《大学英语》模拟试题(2)
大学英语考试:2022成人学士学位英语真题模拟及答案(2)

大学英语考试:2022成人学士学位英语真题模拟及答案(2)1、A new house _____ at the corner of the road.(单选题)A. is buildingB. is being builtC. been builtD. be building试题答案:B2、_____(单选题)A. asB. likeC. thanD. then试题答案:C3、_____(单选题)A. generationB. ageC. decadeD. era试题答案:C4、I will give you a clear idea of the market conditions in the region as soon as possible.(单选题)A. 我会尽快让你们清楚地了解该地区的市场情况。
B. 我将尽可能设法弄清楚该地区的市场销售情况。
C. 我将尽可能对该地区市场状况提出明确的想法。
试题答案:A5、English people _____.(单选题)A. have never discussed who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatistB. never discuss the world’s greatest poets and dramatistC. are sure who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatistD. do not care who is the world’s greatest poet and greatest dramatist试题答案:C6、We had every reason to believe that _____ 2010 World Expo in Shanghai would be _____ success.(单选题)A. /; aB. the; /C. the; aD. a; a试题答案:C7、_____(单选题)A. affectB. effectC. resultD. influence试题答案:B8、_____(单选题)A. retainC. replaceD. reduce试题答案:D9、It worried her a bit _____ her hair was turning grey.(单选题)A. whileB. thatC. ifD. for试题答案:B10、_____(单选题)A. SinceB. WhileC. AlthoughD. Unless试题答案:A11、_____(单选题)A. dissatisfyingB. delightingC. pleasingD. discouraging试题答案:A12、_____(单选题)A. madeC. explainedD. talked试题答案:B13、It is often said that _____ teachers have _____ very easy life.(单选题)A. 不填; 不填B. 不填; aC. the; 不填D. the; a试题答案:B14、According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?(单选题)A. Food.B. Chocolate.C. PotatoD. Coffee.试题答案:A15、The patient was fully _____ during the operation.(单选题)A. liberalB. sensibleC. awareD. conscious试题答案:D16、Mother told Rose to buy some sugar in the supermarket and _____.(单选题)A. she did soB. so she didC. so did sheD. she did such试题答案:A17、It is _____ he is determined.(单选题)A. buying a new car thatB. to buy a new car thatC. to buy a new car whatD. buying a new car which试题答案:B18、Peter could hardly catch what I said, _____ he?(单选题)A. couldB. couldn’tC. didD. didn’t试题答案:A19、When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun _____.(单选题)A. shoneB. shinesC. has shoneD. was shining试题答案:D20、Newly-born babies _____ in hospital.(单选题)A. are taken good careB. are taken good care ofC. take good care ofD. take good care试题答案:B21、_____(单选题)A. suppliersB. supportersC. sponsorsD. providers试题答案:A22、—Shall we go skating or stay at home?—Which _____ do yourself?(单选题)A. do you ratherB. would you ratherC. will you ratherD. should you rather试题答案:B23、_____(单选题)A. sameB. kindC. exampleD. opposite试题答案:D24、Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive?(单选题)A. Because they are easy to steal.B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.C. Because they are not easy to carry around.D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.试题答案:C25、_____(单选题)A. in front ofB. ofC. withD. for试题答案:C26、—That car must have cost a lot of money.—Oh, no, _____.(单选题)A. it mustn’tB. it hasn’tC. it doesn’tD. it didn’t试题答案:D27、_____(单选题)A. littleB. strongC. coldD. frequent试题答案:A28、—The water changes into thick ice covering rivers and lakes in winter in Harbin.—_____ in Urumqi and children go skating on it then.(单选题)A. So is itB. So it doesC. So it isD. So does it试题答案:D29、_____(单选题)A. designedB. requiredC. refusedD. reported试题答案:A30、_____(单选题)A. whoseB. whoC. who’sD. which试题答案:B31、(单选题)A. AB. BC. CD. D试题答案:D32、_____(单选题)A. EstimatesB. StatisticsC. FiguresD. Records试题答案:A33、_____(单选题)A. droppedB. castC. washedD. left试题答案:A34、_____(单选题)A. playingB. practiceC. outside activitiesD. group discussions试题答案:D35、You’re better _____ from work tomorrow.(单选题)A. not be absentB. not to absentC. not to be absentD. not absenting试题答案:A36、Those who want to attend lectures by Art Makes Good Business speakers must _____.(单选题)A. make a bookingB. pay additional feesC. understand modern artD. be successful managers试题答案:A37、Three days later, word came _____ our country had sent up another man-made satellite.(单选题)A. whenB. whichC. thatD. where试题答案:C38、It was _____ it raised many difficult questions that the book took a long time to come out.(单选题)A. sinceB. becauseC. afterD. when试题答案:B39、How dirty the tables are! They need _____.(单选题)A. to cleanB. cleanC. cleaningD. cleaned试题答案:C40、It was not until she arrived in class _____ realized she had forgotten her book.(单选题)A. and sheB. whenC. sheD. that she试题答案:D41、Something must have happened on their way. Or they _____ by now.(单选题)A. should have arrivedB. should arriveC. would have arrivedD. would arrive试题答案:A42、Although the lecture had already been on for five minutes, I still was not able to find a chair _____.(单选题)A. to sitB. for to sit onC. to sit onD. for sitting试题答案:C43、_____(单选题)A. sinceB. beforeC. agoD. after试题答案:C44、We must have an engineer _____ the workers build the house.(单选题)A. to seeB. seeC. seeingD. seen试题答案:B45、It was with great joy _____ he received the news that his long lost son would soon return home.(单选题)A. howB. becauseC. asD. that试题答案:D46、We cannot imagine what our world _____ like without electric power.(单选题)A. isB. will beC. would beD. were试题答案:C47、Something must have happened on their way. Or they _____ by now.(单选题)A. should have arrivedB. should arriveC. would have arrivedD. would arrive试题答案:A48、English _____ in Australia.(单选题)A. speaksB. are spokenC. is speakingD. is spoken试题答案:D49、He was one of the boys who _____ late for class.(单选题)A. areB. isC. wereD. was试题答案:C50、The linguists’ main interest had been to _____ and describe languages.(单选题)A. analyzeB. expressC. commandD. comment试题答案:A51、She was _____ at your saying that.(单选题)A. interestedB. troubledC. annoyedD. anxious试题答案:C52、_____(单选题)A. reformedB. echoedC. repeatedD. respected试题答案:B53、_____(单选题)A. excitingB. disappointingC. surprisingD. frightening试题答案:A54、What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?(单选题)A. They help him make money.B. They give him wood and other products.C. They help him prevent droughts and floods.D. They give him shade.试题答案:C55、_____(单选题)A. involvementB. assignmentC. replacementD. settlement试题答案:A56、What does the author tell us in this passage?(单选题)A. How trees help prevent droughts and floods.B. The relationship between trees and man.C. How an empire fell to pieces in ancient times.D. A story of trees.试题答案:B57、_____(单选题)A. accuracyB. precisionC. exactnessD. detail试题答案:D58、_____ a reply, he decided to write again.(单选题)A. Not receivedB. Receiving notC. Not having receivedD. Having not received试题答案:C59、_____(单选题)A. overB. forC. afterD. beyond试题答案:A60、_____(单选题)A. builtB. buildingC. to be builtD. have built试题答案:B61、_____, a friend of Mrs. Black found the watch she had lost two days before.(单选题)A. EspeciallyB. UsuallyC. GenerallyD. Fortunately试题答案:D62、_____(单选题)A. differsC. happensD. take places试题答案:A63、In New York,average _____ in one place is less than four years.(单选题)A. inhabitantB. residenceC. accommodationD. quarters试题答案:B64、You didn’t let me drive. If we _____ in turn, you _____ so tired.(单选题)A. drove; didn’tB. drove; wouldn’t getC. were driving; wouldn’t getD. had driven; wouldn’t have got试题答案:D65、The bus was _____ the driver.(单选题)A. in charge ofB. in the charge ofC. take charge ofD. free of charge试题答案:B66、_____(单选题)B. understandC. realizeD. perceive试题答案:A67、_____(单选题)A. He has a lot of experience.B. He appears to be a bit too quiet.C. He is nice-looking.D. He lacks experience.试题答案:A68、According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?(单选题)A. Food.B. Chocolate.C. PotatoD. Coffee.试题答案:A69、_____(单选题)A. Why not?B. I see.C. I don’t think so.D. Go ahead.试题答案:C70、It is _____ me that he should be absent.(单选题)A. astonished atB. astonishing toC. surprised toD. surprising at试题答案:B71、_____(单选题)A. delayB. stopC. destroyD. prevent试题答案:D72、_____(单选题)A. overB. atC. withD. for试题答案:C73、_____(单选题)A. refuseB. prohibitC. preventD. avoid试题答案:D74、_____(单选题)A. farB. fartherC. longD. distant试题答案:C75、_____(单选题)A. addressesB. namesC. experiencesD. photos试题答案:A76、It was in that small room _____ they worked hard and dreamed of better days to come.(单选题)A. whereB. in whichC. whichD. that试题答案:D77、I lost your address, otherwise I _____ you long before.(单选题)A. had visitedB. have visitedC. would have visitedD. should visit试题答案:C78、I received his mother’s telephone call at eleven. _____ that he was badly hurt in an accident yesterday.(单选题)A. Then did I knowB. Only then I knewC. Only then did I knowD. Only then knew I试题答案:C79、Anything that is _____ must be attended to immediately.(单选题)A. criticalB. essentialC. urgentD. immense试题答案:C80、Please _____ me whether I should accept the offer.(单选题)A. adviseB. suggestC. proposeD. direct试题答案:A81、This out-of-date teaching method _____.(单选题)A. must do away withB. must have done away withC. must being done away withD. must be done away with试题答案:D82、Breaking Mary’s doll was purely _____. John didn’t mean to do it.(单选题)A. incidentalB. accidentalC. occasionD. opportunity试题答案:B83、You are _____ to decide for yourself.(单选题)A. old enoughB. as old enoughC. enough oldD. enough old as试题答案:A84、I am sure _____ he said is true.(单选题)A. thatB. about thatC. of thatD. that what试题答案:D85、_____(单选题)A. coupleB. ladiesC. menD. women试题答案:A86、The chairman requested that _____.(单选题)A. the members studied the problem more carefullyB. the problems were more carefully studiedC. the problems could be studied with more careD. the members study the problem more carefully试题答案:D87、When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _____.(单选题)A. breaksB. has brokenC. were brokenD. had been broken试题答案:C88、The central idea of this passage is _____.(单选题)A. man’s mental abilities change from season to seasonB. man’s intelligence varies from place to placeC. man should take long vacation in summerD. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place试题答案:A89、(单选题)A. AB. BC. CD. D试题答案:B90、A person _____ is more likely to become a genius.(单选题)A. whose parents are cleverB. often thinking about difficult problemsC. often helped by his parents and teachersD. born with a good brain and putting it to active use试题答案:D91、Where were shells used as money in history?(单选题)A. In the Philippines.B. In China.C. In Africa.D. We don’t know.试题答案:D92、According to the context we can guess that a genius is _____ while an idiot is _____.(单选题)A. a normal person ... a funny personB. a strong person ... a weak personC. a highly intelligent person ... a foolish or weak-minded personD. a famous person ... an ordinary person试题答案:C93、If you read this book, you will have a better _____ of the causes of trouble.(单选题)A. understandingB. learningC. knowledgeD. explanation试题答案:C94、_____(单选题)A. asB. likeC. thanD. then试题答案:C95、_____(单选题)A. namesB. linesC. stepsD. edges试题答案:D96、_____(单选题)A. UntilB. AfterC. Unless试题答案:D97、_____(单选题)A. onlyB. occasionallyC. oftenD. never试题答案:A98、Is this museum _____ some German friends visited last Wednesday?(单选题)A. thatB. whereC. in whichD. the one试题答案:D99、_____ people found out the behavior of electricity.(单选题)A. Through experiment thatB. Through experiment it wasC. It was through that experimentD. It was through experiment that试题答案:D100、He was becoming fat, _____ bothered him very much.(单选题)A. thatB. whatD. which试题答案:D101、The Philippines _____ to the south-east of China.(单选题)A. liesB. lieC. layD. lays试题答案:A102、_____(单选题)A. cruelB. severeC. rigidD. serious试题答案:B103、There is something wrong with my TV set:I must have it _____.(单选题)A. checkingB. cheekC. to checkD. checked试题答案:D104、Why the explosion occurred was _____ the laboratory attendant had been careless.(单选题)A. forB. becauseC. sinceD. that试题答案:D105、_____(单选题)A. ManyB. AllC. NoneD. Much试题答案:D106、_____(单选题)A. difficultyB. happinessC. joyD. sorrow试题答案:D107、(单选题)A. AB. BC. CD. D试题答案:A108、I decided to stop and have lunch, _____ I was feeling quite hungry.