大学英语模拟试卷（一）I．Phonetics(5 points)Directions：In each of the following groups of words,there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A ,B,C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation . Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. A. season B. neat C. reason D. measure2. A. stone B. stove C. nole D. prove3. A. nearly B. bear C. dear D. near4. A. rubber B. curious C. gun D. public5. A. suggestion B. liberation C. operation D. indicationII.Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)Directions:There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,Cand D.Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.6. Your coat will lose its color it is washed.A. afterB. untilC. thoughD. not until7. Scarcely such an exciting movie.A. have I ever seenB. I have ever seenC. saw ID. I saw8. The number of the students who can attend this course fifteen.A. haveB.hasC. areD. is9. The event took place during .A. First World WarB. the First World WarC. World War the OneD. the World War One10. The man who came to help us is a friend of .A. meB. IC. myD. mine11. We need to import from abroad.A. a great deal of equipmentB. many equipmentsC. an equipmentD. many pieces of equipments12. Have you finished your homework? The lesson is than the last one.A. easyB. much easierC.very easierD. more easier13. The football match was televised from the Workers‟Stadium.A. aliveB. lifeC. liveD. lively14. The new medicine the doctor for the pain in my stomach is imported and quite expensive.A. boughtB. prescribedC. describedD. discovered15. Does it much to have the bicycle repaired?A. payB. spendC. costD. ask16. is well known, light ,like heat,is a form of energy.A. ItB. whatC.Just usD. As17. When he opened the tin, it a bad smell.A. gave awayB. gave inC. gave upD. gave off18. On Sunday, I got to to hear mass.A. churchB. the churchC. a churchD. some church19. “What are you busy?”“I am busy the plan for the sports meeting.”A. in ;to makeB. about;to makeC. in; makingD. about;making20. There some mistakes in your composition.A. haveB. hasC. seems to beD. seem to beIII.Cloze(30 points)Directions : For each blank in the following passage ,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.One evening,long after most people had gone to bed,a friend of mine and I were 21 our way happily home through the silent street.We had been to a 22and were talking about the people we 23and heard in it.“the show made him a star overnight,”said my friend about one of them. “He was completely 24before .And now thousands of people send 25 gifts and letters.” “I thought him quite good,”I said.“But not 26 thousands of letters. As a matter of 27one of his songs 28 me a shock .It was too 29.” “What was that?”my friend asked me . “Sing it to me .”I began to sing . “Do be 30,you‟ll give everybody a shock and wake them up for miles 31,besides there will be a policeman after us.”My friend gave a surprised look.“Never min d ,I won‟t care, What is the matter?”I said and went on 32 at the top of my voice.Presently there came a policeman ,standing in front of me,his note-book open.“Excuse me ,sir”he said, “You have a very good 33if I may say so. Who taught you singing? I‟d very much 34to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons, Would you be 35to tell me your name and address?Then my wife and I would come to your house to discuss it.”21. A. looking B. making C. worrying D. going22. A. concert B. movie C. game D. party23. A. had talked to B. had seen C. had beenwithD. had visited24. A. famous B. forgotten C. strange D. unknown25. A. he B. him C. them D. their26. A. be B. receive C. write D. worth27. A. fact B. the concert C. music D. the gifts28. A. gave B. made C. surprised D. got29. A. pretty B. crowded C. noisy D. wonderful30. A. silence B. fast C. quiet D. loud31. A. in B. out C. over D. around32. A. to laugh B. shouting C. to talk D. singing33. A. shape B. face C. sound D. voice34. A. eager B. wanted C. like D. anxiousC. happyD. honest35. A. brave B. kindenoughIV.Reading Comprehension (60 points)Directions:There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D.Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneEvery summer in Australia there is the danger of bush fires .Long periods of hot dry weather cause the grass and trees to become highly inflammable .In addition to the dryness and high temperature,another important factor is the great amount of oil in the leaves of such trees as eucalyptus,gum and ti trees.Fires start very easily ,often spontaneously(自动地，自发地),but usually because of a carelessly thrown cigarette or match,If there is a high wind,the ample supply of air fans the flames into an inferno .The radiant heat vaporizes the oil in the leaves,and the fire travels very quickly,sometimes overtakes fleeing cars and burns passengers to death.Great fires often occur around Christmas,in areas near big cities,causing great loss of life and property.36. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor that contributes to great fire danger?A. sultry weatherB. Cigarettes thrown out of car windowsC. Pine forestsD. Windstorm37. According to the passage ,fires erupt when .A. arsonists set matches to leavesB. crude oil contacts inflammable objectsC. tourists throw cigarette ends onto refuse dumpsD. trees start burning of themselves38. Bush fires travel .A. in small wayB. in disorderC. seriouslyD. swiftly39. “Inferno”in the context means“”.A. hellB. place of great heat and fireC. furnace for smelting ironD. fireballPassage TwoIn the water around New York City there is a very small island called liberty Island .On Liberty Island there is a special statue called the Statue of Liberty.It is one of the most famous sights in the world.The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.Liberty ,of course,means freedom,and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S.independence from England.The statue was built in France,taken apart piece by piece,and then rebuilt in the United States.It was opened for the public on October 28,1886.As you might expect ,the statue is very big.Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue.If they want to ,they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York.40. A good title for this selection is .A. Famous Sights in the WorldB. Liberty IslandC. The Statue of LibertyD. A Gift from France41. The world“sights”in the first paragraph means .A. a small presentB. a kind of postcardC. the power of seeingD. something that you can see42. The statue was built in .A. FranceB. the United StatesC. EnglandD. Liberty Island43. We may conclude that the elevator does not .A. go to the topB. go fast enoughC. cost a lot of moneyD. both B and CPassage ThreeMany strange new means of transport have been developed in our century,the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft.In 1953,a former electronics engineer in his fifties,Christopher Cockerell,who had turned to boat-building on the Norfolk Broads,suggested an idea on which he had been working for many years to the British government and industrial circles.It was the idea of supporting a craft on a “pad”,or cushion, of low-pressure air,ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air ,Eversince ,people have had difficulty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships ,planes ,or land vehicles_for it is something in between a boat and an aircraft .As a ship builder,Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface‟s power and limits its speed.His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air ,no more than one or two feet thick.This is done by a great number of ringshaped air jets on the bottom of the craft.It“flies”,therefore,but it cannot fly higher_its action depends on the surface,water or ground,over which it rides.44. Which of the following statements is true?A. The engineer had worked out the idea for many years.B. The engineer had been working on the idea for many years.C. The engineer suggested the idea to the British government and industrial circles for many years.D. The British government and industrial circles accepted the idea many years later.45. The engineer‟s suggestion is that he build a craft.A. with support of a pad under itB. with support of a curtain round itC. with support of a pad of airD. with support of a cushion of air made by jet engines46. The word “hovercraft”in line two means.A. a craft which can move over land of waterB. a craft which can fly a short distanceC. a craft which can fly a long distanceD. a craft which can fly in circles47. We may conclude from reading the passage that .A. a hovercraft can not fly high because of the surrounding high-pressure airB. a hovercraft is as much in use as a planeC. a hovercraft“flies”with a greater speed than shipsD. a hovercraft also has the problem of wave resistancePassage FourIt is animals and plants which lived in or near water whose remains are most likely to be preserved ,for one of the necessary conditions of preservation is quick burial ,and it is only in the seas and rivers,and sometimes lakes,where mud and silt have been continually deposited,that bodies and the like can be rapidly covered over and preserved.But even in the most favorable circumstances only a small fraction of the creatures that die are preserved in this way before decay sets in or ,even more likely,before scavengers eat them.After all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else,whether it be plant or animal,dead or alive ,and it is only by chance that such a fate is avoided .The remains of plants and aninmals that lived on land are much more rarely preserved ,for there is seldom anything to cover them over.When you think of the innumerable birds that one sees flying about,not to mention the equally numerous small animals like field mice and voles which you do not see,it is very rarely that one comes across a dead body,except,of course ,on the roads,They decompose and are quickly destroyed by the weather or eaten by some other creatures.48. Quick burial leads to the preservation of .A. a large number of remainsB. a number of remainsC. only a small number of remainsD. few remains49. Which of the following is not true?A. All living creatures die in order to be eaten by others.B. All living creatures can be the food of others.C. All living creatures decay.D. Only a small number of living creatures can avoid being eaten by other.50. Most remains of animals and plants on land can not survive because of .A. bad weatherB. sun-rayC. floodsD. decay51. The best title for this passage is .A. The Origin of Life on EarthB. Life Forms on EarthC. The Discovery of Life on EarthD. The Preservation of the Past Life on EarthPassage Five1970 was World Conservation Year.The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger .They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to “conserve”nature.Here is one example of the problem.At one time there were 1,300 different plants,trees and flowers in Holland.But now only 866 remain.The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology.We are changing the earth ,the air and water,and everthing that grows and lives.We can‟t live without these thing either .If we continue like this,we shall destroy ourselves.What will happen in the future?Pe rhaps it is more important to ask“what must we do now?”The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today .A lot of them know that conservation is necessary . Many are helping to save our world .They plant trees,build bridges across rivers in forests,and so on .In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometres of their river.Young people may hear conservation through a record called“No One‟s Going to Change Our World”.It was made by the Beetles, Cliff Richard and other singers.The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.52. The main idea of the first paragraph is .A. the danger of our worldB.the importance of conservationC. that we‟re destroying ourselvesD. that we are changing our world53. We shall destroy ourselves if we don‟t change.A. governmentsB. modern technologyC. our rivers and forestsD. the United Nations54. “No One’s Gong to Change Our World”was.A. a record calling on people to conserve natureB. a rule worked out by the United NationsC. an important book published in 1970D. an idea that nobody would accept55. People all over the world .A. wonder what to do in the futureB. pay no attention to the UN‟s callC. take no measure in conservationD. should act quickly to answer the UN‟s callV.Daily Conversation(15 points)Directions:Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet.A.What‟s the matter?B.I‟m sorry to hear thatC.He simply hates me.D.Anyway,cheer up!E.Yeah,but it‟s very hard to find jobs now.F.I‟m all rightG.Let me alone H.How are you?Sarah:You look sad ,Bill. 56Bill:I quarreled with my boss this morning.He almost drove me mad.Sarah:That‟s too bad.Why was that?Bill: 57And I‟m under a lot of pressure.Sarah: 58But things will get better.Bill:Yeah.Sarah:Have you considered a change of scenery?Bill: 59Sarah:It‟s true. 60Bill:I will.Thank you.VI. Writing(25 points)Directions:For this part ,you are supposed to write a composition in 100～120 words based on the following situation.Remember to write it clearly.61.有人说，中文会成为一种全球语言。