英语二模拟测试一

1、英语（二）模拟测试1PART ONE（50 POINTS）IVocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答案纸上将相应的字母涂黑。1They had a pleasant chat _ a cup of coffee  (  )   Afor  Bwith  Cduring  Dover   2Generally speaking， _ according to

2、 directions，the drug has no side-effect  (  )  Awhen taking  Bwhen taken  Cwhen to take  Dwhen to be taken    3This experiment _ last week  (  )    Aought to be done  Bought to do Cought to have

3、been done  Dought to have done    4. This is the first time the students _ to Hyde Park. ( )    Ahave gone  Bhave been gone  Chave been going  Dare being gone    5To make up an objective test，the teacher writes a serious question， _ ha

4、s only one correct answer  (  ) Asome of which  Beach of which  Cthat  Dwhich    6Mary _ to be in her usual spiritsbut shell remain in hospital for a few days for some tests  (  )Aappears  Blooks 

5、0;Cseems  Dkeeps    7Most Arab countries have a six-day workweek from Saturday through ThursdayWhen _ with the Monday to Friday Practice in most western countries，it leaves only four workdays shared  (  )    Aassociated  Bmatched  

6、;Csatisfied  Dconnected8The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to  (  )Amake it out  Bmake it off  Cmake it up  Dmake it over9If it had not rained last，the road _so slippery now  (  )Awould n

7、ot be being  Bwould not have been  Cwould not be  Dmust not be10As a result of the radio _ for help for the earthquake victims，over a million pounds has been raised  (  )Aappeal  Bcall  Cprogram  DadvertisementCloze Test

8、 (10 points，1 point for each)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。    It was a SaturdayMrJones went to town and got so drunk that he did not come back till noon on SundayThe men had 11 the cows in the early morningThen they had gone out to enjoy themselvesThey had forgotten to

9、 12 the animalsWhen MrJones got back，he immediately went to sleep 13 the living-room sofaWhen evening came，the animals were still 14 At last they could stand it 15 They were so angry that one of the cows broke in the door of the storehouseAll the animals began to help themselves to 16 they could eat

10、Just then MrJones woke up17 the noise made by the animals，he took up his whipThe next moment he and his four men were in the storehouse 18 whips in their handsThey started beating the animalsThis was more than the hungry animals could standSuddenly the animals threw themselves 19 the menMrJones and

11、his men found themselves being kicked from all sidesThe situation was getting seriousThey had never seen anything like this beforeThe animals had always obeyed themFrightened out of their wits，they gave up trying to protect themselvesThey took to their heelsA minute later all 20 of them were running

12、 wildly down the road，pursued by the animals.    11Amilking  Bmilked  Cbeing milked  Dbeen milked  (  )12Akeep  Beat  Cfeed  Dtreat  (  )13Ain  Bon  Conto  Dint

13、o  (  )14Afed  Beating  Cnot fed  Dunfeeded  (  )15Ano longer  Bany longer  Cany more  Danymore  (  )16Asomething  Banything  Cnothing   Dsome things&

14、#160; (  )17AHearing  BHaving heard  CListening  DHaving listened  (  )18Ahad  Bwith  Cheld  Dhad  (  )19Ainto  Bin  Cupon  Dto  (  )20

15、Atwo  Bthree  Cfour  Dfive  (  )Reading Comprehension (30 points，2 points for each)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。Passage 1 Question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage：    In November 1965，New York was blacked out by a

16、n electricity failureThe authorities promised that it would not happen againPessimists(悲观主义者)were certain that it would occur again within five years at the latestIn July 1997，there was a repeat performance which produced varying degrees of chaos throughout the city of eight million peopleIn 1965，th

17、e failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of comparative prosperityIn 1997，the disaster was much more serious be- cause it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves    In 1965，there was little crime or looting(抢劫)during the darkne

18、ss，and fewer than a hundred people were arrestedIn 1997，hundreds of stores were broken into and lootedLooters smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry，clothes or television setsNearly 4000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the nightThe number of policeme

19、n available was quite inadequate and they wisely refrained from using their guns against mobs(暴徒)which far outnumbered them and included armed men    Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windowsBanks and most businesses remained dosed the next dayThe blackout st

20、arted at 9：33 Pm，when lightning hit and knocked out vital cablesMany stores were thus caught by surprise    The vast majority of New Yorkers，however，were not involved in lootingThey helped strangers，distributed candles and batteries，and tried to survive in a nightmare world without traffic

21、 lights，refrigerators，elevators，water and electrical powerFor twenty-four hours，New York realized how helpless it was without electricity21Look at the first paragraphWho were right：the authorities or the pessimists?  (  )A The authorities  BThe pessimists  CBo

22、th  DNeither22In what way was the blackout of 1997 not really a repeat performance?  (  )AThere was much more disorder  BThis time the electricity supply failedCIt was quite unexpected  DIt did not occur within five years from 196523What caused the b

23、lackout in July 1997?  (  )AExcessive heat probably made people switch on too many electrical appliancesBBecause of unemployment，some machines were not in proper working orderCDuring a storm，lightning damaged supply cablesDThe passage does not mention the cause24Why did many loot

24、ers manage to escape?  (  )AThe police could not see them in the darkBMany of the looters were armed with gunsCThere were not enough policemen to catch them allDThey were hidden inside big buildings25How long did the 1997 New York electricity failure last?  (  

25、;)AA whole week  BTwenty-four hoursCThree days  DA whole nightPassage 2 Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage： They are among the 250，000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Nether- lands，a group that accounts for 40 percent of the nations unemplo

