大学英语二模拟二

北京语言大学网络教育学院

《大学英语二》模拟试卷二

第I卷（客观卷）

1. Studies have shown _______ teenagers often suffer form depression

A. that

B. which

C. in which D．in that

2. The party has failed to _______ the majority of voters that it is capable of governing the country.

A. trust

B. credit

C. convince

D. believe

3. Many of us visited the industrial exhibition, __________, to our disappointment, we saw very few high-tech products.

[A] where [B] which [C] as [D] that

4. The kids are _______ be hungry when they get home.

[A] obliged to [B] bound to [C] desired to [D] motivated to

5. All the characteristics that distinguish birds _______ other animals can be traced to prehistoric times.

A. to

B. between

C. for

D. from

6. Management often works hard to set up a situation work is done in series.

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. what

7. If we _______ everything ready by now, we should be having a terrible time tomorrow.

[A] hadn’t got[B] didn’t get[C] wouldn’t have got[D] wouldn’t get

8. In his composition there were no other errors _______ a few misspelled words.

A. beside

B. except

C. then

D. than

9. In deciding _______ a course of action，the candidates tried to estimate its likely impact on the voters.

[A] what to pursue [B] which to pursue [C] whether to pursue [D] if to pursue

10.Since we have a focused subject, we should not talk _______.

[A] at once [B] at hand [C] at intervals [D] at random

11. Human beings _______a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects.

A. oblige

B. owe

C. thank

D. gratitude

12. The villages wanted very much to have a cinema_____ in this area.

A. to be built

B. build

C. built

D. be build

13. I wish I _______my research paper yesterday. But I was too late.

[A] had finished to write [B] could have finished writing

[C] could have finished to write [D] might finish writing

14. No sooner _______his room when the telephone rang.

[A] did he enter [B] he had entered [C] had he entered [D] he has entered

15. Should she come tomorrow, I _________ take her to the museum.

[A] can [B] will [C] would [D] must

16. His name will be crossed out from the list _________ he makes the same mistakes again.

[A] if [B] unless [C] because [D] through

17. The students would not have made so much progress under less ________ conditions.

[A] popular [B] welcome [C] favourable [D] prosperous

18. _________ it was raining, many international tourists were having picnics in the woods.

[A] In spite [B] In spite of

[C] In spite of that [D] In spite of the fact that

19. Lots of empty beer bottles were found under the young man's bed; he ________ heavily.

[A] must have drunk [B] must drink [C] should drink [D] had to drink

20. _________ home, she found that she had left the key at the office.

[A] To have arrived [B] To arrive [C] While arriving [D] Arriving

There are many words in the English language. You will never 21 the meaning of every word in English. When you read, you will often find many 22 you do not know. You will not have enough time to 23 reading and try to find every new word in a dictionary.

Sometimes you can 24 a new word because you know some of the parts of the new word. For example, if a word ends 25 the letters “er”, that word 26 be the name of a 27 or a thing that does a certain action. A writer is a person who writes. 2 8 it is not 29 to know the parts of a new word to understand it, 30 it will help you many times.

21. A．know B．learn C．find D．look up

22. A．books B．letters C．stories D．words

23. A．stop B．enjoy C．keep D．start

24. A．find B．get C．study D．guess

25. A．in B．off C．up D．with

26. A．can B．might C．should D．must

27. A．friend B．boy C．person D．girl

28. A．Then B．Now C．Yet D．Sometimes

29. A．helpful B．useful C．enough D．good

30. A．but B. and C. so D. for

Passage 1

How can a single postage stamp be worth 16,800？

Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.

The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius，a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer - Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.

Before the order was filled and delivered，a ball was planned at Mauritius's Government House，and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words 'Post Office' instead of 'Post Paid'on the several hundred stamps that he printed.

Today there are only 26 of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen One-Penny Orange Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of the Two-penny Blue's rareness and age，collectors have paid as much as 16,800 for it.

31．A postage stamp's value to collectors is raised if ______.

[A] there are few others like it

[B] there are no errors on the stamp