模拟考试题以及答案

Part OneI. Vocabulary and Structure（ 10 points， 1 point for each item）1. The winner in the general election is almost certain to be _____ the Republican or the Democratic nominee.A. bothB. eitherC. neitherD. not only2. Such attitudes amount to a recognition _____ leisure should be put to good use.A. whereB. whatC. whichD. that3. Even with the new development in research， only a tiny ______ of all tests are done without using animals.A. varietyB. amountC. plentyD. proportion4. The Netherlands is the only country in Europe which permits euthanasia， _____ it is not technically legal there.A. ifB. otherwiseC. althoughD. unless5. Mrs. Weinstein bravely and persistently used every skill she had to _____ her attacker not to take her life.A. convinceB. conveyC. contactD. consult6. Daydreaming improves a person‘s ability to _____ more readily with new ideas.A. show upB. put up withC. come upD. take up7. On average about ￡5000 a year is spent on each private school pupil， ______ the amount spent on state school pupils.A. as twice asB. twice more asC. more than twiceD. more twice than8. To a worker， _____ from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his own point of view voluntary play.A. whatB. whichC. thatD. it9. Long life is altering our society， of course， but in experiential ______.A. itemsB. termsC. turnsD. themes10. A man flown to a time zone different by 10 hours will ______ eight days to readjust his palm sweat.A. spendB. takeC. costD. payⅡ。

Cloze Test（ 10 points， 1 point for each item）Great artists and great scientists are similar in that they both use the two sides of their brain. It is well known that Albert Einstein， 11 a great scientist，also enjoyed art， playing the violin and sailing. Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination 12 from analysis， reason and language. The story goes 13 Einstein was daydreaming one summer‘s day 14 sitting on a hill. He imagined that he was riding on sunbeams to the far distance of the universe. 15 he found that he had returned to the sun. So he realized that the universe must curve. He got this 16 by using his imagination. He then used the left side of brain to 17 analysis， number and reason. And finally he used language to explain it.Traditional， 18 education in schools encourages us to use the left-hand side of our brains. Language， number， analysis and reason are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming. 19 ， we are encouraged to leap when we have two perfectly good legs！Then why don‘t we give more 20 to visual thinking？11. A. as B. for C. with D. to12. A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than13. A. when B. which C. that D. what14. A. while B. until C. though D. as if15. A. And B. But C. So D. Then16. A. story B. idea C. figure D. pattern17. A. supply B. apply C. reply D. imply18. A. establish B. to establish C. established D. establishing19. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Indeed D. However20. A. value B. vision C. voice D. viewⅢ。

Reading Comprehension （ 30 points， 2 points for each item）Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The more I see of the Internet，the more enthusiastic I am. We‘re living through a period of dynamic change. America is ahead just now， with over 50 percent of the population on-line； Britain is next， then Scandinavia and Japan， with the rest of Europe lagging surprisingly behind. But it won’t be long before everyone catches up. In the third world especially， the internet will be a revolutionary force that will promote democracy and economic growth.The lightning speech of American decision-making in today‘s business world is rooted in the technology. In the 1980s， American companies， desperate to compete with Japanese and German companies， shed their bureaucratic（官僚的） aspects and returned to the knife-edge of the market. Companies began to be run much more aggressively in the interests of shareholders， and that powered the adoption of new technology. The pay of CEOs （首席执行官） was tied to stock-market performance and businessmen got rich in a way they never previously imagined.On the knife-edge of the market some are going to bleed. One big invention here is “frictionless selling” for cars—buying on-line rather than through a salesman at a car dealership （汽车专卖行）。

I just bought my new car this way. I arranged finance and got just what I wanted—color， interior， engine size—in half an hour. That‘s great for me. But there are 25000—most family owned car dealerships in the United States，and in the next century most will die. It’s a transition that will surely be repeated many times over.Telecom （电信） costs are falling towards zero，and computer costs aren‘t far behind. The growth of the internet in Africa， Asia and the Far East is putting these tools in everyone’s hands. And I‘m confident that if people got the chance to connect， they will quickly create wealth and opportunities across seven continents.21.Why does the author feel more enthusiastic when he sees more of the Internet？A. Because America is in a leading position in this field.B. Because he believes that the Internet will change the whole world.C. Because he is one of the businessmen who got rich in IT industry.D. Because the Internet will bring democracy to the Third World.22. American companies shed their bureaucratic practice because _______.A. that was powered by the use of new technologyB. that was the way businessmen got richC. they wanted to tie the salary of their CEOs to stock-market performanceD. the competition with foreign companies was sharp23. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that _______.A. the adoption of the Internet helped improve the competing power of American companiesB. American companies were once thrown out of the market by Japanese and German companiesC. American companies competed desperately with foreign companies in car industryD. many American businessmen were desperate to get rich24. The author mentions the purchase of his new car and the car dealership to _______.A. illustrate the advantage of “frictionless selling”B. predict what change the Internet will bring to American daily lifeC. illustrate one of the hurting effects of the InternetD. compare this new way of selling cars with the traditional one25. The word “transition” in paragraph 3 probably means _______.A. failureB. changeC. lessonD. competitionPassage TwoAlmost no one argues against the view that schools have an important responsibilities to develop students‘ intellect. Disputes center， rather， on the degree to which this responsibility should exceed all other responsibilities or potential responsibilities.Some strong supporters of intellectual attainment as the primary objective of schools suggest that this purpose really is what schooling is all about and that other outcomes should receive only minimal emphasis. This position has a long historyin American education. In general， the view suggests that school programs should not handle citizenship education or professional preparation directly. Rather，programs should focus on intellectual attainment. Once intellectual attainment has been achieved， good citizenship and an ability to handle work-related responsibilities will be natural by-products.Critics of this purpose of education raise a number of objections. Some question the assumption that without direct instruction in the schools， students automatically will acquire good citizenship and professional competence as a result of their exposure to programs emphasizing intellectual competence. There is some feeling that it is too much to expect young people to bridge the gap between intellectual knowledge and the kind of citizenship skills and job-related knowledge they will need in the “real world”。