大學英語A統(tǒng)考模擬試題三

一、閱讀理解“You’retryingtocontrolmylife,”saysmynine-year-oldson.“Idon’tknowwhyyouthinkyoucandothat,butyoucan’t.”IreceivedthisbitofinformationafterIaskedGabrieletoputhisdirtysocksinthebasket.AndIgetnosympathyfrommymother,whosays,“Youlethimhavehiswayfromthebeginning.”It’strue.IhavealwaysaskedGabriele’sopinion,foundouthowhefeltaboutthings–treatedhimasmypeer,notmychild.AndwhathaveIgotfrommytroubles?Alotofbacktalk.AtleastI’mnotalone;it’sacomplaintheardamongparentsacrossthecountry.It’snotjustthatwe’reconfusedbythecontradictoryadviceofferedinparentingbooks.Thefactis,inanefforttobreakawayfromhowwewereraised–totrysomethingmoreliberalthanourparents’“doitbecauseIsayso”approach–ourgenerationhasgonetoofar.“Today’sparentswanttobeyoung,sotheytrytobefriendswiththeirchildren,”saysKathyLynn,aparentingeducator.“Whenitcomestodiscipline,oursocietyhasgonefromoneextremetotheother,”saysRonMoorish,abehaviorspecialist.“Weusedtousethestrap,tointimidate.Thenwehadpermissiveness,andnowit’saboutgivingchildrenchoicesandallowingthemtolearnfromtheirownexperiences.”Realdiscipline,saysMoorish,isaboutteaching.“Bycorrectingourchildrenwhentheydosomethingwrong,weteachthemhowtobehaveproperly,”hesays.Butthisonlyworks,heemphasizes,ifparentsregaintheirpositionofauthority.Childrenwillalwaysbechildren.Thekeyisforparentstochoosetotakethetimetoguideandteachtheirkids.RitaMunday,amotheroffourchildren,couldn’tbelievethedramasthatplayedoutinthechildren’sshoestoresheoperated.Sheoftensawchildreninsistonhavingthehigh-priced,brand-nameshoes.Andevenwhenthemotherdidn’twanttospendthemoney,shewouldgiveinwhenthekidstartedactingupandthrowingshoesaround.RhondaRadice,Munday’syoungercolleague,isoneparentwhohasbuckedthetrendandisproudofit.“Idon’tnegotiatewiththem.Youcan’t.I’veseenparentscomeintothestoreandbribetheirchildrentobehave.Youshouldn’thavetobuyloveandrespect.”1、Theauthor’swayoftreatingherson____________.A、issharedbymanyparentsB、isencouragedbyhermotherC、provestobequitesuccessfulD、showslittleconcernforthechild參考答案:A解析:【答案】A【解析】第二段最后一句說我的孩子經(jīng)常跟我頂嘴，但這不是我一個人的問題，許多家長都有這樣的抱怨。2、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat__________.A、parentsshouldlearntomakefriendswiththeirchildrenB、parentsneedtofollowtheadviceofparentingbooksC、today’schildrenenjoymorefreedomthanthepreviousgenerationD、today’sparentsarebetteratraisingchildrenthanthepreviousgeneration參考答案:C解析:【答案】C【解析】第三段前兩句說育兒書中提供的建議互相矛盾，使家長無所適從。如今許多家長都在擺脫自己小時候的成長模式，希望以更加自由的態(tài)度對待自己的孩子。而這些家長成長時受到的教育是“家長說什么就是什么”。因此可以說如今的孩子比以前的孩子享受更多自由。