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1、2023年湖北公共英语考试模拟卷（2）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.M: Can you speak German W: Yes, I can. I speak it very well. But I know a little Italian.Which of the following does the woman know（）A. A little Italian.B. A little German.C. A little English.2.M: Can I se

2、e Titanic on Sunday W: I’m not sure.When does the man want to see Titanic（）A. Sunday.B. Saturday.C. Monday.3.W: Do you like your new house, DavidM: Yes. I like it. You know my old house is very dark. But the new one is bright even though it is not very big.W: What about the neighborsM: The nei

3、ghbors are kind enough. But they have a son, who makes me crazy.W: What do you meanM: He often comes back home late, and then turns on the music till midnight. It is so noisy that I can’t fall asleep.W: Why don’t you tell him that you mind itM: Yes, I told him. But the next day he still

4、kept on doing that.W: Oh, no.M: I don’t understand how his parents put up with it. I want to talk with his parents and ask them to advise him not to do like that.How is Davids new house（）A. It is big and bright.B. It is big and dark.C. It is bright but small.4.People have always wondered about

5、 these pictures inside their heads. But dreams come only with sleep. It has been hard to find out more about them. People have tried to make their dreams work for them. Some people have thought dreams were a way into the past. Others have seen dreams as a path to follow. Some have even thought dream

6、s could help the sick.Dreams start when the inner mind is opened. This is the place where memories are stored. Often dreams are hard to understand. This is because the inner mind sometimes uses symbols.Symbols are words or pictures that stand for something else. Most symbols stand for things that ha

7、ve just happened. They can also stand for thing that happened a long time ago. By using symbols, the inner mind can show people things in dream5 that they did not know about themselves. The symbol is another way of showing what really happened.Dreams have close ties with sleep. People sleep 33 perce

8、nt of their lives. This is called sleep time. People dream during 25 percent of sleep time.While they are sleeping, people tune out the things around them. But when they dream, people may seem to sense the same things they de when they are awake. They may sometimes see, hear, taste, smell, and feel

9、things in their dreams. These things often seem as real to people when they are asleep as when they are awake.Even though sleeping people seem to be resting, their bodies are working. Scientists have found that the eyes of sleeping people are moving. They have also found out that their brains are se

10、nding out waves.Why has it been difficult for people to find out more about dreams（）A. Different people have different ideas about dreams.B. Different dreams have different meanings.C. People can only have their dreams studied when they are sleeping.D. People only have dreams when they are sick.5.听力

11、原文M: What time are you leaving tomorrow W: You mean to go to the bank M: Yes, I’d like to go with you if I may.W: I’d be glad to take you, I plan to leave here about nine-thirty.What does the man want to do（）A. To visit the woman’s house.B. To ask for a lift.C. To go out for a holi

12、day.6.W: How about your examM: I failed again.W: Why Did you oversleep againM: No, I didn’t.W: Then, what’s wrong with youM: Oh, I can’t tell you.W: Tell me. Maybe I can help you.M: Nobody can help me.W: Don’t say things like that. Tell me your trouble. We are good friends, a

13、ren’t weM: Yes. It’s something like this. This time, I made full preparations, but Smith told me he could get perfect marks. I decided to copy his paper and I did copy, though not completely. It turned out that his marks were lower than mine. And we both failed.W: It serves you right.Wha

14、ts wrong with the man（）A. He overslept again.B. He can’t tell the woman the truth.C. He failed the exam again.7.My wife and I accidentally go to a nice restaurant to eat. My wife’s mother lives with us and she stays with the children. This makes it very easy for us to go out for the even

15、ing.Last week we went to the restaurant in a new hotel. We had a wonderful meal. First, we had soup. Then Helen, my wife, had beef with carrots, and I had beef with potatoes. For dessert, I had some ice cream and Helen had fresh fruit. We had several cups of coffee after we finished eating. The food

16、 was delicious, the quantity was large, and it wasn’t too expensive.Our children don’t like to eat in restaurants because they have to sit and be quiet for a long time. They would rather go to their grandmother’s farm. Their grandmother - my mother prepares everything they like. Sh

17、e usually has fried chicken, corn, and hot biscuits with honey. She always serves plenty of chocolate ice cream and cake for dessert.I’m always surprised that my father doesn’t weigh a lot more when I see how much he eats. But he works very hard on the farm from about 5 o’clock in

18、the morning until it gets dark in the evening.When my parents visit us in the city, we usually take them to a restaurant; I know they enjoy it, but my father always eats something else after he gets home. The quantity may be large in the restaurant, but it is still not large enough for a hungry farm

19、er.Who stays with the children when the speaker goes out（）A. His mother.B. His wife’s mother.C. The servant.8.Camille and Mike Geraldi are married and live with their children near Miami, Florida in the U.S.A. Mike is a doctor. Camille is a housewife and former nurse. They sound like an averag

20、e family. In some ways they are, but in many ways they are not.Tile average family in the U.S. has two or three children. The Geraldis have seventeen children. That is not all. Fifteen of these seventeen children are adopted children between the ages of one and nine. Each of the adopted children has

21、 a severe physical or mental disability (丧失能力).A day with the Geraldi family is not average. Camille wakes up before dawn. She and three helpers wake, wash, dress, and feed the seventeen children. After breakfast, eleven of the children go to special schools. At 7:30, Camille takes a nap for two hou

22、rs. When she wakes up at 9:30, she feeds and plays with the children. Camille cooks dinner before Mike comes home from work. Mike cleans up after dinner.Camille is busy even at night. She often wakes up to take care of the children who need her. She almost never has a full night’s sleep.Camill

23、e and Mike try to plan time for each other. Every Wednesday, they have a lunch date and every other Saturday, they go away by themselves for the day.Camille says, It fulfills me to help these children. It makes our life full. Camille loves her life. She looks at other people and thinks, What a dull

24、life they have.In many ways, the Geraldis are not an average family. However, in some ways, they are. Like most families, they laugh and cry together and love each other a lot.What does the author think of the family（）A. Dull.B. Full.C. Small.D. Strange.9.Catherine Destivelle is a rock climber and a

25、 big (36) in France and Italy. She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she climbs (37) ropes. She climbs in many countries but (38) often in the French Alps near Chamonix, (39) she lives. She started (40) near her home in Paris when she was five. Then, at 14, she (41) the French Al

26、pine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed more quickly than the older (42) of the club. She (43) her first competition in 1995.Three years ago, she found a new route (44) the Dru Mountain near Paris. The climb (45) 11 days and for 4 days the snow was so (46) that she could not move. Last

27、year, other climbers tried to (47) her route, but they failed.People always (48) her about her climbing. She says, I climb because I’m in love with mountains. I like (49) the rock and reading the face of the rock. I like it a lot. I prepare well (50) I go, so I’m never (51) .Catherine ch

28、ooses new mountains from books (52) buying from a shopping catalogue! Her (53) mountain is in Pakistan. She is going there with (54) American climber, Jeff Lowe, (55) can be a good help when in need.36（）A.personB.starC.womanD.man10.W: Hello, Tom. Where are you goingM: Hello, Julia! I’m going t

29、o my aunt’s.W: Is that box heavyM: No, it’s light.W: But it’s filled with books! Can I help youM: Of course. Could you open the door, pleaseW: OK.M: Thanks. By the way, I have two tickets here for tonight’s film. Would you like to go with meW: That’s great!Where is the

30、man going（）A. His aunt’s home.B. His school.C. The city hall.11.People have always wondered about these pictures inside their heads. But dreams come only with sleep. It has been hard to find out more about them. People have tried to make their dreams work for them. Some people have thought dre

31、ams were a way into the past. Others have seen dreams as a path to follow. Some have even thought dreams could help the sick.Dreams start when the inner mind is opened. This is the place where memories are stored. Often dreams are hard to understand. This is because the inner mind sometimes uses sym

32、bols.Symbols are words or pictures that stand for something else. Most symbols stand for things that have just happened. They can also stand for thing that happened a long time ago. By using symbols, the inner mind can show people things in dream5 that they did not know about themselves. The symbol

33、is another way of showing what really happened.Dreams have close ties with sleep. People sleep 33 percent of their lives. This is called sleep time. People dream during 25 percent of sleep time.While they are sleeping, people tune out the things around them. But when they dream, people may seem to s

