高级英语二模拟试卷一

Network Education College, BLCU 《高级英语Ⅱ》模拟试卷一

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I. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points) Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. Put the book back to the same place___ you found it.

2. The book___ I wanted to refer was not in the library.

3. The mere fact___ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur.

4. We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, ___ other visitors seldom go.

5. Then the great day came___ he was to march past the palace in the parade.

6. It was not such a good meal___ she had expected.

7. ___they reached the center of the city, they stopped the car at a bar.

[A] Before a mile or so when

[B] For a mile or so after [C] Further than a mile or so [D] A mile or so before

8. Y ou must not stay any longer___ rain is over. 9. Educators are planning to introduce exams ___ on American SA TS. [A] where [B] as [C] that

[D] here [A] to which [B] that [C] what [D] /

[A] which [B] that [C] why [D] as

[A] what [B] which [C] where [D] when

[A] where [B] since [C] when [D] till

[A] as [B] what [C] than [D] like

[A] when [B] as [C] now that [D] since then

[A] based [B] basing [C] base [D] be based

10. I would love___ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

[A] to go [B] to have gone [C] going [D] having gone

11. Cleaning women in big cities usually get___ by the hour.

[A] pay [B] paying [C] paid [D] to pay

12. ___ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

[A] Having suffered [B] Suffering [C] To suffer [D] Suffered

13. The Olympic Games, ___ in 776 B. C., did not include women player until 1912.

[A] first playing [B] to be first played

[C] first played [D] to be first playing

14. Prices of daily goods___ through a computer can be lower than store prices.

[A] are bought [B] bought [C] been bought [D] buying

15. He did his best in everything, ___ he would not have been what he was.

[A] and [B] but [C] otherwise [D] but that

16. While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope, Newton made___ great discovery.

[A] the [B] a [C] an [D] /

17. He said he was quite satisfied __ what I did last year.

[A] with [B] to [C] on [D] at

18. There is a good reason to doubt that public school science has much influence ___ economic productivity.

[A] in [B] on [C] to [D] towards

19. According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night ____ from acceptable to excellent.

[A] varied [B] swept; [C] averaged; [D] declined

20. Jane ____ her sister; she’s always cheerful.

[A] takes for [B] takes in [C] takes after [D] takes on

21. After discussing the matter with the bank manager, Peter ____ received his loan.

[A] instantly [B] instinctively [C] casually [D] unexpectedly

22. No matter what high positions one may hold, he or she should guard against____.

[A] arrogance [B] artifact [C] archives [D] ascertains

23. Some journalist had written a(n) ____ about him in which some of the facts were untrue.

[A] outlook [B] profile [C] appearance [D] performance

24. The manager came over and asked the customer how___.

[A] did the quarrel came about [B] the quarrel had come about

[C] had the quarrel come about [D] had the quarrel come about

25. The lawyer thought that piece of evidence was ____ early in the investigation, but it turned out to be vital in convicting the criminal.

[A] satisfactory [B] insignificant [C] unalterable [D] important

26. Is___ true that the famous scientist will give us a lecture next week?

[A] that [B] it [C] his [D] he

27. Obviously___ doing morning exercises every day does us good.

[A] that [B] if [C] what [D] why

28. She believes in the principle__ to love is to give, not to take.

[A] how [B] which [C] that [D] what

29. The tests have brought an innovation ___ makes teenagers cringe.

[A] that [B] where

[C] why [D] it

30. Xiaoming is the best player in our school___.

[A] as everyone knows [B] it is well known that

[C] which is known [D] as our teacher told

II. Cloze (1 point for each, altogether 20 points)

Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Write your answers on the answer sheet.

While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a 31 house. One 32 my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was 33 the window. I suddenly 34 that he was turning very pale. I sat 35, for I did not want to 36 my sick sister. Soon father said in a 37 voice, "Kate and Joan, a friend of mine 38 here to see me this evening, and I wish to be 39 him. Will you go up to your own room " We 40, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a 41 like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying 42 the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was 43 near,I seized the pistol (手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, "For God's sake(快!), child, 44 the door." I did so. To my horror(恐怖), I saw, 45 my father's shoulder, a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in 46 . He was 47 my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with 48 loud cry. Father took the 49 smoking pistol from my hand , and fired another shot, which 50 the gorilla.

It happened that father had sent us upstairs because he thought he would be able to locked the door—which was twenty feet away— before the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too quick for him; and this was the cause of the hurried flight(逃跑) up the stairs.

31.[A] two-storeyed [B] two storeyed [C] two-storeys [D] two storeys

32.[A] o'clock [B] night [C] evening [D] time

33.[A]towards [B] opposite [C] inside [D] behind

34.[A] knew [B] learned [C] felt [D] noticed

35.[A] still [B] lonely [C] sadly [D] unhappily

36.[A] hurt [B] frighten [C] lose [D] trouble

37.[A] loud [B] sad [C] calm [D] pleasant

38.[A] was [B] comes [C] would be [D] is coming

39.[A] friendly to [B] alone with [C] helpful to [D] careful with

40.[A] promised [B] trembled [C] obeyed [D] replied

41.[A] sound [B] cry [C] voice [D] shout

42.[A] to [B] down [C] through [D] up

43.[A]difficulty [B] a thief [C] some danger [D] an accident

44.[A] open [B] close [C] pull [D] draw

45.[A] on [B] above [C] over [D] from

46.[A] America [B] Africa [C] South Asia [D] Europe

47.[A] aiming at [B]marching towards [C] shooting at [D] running after

48.[A]exciting [B] a calm [C] an angry [D] a natural

49.[A] still [B] yet [C] even [D] already

50.[A] hit [B] murdered [C] frightened [D] killed

III. Reading Comprehension. (2 points for each, altogether 30 points) Directions: There are 4 passages followed by questions. Beneath each question there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the right answer for each question. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Passage 1

V ery old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their values—this can’t be repeated too often—are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering(干涉) with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.

Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance(机械维修，保养) as it gets older. Y ou can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results will be. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by seeking the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? Y ou can’t ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while there’s life, there’s hope.

When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.

51. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The values are different between the old and the young.

B. The moral problems raised by old people.

C. The personal freedom for the old.

D. Old people’s viewpoint on life.

52. We can know from the first paragraph that________.

A. V ery old people would like to live alone to have more personal freedom.

B. V ery old people are able to keep their room clean.

C. V ery old people like to live with their children.

D. Social services have nothing to do with very old people.

53. According to the author, which of the following is right?

A. The older a person, the more care he needs.

B. Too much emphasis has been put on old people’s values.

C. The human body can’t be compared to a car.

D. It is easy to provide spare parts for old people.

54. The unde rlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “________”.

A. their money or their health

B. the conclusion you come to

C. your talk to the old people

D. whether age is happy or unpleasant

Passage 2

Today, ultrasonic(超声的) waves are being put to work in laboratories and factories. If an ultrasound generator is placed in a liquid, the waves move the liquid back and forth hundreds of thousands of times each second. This causes materials to mix quickly or to dissolve(使分解，使溶解) in liquids. Paint manufacturers(制造商) use ultrasound to do a better job of blending colors. The companies that make film for your camera find that mixing chemicals by the use of sound waves will produce a more sensitive film.

The new lightweight(轻量的) type of washing machine uses ultrasonic waves to get clothes clean. Its special ultrasound generator is put into a pail of soapy water containing the soiled c lothes. The sound waves drive the soapy water back and forth through the cloth so fast that everything is soon clean. There is also a new kind of dishwasher that works in much the same way.

Ultrasonic waves can shake a liquid so fast that tiny holes form all through it. The liquid is actually torn apart by this action. Almost as soon as these holes are made, they fall together again. The result is a powerful pounding action. In the dairy industry this is used for the double purpose of making homogenized(使均匀，使匀质) milk and sterilizing(使无菌) it at

the same time. If you look at some raw milk with a microscope, you find that it is made up of little drops of butter fat floating around in a watery liquid. In order to make milk easier to digest, these fat droplets(微粒) may be broken up by forcing the milk through very small openings. The result is called homogenized milk. When the ultrasonic method is used, the sound waves not only break up the droplets but also kill the germs in the milk by pounding them to pieces.

55. Why does a paint manufacturer use ultrasound to do a better job of blending colors?

A. Because it is cheap to use ultrasound to blend colors.

B. Because the waves move the liquid so quickly that it can make materials mix quickly or dissolve in liquids.

C. Because they can mix chemicals by the use of sound waves.

D. Because the waves can clean the paint.

56. What properties does ultrasound wave have?

A. Homogenizes and sterilizes the milk.

B. Mix materials and break droplets.

C. Kill germs and sterilize milk.

D. Move liquids quickly.

57. What exists in the raw milk?

A. Little drops of butter fat.

B. Small holes.

C. Fat droplets and germs.

D. Chemicals.

58. Where is ultrasound wave not used?

A. In the paint manufacture.

B. In the shop mixing bread flour.

C. In the film-making company.

D. In the dairy industry.

Passage 3

“The first and best of vict ories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses(冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral(道德) freedom.

A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness(狂怒) makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says

Pythagoras, “brings with folly and ends with regret.” Y ou must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him. Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

59. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The importance of self- control.

B. How to conquer oneself?

C. The relation betwee n a man’s moral freedom and his feelings.

D. A man should keep cool.

60. What’s the meaning of “whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad”?

A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you.

B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you first.

C. If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.

D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.

61. Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?

A. The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself.

B. Y ou will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.

C. Y ou must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.

D. Anger brings with folly and ends with regret.

62. Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?

A. Be calm in arguing.

B. Check your temper or anger by speaking low.

C. Keep your mouth shut.

D. Try to make the other angry first.

Passage 4

I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility (责任) of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive (董事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection.

A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call — Warner Brothers wanted to sign

me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.

63. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook?

A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.

B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.

C. Because he often sang while cooking.

D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.

64. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful?

A. Warner Brothers.

B. His manager.

C. His father.

D. A businesswoman.

65. What made the writer proud of himself?

A. His ability to live independently.

B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.

C. His courage in the face of rejections.

D. His hard work in his early days.

IV. Matching. (2 points for each, altogether 10 points)

Directions: Find the right word from the choices marked a and b to match the explanation. Write your answers on the blanks below.

66. a moral or legal duty to do sth

a. obligation;

b. obtain

67. a plan or scheme proposed

a. proposal;

b. proposition

68. a repeated part of a performance

a. encore;

b. ensure

69.think about or ponder quietly

a.muscle;

b.muse

70. (generally small)passage taken from a book, film etc.

a. extract;

b. exact

V. Translation. (1 point for each, altogether 10 points)

Directions:Translate the following sentences into English. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

71．名人在接受广告时，要慎之又慎。

72．商人不遵守合同。

73．图书管理员要求学生看完杂志后放回原处。

74．中国是一个潜力巨大的新兴市场，西方国家技术先进，资金雄厚，两者经济上具有很强的互补性。

75．中国与西方国家的合作是互利的。

76．伴随教育过程中对待男女生的不同态度首先开始于家庭。

77．不引发危机的策略的胜算相当高。

78．交通法规的目的是为大家提供安全保护。

79．乐观的职员比悲观的职员卖出很多保险。

80．脸上的皱纹显示出她内心的压抑，甚至透露着些许坚强。