国家开发银行招聘考试笔试真题
第一部分 英语能力测试(限时 60 分钟)
一、单项选择题(共 20 题)
1. George took ________ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.
A. advantage B. profit
C. possession D. charge
2. The bell rang and every student had to ________ their examination papers.
A. give up B. give away
C. give out D. give in
3. The committee is totally opposed ________ any changes being made in the
plans.
A. of B. on C. to D. against
4. My train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. The plane I would
like to take from there ________ by then.
A. would leave B. will have left
C. has left D. had left
5. ________ he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A. As he likes her much B. Although much he likes her
C. Much as he likes her D. Much although he likes her
6. The mere fact ________ most people believe nuclear war would be mad does
not mean that it will not occur.
A. that B. which C. what D. whose
7. Hamlet is just an ________ character in the novel.
A. imaginative B. imagined
C. imaginary D. imaginable
8. The new movie ________ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.
A. promises B. agrees
C. pretends D. refuses
9. Does your hometown have an unofficial name? ________, what does it say
about the area and the people who live there?
A. And yet B. Or else C. If so D. Still worse
10. A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found
on his clothes, ________ from the sort of candles used only in churches.
A. had come B. coming C. come D. that come
11. We were astonished ________ the temple still in its original condition.
A. finding B. to find C. find D. to be found
12. In some countries, ________ is called equality does not really mean equal
rights for all people.
A. which B. what C. that D. one
13. Some states have an income tax ________ to that of the federal government.
A. same B. similar C. alike D. likely
14. The teacher ________ his lesson with pictures.
A. illustrated B. explained
C. illustration D. illuminated
15. Encounter Environmental Tours offers trips to some of the most beautiful
and isolated wildernesses in the world ________ all the comforts of five-star
accommodations.
A. both B. plus C. though D. together
16. There’s a lot of food left over from the party; you ________ so many
dishes.
A. would have prepared B. needn’t have prepared
C. might have prepared D. couldn’t have prepared
17.
programme
writer’s
examine
will
the
introduction to
her
life.
This
________ an
books
in
detail,
A. following B. having followed
C. being followed D. to be followed
18. I bought a new bicycle, ________ was very high.
A. the price of which B. which price
C. price of which D. which the price
19. Faced with the crisis, Monica looked pale, but quite ________.
A. scary B. frightened
C. crazy D. calm
20. It would be unwise to ________ too much importance to these opinion polls.
A. stick B. pay C. apply D. attach
二、完形填空题(共 20 题)
The
gift
of
is
a
rare
one.
being
a
As
to
able
professor _21_ it
describe
describe faces precisely words _22_ us, and we _23_ to
procedures.”
a
face
accurately
recently: “When we try to
identikit (拼脸 型图)
_24_ according to a research _25_ this subject, we can each probably recognize
than 1,000 faces, the majority of which differ in _26_ details. This, when
a _27_ feat, though, curiously enough, relatively
fundamental problems of how and why we
more
one comes to think of it, is
little attention has been devoted to the
_28_ this gift for recognizing and remembering faces.
Some scientists argue that it is an
inborn
and
the
_29_ .
about
to
distinguish
that
there
brain’s _30_
faces”.
are “special characteristics
On
the
other
hand,
there
are
those,
they
are probably _31_ the majority, who claim that the gift is an acquired
and
one.
But _32_ all
these
arguments,
sight
is
predominant. _33_
the
to
one
survival.
the
very
beginning
recognize
that
is
life,
quickly
for
of
faces
essential
at
ability
habit,
_35_
ably
unfortunate
of
faculty ( 能力).This
such people can often recognize individuals
familiar faces is known to all, _38_
by their voices or their walking manners. With typical human _39_ many of these
unfortunate people overcome their handicap by recognizing other _40_ features.
we
been _37_
recognize
for
do
the
becomes
daily
living,
if not
How
essential
and
valuable
not _36_ until
we
en-counter
people
who
have
to
inability
it
is
prob
an _34_
C. help
D. desert
21. A. described B. said C. put D. talked about
22. A. take B. fail
23. A. resort B. seek C. move D. react
24. A. Yet B. Consequently C. In addition D. In contrast
25. A. of B. about C. in D. on
26. A. good B. delicate C. fine D. high
27. A. enormous B. big C. gigantic D. tremendous
28. A. acquire B. attain C. gain D. take
29. A. possession B. property C. activity D. action
30. A. ability B. capability C. competence D. capacity
31. A. on B. of C. in D. at
32. A. of B. in C. among D. out of
33. A. Created B. Formed C. Made D. Molded
34. A. accepted B. inborn C. established D. innate
35. A. essentially B. importantly C. significantly D. necessarily
36. A. value B. appreciate C. adore D. admire
37. A. taken B. robbed C. deprived D. seized
38. A. but B. therefore C. in addition D. so
39. A. cleverness B. ingenuity C. smartness D. intelligence
40. A. special B. general C. characteristic D. particular
三、阅读理解题(共 20 题)
Passage 1
Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if
we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even
eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hard-wired responses.
Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether
someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly,
within milliseconds. But we need more time to assess other factors. To accurately
tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably
five. It takes a while to judge complex aspects of personality, like neuroticism
or open-mindedness.
But
exclusive
snap
to
decisions
the
interpersonal
realm.
in
reaction
to
rapid
stimuli
aren’t
Psychologists
at
the
University
of
Toronto
found
that
viewing
a
fast -food
logo
for
just
milliseconds
primes
us
to
reading
has
We
unconsciously
little
to
associate
few
20
a
read
do
fast
with
percent
eating.
faster,
even
though
food
with
speed
and
impatience
and
carry
those
impulses
into whatever else we’re doing. Subjects
exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.
Yet we can reverse such influences. If we know we will overreact to consumer
products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales
representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment
before buying. If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive
female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases—or hire outside
screeners.
John Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly “thin slice”
information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in “thick sliced”
long-term study. When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay
together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two
days, not two seconds.
Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what
can
differentiates us from animals:
dogs
a
spent
think
minutes.
12
about
But
percent
about
few
the
future
only
intermittently
or
for
historically
our
of
we
days
have
contemplating
the
longer
term.
change
Although
the
way
technology
might
we
react,
it
still
have
the
imaginative
reverse the high-speed trend.
hasn’t
capacity
changed
to rise above temptation and
nature.
our
We
41. The time needed in making decisions may ________.
A. vary according to the urgency of the situation
B. prove the complexity of our brain reaction
C. depend on the importance of the assessment
D. predetermine the accuracy of our judgment
42. Our reaction to a fast-food logo shows that snap decisions ________.
A. can be associative B. are not unconscious
C. can be dangerous D. are not impulsive
43. To reverse the negative influences of snap decisions, we should ________.
A. trust our first impression B. do as people usually do
C. think before we act D. ask for expert advice
44. John Gottman says that reliable snap reactions are based on ________.
A. critical assessment B. “thin
C. sensible explanation D. adequate information
45. The author’s attitude toward reversing the high-speed trend is ________.
A. tolerant B. uncertain
C. optimistic D. doubtful
sliced” study
Passage 2
Americans
or
in
no
longer
to
expect
command
public
figures,
whether
in
sp
writing,
the English language with skill and
eech
gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest book, Doing Our
Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music
Like,
Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and
conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for
the decline of formal English.
Should,
and
Why
We
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another
criticism against the decline in education. Mr. McWhorter’s academic speciality
is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”,
for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings
of Old English.
But the cult of the authentic and the personal,“doing our own thing”, has
spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly
educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even
the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on
the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only
form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written
English, talking
is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.
Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low
culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear,
to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like, care. As a linguist, he
acknowledges that all varieties of human
language,
b
e
expressive—there exists no language or dialect in the world that
cannot convey complex ideas. He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer
think straight because we do not talk
non-standard
powerfully
including
English,
proper.
Black
ones
like
can
Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of
that
their
while
seem
heads,
would
memorized poetry
in
peech
McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary,and proposes
no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of
something
beautiful more than useful. We now take our English “on paper plates instead of
china”. A shame, perhaps,
elaborate
to most English-speakers. Mr.
Italian
old-fashioned
inevitable one.
politicians
probably
tend
but
to
an
s
46. According to McWhorter, the decline of formal
A. is inevitable in radical education reforms
B. is but all too natural in language development
C. has caused the controversy over the counter-culture
D. brought about changes in public attitudes in the 1960s
47. The word “talking” (Para. 3)
A. modesty B. personality
denotes ________.
English ________.
C. liveliness D. informality
48. To which of the following statements would McWhorter most likely agree?
A. Logical thinking is not necessarily related to the way we talk.
B. Black English can be more expressive than standard English.
C. Non-standard varieties of human language are just as entertaining.
D. Of all the varieties, standard English can best convey complex ideas.
49. The description of Russians’ love of memorizing poetry shows the
author’s ________.
A. interest in their language
B. appreciation of their efforts
C. admiration for their memory
D. contempt for their old-fashionedness
50. According to the last paragraph, “paper plates” is to “china” as
________.
to “permanent”
A. “temporary” is
B. “radical” is
C. “functional” is to “artistic”
D. “humble” is to “noble”
to “conservative”
Passage 3
Lonely people, it seems, are at greater risk than the gregarious of developing
illnesses associated with chronic inflammation, such as heart disease and certain
cancers. A paper published last year in the Public Library of Science, Medicine,
shows the effect on mortality of loneliness is comparable with that of smoking and
drinking after examining the results of 148 previous studies and controlled for
factors such as age and pre-existing
illness.
