MODEL TEST
Test5
Paper One 试卷一
Part ⅠListening Comprehension(15minutes,15points)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third voice will ask a question about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the our choices marked A, B, C and D by marking the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
1. A. Whether the man will come along.
B. What the weather will be like.
C. How much a sailing trip will cost
D. If the man has ever gone sailing before.
2. A. He danced a lot last night.
B. He went out to buy some tea.
C. He likes to wear old shoes.
D. He bought new pants for the party.
3. A. If she can help the man.
B. If the servants need any help.
C. If the man will be late.
D. if a complaint will really do any good.
4. A. He was unable to plant his garden.
B. His plants were ruined by the hail.
C. He didn’t see the vegetables he needed.
D. His watch was destroyed yesterday.
5. A. She had followed orders correctly.
B. The lab equipment hadn’t been ordered.
C. The chemistry lab wasn’t cleaned up.
D. They had gotten a new door for the chemistry lab.
6. A. 5:30
B. 8:30
C. 12:30
D. 5:20
7. A. Checking on something.
B. Stopping at a traffic light.
C. Getting some money.
D. Buying a plate.
8. A. Sit down.
B. Remain standing.
C. Go ahead of the woman.
D. Pick up the chair.
9. A. She still has exams to take.
B. She wants to know which exams are over.
C. She wishes she had done better on her exams.
D. She has finished looking through the exams.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two short passages. AT the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices A, B, C and D by marking the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
10. A. The strength of its shipbuilding industry.
B. The physical features of the river itself.
C. The abundance of fruit, vegetables, and livestock.
D. The similarity of climate to that in Europe.
11. A. There are no rapids or waterfalls.
B. There is a constant, strong wind.
C. Navigation is rather difficult.
D. Frequent storms cause problems for riverboats.
12. A. Big waves pose a threat to commercial navigation.
B. The river current never flows faster than ten miles per hour.
C. The river reverses its flow several times a day.
D. High tides can create sudden and unexpected rapids.
13. A. Fire fighting
B. Pest control.
C. House construction.
D. Plastic watches.
14. A. It is cheaper.
B. It is safer.
C. It is quicker.
D. It is available everywhere.
15. A. To show that there is no danger from the treatment.
B. To show one of the dangers of the old method.
C. To explain one step in the new technique.
D. To explain a compromise between old and new systems.
PartⅡVocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points )
Section A
Directions: In each question, decide which of the four choices given will suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
16. It is very important that you leave a _____impression on the interviewer when you have a job interview.
A. favorable B. beneficial C. popular D. profitable
17. _____the traffic jam, we would have caught our train.
A. But for B. Because of C. By means of D. Due to
18. The water in this stream has dried up because of the _____of rain this summer.
A. smallness B. littleness C. loss D. lack
19. A nationwide survey has _____that three out of every four people are dissatisfied with their jobs.
A. implied B. reflected C. indicated D. revealed
20. I was _____in the middle of my call because I had no more pennies to put in the box.
A. broken in B. cut off C. hung up D. cut down
21. The neighbors don’t consider him quite _____as most evening he awakens them with very loud knocking on the door.
A. respectful B. respectable C. respecting D. respective
22. From his demeanor on entering the room I _____that the interview had not gone well for him.
A. induced B. implied C. indicated D. inferred
23. My English teacher _____me to try for a place at university.
A. insisted B. persisted C. proposed D. encouraged
24. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on _____.
A. consciousness B. instinct C. impulse D. response
25. Sunshine and rain are _____to the crops in the field.
A. effective B. profitable C. beneficial D. meaningful
Section B
Directions: In each item, choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is
substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single
line through the center.
26. Many fields in the southern part of Chinayield hay and tobacco.
A. surrender B. grant C. sow D. produce
27. According to Maxwell Martz, our successes and failures depend largely on our own conception of ourselves, namely how we see ourselves.
A. comprehension B. standpoint C. opinion D. attitude
28. English is a compulsory subject in China’s high schools.
A. difficult B. required C. easy D. despised
29. Which of the many episodes stand out most clearly in your mind?
A. scenes B. events C. stories D. procedures
30. In the United States there are numerous federal, state and local programs aimed at combating air pollution.
A. limiting B. fighting C. prohibiting D. avoiding
31. A computer will always follow the same sequence when solving a problem, no matter how complicated that problem may be .