3、Accordingtothepassage,tohave“discipline”meansthatparentsshould___________.A、adoptthe“doitbecauseIsayso”approachB、teachtheirchildrentounderstandtherulesC、negotiatewiththeirchildrenforadecisionD、neverallowtheirchildrentohavetheirways參考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】第五段說“紀律”的意思是“教導”，即應(yīng)該在孩子犯錯的時候糾正他們，并教導他們什么才是正確的做法。4、IfRondaRadiceistheparentwhohas“buckedthetrend”,whichofthefollowingcanalsobecitedastheexamplefor“buckingthetrend”?A、Parentsbuywhatevertheirchildrenwant.B、Parentstreattheirchildrenastheirequals.C、Parentsmakedecisionsfortheirchildren.D、Parentsmaintainauthorityovertheirchildren.參考答案:D解析:【答案】D【解析】“buckthetrend”意思是反潮流。第四段最后一句講到如今的潮流是家長給孩子自由選擇的權(quán)力。而最后一段Radice說，“我從不和他們講條件”，也就是說家長要保持權(quán)威。5、Themainpointofthepassageisto__________.A、comparedifferentwaysofraisingchildrenB、analyzetheproblemsfacedbytoday’sparentsC、explaintheimportanceofunderstandingchildrenD、pointoutthemistakesmadebytheoldergeneration參考答案:B解析:【答案】B【解析】本文主要介紹現(xiàn)代父母與子女的關(guān)系從過去的家長式變成朋友式以及由此產(chǎn)生的問題，所以B為文章主題。In1985,theCoca-colacompanymadethedecisiontochangetheformulaofitsleadingsoftdrink.Thechangewasbasedonthefindingsofmanymarketstudies.Thesestudieshadshownthatthegeneralresponsetothenewproductwasgood.However,thechangeofthetraditionalCoca-colabyNewCokewasrejectedbythemajorityofdrinkers.Infact,thecompanyhadtostepbackandrestartproductionoftheoldformulaofCoca-cola.ThemostimportantreasonwhyNewCokewasrejectedwastheemotionalrelationshipthatexistedbetweendrinkersandtheoldsoftdrinkformula.DrinkingIadvise后的從句應(yīng)該使用虛擬語氣，動詞應(yīng)該是原形的形式或者should+動詞原形。14、Theshiptookmachinesandothergoodsbacktotheport________ithadsetoff.A、fromwhichB、towhichC、whichD、inwhich參考答案:A解析:句意：這艘船帶著機器和其他貨物回到了出發(fā)的港口?？键c：定語從句的引導詞和介詞的搭配。15、Notuntil1868______madethecapitalofthestateofGeorgia.A、AtlantawasB、wasAtlantaC、whenAtlantawasD、whenwasAtlanta參考答案:B解析:句意：直到1868年亞特蘭大才成為佐治亞州的省會。考點：否定副詞放在句首時句子倒裝。16、Thisfamoustempleisbelieved_________about800yearsago.A、beingbuiltB、havingbuiltC、tohavebuiltD、tohavebeenbuilt參考答案:D解析:該句中believed要接不定式。此句按題意必須用不定式的被動語態(tài)形式，由于寺廟是在800年前建成的，因此要用被動語態(tài)的完成時態(tài)。17、Hewon'tsucceedanyway,________hardhetries.A、whateverB、nomatterC、asD、however參考答案:D解析:however=nomatterhow,意思是“不管如何”,因此選擇D。18、Johnsuggested_________anythingaboutituntiltheyfoundoutmorefacts.A、nottosayB、notsayC、tosaynotD、notsaying參考答案:D解析:句意：約翰建議等找到更多的證據(jù)后再談這件事情?？键c：suggestdoing。19、Whenthegirlheardthenews,shecoulddonothingbut________backhome.A、goingB、wentC、togoD、go參考答案:D解析:donothingbutdo是正確的形式。