江苏自考英语试卷模拟一
试卷一
Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 Points)
Directions:
In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinatio ns marked A, B, C and D. Compare the un derlined parts and identify the one that is d ifferent from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corres ponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1.A. nurse B. thirsty C. universe D. surpr ise
2.A. belief B. niece C. field D. variety
3.A. surprised B. pleased C. refused D. in creased
4.A. temperature B. change C. average D. surface
5.A. construction B. coral C. cross D. mo del
6.A. mental B. metal C. total D. metallic
7.A. detective B. decide C. nephew D. desi re
8.A. determine B. demand C. medical D. belief
9.A. peasant B. present C. promise D. pos session
10.A. speech B. stomach C. charge D. chu rch
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points) Directions:
There are 40 incomplete sentences in thi s section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence an d blacken the corresponding letter on the A nswer Sheet.
11. Luckily, the fire fighters arrived and _______ the terrible fire.
A. put on
B. put out
C. put down
D. put away
12. For miles and miles, I could see noth ing _______ a great fire and lots of smoke.
A. beside
B. besides
C. except
D. without
13. The shop assistant didn’t give me the right ________.
A. change
B. money
C. serve
D. note
14. The prices of fridges have been ______ r ecently.
A. pressed
B. brought out
C. cut off
D. b rought down
15. This means the boy may be out of jo
b for some time. In this sentence “be out of job” means _______.
A. be on their days off
B. go outside
C. lose his job
D. finish his work
16. The TV play we watched last night w as very ________.
A. frightening
B. afraid
C. fright
D. frigh tened
17. We took soft drinks to the _______ and o ur friends took beer there.
A. bench
B. beach
C. bank
D. bend
18. Who will ________ the bill?
A. pay
B. pay for
C. pay off
D. pay out
19. Their debts _______ 700.
A. added to
B. adds up
C. add to
D. add up to
20. There is _______ bread in the cupboard, _ _______?
A. no more…is there
B. not any more…is n’t there
C. no longer...is there D. not any longer (i)
sn’t there
21.—Would you please go out for a walk w ith us?
—______, but I’m very busy now.
A. Of course not
B. I’d like to
C. That’s
all right D. That’s right
22.—Can I get you a cup of tea?
—______.
A. That’s very nice of you
B. With pleasu re
C. You can, please
D. Thank you for the tea
23.—When can I call on you, afternoon o r evening?
—________. I’ll be at home all the time.
A. Any
B. Either
C. Both
D. Neither
24.—Has anyone seen my glasses?
—________.
A. Here it is
B. It is here
C. Here are th ey
D. Here they are
25.—May I use your phone?
—_______.
A. No, I don’t mind
B. Yes, you do it
C. Yes, my pleasure
D. I’m afraid not
26. He is much more _______ a German
A. like to be
B. liking to be
C. likely to b
e D. likely
27. I had a new tap _______ the day before yesterday.
A. fix
B. fixing
C. to be fixed
D. fixed
28. We couldn’t eat at a restaurant becau se _______ of us had _______ money on us.
A. all…no
B. any…no
C. none…any
D. no one…any
29. Have you any rooms _______? We’ll stay here for only two days.
A. to spare
B. to spend
C. to take
D. to b orrow
30. I was so ______ moved by his words th at I couldn’t fall asleep ______ into the night.
A. deep…deeply
B. deep…deep
C. deeply…d eeply
D. deeply…deep
31. The crowd cheered ______ the sight of th
e honoured guests’ motorcade.
A. at
B. on
C. as soon as
D. in
32. He’s a new comer. So we try to be a s _______ to him as we could.
A. friend
B. friends
C. friendly
D. good f riends
33. She had a good time last night, _______?
A. hadn’t she
B. had she
C. didn’t she
D. did she
34. Don’t _______ the child, it will frighten h im.
A. call at
B. laugh at
C. shout to
D. shou t at
35.—________?
—He is a tall young man with blue eyes and broad shoulders.
A. What is he like
B. What does he look like
C. What does he like
D. How is he
36. She no longer talked and laughed ______ _ she used to.
A. like
B. as though
C. as
D. just as
37. I don’t know why _______ late for class.
A. you are
B. are you
C. are you being
D. being you are
38. As both dictionaries were good, he sa id he would take _______.
A. any of them
B. all of them
C. either o
f them D. either ones
39. _______ of them knows much English.
A. No
B. None
C. Both
D. Not all
40. Will you ______ the book Tom Sawyer __ ____ him if he wants to _____ it _____ you?
A. lend…to…borrow…from
B. lend…to…bor row…of
C. borrow…to…lend…from
D. lend…for…bo rrow…of
41. It was _______ who helped Tom out when he was in trouble.
A. I
B. me
C. us
D. ours
42. The leaves of many trees turn ______ in autumn.
A. to red D. red C. to be red D. into red
43.—Will you go to the museum tomorro w?
—Yes, I will go _______ it’s windy.
A. since
B. as though
C. if
D. even thoug h
44. Mary used to stay up until far into t he night, ______?
A. didn’t she
B. usedn’t she
C. does she
D. Both A& B.
45. It is very kind ______ you to supply us _______ so much information.
A. for...with B. for...in C. of...with D. of (i)
n
46. Five minutes earlier, _______ we could h ave caught the last train.
A. of
B. but
C. and
D. so
47. Many a boy and many a girl _______ it s ince then.
A. have seen
B. has seen
C. has been see ing
D. had seen
48. I regretted _______ the days when I _______ hard at school.
A. wasting…must have worked
B. having wasted…should have worked
C. to waste…could work
D. to have waste d…would work
49. He’s sure you’ll pass the examination, _______?
A. isn’t he
B. do you
C. won’t you
D. has n’t he
50. With ______, the man had to go out of h is hiding place.
A. his food ran out
B. his food running o ut
C. him running out
D. his food run out
Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and mar ked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by bla ckening the corresponding letter on the Ans wer Sheet.
