预测试题一

Listening Comprehension (30minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each converstion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A) He’ll help the woman move them.B) He’ll keep them for the woman.C) He can carry them with one hand.D) He has a few more of them for the woman.2.A) He spends too much money.B) He seems to love watching television.C) He has bought an expensive watch.D) He should watch more television.3.A) Booking a flight to Spain. C) Giving Spanish tests to students.B) Paying for private lessons. D) Studying continually for two days.4.A) They should be prepared for the possible rain.B) It will rain much later in the week.C) They need to buy another umbrella.D) The weather forecast is often unreliable.5.A) He is humorous. C) He is thoughtful.B) He is careless. D) He is helpful.6.A) He’s unable to appear to the court.B) He should have become a better student.C) He plays tennis better than she does.D) He’s not so enthusiastic about academics.7.A) The woman didn’t like cold weather.B) The snow would get dirty quickly.C) It wouldn’t snow.D) All the snow would soon melt.8.A) He ‘s already spoken to the technician.B) The woman should make the repairs herself.C) The woman should explain what needs to be repaired.D) The technician hasn’t called yet.Question 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A) Its variety of colors. C) The way it is sold.B) Its unusual texture. D) Its main ingredient.10.A) Its low purchase price. C) Its wide availability.B) Its good nutritional value. D) Its high water content.11.A) In a few weeks. C) In several years.B) In two or three months. D) In ten years.Question 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A) He has a lot of free time.B) Many of his friends are actors.C) She knows he likes acting.D) He’s looking for an acting job.13.A) One night a week. C) Every other Thursday.B) Every Wednesday for three hours. D)Three times a week.14.A) He has to rearrange his evening schedule.B) His schoolwork takes up most of his time.C) He hasn’t been in a play for a long time.D) He might not like the way the group works.15.A) See her on Wednesday. C) Enjoy the rehearsal.B) Learn his part quicky. D) Pick her up on Thursday.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestion 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16.A) Summer vacation. C) Resident advisers.B) The housing office. D) Check-out procedures.17.A) Register for summer school. C) Remove personal property.B) Repair holes in room walls. D) Call the housing office.18.A) Their summer addresses. C) When they plan to leave.B) Any damage to their room. D) Questions for the housing office. Passage TwoQuestion 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) Your heart rate is lowered. C) You become too tired to sleep.B) It becomes harder for you to relax. D) Your sleeping rhythms are disrupted.20.A) Failure to rest during the day. C) Vigorous exercise in the evening.B) Lack of sleep on weekends. D) Eating cheese before going to bed.21.A) They might eventually cause you to lose sleep.B) They help produce a neurotransmitter in the brain.C) You must not drink milk if you take them.D) They make it unnecessary to take naps.Passage ThreeQuestion 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A) Characteristics of sand. C) A snake’s special way of moving.B) How animals live in the desert. D) Techniques of skiing.23.A) To climb hills. C) To fool its enemies.B) To gain traction. D) To rest as it moves.24.A) Wavy lines. C) Greater ability to conceal itself.B) Circular lines. D) Parallel lines.25.A) Lower body temperatures. C) Greater ability to conceal itself.B) Decreased energy consumption. D) Wider range of vision.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time , you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heared. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.The northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday (26) ___________________reduce smog.The measure which was first imposed on a trial basis in the year 2007 is (27)___________whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit for 12 (28) _______________days.Satellite imagery shows Milan to be one of the most polluted cities in Europe. An estimated 120,000 (29)_______________will be affected by the move, according to the major daily newspaper in the city.The most polluting vehicles have (30) ______________driving through the city center since Thursday. But on Sunday, there was supposed to be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.The ban is imposed when pollution (31) ___________50 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air over 12days. The last time the full ban was (32) ______________was in Februrary.The move is not popular with all environmentalists, who argue that the city’s public transport system should be improved to (33) ___________________people from using their cars. Local Green Party councilor Enrico Fedrighini said cars with three or four people inside should be offered free parking, for example. “One or two car-free Sundays each month will not do anything to (34)____________the smog crisis,” he told the daily newspaper in the city.Public transport was to be bolstered during the day, with an (35) _______________metro trains and buses operating.Listening Comprehension 参考答案1-5 ABDAB 6-10 DCDDB11-15 CCABC 16-20 DCBBC21-25 ACBDA26. in an attempt to 27. trigger28. consecutive 29. vehicle30. be banned from 31. exceed32. in force 32. Discourge34. tackle 35. ExtraReading ComprehensionSection 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 the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Question 36 to 45 are based to the following passage.The festival break is fast becoming a distant memory and for many, New Year fitness regimes are too. Despite 2.6m people starting diets on New Year’s Day, research suggests that by the end of the week 92 percent of dieters gave up, ___36____exercise and gorging on the comfort food.Findings, ______37______by weightloss firm XLS-medical, suggest that the _____38______majority are unsuccessful at sticking to their diets for more than five days a week. Two out of 10 dieters______39______they have their first diet relapse(退步) just four or five days in, with hunger cited as the main cause. Boredom and alcohol were ____40_______ blamed for people failing to keep their health kick on track.Dr. Matt Capehorn, Clinical Director of the National Obesity Forum, _____41_____that just one day off from dieting can undo a week’s worth of hard work. He told Female First: “A healthy diet, aimed at losing 11b per week, relies on saving 3500 calories a week by having 500 calories less each day.”