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1、2022年上海大学英语考试模拟卷（本卷共分为1 大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总 分 100分，60分及格。）单位:姓 名：考 号：题号单选题多项选择判断题综合题总分分值得分一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意）1.Summer is winding down,but it s still not too late to put the topdown and hit the road.For those of us who can,t spring for a Corvetteor a BMW,here s some good news:Two of
2、the coolest convertibles on theroad are also more affordable-Volkswagen5 s New Beet I e and Chrysler5s PT Cruiser.Both start at about$20,000,seat four,and get between22 and 24 miles per gal Ion from thei r four-cylinder engines.Each hasfully insulated cloth tops with rear windows made of real glass,
3、whichmakes them comfortable to use in winter.Front-wheel drive helps makethem safer to drive over snow and ice.Both also offer high-performanceturbocharged mode I s starting at about$25,000.Both have bulging fendersand cool,retro personal ities.Beyond that,they,re very different.The PT Cruiser focus
4、es on practicalityy while the Beet Ie i s more fun todrive.That fun comes from the car9 s chassis,suspension,and overal Istructure.Crank the steering into a turn and the car foI Iows I ike aneager puppy.The engine isn t powerfulf but loves to rev,so you candownsh i ft to accelerate.The New Beet Ie C
5、onvertible has deveI oped anunfortunate reputation as a chick car for its cute looks and the lackof power in the standard mode I.But for an extra$1,600,VW offers itsturbocharged version,with a 150 horsepower,1.8 I iter engine,whichgives the car some snap.Even so,the convertible top el i mi nates wha
6、tlittle practical ity the New Beet I e hatchback offers.To fit the foldingtop,the back seat was narrowed and angled so upright it s uncomf ortab I e.And the foIded top sits above a tiny trunk,with only five cubic feetof capac i ty and access ible through a sma 11 er portho I e.Weekend tr i ppershad
7、better not have kids-or plan to rough it with more than a backpackor two.Interior storage is also minuscule.As with the New Beet I ehatchback,the windshield is disconcertingly far away,and the wipersclear only a smaI I si it of a view in front.Compared with the profiIeof the hatchback,however,the co
8、nvertible sports a top that s lowerand a I i tt I e less cartoon I ike.The PT Cruiser,on the other hand,looksits sinister best with the top up.Peel ing the top off reveals its cutesyMrolI hoop”.(Chrysler denies the hoop offers rolI over protection andcalls it a Iight bar.)But the Cruiser,I ike its f
9、our-door brethren,offers al I the year-round practicality the original Beet Ie convertibledid in its day.The back seat is comfortabIe for two people,and the trunkis roomy.Unfortunately,it s also hard to access because the big trunkI id gets in the way when open.So instead of standing to load or unIo
10、adthe car,you have to squat or knee I.But the storage space is huge-the biggest 19 ve seen in any convertible.And the back seats foId forwardin case you need to carry some long cargo.The interior offers four cupholders and several large storage bins.The 220-horsepowerturbocharged engine in the GT mo
11、del makes the Cruiser ser iously quick,which backs up its hot-rod looks.But after that,the driving exper iencefalls apart.Like its hot-rod inspirations,the Cruiser is best on astraight,smooth road.Over bumps,its floppy chassis wobbles I ike je I Io.On the highway,the Cruiser I tested needed continua
12、I corrections to stayin its lane.The manuaI shifter on the GT proved sloppy;it was hard tobe sure which gear the car was about to engage.Several times I hit fifthgear when aiming for th i rd,Chrys I er apparent I y ant i c i pated th i s prob I em,as a br i ef warn i ng ch i mes to I et you know whe
13、n you re i n reverse.Ne i therthe PT Cruiser convertible nor the New Beet Ie is perfect.But for funin the sun or even the fa I I-what could be better Both cars broughtconstant waves,smiles,and stories from passersby.What s aconvertible about if it sn t Iooking good on the road and brighteningyour da
14、yThose who choose Volkswagen,s New Beet I e or Chrysler1 s PT Cruiser aremainly interested hi their.A.practicalityB.fun to driveC.pricesD.style2.Questions 7 and 8 are based on the fol lowing news item.At the end ofthe news item,you wi I I be given 10 seconds to answer each question.NowI i sten to th
15、e news.Now the U.S.economy growth rate i s.A.higher than 1995 to 2000B.lower than 1973 to 1995C.as good as 1995 to 2000D.the same as 1993 to 19953.A person in Shanghai can describe what may happen in Spain;simi larlyra 21st century person can talk about events in ancient times.Thisdemonstrates that
16、Ianguage possesses the design feature of.A.productivityB.dualityC.cultural transmissionD.displacement4.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview with a chief-editor.At theend of the interview you wi I I be given 10 seconds to answer each of thefol lowing questions.Now Iisten to the interview.Accord
