大学英语一级同步测试

大学英语一级同步测试Test TwoPart I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: You will hear 20 short statements. The statements will be spoken only once. After each statement, 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example: You will hear:You will read: A) I think Tom cooks with canned food.B) I didn’t realize Tom could cook.C) Tom’s cook isn’t very good.D) Tom can cook very well.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]From the statement we know that “I didn’t realize Tom could cook.” is closest in meaning to the original statement. Therefore, you should choose answer B) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Now let’s begin:1. A) The trees were blown down. B) The trees lost several branches.C) Several trees were replanted. D) Lightning struck several trees.2. A) Ted missed supper. B) Ted ate his supper earlyC) Ted had a late supper. D) Ted impatiently awaited supper3. A) At first Sue didn’t agree with her mother.B) The argument caused Sue’s mother to change her mind.C) Sue’s mother demanded that Sue stop arguing.D) Sue disobeyed her mother.4. A) The party was late getting started.B) We arrived too early.C) The party began as we arrived.D) The party had begun before we arrived.5. A) I ate supper twice.B) Jane has invited me for supper two times.C) Jane repeated her question.D) Jane and I asked each other the same question.6. A) Bill is the tallest. B) Paul is the tallest.C) Jack and Fred are the same height. D) Fred is shorter than Jack.7. A) Mr.Jones is an athlete. B) Mr.Jones enjoys jogging.C) Mr.Jones sells athletic equipment. D) Mr.Jones is an assistant manager.8. A) She often takes her sister’s advice B) She never gives her sister advice.C) She often gives her sister advice. D) She seldom gives her sister advice.9. A) Maureen hadn’t planned to take a bus.B) Maureen couldn’t find a place to park.C) Maureen parked her car illegally.D) Maureen prefers taking the bus.10. A) Carl had a recent birthday.B) Carl is almost fifteen years old.C) Carl is almost sixteen years old.D) Carl traveled fifteen miles and then turned back.11. A) Mr.Tuttle is going to marry his secretary.B) Mr.Tuttle’s old secretary got married.C) Mr.Tuttle’s old secretary is engaged.D) Mr.Tuttle recently hired a secretary.12. A) Karen refused too have dinner with me.B) I can’t afford to buy Karen dinner.C) The dinner was very expensive.D) I bought Karen dinner because she has no money.13. A) Billy has trouble with sleeping.B) Billy sleeps too much.C) Billy was so healthy that no one expected him to get sick.D) If he’d slept more, Billy wouldn’t have gotten sick.14. A) Sam couldn’t adapt to his new scheduleB) Sam prefers his old schedule .C) Sam easily adapted to his new schedule.D) Sam prefers his new schedule.15. A) Several students supposed to stay late.B) Several students disobeyed to stay late.C) The students were told to leave whenever they wanted to.D) All the students left at the same time.16. A) Alan can’t swim very quickly.B) Alan has always been a good swimmer.C) Alan finally became a good swimmer.D) Alan is a good swimmer, but a bad student.17. A) David ignores advice.B) David only follows good advice.C) David gives bad advice.D) David gives good advice.18. A) There were two of us in the car.B) There were three of us in the car.C) There were four of us in the car.D) There were five of us in the car.19. A) Peter likes to please his little sister.B) Peter likes to annoy his little sister.C) Peter is often bothered by his little sister.D) Peter little sister is delightful.20. A) Margaret should answer more questions in class.B) Margaret is a poor student.C) Margaret is a poor student.D) Margaret should not talk during class.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 reading 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 1Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to take the oath of office in the nation’s permanent capital, Washington D.C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capital’s streets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of several tools.Jefferson lived in the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home; it contained offices for the President and some of his staff and advisors. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson didn’t give many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady. Jefferson’s wife had died in 1782. But it was also because Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once, he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and slippers! Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so casually.Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.21.According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was built to be ______.A) an office building and home B) a meeting place for congressmenC) a home D) an office building22. According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following except______.A) a writer B) a city plannerC) the third president of the United States D) a carpenter23.Thomas Jefferson didn’t entertain very often in Washington D.C. because _______A) he didn’t have new clothesB) the food there was badC) he did not enjoy carefully prepared parties and there was no First LadyD) his wife didn’t like it24. Which of the following statements about Washington D.C. is true?A) It was not the first capital of the United States.B) All the American presidents took the oath of office in Washington D.C.C) There were many old streets in Washington D.C. before 1801.D) Washington D.C. was planned by Thomas Jefferson.25. It can be inferred from the passage that George Washington and John Adams both ______.A) lived in the Presidential PalaceB) were rather formal gentlemenC) were different from Thomas Jefferson only in how to run the factoryD) dressed casuallyPassage 2Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Schools in the 1990’s will be working together with businessmen and offices, and factories will be full of schoolchildren and teachers. Since the