
I. Vocabulary and Structure (1 point each; 30 points in all)
1. A great many cancers can be cured but only if _____ before they have begun to spread or ‘colonize’ in other parts of the body.
A. properly treat B. properly treating C. being properly treated D. properly treated
2. _______ she is a likeable girl, she is very difficult to work with.
A. Since B. However C. As far as D. While
3. All the _____ tourists gave the robber their money.
A. frightened B. frightening C. frighten D. frightful
4. __________ her age, she really did a good job in such a short time.
A. Giving B. Gives C. Give D. Given
5. The soldier was _______ with neglecting his duty.
A. charged B. conducted C. changed D. committed
6.The reason why the car stopped was ________.
A. because the road was not good B. that the road was not good
C. due to the bad road D. because of the bad road
7. You’d better hurry, ______ you might be late for class.
A. or B. and C. unless D. but
8. They ________ on a trip into the desert the following year.
A. set in B. sent for C. set off D. sent off
9. The doctor felt John’s arm to _________ if the bone was broken.
A. work out B. find out C, look at D. see out
10. He just _______my suggestion at the meeting yesterday.
A. put away B. shut down C. showed off D. brushed aside
11. The question ______ at the next meeting remains a secret.
A. discussed B. to discuss C. to be discussed D. being discussed
12. His laziness ______ his failure in the final exam.
A. gave up B. contributed C. resulted in D. distributed
13. The teacher’s _______ to my statement about this poet led me to read widely about poems.
A. change B. charge C. challenge D. chance
14. On most of the nights, Jane _____ reading letters from her boyfriend.
A. stayed off B. stayed on C. stayed out D. stay up
15. The first—year students were learning from the army in Miyun, a suburb of Beijing near ______ I lived.
A. what B. where C. that D. which
16. Lynda and hundreds of young people like him ______ the post of typist.
A. approached B. applied for C. appealed to D. approved of
17. Prices have been _______ rapidly in many cities.
A. went up B, gone up C. going up D. go up
18. In this building each apartment could ________ a family of 6.
A. house B. cover C. make D. include
19. I can hardly hear what he’s saying, and ____________.
A. so can all the other people B. nor can all the other people
C. so can hardly all the other people D. nor all the other people can
20. When he explained it again and again, the students’ patience ________.
A. ran over B. ran on C. ran out D. ran off
21. When her neighbor Grandma Wang became ill, the girl often __________.
A. fitted in B. worked out C. held back D. helped out
22. If you really want to apply for the dangerous job, I won’t _______, though I think it’s a crazy idea.
A. stood in your way B. stand on the way C. stand in your way D. stand by the way
23. He was trying to read; _______, the phone kept ringing.
A. meanwhile B. then C. later D. afterwards
24. I am not of those people who like a strenuous(费力的) holiday; I believe in _______.
A. took it easy B. taken it easy C. taking it easy D. taking it easily
25. If I don’t ______ them______ I should probably forget all about them.
A. wrote…down B. write…down C. write…..for D. written…..about
26. She told her little brother ______ her hand rightly while they were crossing the busy street.
A. hold on to B. holding on to C. held on to D. to hold on to
27. If you don’t mind, I ________do my homework than play cards with you.
A. had better B. prefer C. would rather D. would like
28. Their idea was to get us to _____ the strike at once.
A. call at B. call off C. call in D. call for
29. My car _______ so I had to come by bus.
A. fell down B. broke down C. fell over D. turned away
30. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face.
A. appearance B. sight C. expression D. explanation
Ⅱ.Cloze (1 point each;20 points in all)
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.It should be noted, however, that this contract does not 1 the same form in different societies.In Western societies, the 2 of a man and a woman 3 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 4 by the state.In some African so cieties, 5 , marriage has nothing to do 6 an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 7 of goods.Generally 8 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 9 of goods to the bride's kin(亲戚), though sometimes a payment is 10 made by the bridegroom's kin to that of the bride.
