综合英语(Ⅱ)模拟试卷五

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《综合英语Ⅱ》模拟试卷五

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I. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether20 points) Directions: There are 20 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. _______ for such a dangerous journey, many people died because of hunger and cold. B

[A] Unpreparing [B] Unprepared

[C] Having unprepared [D] To have unprepared

2. If someone annoys you, especially by continually saying or doing something that you do not like, you may say _______. A

[A] You're getting on my nerves [B] He is annoyed

[C] He gets under my skin [D] You drive me up the wall

3. Engines are to machines _______ hearts are to animals. C

4. Mother often tells us that it is necessary that we _______ a glass of water after we get up. A

5. _______ is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress. B

6. When he was a child, he _______ one hardship after another. C

7. When supply exceeds demand for any product, prices are _______ to fall. B

8. Parents often faced the _______ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness. C

9. How much of your country’s elect ricity supply is _______ from water power? C

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

[A] should drink [B] have drunk [C] drank [D] drinking

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

[A] went for [B] went after [C] went through [D] went across

[A] timely [B] simultaneous [C] subject [D] liable

[A] paradox [B] junction [C] dilemma [D] premise

[A] deduced [B] detached [C] derived [D] declined

10. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner _______ at the very moment of the crash. C

[A] should have died [B] must be dying [C] must have died [D] ought to die

11. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that _______ lot. B

[A] valid [B] vacant [C] vain [D] vague

12. She has managed to obtain a temporary work _______ in Britain. A

[A] permit [B] permission [C] permissiveness [D] permissible

13. The prospect of increased prices has already _______ worries. A

[A] provoked [B] irritated [C] inspired [D] hoisted

14. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _______ from fall to winter. C

[A] transmission [B] transformation [C] transition [D] transfer

15. The leader of the expedition _______ everyone to follow his example. D

[A] promoted [B] reinforced [C] sparked [D] inspired

16. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have _______ supplies of petroleum. D

[A] proficient [B] efficient [C] potential [D] sufficient

17. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only _______ the crisis. A

[A] accelerates [B] prevails [C] ascends [D] precedes

18. Others viewed the findings with _______, noting that a cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown. C

[A] optimism [B] passion [C] caution [D] deliberation

19. Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, _______ themselves. B

[A] expanding [B] stretching [C] prolonging [D] extending

20. She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’s client data, which she intended to _______ in starting her own business. D

[A] dwell on [B] come upon [C] base on [D] draw upon

II. Cloze (1 point for each, altogether 20 points)

Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Write your answers on the answer sheet.

In a telephone survey of more than 2，000 adults，21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An 21 7% did not know which revolved around __22__. I have no doubt that 23 all of these people were 24 in school that the earth revolves around the sun；25 may even have written it 26 at test. But they