大学英语精读模拟试卷1

大学英语精读模拟试卷 1

大学英语精读(一) 模拟试题(一)

考生注意:

1.考试时间:120分钟

2.本套试卷共五道大题，满分100分。- - - - - - - - - - - -

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Part ?. Vocabulary and Structure (每题1分，20小题，共20分。)

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 that best completes the sentence.

1.It was not until the train had left _____the station

A、I arrived

B、did I get to

C、that I arrived

D、that I reached

2.It was several minutes before I became _____was happening in the classroom.

A、aware of

B、aware that

C、aware of that

D、aware of what 3._____we have disturbed you at your work. Among A，B，C and D，which one CAN'T be used here?

A、It is sure

B、I'm sure

C、It is certain

D、I'm certain 4.Dr Smith went into the lab, his students _____him closely.

A、followed

B、following

C、to follow

D、being following 5.The police investigation discovered three young men were _____in the robbery.

A、joined

B、included

C、connected

D、involved 6.It's getting colder and colder，for winter_____ .

A、has round the corner

B、has come on

C、is round the corner

D、is drawing

7.John writes beautiful handwriting _____his age.

A、thinking

B、considering

C、in

D、regarding of 8.Myra _____tears when she learned her husband had been injured in an accident.

A、broke out

B、broke in

C、broke through

D、broke into 9.The article is _____to be studied carefully.

A、worth

B、worthy of

C、worthy

D、worth while 10.Rain does not

_____bring down the temperature.

A、certainly

B、undoubtedly

C、necessarily

D、completely 11.The house was not very old. It _____knocked down

A、ought to be

B、ought to have been

C、ought not have been

D、should not have been

12. His failure in the exams _____in part _____his laziness.

A、resulted…from

B、resulted…in

C、ca me up…with

D、kept up…with

13. Which of the following is wrong?

A、Nobody knew the answer besides me.

B、The carpet is good except

for its price.

C、He rarely goes to anywhere except to her parents.

D、Amy used to drink nothing but coffee.

14. You should _____this opportunity and try to make a good impression on them.

A、take use of

B、make the use of

C、take advantage of

D、take the advantage of 15 Father insisted that the homework _____before ten in the evening.

A、is to be finished

B、ought to be finished

C、be finished

D、had to be finished 16. Sorry, I took your umbrella by_____ .

A、mistake

B、error

C、fault

D、wrong

17. When the class was over，the children went _____home.

A、direct

B、right

C、straight

D、immediate

18. I received a _____parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.

A、sincere

B、dull

C、efficient

D、mysterious

19. They _____the foreign-owned plants one after another.

A、took over

B、took on

C、took up

D、took off

20. _____，you have the right to go to school.

A、No matter whoever you are

B、Whoever you are

C、Whomever you are

D、NO matter who are you

Part?. (每题2分，10小题，共20分。)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts. Identify the wrong

one.

21. He went to the library ( A) and spent the whole afternoon there ( B) to look for ( C) material for an article ( D) on Shakespeare

22. I can't help ( A) to think ( B) it ( C) would be ( D) fun to play such an

exciting game with them.

23. John said his mother ( A) would buy him a ( B) five-speed ( C) racing bicycle

for his ( D) sixteen birthday.

24. ( A) By reading the directions carefully, some mistakes in ( B) the examination

( C) could ( D) have been avoided.

25. ( A) Of the two lectures，the first was ( B) by far the ( C) best one，partly

because the person who delivered ( D) it had such a pleasant voice.

26. The book was so ( A) bored that I ( B) returned it ( C) to the library ( D)

without finishing it.

27. Paul suggested that they ( A) meet ( B) in the front of the school gate ( C) at

one o'clock ( D) Friday afternoon.

28. When I got to ( A) the cinema，the film ( B) has already started，I ought to ( C)

have got there ( D) earlier.

29. After ( A) criticizing our proposal ( B) in every detail，the director went on ( C)

telling us that there was nothing ( D) personal in his comments.

30. Johnnie ( A) was ( B) not barely able to walk without help ( C) because of the

bad injury ( D) in his left leg.

PartЩ. Reading C omprehension. (每题2 分，共30 分。)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A、B、C and

D. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows

that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

If a late telephone call is regarded in the United States as a cause for concern, imagine the excitement and fear caused by a crowd of people arriving at the door at 2:00pm. On an island in the south Pacific, a plant manager from the United States had just such an experience. The natives

of the island met one night to discuss a problem. When they arrived at a solution, they went to see the plant manager and woke him up to

tell him what had been decided. Unfortunately, they did

not know that it is a very serious matter to wake up Americans at

such an hour. The plant manager, who did not understand the local

culture, thought there was a fight and called the police. It never occurred to him(or to the natives)that parts of the day have different meanings in different cultures.

1、According to the U.S.custom, what does a very early telephone

call mean to an American?

A、Very impolite.

B、Not usual.

C、Very urgent.

D、Not necessary.

2、At which of the following hours is a phone call NOT regarded as

of primary importance?

A、11:00am.

B、11:30pm.

C、5:00am.

D、12:00pm.

