2021年云南公共英语考试模拟卷（8）.docx

2021年云南公共英语考试模拟卷（8）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.What does the man say about his new jobAHe doesnt have time to learn to do his job well.BHe has some problems with his job.CHes not familiar with the work yet.DHes not satisfied with his new job. 2.Amphibious vehicles, those that can move on both land and water, have been in use for a number of years, but while most of them were fairly fast on land, they moved quite slowly when they were functioning as boats. The only truly amphibious vehicle that can move with equal ease on both land and water is the hovercraft (气垫船). The hovercraft is the invention of an electronics engineer named Christopher Cockerell. Cockerells hobby was sailing and he was interested in the problem of reducing the friction of water on the body of a boat, and hit on the idea of designing a boat which would travel on a cushion of air. The air cushion under a hovercraft is produced by a large fan which blows air downwards between the craft and the water or ground, and so lifts up the craft. The air is main-rained at higher than atmospheric pressure by a flexible rubber "skirt" around the bottom edge of the hovercraft, preventing leakage of air from the cushion. Because the hovercraft floats on the air cushion with no contact between the craft and the surface below, it can travel over flat, rough ground or water with ease. Hovercraft are usually driven by air screws like propellers (螺旋桨), which face back-wards and "push" the craft forwards, and can be turned to direct the hovercraft. Since there is no propeller dipping below the craft, hovercraft can travel up slopes out of the water, or land on beaches. Cockerells Air Cushion Vehicles, or ACVs, are now familiar to everyone and like all inventions, they have been improved upon. British Sea speed hovercraft have been carrying passengers and cars across the English Channel since 1968. They now have a "stretched" version of their Mountbatten Class hovercraft which can carry up to 60 cars and 416 passengers between Britain and France in a little over half an hour. A new, large-sized hovercraft, designed and built in France, called the Sedam N500 of Naviplane, has now goneinto service. The 155 tonne N500 is 50 metres long (162 feet) and 23 metres wide (76 feet) and can carry 65 cars, plus five coaches, together with 400 passengers. When the sea conditions are ideal the N500 can reach 112 kph (70 mph). A variation of the hovercraft principle is the sidewall ACV, which is more economical than the flexible skirt models, and easier to control, but it cannot be used on land. The United States Navy have been experimenting with warships based on the sidewall principle, and some of these may well reach a speed of 160kph (100mph).According to the passage, Cockerell _.Ausually spent his spare time in sailingBwas the first person who had the idea of designing amphibious vehiclesCliked to sail by ACVsDis familiar with all the ACVs that have been ever produced 3.Text Its official that married people are healthier, or at least they think they are. An American survey of (26) 100 000 people shows that, despite changing social (27) in society, there is a (28) between being married and being (29) . One reason could be that people (30) physical, mental or emotional problems are less likely to marry in the first (31) , but married people also benefit (32) greater support from family and friends and this (33) their health. Divorce and bereavement increase stress, as well as affecting many people (34) . Married people are less likely than single people to smoke, drink heavily or drive (35) they have been drinking. They are also (36) likely to wear seat belts in a car and more married people (37) safety devices in their homes. All of (38) reduce the chances of disease or injury. Single people, by contrast, (39) to lead less organized lives. They take less care of (40) they eat and when they eat it. (41) it seems that the best advice is get married, but make (42) you find the right partner. (43) you get it wrong, the stress of a divorce (44) mean your health gets worse than (45) you were single.AmouldsBshapesCstructureDpatterns 4.Questions 1518 are based on the following conversation.What is the professors first reply to the womans requestAHe does not intend to offer the course.BHe does not think the course will interest her.CHe never accepts undergraduates in his course.DHe thinks the course will be too difficult for her. 5.Questions 1922 are based on the following conversation.How did the doctor respond to the callerAIndifferent.BWorried.CSympathetic.DIrritated. 6.How long has Barbara been waitingAFifty minutes.BFifteen minutes.CForty-five minutes.DThirty minutes. 7.As my father grew old he became odd. He became mean where once he had been open-handed, and complained about the bills run up by the students who sometimes lived with him. He often woke up at four in the morning and started to go out of the house. And he mislaid things, but he had never in his life had to find anything or file anything. He told the same stories, but he had always repeated stories, absorbed in the telling and unaware of the listeners expression of recognition or boredom. Now he had fewer stories to tell. But the structure of his personality remained intact and his mind was as keen and fresh, as alert to anything new and interesting as it had ever been. The spring before he died I gave a seminar to a group who thought of themselves as avant-guard (先锋派), but he was the most searching questions. In the summer of 1956, after he had to move from the little house in which all the mementos of his life were in place, he was obviously failing. Although his grandchildren found a hotel in which he could live independently and still cause little trouble by leaving his door open or the bath running, because there was someone to watch out for such things, he felt close to the end. When summer school was over, his club, which he had founded and in which he ate lunch every day, closed. He was more alone, but the nephew of an old friend had breakfast with him to be sure that he had one good meal a day, and he himself made a last effort to see those of his old friends who were still alive. He died in his sleep the night he knew I was crossing the Atlantic on my way home. It was my father whose career was limited by the number of his children and his health, who defined for me my place in the world. Although I have acted on a wider stage than either my mother or my father, it is still the same stagethe same world, only with wider dimensions. I have been fortunate in being able to look up to my parents minds well past my own middle years. And I watched my father growhe rejected his earlier racial prejudices and came to respect new institutions of the federal government, such as Social Security and public ownership. Watching a parents grow is one of the most reassuring experiences anyone can have, a privilege that comes only to those whose parents live beyond their children s early adulthood.Which of the following statements is FALSEAThe authors father died when he was telling a fairy story.BThe authors father seldom got up late when he grew old.CThe authors father visited some of his friends in his final days.DThe authors father was selfish with his money. 