[测试题]

Part One Text-related Part

    I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences. One word or expression for each blank only.
● Women have not even reached the level 1 that blacks are reaching. No women sit 2 the Supreme Court. Only two have held Cabinet rank, and 3 do at present. Only two women hold 4 rank. But women predominate in the lower-paying, menial, 5 , dead-end jobs, and they do reach better positions, they are 6 paid less than a man for the same job.
If that is not prejudice, what would you 7 it?
A few years ago, I was talking with a political leader about promising young woman as a 8 . “Why invest time and 9 to build the girl up? he asked me. “You know she’ll only 10 of he game to have a couple of 11 just about the time we’re ready to run her for 12 .”

● Elgie was standing on the corner near the Bank as we 13 down the main street of Chamberlain, and both Salina and I knew 14 speaking that this man, this good friend of Magpie’s, would know of his 15 . We parked the car, Elgie came over and 16 himself in the back seat of the car. A police car moved slowly to the corner where we were parked and the 17 looked at the three of us 18 and we pretended not to notice. The patrol car 19 down the empty street and I turned 20 toward Elgie. Before I could speak, Salina said, “She’s got some papers for Magpie. He has a 21 to go to a writer’s school in California.

● I held the poems 22 in my hands, 23 my thumbs, first one and then the other, against the 24 of the cardboard folder.

A. call B. effort C. chance D. whereabouts
E. none F. tokenism G. settled H. smoothness
I. kids J. patrolmen K. without L. unrewarding
M. drove N. pressing O. tightly P. ambassadorial
Q. on R. candidate S. major T. cautiously
U. inched V. drop out W. intently X. invariably

II. There are 15 sentences with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences. One word or expression for each blank only.
25. For all but the last six, I have done the work---all the ______ details that make the difference between victory and defeat on election day---while men reaped the rewards, which is almost invariably the lot of women in politics.
26. Salina’s heels clicked on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant as we left, and she became _______ as she talked.
27. The happy homemaker and the contented darky are both stereotypes ______ by prejudice.
28. Being the first black woman elected to Congress has made me some kind of ______.
29. He doesn’t have those worthless, ______ dreams anymore.
30. In my district there are 2.5 women for every man ______ to vote..
31. While the television crew ignored me, they were not aware of a very important ______, which both I and my campaign manager, Wesley MacD. Holder, knew.
32. When we do not spend our wealth on hardware to murder people, when we no longer tolerate prejudice against minorities, and when the laws against unfair housing and unfair employment practices are ______ instead of evaded, then there may be nothing more for me to do in politics.
33. I hope that the ______ of my success will convince other women to get into politics.
34. Magpie needs some relief from this constant ______ , constant checking up.
35. The best any of them can ______ is the honor of being district or country vice-chairman.
36. Nobody spoke but Elgie came over, his bloodshot eyes ______ sorrow and misery.
37. Several cars were parked in the yard of the old house as we ______.
38. Freedom. He wants to be free and you can’t be that, man, when they’re watching you all the time. Man, that ______ that’s his parole officer is some watch-dog.
39. I have his poems and a letter of ______ from a University in California where they want him to come and participate in the Fine Arts Program they have started for Indians..

A. evade B. tedious C. agitated D. acceptance
E. scoff F. dead-end G. tentative H. phenomenon
I. reap J. hesitate K. produced L. surveillance
M. shitty N. statistic O. empathy P. filled with
Q. example R. hope for S. registered T. approached
U. burned V. agitate W. enforced X. freak

III. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and mark the corresponding letter.
40. Your parents are very (A. grieved by， B. sorrowed at) your refusal to return home.
41. At last they brought us a piece of (A. incredible， B. incredulous) news.
42. We waited for news with a growing sense of (A. apprehension， B. anxiety).
43. He (A. quickly， B. abruptly) ate up all the food on the table.
44. The two groups must be (A. segregated， B. isolated) in the class.
45. They were (A. agitated， B. worried) by his sudden appearance at the party.
46. He suffered a lot when he was (A. set， B. in exile) in the country.
47. Four years later, when I (A. ran for， B. elected) Congress, my sex became a major issue.
48. Most women in American are (A. contented， B. content) with their roles as second-class citizens than black ever were.
49. Why (A. spend， B. invest) time and effort to build the girl up?
50. You know she’ll only (A. drop out of， B. get rid of) the game to have a couple of kids just about the time we’re ready to run her for mayor.
51. Her (A. persistence, B. perseverance) in wearing that old-fashioned hat surprised her husband.
52. When people looked at him too (A. tentatively, B. intently), he felt very uncomfortable.
53. All the streets will be (A. eliminated， B. illuminated) tomorrow evening for the celebration.
54. No matter what he said, the only response he got from him was a (A. tentative， B. noncommittal).

IV. Translate the following into English.
55．一个聪明的女大学毕业生开始找工作的时候，为什么问她的第一个问题总是：“你会打字吗？”这个问题背后有着妇女受歧视的历史。为什么认为妇女得当秘书，而不是管理人员？当图书管理员和教师，而不是医生和律师。
56．事实上他常这么说：“如果我必须与白人打交道，那我就是不自由的，对于印地安人来说那样是没有自由的。”你现在应该和他谈谈。他已经变了，他现在赞成完全与白人脱离。
57．笼罩在那里的寂静使我内心充满了不安。当我们从敞开得不敞开的后门走进去时，我们看到厨房里站着一些人。我小心地问：“怎么了？”没有人说话，只有埃尔吉走了出来，他那布满血丝的双眼充满了悲伤与痛苦。
58．如果我说做个黑人比做个女人更不利，也许不会有人对我提出疑问。为什么呢？因为“谁都知道”在美国存在着对黑人的歧视。说存在着对妇女的歧视，这一看法仍然会使差不多所有的男人----而且恐怕会使大多数女人----感到异乎寻常。
59．我的对手尽力表现出为一个具有男子气概的黑人形象。他坐着广播车，车上满载着蓄非洲发式、穿花哨的非洲式宽松套衫和留胡子的年轻人，在附近地区环游。

V． Translate the following into Chinese.
60. He’s still on parole and he will be on parole for another five years----and they didn’t even prove anything against him! Five years! Can you believe that? People these days can commit murder and not get that kind of a sentence.
61. He is in good spirits, handsome and free and strong. He sits at the drum and sings with his brother: he’s okay now. When he was saying all those things against the government and against the council, he became more and more ugly and embittered and I used to be afraid for him. But I’m not now.
62. Salina was talking, telling me about Magpie’s return to Crow Creek after months in exile and how his relatives went to his sister’s house and welcomed him home. “They came to hear him sing with his brothers, and they sat in chairs around the room and laughed and sang with him.”
63. It is women who can bring empathy, tolerance, insight, patience, and persistence to government—the qualities we naturally have or have had to develop because of our suppression by me. The women of a nation mold its morals, its religion, and its politics by the lives they live.
64. Plenty of people have said similar things about me. Plenty of others have advised me, every time I tried to take another upward step, that I should go back to teaching, a woman’s vocation, and leave politics to the men. I love teaching, and I am ready to go back to it as soon as I am convinced that this country no longer needs a woman’s contribution.

VI. Answer the following questions in English.
65. Do you think that Magpie can take the good chance? Why or why not?
66. Why does the author think that it will be harder to eliminate the prejudice against women?
67. What did the narrator have in his briefcase when he got to Crow Creek?
68. Who do most of the work in the American political world? What is the best of them can hope for?
69. What happened to Magpie the years when the narrator and Magpie were out of touch with each other?

