在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】炼铅厂发言人：“责任不在本厂。我们的研究表明，农场减产应该归咎于有害昆虫和真菌的蔓延。”
以下哪项如果是真的，最有力削弱炼铅厂发言人的结论？（）
A.炼铅厂的研究并没有测定该厂释放的有害气体的数量。
B.农场近年来的耕作方式没什么变化。
C.炼铅厂的空气污染破坏了周边的生态平衡，使得有害昆虫和真菌大量滋生。
D.炼铅厂释放的有害气体是无色无嗅的。
E.所说的有害昆虫和真菌在周边地区近百年来都偶有发现。

【单选题】The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be in "self care".
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of history, after all,Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In ruralAmerica, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy.But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
"We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life," saysDr.ErnestBoyer, head of theCarnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching."
Dr.Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. "School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been. "
His is not a popular ideA、Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems.Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling.Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United States still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most ofEurope, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition.And surely from kids.But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
The currentAmerican school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to ______.
A、the growing season on the nation’s farm
B、the labour demands of the industrial age
C、teachers’ demands for more vacation time
D、parents’ demands for other experiences for their kids

【单选题】To master a foreign language like French requires hard work, so you ______ study too hard.
A．should
B．must
C．can't
D．may not

【单选题】A: If you like, I can help you paint the room tomorrow. B: ______
A．Thanks a lot. But I think I can manage it myself.
B．No, don't worry about that.
C．I don't like it. Thanks anyway.
D．I'm sorry. That's not necessary.

【单选题】spEAkErA、woulD you likE somEthing to Drink, CoFFEE, tEA or orAngE juiCE
spEAkErB、______
A、no.Don’t go to Any trouBlE!
B、orAngE juiCE woulD BE lovEly iF you’rE hAving onE. thAnk you!
C、thAnk you. it’s vEry kinD oF you to Do so.
D、i’m not thirsty. so i Don’t wAnt Anything to Drink.

【单选题】The task was very tough, but we managed to solve it ______.
A．anyhow
B．anyway
C．somehow
D．somewhat

【单选题】The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial situation.
A．with respect to
B．in terms of
C．regardless of
D．in accordance with

【单选题】Speaker A: What seems to be the problem with the blouse, miss Speaker B:_____
A．How do you know I have a problem with the blouse
B．No, thank you. There is nothing wrong with the blouse.
C．I was not careful and spilled some coffee on it.
D．Well, look what happened the first time I washed it. The color changed completely.

【单选题】All thE stAFF mEmBErs oF thE DEpArtmEnt mADE ConCErtED EFForts to ______ thE hAll For thEChristmAs pArty.
A、ClEAn up B、ClEAr upC、DrEss up D、mAkE up

【分析解答题】在运动训练过程中，运动员在训练初期成绩提高很快，而到了后期成绩的提高越来越慢，试结合生理学知识分析产生此种现象的原因。