1、1银行校园招聘考试英语部分专项练习（三）Part I Reading Comprehension Directions： There are four passages in this partEach passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are four choices marked A） ，B） ，C）and D） You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter o
2、n the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centerQuestions 1to 5are based on the following passage：More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene CotyCharles Deschanel was then the financial ministerHe stressed that workmanship and quality were more importa
3、nt than quantity for industrial productionIt would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countriesThe French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export trade French industrial and agr
4、icultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people，let alone long-ranged developmentsEssential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking pointRents were tightly controlled，but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the
5、 cost of foodFood costs took as much as 80 percent of the workersincomeWages，it is true，had risenExtensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time and overtime employmentTaken together，these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of
6、 securityIn this precarious（不稳定的）and discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wagesThe government was reluctant to let workers leave the countryIt was feared this immigration of workers would deplete the labor forceThe lack of qualified workers might hinder the improve
7、ment in the quality of industrial products producedQualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countriesAlso the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other
8、countries 1According to the passage，the French workers were _ A）better paid than the workers in any other European countries B）able to save more money with the increase in their wages C）anxious to work abroad D）often unable to find work in France 2Rene Coty and Charles Deschanel were both interested
9、 in _ A）better quality in production B）increasing quantity in production C）Limit Your Consumption Of Pleasure Food D）How To Choose Food When You Are Hungry 8Whatcan you assume from the last paragraph？ A）Being able to eat anything doesnt necessarily imply pleasure B）Real foods may lead to slimness C）
10、Eat only what your body needs D）Be sure to satisfy your hunger whenever it strikes you9What can broccoli be except _ A）ice cream B）cauliflower C）a turkey sandwich D）a piece of toast 10Judging from the fourth paragraph，what does“junk“mean？ A）Food like ice cream B）Food you do not like C）Pleasure foods
11、 D）Low-quality foods Questions 11to 15are based on the following passage： Cloning，manipulating a cell from an animal so that it grows into an exact copy of that animal， is the forbidden fruit of biotechnology Some scientists were so sure it could not be done4that， in the 1970s，they discouraged moral
12、ists（伦理学家）from discussing its moral implicationsYet at the same time other scientists，secretly，in out-of-the-way labs，were getting ever closer to making clonesFor ten years，scientists have been cloning sheep and cows from embryo（胚胎）cellsBut so far Dolly is the only animal cloned from an adult cell，n
13、ot from an embryo She is living proof that scientists have solved one of the most challenging problemsof cell biology The question now is how soon will scientists clone humans“Nature“ ，the scientific journal that published the Dolly paper，commented，“Cloning humans from adults tissues is likely to be
14、 achievable any time from one to ten years from now“Most scientists agree there is no insurmountable obstacle in human cloningBut a human clone，even though it might resemble the individual from whom it was made，would differ dramatically in personality and character，intelligence and talents“You will
15、never get 100 percent identity，“says psychologist Jerome Kagan of Harvard，“because of chance factors and because environments are never exactly the same“ That，however ，is small comfort to many peopleShortly after Dollys birth announcement，President Clinton ordered a group of experts to come up with
16、proposals for government actionWith the cloning of humans within reach，whether it is to be banned or regulated is now on the nations moral agenda（议事日程） Some regard the cloning of humans as inherently evil，a morally unjustifiable intrusion into human lifeThey measure the morality of any act by the in
17、tention behind it；still others are concerned primarily with consequences for society as well as for individualsFor the moment it seems that the latest achievement in the biotech field has provided everyone with food for thought11In what way is Dolly different from earlier clones ？ A）It is cloned fro
18、m human embryo B）It is cloned from a human cell C）It is cloned from an adult cell D）It is cloned from an adult embryo 12What is the prospect，according to most scientists，of making clones from adult human tissues？ A）Such clones will be exactly like the one from whom it was made B）It would be possible
19、 within the decade C）There still exist some technical problems D）It is impossible to make such clones in one to ten years from now 13Why did Clinton order a group of experts to make proposals for government action？ A）He wants to quicken the pace of cloning research B）The success of cloning involves
20、serious moral evaluation problems C）He wants to ban the human cloning research D）He is worried about the funding of the further research 514“Food for thought“in the last paragraph means _ A）worry for food B）increased food to be expected C）something worthy of consideration D）reasons for deep understa
21、nding 15The best title for the selection can be _ A）BiotechnologicalSuccess And Its Possible Consequences B）Dolly Is Only The Beginning C）The Definition Of Cloning D）Cloning Humans From AdultsTissues Questions 16to 20are based on the following passage： Failure is probably the most fatiguing experien
22、ce a person ever hasThere is nothing more exhausting than not succeeding，being blocked，not moving aheadIt is an evil circleFailure breeds fatigue， and fatigue makes it harder to get to work，which adds to the fatigue We experience this tiredness in two main ways，as start-up fatigue and performance fa
23、tigueIn the former case，we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take upEither because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult，we avoid itAnd the longer we postpone it the more tired we feel Such start-up fatigue is very real，even not actually physical，not something in our muscles a
24、nd bonesThe remedy is obvious，though perhaps not easy to apply：willpower exerciseThe moment I find myself turning away from a job， or putting it under a pile of things I have to do， I clear my desk of everything else and attach the objectionable item first To prevent start-up fatigue，always treat th
