Section I Use of English
Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET1.（10 points）
The history of African——Americans during the past 400 years is traditionally narrated 1 an ongoing struggle against 2 and indifference on the part of the American mainstream, and a struggle 3 as an upward movement is 4 toward ever more justice and opportunity. Technology in and of 5 is not at fault; its much too simple to say that gunpowder or agricultural machinery or fiber optics 6 been the enemy of an 7 group of people. A certain machine is put 8 work in a certain way——the purpose 9 which it was designed. The people who design the machines are not intent on unleashing chaos; they are usually trying to 10 a task more quickly, cleanly, or cheaply, 11 the imperative of innovation and efficiency that has ruled Western civilization 12 the Renaissance. Mastery of technology is second only 13 money as the true measure of accomplishment in this country, and it is very likely that by 14 this under-representation in the technological realm, and by not questioning and examining the folkways that have 15 it, blacks are allowing 16 to be kept out of the mainstream once again. This time, however, they will be 17 from the greatest cash engine of the twenty-first century. Inner-city blacks in particular are in danger, and the beautiful suburbs 18 ring the decay of
1. A. like B. as C. for D. with
2. A. charity B. clarity C. cohesion D. oppression
3. A. charting B. charts C. charted D. to chart
4. A. progressing B. progressed C. clutched D. clutching
5. A. itself B. themselves C. ourselves D. himself
6. A. have B. to have C. has D. to has
7. A. entirely B. enter C. entire D. entrance
8. A. for B. off C. on D. at
9. A. for B. to C. with D. before
10. A. envelop B. accomplish C. enveloping D. accomplishing
11. A. followed B. follows C. to follow D. following
12. A. since B. on C. in D. at
13. A. before B. to C. with D. from
14. A. to tolerate B. tolerate C. tolerated D. tolerating
15. A. encountered B. encountering C. to encounter D. encounters
16. A. them B. us C. themselves D. ourselves
17. A. excluding B. included C. including D. excluded
18. A. where B. that C. how D. what
19. A. servicing B. encircle C. encircling D. served
20. A. is B. were C. are D. have
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1 .(40 points)
Test 1
Motorola Inc., the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker, will begin selling all of the technology needed to build a basic mobile phone to outside manufacturers, in a key change of strategy. The inventor of the cell phone, which has been troubled by missteps compounded by a recent industry slump in sales, is trying to become a neutral provider of mobile technology to rivals, with an eye toward fostering a much larger market than it could create itself.
The
The company, long known for its top-notch(等级)engineering culture, is hoping to profit from its mobile phone technology now that the basic technology to build a mobile phone has largely become a commodity. Motorola said it will begin offering the technology based on the next-generation GPRS (Global Packet Radio Service) standard because most mobile phone makers already have technology in place for current digital phones. GPRS offers faster access to data through "always on" network connections, and customers are charged only for the information they retrieve, rather than the length of download.
Burgess said the new business will not conflict with Motorola’s own mobile phone business because the latter will remain competitive by offering advanced features and designs. Motorola s phones have been criticized as being too complicated and expensive to manufacture, but Burgess said Motorola will simplify the technology in the phones by a third. In addition to basic technology, Burgess said, Motorola would also offer additional features such as Bluetooth, a technology that allows wireless communications at a short distance, and Global Positioning System, which tracks the users whereabouts, and MP3 audio capability.
21. The word "slump" in the first paragraph may be replaced by_________.
A. slouch B. decline C. increase D. stamp
22. According to this passage, Motorola Inc.__________.
A. is the worlds largest mobile phone maker
B. is trying to become a mobile technology provider besides being a mobile phone maker
C. will only sell chips of the mobile phones
D. is going to sell all its manufacturing plants
23. Analysts don’t think that _________.
A. Motorola will be successful
B. the technology offered by Motorola will be selected by its competitors
C. its competitors will want to buy the technology from it
D. its mobile phones contain a variety of chips
24. The technology supplied by Motorola is based on __________.
A. Bluetooth features B. MP3 audio capability
C. Global Positioning System D. GPRS standard
25. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. GPRS offers faster access to data through network connections, so customers should pay more.
