北京邮电大学大学英语期末考试试题三(2)

B. plants may have different reactions to different treatments C. we should not cut flowers D. healthy fruit will cry

12. The findings’ implication lies in that ____________.

A. we can know more about plants through talking to them B. we can help plant grow by playing music for them

C. with acoustic device, we can know about the situation a plant is in D. with the help of eavesdropping, we can hear plants talking

13. In the experiment, ___________ is not used.

A. a jar B. microphones C. a bell D. laser beams

14. According to the passage, plants can ____________.

A. dance to the music B. listen to people talk

C. be trapped by laser beams D. release the gas ethylene

15. Through the experiment we know that _____________.

A. we should not store apples together with the other fruits B. not all plants can release the gas ethylene C. we can hear the cry of a plant with our ears D. plants also eavesdrop our conversation

Passage Two

(92) Despite a cooling of the economy, high-technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of A

merica projects that more than 800,000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the U. S. economy.

The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country’s agrarian-age (农村时代) education system fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for twenty-first-century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible but equally powerful cause is an antique classification system that divides the workforce into two camps: white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers.

Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work migrated from farms to factories. (93) White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering the blue-collar workers by mid-century. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker: a highly skilled multi-disciplined talent, who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry, and biology). These ―gold-collar‖ workers — so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy as well as for their personal earning ability — apply that knowledge to technology.

The gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs. The maintenance technician who test and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at P

rocter & Gamble; the engineering technologist who assists scientists at Sandia National Laboratories; and the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel can all be regarded as gold-collar workers.

16. In the first paragraph, the word ―projects‖ can be best replace by ________

___.

A. throws B. predicts C. concludes D. claims

17. Compared with a blue-collar worker, a gold-collar worker __________.

A. is more skillful in technology B. has received higher education C. used to be a white-collar worker D. learnt more in high school

18. A gold-collar worker ___________.

A. knows more than one kind of knowledge or skill B. knows only one kind of knowledge of skill C. earns less than a blue-collar worker D. earns less than a white-collar worker

19. The first group of blue-collar workers were most likely to be ____________

in the past.

A. migrants B. educators C. servants D. farmers

20. When did the number of white-collar workers become bigger than that of th

e blue-collar workers in American?

A. Recently. B. In 1970 or so. C. In 1950 or so. D. During the Industrial Age.

Passage Three

In the United States there are two major political parties, the Democratic an

d the Republican. (94) The Democratic party is the older of the two, tracing its history back to the time of Andrew Jackson in 1820s. The Republican party, which followed the Federalist party and the Whigs, was organized in the 1850s primarily as an antislavery party. Since antislavery sentiment was strongest in the manufacturing area of the North and East, the Republican party logically adopted the protective tariff and other ideas furthering the growth of manufacturing in the United States. In 1860 the Democratic party was split into two factions, the northern and the southern Democrats, each putting up its own candidate for president. While the two factions together polled more votes than did the Republican ticket, the Republicans received a total higher than that of either faction of the Democrats, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

From 1860 to the present day there have been many attempts to found new parties. But whenever a third party has had considerable appeal at the polls, one of both of the major parties in the next election has embraced the platform accounting for its appeal, and the third party has faded away.

Over the years, therefore, the positions of the two major parties have been changing and adapting themselves to the currently important problems of public policy. At one time the Democratic party was considered to be a party standing up for state rights, and the Republican party a party representing the interests of business and industry. A clearcut difference between the two parties, however, has not existed for more than half a century. If one reads the platforms of the two parties, one finds that there is very little difference between them. Each party seems to be appealing to practically every gro

up of voters. Unlike the political parties of Europe, and unlike the Conservatives and Laborites in England, the political parties in the United States are the collections of many disparate (不同的) elements.

21. At first, the platform of the Republican party was centered around ________

___.

A. antislavery policies B. developing manufacturing

C. settling the disputes between factions D. solving social problems

22. According to the passage, Lincoln was elected because ___________.

A. his antislavery policies B. the Democratic party was split up C. his penetrating speeches D. the Democratic party was for him

23. The third parties cannot survive in America because _____________.

A. they don’t have appealing policies

B. the two major parties always adapt their policies to the public’s interest C. they are lack of funds

D. they are not allowed to take part in the election

24. Nowadays, the two major parties ___________.

A. have quite similar platforms B. don’t’ have any conflicts

C. appeal to different groups of people

D. have strayed away from the values they cherished in the past

25. The two major parties in Britain are ____________.

A. similar with those in America B. similar with those in Europe

C. the collection of many different elements D. different from those in America

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