大学英语A统考模拟试题一

-.z一、阅读理解Whatmakesonepersonmoreintelligentthananother?Whatmakesonepersonagenius,likethebrilliantAlbertEinstein,andanotherpersonafool?Arepeoplebornintelligentorstupid,orisintelligencetheresultofwhereandhowyoulive?Theseareveryoldquestionsandtheanswerstothemarestillnotclear.Weknow,however,thatjustbeingbornwithagoodmindisnotenough.Insomeways,themindislikealegoranarmmuscle.Itneedse*ercise.Mental(donewiththemind)e*erciseisparticularlyimportantforyoungchildren.Manychildpsychologiststhinkthatparentsshouldplaywiththeirchildrenmoreoften,andgivethemproblemstothinkabout.Thechildrenarethenmorelikelytogrowupbrightandintelligent.If,ontheotherhand,childrenareleftaloneagreatdealwithnothingtodo,theyaremorelikelytobecomedullandunintelligent.Parentsshouldalsobecarefulwhattheysaytoyoungchildren.Accordingtosomepsychologists,ifparentsarealwaystellingachildthatheorsheisafooloranidiot,thenthechildismorelikelytokeepdoingsillyandfoolishthings.Soitisprobablybetterforparentstosayverypositivethingstotheirchildren,suchas"Thatwasaverycleverthingyoudid"or"Youaresuchasmartchild".1、Thequestionsinthefirstparagraphareraisedto_____.A、introducethetopicofwhatmakesaclevermindB、compareAlbertEinsteinwithordinarypeopleC、summarisethecharactersofanintelligentpersonD、provethattherearenoanswerstothesequestions参考答案:A解析:【答案】A【解析】细节题，问：“第一段提出的问题是为了____。〞需要从文章的构造来分析，文章第一段围绕聪明与平庸的主题提出了许多问题，并说明这些问题的答案尚不明朗，第二段则谈论聪明的因素有哪些，第三段是告诉父母，为了让孩子更聪明，应当如何做。可见，第一段提出了一些与主题相关的、令人感兴趣的问题作为铺垫。由此选A，“为了引出主题，即什么因素形成聪明的大脑〞。2、Accordingtotheconte*twecanguessthatageniusis______whileanidiotis______.A、anormalperson...afunnypersonB、astrongperson...aweakpersonC、ahighlyintelligentperson...afoolishorweak-mindedpersonD、afamousperson...anordinaryperson参考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】词义题，询问genius和idiot各是什么意思，题干中的while说明genius和idiot之间是对立或相反的意思，对应第一段：Whatmakesonepersonmoreintelligentthananother?Whatmakesonepersonagenius,likethebrilliantAlbertEinstein,andanotherpersonafool?“是什么原因，使得有的人比别人更聪明.是什么原因，让有的人成为像聪明绝顶的爱因斯坦那样的genius〔此题考点〕，而让有的人却成为傻瓜.〞文中和genius对应的词是fool，因此idiot与fool是同义词，表示“傻瓜，笨蛋〞，而genius与fool是反义词，表示“聪明人〞，根据分析应选C，“非常聪明的人，愚蠢或迟钝的人〞。A，“正常人，有趣的人〞，B，“强壮的人，虚弱的人〞，D，“有名的人，普通人〞，均不符合文意。3、Aperson______ismorelikelytobecomeagenius.A、whoseparentsarecleverB、whooftenthinksaboutdifficultproblemsC、whoisoftenhelpedbyhisparentsandteachersD、whoisbornwithagoodbrainandputtingittoactiveuse参考答案:D解析:【答案】D【解析】主旨题，问：“一个_____的人更有可能成为天才。〞从文章首段可以看出，文章通篇都在讨论什么样的人会成为天才，因此，这道题考察考生对全文主题的把握，需要通读全文后选择答案。第一段说，如何成为天才一直是人们津津乐道的话题。第二段认为除了天生聪明，智商还应当得到后天的锻炼。第三段认为父母应当注意自己的语言，跟孩子多说鼓励的话。根据全文，选项D包含了成为天才的两方面因素：天生拥有聪明的大脑与后天的勤奋，应选D。