2022海南大学英语考试模拟卷（9）.docx

2022海南大学英语考试模拟卷（9）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.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversationWhat does the man suggest that they do after dinnerAThey will go to the Grill.BThey will go to the library.CThey will go swimming.DThey will walk hom 2.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.What happened to women in the 1960sAMore and more of them moved into the countryside.BThey began to have more children than before.CMore and more of them got jobs outside their homes.DThey began to get married at a younger ag 3.Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At tbe end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news._ people lost their lives in the 1998 embassy bombing.A600B224CFourD234 4.Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.The 12-member delegation is expected to be in Pretoria on _.AThursdayBWednesdayCMondayDFriday 5.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.Emily Dickinson was widely recognized after _.AHenry James referred highly to herBseven of her poems were publishedCher poems became known to others D, she had been dead for many years 6.Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, yon will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.The Olympics have never been held in _.AAfricaBAustraliaCAfrica or South AmericaDSouth America 7.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you Will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.What does the speaker suggest the readers do if they are not sure about the spelling of a wordALooking for another word to use instead.BOpening a dictionary and check the spelling.CWriting it the way they think its spelled.DWaiting around for someone to tell them the spellin 8.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversationWhat do we learn about the manAThat he is not a student this semester.BThat he is not a serious student.CThat he is not very. concerned about the woman.DThat he is willing to compromis 9.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.At first, why did more women get jobsATheir income was needed to support the family.BTheir parents moved in with them.CThey were bored with housework.DThey needed more money because they had more children. 10.The athletic program is expected lo bring publicity to the school, attract students, foster student unity, and encourage alumni giving. "The traditional American affinity for sports and (31) for education combined to form an unbeatable attraction. Every Saturday, educated sports heroes performed for an (32) audience. Fanfare, combat, and hope of victory assured public identification and loyalty. " The most conspicuous function of athletic competition is to (33) the image of the institution. We may want to question the appropriateness Of this public relations function. Publicity is not (34) a good thing. If this publicity is scandalous (or even negative), the school has not benefited. There is a university on the banks of the river that sponsors a "Mississippi River Festival" every summer. The "festival," for the most part, consists of rock concerts. Unfortunately, (35) these festivals have been plagued with violence, rape, drunkenness, drug dealing and usage, and automobile accidents, the publicity has to been counter to the kind the festival was designed to produce. (36) athletics, the public is finding out more about the universities than they would wish. Does athletic tame attract students Perhaps it does, (37) it would be a stupid engineering student who chose Georgia Tech over M. I. T. (38) its athletic prowess. Some serious students are "turned off" by a schools athletic record. Notre Dame, (39) has an excellent academic program, is unjustly viewed by many as simply a sports mill. Does athletic success foster student unity Here again, the (40) is not clear. Often students enthusiasm is tepid in (41) with that of alumni and townspeople (42) when they have difficulty in (43) tickets, have to pay a handsome price, or are relegated to seats in the end zone. Does athletic success (44) public support Do legislators tend to reward (45) schools with more generous appropriations They may have done so in the past, but today, with the closer scrutiny of tax dollars, there are signs that funds will be more (46) for activities closer to the heart of the academic mission. What about alumni giving Certainly alumni will contribute money for athletic purposes in the case of a few successful universities, but the overall record for alumni giving exhibits no such pattern. A careful study of "big-time" schools from 1960 to 1976 yielded this (47) : "Our statistical analysis has revealed that there is simply no relationship between success or (48) in football and basketball and increases and decreases in alumni giving. " "In the final analysis, (49) , the lack of any relationship between success in athletics and increased alumni giving probably matters a great deal less than the fact (50) so many people believe that such a relationship exists. AsupportBconsiderationCreverenceDhesitation 11.Gunpowder was discovered in the twelfth century, but _.A. man did not put it to use in war two hundred years laterB. until two centuries more it was used in warC. not used in warfare until two hundred years laterD. in warfare did not use it two hundred years afterwards 12.The oceans are the main source of humidity, but plants also pour moisture into the air. In one day. a five-acre forest can release 20,000 gallons of water, enough to fill an average swimming pool. A dryer extracts moisture from wet clothes, adding to humidity. Even breathing contributes to this sticky business. Every time we exhale, we expel nearly one pint of moist air into the atmosphere. Using sophisticated measuring devices, science is learning more and more about the far-reaching and often surprising impact humidity has on all of its. Two summers ago angry callers phoned American Television and Communications Corp. s cable-TV operation in northeastern Wisconsin, complaining about fuzzy pictures and poor reception. "What happened," said the chief engineer, "was that the humidity was interfering with our signals. " When a blast of dry air invaded the state, the number of complaints dropped sharply. Humidity plays hob with our mechanical world as well. Water condensation on the playing heads and tapes of videocassette recorders produces a streaky picture. Humidity shortens the life, of flashlight and smoke-detector batteries. When the weather gels sticky, the rubber belts that power the fan, air conditioner and alternator under the hood of our cats can get wet and squeak. Moisture also causes pianos to go out of tune, often in no time flat. At the Wolf