2012年职称英语(综合类A级)全真模拟试卷(2)

第4部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

 

31．What does “that hope” in the first paragraph refer to?
A．The hope that America would be discovered．
B．The hope to start a life．
C．The hope to see the mysteries of the New World．
D．The hope to find poverty here．
32. When did American literature begin?
A. Before the American natives lived there.
B. When Columbus and other explorers gent reports back home.
C. When the Northmen found America in about year 1,000.
D. Long before the year 1,000.
33. What can we learn from the literature of the tribes of the native Americans?
A. About the everyday life of the native Americans.
B. About the arrival of Columbus.
C. About the experience of the first European settlers.
D. About the experience of those who died in the New England wilderness.
34. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to tell the readers that__________.
A. in the early days most American writers were from Great Britain.
B. people with rich life experience became writers.
C. there were many writers in the early days of American history.
D. early-day experience provided the foundation for American literature.
35. According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is true about America literature?
A. Some British writers started American literature.
B. Early-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C. Some British writers had doubts about the future of American literature.
D. Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literature.

36. On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as__________.
A. ghosts.
B. players.
C. pilgrims.
D. visitors.
37. When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten?
A. On Halloween.
B. On Thursday.
C. On Thanksgiving.
D. On Christmas Day.
38. Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for__________.
A. looking after them.
B. providing them with comfortable and happy lives.
C. clothing them.
D. protecting them
39. Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because__________.
A. they call stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food.
B. they can dress up like monsters.
C. they can put on plays.
D. they call visit American Indians.
40. The first pilgrims settled in the United States in__________.
A. 1621.
B. 1620.
C. 1622.
D. 1619.

41. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. Because he earns an extremely high salary.
B. Because he is not unemployed.
C. Because he does not go out much.
D. Because he lives at home with his parents.
42. David's greatest problem is__________.
A. finding a bank that will treat him as an adult.
B. inventing computer games.
C. spending his salary.
D. learning to drive.
43. He was employed by the company because__________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop.
B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he had worked very hard.
D. he had learned to use computers at school.
44. He left .school because__________.
A. he did not enjoy school.
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
45. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. Because you have to be young to write computer programs.
B. Because he wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. Because he thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. Because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.