reforms of the nineteenth century which got children out of factories, the British have disliked mixing learning with commerce. But the past ten years of high youth unemployment have encouraged most schools to create new links with employers to provide their pupils with more marketable skills. And in the next ten years, when youth labor will become scarce rather than plentiful, many employers not yet working with schools will be encouraged to do so.26. One of Britain’s aims of the nineteenth century social reforms must have been to ______.A) provide pupils with more skillsB) create new links with employersC) separate learning from commerceD) mix learning with commerce27. In Britain, the 1990’s will see a ______.A) weak link between schools and factories B) a high youth unemploymentC) higher demand for skilled workers D) new increase in youth labor28. In the past decade, the British schools have taken their pupils to factories because______.A) youth labor is plentifulB) the British think it’s good for their children to work thereC) the employers encourage them to do soD) they have had to prepare their students for employment29. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?A) In the past ten years, Britain’s youth unemployment rate is high.B) Birth rate in Britain will become lower.C) Most Britain schools have been encouraged to provide their pupils with more marketableskills.D) In Britain youth labor will be much less than is needed in the next decade.30. To solve the problem of labor resources in the 1990’s ______.A) employers must have better relations with schoolsB) teachers will have to work together with businessmenC) the British will have to send their children to factoriesD) the British must mix learning workingPassage 3Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:The Earth has a force that pulls things toward it. We call this force gravity. This is something we live with all the time, and we take it for granted and hardly ever think about it. But it is a most important factor in rocket operation and must be overcome if we are to get anywhere in space, or off the ground at all.Take the throwing of a ball as an example. The harder the ball is thrown, the faster and higher it will go. What is the secret? Its speed. If we could throw the ball hard enough it would go up and up forever and never come down. The speed at which it would have to be thrown to do this is known as escape speed. Of course, we cannot throw a ball hard enough because the speed required for the ball to escape completely from the Earth’s gravity is seven miles per second, or overtwenty-five thousand miles per hour.Once a spacecraft has reached escape speed, no further power is needed. A rocket aimed at the Moon, for instance, will “coast” the rest of the way because the Earth’s gravity cannot then pull it back, and there is no air resistance in space to slow it down. This “coasting” is known as “free fall”. That does not mean the rocket is falling down towards the Earth but that it is traveling freely in space without the aid of power, like a bicycle coasting downhill.Free ball is an important feature of space travel: it would be impossible to carry enough fuel to provide powered flight all the time.31. What is the most important factor for a rocket to escape from the Earth?A) To travel as fast as it can.B) To overcome the Earth’s gravity.C) To reduce the air resistance.D) To carry enough fuel with it.32. How fast will a rocket go to escape completely from the Earth’s gravity?A) Several miles per second.B) Seven thousand miles per hour.C) Twenty-five thousand miles per secondD) Twenty-five thousand miles per hour33. As there is always the Earth’s gravitational pull, people______.A) accept it without questioning itB) never notice its presenceC) seldom think about how to use itD) often try to escape from it34. When a bicycle “coasts” downhill, it ______.A) runs faster and fasterB) runs freely without any further powerC) is no longer affected by the Earth’s gravityD) does not meet with air resistance35. Why is it not necessary to provide powered flight in space all the time?A) Few spacecraft complete their flight operations.B) The spacecraft will be attracted by the Moon.C) No further power is needed after the escape speed is reached.D) “Free fall” takes the place of the Earth’s gravitational pull.Passage 4Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to profit by defeat. Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking. Confuse defeat with failure, and you are doomed indeed to failure, for it isn’t defeat that makes you fail: it is your own refusal to see in defeat the guide and encouragement to success.Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of. They are routine incidents in the life of every man who achieve success. But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without feeling ashamed, analyze it and learn why you failed. Defeat, in other words, can help to cure its own cause. Not only doesdefeat prepare us for success, but nothing else can arouse within us such a compelling desire to succeed. If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away, he will cling more and more tightly until his whole weight is suspended. It is this same reaction that should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated. If you fully use the power which defeat gives, you can accomplish with it far more than what you are capable of.36. The author ______.A) orders you to analyze defeatB) wants you to face defeatC) advises you to let a baby grasp a rodD) warns you not to confuse defeat with failure37. Defeat is valuable ______.A) because it is a factorB) because it isn’t defeat that makes you fail.C) because it provides the guide and encouragement to successD) because it is not a thing to be ashamed of38. What does the author know?A) He knows every success in life.B) He knows the factor making for success.C) He knows every man who is able to analyze defeat.D) He knows the life of every man.39. The person who was able