统考-大学英语A-模拟试题

1、.大学英语（ a ）模拟试卷informationfortheexaminees:this examinationconsists offourparts.theyare:sectioni:readingcomprehension(30points, 25 minutes)sectionii:vocabularyandgrammar(30points,25minutes)sectioniii:translation(20points,10minutes)sectioniv:writing(20 points, 30minutes)the total score for this examina

2、tionis100. thetimeallowed for this examination is 90minutes.sectioni:readingcomprehension30 pointsinstructions:?this section willtake approximately25 minutes.? there are two sections in this part.part1: questions1-5 are based on this part.(15 points)read the followingpassage andchoose the best answe

3、rfroma,b,c andd.mostyoung people enjoy some formofphysical activity.itmay bewalking,cyclingorswimming,or inwinter,skating orskiing.itmaybegameofsomekind,football,hockey,golf,or tennis. it may be mountaineering.those whohave a passionforclimbinghigh and difficultmountains are oftenlookeduponwithaston

4、ishment. whyare men andwomenwillingtosuffercoldandhardship,and totakeriskson highmountains? this astonishment is caused probably by the differencebetweenmountaineeringand other formsofactivitytowhichmen givetheirleisure.mountaineeringis a sport andnot a game. there areno man-made rules, as therearef

5、or suchgames asgolfand football.thereare, ofcourse,rulesofadifferentkindwhichit wouldbedangeroustoignore,butit is this freedom fromman-maderules that makesmountaineeringattractivetomany people. those who climbmountainsare free to use theirownmethods.ifwecomparemountaineeringand othermore familiarspo

6、rts,wemightthinkthatone bigdifference is thatmountaineeringisnot a teamgame. weshouldbemistaken inthis.there a.re, it is true, no matches between teamsofclimbers, butwhenclimbers are on a rock face linked bya ropeon which their lives maydepend, there isobviously teamwork.themountainclimber knowsthat

7、he may have to fightforcesthat are stronger and more powerfulthan man. he has to fight the forcesof nature. hissportrequires highmental and physical qualities.a mountainclimbercontinues to improve in skillyear after year. a skier is probablypast hisbest by the age ofthirty,and mostinternationaltenni

8、s champions are in theirearlytwenties.but it is not unusual formanof fiftyor sixtytoclimb the highestmountainsin alps.theymaytake moretimethan younger men, but theyprobably climbwithmore skill andless waste ofeffort,andtheycertainlyexperience equalenjoyment.1. mountaineering involves _d_.a. coldb. h

9、ardshipc. physical riskd. all of the above2. the differencebetween a sport and a game has to do withthe kindof _b_.a. activityb. rulesc. uniformd. participants3. mountaineering can be called a team sport because _c_.a. it is an olympic eventb. teams compete against each otherc. mountaineers depend o

10、n others while climbingd. there are 5 climbers on each team4. mountaineers compete against _a_.a. natureb. each otherc. other teamsd. international standards5. which of the following is probably the best title for the passage?_c_.a.mountaineeringisdifferent fromgolfand footballb.mountaineeringismore

11、 attractivethanother sportsc.mountaineering.d. mountainclimberspart2: questions6- 10 are based on this part.(15 points)read the followingpassage andchoose the best answerfroma,b,c andd.remember global warming? back in december, thethreatof climatechange wasthunderingand the rich countries agreedto c

12、ut their carbon-dioxideandother green-house-relatedemissions. since then, interest has cooledmarkedly,and many europeancountriesarealreadyrunningawayfromthe promises theymade so loudlya few monthsago. butthere has been much talk,anda bit of action, to encourage renewableenergiessuchas wind,hydro,sol

13、arandallliving organisms. these emit nogreenhouse gases, buttendto costmorethan coal, oilorgas.thebetter,simpler ideaistorememberthatthe easiest way to reduce somethingistotaxit - inthis case, bytaxingthe carbon content power.thedirtierthe power, the moretaxwouldbe charged. so dirtycoal wouldbe more

14、expensivethan cleanenergy,so coalwouldsee its pricerise in relation to oil, which would bemoreexpensivecomparedwithgas,whichwould losesome of its price advantage overrenewables.unless a carbon tax was so huge as to be economicallycrippling,itwouldnotremovethepricedifferentialbetweenallrenewablesandf

15、ossilfuels.butitwouldnarrowthatgap,byfixing the differingenvironmentalcosts intothe price-ausefulprincipleinitself. itwouldalso giverenewableproducersastrongincentivetocut costs, and fossil-fuelsuppliersthemotivation to clean their products.precedents suggest stronglythata carbon taxwouldbeeffective

16、.butthe disadvantagetocarbon tax ispolitical.afteralmostadecade oftrying,theeuropeanuniongave up anattemptat a european carbon tax last year. germanysrulingcoalitionis fightingagainstaproposedenergytax. inamerica,politiciansbelievethatevenmentioning thenotionis certain death. but manyof thepolitical

