2019年中国传媒大学英语初试模拟题【第一套】（附答案）

2019年中国传媒大学英语初试模拟题【第一套】（附答案）
1. Lang Lang’s mother ________ to train him to play the piano when he was very young.

A. started B. has started C. starts D. had started

2. Paper cuts of animals have been found in tombs ______ date back to the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasty.

A. when B. who C. which D. where

3. If you want to stand out in the world of advertisements, ________ old ideas is not enough.

A. repeat B. having repeated C. repeated D. repeating

4.---Mona is never happy. Look, she _________ about her lunch.

---I think she’d better change her way of thinking.

A. complained B. complains C. is complaining D. has complained

5. What a pity! ________ of Amy’s two little brothers joined in this year’s family marathon.

A. Neither B. All C. None D. Either

6. When Mary heard the news, a wide smile spread ________ her face.

A. through B. across C. against D. over

7. ---Allan, I _______ you to come down several times. Why are you still here?

---Sorry, Mom. But I’m busy with my project.

A. ask B. was asking C. have asked D. had asked

8. ________ a kid is taught at a young age will affect his whole life.

A. Which B. Who C. As D. What

9. Mrs. White was very excited to know that her son _________ a position in that big company.

A. has offered B. had offered C. has been offered D. had been offered

10. –Will you be home before 7:00 pm tomorrow?

--Probably not, I ___________ Johnny at the airport then.

A. have picked up B. will be picking up C. would pick up D. am going to pick up

11. _______ the concert hall was cold and the sound system caused a few problems, the audience could still enjoy the concert.

A. Until B. Although C. If D. Unless

12. Kelly failed Mr. Brown’s literature course. She ________ have handed in the report earlier.

A. might B. should C. would D. must

13. ________ the woman even more, Chen Yifei adds a lot of detail to the fan and the cloth of her dress.

A. To emphasize B. Emphasized C. Emphasizing D. Emphasize

14. During the China-Africa Cooperation Summit, some African leaders visited Huawei’s Beijing Center, _______ they were amazed at the company’s achievements.

A. why B. which C. whether D. where

15. If they ________ the game to the visiting team yesterday, their coach would have been fired.

A. lost B. lose C. had lost D. have lost

Taking Chances

My mother recently read me a speech she had made at a local high school, hoping to __1__ my endless quest for answers to everything.

Ever since I was very young, __2__ of making mistakes, I've asked countless times, "What should I do?" I don’t remember clearly when I __3__ only to do things the "right" way, and made "doing it the right way" my motto.

However, sometime during my high school years, I __4__ . Maybe it was when I decided to try for the lead in "Beauty and the Beast." Never mind that I would have to memorize __5__ and rehearse movements, I would take the chance that I might __6__. On the day of tryouts, my heart was pounding; my hands were __7__ badly when I got up to sing. But when I opened my mouth, the sound was loud and __8__. I reached for the high notes that sometimes were __9__ my reach. I was trying to do my best even though I might fail. __10__ I didn’t!

The audition (试镜) was definitely an __11__ part of the process. I realized that if I wanted to live life to the fullest, I had to take __12__.

Now, I do take these chances, with baby steps, every day; voicing my opinions in class discussions or debates, __13__ for a high note in church choir, riding my horse over a three-foot jump.

Three years ago, I broke my back when I fell from my horse. The __14__ meant I couldn't try out for basketball, which I loved. And, the day I __15__ out for track was the first day my doctor allowed me to do any physical activity at all. The coach didn’t take me, so I started running with my mom. No stop-watches. No cheering crowds. I didn’t __16__ the track team, but I didn’t fail, either.

I have finally learned to __17__ myself, like taking a tough science course. And I have come to realize that even though my parents, friends and teachers don’t always have the __18__ to “What should I do?”, they will be there to __19__ me when I try.

“Life is learning to deal with Plan B,” my mother __20__ in her speech. But I now know that the Plan A’s I make for my life will become easier and easier with every chance I take.

