上海财大 夜大 大学英语（四）模拟题1

People do not dare to defend the old system mainly because under the old system ______. A. children were made to learn passively B. children were spoiled C. children were treated as grown-ups D. too much grammar was taught to children 7. What do the modern psychologists maintain? A. Children must be understood and respected. B. Children are small adults and know what they need. C. Children are better off without learning lessons. D. Education of children is the responsibility of psychologist. 8. What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of their lessons? A. They find that the children dislike the lessons. B. They tend to blame students for their failure in teaching. C. They do not pay enough attention to the actual lessons. D. They no longer want to teach children history. 9. Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because ______. A. words are uttered out of natural feelings only B. it is better to use verbs only C. talking freely and naturally without sentences is a better form of expression D. it is felt that formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expression 10. According to the passage, the modern methods are understood by

______. A. neither teachers nor pupils B. only a handful of teachers and pupils C. the more sophisticated teachers D. everyone who enjoys the relaxed discipline of the informal classes Passage Three Read the following passage and then answer the questions given: Actually the best way to keep cheerful when you’re having a baby is never to look at yourself sideways. This is important. If you can get through nine months without ever looking sideways you will keep smiling. It’s much easier to say than to do. I mean, you might not feel tempted to spend hours looking sideways at yourself when you’re at home, but when you’re trotting (摇晃着走) 第

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along the road and there’s a breeze blowing and you catch sight of yourself in a shop window, you can suddenly feel very distressed. Just for a moment it doesn’t seem possible for anyone to be that shape and human. And it’s no good people telling you that in Italy you would be treated like a sacred cow; that doesn’t help one bit, because in England you are treated like the noun—without the adjective. I mean, to be openly pregnant in public is an offense. It’s as if

no one else had been born that way, or that you are some sort of freak （反常的人）. People in shops make remarks, and stare at your hand to see if you’ve got a nice gold band on. Old ladies are the worst. They can’t wait to slam swing doors on your stomach and knock you with their hand-bags, because to them you are an outspoken example of someone who’s had sex and Doesn’t Mind Who Knows It. Sometimes I used to wish I’d been one of those people who won’t have babies because of the Atom Bomb. Not when I was out with my husband and he was rushing up and down baby departments trying out the gears on baby carriages as if they were Jensens, but when I was sitting in a heap at parties watching sticky thin girls, or when I got one of those “ I’ll never be free again” days on. Actually they were brought about by going to see someone who actually had a baby. There is nothing worse, when you are about to give birth, than going to see someone who just has. By the time they’re finished removing the nappies (泡沫) from your cup of tea you feel like running out and throwing yourself under a train. 11. According to the author, what is the

best way to get through pregnancy? 12. When does the author say that pregnant women feel distressed? 13. Why do people in shops look at pregnant women? 14. Whom does the author imply she occasionally envied? 15. When was the author especially depressed? Passage Four Read the following passage and then fill in the blanks to finish each of the sentences: In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympic athletic festival, held every four years in honor of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, because first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 BC. The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored people were not allowed to compete. Records show that the evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of the day,