2022年贵州学位英语考试考前训练题2

I. 词汇与结构 (Vocabulary and Structure) 20%

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1) The hall has a _A_ for more than 800 people.

A. capability B. capacity C. breadth D. apparatus

2) This law _D_ the number of accidents caused by children running across the road when they get off the bus.

A. intending to reduce B. intended reducing

C. intends reducing D. is intended to reduce

3) They _A_ yesterday because of a trifle.

A. fell out B. fell behind

C. fell through D. fell in with

4) Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her

husband’s boat had been _A_.

A. wrecked B. decayed

C. collapsed D. fired

5) If he had worked harder, he _C__ the exams.

A. must have got through B. would get through

C. would have got through D. could get through

6) He is working hard for fear that he _A_ .

A. should fall behind B. fall behind

C. may fall behind D. would fall behind

7) If each manager makes his usual speech, the meeting will be _B_ for forty-five minutes.

A. expanded B. prolonged C. delayed D. exceeded

8) We should be delighted to _B_ a member of the institute.

A. have you to become B. have you become

C. having you become D. having you to become

9) _C_ adequate preparations, they thought it better to postpone the excursion till next week.

A. Not to have made B. Not making

C. Not having made D. Having not made

10) Since the couple could not __A_ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

A. reconcile B. comply C. coincide D. resign

11) China and the United States are _D__ the third and fourth largest country in size in the world.

A. separately B. similarly

C. especially D. respectively

12) I __B__ a parcel several days ago. You are expected to receive it in a week.

A. sent for B. sent off

C. sent in D. sent away

13) __B__ she wondered if she had made a mistake.

A. Not until long afterwards that

B. It was not until long afterwards that

C. Not long until afterwards

D. It was long afterwards until

14) When her own studying was done, she tried to read _A_ of his books was not in use.

A. whichever B. which C. that D. what

15) After seeing the movie, _D_ .

A. the book was read by him

B. the book made him want to read it

C. the reading of the book interested him

D. he wanted to read the book

16) Through long power lines electricity goes _C_ .

A. to the place needed B. there it is needed

C. where it is needed D. which it is needed

17) You’d better take your umbrella with you _C_ it rains.

A. in the case of B. in no case

C. in case D. in any case

18) Staying in a hotel costs _C_ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice as many as B. as much twice as

C. twice as much as D. as much as twice

19) I _B_ what he said.

A. hardly could believe B. could hardly believe

C. could believe hardly D. believe hardly

20) It’s not polite to _B_ when people are talking.

A. break into B. break in

C. break up D. break down

21) Were it not for friction, we _A_ to walk on this earth of ours.

A. would not be able B. should not have been able

C. were not able D. are not able

22) Neither my brother nor I _A__ playing chess.

A. enjoy B. enjoys C. are enjoying D. have enjoyed

23) It is the first time that he has been to Shanghai, __B__?

A. isn’t he B. isn’t it C. hasn’t he D. hasn’t it

24) With __D__ winds, a sailing ship could outrun a steam ship.

A. profitable B. advantageous

C. beneficial D. favorable

25) The peasants are in high spirits because another rich harvest is _C_ .

A. at sight B. out of sight C. in sight D. by sight

26) Pick me up at 8. I _A__ my bath by then.

A. will have had B. will be having

C. can have had D. may have

27) We had plenty of bread, so I __A__ a loaf.

A. needn’t have bought B. didn’t need buy

C. needn’t buy D. needn’t to have bought

28) Dams _B__ for centuries in different parts of the world.

A. had been built B. have been built

C. was being built D. were building

29) The permission that was needed to build the roads _C__.

A it will be granted B. was being granted

C. was granted D. have been granted

30) On special _A__ we usually go to an expensive restaurant.

A. occasions B. times C. vacations D. chances

31) She was so annoyed that she felt like _B__ with him.

A. to argue B. arguing

C. to have argue D. having argued

32) I am afraid I haven’t got time to _A__ the matter right now.

A. go into B. look for C. turn over D. clean out

33) __D_ like a million and a half dollars had been expected to guarantee their security.

A. Nothing B. Anything C. Everything D. Something

34) He has _D_ on his farm.

A. 20 head of cattles B. 20 heads of cattles

C. 20 heads of cattle D. 20 head of cattle

35) The red _A_ is quite popular with fashionable girls this year.

