自考公共课 - 英语（二）

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It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Christopher______.

A. was more likely to change his mind
B. would return to his office in the bank
C. made a big success in interior design
D. was not well-prepared for his business

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The best stories attract their audience because they______.

A. present a believable picture
B. express the audience's emotions
C. are translated into other languages
D. are retold from generation to generation

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The woman______her husband's decision.

A. was supportive of
B. was indifferent to
C. was satisfied with
D. was negative about

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In a quiet，darkened lecture room，you begin a frustrating fight against fatigue. The overhead projector hums，and you cannot concentrate on the slides. You stop absorbing information and become absent-minded. The professor lost you a long time ago. You are bored. Virtually everyone gets bored once in a while. Most of us chalk it up to a dull environment. “The most common way to define boredom in Western culture is‘having nothing to do. ’”says psychologist Stephen Vodanovich of the University of West Florida. And indeed，early research into the effects of boredom focused on people forced to perform. dull tasks，such as working a factory assembly line. But boredom is not merely an natural property of the circumstances，researchers say. Rather this perception is subjective and rooted in aspects of consciousness. Levels of boredom vary among people：some individuals are far less liable to boredom than others-and some，such as extroverts(性格外向者)，are more likely to have this feeling. Thus，a new generation of scientists is coping with the psychological interpretations of this most tedious of human emotions-and they have found that it is more complicated than is commonly known. Researchers say that boredom is not a unified concept but rather comes in several flavors. Level of attention，an aspect of conscious awareness，plays an important role in boredom，such that improving a person's ability to focus may therefore decrease boredom. Emotional factors can also contribute to boredom. People who are poor in understanding their own feelings and those who become sucked in and distracted by their moods are more easily bored，for example. Staying away from tedium is not easy. People who are liable to boredom are more likely to suffer from ills such as depression and drug addiction；they also tend to be socially awkward and poor performers at school or work. The purpose of the first paragraph is to______.

A. illustrate why people are less able to focus
B. show how boring a lecture in a dark room is
C. tell people how fatigue affects concentration
D. describe a situation where people can get bored

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His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job because he______.

A. couldn't wait to get promoted
B. had experience in interior design
C. wanted to do something he enjoyed
D. couldn't bear the pressure from his job

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The last paragraph implies that the happiness of the little girl came from______.

A. the honey she tasted
B. the ability to read books
C. the book her grandpa had shown her
D. the collective memory that accepted her

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The main purpose of this passage is to______.

A. introduce a“profoundly moving”children's book
B. tell that children's verbal capacity is very important
C. show that words are magic and they make children happy
D. show how the girl who tasted the honey on the book grew into a writer

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It can be concluded from the passage that

A. blue-collar employees are expecting more pay rise
B. pleasant workplace could promote business profits
C. pay rise is an important motivation for manual workers
D. words of praise could possibly increase business profits

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The survey shows that those who do not pay much attention to praise are______.

A. staff from Scotland
B. Workers in North-East
C. older and women employees
D. employees of blue-collar and physical jobs

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The book entitled Thank You，Mr. Falker is about______.

A. the early life of Mr. Falker
B. Polacco's early experience with reading
C. the magic power of written words on children
D. how the honey on the book makes children feel happy

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