英语考级模拟考试
C. I don’t know where it is.
英语考级模拟考试 3. A. My book has a red cover.
B. I like the book very much.
班级--------- 姓名--------- 学号--------- C. It is on the desk.
4.. A. Oh, sorry. I. Listening 30% B. Thank you very much.
C. Oh, I have to do so. A. Listen and choose the missing words. 10% 5. A. It’s a good idea. Let’s go.
1. I think you’d _________ go there on foot. B. How about holidays?
A. best B. better C. rather C. OK. Let’s take it.
2. In my opinion, the film is very ___________. II. Grammar & Vocabulary 30% A. funny B. fuzzy C. fine
3. What do you think of the ___________? A. Grammar A. meal B. mill C. mayor
4. I really hate my work because it’s ___________. The Whites ___________ many places of interest since they came to China. 1.
A. have visited B. will visit C. visited D. visit A. boring B. tiring C. tired
2. He has two basketballs. One is new, _____________ is old. 5.It seems to me the _______ is very interesting.
A. letter B. latter C. lecture A. the other B. other C. the others D. others 6. _______ I’m concerned, I don’t think much of it. 3. Most of the children enjoy ___________ computer games. A. So long as B. As far as C. So far as A. play B. playing C. played D. to play 7. I _______ you haven’t been honest with me. 4. “ Whose bike is it ?” “ It’s ____________.”
A. feel B. felt C. fear A. John B. John’s C. Johns’ D. Johns
8. Let’s look for _________ else, shall we? 5. “ When shall we meet again next week?”
A. everything B. anything C. something “ _____________ day is possible. It’s no problem with me.”
9. You don’t __________ to write a composition today. A. Either B. Neither C. Every D. Any A. lead B. need C. read 6. The child has _________ a vivid imagination.
A. what B. how C. such D. so 10. That’s _________ I think.
A. that B. why C. what 7. I was _________ sick last week.
A. true B. serious C. much D. rather B. Listen and choose the best response. 20% 8. He tried __________ to get in touch with her.
(1) 1. A. I think so. A. on vain B. in vain C. vain D. vainly
B. So do I. 9. Please give _________ more time.
C. I think it’s too small. A. you B. us C. we D. to us
2. A. Not bad. 10. I will never leave __________ him.
B. So am I. A. within B. without C. outside D. inside
C. Very much so. 11. ____________ wallet is this ?
3. A. I don’t know. A. Whose B. Your C. His D. Yours
B. Good idea. 12. It is estimated that much of a teenager’s time is spent __________ with friends.
C. I have no idea of it. A. to talk B. talking C. being talking D. having talking
4. A. That’s all right. 13. Very few drivers blame _________ for accidents.
B. Very much. A. ourselves B. themselves C. himself D. herself
C. I certainly will. 14. We are still waiting __________ new vitamin pills to arrive.
5. A. What a mess! A. about B. on C. in D. for
B. Never mind. 15. They are _________ asleep!
C. Yes, it is. A. still B. very C. later D. yet
(2)1. A. He’s very tall. B. Vocabulary B. It’s round.
16. I will have nothing to _________ your plan. Count me out! C. I like it.
2. A. Yes. It’s about 2 kilometers long. A. do with B. know about C. talk about D. deal with
B. It is on your left. 17. Let’s ___________ and go out for dinner and dancing.
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for him. A. put on B. take away C. dress up D. drive away The next morning he said to the men, “ Have you provided me with that sunset?” “No, sir,” the men
18. Do you know the _________ time now? answered. The director was angry. “ Why not?” he asked. “ Well, sir,” one of the men answered.
“ We’re on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea if A. true B. extra C. exciting D. exact
necessary, but not a sunset.” “But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “ Go to the airport. Take the 19. I _________ an answer to my letter within a few days. next flight to the west coast, and get one.” But then a young secretary had an idea. “ Why don’t you
A. expect B. hope C. wait D. look forward photograph a sunrise?” She suggested. “ And then play it backwards? Then it’ll look like a sunset.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in 20. Please ___________ to us what the film was about.
the middle of a beautiful bay (海湾). Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “ Here it is sir.” A. tell B. talk C. say D. explain
21. There is not enough ___________ in the corner to put the table. They said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased. They all went into the studio (摄影棚). “ All right.”
A. place B. room C. floor D. ground The director explained. “ Now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards
22. This morning I went to work in such a hurry that I ______ the key to my office at home. so that we can see the sunset behind them.”
The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his D. lost A. forgot B. left C. missed hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the
23. We will set off ____________ he comes. waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ___________________ A. as often as B. as fast as C. as soon as D. as much as
A. to watch a beautiful sunset B. to find an actor and an actress 24. --------- Thanks for the ________ you did me to move away the stone. C. to film a scene on the sea D. to meet the audience
--------- That’s all right. 2. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset A. favour B. good C. trouble D. kindness B. Because he was angry with his crew
25. ---------Oh, I’ve left my schoolbag in the classroom. C. Because it was his secretary’s suggestion
D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset ---------Don’t worry; I’ll ________ it for you.
