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1、2023年宁夏公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（2）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Drunken drivingsometimes called Americas socially accepted form of murderhas become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up

2、to an incredible 250 000 over the past decade. A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American macho image and judges were leni

3、ent in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant. Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New

4、 Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers, more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21. Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to help young people to develop respon

5、sible attitudes about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink. Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalising bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern in Massachusetts

6、was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was obviously intoxicated and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy. As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition o

7、f alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the noble experiment. They forget that legal prohibition didnt stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.Laws recently introduced in some state

8、s have _.Aprevented bars from serving drunken driversBresulted in fewer fatalities of traffic accidentsCspecified the amount drivers can drinkDreduced the number of convictions 2.What does the woman suggestALaura really needs a full-time job.BLaura should spend more time studying.CLaura shouldnt stu

9、dy too hard.DLaura should do more housework at home. 3.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and buy it, the

10、 price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceed at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five mi

11、nutes, with hardly any chat and to everyones satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. He offers the nearest he can t

12、o the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly, he does so with skill and polish, I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size It happens to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usua

13、l response is: This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. Now how does a woman go about buying clothes In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her

14、 mind what she wants, and she is only having a look round. She is always open to persuasion, indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone t

15、hinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her

16、 steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.When a man is buying clothes, _.Ahe does not mind how much he has to pay for the right thingsBhe buys cheap things, regardles

17、s of qualityChe chooses things that others recommendDhe buys good quality things, so long as they are not too expensive 4.Smokers who want to kick the habit might soon get help from a product thats being tested at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine: a mouth wash that makes cigarette

18、s taste bad. It could be on the market within a year. The anti-smoking rinse itself tastes rather pleasant. But if you light up within 6 to 8 hours of smoking it, your cigarette will taste like burnt rubber and you wont smoke past the first puff, explains Dr. Sebastian Ciancio, director of the Cente

19、r for Dental Studies at the University of Buffalo. Ciancio is heading up a pilot study in which 10 smokers, each of whom normally smoke at least a pack of cigarettes a day, are rinsing their mouths three times daily with the anti-smoking solution. Another 10 are getting a placebo. Prior to this stud

20、y, only the inventor had tested the anti-smoking rinsea chemist who does not wish to be identifiedand a few of his friends, who say it enabled them to quit smoking. And Ciancio has no shortage of volunteers: The waiting list to participate in the study is already full. People arc desperate, he says.

21、 If the pilot study is successful, it will be expanded. Not only might the patented formulation deter smoking, Ciancio adds, but it also appears to reduce plaque, gingivitis, and halitosis. Manufacturing the rinse, he estimates, would cost approximately the same as conventional mouthwashes.We can kn

22、ow from the passage that _.Athe anti-smoking rinse might also be effective in reducing bad breathBthe anti-smoking rinse is available in the market nowCfewer volunteers would like to participate in the studyDthe anti-smoking rinse will be very expensive 5.Questions 2225 are based on the following co

23、nversation.Whats the mans first reaction to what the woman describeAHe is shocked.BHe is excited.CHe is upset.DHe is doubtful. 6.Drunken drivingsometimes called Americas socially accepted form of murderhas become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are kille

24、d by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250 000 over the past decade. A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American

25、macho image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant. Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 196

26、0s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers, more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21. Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to hel

27、p young people to develop responsible attitudes about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink. Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalising bars for serving customers too many dr

28、inks. A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was obviously intoxicated and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy. As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13

29、 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the noble experiment. They forget that legal prohibition didnt stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.What i

30、s the authors attitude toward the solution of drunken driving in the United StatesAPessimistic.BOptimistic.CCasual.DRealistic. 7.Text Liwan is the name of Guangzhous southwest district, bordered by Renmin Lu to the south and west. Not so long ago, in the (26) 1900s, this area of the city was renowne

31、d (27) its Cantonese restaurants, gardens, teahouses and boat rides on (28) many waterways. This was at a time (29) the Liwan area was (30) into a new town in much the same way (31) the Tianhe area is now becoming the place to be in Guangzhou. Today, though, the Liwan district (32) rapid development

32、 (33) new high-rise apartment buildings are mushrooming everywhere. Most of the rivers that crossed the area (34) now disappeared, and (35) we can get to a boat ride is hiring a pedal boat on Liwan Lake. Fortunately, some attempt is (36) to preserve the areas architectural and cultural heritage, par