17、objectionscould bemetif a carbon tax were made up for theloss elsewhere, for example by loweringpayrollor sales taxes. thereisalwayssuspicionwhengovernmentscome up with clever new ways to tax,andrightlyso. theresponse tothatsuspicion should be to win theargument,notto abandonit.6.accordingto thepass

18、age, theeasiest waytoremove globalwarmingis_c_.a. to encourage people to use renewable energiesb.tocut down the cost of wind,hydro,solarandalllivingorganismsc.toforce people to pay more tax for the carboncontent ofpowerd.totalk less butactmore.7. the standard of paying tax was _a_.a. that the more c

19、arbon content of power it contained, the higher tax one wouldpayb. that oilwouldbe more expensive than clean coalc. that renewables wouldbe most expensive of alld.inthe orderthat renewables are the mostexpensive while clean coal the cheapest8.wecan inferfrom the passage thatcarbontax_a_.a.may not be

20、 as effectiveas peopleexpectb.has encouraged renewable producers tocutcostsc.has reducedconsumptionofthe carboncontentenergysuccessfullyd.couldnt bethat effectiveiffossil fuelswouldnot beforbidden9. the underlined word crippling (para. 3) most probably means _b_.a. greatly increasingb. seriously wea

21、keningc. sharply decliningd. abruptly halting10. the reason why many countries stopped introducing carbon tax eventually was mainly that_c_.a.governmentshadtried toputit intoeffectformany years but with noobviousresultb.if one country made upthelossbypayingthecarbon tax, other countries would follow

22、itc.governments were afraid of beingsuspected ifthey adopted the new taxd.governmentshadbeen discussingwhat to do with carbon tax for a longtime,but theydidn tbelieve it themselves.sectionii:vocabularyandgrammar30 pointsinstructions:?this section willtake 25 minutes.? there are two parts in this sec

23、tion.part1: questions11-20 arebased on this section. (10 points)read the followingsentencesandchoose the best answer from a, b, c and d.sectioniivocabularyandgrammar(30points)part1:(10points ， 1pointsforeach item)11.thegirlimmediately shutthewindowto_a_the rain.a.keepoutb. keep downc. keep up.d. kee

24、p back12. _a_five hundred people are believed to have drowned. a. as many asb. as much asc. so many asd. so much as13. the childwas _a_by his bad grades and did not want to go to school.a. discouragedb. encouragedc. delightedd. disagreed14. yourilltreatment of disputes wouldput other people in a neg

25、ative frame of _a_.a. mindb. ideac. intentiond. wish15. we allbelieve that itd be hard forhim to _c_extraresponsibilitiesnow.a. take apartb. take upc. take ond. take back16. it is withher support _b_hewon the nobelprize.a. whichb. thatc. whatd. when17. i wish you wouldnt spend so much time _d_tv.a.

26、to watchb. watchc. watchedd. watching18. when the girlheard the news, she could do nothingbut _d_back home.a. goingb. went.c.togod.go19.itisnotuncommon for _a_problems ofcommunication between old and young.a.theretobeb.therebeingc.theretobeingd.therebe20.they_b_ thankful to havethe opportunityto fur

27、ther their studies.a.wouldliketobeb.oughttobec.wouldratherbed.had betterbepart2: questions 21 -30arebased on thissection.(20points)readthe followingpassageandfillineachblankbychoosingthebestanswerfroma, b,c andd.part2:(20points ， 2 pointsforeach item)yearsagoinscotland,theclarkfamilyhada dream. clar

28、kandhiswifeworkedandsaved,_21a_ plans fortheirninechildren andthemselves to movetothe unitedstates. it_22d_them many years, but finallythey savedenoughmoney. theygot passportsand reservationson a new liner (游轮 ) to thatcountry.theentirefamilywas_23a_abouttheirnewlife. _24b_,a weekbefore theirdepartu

29、re, the youngestsonwasbittenbya dog. the doctor healed the boy;butincase ofrabies( 狂犬病 ), the boy hadto be separated and observed fortwo weeks. thefamilys _25b_ was dashed. theywouldnot be abletomakethe trip to_26d_as theyhad planned. standingonthedock towatchthe ship leave, the father shedtears ofd

30、isappointmentand cursedbothhisson and god for their _27c_.five days later, the _28d_newsspread throughoutscotland- the mightytitanichadsunk. the unsinkable ship had sunk,takinghundreds ofliveswithit. whenmr.clarkheard thenews, he hugged his son and thanked him _29b_savingthefamily.he also thanked go

31、d for saving theirlivesandturning_30c_ he had feltwasatragedy intoa blessing.althoughwemay not alwaysunderstand, all things happen fora reason.21.a. makingb. doing.c. playingd. finding22.a. paidb. gavec. spendd. took23.a. excitedb. worriedc. nervousd. tired24.a. becauseb. howeverc. therefored. besides25.a. partyb. dreamc. businessd. house26.a. scotlandb. africac.