17、ing to the interview,what happened since Mary Ann were 100A.She had a blimp ride.B.She had a horse ride.C.She touched the Hollywood sign.D.She stayed at hom5.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the fol lowing news item.At the endof the news item,you wi I I be given 10 seconds to answer each question.Now
18、 Ii sten to the news.What is the reason of the dec Ii ne of the number of the wiId horsesA.Climate change and human activities.B.The hunting and culling.C.Farming and industrializing.D.Mass killing caused by peopl6.According to reports in major news out I ets,a study pub I i shed last weeki ncIuded
19、a sta rt Iing discovery:the nation,s Jew i sh popuI at i on i s inshr inking.The study,the Nat i onaI Jewish PopuI at i on Survey,found 5.2m illion Jews I iving in the Un i ted States in 2000,a drop of 5 percent,or 300,000 people,since a simi lar study in 1990.What s tru ly sta rt I ingis that the r
20、eported dec Ii ne is not true.Worse s till,the sponsor ofthe$6 mi I I ion study,United Jewish Communities,knows it.Both it andthe authors have openly admitted thei r doubts.They have acknowledgedin interviews that the popuI at i on totaIs for 2000 and i990 were reachedby different methods and are no
21、t directly comparable.The survey itse lfalso cautions readers,in a daunt i ng I y technical appendix,that judgmentcaI Is by the researchers may have led to an undercount.When the researchdirector and project director were asked whether the data should beconstrued to indi cate a dec lining Jew i sh p
22、opu I at i on,they fla tly answeredno.In addition,other survey researchers interviewed pointed to otherstudies with popuI at i on estimates as high as 6.7 mi I I ion.Despite al Ithis,the two figures-5.2 m illion now,5.5 m illion then-are Ii stedby side in the survey,leaving the impression that the p
23、opuI at i on hasshrunk.The result,predictably,has been a rash of head I ines trumpetingthe iIlusionary deciinev in turn touching off jeremiads by rabbis andmoralists condemn i ng the re Iigious laxity behind it.Whether out ofideology,ego,incompetence or a combination of al I three,the respectedchari
24、ty has invented a crisis.United Jewish Communities is thecoordinating body for a nationaI network of Jewish philanthropies withcomb i ned budgets of$2 bi 11 ion.Its popu I at i on surveys carry huge we i ghtin shaping community pol icy.This is not the f i rst time the survey hasset off a false alarm
25、.The last one,conducted by a predecessororganization,found that 52 percent of American Jews who marr ied between1985 and 1990 did so outside the faith.That number was a fabr icat ionproduced by including marriages in which neither party was Jewish byanyone s definition,including the researchers.Its
26、pub Ii cat i oncreated a huge st i r,inspi r ing angui shed sermons,books and conferences.It put Iiberals on the defensive,emboIdened conservatives who rejectful I integration into soc i ety and a Ii enated ordinary folks by theincreasingly xenophobic tone of Jewish communaI culture.The new survey,t
27、o its credit,retracts that figure and offers the Iatest survey hasspawned a panic created by the last one.So why did the organizationfI awed figures once again Some scholars who have studied the surveybe I ieve the mot i vat i on then came partly out of a des i re to shock strayingJews into greater
28、observance.It s too early to tel I if that1 s the casethis time around.What is clear is the researchers did their job withI ittIe regard to how thei r data could be misconstrued.They usedstat i st i caI mode Is and question formats that,while internally sound,made the new survey i ncompat i b I e w
29、i th the prev i ous one.For examp I et thistime the researchers divided the popuI at i on of 5.2 million into twogroups-highly involved Jews and Mpeople of Jewish background-andposed most questions only to the f i rst group.As a result,most f indingsabout be Iief and observance refer only to a subgr
30、oup of American Jews,making compar isons to the past impossible.We can5 t afford to wait adecade before these figures are revised.The false popuI at i on dec Ii nemust be corrected before it further sours communaI discourse.The UnitedJewish Commun i t i es owes it to itself and its pub I ic to step
31、forward andstate plainly what it knows to be true:Amer ican Jews are not disappear ing.According to the passage,which of the fol lowing statements is NOT trueabout the Nat i onaI Jewish PopuI at i on SurveyA.It found a decline of 300,000 Jews in ten years.B.It was carried out by United Jewish Commun
32、ities.C.This is the first time United Jewish Communities has made mistakes inthe population survey.D.The reported decline is not reliabl7.It is difficult for an agency as old as J.Walter Thompson,which wi I Imm 140 next year,to record some firsts at so venerable an age.But itwi I I do just that with
33、 a rare changing of the guard.Thompson,which worksfor bIue-chip advertisers I ike Diageo,Ford Motor,Kei logg,Merr i I I Lynch,Nest 16,Pfizer and Reck i tt Bencki ser,wi I I announce today that BobJeffrey,president for its North American operations,wi 11 be promotedto chief executive,effective Jan.1.
