2013年GCT考试《英语应用能力测试》专家预测试卷(八)

Daughter (in the kitchen): Shall I turn on the burner?

Mother: ______.I haven't finished peeling the potatoes.

Charles: What time are you leaving?

Brown: I'm going to try to leave by 10:00.

Charles: Take care and ______.

Brown: Goodbye.Hope to see you again next year.

Roger: Hurry up! We don't have much time left.

Dick: ______.We still have two hours.

Roger: Come on! This is my first time ever to take a plane, I don't want anything to go wrong.

Hairdresser: How would you like to do your hair today? The same style. as usual?

Mrs.Lee: I have a special party to attend tonight, and I'd like to change styles.

Hairdresser: Very well.You're not in a hurry, are you?

Mrs.Lee: No.______.

Clerk: Would you sign the register, please?

Mr.Woods: Sure.______, does my room have a private bath?

Clerk: Certainly.Every room in this hotel have a private bath.

Mr.Woods: I'd like a double room for tonight.

Clerk: ______?

Mr.Woods: Yes.I called you last week from New York.My name is George Woods.

Doctor: Have you lost weight recently, Mr.Bush?

Bush: No, doctor.Actually, ______.

Customer: Excuse me, sir.

Clerk: ______.

Customer: I'd like to cash a check.Would you please tell me which window should I go to?

Clerk: You can cash checks over there at window 6.

Patient: Excuse me, miss.I made an appointment to see Dr.Smith at 4 o'clock this afternoon.My name is Ralph Williams.

Nurse: Let me check, ...yes, Mr.Williams.______.You may go in now.

Cab driver: Here you are, sir.Queens Hotel.

Passenger: How much is it?

Cab driver: Three dollars and seventy-five cents.

Passenger: Here is four dollars.

The purpose of the advertisement is ______.

  But let no one think that pleasure is immoral. Pleasure in itself is a great good, all pleasure, but its consequences may be such (31) the sensible person eschews certain varieties of (32) Nor need pleasure be gross and sensual. They are wise in their generation (33) have discovered that intellectual pleasure is the most satisfying and the most enduring. It is well to (34) the habit of reading. There are (35) sports in which you can engage to your own satisfaction after you have passed the prime of life; there are no games except patience, chess problems and crossword puzzles that you can play without someone to play them with you. Reading suffers (36) no such disadvantages; there is no occupation--except perhaps needle-work, but that leaves the restless spirit (37) liberty-- which you can more easily (38) up at any moment, for any period, and more easily put

 (39) when other calls press upon you; there is no other amusement that can be obtained in these happy days of public liberties and cheap editions at so small a (40) . To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

Dow Jones Real-Time News covers the following EXCEPT ______.

The advertisement is directed toward ______.

Dow Jones News is important because ______.

What is the passage mainly about?

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The advertisement claims that people can get Dow Jones News by ______.

According to Jin Zhaojun, the girl band phenomenon maybe appeared in ______.

What is the main characteristic of the 12 Girls Band?

What does the word "novel" probably mean in Para.2?

  Once the 12 Girls Band became popular, similar groups predictably starting popping up. Musicat and Beautiful Youth 18 were formed last year. Both feature now-familiar formulas of attractive young women playing different instruments in songs that combine modem music with classic Chinese tunes. Yet they add to the mix by throwing in song, dance and even acrobatics. In an interview, noted music critic Jin Zhaojun said the girl band phenomenon was not new to China, as similar acts appeared in the 1980s.

  However, the undying role is that to be successful, bands have to have a novel look. "The 12 Girls Band was the first group to give big live shows and show creativity in how they present their performances. The Beijing Red Poppy Ladies Percussion group, formed in 1999, has made a name for itself because they are the only band that exclusively plays drums and percussion instruments. Bands that don't have ' a thing' are sure to die fast," Jin said.   

How many members are involved in the band?

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

For over a million years, our forefathers were basically ______.

When did hunting for animals become out of date for our forefathers?

  Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modem foot-bailer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey (猎物) into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey.

  To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving as cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male-group attackers.

  Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new use--that of controlling and domesticating their prey. The hunt became Suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.

The author believes that sporting activities ______.

In a football game what is equal to the prey in hunting is ______.

______ could be a suitable title for the passage.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

The word "confrontation" in the last paragraph most probably means ______.

The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ______.

 ______ that called this morning?

  Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance (类同之处)between their lives and what they see on TV--if they ever get home in time. There are similarities, of course, but the cops(警官) don't think much of them.

  The first difference is that a policeman's real life revolves round the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down an alley after someone he wants to talk to.

  Little of his time is spent in chatting to scanty-clad (穿衣不多的) ladies or in dramatic confrontations with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilt or not--of stupid, petty crimes.

It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law ______.

Earthworms occur ______ adequate moisture and food and the necessary soil conditions are found.

An old friend from abroad, ______ I was expecting to stay with me, telephoned from the airport.

Mrs.Douglas unknowingly left a package ______ on the shop counter.

We find such shrubs ______ will best stand up to (抵御)hard weather.

She hoped that a long rest might ______ her in health.

The first ______ in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire.

We are planning to make a ______ to the Great Wail.

It is vital that food and shelter are made ______ for people in the flood-stricken area.

He is an artist in ______ but not in reality.