become very concerned about our bad listening habits. They have set up listening clinics and courses to find out what is wrong----and what to do about it.
65. What does the word “rejected” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Passed through B. Passed away C. Refused D. Delayed
66. Which of the following is NOT the young man’s attitude（态度）towards the trouble that happened to him?
A. He wanted to improved his listening habit.
B. He didn’t realize that he had a bad listening habit. C. He thought what he had done was right.
D. He thought nobody had made the same suggestion as he did. 67. The purpose of the text is to show that ________.
A. the young man didn’t accept suggestions made by others B. much of your success is related to how well you listen
C. much of your success is related to how well you listen to your boss D. the young man’s insistence on his own ideas led to his failure 68. From the text we can get the conclusion（结论）that_______. A. the young man’s boss was not a good leader
B. the boss didn’t like the young man from the very beginning
C. it was all because of the young man’s bad listening habit that he failed to be promoted D. the young man made the same suggestion as had already been accepted
(D)
Dancing that Tells a Story-ballet
There are different ways of telling a story. It can be told in words. It can be told in pictures. It can be told in music. It can be acted out. Or it can be told by still another way---- by dancing. Dancing that tells a story is called a ballet.
The dancing in a ballet is done to music, but the story is told by the movements of the dancers. There is no singing or speaking.
The dancers in the picture are telling the story of Sleeping Beauty. The music for this famous ballet was written by the Russian composer Tschaikowsky. The movements of its dancers were worked out by the French ballet master Petipa.
A ballet is a work (of art) just a beautiful picture is. The person who plans a ballet is an artist. So is each dancer.
Sometimes ballet is called toe dancing. It is true that in some ballets the dancers do dance on their toes. But a great deal of the dancing in ballets is not toe dancing. Toe dancing is used to give the idea of lightness and airiness. It is never put into a ballet unless it fits the story.
Back in the days of ancient Greece and Rome there were dances that told stories of the gods. Even longer ago in Egypt there were dances that told stories of the planets. But the ballet of today had its beginnings about 600 years ago. It began as a kind of entertainment in the courts of the rulers of Italy. Two hundred years later ballet was popular in the French court. The French king Louis XIV founded a ballet school.
On a ballet program today there are often some French words. The names of many ballets are French. But there may be other French words, too. A part of a ballet that is danced by just two people is called a pas de deux. Such French words remind us that France was once the leader in ballet.
Later the rulers of Russia became interested in ballet. They offered a great deal of money to the best ballet masters and dancers of France. They founded a ballet school. Soon Russia was the leader in ballet. Today there are many ballet companies. All opera companies, too, have ballets dancers, for ballets are a part of many operas. No one country now leads in ballet.
Ballet is not easy to learn. A boy or girl who wishes to be a ballet dancer has to begin going to a ballet school very early. Some begin when they are only three or four. All the parts in a ballet used to be danced by men. But now a girl has as good a chance as a boy of being a famous ballet dancer. 69. There are ____ ways of telling a story referred to in the passage. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 70. Ballet is called toe dancing because ________.
A. there is a great deal of toe dancing in every ballet B. in some ballets toe dancing is used to fit the story C. it always tells a story by toe movements D. the word ballet means “ toe” in French
71. Ballet of today can date back as early as _______.
A. the days of ancient Greece and Rome B. days before ancient Greece and Rome C. about 600 years ago
D. the time when Louis XIV was in power
72. _____ never acted as the leader in the history of ballet.
A. France B. Russia C. Italy D. Egypt (E)
Believe it or not, optical illusion can cut highway accident. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced car accidents on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion.
Bent stripes, called chevrons painted on the roads made drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japanese success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway accidents. High speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all deadly traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will carry out its tests on areas where speedrelated dangers are the greatest-culver, exist slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than really are, but also make a road appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of the traffic accidents. 73. The text mainly discusses__________.
A. a new way of highway speed control B. a new way of painting highways C. a new way of training drivers D. the uses of optical illusion
74. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _______.
A. they should keep distances from other cars
B. they are driving in the wrong way C. they should slow down their speed D. they are close to the speed limit
75. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that it ______.
A. can keep drivers awake
B. can cut road accidents in half
C. will have a longer effect on drivers D. will look more attractive
76. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ______.
A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the country
C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons D. repeat the Japanese road patterns (F)
As a result of pollution, Lake Erie, on the borders of the United States and Canada, is now without any living things.