8.Questions 2325 are based on the following conversation.According to Dr. Jolly, which can explain a childs always shoutingAHis mother trained him to do so.BThe child is hungry.CThe child is bored.DThe child is scared. 9.Amphibious vehicles, those that can move on both land and water, have been in use for a number of years, but while most of them were fairly fast on land, they moved quite slowly when they were functioning as boats. The only truly amphibious vehicle that can move with equal ease on both land and water is the hovercraft (气垫船). The hovercraft is the invention of an electronics engineer named Christopher Cockerell. Cockerells hobby was sailing and he was interested in the problem of reducing the friction of water on the body of a boat, and hit on the idea of designing a boat which would travel on a cushion of air. The air cushion under a hovercraft is produced by a large fan which blows air downwards between the craft and the water or ground, and so lifts up the craft. The air is main-rained at higher than atmospheric pressure by a flexible rubber "skirt" around the bottom edge of the hovercraft, preventing leakage of air from the cushion. Because the hovercraft floats on the air cushion with no contact between the craft and the surface below, it can travel over flat, rough ground or water with ease. Hovercraft are usually driven by air screws like propellers (螺旋桨), which face back-wards and "push" the craft forwards, and can be turned to direct the hovercraft. Since there is no propeller dipping below the craft, hovercraft can travel up slopes out of the water, or land on beaches. Cockerells Air Cushion Vehicles, or ACVs, are now familiar to everyone and like all inventions, they have been improved upon. British Sea speed hovercraft have been carrying passengers and cars across the English Channel since 1968. They now have a "stretched" version of their Mountbatten Class hovercraft which can carry up to 60 cars and 416 passengers between Britain and France in a little over half an hour. A new, large-sized hovercraft, designed and built in France, called the Sedam N500 of Naviplane, has now goneinto service. The 155 tonne N500 is 50 metres long (162 feet) and 23 metres wide (76 feet) and can carry 65 cars, plus five coaches, together with 400 passengers. When the sea conditions are ideal the N500 can reach 112 kph (70 mph). A variation of the hovercraft principle is the sidewall ACV, which is more economical than the flexible skirt models, and easier to control, but it cannot be used on land. The United States Navy have been experimenting with warships based on the sidewall principle, and some of these may well reach a speed of 160kph (100mph).The biggest hovercraft, which can be used on both land and water, might be _.Athe sidewall ACVBMountbatten Class hovercraftCCockerells ACVDSedam N500 10.Text Its official that married people are healthier, or at least they think they are. An American survey of (26) 100 000 people shows that, despite changing social (27) in society, there is a (28) between being married and being (29) . One reason could be that people (30) physical, mental or emotional problems are less likely to marry in the first (31) , but married people also benefit (32) greater support from family and friends and this (33) their health. Divorce and bereavement increase stress, as well as affecting many people (34) . Married people are less likely than single people to smoke, drink heavily or drive (35) they have been drinking. They are also (36) likely to wear seat belts in a car and more married people (37) safety devices in their homes. All of (38) reduce the chances of disease or injury. Single people, by contrast, (39) to lead less organized lives. They take less care of (40) they eat and when they eat it. (41) it seems that the best advice is get married, but make (42) you find the right partner. (43) you get it wrong, the stress of a divorce (44) mean your health gets worse than (45) you were single.AconstructureBlinkingClinkDcontract 11.What does the man feel about the womans red skirtAHe doesnt like it.BHe likes it better.CIt matches her shoes.DIt doesnt match her shoes. 12.Questions 1114 are based on the following conversation.What do you think the man would probably do with the recorder at lastARenew his warranty.BTake it home.CHave it repaired with a service charge.DReturn it to the store. 13.Questions 1922 are based on the following conversation.When will Mr. Jackson go to see the doctorATomorrow morning.BAfter lunch.CBefore lunch.DRight away. 14.As my father grew old he became odd. He became mean where once he had been open-handed, and complained about the bills run up by the students who sometimes lived with him. He often woke up at four in the morning and started to go out of the house. And he mislaid things, but he had never in his life had to find anything or file anything. He told the same stories, but he had always repeated stories, absorbed in the telling and unaware of the listeners expression of recognition or boredom. Now he had fewer stories to tell. But the structure of his personality remained intact and his mind was as keen and fresh, as alert to anything new and interesting as it had ever been. The spring before he died I gave a seminar to a group who thought of themselves as avant-guard (先锋派), but he was the most searching questions. In the summer of 1956, after he had to move from the little house in which all the mementos of his life were in place, he was obviously failing. Although his grandchildren found a hotel in which he could live independently and still cause little trouble by leaving his door open or the bath running, because there was someone to watch out for such things, he felt close to the end. When summer school was over, his club, which he had founded and in which he ate lunch every day, closed. He was more alone, but the nephew of an old friend had breakfast with him to be sure that he had one good meal a day, and he himself made a last effort to see those of his old friends who were still alive. He died in his sleep the night he knew I was crossing the Atlantic on my way home. It was my father whose career was limited by the number of his children and his health, who defined for me my place in the world. Although I have acted on a wider stage than either my mother or my father, it is still the same stagethe same world, only with wider dimensions. I have been fortunate in being able to look up to my parents minds well past my own middle years. And I watched my father growhe rejected his earlier racial prejudices and came to respect new institutions of the federal government, such as Social Security and public ownership. Watching a parents grow is one of the most reassuring experiences anyone can have, a privilege that comes only to those whose parents live beyond their children s early adulthood.The last paragraph tells the reader that the authors father _.Afought fearlessly against racial discrimination in his early yearsBhad no say in the managem