(单选题)A. forB. moreoverC. consequentlyD. whereas试题答案:A109、His Selected Poems _____ first published in 1965.(单选题)A. wereB. wasC. has beenD. is试题答案:B110、The teacher told the children that the Chinese culture _____ one of the oldest cultures in the world.(单选题)A. isB. wasC. had beenD. has been试题答案:A111、There are different forms of energy, _____ come from the sun.(单选题)A. thatB. most of thatC. most of themD. most of which试题答案:D112、You must have stayed up late last night, _____?(单选题)A. mustn’t youB. don’t youC. didn’t youD. needn’t you试题答案:C113、The central idea of this passage is _____.(单选题)A. man’s mental abilities change from season to seasonB. man’s intelligence varies from place to placeC. man should take long vacation in summerD. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place试题答案:A114、The bus was _____ the driver.(单选题)A. in charge ofB. in the charge ofC. take charge ofD. free of charge试题答案:B115、According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?(单选题)A. Italy.B. Spain.C. Greece.D. France.116、_____(单选题)A. festivalB. eventC. occasionD. holiday试题答案:D117、—That car must have cost a lot of money.—Oh, no, _____.(单选题)A. it mustn’tB. it hasn’tC. it doesn’tD. it didn’t试题答案:D118、_____(单选题)A. childrenB. parentC. parentsD. people试题答案:C119、_____(单选题)A. dissatisfyingB. delightingC. pleasingD. discouraging120、He would have played football but he _____ time.(单选题)A. did not haveB. does not haveC. would not haveD. has no试题答案:A121、_____(单选题)A. signalsB. symbolsC. representsD. shows试题答案:A122、The author believes that _____.(单选题)A. art is useful only when it is made into a money earnerB. the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of today’s societyC. universities should not provide literature or art coursesD. the society needs both technical skills and arts试题答案:D123、According to the growth pattern of Los Angeles, homes were mainly built _____.(单选题)A. in the city centerB. along the main roadsC. around business districtsD. within the business districts试题答案:D124、_____(单选题)A. serviceB. trafficC. transportD. supplement试题答案:C125、Carl is studying _____ food science at college and hopes to open up meat processing factory of his own one day.(单选题)A. /; aB. /; theC. the; aD. the; the试题答案:A126、_____(单选题)A. slipB. puzzleC. lossD. failure试题答案:C127、You’re better _____ from work tomorrow.(单选题)A. not be absentB. not to absentC. not to be absentD. not absenting试题答案:A128、_____(单选题)A. He is interested in his work.B. He is proud of his work.C. He is tired of his work.D. He is keen on his work.试题答案:C129、_____ the rain we would have had a nice holiday.(单选题)A. But thatB. But forC. DespiteD. In spite of试题答案:B130、_____(单选题)A. her heartB. herselfC. her positionD. her husband试题答案:B131、_____(单选题)A. yetB. henceC. thusD. then试题答案:C132、The noise has to be broken down into its _____ parts for analysis.(单选题)A. elementB. componentC. opponentD. region试题答案:B133、_____(单选题)A. forB. offC. toD. in试题答案:A134、This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen _____ comfortably.(单选题)A. is wornB. wearingC. wearsD. are worn试题答案:C135、_____(单选题)A. firmB. businessC. companyD. affair试题答案:B136、You’ve already missed too many classes this term. You _____ two classes just last week.(单选题)A. missedB. would missC. had missedD. have missed试题答案:A137、I know things are hard with you, but you _____ try to get over the difficulties.(单选题)A. canB. mayC. mustD. ought试题答案:C138、A(n) _____ person is one who has much knowledge and the ability to use it well.(单选题)A. smartB. intelligentC. cleverD. wise试题答案:D139、According to this passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?(单选题)A. Many employees don’t like a conservative dress code.B. Comfortable clothes make employees more productive.C. A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees.D. All the employers in the U. S. are for casual office wear.试题答案:D140、She didn’t come to the party last Sunday. _____, she must have made the party more exciting.(单选题)A. If she cameB. Would she comeC. Had she comeD. Did she come试题答案:C141、—What did you do in the garden?—I watched my father _____ his motorbike.(单选题)A. to repairB. repairedC. repairingD. repairs试题答案:C142、We think it possible _____ the local government will be able to solve the housing problem.(单选题)A. forB. thatC. whenD. how试题答案:B143、A _____ person is one who is easily hurt or offended by things that people do or say.(单选题)A. sensitiveB. sensibleC. smartD. wise试题答案:A144、The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _____ while “dull” in the second paragraph means _____.(单选题)A. bright and splendid ... slow in thinking and understandingB. pretty and handsome ... ordinary-lookingC. great and important ... commonD. hopeful and helpful ... careless试题答案:A145、His Selected Poems _____ first published in 1965.(单选题)A. wereB. wasC. has beenD. is试题答案:B146、His decision was _____, since he could not see the action from where he was standing.(单选题)A. arbitraryB. ordinaryC. casualD. accurate试题答案:A147、_____(单选题)A. factorB. resourceC. sourceD. cause试题答案:C148、What we need in life is divided into _____ according to this article.(单选题)A. the basic necessities and luxuryB. many kinds of need such as food, clothing and housesC. four groups, namely, the basic necessities, luxury, reliable income and future expenseD. the basic necessities and reliable income试题答案:A149、_____(单选题)A. factB. contrastC. additionD. consequence试题答案:B150、_____ Spring Festival is _____ most important traditional festival for Chinese people.(单选题)A. The; aB. The; theC. /; aD. /; the试题答案:B151、_____(单选题)A. interferedB. interruptedC. discouragedD. disturbed试题答案:C152、_____(单选题)A. rememberB. argueC. discussD. keep试题答案:C153、I’ll tell you _____ he told me last week.(单选题)A. all whichB. all whatC. that allD. all试题答案:D154、It _____ his father _____ made him a lawyer.(单选题)A. is; thatB. was; thatC. was; whichD. is; which试题答案:B155、We must begin testing the instrument no matter _____ difficult it is.(单选题)A. whatB. whenC. howD. however试题答案:C156、_____(单选题)A. SlowlyB. ImmediatelyC. CarefullyD. Meanwhile试题答案:B157、According to the passage, Argentina is world-famous because of its _____.(单选题)A. large number of sports fans and supportersB. successes in the football World CupC. obvious position on the mapD. excellence at most important sports试题答案:B158、_____ from the hill-top the lake scenery is beyond description.(单选题)A. To seeB. SeeingC. SeenD. Having试题答案:C159、_____(单选题)A. confusedB. awedC. stunnedD. amazed试题答案:A160、We are said to be living in _____ Information Age, _____ time of new discoveries and great changes.(单选题)A. an; theB. 不填; theC. 不填; aD. the; a试题答案:D161、_____ I shall still go outside.(单选题)A. As the sun is hotB. Hot as is the sunC. Hot as the sun isD. Though hot is the sun试题答案:C162、It’s getting rather late. It’s time we _____.(单选题)A. are goingB. wentC. goD. must go试题答案:B163、_____(单选题)A. forcingB. to makeC. waitingD. looking试题答案:B164、We all enjoy _____.(单选题)A. having only reliable incomeB. having reliable income and extra incomeC. having nothing more than food and clothingD. having nothing more than reliable income试题答案:B165、According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?(单选题)A. Polluted water.B. Crowded buses.C. Traffic jams.D. Rainy weather.试题答案:D166、It is _____ to fly an airplane at three thousand miles an hour.(单选题)A. possibleB. likelyC. maybeD. probable试题答案:A167、His new book _____ next month.(单选题)A. will be publishedB. is publishingC. is being publishedD. has been published试题答案:A168、—What _____ the population of China?—One third of population _____ workers here.(单选题)A. is; areB. are; areC. is; isD. are; is试题答案:A169、I hope you won’t mind _____ you the truth.(单选题)A. being toldB. to be tellingC. tellingD. my telling试题答案:D170、You can fly to London this afternoon _____ you don’t mind changing the plane for Paris.(单选题)A. providedB. unlessC. exceptD. so far as试题答案:A171、_____(单选题)A. madeB. doneC. explainedD. talked试题答案:B172、_____(单选题)A. atB. withC. byD. in试题答案:AA. alongB. upC. togetherD. out试题答案:C174、_____(单选题)A. roadB. wallC. fenceD. river试题答案:C175、_____(单选题)A. effectingB. affectingC. defectingD. perfecting试题答案:B176、Students should develop a good _____ towards the test.(单选题)A. viewB. opinionC. ideaD. attitude试题答案:DA. difficultyB. happinessC. joyD. sorrow试题答案:D178、Neither he nor I am a musician, _____?(单选题)A. am IB. is heC. are weD. do we试题答案:C179、You must practice speaking English _____.(单选题)A. any time possibleB. when necessaryC. whenever possiblyD. whenever possible试题答案:D180、_____(单选题)A. reservedB. hard-workingC. politeD. frank试题答案:D181、It is _____ to fly an airplane at three thousand miles an hour.(单选题)A. possibleB. likelyC. maybeD. probable试题答案:A182、_____(单选题)A. commonB. uncommonC. interestingD. uninteresting试题答案:B183、You are _____ to have had the help of such a man.(单选题)A. thoughtfulB. considerateC. fortunateD. moderate试题答案:C184、_____(单选题)A. aptB. likelyC. liableD. inclined185、_____(单选题)A. overB. atC. withD. for试题答案:C186、The electric shaver _____ before it can be used.(单选题)A. needs repairingB. requires to repairC. should be in repairD. has to be repairable试题答案:A187、_____(单选题)A. desiredB. revisedC. requiredD. deserved试题答案:C188、I don’t like _____ you speak to her.(单选题)A. the wayB. the way in thatC. the way whichD. the way of which189、_____(单选题)A. presentB. instantC. recentD. immediate试题答案:C190、_____(单选题)A. investmentB. expensesC. budgetD. consumption试题答案:B191、_____(单选题)A. The salesman.B. The manager.C. Mr. Peterson.D. Mary.试题答案:C192、The chemistry class _____ for five minutes when we hurried there.(单选题)A. had been onB. was onC. has been on。
2020大学英语B级模拟试题(二)

2020大学英语B级模拟试题(二)一、交际英语1、- Mike, I am going to skate in the mountains tomorrow.- Oh, really? _________A、I am sorry.B、Thank you.C、Have a good time.D、Congratulations!参考答案:C解析:空2、- Is that seat taken?- _________A、Please don't worry.B、I don't think so.C、Why not?D、It's very nice.参考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】对方询问信息,问的是“这个座位有人吗?”,只有B向明确回答“没有”。
其它各项答非所问。
3、- Thank you for your invitation.- _________A、It doesn't matter.B、It's a pleasure.C、It's a small thing.D、I'll appreciate it.参考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】这是对赴宴就餐邀请的回答用语。
在西方,通常应答应是“It’s a pleasure”,“My pleasure” “我很荣幸”之类的回答。
4、- How much is this necklace?- _________A、It's very nice.B、It's a birthday present from my parents.C、It costs fifty pounds.D、It's a bargain.参考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】此句为购物、询价的用语。
“How much …?”问的就是钱数。
只有C向明确表示金额,“伍拾镑”。
5、- What a beautiful dress you have on today!-_________A、It is suitable for me.B、No, it isn't.C、You want to have one, too?D、Thank you.参考答案:D解析:【答案】D【解析】对别人的表扬、祝贺、称赞的应答要表示感谢。
《大学英语(四)》模拟试题2及答案

《大学英语(四)》模拟试题二第一部分:交际用语(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)此部分共有10个未完成的对话,针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项,请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并用铅笔将答案题卡上的相应字母涂黑。
示例1. 1. —— Merry Christmas!— _______.A. I hope soB. ReallyC. Thank youD. The same to you2. 2. —— Don't make faces in class.— _______.A. Sorry, I won't do it againB. Certainly, I willC. That's OKD. Excuse me, I am wrong3. 3. —— I feel sick.— _______— I'm not sure, but I have got a bad headache.A. I'm sorry to hear that.B. How are you feeling now?C. Do you have a high temperature?D. How long have you been away?4. 4. ——Hello! Can I get a seat on the 8 pm flight to Detroit?— _______.A. Hello! Interna onal AirlineB. You'd be er look up the schedule firstC. I'm sorry, but it's completely bookedD. I'm afraid you have to change5. 5. —— Paul, this is my friend, Ann.— _______A. Very well, thank you.B. How do you like the party?C. Glad to meet you, Jack.D. Glad to meet you, Ann.6. 6. —— What do you think of the movie we saw last night?— _______A. The actress is bad.B. Terrific!C. The theatre is bad.D. Nobody was there.7. 7. —— _______?— I would like to look at some shoes.A. What do you wantB. What would you like to doC. Can I help youD. Where are you going8. 8. —— How soon will your father fly to New York?— _______A. At 7.00 am.B. Last week.C. In three days.D. Twice a year.9. 9. —— You've got the first prize in the dancing contest.— ________A. You are welcome.B. Oh, really? I can't believe my ears!C. Please accept my congratula ons.D. It's very kind of you.10. —— I beg your pardon?10.— _______A. I said, "What do you think of the movie?"B. Sorry, I didn't say it clearly.C. I will repeat.D. It's my pleasure.第二部分:阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)此部分共有2篇短文,在第一篇短文后有5个正误判断题,从每题后的两个选项中选出正确答案;在第二篇短文后有5个问题。