A. inclination B. definition C. succession D. arrangement
32. This is the normal courteous manner of introduction among speakers of American English.
A. authentic B. casual C. polite D. heartily
33. He was appointed minister to a foreign country by the late arrangement.
A. latter B. new C. former D. lately
34. The genetic material DNA contains coded information for the synthesis of proteins.
A. analysis B. functioning C. absorption D. formation
35. The motorist was bewildered by the conflicting road signs.
A. blocked B. agitated C. inflicted D. confused
Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points)
Directions: There are six 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 one
Animal extinction is of growing concern worldwide. On the African continent, animals such as elephants are dying in alarming numbers, threatening the continued existence of many species.
Poaching is one reason for this loss of animal life. Another reason is the loss of natural habitats for animals, caused by human population growth that encroaches on areas once inhabited by free-ranging animals.
Poaching is a serious problem for animals such as the black rhinoceros (犀牛), the fastest-diminishing large mammal on earth. The problem for rhinos is their value to poachers: Rhinoceros horn is worth more than $1,500 a pound on the world market. In the past six years alone, rhinos have been nearly wiped out in nine of the African nations where they are indigenous. In Kenya, for example, the rhino(犀牛) population has been reduced from an estimated 20,000 in the 1960s to just a few hundred today.
Experts agree that in the long run, poaching can be halted only by sopping or controlling the lucrative market for animal parts such as elephant tusks or rhinoceros horns. But some countries, such as Kenya, are setting up anti-poaching units that may prove valuable in protecting wildlife.
Perhaps the greatest threat to Africa’s wildlife, however, is the loss of natural habitats. The force behind this loss of habitat is rapid population growth. African nations have the highest human birth rate on earth, compared with 0.7% in the United States.
Tourism has also hurt African wildlife—the very thing that draws most tourists there in the first place. While tourism is certainly welcome as a major source of foreign exchange, the sheer number of tourists can cause problems.
Each year 600,000 tourists visit Kenya between June and November, crowding into 13 national parks and 24 national game preserves. This influx of humanity strains resources and threatens fragile ecosystems, bringing such problems as off-road driving, excessive noise, and sometimes the harassment of vulnerable species.
African nations are trying to deal with the problems that could bring about the extinction of already-threatened animals. A number of nations have begun programs to reduce population growth. And, along with anti-poaching measures, nations such as Kenya are introducing measures to limit tourist encroachment on animal habitats.
While many animal populations have been depleted to dangerously low levels, some experts are optimistic about the future. Nehemiah Arap Rotich, executive director of the East African Wildlife Society in Nairobi, comments, “If the government continues to be mindful of the animals and gives them specific protective measures, their future looks good.”
36. The rhino population in Kenya today is about ＿.
A) 20,000 B) a few thousands
C) 60,000 D) several hundreds
37. The purpose of most tourists traveling to Africa is to ＿.
A) poach for valuable animals
B) protect animals’ natural habitats
C) satisfy their curiosity about wildlife
D) help African nations raise foreign currency
38. Black rhinoceros have almost become extinct in 9 African nations because they ＿.
A) have a very low birth rate
B) are killed by elephants
C) are hunted illegally by some people
D) are wiped out by their governments
39. African’s wildlife is threatened by all the following except ＿.
A) large crowds of tourist
B) population reduction
C) the loss of natural habitats
D) lucrative markets for animal habitats
40. In order to protect already-threatened animals, some countries have begun to ＿.
A) fight against poaching
B) give up tourism
C) capture and shut animals in zoos
D) encroach areas inhabited by free-ranging animals
Passage two
Jefferson never recovered from the burden of debt with which he ended his public career. His daughter Martha’s fervent(热切) wish that her father not be harassed (折磨)by debt in his old age was never realized. On the contrary, nothing intruded more upon the tranquillity of his declining years.
