英语期末通关秘籍.doc

Model Test 1
Section A
1. A. Mary was dismissed. B. Mary was often late.
C. Mary was lazy. D. Mary went away.
2. A. In a travel agency. B. At an airport.
C. At a restaurant. D. At a hotel.
3. A. She watched the movie. B. She had a traffic accident.
C. She stayed in the hospital with her son. D. She stayed up the whole night watching TV.
4. A. Better quality, expensive one. B. Cheaper one in this shop.
C. Cheaper on in another shop. D. Better quality in this shop.
5. A. 5 hours B. 6 hours C. 7 hours D. 8 hours
6. A. She does not agree with the man.
B. She thinks that it is a good idea.
C. She does not think that the man made a wise decision.
D. She has a better idea.
7. A. Teacher and student. B. Librarian and student.
C. Father and daughter. D. Customer and shop assistant.
8. A. The man cannot go to the airport.
B. The man does not want to wait for the woman.
C. The man does not want to see the woman.
D. The man is eager to see the woman.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A. The relationship between the time spent in a store and the purchases made there.
B. How can we spend as little as possible when shopping.
C. How much time is required for drugstore shopping.
D. The buying of clothes at department stores.
10. A. An advertisement. B. A story of a friend.
C. An article. D. A doctor’s prescription.
11. A. They come for a specific purchase. B. They want to spend little money.
C. They talk themselves out of purchases. D.They hate shopping.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A. Because she cannot afford her daughter’s tuition fee.
B. Because her daughter is too young to go to college.
C. Because her daughter does not take her study seriously.
D. Because her daughter does not want to go to college.
13. A. Fashion and games. B. Fashion and dating.
C. Clothes and diet. D. Shopping and romantic stories.
14. A. To let the girl fully develop by herself.
B. To make full use of her right as a mother to ask her daughter to do exercises every day.
C. To have a serious talk with her daughter.
D. To find a family teacher to help with her daughter’s study.
15. A. She can get a job.
B. She can take classes at a community college.
C. She can do internship to get experience.
D. She can help with the family business to get some experience.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. They are not well educated.
B. They failed to work hard at school.
C. Their society is too complicated.
D. Their education is not adequate for their new life.
17. A. To find a worker and follow him closely.
B. To find a person you admire and make friends with him.
C. To find a person you respect and watch carefully how he acts.
D. To make friends with a model you admire.
18. A. Learn from a model. B. Learn, learn, and learn again.
C. Learn forever. D. One is never too old to learn.
Passage two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A. A horse. B. Money. C. The judge. D. The stable.
20. A. He decided the case from the appearances of the prince and beggar.
B. He beat the beggar violently.
C. He took the prince and beggar to the stable next morning and asked them to recognize the horse.
D. He rejected the case.
21. A. Because he hated the beggar.
B. Because the horse recognized the prince as its owner.
C. Because he thought the prince was rich and therefore should own a horse.
D. No reason at all.
22. A. Unbelieving. B. Doubtful. C. Admiring. D. Negative.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A. Sad. B. Funny. C. Excited. D. Angry.
24. A. The newcomers do not like their new environment shortly after their arrival.
B. When the newcomers’ identities disappear gradually, the newcomers begin to hate the city, the country, etc. in the new culture.
C. Finally, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings but, as a result, enjoy their life less.
D. In the final stage of culture shock, the newcomers hate their life more and leave the country.
25. A. The people who had some difficulties in their own culture.
B. The people who were not active and successful in their own culture.
C. The people who had no hobbies in their own culture.
D. The people who never had any difficulties in their own culture.
Section C
Directions:
Some children have great (26) __________ learning to read and write. They want to learn but nothing seems to (27) __________. They think they are (28) __________. Experts now know these children may (29) __________ from a learning disability called dyslexia (阅读困难). It is a (30) __________ word meaning “poor reading”.
There are many kinds of dyslexia. Some dyslexia children see (31) __________ the wrong way while reading. For example, they may look at the word “saw” and see it as the word (32) “__________”, or they may not be able to tell the (33) __________ between the letters “b” and “d”, or “p” and “q”. Several studies are helping experts understand what dyslexia is and where to look for its cause. (34) __________________________________________________________________. They say dyslexics are born that way. Dyslexic children do not develop the ability to match groups of letters with their sounds. For example, a dyslexic person can not see the written letters “SGO” and know it is said “SGO”. (35) ___________________________________________________________________________.
Recent research shows treatments can be effective. One treatment involves looking at letters and repeating their sounds. The experts say it is very important to discover if a person is suffering dyslexia at a young age. Treatment can prevent severe reading and writing problems later in life. (36) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. One dyslexic high school student said, “Even if I can not spell ‘chemistry’, I can do the work.”
26. difficulty 27. help 28. stupid 29. suffer 30. Greek
31. letters 32. was 33. difference
34. Some experts say dyslexics have reading and writing problems because their brains are different from those of other people
35. This makes it extremely difficult or impossible to learn the sounds of their language
36. Experts say that dyslexic people are not stupid. Many are extremely intelligent

