2021年秋季中国石油大学（华东）网络教育英语入学测试模拟题及答案24

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All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition(strong wish):to be the lucky customer(顾客)who did not have to pay for shipping.For this was what the notice justinside the entrance promised.It said:“Remember,once a week,one of our customers gets freegoods.This may be your lucky day!”For several weeks,Mrs.Edwards hoped,like many of her friends,to be the lucky customer.Unlike her friends,she never gave up hope.The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things whichdid not need.It‟s no use her husband trying to persuade her.She dreamed of the day when themanager of the supermarket would come to her and said:“Madam,this is your lucky day.Everything in your basket is free.”51

One Friday morning,after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car,she foundthat she had forgotten to buy any tea.She dashed back to the supermarket,got the tea and wenttoward the cash desk.As she did so,the manager approached her,“madam,”he said,holding out hishand,“I want to congratulate you!You are our lucky customer and everything you have in yourbasket is free.”

52.The housewives who went to the supermarket were ___________.

A.poor B.hopeful C.fortunate D.hopeless

53.The housewives learned about the offer of free goods _________.

A.on the radio B.from the manager

C.at the supermarket D.from their friends

54.Mrs.Edwards‟husband tried to _____________.

A.make her unhappy B.cheer her up

C.fill all her cupboards

D.stop her buying things

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Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival in a few day‟s time,so theyborrowed a huge barrel(桶)from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that eachof them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,so that there should be plenty at thefeast(宴会).

One of the villagers thought he would be very clever.“If I pour a bottle of water in,instead ofwine,no one will notice it,”he said to himself,“because there will be so much excellent wine in thebarrel that the water will be lost in it.”The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls andtheir glasses for the wine.The tap(塞子)on the barrel was opened,but what came out was purewater.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.

55.The villagers borrowed a huge barrel in order to ____________.

A.hold water B.hold wine

C.take the place of wine bottles D.empty bottles52

56.One of the villagers poured a bottle of water into the barrel because ___________.

A.the wine in the barrel was too thick B.the others put water into it too

C.he was cleverer than the others D.he tried to cheat the others

57.The sentence“the water will be lost in it”can be considered as _________.

A.the water would be gone in the barrel

B.the water couldn‟t be found in the wine

C.the water would flow through the barrel into the ground

D.the water would be mixed up with the wine

参考答案：

52.B 53.C 54.D 55.B56.D 57.D

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