B. Motorola Inc. is the inventor of the cell phone.
C. Previously Motorola only supplied mobile phone manufacturers with some of its chips.
D. Motorola Inc. is known for its high-class engineering culture.
Test2
Hurricanes are violent storms that cause millions of dollars in property damage and take many lives. They can be extremely dangerous, and too often people underestimate their fury.
Hurricanes normally originate as a small area of thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean west of the
Hurricane hunters then fly out to the storm in order to determine its size and intensity and to track its direction. They drop instruments for recording temperature, air pressure, and humidity (湿度), into the storm. They also look at the size of waves on the ocean, the clouds, and the eye of the storm. The eye is a region of relative calm and clear skies in the center of the hurricane. People often lose their lives by leaving shelter when the eye has arrived, only to be caught in tremendous winds again when the eye has passed.
Once the forecasters have determined that it is likely the hurricane will reach shore, they issue a hurricane watch for a large, general area that may be in the path of the storm. Later, when the probable point of landfall is clearer, they will issue a hurricane warning for a somewhat more limited area. People in these areas are wise to stock up on nonperishable foods, flash light and radio batteries, candles, and other items they may need if electricity and water are not available after the stoma. They should also try to hurricane-proof their houses by bringing in light-weight furniture and other items from outside and covering windows. People living in low-lying areas are wise to evacuate their houses because of the storm surge, which is a large rush of water that may come ashore with the storm. Hurricanes generally lose power slowly while traveling over land, but many move out to sea, gather up force again, and return to land. As they move toward the north, they generally lose their identity as hurricanes.
26. The eye of the hurricane is __________.
A. the powerful center of the storm B. the part that determines its direction
C. the relatively calm center of the storm D. the center of low pressure
27. Which of the following statements is true?
A. A storm surge is a dramatic increase in wind velocity.
B. A hurricane watch is more serious than a hurricane warning.
C. Falling air pressure is an indicator that the storm is increasing in intensity.
D. It is safe to go outside once the eye has arrived.
28. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. How to Avoid Hurricane damage B. Forecasting Hurricanes
C. The dangerous Hurricane D. Atlantic Storms
29. The low-lying areas refer to those regions that ___________.
A. close to the ground level B. one-storey flat
C. flat houses D. near to the lowest level of hurricane
30. Which of the following is NOT a method of protecting ones house from a hurricane?
A. taking out heavy things B. moving in light-weight furniture
C. equipping the house with stones D. covering windows
Test3
Attacking an increasingly popular Internet business practice, a consumer watchdog group Monday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asserting that many online search engines are concealing the impact special fees have on search results by Internet users. Commercial Alert, a 3-year-old group founded by consumer activist Ralph Nader, asked the FTC to investigate whether eight of the Webs largest search engines are violating federal laws against deceptive advertising. The group said that the search engines are abandoning objective formulas to determine the order of their listed results and selling the top spots to the highest bidders without making adequate disclosures to Web surfers. The complaint touches a hot-button issue affecting tens of millions of people who submit search queries each day. With more than 2 billion pages and more than 14 billion hyperlinks on the Web, search requests rank as the second most popular online activity after E-mail.
The eight search engines named in Commercial Alerts complaint are: MSN, owned by Microsoft; Netscape, owned by AOL Time Warner; Directhit, owned by Ask Jeeves; HotBot and Lycos, both owned by Term Lycos; Altavista, owned by CMGI; LookSmart, owned by kookSmart; and iWon, owned by a privately held company operating under the same name.