25、e most difficult job first Performance fatigue is more difficult to handleHere we are willing to get started，but we cant seem to do the job right Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work， we fail again and againThe mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-i
26、ncreasing burden of mental fatigueIn such a situation，I work as hard as I can，then let the unconscious take over 16Which of the following can be called an evil circle？ A）Success-zeal-success-zeal B）Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness C）Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness D）Success-exhaustion-success-exha
27、ustion 17According to the passage ，when keeping putting off a task，we can experience _ A）tiredness 6 B）performance fatigue C）start-up fatigue D）unconsciousness 18To overcome start-up fatigue ，we need _ A）toughness B）prevention C）muscles D）strong willpower 19The word“insurmountable“in the last paragr
28、aph probably means _ A）that can not be solved B）that can not be understood C）that can not be imagined D）that can not be objected 20According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？ A）It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue B）Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are will
29、ing to take gets blocked C）One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle D）Fatigue often accompanies fatigue Part II Vocabulary and StructureDirections： There are 30 incomplete sentences in this partFor each sentence there are four choices marked A） ，B） ，C ）and D） Choose the ONE that b
30、est completes the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 21I havent got the _ idea of what you meanWould you please make it clear to me？ A）lightest B）furthest C）smallest D）faintest 22Weve _ saltAsk MrsJones to lend us some A）run away with
31、 B）run over C）run off D）run out of 23He was always ill for a time，but he managed to _ A）pull on 7 B）pull in C）pull up D）pull through 24He _ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions A）continually B）continuously C）consistently D）consequently 25The actors have to _ before they appear in front of t
32、he strong lights on television A）cover up B）make up C）paint up D）do up 26When the whole area was _ by flood，the government sent food there by helicopter A）cut away B）cut down C）cut up D）cut off 27They have left New York _ good；theyll never go back and live there again A）for B）at C）by D）in 28The dres
33、s in the window _ her eye when she passed it A）attracted B）got C）caught D）met 29To develop lightindustry in abig way _ to improving the peoples livelihood A）owes B）attributes C）distributes D）contributes 30As they havent a child of their own，they are going to _ a little girl A）accept B）receive 8 C）ad
34、apt D）adopt31Would you please _ these books to your classmates？ A）hand out B）hand down C）hand in D）hand over32The doctor _ a medicine for my headache A）subscribed B）described C）prescribed D）inscribed33No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to _ A）the other B）any ot
35、her C）another D）other 34The dog has _ its affection to its new master A）transferred B）transformed C）transported D）transmitted 35Although he was neat and well-groomed，he was somehow unattractive in _ A）outlook B）look C）appearance D）feature 36The chimney is no longer _ volumes of waste gas into atmosp
36、here，as protective filters are being used A）giving away B）giving off C）giving in D）giving up 37Its no good _ until Im reasonably sure when Ill be able to go for my holiday A）deciding B）to decide C）to have decided 9 D）being decided 38I regret _ you that your application has been refused A）informing B
37、）to inform C）to be informed D）being informed 39The facilities of the older hospital _ A）are as good or better than the new hospital B）is as good or better than the new hospital C）are as good as or better than the new hospital D）are as good as or better than those of the new hospital 40Since you need
38、 to catch an early train tomorrow morning，we _ now A）might as well leave B）ought to have left C）should have left D）could have left 41Do you feel like _ to a film or would you rather _ at home？ A）going stay B）to go stay C）going staying D）going to stay 42At three oclock _ a cold morning，he arrived her
39、e A）in B）at C）on D）of 43Im sure dirty， _？ A）am I B）arent I C）isnt I D）am not I 44 _ ，there is no place like home，wherever you go A）It may be humble B）As humble it may be C）Humble it may be D）Humble as it may be 1045“Has he gained weight？“He would gain weight，but he _ much“ A）does not eat B）did not e
40、at C）hadnt eaten D）couldnt eat 46The days work _ ，Mary and Carl are playing cards A）are done B）done C）doing D）did 47But for his help，I _ A）did not succeed B）had not succeeded 48His use of technical terms left his audience _ A）confusing B）with confusion C）confused D）to confusion 49Try and calm yourse
41、lf， _ your mind will be easy again A）and B）or C）when D）before50It was not untilshe had arrived home _ remembered her appointment with the doctor A）when she B）that she C）and she D）she Part III Short Answer Questions Directions： In this part，there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete s
42、tatements Read the passage carefullyThen answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words 11In an effort to produce the largest，fastest， the most luxuriousship afloat，the British built the TitanicIt was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was considered“unsin
43、kable“ So sure of this were the owners that they provided lifeboats for only 950of its possible 3，500 passengersMany passengers were aboard the night it rammed an ice-burg，only two days at sea and more than half way between England and New York，the destination Because theluxury liner was traveling s
44、o fast，it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking ice-burgAn inextinguishable fire also contributed to the ships disasterPanic increased the number of deaths as people jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board the lifeboatsFour hours after the mishap，another ship，the Carpa
45、thia，rescued the survivors，less than a third of those originally aboardThe famous Titanic enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1912before plunging into 12，000feet of water near the coast of Newfoundland，where it lies today Questions.51The owners of Titanic provided lifeboat
46、s for only 950passengerswhich were far from enough because _ 52How many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking？ 53The word“inextinguishable“means _ 54Where is the Titanic now？55Besides speed and fire，what else contributed to the large numberof deaths？ Part IV Writing Directions： For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Importance of TeamworkYou should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline
