网络教育入学考试大学英语模拟试卷

网络教育入学考试《大学英语》模拟试卷第I卷（选择题，共125分）I. Phonetics (5 points)Directions: In each of the following group of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C, and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. A. teacher B. head C. heavy D. ready2. A. stood B. cook C. boot D. look3. A. worse B. sport C. world D. work4. A. swear B. sweet C. sweat D. sword5. A. books B. cakes C. cups D. facesII. Vocabulary and Structure (15 Points)Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.6. There is something that we understand, but ___ animals know nothing.A. thatB. whichC. in whichD. about which7. After the discussion, we found this question of great ___.A. importantB. importanceC. simpleD. simply8. He had nothing to do and took a book from the shelf___.A. at randomB. with randomC. in randomD. on random9. Why does the moon look ___ than any other star except the sun?A. the biggestB. still biggerC. the biggerD. much biggest10. He likes ___ pop music. He listens to the pop songs all the time.A. anything butB. nothing butC. anything exceptD. nothing except11. The sudden change of weather resulted ___ the death of many young animals.A. fromB. toC. inD. on12.How much do you___ for a haircut?A. charge withB. chargeC. charge byD. charge in13. You may ______this; I don't want it back.A. getB. remainC. maintainD. keep14. Take a pencil and paper and ______how long it will take us to reach London from here.A. work outB. make outC. turn outD. take out15. Why did you ______my request?A. turn downB. turn inC. turn outD. turn over16. Fie asked us if we would _______to share a room.A. acceptB. agreeC. considerD. admit17. Let's go swimming, _______?A. will weB. are weC. shall weD. don't we18. Students are expected to ______their classes regularly.A. presentB. attendC. goD. take part19. Only by reading extensively ______your horizons.A. you may widenB. can you widenC. you will widenD. therefore you widen20. John suggest ______anything about it until they found out more facts..A. not to sayB. saying notC. to say notD. not sayingIII. Cloze (20 Points)Directions: For each blank of the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy (21) them. All (22) us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the U.S.A. spent hours and hours studying birds? A business man who lives near New York City was so interested in insects that he began to (23) them. He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes.Come then (24) me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let’s go quietly (25) the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit (26) the other rabbit that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter (27). We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees know where they can find food. I will show you (28) interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears (29) when you go (30) doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.21) A. looking for B. keeping C. studying D. learning22) A. about B. around C. among D. besides23) A. kill B. catch C. collect D. keep24) A. along B. into C. at D. with25) A. through B. over C. to D. on26) A. says B. tells C. asks D. speaks27) A. rest B. trip C. holiday D. sleep28) A. other many B. many other C. some others D. much other29) A. open B. closed C. listening D. big30) A. into B. inside C. between D. out ofIV. Reading Comprehension (75 Points)Directions: there are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneA special research team organized and sent out from the local medical center to perform experiments on completely blind infants. The test samples included twenty completely blind infants, who lived at home with their mothers or families. The research workers would visit the infants and closely observe the development of their senses and behavior every two weeks.In most cases, the research workers tested the responses of the blind infants to different stimuli common in the family environment. Generally speaking, a normal baby would react withsmiles and laughter to tickling, to the voice of a relative, and to hugging from his family. His reactions were swift and fleet. Nevertheless, most of the blind infants, according to the experiments, responded to stimuli impassively. In fact, they were apathetic and indifferent to any sound. But under some special circumstances, some of them were able to react to the sound of their mothers with a smile. Usually, their response was very slow and phlegmatic.The tests were conducted over a nine-month period; they began when the blind infants were one month old and ended when they were ten months old.31.According to this passage the blind infants_____.A. were taken to live with the research workersB. lived at home with their mothersC. were tested at the medical centerD. were members of large families32.The responses of the blind infants to the stimuli _____.A. were the same as the normal infantsB. were different at first but later the same as the normal infantsC. were slower than normal infantsD. were swift and speedy33.Which of the following statements is true?A. A normal baby responded to stimuli impassivelyB. A normal baby’s re action to the sound was phlegmaticC. A group of nurses took care of the blind infants at the medical centerD. Some of the blind infants were able to respond to their mother’s voice34.How were the experiments conducted?A. The scientists tested them at the medical center.B. The blind infants were visited by research workers every two weeks.C. The blind infants were made to compare with the normal infants.D. Their mothers were invited to tickle them.35.According to the passage, the blind infants_______.A. reacted with smiles to hugging from their mothersB. were tested for almost a yearC. lacked in feeling to the soundD. were happy with their familiesPassage TwoThe Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern-end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long. As one Norwegian politician said last week, “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a fewyears the whole northern policy could be in ruins.The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.36.The Norwegian government would prefer the oil industry to ____.A. provide more jobs for foreign workersB. slow down the rate of its developmentC. sell the oil it is producing abroadD. develop more quickly than at present37.The Norwegian government has tried to ______.A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sourcesB. prevent oil companies employing people from northern NorwayC. help the oil companies solve many of their problemsD. keep the oil industry to something near its present size38.According to the passage, the oil industry might lead in northern Norway to ____.A. the development of industryB. a growth in populationC. the failure of the development programD. the development of new towns39.In the south, one effect of the development of the oil industry might be ____.A. a large reduction in unemploymentB. a growth in the tourist industryC. a reduction in the number of existing industriesD. the development of a number service industry40.Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because ____.A. they form such a large part of Norwegian societyB. their lives and values represent the Norwegian idealC. their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian societyD. they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of lifePassage ThreeIt is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought in the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only “remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words” ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings.A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. 41．According to the passage, memory is considered to be .A．the basis for decision making and problem solvingB．an ability to store experiences for future use.C．an intelligence typically possessed by human beingsD．the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words42．The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that .A．the computer’s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager’sB．the computer’s memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human being’sC．the computer’s memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenager’sD．both A and B43．The whole passage implies that .A．only human beings have problem-solving intelligenceB．a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every respectC．animals are able to solve only very simple problemsD．animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence44．The phrase “in terms of ” in the last sentence can best be replaced by.A．in connection with B．expressed byC．consisting D．by means of45．The topic of th e passage is “ ”.A．What would life be like without memoryB．Memory is of vital importance to lifeC．How is a person’s memory different from a n animal’s or a computer’sD．What is contained in memoryPassage FourWhen scientists are trying to understand a particular set of phenomena, they often make use of a "model." A model, in the scientists' sense, is a kind of analogy or mental image of the phenomena in terms of something we are familiar with. One example is the wave model of light. We cannot see light as if it were made up of waves because experiments on light indicate that it behaves in many respects as water waves do.The purpose of a model is to give us a mental or visual picture ~ something to hold onto when we cannot see what is actually happening. Models often give us a deeper understanding: the analogy to a known system (for instance, water waves in the above example) can suggest new experiments to perform and can provide ideas about what other related phenomena might occur.46. The author is concerned with an explanation of the term ______A. waveB. modelC. analogyD. all of the above47. Another example of a scientific model would be ______A. a mapB. a paper airplaneC. an atomD. a light bulb48. Why are models necessary?A. They connect invisible phenomena to those we are familiar with.B. Scientists could not experiment without them.C. They give the scientist a sense of security.D. They provide deeper insight into the workings of the human mind.49. Models provide us with deeper understanding because ______A. they make us think about our universeB. they were used to represent some other phenomenaC. they are more precise than theoriesD. they indicate further direction and help us make predictions50. An analogy is ______A. the study of the universeB. a comparisonC. the study of light wavesD. the result of scientific investigationPassage FiveRobert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered by selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale and circulation.Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the aged paper of the title-page, and who can't treat paper and ink with chemicals.In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.51. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?A. There was a greater demand there than in America.B. There was less chance of being detected there.C. Britain was Spring's birthplace.D. The prices were higher in England and Canada.52. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for_______A. Southern moneyB. Signatures of George Washington and Ben FranklinC. Southern manuscripts and lettersD. Civil War battle plans53. Robert Spring spent 15 years _______A. running a bookstore in PhiladelphiaB. corresponding with Miss Fanny JacksonC. as a forgerD. as a respectable dealer54. The author in the passage implied that _______A. Robert Spring was highly skilled in coping handwriting and imitating signatureB. Robert Spring died in povertyC. Robert established a bookstore in Philadelphia in 1858D. forgeries are casually sold to persons who aren't experts55. The best title of this passage is _______A. An Imaginary PersonB. A Forger--Robert SpringC. A Book DealerD. The Signature of George WashingtonV. Daily Conversation (10 Points)Directions: Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and completeB: __________57. A: What does she look like?B: __________58. A: You seem to be very pleased today. Any good news?B: __________59: A: Why didn’t Kate come to class today?B: __________60: A: How many science courses did you have in high school?B: __________第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共25分）VI. Writing (25 Points)Directions: For this part, write a letter in about 100 words on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly on ANSWER SHEET II.61. 假设你是Johnson. 写一封信给你的朋友Ally, 对她的毕业表示祝贺，并表达你对她的期望。