模拟试题（9）

I．Vocabulary（以C字母为首的词汇）

A．Find the right word or phrase which bears the same meaning as the word underlined below．

1．The unexpected flood was a terrible catastrophe in which thousands of people lost their lives．

2．The policeman said，“I must caution you that anything you say may be used against you at your trial．”

3．The old man cherished the pet dog as if it were his child．

4．The boys clustered together around the fire and sang popular songs to their hearts'content．

5．To my disappointment，his religious beliefs don't coincide with mine．

6．After the election，the new government commenced working for the benefit of the poor people．

7．Soon it will be commonplace for human beings to travel to the moon．

8．To tell you the truth，nothing can compensate me for the loss of my dear wife．

9．Jane is always conspicuous because of her fashionable clothes．

10．The doctor is busy，contemplating the difficult operation he will have to perform next week．

B．Decide the best choice．

1．By computation ，Jack estimated that the repairs on the house would ________cost him a thousand dollars．

A．coarse B．rude  C．crude D．roughly

2．Mr Stanley has just promptly published his book，which will __________to the readers rough ideas of modern stock-marketing skills．

A．convert B．transter  C．convey D．deliver

3．To _________for his unpleasant experiences he drank a little more than was good for him．

A．commence B．compromise  C．compensate D．compliment

4．The robber who had killed a merchant and seized his goods was _________to death and executed at once．

A．concluded B．condemned  C．confessed D．conducted

5．He is a good leader．He can distinguish practical question from moral issues and he knows when to _________and when to fight．

A．struggle B．compromise

C．compete D．strive

6．If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ________．

A．collisions B．combats  C．contradictions D．conflicts

7．You must_________ with the regulations laid down by the authorities if you want to set up a company．

A．comply B．adhere   C．confirm D．accord

8．A foreign language is a _________course for university students in every country all over the world．

A．contemporary B．customary  C．compulsory D．extraordinary

9．Improved consumer confidence is _________to an economic recovery．

A．crucial B．subordinate

C．cumulative D．satisfactory

10．If you are an electrican you will know the difference between an alternating and a direct _________．

A．circuit B．current  C．conductor D．cable

C．Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese given in the brackets．（The first letter must be C．）

1．Throughout the world，it is_________（惯例的）to give people presents on their birthdays．

2．At first，the drug does no harm，but_________（久而久之），its effects are bad．

3．Frankly speaking，my_________（观点）is that the unrealistic plan will never succeed．

4．We tried to_________（安慰）her when her husband died in an automobile accident．

5．The new ConGREss has changed the_________（面貌）of the government．

6．The dying man_________（托付）his soul to God，which was not surprising．

7．Coal is among the many_________（矿产品） that Datong sells to the southern provinces of China．

8．Their marriage ended because they were simply not_________（相容）with each other．

9．It is well known that the policeman drives with_________（本领）。

10．Education is_________（义务的）for all children in the US．

II．Grammar（形容词、副词、数词）

A．Complete the following sentences by arranging the words given in the brackets．

1．This is her_________（Irish ，first，lace）dress．

2．In front of the house there are_________（large，bright，two，glass）windows．

3．It turns out to be a_________（old，red，geography，useless，big）magazine．

4．Would you like to tell me the name of that_________（little，mosquito-like，funny，blue）insect？

5．The sugar is in_________（brown，four，large，those）barrels in the corner．

B．Translate the following sentences into Chinese，noticing the phrases underlined．

1．It is ten to one that there is some misunderstanding on his part．

2．As a rule，I catch forty winks in a whole year around．

3．No one knows who was the third ear．

4．I saw a five-by-five woman crossing the street．

5．Their trip through Mount Tai was one for the books．

C．Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks．

1．If you go_________（high ，highly）enough above the earth，the air is too thin to support your life．

2．All scientists think_________（high，highly）of the newly-established atomic theory．

3．Ships of tomorrow will be_________（most，mostly）built of plastics．

4．What we think_________（most，mostly）about is how to harness solar energy more effectively．

5．Always hold_________（firm，firmly）to your beliefs．

6．The children sat with their hands_________（tight，tightly）clasped．

7．The anxious passengers are packed_________（tight，tightly）in the long-distance bus．

8．My boyfriend send me a letter of four_________（close，closely）written pages．

9．My grandpa has traveled_________（wide ，widely）．

10．The Japanese professor was_________（wide，widely）awake last night．

III．Comprehensive Exercises

A．Reading Comprehension

（A）

Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy．Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier，have better marriages and have more respectable occupations．Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs．Even judges are softer on attractive defendants（被告）．But in the executive circle，beauty can become a liability．

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder，it is harmful to a woman．

Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men；effort and ability were thought to account for their success．

Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones；their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck．

All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives．Interestingly，though，the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than was that of attractive overnight successes．

Why are attractive women not thought to be able？An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine（女性的）and an attractive man more masculine（男性的）than the less attractive ones．Thus，an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs，but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the“masculine”qualities required．

This is true even in politics．“When the only clue is how he or she looks，people treat men and women differently，”says Anne Bowman，who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates．She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs，one of men and one of women，in order of attractiveness．The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices．They were asked to rank them again，in the order they would vote for them．

The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men，but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes．

1．The word“liability”（Para．1）most probably means“_________”．

A．misfortune B．instability

C．disadvantage D．burden

2．In traditionally female jobs，attractiveness_________．

A．reinforces the feminine qualities required

B．makes women look more honest and capable

C．is of primary importance to women

D．often enables women to succeed quickly

3．Bowman's experiment reveals that when it comes to politics，attractiveness _________．

