2006年GCT英语模拟试题（二）及答案解析
Simulating Test Two
（本试题共50题，每题2分，满分100分，考试时间45分钟）
Part OneVocabulary and Structure
Directions:
In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
1. We should ____ our human and material resources if we are to succeed in the joint venture.
A. pour
B. plu nge
C. pool
D. pick
2. ____ I like the color of the hat, I do not like its shape.
A. While
B. If
C. When
D. Because
3. At the gathering, he talked ____ about the matter, dampening everyone′s spirits.
A. in detail
B. with ease
C. on end
D. in a c onfusing way
4. In order to be a good scientist, ____.
A. mathematics is vital
B. one must master mathematics
C. mathematics is important to understand
D. one to understand mathematics
5. All flights ____ because of the heavy storm, we decided to take the train.
A. having canceled
B. being canceled
C. having been canceled
D. canceled
6. This singer is always very ____ to the reaction of the audience when she gives a performance.
A. sentimental
B. sensible
C. positive
D. sensit ive
7. ____ the size and nature of a business, its main goal is to earn a profit.
A. Whatever
B. Whichever
C. Whereas
D. Because
8. They were just about to give up the question, ____ suddenly they found the answer.
A. as
B. while
C. when
D. t he moment
9. His ____ and experience make him an excellent person for this job.
A. complacency
B. compensation
C. cooperation
D. capability
10. In the bitter cold, the explorers managed to ____ despite the shortage of food.
A. live
B. surv ive
C. bear
D. endure
Part TwoReading Comprehension
Directions:
In this part there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:
In the old days, divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly, 1,500 lives. It has four huge propellers made of an expensive
metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $ 300,000 or more. The ship lying on the sea-bed has been brought by a man called John Light. He paid about $ 1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $ 600,000.
11. Divers today try to bring to the surface _______.
A. gold and jewels
B. parts of ships
C. whole ships
D. all of the above
12. Diver try to bring up metals because ________.
A. they have been in the sea for a long time
B. gold and jewels are not valuable things
C. some kinds of metals are worth a lot of money
D. it is easy to bring up metals
13. The word “surface” in the passage means the ______.
A. market
B. air
C. top of a liquid
D. sea
14. John Light hopes that he may be able to sell all the parts of the “Lusitania” for about _____.
A. $12,000
B. $300,000
C. $1,200,000
D. $1,800,000
15. John Light bought the “Lusitania” _______.
A. before 1915
B. before it sank
C. after it sank
D. after they had brought up the propellers
Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:
No antibiotics have been proved to be 100% effective in treating SARS so far. The only effective way to get rid of it is by ourselves. It likes a prolonged battle between the viruses and our immune response. In fact, viruses couldn′t kill all the immune cells in a health individual. The stronger the immune function you have, the less the viral injury you get. Therefore, the degree of sickness after infection and the rate of recovery mainly depend on how strong your immune function is.
You cannot avoid the infection unless you avoid from those infected individuals/area. But, you can try your best to boost up your immune function by several regimes. Make sure you are “extremely healthy” at least during this critical period. Stronger immune function could keep the viral damage minimal even you were so unluckily being infected. Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any detrimental effects from the viral infection. Scientists are now working on tracking the treatment fixing all sorts of flaws in DNA and so make sure you are still surviving until an effective treatment occurs.
16. According to the author, what is the effective way to get rid of SARS?
A. by ourselves
B. in a prolonged battle
C. to kill all the immune cells in a health individual
D. to be stronger
17. According to the author, the degree of sickness after infection and the rate of recovery mainly depend on
A. how strong your are
B. how old you are
C. severe the illness is
D. the strength of your immune system
18. How to avoid the infection of SARS? You may follow all the following EXCEPT
A. keeping away from those infected individuals
B. keeping away from those infected area
C. boosting up your immune function
D. keeping extremely healthy all the time
19. Scientists are now working on tracking the treatment
A. detecting all sorts of flaws in DNA
B. fixing all sorts of flaws in DNA
C. treatments that delay the attack of the disease
D. artificial version of the protein
20. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Genetic engineering
B. Genetic screening
C. A new technology
D. Application of genetic engineering
Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage:
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to profit by defeat. Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking. Confuse defeat with failure, and you are doomed indeed to failure. For it isn′t de feat that makes you fail; it is your own refusal to see it defeat the guide and encouragement to success.
Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of. They are routine incidents in the life of every man who achieves success. But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without humiliation, analyze it and learn why you failed. Defeat, in other words, can help to cure its own cause. Not only does defeat prepare us for success, but nothing can arouse within us such a compelling desire to succeed. If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away, he will cling more and more tightly until whole his weight is suspended. It is his same reaction which should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated. If you exploit the power which defeat gives, you can accomplish with it far more than you are capable of.
21. What does the author know?
A. He knows at least several cases of success.
B. He knows every success in life.
C. It is not mentioned in the passage.
D. He knows every success that has been achieved by man.
22. The person who was able to analyze defeat is likely ________.
A. to achieve success
B. to be a successor
C. to be ashamed of his defeat
D. to let a baby to grasp a rod
23. The author ___________.
A. advises you to confuse defeat with failure
B. wants you to mistake defeat for failure
C. orders you to confuse defeat with failure
D. warns you not to confuse defeat with failure
24. Defeat is valuable ________.
A. because it makes you fail
B. because it forces you to face it without humiliation
C. in that it provides the guide and encouragement to success
D. because of your own refusal to see in it the guide and encouragement to success
25. What does the author advise one to do with the power which defeat gives one should ________.
A. make unfair use of it
B. explain it
C. explore it
D. turn it practical account
Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage:
Over vast areas of every continent, the rainfall and vegetation necessary for life are disappearing. Already more than 40 percent of the earth′s land is desert or desert-like. About 628 million people --- one out of seven --- live in these dry regions. In the past, they have managed to survive, but with difficulty. Now largely through problems caused by modern life, their existence is threatened by the slow, steady spread of the earth′s deserts.
Scientists still do not understand all the complex problems of the desert, but there have been many ideas for saving the land. Sandi Arabia has planted 10 million trees to help keep the sand from taking over fertile areas. The Israelis are again using some of the water collection systems left by the ancient people in the Negev desert. They plan to water their orchards with the extra water. Some Sahel farmers still raise cattle on their poor farm land, but before the cattle are sold, they are taken to greener lands in the south to get fat.
26. What is the article mainly concerned?
A. The problem of spreading desert.
B. The rainfall and vegetation in desert areas.
C. The water collection systems.
D. The difference between modern life and ancient life.
27. “one out of seven” refers to____.
A. more than a third of the lands′ earth
B. the percentage of the earth′s land that is desert-like
C. the number of people who live in dry regions
D. a day of a week
28. In paragraph 2,“they are taken to the greener lands in the south.” They refer to____.
A. the Sahel farm land
B. the farmers
C. the cattlesD the trees
29. How many ideas for saving the land are described?
A. Five.
B. Two.
C. Four.
D. Three.
30. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
A. The earth′s des ert are slowly spreading.
B. One out of 10 people lives in dry regions.
C. Their life in the desert is threatened now by traditional problems.
D. New water wells can solve the problem in Africa′s desert.
Part ThreeCloze
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps __31__ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, distributing reading material and giving out __32__. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and __33_ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and __34_ become hard even for the students to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which __35__ new students to develop the skills they need to be effective listeners and note-takers. __36__ these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to __37__ the problem before actually starting your studies.
It is important to __38__ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of __39__ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic
strategy is to find a study partner __40__ it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
31. A. extendingB. illustratingC. performingD. conducting
32. A. assignmentsB. informationC. contentD. definition
33. A. suspectsB. understandsC. wondersD. convinces
34. A. whatB. thoseC. asD. which
35. A. preventB. requireC. assistD. forbid
36. A. BecauseB. ThoughC. WhetherD. If
37. A. evaluateB. acquaintC. tackleD. formulate
38. A. predictB. acknowledgeC. argueD. ignore
39. A. preventingB. withstandingC. sustainingD. overcoming
40. A. in thatB. for whichC. with whomD. such a
Part FourDialogue Completion
There are ten short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
41. Jack: Hey, how are you, Susie？Gee, we haven′t seen each other in … it must be close to three years！
Susie: _________
A. How do you do？
B. Nice to meet you.
C. Fancy meeting you here.
D. Well，French fries.
42. Smith: Oh, it′s ten o′clock. I′d better go now.
Host: _________
A. Ok. Please walk slowly.
B. Why do you want to go now? Don′t you want to stay?
C. Won′t you stay for another cup of coffee?
D. Yeah, it′s really late. Why not immediately?
43. Speaker A: Are you feeling better now?
Speaker B: ______.
