统考英语最新更新版422.docx

1、统考英语最新更新版422附件1：2011年统考大学英语（A）模拟试卷大学英语（A）模拟试卷Information for the Examinees:This examination consists of FOUR parts. They are:Section I: Reading Comprehension (30 points, 25 minutes)Section II: Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points, 25 minutes)Section III: Translation (20 points, 10 minutes)Section IV: W

2、riting (20 points, 30 minutes)The total score for this examination is 100. The time allowed for this examination is 90 minutes.Section I: Reading Comprehension 30 pointsInstructions: This section will take approximately 25 minutes. There are TWO sections in this part.Part 1: Questions 1-5 are based

3、on this part. (15 points)Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be game of some kind, football, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may b

4、e mountaineering.Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering a

5、nd other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-

6、made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a team game. We should be mistaken in this. T

7、here are, it is true, no matches between teams of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork. The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight th

8、e forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities. A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for man of f

9、ifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.1. Mountaineering involves _. A. cold B. hardship C. physical risk D. all of the above2. The

10、 difference between a sport and a game has to do with the kind of _. A. activity B. rules C. uniform D. participants3. Mountaineering can be called a team sport because _. A. it is an Olympic event B. teams compete against each other C. mountaineers depend on others while climbing D. there are 5 cli

11、mbers on each team4. Mountaineers compete against _. A. nature B. each other C. other teams D. international standards5. Which of the following is probably the best title for the passage? _. A. Mountaineering is different from golf and football B. Mountaineering is more attractive than other sports

12、C. Mountaineering D. Mountain climbersPart 2: Questions 6- 10 are based on this part. (15 points)Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Remember global warming? Back in December, the threat of climate change was thundering and the rich countries agreed to cut their

13、 carbon-dioxide and other green-house-related emissions. Since then, interest has cooled markedly, and many European countries are already running away from the promises they made so loudly a few months ago. But there has been much talk, and a bit of action, to encourage renewable energies such as w

14、ind, hydro, solar and all living organisms. These emit no greenhouse gases, but tend to cost more than coal, oil or gas. The better, simpler idea is to remember that the easiest way to reduce something is to tax it - in this case, by taxing the carbon content power. The dirtier the power, the more t

15、ax would be charged. So dirty coal would be more expensive than clean energy, so coal would see its price rise in relation to oil, which would be more expensive compared with gas, which would lose some of its price advantage over renewables. Unless a carbon tax was so huge as to be economically crip

16、pling, it would not remove the price differential between all renewables and fossil fuels. But it would narrow that gap, by fixing the differing environmental costs into the price - a useful principle in itself. It would also give renewable producers a strong incentive to cut costs, and fossil-fuel

17、suppliers the motivation to clean their products. Precedents suggest strongly that a carbon tax would be effective. But the disadvantage to carbon tax is political. After almost a decade of trying, the European Union gave up an attempt at a European carbon tax last year. Germanys ruling coalition is

18、 fighting against a proposed energy tax. In America, politicians believe that even mentioning the notion is certain death. But many of the political objections could be met if a carbon tax were made up for the loss elsewhere, for example by lowering payroll or sales taxes. There is always suspicion

19、when governments come up with clever new ways to tax, and rightly so. The response to that suspicion should be to win the argument, not to abandon it.6. According to the passage, the easiest way to remove global warming is _. A. to encourage people to use renewable energies B. to cut down the cost o

20、f wind, hydro, solar and all living organisms C. to force people to pay more tax for the carbon content of power D. to talk less but act more7. The standard of paying tax was _. A. that the more carbon content of power it contained, the higher tax one would pay B. that oil would be more expensive th

21、an clean coal C. that renewables would be most expensive of all D. in the order that renewables are the most expensive while clean coal the cheapest8. We can infer from the passage that carbon tax _. A. may not be as effective as people expect B. has encouraged renewable producers to cut costs C. ha

22、s reduced consumption of the carbon content energy successfully D. couldnt be that effective if fossil fuels would not be forbidden9. The underlined word crippling (Para. 3) most probably means _. A. greatly increasing B. seriously weakening C. sharply declining D. abruptly halting10. The reason why

23、 many countries stopped introducing carbon tax eventually was mainly that _. A. governments had tried to put it into effect for many years but with no obvious result B. if one country made up the loss by paying the carbon tax, other countries would follow it C. governments were afraid of being suspe

24、cted if they adopted the new tax D. governments had been discussing what to do with carbon tax for a long time, but they didnt believe it themselves. Section II: Vocabulary and Grammar 30 pointsInstructions: This section will take 25 minutes. There are TWO parts in this section.Part 1: Questions 11-

25、 20 are based on this section. (10 points)Read the following sentences and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D.11. The girl immediately shut the window to _the rain. A. keep out B. keep down C. keep up D. keep back12. _five hundred people are believed to have drowned. A. As many as B. As much

26、as C. So many as D. So much as13. The child was _ by his bad grades and did not want to go to school. A. discouraged B. encouraged C. delighted D. disagreed14. Your ill treatment of disputes would put other people in a negative frame of _. A. mind B. idea C. intention D. wish15. We all believe that

27、itd be hard for him to _extra responsibilities now. A. take apart B. take up C. take on D. take back16. It is with her support _he won the Nobel Prize. A. which B. that C. what D. when17. I wish you wouldnt spend so much time _TV. A. to watch B. watch C. watched D. watching18. When the girl heard th

28、e news, she could do nothing but _ back home. A. going B. went C. to go D. go19. It is not uncommon for _ problems of communication between old and young. A. there to be B. there being C. there to being D. there be20. They _ thankful to have the opportunity to further their studies. A. would like to

29、 be B. ought to be C. would rather be D. had better be Part 2: Questions 21 - 30 are based on this section. (20 points)Read the following passage and fill in each blank by choosing the best answer from A, B, C and D. Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and

30、saved, _21_ plans for their nine children and themselves to move to the United States. It _22_them many years, but finally they saved enough money. They got passports and reservations on a new liner (游轮) to that country. The entire family was _23_ about their new life. _24_, a week before their depa

31、rture, the youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor healed the boy; but in case of rabies (狂犬病), the boy had to be separated and observed for two weeks. The familys _25_ was dashed. They would not be able to make the trip to _26_ as they had planned. Standing on the dock to watch the ship leave, the father shed tears of disappointment and cursed both his son and God for their _27_. Five days later, the _28_ news spread throughout Scotland - the mighty Titanic had sunk. The unsinkable ship had sunk, taking hund