Pollution in water is not simply a matter of “ poisons” killing large number of fish overnight. Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms to be effects of pollution are either plants or plankton. But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures. When this food disappears, the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out, and it is not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river’s edge or on the sea shore that people realize what is happening.
Where do the substances which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources---sewage and industrial waste. As more detergent(洗洁精) is used in the home, more of it is finally put into our rivers, lakes and seas. Detergents harm water birds, dissolving the natural substances which keep their feathers waterproof. Sewage itself, if not properly treated, makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and lakes from receiving the oxygen they need. Industrial waste is even more harmful since there are many highly poisonous things in it, such as copper and lead.
So, if we want to stop this pollution, the answer is simple: Sewage and industrial waste must be made clean before flowing into the water. It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes, but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.
77. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “waterproof” in the third paragraph? A. Full of water B. Not allowing water to go through C. Covered with water D. Cleaned by water
78. According to the text, the water which is harmful comes from the following EXCEPT ___. A. industrial waste B. chemicals C. water for cleaning D. life in water 79 The way to stop water pollution is _______. A. to realize the serious situation clearly B. to put oxygen into the river
C. to make the waste materials harmless
D. to make special room in the sea for our rubbish 80．This text is mainly about_____.
A. the fact that water is very important in our daily life
B. the fact that water is polluted very seriously C. water pollution and the way of getting rid of it D. the life in the water
第II 卷 （共４０分）
IV. 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）
81.The only thing to be c________(考虑) is how to raise money for the children. 82.With a beverage in his hand, he felt a little r_______ (放松). 83.I have no trouble e__________(表达) myself in English.
84.The boy had a fever yesterday and his mother had to take him to the d_______(诊所). 85.T_______(千) of young people are learning English and computer now. 86.Mr. Li moved to the seashore in his f______(四十来岁). 87.H______(听到) the good news, we all jumped with joy.
88.I changed into my sports shoes so that I could walk more c_______(舒服). 89.W_______(星期三) is the fourth day of a week.
90.Walking every day keep me f_____(健康) than before.
V. 翻译（共5小题，每小题3分；共计15分）
91. 她一定是哭过了，这从她的眼睛可以看出来。（which 引导的定语从句）
92．尽管他年纪大了，他从不放弃学习英语。（in spite of）
93．明天会上要讨论的第一个问题是下一步做什么。（the first problem…is… ）
94．不知道如何翻译这个句子，她去向老师请求帮助。（分词作状语）
95．直到昨天，他们才告知这个宾馆里的房间已全部预订完了。（Not until）
VI. 书面表达（满分１５分）
用100个单词左右的篇幅，写一副题为“The Importance of Learning English”的短文。 提示：
1. 说明目前英语已成为国际语言。
2．举例说明英语的用途，如： 做生意、看资料、书籍等。
3．我国多数学校开设英语课，可很少有人懂得为何学习英语的道理。 4．对广大学生提出学习希望。
参考答案
Ⅰ. 词汇和语法知识 （共35小题，每小题1分；共计35分）
(1-5) D C D C B (6-10) B C D A C (11-15) D D B A C
(16-20) B A D C C (21-25) A D C A C (26-30) D A C C D (31-35) A C D C D
Ⅱ. 完形填空（共20小题；36-45每小题1分，46-55每小题1．5分，共计25分）
(36-40) D C B A C (41-45) D C B A B (46-50) A B D B D (51-55) C C D C B
III. 阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，共计50分）
(56-60) D D C B D (61-64) C B C D (65-68) C A B C (69-72) C B C D (73-76) A C C A (77-80) B D C C
IV. 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）
81. considered 82.relaxed 83.expressing 84.doctor’s 85.Thousands 86.forties 87.hearing 88.comfortably 89.Wednesday 90. fitter
V. 翻译（共５小题，每小题３分；共计１５分）
91. She must have cried, which we can see from her eyes. 92. In spite of his old age, he never gives up studying English.
93. The first problem to be discussed at the meeting tomorrow is what to do next. 94. Not knowing how to translate the sentence, she turned to the teacher for help.
95. Not until yesterday were they told that all the rooms in the hotel had been fully booked.
VI. 书面表达（满分１５分）
The Importance of Learning English
The English language has now become an international language because it is used by most of the countries in the world.
If we want to do business with foreigners, we have to learn English, for most of them speak and write English. In the present time, most of the valuable books are written in it. In order to enlarge our knowledge, we should be able to read English.
English is taught in most of the schools in our country but few of the students know the reason why they have to learn English.
It is hoped that our students should pay more attention to the study of English and make good use of it..
2015年四川省高职单招统一考试英语模拟题一
