2009年GCT考试英语模拟试题及答案（二）

唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 1 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 2009 年 GCT 考试英语模拟及答案（二） （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.   A. difficulties in findingB. difficulty in finding   C. difficulty to findD. trouble to find 3. This is a____ young writer. He has published quite a few good stories in recent years.  A. promisedB. looking forward  C. promisingD. clever     4. What is the____ language in India? A. officeB. official  C. officiallyD. officer 5. ____, it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with a eraser.   A. Hard a diamond isB. Hard as a diamond is   C. As a diamond is hardD. How hard is a diamond 6. I desired nothing but ____ home.   A. go  B. to goC. goingD. went 7. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people ____ harm them.   A. more thanB. better thanC. other thanD. rather than 8. I would appreciate ____ it a secret.   A. your keepingB. that you keepC. you to keepD. that you will keep 9. I found myself completely ____ by his vivid performance.   A. carried outB. carried offC. carried awayD. carried on 10. It’s high time that something, ____ to prohibit selling fake commodities.   A. must be doneB. was doneC. be doneD. were done 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 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 2 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 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 in the seasons and crime patterns. 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 committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. 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 dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.  11. The main idea of paragraph 1 is ________. A. crime is a serious social problem  B. there is a link between change in the seasons and crime patterns C. crime is not linked to the change in season  D.2,400 towns were studied for five years  12. The subject of paragraph 2 is _________. A. Summer crimeB. burglary  C. murderD. nighttime crime  13. According to the passage, a murder would most likely occur ________. A. on a weekend night in winter   B. on a weekend afternoon in summer C. on a Saturday night  D. on a weekend night in summer  14. In paragraph 2 “it is also a nighttime crime,” it refers to _________. A. murderB. 62 percent  C. weekend crime D. rape  15. In paragraph 3, what is the one strange statistic for May? A. There are more dog bites in May.  B. There are more robberies in May.  C. There is the most crime in May.  D. There are more murders in 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 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 3 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 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, 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 4 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 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 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 5 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 System in England. By the end of the 18th Century, power-driven machines spinning two hundred threads simultaneously had been introduced in production.   26. What was the most important export of England before the revolution? A. Wool cloth.   B. Wool and woolen cloth.  C. Spinning machines.  D. Power-driven machines.  27. Capitalist production was characterized by ____. A. the separation of the employer from the employee   B. the division of labour   C. both A and B  D. the expansion of market  28. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny.  B. Arkwright patented a device for drawing out thread by means of rollers and thus was called Father of Factory System in England.  C. Samual Crompton invented the spinning machine mule.  D. By the end of the 18th century, power-driven spinning machines could produce two hundred threads simultaneously.  29. “simultaneously” in the last sentence means ____.  