26、yedA storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored youth center，even among those who are continuing their studies  “We study for jobs that dont exist”Nicollete Steggerda，23，said After three decades of prosperity，unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has exceeded 1

27、1 percent，affecting a total of 123 million people，and the number is ClimbingThe bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the continent The title of a rock song “No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France 

28、60; Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment(部署)in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths confidence in the future    One form of protest tends to put the

29、responsibility for a countrys economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations，people welcomed in western Europe in the years of prosperity    Young Europeans，brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability， seem to resemble Amer

30、icans more than they do their own parentsMaterial enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation，even the right，to a standard of living that they see around them   “And so we pass the days at the discos，or meet people at the cafe，and sit and stare，”said Isabella Gault“There is usually not much

31、 conversationYou look for happinessSometimes you even find it” 26Unemployment in the Netherlands has affected _   (  )Aone million people  Broughly 06 million peopleC250，000 people  Dless than half of the population27What Nicollete Steggerda said(paragrap

32、h 2)means that _   (  )Aschool education is not sufficientBwhat the students learn is more than necessaryCthe students cannot get work after graduationDthe students aim in study is not clear28The word “prosperity” (paragraph 6) most probably means _   (  )Aach

33、ievements in economy  Badvance in politicsCeconomic troubles  Dpolitical crisis29Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?  (  )AThe rock song “No Future” is an expression of the disappointment of European youthB400f the guest workers are out of work in w

34、estern Europe nowCEuropean youths are worried about a new world war in the futureDWidespread unemployment is beyond European youths expectation30It seems that young Europeans _   (  )Alook upon life as their elders doBare more like Americans than their elders in their way of thin

35、kingClook more like Americans than their elders doDexpect more from Americans than from their eldersPassage 3 Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage：    Children are a relatively modern inventionUntil a few hundred years ago they did not exist In medieval and Renaissance pain

36、ting you see pint-sized men and women，wearing grownup clothes and grown-up expressions，performing grown-up tasksChildren did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved   Children today not only exist；they have taken over，in no place more than ill America，and at no time more than

37、 nowIt is always Kids Country hereOur civilization is child-centered，child-obsessed (困扰)A kids body is our physical ideal，In Kids Country we do not permit middle ageThirty is promoted over 50，but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come    We are the first society in which par

38、ents expect to learn from their childrenSuch a topsy-turvy  (颠倒的)situation has come about at least in part becauseunlike the rest of the worldOurs is an  immigrant society，and for immigrants the only hope is in the kidsIn the Old Country，Sat is，Europe，hope was in the father，and h

39、ow much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his childrenIn the growth pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontierthe young man was ever advised to GO WEST；the father was ever inheriting from his sonKids Country may be the inevitable  result    Kids Country is not

40、all badAmerica is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids CountryWe not only wear kids clothes and eat kids food：we dream kids dreams and make them come trueIt was，after all，a boys game to go to the moon    If in the old days children did not exist，it seems equal

41、ly true today that adults，as a class，have begun to disappear，condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever jogging and doing push-ups(俯卧撑)against eternity 31The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that _   ( )Aadults showed less concern for children tha

42、n we do nowBadults were smaller and thinner at that timebut they still had lots of work to doCchildren looked and acted like adults at that timeDchildren were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time32In the third paragraph，the Old Country is contrasted with America _   (&#

43、160; )Ato show differences in family sizeBto show differences in attitudes towards family relationsCto show two kinds of geographyDto show two different kinds of economic relations between generations33Going to the moon is an example of _   (  )AAmericas dreams and creativit

44、yBAmericas childish and queer behaviorCwhy America hasnt grown upDwhy America is considered the greatest country in the world34According to the passage，which of the following is true?  (  )AIt is very difficult for the middle-aged to live in AmericaBAmerica is Kids Country becaus

45、e the majority of the American population are childrenCKids Country was taking shape in America when immigrants poured into the countryDAmerica is more of Kids Country than any other countries in the world35By saying “condemning all of US to remain boys and girls forever，jogging and doing push-ups a

46、gainst eternity”，the author means that _   (  )Ashe thinks people shouldnt be so concerned about physical fitnessBshe feels too old and tired to do such hard exerciseCAmerican society is overemphasizing youth and physical appearanceDwhat happened to children centuries ago may occ

47、ur to adults in America soon PART TWO（50 POINTS）Word Spelling(10 points，1 point for two words)将下列汉语单词译成英语并写在答题纸上。每个词的词类和第一字母已在答题纸上给出。首字母后的每条短线上只写一个字母。36功能，作用  n  f_ _ _ _ _ _ _37条，条款  n  i_ _ _38敌对的  adj  h_ _ _ _ _ _39一瞥  vi 

48、; g_ _ _ _ _40夸大  vt  e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41占优势的  adj  d_ _ _ _ _ _ _42教练  n  c_ _ _ _ 43光辉的  adj  b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44永恒地，经常地  adv  c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45占领  n  o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

49、 _46恐慌  n  P_ _ _ _ 47理性的  adj  r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 48分析  vt  a_ _ _ _ _ _ 49领土  n  t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50不幸的  adj  u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _51看待  vt  v_ _ _52经受，抵住  vt  w_

50、_ _ _ _ _ _ _53自由(权)  n  l_ _ _ _ _ _54提及  vt  m_ _ _ _ _ _55流利的  adj  f_ _ _ _ _ Word Form(10 points，1 point for each)将括号中的各词变为适当形式填入空白。答案写在答题纸上。    56If you receive a letter _ (offer)you the job，you must reply by letter as soon as possible57If one made a journey over the Continents one would find every kind of surface _ (include)mountain range