高等学校英语英语能力等级考试A级模拟卷二
Model Test 2
Par t I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There a re
5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question.
Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear
a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices
marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Example: You will hear:
You will read:
A) New York city.
B) An evening party.
C) An air trip.
D) The man’s job.
From the dialogue we learn that the ma n is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C) An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet. Now the test will begin.
1. A) It may rain.
B) It will not rain.
C) It is raining hard.
D) It will be cloudy.
2. A) Twenty dollars.
B) Twenty-five dollars.
C) Forty dollars.
D) Fifty dollars.
3. A) In a tailor’s.
B) In a shop.
C) In a restaurant.
D) In a barber’s.
4. A) Simon will never be a salesman even if he enters the company.
B) There are not enough places for salesmen in the company.
C) Simon is the right person who can do well in the company.
D) If he doesn’t fail in the interview, Simon will be a salesman there.
5. A) Sally is serious about Bob.
B) Bob is serious about Sally.
C) Sally is not serious about Bob.
D) Bob is not serious about Sally.
Section B
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are
some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be
spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the
correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in
your test pa per. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Conversation 1
6. A) An industrial conference.
B) An international conference.
C) An intellectual conference.
D) An industrial and trade conference.
7. A) It’s on the second floor, just on the left.
B) It’s on the seventh floor, next to the lift.
C) It’s on the seventh floor, on the left.
D) It’s on the second floor, just opposite to the lift.
Conversation 2
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) He wants her to teach him finance.
B) He wants her to give him a job.
C) He wants her to give him advice.
D) He wants her to give him a promotion.
9. A) Banking.
B) Engineering.
C) Computer.
D) Education.
10. A) He thinks it’s interesting.
B) He thinks it’s useless.
C) He thinks it wastes too much time.
D) He thinks it costs lots of money.
Section C
Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the
passage and the questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a
question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short
phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers
are printed in your test paper. You should write your answers on the
Answer Sheet. Now this is the passage.
Questions 11 to 15 a re based on the passage you have just heard.
11.__________________________________________________________________.
12.__________________________________________________________________.
13. It has a small _________________________________________________ there.
14. Peter is in charge of _________________________________________ of things.
15. _________________________________________________________________. Par t 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 a re 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
centre.
16. The wonder of electric computer lies in ____________ in doing complicated
calculations.
A) being very quick C) its being very quick
B) it is very quick D) it’s being very quick
17. Her father regretted____________ her for the mistake, for he later discovered it
was his own fault.
A) to blame C) having blamed
B) blamed D) to have blamed
18. Reports said that ten persons on the plane were believed __________ in the crash.
A) to be killed C) to have killed
B) having been killed D) to have been killed
19. I am afraid I won’t have any influence over him __________his mind is made up.
A) unless C) as soon as
B) once D) since
20. He left California in 1981 and ____________ in Texas ever since.
A) worked C) has worked
B) had worked D) was working
21. Jane’s skirt is similar in design ____________her sister’s.
A) to C) like
B) as D) with
22. It wasn’t such a good dinner ____________she had promised.
A) that C) which
B) as D) what
23. They decided to kill the insects off _________they did more damage to the crops.
A) before C) unless
B) until D) although
24. The goals _________he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
A) with which C) in which
B) for which D) after which
25. ____________, he prefers to be treated as an ordinary man.
A) Famous as he is C) As he is famous
B) Famous as is he D) As is he famous
Section B
Directions：There are also 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the
word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
26. Nearly half of the____________ (bore) audience had left the meeting before it
was closed.
27. When I entered the room, I noticed a ____________ (surprise) look come over her
face.
28. A good way to ____________ (strong) your muscles is to practice weight lifting.
29. I got a bad headache. It kept me ____________ (wake) the whole night.
30. So far the gardeners ____________ (receive) no instructions as to what to do next.
31. The telephone, which ____________ (invent) by Bell in 1876, was a great
improvement on the telegraph.
32. Many species of animals which once lived on the earth are no longer in
____________ (exist).
33. There is no sense in leaving important decisions to ____________ (experience)
people.
34. The fence along the middle of the road is intended to protect cars from
____________(crash) into each other.
35. Mr. Olsen used to have trouble ____________ (get) back to sleep during the first
few months of his residency.
Par t III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill.
You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you a
re instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or
statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make
the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
with a single line through the centre.
