2021年秋季江南大学网络教育大学英语入学测试模拟题及答案5

Passage1

Long ago, in days of the Roman Empire, people used to believe a god of farming called “Saturn”. They believed that Saturn could make the weather good or bad, and that he had the power to control how much rain would fall.

Before a Roman farmer would plant his fields, he would try to get Saturn to give him good weather. He believed that if he killed an animal for Saturn, he would make Saturn happy. Then Saturn would make sure that the weather was good.

Not only did the people name a planet after Saturn but they also name a day of the week after him. They called this day “Saturn dies”, Latin words which mean “day of Saturn”. In English those words became Saturday.

(1) What was Saturn believed to be in charge of?

A.Rainfall.

B.The power of nature.

C.Farming.

D.Days in a week.

(2) Why did a Roman farmer kill an animal before planting his fields? Because_______.

A.killing an animal would bring him good luck

B.Saturn enjoyed eating animals

C.Saturn was happy to see animals being killed

D.he wanted to please Saturn so that Saturn would make the weather good for his planting

(3) What was the correct order of what a Roman farmer did before planting his fields?

a. observing the weather

b. killing the animal

c. getting his farm tools ready

d. finding an animal

e. offering it to Saturn

f. waiting for good weather to come

A.a,b,c,d,e,f B.a,b,c,f,d,e

C.a,d,b,e,f,c D.e,a,d,b,c,f

(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.Saturn is also the name of planet.

B.The Roman people used to believe Saturn to be their god

C.Saturn was named for the last day of the week.

D.Saturn had three meanings.

(5) What’s the purpose of the author to write this passage?

A.How the Romans worshipped Saturn.

B.Why the Romans believed in Saturn.

C.The different meanings of the word Saturn.

D.How Saturday got its name.

Passage2

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon (外科医师), but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

(1) Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.

B.She decided to further her education in Paris.

C.A serious eye problem stopped her.

D.It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.

(2) What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A.She was a woman.

B.She wrote too many letters.

C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.

(3) How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A.Eight years B.Ten years

C.Nineteen years D.Thirty-six years

(4) According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell,

A.became the first woman physician.

B.was the first woman doctor.

C.and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.

D.set up the first medical school for women.

(5) Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in_______.

A.England

B.Paris

C.the United States

D.New York City

参考答案：

1.ADCCD

2.CAABC

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