电子科技大学网络教育学院招生入学考试

大学英语模拟试卷（二）

I．Phonetics (10 points)

Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.

II. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

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 ANSER SHEET I.

11. Some people would rather ride bicycle as bicycle riding has　　　of the trouble of taking buses.

A. nothing       B. none       C. some         D. neither

12. When he was there, he　　　go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day.

A. would       B. should       C. had better      D. might

13. ----Oh, it’s you! I　　　　you.

   ----I’ve just had my hair cut, and I’m wearing new glasses.

A. didn’t recognize           B. hadn’t recognized        

C. haven’t recognized         D. don’t recognize

14. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help        into buying something they don’t really need.

A. to persuade           B. persuading      

C. being persuaded       D. be persuaded

15. If you are　       about Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr Johnson.

A. interested         B. anxious

C. upset             D. curious

16. We are all going to the games. Why don’t you come　     ?

A. up        B. across       C. along       D. to

17. Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of     .

A. energy     B. source      C. power     D. material

18. They were surprised that a child should work out the problem      they themselves couldn’t.

A. once       B. then      C. while       D. if

19. When I handed the report to John, he said that George was the person         .

A. to send       B. for sending it    C. to send it to     D. for sending it to

20. -----The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the streets.

   -----Yes. But I’m sure something will be done to      air pollution.

A. reduce        B. remove       C. collect          D. warn

21. Yesterday, Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she      something she would regret later.

A. had said       B. said      C. might say      D. might have said

22. The thing that       is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

A. matters       B. cares        C. considers      D. minds

23. Sir, you      be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.

A. oughtn’t to    B. can’t        C. won’t         D. needn’t

24.        the poem a second time, the meaning will become clearer to you.

A. Your having read     B. While reading     C. If reading    D. When you read

25. If I knew the answer, I wouldn’t be asking,        ?

A. didn’t I     B. did I      C. would I      D. wouldn’t I

26.      much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to do.

A. How      B. Whatever    C. However     D. No matter

27. -----I wonder if I could use your telephone.

   -----         .

A. I wonder how           B. I don’t wonder

C. Sorry, it’s out of order     D. No wonder, here it is

28.       Wasn’t it Dr Wang who spoke to you just now?

   -----          .

A. I didn’t know he was    B. Yes, it was    C. No, he wasn’t    D. Yes, he did

29. -----Which would you rather have, tea or coffee?

   -----            .

A. Sure, I would     B. Yes, please     C. Yes, both      D. Neither, thank you

30. -----Sorry, I couldn’t come to the party. I was sick that day.

   -----             .

A. I don’t know that                B. That’s all right

C. Yes, we will have another party     D. No, the party wasn’t held

31. His father died and       him a lot of money.

A. gave      B. left       C. sent      D. offered

32. After the new technique was introduced the factory produced        tractors in 1988 as the year before.

A. as twice many        B. as many twice

C. twice as many        D. twice many as

33. The police found that the house       and a lot of things       .

A. has broken into; has been stolen         B. had broken into; had been stolen

C. has been broken into; stolen            D. had been broken into; stolen

34.        more attention, the trees could have grown better.

A. Given        B. To give      C. Giving      D. Having given

35. ------Excuse me, is this Mr. Brown’s office?

   ------I’m sorry, but Mr. Brown       works here. He left about three weeks ago.

A. not now       B. no more      C. not still      D. no longer

36. The pianos in the other shop will be       , but       .

A. cheaper; not as better       B. more cheap; not as better

C. cheaper; not as good        D. more cheap; not as good

37. -----Come on in, Peter. I want to show you something.

   -----Oh, how nice of you! I      you        to bring me a gift.

A. never think; are going          B. never thought; were going

C. didn’t think; were going        D. hadn’t thought; were going

38.       this book and tell me what you think of it.

A. Look though        B. Look on     C. Look into     D. Look up

39.        of them knew about the plan because it was kept a secret.

A. Each       B. Any        C. No one      D. None

40. She reached the top of the hill and stopped      on a big rock by the side of the path.

A. to have rested      B. resting     C. to rest      D. rest

41. Five years ago her brother was       university student of        physics.

A. a…..the      B. an……the      C. an……/      D. a……/

42. There was a fight in the street yesterday. Three people were seriously        .

A. hurt       B. killed      C. broken      D. cut

43. This question is         easy.

A. completely     B. widely     C. fairly     D. mostly

44. We think it necessary to prevent sound       , as it is getting more and more serious.

A. position     B. pollution     C. invention     D. condition

45. The mistake you’ve made must        at once.

A. correct      B. be correcting     C. have corrected     D. be corrected

46. The fire broke       after they had gone home.

A. in       B. out       C. off        D. down

47.       , would you be kind enough to come and help me with my lessons this evening?