4、Itisbetterforparents______.A、topraiseandencouragetheirchildrenmoreoftenB、tobehardontheirchildrenC、toleavetheirchildrenalonewithnothingtodoD、togivetheirchildrenasmuchhelpaspossible参考答案:A解析:【答案】A【解析】细节题，问“父母应当_____。〞题干中的Itisbetterforsomeonetodosomething对应第三段第一句话Parentsshould…，表示“*人应当做*事〞，因此对应第三段。这一段说父母应当注意自己的言语，不该打击孩子，而应该多赞扬孩子，说鼓励的话。选项A的praise和encourage与文中sayverypositivethings对应，应选A，“经常赞扬和鼓励孩子。〞5、WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothearticle?A、Parentsplayanimportantpartintheirchildren'sgrowth.B、Thelessyouuseyourmindthedulleryoumaybecome.C、Intelligenceisobviouslytheresultofwhereandhowyoulive.D、Parentsshouldalwaysencouragetheirchildren.参考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】推断题，问：“根据文章，以下哪个选项不正确.〞A，“父母在孩子的成长中起到重要作用〞，全文都有此暗示，正确。B，“脑子动得越少，就会越笨拙〞，对应第二段最后一句，“如果孩子常常无事可做，就更有可能变得笨拙，不聪明。〞C，“显然智力是出生地点与生活方式导致的结果〞，文章认为先天优势加上后天用脑才是决定智力的因素，而非出生地点与生活方式。D，“父母应该总是鼓励孩子〞，与第三段对应。C选项不符合文意，应选C。Childlabor,theemploymentofchildreninindustry,oftenagainsttheirwill,hasbeenaproblemformanyyears.Overahundredyearsago,CharlesDickensshockedmanyofhisreaderswhenhedescribedtheconditionsunderwhichyoungchildrenworkedinBritishfactories.TheconditionsDickensdescribedcontinuealmostunchangedtodayinmanypartsoftheworld.Theonlydifferenceisthattodayemploymentofchildrenisconfinedtosmallindustriesandfamilybusinesses,suchashotels,restaurantsandparticularlyfarms,ratherthantolargefactories.Girlssuffermorefromchildlaborpracticesthanboys.Manyofthemareforcedtostartworkwhentheyareonlytenyearsold.Althoughtheworktheyaregiventodoisoftenlight,itisoftenharmfultotheirhealth.Recently,childrenasyoungassi*yearswerefoundtobeworkinginAsianfactories,andthechildrenwereworkingfromeighttofourteenhoursadayinovercrowdedandunhealthyworkingconditions.Sometimesawholefamilygroupisemployed,withthepaymentgoingtoaparentorolderrelative.Thechildrennotonlyreceivenothingorverylittlefortheirlonghoursofwork,butalsotheyarepreventedfromattendingschools.Therefore,whentheybecomeoldertheyareunabletodoanyotherkindofwork.Thesolutiontotheproblemofchildlabourisclearlybetterlawstoprotectyoungchildren,greatersupervisionofindustryandheavierfinesforthosewhobreakthelaws.Onlyinthiswaycanyoungboysandgirlsbeallowedtoenjoythemostvaluabletimeoftheirlives-childhood.6、Theconditionsunderwhichyoungchildrenwork______.A、haveimprovedsinceahundredyearsagoB、areevenworsethanthoseahundredyearsagoC、aresimilartothoseahundredyearsagoD、aree*actlythesameasthoseahundredyearsago参考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】细节题，问：“儿童的工作环境_____。〞对应第二段第二句：TheconditionsDickensdescribedcontinuealmostunchangedtodayinmanypartsoftheworld.“狄更斯描述的这些环境，在当今世界上许多地方，几乎一成不变。〞根据文意选C，“与一百年前相似〞，similarto对应文中的almostunchanged。