Model Test TwoI. vocabularyl. Helen and Ruth are always at _____________about some little thing.A. oddB. lossC. oddsD. order2. The woman complained, with a strong Russian accent, that she never succeeded in her husband from alcoholic drinking.A. advisingB. dissuadingC. persuadingD. pursuing3. To his great _____________, his son again failed to pass the examination.A. impatienceB. promotionC. disappointmentD. excitement4. Johnnie's hard work and popularity led to his rise in salary and _____________in position.A. privilegeB. complimentsC. promotionD. advantage5. With easy articles and interesting information. This newspaper is designed for ________readers.A. normalB. averageC. efficientD. literary6. There are too many _____________here for me to concentrate on my' term paper.A. distractionsB. destructionsC. directionsD. discoveries7. While the chairman was giving a talk at the meeting, some workers at the back paid no attention and kept________.A. chatteringB. sayingC. tellingD. mentioning8. A large proportion of the country population in China is ________ today as compared with before.A. literaryB. liberalC. literalD. literate9. Having a cup of tea while reading the newspaper is one of my favorite________.A. mannersB. occasionsC. timesD. pastimes10. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a/n ________.A. daydreamB. fantasyC. nightmareD. illusion11. Everyone has his own way of doing things. And I am no________.A. additionB. expectationC. exceptionD. doubt12. Children ________ all the hot dogs and hamburger on the table.A. finishedB. completedC. consumedD. ended13. I'm very busy, I can't________ three days away from work. ,A. payB. stand.C. offerD. afford14. You've ________ trouble to all of us.A. affectedB. causedC. producedD. realized15. I don't think the rain will______________ our plan for a picnic.A. impactB. influenceC. affectD. effect16. The women meet twice a month to ________ their ideas together and set business goals or each other.A. focusB. indulgeC. collectD. pool17. The minister_____________ reports that normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries might be imminent.A refused B. declined C. rejected D. denied18. He is a(n)______________ on the subject of international law.A.gentleman.B. authorityC. noblemanD. politician19. The police found some stolen_____________ hidden in the thief's house.A. propertyB. proofC. proportionD. proposal20. Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable_____________ to the total cost of products.A. connecrionB. correspondenceC. relationD. proportion21. I hate people who_____________ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.A. rewriteB. revealC. reviseD. return22. It was an ________ of enthusiasm that caused the problem.A. excessB. extraC. additionD. exaggeration23. The money is to be used for a________ purpose.A. particularB. specialC. specificD. precise24. He has no______________ of winning. .A. occasionB. luckC. chanceD. fate25. Did you_____________ his lecture yesterday?A. hearB. attendC. listenD. watch26. I can't____________ the village where we spent our holidays 20 years ago.A. reciteB. recallC. remindD. relay27. Look what father____________ me when he came home from work.A. broughtB. tookC. carriedD. fetched28. He made a lot of bad___________ in his composition.A. faultsB. shortcomingsC. defectsD. mistakes29. I can't find the bookA. nowhereB. anywhereC. everywhereD. somewhere30. Richard___________ that his pen must have fallen from his pocket as he was running for the bus.A. consentedB. concludedC. contendedD. contested31. He__________ _the key on the table.A. leftB. forgotC. lostD. missed32. You'II learn English in the___________ if you keep on trying.A. finalB. closingC. endD. conclusion33. You have to act _____ if you are to save his life.A. rightlyB. immediatelyC. immenselyD. firstly34. Mary was so___________ in writing her novel that she forgot about her dinner cooking in the oven.A. engagedB. attractedC. drawnD. obliged35. The poor driver was still ________ when we freed him from under his car.A. liveB. livelvC. aliveD. living36. I hope the stove will ________ enough heat to warm the room.A. get overB. give inC. get outD. give off37. You should be able to right from wrong.A. perceiveB. distinguishC. sightD. observe3S. The life of an airline steward is filled with___________. and excitement.A. adventureB. experienceC. efficiencyD. development39. John has great acting___________, but he needs training to be a real actor.A. potentialB. promotionC. possibilityD. probability40. The doctor advised that he ________a little time for physical exercises each day to improve his health.A. set outB. set asideC. put upD. pur offII. Reading Comprehension (40)Passage OneFor years it has been possible to set up cameras to take pictures of cars as they speed along highways, jump lights or drive too fast down the street.However, even if the pictures are taken automatically (自动地), someone still has to do all the paperwork of sending out fines. But now a British company called EEV has come up with a computerized video system that can do it all automatically.They suggest that all number plates (车牌) have a bar code as well as the usual number. The bar codes are just stripes of lines like those you see on food packets but bigger. EEV‟s high speed video camera system can read a bar-coded number plate even if the car is doing over 100 miles per hour. The computer controlling the system could then use the information from