北语201109考试批次-综合英语(III)模拟试卷三

Network Education College, BLCU 《综合英语（III）》模拟试卷三

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1.Multiple Choice . (1 point for each, altogether 30 points)

Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. Gold rings and necklaces symbolize, ____, wealth.

2. This is not an economical way to get more water，____, it is very expensive. 3. You should try to____your ambition and be more realistic.

A. restrain C. retain B. reserve D. replace

A. or else

C. on the other hand

B. on the contrary short A. on the other hand C. to some degree

B. in this way D. up to now

4. The reason for the traffic accident was____one of the drivers lost control of his car.

5. The rescue workers searched every room of the house trying to find any survivors but in vain. What does “in vain” mean in this sentence?

6. Joe is not good at sports, but when it____mathematics, he is the best in the class.

7. In his lecture Prof Smith____a wide range of subjects.

A. covered C. released

B. expressed D. revealed

A. comes to C. comes up to

B. comes on to D. comes around to

A. with success C. on purpose

B. in delight

D. without success

A. that C. why

B. when D. because

8. There is a fully____health center on the ground floor of the main office building.

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9. He made a ____to set up a new school every year for the children in the countryside.

10. This medicine will____your sore throat. A. free C. release A. disposal C. perspective

B. hint D. resolve B. refresh D. relieve A. installed C. provided B. equipped D. projected

11. Our company decided to ____the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.

12. His face____with pain when badly hurt by the shopkeeper. 13. The increase in debt ____ the expansion of the project. 14. The matter will be ____to the committee next Monday. 15. It is not much use____our defeat____the weather. A. preventing ....from

C. placing the responsibility ...on A. turned off C. turned over

B. turned up D. turned out B. keeping ...from D. raising...from

A. made up C. resulted in

B. taken up

D. resulted from

A. contracted C. was twinkled

B. was twisted D. twisted

A. destroy C. assume

B. resist D. cancel 16. There was still no news about her lost daughter after months, and her horror____.

17. ____his homework, he began to practice the piano. A. Have finished

C. Having been finished A. added up C. multiplied

B. added to D. multiplying B. Finished

D. Having finished B. If left untreated

D. If it does not leave treated

18. ____, a minor illness can lead to a total loss of eyesight. A. If leaving it untreated C. If not treating it

19. The long-term interests of the whole nation on these reforms, without which we cannot overcome the present backwardness of our production technology and management____.

20. Screaming is not an appropriate____response to the situation. 21. We have two____courses, surrender or death. A. alteration A. exuberant C. unique

B. expected D. suitable B. alternative

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A. If leaving it untreated

C. If not treating it B. If left untreated

D. If it does not leave treated

22. His pale face____that he is ill.

A. means C. indicates

C. alternate D. altercation B. refers D. suggests B. nor does he think he has to D. he thinks he has not to either B. settle down D. live down

23. Paul never learned a foreign language, ____. 24. When are you going to marry and____?

A. to be settled down C. to be lived down A. admission C. opportunity

A. he doesn’t think he has to C. neither he thinks he has to

25. As a result of his hard work, he has gained____to the Beijing University. 26. New water wells encouraged people near the wells__ .

A. to be settled down C. to be lived down

B. commitment D. reward B. to settle down D. to live down

27. ____, the workers in the transistor plant have made great contributions to the nation.

28. This old song____me of my English teacher who comes from Ireland. 29. The spokesman of the company refused to enlarge and ____ the matter. 30. It is____to take plenty of water when traveling in the desert. A. primary C. inadequate

B. incredible D. indispensable A. reveal C. deal with

B. concentrate on

D. give more comments on

A. refreshes C. reminds B. brings to mind D. stimulates

A. As they are young C. As young are they

B. Young as they are

D. Young although they are

II. Cloze . (1 point for each, altogether 20 points)

Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 2 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news. Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus

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the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out many other fields. Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This 17 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.

31. _

A. Just when C. Soon after

B. While D. Before B. giving

D. being given B. spread D. bring B. cause D. purpose B. publish D. write B. other

D. the other B. And D. So B. ratio D. speed B. passed D. completed

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32. _

A. to give

C. given

33. _

A. gather C. carry 34. _

A. reason C. problem

35. _

A. make C. know 36. _

A. another

C. one another

37. _

A. However C. Therefore

38. _

A. value C. rate

39. _

A. spread C. printed