网络教育-大学英语模拟考试三（后附答案）
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
1. Not satisfied with his handwriting, the mother asked her son to copy the article __B___ second time.
A) another B) a C) the D) every 2. What could you imagine Shanghai will be in ___A___? A) the 2010s B) the 2010 C) 2010s D) 2010’s 3. The volunteers of EXPO are ___C__ young people between age of 16 and 28. A) most of B) most C) mostly D) at most
4. The fridge I bought at the second-hand shop is almost new. __A___, it works quite well.
A) Furthermore B) Instead C) Though D) Nevertheless 5. I have decided to go on holiday __D___. A) with myself B) of my own C) lonely D) on my own 6. The conference __C___ a full week by the time it ends. A) must have lasted B) would have lasted C) will have lasted D) has lasted 7. ___D___ when she started complaining. A) Not until arrived he B) No sooner had he arrived C) Hardly did he arrive D) Scarcely had he arrived 8. He cannot but __A___ home because his car broke down on his way home. A) walk B) walking C) to walk D) walked
9. Much to our regret, the proposal __B___ health food production was rejected for the lack of fund required, A) concerned B) concerning C) which was concerned D) which concerning 10. Tim seldom failed in his exam, ___C__? A) did Tim B) didn’t Tim C) did he D) didn’t he 11. You and I could hardly understand what he said, _A____ ? A) could we B) could you C) couldn’t we D) couldn’t you 12. Two hundred dollars ___D__ a small sum to pay for the second-hand refrigerator. A) have been B) has been C) are D) is 13. __C___ we’ll go camping tomorrow has kept us all excited the whole day. A) If B) Whether C) That D) Where 14. He is seriously ill; there is __C___hope for him. A) a few B) few C) little D) a little 15. -- Can you come on Friday or Saturday? --I'm afraid ___D__day is possible. A) either B) some C) any D) neither 16. __A____the maths problem is difficult, I'll try very hard to work it out. A) Though B) When C) Before D) After
D 17. The car accident happened at ____ crossroad a few meters away from _____
bank.
A) the; / B) /; a C) /; the D) the; the 18. Either the shirts or the sweater __A___ a good buy. A) is B) has C) are D) was 19. There isn't any difference between the two. I really don't know _B____. A) where to choose B) which to choose C) to choose what D) to choose which 20. It is high time that we __C___ working to take a break. A) should stop B) would stop C) stopped D) stop
21. ___B__ you stop making so much trouble, I will tell you an interesting fairy story. A) But B) So long as C) However D) Wherever 22. As the bus came round the corner, it ran __A__ a big tree by the roadside. A) into B) on C) over D) up 23. You __C___ your books before they are due. A) had better to renew B) would rather to renew C) had better renew D) would rather renew
24. I was about to go to school ___A__ a man with a mask broke into the house. A) when B) which C) that D) but
25. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother _B____ dinner in the kitchen. A) cooked B) was cooking C) cooks D) has cooked 26. I’d love to go on holiday but I can’t ___C__ the time. A) affect B) effect C) afford D) effort 27. It was quite an __B___ when a woman first became prime minister. A) case B) event C) accident D) incident 28. He ___B__ his failure to his laziness. A) contributed B) attributed C) devoted D) distributed 29. Eventually I ___A__ to temptation and had an ice cream. A) gave in B) gave up C) turned in D) took in 30. I wish you’d stop trying to find __B___ with everything I do. A) defect B) fault C) flaw D) shortcomings 31. The stress of losing his job contributed ___A__ his death. A) to B) towards C) on D) in 32. ____C_ her and then try to copy what she does. A) Mind B) See C) Stare at D) Watch
33. The computer system ____A_ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet. A) broke down B) broke out C) broke up D) broke in 34. Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a __B_ and disorder! A) mass B) mess C) guess D) bus 35. If she wants to stay thin, she must make a __A____ in her diet. A) change B) turn C) run D) go
Part II Use of English 1. - Hello, how are you? - __C____ A) Hello, how are you? B：How do you do? C) fine, thank you. D) That's OK. 2. -I have lost my new English dictionary. - _____A____ A) What a pity! B) It's nothing. C) It doesn't matter. D) Not at all. 3. -Excuse me, is there any grocery store around here? -Yes, _____B____on Pine street. It's not far from here. A) you like it B) there is one C) you'll catch it D) it's warm and foggy 4. -I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.
-_______C____. You looked tired last time I saw you. A) I hope so B) Really C) I'm glad you did D) The sound was nice 5. -How can I get to the nearest post office? -________B_______
A) It is a long way from here. B) Sorry, I am new here. C) Why don't you walk? D) Here it is. 6. -My brother fell off his bike and hurt himself. -___B___
A) How careless he was! B) I'm sorry to hear that. C) That's too bad. D) I'm bad to hear that. 7. - Please help yourself to the seafood - ____D___ A) No, I can’t. B) Sorry, I can’t help. C) Well, seafood don’t suit for. D) Thanks, but I don’t like the seafood. 8. Excuse me, would you lend me your car? ____________A________________. A) Certainly. B) Please don’ t do it. C) It’s nothing. D) Yes, I have a car. 9. I don’t like the sports programs.
_______________B______________. A) So do I. B) Neither do I. C) So am I. D) Neither am I. 10. - Can you go to the concert with us this evening? - ____B___
A) No, I already have plans. B. I’d love to, but I’m busy tonight.
C) No, I really don’t like being with you.
D. I’m ill, so I shouldn’t go out.
Part III Reading Comprehension
Passage One
Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.
Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.
Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.
No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.
Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.
A 1. The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors. A) T B) F
B 2. No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard. A) T B) F B 3. Snowflakes begin with cloud. A) T B) F
A 4. The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are. A) T B) F
B 5. Black snow fell only in European Countries. A) T B) F
Passage Two
One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. \you help me in the library?\\
Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. \you have a job for me?\I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, \of a detective （侦探） job?\
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, \won.
The next morning, he arrived early, \of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. \find the lost books?\he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.
Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.
A 6. The teacher went to the library to find a job for Bill Gates. A) T B) F B 7. The librarian was too busy to have a rest. A) T B) F
A 8. The sentence \picked up the idea immediately\means that he learned that system quickly. A) T B) F
A 9. Bill Gates was expected to find books with wrong cards. A) T B) F
B 10. Bill Gates felt sad when his family would move to another school area. A) T B) F
Passage Three
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they
网络教育-大学英语模拟考试三(后附答案)
