大学英语(A)模拟试卷及答案2011Test07概要1.docVIP

全国高校网络教育公共基础课统一考试 大学英语（A）模拟试卷 Test 7 （根据全国高校网络教育考试委员会2011年1月新颁考试大纲和题型出题） Information for the Examinees: This examination consists of FOUR parts. They are: Section I: Reading Comprehension (30 points, 25 minutes) Section II: Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points, 25 minutes) Section III: Translation (20 points, 10 minutes) Section IV: Writing (20 points, 30 minutes) The total score for this examination is 100. The time allowed for this examination is 90 minutes. Section I: Reading Comprehension [30 points] Instructions: ???????? This section will take approximately 25 minutes. ???????? There are TWO sections in this part. Part 1: Questions 1-5 are based on this part. (15 points) Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C and D Some people would say that the Englishman’s home has become his workshop. This is partly because the ordinary Englishman is deeply interested in working with his hands and partly because he feels that he must do for himself many household jobs for which some years ago he would have asked for workers’ help. The main reason for this is a financial one: the high cost of labour has meant that builders’ and decorators’ costs have reached a level which is too high for ordinary people. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to do some of the repairing and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up the “Do-It-Yourself Movement” after World War II. The “Do-It-Yourself Movement” began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things that cannot be made by the “do-it-yourself” method. A number of magazines and handbooks exist to show just how easy it is to build anything from a coffee table to a fifteen-foot sailing boat. You follow the simple directions step by step and, before you know where you are the finished article stands before you complete in every detail. Unfortunately, it is not always quite as simple