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1、全新2级模拟卷Part I. Listening Comprehension (15%) Section A (5%) Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pa
2、use. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A. At the office B. In a waiting room C. At the ai
3、rport D. In a restaurant From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is mostly likely to taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single
4、 line through the center. 1. A. In a toy store. B. In a new home. C. In a furniture store. D. In a kitchen. 2. A. Mother and son. B. Father and daughter. C. Teacher and student. D. Husband and wife. 3. A. He was born of an English family. B. He worked for some years in London. C. He picked up his Br
5、itish accent in school. D. He spoken English with a strong American accent. 4. A. He has failed to clean up the river. B. He is under attack because of poor performance in his job. C. He has spent too much money on environmental protection. D. He was a responsible official of an environmental protec
6、tion agency. 5. A. Using another persons card is against the rules of the library. B The woman can not borrow books with his card right now. C. His library card is no longer valid. D. He will not lend his card to anybody. 6. A. A clerk at the airport information desk. B. A clerk at the railway stati
7、on information desk. C. A policeman. D. A taxi-driver. 7. A. A guest and receptionist. B. A customer and a shop assistant. 1 C. A passenger and an air hostess. D. A guest and waitress. 8. A. Hes better. B. Hes sick in bed. C. Hes feeling worse. D. He has recovered. 9. A. The woman followed the mans
8、advice. B. The woman is wearing long hair now. C. The man didnt want the woman to have her hair cut. D. The man didnt care if the woman had her hair cut or not. 10. A. He will return from Paris in two weeks. B. He is planning to go back to Paris in a year. C. He is studying French in Paris. D. He is
9、 having a vocation in Paris. Section B (10%) Directions: In this section you will hear 3 short passages, At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four cho
10、ices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage one Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A. Washing plates. B. Shining shoes. C. Clearing tables. D. Sweeping the floor. 12. A. He must
11、 work six days a week. B. He should never be later for work. C. He must study hard in his spare time. D. He should not bring his friends to the restaurant. 13. A. To pay him for her work. B. To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant. C. To give his friends free drinks. D. To allow him to have
12、more free time. 14. A. Because the boy was not a full-time worker. B. Because the boy had make some mistakes. C. Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements. D. Because he thought it was his son who should pay him. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have j
13、ust heard. 2 15. A. To celebrate the rapid expansion of his company. B. To thank them for helping him achieving success. C. To learn about their education background. D. To inform them of his decision to take risks. 16. A. Willingness to take risks. B. The ability to use people. C. The ability to pu
14、t ones ideas across. D. Academic qualification and knowledge. 17. A. He is deeply impressed by his employees qualifications. B. He envies his employees educational background. C. He wishes he had studied for a PhD degree. D. He is very proud of his achievement. Passage Three Questions 18 too 20 are
15、based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A. It is clean and pretty, but very poor. B. It is a busy, crowded and booming place. C. It is a peaceful, friendly and convenient town. D. It is suffering from increasing crime. 19. A. It will change their way of life. B. It might lower their wages. C.
16、It will cause fierce competition. D. It might cost them their jobs. 20. A. She works in the local coffee shop. B. She is and experiences debater. C. She leads the fight against the Wal-Mart store. D. She is going to compete in the Olympics. Part II. Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: There are
17、3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished 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
18、Whenever I hear people talking about the good old days I ask myself this question: Were the old days really so wonderful? A hundred years ago families were generally much larger than they are today. 3 Nowadays most babies grow up healthy and strong. Then a lot of babies used to die. My grandmother h
19、ad five children, but my mother was the only one who survived. We take so many things for granted. For instance, you have a refrigerator in your home, dont you? Even fifty years ago, very few families had a refrigerator. We used to keep the meat in a special box, so that the flies couldnt get at it
20、and in hot weather it often used to go bad. The milk often used to go sour, too. Then think of all the medicines we have today. Imagine what it used to be like having a tooth out, or some other minor operation, with no anaesthetic. Very nasty. Mind you, some things must have been great. How would yo
21、u fancy driving along a country lane on a summers day, in a neat little horse-drawn carriage, with the breeze blowing through your hair? A hundred years ago such journeys were commonplace. There was very little pollution, no television, no transistor radios or pop music and of course no threat of nu
22、clear war. No arguments either about whether we should or shouldnt build more nuclear power stations. All the same, when I hear people talking about the good old days, I notice that they are always older people and I often feel that what they are really talking about is their golden age, when they w
23、ere seventeen. For them life seemed to promise so much and every day was a new adventure, Then one day they looked in the mirror and found that they were middle-aged. Whatever happened to all the dreams? 21. In the past it was often the case that a lot of babies _. A. grew up healthy and strong B. d
24、ied before they were born C. could hardly survive D. could not be brought up by one mother 22. Nowadays a refrigerator is _. A. totally different from what it was 50 years ago B. nothing but a special box C. very common D. used to keep flies away 23. We used to have much pain when we had an operatio
25、n, but now things are _. A. different B. all the same C. unlikely D. very nasty 24. Something of the past is nice, _ driving along a country lane in a carriage. A. unlike B. like C. besides D. except 25. It is implied in the passage that _. 4 A. nuclear power stations are very popular B. there is a
