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高等学校英语应用能力考试A级模拟试题及详解（二）

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)

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Part II Structure (15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.

Section A

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words

from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the

corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the

center.

1. _____ got in the wheat than it began to rain heavily.

A. No sooner had they

B. No sooner have they

C. No sooner they

D. No sooner they had

【答案】A

【解析】句意：他们刚收完小麦就开始下大雨了。no sooner常与than搭配，意为“刚…

就…”，当其位于句首时，句子要部分倒装，助动词位于主语前。另外，从句的时态是一般过去时，主句要用过去完成时，故选项A为正确答案。

2. He bought her what she wanted, _____ the fact that they were costly.

A. even if

B. as though

C. only if

D. regardless of

【答案】D

【解析】句意：他给她买了她想要的东西，不管东西的价格有多昂贵。因为“that they were costly.”作“the fact”的同位语，故“the fact that they were costly”相当于名词，只有regardless of后可以直接接名词，意为“不管，不顾”。故选D。

3. We have produced twice as much steel this year _____ 4 years ago.

A. than we did

B. as we did

C. than we have produced

D. as we have produced

【答案】B

【解析】句意：今年我们的钢产量是4年前的两倍。“倍数+as+形容词或副词原形+as”意为“前者是后者的几倍”，其中前后结构要保持一致。故选B。

4. Her hair and coat were wet because it _____ .

A. would be raining

B. had been raining

C. would have been raining

D. had rained

【答案】B

【解析】句意：因为天一直在下雨，她的头发和上衣都湿了。主句的时态是一般过去时，从句中谓语动词发生在主句谓语动词之前并一直持续到现在，故用过去完成进行时，则选项B为正确答案。

5. I became a teacher because I preferred books and people _____ politics.

A. than

B. to

C. rather

D. against

【答案】B

【解析】句意：因为相对于政治，我更喜欢书本和人，所以我成了一名教师。“prefer A to B”意为“A与B之间更喜欢A”，根据句意. 正确选项为B项。

6. He was fined by the traffic policeman for he rode his bicycle on the _____ side of the street.

A. other

B. poor

C. wrong

D. another

【答案】C

【解析】句意：他被交警罚款是因为他骑自行车逆行。本题考查形容词的用法。从主句的谓语was fined一词可知原因状语从句是解释他被罚款的原因. 而只有违反交通规则的情况下才会出现这种情况，因此只能选C。A项可以构成on the other side of the street，在语法上正确，但是与主句意思不一致，因为这样不会被罚款，故排除。

7. _____ wants to see the movie may get a free ticket.

A. Who

B. That

C. If who

D. Whoever

【答案】D

【解析】句意：想看这部电影的人都可能免费拿到票。本题考查主语从句。题中的句子为主语从句缺主语，B项中的“That”可引导主语从句，但不在句子中充当任何成分，而本题中的句子缺少主语，故不符合题目需要，排除。而whoever相当于no matter who,意思是“无论谁”，可用于引导主语从句和宾语从句，并在句中作主语，故D项正确。

8. I will not lend the book to you _____ you can return it in time.

A. in case

B. so that

C. unless

D. if

【答案】C

【解析】句意：如果你不能及时还书，我就不借给你。本题考查连词的用法。unless的意尽是“除非”，相当于if not，是条件句的否定形式，与if意思相反，符合句意，故选项C为正确答案。

9. No sooner _____ arrived at the station than it began to snow.

A. had I

B. I had

C. have I

D. I have

【答案】A

【解析】句意：我刚到车站，天就开始下雪了。本题考查句型no sooner...than+从句的用法。意思是“一…就…”，no sooner含有否定词，而含有否定词的状语位于句首时，主句的主语和谓语要部分倒装；又因为从句的时态是一般过去时，而arrive的动作在began to snow之前，应该用过去完成时，故选项A为正确答案。

10. _____ I can’t help admiring the man’s courage, I do not approve of his

methods.

A. Unless

B. While

C. Since

D. Although

【答案】D

【解析】句意：虽然我禁不住钦佩那人的勇气，但不赞同他的做法。本题考查的是连词的用法。Although引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然”，符合句意，故D项正确。

Section B

Directions:There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer She et.

11. (Walk) _____ in the street the other day, I came across an old friend of mine.

【答案】Walking

【解析】句意：几天前，我在街上走，碰见了一个老朋友。句子主语I和walk之间是主动关系，故用现在分词形式walking作状语，表示伴随动作。

12. Greenpeace is an international (organize) _____ that works to protect the

environment.

【答案】organization

【解析】句意：绿色和平是一个保护环境的国际组织。根据“an international”可推断空格处为名词，故将organize转化成名词organization。

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