考研英语模拟题02

C. even

B. witness

D. Apparently

B. once

C. criticism

B. fancy

A. at length

A. follows

D. speculation

C. Certainly

A. faith

C. when

B. predictions

D. to

C. replaced

B. Although

C. If

A. at a loss

D. provoke

D. The baseball player is philosophical about life.

B. He threatened to bomb the Soviet Union on the advise of an astrologer.

A. The magazine deliberately disregarded popularity in the contest

D. should have been flexible in his approach to dealing with the Israelis

B. modesty in behavior

C. aging may not be caused by the body's genetic program

A. aging is actually a by-product of the life process

D. in which any use carries with it an inherent side effect

C. Longevity is determined by diverse kinds of factors.

B. a human being has a self-repairing capacity

B. Cultural identities in some countries will be compromised.

D. the world will be culturally less diversified because of globalization

D. It's impossible for a country to modernize and keep its cultural identity intact.

B. refute the cultural argument against globalization

D. the insurmountable difficulty of retaining cultural identity

B. non-existence of unanimity on the forms the society should take

C. the past can help to shape a consensus in the present

A. the multiracial composition of the US society

D. a social historian

C. avoid the sense of being isolated and anxious

C.  

A.  

E.  

D.  

G.  

根据最近的几份关于美国公立学校缺陷的报告，最让人担忧的问题之一是，教师职业对优秀大学生缺乏吸引力。

教师流失是由诸如教室暴力、肆意破坏行为、工资待遇低、非自愿的调动、家长横加干涉、班级过大以及作业繁重等多种问题引起的。

尽管将来的收入会更加有限，美国大众对教师的态度会越来越差，捣乱的学生会制造麻烦，但是许多优秀学生仍然希望从事教师职业。

未来的教师会发现全国性的教师组织、各州的发证机构和地方政府会加大力度，提高教师的地位，并且增加教师的工资。

虽然在从教生涯中，通常第一年最让人有挫折感，但在处理涉及教学与学生、家长、学校领导和同事的问题时所积累的经验对于将来的成功有着不可估量的价值。

Dear Sir,
My name is Li Ming. We met last Tuesday afternoon. It is very kind of you to offer me a job interview this Thursday afternoon (December 20). But I am very sorry to write to you and tell you that I can't meet the appointment. My supervisor has rescheduled his lecture to Thursday afternoon, so I won't be able to excuse myself then.
I'll be very grateful if you could kindly schedule my job interview to anytime Friday afternoon. You see, I've been looking forward to the interview.
Please spare a little time of yours to send me a message or give me a call and inform me of your decision.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming

Let Love Stay
In the drawing, we can see that a man is about to kill himself by jumping down from the tall building. Some rescuers are doing their best to save him. A large crowd has gathered on the ground, watching. What hurts me and makes my blood hot is the young guy. He is such a money maniac that he starts his money-making by renting out telescope there. And some people seem to be more interested in the spectacle than concerned about the death of a desperate person. What a heartless lot they are.
The picture reveals a saddening phenomenon in our society that the obsession of money in some people has driven away the humanity in them.
Look at the picture: a life is at stake. Let's do something to save him. Encouraging remarks may cheer him up to give up the foolish idea. Heart-to-heart talks may remove the thought that has troubled him. The call of love will wake up the hope in his heart. The love from our society will certainly give him the courage to live. So I call to people to stretch out our helping hands. Let love stay and let life stay.