2021年福建大学英语考试模拟卷（8）新整理.docVIP

福建大学英语考试模拟卷（8） 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.{{B}}Passage 2{{/B}} It was not much fun to travel on one of the old sailing ships. Life was hard for both passengers and crew. (78) {{U}}17th century sailing ships were small and rolled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick. {{/U}}There were no toilets, and the spaces below deck where passengers had to stay during gales were often not more than 5 foot high. Water was scarce and the little water they got was brown and smelt terrible.Food was a problem, too--there was only salted meat, ship’s biscuits and cheese, but the cheese was so hard that sailors often made buttons out of it for their jackets and trousers. There were no vegetables or fruit, so the people on board often fell ill.The sailors, however, were a bit better off than the passengers. They each had a bottle of beer a day, and they needed. The work they had to do was hard and dangerous. (79) {{U}}Courage was needed, for the heavy sails had to be set and taken down in all kinds of weather, and quite often sailors were swept overboard in a gale. {{/U}}Almost the worst thing about the voyages was the time they took up to 70 days for the journey across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly, everybody was overjoyed when they at last approached land and stepped ashore. But some ships never arrived. When the people saw the land, ______ A．only passengers were gladB．the sailors had to swim ashoreC．they were surprised at the news that some ships never arrivedD．all of them were excited 参考答案：D[解析] 事实细节题。倒数第二句话提到当船终于靠岸时大家都欢呼雀跃，很兴奋。最后一句虽然提到有些船永远不能到岸，但人们对此不感到惊奇，故C不对，所以选D。 2. Man cannot go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the {{U}} (56) {{/U}}30 years man will face a period of crisis. {{U}} (57) {{/U}}experts believe that there will be a widespread food{{U}} (58) {{/U}}Other experts think this is{{U}} (59) {{/U}}pessimistic (悲观的), and that man can prevent things from{{U}} (6