2012年4月大学英语A统考模拟试题(最新)

大学英语A统考模拟试题 大学英语A 1 一、阅读理解 1、This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following the orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions. Does this sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood. The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines. (1)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ . A：mad scientists B：men and women C：the unknown fear D：some super-inventions ： D (2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ . A：they don't know anything about computers B：they haven't really understood computers C：there are so many computer games D：computers are often down 答案： B (3)、The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______ . A：computers can be controlled by man B：there should be more people devoted to computers C：only young people are interested in computers D：more time and energy is required to control computers 答案： A (4)、This passage is probably written to suggest that ______ . A：some day computers can deal with all human problems B：computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs C：people should not fear computers D：computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations 答案： C (5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is ______ . A：positive B：anxious C：worried D：serious 答案： A 2、 In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography（摄影术）was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his pictures you could see everything very clearly， even the smallest things. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers（摄影家）could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike（栩栩如生的）. Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art. (1)、The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ______. A：his business B：his house C：his garden D：his window 答案： C (2)、The Daguerreotype was ______. A：a Frenchman B：a kind of picture C：a kind of camera D：a photographer 答案： B (3)、If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to ______. A：watch lots of films B：buy an expensive camera C：stop in most cities D：take many films and related facilities 答案： D (4)、Mathew Brady ______. A：was a very attractive person B：was famous for his unusual pictures C：was quite a strong person D：took many pictures of moving people 答案： B (5)、This passage tells us ______. A：how photography was developed B：how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures C：how to take pictures in the world D：how to use different cameras 答案： A 二、词汇与语法 1、Free _______ of shampoo is distributed from door to door. A：sample B：example C：product D：stock 答案： A 2、He cannot be tired ________ he has walked only half a mile. A：since B：whether C：when D：as long as 答案： A 3、Xiao Lu won a ______ at the tennis match. A：prize B：price C：praise D：present 答案： A 4、It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants. A：however 　　　　 B：whatever　　　　 C：whichever 　　 D：whenever 答案： B 5、Not only _______ our money, but we were also in danger of losing our lives. A：we lost B：lost we C：we did lose D：did we lose 答案： D 6、All things ____, the planned trip will have to be called off. A：considered B：be considered C：considering D：having considered 答案： A 7、They ________ thankful to have the opportunity to further their studies. A：would like to be B：ought to be C：would rather be D：had better be 答案： B 8、Large fish usually _____ small fish. A：gather B：take on C：feed on D：organize 答案： C 9、When the girl heard the news, she could do nothing but ________ back home. A：going B：went C：to go D：go 答案： D 10、In Britain people drive ______the left. A：at B：on C：to D：in 答案： B 三、完型填空 When my wife and I lived in Texas, one morning, we were 1 our way home and decided to stop at a local gas station to get some breakfast. We noticed a man standing in front of the store. We could tell that he was a 2 man, because his clothes were dirty and worn. It looked like he had gone in to get 3 warm to drink but came out with nothing. 4 he must have not had enough money. Then we saw a dog walk up to the front of the store. It was a 5 dog - we could tell that it had been feeding puppies. She was terribly in need of something to eat. There were people 6 by and not even taking a look at her. She might not have been as 7 and clean as most, but she still deserved better. We still did not do anything, but someone did. The guy, who did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the 8 , bought a can of dog food and fed that dog. I know that this story isn't as inspirational as most stories, but it 9 a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother's Day weekend. A lot of people forget that some animals are 10 too. It took a straggler (流浪汉) to show me what I should have done. He made me a better man that day. (1)、 A：at B：on C：in D：for 答案： B (2)、 A：terrible B：homeless C：friendly D：handsome 答案： B (3)、 A：everything B：anything C：something D：nothing 答案： C (4)、 A：So B：But C：Since D：If 答案： A (5)、 A：strong B：weak C：female D：male 答案： C (6)、 A：pass B：passed C：to pass D：passing 答案： D (7)、 A：dirty B：small C：stupid D：pretty 答案： D (8)、 A：store B：station C：car D：park 答案： A (9)、 A：takes B：spends C：makes D：plays 答案： D (10)、 A：talents B：children C：parents D：friends 答案： C 四、汉译英 (1)、你应该按医嘱去服这种药。 答案： You should follow the doctor's instructions on how to take the medicine. (2)、你的新朋友们听起来棒极了！ 答案：Your new friends sound great! (3)、你能帮我安装一下这个软件吗？（set up） 答案：Could you please help me set up the software?  (4)、大工厂生产的产品正在替代小工厂生产的产品。 答案：Goods produced by big factories are taking the place of those by small workshops． 五、写作 Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words. We are living in an Information Age. And the Internet can influence our lives in many ways. Write an essay on the topic "Internet and Me". You should base your essay on the outline below. 1.因特网带来的益处 2.因特网带来的弊端 3.因特网对我的影响 ： Everything lives with opposite forces.  The same can be said about modern technology, such as Internet. At first glance Internet offers us excitement and a worl of promise. Frankly speaking, people who have some ideas of it can not deny the merits born with the system. For instance,it can improve proficiency in scientific research, for by means of it scientists and researchers can get a global look at the latest development in the field concerned and accordingly they need spend no time doing what has already been done. In view of personal communication, the most convenient means could be peculiar to Internet, too.     