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1、2021年贵州大学英语考试真题卷（2）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Will there ever be another Einstein This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year. A new Einste
2、in will emerge, scientists say. But it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival, Isaac Newton.Many physicists say the next Einstein hasnt been born yet, or is a baby now. Thats because the quest for a unified theory that would account for all the
3、 forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created before the problem can be solved.But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon.For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einsteins day,
4、there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare.Education is different, too. One crucial aspect of Einsteins training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a
5、teenagerKant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how to think independently and abstractly about space and time, and it wasnt long before he became a philosopher himself.“The independence created by philosophical insight isin my opinionthe mark of distinction between a mere artisa
6、n (工匠) or specialist and a real seeker after truth,” Einstein wrote in 1944.And he was an accomplished musician. The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.Today, universities have produced millions
7、of physicists. There arent many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practicaland rewardingefforts.“Maybe there is an Einstein out there today,” said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, “but it would be a lot harder f
8、or him to be heard.”Especially considering what Einstein was proposing.“The actual fabric of space and time curving My God, what an idea!” Greene said at a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute. “It takes a certain type of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe youll fi
9、nd the solution.”Perhaps the best examples are the five scientific papers Einstein wrote in his “miracle year” of 1905. These “thought experiments” were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious journal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown. There were no footnotes or citations
10、.What might happen to such a submission today “We all get papers like those in the mail,” Greene said. “We put them in the junk file.”注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。When he submitted his papers in 1905, Einstein _.Aforgot to make footnotes and citationsBwas little known in academic circlesCwas known as a young
11、genius in math calculationsDknew nothing about the format of academic papers 2.Passage Two The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographsone p
12、hoto of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another rando
13、m grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgements were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successfu
14、l with the most happily-married couples. Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of the
15、ir loved ones. “Another possible reason,” he says, “is the common experience of the couples.” There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change
16、 in a similar way.Dr. Aiken cut the background from the photos for the purpose of _.Aimitating the couples lifeBgrouping the couples againCleaving no trace for the testeesDgiving the testees more chances 3.Passage Three The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “The check is in the mail”, (2) “Of c
17、ourse Ill respect you in the morning”, and (3) “It was a computer error.” Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. Its the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” It was a computer error.”
18、 Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it. The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager
19、 all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “It was a compute error.” It wasnt, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the Universal Product Codechat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the packageand then checks the code a
20、gainst a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, youll be charged accurately. Grocery stores update the price list each daythat is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty
21、. But somehow “a computer error” is supposed to excuse everything. One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are electric brain with “artificial intelligence.” At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today
22、. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pe n. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.Of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself _.Asay
23、s nonsenseBcheats customersCcannot make the errorDdoes not admit its error 4.Passage One Jack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and
24、saw at once that he could not go further. There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out. But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was r
25、iding towards him. “Theres a badly burnt man on the farm,” the girl shouted. “He saved my life. Please help me to save him.” The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was t
26、hirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately. Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jacks horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too,
27、but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was night. “Ive never seen a horse like that pony,” Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say anything about the pony, “Joe will write about her in his story,” she sa
28、id. But she did say one thing: “If flame hadnt returned to the farm that afternoon, Joe and I would have died.”Jack Billabong did not turn back because _.Ahe hadnt found the bull yetBhe smelt a heavy smoke in the forestChe knew there was a burnt man thereDhe saw something moving towards him 5.Passag
29、e Three The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “The check is in the mail”, (2) “Of course Ill respect you in the morning”, and (3) “It was a computer error.” Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. Its the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you o
30、ut of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” It was a computer error.” Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it. The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actua
31、lly does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “It was a compute error.” It wasnt, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the Universal Product Co
32、dechat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the packageand then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, youll be charged accurately. Grocery stores update the price list each daythat is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the pri
33、ce they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow “a computer error” is supposed to excuse everything. One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are electric brain with “artificial intel
34、ligence.” At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pe n. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.A
35、ccording to the author, a computerized cashier is really just _.Aa machine to count moneyBa machine to receive moneyCan instrument to print codesDan instrument to read codes 6.Passage Two The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couple
36、s who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographsone photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then disp
37、layed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgements were no better than chance. But wit
38、h the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful with the most happily-married couples. Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as som
39、eone else without knowing it. He says human begins to imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “Another possible reason,” he says, “is the common experience of the couples.” There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For e
40、xample, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.The underlined sentence “Their judgements were no better than chance” implies that the testees _.Adid a good job in making their choices.Bhad difficulty in picking out the partnersChad
41、no chance to make the right judgementsDdid better with the first group than with the second 7.Passage Three The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “The check is in the mail”, (2) “Of course Ill respect you in the morning”, and (3) “It was a computer error.” Of these three little white lies, the
42、worst is the third. Its the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” It was a computer error.” Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it. The most annoying case of a
43、ll is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “It was a compute error.” It wasnt, of course that comput
44、erized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the Universal Product Codechat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the packageand then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, youll be charged accurately. Grocery stores up
45、date the price list each daythat is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow “a computer error” is supposed to excuse everything. One reason we let people hide behind a comput
46、er is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are electric brain with “artificial intelligence.” At some point there might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more intelligent than your average pe n. At this point in the d
47、evelopment of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.Grocery store price lists are updated by _.Aa computerBa keyboardCan employeeDan electric brain 8.Passage Two The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr. Aiken studi
48、ed a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographsone photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty-five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of the