A. Well, not too better yet, thank you
B. Well, not too good yet. Better than I was thought
C. Well, it doesn′t matter. I am all right now
D. Well, never mind, I′m much better now
44. Nancy: Have you heard about Dana？ She is going to get married with Graham！ Scott：_______
A. You′re kidding！
B. Congratulations！
C. Is it a real thing?
D. Good luck！
45. Wilson: Hello. May I speak to Mary?
Mary: ________
A. Sorry, the number is engaged. Will you hold?
B. Yes, speaking.
C. Hello. Who are you, please?
D. Hello. Thank you for calling.
46. Speaker A：Mind if I call you Albert？
Speaker B：________.
A. Yes，just call me A1
B. Yes，you may do that
C. Of course not. But just plain“A1”will do
D. OK. Everyone does
47. Doactor: _______
Patient: I′ve got a bad cold and got a sore throat.
A. Do you have anything to declare, sir?
B. Good morning! May I help you?
C. How have you getting along recently?
D. What seems to be the problem?
48. Kate: Do you mind opening the door for me?
Rita: _______.
A. Yes, I′ll do it
B. It′s nothing
C. That′s all right
D. Not at all
49. A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown, manager of the company. B: _________.
A. You must be mistaken. I don′t know you at all
B. Hello, Brown! I haven′t seen you for ages
C. How do you do, Mr. Brown? Very happy to see you.
D. Hi, John! Welcome to China!
50. Mike: Hi, mom. I′d like you to meet my girlfriend, Susan Brown. Susan, this is my mother.
Susan: How do you do, Mrs. Miller.
Mother: How do you do, Susan. I′m glad you can join us. ________.
A. Take it easy
B. Please feel natural
C. Make yourself at home
D. Feel all right here
2006年GCT英语模拟试题（二）答案解析
Simulating Test Two
I. 答案：
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. D 10. B
11. D 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. D
21. A 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. A
31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. C
41. C42. C 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. C 47. D 48. D 49. C 50. C
II. 详细解释
1.【答案】C。
【参考译文】如果我们想办成功合资企业的话，就必须集中我们的人力和物力资源以共分享。
【试题分析】此为形近词辨析题。
【词义辨析】pool聚集在一起：Since none of us can afford a car, le t’s pool our money to buy one for all use.既然，我们谁都买不起一辆车，不如合资买一辆车供大家使用。A. pour倾注，倾倒：It was pouring outside.外面大雨倾盆。B. plunge投入：He plunged into the water and saved the girl.他跳入水中救起了女孩子。D. pick摘取：pick a flower摘一朵花。
【参考译文】虽然我喜欢这帽子的颜色, 可是不喜欢它的式样。
【试题分析】此题为语法题，考查while的用法。
【详细解答】while在这里的意思是although(虽然)。除此之外while 作连词还可以表示“当……时候”,或“而(whereas)”。
3.【答案】C。
【参考译文】在集会上，他不断地谈论此事，扫了大家的兴。
【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。
【词义辨析】in detail详细地;with ease 轻易地,轻松地; on end不停地,无尽地; in a confusing way使人糊涂地。
4.【答案】B。
【参考译文】要想成为科学家，一个人必须掌握数学。
【试题分析】此题为语法题，考不定式状语与主句的关系。
【详细解答】题干“in order to be a good scientist”是目的状语，句子缺少主句。根据不定式做目的状语时，其逻辑主语是主句主语的原则，可判定主句的主语应该是人而不是物，据此可排除A、C 两项。而D项缺少谓语，不成为句子。只有B项为正确答案。
5.【答案】C。
【参考译文】由于这场暴风雨航班被取消了，我们决定坐火车。
【试题分析】此题为语法题，考独立主格的构成。
【详细解答】此处独立主格用作原因状语。因为flights是cancel的逻辑宾语，又置于cancel之前，因此cancel应用被动形式，而且航班的取消应发生在我们决定坐火车之前，所以用完成时态。因此C为正确选项。
【参考译文】这位歌手在表演时对观众的反应很敏感。
【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。（北京安通学校提供）
【详细解答】A为“多愁善感”的意思; B为“有理智的,可察觉的”; C为“确实的,明确的”; D为“敏感的,灵敏的”。答案只能是D。
