大学英语A统考模拟试题一

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一、阅读理解

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a

genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born

intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are

very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some

ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the

mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists

think that parents should play with their children more often, and give them problems to

think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the

other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to

bee dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful what they say to young children. According to some

psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot,

then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably

better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as "That was a very

clever thing you did" or "You are such a smart child".

1、The questions in the first paragraph are raised to _____.

A、introduce the topic of what makes a clever mind

B、pare Albert Einstein with ordinary people

C、summarise the characters of an intelligent person

D、prove that there are no answers to these questions

参考答案:A

解析:

【答案】A【解析】细节题，问：“第一段提出的问题是为了____。”需要从文章的结构来分析，文章第一段围绕聪明与平庸的主题提出了许多问题，并说明这些问题的答案尚不明朗，第二段则谈论聪明的因素有哪些，第三段是告诉父母，为了让孩子更聪明，应当如何做。可见，第一段提出了一些与主题相关的、令人感兴趣的问题作为铺垫。由此选A，“为了引出主题，即什么因素形成聪明的大脑”。

2、According to the context we can guess that a genius is ______ while an idiot is ______.

A、a a funny person

B、a a weak person

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C、a highly a foolish or weak-minded person

D、a an ordinary person

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C【解析】词义题，询问genius和idiot各是什么意思，题干中的while说明genius和idiot之间是对立或相反的意思，对应第一段：What makes one

person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant

Albert Einstein, and another person a fool?“是什么原因，使得有的人比别人更聪明？是什么原因，让有的人成为像聪明绝顶的爱因斯坦那样的genius（本题考点），而让有的人却成为傻瓜？”文中和genius对应的词是fool，因此idiot与fool是同义词，表示“傻瓜，笨蛋”，而genius与fool是反义词，表示“聪明人”，根据分析应选C，“非常聪明的人，愚蠢或迟钝的人”。A，“正常人，有趣的人”，B，“强壮的人，虚弱的人”，D，“有名的人，普通人”，均不符合文意。

3、A person ______ is more likely to bee a genius.

A、whose parents are clever

B、who often thinks about difficult problems

C、who is often helped by his parents and teachers

D、who is born with a good brain and putting it to active use

参考答案:D

解析:

【答案】D【解析】主旨题，问：“一个_____的人更有可能成为天才。”从文章首段可以看出，文章通篇都在讨论什么样的人会成为天才，因此，这道题考察考生对全文主题的把握，需要通读全文后选择答案。第一段说，如何成为天才一直是人们津津乐道的话题。第二段认为除了天生聪慧，智商还应当得到后天的锻炼。第三段认为父母应当注意自己的语言，跟孩子多说鼓励的话。根据全文，选项D包含了成为天才的两方面因素：天生拥有聪明的大脑与后天的勤奋，应选D。

4、It is better for parents ______.

A、to praise and encourage their children more often

B、to be hard on their children

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C、to leave their children alone with nothing to do

D、to give their children as much help as possible

参考答案:A

解析:

【答案】A【解析】细节题，问“父母应当_____。”题干中的It is better for

someone to do something对应第三段第一句话Parents should…，表示“某人应当做某事”，因此对应第三段。这一段说父母应当注意自己的言语，不该打击孩子，而应该多赞扬孩子，说鼓励的话。选项A的praise和encourage与文中say very positive things对应，应选A，“经常赞扬和鼓励孩子。”

5、Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A、Parents play an important part in their children's growth.

B、The less you use your mind the duller you may bee.

C、Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.

D、Parents should always encourage their children.

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C【解析】推断题，问：“根据文章，以下哪个选项不正确？”A，“父母在孩子的成长中起到重要作用”，全文都有此暗示，正确。B，“脑子动得越少，就会越笨拙”，对应第二段最后一句，“如果孩子常常无事可做，就更有可能变得笨拙，不聪明。”C，“显然智力是出生地点与生活方式导致的结果”，文章认为先天优势加上后天用脑才是决定智力的因素，而非出生地点与生活方式。D，“父母应该总是鼓励孩子”，与第三段对应。C选项不符合文意，应选C。

Child labor, the employment of children in industry, often against their will, has

been a problem for many years.

Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he

described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The

conditions Dickens described continue almost unchanged today in many parts of the

world. The only difference is that today employment of children is confined to small

industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and particularly farms,

rather than to large factories.

Girls suffer more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to

start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is

often light, it is often harmful to their health. Recently, children as young as six years

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were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight

to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working conditions. Sometimes a

whole family group is employed, with the payment going to a parent or older relative.

The children not only receive nothing or very little for their long hours of work, but also

they are prevented from attending schools. Therefore, when they bee older they are

unable to do any other kind of work.

The solution to the problem of child labour is clearly better laws to protect young

children, greater supervision of industry and heavier fines for those who break the laws.

Only in this way can young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of

their lives-childhood.

6、The conditions under which young children work ______.

