2021年度天津大学英语考试考前冲刺卷（6）新整理版.docVIP

天津大学英语考试考前冲刺卷（6） 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。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 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 Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. A．Because he could often find something interesting there.B．Because he wanted to find some food for himself.C．Because his master often asked him to throw things there.D．Because his master often took him there. 参考答案：B 2.Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. A．He would be asked to try again and make his own decision.B．He would be encouraged to try different ways.C．He would receive criticism or even punishment.D．He would be asked to behave himself. 参考答案：C 3.Passage TwoQuestions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to risks of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the father knows that he may die at an early age and leave his family the poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire, nor every vessel lost at sea. If these persons each put a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer loss. In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contributions are known as “insured” and those who control the pool of contributions as “insurer”.Not all risks lend themselves to being covered by insurance. Broadly speaking, the ordinary risks of business cannot be covered. The risk that buyers will not buy goods at the prices offered is not a kind that can be estimated in numbers and risks can only be insured against if they can be estimated.The legal basis of all insurance is the “policy”. This is a printed form of contract on thick paper of the best quality. It states that in return for regular payment by the insured of a named sum of m