A. blouse B. bloom C. blossom D. block

36) Tom is _____ clever, but his brother is _A_ stupid.

A. fairly/rather B. rather/fairly

C. rather/quite D. quite/fairly

37) She is well known __D__ .

A. not only her kindness but also her understanding

B. not only for her kindness but also her understanding

C. for not only her kindness but also for her understanding

D. not only for her kindness but also for her understanding

38) We could not pull apart two plates which __C__ a vacuum.

A. removed B. substituted C. enclosed D. replaced

39) My cat would not have bitten the toy fish, __D_ it was made of rubber.

A. if she has known B. she should have known

C. if she knew D. had she known

40) The company __C__ a rise in salary for years, but nothing has happened yet.

A. is promised B. is promising

C. has been promising D. promised

II. 辨别错误 (Error Identification) 10%

Directions: There are 10 sentences in this part. For each sentence there is one error among the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that indicates the error. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41) The treaty, which the OECD hopes to be drafted by the end of the year, would need to be

A B

backed by new laws in each member country, criminalizing bribery abroad.

C D

42) Without the fundamental discoveries and understanding provided by science,

A

technology would be a hit-or-miss affair, lacking direction and making a little progress.

B C D

43) 58 percent of people were asked thought that the advertising of tobacco and alcohol

A B C

should be banned.

D

44) While the general public tend to agree that animals should be treated well, most people

A B

are unlikely to give up eating meat or wear clothes made of leather and wool.

C D

45) Having been practiced for so long, the New York baseball team stands a chance of

A B C D

winning the World Series this year.

46) The action of market forces means that the price of something goes up if the demand

A B C

for it rises and the supply available remain constant.

D

47) Faced with the possibility of a water shortage during the summer months, Beijing has

A B

asked their citizens to limit their use of water.

C D

48) The new form of lively, interactive software is that could finally turn the computer

A B

into the high-tech-learning tool as it was always expected to be.

C D

49) With cars, many people are now able to enjoy their leisure time to the full by making a

A B

trip to the countryside or seaside at weekends instead of confined to their immediate

C D

neighborhood.

50) The size and visibility of a big company usually assures unwanting attention, and

A B

labor activists pile on, in part, to help boost union membership by taking on a giant.

C D

III. 完形填空 (Cloze) 15%

Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) below the passage. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

One crossing of the Atlantic is very much like another; and people who cross it frequently do not make the voyage for the 51 of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel tired enough to go to bed and pleased when the journey 52 . On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed 53 earlier than usual. When I arrived in my cabin, I was surprised 54 that I was to have a companion during my trip. I expected 55 but there was a suitcase 56 mine in the opposite corner. I wondered who he could be and what he would be like. Soon afterwards he came in. He was the sort of man you might meet ___57_ , except that he was wearing 58 good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not get on well together 59 and did not say a single word to him.

I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered 60 as well as I could and tried to go back to sleep. Then I realized that a draught was coming from somewhere. I got up 61 the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold wind was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room and 62 the moon shone through it on to the other bed. __63__ there. It took a minute or two to 64 the door myself. I realized that my companion 65 through the window into the sea.

51) A. reason B. motive C. cause D. sake

52) A. is achieved B. finish C. is over D. is in the end

53) A. quite B. rather C. fairly D. somehow

54) A. for seeing B. that I saw C. at seeing D. to see

55) A. being lonely B. to be lonely C. being alone D. to be alone

56) A. like B. as C. similar D. the same that

57) A. in each place B. for all parts C. somewhere D. anywhere

58) A. a so B. so C. such a D. such

59) A. whoever he was B. whoever was he

C. however he was D. however was he

60) A. up me B. up myself

C. up to myself D. myself up

61) A. to shut B. for shutting

C. in order that I shut D. so as for shutting

62) A. while doing like that B. as I did like that

C. as I did so D. at doing so

63) A. It was no one B. There was no one

C. It was anyone D. There was anyone

64) A. remind to lock B. remember to lock

C. remind locking D. remember locking

65) A. had to jump B. was to have jumped

C. must have jumped D. could be jumped

Key

51. D. 52. C. 53. B. 54. D.

55. D. 56. A. 57.D. 58. D.

59. A. 60. D. 61. A. 62. C.

63. B. 64. D. 65. C.