1、英语专业（基础英语）模拟试卷 15 及答案与解析一、选择题1 By putting billions of dollars into the ailing automaker, the Obama administration has placed a huge bet on the effort to revive and_the company through the elimination of brands, dealerships and factories.（A）streamline（B） stray（C） strike（D）strife2 _, the United States
2、 has invested $ 20 billion to keep GM in business and would contribute about $ 30 billion as part of a bankruptcy restructuring.（A）so as to（B） in so far as（C） so far（D）so be it3 Those filings also assume the GM market share will slump slightly between now and 2012, to 18.4 percent from 19.5 percent,
3、 presumably because the company will offer_brands.（A）fewer（B） a few（C） less（D）a little4 The United Auto Workers_contract changes yesterday that will help General motors cut more than $ 1 billion in labor costs.（A）verified（B） ratified（C） certify（D）confirm5 Well smooth_any difficulties when we reach t
4、hem.（A）away（B） over（C） down（D）out6 Nature is material,_, the world is made up of matter.（A）that is to say（B） at that（C） thats that（D）with that7 Under the deal, the unions cost-of-living increases, performance bonuses and some holiday pay will be_to offset health-care costs.（A）sustain（B） suture（C） sw
5、ab（D）suspended8 GM would_35 percent of the company, unions would get 10percent and Magna would get a controlling stake, the source added.（A）retain（B） retake（C） retaliate（D）retard9 The stark reality is that our education system_people, but industry does not find them useful.（A）turns out（B） produces o
6、ut（C） churns out（D）bring out10 Only 6 percent of the workforce has a professional certification_a degree, a figure the Labor Ministry says it hopes to boost to 12percent within five years.（A）more than（B） rather than（C） less than（D）other than11 More than a million French workers staged a general stri
7、ke and marched in massive protests around the country Thursday to_their anger over the global economic crisis and denounce President Nicolas Sarkozys business-friendly approach to containing the damage.（A）vent（B） veneer（C） ventilate（D）verge12 Rather than using public money to_bankruptcy in banks and
8、 promote investment, they have said, the best response would be allocations to stimulate consumption and government restrictions on layoffs by business owner.（A）see off（B） move off（C） stave off（D）take off13 _springs not out of true and deep admiration, but more often out of a self-seeking wish to id
9、entify with someone important or famous.（A）A compliment（B） An adulatory（C） Flattery（D）Praise14 Americas auto titans are dismantling their global empires. But across the Pacific, its as if the global economic forces that have_Detrotic never struck.（A）pummeled（B） pulverize（C） punch（D）pulsate15 Buying
10、up iconic brand such as Hummer or Saturn could supply Chinese automakers with the technological expertise to help them_past long-established competitors, said Kelly Sims Gallagher, who wrote a book on Chinese automakers.（A）leapfrog（B） lean（C） leak（D）lease16 What they still lack is technological know
11、-how, systems integration, being able to design new vehicles from_and get them to a manufacturing line.（A）scrape（B） scrap（C） scram（D）scratch17 China still suffers from its reputation of being a copycat manufacturer. An acquisition could lend _to some of the nationss 100 car companies that are largel
12、y unknown outside their home country.（A）clove（B） clout（C） clover（D）cloying18 The beaver chews down trees to get food and material_its home.（A）builds（B） it can build（C） that it builds（D）with which to build19 The result for these local economic engines has been tight budgets, staff cuts,_and the delay
13、 of certain construction projects.（A）funnies（B） fungicide（C） funicular（D）furloughs20 At the United Nations ,the Security Councils five major powers, along with Japan and South Korea, began negotiations on a draft resolution that would condemn North Koreas latest underground nuclear test as “ a_viola
14、tion“ of U.N. resolutions prohibiting the communist state from developing nuclear weapons.（A）flagrant（B） elixir（C） infidel（D）nought21 Inflation has surged in recent months due to double-digit_in sensitive food prices blamed on shortages of pork and other basic goods.（A）dramatic drop（B） regular incre
15、ase（C） anticipated decrease（D）spike22 It is very plain that such a life as this is far more_to health than that of the man who can afford little leisure for necessary rest in the course of the day.（A）conductive（B） constructive（C） concilitate（D）conducive23 The confidential draft commits the Security
16、Council to craft a sanctions resolution that would not impose hardships on North Korean civilians, and it urges North Korea to resume_talks with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea over the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.（A）stalls（B） stalled（C） stalling（D）stall24 The jo
17、int command for South Korean and US forces on the Korean Peninsula raised its alert level Thursday in response to an extraordinary week of_from North Korea.（A）truculence（B） trudge（C） truism（D）truncheon25 Not until 1979_its policy of reform and opening to the outside world.（A）China has started（B） whe
18、n China started（C） did China start（D）started China26 The plaintiff could only recover payment for her services if there was evidence of an implied or express contract to_her for the work which she had done.（A）sanction（B） congratulate（C） remunerate（D）impeach27 He was too surprised to resist and when
19、he recovered his wits enough to make_he was going to knock me down, he caught sight of what was going on outside the window and the breath went out of him.（A）up（B） like（C） as（D）with28 The design of the electric circuits of the digit-controlled lathe must be_to meet the new requirement,（A）alert（B） al
20、tar（C） alter（D）alternate29 Typical examples are the driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra_in the path of oncoming vehicles that
21、may be unable to stop in time.（A）cross（B） across（C） crossing（D）crossed30 When the young man realized that the police had spotted him, he made_the exit as quickly as possible, only to find that two policemen were waiting outside.（A）off（B） from（C） towards（D）for二、句子改错31 As often as not, employers do no
22、t choose best candidates, they choose the candidate who makes a good first impression with them.32 It is quite probable that the kiss as a form of affection can be traced back to primitive times when a mother could fondle her child, just as a mother does today.33 These robots come in all sizes, shap
23、es and colors. Some cost several hundred thousand dollars; others can be charged for as little as.34 Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than that was obtained with a smaller population.35 Faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed countr
24、y may well prefers to see a slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or declined.36 No one knows exactly when it happened, but he probably left a band of sticks too near the oven.37 Literature may instruct and inform, entertain, express personal joy or pain, reflect religious de
25、votion, glorify a nation or hero, or advocate a particular point of viewwhether it were political, social, or aesthetic.38 On the other hand many experts are convincing that the larger part of the blame for the death toll must be put on persons and persons alone.39 One of the ways we have by underst
26、anding why we need to sleep so much is to look at what happens if we dont get enough sleep.40 The goal of health education is to help persons live restful and productive lives in an environment that is as free as possible in threatening or damaging conditions.三、完形填空40 Fill in each blank with one sui
27、table word from the four choices given.The announcement that Englands mad cow disease was involved in 10 cases of a fatal human brain disorder has been met with understandable hysteria. The market for British beef【 C1】_. 100,000 farmers job are【C2 】_jeopardy, and the government is trying to【C3】_a cr
28、isis that could cause billions of dollars in losses. But what is striking about the situation is how sharply the decisive public reaction to the crisis contrasts with the【C4】_language in the announcement. Scientists said consumption of contaminated beef was “the most likely【C5】_“ for 10 cases of a s
29、imilar human illness called Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseasenothing more【C6 】_than that.The crisis is a telling example of a phenomenon occurring ever more【C7】_: A complex scientific debate is suddenly thrust【C8】_an anxious public that is ill-equipped to understand it. Instant communications, combined with
30、 the greater willingness of government and industry leaders to go public with their scientific disputes, 【C9】 _concern. The core of real science gets【C10】_by a flurry of “junk science“ -conflicting【C11】_by politicians, 【 C12】_press reports, legal depositions, even dueling ads.The real problem is the
31、 nature of scientific inquiry, which【C13】_involves uncertainty. Researches cannot say conclusively whether mad cow disease【C14】_a risk to humans. They dont know the extent of the【C15】_or how it can be stopped. Indeed, they cant even agree on the cause. “This is tremendously difficult for the public
32、to sort【C16】_. If scientists are disagreeing, whats the citizen to【C17】_?“ asked Paul Slovic, and American psychologist at Decision Research in Eugene. One【C18】_to be drawn from the mad cow crisis is that governments shouldnt cut funding for basic research, which can help prevent tomorrows crises. B
33、ut the only real solution is for government and industry leaders to use scientific information responsibly. 【C19】_scientific Respites have become a fact of modern life. Nothing else so clearly【C20】_sciences limits.41 【C1 】（A）sank（B） collapsed（C） contracted（D）predicted42 【C2 】（A）at（B） in（C） about（D）b
34、y43 【C3 】（A）defuse（B） refuse（C） confuse（D）profuse44 【C4 】（A）continual（B） circular（C） cautious（D）peculiar45 【C5 】（A）corruption（B） constitution（C） interpretation（D）explanation46 【C6 】（A）extensive（B） tentative（C） definite（D）specific47 【C7 】（A）frequently（B） strangely（C） thoroughly（D）completely48 【C8 】（A
35、）out（B） on（C） over（D）off49 【C9 】（A）trigger（B） retrieve（C） claim（D）conceive50 【C10 】（A）intensified（B） labeled（C） speculated（D）overwhelmed51 【C11 】（A）sayings（B） statements（C） remarks（D）addresses52 【C12 】（A）confusing（B） promising（C） demanding（D）binding53 【C13 】（A）mostly（B） rarely（C） partially（D）inevita
36、bly54 【C14 】（A）grants（B） poses（C） delivers（D）distracts55 【C15 】（A）dimension（B） trend（C） epidemic（D）impact56 【C16 】（A）through（B） on（C） out（D）on57 【C17 】（A）assume（B） consume（C） presume（D）resume58 【C18 】（A）attention（B） moral（C） message（D）lesson59 【C19 】（A）characterized（B） unsolved（C） stimulate（D）unriva
37、lled60 【C20 】（A）illustrates（B） impresses（C） manifests（D）exhibits四、阅读理解60 Early in the dot-com era, gurus of the age hailed the power of the internet to build a brand-new “Internet Economy“. Since the Web-stock bubble burst, it sometimes seems that the era was fleeting, that the revolt has failed, wi
38、th the rebels dead and their sympathizers now pretending they were loyalists all along. But is it really true that the dot-com forces were crushed? While the conventional wisdom saw yes, the truth is that the dot-coms were simply assimilated. The lesson of the crash isn t that somethings work on the
39、 Net and some dont. The lesson is that the line between Net and “un-Net“ companies is going to be erased.For evidence, General Electric, the most valuable company in the world and one whose conglomerate structure would seem as far removed from dot-com thinking as you can get. Though its embrace of t
40、he Internet was notoriously belated, the firm has now created its own online marketplaces to serve as now intermediaries between GE and its clients and suppliers. These are a variation on the briefly hyped business-to-business markets touted by scores of start-ups, but GE has set them up to serve ol
41、d clients. Perhaps thats not as “revolutionary“ as the early B2B visionaries touted, but GE is on track to do $ 20 billion worth of sales and purchases this way in 2001 -not the kind of figure you associated with a vanquished technology.One of the Internet eras most widely admired visionaries was Ja
42、y Walker, whose firm Priceline was among the most aggressive in promising a revolution in the business it attacked. Starting with plane-ticket sales, Walker planned to eventually sell pretty much everything if all went well. However, when the pyramid of shaky Web shares started to tumble, Walker was
43、 among those prominently in the way of the fallout. But was he all wrong? Maybe in some of the particulars, but certainly not in assuming that the airline customers would embrace the Internet. The point isnt that the old school beat the new school. The point is that the old-school guy is winning bec
44、ause he s taken a page from the upstart s playbook.Thats what has been lost in the widespread perception that the revolution is over and the Internet gurus have lost. In recent months we actually seem to have been living through a kind of schadenfreude bubble, in which an absurd amount of energy has
45、 gone into heaping scorn on the likes of Jay Walker. In the long run the dot-com distinction will fall away: the Internet is simply a fact of business life going forward. Today, it can be said were all dot-comers now, whether we know it or not. All this has happened in ways quite different from what
46、 the revolutionaries envisioned, since the old order is still very much standing. But thats a problem with revolutions: sometimes the revolutionaries lose, even when they win.61 What does the word “assimilated“(line 5, paragraph 1)denote?（A）Separated.（B） Abandoned.（C） Absorbed.（D）Used62 In paragraph
47、 2 the author takes GM for evidence in order to_.（A）show that the dot-coms were assimilated（B） demonstrate companies can benefit from internet（C） show GMs embrace of internet was right（D）all above63 It can be learned from the third paragraph that_.（A）Walker sold pretty much everything via his compan
48、y.（B） Walker should not assume that the airline customers would embrace the Internet.（C） Walkers company once tended to lead a revolution in the business.（D）Walker wasnt affected by the crush of web shares.64 Whats common peoples attitude towards Jay Walker and the likes?（A）They feel pity for all of
49、 them.（B） They think their failure is simply a fact of business life.（C） They care nothing about them.（D）They sneer at them.65 What does the author think about the crushing of the dot-coms?（A）The dotcoms suffered a total failure.（B） The dotcoms didn t fail and they existed in ways different from what the revolutionaries