Tran Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va. , pianos are tuned twice a day during the summer concert season. Often a tuner stands in the wings, ready to make emergency adjustments during performances. Humidity speeds the deterioration of treasured family photos and warps priceless antiques. Your homes wooden support beams, doors and window framers absorb extra moisture and expand-swelling up to three percent depending on the wood, its grain and the selling. Too much moisture promotes blight that attacks potato and green-bean crops-adding to food costs. It also causes rust in wheat, which can affect grain-product prices. Humidity affects our health, as well. We get more migraine headaches, ulcer attacks, blood clots anti skin rashes in hot, humid weather. Since 1987, the Health, Weight and Stress Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baktumore has tested over 1700 patients for responses to high humidity. They have reported increased dizziness, stomachaches, chest pains, cramps, and visual disturbances such as double and blurred vision.The main idea of the passage is about _.Athe main source of humidityBthe impact of humidity on our world and ourselvesChow humidity affect our lifeDthe damage humidity has done to our world 13.Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, yon will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.Jacques Rogge of _ is also a candidate to replace Samaranch.ACanadaBthe Untied SlatesCHungaryDBelgium 14.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage ,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.What has happened to the children of working mothersAThey are in government-supported day care centers.BThey are in private day care centers.CTheir grandmothers take care of them.DThey are sent to boarding school. 15.The athletic program is expected lo bring publicity to the school, attract students, foster student unity, and encourage alumni giving. "The traditional American affinity for sports and (31) for education combined to form an unbeatable attraction. Every Saturday, educated sports heroes performed for an (32) audience. Fanfare, combat, and hope of victory assured public identification and loyalty. " The most conspicuous function of athletic competition is to (33) the image of the institution. We may want to question the appropriateness Of this public relations function. Publicity is not (34) a good thing. If this publicity is scandalous (or even negative), the school has not benefited. There is a university on the banks of the river that sponsors a "Mississippi River Festival" every summer. The "festival," for the most part, consists of rock concerts. Unfortunately, (35) these festivals have been plagued with violence, rape, drunkenness, drug dealing and usage, and automobile accidents, the publicity has to been counter to the kind the festival was designed to produce. (36) athletics, the public is finding out more about the universities than they would wish. Does athletic tame attract students Perhaps it does, (37) it would be a stupid engineering student who chose Georgia Tech over M. I. T. (38) its athletic prowess. Some serious students are "turned off" by a schools athletic record. Notre Dame, (39) has an excellent academic program, is unjustly viewed by many as simply a sports mill. Does athletic success foster student unity Here again, the (40) is not clear. Often students enthusiasm is tepid in (41) with that of alumni and townspeople (42) when they have difficulty in (43) tickets, have to pay a handsome price, or are relegated to seats in the end zone. Does athletic success (44) public support Do legislators tend to reward (45) schools with more generous appropriations They may have done so in the past, but today, with the closer scrutiny of tax dollars, there are signs that funds will be more (46) for activities closer to the heart of the academic mission. What about alumni giving Certainly alumni will contribute money for athletic purposes in the case of a few successful universities, but the overall record for alumni giving exhibits no such pattern. A careful study of "big-time" schools from 1960 to 1976 yielded this (47) : "Our statistical analysis has revealed that there is simply no relationship between success or (48) in football and basketball and increases and decreases in alumni giving. " "In the final analysis, (49) , the lack of any relationship between success in athletics and increased alumni giving probably matters a great deal less than the fact (50) so many people believe that such a relationship exists. AagreeableBappreciativeCunderstandingDunderstandable 16.The oceans are the main source of humidity, but plants also pour moisture into the air. In one day. a five-acre forest can release 20,000 gallons of water, enough to fill an average swimming pool. A dryer extracts moisture from wet clothes, adding to humidity. Even breathing contributes to this sticky business. Every time we exhale, we expel nearly one pint of moist air into the atmosphere. Using sophisticated measuring devices, science is learning more and more about the far-reaching and often surprising impact humidity has on all of its. Two summers ago angry callers phoned American Television and Communications Corp. s cable-TV operation in northeastern Wisconsin, complaining about fuzzy pictures and poor reception. "What happened," said the chief engineer, "was that the humidity was interfering with our signals. " When a blast of dry air invaded the state, the number of complaints dropped sharply. Humidity plays hob with our mechanical world as well. Water condensation on the playing heads and tapes of videocassette recorders produces a streaky picture. Humidity shortens the life, of flashlight and smoke-detector batteries. When the weather gels sticky, the rubber belts that power the fan, air conditioner and alternator under the hood of our cats can get wet and squeak. Moisture also causes pianos to go out of tune, often in no time flat. At the Wolf Tran Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va. , pianos are tuned twice a day during the summer concert season. Often a tuner stands in the wings, ready to make emergency adjustments during performances. Humidity speeds the deterioration of treasured family photos and warps priceless antiques. Your homes wooden support beams, doors and window framers absorb extra moisture and expand-swelling up to three percent depending on the wood, its grain and the selling. Too much moisture promotes blight that attacks potato and green-bean crops-adding to food costs. It also causes rust in wheat, which can affect grain-product prices. Humidity affects our health, as well. We get more migraine headaches, ulcer attacks, blood clots anti sk