GCT考试模拟试卷第四部分：外语运用能力测试-GCT英语试卷与试题

GCT考试模拟试卷第四部分：外语运用能力测试-GCT英语试卷与试题 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 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 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 4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection. A. published B. issued C. discharged D. released 答案：B 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 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 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 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 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 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 Part Two Reading Comprehension   Directions:   In this part there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.   Questions 11—15 are based on the following passage:   Some psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one's muscles also participate. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies. You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar without moving their body or more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra even though he knows there is a competent conductor on the job.   Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener "feels" himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body. The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable. 11. Some psychologists maintain that thinking is __________. A. not a mental process B. more of a physical process than a mental action C. a process that involves our entire bodies D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain 答案：D 12. Few people are able to listen to familiar music without __________. A. moving some part of their body B. stopping what they are doing to listen C. directing the orchestra playing it D. wishing that they could conduct music properly 答案：A 13. Body movements are necessary in order for the listener to _____________. A. hear the music B. appreciate the music C. enjoy the music fully D. completely understand the music 答案：C 14. According to the selection, muscle participation in the process of thinking is ______. A. deliberate B. obvious C. not readily apparent D. very pronounced 答案：C 15. The best title for this selection is ____________. A. An Ear for Music B. Music Appreciation C. How Muscles Participate in Mental Acts D. A Psychological Definition of the Thinking Process 答案：C   Questions 16—20 are based on the following passage:   During the summer session there will be a revised schedule of services for the university community. Specific changes for intercampus bus services, summer hours for the cafeteria, the infirmary (校医院) and recreational and athletic facilities will be posted on the bulletin board outside of the cafeteria. Weekly movie and concert schedules which are in the process of being arranged will be posted each Wednesday outside of the cafeteria.   Intercampus buses will leave the main hall every hour on the half h