7、Girls'workis______.A、notharmfultothehealththoughitisheavyB、notharmfultothehealthbecauseitislightC、harmfultothehealththoughitislightD、harmfultothehealthbecauseitisheavy参考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】细节题，问：“女孩的工作____。〞对应第三段第三句话：Althoughtheworktheyaregiventodoisoftenlight,itisoftenharmfultotheirhealth.“虽然给她们〔女孩〕的都是轻活儿，但往往对安康有害。〞应选C，“对安康有害，虽然是轻活儿。〞选项中的两句话的前后顺序与文中相反，但表达的意思一样。8、Youngchildrengotowork______.A、becausetheyareforcedtoB、inordertobeskilfulinacertainkindofworkC、inordertoearnmoneyforeducationD、inordertobepaidwell参考答案:A解析:【答案】A【解析】细节题，问：“孩子工作____。〞应逐一分析四个选项来判断。A，“因为他们被迫如此〞，对应文中第三段第二句话：Manyofthemareforcedtostartworkwhentheyareonlytenyearsold.“很多孩子只有十岁时就被迫开场工作。〞B，“为了熟练操作*工种〞，文章没有谈到。C，“为了挣钱承受教育〞，文中说，这些孩子往往因为工作错过了上学的年龄，耽误了上学受教育，该选项不符合文意。D，“为了挣大钱〞，文中说，孩子们挣的钱往往都归大人所有，自己分文不得。只有A与文章对应，因此选A。9、Tosolvetheproblemofchildlabour,thewritersuggests______.A、punishinglawbreakerswithsevererfines,improvingchildren'sworkingconditions,andconfiningemploymentofchildrentolightindustriesB、improvinglawsofprotectingchildren'sinterests,lookingoverfactoriesmoreclosely,andpunishinglawbreakerswithsevererfinesC、improvinglawsofprotectingchildren'sinterests,givingthemlighterwork,andraisingtheirpaymentD、confiningemploymentofchildrentosmallindustriesandfamilybusinesses,lookingoverfactoriesmoreclosely,andimprovingthesystemofeducation参考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】细节题，问：“为了解决童工这一问题，作者建议_____。〞原文最后一段第一句谈到的是如何解决这一问题：Thesolutiontotheproblemofchildlabourisclearlybetterlawstoprotectyoungchildren,greatersupervisionofindustryandheavierfinesforthosewhobreakthelaws.“解决童工问题的方法是制定较完善的法律来保护幼儿，加强对工厂的监视力度，并对者给予更重的罚款。〞应选B，其中的三个动名词宾语对应文中三个名词短语。10、Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardchildlabor?A、indifferentB、disapprovingC、supportiveD、admiring参考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】判断题，问作者对童工这一问题的态度。童工问题是这篇文章的主题，这篇文章的构造是“提出问题-分析问题-解决问题〞，由此可以看出，作者对这一问题持反对态度，并希望通过一些措施解决该问题。因此选B，disapproving，是在approving“赞同的〞前加上否认前缀-dis，表示与approving相反的意思，即“不赞同的，反对的〞。A，“漠不关心的〞，C，“支持的〞，D，“推崇的〞，均不符合文意。二、词汇与语法11、Theirideais_______tousallandyoudon'tneedtotellusmoreaboutit.A、apparentB、appearingC、approachingD、apart参考答案:A解析:apparent：显而易见的；approaching：正接近的。只有A符合句意。12、Iftheraindoesn'tstop,peoplewillbefaced________seriousflooding.A、toB、aboutC、byD、with参考答案:D解析:befacedwith：面临，是固定搭配，因此此处选择D。13、Hisbrotherisvery______aboutwines.A、awareB、learnedC、knowledgeableD、skeptical参考答案:C解析:句意：他的兄弟对酒了解很多。Aware意识到；learned博学的；knowledgeableabout有见识的；skeptical疑心的。14、Footballis_________themostpopularsportoftheworld.A、sofarB、byfarC、farfromD、muchfar参考答案:B解析:只有byfar是可修饰形容词最高级的，因此正确答案是B。