学士学位英语考试全真模拟试题
Part I Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
Directions:In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. How long do you think ______to finish this urgent task?
A. did it take youB. it will take you
C. will it take youD. it to take you
2. Wealth, education and occupation vary greatly ______members of the middle class.
A. amongB. betweenC. fromD. inside
3. Let’s buy our tickets while I still have ______.
A. a little money to leaveB. little money left
C. a few dollars leftD. few dollars to leave
4. ______was not the way the event happened.
A. Which the press reportedB. That the press reported
C. What did the press reportD. What the press reported
5. People do not like such persons who are always ______the way of others.
A. onB. byC. inD. behind
6. At first we were ______amused by Don’s words, but soon we were tired of them.
A. greatB. farC. muchD. never
7. He talks as if he ______everything in the world.
A. knowsB. knewC. would have knownD. had known
8. The doctor advised that Mr. Malan ______an operation right away so as to save his life.
A. hadB. was going to haveC. haveD. would have
9. He forgot about ______him to attend my wife’s birthday party.
A. I askingB. my askingC. me to askD. mine to ask
10. So little ______about stock exchange that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A. did I knowB. I had known
C. I knowD. was I known
11. The boy’s laziness ______his failure in the exams.
A. resulted fromB. brought in
C. resulted inD. led into
12. Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ______of using the private beach.
A. privilegeB. possibilityC. favorD. advantage
13. Tom ______more than twenty pounds for the dictionary.
A. spentB. paidC. costD. took
14. The governor had to ______all his appointments for the day and rush to the train accident.
A. set offB. pay offC. see offD. call off
15. One car went too fast and ______missed hitting another car.
A. completelyB. greatlyC. narrowlyD. little
16. He was accused ______stealing from the shop.
A. withB. inC. ofD. at
17. It took me a long time to ______the disappointment of losing the match.
A. get overB. get upC. get intoD. get down
18. All the reference books should be made ______to the teachers and students in our university.
A. concernedB. availableC. relatedD. flexible
19. He never thought the committee would ______his proposal.
A. put upB. object toC. pass onD. call on
20. The company official ______I thought would be fired received a raise.
A. whomB. whoeverC. whoD. of whom
21. Mr. Green ______my letter, otherwise he would have replied before now.
A. must have receiveB. must have failed to receive
C. must receiveD. must fail to receive
22. We shall appreciate ______from you soon.
A. being heardB. hearingC. having been heardD. to hear
23. I fell and hurt myself while I ______tennis.
A. was playingB. am playingC. playD. played
24. ______you disagree with her, her idea is still worth considering.
A. Even ifB. If onlyC. Instead ofD. Despite of
25. I’d ______you didn’t touch that, if you don’t mind.
A. ratherB. betterC. happierD. further
26. The two men arrested for breaking into that shop have been ______$10,000.
A. committedB. drivenC. chargedD. fined
27. The driver might have ______the accident if he had had his headlights on.
A. missedB. avoidedC. stoppedD. dismissed
28. The people at the party were worried about Janet because no one was aware ______she had gone.
A. where thatB. of whereC. of the placeD. the place
29. I ______on the door for ten minutes now without an answer.
A. was knockingB. am knocking
C. knockingD. have been knocking
30. ______tired after a hard work, she fell into bed and went straight to sleep.
A. FeltB. FeelingC. Being feltD. To feel
31. He was ______enough to understand my questions from the gestures I made.
A. intelligentB. efficientC. proficientD. diligent
32. If you ______the speed limit you will get into trouble with the police.
A. excludeB. exceedC. excuseD. execute
33. He opened the door and let himself in quietly ______not to wake the family.
A. becauseB. so asC. so thatD. despite
34. I wish you ______to me before you went and bought that car.
A. spokeB. will speak
C. was going to speakD. had spoken
35. The director who was recently promoted did ______.
A. work more than anyone elseB. more than anyone else work
C. more work than anyone elseD. work more than anyone
36. Before her marriage, she spent a considerable time in that very part ofShanghai, ______she belonged.
A. whichB. to whereC. to whichD. at which
37. “Good- bye, Mr. Wang. I’m pleased ______you”
A. to meetB. meetingC. to have been meetingD. to be met
38. The investigation, ______will soon be published, was made by John.
A. at which the resultsB. the results on which
C. whose resultsD. at whose results
39. Don’t you know he is an old friend of ______?
A. my brotherB. my brother’s friend
C. my brother’sD. my brothers
40. ______you return those books to the library immediately you will have to pay a fine.
A. UntilB. UnlessC. IfD. Provided
PartII Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions:There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost and won, king or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed—took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons(漫画).
41. The habit of reading newspapers is ______.
A. uncommon in the worldB. not popular inU.S.A.
C. widespread in the worldD. founded among a few families
42. A few hundred years ago news did not ______.
A. receive attentionB. travel fast
C. spread to other countriesD. take long to reach other countries
43. In the past, news was ______.
A. sent by telegraphB. passed from one person to another
C. sent by letterD. sent by telephone
44. The money spent on advertisements is ______.
A. wastedB. not muchC. worthwhileD. useless
45. The section on jokes and cartoons is ______.
A. read only by childrenB. of no valueC. not helpfulD. read by many
Passage 2
Pepys and his wife had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o’clock on the Sunday morning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, so after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one. Three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to theTowerofLondonand climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses onLondonBridgewere burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker’s shop inPudding Lane; the baker’s house had caught fire from the over-heated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.