“A day off the diet should mean that you eat the correct amount, but many dieters see it as an excuse to binge(大吃大喝) and have thousands of calories more than they need.”The results suggest that a ____42______590,000 could already have ____43_____to stick to New Year diet resolutions. And a vast majority are unaware of the negative impact a single day off can have on their weight loss efforts. Yet ____44_____it was found only 5 percent of woman stick to their diets until they’ve_____45_______their target weight.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 Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestion 56 to 60 are based on the following passages.People’s tastes in reaction differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went with single railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of the Britain, even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable thieves, a gang of rough tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At the end of the festival many young fans should found themselves broke, with no money left, and they had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider this condition as a nightmare of discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously.Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open un-spoilt country, where people with more traditional tastes can go for quite, and for the sense of freedom they derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of housing and industry it strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the greatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historical and scientific interest. Along the coasts of some of the maritime countries, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch for many miles along the cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another path, lying island, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance walker and the nature –lover can find much to enjoy, without feeling distributed by large numbers of their fellows.yet few people make full use of the national parks established for everyone’s benefit. The commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their cars in a lay-by (英国的路旁停车带). A picnic basket isproduced, along with a folding table and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by beside the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get the fresh air and amongst the country sights and sounds without having to walk a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell the traffic.56. In Britain it is very risky to _______________.A) go with a single railway ticket C) sleep in the openB) listen to pop-music at the festival D) pack together in crowds57. At the end of the festival, many young fans _____________.A) were arrested by the people C) were sleeping outB) had spent most of their money D) became quite penniless58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large _____________.A) tracks through the open country C) areas of countryside not developedB) areas of country without soil D) expanses of land where nobody works59. Public pathways are created for people to __________.A) commute to work C) walk to maritime countriesB) enjoy long-distance walking D) visit the historical or scenic sites60. Family groups nowadays like to ____________.A) have meals out of doors by the road-sideB) go for a walk away from homeC) drive out past the beautiful placesD) hear and smell the animalsPassage TwoQuestion 61 to 65 are based on the following passages.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.For a man, slight problem may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else-he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happened to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is :“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. ”Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look around ”. she is always open to persuasion; indeed she gets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought finding something that everyone think suits her. Contrary a lot of jokes, most woman have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracting her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chair for the waiting husband.61. When a man is buying clothes,_____________.A) he chooses things that others recommendB) he buy cheap things, regardless of qualityC) he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensiveD) he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things62. In commerce a good salesman is one who_________.A) sells something a customer does not particularly wantB) always has in stock the things the customer wants.C) can find out quickly the goods requiredD) does not waste his time on difficult customers.63. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?A) He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.B) He usually does not buy anything.C) At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.D) So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.64. According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women ____________》A) often buy things without thinkingB) seldom buy cheap clothesC) welcome suggestions from anyoneD) never take any advice65. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?A) The fact that men do not try any clothes on in a shop.B) Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.C) Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.D) The time they take over buying clothes.Reading Comprehension参考答案Section A36. E 37. G 38. N 39. J 40. I41. C 42. A 43. O 44. M 45. BSection C56-60 CDCBA 61-65 DABCD。