1、廣西師范高校 2021 年非英語專業討論生學位英語考試試卷part ireading comprehension共 40 分，每道題 2 分 directions:there are 4 passagesin this part. at the end of each passage, five questions will be asked about it.for the first three passages, you should read the four choices marked a, b, c and d, and decide on the best choice. th

2、en mark thecorresponding letter on the answer sheetf. or the last passage, you should write youranswers to the questions on the answer sheet.passage onevery few of us willnever feel unhappy, willnever fallinto “the slough of despondence”. a major help then is to remember the times when we were happy

3、, and the fact that we have those memories “in the bank”. they are a part of us, they can remind us that we are capable of happiness, and that the world is not always out tomake us miserable. when you are happy, consciously store up the memoriestheywill serve you well.there are few joys as complete

4、as those that involve bringingjoy to someone else. happiness defies the laws of economics in that it is not something that we have less of when we give it away. it is something that grows greater for the giver as it is given. the more you give, the more you have.1. what is the passage mainly about.a

5、. feeling.b. memory.c. society.d. happiness.2. the phrase“the slough of despondenc”e probably means .a. a placeb. a professionc. a dreamd. a status of being unhappy3. how can we deal with unhappy time.a. remember the happy times.b. do something else.c. forget about the unhappy things.d. just wait.4.

6、 what is one of the ways to be happy, according to the author.a. to bring joy to someone else.b. ignore the laws of economics.c. encourage yourself.d. relax.5. which of the following is true according to the passage.a. happiness can be stored in memory.8b. happiness is felt by few people.c. happines

7、s can be passed around.d. happiness cannot be bought.passage twosilence is unnatural to man. he begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. in the interval he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and there are few things of which he stands in more fear than of the absence of noise. eve

8、n his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to prevent a dreadfu可l 怕的 silence. he knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing 發出嗡嗡聲 of a fly, but he longs to join the buzz and to prove that he is a man and nota waxworkfigure.the object ofconvers

9、ation isnot,forthe most part,to communicate ideas. it is to keep up the buzzing sound. there are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz: there is even a buzz that is as exasperating 使人憤怒的 as the continuous ping 砰a mosquito than a mute 啞聲 of a mosquito. but at a dinner party one would rath

10、er be巴. most buzzing, fortunately, is agreeable to the ear, andsome of it is agreeable even to the mind. he would be a foolish man, however, who waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.those who despise 看不起 the weather as a conversational opening seem to me

11、to be ignorant of the reason why human beings wish to talk. very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that t

12、hey have seen two or three new plays or that they have had food in a swiss hotel. at the end of an evening during which they have said nothing at immense length, they are proud of themselves on their success as conversationalists.6. the significance of man's speaking ability is that.a. it proves

13、 his existence as a manb. it raises his position as a manc. it makes him enjoy meaningful conversationsd. it gets him out of trouble7. the statement that "ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly" suggests that.a. most of the human conversations are

14、 inspiring and instructiveb. most of the human conversations are as irritating as the noise made by a flyc. most of the human conversations can be dismissed as meaninglessd. most of the human conversations can be regarded as the effective activities8. according to the passage, a man will look silly

15、if he.a. makes mistakes in the conversationb. feels unwilling to join in the conversationc. fails to communicate anything new to others in the conversationd. misunderstands others' meanings in the conversation9. in the author's opinion, the introduction of weather as a conversational opening

16、 indicates.a. the ignorance of the conversationalistb. the start of an acceptable conversationc. the coming of something newd. the boring nature of the conversation10. which of the following statements is true, according to the passage.a. at a dinner party, everyone prefers to talk like a mosquito.b

17、. people despise meaningless conversations.c. people take pride in their roles as conversationalists.d. one can always learn something useful from conversation.passage threestanding alone at the browns' party, anna mackintosh thought about her husband edward, establishing him clearly in her mind

18、's eye. he was a thin man, forty-one years of age, with fair hair that was often untidy. in the seventeenyears they'd been married he had changed very little; he was still nervous with other people, and smiled in the same embarrassed way, and his face was still almost boyish.she believed she

19、 had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any. she had, over the years, become neuroti神c 經機能病的 about this fact and in the end, quite some time ago now, she had consulted a psychiatrist 精神病學家 , dr. abbat, at edward's pleading 請求.in the browns' rich

20、 drawing room, its walls and ceiling gleaming 發微光 witha metallic 金屬般的 surface of imitation gold, anna listened to dance music coming from a tape recorder and continued to think about her husband.in a moment he would be at the party, since they had agreed to meet there, although by now it was three-q

21、uarters of an hour later than the time he had promised.the browns were people he knew in a business way, and he had said he thought it wise that he and anna should attend this gathering of theirs. annas attending would be of support for him. she had never met them before, which made it more difficul

22、t for her, having to wait about, not knowing a person in the room.when she thought about it she felt angry, for although edward was kind to her and always had been, it was not considerate to be as late as this. because of her nervous condition she felt afraid and had developed a sickness in her stom

