GCT英语模拟试题三及答案解析.docx

1、GCT英语模拟试题三及答案解析Simulating Test Three（本试题共50题，每题2分，满分100分，考试时间45分钟）Part One Vocabulary and Structure Directions:In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a p

2、encil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.1. We obey him, _ we are afraid of him, _ we honor and love him. A. not for, but forB. not as, but asC. not that, but thatD. not since, but since2. With the map of the city to help them, they had no _ the place. A. difficulties in fin

3、dingB. difficulty in finding C. difficulty to findD. trouble to find 3. This is a_ young writer. He has published quite a few good stories in recent years. A. promisedB. looking forward C. promisingD. clever 4. What is the_ language in India?A. officeB. official C. officiallyD. officer5. _, it is qu

4、ite easy to drill a hole in it with a eraser. A. Hard a diamond isB. Hard as a diamond is C. As a diamond is hardD. How hard is a diamond6. I desired nothing but _ home. A. go B. to goC. goingD. went7. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people _ harm them. A. more thanB. better thanC

5、. other thanD. rather than8. I would appreciate _ it a secret. A. your keepingB. that you keepC. you to keepD. that you will keep9. I found myself completely _ by his vivid performance. A. carried outB. carried offC. carried awayD. carried on10. Its high time that something, _ to prohibit selling fa

6、ke commodities. A. must be doneB. was doneC. be doneD. were donePart Two Reading ComprehensionDirections:In this part there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the An

7、swer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a sur

8、prising link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns. The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do rape and other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a

9、nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. What is the most uncrimina

10、l month of all? Mayexcept for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year. 11. The main idea of paragraph 1 is _.A. crime is a serious social problem B. there is a link between change in the seasons and crime patternsC. crime is not linked to

11、the change in season D.2,400 towns were studied for five years 12. The subject of paragraph 2 is _.A. Summer crimeB. burglary C. murderD. nighttime crime 13. According to the passage, a murder would most likely occur _.A. on a weekend night in winter B. on a weekend afternoon in summerC. on a Saturd

12、ay night D. on a weekend night in summer 14. In paragraph 2 “it is also a nighttime crime,” it refers to _. A. murderB. 62 percent C. weekend crime D. rape 15. In paragraph 3, what is the one strange statistic for May? A. There are more dog bites in May. B. There are more robberies in May. C. There

13、is the most crime in May. D. There are more murders in May. Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:“Fingers were made before forks”. When a person gives up good manners, puts aside knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying. The fork was an ancient a

14、gricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that It

15、alians were averse to eating food touched with fingers, “Seeing all mens fingers are not alike clean.” English travellers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who us

16、ed forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show-offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600s did using a fork become a common custom.16. The custom of eating with a fork was _.A. brought to Europe from AmericaB. begun when forks were inventedC. brought to Europe from Asi

17、aD. invented by Italians17. By the fifteenth century forks were used _.A. all over ItalyB. only in ConstantinopleC. widely in EuropeD. In England18. To English travellers in Italy, the use of forks seemed _.A. cleverB. necessaryC. good mannerD. ridiculous19. The English thought that Italians used fo

18、rks in order to _.A. imitate the people of the EastB. keep their food cleanC. impress visitors with their good mannersD. amuse the English20. In England, people who used forks at that time were considered _.A. well manneredB. sissiesC. show-offs and overniceD. both B and CQuestions 21-25 are based o

19、n the following passageHolidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3-day weekends, that is, Sat

20、urday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States include New Years Day, Christmas Day and the day, when we remember the first settlers of the United Sates, called Thanksgiving Day. In these holidays most businesses close and th

21、e workers stay at home and celebrate with their families.Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you have been working for a company, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high and important position and whether you can find someone t

22、o replace you. In this case, you might take a few days at a time rather than take one month all at once. Usually the more time you spend working for a company, the more time you may get for a vacation.21. The government of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have _ weekends.A. 5-dayB. 2

23、-dayC. 3-dayD. 4-day22. Workers in the United States sometimes work from _.A. MondayB. Saturday to MondayC. Thursday to FridayD. Tuesday to Friday23. Which statement is wrong according to this passage?A. Only a few shops remain open on New Years Day.B. Most of the workers neednt work on Christmas Da

24、y.C. Days on vacation must be more than all the holidays in year.D. All the workers have a half-month vacation at least.24. The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is that _.A. he doesnt want to make a long vacationB. ha hasnt a high positionC. he plays an important role

25、 in his workD. he hasnt been working for his company for a long time25. Which is the best title for this passage? A. Holidays in the United StatesB. Vacation in the United StaesC. How the Workers Spend Their HolidaysD. Something about the Holidays and Vacation in the U. S.Questions 26-30 are based o

26、n the following passageThe Industrial Revolution in Britain first began in the textile industry. England had been a major producer of wool for centuries. Ever since the enclosures, wool and then woolen cloth had been the principal exports of England. And cloth-making, though a domestic industry in t

27、he early years, had the characteristic of captalist production which separated the employer from the employee and introduced the division of labour, such as carding, spinning, weaving, fulling and dyeing. With the expansion of market, the demand for cloth also increased. But a spinner with a distaff

28、 could only make one thread at a time. The short supply of yarn became the main obstacle to mass production of cloth. The general effort to improve thread-making techniques led to the invention of spinning Jenny in 1764, by the English spinner Hargreaves. The new instrument enabled a singly workman

29、to spin eight or ten threads at once. A year later, Richard Arkwright, a barber, patented a device for drawing out thread by means of rollers. Then in 1779, Samual Crompton drew on these two new devices and invented a new kind of spinning machine known as the mule. It greatly accelerated the speed o

30、f production and improved the quality of thread. Then Arkwright established a great factory by applying power-driven mules and became known as Father of Factory System in England. By the end of the 18th Century, power-driven machines spinning two hundred threads simultaneously had been introduced in production. 26. What was the most important export of England before the revolution?A. Wool cloth. B. Wool and woolen cloth. C. Spinning machines. D. Power-driven machines. 27. Capitalist production was characterized by _.A. the separation of the employer from the employee B. the division