英语全真模拟卷六
I. Reading Comprehension (40points)
Passage One
Stories don't just happen ; they are created. There are no stories in the everyday course of events; there are only the ingredients for stories. A dozen people may watch a man standing on the fifth-floor ledge or a small child crying. There is no story involved in either case unless one of the dozen chooses to make one up—to surround the isolated event with a beginning and an end, thereby giving what we call a meaning to human action. In other words, there has to be a story-maker--a story-teller--if there is to be a story.
You as the story-maker or writer are in complete control of all of the details of your story. You have control over who the characters are, what they do, and why they do it. You also have control over how the story is to be told and who is going to tell it. You can adopt one of a number of points of view, each of which will give a quite different total story.
Broadly speaking, there are two major approaches a writer can take: (1) you can present the story as if told by someone who is completely outside it, or (2) you can present the story as if told by one of its characters. In either case, the teller's role is an assumed role.
1. The author of this passage uses ingredients to mean ______. A. creative features B. unimportant details C. misleading facts D. raw materials 2. Who controls all the details of the story?
A. The story-maker. B. The characters. C. The publisher. D. The proofreader. 3. The main idea of this passage is ______. A. stories are created B. nonfiction stories are true
C. legends are a type of story D. most stories are historical accounts
4. Based on the two approaches mentioned in the passage, the story can be told by ______. A. the one who writes the story B. people who create stories
C. the man who is watched by people D. the one who is one of the characters
Passage Two
The thought of not sleeping for twenty-four hours or more is not a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs about eight hours of sleep each day to keep our bodies healthy and happy. Some people, however, can get by just a few hours of sleep at night.
It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception on this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a man named A1 Herpin turned out to be a real exception, for supposedly, he never slept!
A1 Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They hoped to negate the claims that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers. His doctors were baffled by this strange case of permanent insomnia. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition. He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been
born. Herpin died at the age of 94, never having slept a wink.
5. This passage centers on ______.
A. dream interpretation B. patterns of sleep C. A1 Herpin's sleepless life D. sleeps and dreams 6. The expression \
A. a confusing expression B. a rude expression C. an everyday expression D. an improper expression 7. A1 Herpin's condition could be regarded as ______. A. normal B. curable C. healthful D. rare 8. The most likely reason on Herpion's insomnia was ______.
A. his mother's injury before he was born B. that he never got tired
C. his magnificent physical condition D. that he got enough rest rocking
Passage Three
Americans are well known for the strange diets they always seem to be following. It seems that Americans like to diet almost as much as they like to eat. New types of diet plans are always coming out. Usually, though, they don't stay popular for long.
There are many diets on the market. It is often difficult to know which ones really work. It's also hard to believe how fast a dieter is supposed to shed pounds. A lot has been written about dieting. And some interesting facts about diets and foods have been discovered.
For example, did you know that the more celery you eat, the more weight you will lose.9 Celery has \stick itself.
Dieters shun potatoes because they think they are fattening. But they aren't. A potato has about the same number of calories as an apple. To gain a single pound, you would have to eat eleven pounds of potatoes!
Some dieters even worry about getting fat from licking postage stamps. But they have nothing to worry about. The glue on an average stamp has only about one-tenth of a calorie. Maybe a diet of postage stamps would be popular?
9. This passage is all about ______.
A. vegetables B. fads C. Americans D. dieting 10. Celery is a good food for the dieter because ______. A. it has a lot of protein B. vegetables are not fattening C. it has \ D. it is easy to digest 11. The shun is to ______.
A. love B. hate C. avoid D. fear
12. One could conclude from this passage that ______. A. dieting is not a healthy practice B. everyone diets
C. there is only one good way to lose weight D. dieting can be confusing
Passage Four
How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs? These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.
For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source. Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount if garbage piling up on the earth.
13. What two problems can man solve by burning garbage?
A. The shortage of energy and air pollution. B. The shortage of energy and the land to hold garbage. C. Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel. D. Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbage. 14. According to the passage, using garbage is ______.
A. for heating in France each year B. a new way in a modern society
C. a good way to solve the problem of energy shortage D. too expensive as an energy source 15. What is the author's attitude?
A. Delighted. B. Sad. C. Agreeing. D. Disagreeing. 16. The best title for the passage may be ______.
A. Garbage and the Earth B. Fossil Fuel and Garbage C. Land and Garbage D. Garbage? Energy Source
Passage Five
In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. But the American skiers came home without medals. Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year. They did the same for many years after. From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips. The U.S. was generally thought to be weak in ski competition.
But in 1974 it was discovered that the U. S. record was slightly better than people had been led to believe. And Norway's record was not quite as good. The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen. After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924.