大学英语模拟试题及答案

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Let ___fly an aero-plane.(2)()A.solitaryB.lonelyC.aloneD.loneliness标准答案:C22、The boy said to his mother in an ___ voice that she shouldn't have blamed him.(2)()A.injuryB.injuriousC.injuredD.injuring标准答案:D23、___how the splendid Maya Culture disappeared all of a sudden from the earth, it remains a mystery hard to solve.(2)()A.In turnB.As toC.Thanks toD.As a rule标准答案:B24、In the era of market economy, the concept of “Consumer First” should be ___by manufacturers.(2)()A.rejectedB.reformedC.relivedD.reinforced标准答案:D25、He's widely known more ___a poet than ___a novelist.(2)()A.for,toB.for,asC.as,forD.as,as标准答案:D26、The football match was held over until further notice ___the continual rain.(2)()A.on account ofB.thanks toC.but forD.as for标准答案:B27、The rain was heavy and ___the land was flooded.(2)()A.consistentlyB.consequentlyC.constantlyD.continuously标准答案:B28、Another issue ___the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizens.(2)()A.confiningB.confirmingC.confrontingD.contributing标准答案:C29、A window in the kitchen room was ___; there was rubbish everywhere and the clock had been stolen.(2)()A.scatteredB.smashedC.scratchedD.scraped标准答案:B30、Knowing that her son was suffering from a ___ disease, the mother cried her eyes out.(2)()A.deadlyB.dyingC.dead-likeD.deathly标准答案:A31、Some people consider it unwise to ___themselves in a quarrel between husband and wife.(2)()A.participateB.involveC.combineD.associate标准答案:B32、I have just come here to see if I can be___ to you.(2)()A.helpB.of helpC.with helpD.for help标准答案:B33、Imagine ___with someone who never stops ___practical jokes on you.(2)()A.to live, to playB.to live, playingC.living, to playD.living, playing标准答案:B34、The Old Man and the Sea and many other novels ___ Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.(2)()A.earnedB.gainedC.awardedD.claimed标准答案:A35、Those who had moved to America under the ___that America was paved with gold everywhere started to regret their decision.(2)()A.illusionB.intentionC.impressionD.concept标准答案:A36、___change your mind,please give us a call.(2)()A.Were you toB.Would youC.Could youD.Might you标准答案:A37、When ___, he denied ___ anything illegal.(2)()A.questioned, doingB.being questioned, doingC.questioning, doingD.questioning, having done标准答案:B38、See you later. Jenny. I'm glad ___ with you for six months.(2)()A.to workB.to be workingC.to have workedD.to having been working标准答案:C39、The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, her long hair___________in the breeze.(2)()A.flowedB.had flowedC.flowingD.was flowing标准答案:A40、___from the European continent, England had been in close contact with the outside world.(2)()A.Because cutting offB.While to be cut offC.Although cut itself offD.Even if cut off标准答案:D41、The actors have to ___ before they appear in front of the audience.(2)()A.cover upB.paint upC.make upD.do up标准答案:C42、Quite a lot of people watch TV only to ___time.(2)()A.passB.killC.wasteD.spend标准答案:A43、John was never particular ___ the food his wife served.(2)()A.aboutB.ofC.forD.to标准答案:A44、The designing of a satellite in the heavy environment is ___an easy job.(2)()A.by all meansB.by means ofC.by no meansD.by any means标准答案:C45、Edward is the boy ___I think scored the winning point for the basketball team.(2)()A.thatB.whatC.whomD.who标准答案:D46、It is often more difficult to find trained men than ___for scientific research.(2)()A.getting financial supportB.to get financial supportC.get financial supportD.in getting financial support标准答案:B47、John is a good student, ___his best subject.(2)()A.as EnglishB.being EnglishC.English asD.English being标准答案:D48、___great was the destruction that the South took decades to recover.(2)()A.VeryB.TooC.SoD.Such标准答案:C49、You ought not to ___him the news that day.(2)()A.tellB.be tellingC.have been toldD.have told标准答案:D50、Hot metal ___as it grows cooler.(2)()A.contractsB.reducesC.condensesD.decreases标准答案:A51、Do you have a preference ___a particular food?(2)()A.withB.atC.forD.in标准答案:C52、By now most freshmen have grown so used to university life that they have forgotten all those___ about the university they originally had.(2)()A.concernsB.worryC.dreamsD.ambition标准答案:C53、Many people want to buy it because.___. the price is reasonable; ___ , it's rather durable.(2)()A.on one side, on the other sideB.for one thing, for anotherC.on the one hand, on the other handD.in one part, in the other part标准答案:C54、The proposal ___we start doing the experiment two days earlier has been agreed upon by all.(2)()A.whichB.whatC.thatD.of which标准答案:C55、Spring ___, we may look forward to better weather.(2)()A.comesB.has comeC.to be comingD.having come标准答案:C56、The purpose of the research had a more different meaning for them than___ .(2)()A.for ours it hadB.it did for usC.with usD.with ours标准答案:B57、___from the balcony when he saw a policeman approaching him.(2)()A.Jumped down the thiefB.Down the thief jumpedC.Down jumped the thiefD.Down did the thief jump标准答案:C58、Can you see a man and his horse ___are crossing the bridge?(2)()A.whoB.whichC.thatD.all标准答案:C59、___, I cannot agree with him on the matter.(2)()精品文档A.Much as I respect himB.More as I respect himC.As I respect him muchD.As I respect him more标准答案:A60、But for your help, we ___the work as scheduled.(2)()A.could not finishB.would not have finishedC.would have finishedD.could have finished标准答案:B61、Do you know ___the population of China is?(2)()A.how manyB.how muchC.whichD.what标准答案:B62、Advertising is different from other forms of communication___the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.(2)()A.in thatB.now thatC.see thatD.whereas标准答案:A63、I know nothing about his journey ___ he is likely to be away for six months.(2)()A.exceptB.unlessC.except thatD.apart from标准答案:C64、___editor and ___publisher of this magazine is a learned man from Britain.(2)()A.An, aB.The, aC.The, theD.The, /标准答案:D65、Many a white-collar worker___to return to the easy days of university or college.(2)()A.wishesB.wishC.have wishedD.wishing标准答案:A66、Would you like him to paint it blue?I'd rather he ___it green.(2)()A.paintsB.paintedC.paintD.is painting标准答案:C67、James dressed himself up as a plumber before leaving the house lest he ___.(2)()A.was recognizedB.could be recognizedC.should be recognizedD.was being recognized标准答案:C68、He struck the girl in the face and she fell to the ground ___.(2)()A.dieB.deathC.deadD.deadly标准答案:C69、I think it quite essential that your child ___ a foreign language at school.(2)()A.must learnB.learnsC.learnedD.learn标准答案:D70、She woke up from the nightmare ___ .(2)()A.with startB.with a startC.startingD.started标准答案:B71、Is there any___in your company?(2)()A.vacancyB.desertionC.emptinessD.hollow标准答案:A72、The old man ___the boy on his knees.(2)()A.seatedB.was seatedC.satD.was sat标准答案:A73、V oices of argument were ___as the two motorists became more bad-tempered.(2)()A.increasedB.risenC.swollenD.raised标准答案:D74、Don't take him for a friend; he's ___a bully.(2)()A.everything toB.nothing butC.anything likeD.something of标准答案:D75、She was exhausted and in no___for dancing.(2)()A.emotionB.temperC.moodD.feeling标准答案:C76、During foggy weather trains are late ___ .(2)()A.and so forthB.more often than notC.or somethingD.as a matter of fact标准答案:B77、The paint is still wet___.(2)()A.Don't he sure to touch it.B.Not be sure to touch it.C.Be not sure to touch it.D.Be sure not to touch it.标准答案:D78、Who will be in charge of your team?We'll elect ___ .(2)()A.Henry as captainB.Henry captainC.captain HenryD.as captain Henry标准答案:A79、The speaker doesn't know how to ___himself across.(2)()A.makeB.runC.takeD.put标准答案:D80、It's high time you ___us the truth.(2)()A.tellB.have toldC.toldD.had told标准答案:C81、If I___to do the experiment, I would do it some other way.(2)()A.should beB.should be goingC.wasD.were标准答案:D82、I would not be home tonight___ you not___me a lift in your car.(2)()A.if, giveB.if had, givenC.had, givenD.have, given标准答案:C83、We___it without your help.(2)()A.couldn't have doneB.couldn't doC.could have doneD.could haven't done标准答案:A84、___in the crash, he won't participate in the race.(2)()A.His broken legB.His leg is brokenC.His leg having been brokenD.His leg being broken标准答案:C85、So fast ___that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.(2)()A.light travelsB.travels lightC.does light travelD.has light traveled标准答案:C86、Is this film moving?Yes, it is___.(2)()精品文档A.Rarely have I seen this before.B.Rarely before have I seen this.C.Rarely have I seen before this.D.Rarely I have seen this before.标准答案:A87、I suppose she is not serious,___ ?(2)()A.do IB.don't IC.isn't sheD.is she标准答案:C88、I can only do it for you ___I'm paid in advance.(2)()A.just asB.in thatC.now thatD.on condition that精品文档标准答案:D89、Whatever is worth ___ at all is worth ___well.(2)()A.doing, being doneB.doing, doingC.being done, doingD.being done, being done标准答案:A90、You'll see to it ___everything is ready in time.(2)()A.whatB.thatC.whetherD.how标准答案:B91、How well educated a person is ___a strong influence on his career.(2)()A.hasB.haveC.to have精品文档D.having标准答案:A92、What he wrote made no ___to me.(2)()A.meaningB.ideaC.senseD.story标准答案:C93、I bought this antique vase at a quite ___price.(2)()A.cheapB.reasonableC.expensiveD.small标准答案:B94、___change your mind, please give me a call.(2)()A.Might youB.Were youC.Should youD.Would you标准答案:C95、Hardly had they arrived at the airport ___the plane started to leave.(2)()A.thanB.thenC.untilD.when标准答案:C96、This project must be completed ___as scheduled.(2)()A.in vainB.at mostC.in advancedD.by all means标准答案:C97、___the people in the workshop, Tonny is the most skilled.(2)()A.Of allB.To allC.In allD.From all标准答案:A98、Jane cannot drive us downtown, for she has ___to take us all.(2)()A.very small a carB.too small a carC.so a small carD.such small a car标准答案:B99、When questioned, he ___doing anything illegal.(2)()A.refusedB.objectedC.deniedD.opposed标准答案:C100、The car___on the way to the station, and we had to get a taxi.(2)()A.broke downB.breaking downC.broken downD.was broken down 标准答案:C。
大学英语B模拟试题二含答案

大学英语(B) 模拟试题二第一部分:交际用语(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)此部分共有10个未完成的对话,针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项,请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳项,并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母图黑。
1. — What can I do for you?— ___________.A. One kilo of pork, pleaseB. No, you don’t have toC. ThanksD. Excuse me.I'm busy答案:[ A ] 问话是典型的商业服务用语,说明这是在商店,所以买东西是逻辑的回答。
2. — Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the super market?__ ___________.A. Don't ask thatB. Go straight and turn left on the first red lightC. No, I can't say thatD. No, you're driving too fast答案:[ B ] 问话是问路,所以回答是指路。
3. — Oh, sorry to bother you.__ ___________.A. That's OkayB. No, you can'tC. That's goodD. Oh, I don't know答案: [ A ] 对方表示道歉,回答“无所谓”,表示接受。
