2017学位英语考试模拟试题（13）_第3页

　　41. It is reported that comfortable environment can __ higher productivity.

　　A. result to B. result in C. lead in D. cause to

　　42. Considered one of the leading poets in America today,____.

　　A. a number of books and plays have also been written by Sonia Sanchez

　　13. Sonia Sanchez has also written a number of books and plays

　　C. a number of Sonia Sanchez's books and plays have been written

　　D. there have been a number of books and plays written by Sonia Sanchez

　　43. The film was so __ that the audience felt very __

　　A. boring, bored B. boring, boring C. bored, boring D. bored, bored

　　44. I visited the house __ Shakespeare lived.

　　A. there B. where C. after D. in

　　45. I an old classmate. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years.

　　A. came across B. came in C. came after D. came about

　　Part 1V Cloze (10%)

　　Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage.

　　The compass (罗盘) is a device that is absolutely necessary for the 56 of ships and airplanes. Hikers often need a compass, too. Anyone who does not use 57 roads should have a compass.

　　56. a. judgment B. operation C. manufacture D. accuracy

　　57. A. established B. finishing C. establishing D. finished

　　A compass will always 58 to know your direction. If you have a map 59 land marks such as roads, mountains, rivers, and lakes, you can immediately find out where you are. The compass 60 you to place your map in an 61 position according to the directions. You can then 62 where you are with points on the map.

　　58. A. make you possible B. be made for you

　　C. make it possible for you D. make you

　　59. A. to show B. showed C. shown D. showing

　　60. A. makes B. allows C. lets D. admits

　　61. A. exact B. true C. real D. admits

　　62. A. match B. contrast C. link D. compare

　　The Chinese were the first people 63 the magnet (磁铁) 64 a compass. They first used compasses to 65 their ships between the years 100 B. C. and A.D. 100. Their compasses were simple and 66 devices. 67 the magnetic iron into their compass, these early seamen placed the magnet on a cork or a piece of straw. They then put the iron-cork system in a bowl of water, the 68 magnet turned easily, aligning(排列成) itself with the directions north and 69.

　　63. A. to use B. used C. use D. for using

　　64. A. like B. as if C. / D. as

　　65. A. command I3. guide C. show D. lead

　　66. A. convenient B. inconvenient C. uneasy D. easy

　　67. A. Having made B. Making C. To make D. Made

　　68. A. flowing B. floated C. flowed D. floating

　　69. A. east B. south C. west D. southeast

　　Later the Chinese invention was put together 70 a Babylonian invention, the degree. Then the compass became 71 . Compasses 72 well on wooden ships. 73 , when metal ships appeared in the 1800s, the simple magnetic compass was 74 . The metal in the ship 75 the magnet. Modern ships now use the gyrocompass and the radio compass for navigation.

　　70. A. with B. in C. on D. to

　　71. A. easily use B. of use easily C. easy to use D. easily to use

　　72. A. went B. worked C. turned D. showed

　　73. A. but B. meanwhile C. although D. moreover

　　74. A. ill work B. accurate C. inaccurate D. not in work

　　75. A. tempted B. swallowed C. attracted D. rejected

　　Part V Translation (20%)

　　Section A

　　76. Germany's best-selling daily was filled the following week with letters from readers complaining that Germans will never win contests like Eurovision because they are so loathed abroad. (Passage 1)

　　77. Germans came in second to last, just ahead of the British. (Passage 1)

　　78. It is so small that it would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and it does not fall out of moving air at all. (Passage 2)

　　79. I was so interested in the story I was reading that I did not notice that it was getting dark.(Passage 3)

　　80. I looked out but it was now too dark to see anything clearly. (Passage 3)

　　Section B

　　81.他们的愿望和我们的正相反。

　　82.这个电影是根据她的小说改编的。

　　83.他把所有空余时间都花在学习上，以弥补失去了的时间.

　　84.如果人类过多地干扰自然界的平衡，那将使地球不适合人类居住。

　　85.你越是用功，你的功课就越显得容易。