Part Two Proficiency Part

Read the following passage and answer the questions.
An English-Speaking World
(1) On 5 September 1977, the American spacecraft Voyager One blasted-off on its historic mission to Jupiter and beyond. On board, the scientists had installed a recorded greeting from the people of the planet Earth. Preceding a brief message in fifty-five different languages of the people of outer space, the gold-plated disc plays a statement, from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, an Austrian named Kurt Waldheim, speaking on behalf of 147 member states-in English.
(2) The rise of English is a remarkable success story. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand years ago, English did not exist. Five hundred years later, Englisc, incomprehensible to modern ears, was probably spoken by about as few people as currently speak Cherokee-and with about as little influence. Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the sixteenth century, when William Shakespeare was in his prime, English was the native speech of between five and seven million Englishmen and it was, in the words of a contemporary, of small reach, it stretches no further than this island of ours.
(3) Four hundred years later, the contrast is extraordinary. Between 1600 and the present, in armies, navies, companies and expeditions, the speakers of English-including Scots, Irish, Welsh, American and many more-traveled into every corner of the globe, carrying their language and culture with them. Today, English is used by at least 750 million people, and barely half of those speak it as a mother tongue. Some estimates have put that figure closer to one billion. Whatever the total, English at the end of the twentieth century is more widely scattered, more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been. It has become the language of the planet, the first global language.
(4) The statistics of English are astonishing. Of all the world’s languages (which now number some 2700), it is arguably the richest in vocabulary. The Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words; and a further half million technical and scientific terms remain uncatalogued. According to traditional estimates, neighboring German has a vocabulary of about 185,000 words and French fewer than 100,000. About 350 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue: about one-tenth of the world’s population, scattered across every continent and surpassed, in numbers, though not in distribution, only by the speakers of the many varieties of Chinese. Three-quarters of the world’s mail, and its telexes and cables, are in English. So are more than half the world’s technical and scientific periodicals: it is the language of technology from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. English is the medium for 80 per cent of the information stored in the world’s computers. Nearly half of all business deals in Europe are conducted in English. It is the language of sports and glamour: the official language of the Olympics and the Miss Universe competition. English is the official language of the air, of the sea, and of Christianity. Five of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, CBC) transmit in English to audiences that regularly exceed one hundred million.
(5) English has a few rivals, but no equals. Neither Spanish nor Arabic, both international languages, has this global sway. Another rival, Russian, has the political and economic under-pinning of a world language, but far from spreading its influence outside the Soviet empire. Germany and Japan have, in matching the commercial and industrial vigor of the United States, achieved the commercial precondition of language-power, but their languages have also been invaded by English.
(6) The remarkable story of how English spread within predominantly English-speaking societies like the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is not unique. The truly significant development, which has occurred only in the last one hundred years or so, is the use of English, taking the most conservative estimates, by three or four hundred million people for whom it is not a native language. English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where it is used for administration, broadcasting and education. In these countries, English is a vital alternative language, often unifying huge territories and diverse populations. When Rajiv Gandhi appealed for an end to violence that broke out after the assassination of his mother, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, he went on television and spoke to his people in English. Then there is English as a foreign language, used in countries (like Holland and Yugoslavia). Here it is used to have contact with people in other countries, usually to promote trade and scientific progress, but to the benefit of international communication generally. A Dutch poet is read by a few thousands. Translated into English, he can be read by hundreds of thousands.
(7) The emergence of English as a global phenomenon as either a first, second or foreign language has recently inspired the idea that we should talk not of English, but of many Englishes, especially in Third World countries where the use of English is no longer part of the colonial legacy, but the result of decisions made since independence. But what kind of English is it? This is a new and hotly contested debate. The future, of course, is unpredictable, but one thing is certain; the present flux of English multi-national standard or international Babel?—is part of a process that goes back to Shakespeare and beyond.
Voyager One: 旅行者1号
Kurt Waldheim: 库尔特.瓦尔德海姆
Cherokee: 切罗基语；切罗基人
Rajiv Gandhi: 甘拉吉夫.甘地（1944年—1991年），1984年其母英迪拉.地夫人遇刺身亡后，继任印度总统之职，直至1989年辞职。1991年遭泰米尔分裂分子刺杀身亡。
Indira Gandhi: 英迪拉.甘地（1917年—1984年），1966—1977年和1980年—1984年曾两度出任印度总理。1984遭锡克教极端分子刺杀身亡。

