大学英语二级模拟试题Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A ConversationsDirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.1. A) In an office.B) In a post office.C) At home.D) In a reading-room.2. A) Twenty-five.B) Fifteen.C) Thirty-five.D) Twenty.3. A) Wife — Husband.B) Father — Son.C) Shop assistant — Customer.D) Boss — Secretary.4. A) Ten o’clock.B) Nine o’clock.C) Nine thirty.D) Five o’clock.5. A) He gave it to the woman.B) He put it away.C) He did not have the pen.D) He wrote a letter with it.6. A) By December fourteenth.B) By New Year’s Day.C) By November.D) By November fourteenth.7. A) His teacher.B) His boss.C) His mother.D) His partner.8. A) Order a dictionary from other libraries.B) Use her dictionary moreoften.C) Take the dictionary out of the library.D) Buy a dictionary forherself.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) About taking up a sport. B) About obtaining a pair of shoes.C) About favorite tennis teams. D) About joining a sports club.10. A) They don’t help sports players at all.B) They don’t live up to their fame.C) They may be comfortable but are too expensive.D) They are good for track and field sports but not for ball games.11. A) He and his friends have never worn Adidas.B) Adidas is only for great sports players like the Chicago Bulls.C) Adidas helps sports players do better.D) He has always wanted to wear Adidas shoes.12. A) He thinks Adidas would cost him quite a lot of money.B) He thinks Mary will be running frequently.C) He doesn’t think the shoes will help Mary to play better.D) He doesn’t think Mary will play sports for long.Questions13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) Most people don’t think it is a serious problem.B) Most of our pollution is caused by things people need.C) The government has not spent enough money to stop it.D) The seriousness of pollution has not been realized by the government.14. A) It can kill people. B) It can damage one’s mental ability.C) It can make it difficult to breathe. D) It can damage steel andconcrete.15. A) A crowded city. B) A busy airport. C) A steel factory. D) An oldcar park.Section B Short PassagesDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. After each passage,you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) How to exchange views with the interviewer.B) How to handle a difficult job situation.C) Getting prepared for questions at a job interview.D) What questions to put to the interviewer.17. A) What makes you perfect for the job.B) How the company can benefit from you.C) How you can beat all other companies.D) How you would deal with the position.18. A) Your past and present.B) Your present and future.C) Your past and future.D) All of the above.19. A) You are especially good at dealing with customers.B) You are especially good at learning customers’ needs.C) You should praise the job advertisement.D) You should relate your strengths to the job requirements.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) The birth control policy.B) The population situation in China.C) Family planning workers’ responsibilities.D) Education to keep population below 1.4 billion by 2010.21. A) To do farm work. B) To improve living standards.C) To keep up social traditions.D) To continue the family line.22. A) It will ensure families are happy.B) It needs support from the urban inhabitants.C) Farmers should mainly rely on their own efforts.D) It should go hand in hand with family planning work.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) We live in a world in which people depend more and more on eachother.B) We live in a world in which people are getting further and furtheraway from each other.C) We live in a world which is becoming more and more mysterious.D) We live in a world which is expanding at a speed that we have neverexperienced before.24. A) They must establish close, meaningful contacts with people in othercountries.B) They must try hard to understand each other.C) They must find differences and similarities among themselves.D) All of the above.25. A) We have more and more education.B) We have more and more choices.C) We have more space for survival and prosperity.D) We tend to go abroad for more sightseeing.Section C Compound DictationDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. You arerequired to fill in the blanks numbered from S1) to S8) with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered S9) to S11) you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.There is a popular S1) ______ among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever S2) ______ spellingor considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastlydifferent ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be givenover S3) ______ language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to S4) ______ a child to express himself freely and S5) ______ in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?If spelling becomes the only S6) ______ point of his teacher’s interest, clearlya br ight child will be likely to “play safe”. He will S7) ______ to write only words within his spelling S8) ______, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why S9)_______________________________________________________________________________________________.S10)___________________________________________________________________________ ____:“This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writingis illegible.S11)___________________________________________________________________________ _______,but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read theessay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings.The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his prioritieshad centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with thepresentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.Part II Reading ComprehensionSection A: Skimming and ScanningDirections: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passagequickly and markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in thepassage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in thepassage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.HalloweenOn October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes