【自考英语】2022年4月上海市湖南路街道英语（一）模拟题(解析版).docx

备注:本套试卷附有答案解析，答案解析字体为白色，预览无法观看，如需观看试题的答案解析，请下载试卷CTRL+A 选中全部文字，然后将答案字体调整为黑色即可。【自考英语12022年4月上海市湖南路街道英语（一）模拟题（解析版）第1题【单项选择题】【概括大意Radar is now a familiar tool. Like many others it was an unexpected discovery. It was first observed by two researchers, who were studying sound communication. They were sending signals from a station on one side of a river in Washington D to a vehicle across the river. They discovered that their signals were stopped by passing ships. They recognized the importance of this discovery at once.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Study of RadarB、Radar is now a familiar toolC、Radar Working PrinciplesD、Radar was Discovered by Chance【正确答案】D第2题【单项选择题】概括大意It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media. Every day we get hundreds of them. Think about advertisements, for example. We see and hear these messages almost everywhere we go. Advertisements are important messages, even though they areA、hundred of times fasterB、a hundred time fasterC、hundred times fasterD、hundreds of times faster【正确答案】D第19题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Gang Xiao and Ben Schrag at Brown University, visualize the current by measuring subtle （细微的） changes in the magnetic field of an object and.A、to shrink it to the size of a desktop computerB、to make it capable of measuring very weak changes in magnetic fieldsC、as well as revealing microscopic defects in anything from aircraft to banknotesD、converting the information into a color picture showing the density of current at each point【正确答案】D第20题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Five-year-old Lani still takes seven medicines with her breakfast every morning. ,'She,s very good about it," says her father David. Lani is alive today because of her father David, in more than one way; when she was one year old she received part of her father/s liver in a livertransplant operation. Lani was born with a liver illness. Doctors advised that a transplant was the only way in which she would live.A、She had one operation when she was six weeks old, which was not successful.B、 David quickly recovered from the operation.C、 David was finally able to ride his bike again after about a year.D、 Doctors hope that she will continue to get stronger and stronger.【正确答案】A第21题【单项选择题】【填句补文】As part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students' brains. This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly.A、Do you have difficulty reading in class?B、 The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.C、As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.D、 By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before.【正确答案】B第22题【单项选择题】【完成句子】There are many other traps to avoid. The has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots- just the places thieves' love. The A.A. advises drivers to park in places with people around- thieves don't like audiences.Car drivers are found to be careless in choosing.A、safe parking spotsB、increase in the number of cars stolenC、non-professional thievesD、lack of parking space【正确答案】A 第23题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the student's.A> personal qualities and social skillsB、total personalityC、 learning ability and communicative skillsD、intellectual ability【正确答案】B第24题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination （授粉）and for producing honey and beeswax.The best-known bee species is the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types of bee.A、There is only one queen in a hive.B、 Every bee does a job without being told.C、There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees.D、Bees do not like ice and snow.【正确答案】C第25题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Gyorgy Buzsaki of Rutgers University and his colleagues analyzed the brain waves of sleeping rats and mice. Specifically, they examined the electrical activity emanating from the somatosensory neocortex (an area that processes sensory information) and the hippocampus, which is a center for learning and memory. The scientists found that oscillations in brain waves from the two regions appear to be intertwined. So-called sleep spindles (bursts of activity from the neocortex) were followed tens of milliseconds later by beats in the hippocampus known as ripples. The team posits that this interplay between the two brain regions is a key step in memory consolidation. A second study, also published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, links age-associated memory decline to high glucose levels. What is the result of the experiment with rats and mice carried out at Rutgers UniversityA、 The electrical activity is emanating from the somatosensory neocortex.B、 Oscillations in brain waves are from hippocampus.C、 Somatosensory neocortex and hippocampus work together in memory consolidation.D、 Somatosensory neocortex plays it primary role in memory consolidation.【正确答案】C第26题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】The value of childhood is easily blurred （变得模糊不清）in today's world. Consider some recent developments: The child-murderers in the Jonesboro, Ark. schoolyard shooting case were convicted and sentenced. Two boys, 7 and 8, were charged in the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Chicago.The two boys in Chicago wereA、 shot.B、murdered.C、 accused.D、sentenced.【正确答案】C第27题【单项选择题】【填句补文】As part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students' brains. This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly.A、 Do you have difficulty reading in class?B、The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.C、As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.D、By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before.【正确答案】B第28题【单项选择题】【阅读判断】Like Antarctica, the Arctic is a land of ice and snow. Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading - 125 Fahrenheit below zero. Readings of 85 degrees below zero are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic. At the South Pole the winter is about 73 degrees below zero.The lowest temperature that man has ever known was recorded in Antarctica.A、TrueB、FalseC、Not Given【正确答案】A第29题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】In the digital realm, the next big advance will be voice recognition. The rudiments are already here but in primitive form. Ask a computer to “recognize speech/ and it is likely to think you want it to “wreck a nice beach. But in a decade or so we'll be able to chat away and machines will soak it all in. Microchips will be truly embedded in our lives when we can talk to them. Not only to our computers, we/ll also be able to chat with our automobile navigation systems, telephone consoles, browsers, thermostats. VCRs, microwaves and any other devices we wantto boss around.The techniques of voice recognitionA、are mature enough for extensive useB、are in its initial stage of developmentC、will aid people to chat through computersD、will assist people to recognize each other's voice【正确答案】B第30题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】In 1994, United States Customs seized 204,391 pounds of cocaine, 559,286 pounds of marijuana and 2,577 pounds of heroin. Just how much actually flows into the country is anyone's guess. Some Customs officials estimate that only10 percent of the drugs coming into the country are ever seized. In Miami, theDistrict Attorney （检察长）won/t even prosecute small fry. "It's got to be over fivekilos of cocaine, above a kilo of heroin and more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana or it's not something that we're going to stop the presses on/ says Tom Cash, a retired agent.Which of the following could best replace the expression “small fry" in the paragraph?A、Small dogsB、Small sheep dogsC、Small smugglers （走私者）D、Small ringleaders （主谋）【正确答案】C第31题【单项选择题】【填句补文】 Mexico's current lack of funds is also partly due to oil. The country has rich oil fields and a few years ago, when oil was expensive, Mexico was selling large quantities of oil to the USA and earning a lot of money. However, the price of oil then dropped, and Mexico has been left owing enormous sums of money and with not enough income from oil sales to pay back the loans.A、 But those ruins are in danger of being seriously damaged by pollution.B、 Scientists estimate that about one millimeter of stone is worn away every twelve years.C、At others the painted surfaces inside temples are lifting and flaking off and the stone is being eaten away.D、The government was therefore able to borrow huge sums of money from banks around the world, thinking they would have no problem repaying their debts.【正确答案】D第32题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】It had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. The road crew were playing a game with dollar notes. Folding them into small planes to see whose would fly the furthest. Having nothing better to do, I joined in and won five, and then took the opportunity to escape with my profit. Despite the evil-looking clouds, I had to get out for a while. Why did the writer want to leave the hotelA、To enjoy the good weather.B、To have a change of scene.C、 To spend all his winnings.D、To get away from the crew.【正确答案】B第33题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular today, such as hip-hop, rap, rock, jazz, or reggae. The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world, but at the same time is distinctly African. It is cHfferent also in another way Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today. This passage is about how African pop music is.A、usually about love and romanceB、more serious than most pop musicC、popular with young people in AfricaD、mostly written just for entertainment【正确答案】B第34题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclearwaste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste. In an article in the July 10 issue of Science,University of Michigan geologist Rodney Ewing and Princeton University nuclear physicist Frank von Hippel argue that, although federal agencies should set standards and issue licenses for the approval of nuclear facilities, local communities and states should have the final approval on the siting of these facilities. The authors propose the development of multiple sites that would service the regions where nuclear reactors are located. Which of the following words can best substitute the word “withdrawal" in the first paragraphA、 Retirement.B、Canceling.C、 Replaced.D、Disposal.【正确答案】B第35题【单项选择题】【2009.7 I've had a few jobs with long periods of unemployment in.A、amongB、betweenC、 thatD、which【正确答案】B第36题【单项选择题】【概括大意】Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions. Not all volcanic eruptions killed off large numbers of animals, but all the mass extinctions over the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanic sometimes annoying. They help us compare and evaluate products. The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Importance of the Mass MediaB、Media Means to Communicate MessagesC、Advertisements as Important Messages from the Mass MediaD、Various Messages One May Receive Each Day【正确答案】C第3题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes. The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through.A、listing statisticsB、telling a storyC、pointing out similaritiesD、 pointing out differences【正确答案】C rock. To his surprise, the older the massive volcanic eruptions were, the more damage they seemed to do.The main idea of this paragraph is.A、Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic EruptionsB、Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic EruptopmsC、A Mass ExtinctionsD、Volcanic Eruptions That Caused No Mass Extinction【正确答案】A第37题【单项选择题】填句补文】Five-year-old Lani still takes seven medicines with her breakfast every morning. "She's very good about it," says her father David. Lani is alive today because of her father David, in more than one way; when she was one year old she received part of her father's liver in a livertransplant operation. Lani was born with a liver illness. Doctors advised that a transplant was the only way in which she would live.A、She had one operation when she was six weeks old, which was not successful.B、 David quickly recovered from the operation.C、 David was finally able to ride his bike again after about a year.D、 Doctors hope that she will continue to get stronger and stronger.【正确答案】A第38题【单项选择题】【填句补文】Once upon a time there was a rich village. The wealthiest of the villagers decided to hide a huge lump （堆） of gold to protect it from robbers.A、 A poor old farmer decided to plow the field.B、When you are always ready to share your own things with others, you are doomed to benefit from it.C、 And I will receive the honor with the fourth by giving it to the needy.D、 So he buried it in a nearby rice field.【正确答案】D第39题【单项选择题】【阅读理解】Decibels （分贝） measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one