to analyze defeat is likely ______.A) to be a successor B) to face it with feeling ashamedC) to achieve success D) to be ashamed of it40. What does the author advise one to do with the power which defeat gives? One should ______.A) explore it B) explain it C) let a baby grasp a rod D) learn itPart III Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. I am pleased with _____ you have told me.A) that B) all that C) all what D) which42. Go and get some milk, ______?A) will you B) shan’t you C) don’t you D) do you43. I ______ the novel by next Monday.A) shall finishing reading B) shall have finished readingC) shall be finishing reading D) shall have44. He commanded that she ______ been finishing reading him everything.A) must tell B) might tell C) shall tell D) tell45. ______ conclusion, I shall not accept the invitation.A) As B) On C) By D) In46. When I ______ my breakfast, I shall ring her up.A)had had B) had C) have had D) have47. The world ______ we live is in constant change.A) where B) which C) what D) that48. Ours ______ a great people, ______?A) are…aren’t they B) are …aren’t weC) is…isn’t it D) is…isn’t she49. It’s high time you ______ .A) stop smoking B) stopped smokingC) stop to smoke D) will stop to smoke50. None of the students arrived on time, ______?A) did he B) didn’t he C) did they D) didn’t they51. ______ the football match started than it began to rain.A) Hardly B) No sooner C) Hardly had D) No sooner had52. I didn’t believe ______ he said, ______ annoyed him very much.A) What … which B) which…what C) that…how D) that…what53. It was decided that the search _______.A) was ended B) be ending C) had to be ended D) be ended54. The reason I didn’t go abroad was ______ill.A) because I was B) that I was C) due to being D) because of being55. ______ succeed.A) Only by working hard we can B) Only we can by working hardC) Only by working hard can we D) Only can we by working hard56. Let’s hurry up, ______?A) do we B) didn’t we C) will we D) shall we57. Our bill in the restaurant ______ $500.A) ran to B) went to C) arrived at D) came to58. She was ______ by her aunt.A) brought up B) grown up C) taken up D) looked up59. Her dress was ______ silk.A) made up B) made of C) made from D) made in60. The Second World War______ in 1939.A) broken down B) broke into C)broke out D) broke up61. You could tell from his big nose that he ______ his father.A) took after B) took care of C) took off D) took down62. They sent the letter to me ______.A) with mistake B) on mistake C) for mistake D) by mistake63. We were ______ tired ______ we could not work any more.A) too…that B) so…that C) such …so D) so…so64. It was your carelessness that ______ the accident.A) resulted from B) resulted on C) resulted with D) resulted in65. It’s ______ making an effort.A) useful B) use C) worth D) worthy66. My brothers ______ nearby.A) settled down B) settled in C) settled on D) settled up67. China is larger than ______ country in Asia.A) all B) any C) other D) any other68. There are many ______ products on show.A) latter B) later C) latest D) last69. The cook was ______ for being incompetent.A) dismissed B) employed C) hired D) missed70. She went back to her house to ______ her umbrella.A) gather B) fetch C) reach D) carryPart IV ClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Nearly three-quarters of the Earth is covered with water. Water heats up more slowly than land, but once it has become warm it takes longer to 71 down. If the Earth’s surface were entirely land, the temperature at night would 72 quite quickly and night would be much colder than day, as it is on the moon. This does 73 happen in inland deserts, hundreds of miles from any sea. The climate of the continents, especially in the temperate 74, is very much affected by the oceans around them. The areas close to the sea have a “maritime climate”, 75 is rather cool summers and warm winters. The interiors, far from the sea, have a ’76 climate’with extremely hot summers and cold winters.Rain 77 from the evaporation of rivers, seas and lakes. Even after heavy rain, the pavements in a city don’t take long to dry 78 the rainwater evaporates into the air. On a warm dry day it evaporates very rapidly, 79 warm air can take in more moisture than cold air. But at any particular temperature, the 80 can hold only a certain maximum amount of water vapor. The air is then saturated, like a sponge that can’t hold 81 more water. The lower the temperature, the 82 water vapor is required to saturate the air.All over the surface of the Earth, millions of tons of water are every second, condensing in the air into drops so small 84 it takes thousands of them to make a single raindrop. It is these 85 drops that make clouds. When clouds roll in from the sea over the warmer land, they are forced to 86 and become Cooler in the colder upper atmosphere. As the air cools down it may pass through its saturation point and 87 some of its water vapor turns to rain. Day in, day out, the 88 water circulates between the air and the land: rivers 89 to make clouds, clouds make rain, rain makes rivers which in turn run into the sea. This is called the rain 90 .71. A) hold B) keep C) cool D) let72. A) rise B)miss C) lose D) fall73. A) not B) indeed C) only D) certainly74.A) fields B) centres C) zones D) interiors75. A) with B) because of C) in D) instead of76. A) continental B) tropical C) frigid D) humid77. A) goes B) leaves C) runs D) comes78. A) though B) while C) because D) in order that79. A) as B) where C) though D) as long as80.A) weather B) atmosphere C) climate D) gas81. A) much B) any C) no D) some82. A) greater B) fewer C) less D) more83. A) evaporating B) moving C) flowing D) flying84. A) as B) then C) but D) that85. A) tiny B) big C) large D) huge86. A) fall B) drop C) raise D) rise87. A) then B) after C) ago D) already88. A) warm B) running C) same D) evaporated89. A) try B) evaporate C) cool D) tend90. A) ring B) system C) effect D) cyclePart V Translation from Chinese into English (10 minutes)91. 我曾试图劝阻他不要做事情半途而废，但是他不听。