knock on theirneighbors’ doors and yell “Trick or Treat” when the door opens. Pirates andprincesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch thecandy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child atreat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under themasks.Since the 800’s November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints’ Day.The Mass that was said on this day was called Allhallowmas. The evening beforebecame known as All Hakkiw e’en, or Halloween. Like some other Americancelebrations, its origins lie in both pre-Christian and Christian customs.October 31st was the eve of the Celtic new year. The Celts were the ancestors ofthe present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked andmingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked good allthat day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls ofthe dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of thenew year.Much later, when Christianity spread throughout Ireland and October 31st was nolonger the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly forchildren. “Ghosts” went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trickwould be played on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish peopleimmigrated to the United States in the 1840s the tradition came with them.Today school dances and neighborhood parties called “block parties” are popular among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dressup like historical or political figures and go to masquerade parties (化装舞会). Inlarger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping mallsearly in the evening. Stores and businesses give parties with games and treatsfor the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume the better!Certain pranks (恶作剧)such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cansare expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloweenersenjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy childrenaround the world.Symbols of HalloweenHalloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witchesflying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins (小精灵) and skeletons haveall evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumesand decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took placeat night. In the weeks before October 31st, Americans decorate windows of housesand schools with silhouettes (轮廓) of witches and black cats.Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The Pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back toIreland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy (吝啬的) that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser (吝啬鬼). He couldn’t enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As aresult, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day. TheIrish people carved scary faces out of turnips (芜菁根), beets (甜菜根) or potatoes representing “Jack of the Lantern,” or Jack-o’-lantern. When the Irish broughttheir customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o’-lanterns in thewindows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodies (糖果) waiting if they knock and say “Trick or Treat!”Halloween treats1. Dried Pumpkin SeedsAfter carving your pumpkin, separate the pulp from the seeds. Rinse (冲洗) theseeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter ormargarine (人造黄油) to coat each seed. Spread the seeds onto a cookie sheet (甜酥饼干) and bake for 20 minutes in a 300 degree oven or until they are slightly brown.2. Caramel (饴糖) ApplesTake the paper wrapping off about 100 caramels and put them in a saucepan (炖锅).Put the saucepan over a pan of boiling water. Boil the water until the caramelsmelt. Put a wooden stick into the top of each apple, dip the apple into thecaramel. Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy!Scary storiesNo Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story. Usually one person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire. The following is a retelling of a tale told in Britain and inNorth Carolina and Virginia.“What Do You Come For?”There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely.Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, “Oh, I wish I had some company.”No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted. The old woman’s eyes bulged with terror.Then two legs dropped to the hearth (壁炉地面) and attached themselves to the feet. Then a body tumbled down, then two arms, and a man’s head.As the old woman watched, the parts came together into a great, tall man. Theman danced around and around the room. Faster and faster he went. Then he stopped, and he looked into her eyes.“What do you come for?” She asked in a small voice that shivered and shook.“What do I come for?” he said. “I come for YOU!”The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him!26. Halloween is on October 31st, and that day is also known as All Saints Day.[Y] [N] [NG]27. October 31st was originally celebrated in Europe as the eve of the Celticnew year.[Y] [N] [NG]28. Halloween was brought by the Irish to the United States as a celebration mainly for children.[Y] [N] [NG]29. School dance parties are welcome by young people while “block parties” are welcome by senior citizens.[Y] [N] [NG]30. When adults go to masquerade parties, they wear costumes which make them look like dramatic figures.[Y] [N] [NG]31. Halloween was celebrated at night; this made black one traditional Halloween color.[Y] [N] [NG]32. After the Irish people moved to America, they celebrated Halloween by carving faces on turnips, beets or potatoes.[Y] [N] [NG]33. On Halloween night, children can get candies from houses whose windows are decorated with jack-o’-lanterns.[Y] [N] [NG]34. Caramel apples are traditionally served as desserts at the Halloween dinner.[Y] [N] [NG]35. In the scary story, when the old woman finally got a company, she was toofrightened to say anything.[Y] [N] [NG]Section B: Reading in Depth (1)Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this section. 