2021年度湖北公共英语考试模拟练习卷（1）新整理版.doc

湖北公共英语考试真题卷（1） 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.Where does this conversation most likely take place A．In the library,B．At the airport.C．In the bank. 参考答案：C[解析] 推理题。根据第一句I’d like to open a checking account…可知答案为A,open a checking account开一个活期账户。[听力原文]M: I’d like to open a checking account, please.W: Certainly. Just fill in the form, please. 2.LONDON — Life for Cathy Hanger and her three children is set to permanent (永久的) fast-forward. Their full school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough. But Hanger also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club. Often, the exhausted family doesn’t get home until 7 p.m. There is just time for a quick supper before homework. In today’s world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line. Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child. Doctors across the country are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress, says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota. Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It’s a very serious problem. Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four. There is a new parenting trend under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential(潜能) at a young age; otherwise you will let him down, says Terry Apter, a Camb- ridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist (青少年精神病专家). It isn’t entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously