1级自测
Part I Listening Comprehension (25%)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. The man likes rereading his books.
B. The man still likes to collect rare volumes.
C. The man rarely reads his books.
D. The man turns to collect stamps.
2. A. Spain B. Sweden
C. Scotland D. Switzerland
3. A. The ice is cold.
B. The man doesn’t want to answer the woman’s question.
C. The man loves the woman.
D. The man doesn’t understand what the woman says.
4. A. 55. B. 50.
C. 25. D. 100.
5. A. The new yearbook is not very good. B. He tore the other yearbook.
C. The next yearbook will be better. D. He agrees with the woman’s opinion.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation. The conversation will be read twice. At the end of the conversation, you’ll hear five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
6. A. To study with a partner. B. To prepare snacks.
C. To play cards. D. To learn how to design bridges.
7. A. A very simple game. B. A very strategic game.
C. A very dummy game. D. A very lazy game.
8. A. Watching her partner playing cards. B. Eating some food.
C. Going out for a breath of air. D. Helping others.
9. A. Not to miss her card game. B. Not to stay up too late.
C. Not to take a heavy workload. D. Not to neglect her studies.
10. A. He already knows how to play. B. He doesn’t have enough free time.
C. He doesn’t have a partner. D. He doesn’t like to play games.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. At the end of the passage, you’ll hear five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
11. A. In his public relation class. B. In his literature class.
C. In his history class. D. In his math class.
12. A. In 1621 B. In 6021
C. In 1612 D. In 6112
13. A. Black people from Africa.
B. Poor people from France.
C. Religious people from England.
D. Ethnic people from Asia.
14. A. Because they safely arrived in America.
B. Because they had a good harvest after a harsh winter.
C. Because over half of them died during their first winter in America.
D. Because the local Indians helped them to survive the harsh winter.
15. A. On the first Thursday of November.
B. On the second Thursday of November.
C. On the third Thursday of November.
D. On the fourth Thursday of November.
Section D
Directions: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. You’ll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.
Visitors can find almost any kind of restaurant in most of the large cities in America. The telephone book 16) restaurants for each city according to name, 17) or kind of food. Restaurants in large cities 18) greatly in price. Many restaurants 19) their menus in the window so you can have some idea of the price and kind of food before you 20) . If the menus is not posted, and you are uncertain about how expensive the place is, ask to see a menu before you are 21) at a table, or else just ask about the price 22) . Appearances from the outside can be misleading—what looks like a small, informal restaurant may really be very expensive, and what looks like a large, expensive restaurant may be very 23) .
You can get a meal for about 5 dollars or 24) more if you eat in bars or coffee shops, but in most city restaurants you should expect to pay 20 to 30 dollars a person for dinner, with drinks 25) .
Part II Reading Comprehension (25%)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until 1) . For 15 years I had 2)
there—moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign 3) and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security if I 4) with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I 5) my boss's office. Would he 6) ? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began 7) . “I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I'm forty. There's a lot I want to do in life. I'm 8) .” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn't say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “I'm glad for you,” he said, quite out of my 9) . “I wish you all the 10) in the world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn't work out, remember, your star is always high here.”
A) prospered B) retirement C) stuck D) correspondent E) entered F) firing G) resigning H) luck |
I) expectation J) disappointment K) ruining L) snapped M) awkwardly N) excitingly O) rage |
Section B
Directions: There are two reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
It has been a widespread belief that the American family is dying. But a new study reveals that the American family is stronger than ever. This study affords surprising evidence of the persistence of American commitments to family life.
The American family is changing, not dying. It is becoming smaller, men and women are becoming more equal, and the divorce rate is higher. But despite the high divorce rate, marriage has never been more popular. The majority of divorced people remarry, but only 2% marry more than twice. Most marriages last a long time, and a large proportion of divorces are from teenage marriages. Depending on the specific situation, there’s often good reason for teenage marriages to break up.
There is no evidence that children receive less attention from mothers who work outside the home than from mothers working inside the home. So far the amount of educational or development time hasn’t varied very much, whether or not the mother works outside the home. In fact, working mothers try to make up for it by setting aside time only for their children.
The study shows that television is by far the most significant new childcare arrangement of this century. The most important activity for children up to age 14 is watching television.
School is the second most time-consuming activity for children. They spend an average of about 19 hours a week in school. A larger proportion of children go to school now than ever before, and they stay in school longer. Another big change is that the proportion of very young children in daycare centers (日托站) has almost doubled in recent years. Compared with these two dramatic changes in child activity, the changes caused by mothers working outside the home appear very small.