Steven Cole of the University of California, Los Angeles, thinks he may know
why this is so. He told the American Association for the Advancement of Science
meeting in Washington, D.C., about his work studying the expression of genes in
lonely people. Dr. Cole harvested samples of white blood cells from both lonely and
gregarious people. He then analysed the activity of their genes, as measured by the
production of a substance called messenger RNA. This molecule carries instructions
from the genes telling a cell which proteins to make. The level of messenger RNA
from most genes was the same in both types of people. There were several dozen genes,
however, that were less active in the lonely, and several dozen others that were
more active. Moreover, both the less active and the more active gene types came from
a small number of functional groups.
Broadly speaking, the genes less active in the lonely were those involved
in staving off viral infections. Those that were more active were involved in
protecting against bacteria. Dr. Cole suspects this could help explain not only why
the lonely are iller, but how, in evolutionary terms, this odd state of affairs has
come about.
The crucial bit of the puzzle is that viruses have to be caught from another
infected individual and they are usually species-specific. Bacteria, in contrast,
often just lurk in the environment, and may thrive on many hosts. The gregarious
are therefore at greater risk than the lonely of catching viruses, and Dr. Cole thus
suggests that past evolution has created a mechanism which causes white cells to
respond appropriately. Conversely, the lonely are better off ramping up their
protection against bacterial infection, which is a bigger relative risk to them.
mec
revealed,
then,
seems
have
to
is
a
social
environment
person’s
appropriately.
body
It
and
is
tweaks
not that the lonely and the
genome
its
so
th
a
Cole
Dr.
which
What
by
inside
responds
hanism
reaches
at
it
gregarious are genetically
different
regulated
is.
Dr.
from
differently,
Cole
thinks
each
other.
Rather,
their
according
to
how
this
regulation
is
genes
sociable
are
an
individual
part of a wider mechanism that tunes individuals to the circumstances they
find themselves
in.
51. What risk may lonely people run according to the first paragraph?
A. They can have the same risk as the gregarious.
B. They may have symbols of early aging.
C. They may fall victim to chronic illnesses.
D. They may undergo more severe illnesses.
52. Dr. Cole made an analysis of the activity of the genes by ________.
A. measuring the level of messenger RNA
B. calculating the number of more active gene types
C. instructing the production of certain proteins
D. comparing less active genes with more active ones
53. Broadly speaking, the genes more active in the lonely ________.
A. helped to avoid infections resulting from viruses
B. participated in guarding against bacteria
C. came from a few different functional groups
D. existed only as a small group
54. What can we know about viruses and bacteria from the fourth paragraph?
A. Viruses often remain hidden in the environment.
B. Bacteria are passed to other people by the infected individual.
C. The lonely people can catch viruses more easily.
D. Viruses pose a greater threat to the gregarious than bacteria.
55. What message does Dr. Cole seem to convey by the mechanism?
A. The lonely people differ in genes from the gregarious people.
B. Sociability can adjust a person’s genome and make it work properly.
C. The lonely people can become sociable if they regulate their genes.
D. Individuals have to find their own ways to adapt to the environment.
Passage 4
That everyone’s too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint
is made especially mournfully: There’s never any time to read.
is
the
don’t
problem
thornier
makes
techniques
time
seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles
What
-management
offering tips on making time to read;
a
ng
down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning—
or
book’s
times.” But
odd
usi
30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit
“Give up TV” or “Carry
book
such
experience,
exhausted
methods
usual
that
that
with
free
else
the
the
you
all
in
my
up
at
to
last
thing
you’re
you
so
need.
The
modern
challenging
a
the
mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and
critic, writes, “ is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication ... It is not
simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to
interruption.” Deep reading
requires
can’t
becoming more efficient.
but
by
obtained
special
merely
which
time,
kind
time
just
not
of
be
a
In fact,“becoming more efficient” is part of the problem. Thinking of time
as
it
only
means
moment
judging
you
well
approach
spent
instrumentally,
giv
in so far as it advances progress toward
as a resource to be
maximised
en
some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk
inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it in as a to-do list
item and you’ll manage only goal-focused reading—useful, sometimes but not the
most fulfilling kind. “The fu
ture
d
writes
unstoppable
infinite
bottles
belt,”
nearly
empty
along
comes
feel
like
any
an
an
at
us
Gary
pressure
Eberle
to
fill
a
Sacred
book
different-sized bottles(days, hours,
and “we
Time,
conveyor
his
these
in
minutes)as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted
them.” No mind-set could be worse for losing yourslef in a book.
So
times
what
for
does
work?
Perhaps
surprisingly,
scheduling
regula
You’d
reading.
think this might fuel the efficiency
r
mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us “step
outside time’s flow” into
“soul time.” You could limit distractions by
reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers.“Carry a book with you
at all times” can actually work, too— providing you dip in often enough, so that
reading
becomes
tem-porarily
surface
default
which
state
from
you
the
to
take
care
really
good
of
day,
business,
it
before
dropping
back
no longer feels as if you’re
On
down.
“making time to
a
read”, but just reading, and making time for everything else.
56. The usual time-management techniques don’t work because ________.
A. what they can offer does not ease the modern mind
B. what people often forget is carrying a book with them