When Pat Jones finished college, she deci ded she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she coul
d _51_ sh
e was young. Pat wanted to visit L atin America first, so she got a job _52_ an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, _53_ she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.
A sentence she had read somewhere stuc k in her mind: if you dream _54_ a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat r epeated this sentence to her students and h oped that someday she would dream in Spa nish and they would dream in English.
One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had n ot done his homework. He had _55_ early, a nd had slept badly.
“What does this have to do with _56_?” P at demanded.
“I dreamed all night, Miss, Jones, and m y dream was in English!”
“In English” Pat was very surprised, sin ce he was such a bad students. She was _57 _ secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not
in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”
“All the people in my d ream _58_ Englis h,” the student said, “And all the signs wer e in English. All the newspapers and magaz ines and all the TV programs were in Engli sh.”
“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat, “What d id all the people say to you?”
“I’m _59_, Miss Jones. that’s _60_ I slept s o badly. I didn’t understand a word they sa id. It was a nightmare!”
51.A. as B. while C. if D. since
52.A. for B. of C. as D. like
53.A. and B. but C. so D. yet
54.A. in B. about C. of D. for
55.A. got up B. gone to bed C. fallen asle ep D. woken up
56.A. you B. me C. your dream D. your homework
57.A. usually B. seldom C. also D. still
58.A. read B. liked C. spoke D. learned
59.A. shy B. silly C. sorry D. sad
60.A. how B. why C. when D. where
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points) Directions:
There are four reading passages in this p art. Each passage is followed by five questi ons. For each question there are four sugge sted answers marked A, B, C and D. Choos e one best answer and blacken the correspo nding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen fr om his house. He went to the judge and tol d him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, “Come before me again tom orrow. I shall then know which of you is t
he thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
The thief was afraid of being found out, and so the cut an inch off his stick. The ne xt day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In thi s way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.
61. A bag of corn was found ________.
A. to be stolen
B. stolen
C. being stolen
D. having stolen
62. The judge gave each man a stick ______ _.
A. to change back the farmer’s corn
B. to beat the thief
C. as a tool to find out the thief
D. so as to play a game together
63. According to the judge, the next day t he thief’s stick would be one inch longer th an the others’ because _______.
the thief’s stick would grow one inch lon ger
the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
something wrong would happen to the thi ef’s stick
the judge had given the longer stick to th
e thief
64. Since the thief cut the stick short, ____ ____.
he was found out
the judge couldn’t catch him
his stick had an equal length with the ot hers’
his stick wouldn’t be any longer
65. The wise way the judge found out th
e thie
f in the end was to make ______.
the thief to cut an inch off the stick
the thief cut an inch off the stick
the stick grow an inch longer
the thief tell him what he had done
Passage Two
The home computer industry has been gr owing rapidly in the United States for the l ast ten years. Computers used to be large, e xpensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper whi le at the same time they have been made ea sier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and busi nesses.
Computers have been designed to store in formation and compute problems that are d ifficult for human beings to work out. Som e have voices that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of th eir inventories (库存货物) and to send bills to t heir customers. Offices use computers to co py letters, record business and keep in touc h with other offices. People have been usin g computers in their homes to keep track o f the money they spend.
One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have b een designed to be played on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these
games. People also have been buying home computers to play computer games, watch movies and listen to concerts at home. The y have become very popular indeed.
66. Computers used to _______.
A. work rapidly
B. be large and expensiv e
C. be easy to use
D. be used for fun
67. In recent years, computers are being made _______.
larger and more expensive B. smaller an d cheaper
C. more difficult to use
D. to work more slowly
68. Home computers can be used for ______ _.
A. writing letters
B. playing games
C. doi ng business
D. all of the above
69. Salesmen use computers mainly to ____ ___.
check the list of goods and materials that are kept in the store house
play games for pleasure
talk with their friends
write letters
70. The best title for the passage would b
e _______.
A. New Uses For Computers
B. The Pop ularity of Home Computers
C. The Home Computer Industry
D. Com puters At Home
Passage Three
Mr. Chen living next door to us has a ha bit of drinking. The best present to him, of course, is wine, Now his eldest son brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad and stared at it for some time, then wrote “10 5” on the corner of the trademark with a p encil, meaning he had already drunk 105 b ottles of the famous wine. Two days later a stranger came. He offered to pay 5 yuan f or the empty Mao Tai bottle. Mr. Chen was
pleased and sold it. Several weeks later, hi s second son brought him another bottle of Mao Tai. While examining and enjoying it, he was suddenly terrified—he found “105”—the very mark on it.
71. The story is mainly about _______.
A. two sons of Mr. Chen’s
B. wine, the b est present
C. the secret of “105”
D. an empty bottle worth 5 yuan
72. The story tells that the stranger was
a man who _______.
A. took back empties
B. produced famous wine
C. promoted (促进) the sale of Mao Tai
D. knew how to meet people’s needs
73. Mr. Chen sold his empty Mao Tai bot tle because ________.
he had already numbered it “105”
he knew his second son would bring him another
the price offered was high enough
he hoped the bottle could be used again
74. When examining and enjoying the wi ne sent by his second son, Mr. Chen was te rrified because he found _______.
A. the wine was mixed with water
B. he should have marked it “106”
C. the wine had exceeded (超出) the time li mit
D. his second son had been cheated
75. According to the story, who do you s ay learned a lesson?
A. The stranger
B. Mr. Chen
C. His neig hbour
D. Mr. Chen’s eldest son
Passage Four
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it is painful? This might be c alled laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone h as a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labour throu gh your work you may say that you’re “ho t”. That’s true. The time of day when you f