Among the Nuer, a 11 living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride's kin, 12 as bridewealth, is in the 13 of cattle.Once the 14 of bridewealth is agreed 15 , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a 16 union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable 17 of the husband.They remain 18 children even 19 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 20 man.
1.A.make B.get C.take D.do
2.A.condition B.difference C.union D.divorce
3.A.is B.are C.was D.were
4.A.recognizing B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized
5.A.however B.yet C.though D.still
6.A.with B.from C.for D.to
7.A.exchange B.contact C.communication D.connection
8.A.that B.this C.one D.it
9.A.money B.payment C.cost D.consumption
10.A.also B.too C.either D.as well
11.A.a person B.a people C.a man D.a couple
12.A.called B.known C.named D.looked
13.A.shape B.size C.form D.type
14.A.amount B.number C.figure D.volume
15.A.upon B.with C.to D.for
16.A.legal B.casual C.direct D.progressive
17.A.bride B.cattle C.wealth D.children
18.A.his B.her C.their D.one’s
19.A.before B.because C.while D.if
20.A.other B.another C.more D.farther
Ⅲ . Reading Comprehension (50points)
Passage One
Stories don't just happen ; they are created. There are no stories in the everyday course of events; there are only the ingredients for stories. A dozen people may watch a man standing on the fifth-floor ledge or a small child crying. There is no story involved in either case unless one of the dozen chooses to make one up—to surround the isolated event with a beginning and an end, thereby giving what we call a meaning to human action. In other words, there has to be a story-maker--a story-teller--if there is to be a story.
You as the story-maker or writer are in complete control of all of the details of your story. You have control over who the characters are, what they do, and why they do it. You also have control over how the story is to be told and who is going to tell it. You can adopt one of a number of points of view, each of which will give a quite different total story.
Broadly speaking, there are two major approaches a writer can take: (1) you can present the story as if told by someone who is completely outside it, or (2) you can present the story as if told by one of its characters. In either case, the teller's role is an assumed role.
1. The author of this passage uses ingredients to mean ______.
A. creative features B. unimportant details C. misleading facts D. raw materials
2. Who controls all the details of the story?
A. The story-maker. B. The characters. C. The publisher. D. The proofreader.
3. The main idea of this passage is ______.
A. stories are created B. nonfiction stories are true
C. legends are a type of story D. most stories are historical accounts
4. Based on the two approaches mentioned in the passage, the story can be told by ______.
A. the one who writes the story B. people who create stories
C. the man who is watched by people D. the one who is one of the characters
Passage Two
The thought of not sleeping for twenty-four hours or more is not a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs about eight hours of sleep each day to keep our bodies healthy and happy. Some people, however, can get by just a few hours of sleep at night.
It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception on this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a man named A1 Herpin turned out to be a real exception, for supposedly, he never slept!
A1 Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They hoped to negate the claims that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers. His doctors were baffled by this strange case of permanent insomnia. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition. He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been born. Herpin died at the age of 94, never having slept a wink.
5. This passage centers on ______.
A. dream interpretation B. patterns of sleep C. A1 Herpin's sleepless life D. sleeps and dreams
6. The expression "get by", in the last sentence of the first paragraph is ______.
A. a confusing expression B. a rude expression C. an everyday expression D. an improper expression
7. A1 Herpin's condition could be regarded as ______.
A. normal B. curable C. healthful D. rare
8. The most likely reason on Herpion's insomnia was ______.
A. his mother's injury before he was born B. that he never got tired
C. his magnificent physical condition D. that he got enough rest rocking
Passage Three
Americans are well known for the strange diets they always seem to be following. It seems that Americans like to diet almost as much as they like to eat. New types of diet plans are always coming out. Usually, though, they don't stay popular for long.
There are many diets on the market. It is often difficult to know which ones really work. It's also hard to believe how fast a dieter is supposed to shed pounds. A lot has been written about dieting. And some interesting facts about diets and foods have been discovered.
