英语(二)模拟试题1

注意事项：

答案必须写在答题卡规定的区域内，未按要求作答的答案无效。

I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)

在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其选出并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。

1. Only by developing an understanding and tolerance of different cultural values reach the goal of communicating with native English speakers.

A. a Chinese English learner can B.

does a Chinese English learner

C. can a Chinese English learner D.

a Chinese English learner did

2. ______ the leadership of the party, we could not live happily today.

A. But for

B. In case

C. As for

D. Because of

3. I have no idea that this party is _______.

A. in her face

B. in her honor

C. in her way

D. for her fancy

4. There is no ______ in asking him, for he knows nothing about it.

A. way

B. point

C. sense

D. meaning

5. I ______ leave my house when the phone rang.

A. was about to

B. had to

C. was long to

D. was way to

6. _______ I asked, I should tell the truth.

A. Was

B. Am

C. Been

D. Were

7. Try ______ you will, you can’t succeed.

A. if

B. how

C. as

D. after

8. Suddenly the wild animal charged ________ us.

A. into

B. for

C. of

D. at

9. His illness was ______ to bad food.

A. because

B. about

C. due

D. thank

10. He identified her happiness ______ his own.

A. with

B. in

C. for

D. as

II. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)

下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。请根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。

The artist Andy Warhol famously said that he thought everybody would be famous for fifteen minutes, and with the increasing power of the internet, that’s 11 true today than ever. Anybody with an internet connection and a computer can now become a cewebrity.

A cewebrity is somebody who is only, or perhaps mostly famous through their presence 12 the internet, an internet personality who crosses over to the mainstream. A web cewebrity.

As people rely on the internet more and more 13 their entertainment needs, it is becoming increasingly attractive 14 a platform for new writing, music, film, and

art. The writer Stephen King has published books only on the internet and some musicians get a recording contract through the popularity they build 15 on the web.

Recently an American newspaper, the Seattle PI [Post-Intelligencer] decided to 16 its paper copy and only publish online. As its audience grows, the internet is becoming more powerful in making people famous, and some videos which are 17 on the internet become incredibly 18 , being seen by millions of people in a short space of time. This is 19 where a video of someone dancing and pretending to sing a famous song can get them 20 on TV shows and magazines. It’s an age of cewebrity!

11. A. more B. less C. much D. little

12. A. in B. on C. at D. to

13. A. as B. like C. of D. for

14. A. like B. in D. to

15. A. down B. on C. up D. into

16. A. adopt B. adept C. discard D. abandon

17. A. posted B. advertised C. communicated D. comprehend

18. A. popular B. perilous C. fabulous D. fantastic

19. A. a time B. a period C. an age D. a stage

20. A. a presence B. an appearance C. an outlook D. an expression

III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Gliese 581g is the sixth planet to be found circling a dwarf star some 20 light-years away, in the constellation of Libra. On paperit looks good – three times the mass of the Earth with possibly a rocky surface and enough gravity to hold on to an