英语模拟试题1

1、文档编码 : CO3Q3P2S6Q1 HM5L9B10X5J2 ZL8M4Y1L9A6高校网络训练学院课程考试注 意：高校英语一（中）模拟1 1、全部答案必需写在答题纸上,否就无效；2、务必将装订线内相关信息填写完整,否就成果无效；Part I. 3、答卷时必需字迹工整,标明题号,否就无效；Conversations. Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE a

2、nswer that best completes the sentence. 15 points1. _. I wonder if you could tell me the way to the library. A. Pardon B. Pardon me C. Thank you D. OK 2. _. Can you tell me where the library is. A. Sure B. Certainly C. Nice D. Excuse me 3. -Great. Let me introduce you to my mew classmate Helen. Hele

3、n, this is my friend Mike. -_. A. Good B. Fine C. Nice to meet you D. Its my pleasure4. -Hi, Mike. _ after your graduation. -I want to be a photographer. A. What do you want to do B. What s he want to do C. What does he want to do D. What are you want to do 5. -_. -I want to be a scientist and its a

4、lso my childhood dreA. What s your job B. What re you doing C. Are you a scientist D. What s your dream for the futurePart II. Reading Comprehension Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each of Page 1 of 9 them there are four choices mark

5、ed A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 30 points Passage 1 When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are. People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their ey

6、es, Everything else seems blurry=unclear. Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near-sighted. Then people who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they ho

7、ld it at arm to do much reading ,they must get glasses, too. Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism 散光 . This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some peoples eyes becomebecause of cataracts 白内障 . Long ago these people

8、often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them. Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle 角度 . To prove this to yourself, look at an object our of one eye; then look at the same object o

9、ut of your other eye. You will find the objects relation to the background and other things arit has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes. 1. We should tak

10、e good care of our eyes . A. only when we can see well B. only when we cannot see perfectly C. even if we can see well D. only when we realize how important our eyes are 2. When things far away seem indistinct 模糊不清 , one is probably . A. near-sighted B. far-sighted C. astigmatic D. suffering from ca

11、taracts 3. The underlined word suffer in the third paragraph probably means . A. experience B. imagine C. feel pain D. are affected with 4. Having two eyes instead of one is particularly useful for . A. seeing at night B. seeing objects far away C. looking over a wide area D. judging distances 5. Pe

12、ople who suffer from astigmatism have . Page 2 of 9 A. one eye bigger than the other B. eyes that are not exactly the right shape C. a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation D. an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses Passage 2 In earliest times, men considered lightning to be

13、 one of the great mysteries 奇妙的事物 of nature. Some ancient peoples believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons 武器 of the gods. In reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth. A single flash of lightning 1.6 kilometres long has enough electricity to light one milli

14、on light bulbs 灯泡 . The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection 避雷针 . between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod This device 装置物 protects buildings from being damaged by lightning. Modern science

15、 has discovered that one stroke 闪击 of lightning has a voltage 电压 of more than 15 million volts 伏特 . A flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per second. Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes o

16、f lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average 平均数 of one person every day. The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not ge

17、t under tress. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things. With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry. 1. People once thought lightning came from _. A. the sky B. the gods C.

18、 the earth D. nature 2. According to the passage what do you think all buildings need. A. Metal fences. B. Electricity. C. lightning rods. D. Machines. 3. Lightning can travel _. A. as quickly as water B. not so quickly as electricity C. at very low speed D. at very high speed 4. Which of the follow

19、ing is NOT true. A. In the U.S about one person per day dies from lightning. B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning. C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea. D. A closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm. 5. Lightning is probably _ to man. A. use

20、ful B. kind C. useless D. friendly Passage 3 Page 3 of 9 Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself ：” I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for s

21、omeone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic 家庭的 service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her em

22、ployers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children , of whom five survived ; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery 刺绣 pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age

23、because her hands had become too stiff 硬的 to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore 杂货店 and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted . Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern A

24、rt, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930 and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures： detailed详细的 and lively portrayals 描画 of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of colour and form. “I I think of something really pretty, and then I

25、paint it.” she said.1. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to . A. make herself beautiful B. keep active C. earn more money D. become famous 2. Grandma Moses spent most of her life . A. nursing B. painting C. embroidering D. farming 3. The underlined word surviv

26、ed means . A. graduated from college B. examined the condition of the house C. lived longer than the other children D. gave up themselves to the police 4. From Grandma Moses description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was . A. independent B. pretty C. rich D. nervous 5

27、. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage. A. Grandma Moses： Her Life and Pictures. C. Grandma Moses： Her Best Exhibition. B. The Children of Grandma Moses. D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists. Part III. Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentenc

28、es in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 15 points 1. English is useful language in world. A. an, the B. a, the Page 4 of 9 C. the, / D. /, the 2. He will be back in hour. A. / B. the C. a 3. There is map

29、in the classroom. map is on the wall. A. a, A B. the, The ll get in the test.C. a, The D. the, A 4. If you work hard at English, youA. an B. / C. the D. a foot. A. a B. an C. the D. / 6. Beyond stars, the astronaut saw nothing but space. A. the, / B. /, the C. /, / D. the, the 7. Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone in 1876. A. / B. a C. the D. one 8. Wheres Jack. I think hes still in bed, but he might just be in bathroom. A. /, / B. the, the C. the, / D. /, the 9. Many people are still in habit of writing silly things in public places. A. the, the B. /, / C.