1. A. seek B. satisfy C. excite D. tolerate

2. A. afraid B. aware C. certain D. free

3. A. afforded B. agreed C. promised D. decided

4. A. survived B. learned C. changed D. quitted

5. A. lines B. texts C. lessons D. roles

6. A. stay B. leave C. fail D. join

7. A. hurting B. shaking C. suffering D. struggling

8. A. powerful B. gentle C. innocent D. distant

9. A. against B. within C. outside D. beyond

10. A. Otherwise B. Thus C. But D. Therefore

11. A. ordinary B. independent C. additional D. important

12. A. chances B. turns C. measures D. sides

13. A. looking B. waiting C. hoping D. reaching

14. A. event B. injury C. disease D. experience

15. A. worked B. tried C. looked D. held

16. A. visit B. admire C. make D. take

17. A. help B. enjoy C. push D. save

18. A. answer B. approach C. response D. access

19. A. teach B. watch C. trust D. support

20. A. planned B. stated C. expected D. discussed

A

Welcome to ASU Robotics Camps 2019!

ASU Robotics Camps are designed for students who intend to pursue a science and engineering career. The program is administrated by Arizona State University. Camp instructors will teach the latest engineering design concepts and computing technologies. The robots built by students will enter a robotics challenge and demonstration at the end of the camp.

7Up RobotCamp, Nov.4 to Nov.15, 2019 (except Saturday and Sunday), from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. This camp is designed for students entering grades 7 and 8. Exceptional students entering grade 6 can be considered. Students will learn programming, design and construct robots, learn EV3 robotics programming, and participate in the robotics challenge at the level of difficulty similar to FIRST Lego League (FLL) Robotics Competition. Online Enrollment: Open on Sept.1.

9Up RobotCamp, Nov.18 to Nov.29, 2019 (except Saturday and Sunday), from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. This camp is designed for students entering grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. The program will cover robot construction, visual programming, language programming, phone app programming, and a robotics challenge. Online Enrollment: Open on Sept.1.

As a session in 7Up and 9Up RobotCamps, we also train school teachers who are involved in courses or clubs in computing, game programming, and robotics in their schools. Please also contact us for details at scidse.wintercamps@asu.edu.

The camps will be taught by Dr. Chen and his teaching assistants. Dr. Chen is a computing and robotics expert, who led ASU teams to win two champion titles in the “Ultimate Architecture Sumo-Robot Competition” in Las Vegas in 2005 and in 2006, and he has organized and instructed all the previous ASU Winter Robotics Camps since 2006.

Tuition

The tuitions for both 7Up Camp and 9Up Camp are $650.

Contact and Registration

Camp Website: http://www.engineering.asu.edu/roboticscamp/

Mail: SCIDSE Robotics Camps, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 7-8809, Tempe, AZ 85287-8809

General Inquiry: Call (480) 965-3199 or email scidse.wintercamps@asu.edu

Accommodations: Special Needs

If your child has a disability and has a need for an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please notify Lori Borsheim at The School of Computing, or (480) 965-3199 to discuss your child’s needs.

1. ASU Robotics Camps are mainly aimed at students________.

A. with disabilities B. with exceptional grades

C. fond of game designing D. interested in science and engineering

2. By joining ASU Robotics Camps, a grade 7 student can_______.

A. learn EV3 robotics programming

B. enter FLL Robotics Competition

C. get an award in a robotics challenge

D. join ASU teams led by Dr. Chen

3. ASU Robotics Camps offer _______ to every participant.

A. an assistant robot B. various programming courses

C. free accommodations D. a 12-day learning experience

B

Flower Power

When her grandmother’s health began to worsen last autumn, Mary would make the drive from Washington, DC to Winchester, VA every few days.

She hated highway driving, finding it ugly and boring. She preferred to take winding country roads to her grandmother’s hospital. When she drove through the rocky town of Harpers Ferry, the beauty of the rough waters was always appealing to her.

Toward the end of her journey, Mary had to get on highway 81. It was here that she discovered a surprising bit of beauty during one of her trips. Along the shoulder of the highway, there was a long stretch of wild flowers. They were thin and delicate and purple, and moved back and forth in the wind as if whispering poems to each other.

The first time she saw the flowers, Mary was seized by an uncontrollable urge to pull over on the highway and pull a bunch from the soil. She carried them into her grandmother’s room when she arrived at the hospital and placed them in a vase by her bed.

For a moment her grandmother seemed more lucid(清醒的)than usual. She thanked Mary for the flowers, commented on their beauty and asked where she had gotten them. Mary was overjoyed by the ability of the flowers to wake something up inside her sick grandmother.

