《阅读三》模拟试卷三考试形式：闭卷考试时间：120分钟I. Vocabulary (15%)Directions: For each underlined part, choose the best meaning below. Then mark corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.The stream overflowed and submerged the farmland.A.washed awayB. irrigatedC. covered…with waterD. succumbed2.They have been overcoming difficulties since the inception of the enterprise.A.conceptionB. formationC. integrationD. birth3.An irrevocable decision was finally made by the committee.A.unalterableB. inevitableC. changeableD. irritable4.He rectified the earlier judgment.A.changedB. modifiedC. variedD. corrected5.She was a devout Catholic.A. devotedB. desiredC. piousD. enthusiastic6.By the grace of God the ship come safely home through the storm.A. gentleB. favorC. prayerD. elegance7.She did sincere penance for hurting her sister.A. self-respectB. self-criticismC. confessionD. voluntary self-punishment8.Today we will discuss the responsibilities appertaining to the chairmanship.A. interestingB. belongingC. appealingD. apparent9.Manufacturing output has remained virtually static for twenty years.A. uninterestingB. steadyC. noisyD. changing10.Some young people are completely struck down by the stress of examination.A. emphasisB. pressureC. difficultyD. pleasure11.Tumultuous shots and yells could be heard in the street.A. noisyB. silent C threatening. D. faint12.Not many people actually understand the ramifications of these guidelines.A. purposesB. reasonsC. implicationsD. directions13.What evil lurks in the hearts of men?A. luresB. attractsC. existsD. works14．We know there is corruption in the company but it is hard to pin it down.A. pushB. identifyC. handleD. make15．Being in the theatre isn‟t as glamorous as some people think.A.rich and comfortableB. exciting and charmingC.poor and humbleD. fatty and oilyII. Words Transformation. (10%)Directions: Use the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets to fill in the corresponding blank.1.Franklin‟s writings contain many _________ to the reader. (admonish)2.The brochure also ______ illustrated the different models in a diagram. (description)3.It is no ______ to say that New Hampshire‟s lakes and streams are filled with big fish.(exaggerate)4.Benjamin Franklin was an _______ scientist, inventor, and statesman. (inspiration)5.An _______ student may receive a scholarship to one of New England‟s. (industry)6.They ________ for a short time about the advantages of living in Los Angels.(conversational)7.Lisa dressed _______ for the long drive from Boston to Bangor. (comforting)8.Thanksgiving is a ________ holiday in New England and in the rest of the United States.(traditionally)9.If you go to Fisherman‟s Wharf in San Francisco on a Saturday afternoon, you can ______seeing large numbers of people. (anticipation)10.When asked about the best place to fish on the Columbia, the man gave an _____ answer, notwanting to share his secret spot. (evasion)Part III. Cloze (15%)Directions: Each blank in the following passage is provided with four possible choices. Read the whole passage and choose the best answer for each blank.One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-condit ioned and I couldn‟t face my1_____apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2______between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 3______every time she leaned over to talk to him, 4______ he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such 5______ in a public place?I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6______ it turned out, it was an Italian movie. 7______ about an hour I decided to give up the movie and 8______on my popcorn . I‟ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 9______. After a while I heard 10______ more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11______ of the popcorn crunching ( 咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12______.I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13______ to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean --- I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 14______I saw him again in New York speaking 15______ English instead of perfect Korean. He didn‟t even have a Korean accent and I felt like I had been betrayed.1. A. hot B. warm C. cool D. heated2. A. break B. blank C. crack D. opening3. A. space B. aspect C. angle D. view4. A. and B. or C. whenever D. while5. A. affection B. attraction C. motion D. attention6. A. as B. since C. when D. what7. A. For B. After C. Over D. Within8. A. chew B. fix C. taste D. concentrate9. A. still B. too C. though D. certainly10. A. any B. much C. no D. few11. A. sound B. voice C. tone D. rhythm12. A. depart B. imagine C. wander D. wonder13. A. enjoyed B. turned C. used D. happened14. A. therefore B. then C. because D. until15. A. informal B. perfect C. artificial D. practicalIV. Reading Comprehension. (60%)Directions: 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.Passage OneFrom the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Primitive man used rivers as a means of travel.In ancient time, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires and civilizations. Rome today still stands on both sides of the Tiber. The Menam runs through modern Bangkok, still serving as a great waterway for the transport of goods and people.Water is Nature‟s most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In some nations far and wide rivers mean life and wealth. The Irrawaddy, Nile, Ganges and a host of other rivers feed and clothe the nation around them. A shortage of water in heavily populated agricultural areas will cause great hardship and starvation as crops fail.Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across rivers to control the water for irrigation and obtain the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then channeled to homes, cities, factories, television stations and the military.Man uses billions of litres of water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs which in turn obtain their water from the rivers.1. Rivers have been important to man _____.A. since Rome timesB. since many years agoC. since a few hundred years agoD. for a very long time2. In ancient times empires and civilizations grew up near _____.A. the TiberB. the MenamC. riversD. the Irrawaddy3. Rivers bring _____.A. life and wealthB. the most precious giftsC. food and clothesD. crops4. A heavily populated agricultural area is one where _____.A. there is a shortage of waterB. there are huge damsC. there are hardship and starvationD. there are too many farmers living close to one another5. Energy is obtained from rivers by _____.A. controlling the waterB. building dams across themC. building bridgesD. driving generatorsPassage TwoIn the year following the Civil War, businesses began to form monopolies(垄断) . A monopoly is a business or corporation that has exclusive control over a certain market. This means that a monopoly has no competitors.In business, competition among businesses tends to keep the prices of products down. Since they had no competitors, monopolies, depending on how essential their product was, could charge as much as they wanted for their product.As more and more monopolies began to appear, some Americans began to wonder how these big companies could easily drive their competitors out of business. One person who was especially interested in the practices of these monopolies was a journalist named Ida Tarbell.During the early 1900‟s, Ida Tarbell‟s articles took on such big corporations as the Standard Oil Trust Company. She described the methods that these monopolies would use to drive rival companies out of business. For example, she described how big companies would make deals with railroad companies. According to the terms of these deals, the railroad companies would charge the big companies lower rates to transport goods. Smaller companies who competed with the big companies would be charged the regular rate, which was much higher.6. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. The definition of monopoliesB. The success of monopolies.C. The reasons for the success of monopolies.D. Both B) and C)7. A monopoly is a business that controls the market, ______.A. beating all other competitorsB. including only a few competitorsC. excluding many rivalsD. none of the above8. If a monopoly wants to charge as much as possible, ______.A. it must have competitorsB. it must be a big businessC. its products must be essential to peopleD. its products must be of high quality9. Tarbell‟s arti cles are mainly concerned with______.A. the competitive power of big companiesB. the competitive methods by big companiesC. the dirty deals between big and small companiesD. the dirty deals between big companies and railroad companies10. The word “terms” in Paragraph 4 means______.A. conditionsB. semestersC. periods of timeD. moneyPassage Three“It hurts me more than you,” and “This is for your own good.” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school.The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we‟ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students —“so passive” —and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children‟s passivity; “We‟re not training kids to work any more.” says Klompus. “We‟re talking about a generation of kids who‟ve never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying go look it up, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It‟s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It‟s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it‟s for their own good, It‟s time start telling them no again.11. By “permissive period of education” the author means an age ______.A. when young children are denied admittance to grade schoolsB. when vocational subjects are taught in schoolsC. when children are entitled to adult educationD. when children are permitted to act of their own free will12. We learn from the passage that the author‟s mother used to attach importanc e to_____.A. disciplineB. creativityC. school educationD. individual work13. According to the passage, children are growing inactive in study mainly because _____.A. they watch TV too oftenB. their parents leave them aloneC. their teachers are strict with themD. they tale on too many duties14. To today‟s kids as described in this passage, _____.A. it is easier to give a negative reply than to give a positive replyB. it is easier to give a positive reply than to give a negative replyC. neither is easy—to say yes or to say noD. neither is no easy job—to say yes or to say no15. The main idea of this passage is that _____.A. parents should set a good example for their kidsB. kids should have more activities outside campusC. educators should not he so permissiveD. it is time to be strict with our childrenPassage FourWe find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (把……按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual (智力)ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.16. In the passage the author‟s attitude towards …mixed-ability teaching‟ is _________A. criticalB. questioningC. approvingD. objective17. By …held back‟ (Line 1) the author means ________A. made to remain in the same classesB. forced to study in the lower classesC. drawn to their studiesD. prevented from advancing.18. The author argues that a teacher‟s chief concern should be the development of the student's ___A. personal qualities and social skillsB. total personalityC. learning ability and communicative skillsD. intellectual ability19. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph?A. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.B. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities.C. Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capableorganizers.D. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.20. The author‟s purpose of writing this passage is to ________A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same classB. recommend pair work and group work for classroom activitiesC. offer advice on the proper use of the libraryD. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching Passage FiveIf you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety. The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?21. While taking a taxi in Finland, _____A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driverB. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi rideC. a passenger can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants togoD. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration before they leavewithout paying22. We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland_____A. provide meal for only those who live in the hotelsB. provide meals for any dinersC. provide free wine and charge for foodD. are mostly poorly managed23. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.B. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of theiremployees.C. The workers are always honest with their working hours.D. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about thepay.24. The word “those” in the last paragraph probably refers to _____A. people who often take taxisB. people who often have meals in big hotelsC. people who are dishonestD. people who are worthy of trust25. It can be concluded that _____A. Finnish people aren‟t smart enough in daily lifeB. Finland has been a good place for cheatsC. the Finnish society is of very high moral levelD. all the Finns are richPassage SixUS crude futures dropped briefly below the $50-a-barrel level yesterday for the first time in seven weeks, but later recovered to post gains as the market appeared unwilling to let prices fall below the key psychological level in spite of rising crude inventories in the US and reports of weakening demand growth.The US benchmark(基准, 参照点)crude futures, West Texas Intermediate for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange, fell to $49.75 a barrel, its lowest level since February 22. The contract recovered in early afternoon New York trade to $50.45, a rise of 23 cents on the day.May Brent on the International Petroleum Exchange in London remained above $50 a barrel by late trading in London when it was priced 9 cents higher at $50.57 a barrel. With the May contract expiring at the close of trade yesterday, more action was seen in the June Brent contract, which was 30 cents higher at $51.68 a barrel.Brent prices are likely to remain above WTI (West Texas Intermediate) prices in coming days, a feat that last occurred in the spring of 2002. Some traders say this is a sign of strong Asian demand, which in turn could see US oil imports ease.Gold prices fell sharply on a stronger dollar. Bullion(金条) was quoted at $423.10/$423.85 a troy(金衡制) ounce in late London trade, down from the late quote of $429.00/$429.80 in New York on Wednesday.Gold prices were also unsettled(扰乱) by comments from Rogdrigo Rato, the head of the International Monetary Fund, who said selling some of the IMF‟s gold was better than revaluing its 3,217 tonnes of gold.However, Mr Rato said care should be taken not to upset the bullion markets, and suggested the IMF voluntarily join the central bank gold agreement, which is a pact between European central banks that limit their gold sales each year. He added that the final decision was to be made by the IMF‟s board of directors.Other precious metals were steady with platinum(白金, 铂) trading at $860 a troy ounce and palladium(钯) unchanged at $ 196 a troy ounce.GFMS, a precious metals consultancy, said platinum prices might rise as high as $1,000 an ounce this year because car companies and other users have limited inventory to use in case of any supply disruption. This prediction was more bullish than the forecast made by Virtual Metals, a metals consultancy, which estimates platinum prices to remain between $800 and $900 an ounce this year.GFMS said prices for palladium, which is also used by car companies and jewellers, will range from $170 to $240 an ounce. Virtual Metals went for a wider range of $135 to $275 an ounce this year.Meanwhile, copper fell $51 to $3,142 a tonne in London.26.At what price did US crude futures close that day?A. US crude futures sailed past $50-a-barrel mark.B. US crude futures closed at a fresh record price.C.Crude futures ended slightly above the key psychological level.D. Crude futures hit a new seven-week low.27. Why did US crude oil futures recover later?A.Because crude oil inventory in the US was dropping.B.Because demand for crude oil grew, though weakly.C.Because crude futures had been strong for the past seven weeks.D.Because the market wished to avoid the breach of the $50-a-barrel mark.28. Gold prices fluctuated partly because ______.A. Mr Rato had made positive comments about the current gold pricesB. Mr Rato had said IMF would interveneC. the dollar had gained valueD. demand for gold in different markets varied29. Platinum price is predicted to ______.A.remain stableB.gain momentum later this yearC.narrow its gap with that of palladiumD.average $900 an ounce30. Which of the following does NOT help to push up the prices of precious metals?A.Stocks for precious metals is low.B.Precious metals supply may not be steadyC.Demand for precious metals is increasing.D.Precious metals are getting rarer.KeyPart I1-5 CDABC 6-10 BDBBB 11-15 ACCBBPart II1. admonitions2. descriptively3. exaggeration4. inspiring5. industrious6. conversed7. comfortably8. traditional9. anticipate 10. evasive Part III1-5 ACCBA 6-10 ABDCC 11-15 ACCDBPart IV1-5 DCADB 6-10 DACBA 11-15 DAABD16-20 CDBDA 21-25 CBBCC 26-30 C DCBD第11页共8页。
