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长宁二模试卷
II. Grammar and vocabulary
(25%)
Section
A
Directions:
Beneath each of the following
sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D.
Choose the one that best
completes the sentence.
25.
When supply is more than demand
any product, prices are
timely to fall.
A. for
B. with
C. about
D. to
26.
It's
wrong for
parent to tell kids to
ignore what the other parent tells them to do.
A. each
B. either
C. every
D. both
27.
I don't like going to
the party; I must,
, go since they
have invited me several times.
A. still
B. otherwise
C. nevertheless
D. and
28.
Intelligent people need never work hard
to be successful in the field where they are
engaged in,
__
they?
A .
needn
’
t
B.
don
’
t
C. do
D. need
29. The vehicle
auction (
拍卖
) group Dickson
Willis have had a second year of high profits
_______
tough competition from
opponents.
A. due to
B.
except for
C. in spite of
D
as to
30.
the regular train to London, Mr. Fog
had to wait to take another one, so he was late
for
the conference.
A.
Missed
B. Being missing
C.
To miss
D. Having missed
31.
Earlier fears about the weather
disappeared when the rain which had been forecast
to
appear.
A. would fail
B. fails
D. has failed
32.
It will be just half a month
the 2010 World Exposition is held in
Shanghai.
A. since
B. before
C. until
D. when
33.
made her friends angry most was that
she lied to them, as she had never done that
before.
B. What
D. Whatever
34. To have a good command of a foreign
language, we should find opportunities to hear it
as much
as possible.
A. speak
B. speaking
C. spoken
D. to speak
35.
Israeli scientists grow
vegetables and other crops inside standard metal
shipping containers,
water replaces soil as the bed for the
roots of the plants.
A. which
B. in which
D.
with which
36.
The students
are all interested in
Ms Snider
managed to complete two popular novels in
one and a half years.
A. why
B. what
C.
that
D. how
37. Hearing Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo
eventually won a gold medal after over ten
years
’
hard work, I
cannot but
their courage and perseverance.
A. admire
B. admiring
C. to be admired
D. having admired
38.1
really regret
you the fact that your
school team lost the game just this morning as you
feel so upset.
A. tell
B. telling
C. to tell
D. told
39. To
our great joy, Professor Liu
the special
prize for his devotion to helping students
from less developed areas.
A. will award
B. is awarded
C. has been awarded
D. has awarded
suggestion put forward at the conference
the UN launch an educational program to
teach
people how to solve conflicts
peacefully will be taken into consideration.
A. that
B.
what
C. which
D.
where
Section B
Directions:
Complete the following
passage by using the words in the box. Each word
can only be used
once. Note that there
is one word more than you need.
A.
volunteer
B. targeted
C. emerged
D. regularly
E. representing
F. concern
G.
normally
H. individual
I. common
J. nursing
A youth group in
Massachusetts has adopted a stretch of highway and
kept it litter-free. His school
cheerleaders in Houston, Texas, have
organized to fund a Mother's Day lunch in a local
41
home.
In communities
throughout the United States, millions of
Americans participate
42
,
some form of
43
service. They are taking steps to deal
with such important and difficult problems as
hunger, pollution
and poverty.
Organizations like Progressive Era have
44
issues such as child labor, women's
rig! workplace
dangers, poverty and
political corruption (
腐败
).
Great progress has been made on some these issues
.
Others such as corruption and poverty
remain a
45
. In addition, problems
such
as cleanup of
poisonous waste have __46_ as major
issue. Today.
47_volunteers, along
various private, public and
non-profit organizations,
have mobilized to-address both old and
new issues.
Young Americans
play a vital role as volunteers in the programs of
Youth Service American
(YSA). Founded in 1986, this
organization works to build healthy communities
and foster citizens through
volunteerism,
48
more than 15 million young
Americans. Each year, YSA observe National Youth
Service Day, when young people kick off
a year long commitment to volunteer serve and meet
new friends
engaged in a
49
cause. The
day includes activities such as plant gardens,
picking up roadside litter and
delivering meals to senior citizens.
HI. Reading comprehension
( 50% )
Section
A
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage there are
four words or phrases marked A, B, C
and in each blank with the word or
phrase that best fits the context.
When I got up in die morning, I hurried
to the window. It was frosted and I couldn't see
throughit. I
50
a peephole on the glass with my
fingers. I saw this time the snow had not fooled
me. It was still coming
down white and
silent and too thick for the wind to move, and the
streets and houses were almost as I had
51. I watched, shivering
and
52. Then I dressed,
pulling on my clothes
53
the house were on fire .
After a quick breakfast, I headed for
the school, jumping like a clumsy rabbit in and
out the snow banks.
It seemed wrong to
54
the smooth outlines of these snowdrifts
(
雪堆
) and I hoped that nobody
else
would pass this way __55___me . In
that case, the thick falling snow would soon
restore the damage.
Reassured
on my
smashing like some wanton
(
肆无忌惮的
) explorer. I began to
feel that no one would dare the
56 of a snowstorm.
When eventually, I reached the school,
I found scores of white-covered
57
already
there. The boys
stayed in the storm.