While people  speak  highly of Internet,  its drawbacks shouldn't be neglected. Sometimes, alittle fatal breakdown of the system, or a disastrous error could bring us an enormous amount of damage and loss.  Meanwhile, with lnternet's replacement of hooks or the written work as the main source of information, human's writing abilities are weakened and relations between people are desalinated     However, every country on this planet should work hard to  develop  the  system  to  serve  us  more  efficiently  and comfortably, because in the net all countries are interrelated. 大学英语A 2 一、阅读理解 1、 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarreling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family including their kid has. You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn (呵欠) and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. (1)、If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably . A：he is a lazy person B：he is not sure when his energy is low C：he refuses to follow his own energy cycle D：he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening 答案： D (2)、Which of the following may end family quarrels according to the passage? A：Awareness of family member's energy cycle. B：Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. C：Attempts to change family member's energy cycle. D：Familiar monologues. 答案： A (3)、If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should . A：get to bed earlier B：get up earlier than usual C：overcome his laziness D：change his energy cycle 答案： B (4)、You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______. A：help to keep your energy for the day's work B：keep your energy cycle under control all day C：enable you to concentrate on your routine work D：help you to control your temper early in the day 答案： A (5)、Which of the following statement is NOT true? A：Children have energy cycles, too. B：Habit may help a person adapt to his own energy cycle. C：Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day. D：Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energy. 答案： C 2、 It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on landmines（地雷）. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her." The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon（乱放炮的人） ". The Princess responded by brushing aside（不予理睬） the criticisms: "This is a distraction（干扰） we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help." Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government. For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems. (1)、Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 ______. A：to clarify the British government's stand on landmines B：to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims C：to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there D：to voice her support for a total ban of landmines 答案： D (2)、What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (paragraph1)? A：Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics. B：She just couldn't bear to meet the landmine victims face to face. C：The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home. D：Seeing the pain of the victims make her realize the seriousness of the situation. 答案： D (3)、Some members of the British government criticized Diana because ______. A：she had not consulted the government before the visit B：she was ill-informed of the government's policy C：they were actually opposed to banning landmines D：they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola 答案： C (4)、How did Diana respond to the criticisms? A：She made more appearances on TV. B：She paid no attention to them. C：She rose to argue with her opponents. D：She met the 13-year-old girl as planned. 答案： B (5)、What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola? A：It had caused embarrassment to the British government. B：It had greatly promoted her popularity. C：It had brought her closer to the ordinary people. D：It had affected her relations with the British government. 答案： C 二、词汇与语法 1、The smile on her face ________ that she was willing to go. A：suggested B：explained C：supposed D：insisted 答案： A 2、Carol made a ________ to work hard at school this year. A：resolution B：revolution C：involution D：evolution 答案： A 3、Ten minutes earlier, we could have caught the last train. A：or else B：but C：otherwise D：and 答案： D 4、Maggie ____the floor when she _____the door bell ring. A：was sweeping … heard B：swept … heard C：was sweeping … was hearing D：swept … was hearing 答案： A 5、Grace advised us to withdraw ________. A：so as to get not involved B：as not to get involved C：so as not to get involved D：as to not get involved 答案： C 6、It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants. A：however 　　　　 B：whatever　　　　 C：whichever 　　 D：whenever 答案： B 7、They found the conditions there ________. A：much improve B：much to improve C：much improved D：be much improved 答案： C 8、They are willing to care for the _____ and disabled. A：oldest B：elder C：older D：elderly 答案： D 9、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 答案： D 10、You may get good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will only succeed ________ by studying hard every day. A：in particular B：in the long run C：in season D：in the end of 答案： B 三、完型填空 In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the 2 of our own family and from our familiar associates, and which we should know and use 3 we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life, and are the stock in trade（惯用手段） of all who 4 the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 5 and are not the exclusive right of a limited class. 6 , our language comprises a multitude of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings 7 to every educated person, but there is little necessity to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first 8 with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, but from books that we read, lectures that we listen to, or the more formal conversation of 9 educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the 10 between them and "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process. (1)、 A：at B：by C：with D：through 答案： C (2)、 A：members B：relatives C：mates D：fellows 答案： A (3)、 A：despite B：even if C：since D：as well as 答案： B (4)、 A：say B：apply C：practise D：speak 答案： D (5)、 A：at least B：at most C：at large D：at best 答案： C (6)、 A：As a matter of fact B：In short C：In general D：On the other hand 答案： D (7)、 A：know B：are known C：are knowing D：knowing 答案： B (8)、 A：encounter B：approach C：acquaintance D：experience 答案： C (9)、 A：highly B：deepl