26、lot of pollution C. the countryside is not a common place D. transistor radios and pop music are as terrible as nuclear wars Passage 2 In the United States, a person can take credit only for what he has accomplished by himself. Americans get no credit whatsoever for having been born into a rich or p
27、rivileged family. (In the United States, that would be considered “an accident of birth.”) Americans pride themselves in having been poor and, through their own hard work, having climbed the difficult ladder of success to whatever level they have achievedall by themselves. The American social system
28、 has, of course, made it possible for Americans to move, relatively easily, up the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to do in many other countries. The “self-made man and woman” is still very much the ideal in present-day America. Americans believe that competition brings out the best in any
29、 individual. They claim that it challenges or forces each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible. Consequently, the foreign visitor will see competition being fostered (鼓励) in the American home and in the American classroom, even at the youngest age levels. You may find the value p
30、laced on competition disagreeable, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation rather than competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in Third World countries find the lack of competitiveness in a classroom situation equally distressing (令人苦恼的). They soon learn that wh
31、at they had thought to be one of the universal human characteristics represented only a peculiarly American (or Western) value. Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to go with itfree enterprise (自由企业制). American feel very strongly that a highly competitive economy will bri
32、ng out the best in its people and ultimately, that the society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. If you look for it, you will see evidence in all areasin all fields as diverse as medicine, the arts, education, and sportsthat enterprise is the approach most often preferred in Amer
33、ica. 26. What does the author mean by saying “the self-made man or woman is still very much the ideal in present-day America”? A. Americans no longer respect those who are rich as they used to. B. Americans think that an ideal man or woman should be born poor. C. Americans still respect those who ha
34、ve climbed up the social ladder through 5 hard work. D. Americans think that only the self-made man or woman is worthy of respect. 27. What does the author think of the American social system? A. It is a system that does not favor those who are born rich. B. It makes it comparatively easy for the po
35、or to move up the social ladder. C. It is a system that makes social climbing very difficult, if not impossible. D. It is the best system possible in the world. 28. Americans teaching in Third world countries found that _. A. competition must be fostered in the classroom for success in business B. c
36、ooperation is more important than competition in bring about progress C. competition is one of the universal human characteristics D. competition is a unique American (or Western) value 29. We can infer from the passage that free enterprise is _, A. an attitude that value competition rather than coo
37、peration B. an economic system allowing free competition among business C. a belief that competition brings out the best in any individual D. a theory that advocated competition as the source of all progress 30. Americans would most likely frown at you if you _. A. go around telling people that your
38、 father is a self-made man B. tell them that their social system is not necessarily the best C. complain that you were born poor and had had no opportunities D. tell them you were born poor and had to work with your hands Passage 3 The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, div
39、ided into three periods usually called Old (or Anglo-Saxon) English, Middle English, and Modern English. The earliest period begins with the migration (移民) of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D., though no records of their language survive from before the
40、seventh century, and it continues until the end of the seventh century or a bit later. By that time Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the voc
41、abulary, and the well-developed inflectional (词尾变化的) system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down. The period of Middle English extends roughly from the twelfth century through the fifteenth. The influence of French (and Latin, often by way of French) upon the 6 vocabulary
42、 continued throughout this period, the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerated, and many changes took place within the grammatical system of the language. A typical prose passage, especially one from the later part of the period, will not have such a foreign look to us as th
43、e prose of Old English, but it will not be mistaken for contemporary writing either. The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day. The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in vowel (元音) distribution that had begun in late Middle English and t
44、hat effectively brought the language to something resembling its present pattern. Other important early developments include the stabilizing effect on spelling of the printing press and the beginning of the direct influence of Latin, and, to a lesser extent, Greek on the vocabulary. Later, as Englis
45、h came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to our word-stock. 31. The earliest written record of English available to us starte
46、d _. A. from the ninth century B. from the eleventh century C. from the fifth century D. from the seventh century 32. What characterized the grammar of Old English? A. A limited vocabulary. B. A revolution in vowel distribution. C. A well-developed inflectional system. D. The influence of Latin ofte
47、n by way of French. 33. It can be inferred from the passage that today _. A. even an educated person can not read Old English without special training B. a person with sufficient knowledge of French can understand Old English C. a person can pronounce Old English words but cannot understand them D.
48、an educated person can understand Old English but cannot pronounce it 34. We can infer from the passage that a prose passage from the fifteenth century _. A. can be understood by contemporary readers B. looks like foreign language to contemporary English readers C. looks more like contemporary English than Old English D. is almos