Portland, Ore.-based Commercial Alert could have named more search engines in its complaint, but focused on the biggest sites that are auctioning off spots in their results, said Gary Ruskin, the group s executive director."Search engines have become central in the quest for learning and knowledge in our society. The ability to skew (扭曲) the results in favor of hucksters (小贩) without telling consumers is a serious problem." Ruskin said. By late Monday afternoon, three of the search engines had responded to The Associated Press inquiries about the complaint. Two, LookSmart and AltaVista, denied the charges. Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla said MSN is delivering" compelling search results that people want." The FTC had no comment about the complaint Monday. The complaint takes aim at the new business plans embraced by more search engines as they try to cash in on their pivotal (关键) role as Web guides and reverse a steady stream of losses. To boost revenue, search engines in the past year have been accepting payments from businesses interested in receiving a higher ranking in certain categories or ensuring that their sites are reviewed more frequently.
31. The consumer group complained about _________.
A. special fees that Internet users were charged B. Federal Trade Commission
C. Commercial Alert D. online search engines
32._________ is the most popular activity online.
A. Sending pages of information B. Sending E-mail
C. Surfing the net D. Selling the top spot
33. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?
A. There are too many pages or hyperlinks on the Internet, so people usually use search engine to find a certain site.
B. More than 8 search engines are accused of selling their search engine spots by Commercial Alert.
C. The headquarters of Commercial Alert is in
D. The search engines are Web guides.
34. All the following share one similarity EXCEPT __________.
A. LookSmart B. CMG! C. Altavista D. Microsoft
35. The primary aim of some companies sponsoring the search engines is to __________.
A. cash in on their important role as Web guides
B. boost their avenue
C. reverse a series of losses
D. have their sites visited by the intemet users more
Test 4
D. H. Lawrence was the fourth child of Arthur Lawrence and Lydia Beardsall, and their first to have been bom in Eastwood. Ever since their marriage in 1875, the couple had been on the move: Arthur s job as a miner had taken them where the best-paid work had been during the boom years of the 1870s, and they had lived in a succession of small and recently built grimy colliery villages all over Nottinghamshire. But when they moved to Eastwood in 1883, it was to a place where they would remain for the rest of their lives; the move seems to have marked a watershed in their early history. For one thing, they were settling down: Arthur lawrence would work at Brinsley colliery until he retired in 1909. For another, they now had three small children and
36. This passage is mainly about the introduction of ___________.
A. D. H. Lawrence B. D. H. Lawrences parents
C. D. H. Lawrences residence D. D. H. Lawrences family background and education
37. Which of the following is NOT the reason for D. H. Lawrence s family settling down in Eastwood?
A. Children in the family needed consistent education.
B. D. H. Lawrences father could be near to his family members.
C. D, H. Lawrences mother could seek for her independence.
D. D. H. Lawrence could accumulate enough materials to write about in his novels.
38. Which of the following might be an image of D. H. Lawrence s mother in other people s mind?
A. A mother who was quite amiable. B. A wife who was considerate.
C. An arrogant woman. D. A faithful wife.
39. The family had been on the move, because __________.
A. they had to stay with the father who had to go everywhere to find a job in depression
B. the father could find better-paid jobs in the prosperity of economy
C. the father wanted to be near with his own home
D. the mother always wanted to change the location of their house
40. Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. The relationship between D.H. Lawrences parents may not be so good.
B. D. H. Lawrence s mother was a woman of strong will.
C. D. H. Lawrences mother did not like her home at Eastwood.
D. D. H. Lawrence was the first child in the family.
Part B Directions: The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-E to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxed. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
[A]Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our carelessness. When the Automobile Association (AA) engineers surveyed one town centre car park last year, 10 percent of cars checked were unlocked, a figure backed up by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked.
[B]The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car— and for however short a period. A partially open sunroof or window is a further come-on to thieves.
[C]The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The AA has discovered that cars are left unattended for an average of three minutes — and sometimes much longer —as drivers buy drinks, cigarettes and other consumer items—and then pay at the counter. With payment by credit card more and more common, it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes providing the car thief with a golden opportunity.
[D]In an exclusive AA survey, carried out at a busy garage on a main road out of
[E]Leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminal. A Manchester probationary (假释期) service research project, which interviewed almost 100 car thieves last year, found many would investigate a coat thrown on a seat. Never leave any documents showing your home address in the car. If you have a garage, use it and lock it — a garaged car is at substantially less risk.