A、have improved since a hundred years ago

B、are even worse than those a hundred years ago

C、are similar to those a hundred years ago

D、are exactly the same as those a hundred years ago

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C 【解析】细节题，问：“儿童的工作环境_____。”对应第二段第二句：The conditions Dickens described continue almost unchanged today in many parts

of the world.“狄更斯描述的这些环境，在当今世界上许多地方，几乎一成不变。”根据文意选C，“与一百年前相似”，similar to对应文中的almost

unchanged。

7、Girls' work is ______.

A、not harmful to the health though it is heavy

B、not harmful to the health because it is light

C、harmful to the health though it is light

D、harmful to the health because it is heavy

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C【解析】细节题，问：“女孩的工作____。”对应第三段第三句话：Although the work they are given to do is often light, it is often harmful to their health.“虽然给她们（女孩）的都是轻活儿，但往往对健康有害。”应选C，“对健- 可修编-

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康有害，虽然是轻活儿。”选项中的两句话的前后顺序与文中相反，但表达的意思一样。

8、Young children go to work ______.

A、because they are forced to

B、in order to be skilful in a certain kind of work

C、in order to earn money for education

D、in order to be paid well

参考答案:A

解析:

【答案】A【解析】细节题，问：“孩子工作____。”应逐一分析四个选项来判断。A，“因为他们被迫如此”，对应文中第三段第二句话：Many of them are

forced to start work when they are only ten years old. “很多孩子只有十岁时就被迫开始工作。”B，“为了熟练操作某工种”，文章没有谈到。C，“为了挣钱接受教育”，文中说，这些孩子往往因为工作错过了上学的年龄，耽误了上学受教育，该选项不符合文意。D，“为了挣大钱”，文中说，孩子们挣的钱往往都归大人所有，自己分文不得。只有A与文章对应，因此选A。

9、To solve the problem of child labour, the writer suggests ______.

A、punishing lawbreakers with severer fines, improving children's working conditions,

and confining employment of children to light industries

B、improving laws of protecting children's interests, looking over factories more

closely, and punishing lawbreakers with severer fines

C、improving laws of protecting children's interests, giving them lighter work, and

raising their payment

D、confining employment of children to small industries and family businesses,

looking over factories more closely, and improving the system of education

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B【解析】细节题，问：“为了解决童工这一问题，作者建议_____。”原文最后一段第一句谈到的是如何解决这一问题：The solution to the

problem of child labour is clearly better laws to protect young children, greater

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题的方法是制定较完善的法律来保护幼儿，加强对工厂的监督力度，并对者给予更重的。”应选B，其中的三个动名词宾语对应文中三个名词短语。

10、What is the author's attitude toward child labor?

A、indifferent

B、disapproving

C、supportive

D、admiring

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B【解析】判断题，问作者对童工这一问题的态度。童工问题是这篇文章的主题，这篇文章的结构是“提出问题-分析问题-解决问题”，由此可以看出，作者对这一问题持反对态度，并希望通过一些措施解决该问题。因此选B，disapproving，是在approving“赞同的”前加上否定前缀-dis，表示与approving相反的意思，即“不赞同的，反对的”。A，“漠不关心的”，C，“支持的”，D，“推崇的”，均不符合文意。

二、词汇与语法

11、Their idea is _______ to us all and you don't need to tell us more about it.

A、apparent

B、appearing

C、approaching

D、apart

参考答案:A

解析:

apparent：显而易见的；approaching：正接近的。只有A符合句意。

12、If the rain doesn't stop, people will be faced ________ serious flooding.

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A、to

B、about

C、by

D、with

参考答案:D

解析:

be faced with：面临，是固定搭配，因此此处选择D。

13、His brother is very ______ about wines.

A、aware

B、learned

C、knowledgeable

D、skeptical

参考答案:C

解析:

句意：他的兄弟对酒了解很多。Aware 意识到；learned 博学的；knowledgeable

about 有见识的；skeptical 怀疑的。

14、Football is _________ the most popular sport of the world.

A、so far

B、by far

C、far from

D、much far

参考答案:B

解析:

只有by far 是可修饰形容词最高级的，因此正确答案是B。so far：到目前为止。

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15、You have only 1000 words in which to ______ his speech.

A、amount to

B、sum up

C、lead to

D、take up

参考答案:B

解析:

句意：你用仅1000词总结他的演讲。amount to 达到；sum up 总结；lead to 导致；take up 从事。

16、John suggested _________ anything about it until they found out more facts.

A、not to say

B、not say

C、to say not

D、not saying

参考答案:D

解析:

句意：约翰建议等到更多的证据后再谈这件事情。考点：suggest doing。

17、The pilot of the plane is ________ for the passengers' safety.

A、conscious

B、responsible

C、necessary

D、regulated

参考答案:B

解析:

be responsible for: 对……负有责任，固定搭配，选B。

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18、Purchasing the new production line will be a ________ deal for the pany.