For example, did you know that the more celery you eat, the more weight you will lose.9 Celery has "negative" calories. The body burns up more calories digesting a piece of celery than there are in the celery stick itself.
Dieters shun potatoes because they think they are fattening. But they aren't. A potato has about the same number of calories as an apple. To gain a single pound, you would have to eat eleven pounds of potatoes!
Some dieters even worry about getting fat from licking postage stamps. But they have nothing to worry about. The glue on an average stamp has only about one-tenth of a calorie. Maybe a diet of postage stamps would be popular?
9. This passage is all about ______.
A. vegetables B. fads C. Americans D. dieting
10. Celery is a good food for the dieter because ______.
A. it has a lot of protein B. vegetables are not fattening
C. it has "negative" calories D. it is easy to digest
11. The shun is to ______.
A. love B. hate C. avoid D. fear
12. One could conclude from this passage that ______.
A. dieting is not a healthy practice B. everyone diets
C. there is only one good way to lose weight D. dieting can be confusing
Passage Four
How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?
These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.
For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source. Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount if garbage piling up on the earth.
13. What two problems can man solve by burning garbage?
A. The shortage of energy and air pollution. B. The shortage of energy and the land to hold garbage.
C. Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel. D. Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbage.
14. According to the passage, using garbage is ______.
A. for heating in France each year B. a new way in a modern society
C. a good way to solve the problem of energy shortage D. too expensive as an energy source
15. What is the author's attitude?
A. Delighted. B. Sad. C. Agreeing. D. Disagreeing.
16. The best title for the passage may be ______.
A. Garbage and the Earth B. Fossil Fuel and Garbage C. Land and Garbage D. Garbage? Energy Source
Passage Five
In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. But the American skiers came home without medals. Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many years after. From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition.
But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S. record was slightly better than people had been led to believe. And Norway's record was not quite as good. The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen. After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924.
In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He had just missed earning a medal. His score was 17.916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway. Haug's score of 18 had won him the bronze medal.
But in 1974, Norway's National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results. There had been an error in computing Haug's score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man, traveled across the ocean for his award. On September 12,1974, he was given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum.
17. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A. the 1924 Olympics B. Norway's Skiers
C. An Olympic Record Corrected D. American Skiers in the Olympics
18. From 1924-1972, U. S. skiers were considered weak in Olympic competition because they ______.
A. had won only two medals B. had won no medals
C. had never entered jumping events D. had won only one medal
19. The writer says "the discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans" in order to ______.
A. show that the error and its correction were important to ski fans as well as to Haugen
B. show that the error was more important to fans than to Haugen
C. suggest that the Americans eared more about the error than the Norwegians
D. suggest that there had been no error
20. The best definition for the word computing is ______.
A. writing B. judging C. figuring D. multiplying
Ⅳ. Translation (25points)
1.It won’t make much difference whether you leave or stay.
2.In spite of all the difficulties, they are determined to carry out their promises.
3.A product that is placed at eye level on a shelf sells much better that one which is placed on a lower or higher shelf.
4.As well as being used for taking photographs, X-rays are also used for treating disease parts of the body in order to kill the disease.
5.In Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.
