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云南公共英语考试考前冲刺卷 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.M: Hi, Maggie. What a surprise to see you here in New York! I thought you were in California.W: Yeah. I planned to spend my holiday in California, but there’ s something wrong with my visa. Where is the woman now () A．In New York.B．In Chicago.C．In California. 参考答案：A 2.Happy New Year! Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet each other over the next couple of weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the new year.At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching (使肥沃) farmers’ fields with silt (淤泥). This happened at the end of September.The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on March 23, to kick off the next fanning cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January’ was named after the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. The new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used until the present day.Around the world, different cultures have their own traditions for welcoming the new year. The Japanese hang straw rope across the front of their houses to keep out evil spirits and bring happiness and good luck. They also have a good laugh as the year begins to get things started on a lucky note. This passage tells us that (). A．the new calendar was established in honor of the Roman GodB．the Nile River enriched farmers’ fields with silt in MarchC．we keep on using the new calendarD．the farming cycle lasted for 11 days 参考答案：C 本题为推理性问题，即指文中未明显提出但可以推断出的信息。选择项A，B，D均与文章内容相悖，故选择为C。 3.A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and