2011年GCT英语模拟试题及解析

Part One Vocabulary and Structure

Directions：

There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

1. Many newcomers complain of the rapid _________ of life in Hong Kong.

A. rate  B. pace  C. speed  D. growth

答案B.pace of life意为“生活节奏”；rate意为“比率，速率”；speed意为“速度”；growth意为“发育，成长”。

2. To one´s boss， an employee should dress neatly， be ________ and show interest in the job.

A. instant  B. timely  C. punctual  D. quick

答案C.instant意为“立刻的，即时的”；timely意为“及时的”；quick意为“（做事）迅速的”；punctual意为“守时的，准时的”。

3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the __________ of blood.

A. vision  B. eyes  C. sight  D. view

答案C.at the sight of意为“看见”；view意为“眼界，视野”；vision是指人的视力或视野，引申为梦幻景象。

4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection.

A. published  B. issued  C. discharged  D. released

答案B.issue意为“发布，颁布，发行”；publish意为“出版，印刷”；discharge意为“释放出”；release意为“发布消息”。

5. Unexpectedly the light __________ and we were left in darkness.

A. bum out  B. put out  C. turned out  D. went out

答案D.burn out意为“烧光，烧完”；put out意为“熄灭，扑灭”；turn out意为“关掉，熄灭”；go out意为“熄灭，停止运行”。

6. After a whole day´s heavy work， the old worker returned home，_________ .

A. hungry and felt exhausting

B. hunger and exhausted

C. hungry and exhausted

D. hungry and having been exhausted

答案C.从时态意义上讲，应该用过去分词，表示伴随情况，还应该考虑连词前后的平衡结构表达法问题。

7. The last half of the nineteenth century __________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

A. has witnessed  B. was witnessed

C. witnessed  D. is witnessed

答案C.根据主语可判断出时间为过去时。

8. She ___________ in the feet on her way home from work.

A. was hurting  B. is hurt  C. hurts  D. got hurt

答案D.“get+-ed分词”构成被动语态，get通常表示动作的结果而非动作本身。

9. Without computers， we ______ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.

A. would not make  B. will not have made

C. could not make  D. couldn´t have made

答案D.without作“如果没有”解，表示一种与事实相反的假设，意思上相对于一个if引导的虚拟条件句。根据题中可看出without computer是与过去事实相反的假设，因此主句应该用：would（should，could，might）+动词的完成时。

10. ___________ that Susan hadn´t dared to make a sound.

A. So was he absorbed  B. So absorbed he was

C. So absorbed was he  D. So he was absorbed

答案C.so为程度副词，置于句首时，句子一般倒装。当so作为程度副词置于句首时，它所修饰的形容词或分词一般紧跟其后。