[F]For more than 10 years there has been a bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into, vandalized (破坏) or stolen in the UK. Car crime accounts for almost a third of all reported offences with no signs that the trend is slowing down.
[G]There are many other traps to avoid. The Home Office has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots away from street lights— just the places thieves love. The AA advises drivers to park in places with people around— thieves do not like audiences.
Order: F→41.（ ）→42.（ ）→43.（ ）→44.（ ）→45.（ ）→G
Part C Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(10 points)
The first fifty years of the new millennium will be critical for the worlds population.(46)By 2050 population growth should have leveled off, but by then well have 10 billion people two-thirds as many again as we have today. The rate of population growth is something we can choose right now, though: its not something that just happens, but a matter of human choice. Peoples fertility behavior changes as things around them change—particularly the position of women. (47)The choice is a complicated one, with many variables, but it remains a choice. If we want to prevent a population explosion, we should take action now—or assist the poorer countries to do so. They need better governments, better institutions, better labor and capital markets, better schools. Anything that increases the value of women’s time and adds to the cost of caring for a child makes a woman less likely to have that child. (48) Since big families are often seen as safety nets for illness and old age, improving poor people’s access to insurance, pensions and welfare institutions also has a major impact. This can be as simple as rural credit, providing a means of saving. Finally, there is education—both for women and, perhaps even more important, for the next generation of children. (49) These steps are there to be taken, but there appear to be two groups of countries that are not seriously trying at the moment. The first is in sub-Saharan Africa, Where both markets and governments work so badly that such policies can’t find a foothold. The second are those countries, like some in the
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A 51．Directions: Your little brother James has won the first prize at the English Speech Competition, and it is pleasure to write a congratulation.
Write it under the following guide lines:
1) express your congratulation,
2) express your hope for his English study;
3) a present to him is necessary. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET
2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.(10 points)
Part B 52. Directions: Some people feel that studying "traditional" subjects such as history, sciences, and literature does not have much importance today. They believe that education should be directed toward a career and that the most significant studies in college are those which will help one earn a living in today’s society. As examples, they point to accounting courses, secretarial studies, electronics courses, and data processing courses. Write a composition on the topic My Views on Career-oriented Education, in which you support or refute the above argument for career education. You should give reasons for your opinion and support those reasons with examples from your reading or experience. (20 points)
模拟试卷一答案与解析
Section I Use of English