In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place. He had just missed earning a medal. His score was 17.916, just slightly behind Thorleif Haug of Norway. Haug's score of 18 had won him the bronze medal.
But in 1974, Norway's National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results. There had been an error in computing Haug's score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man, traveled across the ocean for his award. On September 12,1974, he was given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum.
17. The best title for this passage would be ______. A. the 1924 Olympics B. Norway's Skiers
C. An Olympic Record Corrected D. American Skiers in the Olympics
18. From 1924-1972, U. S. skiers were considered weak in Olympic competition because they ______. A. had won only two medals B. had won no medals
C. had never entered jumping events D. had won only one medal
19. The writer says \A. show that the error and its correction were important to ski fans as well as to Haugen B. show that the error was more important to fans than to Haugen
C. suggest that the Americans eared more about the error than the Norwegians D. suggest that there had been no error
20. The best definition for the word computing is ______. A. writing B. judging C. figuring D. multiplying
Ⅱ.Vocabulary and Structure (1 point each; 30 points in all)
1. A great many cancers can be cured but only if _____ before they have begun to spread or ‘colonize’ in other parts of the body.
A. properly treat B. properly treating C. being properly treated D. properly treated 2. _______ she is a likeable girl, she is very difficult to work with.
A. Since B. However C. As far as D. While 3. All the _____ tourists gave the robber their money.
A. frightened B. frightening C. frighten D. frightful 4. __________ her age, she really did a good job in such a short time.
A. Giving B. Gives C. Give D. Given 5. The soldier was _______ with neglecting his duty.
A. charged B. conducted C. changed D. committed 6.The reason why the car stopped was ________.
A. because the road was not good B. that the road was not good C. due to the bad road D. because of the bad road 7. You’d better hurry, ______ you might be late for class. A. or B. and C. unless D. but 8. They ________ on a trip into the desert the following year. A. set in B. sent for C. set off D. sent off 9. The doctor felt John’s arm to _________ if the bone was broken. A. work out B. find out C, look at D. see out 10. He just _______my suggestion at the meeting yesterday.
A. put away B. shut down C. showed off D. brushed aside 11. The question ______ at the next meeting remains a secret.
A. discussed B. to discuss C. to be discussed D. being discussed 12. His laziness ______ his failure in the final exam.
A. gave up B. contributed C. resulted in D. distributed
13. The teacher’s _______ to my statement about this poet led me to read widely about poems.
A. change B. charge C. challenge D. chance 14. On most of the nights, Jane _____ reading letters from her boyfriend. A. stayed off B. stayed on C. stayed out D. stay up
15. The first—year students were learning from the army in Miyun, a suburb of Beijing near ______ I lived. A. what B. where C. that D. which 16. Lynda and hundreds of young people like him ______ the post of typist. A. approached B. applied for C. appealed to D. approved of 17. Prices have been _______ rapidly in many cities.
A. went up B, gone up C. going up D. go up 18. In this building each apartment could ________ a family of 6. A. house B. cover C. make D. include 19. I can hardly hear what he’s saying, and ____________.
A. so can all the other people B. nor can all the other people C. so can hardly all the other people D. nor all the other people can 20. When he explained it again and again, the students’ patience ________. A. ran over B. ran on C. ran out D. ran off
21. When her neighbor Grandma Wang became ill, the girl often __________. A. fitted in B. worked out C. held back D. helped out
22. If you really want to apply for the dangerous job, I won’t _______, though I think it’s a crazy idea.
A. stood in your way B. stand on the way C. stand in your way D. stand by the way 23. He was trying to read; _______, the phone kept ringing.
A. meanwhile B. then C. later D. afterwards
24. I am not of those people who like a strenuous(费力的) holiday; I believe in _______.
A. took it easy B. taken it easy C. taking it easy D. taking it easily 25. If I don’t ______ them______ I should probably forget all about them.
A. wrote…down B. write…down C. write…..for D. written…..about 26. She told her little brother ______ her hand rightly while they were crossing the busy street.
A. hold on to B. holding on to C. held on to D. to hold on to 27. If you don’t mind, I ________do my homework than play cards with you. A. had better B. prefer C. would rather D. would like 28. Their idea was to get us to _____ the strike at once. A. call at B. call off C. call in D. call for 29. My car _______ so I had to come by bus.
A. fell down B. broke down C. fell over D. turned away 30. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face. A. appearance B. sight C. expression D. explanation
Ⅲ .Cloze (0.5 point each;10 points in all)
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.It should be noted, however, that this contract does not
1 the same form in different societies.In Western societies, the 2 of a man and a woman 3 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 4 by the state.In some African so cieties, 5 ,
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