Model Test 2

Section A
1. A. Nice, kind and good-looking.
B. Nice but not kind and strict.
C. Nice, kind and also strict. D. Kind, not strict, not nice.
2. A. 86168352 B. 86168532 C. 86168253 D. 86168523
3. A. In a post office. B. In a bank. C. In a restaurant. D. In a bookstore.
4. A. She means to help him. B. She is indifferent to his trouble.
C. She is telling him to look at a bright object. D. She means to comfort him.
5. A. Tom’s wife has been dead for a long time.
B. Tom’s wife didn’t answer the phone.
C. It could be Tom’s wife who answered the phone.
D. Somebody else answered the phone.
6. A. Teacher and student. B. Boss and secretary.
C. Lawyer and client. D. Doctor and student.
7. A. Go to the airport. B. Wait for her aunt at home.
C. Prepare dinner. D. Do her homework.
8. A. It was boring. B. It was entertaining.
C. It was touching. D. It was encouraging.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A. A Mp3. B. A radio. C. A CD player. D. A Walkman.
10. A. A walkman. B. A CD player. C. A radio. D. A Mp3.
11. A. Her mother. B. Her brother. C. Her uncle. D. Her sister.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard
12. A. Jean. B. George. C. Mary. D. Tom.
13. A. Certainly. B. Yes, she is. C. It depends. D. No, she isn’t.
14. A. An apology. B. An innocent social fib or excuse.
C. An invitation. D. A letter.
15. A. He is ill. B. He is busy.
C. Not mentioned. D. He has something else to do.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. Life is not easy.
B. Marriage often is not easy.
C. Love often is not easy.
D. Sometimes friendship between a man and a woman is not easy.
17. A. Men and Women like to argue.
B. Men and women talk and think in different ways.
C. Men and women are very similar.
D. Men and women are likely to get angry.
18. A. They usually play in small groups. B. All the boys like to give orders.
C. They don’t obey the orders D. Boys usually play in large groups.
19. A. Girls usually play in large groups. B. Girls like to brag.
C. Girls like to give suggestions . D. Girls say good things about themselves.
Passage two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20. A. Animal. B. Policemen. C. Children. D. Soldiers.
21. A. Rather poor. B. Quite good. C. Too short.D. Not very easy.
22. A. To steal Tom’s stories B. To come back every night.
C. To write more stories. D. To come back and rob Tom.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A. Pets make their owners healthier.
B. Pets spread many kinds of disease to man.
C. Pet owners enjoy better health because of exercise.
D. Pets can sometimes cause high blood pressure in man.
24. A. Blood pressure, body weight and lifestyles.
B. Blood levels, blood pressure and lifestyles.
C. Blood pressure, age and lifestyles.
D. Blood pressure, blood levels and body weight.
25. A. A dog is better than a cat because it needs regular exercises.
B. More than half of the 6,000 people enjoy good health.
C. People who have pets in the research have relatively good health.
D. A cat is better than a dog because it does not spread diseases.
Section C
Sadness is an (26) __________ that affects everybody. It is normal for the problems and (27) __________ of life to make a person unhappy for a while, but something is wrong when unhappiness (28) __________ with a person’s ability to carry out life’s daily (29) __________ . And that is what depression does. The (30) __________ makes it difficult for both the mind and the body to work (31) __________ . Doctors say the lasting mental and (32) __________ effects of depression make it a true sickness.
Depression can (33) ___________ any one. Researchers say one out of ten persons in the world has the chance of developing a major depression at some time. (34) ______________________________________________________________________. Experts say 2 percent of American children under 13 suffer from some form of depression. Children from 13 to 19 years old have about the same rate of depression as older people—4 or 5 percent.
There are many different signs of depression. The director of clinical research at the National Institute of Mental Health, Daerol Rugear, says a depressed person feels sad for at least 2 weeks. (35) _________________________________________________________________________________. For example, some depressed people sleep more than usual while others lose sleep. They may wake up after several hours of sleep. (36) ________________________________________________________________. Others lose their enjoyment of food and become thinner.
26. emotion 27. pressures 28. interferes 29. activities 30. condition
31. correctly 32. physical 33. affect
34. A recent international study found that more people around the world suffer from depression now than at the beginning of this century
35. Other signs of depression include unexplained changes in daily activities
36. And some depressed people eat more than usual and gain weight