A. at the same timeB. together   C. at a timeD. altogether  30. This passage can best be titled ____. A. Process of the Industrial Revolution  B. Beginning of the Industrial Revolution  C. What led to the Industrial Revolution   D. Effects of the Industrial Revolution  Part Three Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. Without time to relax and have fun, kids can suffer stress just like adults; warn experts - who say as many as one in four youngsters have symptoms of burnout. More and more parents are pushing their kids to be busy in structured activities31.Many of these activities for children aren’t recreational32involve competition. The kids33to “win”, not just participate, and this can cause34. Today’s parents have the __35__ that children who don ’ t pursue a lot outside activities will be36 . Parents are in a panic because they know it’s a37world out there. They are running scared to be sure their kids can go into the marketplace and compete as adults, but __38some cases they are missing the big picture. 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 6 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 Kids who are unhappy and depressed grow up to be unhappy, depressed adults who don’t do well in their jobs or39life. And these kids won’t know as adults how to relax. Everyone needs time just to relax and recharge. When you’re not stressed, you can be40productive. That’s why it’s important to help your child find a balance. 31.A. at no timeB. at times C. all the time D. at one time 32.A. andB. butC. soD. as 33.A. pushB. are pushedC. have pushedD. are being pushed 34.A. failureB. threatC. stressD. diligence 35.A. moodB. attitudeC. styleD. idea 36.A. left aloneB. left behindC. left outD. left over 37.A. pleasantB. toughC. colorful D. adventurous 38.A. inB. at C. underD. on 39.A. personalB. publicC. outside D. social 40.A. veryB. mostC. moreD. less Part Four Dialogue Completion There are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. 41. Speaker A: Well, it ’ s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime. Speaker B: ______. A. Sounds good. I’ll give you a callB. Take it easy C. Nice to see you backD. Yes, I’ve enjoyed it 42. Speaker A: Did you have a good crossing? Speaker B: _______. It was really rough and I ’ m not a good sailor. A. No, I’m afraid notB. Yes, very pleasant crossing C. No, I hadn’tD. Yes, it did 43. A: What a surprise! You changed your hairstyle. B: Yes and another surprise. I ’ m going to get married next Saturday. A: _______. A. Oh, sorry, I nearly forgot that B. Really? Congratulations! C. How about another time? I’ll be busy then. D. That’s OK. Saturday is the most suitable day for any marriage 44. Dad: Could you run over to the store right away? We need a few things. Son: _________ A. Yes, I could. I want to play football. 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 7 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 B. For me, running is not a problem. I’d like to do exercises. C. Yes, storing a few things away is quite necessary, right? D. All right. What do you want me to get? 45. Mary: What are you working on? Susan: I’m doing some embroidery. Mary: _______ Susan: I don’t do very much, just for very special occasion. A. I didn’t know you did needle work. B. I think you have done a good job. C. Where did you learn to do needle work? D. Why do you do needle work? 46. Waiter: Welcome, sir. May I help you? Customer: _________ A. Thank you. I’ll have fried tofu and stir-fried cauliflower. B. Yes, please. I’d like a hamburger and a chocolate shake. C. Sorry. I don’t need your help, thank you. D. If you want to help me, I’ll be glad to accept it. 47. Tom: I see in the paper they’re sending more equipment to space. And we might have o live there someday. John: _______! I’m staying right here. A. Never IB. Not meC. No meD. None me 48. A: I’ve just heard that the tickets for Swan Lake have been sold out！ B: Oh, no！ ______ A. It doesn’t matter.B. It’s not at all interesting. C. I was looking forward to it.D. I knew it already. 49. Son: Mom, May I play my computer game for an hour or two? Mom: ________. A. Your teacher tells me that you should study hard B. I’ve said before that the game takes too long C. Well, ah … You’re absolutely to ask D. Sorry, Dad is using the computer now 50. Johnny: Dear Tommy, why don’t you come on holiday with us? Tommy: _______. A. That’s very kind of you! I’d love to B. How dare you invite me? I won’t go C. Yeah, thanks anyway D. Whether I’ll go or not is not your business, ok? 