Afterwards, Mary began carrying scissors in the car during her trips to visit her grandmother. She would quickly glide onto the shoulder, jump out of the car, and clip a bunch of flowers. Each time Mary placed the flowers in the vase, her grandmother’s eyes would light up and they would have a splendid conversation.

One morning in late October, Mary got a call that her grandmother had taken a turn for the worse. Mary was in such a hurry to get to her grandmother that she sped past her flower spot. She decided to turn around, head several miles back, and cut a bunch.

Mary arrived at the hospital to find her grandmother very weak and unresponsive. She placed the flowers in the vase and sat down to hold her grandmother’s hand. She felt a squeeze on her fingers. It was the last conversation they had.

4. Mary preferred to take country roads to the hospital because she could ________.

A. get on highway 81 more easily

B. pick wild flowers for her grandmother

C. enjoy the natural view along the roads

D. spend less time driving to the destination

5. When Mary placed the flowers by her grandmother’s bed, her grandmother _________.

A. was overjoyed by the flowers

B. commented on Mary’s beauty

C. came alive at the sight of the flowers

D. was curious about the type of the flowers

6. From the passage, we know that ________.

A. Mary discovered the wild flowers along the country roads

B. Mary’s last conversation with her grandmother was a silent one

C. Mary headed several miles back because she sped past the hospital

D. Mary’s grandmother had passed away before she arrived at the hospital

7. What does the passage convey to us?

A. Beauty in nature can be powerful.

B. Love has no beginning or ending.

C. Life is as beautiful as summer flowers.

D. Flowers have the magic to cure diseases.

C

Seeds on Ice

Close to the North Pole, remote and rocky Plateau Mountain in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard seems an unlikely spot for any global effort to safeguard agriculture. In this cold and deserted environment, no grains, no gardens, no trees can grow. Yet at the end of a 130-meter-long tunnel cut out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s most precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ---more than a half-billion seeds.

A quiet rescue mission is under way. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously affect food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault represents a major step towards ensuring the preservation of hundreds of thousands of crop varieties. This is a seed collection, but more importantly, it is a collection of the traits found within the seeds: the genes that give one variety resistance to a particular pest and another variety tolerance for hot, dry weather.

Few people will ever see or come into contact with the contents of this vault. In sealed boxes, behind multiple locked doors, monitored by electronic security systems, enveloped in below-zero temperatures, and surrounded by tons of rock, hundreds of millions of seeds are protected in their mountain fortress. Frozen in such conditions inside the mountain, seeds of most major crops will remain viable for hundreds of years, or longer. Seeds of some are capable of retaining their ability to grow for thousands of years.

Everyone can look back now and say that the Seed Vault was a good and obvious idea, and that of course the Norwegian government should have approved and funded it. But back in 2004, when the Seed Vault was proposed, it was viewed as a crazy, impractical, and expensive idea.

We knew that nothing would provide a definite guarantee. But we were tired, fed up, and frankly scared of the steady, greater losses of crop diversity. The Seed Vault was built by optimists who wanted to do something to preserve options so that humanity and its crops might be better prepared for change. If it simply resupplied seed gene banks with samples those gene banks had lost, this would repay our efforts.

The Seed Vault is about hope and commitment—about what can be done if countries come together and work cooperatively to accomplish something significant, long-lasting, and worthy of who we are and wish to be.

8. According to the passage, the Seed Vault is _______.

A. a tunnel where the collected seeds are displayed

B. a stone room that contains the seeds of endangered crops

C. a seed gene bank that stores diverse seeds for future agriculture

D. a lab where researchers study how to maintain the diversity of crops

9. The underlined word “viable” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______.

A. mature B. clean C. alive D. valuable

10. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ___________.

A. how the seeds are preserved B. where people keep the seeds

C. why the seeds are protected D. what people do to study the seeds

11. We can know from the passage that ____________.

A. the Seed Vault offers a solution to climate change

B. most countries took part in rescuing the seed varieties

C. the Seed Vault guarantees to prevent the loss of crop diversity

D. many people originally considered building the Seed Vault unwise

答案

单项填空

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. D 10. B

11. B 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C

完形填空

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6.C 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C

11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. C17. C18. A19. D 20. B

阅读理解

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A 11. D