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《英语阅读与写作》模拟试题 姓名__________________考号___________________分数____________________ 题目 I II III IV V 总分 满分 20 40 10 10 0 100 得分Part I VocabularyDirections: Make a best choice among A, B, C or D to complete each statement by using context clues. Mark the corresponding letter of the answer on your ANSWER SHEET. 20 points, 1 point for each. 1.?The Space Age _________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.?A initiatedB originated?C embarkedD commenced 2.?John said that he didnt quite _________ and asked me to repeat what I had said.?A snatch upB summon up?C catch onD watch out 3.?When he tried to make a __________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.?A complaintB claim?C reservationD decision 4.?A budget of five dollars a day is totally _________ for a trip round Europe.?A inadequateB incapable?C incompatibleD invalid 5.?In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is _______.?A shrinkingB obscuring?C alteringD constraining 6.?The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to _________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.?A decreaseB subtract?C minimizeD degrade 7.?If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ___________.?A collisionsB combats?C contradictionsD conflicts 8.?Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when _________ in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.?A glidingB cruising?C pilotingD patrolling 9.?In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed _______ in Chicago and New York city.?A homogeneouslyB simultaneously?C spontaneouslyD harmoniously 10.?The court considers a financial ___________ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.?A optionB duty?C obligationD penalty 11.?I think that I committed a __________ in asking her because she seemed very u