2012年GCT考试单科模拟英语篇(二).doc

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 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 3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the __________ of blood. A. vision???? B. eyes?????? C. sight??????? D. view 4. The government_________ regulations that put this old city under protection. A. published??? B. issued???? C. discharged??? D. released 5. Unexpectedly the light __________ and we were left in darkness. A. bum out??? B. put out???? C. turned out??? D. went out 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 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 8. She ___________ in the feet on her way home from work. A. was hurting?????? B. is hurt???? C. hurts??????? D. got hurt 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 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 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