4. — Please help yourself to the seafood.— ___________.A. No, I can'tB. Sorry, I can't helpC. Oh, I like the crabsD. Thank you for your help答案:[ C ] help yourself to 是饭桌上让菜的用语。
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大学英语二级模拟试卷(二)Part ⅠVocabularyDirections: In each of the following sentences there is a blank space, for which four choices are provided. You are required to choose the ONE that is the most appropriate to be placed in the blank space.1.He opened the door and ________ me to come in.A. marveledB. movedC. maintainedD. motioned2.It is not what you say but what you do that ________.A. concludesB. conservesC. compelsD. counts3.Vaccination makes people ________ smallpox.A. immune toB. attached toC. left toD. bound to4.He's stopped taking drugs now, but he may ________ to taking themagain.A. resumeB. revertC. resolveD. resent5. They were all to blame; why ____him ____ for punishment?A. track…downB. set…backC. single…outD. light…up6.Profits for the first three months are 50% higher than in the ________ period oflast year.A. commandingB. compromisingC. conflictingD. corresponding7. Nearly all major cities in the U.S. are crime-ridden. A____ in point is Chicago.A. factB. caseC. incidentD. problem8. The investigation has ________ some serious faults in the system.A. revealedB. reinforcedC. releasedD. revised9. After two hours' ________ delay, our train at last arrived.A. frustratingB. impressingC. appallingD. horrifying10. They held a special party to ________ the new book.A. introduceB. displayC. launchD. memorizePart ⅡStructureDirections: Each of the following sentences is incomplete and is followed by four choices. You are required to choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.1. It's hard ________ John, having to work when the rest of us are vacationing.A. withB. forC. toD. on2. I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true ---- ________ any naturalistwould know it couldn't be.A. becauseB. thoughC. butD. except3. I don’t feel like ________ now.A. danceB. to danceC. dancingD. having danced4.Towns had sprung ________ in what had been a dry desert.A. outB. upC. overD. around5.My father was ________ close friend of Albert Einstein.A. aB. oneC. theD. one of the6. As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality________ was Einstein.A. whoB. whichC. thatD. whom7.The town had changed ________ recognition.A. withoutB. out ofC. overD. beyond8.Mrs. Smith admits to ________.A. be easily annoyedB. being easily annoyedC. have easily annoyedD. having been easily annoyed9. The sales volume of the new computers has been ________ the rise since themanager advertised them on TV.A. inB. onC. atD. of10. Paul was speeding along on his bicycle when an unexpected bump threw him________ balance and he fell over.A. offB. outC. awayD. fromPart ⅢError CorrectionDirections: Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined and marked A, B, C and D. You are to identify the one that needs correction.1.Colleges and universities across the nation have decided to do moreA Bthan talking about the rise in student cheating.C D2. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand withinA his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logicB Cand simplicity in its function.D3.I want to know just which control everyone at this table has. I willAcount three hundred - that's five minutes - and not one of you is toB Cmove a muscle.D5. A heat discussion about whether men are braver than women is settled in a ratherA B C Dunexpected way.6.They seated with their guests - officers and their wives, and a visitingA BAmerican naturalist - in their spacious dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.C D7.His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows theA Bcommotion would frighten the cobra into strike.C D8.His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history----yet EinsteinAcouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy.B C D9.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of aA B Cbowl of water and repeated dunked its head in the water.D10.Jeremy is such a careless person that he has five wallets stolen by pickpockets thisA B C Dyear.Part Ⅳ. TranslationDirections: Put the following English sentences into Chinese.1. A frustrated parent frequently has great ambitions for the child.2.It could be argued that sending men to the moon is a waste of money.3.The application laser technology in medicine reduces pain in operation.4.There are some indications that interest rates will soon fall.5.He has been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.6.Candidates who fail to meet these requirements will not be admitted to theUniversity.7.The moral of this story is that one should judge for oneself.8.The Devil tempted Christ by offering him power over all the world.9.At the sight of the police officer the thief took to his heels.10.The present housing crisis is the result of years of neglect.Part ⅤReading ComprehensionDirections: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A.B. C. and D. You should decide on the best.Passage 1.Ever since human beings have inhabited the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has beenin the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally, spelling, however, cannot.Body language transmits ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod signifies approval, while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction.Other forms nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people.While verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.1.Which of the following best summarizes this passage?A.When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.B.Everybody uses only one form of communication.C.Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.D.Although other forms of communication exist, verbalization is the fastest.2.Which of the following statements is not true?A.There are many forms of communication in existence today.B.Verbalization is the most common form of communication.C.The deaf and mute use an oral form of communication.D.Ideas and thoughts can be transmitted by body language.3.Which form other than oral speech would be most commonly used among blindpeople?A. picture signsB. BrailleC. body languageD. signal flags4.How many different forms of communication are mentioned in the passage?A. 5B. 7C. 9D. 115.Sign language is said to be very picturesque and exact and can be usedinternationally except for ________.A. spelling C. whole wordsB. ideas D. expressionsPassage 2Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one’s muscles also participate. It may be sai d that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphony concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra (交响乐) even though he knows that there is a competent conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment form music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener “feels” himself into the music with more or less pronounced motions of his body.The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way but this participation is less obvious because it is less pronounced.6.The process of thinking and that of listening are similar in that ________A.both are mental actsB.muscles participate in both processesC.both processes are performed by the entire bodyD.we derive equal enjoyment form them7.The pronounced body motions are a listener’s way of ________A.“feeling” the musicB.participating in the performanceC.deriving enjoyment from the musicD.all of the above8.Body movements are necessary in order for the listener to ________.A.hear the musicB.appreciate the musicC.enjoy the music fullypletely understand the music9.According to the passage, muscle participation in the process of thinking is________.A.deliberateB.obviousC.not really apparentD.very pronounced10.The best title for this passage is ________.A.an Ear for MusicB.Music AppreciationC.How Muscles Participate in Mental ActsD. A Psychological Definition of the Thinking ProcessPassage 3A computer is a machine designed to perform work mathematically and to store and select information that has been fed into it. It is run by either mechanical or electronic means. These machines can do a great deal of complicated work in a very short time.A large computer, for example, can add or subtract nine thousand times a second, multiply a thousand times a second, or divide five hundred times a second. Its percentage of error is about one in a billion digits. It has been estimated that human beings making calculations average about one mistake per two hundred digits.The heart of an electronic computer lies in its vacuum tubes, or transistors. Its electronic circuits work a thousand times faster than the nerve cells in the human brain. A problem that might take a human being two years to solve can be solved by a computer in one minute, but in order to work properly, a computer must be given instructions—it must be programmedComputers can be designed for many specialized purposes—they can be used to prepare payrolls (工资单), guide airplane flights, direct traffic, even to play chess. Computers play an essential role in modern automation in many plants and factories throughout the world.puters are valuable to industry because they ________.A.perform rapidlyB.detect errors in human calculations quicklyC.can solve all mathematical problemsD.eliminate mathematical errors from calculations12.The speed with which an electronic computer works depends on its ________.A.electronic circuitsB.vacuum tubes, or transistorsC.programmerD.instructions13.The passage says that computers play an essential role in ________.A.automation processesB.mathematical computationsC.traffic controlD.the development of mathematical theory14.The use of computers for specialized purposes depends on the ________.A.design of the computerB.power used to operate the computerC.difficulty of the mathematical calculations involvedD.the ability of the programmer15.The passage implies that human beings differ from computers in that they________.A.make fewer errorsB.do not have to be programmedC.work more quicklyD.understand their instructionsPassage 4In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and provided food and clothing for him and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters who were springing up everywhere. It was then that the questions of payment arose.At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an ax or a plough. But as more and more goods which had not fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money. In some countries, easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new ax by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.16.Why were early men content with simple life?A.They did not have money.B.They had no better tools than their rough ones.C.They could provide food and clothing and simple shelter for themselves.D.They had been civilized.17.As men became more civilized they ________.A.all learnt to make what they wanted themselvesB.had to travel a lot to look for what they wantedC.got things from other people who knew how to make them betterD.found everything more expensive18.The simple process of exchange _________.A.only made things more complicatedB.was not at all satisfactoryC.could not easily fix exchange valueD.provided everyone with everything he needed19.The phrase “by degrees” means _________.A.naturallyB.slowlyC.step by stepD.quickly20.Money was not use until ________.A.an urgent need for it was feltB. a simple process of exchange came to be practicedC.nothing could be offered in exchangeD.the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated。
大学英语1级模拟试题(二)
