大学英语入学分班考试模拟试题 编写:储鹏
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D. is always guarded by special soldiers
[解析] 推理判断题。从文章第四段对数天鹅过程的描述以及参与清点的官员的穿着打扮可知,其过程几乎没有变化,因为这是一项传统活动。
[答案] A
3.This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden mainly want to find out________. A. the exact number of swans and cygnets B. how a local school project is going on
C. how much damage the swans and cygnets suffer
D. how education and conservation are carried out along the Thames [解析] 细节理解题。从文章倒数第三段内容可知答案为C。 [答案] C
4.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? A. Britain’ s Queen is concerned about swans. B. Britain’ s Queen orders a count of swans. C. An old tradition in Buckingham Palace. D. Queen Elizabeth will count swans herself.
[解析] 主旨大意题。文章第一段是本文的主题段,英国女王下令清点泰晤士河上的天鹅的数量。
[答案] B
5.The underlined word “tributaries” can be best replaced by ________. A. districts B. banks C. trees
D. branches
[解析] 词义理解题。根据语境和常识可知,此处是指在泰晤士河及其支流上生活的天鹅。故答案为D。
[答案] D
Passage B
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby’ s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was imperfect. When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be misfortunate. He cried out the tragedy, “A boy, a big boy... called me a freak (怪人).”
He grew up, handsome. A favourite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might communicate with other young people,” his mother blamed him, but felt a kindness in her