1、2022年5月統(tǒng)考模擬練習(xí)-大學(xué)英語(yǔ)A2試卷總分:100 得分:100一、閱讀理解 (共 2 道試題,共 20 分)5.Halloween (October 31) is a holiday widely celebrated with different names in many countries. Although it originated as a religious holiday, it has lost its religious connections in the United States. It is now celebrated largely as a child

2、rens day, and many American children look forward to it for days and weeks beforehand. The orange pumpkin is harvested at this time of year and is hollowed out, a funny face cut into it, and a candle placed inside as decorations in the window. City folks, nowadays, sometimes use paper pumpkins for d

3、ecorations. Some years ago, the holiday was celebrated by dressing up in strange and frightening costumes and playing tricks on ones neighbors and friends, such as ringing door bells, throwing bits of corn on the window panes, and in other ways making minor disturbances. More recently, children come

4、 to the door to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess who they are behind the false faces and receive treats of candy, fruit or cookies. They say, “Trick or treat”, meaning “I will play a trick on you if you do not give me the treat.” This practice has even more recently develop

5、ed into a significant international activity. Instead of or along with candy, the children collect money for UNICEF (United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund). This special collection of money by children for needy children throughout the world is known as “UNICEF Trick or Treat”. Begun

6、 only recently, it results in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF. The collection box is orange, reminiscent of the pumpkin.(1).What does Halloween originate from? ( )A childrens dayA childrens trickA religious dayA UNICEF day答案:C(2).What is the symbol of Halloween? ( ).PumpkinCa

7、ndleCostumesMoney答案:A(3).The holiday was celebrated in the following ways some years ago EXCEPT ( ).putting on strange and frightening costumesreceiving treats of candy, fruit or cookiesplaying tricks on ones neighbors and friendsringing door bells答案:B(4).Why do children collect money in the Hallowe

8、en?( )They love moneyThey want to get enough money to buy themselves candyThe adults are willing to give them money.They want to help other children.答案:D(5).The collection box is dyed orange because ( )children love orangeorange stands for happinessorange is the color of pumpkinorange is loved by ad

9、ults答案:C10.Regular child care provided outside home or by someone other than the mother does not in itself undermine healthy emotional connections between mothers and their 15-month-old infants, according to a long-term national study. The finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months

10、after birth and runs for 30 hours or more per week. Among infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mother, however, the mother-child relationship may be damages. “This research helps us put apart complexities regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail.” C

11、ontends Jay Belsky, a psychologist. The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near Boston. The youngsters, no more than 1 month old when they entered the study in 1991, will be tracked until the age of 7. Experimenters administered questionnaires to mothers in thei

12、r homes and videotaped baby caretakers interacting with the kids at ages1, 6, and 15 months. Independent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousness. Unlike most previous studies, this one allows researchers to observe each caretakers personality at child nurs

13、ing, and kids emotional reactions by the equipment.(1).From the first paragraph we know that （ ）.mother care is the best according to a national studychild care outside home is the best in accordance with the study.regular child care outside home does not in itself do harm to mother-child relationsh

14、ipconnections between mothers and infants are damaged by outside care.答案:C(2).According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may（ ）.ruin a kids growthharm the mother-child tiehurt a babys emotional reactionspoil a childs personality答案:B(3).Jay belsky implies that the study of child care（

15、）.was never carried out in the pastwas not done much in detail in the pastwas greatly ignored by psychologists sand researchers.was interesting but very difficult to make discovery答案:B(4).The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that（ ）.the researchers started with only

16、 one month old infant.the observers could rate the quality of child care efforts and analyzed them soonthe researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in their homes.video equipment enabled researchers to observe what was happening directly.答案:D(5).Which of the following is NOT true

17、of the investigation?It will last at least 7 years.Cooperation from the mothers is also necessary.Some independent observers play a part.Researchers paid site visits to see a caretakers personality and kids emotional reactions.答案:D二、單選題 (共 10 道試題,共 20 分)11.Football was _ the most popular sport in th

18、e world.so farby farfar frommuch far答案:B12.The girl will get _ her nervousness once she is on stage.overthroughoffaway答案:A13.He wont succeed any way, _ hard he tries.whateverno matterashowever答案:D14._ his number for an hour only to hear a busy signal, she became impatient and called the operator for

19、 assistance.DialingDialedHaving dialedTo dial答案:C15.Purchasing the new production line will be a _ deal for the company.forcefulprofitabletremendousfavorite答案:B16.Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert _ it means standing in a queue all night.as ifprovidedeven ifwhatever答案:C17.Its sometimes

20、 hard to _ one twin from the other.tellsayspeaktalk答案:A18.I suggest that she _ in next week.will dodoesdidshould do答案:D19.At the end of 2004, there were around 6,000 foreign printing companies in China. _ up around 4 percent of national total.madeto makemakinghaving made答案:C20.How did you like the _

21、 of the interpreter at the press conference?performanceachievementmaterialwords答案:A三、完型填空 (共 1 道試題,共 20 分)30.The human nose is an understated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, # animals, we stand upright. This means that our

22、 noses are limited to perceiving those smells that float through the air, #the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact though, we are extremely sensitive to smell, #we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of detecting human smells even when these are # to far below one part

23、 in one million. Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, whereas others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate # smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells wh

24、ich sense smells and send messages to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell # can suddenly become sensitive to it when exposed to it often enough. The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it# to keep all smell receptors w

25、orking all the time but can create new receptors if necessary. This may #explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not aware of the usual smell of our own house but we #new smells when we visit someone elses. The brain finds it best to keep smell

26、receptors available for unfamiliar and emergency signals # the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.(1).aboveunlikeexcludingbesides答案:B(2).catchingignoringmissingtracking答案:C(3).even ifif onlyonly ifas if答案:A(4).diluteddissolveddeterminingdiffused答案:A(5).unusualparticularuniquetypical答案:B(6).at firstat allat largeat times答案:A(7).ineffectiveincompetenti