Simulating Test Three
（本试题共50题，每题2分，满分100分，考试时间45分钟） Part One Vocabulary and Structure Directions:
In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
1. We obey him, ____ we are afraid of him, ____ we honor and love him. A. not for, but forB. not as, but as C. not that, but thatD. not since, but since
2. With the map of the city to help them, they had no ____ the place.
4. What is the____ language in India?
5. ____, it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with a eraser.
6. I desired nothing but ____ home.
diamond
7. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people ____ harm them.
8. I would appreciate ____ it a secret.
9. I found myself completely ____ by his vivid performance.
10. It’s high time that something, ____ to prohibit selling fake commodities.
Part Two Reading Comprehension Directions:
In this part there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:
Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes
The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do rape and other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. What is the most uncriminal month of all? May—except for one strange statistic. More do
11. The main idea of paragraph 1 is ________.
B. there is a link between change in the seasons and crime patterns C. crime is not
12. The subject of paragraph 2 is _________.
13. According to the passage, a murder would most likely occur ________.
14. In paragraph 2 “it is also a nighttime crime,” it refers to _________.
15. In paragraph 3, what is the one strange statistic for May?
Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:
“Fingers were made before forks”. When a person gives up good manners, puts aside knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying. The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.
By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to eating food touched with fingers, “Seeing all men’s fingers are not alike clean.” English travellers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.
Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show-offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600’s did using a fork become a common custom. 16. The custom of eating with a fork was _____.
A. brought to Europe from AmericaB. begun when forks were invented C. brought to Europe from AsiaD. invented by Italians 17. By the fifteenth century forks were used _____. A. all over ItalyB. only in Constantinople C. widely in EuropeD. In England
18. To English travellers in Italy, the use of forks seemed _____. A. cleverB. necessaryC. good mannerD. ridiculous
19. The English thought that Italians used forks in order to ______. A. imitate the people of the EastB. keep their food clean C. impress visitors with their good mannersD. amuse the English
20. In England, people who used forks at that time were considered _____. A. well manneredB. sissiesC. show-offs and overniceD. both B and C Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage
Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3-day weekends, that is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States include New Year’s Day, Christmas Day and the day, when we remember the first settlers of the United Sates, called Thanksgiving Day. In these holidays most businesses close and the workers stay at home and celebrate with their families.
Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you have been working for a company, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high and important position and whether you can find someone to replace you. In this case, you might take a few days at a time rather than take one month all at once. Usually the more time you spend working for a company, the more time you may get for a vacation.
21. The government of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have __________ weekends.
A. 5-dayB. 2-dayC. 3-dayD. 4-day
22. Workers in the United States sometimes work from __________. A. MondayB. Saturday to Monday
C. Thursday to FridayD. Tuesday to Friday
23. Which statement is wrong according to this passage? A. Only a few shops remain open on New Year’s Day.
B. Most of the workers needn’t work on Christmas Day.
C. Days on vacation must be more than all the holidays in year. D. All the workers have a half-month vacation at least.
24. The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is that _________. A. he doesn’t want to make a long vacation B. ha hasn’t a high position
C. he plays an important role in his work
D. he hasn’t been working for his company for a long time 25. Which is the best title for this passage? A. Holidays in the United States B. Vacation in the United Staes C. How the Workers Spend Their Holidays
D. Something about the Holidays and Vacation in the U. S. Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage
The Industrial Revolution in Britain first began in the textile industry. England had been a major producer of wool for centuries. Ever since the enclosures, wool and then woolen cloth had been the principal exports of England. And cloth-making, though a domestic industry in the early years, had the characteristic of captalist production which separated the employer from the employee and introduced the division of labour, such as carding, spinning, weaving, fulling and dyeing. With the expansion of market, the demand for cloth also increased. But a spinner with a distaff could only make one thread at a time. The short supply of yarn became the main obstacle to mass production of cloth. The general effort to improve thread-making techniques led to the invention of spinning Jenny in 1764, by the English spinner Hargreaves. The new instrument enabled a singly workman to spin eight or ten threads at once. A year later, Richard Arkwright, a barber, patented a device for drawing out thread by means of rollers. Then in 1779, Samual Crompton drew on these two new devices and invented a new kind of spinning machine known as the mule. It greatly accelerated the speed of production and improved the quality of thread. Then Arkwright established a great factory by applying power-driven mules and became known as Father of Factory System in England.