《大学英语》1级模拟试题(二)Part I Vocabulary and Structure1. The palm tree is an essential source of food and ____for people living in the tropics.A) built materials B) to build materialsC) material buildings D) building materials2. He ____ all his holiday doing part-time jobs at the restaurant.A) spent B) gave C) took D) served3. The name of the novel is on the ____of my tongue.A) tip B) top C) edge D) bottom4. Unlike automobiles, ____use a four-stroke engine, motorcyclists use a two-stroke engine.A) those B) that C) this D) which5. During the bleak winter, food became ___scarce that starvation and the famine were widespread.A) such B) as C) too D) so6. Physicians from all parts of the world meet yearly in Hiroshima to ___a conference on atomic war threats.A) present B) attend C) participate D) go7. His speech was so interesting that it was constantly ____ by applause.A) interfered B) interrupted C) troubled D) disturbed8. It is only through practice ____ one will be able to swim skillfully.A) what B) that C) who D) which9. To be honest, I don't like ____.A) making fun of B) being made fun ofC) to make fun of D) having made fun of10. Don't worry, I have already ____them ____ the decision.A) informed...with B) informed...ofC) informed...for D) informed...that11. People who pride themselves on needing little sleep requirements may imagine themselves more efficient than others, but in fact they often prove to be ____.A) low efficiency B) low efficient C) efficient D) less12. The brain is capable of ignoring pain messages if ____ to concentrate on other activities.A) it allowed B) allowed C) is it allowed D) allowed it13. The child was sorry ____ his mother when he arrived at the station.A) to miss B) having missed C) missing D) to have missed14. The answer is not, as ____ happens, very precise.A) that B) which C) this D) it15. Much to my surprise, they went away without telling us their ____address.A) forever B) everlasting C) permanent D) eternal16. Until then, his family __ from him for six months.A) didn't hear B) hasn't been hearingC) hasn't heard D) hadn't heard17. The conference __ a full week by the time it ends.A) must have lasted B) will have lasted C) would last D) has lasted18. Students or teachers can participate in excursions to lovely beaches around the island at regular__.A) gaps B) rate C) length D) intervals19. There's a msn at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means __ trouble.A) making B) to make C) to have made D) having made20. After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well as boys__ to go to school.A) to be encouraged B) been encouragedC) being encouraged D) be encouragedPart II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 15 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.Passage oneRites of PassageSuddenly there come times when everything is different —you’re somehowanother personSeveral years ago my parents, my wife, my son, and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard. After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the bill in the middle of the table. That’s when it happened: my father did not reach for the bill.Conversation continued. Finally it dawned on me. I was supposed to pick up the bill! After hundreds of restaurant meal with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one who had the money, it had all changed. I reached for the check, and my view of myself was suddenly altered. I was an adult.Some people mark off their lives in years; I measure mine in small events —in rites of passage. I did not become a young man at a particular age, like 13, but rather when a kid walked into the store where I worked and called me “mister”. He repeated it several times, looking straight at me. The realization hit like a punch: Me! I was suddenly a mister.There have been other milestones. The cops of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was. Then one day they were suddenly neither. In fact, some were kids —short kids at that. The day came when I suddenly realized that all the football player in the game I was watching were younger than I was. They were just big kids. With that milestone went the dream that someday, maybe, I too could be a football player. Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it.I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the television set as my father did. Now it’s what I do best. I never thought that I would go to t he beach and notswim. Yet I spent all of August at the seaside and never once went into the ocean. I never thought that I would like opera, but now the sadness and combination of voice and orchestra appeal to me. I never thought that I would prefer to stay home evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties. I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I found myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject. I long for a religious conviction that I never th ought I’d want, and in arguments with my son, I repeat what my father used to say to me. I still lose.One day I bought a house. One day —what a day! — I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the bill for my own father. I thought then it was a rite of passage for me. But one day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him too. Another milestone.1.When the young man picked up the bill and paid it, ____.A)he felt that his father should have paid itB)he was glad to have the chance pay the bill for onceC)he realized he was now an adultD)his father said he would pay it as he usually did so2.The man marked off his life not by the passing years but by _____.A)comparing himself with other peopleB)certain meaningful eventsC)counting the milestones of his lifeD)recalling events of the past3.When the writer was young, _____.A) he looked forward to the day when he would be like his fatherB)it seemed to him that the policeman were big and tallC)he felt bird watching was an interesting hobbyD)he couldn’t understand why his father fell asleep while watching TV4.Why didn’t the writer go swimming while he was at the beach in August?A)Because he liked going to the opera.B)Because he preferred to watch birds.C)Because he was not young anymore.D)Because he did not know how to swim.5.When the writer argued with his son, ____.A)he used the same reasons as his father didB)he always succeeded in winning the argumentsC)he sometimes managed to persuade his son to agree with himD)he seldom succeeded in winningPassage twoThe verb procrastinate comes from the Latin procrastinate, which means to postpone until tomorrow. To procrastinate, then, is to delay doing something until some future time, and a procrastinator is someone who is always putting off what he or she should be doing right now.Those of us who have a tendency toward procrastination know that it is a terrible habit. Every day we tell ourselves that we must start doing things immediately, andeach day we postpone our work, are late for deadlines, and put off keeping our promises to other people. Because we are always in the process of procrastinating, we are also always trying to catch up. We are always doing yesterday's jobs today, and tomorrow we will be doing today's unfinished work.Maybe the way to overcome procrastination is to change our habits gradually. We can start with a daily schedule of the things we want or need to accomplish. But let's be reasonable. We shouldn't crowd the list with too many tasks, and we should be realistic about what we can do. Especially in the beginning we should be lenient(宽大的, 仁慈的) with ourselves. After all, if we get discouraged at the start, we will go right back to our old habits.Finally, if we begin to follow our own schedule for each day, we will stop postponing the chores that face us. Life will become far less complicated and each day will be easier to face. We will undoubtedly feel better about ourselves, too, because we will know that we can overcome our weaknesses and improve ourselves.1. The first paragraph tells us _____ of the word procrastinate.A) the originB) the meaningC) the historyD) both A and B2. A procrastinator is a person who always postpones ___work.A) importantB) unimportantC) important or unimportantD) uninteresting3. The first step suggested by the author to change the habit of procrastinating is ___.A) not to fill our plans with too many tasksB) to make a plan for everyday activitiesC) to list as many tasks as possibleD) not to be reasonable with our plan4. Procrastinators do not live a happy life, because___.A) life is complicated and uneasy for them to faceB) they can't choose what to doC) things often become more difficult the next dayD) they will lose interest in doing things5. The author of the passage tries to tell us ___.A) that to be a procrastinator is not easyB) to be procrastinatorsC) that to be a procrastinator is bad for oneselfD) that being a procrastinator is good for othersPassage threeA good reader is one who can read beyond the lines, seeing ideas implied through the words, and one who can bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested, thus obtaining much more information. Let's look at the following sentence:JOHN HENDERSON WAS DRIVING HOME LATE LAST NIGHT FROM AN EXHAUSTING BUSINESS TRIP.As you might have realized, this is the opening sentence of a story. It tells the reader whom the story is about -- John Henderson, and when the event takes place -- late one night, if we read carefully and thoughtfully we can also infer from this sentence that1. John Henderson may be a businessman because he has just finished a "business trip"2. John Henderson must be very tired because the trip is "exhausting"3. John Henderson must be very eager to get home because he is driving "late" at night right after this exhausting trip.Making inferences while reading will always help us achieve a better comprehension. But we should keep in mind that inferences must be made with care and supported by evidence. In order to make reasonable inferences we should1. read and think beyond the primed words;2. analyze the information given in the text;3. determine the author's reason for his choice of words.1. According to the author, a good reader___.A) can read between the linesB) should have a large vocabularyC) knows enough grammar rulesD) must have a good knowledge of the author2. From the quoted sentence, you know John Henderson was most likely___.A) a sellerB) a man on businessC) a driverD) a traveler3. From the quoted sentence, you know John Henderson had a ___.A) tired tripB) bored tripC) boring tripD) tiring trip4. When the author asks us to make inferences while reading, he intends to say___.A) make guessesB) have imaginationsC) do translationsD) reach conclusions5. The best topic of the passage is ____.A) Reading SkillsB) Try to Be a Good ReaderC) Reading Is ImportantD) Reading Is ThinkingPassage fourMan's first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.(The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, because there are no wheels in nature — no living thing was ever created with wheels.) How, then, did man come to invent the wheel?Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the dead body of a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log connected at their centers by a strong stick. This would roll along just as the logs did yet be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and axle came into being, and with them the first carts.1. The wheel is important because _______.A. it was man's first real inventionB. all transportation depends on itC. every machine depends on itD. both B and C2. The wheel is described as _______.A. simpleB. complicatedC. strangeD. light3. It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because ______.A. it led to many other inventionsB. man had no use for it thenC. there were no wheels in natureD. it was very complicated4. This passage says that the first wheel might have been a _______.A. round piece of stoneB. heavy logC. piece of metalD. slice of log5. The idea of making wheels might have come from ______.A. chasing an animalB. watching a rolling trunkC. watching running animalsD. rolling the dead body of an animal on logsPart III ClozeHave you 1)_____ asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go 2)_____ their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science and 3)_____ subjects. That is quite true; but why do they learn these things?And are these things 4)_____ that they learn at school?We 5)____ our children to school to 6)_____ them for the time 7)_____ they will be big and will have to work 8)_____ themselves. Nearly all they study at school has some 9)_____ use in their life, but is that the only reason 10)_____ they go to school?There is 11)_____ in education than just learning facts. We go to school 12)____ all to learn how to learn, 13)_____ when we have 14)_____ school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows 15)_____ will always be successful, because 16)_____ he has to do something new which he has never had to do 17)_____, he will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best 18)_____ The uneducated person, 19)______, is probably unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is not just to teach languages, arithmetic, etc., 20)____ to teach pupils the way to learn.1)A. either B. whether C. ever D. as well2)A. learn B. to learn C. and learning D. and to learn3)A. all another B. the other all C. all the other D. the all other4)A. those B. ones C. every D. all5)A. send B. present C. appoint D. select6)A. rely B. prepare C. make D. get7)A. that B. when C. while D. as8)A. for B. on C. with D. to9)A. true B. fortunate C. lucky D. practical10) A. why B. which C. because D. what11) A. much B. most C. a lot D. more12) A. above B. over C. on D. in13) A. so as B. and that C. so that D. such that14) A. remained B. left C. got out D. sent15) A. how learned B. how to learn C. to how learn D. how learning16) A. whenever B. whichever C. whatever D. however17) A. ago B. later C. before D. after18) A. path B. course C. road D. way19) A. on another hand B. on other hand C. on the other hands D. on the other hand20) A. and B. that C. but D. soPart IV Translation1.These qualities gave me a good foundation for a career in industrialengineering.2.Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do.3.In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these deliciousthings are laid out in a row during the Christmas season.4.Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the littleblack figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place.5.Now suddenly she began to sob, holding herself in as if weeping were adisgrace.6.据报道, 那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建.7.我很想买这本英文词典,遗憾的是我身上带的钱不够.8.整个上午他都在忙于写那篇故事, 只是偶尔停下来喝杯茶.9.他常利用她缺乏生意头脑而欺骗她.10.他那句话的含意是他想在政府部门找个工作.。
四川大学网络教育学院 大学英语(二) 模拟试题2 及参考答案
《大学英语(二)》学生自测模拟题(二)Ⅰ. Use of English (5%)Directions:In this part there are 5 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the O ne answer that best completes the dialogue.1. —What’s the time by your watch?— .A. It’s half past five.B. It’s SundayC. It’s FebruaryD. It’s a fine day.2. —Are you doing anything special on Friday, Bill?—___________.—Oh, what a pity!A. No, nothing specialB. Yes, I have promised to c all on some friendsC. Yes, of courseD. No, I’m not sure. Why ?3. —Did you hear what happened to John?— .A. Who is John?B. John is a good man.C. No, I have no idea. What?D. John happened to be here.4. —What’s the matter with you, Jim? You look pale.— .A. Oh, it is well.B. I fell awful today. I didn’t get any sleep last night.C. Yes but I don't careD. It has nothing to do with you.5. —I’d like to make an appointment with Mr. White.— .A. Sorry, he is busy at the moment.B. Why didn’t you call earlier?C. Certainly. May I know your name?D. Sorry. He doesn’t want to see you.Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is f ollowed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.Passage 1Is it difficult for you get up in the morning? Do you sometime s oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a special bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed wil l get you up in the morning! Here is how it works:The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm c lock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape record er in the bed plays soft music or other pleasant sounds. A few mi nutes later, a second recording plays. The second recording can be l oud music or unpleasant sounds. If you don’t get up after the second recording, you’ll be sorry. A mechanical “foot”is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly, the top of the b ed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and low er. Finally, the bed is vertical. You slide off the bed and onto t he floor. You are awake and out of bed.Hiroyuki make his bed because he wanted to win a contest. He w orks for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years, Honda has a con test —the “All Honda Idea Contest”. In 1996 Hiroyuki won a prize for his bed.6. The purpose of the passage is _________.A. to introduce a special bedB. to tell a storyC. to wake somebody upD. to praise Hiroyuki7. What does the special bed do first in the morning?A. It s tape recorder plays soft music.B. Its tape recorder plays loud music.C. It kicks you in the bed.D. Its alarm clock rings.8. If you don’t wake up after the clock rings, what will happen?A. The mechanical “foot”kicks you in the head.B. The bed becomes vertical and you slide off the bed.C. The tape recorder plays pleasant sounds.D. You will be late for work.9. Why did Hiroyuki make such a special bed?A. Because he wanted to win the contest held by his company.B. Because he was good at inventing new things.C. Because he wanted to make money.D. Because he sometimes overslept.10. Who is Hiroyuki?A. A scientist.B. A company worker.C. An inventor.D. A carpenter.Passage 2A major new development in systems of work in Britain is taking place. Flexible workinghours, or “flextime”, are catching on fast, and this trend is contin uing. In 1973, over 500 organizations had adopted the idea, and by 1974, its number had risen to over 200,000.Flexible working hours were invented in Germany in the late 196 0s but reached Britain only in 1972. The system allows workers to s tart and finish work whenever they want, with only two requirements. These are, firstly, that all workers must be present for certain“k ey”times in the day and secondly, that all workers must work an a greed total number of hours per week.The system has proved an almost total success wherever it has been tried. A survey of 700 workers on flexible hours showed three main advantages: a better balance between working and private life, a voidance of the need to travel during rush hours, and the ability t o be able to finish a certain task before leaving.From the employers’point of view, the system tends to increase productivity, reduce labor turnover and give the worker a greater s ense of duty.11.According to the passage, the _________invented the “flexible working hours”.A. JapaneseB. AmericansC. GermansD. British12. The phrase “catch on”(in Para. 1) most probably means ________ _.A. understandB. become popularC. perceiveD. seize13. What is one of the advantages of “flextime”for workers?A. They can earn more moneyB. They can avoid busy traffic.C. They will do less work.D. They can avoid working hard.14. Which one is NOT an advantage of “flextime”for employers?A. A better balance between working and private life.B. It reduces labor turnover.C. It gives the workers a greater sense of duty.D. It tends to increase productivity.15. The author _________“flextime”according to the passage.A. supportsB. is againstC. criticizesD. hatesPassage 3Human beings, however, have something that no animal has. Human beings have the ability to express their actions, feelings and ideas through words. They can also write words down in order to communicat e past events and to send messages to people far away.Even though some birds have learned to repeat words, they d o not understand the meaning of the words, and therefore they cannot use them to communicate ideas.How did man first learn to speak? Perhaps we shall never k now. However, we do know that as man’s knowledge increased he needed to use more sounds in order to express a greater number of feelin gs and ideas. It became necessary for him to communicate about a gr eater number of things. He began to make more and more different so unds, and gradually he put these sounds together to form, first, wor ds, then groups of words, and then sentences. In different parts of t he world, people developed their own systems of sounds and words. To day, we call these systems ”languages”.There are now about five thousand different languages and di alects in the world, and each of them contains many thousands of wo rds.16. Why can’t some birds use words to communicate ideas though they have learned to repeat them?A. Because they don’t understand the meaning of the words.B. Because they cannot put them into sentences.C. Because they cannot remember them.D. Because they don’t often use them.17. How did human beings first learn languages?A. Maybe nobody will know.B. Surely we’ll know later.C. Certainly nobody knows.D. Perhaps we have known.18. Why did man need to use more sounds as man’s knowledge increase d?A. In order to form words.B. In order to communicate about more things.C. In order to develop a language.D. In order to sing songs.19. What are languages?A. They are sounds.B. They are w ords.C. They are systems of sounds and words.D. They are letters.20. How many languages are there in the world?A. 15, 000.B. 5,000.C. 500.D. 50,000. Passage 4Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how the y could best show their respect for him.One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power would be shut off in homes, stree ts, and factories.Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realized fully what Ed ison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too import ant to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would ha ve led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question. On the day of Edision’s funeral, many people silently dimmed their l ights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than any one else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s fingertips.21. This selection says that Thomas Edison _________.A. was the only important American inventorB. received the first American patentC. received more patents than any other AmericanD. was the first American inventor22. People decided to honor Edison when _________.A. he made the first electric lightB. electric power was 100 years oldC. the country realized electricity’s importanceD. he died in 193123. The suggested plan was to _________.A. turn off the lights in factories and schoolsB. observe a few minutes of total silenceC. dim all electric lightsD. shut off all electricity for a short time24. The plan was never carried out because _________.A. not everyone wanted to honor EdisonB. it was too difficultC. electric power was too important to the countryD. it honored only one of Edison’s inventions.25. This passage was probably written to _________.A. tell about Edison’s inventionB. explain electricityC. prove that people wished to honor EdisonD. show what a great man Edison wasⅢ. Vocabulary and structure (25%)Section A Multiple ChoiceDirections: In this section, there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four ch oices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the One Answer that best completes the sentence.26.W e ______our alarm clock to 5 a.m., so we could get an early st art.A. putB. setC. makeD. stop27.However, I must ______that I do not find this to be a serious pr oblem, at least not yet.A. commitB. confineC. confessD. confirm28. The children are aware ______the danger of taking drugs.A. onB. aboutC. of C. to29. Any increase in fuel costs could have an ______on business.A. affectB. effectC. affectionD. effective30. I’m afraid these shoes are not ______in your size.A. applicableB. availableC. accessibleD. adaptable31. To catch the train, he hurriedly ______ and rushed to a taxi waiting outside of the hotel.A. checked inB. checked outC. checked withD. went through32. The first thing ______ you should do to apply for a further s tudy in America is to pass the Graduate Record Examination.A. for whichB. WhichC. in thatD. that33.Going out for a walk in the wood is ______ my grandfather does in the morning.