英语测试A2

四川国际标榜职业学

2010学年大学英语课程考核（一）英语三级模拟考试（A）说明：本试卷考试时间为90分钟。总分为100分。

I. Vocabulary and Structure (20%) (15 minutes)

1. Henry _____ here by now if he hadn't missed the train.

A) would arrive B) would have arrived C) will arrive D) will have arrived

2. The audience, _____ were teenagers, enjoyed the concert very much.

A) most of them B) most of these C) most of whom D) most of those

3. ______ had Tom finished his design than the electricity went out.

A) Hardly B) Scarcely C) No sooner D) Not until

4. Many difficulties have _____ as a result of the new production line introduced.

A) arrived B) arisen C) risen D) raised

5. There were more than 200 passengers on ______ the plane when it crashed.

A) broad B) board C) abroad D) aboard

6. The picture _______ on the wall is painted by my nephew.

A) having hung B) hanging C) hangs D) being hang

7. Eating too much fat can ______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A) lead to B) attend C) cause D) devote to

8. I have no doubt _____ he will overcome all his difficulties.

A) whether B) that C) as to D) when

9. The clothes a person wears may express his _____ or social position.

A) curiosity B) status C) point D) importance

10. The early pioneers had to _____ many hardships to settle on the new land.

A) go along with B) go back to C) go through D) go into

11. One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, and _____ white.

A) the other is B) another C) the other D) another is

12. I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life ______ so happy!

A) did I feel B) I felt C) I had felt D) was I felt 13. 1 didn't know the word. I had to _____ a dictionary.

A) look out B) make out C) refer to D) go over

14. She was complaining that the doctor was _____ too much for the treatment he was giving her.

A) expending B) offering C) costing D) charging

15. The advertisement said that the new medicine could _____ the cancer.

A) treat B) recover C) cure D) heal

16. She is not very ______ about money only when it comes to spending.

A) sensible B) sensitive C) senseless D) insensitive

17. Look at the clock'. It's time _____ home.

A) we’ll go B) we went C) we're going D) we should go

18. After going to dozens of job interviews, she eventually _____ to get a job.

A) gained B) succeeded C) managed D) achieved

19. The words of his old teacher left a _____ impression on his mind. He is still influenced by

them.

A) long B) lively C) lasting D) wide

20. They tried to silence the _____ audience bur in vain.

A) exciting B) excited C) excite D) being exciting II. Reading Comprehension. (30%) (25 minutes)

Passage one Questions 21to 25 are based on the following passage.

Brazil has become one of the developing countries which make great successes at reducing population growth-but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made efforts to reduce birth rates (出生率), Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Mar-tine at Harvard

Brazil's population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990，and achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.

Martine thinks that soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment plans introduced in the 1970s played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world's biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil's most popular television network, shows three hours of