3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. get B. carry C. bring D. take A. The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice
26. It is not safe to swim in the sea, so Susan’s mother asked her to ___________ it. B. If you want to see a sunrise. The east coast is the place to go to.
C. The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day. A. invite B. draw C. avoid D. join D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “ sunset”.
27. Soccer is a kind of __________ sport. That means you cannot play it by yourself. 4. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _______________.
A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine A. team B. popular C. funny D. boring
B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening 28. It usually rains ___________ in the afternoon. C. it was more moving than a sunrise
A. heavily B. carefully C. actively D. clearly D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
5. After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ___________. 29. It’s hard ___________ a job. A. because he was moved to tears
A. to look for B. to find C. to find out D. to look at B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined 30. Many ___________ trees should be planted on the mountains.
D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine A. thousand B. thousand of C. thousands D. thousands of
III. Reading Comprehension. 40% Passage 2
London’s River Thames (泰晤士河) has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over
the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge
Passage 1 so exciting ? Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it?
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean
so that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said ships through to the pool (水域) of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening
goodbye to each other for ever. He sent his camera crew (摄制组 ) out one evening to film the sunset arms high in the air, you will never forget it.
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On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is 11. Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can ___________________. almost a thousand years old, and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred. It was built in 1890s. By 1850, A. leave them in obvious places
B. remember what to do at a certain time everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessary. But the designers (
C. watch a certain program
D. make a phone call at a certain time 师)argued (争论) about the new bridge for another thirty years. They took so long because they had two big 12. I don’t like to write notes to myself because _______________. problems. A. they are easy to lose or forget to look at 6. Tower Bridge is ______________. B. I don’t know where to put them
A. about one thousand years old C. my handwriting is poor
B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London D. it gives me too much trouble
C. the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London 13. I often use ______________ to help me remember things.
D. the one that took workers about 30 years to build A. a notebook B. a computer C. telephone calls D. alarm clocks 7. People in London agreed that __________. 14. Sometimes an alarm clock can’t help me because ______________.
A. twenty seven bridges should be built over Thames River A. I put the clock in a wrong place
B. designers should argue about the bridge for about thirty years B. the clock goes wrong
C. a bridge should be built by people from all over the world C. when the clock goes off, I forget why I set it
D. a new bridge should be built near the Tower of London m not sure whom I should call D. I’
8. The Tower of London is ________________. 15. In this passage, “ go off” means ______________.
A. across the Thames A. start off B. get off C. go away D. make a sudden noise
B. on the north of Tower Bridge C. in the middle of Tower Bridge
D. much younger than Tower Bridge 9. From the reading we can learn that ______________.
A. you have to go from the sea to Tower Bridge B. the Tower of London doesn’t look so old
C. Tower Bridge had two big problems Passage 4 D. you can see Tower Bridge open its arms at any time
10. The sentence “ It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of London” means ____________. “Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a
A. It opens in the middle to let the big ships through to the pool of London little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.
B. It looks great if you watch it from a big ship to the Pool of London “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.
C. It closes its arms if the big ships go through to the Pool of London When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.” You may think , “He’s
D. It is open when many people from the world to see ships through to the Pool of London so cool,” when you see your favorite footballer.
We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as
“new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A
teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper Passage 3
Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw
and felt. obvious (明显的) places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don’t think
But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I
prefer to use an alarm clock (闹钟) to tell me what I should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you could tell me about things. For example, if I have to make a telephone call at a certain time, I’ll set an think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain are also very cool.
television program, I’ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on top of the TV set. I can 16. We know that the word “cool” has had ________________.
remember almost anything if I use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes off and I don’t A. only one meaning B. no meanings
C. many different meanings D. the same meaning know what it means. I always remember setting it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can’t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that 17. In the passage, the word “express” means “ _____________”.
somebody was to call me at a certain time. A. see B. show C. know D. feel
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18. If you are ______________ something, you may say, “ It’s cool”. B. Vocabulary A. interested in B. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with
19. The writer takes an example to show he is ____________ the way the word is used. 16-20_________________________ 21-25___________________________
A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with
26-30__________________________ 20. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the words “cool” ___________.
A. can be used instead of many words
B. usually means something interesting ?. Reading Comprehension. 40% C. can make your life colorful
D. may not be as cool as it seems
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Passage2 ____________________________
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Passage4 ____________________________
英语考级模拟考试
班级--------- 姓名--------- 学号---------
?. Listening 30%
A. Listen and choose the missing words. 10%
1-5 ___________________________ 6-10__________________________ B. Listen and choose the best response. 20%
(1) 1-5 ___________________________ 6-10__________________________
?. Grammar & Vocabulary 30%
A. Grammar
1-5 ___________________________ 6-10 __________________________
11-15 _________________________
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