V. Writing (25 points)
从美国来的客座教授John Smith 要给你系的学生作一个讲座。请写一则关于这个讲座的通知。通知的内容包括以下几个方面。
(1)讲座的主题和主要内容
(2)讲座的时间和地点
(3)讲座的参与者
(4)要求本专业的学生讲座后留下进行讨论。
英语全真模拟卷六(答案解析部分)
I.Vocabulary and Structure
1.答案为D。很多癌症是可以治愈的,只要在他们扩散到身体其他地方时,被正确的治疗了。only if引导的条件从句,从句的主语与主句相同被省略,意思表被动,也省略了be动词,形成了结构。而选项C就表正在发生的了。
2.答案为D。尽管她是个可爱的女孩,她是很难共事的。while在这里表转折,however虽然也可表转折,但它是副词,不能引导从句,这里若放在两句中间,并用分号把两句隔开,就可以了。
3.答案为A。所有受到惊吓的游客把钱给了抢劫犯。frightened表受惊吓的,frightening表令人害怕的,frighten是动词,frightful非常严重的,极其讨厌的,所以应选A。
4.答案为D。考虑到她的年纪,在这么短的时间她已做得很好了。given这里表示考虑到的意思。
5.答案为A。士兵被指控玩忽职守。be charged with被指控……。
6.答案为B。车停下来的原因是因为路不好。The reason why….. was that… 常用句型,that引导表语从句。
7.答案为A。你最好块一点,否则你上课迟到了。or表否则的话。
8.答案为C。在接下来的一年,他们去了沙漠旅游。set off出发,启程;set in(令人不快之物)开始,将临;send for 请(某人)来,安排送来,定购;send off邮寄,安排……去。
9.答案为B。医生摸了摸约翰的膀子来看看他的骨头有没有断。find out 发现,查出;work out计算,算出;look at看……;see out送……出门,活得比……长。
10.答案为D。在昨天的会议上,他没有采纳我的建议。brush aside不理,不顾,漠视;put away收起,将……放回原处;shut down关闭,停业,关机;show off炫耀,卖弄。
11.答案为C。下一次会议要讨论什么问题还是个秘密。不定时作后置定语,表示将要被讨论的。
12.答案为C。是他的懒惰导致他期末考试没有通过。result in 导致,造成;give up放弃;contribute 作导致时,应为contribute to;distribute分配。
13.答案为B。老师对我对这首诗的评论提出了批评,这使我读了更多的诗。 charge这里指指责,批评,其它几个选项放这意思都不对。
14.答案为D。在很多夜晚,简会熬夜读他男友给她的来信。stay up熬夜,不睡觉;stay on继续停留;stay out 外出,不在家;一般不用stay off。
15.答案为B。一年级学生正在北京郊区密云军训,那里靠近我曾经住过的地方。从句中缺的是地点状语,所以只能用where。
16.答案为B。林达以及很多像他一样的年轻人申请了打字员工作。apply for申请(职位);approach接近,临近;appeal to呼吁,吸引,诉诸;approve of赞成。
17.答案为C。在很多城市,物价正在迅速攀升。go up上升,不及物动词,不用被动,和be连用,只能是doing。
18.答案为A。在这座大楼里每个公寓可容纳六口之家。house给……提供房子。
19.答案为B。我几乎听不见他在说什么,其他人也一样。首先句子是表否定的,A选项排除,C的表达也是错误的,否定词前置,引起部分倒装,D排除。
20.答案为C。他一遍一遍的解释,把学生们的耐心都耗尽了。run out用光,耗尽;run over(开车)碾过,超出;run on超出,讲个不停;run off逃跑,赶走。
21.答案为D。当邻居王奶奶生病时,这个小女孩经常帮助她。help out帮助摆脱困境;fit in 适合,适应;work out算出,计算出;hold back阻挡,抑制。
22.答案为C。如果你真的想申请这份危险的工作,虽然我认为这是个疯狂的想法,但是我不会阻止你的。stand in one’s way 阻碍某人
23.答案为A。他想看书,但这个时候电话不停的响。meanwhile在此期间,其它意思不对。
24.答案为C。我不是那种喜欢过费神的假期的人,我觉得应该过轻松的假期。believe in sth/doing sth 所以A,B排除,take it easy固定词组。
25.答案为B。如果不把它们写下来,我可能会把它们忘了。write… down记下,写下。
26.答案为D。她告诉弟弟过马路的时候要好好地抓住她的手。hold on to抓住,tell sb to do sth所以选D。
27.答案为C。如果你不介意的话我宁愿写作业而不愿打牌。would rather do sth than do sth else宁愿做某事而不做另一件事;prefer to do rather than do或prefer doing to doing。
28.答案为B。他们的想法是要我们立刻停止罢工。call off the strike 停止罢工;call at 中途停下;call in拜访;call for呼吁,要求。
29.答案为B。我的车坏了所以我只能坐公共汽车了。break down 出故障,坏了;fall down摔倒;fall over跌到,绊倒;turn away不准……入内。
答案为C。从他脸上的表情我可以推断出他很惊讶。expression表情,其他不符句子意思。