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.Passage OneQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:I am the owner of a small clothing store. Three months ago I decided to move my store to Glendale, another area of town, because business was not very good. Now I rent a store in an old building. The new location in Glendale is excellent,and my sales have improved a lot. (The utilities are also cheaper!) There is a high school nearby, and many of the students come to my store to buy their clothes. This location has other advantages, too. It is closer to my home, and there is a food store on the next block, so it is convenient for me to goshopping after work.The size of my new store is better too. It is much bigger, and there is a lot of storage space. But the building was not in very good condition, and I had to make many improvements. The paint was old and dirty, and I had to pick a new color and paint all of the walls. I hired a man to build new wooden dressing rooms. I also made new curtains for the rooms and the window. I am completely satisfied with the store now. Unfortunately, I learned last week that the owner wants to sell the building – after all my hard work! How did I learn this? Icame to work Friday and saw a “For Sale” sign in front of my store.36. The store owner wanted to move to the new location because ______.A) there was a food store nearbyB) there was a high school on the next blockC) the old store did not sell a lot of goodsD) it was in a new area37. The store owner ______.A) has improved her sales until moving to the new locationB) sells clothes to some high school students in the areaC) can go to the shopping center in her business hoursD) has been told that the furniture is cheaper there38. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A) It is convenient for the store owner to go shopping because theclothing store is close to her house.B) The old store was smaller than the new store, where she got muchstorage space.C) It was she who made some arrangements for the dressing rooms.D) After hard work, she is very satisfied with what she has done.39. The building was not in very good condition, and ______.A) the landlord of the building had the walls paintedB) the store owner made a lot of improvements to itC) the store owner asked the workmen to repair the dressing roomsD) the landlord did a lot of work to rebuild it40. The phrase “For Sale” means ______.A) to be hiredB) to be closed downC) to be rentedD) to be soldPassage TwoQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Many people hope that the whole world will one day speak a common language. Over the years, people have made up new languages with this aim. At least six hundred languages have been developed in the search for a language which all humanbeings would be able to speak. The most famous one, Esperanto, was the idea of Ludwig Zamenhof, a doctor in Warsaw. He published a book about his new language in 1887.To encourage people to learn the Language, he made it as simple as possible. Esperanto has never been accepted as an official world language, but it has been suggested as an auxiliary language. By 1950 it had been taught to one and a half million speakers, and it was spoken in six hundred schools. Today Esperanto is spoken by about eight million people, and more than one hundred newspapers and magazines in the language are published regularly throughout the world. Thousands of books have been written in Esperanto, including those translatedfrom other languages.Today the need for a new auxiliary language like Esperanto seems less obvious. Throughout this century English has grown more and more important. It has become a second language for many millions of people. The fact that more are learning English shows that the use of English is still growing worldwide. No one would deny the usefulness of a world language, but not many people think thatEsperanto is likely to play such a role.41. Over the years, people have made up new languages in the hope that ______.A) all people will be able to speak a common languageB) people will learn a foreign language betterC) people can understand each other betterD) people will be able to speak several languages42. Zamenhof made the language as simple as possible because ______.A) he wanted people to learn it quicklyB) more and more people would be willing to learn itC) everyone would speak it without any difficultyD) he hoped it would be accepted as an official world language43. Esperanto has never been accepted as an official language ______.A) but people want to use it very muchB) but it is a very useful languageC) because the use of English is still growing worldwideD) because people don’t like it very much44. Which of the following is NOT true of Esperanto?A) It was widely taught in schools.B) It was spoken by many students.C) Many books have been written in Esperanto.D) It was once used as an official language.45. Many people think that Esperanto will not become an official world language because ______.A) many people are learning EnglishB) it does not play such an important role as English doesC) English has become a second language for everyoneD) no one wants to have a world languagePassage ThreeQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:The first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900’s. Aft er 1917, many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago, where they continued to play their style of jazz. Soon Chicago was the newcenter for jazz.Several outstanding musicians emerged as leading jazz artists in Chicago. Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1900, was one. Another leading musician was Joseph “King” Oliver, who was also credited with having discoveredArmstrong when they were both in New Orleans. While in Chicago, Oliver asked Armstrong, who was in New Orleans, to join his band.In 1923 King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band made the first important set of recordingby a Hot Five and Hot Seven bands and Louis Armstrong also made recordings of special note.Although Chicago’s South Side was the mai n jazz center, some musicians in New York were also demanding attention in Jazz circles. In 1923 Fletcher Henderson already had a ten-piece band that played jazz. During the early 1930’s, thenumber of players grew to sixteen. Henderson’s band was consi dered a leader in what some people have called the Big Band Era.By the 1930’s, big dance bands were the rage. Large numbers of people went to ballrooms to dance to jazz music played by big bands.One of the most popular and long and very famous jazz bands was the Duke Ellington band. Edward “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington D. C, in 1893 and died in New York City in 1974. He studied the piano as a young boy and later began writing original musical compositions.The first of Ellington’s Europea n tours came in 1933. He soon received international fame for his talent as bandleader, composer, and arranger. Tenyears later, Ellington began giving annual concerts as Carnegic Hall in New York City. People began to listen to jazz in the same way that they had alwayslistened to classical music.46. For which of the following reasons did Louis Armstrong go to Chicago?A) To form his own band. B) To learn to play Chicago-style jazz.C) To play in Joseph Oliver’s band. D) To make reco rdings with the HotFive.47. Which of the following can best replace the word “note” in Para.3?A) distinction.B) memorandum.C) mood. D) song.48. Which of the following conclusions does the passage support?A) By the 1930’s jazz was appreciated by a wide audience.B) Classical music had a great impact on jazz.C) Jazz originated in New Orleans in the early nineteenth century.D) Jazz bands were better known in Europe than in the United States.49. Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as a center of jazz?A) New York.B) Washington D. C. C) Chicago.D) New Orleans.50. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A) Ellington had been to Europe several timesB) Ellington was only acomposerC) big dance bands failed to attract a lot of peopleD) Big dance bandsmade people angrySection B: Reading in Depth (2)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You arerequired to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in aword bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the blank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.Most students who drop out of high school in the United States admit they made a mistake by __1__ and some say they might have stayed if classes were more challenging, according to a report __2__ on Thursday. Researchers said they were __3__ to find that a majority of the 467 dropouts they interviewed were not what most people would consider underachieving troublemakers and losers. One-third said they were failing in school, but more than six out of ten were maintainingC averages or better when they quit. Almost half said they were bored or thatthe classwork seemed __4__. Three out of four said if they could turn back they would choose to stay, and eight out of ten said they now recognized that a high school diploma was important to __5__ in life.The study is one of the most __6__ ever of American high school dropouts, of which there are about 1 million each year. It was based on research conducted by Peter Hart Research Associates and commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “Some had high grades and were just bored out of their minds,” Bridgeland told Reuters in a telephone interview. “They found no __7__ between the classroom and life and their career aspirations.”The report recommends federal, state and local efforts to offer students school__8__, engage parents and create early-warning systems for at-risk youths. It also calls for more accurate tracking of dropouts and consideration of raisingthe __9__ dropout age to 18. Most states sets the compulsory school __10__ age at 16 or 17.A) irrelevantB) illegalC) successD) extensiveE) surprisedF) interestingG) releasedH) legalI) optionsJ) expensiveK) quittingL) attendanceM) relievedN) connectionO) supposedPart III ClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank thereare four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that bestfits into the passage.Most people who work in London get a break of about an hour for lunch. __51__ they mostly live too far from home to go back there __52__ lunch, they areobliged to __53__ other arrangements for their midday meal.Many large firms have a canteen (自助食堂) for their employees. In __54__ canteens the food served is plain but __55__, and although there is some __56__ of choice, the number of dishes __57__ usually small. The employees themselvesfetch their dishes __58__ a counter at which they are __59__. There they canfind a tray on __60__ to carry their knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups,saucers, __61__, of course, their food. A meal in a canteen is inexpensive andmay __62__ of soup, fish and chips or meat and two vegetables, __63__ fruit or a pudding of some __64__ as dessert. Some firms that do not run a canteen __65__ their staff with luncheon-vouchers (午餐券), which many restaurants will accept in __66__ of money.As there are so many people __67__ work in London, there are numerous cafes and restaurants in every area that is not purely residential (住家的). A meal __68__cost anything from a modest sum to quite a few pounds, __69__ on the restaurant and the food chosen. __70__, one can generally get a meal, or at least a snack,in a pub. In recent years there has also been a big increase in the number of“take-away” food shops of all kinds.51. A) WhileB) AsC) AlthoughD) Unless52. A) inB) atC) forD) before53. A) makeB) bringC) takeD) use54. A) suchB) same C) fewD) other55. A) limitedB) excessiveC) fullD) adequate56. A) differenceB) varietyC) changeD) exchange57. A) are B) beingC) isD) been58. A) fromB) alongC) withD) to59. A) keptB) servedC) madeD) waited60. A) itB) themC) which D) those61. A) andB) butC) or D) except62. A) composeB) compriseC) consistD) count63. A) withB) aboutC) of D) by64. A) categoryB) sortC) patternD) name65. A) affordB) investC) prepareD) provide66. A) requestB) placeC) caseD) face67. A) inB) onC) atD) over68. A) mustB) needC) shouldD) may69. A) dependingB) takingC) relyingD) holding70. A) MoreoverB) HoweverC) StillD) ThusPart V TranslationDirections: In this part there are 3 sections. In each section there is a shortpassage or several sentences. You are required to choose only one of thesections that you have learned and put the passage or the sentences intoEnglish.Section 1 (New Horizon College English)T1. 那个男人告诉妻子把药放在最上层的搁架上,这样孩子们就够不着了。