Where, when and how did the name “cocktail” originate? The story goes back to the time of the American War of Independence. It happened in the town of Winchester, New York in a small public house. A young waitress named Besty Flanagan made a new drink and she named it“ cocktail”. This was because she used a feather pulled from the cock’s tail to stir the mixture to make it even. Just at that time, a group of army officers were waiting at their table and as Besty came up to them with the drink, one of the officers, a Frenchman, shouted in French, “Long Live Cocktail! ” Thus people continue to call this drink a cocktail.
From then on, people began to have cocktail parties.
The hours of a cocktail party may range from 5: 00 to 8: 00 pm. Time of arrival and departure at a cocktail party is not strict. It is rather flexible. It can be at a home or at a hotel.
Invitation may be extended by phone, note, letter, or by card. A reply is not necessary unless your host asks for one.
At a cocktail party, women may wear ordinary clothes. Men may wear their
business suits.
36. The story of “cocktail” goes back to __________.
A) the First World War
B) the Civil War
C) the American War of Independence
D) the Second World War
37. Why did Besty call the drink “cocktail”?
A) Because she used the feather pulled from the cock’s tail as a tube.
B) Because she added the feather to the drink as a kind of mixture.
C) Because she used the feather to make the drink more even.
D) Because she liked the name and used it to retain her sweet memory.
38. Who was the first person to use the name“ cocktail”?
A) A group of army officers.
B) Besty Flanagan.
C) One of the officers, a Frenchman.
D) One of the villagers.
39. If one is invited to a cocktail party, he __________.
A) should tell the host where he comes or not for sure
B) doesn’t need to arrive on time
C) should tell the host if he wants to leave earlier
D) should bring cocktail as a gift to the host
40. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A) A reply to an invitation to a cocktail party is essential.
B) Time of leaving the cocktail party is not set.
C) At a cocktail party, women may wear ordinary clothes.
D) The host can also extend the invitation by note.
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements a re numbered 41 through 45.
I remember that when I was in my teens, I used to rebel at many of
the“ do’s”and“ don’ts” my parents used to dictate to me. For example, when I kept on playing jazz records on the record player, my father used to condemn such music as sheer noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely dull.
My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with, always quoting the maxim that “one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples. ”When I insisted that I sleep with my dog Peggy, they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas.
These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable about. Today, however, I am also the father of a boy of fifteen, and I find that I, too, am pressuring my son with a lot of rules and regulations that he seems to find hard to swallow. The other day, I noticed that my son’s hair was altogether too long, so I told him to go to the barber’s and get it trimmed short.
Ordinarily, he is fairly obedient, but this time he put his foot down.
41. What is this passage about?
A) The relationship between his parents and the author.
B) He was not on good terms with his parents.
C) The story of parents and sons.
D) The generation gap.
42. According to Para. 1, which of the following is TRUE?
A) Both the author and his father like classical music.
B) The author’s father thought classical music as dull music.
C) The author was keen on jazz.
D) Neither of them like jazz.
43. What does the sentence “one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples”
quoted by the author’s parents indicate?
A) The author’s parents like apples.
B) The author was in the bad habit.
C) The author stayed with some bad friends.
D) The author’s parents has some bias on their son’s friends.
44. It seems that the author _________the difference between his son and him today.
A) was accustomed to
B) annoyed at
C) was ignorant of
D) was indifferent to
45. In the last paragraph, the phrase “put his foot down” means _________.
A) he followed what his father said
B) he stopped what he was doing
C) he was against what his father said
D) he was angry at what his father said
Task 3
Directions: After reading the following passage, you are required to complete the outline below it (No. 46 through No. 50 ). You should write your answers
briefly on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
There are five chief types of biography: (1) popular, (2) historical, (3) literary, (4) reference, and (5 ) fictional. Popular biographies are the most common form of biography. They tell about the lives of such currently famous people as
motion-picture stars and sports figures. Historical biographies deal with a wide variety of individuals and describe how they influenced the past events. These works also tell what life was like during certain period of history. Literary biographies tell of the life and personality of an author, composer, painter, or other kinds of artist. Theses biographies also try to describe the talent and inspiration that enabled them to create great works. Reference biographies, the simplest type of biography, are short accounts that mention only the major events of a person’s life. Libraries have many books of reference biographies. Fictional biographies combine features of a biography and of a
novel. They are biographies because they are based on real people and events. They are novels because the author created conversations, background information, and other elements.
