统考大学英语A模拟试题

Information for the Examinees:

This examination consists of FOUR parts. They are:

Section I Reading Comprehension (20 points, 25 minutes)

Section II Vocabulary and Grammar (40 points, 20 minutes)

Section III Translation (20 points, 20 minutes)

Section IV Writing (20 points, 25 minutes)

The total score for this examination is 100. The time allowed for this examination is 90 minutes.

Section I: Reading Comprehension [20 points]

Part 1: Questions 1-5 are based on this part. (10 points)

Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D.

Manhattan Island is the oldest and most important of the five boroughs that make up New York City. It is 21.7 kilometers long and 3.8 kilometers wide at its widest point. It contains New York’s tallest buildings as well as some of the largest schools and colleges, and the most famous financial and theater districts in the United States. It has skyscrapers and Central Park, the old and the new, the best and the worst. It is like no other big city. It is unique.

To understand Manhattan, we must know something of its early history: its early days of Dutch colonists and English settlers; the waves of the nineteenth-century European immigrants who arrived at its shores; the African-Americans who moved north after the Civil War; recent immigrants from China and other parts of Asia; and young people who go to New York from all over America. It is a mix of ethnic groups and cultures, successes and failures, hopes and fears.

The United States is a nation of immigrants and no other city displays this fact as well as New York City. From Chinatown and Little Italy to Harlem, New York is a place where communities take pride in retaining their ethnicity. Most immigrants went to America with very little money. America gave them hope and a new beginning. Millions of immigrants have prospered in America.

On July 4, 1884, the people of France gave to the United States as a symbol of friendship, a statue sculptured by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. This statue was placed on an island in New York Harbor. It is 46 meters high and was the first sight immigrants saw as they came into New York City by ship. It is known as the Statue of Liberty. On the statue is a poem written by Emma Lazarus. This poem sums up the American tradition of accepting people from other countries. It reads as follows:

Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

1. What was the first sight immigrants on incoming ships saw as they entered New York Harbor?

A. Chinatown.

B. Central Park.

C. Harlem.

D. The Statue of Liberty.

2. Emma Lazarus’ poem says that America is a place _________________.

A. where poor and unfortunate people are welcome

B. where there is fortune for people coming from other parts of the world

C. where there is garbage and litter on the shore

D. where there is a big light for people to get together

Part 2: Questions 6- 10 are based on this part. (10 points)

Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D.

（题型示例参见Part 1）

Section II: Vocabulary and Grammar [40 points]

Part 1: Questions 11- 20 are based on this section. (20 points)

Read the following sentences and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D.

11. Mary did her work ______ the manager had instructed.

A．as

A. until

B. when

C. though

12. The boss gave orders that nothing ________ touched until the police arrived here.

A. should be

B. ought to be

C. must be

D. would be

13. _________ of the twins went out of town because I saw both at my brother’s party last night.

A. None

B. Both

C. Neither

D. All

Part 2: Questions 21 – 30 are based on this section. (20 points)

Read the following passage and fill in each blank by choosing the best answer from A, B, C and D.

More and more people have to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies _______ (21) people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the past year. This is ________ (22) to increasing crimes in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people who are struggling to make _______ (23) ends meet. The alarms, _________ (24) can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is _______ (25) that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and another 20% of people plan to have them installed, but have not installed them yet. The insurance companies ______ (26) people to install the alarms on all doors and windows.…

21．A. have been asking

B. have been asked

C. had been asking

D. had been asked

22．A. caused

B. because

C. due

D. resulted

23．A. / （不用填）

B. the

C. all

D. their

24．A. who

B. that

C. where

D. which

25．A. estimate

B. estimating

C. estimated

D. being estimated

26. A. warned

B. told

C. suggested

D. reminded

Section III: Translation [20 points]

Questions 31-34 are based on this section.

Translate the following sentences into English.

31. 我选择网络教育的主要原因是其灵活性。

32. 我已经认真考虑过你提出的建议。

Section IV: Writing [20 points]

You are supposed to have witnessed a bag snatch and you need to describe it to the police. Write about the incident in no less than 150 words. You can write about the bag snatcher, the place, the time and what happened, etc.