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. when34. His father______English here since he graduated from Peking Uni versity.A. has taughtB.teachesC.taughtD. had taught35. You must get up early tomorrow, ______I will go there alone.A. orB. andC. yetD. for36.The teacher said,“What are you thinking about?”=The teacher asked me______ thinking about.A. what were youB. what you wereC. what I wasD. what was I37. I heard the girl ______next door yesterday morning.A. sangB. to singC. have sungD. sing38. Most of the people ______to the party were famous scientists.A. invitedB. to inviteC. being invitedD. inviting39. “W rite to me when you get home.”“______.”A. I mustB. I shouldC. I willD. I can40. ______they borrowed some money, they could not buy a new house.A. IfB. Except thatC. UnlessD. Now thatSection B CloseDirections: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each b lank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choos e the one answer that best completes the passage.Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a tiny ice-cre am shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream. It was a very 41 store with little round tables and chairs.As I entered, I found a very old woman bent 42 a table near the door. Her back was so badly bent that her face nearly 4 3 the table top."Poor woman," I thought. "What does she get out of life? Why does God let people live so long past their youth?"As I thought, 44 aged lady entered the shop and sat down wi th her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. The y talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years. In minute s, the two of them were shaking with laughter.I looked 45 at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt; she was well dressed in white. I was 46 ; she was laugh ing, smiling. I sat alone; she was 47 the day with a good fr iend. I was 48 worried about getting old; she was old, but it wasn't 49 her.As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past the ir youth. Why, that woman 50 more alive, more sensitive to life, thanI was. Age has not bent her spirit.41. A. old B. modern C. pretty D. ugly42. A. under B. belowC. overD. above43. A. connected B. touched C. hit D. joined44. A. one B. an C. another D. other45. A. sadly B. happily C. up D. again46. A. happy B. surprised C. poor D. sad47. A. sharing B. spending C. killing D. sparing48. A. really B. mostly C. secretly D. publicly49. A. pleasing B. hurting C. leaving D. punishing50. A. Lived B. did C. Was D. doesⅣ. Translation (20%)Section A: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.51. I would go for that job if I were you.52.It’s widely known that emotions can empower people or drive them upa wall.53. Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing.54. These real-life problems need to be considered carefully.55.Therefore, more effective measures and more powerful actions need to be taken against all sorts of crimes so that our world may be a be tter place to live in.Section B: Translate the following sentences into English.56. 我们决定在花园喝茶,而不在屋里喝。
大学英语四级模拟卷二
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Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 witha single line through the center.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A. In a jewelry shop. C. Near a lorry.B. In the City Mall. D. In a parking lot.2. A. They left the lorry together.B. They left the lorry without hoods.C. They run back to the lorry separately.D. They run back to the lorry without hoods.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A. The heart of London was flooded.B. An emergency exercise was conducted.C.100 people in the suburbs were drowned.D. One of the bridges between north and south London collapsed.4. A. A flood wall was built.B. Rescue teams were formed.C. An alarm system was set up.D. 50 underground stations were made.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A. Through the School of Design and Visual Arts.B. Through the School of Social Work.C. Through the School of Business.D. Through the Arts and Science program.6. A. About 20,000 dollars. C. About 38,000 dollars.B. About 27,000 dollars. D. About 50,000 dollars.7. A. Federal loans. C. Scholarships.B. Private loans. D. A monthly payment plan.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 witha single line through the center.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A. Colleagues. C. Neighbors.B. Instructor and student. D. Anchor and guest.9. A. Baby-sitting the children.B. Documenting the children.C. Complaining about the difficulty of living.D. Teaching teenagers.10. A. Sensitive groups. C. Rich groups.B. Disadvantaged groups. D. Complicated groups.11. A. Kids are facing big issues in life. C. Kids can not earn the living.B. Life is moving fast recently. D. Kids are growing up quickly.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. He is a laid-off worker. C. He prefers to work inside.B. He loves world traveling. D. He won’t take part-time jobs.13. A. He joined in the navy. C. He did gardening and driving.B. He became a foreman. D. He was a machine operator.14. A. He was tired of army life. C. He desired higher payment.B. He wanted to settle down. D. He hoped to run his own business.15. A. Intolerable. C. High-paid.B. Interesting. D. Satisfying.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a singleline through the center.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. There are mysterious stories behind his works.B. There are many misunderstandings about him.C. His works have no match worldwide.D. His personal history is little known.17. A. He moved to Stramford-on-Avon in his childhood.B. He failed to go beyond grammar school.C. He was a member of the town council.D. He once worked in a well-known acting company.18. A. Writers of his time had no means to protect their works.B. Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.C. His works were adapted beyond recognition.D. People of his time had little interest in him.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. It shows you have been ignoring your health.B. It can seriously affect your thinking process.C. It is an early warning of some illness.D. It is a symptom of too much pressure.20. A. Reduce our workload. C. Use painkillers for relief.B. Control our temper. D. Avoid masking symptom.21. A. Lying down and having some sleep. C. Going out for a walk.B. Rubbing and pressing one’s back. D. Listening to light music.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. Depending heavily on loans. C. Spending beyond one’s means.B. Having no budget plans at all. D. Leaving no room for large bills.23. A. Many of them can be cut. C. Their payment cannot be delayed.B. All of them have to be covered. D. They eat up most of the family income.24. A. Rent a house instead of buying one. C. Make a conversation plan.B. Discuss the problem in the family. D. Move to a cheaper place.25. A. Financial issues plaguing a family. C. Family budget problems and solutions.B. Difficulty in making both ends meet. D. New ways to boost family income.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Physical activity does the body good, and there’s growing evidence that it helps the brain too.Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercises, whether at school or on their own, ___26___to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a ___27___of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic___28___, investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, ___29___in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to___30___on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taken away from study time. With standardized test scores in the U.S. ___31___ in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be___32___exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood ___33___ to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are ___34___to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve___35___and relieve stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they’re running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Finding the Right Home—and Contentment, Too.[A] When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility---a moment fewparents or children approach without fear---what you would like is to have everything made clear.[B] Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industrysimply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an outmoded stereotype (固定看法)? Can doing one’s homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.[C] I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an olderperson lives in may matter less than we have assumed. And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in. I am not talking about the quality of care, let me hastily add.Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and a poor safety record.But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.[D] The most recent of these studies, published in The journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes (known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes). Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a large number of questions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well as about the quality of the facilities.[E] “We thought we would see differences based on the housing types,” said the lead author of thestudy, Julie Robinson, an associate professor of medicine at the university. A reasonable assumption---don’t families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can’t?[F] In the initial results, assisted living residents did paint the most positive picture. They were lesslikely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely. They scored higher on social interaction.[G] But when the researchers plugged in a number of other variables, such differences disappeared.It is not the housing type, they found, that creates differences in residents’ responses. “It is the characteristics of the specific environment they are in, combined with their own personal characteristics---how healthy they feel they are, their age and marital status, ” Dr. Robinson explained. Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant.[H] An elderly person who describes herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no less depressedin assisted living even if her children preferred it than in a nursing home. A person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal. It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.