2011年GCT英語(yǔ)模擬試題及解析

Part One Vocabulary and Structure

Directions：

There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

1. Many newcomers complain of the rapid _________ of life in Hong Kong.

A. rate  B. pace  C. speed  D. growth

答案B.pace of life意為“生活節(jié)奏”；rate意為“比率，速率”；speed意為“速度”；growth意為“發(fā)育，成長(zhǎng)”。

2. To one´s boss， an employee should dress neatly， be ________ and show interest in the job.

A. instant  B. timely  C. punctual  D. quick

答案C.instant意為“立刻的，即時(shí)的”；timely意為“及時(shí)的”；quick意為“（做事）迅速的”；punctual意為“守時(shí)的，準(zhǔn)時(shí)的”。

3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the __________ of blood.

A. vision  B. eyes  C. sight  D. view

答案C.at the sight of意為“看見”；view意為“眼界，視野”；vision是指人的視力或視野，引申為夢(mèng)幻景象。

4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection.

A. published  B. issued  C. discharged  D. released

答案B.issue意為“發(fā)布，頒布，發(fā)行”；publish意為“出版，印刷”；discharge意為“釋放出”；release意為“發(fā)布消息”。

5. Unexpectedly the light __________ and we were left in darkness.

A. bum out  B. put out  C. turned out  D. went out

答案D.burn out意為“燒光，燒完”；put out意為“熄滅，撲滅”；turn out意為“關(guān)掉，熄滅”；go out意為“熄滅，停止運(yùn)行”。

6. After a whole day´s heavy work， the old worker returned home，_________ .

A. hungry and felt exhausting

B. hunger and exhausted

C. hungry and exhausted

D. hungry and having been exhausted

答案C.從時(shí)態(tài)意義上講，應(yīng)該用過(guò)去分詞，表示伴隨情況，還應(yīng)該考慮連詞前后的平衡結(jié)構(gòu)表達(dá)法問(wèn)題。

7. The last half of the nineteenth century __________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

A. has witnessed  B. was witnessed

C. witnessed  D. is witnessed

答案C.根據(jù)主語(yǔ)可判斷出時(shí)間為過(guò)去時(shí)。

8. She ___________ in the feet on her way home from work.

A. was hurting  B. is hurt  C. hurts  D. got hurt

答案D.“get+-ed分詞”構(gòu)成被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，get通常表示動(dòng)作的結(jié)果而非動(dòng)作本身。

9. Without computers， we ______ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.

A. would not make  B. will not have made

C. could not make  D. couldn´t have made

答案D.without作“如果沒有”解，表示一種與事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，意思上相對(duì)于一個(gè)if引導(dǎo)的虛擬條件句。根據(jù)題中可看出without computer是與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，因此主句應(yīng)該用：would（should，could，might）+動(dòng)詞的完成時(shí)。

10. ___________ that Susan hadn´t dared to make a sound.

A. So was he absorbed  B. So absorbed he was

C. So absorbed was he  D. So he was absorbed

答案C.so為程度副詞，置于句首時(shí)，句子一般倒裝。當(dāng)so作為程度副詞置于句首時(shí)，它所修飾的形容詞或分詞一般緊跟其后。