西安电子科技大学网络教育高起点英语入学考试模拟题及答案(二)

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【英语】入学考试模拟试题二

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(I)、Too much noise may be dangerous to your health. A number of studies have shown that living or working where there is a great deal of noise can cause hearing loss. But there also is a (1)______ amount of scientific evidence showing that continued loud noise may cause other medical problems. These (2)______ high blood pressure, nervous disorders, learning problems, difficulty in sleeping and, possibly, even birth defects and some kinds of heart disease.

One test showed that the dangers (3)______ people who spend a lot of time listening to loud music. A New York City doctor studied 70 young persons who work in popular dancing and drinking places (4)______ music is played loudly. She found that more than 30 percent of them had suffered great and permanent hearing loss. Normally, she said, less than one percent of people (5)______ suffer such loss.

The doctor, Jane Madell, also studied a group of 40 New York City firemen. All had worked near loud warning sirens on fire trucks (6)______ . Doctor Madell found that 75 percent of them had suffered a severe hearing loss.

Doctors said some persons are more likely than others to suffer hearing loss (7)______continued loud noise. But they said they can not learn which persons face the most danger after permanent hearing damage has been done.

Another scientist discovered that loud noise (8)______ to limit a child's ability to learn. The scientist Arlene Brunzapt studied students at a New York City school near a busy railroad. Students in rooms near the railroad had difficulty (9)______ to read. This was not true with the students in quieter parts of the school. After steps were (10)______ to reduce the train noise, a new study found that the reading problem had disappeared.

1. A. grow B. growth C. growing D. growingly

2. A. include B. concern C. compose D. constitute

3. A. facing B. faced C. facing with D. faced with

4. A. that B. there C. when D. where

5. A. that age B. with that age C. At that age D. at the age

6. A. for ten years or more B. for ten more years

C. for ten years more D. for more ten years

7. A. of B. after C. from D. due to

8. A. happens B. appears C. occurs D. emerges

9. A. in learning B. to learn C. with learning D. of learning

10. A. taken B. made C. adopted D. employed

答案： CABDCADBAA

(II)、 The world has never been more closely and intricately connected. Our behavior (1)_____ the environment we all share， and we are tied into a global economy and global communication system：

(2)_____ choosing to buy one garment rather than another we help determine whether someone on the other side of the world retains or (3)_____ their job; we can (4)_____ with others anywhere via satellites，the Internet and the mobile phone. This interdependency, (5)_____"connexity"，is the defining characteristic of the world today. (6)_____，despite convexity，human beings have also never been more separate. Belief in individual rights and freedoms is at the heart of the West's world view. People nowadays insist their freedom to choose (7)_____ to live， who to love， what to consume and what to believe. In economics， the power of the consumer and the shareholder is huge. In politics， the power of nations remains a (8)_____ concern.

In his book Geoff Mulgan argues that our freedom and our connectedness are set on a

collision course and argues that the (9)_____ way out of our current impasse(僵局)is to go beyond our sense of ourselves as (10)_____ units， and recognize the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live.

1. A. harms B. influences C. beautifiesD. dominates

2. A. At B. In C. By D. Of

3. A. keeps B. getsC. loses D. gains

4. A. link B. connect C. combine D. communicate

5. A. an B. or C. else D. also

6. A. Thus B. once C. But D. Since

7. A. when B. what C. how D. while

8. A. crucial B. social C. curious D. serious

9. A. just B. another C. only D. one

10. A. isolated B. isolation C. isolating D. isolate

答案： BCCDBCCACA

2、Reading Comprehension

(1)、In the water around New York city is a very small island called liberty island on liberty

island is a very special statue called statue of liberty. It is one of the most famous sights in the world

the statue of liberty was a gift from the people of france to the people of the united states. The statue was made by a french sculptor named frederic auguste bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by gustave eiffel, the same man who made the famous eiffel tower in paris.

Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the statue of liberty was given to the united states to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of u. S. Independence from england the statue was built in france, taken apart piece by pie ce, and then rebuilt in the united states. It was opened for the public on october 28, 1886.

As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want to, they can then walk up the 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of new york.

1. A good title for this passage is ______.

A. Famous sights in the world

B. Liberty island

C. The statue of liberty

D. A gift from france

2. The word "sight" in the first para means ______.

A. a small present or gift

B. a kind of post card

C. the power of seeing

D. something that you can see

3. The statue was built ______.

A in france

B. in the united states

C. in england

d on liberty island

4. We may conclude that the elevator does not ______.

A. go fast enough

B. cost lots of money

C. go to the top

D. both a and b

5. The man who made the part of the statue that we can see on the outside was ______.

A. an unknown architect

B. bartholdi

C. eiffel

D. both a and b

答案： CDACB

(2)、 Every language used daily by ordinary people is constantly changing. English is no exception. Perhaps one of the best ways to observe the changes in the English language is to read a passage that people have translated into English at different periods over the centuries.

English is only one of two or three dozen languages which seem to have a common ancestor. The language from which English developed is called indo-European (印欧语系 ). No one now alive has ever heard or read indo-European. We merely suppose it must have existed be cause of the resemblance (相似) of the languages that we think must have come from it.

English has probably borrowed more words from other languages than has any other language. Thousands of words from French and Latin have entered English vocabulary. The borrowing even continues today. The contacts first with American Indians and then with Spanish speaking people have enriched (使丰富) English greatly. Words from German and other

languages can be found in English, too. We can even find borrowed words in it from Arabian and Chinese.

1. Which of the following statements is true?

A. English has remained the same.

B. some languages are changing.

C. English is changing constantly.

D. many languages changed very little.

2. The best way to find the changes in English language is ______.

A. to read a passage that has a long history

B. to look at a passage that is ordinary

C. to translate a passage into English

D. to compare the translations of a passage at different times

3. We know that ______.

A. a few languages seem to have a common ancestor

B. more than twenty languages come from the same ancestor

C. hundreds of languages share the same origin

D. a great many of languages have a lot in common

4. We assume (假设) indo-European must have existed be cause ______.

A. there are languages resembling it now

B. few people can speak it now

C. no one can speak it now

D. many people can speak it now

5. A c cording to the passage, ______ has borrowed heavily from other languages.

A. Chinese

B. Arabian

C. Latin

D. English

答案： CDBAD

(3)、 A grown-up person has ten or eleven pints (品脱) of blood inside his or her body. We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose a great deal of blood, we feel weak and cold our face be comes pale. We may die.

This is what often happens when somebody is hurt in an accident, or a soldier is wounded in a battle. Many people used to die in this way. But nowadays they can be taken to hospital and given more blood almost at once they feel better. Their faces are no longer pale. They do not die.

Where does this blood come from? People who are healthy give some blood so that it can be used in this way. Every three months they go to a place where blood is collected a special kind of needle is put into the arm. It does not hurt. The blood runs through the needle and through a rubber tube into a bottle. A pint of blood is taken in this way. Then the person who has given the blood drinks a cup of tea or coffee. He sits down for a few minutes. Then he feels quite well and goes off. Three months later he comes back and gives another pint.

A person who gives blood in this way feels happy. He knows that his blood will be used to save someone's life. Perhaps one day he himself will need blood

when you are older, you may decide to give blood in this way. But you cannot do this until you are eighteen.

