环球雅思基础测试题

雅思测试题（本卷共五道大题，满分100分，考试时间100分钟）一、单项选择: （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）1. The crazy fans ______ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.A. were waitingB. had been waitingC. had waitedD. would wait2. ---What would you do if it ______ tomorrow'--- We have to carry it on, since we've got everything ready.A. rainB. rainsC. will rainD. is raining3. He is not very confident and always _______ before making a decision.A. considersB. hesitatesC. reflectsD. waits4. Unless_______ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.A. invitedB. invitingC. being invitedD. having invited5. _______ news came ________ an unknown disease was spreading in the area.A. Disturbing / thatB. Disturbed / whichC. Disturbing / whichD. Disturbed / what6. Seeing your picture, I couldn’t resist _____ the days _____ we spent together.A. to think of; whenB. to think of; whichC. thinking of; whichD. thinking of; when7. Every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.A. are being usedB. have been usedC. has been usedD. had been used8. There was so much noise in the room that the speaker couldn’t make himself________.A. heardB. hearingC. being heardD. hear9. I can’t see him now----__________ convenient.A. it isn’tB. I’m notC. he isn’tD. it is10. ________ his dream of going to college will come true is uncertain.A. ThatB. WhetherC. IfD. Even if11. There was almost nothing in his house except a jar under a ________ table.A. brokenB. breakingC. breakD. to break12. All the leading newspapers ________ the trade talks between China and the United States.A. reportedB. printedC. attractedD. published13. ----Shall we go skating or stay at home----Which _______ do yourselfA. will you ratherB. would you ratherC. would you preferD. should you rather14. Hard work and good methods ________ great success.A. go on withB. stick toC. fall overD. lead to15. Mary looks unwell. You _______ her the sad news.A. should have toldB. shouldn’t have toldC. mustn’t have toldD.ought to have told16. In Germany, over 50% of the country’s trees ________ by the end of 1986.A. had damagedB. have been destroyedC. had been damagedD. have destroyed17. It’s _______ to see all the children look fine at school.A. pleasedB. pleasantC. happilyD. well18. When you come late to class, you must _______ to your teacher.A. say helloB. writeC. apologizeD. introduce19. Many towns and villages had their water supply ________ because there was no electricity.A. cut throughB. cut offC. called inD. blown down20. It was ________ and therefore the trees still had their leaves on.A. an autumnB. autumnC. the autumnD. certain autumn二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）We are living in a world which is made of “dreams”. Why do I say so Many great inventions are actually dreams of 21 at the very beginning. The dream of Edison 22 the invention of the light bulbs. The dream of Steve Jobs caused the invention of the first computer. The dream of Sony Company23 this world the invention of high-quality electronic products. Without dreams, I can dare say that we24 not have telephones, satellite, airplanes, computers and the Internet. Dreams make our life innovative and 25 . Dreams improve our quality of life and make 26 in society.Dreams are hope of life. We are like plants and dreams are sunlight. 27 plant depends on not only sand and water to grow, but also sunlight. Life without dreams is like a plant without sunlight, 28 certainly cannot grow 29 . Dream make our life colorful and hopeful. 30 actually a way of life.21. A. invent B. inventing C. the inventors D. invention22. A. lead to B. led to C. leading D. lead23. A. take B. bring C. took D. brought24. A. should B. can C. will D. would25. A. creative B. created C. creating D. creation26. A. inventions B. advancements C. progress D. changes27. A. The B. Some C. A D. Real28. A. who B. which C. that D. where29. A. happily B. strongly C. rapidly D. healthily30. A. They are B. It will be C. It is D. They will三、阅读（50分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）（A）Football is，I believe，the most important game in England：one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor，young and old，one can see them all there，shouting for one side or the other.To a stranger，one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match，and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.Most schools in England take football seriously—much more seriously than nearly all European schools，where lessons are all that are important，and games are left for the children themselves. In England，it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in classroom，it also means the training of character by means of games，especially team games，where the boy or girl has to learn to work with others for the team instead of working for himself or herself alone. The school therefore plays games andmatches for its pupils. Football is a good team game；it is good for both body and mind. That is why it is every school’s game in England.31．I n paragraph 1，“this ”means.A．people often shout at each other in a football matchB．people，rich and poor，young and old，often play footballC．football is the most popular game in EnglandD．people usually go to the important matches32．