A. By an by      B. By this means    C. By far    D. By the way

48. Only by practising a few hours every day        be able to master the language.

A. you can      B. can you     C. you will       D. will you

49. We are all looking forward to          your country.

A. visiting       B. visit       C. be visiting     D. being visiting

50. Usually carelessness        to failure.

A. lends        B. happens     C. gets       D. agrees

III．Cloze (20 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 ANSWER SHEET I.

Mr. Brown is 102 years old. He is leading a full and active life. Why has he 51   so long? Many  52  would like to know the answer to the question. They are studying groups of old people all over the world and try to find why some very old people remain healthy 53  and spirit(精神) while 54  become weak and ill in their 60s. They have observed, first of all, that doing 55   work is a way of life for all these long-lived people. They began their long days of physical labor 56  children and never seem to stop. Second, all these people come from 57   . The air has  58   oxygen(氧气) and is pollution-free,  59  makes the hearts stronger. Third, these people eat little animal meat. They like to have fresh vegetables, nuts(坚果), grains, and 60 . They never eat more food than their bodies need.

IV. Reading Comprehension (60 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 the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.

                             Passage One

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

“OK, Dad,” said his son. But Mr. Brown was afraid his son couldn’t remember this, so he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to his son. The boy put it into his small pocket, took it out and read it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there would be no person to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he cried, “No more.”

The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? But I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

“Burnt yesterday evening.”

61. Mr. Brown told his son that              .  

A. he would be away from home for four days        B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month                    D. he liked a cup of tea

62. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on                 .    

A. the wall       B. the door       C. a piece of paper       D. his son’s pocket

63. A man came to visit the boy’s father on                .

A. the second day     B. the third day     C. the fourth day     D. the fifth day

64. The man was very surprised because                 .

A. he thought the child’s father was dead     B. the child didn’t ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea           D. he couldn’t find that piece of paper

65. What was burnt?

A. The piece of paper     B. Mr. Brown      C. The visitor      D. The boy

                             Passage Two

Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His Mum came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood (四邻). And he loves to pick on (找麻烦) little boys like Danny.”

Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned (关心) a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she answered. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long has this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school.

Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with other boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind (下决心).

66. We learn from the reading that              .

A. Danny was not a good student         

B. Danny’s mother talked too much about the school

C. Danny’s teacher knew something about Danny’s problem before

D. Danny wanted to get away from Rick

67. When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was now      to Mrs. Green.

A. serious     B. common      C. untrue    D. similar

68. Danny now                    .

A. was tired of the school and his friends     

B. had no friends at all

C. was not sure what he should do with the problem

D. made some new friends in the neighborhood

69. Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs, Green because         .

A. she had known it                 B. the other boys would tell her

C. he didn’t want to be in trouble       D. his mother didn’t want him to say it

70. The word “gang” in the reading means               .

A. a place for boys to play games         

B. a group of young people

C. a school bus for children to and from school

D. the teacher’s office

                              Passage Three

When you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?

In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage (邮费) when they received letters. Sometimes they didn’t want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.

Rowland Hill was a schoolteacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. People could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals (邮戳) on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.

71. People began to use stamps               .

A. at the beginning of the nineteenth century  B. in the middle of the nineteenth century

C. more than two hundred years ago         D. when people first sent letters and postcards

72. Before stamps were used, postage            .

A. was paid by the letter-writers       B. was paid by the letter-receivers

C. was got by postmen              D. both B and C

73. Rowland Hill             .

A. invented the first stamp        B. was a postman in England

C. gave the idea to use stamps     D. was the first man to use stamps

74. After stamps were used,                 . 

A. postmen needn’t get postage            B. people needn’t pay postage

C. the post office could get more postage    D. people should pay more postage

75. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How did stamps begin to be used?     

B. Why were postmen sent to get postage

C. When did people first begin to use stamps?

D. Who was the first to think of using stamps?

Passage Four

Scientists have always wanted to know more about the other worlds in space. Years ago they knew a lot about the moon. They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to know more was to send men to the moon.

The moon is about 384000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane can not fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers high above the earth. Then there is no air. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket (火箭).

Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have already reached the moon. Some rockets without men in them have flown to other parts, much farther away from the earth than the moon in the universe. One day, rockets may be able to go to any place.

76. Scientists knew      about the moon a long time ago.

A. nothing       B. many things      C. everything      D. little

77. The moon is        away from the earth.

A. about 384000 kilometers       B. 240000 kilometers

C. Only 348000 kilometers                D. about 384000 meters

78. A plane can’t fly to the moon because              .

A. the moon is 240 kilometers far away        B. we don’t know where it is

C. it can’t fly without air                    D. there is no air on the moon

79. Rockets with men in them have reached             .

A. the sun     B. the moon       C. all the starts        D. some planets

80. Which of the following is right?

A. So far, rockets with men have been to other places.

B. Rockets with men can fly to other places farther away than the moon.

C. Perhaps one day rockets will be able to go to any place in space

D. A plane can fly to the moon.

V. Writing (20 points)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a short composition of about 80 words on the following topic. Remember to write it clearly on ANSWER SHEET II.

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大学英语参考答案（二）