2014年成人英语三级考试精选模拟试题(4)

　　Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:

　　The most important period in the English theatre was the reign of the Queen Elizabeth I when Shakespeare was alive. Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. He is the only author of the period that people seem to know about, although students of literature and drama will know about others as well-known writers like Kyd and Marbowe. Shakespeare’s plays were as popular then as they are now and the theatre was probably the most popular form of entertainment available at that time. In 1642, however, the theatres were closed because Qliver Cromwell, who was ruling England at that time, thought theatres were immoral places. The theatres was made legal, that is to say, they were allowed to open again, when Charles II became king after he had been forced to live on the continent while Cromwell was in power. The only other time that London theatres closed for a short while was the period during the Second World War because of the danger of bombing.

　　71. Shakespeare was ________.

　　the No. 1 famous writer in writing novels

　　too famous for common to know other writers then

　　so important that literature and drama students know only him

　　so excellent that his plays ruled all the world’s theatres

　　72. The English theatre in the reign of Queen Elizabeth was considered very important because Shakespeare ________.

　　was born during this period B. was almost known by everyone

　　C. made English theatres then most prosperous D. died in this period

　　73. Whether English theatres were prosperous or not in the history depended on ________.

　　A. writers and audience B. actors and actresses

　　C. authors and people who knew plays D. rulers and writers

　　74. Shakespeare’s plays were as popular then as now because ________.

　　A. people still know him

　　people now and then shared the same taste in entertainment

　　his plays have existed for over 400 years

　　D. he was known to have written more than 30 plays

　　75. Why the theatres were re-opened was probably that ________.

　　They were beautiful places

　　Watching plays was the most popular thing people then liked to do

　　Going to the theatre was a great part of people’s lives

　　Charles II knew people’s feelings

　　Part V Translation from English into Chinese

　　It was two days before Christmas. Everything went wrong with me. I was due at my post ---- the toy department at K-Mart ---- at eight. (76)But I was ten minutes late, because I overslept. At ten o’clock the front doors of K-Mart opened. The flood of shoppers edged along to the toy department. Soon they began shouting in my ears, pushing me around or demanding angrily. I got used to it. It was an unpleasant duty for them to buy Christmas gifts for their kids. The Christmas spirit had disappeared. And it was the same for me. I still had to finish my Christmas hopping that evening. Yes! (77)Christmas didn’t mean much any more to us, except more work and headaches. Suddenly I felt a gentle touch on my arm and I turned round.

　　It was one of the two kids I had been keeping an eye on for a while. He and his little sister had been looking at the cheapest toys. Before I even bent down to listen to him, I checked around for his sister. I thought he might be playing some trick on me while his sister stole something. (78)I didn’t see her, and the boy also seemed to be looking about to make sure she wasn’t around.

　　“Excuse me, sir.” Do you think this would be a good gift for my little sister?” he said, pointing at a bottle of soap bubble liquid. “I don’t want her to know about it,” he whispered before I could even answer. He seemed to be sure that she would love it. So I just agreed with him and didn’t say anything. (79)He put his hand in the worn-out jeans and took out a handful of pennies. The bottle cost fifty-seven cents and he had forty cents. “It looks like you don’t have enough money here.” Then I advised him to try to find something else. He looked unhappy and went away to find something else.

　　I watched him from the corner of my eyes. He looked at other toys, but always came back to the soap bubbles. Somehow the toy struck me as different from other troublemakers. A few minutes later, I went back to him and asked if he had found anything yet. He just shook his head and looked very sad. “Well, let’s see how much money you have again,” I suggested. He dropped the pennies in with the two dimes I had hidden in my hand. “Well, look here!” I said. “I must have counted wrong before. You have just enough money for those soap bubbles” His smile spread out to his ears again.

　　He went out and met his sister at the door. (80)He kept the bag closed so that his sister couldn’t see the modest gift he had bought for her with his last pennies.

　　PartVI Translation from Chinese into English

　　81. 我的愿望最终实现了。

　　82. 他们生了一个女孩，起名叫爱丽斯。

　　83. 她高兴得说不出话来。

　　84. 管好你自己，好吗?

　　85. ――男孩子学习都很努力。 ――那女孩子呢?