3、Why did the natives go to the plant manager's home and wake him

up?

A、They have a talk with him.

B、To inform him of their decision.

C、

To discuss a problem

with him.D、To tell him a problem they met with.

4、What was the manager's immediate reaction to the natives' arrival?

A、He thought the natives were mad.

B、He didn't take it seriously.

C、He called in a policeman to talk with the natives.

D、He believed there was a fight and called the police at once.

5、What is most likely caused by a phone call or a visit at midnight?

A、Concern.

B、Fear.

C、Excitement.

D、All of the above.

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were

no units for measuring power.

Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.

He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet

into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight

100 feet in one minute.

Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt

called it a ten horsepower engine.

6、The selection says that Watt made the first______.

A、engine

B、steam engine

C、widely used steam engine

D、useful engine

7、Watt wanted to find a way to______ .

A、measure the work his engine could do.

B、tell people how powerful his engine was.

C、lift a 3300-pound weight.

D、both A and B

8、He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of______ .

A、a man

B、ten horses

C、his engine

D、a horse

9、One horsepower would equal the______ .

A、work a horse could do in a minute.

B、weight a horse could lift.

C、work a horse could do in ten minutes.

D、weight of one horse.

10、The best title for this selection is______ .

A、Watt's Engine

B、The Origin of the Term Horsepower.

C、Units of Measurement

D、It Happened 200 Years Ago. Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: Ben Johnson

is one of the few men ever to be buried standing. As the story goes, King Charles I once made him a promise. The king told the great writer that

he would be buried in England's famous Westminster Abbey. But that wasn't all. Johnson could choose

any place he liked for his grave.

Johnson died in 1637. Then it was found that the spot he had picked was already filled. The ground

space left in it was just eighteen inches square. But Charles kept his word. He had Johnson's coffin placed on its end in the small space. That way it would just fit.

11、Ben Johnson was a great______.

A、king.

B、leader.

C、artist.

D、writer.

12、Which probably happened first?

A、Johnson picked a place in the Abbey.

B、Johnson died.

C、Johnson received Charles' promise.

D、Johnson told the king of his choice.

13、Charles found out that the place was filled after______.

A、Johnson's death.

B、Johnson's burial.

C、the reading of Johnson's will.

D、1638.

14、Johnson's coffin was placed upright so that it would______.

A、face the east.

B、look bigger.

C、take less room.

D、reach the floor.

15、The story shows that Charles tried to______.

A、rule Britain well.

B、keep his promises.

C、learn about art.

D、writer poems and stories.

Part ? cloze (每题 1 分，共 20 分。)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four

choices marked A,B,C and D . You should choose the one that best

fits into the passage.

Getting plenty of exercises is very important. I enjoy 1 very much.

2 , I went to the beach

everyday. I plan 3 there this summer, too, but I am not able to. I have 4 new job;

sometimes, I have to work until 5 at night. Although I now work more hours than I used to, I 6 receive a 7 salary. I didn't receive much pay 8 my old job. I like 9 new job,

but if I had known that it would take up so much of my free time, I 10 it. I 11 swimming

to spending money. I 12 that riding a bike is a good exercise. Maybe I will be able 13

enough money to buy a bike. My neighbor, 14 , has a bike that I

could borrow, but I would rather

use my own bike. If I use 15 , I would worry about damaging it.

Since I make more money now, I think that I 16 17 to buy my own. Getting a bike is really a good idea, because while I am riding 18 work, I will be 19 at the same time. It is easier to get to the beach by bike, too. I might be able to go swimming after all. This new job is great! I am very 20 .This

will be a summer full of exercises.

1、A、to swim B、swim C、swimming D、the swim

2、A、In last summer B、During last summer C、Last summer D、At last summer

3、A、go B、going C、to go D、to going

4、A、that B、a C、the D、more

5、A、lately B、late C、very long D、black

6、A、am B、was C、does D、do

7、A、good B、larger C、more D、smaller

8、A、on B、in C、about D、over

9、A、some B、a C、my D、its

10、A、won't take B、am not taking C、wouldn't have taken D、will

not take 11、A、better enjoy B、enjoy better C、rather D、prefer 12、A、hearing people say B、am hear C、listen D、have heard 13、A、saving B、to keep C、to save D、to maintain

14、A、the Mrs. Wilson B、the Mr. Wilson C、Mrs. Wilson D、Mr. And Mrs. Wilson 15、A、her B、him C、the her one D、hers

16、A、can B、should C、must D、may

17、A、want B、give C、afford D、enjoy

18、A、back and forth B、to and from C、back and to D、backward and forward 19、A、making exercise B、doing exercise C、get exercise D、exercise 20、A、being excited B、exciting C、excited D、to excite Part ?. Translation (每题2 分共 10 分)

1. 最为奇怪的是，经理不知道他厂里有多少工人。(curious)

2. 老妇人弯腰捡起手绢，在膝盖上把它弄平。(pick up)

3. 我把那些书寄给你已有一个多月了，谅必你已经收到了。(more than)

4. 未再听到他的消息，因此人们以为他死了。(so that)

5. 一切我都还记得，仿佛就发生在昨天一样。(as if)