大学英语一级同步测试

大学英语一级同步测试

Test Three

Part One Listening Comprehension

Directions: you will hear 20 short statements. The statements will be spoken only once. After each statement, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four short choices marked A), B), C), D); and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre .

Example: You will hear:

You will read: A) I think Tom cooked with canned food.

B) I didn’t realize Tom could cook.

C) Tom’s cook isn’t very good.

D) Tom can cook very well.

From this statement we know that “ I didn’t realize Tom could cook.” is the closest in meaning to the original statement. Therefore, you should choose answer B) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Now let’s begin:

1. A) He thinks they’re hardworking and admirable.

B) He can’t resist their sales talks and always buy their products.

C) He dislikes them very much.

D) He doesn’t understand them.

2. A) Joanne worked in graduate school.

B) Joanne finished graduate school quickly.

C) Right after graduate school, Joanne started to work.

D) Right after work, Joanne went to graduate school.

3. A) They were put out to sell at 12:00

B) They were put in the very front of all the baked goods.

C) All of them were sold by 12:00

D) All of them were sold after 12:00.

4. A) I didn’t know where you lived, so I didn’t visit you.

B) I couldn’t find your dress.

C) I had no idea you were visiting.

D) I looked up your address, but you weren’t at home.

5. A) Dizzy(头晕目眩的). B) Angry.

C) He feels pain. D) He’s exhausted.

6. A) A committee selected the class representative.

B) The committee gave her a present.

C) She has chosen us to be on the committee.

D) She will represent us on the committee.

7. A) Angry. B) Hunt. C) Shocked D) Happy.

8. A) I think that suit is too informal.

B) I think you should wear a warmer coat today.

C) I don’t think that coat is appropriate for the weather.

D) I don’t think that suit should be worn with that coat.

9. A) Slow down. B) Stop. C) Ascend the hills. D) Speed up.

10. A) Peter and I still have to buy our books.

B) Peter doesn’t have his books, but I have nine.

C) Neither Peter not I have studied yet.

D) The books I bought were not for Peter.

11. A) It’s difficult. B) It’s very clear

C) It’s subtle(难以捉摸的) D) It’s too easy.

12. A) The assignment is boring.

B) The class was canceled.

C) Dr. Johnson phoned the class member.

D) Dr. Johnson is taking over this week.

13. A) Bought lights for his Christmas tree.

B) Drove his car through the traffic signal.

C) Bumped (冲，碰)into a street light.

D) Ran into an Olympic race.

14. A) Jim did schoolwork at home.

B) Jim cleaned up the living room.

C) Jim rearranged the books in his study.

D) Jim picked out a book with red cover.

15. A) He left a jar（半开）by it for the milkman.

B) He painted it.

C) He left it open.

D) He slammed（砰的关上）it shut.

16. A) The doctor called her up long ago.

B) Dr. Calder decided to give up the project.

C) Dr. Carder proceeded with the project.

D) The doctor rejected the gift.

17. A) They always talked about their neighbors in a trivial way.

B) They always tried to help their neighbors.

C) They thought highly of their neighbors.

D) They knew their neighbors for many years.

18. A) Do you have a good view, Jane? B) Can you show me where Jane is?

C) Are you watching Jane? D) May I have this seat, Jane?

19. A) In a hardware store. B) In a jewelry store.

C) In a pharmacy. D) In a stationary shop.

20. A) He doesn’t think he’s overweight.

B) He thinks about his weight too much.

C) He is trying to gain weight.

D) He isn’t overweight anymore.

Part Two Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or un-finished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage 1

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passages:

Let us begin by saying what does not cause our dreams. Our dreams do not come from ‘another world’. They are not messages from some outside source. They are not a look into the future, either.

All our dreams have something to do with our emotions, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the ‘outside’ may affect what we dream. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experiences you have today.

So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has affect on you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, homesick soldiers of their families, and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and how your wished or needs can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back

of his hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbent cotton. He would dream that he was in a hospital and his charming girl friend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hand! There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dream mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. Mother words, a dream is a way of having your wishes carried out.

21. Our dreams_____.

A) are simply messages from another world

B) are a curious look into the future

C) have little connection with our emotions, wishes or needs

D) are to some degree caused by some of our feelings

22. I f the covers have slipped off your bed, you may dream that ______.

A) something comfortable happens to you

B) you are staying in freezing surroundings

C) some people are making noise

D) you have nothing on at all

23. When the back of a man’s hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbent cotton in the experiment,

he would dream that________.