Model Test 3
Section A
1. A. $25. B. $13 C. $30. D. $26.
2. A. Right away. B. Surely he is.
C. He’s not sure. D. Certainly not.
3. A. In a supermarket. B. In a restaurant.
C. At the airport . D. At the bank.
4. A. To read. B. To move. C. to travel. D. To relax.
5. A. She exercises. B. She listens to music.
C. She watches TV. D. She makes phone calls.
6. A. A customer and a waitress. B. A librarian and a student.
C. A teacher and a student. D. A boss and a secretary.
7. A. Jack took the second place in the sports.
B. Jack was in perfect health when he attended the sports.
C. Jack had taken the first place in the sports.
D. Jack couldn’t have taken the second place in the sports.
8. A. The woman’s. B. The man’s . C. Mary’s. D. The friend’s.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A. Switzerland. B. Cyprus C. New Zealand. D. Rome.
10. A. By sea. B. By road. C. By air. D. By rail.
11. A. Because people can enjoy the view along the road much better.
B. Because it’s cheap.
C. Because it’s comfortable.
D. Because it’s fast.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A. To the supermarket. B. To the bank.
C. To the offic D. To the cinema.
13. A. Once a month. B. Twice a month.
C. Once a week. D. Twice a week.
14. A. To the country. B. To the sea.
C. To his wife’s mother’s. D. To a foreign country.
15. A. She can get a job.
B. She can take classes at a community college.
C. She can do internship to get experience.
D. She can help with the family business to get some experience.

Section B
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. You have a big apartment. B. The dogs eat very much.
C. The dog tends to be angry.D. The dog is a popular breed.
17. A. Because they are powerful.
B. Because they are easy to train.
C. Because they provide protection and companionship.
D. Because they grow up quickly.
18. A. When you live in the city.
B. When your home is small.
C. When you have small children.
D. When you live in an apartment.
Passage two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A. He kept them for future use. B. He had them repaired in London.
C. He mended them himself. D. He sold them in his own shop.
20. A. The man’s umbrella was in Mr. Brown’s way.
B. Mr. Brown wanted to help the man carry the umbrella.
C. Mr. Brown took the man’s umbrella by mistake.
D. Mr. Brown thought the man’s umbrella was broken and needed repairing.
21. A. Because he thought Mr. Brown was trying to steal his umbrella.
B. Because he thought Mr. Brown had stepped on his umbrella.
C. Because he thought Mr. Brown was standing in his way.
D. Because he thought Mr. Brown hadn’t made an apology to him.
22. A. Mr. Brown had a good time in London.
B. Mr. Brown had bought many good umbrellas.
C. Mr. Brown had enjoyed the day with his friends in London.
D. Mr. Brown had stolen so many umbrellas.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A. A fixed population. B. Family plannig.
C. Social traditions. D. Information about reproduction.
24. A. To do farm work. B. To improve living standards.
C. T