2009年GCT考试英语模拟试题及答案解析.doc

2009年GCT考试英语模拟试题及答案解析（一）-kaoyannews （本试题共50 题，每题2分，满分100分，考试时间 45分钟） Part One Vocabularyand Structure Directions: In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing witha pencil a short bar acrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets. 1. We should _ our human and material resources if we are to succeedinthejoint venture. A.pourB. plungeC.poolD.pick 2._Ilike thecolorofthehat,Idonot likeitsshape. A.WhileB. IfC.WhenD.Because 3. At the gathering, he talked _ about the matter, dampening everyone?sspirits. A.indetail B.witheaseC.onendD.ina confusingway 4.Inorderto beagoodscientist,_. A.mathematicsisvitalB.onemustmaster mathematics C.mathematics is important to understand D.one to understand mathematics 5. All flights _ because of the heavy storm, we decided to take thetrain. A.havingcanceled B.beingcanceled C.havingbeen canceledD.canceled 6. This singer is always very _ to the reaction of the audiencewhenshe givesaperformance. A.sentimentalB.sensibleC.positiveD.sensitive 7. _ the size and nature of a business, its main goal is to earn aprofit. A.Whatever B.WhicheverC.WhereasD.Because 8. They were just about to give up the question, _ suddenly they foundtheanswer. A.asB.while C.whenD.themoment 9. His _ and experience make him an excellent person for this job. A.complacencyB.compensationC.cooperation D.capability 10. In the bitter cold, the explorers managed to _despite the shortageoffood. A.liveB. surviveC.bearD.endure Part Two Reading Comprehension Directions: In this part there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you thinkis the best answer. Mark youranswer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letterinthebrackets. Questions11-15 arebased on the followingpassage: In the old days, divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under theseafor manyyears,itmaybeworthagreat deal. One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss ofnearly, 1,500 lives. It has four hugepropellers made of an expensive metal.Today each of those propellers is worth $ 300,000 or more. The ship lying on the sea-bed has been brought by a man called John Light. He paid about $ 1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them.He alsohopes tosellother partsof theship,when he has broughtthemto thesurface,forabout$600,000. 11.Diverstoday trytobringtothesurface_. A.goldandjewels B.partsofships C.wholeships D.alloftheabove 12.Divertry tobringupmetalsbecause_. A.theyhavebeen intheseaforalongtime B.goldandjewels arenotvaluablethings C.somekinds ofmetalsareworthalotofmoney D.itiseasy tobringupmetals 13.Theword“surface”inthepassagemeans the_. A.marketB.air C.topofaliquidD.sea 14.John Lighthopes thathe maybeable tosell alltheparts of the “Lusitania” forabout_. A.$12,000B. $300,000C.$1,200,000D.$1,800,000 15.JohnLight boughtthe“Lusitania”_. A.before1915 B.beforeitsank C.afteritsank D.aftertheyhadbroughtup thepropellers Questions16-20 arebased on the followingpassage: No antibiotics have been proved to be 100% effective in treating SARS so far.The onlyeffective waytoget ridof itisby ourselves. It likes a prolonged battle between the viruses and our immune response. In fact, viruses couldn?t kill all the immune cells in a health individual. The stronger the immune function you have, the less the viral injury you get. Therefore, the degree of sickness after infection and the rate of recovery mainly depend on how strong your immunefunction is. You cannot avoid the infection unless you avoid from those infected individuals/area. But, you can try your best to boost up your immunefunction byseveralregimes.Makesure youare“extremely healthy” at least during this critical period. Stronger immune function could keep the viral damage minimal even you were so unluckily being infected. Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any detrimentaleffects from the viral infection. Scientists are now working on tracking the treatment fixing all sorts of flaws in DNA and so make sure you are still surviving until an effective treatmentoccurs. 16. According to theauthor, what is the effective wayto get rid of SARS? A.byourselves B.inaprolongedbattle C. to kill all the immune cells in a health individual D. to be stronger 17. According to the author, the degree of sickness after infectionandthe rateofrecoverymainlydependon A.howstrong yourareB.howoldyouare C.severethe illnessisD.thestrengthofyour immunesystem 18. How to avoid the infection of SARS? You may follow all the followingEXCEPT A.keepingaway fromthoseinfectedindividuals B.keepingaway fromthoseinfectedarea C.boostingup yourimmunefunction D.keepingextremely healthyallthetime 19.Scientists arenowworkingontrackingthe treatment A.detectingall sortsofflawsinDNA B.fixingall sortsofflawsinDNA C.treatments thatdelaytheattackofthedisease D.artificial versionoftheprotein 20.Whichofthe followingisthebesttitleof thepassage? A.GeneticengineeringB.Geneticscreening C.Anewtechnology D.Applicationofgenetic engineering Questions21-25 arebased on the followingpassage: If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to profit by defeat. Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking. Confuse defeat with failure, and you are doomed indeed to failure. For it isn?t defeat that makes you fail; it is your own refusal to see it defeat the guide and encouragementtosuccess. Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of. They are routine incidents in the life of every man who achieves success. But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without humiliation, analyze it and learn why you failed. Defeat, in other words, can help to cure its own cause. Not only does defeat prepare us for success, but nothing can arouse within us such a compelling desire to succeed. If you let a baby grasp arod andtry topullit away,he willclingmore andmore tightly until whole his weight is suspended. It is his same reaction which should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated. If you exploit the power which defeat gives, you can accomplishwithit farmorethanyouarecapableof. 21.Whatdoes theauthorknow? A.Heknowsat leastseveralcasesofsuccess. B.Heknowsevery successinlife. C.Itisnotmentioned inthepassage. D.Heknowsevery successthathasbeenachieved byman. 22.Theperson whowasabletoanalyze defeat islikely_. A.toachieve successB.tobeasuccessor C.tobeashamed ofhisdefeatD.toletababy tograsparod 23.Theauthor _. A.advisesyou toconfusedefeatwithfailure B.wantsyouto mistakedefeatforfailure C.ordersyou toconfusedefeatwithfailure D.warnsyounot toconfusedefeatwithfailure 24.Defeatis valuable_. A.becauseit makesyoufail B.becauseit forcesyoutofaceitwithouthumiliation C.inthatit providestheguideandencouragement tosuccess D. because of your own refusal to see in it the guide and encouragementtosuccess 25. What does the author advise one to do with the power which defeatgivesoneshould _. A.makeunfair useofitB.explainit C.exploreit D.turnitpracticalaccount Questions26-30 arebased on the followingpassage: Over vast areas of every continent, the rainfall and vegetation necessary for life are disappearing. Already more than 40 percent of the earth?s land is desert or desert-like. About 628 millionpeople one out of seven - live in these dry regions. In the past, they have managed to survive, but with difficulty. Now largely through problems caused by modern life, their existence is threatened by the slow, steadyspread