A) his hand was being struck by someone

B) his hand was gently touched by his sweetheart

C) his hand was badly hurt by someone

D) somebody was wiping sweat off his body

24. When a person feels hungry, he is likely to dream of ______.

A) wonderful fairies B) lovely young girls

C) fine food and drinks D) his family members

25. Some scientists’ explanation of dreams _____.

A) does not give a outlet for our wishes

B) gives us an exact answer to the problem

C) offers a meaningful approach to the problem

D) is widely accepted and thought highly of by the public

Passage 2

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passages:

In sport the sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called ‘the weaker sex’, or, if men want to please them, ‘the fair sex’. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker?

The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes. Women’s times are always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first ‘Tarzan’in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny

Weissmuller . His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes 59.1seconds, which is 37.4 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very difficult now, and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone (荷尔蒙) injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sports has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!

26. Women are called ‘the weaker sex’ because________.

A) women do as much work as men

B) people think women are weaker than men

C) sport is easier than men than for women

D) in sports the two sexes are always together

27. Which of the following is true?

A) Boys and girls study separately everywhere.

B) Women do not run or swim in races with men.

C) Famous Prime Minister are women

D) Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.

28. “That at least is what people say.”means people______.

A) say other things too B) don’t say this much

C) say this but may not think so D) only think this

29. What problems does sport have?

A) some women athletes are actually men.

B) some women athletes are given hormone injections

C) women and men do not run or swim in the same races.

D) It is difficult to check whether women athletes are really women.

30. In this passage the author implies that______.

A) women are weaker than men, but faster

B) women are slower than men, but stronger

C) men are not always stronger and faster than women

D) men are faster and stronger than women

Passage 3

Questions 31 to 35are based on the following passages:

Thousands of years before Columbus came to the New world, the American Indians entered North America by crossing a narrow strip of land that once connected Alaska and Siberia. The migrants entered a new world in which there were no people at all. But there were many animals to hunt, and there were forests where nuts, roots, and berries could be gathered.

When the Europeans came to the New World, the Indians, at first, taught the settlers how to plant corn, bake fish, make canoes, and smoke tobacco. In return, the whites introduced horses, guns, gun-powder, alcohol. But at last, there were struggles for land, and the struggles could have only one result---war. When the wars were over, all Indians were moved to large tracts of land called reservations. Now, some of them, embittered（激怒）by past mistreatment, are determined to preserve their tribal life; some wish to modernize the reservations. These alternatives, with many variations, are what most Indians have chosen----a future in modern technology and

education, or the revival （复兴）of ancient tradition and treaties.

31. The Indians entered North America _______.

A) with Columbus. B) before Columbus did.

C) after Columbus’ arrival D) in the 18th century

32. The Indians moved to a new world which was______ .

A) once settled by Europeans.

B) inhabited by the primitive men

C) dwelt in by the American migrants

D) completely uninhabited by other people

33. As soon as the Europeans set their foot on the New World, they_____.

A) were hostile to the Indians.

B) kept terms with Indians.

C) didn’t treat the Indians in a friendly way

D) traded with the Indians friendly

34. The most accurate statement about contemporary Indians is that______.

A) most Indians reject modem culture and technology

B) some Indians preserve conventional life style

C) some Indians have adopted modem culture and technology

D) both B) and C)

35. The Indians were good at ______.

A) struggles for land B) making boats

C) contemporary tribal life D) the revival of their tradition

Passage 4

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passages:

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun!

Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century B.C..

We know that umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.

In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.

During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in the England.

By the eighteen century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours.

36. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented________.

A) in ancient China

B) in ancient Egypt

C) in ancient Greece

D) in ancient Rome

37. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?

A) No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella.

B) The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.

C) The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.

D) In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella.

38. A strange feature of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as _________.

A) protection against rain

B) a shade against the sun

C) a symbol of honor and power

D) women’s decoration

39. In Europe, the umbrella was first against the rain______.

A) during the Middle Ages

B) by the eighteenth century

C) in Rome

D) in Greece

40. This passage talks mainly about_______.

A) when and how the umbrella was invented

B) why the umbrella was so popular in Europe

C) the development of the umbrella

D) the history and use of the umbrella

Part Three Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B),C), D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41. Of the ten plays which she has written, the first three were_____.

A) much the best B) better C) more good D) best

42. He put his coat over the baby for fear that she______cold.

A) catches B) caught C) should catch D) will catch

43. We had to read the book ,_______?

A) shouldn’t we B) would we C) mustn’t we D) didn’t we

44. _______in 1995______they came to know each other in Beijing.

A) Only….and B) It was…that C) Only…..that D) It was…then

45.______and the lecture began .

A) If the professor comes B) In the professor comes