34、ense the same things they de when they are awake. They may sometimes see, hear, taste, smell, and feel things in their dreams. These things often seem as real to people when they are asleep as when they are awake.Even though sleeping people seem to be resting, their bodies are working. Scientists ha

35、ve found that the eyes of sleeping people are moving. They have also found out that their brains are sending out waves.What is said about symbols in the text（）A. Symbols are meaningful words that are difficult to understand.B. Symbols are a direct way of telling what really happened.C. Symbols stand

36、 for firings that have just happened.D. Symbols are the language of the inner mind.12.听力原文M: What time are you leaving tomorrowW: You mean to go to the bankM: Yes, I’d like to go with you if I may.W: I’d be glad to take you, I plan to leave here about nine-thirty.When are they going to s

37、tart out（）A. At about 9:13.B. At about 9:00.C. At about 9:30.13.School and Einstein did not mix well. His teachers thought that he was stupid and that Einstein’s thoughts and words were jumbled(混乱的). His schoolwork was poor. Playing the violin was all he was good at as a child.When he was ten,

38、 he met Dr. Max Talmy. Talmy talked with the boy and tried to help him. They discussed hooks and Einstein showed an interest in maths. He understood difficult problems and ideas. Inside this stupid boy was a genius.Schoolwork never became easy for Einstein. He could not learn things by heart. Paying

39、 attention was hard for him. He even did not pass his first test to enter college.Because of his learning problems, Einstein made few friends. He was shy in groups of people. Yet he overcome(克服)his shortcomings. He became a well-known scientist in the field of physics. He was one of the most importa

40、nt thinkers of the modern age.Einstein was not welcome at school really because（）A. he was thought to be a stupid boyB. his thoughts and words were jumbledC. he was good at maths besides the other subjectsD. he couldn’t finish his home work14.W: How about your examM: I failed again.W: Why Did

41、you oversleep againM: No, I didn’t.W: Then, what’s wrong with youM: Oh, I can’t tell you.W: Tell me. Maybe I can help you.M: Nobody can help me.W: Don’t say things like that. Tell me your trouble. We are good friends, aren’t weM: Yes. It’s something like this. Thi

42、s time, I made full preparations, but Smith told me he could get perfect marks. I decided to copy his paper and I did copy, though not completely. It turned out that his marks were lower than mine. And we both failed.W: It serves you right.Why didnt the man pass the exam（）A. He didn’t make ful

43、l preparations.B. He copied Smith’s paper.C. Nobody helped him.15.Camille and Mike Geraldi are married and live with their children near Miami, Florida in the U.S.A. Mike is a doctor. Camille is a housewife and former nurse. They sound like an average family. In some ways they are, but in many

44、 ways they are not.Tile average family in the U.S. has two or three children. The Geraldis have seventeen children. That is not all. Fifteen of these seventeen children are adopted children between the ages of one and nine. Each of the adopted children has a severe physical or mental disability (丧失能

45、力).A day with the Geraldi family is not average. Camille wakes up before dawn. She and three helpers wake, wash, dress, and feed the seventeen children. After breakfast, eleven of the children go to special schools. At 7:30, Camille takes a nap for two hours. When she wakes up at 9:30, she feeds and

46、 plays with the children. Camille cooks dinner before Mike comes home from work. Mike cleans up after dinner.Camille is busy even at night. She often wakes up to take care of the children who need her. She almost never has a full night’s sleep.Camille and Mike try to plan time for each other.

47、Every Wednesday, they have a lunch date and every other Saturday, they go away by themselves for the day.Camille says, It fulfills me to help these children. It makes our life full. Camille loves her life. She looks at other people and thinks, What a dull life they have.In many ways, the Geraldis ar

48、e not an average family. However, in some ways, they are. Like most families, they laugh and cry together and love each other a lot.How many children am adopted（）A. 2.B. 9.C. 15.D. 17.16.My wife and I accidentally go to a nice restaurant to eat. My wife’s mother lives with us and she stays wit

49、h the children. This makes it very easy for us to go out for the evening.Last week we went to the restaurant in a new hotel. We had a wonderful meal. First, we had soup. Then Helen, my wife, had beef with carrots, and I had beef with potatoes. For dessert, I had some ice cream and Helen had fresh fruit. We had several cups of coffee after we finished eating. The