A、forceful

B、profitable

C、tremendous

D、favorite

参考答案:B

解析:

profitable的意思是“带来利益的”，根据句意，只有B最合适。

19、If we can ________ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

A、get off

B、e across

C、e over

D、get over

参考答案:D

解析:

“克服困难”用“get over difficulties”，故选D。

20、Some people waste a lot of food _______ some others haven't enough to eat.

A、after

B、when

C、as

D、while

参考答案:D

解析:

while 引导的是表示相反意思的状语从句，根据句意，此处应该选择while, 答案为D。

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三、完型填空

As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong.

The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and although the passengers had

___21___ their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air-hostess appeared. She looked very pale, but she was quite ___22___. Speaking quickly

but almost in a whisper she ___23___ everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked

___24___ any of the passengers knew anything about machines -- or at least how to

drive a car. After a moment's hesitation, a man got up and followed the stewardess into

the pilot's cabin.

___25___ the pilot aside, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent

instructions that were ___26___ by radio from the airport below. The plane was now

dangerously close to the ground, but to everyone's relief, it soon began to ___27___.

The man ___28___ circle the airport several times in order to bee ___29___ the

controls.

Following instructions, the man guided the plane towards the airfield. It shook

violently as it touched the ground and then moved rapidly across the field, but after a

long ___30___ it stopped safely. Outside, a crowd of people who had been waiting

anxiously rushed forward to congratulate the pilot on a perfect landing.

21、

A、installed

B、fastened

C、connected

D、loosened

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B。【解析】考察词义。文中的意思是乘客已经系好了安全带。install

安装；fasten 系牢；connect 连接；loosen 松开。选B。

22、

A、calm

B、pleasant

C、sad

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D、nervous

参考答案:A

解析:

【答案】A。【解析】考察逻辑关系。空虽然面苍白、受到了惊吓，但她显得十分镇静，选A。

23、

A、reported

B、revealed

C、announced

D、informed

参考答案:D

解析:

【答案】D。【解析】考察对语境的理解和固定搭配。空告诉乘客们驾驶员晕过去了，C和D两个选项都符合文意，但announce后面直接跟从句；通常用“inform + someone + 从句”的结构表示“告知某人某事”，选D。

24、

A、if

B、whoever

C、what

D、how

参考答案:A

解析:

【答案】A。【解析】考察固定搭配。“ask if + 从句”表示“询问是否怎样”，选A。

25、

A、Persuading

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B、Lying

C、Moving

D、Bringing

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C。【解析】考察对语境的理解。下文提到一位懂得机械的乘客坐在驾驶员的位子上，这里应当是把驾驶员从位子上移开，选C。

26、

A、sent

B、being sent

C、sending

D、to be sent

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B。【解析】考察语法结构。这里使用的是被动句的进行时，结构为“be being done”，选B。

27、

A、take off

B、land

C、climb

D、decline

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C。【解析】考察逻辑关系。飞机眼看就要坠落，十分危急，但是很快就开始___，大家这才松了口气。因为是转折关系，所以选择与“坠落”相反、表达“爬升”的动词，选C。

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28、

A、intended to

B、had to

C、needed

D、used to

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B。【解析】考察对语境的理解。这道题要和第29题结合起来分析，应当先做出29题，才能判断本题的正确选项。为了更好地了解飞机的操控台，这位乘客不得不在机场上空盘旋了几圈。表示“不得不”含义的选项为B。

29、

A、aware of

B、sensitive to

C、known to

D、familiar with

参考答案:D

解析:

【答案】D。【解析】考察词组辨析。be/bee familiar with something，“熟悉某事物”，选D。

30、

A、flight

B、time

C、run

D、road

参考答案:C

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解析:

【答案】C。【解析】考察语境理解。前文提到飞机已经落地，然后经过一段长时间的滑行，最后安稳地停了下来。run用作名词表示“（飞机，汽车等）行驶，滑行”，选C。

四、汉译英

31、我无法适应新的电脑系统，它太复杂了。

参考答案:

I can't get used to the new puter system, which is too plicated /plex.

解析:

考查词组 get used to的用法。

32、我有很多爱好，其中之一就是集邮。

参考答案:

I have many hobbies, one of which is stamp-collecting/collection.

解析:

考查非限制性定语从句用法。

33、女性职员占这个公司的三分之一。

参考答案:

The women/female clerks/staff make up one-third of the pany.

解析:

考查词组 make up 的用法。

34、她和我都不知道为什么经理昨天没有来上班。

参考答案:

Neither she nor I know why the manager didn't e to work yesterday.

解析:

考查neither…nor 句型

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五、写作

35、写作Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 is the focus or the most important

task for students, study or housework? Write an essay on the topic "Should We Learn to Do Housework?" You

should base your essay on the outline below.1.学生应否学做家务？有人认为应该。2.有人认为没必要。3.我认为……

参考答案:

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