PartIVTranslation

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According to the acoustics, continual exposure____ noise of high intensity would lead to loss of hearing.

The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, but created what might be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration”. By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern science and inventions are revolutionizing the endurance, future journeys into these icy wastes will probably depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar traction rather than on the dogsthat earlier discoverers found so invaluable and hardly comparable.

Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous field of work awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately charted, and the maping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Once their labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natural resources which scientists believe will furnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and minerals the world has yet known, and almost inexhaustible sources of copper,coal, uranium, and many other ores will become available to man. Such discoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitation of the Antarctic wastes.

The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batteries of light, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future inter-continental air services by making these areas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the Antarctic refueling bases will make flights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over the 5,000 miles journey.

The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown that the climate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen wastes. Some of his parties were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they survived the rigors of the Antarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installations are made, we may assume that human beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even affirms that it is probably the most healthy climate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of years has sterilize this continent, and rendered it absolutely germfree, with the consequences that ordinary and extraordinary sickness and diseases from which man suffers in other zones with different climates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservation and preservation of food supplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may even be that later generations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for the whole world.

Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years ago was regarded as a “dead continent” now promises to be a most active center of human life and endeavor.

1.When did man begin to explore the Antarctic?

A.About 100years ago.

B.In this century.

C.At the beginning of the 19th century.

D.In 1798.

2.What must the explorers be, even though they have modern equipment and techniques?

A.Brave and tough

B.Stubborn and arrogant.

C.Well-liked and humorous.

D.Stout and smart.

3.The most healthy climate in the world is___.

A.in South America.

B.in the Arctic Region.

C.in the Antarctic Continent.

D.in the Atlantic Ocean.

4.What kind of metals and minerals can we find in the Antarctic?

A.Magnetite, coal and ores.

B.Copper, coal and uranium.

C.Silver, natural gas and uranium.

D.Aluminum, copper and natural gas.

5.What is planned for the continent?

A.Building dams along the coasts.

B.Setting up several summer resorts along the coasts.

C.Mapping the coast and whole territory.

D.Setting up permanent bases on the coasts.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: In this part there are forty incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

21. A great many cancers can be cured but only if before they have begun to spread or colonize in other parts of the body.

A. properly treat

B. properly treating

C. being properly treated

D. properly treated

22. she is a likeable girl, she is very difficult to work with.

A. Since B. However C. As far as D. While

23. All the tourists gave the robber their money.

A. frightened B. frightening C. frighten D. frightful

24. her age, she really did a good job in such a short time.

A. Giving B. Gives C. Give D. Given

25. The soldier was with neglecting his duty.

A. charged B. conducted C. charged D. committed

26. The reason why the car stopped was .

A. because the road was not good B. that the road was not good

C. due to the bad road D. because of the bad road

27. You’d better hurry, you might be late for class.

A. or B. and C. unless D. but

28. , he performed the task with success.

A. It was expected B. Which was expected

C. As was expected D. That was expected

29. The doctor felt John’s arm to if the bone was broken.

A. work out B. find out C. look at D. see out

30. He just my suggestion at the meeting yesterday.

A. put away B. shut down C. showed off D. brushed aside

31. The question at the next meeting remain a secret.

A. discussed B. to discuss C. to be discussed D. being discussed

32. His laziness his failure in the final exam.

A. gave up B. contributed C. resulted in D. distributed

33. The teacher’s to my statement about this poet led me to read widely about poems.

A. change B. charge C. challenge D. chance

34. On most of the nights, Jane reading letters from her boyfriend.

A. stayed off B. stayed on C. stayed out D. stayed up

35. The first-year students were learning form the army in Miyun, a suburb of Beijing near I lived.

A. what B. where C. that D. which

36. Lynda and hundreds of young people like him the post of typist.

A. approached B. applied for C. appealed to D. approved of

37. Anybody is entitled to such benefit of age or sex.

A. regardless B. whether C. in spite D. in case

38. In this building each apartment could a family of six.

A. house B. cover C. make D. include

39. I tried to get out of the business, I found impossible.

A. who B. which C. that D. what

40. When he explained it again and again, the student’s patience .

A. ran over B. ran on C. ran out D. ran off

41. When her neighbor Grandma Wang became ill, the girl often .

A. fitted in B. worked out C. held back D. helped out

42. If you really want to apply for the dangerous job, I won’t , thought I think it’s a crazy idea.

A. stood in your way B. stand on the way

C. stand in your way D. stand by the way

43. He was trying to read; , the phone kept ringing.

A. meanwhile B. then C. later D. afterwards

44. I am out of those people who like a strenuous (费力的) holiday; I believe in .

A. took it easy B. taken it easy

C. taking it easy D. taking it easily

45. The police matched the finger prints and found they were .

A. equivalent B. identical C. similar D. equal

46. Formally, in the United States, many nurses worked as private duty nurses in hospitals.

A. other than B. more than C. less than D. rather than

47. If you don’t mind. I do my homework than play cards with you.

A. had better B. prefer C. would rather D. would like

48. Their idea was to get us to the strike at once.

A. call at B. call off C. call in D. call for

49. My car so I had to come by bus.

A. fell down B. broke down C. fell over D. turned away

50. I could tell he was surprised from the on his face.

A. appearance B. sight C. expression D. explanation

51. Which is , North America or South America?

A. biggest B. the biggest C. more biggest D. bigger

52. You should observe carefully how the audience his speech.

A. reach to B. refer to C. react to D. relate to

53. These farmers got a good harvest last year, so they a big sum of money for new farm machines.

A. set aside B. set about C. set up D. set back

54. One of my sayings is “where there is a will, there is a way.”

A. likely B. favorable C. alike D. favorite

55. All is a continuous supply of fuel oil.

A. what is needed B. that is needed

C. the thing is needed D. for their needs

56. The high income tax is harmful it may discourage people from trying to earn more.

A. in that B. that C. in which D. which

57. A new technique out, the yield increases by 20%.

A. having working B. having been worked

C. at a loss D. for good

58. The bird flew into the air and was soon .

A. out of sight B. in a hurry C. at a loss D. for good

59. It is decided that he for a bus to meet the guests from Beijing.

A. call B. calls C. arrange D. arranges

60. I know it’s not important but I can’t help about it.

A. to think B. thinking C. and think D. being thought

“The president made a brilliant decision, didn’t he?”

“Yes, he did. I don’t know what I would have done if I____to make that decision.”