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？A．English children have more knowledge of football than adults.B．Nearly all European schools consider lessons the most important.C．It is surprising that English children have great knowledge of football.D．English schools attach more importance to football than nearly all European schools.33．What does education mean in England？A．Filling a boy’mind with facts.B．Teaching how to work with others for the team.C．Training character by means of games.D．More than the teaching of knowledge.34．From the passage，we learn that .A．football is popular mostly among English children.B．schools in England make use of football for the training of body and mind.C．football is more important than lessons in England.D．other European schools consider football unimportant（B）A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That’s the finding of a study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce (盎司）of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish.The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish.At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish.During the next two decades, 78% of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lowerthan those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol (胆固醇) levels.35. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passageA. The Dutch research has proved that eating fish can help to prevent heart disease.B. People who regularly eat fish never suffer from hear disease.C. Heart disease causes more deaths in America than any other disease.D. There is a low level of heart disease in such countries as Japan and Greenland.36. The underlined words “lean fish” (paragraph 5) roughly mean “_______”.A. large fishB. fresh fishC. fish that live in salt waterD. fish that have little fat37. The passage is mainly about _________.A. the high incidence of heart disease in some countriesB. the effect of fish eating on people’s healthC. the changes in people’s dietD. the daily fish consumption of people in different cultures38. The phrase “this relationship” (para graph 6) refers to the connection between_______ and the level of heart disease.A. the amount of fish eaten?B. regular fish-eatingC. the kind of fish eaten??D. people of different areas（C）For years scientists have been worried about the effects of air pollution on the earth’s natural conditions. Some believe the air inside many houses may be more dangerous than the air outside. It may be one hundred times worse.Indoor air pollution can cause a person to feel tired, to suffer eye pain, headache and other problems. Some pollutants (污染物) can cause breathing disorders, diseases of blood and even cancer. Most scientists agree that every modern house has some kind of indoor pollution.People have paid more attention to the problem now. It is said that when builders began making houses and offices they did not waste energy. To do this they built buildings that limited the flow of air between inside and outside. They also began using man-made building materials. These materials are now known to let out harmful gases.As the problem became more serious, scientists began searching for a way to deal with it. They discovered a natural pollution control system for building-green plants. Scientists do not really know how plants control air pollution. They believe that a plant’s leaves absorb (吸收) or take in the pollutants. In exchange the plant lets out oxygen through its leaves and small organizations on its roots. Scientists suggest that all buildings should have one large plant or several small plants inside for every nine square metres of space. Studies of different plants show that each absorbs different chemicals. So the most effective way to clean the air is to use different kinds of plants. Having green plants inside your house can make it a prettier and more healthy place.39. Generally speaking, indoor air pollution may be more harmful than the air outside because _______.A.indoor air pollution can often make people seriously illB.man-made building materials give off dangerous gasesC.there may be more harmful gases outside the buildingsD.the flow of air indoors is limited, which is very harmful40. Some kind of indoor pollution can be found in ________.A. every modern houseB. every old houseC. all kinds of housesD.all kinds of offices41. The indoor air pollution is caused by ________.A.the limit of the flow of air between inside and outsideB.the building way that the builders want to save energyC.the building things that are made of man-made materialsD.the man-made building materials and the limit of air-flow42. The reason why we should use different kinds of plants to clean the air is that ________.A.plants can let out all kinds of pollutants indoorsB.plants may take in more oxygen which people needC.plants can absorb all kinds of harmful indoor chemicalsE.plants can make our houses prettier and more healthy（D）New York: When the first plane struck 1 World Trade Center at 8:48 am on Tuesday, the people in 2 World Trade Center who saw the instant (瞬间的) damage to the other tower realized clearly what they, too, must do: get out fast.Katherine Ilachinsiki, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast (一阵)of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years