A．turns out to be an obstacle to men

B．affects men and women alike

C．has as little effect on men as on women

D．is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women

4．It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often _________．

A．practical B．prejudiced

C．old-fashioned D．radical

5．The author writes this passage to _________．

A．discuss the negative aspects of being attractive

B．give advice to job-seekers who are attractive

C．demand equal rights for women

D．emphasize the importance of appearance

（B）

In general，our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic management in which man becomes a small， well-oiled cog in the machinery．The oiling is done with higher wages，well-ventilated factories and piped music，and by psychologists and“human-relation”experts；yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless，that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it．In fact， the blue-and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management．

The worker and employee are anxious，not only because they might find themselves out of a job；they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life．They live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings．

Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious．Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates．They are even more insecure in some respects．They are in a highly competitive race．To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect．When they apply for their first job，they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence．From that moment on they are tested again and again—by the psychologists，for whom testing is a big business，and by their superiors，who judge their behavior，sociability，capacity to get along，etc．This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one's fellow competitor creates constant anxiety and stress，the very causes of unhappiness and illness．

Am I suggesting that we should return to the preindustrial mode of production or to nine- teenth-century“free enterprise”capitalism？Certainly not．Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown．I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities—those of love and of reason—are the aims of all social arrangements．Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end，and should be prevented from ruling man．

1．By“a well-oiled cog in the machinery”the author intends to render the idea that man is         ．

A．a necessary part of the society though each individual's function is negligible

B．working in complete harmony with the rest of the society

C．an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society，though functioning

D．a humble component with the rest of the society，especially when working smoothly

2．The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that_________ ．

A．they are likely to lose their jobs

B．they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in life

C．they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existence

D．they are deprived of their individuality and independence

3．From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those _________．

A．who are at the bottom of the society

B．who are higher up in their social status

C．who prove better than their fellow-competitors

D．who could keep far away from this competitive world

4．To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should _________．

A．resort to the production mode of our ancestors

B．offer higher wages to the workers and employees

C．enable man to fully develop his potentialities

D．take the fundamental realities for granted

5．The author's attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one of _________．

A．approval B．dissatisfaction  C．suspicion D．tolerance

B．Cloze

In many western countries，a considerable number of parents have removed their children from school and are teaching them at home（i．e．home-schooling）instead．Such children do all their   1   lessons at home ，often under the    2   of parents．The first thing to consider is    3   this is legal or not．In most countries it is，so long as parents can prove that their children are receiving a（n）   4   education，equal to    5   provided by their state educational system．The next    6   is whether the parents have the time，self-discipline，intelligence and   7    to teach their own child week after week，day in and day out，for hours on end．   8    there is the problem of what will be taught，and how．

In Australia ，where I come from，children are home-schooled    9   a number of rea- sons．A major one is    10   ．For children living on outback properties，or large farms，it may take hours to get to school and back each day．Sometimes the only    11   to state boarding school is to be taught at home．The Australian government has a school of the Air system for    12   children，   13   their lessons， which are of the same standard    14   those taught in schools，are given to students by a teacher    15   a radio or，nowadays，a computer network．A parent    16   the lessons， and all work is sent to the teacher to be marked．

Children may also be home-schooled because they are ill and cannot attend a normal school．Some children may refuse to go to school or may have been    17   because of their behavior．Others are traveling within Australia or are living overseas for a short time．There are

   18   other grounds as well for not attending school．In these    19   the Australian government provides a Distance Education system： lessons are sent to the child in the post，or    20   by a distance education teacher，who marks all the completed work．Again，a parent will supervise the child's lessons．This service is provided at a minimal cost，as it is every Australian child's right to receive a free government provided education．

1．A．natural B．moral C．nominal D．normal

2．A．control B．guidance  C．pressure D．arrest

3．A．if B．why  C．whether D．provided

4．A．adequate B．effective  C．crucial D．considerate

5．A．what B．that  C．which D．this

6．A．contemplation B．measure C．consideration D．reconciliation

7．A．inspiration B．patience  C．temperament D．efficiency

8．A．In fact B．Therefore  C．For example D．Then

9．A．with B．in C．for D．within

10．A．latitude B．distance  C．span D．plight

11．A．alternative B．substitute  C．selection D．replacement

12．A．divided B．seGREgated  C．isolated D．separated

13．A．while B．whereas  C．wherever D．whereby

14．A．that B．like C．as D．to

15．A．versus B．via C．van D．void

16．A．supervises B．devises  C．follows D．preaches

17．A．expired B．prevented  C．excluded D．inhibited

18．A．variable B．various  C．differently D．versatile

19．A．issues B．examples  C．cases D．events

20．A．delivered B．converted  C．transported D．introduced

C．Translate the following sentences into Chinese．

1．Knowing his E-mail address，I eventually got in touch with him．

___________________________________________

2．The oak is a symbol of strength，the lion of courage，the lamb of weakness．

___________________________________________

3．A new type of car—small，cheap and fast is attracting increasing attention．

___________________________________________

4．It is unlikely that a nation would turn to war if its goals could be met peacefully．

___________________________________________

5．The emphasis which most business places on a college deGREe is so great that one can almost visualize the time when even the office boy will have his baccalaureate（学士学位）．

___________________________________________

D．Write a composition with the title“The Computer and The Information Society”according to the outline．

1．电脑在信息社会中的作用；

2．电脑的广泛应用；

3．电脑的不利之处与我的看法。