2021年度贵州大学英语考试模拟卷（6）新整理版.doc

贵州大学英语考试模拟卷（6） 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. Mars is not, it seems, the dry old planet we once believed it to be. Astronauts who are {{U}} (1) {{/U}} to go there in the next decade may find plenty {{U}} (2) {{/U}} water to slake(消除) their thirst.And with water present the {{U}} (3) {{/U}} of finding some sort of life on Mars are {{U}} (4) {{/U}} brighter.This is the view of 40 {{U}} (5) {{/U}} all over the world who have been analyzing {{U}} (6) {{/U}} of pictures and other scientific {{U}} (7) {{/U}} obtained by robot explorers in the sixties and seventies.To begin with, scientists thought the Red Planet was as {{U}} (8) {{/U}} as the Moon with dust storms swirling over vast sandy {{U}} (9) {{/U}}. But now the picture is very different with mountains and valleys carved by {{U}} (10) {{/U}} glaciers and torrential rivers rushing and rumbling deep underground.In a report on the {{U}} (11) {{/U}} of the Martian pictures Dr. Michael Car of the U.S. Geological Survey comments, I am {{U}} (12) {{/U}} there’s lots of water on Mars. Any surface water will be in the {{U}} (13) {{/U}} of ice. But it could {{U}} (14) {{/U}} explorers having to take so much fresh {{U}} (15) {{/U}} with them.The report says {{U}} (16) {{/U}} Mars probably had a warmer climate in ages {{U}} (17) {{/U}} due to its axis having been more steeply tilted towards the Sun.{{U}} (18) {{/U}} convincing signs of plant or animal life have been {{U}} (19) {{/U}} by instruments soft. landed on Mars, {{U}} (20) {{/U}} only the immediate vicinity of landing vehicles could be examined. A．convincedB．guaranteedC．believedD．proved 参考答案：A动词辨析，I am convinced…意为“我被说服相信……”。guarantee意为“保证”，believe意为“相信”，一般不用于被动语态；proved不合题意，不能说“我被证明……”。 2. The horse and carriage is a thing of past, but love and marriage axe still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, {{U}} (1) {{/U}} first marriage uniting young people, are the result o