Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives something different about it.
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in a row. For perception is the mind ' s interpretation of what hisinehisesase our eyes—tell us.
Many psychologists today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
71) Seeing and perceiving are ___ . A. the same action B. two separate actions
C. two actions carried on entirely by eyes
D. several actions that take place at different times
72) People perceive different things about the same scene because _____ . A. they see different things B. they cannot agree about things C. some have better eyesight D. None of these
73) Psychologists study perception by ___ . A. setting up many experiments B. asking each other what they see C. looking out of windows D. studying people ' s eyes
74) Which of the following statements is implied but not stated ？ A. Psychologists do not yet know how people see.
B. The best experiments are those in which all factors are controlled.
C. The study of perception is going on now. D. Perception does not involve psychological factors. 75) The best title for this selection is __ . A. What Psychologists Perceive B. Learning Our Minds Through Science C. How We Perceive
D. How to Become an Experimental Psychologist Key
71) B. two separate actions. 72) D. None of these.
73) A. setting up many experiments.
74) B. The best experiments are those in which all factors are controlled. 75) C. How we perceive. Passage 3
Bill Grant was a famous newspaper editor （编辑 ） in the United States. He worked for the same newspaper from 1926 to 1968. He started as a clerk but by 1948 he had become the editor. That was the position he held until he retired.
Bill wrote his first story for the paper the day the New York Stock （ 股票 ） Market crashed in 1929. Two of the paper
's reporters were thirty miles from town checking on an airplanseh.crTahe other one was in San
Francisco investigating Chinatown.
When the first news of the stock market came into the office Bill immediately sat down and wrote up
the story. The editor liked it so much that he used the story. And he didn
nges in it'. Atftmeratkheatany cha
the editor decided Bill should be a reporter. He felt he was not using his real ability working as a clerk.
After this first story Bill became especially interested in financial news. But he wrote stories on just about everything. In 1945 he spent five months in Europe. His editor had decided he should write about the end of World War II. His paper was the smallest one with a writer in Europe.
One of Bill ' s greatest moments came in 1946. A story he had written on war won theioNnatl Newspaperma n' s Award. Bill took the prize but he gave all the credit 荣誉）to his editor.
Bill had a heart attack in 1957. He recovered fully but in 1961 he began suffering from a new disease. It lasted for the rest of his life. He overcame many emotional sufferings as well, including the death of his oldest daughter in a car accident.
It was just before Christmas in 1967 that he learned he had cancer. Six months later he died. But he had never stopped his work as an editor. The day before he died he had spent a full day at the office.
76） ______________ Bill Grant .
A. was a newspaper editor from 1926 to 1968
B. wrote his first story about the New York Stock Market crash in 1929 and soon after that he became the editor of the newspaper
C. had a heart attack in 1957 and recovered fully later on D. wrote stories on nothing but financial matters
77） We can deduce from the passage that when Bill was writing the story about the New York Stock Market crash there were _______ reporters on the newspaper.
A. two B. three C. four
D. more than four
78) Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bill Grant started his work for the newspaper as a clerk.
B. Bill Grant overcame his physical sufferings but not his emotional sufferings when he was getting on in years. C. In 1961 Bill began suffering from a new disease, but we are not told what the disease was. D. Bill Grant spent most of his lifetime in the United States. 79) Which of the following is NOT a logical conclusion?
A. Bill stayed in Europe for five months in 1945 and therefore the editor decided that he should write about the end of World War II.
B. Bill ' s first story was free from errors. C. Bill had at least two children.
D. When Bill won the National Ne wspaperman' s Award, he was grateful to his editor. 80) Bill Grant died of ______ .
A. a disease unknown to anybody B. heart trouble in 1968 C. cancer by the end of 1968 D. cancer in mid 1968 key
76) C. had a heart attack in 1957 and recovered fu1ly later on 77) B. three
78) B. Bill Grant overcame his physical sufferings but not his emotional sufferings when he was getting on in years. 79) A. Bill stayed in Europe for five months in 1945 and therefore the editor decided that he Should write about the end of World War II
80) D. cancer in mid 1968
V. 英汉翻译 ( English-Chinese Translation )15%
81) I walked all the way here, which has made me a bit tired.
82) It 's really wonderful that you should have fulfilled the plan three omnths ahead of time.
83) How was it that you didn ' t go to the bank?
84) it wasn ' t until I read the book that I began to know something about finance.
85) When the market is very low, companies with great economic strength will think of buying up other companies.
参考答案
81) 我一路走了来的 , 这使我略微有点累。 82) 真了不起你们竟能提前三个月完成了计划。 83) 你昨天没去银行，这是怎么搞的？ 84) 我直到看了这本书才对财政学有些了解。
85) 当市场非常低迷时，具有强大实力的大公司就会考虑收购其他公司。 VI. 写作( Writing )10%
86) Direction: For this part, you are allowed twenty (20) minutes to write a composition on the topic: Getting to Know
the World Outside the Campus. You should write 100-120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 2. 3.
大学生了解社会的必要性。
了解社会的途径(大众媒介，社会服务等)。 我打算怎么做。
Example
Getting to Know the World Outside the Campus
With the development of our society, the campus is no longer an
“ Ivory Tower ”. It is necessary for
college students to go outside to get to know the world. They should acquire knowledge not only from books but also from the society. Thus they can adapt to society more quickly after they graduate from school. Science and technology are developing rapidly with each passing day. Most students can keep themselves informed by watching TV, listening to the radio, rea ding newspapers and using the internet. It
' s also good to
take a part-time job, such as tutoring, or working in a restaurant. Any of these will enable students to get in touch with society.
The summer vacation will soon be here. I can do a good job. Although I won important.
' ve already enbreollaedvotolunteer to help others. I think I
' t be paid, I can learn a lot about society, which I think is even more
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