Simulated Test 2
Ⅰ. Vocabulary
Part A.
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. The scene is so beautiful that it my power of description.
A. transports B. transfers C. transcends D. transforms
2. The schoolmaster the girl’s bravery in his opening speech.
A. applauded B. enhanced C. elevated D. clapped
3. The meaning of “yellow” is a color, but it can also mean “cowardly.”
A. positive B. negative C. underlying D. literal
4. Many people think that the standards of public have declined.
A. morality B. rightness C. awareness D. mentality
5. People were surprised to find that he had the ability to everything he was involved in.
A. precede B. dominate C. pervade D. denominate
Part B.
Directions: In each of the following sentences there is one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that is closest in meaning to the underlined part. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on the ANSWER SHEET.
11. Tourists flock from the remotest places to see the capital’s sights.
A. invade B. troop C. prompt D. gather
12. He has told so many lies that we can no longer place any reliance on what he says.
A. belief B. trust C. conviction D. dependence.
13. Oil can change a society more drastically than anyone could ever have imagined.
A. grossly B. severely C. rapidly D. radically
14. In times of economic difficulty, governmental budgets for education are often slashed before any others.
A. shifted B. cut C. checked D. donated
15. Modern printing equipment quickly turns out duplicate copies of textual and pictorial matter.
A. identical B. double C. illustrated D. legible
Ⅱ. Cloze
Directions: Read the following passage. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on the ANSWER SHEET.
We do not know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. (21) evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate (22) fish.
Stealing salt was considered a major crime at certain times in history. In the eighteenth century, for instance, if a person was (23) “stealing salt”, he could be put in prison. History reveals that about ten thousand people were put in prison during that century (24) stealing salt.
In the modern world salt has many uses (25) the dining table. It is used in making glass and airplane parts, in the (26) of crops and in killing weeds. It is also used to make water soft, to melt ice on roads and highways, to make soap, and to (27) colors in cloth.
Salt can be obtained in various ways, besides being taken from mines underground. Evaporation of salt water from the ocean or from salt water lakes or small seas is one of the (28) common processes for manufacturing salt. In Australia, it can even be taken from a “salt bush”. Yet, (29) it is obtained, salt will continue to play an important (30) in the lives of men and women everywhere.
21. A. Ancient B. Historic C. Historical D. Old
22. A. salt B. salted C. salting D. salty
23. A. arrested B. caught C. got D. seized
24. A. as B. by C. for D. through
25. A. besides B. beyond C. except D. over
26. A. bearing B. developing C. growing D. training
27. A. fasten B. fix C. preserve D. tie
28. A. little B. many C. much D. more
29. A. however B. whatever C. whenever D. wherever
30. A. duty B. function C. responsibility D. role