7.【答案】A。
【参考译文】不论商业的规模性质如何，其主要目标是获利。
【试题分析】此题为语法题，考学生对连词的掌握。
【详细解答】Whatever无论什么，相当于no matter what: Whatever difficulty we might meet with we will carry out our plan.不论遇到什么困难，我们也会完成计划。B. Whichever无论哪一个，它与whatever的区别在于whichever指提供选择中的无论哪一个，而whatever在没有提供选择时用，如：Take whichever of the three paintings you like best.这三幅画中你最喜欢哪一幅就拿哪一幅。C. Whereas 鉴于；而，却；多用于比较结构中。如：Some people like tea, whereas others like coffee.一些人喜欢喝茶而另一些人则喜欢喝咖啡。
8.【答案】C。
【参考译文】他们正打算放弃这个问题，这时突然找到了答案。
【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。
【词义辨析】when表示“那时，这时”其前一般有逗号，并列前后两个句子。as, while, 当……时候。the moment (=as soon as)都不符合句意。
9.【答案】D。
【参考译文】他的能干和经验使他成为这项工作极好的人选。
【试题分析】此题为词义辨析题。
【详细解答】complacency 自满; compensation 补偿; cooperation 合作; capability能力。
【参考译文】尽管缺少食物，探险者们在严冬中仍设法幸存下来。
【试题分析】此题为词义辨析，根据句意选择最佳答案。
【词义辨析】survive幸存；活下来；通常指在逆境中(灾难、困难等)生活下去。如survive an accident 在事故中幸免于难。A. live生活；生存。虽然在语法上也成立，但不如survive恰当。C. bear忍受，遭受；D. endure忍受，遭受。C、D均不合句意。
11.【答案】D。
【试题分析】细节型问题。第一段第二行告诉人们；如今的潜水员不仅寻觅沉船上的宝物而且还打捞沉船。因此正确答案是包括所有选项在内的D项。
12.【答案】C。
【试题分析】局域型问题。打捞沉船的金属是因为其价值不菲。
13.【答案】C。
【试题分析】词汇辨义。依据语境可以得知surface是指液体表面。
14.【答案】D。
【试题分析】数字计算题。John Light花费1,200,000,目的是获利6,000,000，所以总计应该为1,800,000。
15.【答案】C。
【试题分析】逻辑推理。John Light打捞沉船不可能是在1915年之前，也不可能是在船沉没之前，文中也没提到在打捞上所有的螺旋桨之后，由此，正确答案可以推测出是C项。
16.【答案】D。
【试题分析】依据整篇文章分析，对抗SARS唯一有效的途径是强壮的身体。
17.【答案】D。
【试题分析】文章第一段最后一句… depend on how strong your immune function is。故而正确答案是D。
18.【答案】D。
【试题分析】采用逆向思维，先排除正确选项，剩下的就是那一个错误的了。
19.【答案】B。
【试题分析】文章的最后一句就是答案。
20.【答案】D。
【试题分析】运用基因工程能为人类抵抗各种病菌的感染有莫大的帮助。
21. 【答案】A。.
【试题分析】作者在这一句中告诉我们：Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking.只有善于分析失败的原因才是通向成功之路。
22.【答案】A。
【试题分析】如果你能善加利用失败给予你的力量，你便能大大地借此超越自我并进而能取得成功。
23.【答案】D。
【试题分析】作者在第一段最后一句警告人们说：切莫混淆挫折与失败。
24.【答案】C。
【试题分析】局域型问题。第一段最后一句就是答案。
25.【答案】D。
【试题分析】只有正确利用失败与挫折才能从中汲取教训取得成功。
26.【答案】A。
【试题分析】此题考查考生“把握文章主旨及大意”的能力。全文主要阐述了沙漠扩散带来的水源缺乏的问题，以及人们采取的措施。A符合该中心思想；B，C和D虽在文中提到过但作为主要思想，过于片面。
27.【答案】C。
【试题分析】此题考查考生“理解文章中某些细节”的能力。见原文第一段第三句“ About 628 million people -one out of seven-live in these dry regions.”大约628，000，000(约为1/7)的人住在这些干旱地区。C)项符合所指代的内容，为正确答案。
28.【答案】C。 （北京安通学校提供）
【试题分析】此题考查考生“理解文章中某些细节”的能力。见原文最后一句“ Some Sahel farmers still raise cattle on their poor farm land, but before the cattle are sold, they are taken to greener lands in the south to get fa t”一些Sahel农民在他们贫瘠的农场上仍然饲养着牛群，但在把他们卖出之前，往往要送到南方多草的土地上以增肥。they指代前面的the cattle。因此C为正确选项。
29.【答案】D。
【试题分析】此题考查考生“根据已知信息进行推断”的能力。见原文第二段“...but there have been many ideas for saving the land. ” 但已有了许多保护土地的创意。以下各句即为例证，确定其数目为 3，因此D为正确选项。
30.【答案】A。
【试题分析】此题考查考生“辨认事实” 的能力。见原文第一段最后一句“Now largely through problems caused by modern life, their existence is threatened by the slow, steady spread of the earth’s deserts.” 现在由于现代生活产生的一些问题，他们生存日益受到地球沙漠逐步缓慢扩散的威胁。因此A为正确选择。B)中正确数目应为one out of seven, C. 应是modern problems，D.文中未提及。
31.【答案】B。
【试题分析】将第1，2，3题通盘考虑。此处意为“老师会花一两个小时用幻灯来解释讲课的内容，写出一些重要的信息,散发一些阅读材料,布置作业”。illustrate用图解说明，举例说明。
32.【答案】A。
【试题分析】assignments作业，任务。
33.【答案】C。
【试题分析】新生发现别的学生一直在记笔记,他们不知道该记些什么,所以用wonders。而suspects (怀疑)；understands (理解，明白)；convinces (让人相信)与题意不符。
34.【答案】D
【试题分析】这里是一个并列句，并列的两个部分是which do not catch the main points and which become hard even for the students to understand.