答案解析 答案： 1. C2. B3. C4. B5. B6. B7. D8. A9. C10. B 11. B12. C13. D14. A15. A16. C17. A18. D19. B20. D 21. B22. D23. C24. C25. D26. B27. C28. B29. C30. B 31. C32. B33. D34. C35. D36. B37. B38. A39. A40. C 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 8 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 41. A42. A43. B44. D45. A46. B47. B48. C49. A50. A 详细解释 1.【答案】C。 【参考译文】我们服从他，并不是因为我们怕他，而是尊敬他，爱戴他。 【试题】此题考查句子结构和对句意的理解。 【详细解答】not that … but that 意同 not because … but because, 示两个原因和理由，一正一反，前后对比。 2.【答案】B。 【试题分析】此题考查固定结构。 【详细解答】difficulty 相当于 trouble( 麻烦，困难 ) ，是不可数名词 ， 常用句型为 have some (no/little) difficulty (in) doing sth. 3.【答案】C。  【参考译文】这是一位有前途的年青作家，最近几年他发表了不少小说作品 。 【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。  【详细解答】promised 承诺了的；looking forward 朝前看的；promising 有前途的；clever 聪明的。因此答案为 C。 4.【答案】B。  【参考译文】印度的官方语言是什么?  【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。  【详细解答】office 办公室；official 官方的；officially 官方地，正式 地；officer 长官。因此答案为 B。 5.【答案】B。 【参考译文】尽管钻石很坚硬，但用激光可轻易在钻石上钻孔。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考查“as 倒装句型”。 【详细解答】由于此处缺状语，故 D的语序不对。A缺少连词。C项 as 引导 原因状语从句，与主句意义正好相反。B项为让步状语从句，把被强调部分放在 句首，此处 as 可用 though 来代替。如：Child though he is, he knows much about physics.虽然他还只是个孩子，他对物理学了解得不少。 6.【答案】B。 【参考译文】我只希望回家。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考查介词 but 后的动词形式 【详细解答】这里 but=except。 but 有时接无 to 的不定词。当 but 前面 有 do(did, done, doing)的时候,but 后面接没有 to 的不定词。例:I did nothing but go home。如果 but 前用的是其他动词,but 后面的不定词就要加上 to。 7.【答案】D。 【参考译文】发展核科学应造福于民，而不是危害于民。 【试题分析】此题为词组辨析题，要注意区分 C、D两项。 【详细解答】rather than…而不是……：He would die rather than surrender.他宁死不屈。A. more than 比……多：He is more brave than wise.他有勇无谋。B. better than 优于。C. other than 而不是……，一般用 于人，并与 no 连用：She is no other than Jane.她就是珍妮本人。发展核科 学当然只应该是为了造福于民。 8.【答案】A。 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 9 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 【参考译文】如果你能保守秘密我将十分感激。 【试题分析】此题为语法题，考动词搭配。 【详细解答】appreciate 后面一般不接宾语从句，而用动名词形式，所以 A 为正确答案。 注意：appreciate 的用法同 mind，类似的词还有 consider。 9.【答案】C。 【参考译文】我发现我完全被他那生动的表演吸引住了。 【试题分析】此题为词组辨析题，考有关“carry”的词组。 【词组辨析】carry away 吸引住；使激动得失去控制，多用于被动语态：He was carried away by his success.他被成功冲晕了头脑。A. carry out 执行； 完成；实现：carry out the plan 完成这一。B. carry off 拿走，夺走：His life was carried off by the disease.这种病夺去了他的生命。D. carry on 继续，进行：They carried on in spite of the difficulties.尽管困难重重， 他们仍坚持下去。 10.【答案】B。 【参考译文】现在是该做点什么以抵制假冒伪劣商品的时候了。 【试题分析】此词考语法题。 【详细解答】It’s high time...结构后应使用虚拟语气，something 在这 里应接过去时态单数谓语动词 was。故选 B。 11.【答案】B。 【试题分析】此题考查考生“掌握段落大意”的能力。见原文第一段，“Police records that were studies for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns.”从 2400 市镇提取的过去五年的警局显示：季节变化和犯罪类型 之间有惊人的联系。B)项符合该意，为正确选项。  12.【答案】C。 【试题分析】此题考查考生“根据已知信息进行推断的”能力。见原文第二 段，该段的主题是 murder(谋杀案)，因此 C)为正确选项。 13.【答案】D。  【试题分析】此题考查考生“根据已知信息进行推测”的能力。见原文第二 段 ，“ Murder reaches its high during July and August,....Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime.”谋杀案高峰期是 7、8月份，谋杀不仅具有季节性，它还是 周末性及夜晚性的犯罪，由此推知，D为正确选项。  14.【答案】A。  【试题分析】此题考查考生“理解文章中某些细节”的能力。见原文第二段 ， 联系上下文知 it 指代 murder,因此 A)为正确答案。  15.【答案】A。  【试题分析】此题考查考生“辨认事实”的能力。见原文最后一段，“What is the most uncriminal month of all? May-except for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month...”哪个是犯罪率 最低的月份?五月--除了一个奇怪的数据，该月上报了更多的狗咬伤人案件…， 因此推知，A为正确答案。 16.【答案】C。 唯一国家指定 GCT 权威辅导机构 www.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cnwww.taea.com.cn/qinghua www.gct-online.com 10 清华在线天津教育中心 联系电话：022-23398106 23398107 【试题分析】细节判断题。根据文章第一段可以得知刀叉是从亚洲的君士坦 丁堡传到欧洲去的。 17.【答案】A。 【试题分析】细节局域型问题。见文章第二段第一句：By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy。 18.【答案】D。 【试题分析】细节判断题。参见文章第二段最后一句：English travellers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom。 19.【答案】B。 【试题分析】局域型问题。见文中第二段第二句：The English explanation was that Italians were averse to eating food touched with fingers。 20.【答案】D。 【试题分析】细节判断。如：sissies, show-offs and overnice，不难作 出正确选择。 21.【答案】B。 【试题分析】逻辑推理。平常假日都是两天，只有在加上一个节日时才会是 三天。 22.【答案】D。 【试题分析】细节判断。美国的