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海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.According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others . A．LawyersB．FarmersC．ClerksD．Shop assistants 参考答案：A[精解] 细节推断题，从倒数第二段第一、二句话，可以推断出lawyer衰老最慢。 2.The word subjects in paragraph 4 means ______. A．something to be consideredB．branch of knowledge studiedC．persons chosen to be studied in an experimentD．any member of a state except the supreme ruler 参考答案：C[精解] 语义题，文中提到Taiju教授利用计算机对人脑进行测量，既然实验对象是人，这里的subject也是人，而且还有其下文in theirthirties，更加清楚地说明了这一点。 3.The first national flags of the United States ______. A．represented the 13 colonies which won independence in 1776B．were flown in American colonies in 1776C．were flown in American colonies in 1795D．gave representation to Congress 参考答案：A[精解] 第三段的第二句话指出“美国的第一面国旗上的13道条纹代表着于1776年宣布摆脱殖民统治的十三个州。”因此正确答案是[A]。 4.Why were only the flags of various European nations flown over the land, during the discovery and settlement period A．Because the flags were older than the national flag of the U. S.B．Because the land was divided by these nations.C．Because there was no universal flag over the land.D．We dont know from the passage. 参考答案：B[精解] 从第二段的第一句话可以知道，之所以在美洲发现和有人居住之初那里飘扬着各种不同的旗帜，是因为不同的旗帜代表着不同的占领者。可见美国当时所在的地方是被不同的国家占领着的，是分裂的。所以答案是[B]。 5.How many states entered the Union between 1818 and 1912 A．30.B．28.C．13.D．8. 参考答案：B[精解] 第四段的第一句话指出“1817年，美国由20个州”，而第四段的倒数第二句话告诉我们，1912,年，美国的国旗上已经有代表48个州的48颗星了，因此，期间有另外28个州加入了美国的版图。所以答案是[B]。 6.Where the stars were placed on the national flag in 1818 and 1912 A．Congress.B．The president.C．The government.D．The flagmaker. 参考答案：D[精解] 从第四段的最后三句话可知，在1912年，塔夫总统正式以法律文件的形式规定从那以后，美国国旗上的星星以一共六排平均每排八颗的形式排列。在此之前，国旗上的星星的排列主要是依照制旗者的想法。所以选项[D]是正确的。 7.Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century A．Silent reading had not been discovered.B．There were few places available for private reading.C．Few people could read for themselves.D．People relied on reading for ente