11. The main idea of this article is that _______.
A. the American family is dying
B. young people today don’t want to get married
C. the American family is changing, but it is stronger than ever
D. education has resulted in dramatic changes in the American family
12. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Marriage is more popular than before.
B. Many divorced people remarry.
C. The majority of marriages last long.
D. Working mothers devote less time to their children.
13. The author of this article believes that ________.
A. the American family is here to stay
B. children should not watch so much television
C. mothers should not work when their children are small
D. teenage marriages should be encouraged
14. What is the most significant new childcare arrangement of this century?
A. The daycare center. B. Television.
C. The school. D. Development time.
15. According to the writer, which two major factors have led to the belief that the American family is dying?
A. The divorce rate is high and working mothers neglect their children.
B. The divorce rate is high and children care more about television than anything else.
C. Divorces are increasing and many teenage marriages break up.
D. Children stay in school longer and mothers have little time to take care of them.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
Most forest fires are caused by human carelessness or ignorance. Forest fire prevention, therefore, is mainly a problem of creating better understanding of the importance of forests, an awareness of the danger of fire in the woods, and a sense of personal responsibility to safeguard the forests from danger. This is not an easy job.
Careless smokers are responsible for thousands of forest fires each year. Many of these are started when cigarette butts (烟蒂) and matches are thrown from automobiles. Others are caused by hunters, hikers (徒步旅行者), fishermen, or woods workers who are careless in disposing of their smoking materials. The Forest Service has posted rules in many of the National Forests that prohibit smoking except in certain designated places. Many of the states have laws against throwing lighted materials from automobiles. The prevention of smoker-caused fires, however, depends upon changing the attitudes and behavior of millions of people who smoke in hazardous (危险的) areas.
The most important natural cause of fire is light (闪电). This accounts for 11 percent of forest fires on protected land for the entire nation. In the western states, lighting causes a much higher percentage of fires than it does in the east.
Advances in knowledge of fire weather are helping forest protection forces to know when to be alert to lightning-caused fires. Adequate and well-equipped forces can control them quickly and hold the damage to minimum. Experiments in “seeding” thunder clouds to prevent or control the lightning itself have been in process for many years, but new breakthroughs are needed for any significant reduction in the fires lightning starts.
16. According to this passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Lightning causes more forest fires in the western states than it does in the east.
B. Most forest fires are caused by purposeful destruction.
C. The prevention of smoker-caused fires depends on rules
D. People have nothing to do with the lightning-caused fires now.
17. Forest fires can be caused by______.
A. Careless smokers. B. Lightning.
C. Thunder clouds. D. A and B
18. The phrase “disposing of” (line 3, para. 2) most probably means______.
A. dealing with B. preparing for
C. giving out D. responding to
19. According to this passage, in order to prevent forest fire, _______.
A. everyone must be aware of the responsibility to keep the forests from danger
B. people who smoke in hazardous areas should change their attitude and behavior
C. advances in knowledge of fire weather are also important
D. all of the above
20. “Seeding” thunder clouds ______.
A. is an effective way to prevent or control the lightning-caused fires
B. is a possible way to prevent or control the lightning-caused fires
C. can reduce the lightning-caused fires to a minimum
D. can reduce the damage caused by lightning fires to a minimum
Section C
Directions: There is one reading passage in this section. The passage is followed by five statements. Decide whether these statements are true or false according to the passage. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the brackets at the end of each statement.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot（捆柴）into the hands of each of them, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”
21. All the sons were getting along with each other. ( )
22. The father wanted to use examples to tell them not to quarrel. ( )
23. The father’s sons did not do what his father asked them to do. ( )
24. With only one person’s strength, neither of his sons could break the bundles of sticks. ( )
25. The father taught his sons how to fight enemies in the war. ( )
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
1. The boy is eager to knowledge in different fields.
A. accomplish B. absorb C. arrange D. approach
2. You should not _______ the peace of others by speaking so loudly.
A. prohibit B. disturb C. collapse D. ban
3. Chemical changes can ______ energy.
A. give off B. give up C. give of D. give in
4. Birds learn to fly by ______.
A. instance B. inspect C. instinct D. institute
5. People are ______ for peace.
A. longing B. shorting C. lacking D. wishing
6. ______ learning English, Tom also begins to learn French.
