TEM-4 Exercise 10_TEM4指导
questions 22 to 26 are based on the following passage:
california is a land of variety and contrast. almost every type of physical land feature, sort of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another.
people living in bakersfield, for instance, can visit the pacific ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile san joaquin valley, the arid mojave desert, and the high sierra nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. in other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distance.
contrast abounds in california. the highest point in the united states (outside alaska ) is in california, and so is the lowest point (including alaska). mount whitney, 14,494 feet above sea level, is separated from death valley, 282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. the two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three miles.
california has deep, clear mountain lakes like lake tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. it has lake tulainyo, 12,020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the salton sea, 236 feet below sea level. some of its lakes, like owens lake in death valley, are not lakes at all: they are dried瞮p lake beds.
in addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, california has its pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of oregon and washington combined.
22. which of the following is the lowest point in the united states?
a. lake tulainyo.
b. mojave desert.
c. death valley.
d. the salton sea.
23. where is the highest point in the united states located?
a. lake tahoe.
b. sierra nevada.
c. mount whitney.
d. alaska.
24. how far away is death valley from mount whitney?
a. about 3 miles.
b. only 100 miles.
c. 282 feet.
d. 14,494 feet.
25. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100 miles of bakersfield?
a. the pacific ocean.
b. san joaquin valley.
c. mojave desert.
d. oregon and washington.
26. which statement best demonstrates that california is a land of variety and contrast?
a. the highest lake in california is lake tulainyo.
b. it is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of california without having to travel long distance.
c. sierra nevada, san joaquin valley, mojave desert and the pacific ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles.
d. owens lake, in death valley, is not really a lake at a
ll. questions 31 to 33 are based on the following passage:
british universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk. the universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks.
the government responded to the universities’ threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter? sir ron dearing. one in three school-leavers enters higher education, five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago. everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more money -- but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer and not much scope for attracting more finance from business.
most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs, something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in britain. universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. they await dearing’s advice, hoping it will not be too late -- some are already reported to be in financial difficulty. as the century nears its end, the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope. experts ponder how much they can use computers instead of classrooms, talk of the need for lifelong learning and refer to students as consumers." the confederation of british industry, the key employers’ organization, wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from booming asian economies. but the government has doubts about more expansion. the times newspaper egress, complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared, with close tutorial supervision giving way to pass production methods more typical of european universities.
31. the chief concern of british universities is ______.
a) how to tackle their present financial difficulty
b) how to expand the enrollment to meet the needs of enterprises
c) how to improve their educational technology
d) how to put an end to the current tendency of quality deterioration
32. we can learn from the passage that in britain ______.
a) the government pays dearly for its financial policy
b) universities are mainly funded by businesses
c) higher education is provided free of charge
d) students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition
33. what was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities in britain thirty years ago
?
a) 20% or so.
b) about 15%.
c) above 30%.
d) below 10%.
22. c
23. d
24. b
25. d
26. c
27. b
28. b
29. d
30. a
31. c
32. d
33.
california is a land of variety and contrast. almost every type of physical land feature, sort of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another.
people living in bakersfield, for instance, can visit the pacific ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile san joaquin valley, the arid mojave desert, and the high sierra nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. in other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distance.
contrast abounds in california. the highest point in the united states (outside alaska ) is in california, and so is the lowest point (including alaska). mount whitney, 14,494 feet above sea level, is separated from death valley, 282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. the two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three miles.
california has deep, clear mountain lakes like lake tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. it has lake tulainyo, 12,020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the salton sea, 236 feet below sea level. some of its lakes, like owens lake in death valley, are not lakes at all: they are dried瞮p lake beds.
in addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, california has its pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of oregon and washington combined.
22. which of the following is the lowest point in the united states?
a. lake tulainyo.
b. mojave desert.
c. death valley.
d. the salton sea.
23. where is the highest point in the united states located?
a. lake tahoe.
b. sierra nevada.
c. mount whitney.
d. alaska.
24. how far away is death valley from mount whitney?
a. about 3 miles.
b. only 100 miles.
c. 282 feet.
d. 14,494 feet.
25. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100 miles of bakersfield?
a. the pacific ocean.
b. san joaquin valley.
c. mojave desert.
d. oregon and washington.
26. which statement best demonstrates that california is a land of variety and contrast?
a. the highest lake in california is lake tulainyo.
b. it is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of california without having to travel long distance.
c. sierra nevada, san joaquin valley, mojave desert and the pacific ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles.
d. owens lake, in death valley, is not really a lake at a
ll. questions 31 to 33 are based on the following passage:
british universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free education is at risk. the universities have threatened to impose an admission fee on students to plug a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and scrap some public spending cutbacks.
the government responded to the universities’ threat by setting up the most fundamental review of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter? sir ron dearing. one in three school-leavers enters higher education, five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago. everyone agrees a system that is feeling the strain after rapid expansion needs a lot more money -- but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer and not much scope for attracting more finance from business.
most colleges believe students should contribute to tuition costs, something that is common elsewhere in the world but would mark a revolutionary change in britain. universities want the government to introduce a loan scheme for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. they await dearing’s advice, hoping it will not be too late -- some are already reported to be in financial difficulty. as the century nears its end, the whole concept of what a university should be is under the microscope. experts ponder how much they can use computers instead of classrooms, talk of the need for lifelong learning and refer to students as consumers." the confederation of british industry, the key employers’ organization, wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from booming asian economies. but the government has doubts about more expansion. the times newspaper egress, complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers soared, with close tutorial supervision giving way to pass production methods more typical of european universities.
31. the chief concern of british universities is ______.
a) how to tackle their present financial difficulty
b) how to expand the enrollment to meet the needs of enterprises
c) how to improve their educational technology
d) how to put an end to the current tendency of quality deterioration
32. we can learn from the passage that in britain ______.
a) the government pays dearly for its financial policy
b) universities are mainly funded by businesses
c) higher education is provided free of charge
d) students are ready to accept loan schemes for tuition
33. what was the percentage of high school graduates admitted to universities in britain thirty years ago
?
a) 20% or so.
b) about 15%.
c) above 30%.
d) below 10%.
22. c
23. d
24. b
25. d
26. c
27. b
28. b
29. d
30. a
31. c
32. d
33.