模拟试题
College English Achievement Test Band One
Part I Use of English (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 incomplete dialogs. For each dialog there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 此部分题答案用2B铅笔做在答题纸上 1. ---- How are you doing, Frank? ( A ) ---- __________________.
A. Great, thanks! B. How are you doing? C. How do you do? D. It?s nice meeting you!
2. ---- I was told that you might have failed in the exam. ( C ) ---- ________________
A. Are you right? B. Are you happy? C. Are you serious? D. Are you tired? 3. ---- What color is your favorite? ( A ) ---- ________________.
A. Yellow is my favorite B. You are my favorite C. I don?t have favorites D. It?s my favorite 4. ---- ________________ ( C )
---- Great! Walking is one of my favorite pastimes
A. What are your feelings about walking? B. Don?t you love walking? C. Let?s walk outside, shall we? D. Do you care for walking?
5. ---- May I ask if you enjoy taking a walk after super? ( D ) ---- ________________ A. Yes, I may B. No, I may not.
C. Walking is good. D. I?ve always liked walking. 6. ---- How do you like your steak? ( C ) ---- ________________ A. I like my steak. B. I dislike it. C. Rare. Please. D. I can?t bear it.
7. ---- Our basketball team is doing very well today! ( D ) ---- ________________
A. No problem B. I quite understand. C. Yes, please! D. Really? 8. ---- ________________ ( A )
---- I must say wining this award was a great surprise to me.
A. Congratulation! You are the winner of the award! B. I will win the award. C. Jack has won the highest award D. I?ll attend the award show. 9. ---- Your service is first-rate! ( A ) ---- ________________.
A. I appreciate your help. B. Thank you all the same. C. I?m much obliged to you. D. Thank you for saying so. 10. ---- Do you want me to have a look at your car? ( C ) ----__________________.
A. Yes, I want you. B. Yes, you have it. C. No, thanks D. No, you don?t want.
Part II. Reading Comprehension (45 points)
Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Please choose the best answer to the question. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 此部分题答案用2B铅笔做在答题纸上
Passage One
Have you ever heard the expression that goes: “What you see is what you get”? When I was a little kid my grandfather used to tell me: “If you look at a tree long enough, it will move.” I didn?t understand this at that time. But when I grew up I finally realized that the message behind his words is that we see what we want to see.
Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self image. We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are what we think we are. If you don?t think you will be successful, you will not. You cannot be it, if you cannot see it. Your life is limited to your vision. If you want to change your life, you must change your vision of your life.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous in 1976 when he met with a newspaper reporter. The reporter asked Schwarzenegger: “Now that you have retired from bodybuilding, what do you plan to do next?” Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and confidently: “I am going to be the best movie star in Hollywood.” The reporter was shocked and amused at Schwarzenegger?s plan. At that time, it was very hard to imagine how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a professional actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Austrian accent, could ever hope to be Hollywood?s best movie star!
So the reporter asked Schwarzenegger how he planned to make his dream come true. Schwarzenegger answered: “I will do it the same way I became the best bodybuilder in the world. What I do is to create a vision of who I want to be; then I start living like person in my mind as if it were already true.”
Sounds almost childishly simple, doesn?t it? But it worked! Schwarzenegger did become the highest paid movie star in Hollywood! And later he achieved another of his goals – to start his political career and served the people of California as the state?s 38th governor from 2003 to 2010! Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it!
11. What does it mean by “What you see is what you get”? ( D ) A. When you look at something long enough, you will eventually get it. B. You can move a tree by looking at it. C. You can only get what you can see.
D. Only when you have a strong wish to get something can you have a clear vision of the future. 12. What can you learn about ?self image? from psychologists?. ( B ) A. Self image is the self we see in the mirror. B. Self image is what we think about ourselves.
C. Self image is what we want to see about the self in the mirror. D. Self image is about what we think others might think of ourselves.
13. According to the author, if you want to become a certain type of person, you need to __________. ( C )
A. often look at yourself in the mirror B. think twice before you act
C. build a strong determination about whom or what you want to become D. change your vision of your life
14. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Schwarzenegger? ( D ) A. He was not that famous in 1976. B. He used to be a successful bodybuilder. C. He was a professional actor.
D. He was the President of the United States of America.
15. What message does the author want to convey to the readers? ( B ) A. Everyone should see what he gets.
B. Everyone should create a positive vision about his life. C. Everyone should pay attention to his self image. D. Everyone should learn from Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Passage Two
Do other animals besides humans cry?
The answer to the question is ?Yes, and no?. All animals with mobile eyes have the ability to cry, just as we humans do. They have a tearing system
that keeps their eyes wet so as to protect them from dry sand, dusts, and other elements. People often tell tales of animals such as elephants and dogs weeping when punished. However, even if such an animal does shed tears, there is no scientific evidence that the animal is expressing the tear-related emotions similar to those when humans cry.
But what about when a baby chimp or ape whimpers and screams when it?s being separated from its mother, can we say with some certainty that the animal is crying? Taking away the babies does encourage care-giving such as feeding and protecting from the mother apes, but it is uncertain whether the baby apes feel the same way as baby humans do when they cry.
In fact, it?s not clear that crying and other emotional displays mean exactly the same thing to all humans. For instance, there is a wide range of emotions that prompt people to cry, and some kinds of weeping, such as crying at a stranger?s wedding, seem to be cultural responses.
In addition, some people are autistic. That means they prefer being alone than being with other people, especially in large crowds. These people are said to have less ability in expressing their emotions, but research also has shown that it?s more that their expressions and their reactions to the emotional expressions of others are unusual. Different. But does that mean that their sadness is different somehow?
So even if apes can be said with some certainty to be feeling emotions, then there is the problem of figuring out to what extent what they feel resembles what humans feel.
16. What does the author mean by “Yes, and no” in line 1, paragraph 1? ( C ) A. Other animals besides humans cry B. No other animals besides humans cry C. Animals cry but do not cry like humans D. Animals cry but humans do not cry
17. Which of the following statement is true? ( C ) A. All animals have mobile eyes B. All animals have a tearing system C. Tearing system keeps animals? eyes wet D. Animals cry when being punished
18. Baby chimps or apes cry because__________. ( B ) A. they are being separated from their mothers B. the reason is not clear
C. they feel the same way as baby humans do D. they need to be fed and protected 19. Why human beings cry? ( A ) A. There a wide range of reasons.
B. People cry because they attend a stranger?s wedding. C. Crying means exactly the same thing to all humans. D. Because of cultural responses.
20. It can be inferred from the passage that __________. ( A )
A. it is uncertain to say to what extent apes feel the same emotions as humans B. it is sure that apes can feel emotions
C. some people prefer being alone because they?re not good at communication D. people?s emotions are different
Passage Three
Distance learning is a program that allows students to take classes online.
Online classes offer on-campus classes, with the convenience of working at home, and the flexibility of creating your own schedule.
Anna attends her online class in her pajamas. She gets away with it because her classroom is in her home. Anna is a full-time student learning from distance, and full time mother. She likes the online option because of its flexibility. “I don?t have to sit in class with my two little ones in day care. Instead, I can jump online anytime I like during the day,” said Anna who is preparing for a nursing degree. “What I liked most was the fact that I didn?t have to travel to another place, and I could work at my own place,” she said in an e-mail.
Online students must be organized. Self-discipline and motivation are also important. Diana is a math instructor who has been teaching online classes for five and a half years. She had students who participated from far way. Many are returning students who have been working. They are focused on their goals, and are comfortable working hard.
Taking classes online can have some unexpected benefits. For instance, the need to communicate questions by e-mail compels students to become better written communicators.