of age, Mrs Ilachinsiki, an architect working on the 91st floor of 2 World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, an executive (经理), cried sharply and set off too.But others up and down the 110 floors, many without seeing the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.Most people had no idea about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the south tower asked people to stay put, assuring (使……确信) them that the building was sound and the threat (威胁)was limited to the other tower.Some left, others stayed. Some began to climb down and, when met with more announcements and other cautions (警告) to stop or return, went back up. The decisions made in those instants proved to be of great importance, because many who chose to stay were killed completely when the second plane crashed (坠落，碰撞) into the south tower.One of those caught in indecision (犹豫不决) was the executive at Fuji Bank USA.Richard Jacobs of Fuji Bank left the 79th floor with the other office workers, but on the 48th floor they heard the announcement that the situation was under control. Several got in the lifts and went back up, two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor.“I just don’t know what happened to them,” Mr Jacobs said.43. From the passage, we know that the south tower was hit by the plane ________.A. at 8:30B. 18 minutes earlier than the north towerC. at around 9:06D. at 8:4844. The underlined words “stay put” means ________.A. stay in the buildingB. leave at onceC. put everything back and then leaveD. keep silent45. Which floor was hit by the second planeA. The 91st floorB. The 103rd floorC. The 60th floorD. The 79th floor46. Fewer people would have died if ________.A. more announcements had been madeB. people hadn’t used the liftsC. the attack had happened on a weekendD. the people had obeyed the office rules（E）Paloalto, California—“Turning off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet,” US researchers said last week.A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television increased nearly two pounds (0.91kg) less over a one-year periodthan those who did not change their television diet.“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician (儿科专家) at Stanford University. “American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games. And rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinsin said.In the study presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third. Children watching fewer hours of television showed a much smaller increase in waist (腰) size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said. “Another reason might be eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson said.47. The report tells us that children will get fatter if they ________.A. eat in front of the TVB. change their dietC. do special exercisesD. spend much time watching TV48. According to the report, the time American children usually spend on watching TV and videos or playingvideo games ________.A. is four hours a day or moreB. is less than four hours a dayC. has doubled in the last 20 yearsD. has been reduced to one-quarter49. The time some children were persuaded to spend on TV viewing every day was less than ____.A. one hourB. two hoursC. three hoursD. four hours50. Watching TV will increase kid’s weight because ________.A.they usually eat more and move lessB.they no longer take part in outdoor activitiesC.they will not burn off caloriesD.they will enjoy having meals in front of the television第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）首先，请阅读下列的应用文：around the swimming pool.52. John is looking for a room near the university. He is on a very limited budget so he wants to share withhis classmate to minimize expenses.53. Billy is a party boy who is more interested in having fun than studying. He doesn’t like people telling himwhat to do or when to do it. Money is very tight so he also has to work part time to make ends meet. 54. Melinda and her husband are visiting students at the university for one year. They need a comfortable roomfrom where it is convenient to get to the university as they have no car.55. Edna doesn’t like cooking. She is looking for accommodation that is reasonably convenient to both theuniversity where she is studying and the downtown where she works.人物住宿51. Sarah A. Banbury House52. John B. Three Seasons53. Billy C. First Stop54. Melinda D. Sturtin Hotel55. Edna E. Downtown DigsF. Hilton Hostel四、单词拼写:（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）56. Those who will attend the meeting have different n_______________（国籍）.57. you have to have your l__________ (行李) checked before boarding.58. Smoking is f_____（禁止）in public places.59. His suggestion sounds quite r_________ （有道理的）to most of us.60.There were strong a______ (争论) for and against the plan.61. She r_______ （退休）from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.62. Listen! A child next to the house is s________ (哭泣) loudly.63. People like to spend a f________ (一大笔钱) on the new car.64. You should have the new pencil s___________(削尖) or you can't use it.65. This book s__________ (从细节上) talks about the development of the agricultural tools.五、汉译英（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）66. 他突然意识到他对英语的了解相当肤浅。