英语(二)模拟试题答案02

全国高等教育自学考试

大学英语自学教程(下)标准预测试卷(二)

(考试时间150分钟)

PART ONE

I．Vocabulary and Structure(10 points，1 point for each)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答案纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

1．It is the ability to do the job ____ matters not where you come from or what you are．( )

A．one B．that C．what D．if

2．I don’t know how long he ____ away from home．He ____ on a business trip since las Thursday．( ) A．will to be；was being B．will have been：has been

C．would be；had been D．will be；has been

3．When he was questioned about the missing ring，he firmly ____ that he had ever seen it．( )

A．stated B．denied C．claimed D．refused

4．Look! ____ ．

A．Out the girl went B．Went the girl out

C．Away went the girl D．Away the girl went

5．I can’t ____ the meaning of his long speech．( )

A．seize B．fetch C．grasp D．grip

6．Two hours sometimes ____ like eternity．( )

A．seemed B．seems C．seem D．seemly

7．Those who accustom themselves to life never hesitate to ____ when they find it hard to continue．( ) A．convey B．quit C．contact D．convert

8．All the machines ____ by the end of this month．( )

A．would have been repaired B．were repaired

C．will have been repaired D．were being repaired

9．Admire courage，whatever form it ____ ．( )

A．puts B．1ies C．makes D．takes

10．It is sometimes difficult ____ you have just met．( )

A．to make pleasant conversation among people

B．to make pleasant conversation with people

C．making pleasant conversation to people

D．making pleasant conversation for people

Ⅱ．Cloze Test(10 points，1 point for each)下列短文中有十个空白。每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母涂黑。

In his retirement，one day was just like any other day for Elmer Cravitts．He woke up precisely at 5：35 am．He went downstairs 11 his pajamas at six o’clock and poured himself a cup of hot coffee from the pot which his wife，Cladys，had filled and plugged in some fifteen minutes earlier．He reached for the newspaper as he 12 the cup to his lips．This day was different．

It was terrible he dropped the newspaper and the cup with closed eyes，he swallowed and began to shout，“Cladys!”Mrs Cravitts was unaccustomed to hearing her husband say much of anything．In fact for the last few days，he 13 paid any attention at all to many of her important questions．She rushed back to the kitchen．“Elmer，what is the matter? Oh．14 coffee all over yourself and the newspaper．

She was shocked 15 her husband’s behavior．She wondered what he had read that could have upset him so much．He was not amused 16 her innocent expression．The coffee was terrible．It was too bad to drink．She 17 purchased a new kind of coffee at the market．

Recently their lives had become dull．Mrs Cravitts was merely doing her best to change that．She refused to