水平二模拟试题（一）

Section I Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure

Part A

1. After listening to all the arguments I am now of the ____ that there should be new road.
A. attitude B. opinion C. thought D. idea

2. He’s left his wallet at home; he’s always so ______.
A. forgetting B. forgotten C. forgettable D. forgetful

3. You must stick _____ to the plan whatever happens.
A. rigidly B. strongly C. stiffly D. utterly

4. Children who are praised for their work are always ___ on to do better.
A. encouraged B. approved C. inspired D. spurred

5. His breaking of the rules set a dangerous _____.
A. custom B. tradition C. precedent D. practice

6. Because he had lost his job, his aunt’s legacy came as a useful _____.
A. benefit B. profit C. welfare D. windfall

7. A managing director cannot expect to have much time to ____ to purely personal matters.
A. devote B. concentrate C. reserve D. spare

8. He didn’t know anybody at the wedding ____ than the bride and groom.
A. except B. other C. approached D. amounted

9. Tim, the footballer, always scores ____ at football marches, but he feels frustrated at each examination.
A. points B. games C. goals D. targets

10. The new examination syllabus for English majors will ____ next week.
A. come off B. come out C. come on D. come down

Answer:

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B

Part B

1. Robert ____ an intelligent man, they are likely to promoter him.
A. is B. being C. having been D. has been
2. It’s depressing to have someone always ____ your work.
A. to find fault over B. to find fault with C. finding fault with D. finding fault over

3. Do you want to give a talk on the subject? “_____”
A. I not prefer to B. I don’t refer to C. I don’t prefer D. I prefer not to

4. ____ that there are no objections, we will begin with item three on the agenda.
A. If B. Provided C. As D. Because

5. It’s such a lovely day! I wish we ____ to the beach, instead of having to stay here in the office.
A. will go B. go C. went D. have gone

6. Only with hard work ____ to regain control of the company.
A. he will be able B. will he be able C. he has been able D. has he been able

7. The police have ____ information abut the murderer as he left ___ clue and was unseen.
A. little/no B. a little/any C. a little/no D. little/any

8. It is not until 2008 ____ the Olympic Games.
A. will Beijing hold B. Beijing will hold
C. that Beijing will hold D. that will Beijing hold

9. The harder you work, _____ of passing your exam.
A. more chance you have B. the more chance you have
C. more chance will you have D. the more chance will you have

10. Susan ___ a wonderful time ate the party last night.
A. ought to have B. must have C. must have had D. might have

1. B 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C

Part C

The traffic __1__ the West End __2__ London was already to heavy in 1864 __3__ a resident, __4__ name was Colonel Pierpoint, privately installed __5__ pedestrian refuge in the middle of St. James’s Street. He ___6__ this so that he __7__ cross safely to his club __8__ having to run __9__ an undignified fashion __10_ the road.
　 This refuge was the first traffic island to __11__ built in the capital and Colonel Pierpoint was very proud __12__ it. __13__ fact, he was __14__ a great admirer of it that, __15__ he was crossing the street _16__ day, gazing fondly __17__ it __18_ his shoulder, he was knocked __19__ by a cab __20__ was passing.

Answer:

1. at 2. of 3. that 4. whose 5. a 6. did 7. could/would 8. without 9. in 10. across 11. be 12. of 13. In 14. such 15. when 16. one 17. at 18. over 19. over 20. which/that

Section II Reading Comprehension

　　Niall laughed and stretched himself and yawned. He wondered if it would be a good idea to finish the brandy and the ginger syrup. He stared idly down into the cabin. It was then he noticed, for the first time, the long trickle of water on the cabin floor. He stared at it, puzzled. There were nothing to upset. No spray had come in through the ports; and, anyway, the ports were closed. No rain had settled in the bilges, because no rain had fallen for the past two days. Why then the water on the cabin floor? Niall went down below to inspect the trickle closer. He put his fingers in the liquid. It was salt. He looked about him for a screw-driver to lift up the floor-board. He found one at last at the back of a locker. The search had taken time, and when he knelt down to lift the board, the trickle had become a stream.
He jerked up the board with his screw-driver, and he saw that the bilges were full of water, salt like the stream upon the floor. In some part of the boat, whether forward or aft he had no notion where, a leak had sprung. He supposed that it must be a bad leak because of the rate at which the water was entering the boat.
　　He wondered what to do. He took up more floor-boards, with the idea of finding the leak and plugging it with something, but when he did this the water came up more quickly and lapped over his feet.
　　He hastily put back the boards, so that the water became a stream again. But the trouble was that it became an ever-widening stream.
He remembered vaguely a phrase from boyhood books,” All hands to ht pumps,” and he knew there was a pump in the locker aft of the cockpit. He found the pump. It was rusty, he had not used it for some time. He assembled it clumsily and placed the nozzle in the socket on the deck. It made a curious hissing sound like the pump on a child’s bicycle that would not work. It felt much too light. He took it out of the nozzle and examined it. The rubber washer round the base had perished, and there was a hole that should have a screw inside it, but the screw was missing. The pump, in fact, was useless. Nor had he a baler; he had left the baler in the dinghy at the moorings. There was an old jug below that would have to serve instead. He started baling the water with the jug. After five minutes of this, kneeling, with cramped back, and throwing the water from the porthole, he realized that he was making little or no impression on the rising stream. To bale was wasted effort. He went up again on deck.
The wind, if anything, had lightened; the sea was smooth. There was no streamer smoke now on the horizon, and no sign of any ship. The land lay astern, about seven miles distant. Even the gull had gone. Niall sat down in the cockpit once again and watched the water rising on the cabin floor.

1.Niall first noticed the water on the cabin floor as ___.
A. laughed
B. finished the brandy and ginger syrup
C. looked down
D. stretched himself and yawned

2. When he found there was water on the cabin floor ____.
A. he was upset
B. he realized rain had come in through the cabin windows
C. he went and tasted it
D. he closed the ports

3. It took time ____.
A. to lift the floor-boards
B. to find where the water the water was coming from
C. to open the locker
D. to find a screw-driver

4. He thought the boat was leaking badly because __.
A. the water was coming in fast
B. the bilges had water in them
C. it was full of salt
D. salt water was coming in forward and aft

5. He put the floor –boards back as quickly as he could ____.
A. to allow the water to become a stream
B. because he had found the leak
C. having plugged the leak
D. to stop the water coming in so quickly

6. When he found the pump ____.
A. he put the various pieces together
B. it was making a curious hissing noise
C. he thought at first it was a child’s bicycle pump
D. he realized it was too rusty to use

7. Having discovered the pump was useless____.
A. he used a baler in the dinghy
B. he wanted to use a jug but couldn’t reach it
C. he fetched a jug
D. he used his hands to throw the water through the port-hole.

8. He stopped out ____.
A. when his back began to hurt him
B. because he couldn’t kneel down any longer
C. because water was entering the boat as fast as he was baling it out
D. when he got the impression that the water was no longer rising

9. “he assembled it clumsily” means ____.
A. fixed it carefully
B. put it in position carelessly
C. put it together unskillfully
D. had difficulty getting it to work

10. “The rubber washer had perished” means ____.
A. it had disappeared
B. it had become rotten
C. it was round at the base
D. it had a hole in it

Answer:

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. A

Section III Writing

Directions: Write a composition of about 150 words on EITHER of the following topics.

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Sometimes it is better not to tell the truth. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

2. In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.  

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