46. What is the passage about?
A. The Great Fire ofLondon.B. Who was the first to discover the fire.
C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.D. The losses caused by the fire.
47. They were up very late because ______.
A. it was Sunday morningB. they were not very sleepy
C. they were preparing for the dinnerD. they saw the great fire start
48. What was Pepys doing when his wife told him about the fire?
A. He was asleep.B. He was writing something.
C. He was putting things back.D. He was looking out of the window.
49. Pepys slipped on his dressing gown. “To slip on ” means______.
A. to be wearingB. to be pushingC. to take offD. to put on
50. Why did the flames spread quickly?
A. The oven became very hot.B. The houses were close together.
C. The baker did nothing to stop it.D. The baker’s house was burning quickly.
Passage 3
A new report of the United Nations shows that, if the present growth rate of 2 percent per year continues, today’s world population of 5.1 billion will hit 6.4 billion by the year 2000.
What’s more, the great part of the growth—9 of every 10 people added to the earth’s population—will be in the poor and undeveloped countries. These are the nations where providing enough food for billions of people already is proving to be a headaching problem.
By the year 2000, today’s “have not” nations will have a total population of 5 billion people, nearly four fifths of the world’s population.
Food isn’t the only problem that such a population explosion presents. The more people there are and the worse their living conditions, the greater grows the possibility of all kinds of social problems.
In 1830, world population reached 1 billion. It took only 100 more years to add another billion to world population; just 30 more to add a third billion. And it took just 15 more years to reach the 4 billion mark in 1975.
Actually, the world’s birth rate is falling. But so is death rate, as medical advances have made it possible for man to live longer than before. Such advances have also reduced baby death rate. Unless population growth is reduced, the world population may reach 12 billion in a century. Is the earth capable of providing a good life for so large a population?
51. A population explosion will lead to ______.
A. a lot of social problemsB. medical advances
C. a decrease in food productionD. a worse life in every country
52. It took about ______years for world population to grow from l billion to 3 billion.
A. 100B.115C. 130D. 145
53. By the year 2000, today’s ______nations will have a total population of 5 billion people, nearly four fifths of the world’s population.
A. biggestB. AsianC. developingD. developed
54. ______, the world may have a population of 12 billion a century.
A. If man can live longer in the future
B. If the science of medicine is developing fast enough
C. If the population growth is not reduced
D. If the earth is able to provide a good life for more people
55. This passage tells us that ______.
A. the United Nations thinks it possible to avoid a population explosion
B. 5.1 billion people are living in the undeveloped countries
C. in advanced nations the population growth is being controlled
D. the world’s population is increasing
Passage 4
A scientist who wants to predict the way in which consumers(消费者) will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on the resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending.
If an economist were asked which of the three groups borrow most—people with rising incomes, stable incomes, or decreasing incomes—he would probably answer: those with decreasing incomes. Actually, in the years 1947-1950, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with decreasing incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least. This shows us that traditional assumptions(假设) about earning and spending are not always reliable. Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will hasten to buy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. But research surveys have shown that this is not always true. The expectations of price increases may not stimulate buying. One typical attitude was expressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of rising prices. “In a few months,” she said, “we’ll have to pay more for meat and milk; we’ll have less to spend on other things.” Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase. Furthermore, the rise in prices that has already taken place may be disliked and buyer’s resistance may be produced. This is shown by the following typical comment: “I just don’t pay these prices; they are too high.”
The investigations mentioned above were carried out inAmerica. The condition most helpful to spending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology(心理学).
56. According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way consumers spend their money, he should ______.
A. rely on traditional assumptions about earning and spending
B. try to encourage or discourage consumers to spend money
C. carry out investigations on consumer behavior and get data on consumers’ incomes and money spending motives
D. do researches in consumer psychology in a laboratory
57. According to paragraph 2, one traditional assumption is that people with ______incomes borrow most.
A. averageB. stableC. decreasingD. rising
58. According to paragraph 2, research surveys have proved that ______.
A. price increases always stimulate people to hasten to buy things
B. rising prices may make people put off their purchase of certain things
C. women are more sensitive to the rising in prices than men
D. the expectations of price increases often make buyers feel angry
59. From the results of the surveys, the writer of this article ______.
A. concludes that the saving and spending patterns inGreat Britainare better than those inAmerica
B. concludes that the consumers always expect prices to remain stable
C. concludes that maintaining stable prices is a correct business policy
D. does not draw any conclusion
60. Which of the following statements is always TRUE according to the surveys mentioned in the passage?
A. Consumers will put off buying things if they expect prices to decrease.
B. Consumers will spend their money quickly if they expect prices to increase.
C. The price condition has an influence on consumer behavior.
D. Traditional assumptions about earning and spending are reliable.
Part III Cloze (10%)
Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blanks there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should choose one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the answer by blanking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
Humans fall into two types when it comes to biological clock: the early-to-bed and early-to-rise or late-night-loving who wake up long after the dawn. As any parent knows, teenagers may take the61to extremes. But their oversleeping does not relax them. Some researcher say: “: Biology is to blame.”
The researchers surveyed the sleep habits of 25,000 Germans,62from 8 to 90, and found that as the teenage years wear on, the hour when kids go to bed and get up drifts later and later. It’s not that they’re sleeping more.63, it’s that their living clock is twisted. However, around age 20, the pattern reverses. The clocks tick64, and young adults begin to go to sleep and wake up earlier and earlier. Eventually, their clocks coincide with65of older people.
The quick change may mark the biological end of teenage years. A difference66the timing in men and in women points to a biological cause, perhaps a hormonal effect.