《大学英语》基础阶段模拟试题
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Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
1. In this school, students are encouraged to develop and express their ______ thought.
A. independent B. correspondent C. distinguished D. peculiar
2. There are other problems which I don’t propose to ____ at the moment.
A. go into B. go around C. go for D. go up
3. As _______ announced in today’s papers, the World Expo 2004 is also open on Sundays.
A. being B. is C. to be D. being
4. His honesty is ________; nobody can doubt.
A. in question B. out of the question C. out of question D. beside the question
5. At first, my grandfather didn’t ________ of my father’s marriage.
A. agree B. appeal C. approve D. admit
6. Things that are ______ will not easily bend.
A C. steep . smooth
7. I’m not sure whether I can gain much profit from the investment, so I can’t make a (n) ___ promise to help you.
A. exact B. defined C. definite D. sure
8. I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it, _______.
9. We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came ______ view.
A. from B. in C. before D. into
10. He hoped that the firm would _____ him to the Paris branch.
A. exchange B. transmit C. transfer D. remove
11. You mustn’t allow your family duties to ___________ your work.
A. interfere with B. go with C. go through with D. do away with
12. I wanted to take the medicine, but I couldn’t make ________ of the instructions.
A. understanding B. sense C. application D. sight
13. Cancer is second only _______ heart disease as a cause of death.
A. of B. to C. with D. from
14. The ancient Egyptians are supposed _______ rockets to the moon.
A. to send B. to be sending C. to have sent D. to have been sending
15. Get in the car. There is enough _______ for you.
A. place B. seat C. spot D. room
16. She has caught a bad cold and it’s not _______ that she will recover before next Monday.
A. unlike B. likely C. possibly D. probably
17. It took me a long time to _____ the disappointment of losing the match.
A. get on B. get off C. get over D. get down
18. Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50% of patients don’t take drugs _______ directed.
A. like B. so C. which D. as
19. New York _______ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.
A. ranked B. occupied C. arranged D. classified
20. He can’t speak his own native language well, ___ a foreign language.
A. let out B. let off C. let down D. let alone
21. John is determined to carry out the important experiment. _______ happens, he’ll not change his plan.
A. That B. Whatever C. What D. Wherever
22.Mrs. Ted took _______ of the fine weather and did a day’s work inn the garden.
A. advantage B. charge C. interest D. chance
23.I prefer you _______ here too long.
A. will not stay B. not to stay C. not saying D. don’t stay
24._______ in a pleasant family, Jack always likes farm work.
A. Brought in B. Brought up C. Brought about D. Brought out
25.The professor insisted that we _______ our papers on Monday.
A. handed in B. will hand in C. hand in D. must hand in
26. We had to _______ a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A. go in for B. hold on to C. put up with D. keep pace with
27. After a few rounds of talks, both sides regards the territory dispute _______.
A. being settled B. to be settled C. had settled D. as settled
28. The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into _______ care.
A. tense B. rigid C. intensive D. tight
29. If only the committee _______ the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.
A. approve B. will approve C. can approve D. would approve
30. Although I like the appearance of the house of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _______ through the window.
A. vision B. look C. picture D. view
31.Apparently, this typewriter is _______ to that one.
A. advanced B. better C. superior D. lighter
32.The Chinese, like most of the Asians, _______ rice.
A. live with B. live on C. live under D. live for
33. He has two ______. Both of who are excellent.
A. son-in-law B. sons-in-law C. sons-in-laws D. son-in-law
34. The documents were not ready yet and _______ we could not sign them.
A B. constantly C. continuously D. consistently
35. So seriously was Linda injured in the car accident _______ she was immediately taken to a nearby hospital.
A. soon B. therefore C. that D. so that
36.Susan is not very intelligent, _______ work very hard.
A. not does she B. or does she C. either does she D. neither does she
37.Mr. Wang has taught these students for three years, so he is quite _______ them
A. strange to B. cautious of C. fearful of D. familiar with
38._______ they went home one after another.
39.Frank had his radio _______ yesterday.
A. fixed B. fix C. fixing D. to fix
40.Without the worker’s help, Sam _______ so much progress.
A. would not make B. would not have made C. will not make D. did not make
II. Reading Comprehension (50分)
Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. 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 the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3000 U.S. adolescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime, it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweighs all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.
Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 percent, smoking rates among youth have declined. While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be raised.
First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent. The statistic is reversing. Third, several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .
Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade, no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effective measures to reduce smoking levels among youth.
41.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.
A. traffic accidents B. smoking-related disease C. murder D. all of these
42.Every other day there are over_____high school students who will become regular smoker.
A. 75 B. 23 C. 30 D. 3000
43. By "dropout" the author means______.
A. students who failed the examination B. students who left school
C. students who lost their way D. students who were driven out of school
44.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.
A. NCI has taken effective measures B. smoking is prevented among high school seniors
C. there are many smokers who have died of cancer D. none of these
45. What is implied but not stated by the author is that ________.
A. smoking rates among youth have declined very little
B. there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors
C. high smoking rates are due to the increase in wealth
D. smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds
Passage Two
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:
There are two factors which determine an individual’s intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped environmentally, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.