VII. There are 10 incomplete statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer.
70. We know from this passage that English was spoken ______.
A. around A.D. 500
B. 500 years ago
C. 2,000 years ago
D. in the 1500s
71. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. English and its rivals
B. History of the English language.
C. English as a global phenomenon.
D. English in comparison with other languages.
72. Compared with Chinese, English ______.
A. has more foreign speakers
B. is spoken by more people
C. enjoys a longer history
D. is less distributed geographically
73. An example which shows that English is the language of glamour is ______.
A. the Olympic Games
B. Silicon Valley
C. the Miss Universe competition
D. the Oxford English Dictionary
74. German and Japanese _______.
A. are comparable with English for political reasons
B. are languages which are the richest in vocabulary
C. are immune to any influence from English
D. have hardly qualified as global languages
75. In India, English is a language which ______.
A. unifies its huge territory and diverse population
B. is spoken as a foreign language
C. is to replace its native languages
D. is used as the mother tongue
76. The main purpose of using English as a foreign language is to ______.
A. provide a common language for a diverse population
B. communicate with other countries
C. read and appreciate English literature
D. create a large audience for one’s literary works
77. Third World countries ______.
A. use English because they were once under the rule of English colonists
B. have decided for themselves to use English as a second or foreign language
C. decided to abandon the use of English after they had gained independence
D. do not welcome any multi-national standard for their use of English
78. In which one of the following countries is English used as a foreign language?
A. Singapore
B. New Zealand
C. Holland
D. Nigeria
79. The statistic estimates provided in this passage about the number of people who speak English not as a native language are ______.
A. quite accurate
B. exaggerated
C. imaginary
D. understated

VIII. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part.
80. Five hundred years later, Englisc, incomprehensible to modern ears, was probably spoken by about as few as currently speak Cherokee—and with about as little influence.
A. modern people can understand it very well
B. it was familiar to modern people
C. it cannot be understood by modern people
D. it was easy to be understood by modern ears
81. On 5 September 1977, the American spacecraft Voyager One blasted-off on its historic mission to Jupiter and beyond.
A. was sent off to the sky
B. was carried out
C. was launched by the firing or rockets
D. was transmitted
82. Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the sixteenth century, when William Shakespeare was in his prime…
A. in a time of little prosperity
B. at the height of power and glory
C. first or earliest part
D. his health condition was very good
83. The statistic of English are astonishing.
A. The numbers of English are very surprising.
B. When we hear the statistic, we’ll get a shock.
C. The English vocabulary is very large, this makes us astonished.
D. People all took by surprise for the numbers of English.
84. English has a few rivals, but no equals.
A. English has a few rivals and they can catch up with it easily.
B. A few rivals wants to fight with it to get an equal position, they’ll succeed sooner or later.
C. Although the rivals of English tried their best to compare with it, but the failed.
D. English has a few rivals, but none of them can compare with it.

IX. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
85. Preceding a brief message in fifty-five different languages for the people of outer space, the gold-plated disc plays a statement, from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, an Austrian named Kurt Waldheim, speaking on behalf of 147 member states--in English.
86. Whatever the total, English at the end of the twentieth century is more widely scattered, more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been.
87. About 350 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue: about one-tenth of the world’s population, scattered across every continent and surpassed, in numbers, though not in distribution, only by the speakers of the many varieties of Chinese.
88. Germany and Japan have, in matching the commercial and industrial vigor of the United States, achieved the commercial precondition of language-power, but their languages have also been invaded by English.
89. The emergence of English as a global phenomenon as either a first, second or foreign language has recently inspired the idea that we should talk not of English, but of many Englishes, especially in Third World countries where the use of English is no longer part of the colonial legacy, but the result of decisions made since independence.

X. Answer the following essay question in English with 80-100 words.
Why do we say that English has become the language of the planet, the first global language?

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