英语模拟试题 2选择第1题I. Phonetics (10 points, one item for 1 point)Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined 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 park B party D guard2. A bowl B yellow C know3. A tired B fire C hire4. B grow C flow D window5. A think B thank D thin6. A wait C fail D train7. A field C receive D believe 8. A search C early D earth9. A autumn B August D daughter 10. A hotel C smoke D noticeII. V ocabulary and Structure (55 points, one item for 1 point)Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.11. You can never _____ that fellow for help at a critical moment. A reply for C depend at D trust on12. I remember ______ to help us when we got into trouble. A once offering C him to offer D to offer him13. Did you ______ at the party last night? A enjoy B take a good time D spend good time14. Not until the game had begun _____ at the sports ground. A he arrived B he didn't arrive C would he arrive15. They are ______ to arrive in time. B maybe C possible D probably16. She has had to spend ______ money on medicine. A a large number of B a few C a great many17. He is unable to answer the question about the new text. He ______ it yesterday.A must have previewed C ought to previewed D should preview18. Mount Blanc, ________ we visited last summer, is the highest mountain in Europe. A where C that D what19. The effect of TV ______ the life of average people is incalculable. A in B for C about D on20. Paris is ____ that we can hardly visit all the beautiful parks in two or three days.A such a large cityB so a large cityC such large a city21. My transistor radio isn't working. It _______. B needs repairing C needs to repair D need to be repair22. Mary said that she couldn't ________ a new dress on her income. A spend B save D spare23. I haven't decided which hotel ________. A to stay B is to stay at D is for staying24. His health is ________. A as poor, if not poorer than, his sisterC as poor, if not poorer, than his sister'sD poor as his sister's, if not poorer25. Only by diligence and honesty ______.A one can succeed in life C one can be succeeded in life D can one be succeed in life26. She hardly ever goes to ____________ the theatre. A neither B neither the cinema nor C either the cinema27. The packet of chocolate was ______ the reach of the child. A without B under D behind28. It's very kind ________ invite me. A that you B for you to D by you to29.May I stay with you __________ going back to my parents' home tonight? A because of B so as to C in spite of30. He asked us _______ any noise. A don't make C to not make D make not31.In spite of the noise, he went on working _______ nothing were happening. A because C although D where32. Alice, _____ where to find the book, asked her mother where the book was.A not to knowB never to knowC with to knowledgea five-hundred-word compositionB a five-hundred-words compositionC a five-hundreds-word compositionD a five-hundreds-words composition34. I couldn't come to the meeting this afternoon for I have ________ to do.B important somethingC anything importantD important anything35. I know nothing about _________ in the army.A she workingB for her to work D her having been worked36. All I can say about them ____ that they are the most competent engineers I have ever seen. A have B are C has is37. If I cannot make myself _______ English, I will speak Chinese.A understood withB understand with D understand in38. By 11 o'clock, he will ______ for four hours.B will be studyingC will studyD will have studyingually there is ______ traffic in the street on weekdays than on Sundays. B little C few D fewer40. ______ for your foolish act, we wouldn't have been suspected by the enemy.A If it was notB It had not beenC If it is not41. You think he is coming, ____________? B is he C are you D isn't he42. "You can't join us today, can you?" "___________."A Yes, I can join you tomorrowB Yes, I can't join you tomorrow D No, I can join you tomorrow43. ---- "Do you want me to come next week?" ----"You needn't tell me, if you don't want __________." A doing B so C such44. Jack began to consider _________ your offer. A accept C to accept D accepted45. Northwest Airline Flight 541 for Paris is now arriving at ___________.A the gate six C the six gate D sixth gate46. Upon returning from work, ___________.B a letter was found in the mailboxC a letter was in the mailboxD the mailbox had a letter in it47. He prefers living alone in a quiet village ______ living in a city.A thanB rather thanC more than48. _________ all his riches, the King was never contented.A However C Though D Although49. Oil is in great _____ during the Gulf crisis.A askingB requirementC request50. "Will you join us?" "_______, but I'm too busy."A Yes, I doB I should love to D I should to51. The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also _______ a large number of social customs.B takeC joinD make52. Tom's father wants _________ him.A making a doctorB a doctor made from D to make a doctor by53. I spoke to him kindly _________ him.A no to fright C in order to not frighten D for not frightening54. The teacher spent almost two days ___________ his lecture.A to prepareB prepare D prepared55. I'll leave him a note _________ he may know where we are.A in order to C in order D forMistake Spotting Directions: Each of the following sentences had four parts underlined A, B, C and D Identify the one that needs correction and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.56. The pupils A were made C until they could D say them fluently.57. Anybody A who knows B anything can C see that this elephant58. If I had known A all this B before, I D that way.59. This is the Avery factory C visited D for the first time in 1982.60. Last night I saw a A wonderful film, C about a British D woman in the Second World61. I A don't remember the student B whom I have C lent my dictionary to62. My brother A doesn't care how much C because he is going to buy it D anyway.63. I don't mind B all the week, but I refuse C to work D on Sundays.64. A Remember to B go to the post office and don't forget D with you.65. I can't remember A whether this C or the year D before.IIICloze (20 points, one item for 2 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and 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.Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not 66_______. It 67______ from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. Someone once said that other 68_______ have a climate, but England just has weather! Tom was amused by all this talk at first, but he gets used to it now.Last week Tom really 69______ why everyone is so concerned about the weather. You can never be certain what's going to happen.70_________ it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. As usual, no one 71_____ it. The pipes in many houses froze; trains 72______ to run; cars got stuck; there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. The weather forecast was very bad. Everyone complained "What terrible weather we 73____! I haven't seen anything like it!" and so on. And then, suddenly, the sun 74______ out, the snow melted and it was spring 75_______.66. A amusing C exciting D interesting 67. A goes B becomes C gets68. B places C cities D continents 69. B saw C felt D got70. A Since C Because D For 71. B thought C knew D touched72. B fell C stopped D began 73. A see B get D like74. A rose C disappeared D appeared 75. A too B as well C alsoIV.Reading Comprehension (45 points, one item for 3 points)Directions: There are four 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.The wheel was one of man's first inventions and yet it has also proved one of the most useful. So wide and varied are the uses of wheels, in machines and vehicles of all kinds, that it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without them. It is surprising to hear it said, therefore, that the wheel's importance will perhaps be greatly reduced by the end of he century by an invention so new as to be still unnamed.The invention is a machine that floats above any surface on a cushion of air. The cushion is formed when air is blown into the bottom of the machine. This part is shaped like a saucer turned upside down. If air is blown into this saucer, the machine rises to a height that may vary from a few inches to a few feet.Industry is already using one form of the invention to deal with heavy loads. It can lift them with ease and since there are no wheels, and therefore no friction, they can be put into motion with the touch of a finger.The new invention, however, is having a great effect on transport. Not only does it make expensive road systems unnecessary, but it enables vehicles to travel equally well over land or water. This unique ability to reach most destinations has given rise to the prediction that wheeled vehicles may be as uncommon at the end of the century as aeroplanes were at the beginning.76. The first paragraph tells us that ________ A the wheel was man's earliest invention B wide wheels have a variety of important usesC the wheel's usefulness ahs yet to be proved77. The phrase "with the touch of a finger" in the third paragraph means ________B without frictionC by electricityD by hand78. The passage tells us that the new invention ___________A is more important for industry than for transportC will one day be used instead of aeroplaneD will replace wheeled vehicles in a hundred years79. At the end of the century, vehicles using the new invention will probably be __________A rareB unimportant D expensive80. According to the passage, the new invention ________A will soon get a nameB is lighter than air D was uncommon a century agoPassage two We have no idea about when man first begin to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history. For example, it is recorded in many history books that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.In some periods of history, a person who stole was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for example. If a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years before, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished, and his ear would be cut off.Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.81. Thousands of years ago in Egypt salt was used ___________.A to punish people who has broken the law C to keep fish alive D to make chemicals82. During the 18th century about ten thousand people were put into prison in England because _________.B they had sold salted fishC they had taken salt from the king's tableD they had used salt to preserve dead bodies83. In the __ century, a man who took more than his share of salt would ________A fifteenth; lose all his saltB fifteenth; be thrown into prisonC fifteenth; lose an ear84. When a king had his dinner, salt was placed _________A in front of the important guestsB far away from him D nearer to the less important guests85. The best title of the passage is __________A Nobody Knows When Salt Began to Be UsedC Thousand of People Were Punished because of SaltD Salt Was Important in HistoryThere was a businessman who always tried to pay as little as possible for what he needed. One day he fell ill. He decided to go to a doctor and asked a friend to recommend one."Dr Smith is a good one," the friend told him."Is he expensive?" the businessman asked."Yes and no. He charges five hundred dollars for the first visit, but only twenty-five dollars for each visit after that.""That seems reasonable," the businessman said, and went to visit Dr Smith.As he walked into the consulting-room, he said, " Well, here I am AGAIN," and put twenty-five dollars on the table.The doctor looked at him carefully for a moment, then smiled and put the money into the drawer of his desk. "Thank you," he said. "And what can I do for you today?""Examine me, of course," the businessman said, "and tell me what's wrong for me.""Oh, there's no need for me to examine you AGAIN," the doctor said. "Just continue taking the medicine I prescribed for you when you came to me last time."86. What happened to the businessman one day? A He failed in his business. B He fell ill and couldn't find a doctor.C He was asked to pay $500 for his illness.87. Was Dr Smith expensive? A Yes. He charged a lot for a patient's visits. B No. He charged little for a patient's visits.C Yes and no. It depended on who the patients were.88. What did the businessman decide to do? A He decided to go to another doctor.C He decided to ask Dr Smith to reduce the fee.D He decided to visit Dr Smith twice.89. What do you think of Dr Smith? B He was an experienced doctor.C He was a good doctor but charged far too much.D He cared nothing for his patients.90. Which of the following lessons does the story try to teach us? A Money is not everything.C No man is wise all the time.D Spend less but gain more.V.Translation (20 points, one item for 4 points)Directions: There are five sentences in this part. Put them into English.91.他年纪太小，不懂这个词的含义。