A. Except B. Except for C. Beside D. In addition to
7. My memory’s not very ______ these days.
A. reliance B. reliant C. reliable D. rely
8. The enemy was ______ in a decisive battle.
A. won B. defeated C. beat D. beating
9. In my bedroom, there is a pair of scissors, a stack of books and ______ flowers on my desk.
A. a piece of B. a pocket of C. a slice of D. a bunch of
10. The film managed to ______ me from these problems for a while.
A. distract B. disturb C. dispute D. disorder
11. He proposed we ______out a short play at the English evening.
A. acted B. act C. had acted D. was to act
12. Katherine sticks to her belief it pays to be kind.
A. that B. which C. what D. what
13. Tom is ______ Marry next week.
A. marrying with B. got married with C. marrying to D. got married to
14. The father told his son that it wasn’t ______ for little boys to cry.
A. man B. bravery C. manly D. bravely
15. Ryan was late for conference yesterday traffic jam.
A. because B. since C. for D. because of
16. She talks about America as if she ________ where it is.
A. knew B. knows C. knowing D. is known
17. The dam was not strong enough to ________ the flood waters.
A. hold up B. hold back C. hold on D. hold over
18. As far as the professor , college students should get into the habit of studying by themselves.
A. concern B. concerns C. concerned D. is concerned
19. At 6.30 yesterday morning, the train ______ Central Station, Glasgow.
A. sought out B. laid out C. came down D. pulled into
20. She fell asleep at last, but after a while, the pain in her stomach ______ her again.
A. retired B. absorbed C. wakened D. conquered
Part IV Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best fits into the passage.
Reading is pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good 1) ______. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own 2) ______ works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different 3) ______, and your ideas develop 4) ______ you understand his. Every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are 5) ______, together they all add up to something, they are 6) ______ with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or 7) ______ ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but win different 8) ______ according to different writings at different times. Books influence each other; they 9) _______ the past, the present and the future and have their own 10) ______, like families. Wherever you start reading you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas, and in the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it, you find out about yourself, too.
1. A. sportsman B. reader C. man D. student
2. A. imagination B. ability C. quality D. skill
3. A. results B. places C. books D. conclusions
4. A. whereas B. unless C. as D. only if
5. A. separate B. divided C. lonely D. independent
6. A. related B. connected C. charged D. developed
7. A. different B. related C. opposite D. irrelevant
8. A. answers B. measures C. methods D. solutions
9. A. head B. link C. describe D. record
10. A. offspring B. friends C. generations D. relatives
Part V Translation (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are some sentences from the reading passages. Translate them into Chinese. Refer to the related passages they are chosen from if necessary.
1. In fact, working mothers try to make up for it by setting aside time only for their children.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Forest fire prevention, therefore, is mainly a problem of creating better understanding of the importance of forests, an awareness of the danger of fire in the woods, and a sense of personal responsibility to safeguard the forests from danger.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Many of the states have laws against throwing lighted materials from automobiles.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. If you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Section B
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
6. ______________________________(就这个东西本身的质量和价格而言), it is deserving of our purchase.
7. Several cars crashed into each other on the highway__________________________ (由于浓雾).
8. _________________________(让我吃惊的是), the husband slapped his wife in front of us.
9. National Day is _________________________(即将到来), we should tidy our dorm in advance.
10. If having firm evidence, the police ________________________(有拘捕嫌疑犯的特权).
答案
Part I Listening Comprehension (25%，每题1分)
Section A
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A
Section B
6. C 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. B
Section C
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D
Section D
16. lists 17. area of the city
18. vary 19. post
20. enter 21. seated
22. range 23. reasonable
24. slightly 25.extra
Part II Reading Comprehension (25%，每题1分)
Section A
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. E
6. O 7. M 8. G 9. I 10. H
Section B
11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. A
16. A 17.D 18. A 19. D 20. B
Section C
21. F 22. T 23. F 24. T 25. F
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20%，每题1分)
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A
11. B 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. D
16. A 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. C
Part IV Cloze (10%，每题1分)
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C
Part V Translation (20%)
Section A (每题2分)
1. 事实上，有工作的母亲都会安排专门的时间来照顾孩子，以弥补上班不在时的母爱缺失。
2. 因此，防止森林火灾的首先问题是要了解森林的重要性，明白森林火灾的危害和维护森林免受危害的责任感。
3. 很多州都颁布了法令，禁止人们从机动车上往外丢弃燃着的物体。
4. 然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地将柴棍放在他们手里。如此一来，他们便毫不费力地将其折断了。
5. 如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就会像这捆柴一样强大，敌人的任何企图都不会伤害你们。
Section B (每题2分)
6. As far as the item’s quality and price are concerned
7. due to the dense fog
8. To my astonishment
9. around the corner
10. have the privilege to arrest suspects