Task 4
Directions: The following a re some signs. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与??相同的) those given in Chinese in the table
below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on
the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55.
A— Out of sight, out of mind.
B — Diamond cuts diamond.
C — There is no smoke without fire.
D— Like begets like.
E — Where there is a will, there is a way.
F — Constant dropping wears the stone.
G— Facts speak louder than words.
H — Penny and penny laid up will be many.
I — Practice makes perfect.
J — Love begets love.
K— Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
L — Like cures like.
M— As you brew, so you must drink.
N— While there’s life, there is hope.
O— Like knows like.
Task 5
Directions: The following is a letter. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 through No. 60) following it. The answers ( in no
more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on
the Answer Sheet.
The food we eat seems to have profound effects on health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the color. Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illness because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is not new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other additives, caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic addictives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which we eat are not at all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.
56. What is affected by the food people eat?
__________________________________________________.
57. How many percent of the cancer has some links with the food?
__________________________________________________.
58.What is the purpose of using the nitrates and nitrites?
To _________________________________________in meats.
59. Why people use drugs on animals?
For _________________________________________ reasons.
60. What kind of organization has been trying to control the procedures?
The _____________________________________ administration.
Par t IV Translation (25 minutes)
Directions: This part numbered 61 through 65 is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. After each of the sentences numbered 61 to 64, you
will read four choices of suggested translations. You should choose the
best translation and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
And for the paragraph numbered 65, write your translation in the
corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
61. Only by this means is it possible to explain his failure to act decisively.
A) 唯一可解释他没有决定的原因只有用这种方法了。
B) 唯一可解释他没有采取决定性行动的原因只有用这种方法了。
C) 只有这种方法, 才有可能解释他没有决定的原因。
D) 只有这种方法, 才有可能解释他没有采取决定性行动的原因。
62. Where is no goal that you cannot obtain so long as you have an honest and a
strong will.
A) 只要你态度诚恳, 意志坚强, 你的目标一定能达到。
B) 没有任何目标你是达不到的, 只要你诚实、意志坚强。
C) 只要你态度诚恳, 意志坚强, 你的目标一定不会达不到。
D) 只要你保持诚实、意志坚强, 你的任何目标一定会达到的。
63. A new technique having been worked out, the yields as a whole increased by 20
percent.
A) 一项新技术已经被研究出来, 总产量在整体上已经提高了20% 。
B) 一项新技术已经被研究出来, 总产量提高了20% 。
C) 由于研究出了一种新技术, 总产量提高了20% 。
D) 由于研究出了一种新技术, 总产量在整体上已经提高了20% 。
64. On no account are visitors allowed to feed animals, ”the warning can be seen on
the signboard in front of every cage.
A)“决不允许喂养动物”,在动物园的每个笼子前都竖着一个警告标志牌。
B) “参观者请勿喂养动物”,在动物园的每个笼子前都竖着一个警告标志
牌。
C) 在动物园的每个笼子前都竖着一个标志牌,上面写着警告:“参观者请勿
喂养动物。”
D) 在动物园的每个笼子前都竖着一个标志牌,上面写着警告:“决不允许喂
养动物。”
65. Computer languages may range from detailed low level close to that immediately
understood by the particular computer, to the sophisticated high level which can be rendered automatically acceptable to a wide range of computer.
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Part V Writing (25 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to complete the letter according to the message given below. Do your task in
the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
Dear Sir,
Your advertisement offers a most tempting job to a young man just out of college.
I can’t think of any job I’d like better than consumer research for a famous organization like yours. I look upon it as a wonderful opportunity, and here is what I can offer you in return:
我今年22 岁, 仪表端正, 和人们相处得非常融洽。
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 我善于收集信息, 长于分析, 遇事喜欢寻根究底。我机智而幽默, 有逗人讲话的本领。
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 我在纽约大学专修广播和推销, 今年6 月毕业。在这些课程方面, 我有老师们所写的特别推荐信, 我很希望能有机会给你们看看这些信。
____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 虽然我对消费者调查工作没有实际经验, 但是我熟悉这些步骤, 也完全了解制
定购买习惯和倾向计划这项工作的重要意义。
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
I enclose a card addressed to myself, in the hope you will use it to tell me when to come for an interview. Or if you prefer calling, my telephone number is 3454.
Sincerely yours,
John Collins