The importance of environment in determining an individual’s intelligence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reared by parents of low intelligence in an isolated community with poor educational opportunities. Mark was reared in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child, sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually. This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were given tests to measure their intelligence. Mark’s I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities, the twins, having identical brains, would have tested at roughly the same level.
46. This selection can best be titled_________.
A. Measuring Your Intelligence B. Intelligence and Environment
C. The Case of Peter and Mark D. How the brain Influences Intelligence
47. The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that _____.
A. human brains differ considerably B. the brain a person is born with is important in determining his intelligence
C. environment is crucial in determining a person’s intelligence
D. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence
48. According to the passage, the average I.Q. is _____.
A.85 B.100 C.110 D.125
49. The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that _______.
A. individual with identical brains seldom test at same level
B. an individual’s intelligence is determined only by his environment
C. lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligence
D. changes of environment produce changes in the structure of the brain
50. This passage suggests that an individual’s I.Q.______.
A. can be predicted at birth B. stays the same throughout his life
C. can be increased by education D. is determined by his childhood
Passage Three
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. (“We came in bunches, like radishes.”) At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.
51. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch
C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition
52. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to ____ .
A. decorate her home D. gain an international reputation
53. From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ____ .
A C
54. Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____ .
A C. embroidering D. farming
55. In line 14, the word “spotted” could best be replaced by ____.
A
Passage Four
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you’ve visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen——21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
’s important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs(碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquits has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon(优惠券).
56. What does the author mean by saying "the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked"(Para. 2)?
A. People’s personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.
B. In the 21st century people try every means to look into others’ secrets.
C. People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.
D. Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.
57. What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?
A. Friends should open their hearts to each other. B. Friends should always be faithful to each other.
C. There should be a distance even between friends. D. There should be fewer disputes between friends.
58. Why does the author say "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret"(Para. 3)?
A. Modern society has finally evolved into an open society. B. People leave traces around when using modern technology.
C. There are always people who are curious about others’ affairs.
D. Many search engines profit by revealing people’s identities.
59. What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protection?
A. They change behaviors that might disclose their identity. B. They use various loyalty cards for business transactions.
C. They rely more and more on electronic devices. D. They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
60. According to the passage, privacy is like health in that _____.
A. people will make every effort to keep it B. its importance is rarely understood
C. it is something that can easily be lost D. people don’t cherish it until they lose it
. Cloze Test(20分)
Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passages. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
One day a police officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms. He was so 61 what he had bought that he offered to 62 the mushrooms with his brother officers. When their breakfast arrived the next day,each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.
“Let the dog 63 a piece first,”suggested one officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous. The dog seemed to 65 his mushrooms,and the officers then began to eat their meal saying that the mushrooms had a very strange 66 quite pleasant taste.
An hour 67 , however, they were all astonished when the gardener rushed on and said 68 the dog was dead. 69, the officers jumped into their cars and rushed into the nearest hospital. Pumps (泵) were used and the officers had a very 70 time getting rid of the mushrooms that 71 in their stomachs. When they 72 to the police station, they sat down and started to 73 the mushroom poisoning. Each man explained the pains that he had felt and they agreed that 74 had grown worse on their 75 to the hospital. The gardener was called to tell the way 76 the poor dog had died.” Did it 77 much before death?”asked one of the officers, 78 very pleased that he had escaped a 79 death himself. “No,” answered the gardener looked rather 80 . “It was killed the moment a car hit it.”
61. A. sure of B. careless about C. pleased with D. disappointed at
62. A. share B. grow C. wash D. cook
63. A. check B. smell C. try D. examine
. A. frightened B. shy C. cheerful D. careful
65. A. refuse B. hate C. want D. enjoy
66. A. besides B. but C. and D. or
67. A. later B. after C. past D. over
68. A. cruelly B. curiously C. seriously D. finally
69. A. Immediately B. Carefully C. Suddenly D. Slowly
70. A. hard B. busy C. exciting D. unforgettable
71. A. stopped B. dropped C. settled D. remained
72. A. hurried B. drove C. went D. returned
73. A. study B. discuss C. record D. remember
74. A. this B. these C. it D. they
75. A. road B. street C. way D. direction
76. A. how B. in that C. which D. in which
77. A. suffer B. eat C. harm D. spit
78. A. to feel B. feeling C. felt D. having felt
79. A. strange B. painful C. peaceful D. natural
80. A. happy B. interested C. surprised D. Excited
IV.Translation(20分)
Directions: In this part, there is one paragraph in English. Read it carefully and translate it into Chinese.
Technology is the application (应用)of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span via medical technology.
.Writing(20分)
Directions:In this part of the test,you are required to write a short composition of about 120 to 180 words based on the topic given below.
Private Cars in China
1.我国公民私家车的拥有量正在迅速增加。
2.私家车大量增加给国家经济带来的好处和坏处。
3.我的观点。