civilized.Animals fight;so do savages;hence to be good atfighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage isgood ,but it is not to be civilized.Even being good at getting otherpeople to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently- this ,after all ,is what conquerors and generals have done- is notbeing civilized.People fight to settle quarrels.Fighting means killing ,and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some way of settlingtheir disputes( 争端 )other than by seeing which side can kill off thegreater number of the other side,and then saying that that side whichhas killed most has won.And not only that it has won,but,because it haswon,it has been in the right.For that is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right.
56.The author believes that history books--
a.should say more about those who launched boats and calculated thelength of the year
b.should not neglect those who played a part in human socialdevelopment
c.should devote more space to describing truly great conquerors andsoldiers
d.should not make mention of killers and destroyers
57.In the author's opinion,the countries that have defeated and ruledover many others are--
a.obviously the greatest in many ways
b.neither the greatest nor the most civilized
c.probably the most civilized but not the greatest
d.perhaps the greatest in a way but not the most civilized
58.The author suggests that civilized people--
a.should not have any quarrels to settle
b.should be able to settle their disputes by getting other people tofight for them
c.should settle their quarrels peacefully
d.should be able to settle their disputes by killing as few people aspossible
59.The author's main objective in this passage is --
a.to state a fact b.to give a description
c.to make an explanation d.to present a view
60.The statement"might is right"at the end of the passage may mean--
a.the winner is justified in killing
b.going to war is right
c.those who are right should fight those who are wrong
d.those who fight for a just cause often prove most powerful
Part Three Cloze (10 points 15 minutes) Directions:There are twenty blanks in the following passage.
For eachblank,there are four choices marked a. b. c. and d. on the right sideof the paper.
You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
One of the many things we take for granted in the twentieth centuryis the speedy collection and delivery of letters to and
from all partsof the world at astonishingly cheap rates.A husband away on a business(61)can write home to his wife
2,000 miles(62) knowing that the letterwill (63) her in a few days .His special air-letter may (64) him lessthan a loaf of bread (65)his own bus fare to work.
This (66),however,is a favor of comparatively recent origin. ( 67) modern times the cost of sending letters privately
was (68) great thatthe arrival(69) a letter was a considerable (70) and might even causefinancial hardship to the(71),who had to bear the (72).Indeed,( 73)the Middle Ages onwards,there were special messengers who carried
Statecorrespondence,and (74)messengers employed to travel with news ( 75) thegreat monasteries( 修道院 ) or the great merchants' houses, ( 76) forcenturies there was no official post serveice(77)which private letters could
be sent.It was not until 1840 that the (78) organization known asthe Penny Post was (79)in Great Britain and gave
ordinary people cheapand efficient postal(80)
61.a.trade b.trip c.farm d.firm
62.a.away b.far c.long d.along
63a.tell b.send c.mail d. reach
64.a.pay b.spend c.bring d.cost
65.a.but b.or c.of d.for
66.a.letter b.service c.trip d.example
67.a.Since b.Throughout c.In d.Until
68.a.suce b.very c.muce d.so
69.a.with b.by c.of d. without
70.a.accident b.event c.loss d.incident
71.a.postman b.writer c.receiver d.postoffice
72.z.hardship b.charges c.money d.misfortune
73.a.during b.in c.for d.from
74.a.other b.all c.only d.every
75.a.around b.within c.between d.among
76.a.even b.so c.and d.but
77.a.in b.of c.from d.by
78.a. official b.average c.informal d.public
79.a.found b.approved c.invented d.established
80.a.deliveries b.stamps c.travels d.messengers
PAPER TWO
Part Four Translation (20 points 25 minutes)
Directions:Put the following into English. 81. 我们选他为主席
82. 这家工厂的改建工程正在迅速地进行着 .
83. 请帮我把这箱子提到楼上去
84. 我想他们很可能会作出错误的结论
85. 王先生请我转告你一切都已经准备就绪 .
86. 虽然雷锋 (Lei Feng) 生活在 60 年代 , 但我们今天仍可能从他身上学到许多东西 .
87. 我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法来 .
88. 尽管那都是些没用的东西 , 他还是仔细地把它们收藏起来 .
89. 你要想取得成功 , 就必须按照客观规律 (objective rules) 行事 , 而不是按照自己的主观意愿
(subjective wills) 行事 .
90. 昨天在那里买书的那个人是约翰 (John). Part Five Sentence Formation (10 points 15 minutes)
Directions:Combine the following words into sentences with necessarychanges of the specific words.
91.I, be, spoken, good at , you, and, English
92.She,what, achieved, was, never, had, she, satisfied, with
93.learn, more, the, we, our, we, ignorance, better,the, realize
94.tired, she not, want, out, to, go, being, a bit
95.I,take part in, very important, you, for, is, to, sports meet, on, the, Monday
96.are, rather, for, the, we, preparing, busy, examination, coming
97.everything, see, you, true, on, TV, as, do, consider, not
98.What, us, think, much, left, said, about, to, has, she
99.When, has, public, they, arrive, made, been, not, will
100.He, been, books, whom, hero, the, written, many, have, is, about
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