33、ticularly on the streets around Liwan Lake Park. On Longjin Xi Lu, for instance, you can still see some of the Xiguan houses and (37) unique wooden doors. These large three or four-story grey-brick houses were built (38) a Western style, and the interiors were decorated with the best of local crafts

34、, (39) stained glass windows and (40) wooden furniture. They were the (41) of the neighborhood at the turn of the last century. As well as these Xiguan houses, the area (42) has some large European-style stone buildings. The Liwan Museum is (43) in one of these colonial buildings. It was built in 19

35、12 for the local branch manager of a Hong Kong bank. The museum is stocked (44) with memorabilia (大事记) from Liwans colorful pastold photographs, maps, Cantonese opera costumes and (45) scrolls (名册). To find the museum, walk south along Longjin Xi Lu from the Liwan Lake Parks entrance till the crossr

36、oads, then turn right.AwhichBwhenCthatDwhere 8.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and buy it, the price i

37、s a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceed at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, w

38、ith hardly any chat and to everyones satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. He offers the nearest he can to the ar

39、ticle required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly, he does so with skill and polish, I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size It happens to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual respon

40、se is: This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. Now how does a woman go about buying clothes In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind wh

41、at she wants, and she is only having a look round. She is always open to persuasion, indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks su

42、its her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps,

43、before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wantsAHe usually does not buy anything.BAt least two of his requirements must b

44、e met before he buys.CHe buys similar things of the colour he wants.DSo long as the style is right, he buys the thing. 9.Questions 2225 are based on the following conversation.What is unusual about the new kind of clothesAThe clothes have a built-in air-conditioner.BThe clothes have several layers o

45、f fibers.CThe clothes will warm up when its cold.DThe clothes will cool off when its cold. 10.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his

46、objective is to find it and buy it, the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceed at once. All being well, the deal can be and

47、often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyones satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer somethi

48、ng else. He offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly, he does so with skill and polish, I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size It happens to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have pat

49、ience with this treatment, and the usual response is: This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. Now how does a woman go about buying clothes In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based o

50、n need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only having a look round. She is always open to persuasion, indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thoug

51、ht of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to a

52、nother, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.In commerce a good salesman is one who _.Adoes not waste his time on difficult custome

53、rsBalways has in stock just what you wantCtreats his customers sharplyDsells something a customer does not particularly want 11.Text Liwan is the name of Guangzhous southwest district, bordered by Renmin Lu to the south and west. Not so long ago, in the (26) 1900s, this area of the city was renowned

54、 (27) its Cantonese restaurants, gardens, teahouses and boat rides on (28) many waterways. This was at a time (29) the Liwan area was (30) into a new town in much the same way (31) the Tianhe area is now becoming the place to be in Guangzhou. Today, though, the Liwan district (32) rapid development

55、(33) new high-rise apartment buildings are mushrooming everywhere. Most of the rivers that crossed the area (34) now disappeared, and (35) we can get to a boat ride is hiring a pedal boat on Liwan Lake. Fortunately, some attempt is (36) to preserve the areas architectural and cultural heritage, part

56、icularly on the streets around Liwan Lake Park. On Longjin Xi Lu, for instance, you can still see some of the Xiguan houses and (37) unique wooden doors. These large three or four-story grey-brick houses were built (38) a Western style, and the interiors were decorated with the best of local crafts,

57、 (39) stained glass windows and (40) wooden furniture. They were the (41) of the neighborhood at the turn of the last century. As well as these Xiguan houses, the area (42) has some large European-style stone buildings. The Liwan Museum is (43) in one of these colonial buildings. It was built in 191

58、2 for the local branch manager of a Hong Kong bank. The museum is stocked (44) with memorabilia (大事记) from Liwans colorful pastold photographs, maps, Cantonese opera costumes and (45) scrolls (名册). To find the museum, walk south along Longjin Xi Lu from the Liwan Lake Parks entrance till the crossro

59、ads, then turn right.Abeing developingBdevelopedCdevelopingDbeing developed 12.Questions 2225 are based on the following conversation.Whats the special feature about the treated fibersAThey can store heat.BThey are thick.CThey can absorb sweat.DThey expand when heated. 13.Shopping for clothes is not

60、 the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his objective is to find it and buy it, the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the a

61、ssistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceed at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyones satisfaction. For a man, slight probl

62、ems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. He offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly, he

63、does so with skill and polish, I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size It happens to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be

64、 wasting my time and yours by trying it on. Now how does a woman go about buying clothes In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only having a look round. She is always open to persuasion, indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mi