在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】spEAkEr A: i'm going homE now, Do you wAnt to hEAD out togEthEr
spEAkEr B: ______. i'm going homE in ABout An hour.
A．thAt's A gooD iDEA
B．no wAy
C．ok, thAnk you
D．no. thAnks

【单选题】most CritiCAl plot points in hArry pottEr AnD thE sorCErEr’s stonE CAmE From j. k. rowling’s imAginAtion, But FlAmEl AnD his powErFul pEBBlE wErE lEgEnDAry long BEForE hArry wEnt to hogwArts. thE 14th CEntury AlChEmist CrEAtED thE philosopEr’s stonE (CAllED "sorCErEr’s" in u.s.EDitions oF pottEr ), with whiCh hE turnED mErCury to golD AnD gAinED EtErnAl liFE.But FlAmEl’s tAlE—likE his stonE AnD his sCiEnCE—wAs no morE rEAl thAn A mAgi
C、
thE philosophEr’s stonE wAs thE kEy to AlChEmy, thE mEDiEvAl prEDECEssor to ChEmistry thAt AimED to CurE All illnEssEs, mAkE thE Elixir oF liFE, AnD trAnsmutE BAsE mEtAls into golD、thE lAst mADE pErFECt sEnsE At thE timE. thEAristotEliAn thEory oF ElEmEnts stAtED thAt All things ConsistED oF FirE, Air, wAtEr, AnD EArth. so A littlE shiFt in onE mEtAl’s Composition CoulD CrEAtE golD、
FlAmEl wAs rEnownED As An AlChEmiCAl suCCEss. in 1382, AFtEr 25 yEArs oF stuDying An AnCiEnt Book By "ABrAhAm thE jEw", hE is sAiD to hAvE proDuCED thE philosophEr’s stonE. his tExts, notABly A DEConstruCtion oF thE "ABrAhAm" work, wErE stAnDArD rEADing For Aspiring sCiEntists likE isAAC nEwton.
mAny AlChEmists BEliEvED FlAmEl FAkED his 1418 DEAth AnD thAt oF his wiFE. rumorED sightings in thE 18^th CEntury plACED thEm At thE pAris opErA、As lAtE As 1816 thErE wErE rEports oF pEoplE sEArChing FlAmEl’s FormEr housE For sECrEts oF thE stonE.
ContEmporAry historiAns sAy, A niColAs FlAmEl DiD livE in pAris in thE 1300s AnD EnDowED mAny ChurChEs AnD hospitAls with his wEAlth.But hE wAs no AlChEmist. "hE got his monEy in pEDEstriAn wAys—his wiFE’s EArliEr mArriAgEs, rEAl-EstAtE spECulAtion," sAys lAwrEnCE prinCipE, Author oF thEAspiringADEpt.AnAChronisms, stylE oF lAnguAgE, AnD thE lACk oF EArliEr CopiEs inDiCAtE thAt nonE oF "his" writings originAtED prior to thE 1500s.
"this sort oF thing hAppEns in AlChEmy," sAysBill nEwmAn, Author oF AlChEmiCAl history gEhEnniCAl FirE. whEn An AlChEmist CoulDn’t BACk up his iDEAs, hE might puBlish thEm in thE guisE oF A "lost" work. FlAmEl’s wEAlth mADE A gooD CAnDiDAtE For AlChEmiCAl iDEntity thEFt.
FlAmEl writings AnD sightings FADED with AlChEmy’s prEstigE.AnD thE ClosEst AnyonE’s ComE to thE philosophEr’s stonE is rowling. in hEr hAnDs, it hAs yiElDED not just golD But EtErnAl (shElF) liFE As wEll.
thE worD "pEDEstriAn" (in BolDFACE in pArAgrAph 5 ) is ClosEst in mEAning to ______.
A、sECrEt B、illEgAl
C、orDinAry D、DishonEst

【单选题】I______this first edition of Paradise Lost in a secondhand bookstore in London.
A．came to
B．came in
C．came across
D．came down

【单选题】______today, he would get there by Friday.
A．Would he leave
B．Was he leaving
C．Were he to leave
D．If he leaves

【单选题】Bill is an example of a severely disabled person who has become ______ at many survival skills.
A．proficient
B．persistent
C．consistent
D．sufficient

【单选题】spEAkErA、it’s gooD to sEE thE sun AgAin.
spEAkErB、______
A、hAvEn’t you sEEn thE sun For A long timE
B、But i somEtimEs think thE moon is vEry BEAutiFul, EspECiAlly in miD-Autumn FEstivAl.
C、i Don’t thinks so. it’s so hot unDEr thE sun.
D、
A、Big improvEmEnt on whAt wE’vE BEEn hAving.

【单选题】I try to relax because I knew I would use up my oxygen the sooner ______ .
A．the more excited I got
B．I got excited more
C．and more excited I got
D．and I got more excited

【单选题】Weather ______, there will be an open air party with live music here this weekend.
A．permits
B．should permit
C．will permit
D．permitting

【单选题】Her answer is not acceptable, and ______.
A、neither am I
B、either is mine
C、neither is mine
D、mine is either

【单选题】mAn: it sEEms thE rEstAurAnts hErE hAvE littlE BusinEss thEsE DAys.
womAn: thAt’s truE.But ours is A sCEniC rEsort.AnD this is not thE Busy sEAson. whEn summEr ComEs, you’ll sEE ArmiEs oF tourists wAiting in linE in orDEr to gEt A sEAt.
quEstion: whAt Do wE lEArn From thE ConvErsAtion ABout thE rEstAurAnts in thE town
A、thEy stAy ClosED until summEr ComEs.
B、thEy CAtEr ChiEFly to tourists.
C、thEy ArE Busy All thE yEAr Aroun
D、
D、thEy proviDE quAlity sErviCE to thEir CustomErs.