Ⅱ.Cloze
1.【答案】C【解析】本句意为在不同的社会里,这种合约采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意为“采取……形式”。
2.【答案】C【解析】本句是说“在西方社会,男女的结合只有由认可的登记后才成为合法婚姻。”union“结合";difference“区别”;condition“条件”;divorce“离婚”。
3.【答案】A【解析】主语是the union,为单数,从上下文的时态看应用现在时。
4.【答案】D【解析】过去分词做定语修饰official,意为被认可的。
5.【答案】A【解析】though为连词,连接主语和从句,表“虽然……但是”;yet一般用在否定句或疑问句尾,表示“已经”;still用在动词前后,表示“仍然”;however可用逗号与前后隔开,在意思上与前句转折。
6.【答案】A【解析】have nothing to do with,与……无关,固定搭配。
7.【答案】A【解析】符合商品交换的选项只有exchange。contact“接触”;communication指“交流、交换(消息)”;connection“连接”。
8.【答案】D【解析】此处是强调句型,It is…who/that结构,故只能用it.
9.【答案】B【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配,意为“支付”。money是不可数名词,故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花费、消费的意思,后面一般没有to的结构。
10.【答案】A【解析】also一般跟着谓语动词;too与as well一般放在句尾,too有时也放在句中,用逗号隔开。
11.【答案】B【解析】a people“一个民族”,a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位语,从among the Nuer中可以看出,选项不可能是a man或a person或a couple。
12.【答案】B【解析】be known as,作为……而得名;如用call或name,后面的as应去掉。
13.【答案】C【解析】in the form of“以……形式”,固定搭配。
14.【答案】A【解析】number、figure表示数字;volume意为“容量”;只有amount“数量”可与新娘彩礼相搭配。
15.【答案】A【解析】动词agree后面可接不同的介词,agree on/upon表示就一点双方达成一致意见;agree to同意对方建议;agree with同意某人意见,双方在观点意见上的吻合。无agree for的说法。
16.【答案】A【解析】casual“偶尔的”;progressive“进步的”;direct“直接的”。根据上下文。此处应填legal“合法的”。
17.【答案】D【解析】“联姻的后代成为”,不可能选bride或cattle。但从后面的句子中可以看出,此处选children最为合适。
18.【答案】A【解析】本句的意思是“即使妻子离开丈夫后,同别人生活,他们的孩子应属于夫方。His指代husband。
19.【答案】D【解析】根据上题的译文,本句用even if“即使”,符合句意。
20.【答案】B【解析】other后接复数名词;表示单数概念时用another。
Ⅲ . Reading Comprehension
1~4: D A A D 5~8: C C D A 9~12: D C C D 13~16: B C C D 17~20: C B A C
Ⅳ. Translation
1.你走还是留,不是很重要。
2.尽管困难重重,他们还是决心实现诺言。
3.放在与人眼同等高度货架上的商品比放在低于或高于人眼货架上商品畅销。
4.X光射线不仅被用于照相,还可用于治疗病变部位的疾病。
5.当今,英国年轻人比以前更容易犯罪,因为他们有更多的自由去他们想去的地方,有更多的钱做他们想做的事情。
V. Writing
Announcement
Professor John Smith, a visiting scholar who came to the Department of History form the United States, will give us a talk on American History at 5 p.m. on Monday. The lecture will be held at Academic Lecture Hall in Building 3. All students of History Department will be supposed to attend the lecture.
Prof.Smith is famous in the field of American History and has published several books on this topic. Please bring the notebooks with you so as you may take notes. Students of history are required to hold a discussion after the lecture. Please get to the lecture Hall 10 minutes ahead of time in order to show our respect to Professor Smith.