1．【答案】B 【解析】narrate．．．as．．．”被描述为…。这句话的意思是：在过去的400年里，美国黑人的历史被传统地描述为是对漠然和压迫的不断斗争。其他选项的搭配不对，故选B。
2．【答案】D 【解析】 “oppression”镇压，压迫。句子意思参见上题。
3．【答案】C 【解析】 “charted as．．．”引导一个定语从句。
4．【答案】A 【解析】应选表示趋向的动词"progress"(前进，进步)，用进行时态。
5．【答案】A 【解析】“of oneself”:本身。因为主语是“technology”，所以应选“of itself”。
6．【答案】C 【解析】根据就近原则，谓语动词应与主语"fiber optics"保持一致，所以选用单数形式“has”。
7．【答案】C 【解析】这里明显应填入一个形容词，四个词中只有"entire"是形容词，所以选C。
8．【答案】D 【解析】这句话的意思是：一些工具被用在工作方面。“put sth．at work”把某物用在工作方面。所以答案是D。
9．【答案】A 【解析】 “design sth．for the purpose"为这种目的而设计某物。其他搭配不符合文章意思，所以选A。
10．【答案】B 【解析】正确的用法是"try to do sth．”，所以首先排除C、D。“accomplish"完成。“envelop”包封，遮盖，包围。根据文意，这里应填的意思是完成任务，所以选B，不选A。
11．【答案】D 【解析】显然这里要添入一个分词做伴随状语，首先排除B、C。又因为这里是主动语态，故排除A选D。
12．【答案】A 【解析】由文章的意思，这里应填“从文艺复兴开始”，所以选A "since"。
13．【答案】B 【解析】运用"is second only to(仅次于)”。
14．【答案】D 【解析】by是介词，后应该跟动词ing形式，只有D选项满足这个要求。
15．【答案】A 【解析】用完成时have encountered。
16．【答案】C 【解析】这里应填反身代词，首先排除A、B。又根据句意，应是“他们自己”，所以选C。
17．【答案】D 【解析】 “exclude．．．from．．．”排除在…之外。又根据句意，这里应用被动语态，所以选D。
18．【答案】B 【解析】这是个定语从句，可以看出从句部分缺少主语，所以应选“that”。
19．【答案】D 【解析】served适合[用，宜]于(祖先)，用过去时。
20．【答案】C 【解析】注意这里不能用虚拟语气，用一般条件句。
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
21．【答案】B 【解析】主要考查词义，slump意思是“消沉、衰退、(物价)暴跌”，四个选项中slouch意为“懒散”，decline意思是“下降，衰落，消沉”，increase意思是“上涨，增加”，与slump意思相反，stamp是指“邮票，跺(脚)”，可以看出decline为最接近的。
22．【答案】B 【解析】从第一段第四行"is trying to become a neutral provider of mobile technology to rivais”,以及最后一段第一句“Burgess said the new business will not conflict with Motorola’s own mobile phone business．”可以看出选项B的意思在文中全有体现。第一段开头说"Motorola，the wodd’s second-largest mobile phone maker”所以可见A是错误的。从第一段倒数第四行"but this is the first time the company will offer its entire line of chips as well as a detailed blueprint．”可以看出C也是不确切的。至于D，文章中没有提到有关工厂的事情。
23．【答案】C 【解析】第一段最后一句“Analysts said they liked the new strategy but were cautious about whether Motorola’s mobile phone competitors would want to buy the technology from a rival．”是该题的依据。原文的意思是“分析家说他们喜欢这一策略，但是对于竞争者是否会愿意从竞争对手手中购买技术这一问题持谨慎态度”。可见C是恰当之选。
24．【答案】D 【解析】根据第二段第二句话"Motorola said it will begin offering the technology based on the next-generation GPRS(Global Packet Radio Service)standard．”可以很容易看出选择D。
25．【答案】A 【解析】根据第二段最后一句“GPRS offers faster access to data through“always on”network connections，and customers are charged only for the information they retrieve，rather than the length of download．”可见顾客的付费应该是少了而不是多了。从第一段第二句开头"The inventor of the cell phone"可以看到B是正确的。从第一段倒数第五行"Motorola has previously supplied mobilephone manufacturers with a couple of its chips"可以看出C也是正确的。依据第二段开头"The company，long known for its top-notch engineenng culture"可以看出D也是正确的。
26．【答案】C 【解析】根据第三段倒数第二句话"The eye is a region of relative calm and clear skies in the center of the hurricane．”可知C是恰当的选项。
27．【答案】C 【解析】根据最后一段倒数第三句话"People living in low-lying areas are wise to evacuate their houses because of the storm surge，which is a large rush of water that may come ashore with the storm．”可知storm surge是指水而不是风，所以A不正确。根据最后一段开头的描述，飓风可能登陆时先在一个较大的可能范围内进行hurricane watch，然后在可能着陆点hurricane warning，可以看出hurricane warning比hurricane watch更严重，B不正确。根据第三段最后一句“People often lose their lives by leaving shelter when the eye has arrived，only to be caught in tremendous winds again when the eye has passed．”，当风眼来临时人们如果走出房间会被风眼过去后的大风吹死，所以说在风眼来临时走出房间是不安全的，D也不正确。虽然文章中没有直接说，但通过排除法可以知道只有C是正确的。
28．【答案】C 【解析】纵观全文，讲了飓风的形成、飓风的预报、面对飓风的防范措施、飓风的消亡，总体来看A、B、D都只涉及到文章的一个方面，只有C全面概括了文章的内容，因为文章主要是讲危险的飓风的。
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