2021年度天津大学英语考试模拟卷（2）新整理版.docVIP

天津大学英语考试模拟卷（2） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can greatly increase their children’’s language development. It is surprising but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children’’s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child’’s language skills increase. A study was done with 30 three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the children participated in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-or-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, What is the doggie doing rather than Is the doggie running away The parents in the experimental group were also instructed in how to help children find answers, how to suggest alternative possibilities and how to praise correct answers. At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ in measures of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group showed 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group. What does it in line 2 can most probably be replaced by A．Parents increasing children’s language development_________.B．Reading techniques being simpleC．Parents reading to childrenD．Children’s intelligence development 参考答案：A本题考查的是考生对具体词汇及结构的把握。根据上文第一句和第三句中的children’s language development部分，可以看出it指父母能提高孩子的语言能力。代词的指代内容一般应从该句的上下句中找。 2.We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways. It is true that a smile mea