They jumped in and out of the snowdrifts and
walked through the deep
58
white
fields in
front of the school. When we were
59
seated in our
classroom, we
60
to watch the
snowstorm through the windows. The
morning had grown darker as we had all hoped it
would, and it was
61
to turn on the electric lights in the
room. In this yellow light, the school seemed to
62
and in its
place was a
picnic spread around us. The teachers themselves
seemed to change. Their eyes kept turning
toward the windows and they kept . 63
us as if we were strangers.
We grew excited and even the sound of
our lessons made us tremble. My
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to get out into the world of wind and
snow kept lifting me out of
my seat
50.
B. melted
C. cut
D. blew
51. A. inferred
B. planned
C.
built
D dreamed
52. A. depressed
B. alert
C. happy
D shocked
53. A.
even if
B. now that
C. so that
if
54. A. spoil
B enjoy
C. draw
D.
trace
55.A. after
B. beside
C. without
D. beneath
56. A. joy
B.
dangers
C worries
D. anxiety
57.
A. sculptures
B. statues
C. figures
D. shadows
58. Al broken
B. dangerous
C. unexplored D. safe
59. A.
temporarily
B. finally
C accidentally D. actually
60. A. continued
B.
requested
C. intended
D expected
61. A. necessary
B. possible
C
important
D. urgent
62.A.
proceed
B. develop
C. expand
D. disappear
63. A. waving to
B. turning
to
C. looking at
D. pointing at
64. A.
unwillingness
B. eagerness
tion
D.
determination
Section B
Directions: Read the following four
passages. Each passage is followed by several
questions or unfinished
statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D. Choose the one that fits best
according to the information given in
the passage.
(A)
In the summer of 1964, the
well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became
very ill. His body
ached and he felt
constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even
move around. He consulted his physician,
who did many tests. Eventually he, was
diagnosed
（诊断）
)
as having a very serious form of
arthritis(
关
节炎
)
.His doctor told Rim that he would not be able to
walk and eventually die from the disease.
He
was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance
of survival
In
spite of the diagnoses,. Cousins was determined to
overcome the disease and survive. He had always
been interested in medicine and had
read the work of organic chemist Hans5elye, The
Stress of Life (1956).
This book
discussed the idea of how body chemistry and the
health can be damaged by emotional stress and
negative attitudes. Selye's book made
Cousins think about the possible benefits of
positive altitudes and
emotions. He
thought,
produce positive chemical
changes? Is it possible that love, hope, faith,
laughter, confidence, and the will to
live have positive therapeutic
value?
He decided to
concentrate .on positive. Emotions as a remedy to
heal some of the symptoms of his
illness. In addition to his traditional
medical treatment, he tried to put himself in
situations that would bring
about
positive emotions.
watching comedy
films, reading humorous books, and doing other
activities that would bring about laughter
and positive emotions. Within eight
days of starting his
decrease and he
was able to sleep more easily. His body chemistry
even improved. Doctors were able to see
an improvement in his condition! He was
able to return to work in a few months' time and
actually reached
complete recovery
after a few years. .
he respond to
his diagnosis?-
—
- -
A. He decided to fight against the
disease.
B. He became emotionally
unstable.
C. He refused to take any
treatment.
D. He consulted
another doctor for advice.
hat was the
result soon after he adopted the
A. His
recovery is beyond imagination
B His pain began to decrease and sleep
is easy.
C. He returned to
work immediately
D. His pain decreases, but he can't
sleep well.
67. We can learn from the
passage that
。
A.
attitude is a little word
but it matters a lot
B.
a
great many emotions always mix together
C.
misfortune comes on wings
and departs on foot
D. confidence in
yourself is the first step to success
(B)
Too often young people
get themselves employed quite by accident, not
knowing what lies in the
way of
opportunity for promotion, happiness and security.
As a result, they are employed doing jobs that
afford them little or no satisfaction.
Our school leavers face so much competition that
they seldom care
what they do as long
as they can earn a living. Some stay, long at a
job and learn to like it; others quit-
from one to another looking for
something to suit them. The young graduates took
for jobs that offer a
salary up to
their expectation.
Very few
go out into the world knowing exactly what they
want and realizing their own abilities.
The
reason
Behind all this confusion is that there never has
been a proper vocational guidance in our
educational institution. Nearly all
grope (
摸索
) in the dark and
their chief concern when looking for a job is
salary. They never bother to think
whether they are suited for the job or, even more
important, whether the
job suits them.
Having a job is more than merely providing
yourself and your dependants with daily bread
and some money for leisure and
entertainment. It sets a pattern of life and, in
many ways, determines social
status in
life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.
In choosing a career you should first
consider the type of work suiting your interest.
Nothing is more
pathetic than taking on
a job in which you have no interest, for it will
not only discourage your desire to
succeed in life but also ruin your
talents and eventually make you a better person.
68. The
difficulty for graduates in choosing a suitable
job He's mainly m the tact that
.
A.
certain fierce
competition has to be faced
B.
many employees have no working
experience
C.
the young
people only care about how much they can earn
D.
schools fail to offer
students proper vocational guidance
69.
The reason why some people are unlikely
to succeed in life is that they
.
A. have ruined their talents
B. have taken on ah unsuitable job
of nothing but their salary
not aware of their own potential
70.
The word
.
A. unsatisfactory
B.
miserable
C. annoying
D.
astonishing
71.
The best
title for this passage would be .
A.
What Can A Good Job Offer
B. Earning A Good Living