“You can’t just say, ‘Let’s put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursing home---she will be much better off, ” Dr. Robinson said. What matters, she added, “is a combination of what people brin g in with them, and what they find there.”[I] Such findings, which run counter to common sense, have surfaced before. In a multi-state studyof assisted living, for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables---the fa cility’s type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was---had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality. What mattered most was the residents’ physical health and mental status. What people were like when they came in had greater consequence than what happened once they were there.[J] As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are. As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones. (More on this study and the star ratings will appear in a subsequent post).[K] Before we collectively tear our hair out---how are we supposed to find our way in a landscape this confusing?---here is a thought from Dr. Philip Sloane, a geriatricia (老年病学专家) at the University of North Carolina:“In a way, that could be liberating for f amilies.”[L] Of course, sons and daughters want to visit the facilities, talk to the administrators and residents and other families, and do everything possible to fulfill their duties. But perhaps they don’t have to turn themselves into private investigators or Congressional subcommittees. “Families can look a bit more for where the residents are going to be happy,” Dr. Sloane said. And involving the future resident in the process can be very important.[M] We all have our own ideas about what would bring our parents happiness. They have their ideas, too. A friend recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living/nursing home near my town. I have seen this place---it is elegant, inside and out. But nobody greeted the daughter and mother when they arrived, though the visit had been planned; nobody introduced them to the other residents. When they had lunch in the dining room, they sat alone at a table.[N] The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility. Based on what is emerging from some of this research, that might have been as rational a way as any to reach a decision.36. Many people feel guilty when they cannot find a place other than a nursing home for their parents.37. Though it helps for children to investigate care facilities, involving their parents in the decision-making process may prove very important.38. It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.39. How a resident feels depends on an interaction between themselves and the care facility they live in.40. The author thinks her friend made a rational decision in choosing a more hospitable place over an apparently elegant assisted living home.41. The system Medicare developed to rate nursing home quality is of little help to find a satisfactory place.42. At first the researchers of the most recent study found residents in assisted living facilities gave higher scores on social interaction.43. What kind of care facility old people live in may be less important than we think.44. The findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living.45. A resident’s satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there.Section CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat. This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code.Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it’s necessary to translate our morals into AI language.For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn’t want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children. “You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values,” said Russell.Some robots are already programmed with basic human values. For example, mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans. Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn’t think that’s the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior. They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to so sufficient testing and they’ve produced a system that will break some kind of taboo (禁忌).One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when presented with an unusual situation.If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps (嘟嘟声), and ask for directions from a human. If we humans aren’t quite sure about a decision, we go and ask somebody else.The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules. But if we come up with an answer, robots could be good for humanity.46. What does the author say about the threat of robots?A. It may constitute a challenge to computer programmers.B. It accompanies all machinery involving high technology.C. It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.D. It has become an inevitable peril as technology gets more sophisticated.47. What would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author?A. They are aggressive.B. They are outgoing.C. They are ignorant.D. They are ill-bred.48. How do robots learn human values?A. By interacting with humans in everyday life situations.B. By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.C. By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.D. By imitating the behavior of property brought-up human beings.49. What will a well-programmed robot do when facing an unusual situation?A. keep a distance from possible dangers.B. Stop to seek advice from a human being.C. Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.D. Do sufficient testing before taking action.50. What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code?A. Determine what is moral and ethical.B. Design some large-scale experiments.C. Set rules for man-machine interaction.D. Develop a more sophisticated program.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations:keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity (长寿)? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: Those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother’s personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.Personality isn’t destiny (命运), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.51. The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is __________.A. to see whether people’s personality affects their life spanB. to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their healthC. to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeD. to examine all the factors contributing to longevity52. What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?A. They have a good understanding of evolution.B. They are better at negotiating an agreement.C. They generally appear more resourceful.D. They are more likely to get over hardship.53. What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?A. Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.B. Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.C. Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.D. Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.54. What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?A. Children’s personality characteristics are invariably determined by their mothers.B. People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die sooner.C. Mothers’ influence on children may last longer than fathers’.D. Mothers’ negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans.55. What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies?A. Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one’s life span.B. Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.C. Personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is.D. Health is in large part related to one’s lifestyle.Part ⅣTranslation(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.早在100年前,出国留学就被视为一种强国之策。
大学英语2模拟试题
大学英语2模拟试题一、听力理解(共20分)1. 短对话理解(每题1分,共5分)请听以下五段对话,每段对话后有一个问题。
请根据对话内容选择最佳答案。
对话1:A: Hey, have you checked the weather forecast for tomorrow? B: Yes, it seems like it's going to rain all day.Q: What's the weather going to be like tomorrow?A) SunnyB) RainyC) Cloudy对话2:A: I'm really looking forward to the concert tonight.B: Me too, especially since the tickets were half price. Q: Why is the speaker excited about the concert?A) The band is famous.B) The tickets were expensive.C) The tickets were discounted.2. 长对话理解(每题2分,共10分)听一段较长的对话,对话后有五个问题。
请根据对话内容选择最佳答案。
对话3:A: I heard you're going to study abroad next semester.B: That's right, I'm really excited about it. It's a great opportunity to improve my language skills and experience anew culture.Q: What is the reason for the speaker's excitement?A) To see famous landmarks.B) To improve language skills.C) To meet new friends.3. 短文理解(每题2分,共5分)请听一段短文,短文后有三个问题。
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( )3. It is important to keep up the fineof plain living and hard work..
A.traditionallyB.traditionC.traditionalD.traditionalism
( )4. In the 1980’s, a law against theof Asian peoples was put into practice.
A.immigrateB.immigrationC.immigrantD.immigrated
( )5. In front of theocean, he found he was rather insignificant.
( )1. The machine isin operation but complicated in structure.
A.simpleB.simplyC.simplifyD.simplification
( )2. There the rainfall isnot in inches but in feet.
( )19. It’s high time that wefirm measures to protect our environment.
A.takeB.tookC. had taken D. should take
( )20. Take some money with youin caseyouit.
B. He couldn’t speak the language
C. He went too far in the wrong bus.
D. He followed the policeman’s direction.
D. it was late and there were no buses passing by
( )22. The newspaper-seller.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer said
A.strategyB.strategicallyC. strategistD.strategical
( )11. They have the same opinionI do.
A.withB.towardC. asD.at
( )12. I remember itit happened yesterday.
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
( )23. From the story we know that the policeman.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
A.as toB.as long asC. as thoughD.as for
( )13. She wants a pena pencil.
A.as forB.as well asC. as wellD.as soon as
( )14. Neither she nor Iwet.
A.areB.isC. amD.were
( )15. George, together with his family,flying toNew York.
A.isB.are going toC. is going toD.are
( )16. Only in this wayhope to improve your English.
A.you canB.can youC. are youD.you are
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D. was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
( )24. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
甘肃机电职业技术学院2011—2012学年度第二学期
《大学英语》模拟试题(2)
系班级姓名学号
题号
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Iபைடு நூலகம்I
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I.Vocabulary & Structure.(单项选择)(20 points)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. ChooseONEanswer that best completes the sentence and blacken thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
( )25. In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?
A. He didn’t know the city at all.
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
A.needB.could needC. should need D. might need
II. Reading comprehension. (阅读理解)(30 points)
Directions: There are twopassages in this part. Each passage is followedby some questions or unfinished statements. Each question or unfinished statements is given four suggested answers marked A,B,Cand D. ChooseONEbest answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day,I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
( )21. The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.