2014年公共英语等级考试一级模拟试题(3)

　　第三节：短文理解2：

　　passage one:

　　an old lady lived near dr. swift. she sent him presents occasionally by her servant. dr. swift took her presents but never gave the boy anything for his trouble. one day as swift was busy with his writing, the boy rushed into his room, knocked some books out of their place, threw his bag on the desk and said, “my mistress has sent you two of her hares.”

　　swift turned round and said, “my boy, that is not polite. now you sit in my chair, watch and learn your lesson.”

　　the boy sat down. swift went out, knocked at his door and waited. the boy said, “come in.” swift entered, walked to his desk and said, “my mistress sends her kind regards and hopes you will accept these hares.”

　　the boy answered, “thank you, my boy. give your mistress my thanks for her kindness and here are two shillings for yourself.”

　　dr. swift laughed, and after that, swift never forgot to give the boy his tip.

　　61. what did the boy get for delivering presents at the beginning?

　　a. something. b. nothing. c. some money.

　　62. why did the boy one day deliver the bag rudely?

　　a.because he could not do it in a polite way.

　　b.because he was in such a hurry.

　　c.because he was not satisfied with what swift had done for his work.

　　63. what did dr. swift want to teach the boy?

　　a. how to deliver things politely.

　　b. how to ask for a tip politely.

　　c. how to speak to others politely.

　　64. what do we know about the boy from the story?转自学易网 www.studyez.com

　　a.he was clever enough to learn everything dr. swift taught him.

　　b.he was clever enough to understand well what swift did and said.

　　c.he was clever enough to make swift understand what he wanted.

　　65. why did dr. swift laugh after the lesson?

　　a.because he was glad to see that the boy learned to be polite.

　　b.because the boy gave him two shillings for the lesson.

　　c.because the boy told him what he wanted in an interesting way.

　　passage two:

　　it was on april 10, 1912, when the titanic sailed for new york. she was carrying more than 2200 people.

　　at that time she was not only he biggest but also the finest of all ships, for she had six compartments(密封舱) with her. if four of them were broken, she would still be able to stay on the water.

　　four days after setting out, while the titanic was sailing across the ocean, the man on watch suddenly saw a very large iceberg, 100 feet tall. the great ship turned in time, but before long there was a sudden sound from below. the noise was so low that no one knew what had happened. the captain went down and was greatly surprised to see that five of her compartments had been broken. the titanic was going down fast.

　　the captain gave the order to give up the ship and hundreds of people jumped out into the water. at least over 1500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats.　　 66. the titanic was the name of a ________.

　　a. woman b. ship c. captain

　　67. which statement is true according to the passage?

　　a. not a ship at that time had compartments with her.

　　b. not a ship at that time sailed between england and america.

　　c. not a ship at that time was the same size as the titanic.

　　68. what broke five compartments of the great ship?

　　a. the low noise. b. the large iceberg. c. the sudden sound.

　　69. why did the captain decide to give up this ship

　　a. because he knew he could do nothing to save it.

　　b. because a lot of people had jumped into the water.

　　c. because he knew the icebergs were not far away.

　　70. how many people were saved in the end?

　　a. half of the passengers. b. about seven hundred. c. more than 1500.

　　ⅳ.写作

　　第一节：改写句子：

　　下面是关于mr. white 上英语课的三对句子。

　　71. mr. white drew a picture on a piece of paper so that he could show the meaning of an english word.

　　mr. white drew a picture on a piece of paper ______ the meaning of an english word.

　　72. everybody in the class was asked to tell a story about the picture.

　　mr. white __________________ to tell a story about the picture.

　　73. they spent more than twenty minutes on the work.

　　it __________ more than twenty minutes to do the work.

　　第二节：书面表达：

　　你的朋友alice要来北京，但你有事不能去机场接她，委托lily去接她，但她们二人互不认识，请给alice写一封短信。你在短文中的名字是：li ming.

　　你不能去接她;

　　由谁去接她;

　　描述以下lily的外貌：红裙子、二十多岁、个子不高，戴眼睛