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TEST SIX

Part I. Dictation (20%)

Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read four times. During the first reading the passage will be read at normal speed

and you are supposed to listen only and try to have a general

understanding of it. For the second and third readings the passage will be

read sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase with an interval of 10-15

seconds in between for writing. The last reading will be done at the

normal speed again for you to check up.

【答案】略

Part II. Vocabulary and structure (10%)

Directions: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Circle the one that best

completes the sentence.

1. If Henry had not pulled his caps low over his brow, he ______ by the police.

A. might be recognized

B. might have been recognized

C. would have recognized

D. was to have been recognized

【答案】B

【解析】“may/might have +过去分词”的结构表示“对过去的某件事情进行的推测”，意思是“可能已经……”。例如：He may/might have gone =It is possible that he went/has gone.他可能走了。

2. ______ was the “curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown ”

A. That moved the human spirit

B. What moved the human spirit

C. What the human spirit moved

D. Which moved the human spirit

【答案】B

【解析】本句的What 是关系代词，等于the thing/things that, anything/all that 等。

注意不要把关系代词what和引出定语从句的关系代词which/that相混淆。定语从句的which/that必须指前面句子中的一个词或词组，而what却不指前面的任何东西。

3. John had words with his brother, because he hated to see the parrot ______ cruelly.

A. treating

B. treat

C. be treated

D. being treated

【答案】D

【解析】有些及物动词要求现在分词作宾语补足语。这些动词有see, hear, feel, find, notice, watch, keep, have, get, set（使…），start（引起，开动）, want等。现在分词作宾语补足语，表示动作正在发生，而动词不定式作宾语补足语，表示动作已经发生了（则动作全部过程结束了）。

4. The teacher demanded that their students ______ on time to every class.

A. were

B. had to

C. should be

D. must had to

【答案】C

【解析】在advise, arrange, ask, beg, command, decide, demand, desire（请示），direct（命令），intend, move（建议），order, permit, prefer, propose, insist, suggest, recommend, require, request, urge（敦促，劝告）等表示、愿望、命令、建议、请示等动词的宾语从句中，谓语动词英国英语用should+动词原形，而美国英语只用动词原形，故本题答案为should go。

5. The business of each day, ______ selling goods or shipping them , went quite smoothly.

A. it being

B. be it

C. was it

D. it was

【答案】B

【解析】be it 是一种虚拟结构，引导让步状语从句。

6. ______ he ill-mannered, ______ the laziest and most irresponsible creature you could ever hope to meet.

A. Not only is / but he is also

B. Not only is / but also is he

C. Not only he is / but also is he

D. Not only he is / but he also is

【答案】A

【解析】句首含有否定词no或not，表示强调，后面要用倒装语序。

7. Don’t take the young kids out for a walk right after the nap. I’d rather you ______ them out before supper.

A. took

B. take

C. will take

D. have taken

【答案】A

【解析】would rather/ sooner/ just as soon that 是一种特殊结构的虚拟语气。后面

的从句是宾语从句，连接词that通常是省略掉的。在宾语从句中的谓语动词要用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事情。

8. Do you know the name of that ______?

A. red, mosquito-like, funny, little insect

B. little, funny, red, mosquito-like insect

C. red, little, funny, mosquito-like insect

D. funny, little, red , mosquito-like insect

【答案】D

【解析】在英语中当各种限定词或修饰词用在一起时，可以照下面的词序来排列：（1）冠词、指示代词、名词所有格、限定词：the/a, these/that, her , sb’s several; （2）表示性质、年龄、气味的形容词：pretty, young, sour, five-year old;

（3）表示长短、大小、形状的形容词：small, long, round;

（4）表示颜色的形容词：red, blue, green;

（5）动名词、现在分词、名词：reading, exciting。

9. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?

A. don’t I

B. do I

C. are you

D. aren’t you

【答案】C

【解析】当主句谓语为suppose, 主语是第一人称时，疑问尾句可以重复从句的谓语。本句答案为are you，就是这个原因。

10. The charges were dropped because there wasn’t enough evidence and ______.

A. also the prosecutors decided not to pursue the case.

B. because the prosecutor decided not to pursue the

case .

C. due to the prosecutors don’t want to pursue the

case.

D. they decided not pursue the case .

【答案】B

【解析】英语中句子结构对等性非常重要。要保持一个句子流畅明晰，就必须注意句子的平衡。因此在一个句子中，在表达各种相同成分时，前后要对等。

11. The ring is cheaper because there is a tiny ______ in the diamond.

A. deformity

B. scar

C. flaw

D. dot

【答案】C

【解析】flaw“缺陷”，常指事物有某种较小的损伤、裂痕污迹或缺陷等而使其不够完美。

deformity 意为“畸形，残废”；scar“疤，伤痕”；dot意为“小点，圆点”。

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