最新中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解(J2)英语
中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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56．The place where the boy was hiding smelt terrible because it .
A．was too wet there B．was used as a barn
C．was dirtied by animals D．was just under the garage 57．Which of the following correctly shows the boy’s emotional changes when he was under the porch?
A．Happy – excited – nervous. B．Regretted – happy – anxious.
C．Excited – nervous – disappointed. D．Happy – nervous – regretted.
58．By saying “a kid pulls the wool over people’s eyes”, what does the writer mean?
A．Children can lose others’ trust if they often lie.
B．Children can tell a lie that others believe to be true.
C．Children can be easily fooled by adults.
D．Children are good at telling lies.
59．The story is most probably written by .
A．a teenager B．a naughty boy child
C．a young adult D．a middle – aged man
B
The Booking Notes of the Play "the Age of Innocence"
Price: $10
DICOUNTS:
Saver: $ 2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.
Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.
Standby: best available seats are on sale for $ 6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible (suitable)for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.
Group Bookings: there is a ten per cent discount for parties of twelve or more.
School: school parties of ten or more can book $ 6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.
Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
60. If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT
A. go to the Box Office on Sundays.
B. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card.
C. use the Internet.
D. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office.
61. According to the notes, who can get $ 2 off?.
A. The people who book the tickets on Fridays.
B. An 18-year-old teenager.
C. A 55-year-old woman.
D. A 20-year-old full-time college student.
62. If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?
A. $120
B. $126
C. $140
D. $150
C
The 115-year-old prestigious Oxford Dictionary will now include popular new Chinese terms like “shanzhai” “youtiao” and “fangnu”, as part of the modern Chinese language．As China plays a more and more important role in the world economy, the Chinese language is forever evolving, attracting more attention from people who want to understand this ancient yet vibrant（充满生气的）language．
For instance, the word “shanzhai” is used to describe the countless knockoffs（名牌仿制品）of iPhones or designer bags imprinted with Louis Vuitton logos．
Another new term in the new edition is the word “fangnu”, or a “mortgage （按揭）slave”—a term used to describe the phenomenon in large cities whereby well-educated youth complain of a miserable existence due to the heavy burden of a home mortgage．
All these new or often fashionable terms can be found in the new Oxford English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary that was unveiled(被揭去面罩) in the recently concluded Beijing International Book Fair last week．
The dictionary now is available for retail sales since the beginning of this month．This dictionary is the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary and contains 670,000 words and phrases after five years of preparation．Sixty editors from the Oxford University Press and its partner in China—the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press—worked together on the project．According to Julie Kleeman, the dictionary’s chief editor, most of the firm’s editors were Chinese, while about one four th were native-English speakers．“We don’t want to make it florid（绚丽的）, we want it to be modern and conversational．．．many of the words in the present dictionary are no longer in use,” said Kleeman．“The need for studying Chinese by foreigners today is total ly different from decades ago．．．Precise, native and practical—that is our core advantage,” she said．
Kleeman said newer publications updates will be available only for the online version as language often changes too quickly for book versions to keep pace．The online version will also offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guide．The online version, allowing access via different platforms from the PC to the iPad, will be ready “as soon as possible”, Kleeman said．63．According to Kleeman, one of the features that make Oxford Dictionary from other ones is that ________．
A．it has a long history of 115 years
B．it includes ancient but vibrant language
C．it is the largest English dictionary ever published
D．it offers native, precise and practical language
64．According to the above passage, we learn that ________．
A．well-educated youth in China’s big cities have difficulty buying houses
B．the Oxford University Press made the dictionary without outside aid
C．most Chinese editors are also native speakers of English
D．knockoffs can be found in China but not very often
65．The possible reason why newer publications updates are not available for book versions is that ________．
A．the computer network is available everywhere
B．book versions can’t keep up with the ch anges of language
C．book versions can’t offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guide
D．computer technology like the PC and the iPad keeps pace with language
66．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．The latest Oxford English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary is on the market．
B．New Chinese terms like “shanzhai” and “fangnu” have got into Oxford Dictionary．
C．Oxford Dictionary has become more fashionable due to the Chinese language．
D．Beijing International Book Fair was where the new Oxford Dictionary was published．
D
Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global
experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos，a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. During the experiment，Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said：“They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms, overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected. ”
During their 24-hour test，three of the experiment’s participants were followed around by a BBC reporter plus cameraman. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline，but of course，they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.
Elliot Day wrote：“Today,my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers. ”
From Caroline Scott，we read：“I didn’t expect it，but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to，but It’s not something l would like to do again！”
And Charlotte Gay wrote：“I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile; not only is it a social device，it’s my main access point of communication. ”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
67. What can we learn about the volunteers?
A. Volunteers didn’t write down about their day offline.
B. V olunteers weren’t allowed to use any media for 24 hours.
C. Volunteers were followed around by Dr Roman Gerodimos.
D. Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment.
68. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the participants’ feelings？
A. Anxious.
B. Lonely
C. Disconnected.
D. Despaired.
69. Which of the following is true of Caroline Scott？
A. The media ban affected his temperature.
B. His work went on smoothly without the media.
C. His work was carried on hard without the media.
D. His life was empty without the radio or newspapers.
70. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. People should use the media devices reasonably.
B. People can easily survive the media devices addict.
C. People can spend more time sleeping in the future.
D. People spend about half the time using the media devices.
第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Expressions about water are almost as common as water. 71
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom o f extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble. 72 A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.
73 A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.
Another common expression, “to hold water”, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. 74
“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. 75 For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.
A. It means disliking an idea.
B. You are in a difficult situation.
C. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police.
D. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and not worth debating.
E. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.
F. A man who has long been jobless will find it hard to make both ends meet.
G. “To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt.