英语(二)模拟试题2

山东省高等教育自学考试 英语（二）模拟试题2

（课程代码：00015 考试时间：150分钟） 注意事项：

答案必须写在答题卡规定的区域内，未按要求作答的答案无效。

I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)

在每小题列出的四个备选项中只有一个是符合题目要求的，请将其选出并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。错涂、多涂或未涂均无分。

1. If I _______ any money to invest, I would invest it in that land.

A. had B. have C. have had D. had had 2. ______ more careful, his ship would not have sunk.

A. if the captain were B. Had the captain been

C. Should the captain be D. If the captain would have been 3. There are no special rules as to what clothes you _______. A. are to B. shall wear C. should wear D. could wear 4. Lei Feng died ______.

A. young B. youthfully C. younger D. youngest

5. Two years later, her father disappeared, _______ be heard from again. A. only to B. as to

C. rather to D. never to 6. His illness doesn’t _______ his long absence. A. equal B. satisfy C. justify D. amount to 7. It occurred to her that she ______ a homeless child. A. might adept B. might adopt C. can take D. could bring up 8. ________ got outside than it began to rain.

A. Not sooner I had B. Not sooner had I C. No sooner I had D. No sooner had I 9. Please caution that there are more words listed _______ necessary. A. than are B. that are C. than isD. that is

10. The meat tastes as if it _______ gone bad.

A. has already B. was already C. were D. been already

II. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)

下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。请根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。

As temperatures rise and the polar ice caps melt, the race is 11 C to unlock the treasures of the Arctic.

This region is thought to contain one quarter of the world's untapped oil and gas B12, and there's stiff competition D 13 them. America, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all staked territorial claims in the Arctic, and C14 has Russia.

Three years ago, a Russian C15 planted a titanium flag D 16 the ocean floor 17A the North Pole. It was a symbol of Moscow's 18 A to protect what it sees as its national interest.

In Moscow this week scientists, businessmen and politicians 19 C Arctic nations will discuss co-operation, but they're also expected to push their countries' B20 in the region.

11. A. in B. at C. on D. off 12. A. sources B. reserves C. stores D. savings 13. A. in B. at C. as D. for 14. A. as B. like C.so D. such 15. A. trip B. journey C. expedition D. mission 16. A. in B. at C. for D. on 17. A. beneath B. down C. low D. into 18. A. determination B. faith C. courage D. bravery 19. A. away B. off C. from D. towards 20. A. speech B. claims C. assertion D. accounts

III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡的相应代码涂黑。

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

To have the camera installed in the back of his head, Iraqi-born Wafaa Bilal had to undergo a painful surgical procedure to tuck the camera firmly under his scalp. The camera is at least small - just the size of a thumbnail and less than an inch thick - but it will be switched on 24 hours a day for an entire year.

The camera will take a photograph every single minute, digitally capturing every aspect of Wafaa Bilal's life.

The images will then be beamed from New York, where the artist lives, to the Middle East, where the photographs will be displayedat Qatar's new Arab Museum of Modern Art.

The artist says the project will raise important social, political and artistic questions, and has vowed to go about his daily life as normal.

But he admits some things, like sleeping for example, will be a bit tricky. He now has to sleep sitting upright, and cannot use a pillow. There's also the question of privacy. Wafaa Bilal says dinner party invitations have already started drying up. 21. Where will the camera be installed?

A. In the back of the artist’s head, inside the cap. B. On the back of the artist’s head, attached to a cloth. C. In the back of the artist’s head, outside the cap. D. In the back of the artist’s head, under the scalp. 22. What will the artist do with the camera? A. To record his life in Iraq.

B. To record his life in another country in the middle east. C. To record his life in New York. D. To record his life in Hollywood.

23. Which of the following can be used to describe the artist’s life after the installation?

A. Normal but somewhat tricky. B. Strange and mysterious. C. Lonely and painful. D. Popular and outlandish.

24. Which has already been changed in the artist’s life? A. Thinking and working.

B. Thinking and photographing. C. Socializing and sleeping D. Publishing the photographs

25. Where will the photographs be displayed? A. New York. B. Iraq. C. Qatar D. Iraq and Qatar

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

It began with three friends searching for an easier way to share videos. One - Jawed Karim - uploaded the site's first clip - a movie of himself dressed in an anorak at San Diego Zoo.

By the end of its first year YouTube was broadcasting 25 million videos a day and it was soon bought by the internet giant Google. In 2010 24 hours of video are now uploaded every minute.

The site's also become an important political tool - almost a million people

watched a wounded girl dying during protests in Iran in July 2009. President Barack Obama successfully used the site during his election campaign.

Thousands of teenagers around the world have also used the site to upload

embarrassing videos of friends and its creators have been forced to deny claims that it's encouraged bullying.

With online habits and fads constantly changing no one's sure what the next five years hold for YouTube. Some believe it could end up as a TV channel beamed into our living rooms. Others predict it will be overtaken by new technology and dumped on the internet scrap heap.

26. What is this passage mainly about? A. The birth of Google. B. The origin of YouTube.

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