sofar：到目前为止。15、Youhaveonly1000wordsinwhichto______hisspeech.A、amounttoB、sumupC、leadtoD、takeup参考答案:B解析:句意：你用仅1000词总结他的演讲。amountto到达；sumup总结；leadto导致；takeup从事。16、Johnsuggested_________anythingaboutituntiltheyfoundoutmorefacts.A、nottosayB、notsayC、tosaynotD、notsaying参考答案:D解析:句意：约翰建议等找到更多的证据后再谈这件事情。考点：suggestdoing。17、Thepilotoftheplaneis________forthepassengers'safety.A、consciousB、responsibleC、necessaryD、regulated参考答案:B解析:beresponsiblefor:对……负有责任，固定搭配，选B。18、Purchasingthenewproductionlinewillbea________dealforthecompany.A、forcefulB、profitableC、tremendousD、favorite参考答案:B解析:profitable的意思是“带来利益的〞，根据句意，只有B最适宜。19、Ifwecan________ourpresentdifficulties,theneverythingshouldbeallright.A、getoffB、comeacrossC、comeoverD、getover参考答案:D解析:“抑制困难〞用“getoverdifficulties〞，应选D。20、Somepeoplewastealotoffood_______someothershaven'tenoughtoeat.A、afterB、whenC、asD、while参考答案:D解析:while引导的是表示相反意思的状语从句，根据句意，此处应该选择while,答案为D。三、完型填空Astheplanecircledovertheairport,everyonesensedthatsomethingwaswrong.Theplanewasmovingunsteadilythroughtheair,andalthoughthepassengershad___21___theirseatbelts,theyweresuddenlythrownforward.Atthatmoment,theair-hostessappeared.Shelookedverypale,butshewasquite___22___.Speakingquicklybutalmostinawhispershe___23___everyonethatthepilothadfaintedandasked___24___anyofthepassengersknewanythingaboutmachines--oratleasthowtodriveacar.Afteramoment'shesitation,amangotupandfollowedthestewardessintothepilot'scabin.___25___thepilotaside,themantookhisseatandlistenedcarefullytotheurgentinstructionsthatwere___26___byradiofromtheairportbelow.Theplanewasnowdangerouslyclosetotheground,buttoeveryone'srelief,itsoonbeganto___27___.Theman___28___circletheairportseveraltimesinordertobecome___29___thecontrols.Followinginstructions,themanguidedtheplanetowardstheairfield.Itshookviolentlyasittouchedthegroundandthenmovedrapidlyacrossthefield,butafteralong___30___itstoppedsafely.Outside,acrowdofpeoplewhohadbeenwaitingan*iouslyrushedforwardtocongratulatethepilotonaperfectlanding.21、A、installedB、fastenedC、connectedD、loosened参考答案:B解析:【答案】B。【解析】考察词义。文中的意思是乘客已经系好了平安带。install安装；fasten系牢；connect连接；loosen松开。选B。22、A、calmB、pleasantC、sadD、nervous参考答案:A解析:【答案】A。【解析】考察逻辑关系。空姐虽然面色苍白、受到了惊吓，但她显得十分镇静，选A。23、A、reportedB、revealedC、announcedD、informed参考答案:D解析:【答案】D。【解析】考察对语境的理解和固定搭配。空姐告诉乘客们驾驶员晕过去了，C和D两个选项都符合文意，但announce后面直接跟从句；通常用“inform+someone+从句〞的构造表示“告知*人*事〞，选D。24、A、ifB、whoeverC、whatD、how参考答案:A解析:【答案】A。【解析】考察固定搭配。“askif+从句〞表示“询问是否怎样〞，选A。25、A、PersuadingB、LyingC、MovingD、Bringing参考答案:C解析:【答案】C。【解析】考察对语境的理解。下文提到一位懂得机械的乘客坐在驾驶员的位子上，这里应当是把驾驶员从位子上移开，选C。26、A、sentB、beingsentC、sendingD、tobesent参考答案:B解析:【答案】B。【解析】考察语法构造。这里使用的是被动句的进展时，构造为“bebei