1、- 高檔時(shí)事英語(yǔ)模擬試題 年5月28日試卷代號(hào)：1015 注意事項(xiàng)一、將你旳準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)、學(xué)生證號(hào)、姓名及分校（工作站）名稱填寫在答題紙旳規(guī)定欄內(nèi)?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，把試卷和答題紙放在桌上。試卷和答題紙均不得帶出考場(chǎng)。二、仔細(xì)閱讀題目旳闡明，并按題目規(guī)定答題。答案一定要寫在答題紙指定旳位置上，寫在試卷上旳答案無(wú)效。三、用藍(lán)、黑囫珠筆或鋼筆答題，使用鉛筆答題無(wú)效。English in Current AffairsThis is the written examination which is part of the end-of-course assessment. The total marks fo

2、r this examination are 100 points. The examination consists of two parts: Part 1. Language Test , Part 2. Reading and Short Sentence Writing. Time allowed for completing this examination is 1hours (60 mins). Instructions：Answer all questionsYou will have ten minutes at the end of the listening test

3、to transfer your answers to the answer sheetAll answers must be transferred to the answer sheetPart 1 Questions 110 Choose the best answer from the possible answers given according to the information in the sentencesLook through the sentences before you begin to choose(40 points)1. When a person is

4、incensed, it means he is _.A. angry B. activeC. hungryD. sensitive2. A satellite dish is _ for receiving sound and image. A. hammer B. a device C. DIY toolD. water pipe3. Writhing means _.A. twisting and turning the bodyB. becoming cold C. longing for something D. handshaking4. Magistrates are _.A.

5、musicians who combines the pursuit of a business career with the composition of musicB. writers who makes a career in writing C. officials who judge whether people in court are innocent or guiltyD. policemen who work for security of the public5. Assumed means_.A. summarized B. expected C. met up wit

6、h D. thought. 6 A client is someone _.A. who is claimed to represent every minority group in the cityB. who is being represented by a professional personC. who studies at collegeD. who is supposed to be a candidate7. Wrath is _.A. satisfactionB. angerC. gratitude D. proposal8. To take measure means

7、_.A. to modify B. to take actionC. to watchD. to simulate9. Given an absolute discharge means _.A. allowed to go freeB. allowed to serve C. allowed to cut D. moving in an excited way10. A pornography is_.A. magazines, films, etc. about sexB. a drama filmC. a news reportD. a carton filmPart 2: READIN

8、G AND WRITING DirectionsThere are two passages to the reading test. You should write ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do the tasks.Read passage 1 and answer Questions 11-20 Passage 1Gunman Wounds Fives in Pittsburgh SuburbWILKINSBURG, Pa. ( Reuters, Wednesday March 1 1:58 PM ET) - A gunma

9、n wounded up to five people in a Pittsburgh suburb on Wednesday, police said, the day after a 6-year-old boy shot and killed a classmate in an incident that stunned America.Television networks reported the gunman was held up in a nearby building and could be holding five hostages.We do have four of

10、the victims. They are all listed in critical condition right now. an official at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center told CNN television. A fifth person was also in critical condition at another hospital.Pittsburgh police said the gunman shot three people in a McDonalds restaurant in Wilkins

11、burg, then went to a Burge King next door and shot one more person. It was not clear where the fifth person was shot.A woman who lived nearby told CNN an armed man walked into her apartment before the shooting took place and told her: Ill be dead in ten minutes.He said, Well, Im not gonna hurt any b

12、lack people, Im gonna kill all white people, she said. He then left the apartment, she added.Police said there were SWT teams and negotiators in the area where buildings were being evacuated.It was not clear what provoked the attack and details of the incident were sketchy.An FBI agent told CNN: Rig

13、ht now its a rapidly evolving situation. We have personnel on the scene from a number of agencies.The incident was the latest in s string of shootings to jolt the United States.The killing of the 6-year-old at an elementary school in Michigan on Tuesday prompted President Clinton to appeal to the Am

14、erican electorate to make tighter gun control laws an issue of the presidential election.Vice President Al Gore ( news - web sites ), declaring enough is enough, cited the death of the first grader in blasting the pro-gun lobby for blocking enactment of common sense gun controls.It is time to get gu

15、ns out of the hands of those who should not have them - the criminals, the students, the children. Gore said as he campaigned in California, which holds its presidential primary next Tuesday.Find out whether the following statements are True or False according to the text. Write T for True, and F fo

16、r False in the spaces provided on your answer sheet.11.The story is about a 6-year-old boy shooting five people in a Pittsburgh suburb.12.The Vice President of the US does not want the criminals to have guns, and he does not want the students to have them, either.13. President Clinton is campaigning

17、 in California.14. There is no gun control law in the US.15. Four of the five people who had been wounded died in hospital16. An FBI agent said that the gunman had been arrested.17. The gunman shot four people in two restaurants and then he shot a student in an elementary school.18. A woman who witn

18、essed the shooting said that the gunman would commit suicide.19. The woman also mentioned that the gunman said that he would kill all white people.20. TH woman was one of the five hostages who were rescued by the police. Read Passage 2 and answer Questions 21-30.Passage 2Dressed for SuccessWhat star

19、ted out as a simple salad dressing in Europe has tickled the taste buds so wildly in Japan that it now has its own Olympics.More than 1,000 people entered the Mayolympics with their original recipes for using mayonnaise, which is eaten more by the Japanese than anywhere else in the world outside the

20、 United States. One hundred finalists were selected to present their creations to a paned of cooking school teachers, head chefs, and food company bosses.The winner was a 21-year-old confectioner who blended mayonnaise with sweetened white lotus bean paste and spread it between two small pancakes to

21、 make a sweet mayo burger.Until the 1980s, mayonnaise was just something to add to the salad. But then come the mayonnaise sushi boom with creations such as the California salad roll. That mayonnaise compliments soy sauce made it appear in many other Japanese dishes such as cold noodles, stir-fry di

22、shes and as a dip for dried squid.The average Japanese devours 1.8kg of mayonnaise a year. Instead of tomato sauce, there is a mayonnaise-based pizza. The best-selling convenience store bread is mayonnaise and corn flavored. Some people flavor their pancakes, custard puddings and chocolate chip cook

23、ies with mayonnaise. The cult followers of the condiment carry around MY Mayo, their personal mini squirt bottle around everywhere they go.Though not available on the market yet there are attempts to perfect the mayo pearl. A scientist in Fukui Prefecture has invented a method of using the glossines

24、s of mayonnaise to put the sheen on a pearl. He puts household ingredients in an aquarium tank to recreate the environment of an oyster shell. Then he squirts in the mayo. Next he takes two tiny round balls and dips them into the swirling liquid. After five days, he has two shiny pearls. He sets it

25、in an 18K gold ring and it looks like a marvelous replica although one pawnshop owner said that it was a bit too yellow.Maybe a little less egg yolk would produce the next jewelry sensation.Choose the best answer from the choices given (Write the letter representing your choice in the space provided

26、 on your Answer Sheet):21. The story is about _.a) how Mayolympics is organizedb) How mayonnaise is used in Japanc) Contrast between Japan and the US22. Mayonnaise is _.a) an European inventionb) an American invention23. Mayonnaise is eaten _.a) more by the Japanese than by the Americansb) more by the Americans than by the Japanesec) more by the Europeans than by the Japanese24. Mayolympics is _.a) a sports eventb) a beauty contestc) a creation contest25 California salad roll is _.a) a Jap