2019年成人高考专升本英语模拟试题及答案（八）_第4页

　　Passage 3

　　In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions (脚本) for silent movies. Within two years, he was writing scripts (剧本) and working as an assistant director.

　　For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another, in Britain and on location in Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready (匆忙做成的) affair and the assistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.

　　At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a story-not through dialogue, but through visual images. This paved the way for his success later.

　　When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audience’s attention and kept tension (紧张感). He succeeded. Hitchcock’s ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense (悬念) movies.

　　11. Alfred Hitchcock’s first job at the studio was______C________.

　　A. writing scripts

　　B. working as an assistant director

　　C. writing captions for silent movies

　　D. directing his own films

　　12. According to the context (上下文), “step in and plug gaps” (in line 3, paragraph 2) means_____A_____.

　　A. take one’s place to do something

　　B. ask for one’s help

　　C. make up one’s mind to do something

　　D. congratulate someone on something

　　13. ____B__________ prepared Hitchcock for his success later.

　　A. Telling a story through dialogue

　　B. Telling a story through visual images

　　C. Directing silent films

　　D. Rewriting scripts

　　14. He was determined to _______D_______ in his film-making.

　　A. tell stories that move the world

　　B. show people the meaning of life

　　C. show what is affecting the nature

　　D. draw the audience’s attention and keep tension

　　15. Which of the following about Hitchcock is TRUE?___B___

　　A. He didn’t go to work until he was twenty.

　　B. He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded.

　　C. He first direct his own films in Hollywood.

　　D. He is the greatest maker of suspense movies.

　　Passage 4

　　People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People’s understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term-quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.

　　Why has the emphasis (重心) of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.

　　26. ________B______ leads to people’s deeper understanding of health.

　　A. Common knowledge B. Progress in scientific research

　　C. Better conditions of living D. Quality of life

　　27. According to the passage, to people of today, health means_____D_________.

　　A. absence of illness, B. a long life.

　　C. good conditions of living, D. overall satisfaction with life.

　　28. The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because______A________.

　　A. people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer.

　　B. people pay more attention to their physical health.

　　C. people have realized the importance of mental well-being.

　　D. people are inspired by medical advances.

　　29. We can infer from the passage_______B_______.

　　A. nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the

　　quality of food

　　B. the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th century

　　C. those who never fall ill are the truly healthy people

　　D. those who were born before 1900 could not have lived long

　　30. This passage is mainly about _________A_____.

　　A. different understandings of the term "health"

　　B. improving the quality of life.

　　C. the importance of quality living.

　　D. people's expectations of a long and healthy life.