oftheearth?sdeserts. Scientists still do not understand all the complex problems of the desert, but there have been many ideas for savingthe land. Sandi Arabia has planted 10 million trees to help keep thesand from taking over fertile areas. The Israelis are again using some of the water collection systems left by the ancient people in the Negev desert. They plan to water their orchards with the extra water. Some Sahel farmers still raise cattle on their poor farm land, but before the cattle are sold, they are taken to greener lands in the south to get fat. 26.Whatisthe articlemainlyconcerned? A.Theproblem ofspreadingdesert. B.Therainfall andvegetationindesertareas. C.Thewatercollectionsystems. D.Thedifference betweenmodernlifeandancient life. 27.“oneout ofseven”refersto_. A.morethana thirdofthelands?earth B.thepercentage oftheearth?slandthatis desert-like C.thenumber ofpeoplewholiveindryregions D.adayofa week 28. In paragraph 2,“they are taken to the greener lands in the south.”Theyrefer to_. A. the Sahel farm land B. the farmers C. the cattles D the trees 29.Howmanyideas forsavingthelandaredescribed? A.Five.B.Two. C.Four.D.Three. 30. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? A.Theearth?s desertareslowlyspreading. B.Oneoutof 10peoplelivesindryregions. C. Their life in the desert is threatened now by traditional problems. D.Newwaterwells cansolvetheprobleminAfrica?s desert. Part ThreeCloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on theAnswer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps _31_ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, distributing reading material and giving out _32_. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and _33_ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the mainpoints and _34_ become hard evenfor the students to understand. Most institutions provide courses which _35_ new students to develop the skills they need to be effective listeners and note- takers. _36_ these are unavailable, there are many useful study- skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to _37_ the problem beforeactuallystarting yourstudies. It is important to _38_ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of _39_ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner _40_ it is possibletoidentify difficulties,exchangeideas andprovidesupport. 31.A.extending B.illustratingC.performing D.conducting 32.A.assignmentsB.informationC.contentD. definition 33.A.suspects B.understandsC.wondersD.convinces 34.A.whatB. thoseC.asD.which 35.A.prevent B.requireC.assistD.forbid 36.A.Because B.ThoughC.WhetherD.If 37.A.evaluate B.acquaintC.tackleD.formulate 38.A.predict B.acknowledgeC.argueD.ignore 39.A.preventing B.withstandingC.sustaining D.overcoming 40.A.inthat B.forwhichC.withwhomD.such a Part Four DialogueCompletion There are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. 41. Jack: Hey, how are you, Susie ？ Gee, we have not seen each other initmust beclosetothreeyears！ Susie:_ A.Howdoyou do？B.Nicetomeetyou. C.Fancymeeting youhere.D.Well，Frenchfries. 42.Smith:Oh, itisteno?clock.Ihadbetter gonow. Host:_ A.Ok.Please walkslowly. B.Whydoyou wanttogonow?Donotyouwant tostay? C.Wonityou stayforanothercupofcoffee? D.Yeah,itis reallylate.Whynotimmediately? 43.SpeakerA: Areyoufeelingbetternow? SpeakerB:_. A.Well,nottoo betteryet,thankyou B.Well,nottoo goodyet.BetterthanIwasthought C.Well,itdoes notmatter.Iamallrightnow D.Well,never mind,Iammuchbetternow 44. Nancy: Have you heard about Dana ？ She is going to get marriedwithGraham ！ Scott：_ A.Youarekidding ！B.Congratulations！ C.Isitareal thing?D.Goodluck！ 45.Wilson:Hello. MayIspeaktoMary? Mary:_ A.Sorry,the numberisengaged.Willyouhold? B.Yes,speaking. C.Hello.Who areyou,please?D.Hello.Thank youforcalling. 