20、Scarcelyhadthecarstopped________thecellphonebegantoring.A、thanB、whenC、afterD、before參考答案:B解析:scarcely…when是固定搭配，表示“一…就…”，因此選擇B。三、完型填空Eachmorning,millionsofusturnonourradiosandtelevisionsfortheweatherforecast.Dothecloudyskiesmeanrain?Willrisingtemperaturesbringa___21___tomeltsnowandice?Onceweheartheforecast,wedecidewhatclothestowearand___22___tocarryanumbrellaornot.___23___,though,weatherforecastsare___24___incorrect.Yes,thoughtheaccuracyofforecastshasimproved___25___inrecentyears,predictingtheweatherisafascinatingmixtureofartandsciencethatisfarfrom___26___.Whatisinvolvedinpredictingtheweather,andhowreliableareweatherforecasts?Todayweathermenhavesomeadvancedtools___27___,themostbasicofwhichmeasureairpressure,temperature,humidity,andwind.Predictingtheweather,however,isnotallhardscience.Thecomputerscanonlygivesomedescriptionsofthebehavioroftheatmosphere.Furthermore,evenanaccurateforecastforalargeareamaynottake___28___theeffectoflocalareaontheweather.Sosome___29___ofartisalsonecessary.Hereiswhereaweatherforecastercomesin.Heuseshisexperienceandjudgmenttodeterminewhatvalueto___30___onthedatahereceives.Thisallowshimtomakeamoreaccurateforecast.21、A、climateB、spellC、termD、vacation參考答案:B解析:【答案】B?！窘馕觥吭摼湟鉃椋簻囟壬呤欠駮矸e雪和冰的融化？spell作名詞意思為：一段時間。22、A、whetherB、whatC、ifD、how參考答案:A解析:【答案】A?！窘馕觥吭擃}考點為whether引導的賓語從句。該從句的意思是：是否帶傘。if也有是否之意，也可引導賓語從句，但后面不可接ornot。23、A、InnotimeB、ForthefirsttimeC、FromtimetotimeD、Atalltimes參考答案:C解析:【答案】C?！窘馕觥吭摼湟鉃椋河袝r天氣預報也會明顯地不準確。Fromtimetotime：有時；Innotime：立即；Forthefirsttime：首次；Atalltimes：總是。24、A、objectivelyB、obviouslyC、occasionallyD、ordinarily參考答案:B解析:【答案】B。【解析】該句意思見上題。objectively：客觀地；occasionally：偶爾，但和句首的fromtimetotime重復；ordinarily：普通地。25、A、plentifullyB、boldlyC、repeatedlyD、dramatically參考答案:D解析:【答案】D。【解析】該句意為：雖然天氣預報的準確性在近年來已經(jīng)有了極大的提高。dramatically：極大地；plentifully：大量地；boldly：大膽地；repeatedly：反復地。26、A、waterproofB、foolproofC、bulletproofD、fireproof參考答案:B解析:【答案】B?！窘馕觥吭摼湟鉃椋禾鞖忸A報是藝術(shù)與科學的一種令人著迷的結(jié)合，因此很難保證不出任何差錯。foolproof是復合詞，意為：不出毛病的。waterproof：防水的；bulletproof：防彈的；fireproof：防火的。27、A、outofhandB、beyondtheircontrolC、attheirdisposalD、intheair參考答案:C解析:【答案】C。【解析】該句意為：現(xiàn)在天氣預報人員有一些先進的工具供他們使用。atone’sdisposal：供某人使用，處理；outofhand：失去控制；beyondtheircontrol：超出控制范圍；intheair：未落實，懸而未決。28、A、theplaceofB、controlofC、intoconsiderationD、careof參考答案:C解析:【答案】C?！窘馕觥吭摼湟鉃椋捍送?，即使是對一個大的地區(qū)的精確的預報也可能考慮不到一些局部地區(qū)的天氣情況。29、A、extentB、caseC、bitD、degree參考答案:D解析:【答案】D。【解析】該句意為：所以需要某種程度的藝術(shù)。degree這里是“程度”的意思。extent指“廣泛的程度、范圍”等。30、A、evaluateB、offerC、addD、place參考答案:D解析:【答案】D。【解析】該句意為：天氣預報員利用自己的經(jīng)驗和判斷力來決定他所得到的數(shù)據(jù)的價值。pla