2016中石油职称英语考试大纲模拟试题一

模拟试題一

I. Vocabulary Section

A

Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.

1.I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't ____ what color it was.

A. make out

B. look to

C. look out

D. take in

2.He mumbled something and blushed as though a secret had been____

A. imposed

B. exposed

C. composed

D. opposed

3.You should these tables and buy new ones.

A. throw off

B. throw down

C. throw up

D. throw away

4.___ ____ their suggestions， we will discuss them fully at the next meeting.

A. In regard for

B. In regard to

C. With regard of

D. Regardless for

5.On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with ____ eye.

A. naked

B. bare

C. flesh

D. pure

6.Many new _____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

A. opportunities

B. necessities

C. probabilities

D. realities

7.I found myself completely _ ____ by his vivid performance.

A. carried out

B. carried off

C. carried away

D. carried on

8.Although the examination he had passed was unimportant, his success ____ him in his

later study.

A. persuaded

B. promised

C. urged

D. encouraged

9.This is the first time you have been late.

A. under no circumstances

B. on no account

C. by no means

D. for no reason

10.The taxi had to because the traffic light had turned red.

A. set up

B. catch up

C. shut up

D. pull up

Section B

Directions: There are 10 sentences in this section. Below each sentence are four other words or phrases. You are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keeping the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. Then mark your answer on the answer sheet.-

11.The roof of the house was practically falling in and the front steps were rotting away.

A. almost

B. essentially

C. always

D. conveniently

12.The greatest physical distinction between humans and apes is the hollow space humans have

under their chins.

A. attraction

B. danger

C. comfort

D. difference

13.Scientists are trying to develop computers that will simulate the human thought process.

A. substitute

B. assume

C. project

D. reflect

14.Tenants do not own their own apartments, they merely occupy the dwellings.

A. intellectuals

B. renters

C. colonizers

D. contractors

15.Buddhist monks claim to detach their minds from their bodies.

A. separate

B. attach

C. deliver

D. detain

16.We encountered the Smiths before leaving the parking lot.

A. met

B. saw

C. helped

D. surprised

17.Mr. Jones was taken in by that door to door salesman’s mooth talk. He paid almost $900.00 for a

vacuum cleaner.

A. deceived

B. incited

C. implicated

D. saturated

18.The chorale wanted to rehearse the song before the performance.

A. sing

B. rewrite

C. introduce

D. practice

19.Prejudice towards minorities probable stems from fear of the unknown.

A. anger

B. bias

C. rudeness

D. action

20.It is unwise to provoke strange animals.

A. feed

B. touch

C. anger

D. chase

II. Grammatical Structure

Section A

Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.

21.So frightened __ in darkness that she did not dare to move an inch.

A. was the girl

B. the girl was

C. such a girl was

D. that the girl was

22.___you may be right, I can’t altogether agree.

A. As

B. While

C. If

D. Since

23.—I must have eaten something wrong. I feel like ___.

—I told you not to eat at a restaurant. You’d better at home.

A. to throw up ... to cat

B. throwing up ... eating

C. to throw up ... cat

D. throwing up... cat

24. His response was ___ that he didn’t say yes and he didn’t say no.

A. so

B. which

C. what

D. such

25. I have not found my book yet. I’m not sure ____I could have done with it.

A. whether

B. what

C. why

D. where

26. He is sure that there was a flying saucer over there. If he hadn't seen it himself, he ___ it.

A. never have believed

B. never did believe