23、ach. she looked at her watch and sighed.11. why did anna feel awkward at the party.a. she came to the party too early.b. she was neglected by the host.c. she felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the party.d. she didn't know anyone there.12. what made anna feel sorry to her husband.a. she di

24、d not make a good mother to her children.b. she was unable to satisfy her husband's desire to have children.c. she did not get along well with her husband.d. she was unable to have a better understanding of her husband.13. as time went by, anna started to get angry as.a. she found the browns wer

25、e much wealthier than they wereb. her husband was usually thoughtfulc. she noticed that no one was willing to talk to herd. her husband was bad-mannered in the party14. according to the passage, edward wanted anna to attend the party because .a. he wanted her to have more of a social lifeb. he tried

26、 to distract her from some unpleasant thoughtsc. he needed her supportd. he thought she would impress the browns15. what kind of woman anna was according to the passage.a. sensitive and worried.b. open and talkative.c. imaginative and cheerful.d. sensible and easygoing.passage fourin a family where

27、the roles of men and women are not sharply separatedand where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority 優勢 are hard to maintain. the pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. in such a

28、home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fullyforparticipation in a worldcharacterized by cooperation rather than by the "battle of the sexes".if the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less impor

29、tantand that has happened in some caseswe are as badly off as before, only in reverse.it is time to reassess the role of the man in the american family. we are getting a little tired of momsbeing so important but we don't want to exchange it for dads taking great control again. what is needed, r

30、ather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. there are signs that social workers on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credit nor all the blame. we have almost given up sayi

31、ng that a woman's place is in the home. we are beginning, however, to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. the place of man in the home is also relevant to the healthy development of the child.the family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is di

32、fficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.excessive authoritarianism 權力主義 has unhappy results, whether it wearsskirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent 有關的 not only to a healthy democrac

33、y, but also to a healthy family.請把答案寫在答題紙上相應題號后；16. why couldn't men remain more powerful in the family any longer.17. what should be recognized on the issue of child rearing.18. what have social workers come to realize about men.19. how can each family solve their own problems.20. what will bri

34、ng about satisfactory results to a family.part iicloze 共 10 分，每道題 0. 5 分directions : there are 20 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four choices marked a, b, c, and d on the right side of the paper. you should choose the one that best fits into the passage. then mark the corr

35、esponding letter with a single line through the centre.i have goals for my life, but they are not fame or fortune. but that does not mean i can just sit21 , doing nothing at all. i want22, something unusual exciting and even dangerous sometimes. one dream i have is to be23into the harness of a jet a

36、nd fly at twice the speed of sound. or, i could go into space and24gravity. on an outer space adventure, i could 25the earth in a spacecraft. i also would like to jump from an airplane,26in the sky and parachute 跳傘 to the ground. or maybe i'llclimb steep mountain27in china. it's also possibl

37、e for me to28tropical jungles in brazil. no, i'm not29for the spotlight. i don't want to join the30of fame. i simply don't want my life to be31 . i could go on a fantastic32 . i could uncover33treasures in the mysterious bermuda triangle or become a captain on a naval aircraft carrier an

38、d34the seven seas. maybe i'll investigate crimes or be an attorney for the public and35large corporations of terrible crimes. i could catch them as they are36citizens out of their hard-earned money. or, i could be a government agent and 37on foreign countries. i could find out if they are planni

39、ng an38of our mother country. on second thought, this all seems quite39 . i take back everything that i have said. an 40 life is for me. i think that i will simply sit back in my big comfortable chair with the air-conditioning set at a perfect 24 degrees centigrade and read about someone else doing

40、those dangerous things. this book about mining for gold will do fine.21. a. calmb. quietc. peacefuld. still22. a. accidentb. adventurec. riskd. chance23. a. stuckb. struckc. confrontedd. strapped24. a. defyb. denyc. opposed. violate25. a. chaseb. surroundc. orbitd. twist26. a. hangb. wonderc. flyd.

41、suspend27. a. heightsb. peaksc. pointsd. maximums28. a. exploreb. investigatec. researchd. search29. a. disappointedb. horriblec. hopelessd. desperate30. a. conquestb. disputec. defeatd. victory31. a. fascinatingb. amazingc. disgustingd. boring32. a. commissionb. missionc. processiond. responsibilit

42、y33. a. sunkb. submergedc. emergedd. overwhelmed34. a. orbitb. circlec. cruised. float35. a. accuseb. chargec. blamed. criticize36. a. compellingb. misleadingc. stealingd. cheating37. a. spyb. investigatec. inspectd. observe38. a. violationb. corruptionc. invasiond. pursuit39. a. boringb. destructiv

43、ec. tiresomed. complicated40. a. worthlessb. idlec. emptyd. unemployedpart iiitranslation共 25 分directions: put the following into chinese.41. if you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive thoughts. when we are stressed, depressed, upset, or otherwise in a negative state of mind because we perceive that "bad things" keep happening to us, it is important to shift those negative thoughts to something positive. if we don't, we willonly attract more "bad