1. There are ______ in the body of a grown up.

A. ten pints of blood

B. ten or eleven pints of blood

C. ten and eleven pints of blood

D. more than ten pints of blood

2. When people who have lost a lot of blood ______, they feel better very quickly.

A. are given more blood

B. are given good treatment

C. are taken good care of

D. are given a long rest

3. When someone gives blood, the blood is collected ______.

A. in a rubber tube

B. in a glass bottle

C. through a device

D. through a special kind of needle

4. A person who has given blood can give blood again ______.

A. after sixty days

B. every three weeks

C. after three months

D. more than three months

5. A person cannot give blood if he is ______.

A. twenty

B. a student

C. no more than eighteen

D. strong enough

答案： BADCC

(4)、 The favorite food in the united states is the hamburger(汉堡包). The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pi ck it up without leaving their cars.

There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the united states. The greatest in number sell hamburgers, French fries (油炸马铃薯片) and so on. They are popular food among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice- cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.

Fast food restaurants are popular be cause they reflect (反映) American lifestyle. Customers can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend their time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people are able to buy and eat at a fast food restaurant often, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.

1. Hamburgers and French fries can be got at ______ the fast food restaurants.

A. some of

B. most of

C. a part of

D. all of

2. What do people do when they come to a fast food restaurant?

A. they order and eat their food at the restaurant.

B. they buy and take their food out and eat it in their cars or in their homes.

C. they order, pay for and get their food in their cars.

D. they do one of the three above-mentioned things.

3. Why do Americans like to go to fast food restaurants?

A. it is be cause fast food restaurant are fast, informal (不拘礼节的), and inexpensive.

B. it is be cause people can easily find fast food restaurant.

C. it is be cause people like to eat hamburgers.

D. it is be cause fast food restaurants sell nearly every kinds of food

4. Is the food in fast food restaurants always ready before the customers order it?

A yes, it is. B no, it is seldom ready.

C yes, it is cooked to order. D no. Not always, but usual.

5. Seafood and ice- cream are served at all fast food restaurants, aren't they?

A certainly. B yes, they are.

C no, i'm afraid not. D no. Only at a few of them.

答案： BDADC

(5)、 The british museum is the biggest museum in the world inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are many things to see.

The story of the british museum goes ba ck three hundred years to one unusual man, sir hans sloane, a doctor of king george ii. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes,

money, animals, flowers--things from all over the world the doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look.

The british museum began. King george ii gave his library, and the museum started to grow.

The british museum opened in 1759, six years after sir hans sloane die d at first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter it in an hour. There wasn't mu ch time to see things. Visitors had to run through the rooms.

By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived at from egypt. Not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since then many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are about two million visitors every year.

1. Sir hans sloane was interested in ______.

A. collecting all kinds of books

B. collecting all kinds of drawings

C. collecting all kinds of money

D. collecting all kinds of things

2. When you go inside the british museum, you feel smaller than usual be cause ______.

A. the museum is empty

B. the museum is very big

C. there are few things in it

D. you are too small

3. Sir hans sloane died ______.

A in 1753

B. in 1765

C. in 1800

D. in 1759

4. At first, the visitors had to run through the museum be cause ______.

A. the museum was the biggest one in the world

B. they were not interested in the things in it

C. they had only one hour to see all the things in it

D. there were only a few things to see

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. george ii

B. sir hans sloane

C. the books of the museum

D. the history of the british museum

答案： DBACD

(6)、 All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promise d it said: "remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!"

for several weeks mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboard in kitchen was full of things which she did not nee d her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed she dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: "madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free. "

one friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea she dashed to back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. "madam," he said, holding out this hand, "i want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!"

1. The housewives learnt about the offer of free goods ______.

A. on TV B. from the manager

C. at the supermarketD. from the newspaper

2. Mrs. Edwards______.

A. is always very lucky B. had no friends

C. hoped to get free shopping D. gets disappointed easily

3. Mrs. Edwards's husband tried to ______.

A make her unhappy B. cheer her up

C. buy things with her D. stop her buying things

4. Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly be cause she had to ______.

A. buy another thing B. talk to the manager

C. pay for her shopping D. find her shopping

5. Mrs. Edwards must have been ______.

A. pleased B. delighted

C. proud D. disappointed

答案： CCDAD