2021湖北公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（8）.docx

2021湖北公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（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.How she wishes she () more attention to her lessons when she was at school!A.have paidB.paidC.had paidD.has paid2.13-16W：What’s the matter Your bike is in bad shapeM: It was hit by a car yesterdayW: Good God! Were you hurt M: I’m all rightI was not riding it thenW: Ohgood for you!But what happened M: I was in a hurry yesterday and I put the bike at the back of a carW: The driver didn’t see it andM: And the bike was run over by the carBoth its wheels were damagedThey are being repaired nowW: It was lucky that you didn’t get hurtM: YeahBut it’s a pity I can’t ride my bike this weekendW: OhDid you have a weekend plan M: YeahI planned to go sightseeing with friends by bikeW: Wellyou can use mine if you’d like toM: Thank you very muchHow will the man go outing this weekend().A.He will use his own bikeB.He will use the woman’s bikeC.He will go by bus3.Whats the purpose of the talkWhere is the talk most probable being givenAAt a radio stationBIn a lecture hallCIn a biology lab4.Liz wont be at work next week()a well-earned break.A.she has hadB.she hadC.she was havingD.she is having5.Shanghai is a big city. It lies () southeast of China.A.atB.inC.onD.to6.I promise to look _ the matter as soon as I get back to the head office.A. into B. in C. for D. after7.The writer became well-known in().A.his thirties in the 1980sB.the thirties in his 1980C.his 30s in 1980sD.the thirties during the 19808.Only when () possible for all the people present to make a final decision.A.does the director come will it beB.the director comes will it beC.has director come it will beD.the chief editor comes it will be9.Little John caught a bad cold because he()in the snow all afternoon.A.had been playingB.is playingC.had laidD.lay10.The measure of man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic (39) to our class. When the papers were (40) she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the (41) mistakes throughout the test.There is nothing really new about (42) in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill (43) even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to (44) after class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs O’Neill asked (45) questions, and she didn’t (46) us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the (47) words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to (48) these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.I don’t (49) about the other eleven boys. Speaking for (50) I can say. it was the most important single (51) of my life. Thirty years after being (52) to Macaulay’s words, they (53) seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a (54) to measure ourselves rather than others.(55) of us are asked to make (56) decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called (57) daily to make a great many personal decisions. (58) the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket (59) turned over to the policeman Should the (60) change received at the store be forgotten or (61) Nobody will know except (62) . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always (63) to live with someone you respect.39().A. testB. problemC. paperD. lesson11.Robert Fred was the general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fred’s ear hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield. Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fred turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested.Pearman put his head close to the window. Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job, he said. Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fred. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fred handed, Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, said Pearman. But I said, ’ No, he’s a businessman. I need to give it a shot.’Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager’s office of the big hotel. Fred gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.Today, Pearman works full-time setting up the hotel’s dining halls for business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fred’s loans.Mr. Fred gave me a second chance, says Pearman, and I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing windshields.Ordinarily, Fred keeps away from the street People. But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money, Fred says: I don’t hand my business card to just any- body. But I’m. glad I did in this case.When Pearman offered to wash the windshield for Fred, ().A.Fred gladly agreed to let him do itB.Pearman was told to do it laterC.Fred took him as a beggarD.Pearman knew Fred was a kind man12.Cars! Holidays! Thousands of prizes! Hurry! FREE with every packet of SPLASH! Your personal lucky number! Will be among the 500,000 Winners! Use SPLASH for the SOFTEST. QUICKEST.WHITEST WASH! DONT DELAY.BUY A PACKET TODAY!This is _.A. an introduction to some productsB. an advertisement for selling goodsC. a direction of a kind of washing machineD. a notice about a football game13.Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are as we grow up Remember the TV program Seven Up It started following the lives of a group of children in 1963. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and then catch up with them at seven-year intervals: nervous 14-year-olds, serious 21 -year-olds, then grown-ups.Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children’s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Nicki She says, I’d like to find out about the moon. And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help poor children and ends up teaching in India.But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so inspiring. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television, or by what their teachers say How great is the effect of a single important event Many film directors, including Stephen Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their byes. Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a tot of research in this area, thinks that the major influences are parents, friends, and the wider society.Spielbergs story is merest to show that().A.going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about societyB.a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown-upC.parents and friends can help a child grow up properlyD.films have more influence on a child than teachers do14.The measure of man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic (39) to our class. When the papers were (40) she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the (41) mistakes throughout the test.There is nothing really new about (42) in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill (43) even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to (44) after class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs O’Neill asked (45) questions, and she didn’t (46) us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the (47) words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to (48) these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.I don’t (49) about the other eleven boys. Speaking for (50) I can say. it was the most important single (51) of my life. Thirty years after being (52) to Macaulay’s words, they (53) seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a (54) to measure ourselves rather than others.(55) of us are asked to make (56) decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called (57) daily to make a great many personal decisions. (58) the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket (59) turned over to the policeman Should the (60) change received at the store be forgotten or (61) Nobody will know except (62) . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always (63) to live with someone you respect.40().A. examinedB. completedC. markedD. answered15.Aberdeen is an administrative center of Grampian Region, Northeastern Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouths of the Dee and Don rivers. It is the third largest in Scotland and the principal industrial center of North Scotland. It is also an important seaport and the country’s largest fishing port. Aberdeen’s harbor facilities were improved in the 1970s, and the city has become the major service center for the North Sea oil industry. Manufactures include chemicals, machinery, textiles, and paper. Aberdeen is a tourist city known for its sandy beaches, seaside rocks and fishing boats; it is popularly known as the Granite City because many of its buildings are constructed of local granite, the chief export. Points of interest include the Cathedral of Saint Machar (begun 15th cent.) and the University of Aberdeen, formed in 1860 by the merger of the Roman Catholic King’s College(1495) and the Protestant Marischal College (1593). The city also has several museums and colleges of agriculture and technology. Aberdeen was made a royal burgh in 1159. In 1337 the town and its cathedral were burned by Edward , king of England. The harbor was improved in the late 18th century, and Aberdeen developed as a fishing port. Its population is 201 099, estimated in 2001.According to the text, Aberdeen is().A.a districtB.a cityC.an industrial baseD.a fishing resort16.Cars! Holidays! Thousands of prizes! Hurry! FREE with every packet of SPLASH! Your personal lucky number! Will be among the 500,000 Winners! Use SPLASH for the SOFTEST. QUICKEST.WHITEST WASH! DONT DELAY.BUY A PACKET TODAY!If you want to get prize, _.A. dont delay joining us in playingB. you should buy 500,000 packets of splashC. please buy a packet of splashD. please drive a car as quickly as possible17.Robert Fred was the general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fred’s ear hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield. Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fred turned on the wipers to show he wasn’t interested.Pearman put his head close to the window. Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job, he said. Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fred. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fred handed, Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.My friends told me he was just pulling my leg, said Pearman. But I said, ’ No, he’s a businessman. I need to give it a shot.’Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager’s office of the big hotel. Fred gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.Today, Pearman works full-time setting up the hotel’s dining halls for business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fred’s loans.Mr. Fred gave me a second chance, says Pearman, and I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing windshields.Ordinarily, Fred keeps away from the street People. But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money, Fred says: I don’t hand my business card to just any- body. But I’m. glad I did in this case.When Fred told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if().A.Pearman was really hard-workingB.Pearman was really interested in washing windshieldsC.Pearman’s conditions were truly seriousD.Pearman was really looking for a job18.Aborigines were earliest known inhabitants of a country. The term is generally applied to the original or native inhabitants of a country, as opposed to a race from another area or colonists and their descendants. Most nations have instituted measures for the welfare of the aborigines within their territories. Such measures include those of the U.S. and Canada concerning Indians and Inuits and those of Australia concerning its aboriginal groups.All aboriginal peoples have been affected by contact with contemporary civilization; in some cases, the introduction of disease, warfare, alcohol, and drugs has demoralized and destroyed peoples. Others, such as the Ainu of northern Japan, have become almost wholly assimilated. The greatest degree of racial mixture has occurred among the native Polynesians of Hawaii. The Indian population of the U.S. has extensively intermarried with whites; those Indians living on reservations retain some traditional Indian folkways. In Central and South America and in the Caribbean region, many tribes have become extinct, in most cases after Spanish or Portuguese conquest. Among aborigines who have kept strong elements of their original identity are the Inuit, Maori, Dayak, and Australian aborigines. Tribes in such comparatively inaccessible areas as the Amazon River Basin of South America still live largely according to their traditional cultures.The word "aborigines" most probably means ().A.strong colonists.B.local inhabitants.C.poor farmers.D.native people.19.Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are as we grow up Remember the TV program Seven Up It started following the lives of a group of children in 1963. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and then catch up with them at seven-year intervals: nervous 14-year-olds, serious 21 -year-olds, then grown-ups.Some of the stories are i