46.SpeakerA ：MindifIcallyouAlbert？ SpeakerB：_. A.Yes，just callmeA1B.Yes，youmaydo that C.Ofcoursenot. Butjustplain“A1”willdoD.OK.Everyonedoes 47.Doactor:_ Patient:Ihave gotabadcoldandgotasore throat. A.Doyouhave anythingtodeclare,sir? B.Goodmorning! MayIhelpyou? C.Howhaveyou gettingalongrecently? D.Whatseems tobetheproblem? 48.Kate:Doyou mindopeningthedoorforme? Rita:_. A. Yes, I will do it B. It?s nothing C. That is all right D. Not at all 49. A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown,managerof thecompany. B:_. A.Youmustbe mistaken.Idonotknowyouat all B.Hello,Brown! Ihavenotseenyouforages C.Howdoyou do,Mr.Brown?Veryhappytosee you. D.Hi,John!Welcome toChina! 50. Mike: Hi, mom. I had like you to meet my girlfriend, Susan Brown.Susan,this ismymother. Susan:Howdo youdo,Mrs.Miller. Mother:Howdo youdo,Susan.Iamgladyoucan joinus._. A.Takeiteasy B.Pleasefeelnatural C.Makeyourself athomeD.Feelallrighthere 答案解析 I.答案： 1.C2.A3.C4. B5.C6.D7.A8.C9.D10.B 11.D12.C13. C14.D15.C16.D17.D18.D19.B20. D 21.A22.A23. D24.C25.D26.A27.C28.C29.D30. A 31.B32.A33. C34.D35.C36.D37.C38.B39.D40. C 41.C42.C43. B44.A45.B46.C47.D48.D49.C50. C 1.【答案】C。 【参考译文】如果我们想办成功合资企业的话，就必须集中我们的人力和物 力资源以共分享。 【试题分析】此为形近词辨析题。 【词义辨析】pool聚集在一起：Sincenoneofuscanaffordacar,lets poolourmoneyto buyoneforalluse.既然，我们谁都买不起一辆车，不如合资买一辆车供大家使用。A. pour倾注，倾倒：It was pouring outside. 外面大雨倾盆。B. plunge投入：He plunged into the water and saved the girl.他跳入水中救起了女孩子。D.pick摘取：picka flower摘一朵花。 2.【答案】A。 【参考译文】虽然我喜欢这帽子的颜色,可是不喜欢它的式样。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考查while的用法。 【详细解答】while在这里的意思是although(虽然)。除此之外while 作连词还可以表示“当时候”,或“而(whereas)”。 3.【答案】C。 【参考译文】在集会上，他不断地谈论此事，扫了大家的兴。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。 【词义辨析】indetail详细地;withease轻易地,轻松地;onend不停地,无尽地;inaconfusing way使人糊涂地。 4.【答案】B。 【参考译文】要想成为科学家，一个人必须掌握数学。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考不定式状语与主句的关系。 【详细解答】题干“in ordertobe agood scientist”是目的状语，句子缺少主句。根据不定式做目的状语时，其逻辑主语是主句主语的原则，可判定主句的主语应该是人而不是物，据此可排除A、C两项。而D项缺少谓语，不成为句子。只有B项为正确答案。 5.【答案】C。 【参考译文】由于这场暴风雨航班被取消了，我们决定坐火车。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考独立主格的构成。 【详细解答】此处独立主格用作原因状语。因为flights是cancel的逻辑宾语，又置于cancel之前，因此cancel应用被动形式，而且航班的取消应发生在我们决定坐火车之前，所以用完成时态。因此C为正确选项。 6.【答案】D。 【参考译文】这位歌手在表演时对观众的反应很敏感。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。 【详细解答】A为“多愁善感”的意思;B为“有理智的,可察觉的”;C为“确实的,明确的”; D为“敏感的,灵敏的”。答案只能是D。 7.【答案】A。 【参考译文】不论商业的规模性质如何，其主要目标是获利。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考学生对连词的掌握。 【详细解答】Whatever无论什么，相当于no matter what: Whatever difficultywe mightmeet withwe willcarryout ourplan.不论遇到什么困难，我们也会完成计划。B.Whichever无论哪一个，它与whatever的区别在 于whichever指提供选择中的无论哪一个，而whatever在没有提供选择时用， 如：Takewhicheverofthethreepaintingsyoulikebest.这三幅画中你最喜欢哪一幅就拿哪一幅。C.Whereas鉴于；而，却；多用于比较结构中。如：Some people like tea, whereas others like coffee.一些人喜欢喝茶而另一些人则喜欢喝咖啡。 8.【答案】C。 【参考译文】他们正打算放弃这个问题，这时突然找到了答案。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。 【词义辨析】when表示“那时，这时”其前一般有逗号，并列前后两个句子。as,while,当时候。themoment(=assoonas)都不符合句意。 9.【答案】D。 【参考译文】他的能干和经验使他成为这项工作极好的人选。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。 【详细解答】complacency自满;compensation补偿;cooperation合作;capability能力。 10.【答案】B。 【参考译文】尽管缺少食物，探险者们在严冬中仍设法幸存下来。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析，根据句意选择最佳答案。 【词义辨析】survive幸存；活下来；通常指在逆境中(灾难、困难等)生活下去。如surviveanaccident在事故中幸免于难。A.live生活；生存。虽然在语法上也成立，但不如survive恰当。C.bear忍受，遭受；D.endure忍受，遭受。C、D均不合句意。 11.【答案】D。 【试题分析】细节型问题。第一段第二行告诉人们；如今的潜水员不仅寻觅沉船上的宝物而且还打捞沉船。因此正确答案是包括所有选项在内的D项。 12.【答案】C。 【试题分析】局域型问题。打捞沉船的金属是因为其价值不菲。 13.【答案】C。 【试题分析】词汇辨义。依据语境可以得知surface是指液体表面。 14.【答案】D。 【试题分析】数字计算题。John Light花费1,200,000,目的是获利6,000,000，所以总计应该为1,800,000。 15.【答案】C。 【试题分析】逻辑推理。JohnLight打捞沉船不可能是在1915年之前，也不可能是