自学考试综合英语（一）模拟试题及答案九_第2页

　　二、阅读理解题

　　1. This was the end. It was her father who laid down the rules in her family and there was never any appeal, any second chance. After protracted discussion and her repeated pleas she had been allowed this weekly visit to the disco run by the church youth club, provided she caught the nine-forty bus without fail. It’d put her down at the “Crown and Anchor” at Cobb’s marsh, only fifty yards from her cottage. From ten fifteen her father would begin watching for the bus to pass the front room where he and her mother would sit half-watching the television, the curtains drawn back. Whatever the programme or weather, he would then put on his coat and come out to walk the fifty yards to meet her, keeping her always in sight. Since the Norfolk Whistler had begun his killings, her father had an added justification for the mild domestic tyranny which she half-realized, he thought right in dealing with his only child and rather enjoyed. The concordat had been early established：“You do right by me, my girl, and I’ll do right by you.”She both loved him and slightly feared him and she dreaded his anger. Now there would be one of those awful rows in which she knew she couldn’t hope to look to her mother for support. It would be the end of her Friday evenings with Wayne and Shirl and the gang. Already they teased and pitied her because she was treated like a child. Now it would be total humiliation.

　　Her final desperate thought was to hire a taxi and chase the bus, but she didn’t know where the cab rank was and she hadn’t enough money; she was sure of that. She could go back to the disco and see if Wayne and Shirl and the gang between them could lend her enough. But Wayne was always skint (身无分文的)and Shirl too mean and by the time she had argued and cajoled(哄骗)it would be too late.

　　1. What was the girl’s problem now?

　　A. The bus was late

　　B. She was late for the nine-forty bus

　　C. She was afraid to encounter the Norfolk Whistler

　　D. Her father would not come out to meet her on her way home

　　2. Why did the girl think "This was the end"?

　　A. She had seen the Norfolk Whistle coming

　　B. She would never be able to get home

　　C. Her parents would give her a hard time

　　D. She would never be allowed to visit the disco again

　　3. How long would it take her to get to the "Crown and Anchor"by bus?

　　A. 40 minutes or so

　　B. About half an hour

　　C. Over an hour

　　D. Hard to tell

　　4. Which of the following statements is probably true?

　　A. Her father had been strict with her ever since the Norfolk Whistler began his killings

　　B. Her father had always been strict with her since her childhood

　　C. She dreaded her father because he was always angry with her

　　D. Whatever happened her mother always sided by her

　　5. "She was sure of that."This means that she was sure___

　　A. she could catch up with the bus if she took a taxi

　　B. she could not borrow any money from either Wayne or Shirl

　　C. she did not have enough money on her to hire a taxi

　　D. she would never be able to get home in time

　　2. Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these question is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surrounding. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to university and the other to factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who lives in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.

　　1. Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Paragraph 1?

　　A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth

　　B. Intelligence is developed by the environment

　　C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid

　　D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment

　　2. It is suggested in this passage that___.

　　A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

　　B. close relation usually have similar intelligence

　　C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence

　　D. people who lived in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.

　　3. Brothers and sisters are likely to___.

　　A. have similar intelligence

　　B. have different intelligence

　　C. go to the same university

　　D. go to the same factory

　　4. In Paragraph 1 (line 5), the word "surrounding"mean___.

　　A. intelligence

　　B. life

　　C. environments

　　D. housing

　　5. The best title for this article would be___.

　　A. On Intelligence

　　B. What does Intelligence Mean?

　　C. We are Born with Intelligence

　　D. Intelligence Is Developed by Environments

　　三、语音题

　　1).t(y)pical

　　2).l(oo)se

　　3).publi(sh)

　　4).p(oi)son

　　5).(j)ean

　　6).f(ue)l

　　7).init(ia)te

　　8).f(or)eign

　　9).produc(tion)

　　10).gr(ow)th

　　11).aver(a)ge

　　12).w(ar)ning

　　13).va(gue)

　　14).cr(oo)ked

　　15).crea(ture)

　　16).engin(ee)ring

　　17).(phar)macist

　　18).cl(ie)nt

　　19).a(g)ent

　　20).(sure)ly

　　四、完形填空题

　　1. lead;respects;existence;never;aware;cases;whose;fear;in a word;from

　　1. Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some___. The above two statement are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: The latter implies all evil friends who___us astray(误入歧途). The former refers to all good friends who drive us towards good.

　　My ideal friend is of course a good friend___ goodness is shown below: He has no bad liking, as smoking and drinking. He studies diligently so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honours his parents and loves his brothers; at school he___his teacher and sympathized with his schoolmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. He___speaks of other’s evils nor boasts of his own merits.___, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. By his precepts(箴言)I am___of the danger of doing a wrong action. By his help I am free___all difficulties.Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never___difficulty and I shall know the___ of the word“failure”.

　　五、填空题

　　1. It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these___mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and___book are the highest authority in matter of meaning and usage. Few people ask by what___ the writers of dictionaries and grammars say what they say. I once got into an argument with an___woman over the ___of the word and offered to look it up in the___. The English woman said firmly,“What for? I am English. I was born and brought up in___. The way I speak is___ .”Such confidence about one's own language is not___ among the English. In the United States, however, anyone who is willing to quarrel with the dictionary is regarded___out of his mind.

　　六、问答题

　　1. After Lois Diaz Talty was insulted by the teenager, she was committed to___.

　　2. David and his wife could not send their thanks to the donor’s family because___.

　　3. “It doesn’t matter if you are born in a duck-yard as long as you come from a swan’s egg.” This sentence means ___.

　　4. If you seriously wish to get the most out of college, you ___.

　　5. Mr. Grayson want the Thinking Machine to help him to know___.

　　6. Andersen’s books are full of___.

　　7. For years my plans have been safe, but___ they have become known to my competitors—in the small detail, and in time for them to steal my customers.

　　8. It was important for Mr. Grayson to keep his business plans secret because___.

　　9. An elderly man had collapsed while___and an ambulance rushed him to King County Hospital.

　　10. Yet before the day ended, I received phone calls from two managers___from my competitor.

　　七、翻译题

　　1. 他的父母历经了千辛万苦供他上学。

　　2. 请原谅他，毕竟这是他第一次犯这样的错误。

　　3. 三十年前，人们没有意识到计算机可以做这么多的事情。

　　4. 即使杰克不在这儿，他也会通过电子邮件与你保持联系。

　　5. 我们现在居住的地球在很久很久以前就形成了。

　　6. 抓紧时间，否则你会错过最后一班火车的。

　　7. 在国外，如果你想与那里人交流，必须首先克服语言障碍。

　　8. 你们刚刚参观过的地方曾经是一所监狱。

　　9. 我想他在雨季之前完成这个项目是不成问题的。

　　10. 中国足球队的表现辜负了人民对他们的期望。