2024年4月7日发(作者：)

公共英语一级-269

(总分100,考试时间90分钟)

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Stage plays, at first, seem a lot like films. Both use actors and dialogue and scenery. But if you try

to make a film by setting up a camera in front of the stage, you will find it won"t work. A film

made in this way will leave the audience cold. And even worse you"ll b3e wasting a powerful tool

— the camera.

A stage is actually a box. One side of the box has been removed so the audience can see what"s

going on inside. The actors remain at a fixed audience. In the film, however, the camera can bring

the audience up close and fix their attention on small but important things: a frightened look, a

whisper, a trembling of hands.

The camera offers the film maker freedom allowing him to move easily across barriers (界限) of

time and space. He can show his action in real cities and on real farms. He can also use the camera

to change the scene dozens of times in one film. No expert of the stage can do this.

1. The main idea of the text is that ______ .

A. stage plays and films are two different kinds of art

B. it is always disappointing to turn play into films

C. films have certain advantages (长处) over stage plays

D. the camera has made film making easy and possible

2. What is wrong with making a film by setting up a camera before the stage?

A. Fewer and fewer people will go to the theatre.

B. The audience cannot see what is going on the stage.

C. The scene cannot be changed from time to time.

D. The powerful camera cannot be made good use of.

3. Which of the following can show that the camera is a powerful tool?

A. It can move easily.

B. It can make small things look larger.

C. It can show things in the future.

D. It can give us a scene of realism.

4. In what way are plays different from film?

A. Films often use real scenery while plays don"t.

B. Films can show the past while plays can"t.

C. Films change scenes while plays don"t.

D. Film audience can move while play audience can"t.

5. A suitable title for this text is ______.

A. Stage Plays and Film

B. The Powerful Camera

C. Fewer Plays, More Films

D. Less Waste, More Freedom

Most of the animals have little connection with animals of a different kind, unless they hunt them

for food. Sometimes ,however, two kinds of **e together in a partnership (伙伴关系) which is

good for both of them. You may see some birds sitting on the backs of sheep. This is not because

they want a ride ,but because they find easy food in the parasites (寄生虫)on sheep. The sheep

allow the birds to do so because they move the cause of discomfort. So although they can live

without each other, they do better together.

Sometimes an animal has a plant partner. The relationship develops until the two partners cannot

live without each other. This is so in the corals (珊瑚) of the sea. In their skins there are tiny plants

which act as "dustmen", taking some of the waste products from the corals and giving in return

oxygen which the animal needs to breathe. If the plants are killed, or are even prevented from

receiving light so that they cannot live normally, the corals will die.

6. Some birds like to sit on a sheep because ______.

A. they can eat its parasites

B. they enjoy travelling with the sheep

C. they depend on the sheep for existence

D. they find the position **fortable

7. The underlined word "they" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ______.

A. birds and parasites

B. birds and sheep

C. parasites and sheep

D. sheep, birds and parasites

8. We learn from the text that corals depend on plants for ______.

A. comfort B. light

C. food D. oxygen

9. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?

A. Some animals and plants depend on each other for existence.

B. Some animals and plants develop their relationship easily.

C. Some plants depend on each other for food.

D. Some animals live better together.

Computer people talk lots about the need for other people to become "computer-literate". But not

all experts (专家) think it a good idea.

One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebburt, the founder of Computertown UK.

Though many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to **puter, David does

not see it that way. He says that Computertown UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to

**puters to people and make them" people literate".

David Tebburt thinks Computertowns are most successful when tied to a computer club but he

thinks there is an important difference between the two. The clubs are for people who have

**puter knowledge already. This frightens away non-experts, who want to go to Computertowns

where there **puters for them to operate , with experts to encourage them and answer any

questions they ask. They are not told what to do, they find out. **puter experts have to learn not to

tell people **puters, but have to be able to answer all questions people ask People needn"t **puter

terms (术语). But the experts have to explain in plain language. **puters are becoming"

people-literate".

10. Which of the following is David Tebburt"s idea on the relationship between people **puters?

A. Computer learning should be made easier.

B. There should be **puter clubs for experts.

C. People should work harder to **puter use.

D. Computers should be made cheaper so that people can afford them.

11. We can infer from the text that "computer-literate" means ______.

A. being able to afford a computer

B. being able to **puter programs

C. working with **puter and finding out its value

D. understanding **puter and knowing how to use it

12. The underlined word" it" in the second paragraph refers to the idea that Computertown

______.

A. helps to set up **puter clubs

B. brings people to learn to **puters

C. brings more experts to work together

D. helps to **puters to the public

13. David Tebburt started Computertown U. K. with the purpose of ______.

A. making better use of computer experts

B. **puter programs

C. **puters sales

D. **puters

Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually

write poorly, because they make many mistakes.

The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well, either. The one who look up

every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use

small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or

two words as a translation of English. But one English word often has many translations in a

foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.

The most successful students are those who use large college dictionaries with about 100,000

words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the

general idea and understand new words from the context (上下文). Then they reread and use the

dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more

for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables (音节), they always

use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form or a verb might have

an un- usual past form, they check these in a dictionary.

14. The writer ends to (倾向) think that ______.

A. choose a good dictionary, and you"ll succeed in learning English

B. dictionaries are not very necessary to the students who learn English

C. it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly

D. using dictionaries very often can"t help to improve writing

15. Judging from the passage, which of the following is wrong?