35.【答案】C。
【试题分析】鉴于上述情况，许多学校开设课程以帮助新生培养记笔记的能力，成为一名真正有效率的听众。assist帮助，援助。
36.【答案】D。
【试题分析】此处的意思是：如果这些课程不可行的话，还会有许多行之有效的学习技巧的指导，这些指导使学生们能够独立地锻炼这些学习技巧，在此If表示假设条件。
37.【答案】C。
【试题分析】此句意为“通常学生在开始学习之前就应该解决这种听课技能的问题”，此处C .to tackle problem意为“解决问题”。evaluate估计，评估；acquaint使认识，了解；formulate用公式表示，系统地阐述或提出。
38.【答案】B。
【试题分析】这里的意思是“承认大多数学生在获取语言技能方面有困难，这是很重要的。因为只有承认这种困难才能提出克服困难的方法”。所以选B. acknowledge承认，认可。predict预测；argue争论，论证；ignore忽略，忽视。
39.【答案】D。
【试题分析】克服困难用overcome difficulty。不用preventing阻止，阻碍；withstand经受住，抵抗；sustain支撑，经受。
40.【答案】C。
【试题分析】本题测试介词与关系代词的用法，with whom表示与同伴一起学习。
41.【答案】C。
【试题分析】两熟悉的朋友再次见面，表达了他们的欣喜之情A，B两项一般用于陌生人初次见面时的客气用语；而D表示“炸土豆片”；惟有C项表示“真没想到在这里碰到你”，符合上下文语境。（北京安通学校提供）
42.【答案】C。
【试题分析】客人说再见，而主人尽力挽留多待一会是符合人之常情的。C项是最佳选择；特别注意的是A项，它是中文式的表达习惯，一定要避免。
43.【答案】B。
【试题分析】A中的not too better yet不符合英文的表达习惯；C、D答非所问。B表示“虽不太好，但比以前好多了”，是最佳选择。
44.【答案】A。
【试题分析】当不相信某人的话时，我们习惯常说“你开玩笑”，英文的习惯说法就是You’re kidding！
45.【答案】B。
【试题分析】这是打电话的常用套语。应该报出接电话人的名字。这里的speaking意思是“我就是。请讲。”其他选项均不合这种场合。
46.【答案】C。
【试题分析】当会话时问别人是否介意时，一般回答应是Of course not，表示不介意对方这么说。A、B选项表示介意别人这么称呼，不符合习惯；D项也是表示介意之意，所以均不合题意。
47.【答案】D。
【试题分析】这是病人到医院看病时的一组对话。大夫问病人怎么了？病人回答说“感冒，嗓子疼。英语中问别人“怎么了？哪不舒服？”要用What seems to be the problem?。
48.【答案】D。
【试题分析】虽然对话的前者实际上是提出请求，应答者依然要把它作为问题来回答。如果表示介意就要用肯定回答，不介意就用否定来表示。
49.【答案】C。
【试题分析】当正在一个陌生场合介绍自己时，对话的另一方就应该用客气的语言表示欢迎。A的回答唐突无礼；B的回答是用于熟人之间；D的回答是在对话结束时的习惯说法，以上三种均不合此种场合。
50.【答案】C。
【试题分析】主人让客人“随意一些；不必拘礼”在英语中的说法是Make yourself at home。 A的意思是“别着急，慢慢来”；B、D的表达不合习惯。