2010年考研英语模拟题 (第三套)

Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience. It is a paradox that the snow, coming __1__ gently, blowing gleefully in a high wind, all the while __2__ down a treacherous carpet, freezes the windows,__3__ the view. The might of automated man is__4__ . The horses, the powerful electrical systems, the deep-tread tires, all go __5__ nothing. One minute the road feels __6__, and the next the driver is sliding over it, light as a__7__, in a panic, wondering what the heavy trailer trucks coming up__8__the rear are going to do. The trucks are like __9__ when you have to pass them, not at sixty or seventy __10__ you do when the road is dry, but at twenty-five and thirty. __11__ their engines sound unnaturally loud. Snow, slush and__12__ of ice spray from beneath the wheels, obscure the windshield, and rattle __13__your car. Beneath the wheels there is plenty of __14__ for you to slide and get mashed to a pulp. Inch __15__ inch you move up, past the rear wheels, the center wheels, the cab, the front wheels, all__16__too slowly by. Straight ahead you continue,__17__ to cut over sharply would send you into a slip,__18__in front of the vehicle. At last, there is__19__enough, and you creep back over, in front of the truck now, but__20__the sound of its engine still thundering in your ears.

1. 〔A〕 up 〔B〕 off 〔C〕 down 〔D〕 on

2. 〔A〕 lies 〔B〕 lays 〔C〕 settles 〔D〕 sends

3. 〔A〕 blocks 〔B〕 strikes 〔C〕 puffs 〔D〕 cancels

4. 〔A〕 muted 〔B〕 discovered 〔C〕 doubled 〔D〕 undervalued

5. 〔A〕 for 〔B〕 with 〔C〕 into 〔D〕 from

6. 〔A〕 comfortable 〔B〕 weak 〔C〕 risky 〔D〕 firm

7. 〔A〕 loaf 〔B〕 feather 〔C〕 leaf 〔D〕 fog

8. 〔A〕 beneath 〔B〕 from 〔C〕 under 〔D〕 beyond

9. 〔A〕 dwarfs 〔B〕 giants 〔C〕 patients 〔D〕 princesses

10. 〔A〕 what 〔B〕 since 〔C〕 as 〔D〕 that

11. 〔A〕 So 〔B〕 But 〔C〕 Or 〔D〕 Then

12. 〔A〕 flakes 〔B〕 flocks 〔C〕 chips 〔D〕 cakes

13. 〔A〕 onto 〔B〕 against 〔C〕 off 〔D〕 along

14. 〔A〕 snow 〔B〕 earth 〔C〕 room 〔D〕 ice

15. 〔A〕 by 〔B〕 after 〔C〕 for 〔D〕 with

16. 〔A〕 climbing 〔B〕 crawling 〔C〕 winding 〔D〕 sliding

17. 〔A〕 meanwhile 〔B〕 unless 〔C〕 whereas 〔D〕 for

18. 〔A〕 sheer 〔B〕 mostly 〔C〕 rarely 〔D〕 right

19. 〔A〕 might 〔B〕 distance 〔C〕 air 〔D〕 power

20. 〔A〕 with 〔B〕 like 〔C〕 inside 〔D〕 upon

答案
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.C
11.D 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.D 18.D 19.B 20.A