网络远程教育英语统考A考试模拟试题（1）

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网络远程教育英语统考A考试模拟试题（1）

一、阅读理解
1、Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving as cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attackers.
Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new use--that of controlling and domesticating their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.
The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead, the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that were no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten but there were other much simpler ways of obtaining a meaty meal.

(1)、The author believes that sporting activities ______.
A：are forms of biological development
B：have actually developed from hunting
C：are essentially forms of taming the prey
D：have changed the ways of hunting
答案： B
(2)、In a football game what is equal to the prey in hunting is ______.
A：any member of the opposing team
B：the goal
C：The goalmouth
D：the football
答案： C
(3)、For over a million years, our forefathers were basically ______.
A：successful farmers
B：cooperating hunters
C：runners and jumpers
D：skillful sportsmen
答案： B
(4)、The word "operation" (Paragraph 4) refers to ______.
A：sports activities
B：hunting
C：prey killing
D：domesticating animals
答案： B
(5)、Which of the following best summarizes the idea of the passage?
A：It is farming that gives human beings enough leisure time for sporting activities
B：Farming is very important in human civilization because it saves human beings from risks and uncertainties of hunting for survival
C：It is hunting that provides human beings with much simpler ways of obtaining meaty meals
D：Sporting activities satisfy the desire of modern man to exercise hunting skills which his forefathers developed for survival
答案： D
2、Imagine your sitting on your front garden admiring the shining sun when your neighbor comes with that annoying car with the noisy sound and the exhaust pipe blowing out this horrible black smoke. What are you going to do about it?
In our modern days, too many people depend on their cars to get to work or to drop off their children to school. However, is it safe to have an increasing number of cars on our roads?
Research shows that cars create serious pollution. Exhaust from all combustion engines produces harmful effects on the health of both car users and all innocent walkers. Cities have become islands of toxic chemicals from the unrestrained use of vehicles burning fossil fuels. The harmful health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure. For example, people with asthma would suffer with attacks due to the pollution. The world wild life also suffers from the cars' toxic emissions. No matter how much manufacturers try to make cars environmentally friendly, it will damage our earth in one way or another.
Additionally, cars are too dangerous for our community. Careless drivers put themselves and others in danger. Cars are critical to walkers especially to children if the driver is not looking on the road or somehow distracted. Have you known someone whose toes or feet have been run over by cars while crossing the street?
Lastly, cars create social problems, which could lead to poor health. A few drivers suffer "Road Rage" and put themselves, loved ones and others in a threatening situation. Some cars create disturbing noises, which disturbs people living near highways, freeways, etc. not to get enough sleep. People depend on their cars so much they forget to exercise their bodies and end up being obese or having a heart problem.
As a result of the excessive number of cars on our roads, everyone's life is in danger. In order to create an environmentally friendly and safe world, it is necessary for each country to limit the permits in number to control regional air pollution. Second, car manufacturers should try to improve the efficiency of vehicles, such as finding solutions to emissions of combustion engines, developing new power sources such as new fuels, natural gas. Third, try to improve efficiency of traffic by setting up dedicated bus lanes and giving priority to car-pools and vehicles with 3 or more passengers. Besides, traffic can be scheduled; for example, commercial traffic at night; large companies can shift working hours and decentralize administrative operations.

(1)、 Exhaust from cars is ________.
A：harmless
B：pollutive
C：not serious
D：ineffective to walkers
答案： B
(2)、In author's view, it is_____ to make cars be friendly to environment.
A：impossible
B：feasible
C：hopeful
D：potential
答案： A
(3)、 _____ will be the major victims in the car accident.
A：Walkers
B：Children
C：Car-drivers
D：Traffic police
答案： B
(4)、 Cars caused some social problems except_____.
A：obesity
B：a quick temper
C：employment
D：sleep problem
答案： C
(5)、Which of the following is not true as to handling car problems?
A：Reducing the number of cars.
B：Using a car in the restricted area.
C：Finding alternative fuels.
D：Scheduling the traffic.
答案： B

二、词汇与语法
1、Carol made a ________ to work hard at school this year.
A：resolution
B：revolution
C：involution
D：evolution
答案： A
2、The two friends shared a _______ interest in stamp collecting.
A：common
B：general
C：popular
D：usual
答案： A
3、He's watching TV? He's ________ to be doing his homework now.
A：known
B：supposed
C：regarded
D：considered
答案： B
4、The Law requires that everyone ________ his car checked at least once a year.
A：will have
B：had
C：has
D：have
答案： D
5、By Saturday, I _______ here for three weeks.
A：will be working
B：will have worked
C：will work
D：work
答案： B
6、The weeds and tall grass in that yard make the house look as if it ______ vacant for quite some time.
A：were
B：was
C：had been
D：has been
答案： C
7、He had been having trouble ______a hotel room.
A：reserving
B：to reserve
C：reserved
D：reserve
答案： A
8、Large fish usually _____ small fish.
A：gather
B：take on
C：feed on
D：organize
答案： C
9、We really didn't like the ___ of the vegetables.
A：flour
B：favor
C：fable
D：flavor
答案： D
10、This book discusses the most recent events of space travel, it certainly is ____.
A：up to now
B：up to this moment
C：up to this point
D：up to date
答案： D

三、完型填空
    Clem was a faithful Christian. He believed that God would help him out of any difficulty. One day, the Mississippi River was flooding its banks and the water began    1    around Clem's house.
    It rose to the front gateway    2    Clem was standing. A man in a rowboat    3    and called to Clem. "Come with me and I'll take you to the high ground!" Clem replied, "No, my    4    will save me!"
    The flood continued to rise to the second-storey windows and Clem,    5    out, saw a powerboat come up. The man in the powerboat shouted, "Get on my boat and I'll take you to the high ground!" Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!"
    The water then rose to the roof and Clem was sitting on its ridge. He saw a    6    fly over and a rope was dropped. A man yelled over a bull horn, "Grab the    7    and climb in and we'll take you to the high ground!" Clem replied, "No, my God will save me!"
    So Clem was    8    to see the flood engulf (吞没) the house. Finally he was drowned. The next thing he knew, he was standing before his God. He asked God   9   , "I put my trust in you. Why have you abandoned me?" His God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you a rowboat, a powerboat, and a helicopter,    10    you just turned me down!"
(1)、
A：rise
B：rising
C：rose
D：risen
答案： B
(2)、
A：where
B：which
C：when
D：what
答案： A
(3)、
A：sank down
B：passed by
C：took off
D：ran away
答案： B
(4)、
A：mother
B：boss
C：God
D：son
答案： C
(5)、
A：look
B：looked
C：looking
D：to look
答案： C
(6)、
A：powerboat
B：helicopter
C：airplane
D：eagle
答案： B
(7)、
A：boat
B：bag
C：ladder
D：rope
答案： D
(8)、
A：scared
B：excited
C：happy
D：clever
答案： A
(9)、
A：shyly
B：happily
C：angrily
D：calmly
答案： C
(10)、
A：so
B：for
C：if
D：but
答案： D

四、汉译英
(1)、因为他没有遵守安全规则，出了事故。
(2)、昨天我去拜访他，看看他是否能解决这个问题。
(3)、你能告诉我现在几点了吗？
(4)、如果昨天我知道这件事, 我就会告诉你的。

五、写作
Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.
You have grown up from a little child to a college student. In your life, there must be a teacher who has impressed you most and therefore has won your respect. Write an essay on the topic "My Respected Teacher". You should base your essay on the following outline.
1.你最尊敬的老师是谁？
2.他/她的哪些行为赢得了你的尊敬？
3.你从中有哪些感悟。