Jefferson’s financial situation-like his health-continued to deteriorate with each passing year, and in the final year of his life it was exacerbated ( 加深) by the bankruptcy of his son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., which left him to provide for all the expenses of his daughter and his unmarried grandchildren. Early in 1826 Jefferson hit upon the idea of a lottery as a means of selling enough of his property to pay his debts. Such a scheme required the permission of the legislature, which had granted such requests in the past for various public and charitable purposes. At a time when land prices were so low as to provide little relief and buyers were few, a lottery offered a means of producing a fair return on the land offered as the prize. It was expected that lottery tickets would be sold in small denominations throughout the nation. To the aging patriarch, the plan seemed the last chance to forestall disaster. If the legislature would permit the lottery, ”I can save the house of Monticello and a farm adjoining to end my and bury my bones. If not I must sell house and all here and carry my family to Bedford when I have not even a log hut to put my head into.” Jefferson was disappointed by the initial coolness of many members of the legislature to his request, but in the end a measure authorizing the lottery passed by a large majority. Only then did Jefferson learn that Monticello would have to be included in the plan to pay his debts, which were now over $100,000. The shock of this was relieved only by the stipulation that he could occupy the house for as long as he lived and that his daughter Martha could remain for two years after his death. Though tickets were printed and preparations were made for the lottery, no tickets were sold before his death, which came less than four months after he made his last will on March 16,1826.
In his last years Jefferson still adhered to his belief that slavery would someday be ended. He wrote to Frances Wright in 1825 that “the abolition of the evil is not impossible; it ought never therefore to be despaired of Every plan should be adopted, every experiment tried, which may do something towards that ultimate object. ” At eighty-two, Jefferson pleaded old age as the reason for not participating in any new enterprises, even for bettering the condition of man. Yet, even before age had taken its to (造成损失), he had already assigned to the next generation the task of dealing with slavery.
- Why did Jefferson meet serious financial problem?
A) Because his health got worse and worse.
B) Because he wanted to contribute money to public and charitable organizations.
C) Because he had to pay the debt for his family.
D) Because he failed in lottery.
- Which of the following is not true?
A) He could get back some money from the lottery.
B) Lottery was the best chance for him to go out.
C) In order to pay back the debt, he had to move to Bedford.
D) The lottery could help him to sell some of his properties.
- What caused Jefferson stricken too much?
A) The coolness of legislature . B) No house to live in.
C) The fact went too far. D) He failed to sell lottery.
- What made him relaxed?
A) The freedom of slaves.
B) His daughter could continue to live in his house for 2 years after his death.
C) He was old enough to be retired.
D) He left the liberation of slaves to the next generation.
- What is the best title of this passage?
A) In Final Days B) Jefferson’s Debt
C) Jefferson’s Life D) Causes and Life
Passage three
William, who conquered England some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and a ruthless army. Yet although William was stupefyingly rich by the standard of his time, he had nothing remotely resembling a flush toilet. No paper towels, no riding lawn mower. How did he get by? History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute (困穷的，缺乏的)compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter saw.
Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people, you’d think I’d be content. The trouble is that, like most people, I compare my prosperity with that of living persons; neighbors, high-school classmates. TV personalities. The covetousness I fell toward my friend. Howard’s kitchen is not mitigated by the fact that no French monarch ever had a refrigerator with glass doors.
There is really no rising or falling standard of living. Over the centuries people simply find different stuff to feel grumpy about. You’d think that merely not having bubonic plague(腺鼠疫)would put us in a good mood. But no, we want a hot tub too.
Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by contemporary standards the things I own are pretty nice. My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers’, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife’s and I can keep clean. Besides, to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, those bankers’ fancy counter tops and my own worn Formica(福米加塑料桌面)shabby. I can’t keep up with my neighbor right now. But just wait.
- Which of he following was possessed by the King William I?
A) Flush toilet. B) Ruthless army.
C) Paper towels. D) Riding lawn mower.
- The underlined word “destitute”(Para.2) means ＿.
A) wealthy B) impoverished
C) powerful D) arbitrary
- From the passage, you may infer that most people ＿.
A) are content with their life
B) are not as wealthy as the author
C) like to compare their life with famous dead people
D) have tendency to compare their property with others
- Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Many famous people in history were actually poor than the author
B) Napoleon never had refrigerator with glass door.
C) The rising and falling standard of living influences people’s attitude towards their life.
D)After a century or two, the banker’s fancy counter tops will also be worthless stuff.
- According to the author, a way to achieve happiness is ＿.
A) be content with the current life
B) never to compare your life with that of the wealthy people
C) to buy a hot tub
D) to find different things to complain about
Passage four
If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however , has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.