the bar code to find out the name and address of the driver (from the car records), print out the fine and send it off automatically. The inventors also suggest that the system should watch traffic to help catch stolen cars.The new electronic system could be watching everyone that passes the cameras! Many people find the idea that “big brother is watching you”is more of a worry than a few motorists getting away with driving too fast. Besides, some people will be very unhappy to realize that with the new system the police should find out where a particular car has been.1. The best title for the article can be _____.A. people who drive too FastB. stop people from driving too fastC. EEV and the police systemD. a new computerized system for motoring breaking laws2. The former camera used by the traffic police system is to _____.A. take pictures of cars on highwaysB. send fines off to fast motoristsC. catch cars breaking traffic rulesD. make the traffic system fully automatic3.The newly-invented system works much better with the aid of _____.A. car number platesB. car speeding recordsC. bar code numbers on number platesD. print-out fines4. An additional purpose of the new system is that it could _____.A. help catch stolen carsB. add code numbersC. watch everyone who drives too fastD. print out bar codes automatically5. “Big brother is watching you is more of a worry than” means that many people _____.A. are more worried about fast-driving motorists than being watched onB. find “big brothers” more worryingthan motorists C. are more worried about being watched on than about fast-driving motorists D. find motorists more worried than “big brothers”Passage TwoPeter Fern was mad on mountain. Climbing was the love of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, rock faces of ice mountains, anything ----- “If it‟s there,”he used to say, “then I want to climb it.” So the news of his marriage gave me a surprise. I‟d never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern a married man! I couldn‟t get over it.I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures.She was French perhaps from that place where he usually spent his holidays. Chamonix, wasn‟t it?From Chamonix he‟s climbed Mont Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after! That was it, then: She was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No other explanation.A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me be cause she was English. She was a dancer in the theatre. “Neve r climbed more than sixty steps in my life.” She told me. “Peter has 11im interests, and I‟ve got mine. No problems.” “No problems.”“None at all,”Peter said, smiling. “Where did you spend your honeymoon?”“I flew to New York to see the drake Dancers on Broadway. A wond erful show!” Peter said, “Didn‟t want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north face of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great fun, the Eiger. Grand place a honeymoon! I‟ll show you the photographs we took one day.”6. “Peter Fern was mad on mountain” means _____.A. he was tired of climbing mountainsB. he was angry about mountainsC. he lost his senses on mountainsD. he enjoyed climbing mountains very much7. What amazes the author about Peter is the fact that _____.A. Peter has given up the risky adventuresB. Peter got marriedC. Peter climbed the north face of the EigerD. Peter would try to stop climbing mountains8. According to the passage, after Peter’s marriage, _____.A. he would stop mountain climbing because his wife didn’t like itB. his wife would stop him from mountain climbingC. he himself would give up his loveD. Peter would continue to keep his love and so he did9. The author had thought the only reason why Fern married was that the girl _____.A. might be French living near the mountain, and from a mountaineer familyB. would not stop his climbingC. was a dancer, in which Fern took much interestD. would devote all her energy to help his climbing10. Peter and Anna's marriage is probably _____.A. a failure because neither of them likes the other’s loveB. a happy one because each of them respects the other’s loveC. painful because either of them would do one’s own thingD. a mistake because either of them wouldn’t care the other’s lovePassage ThreeLONDON—Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent (不大可能改变的) fast-forward.Their full school day and her job as a lawyer‟s assistant are busy I enough. But Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.Often the exhausted family doesn‟t get home until 7 p.m. There is just time for a quick supper before homework.In today‟s world,middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.“Doctors across the country are reporting a growing num ber of children suffering from stomach-aches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Daherty of the U niversity of Minnesota.Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It‟s a very serious problem. Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four.“There is a new parenting trend (趋势) under way which says that you have to tap all your child‟s potential (潜能) at a young age; otherwise you will let him down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge based child and adolescent psychiatrist (精神病学家).“It isn‟t entirely new: There have always been pushy parents. But what was previously seen as strange behavior is nowwell accepted.”11. From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that _____.A. Hag ner spends much time helping her children‟s lessonsB. Hagner doesn't spend much time on her full-time jobC. Hagner is interested in sports and musicD. Hagner busies herself by following a trend12. British parents, as the writer described in this passage, _____.A. treat their children as sports playersB. pay no attention to their children's lessonsC. bring up their children in a simple wayD. give their children little time to develop freely13. The writer’s opinion about after-school clubs is that _____.A. activities in the country are too competitiveB. children should attend four clubs at a timeC. some clubs result in competitive pressuresD. clubs should have more subjects for school children14. The word “tap” means _____.A. knock offB. draw outC. put inD. give off15. The last paragraph tells us that in British _____.A. parents used to take their children to every clubB. parents used to be wise on how to raise childrenC. paren ts have all benefited from children’s clubsD. parents have come to know the standard of education Passage FourMan is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and a convenient way to travel to many parts of the world. Toady, experts believe that nearly two-thirds of the world…s population live within eighty kilometers of the seacoast. In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive.Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man…s needs in the future.The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man…s technology are impressive. Oil and gas exploration s have existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable amounts of minerals such as iron, copper and so on exist on the ocean floor.Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. For example, warm temperature of the ocean can be used as the steam in a steamship. Sea may also offer a source of energy as electricity for mankind.Technology is enabling man to explore even deeper under the sea. It is obvious that the technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. By the 2050, experts believe that the problems to explore the food, minerals and energy resources of the sea will have been largel7y solved.16. What is the beat title for the passage?A. Needs of Man.B. Sea Harvest and FoodC. Sea and Sources of EnergyD. Sea Exploring Technology.17. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. man hasn…t completely m ade use of the riches of the seaB. technology for exploring the sea has been solvedC. harvesting rice in the sea will be made possibleD. in the near future man can live on the ocean floor18. Why does the author mention a steamship?A. To illustrate that man can make use of sources of energy from the sea.B. To show that a steamship is better than other kinds of ships.C. To argue that man should use steamships.D. To indicate that it is warmer in the ocean than on land.19. According to the author, technology is important because ______.A. resources on land are running short in ten yearsB. man can use it to explore the deeper seaC. it is a lot of fun diving into the seaD. ancient people used it to explore the sea20. According to the author, when will the problems to explore the deeper sea largely be solved?A. In the next generation.B. By the end of the 20th century.C. In the near future.D. By the middle of the 21st century.III. Close (10)When I was 16 years old, I m ade my first visit to the United States it wasn‘t the first time I had been _1_. Like most English children I learned French at school and I had often _2_ to France, I so I was used _3__ a foreign language to people who did not understand _4__. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to _5__ a nice easy holiday without any __6_ problems.How wrong I was ! the misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a __7_ telephone to give my American friend Danny a _8__ and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me __9_ lost and asked _10__ he could help me. ―Yes, I said, ―I want to give my friend a ring. ―Well, that’s _11__ ―he exclaimed. ―Are you getting_12__? But aren’t you a bit _13__? ―Who is talking about marriage? I replied. ―I _14__ want to give a ring to tell he I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?―Oh! he said, ―There’s a phone downstairs.When at last we _15__ meet up, Danny _16__ the misunderstandings to me. ―Don’t worry, she said to me . ―I ha d so many _17__ at first. There are lots of words which the Americans _18__ differently in meaning from _19__. You’ll soon get used to _20__ things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other!1. A. out B. aboard C. away D. abroad2. A. gone B. been C. got D. come3. A. to speak B. for speaking C. to speaking D. to speaking of4. A. English B. French C. Russian D. Latin5. A. having B. buying C. giving D. receiving6. A. time B. human C. money D. language7. A. perfect B. popular C. public D. pleasant8. A. ring B. letter C. word D. message9. A. to look B. looking like C. looking D. feeling like10. A. that B. if C. where D. when11. A. well B. strange C. nice D. funny12. A. to marry B. marrying C. to be married D. married13. A. small B. smart C. little D. young14. A. very B. just C. so D. just now15. A. did B. could C. do D. can16. A. described B. explained C. talked D. expressed17. A. trouble B. difficulties C. fun D. things18. A. write B. speak C. use D. read19. A. us British B. British us C. us Britain D. we British20. A. such B. these C. some D. all theIV. Translation(10)1..事实上..水污染的危害远不止这点。