34、Mr.Jeffrey,in being named theninth chief executive of Thompson since 1864,succeeds Peter A.Schweitzer,who wiI I become chai rmany a post that is now vacant.Mr.Schweitzer,64,wi I I also re Iinquish his duties as worldwide presidentto Michael Made Iy now president for the Thompson operations i n Europ
35、e,the Middle East and Africa.Mr.Jeffrey,50,wi I I become the firstThompson chief executive to have spent most of his advertising careeroutside the agency.He joined Thompson five years ago as president ofthe flagship New York office;he came from the agency now known as Lowe&Partners Worldwide,part of
36、 the Interpub I ic Group of Companies,wherehe had been execut i ve vice president and managing di rector for the SanFrancisco off i ce.Mr.Jeffrey,who was also a founder of theGo Idsm i th/Jeffrey agency in New York,was promoted to his current postin 2001.Mr.Made 1,53,wi I I be the first Thompson wor
37、ldwide presidentto be based outside New York,in this case London.Mr.Made I,who joinedThompson in 1990,adds responsibi I ities for the Asian-Pacif ic operationsto the duties of his current post,to which he was promoted in 1997.Thechanges come as Thompson,the largest agency in the United States inreve
38、nue-and No.4 globallyt behind Dentsu,McCann-Erickson WorldwideAdvertising and BBDO Worldwide-confronts some daunting chailenges.While Thompson has recently gained additional assignments from clientsI ike Pfizer,the agency has also lost some accounts from prominentmarketers including the Miller Brewi
39、ng Company division of SAB-MiI I erand Sun Microsystems.Thompson has had to shake up the ranks of seniormanagers at off ices in cities I ike Chicago,Detroit and San Franciscoto help reassure cl ients.The agency stumbIed in efforts to develop anentertainment marketing division,dismantIing a unit base
40、d in New Yorknamed Content JWT in favor of hand Iing those tasks out of the Detroitoff ice.And Thompson,I ike many large agencies,is deemed in need ofimproving its creative output,particularly as clients must deal withrapidly changing marketing and media trend.The chaI Ienges incIude therise of the
41、finicky youthfuI consumer cohort known as Generation Y andthe need to deveI op alternatives to traditional ad forms as consumerszip,zap and fast-forward television commercials.One task facing Mr.Jeffrey is to take the J.Walter Thompson creative product to an evenhigher I eve I.Another i s to ensure
42、that commun i cat i ons solutions forcI ients are coordinated across al I discipl ines as effective as possible.This referred to the Thompson offerings in areas as disparate asadvertising,entertainment marketing,interactive marketing,di rectmarketing and health care advertising.Mr.Jeffrey,in a separ
43、ateinterview,acknow I edged the scale and scope of what he would face.n Ifyou watch the movie Catch Me if You Can set in the I960 s,you see theprominent brands are Pan Am and T.W.A.,1 1 Mr.Jeffrey said.Forty yearslater,look at the ai r I ine industry.If you look at the ad industry,youcould prognosti
44、cate something s im ila r,”he added.n If we don t get ouracts together,that could be us.It can be inferred from the passage that the advertisers that I.WalterThompson works for are.A.of the highest qualityB.as old asJ.Walter ThompsonC.advertisers of stock marketsD.advertisers of electric products8.Q
45、uestions 1 to 5 are based on an interview with a chief-editor.At theend of the interview you wi 1 1 be given 10 seconds to answer each of thefol lowing questions.Now Iisten to the interview.Where was Mary Ann bornA.In a small village.B.North of Chicago.C.In Washington.D.In Hawai9.Teenagers are under
46、 a lot of pressure to be thin.They are led to be I ievethat the only way they can be accepted and fit in,is if they are thin.They resort to starving,vomiting and eating only diet foods to try andbe thin.Television is a big infIuence on them.They watch shows I ikeBever ly H ills 90210 and M e I rose
47、Place and feel they need to look as thinas the actresses on these shows.Society is brainwashing young peopIeinto be I i ev i ng that being thin i s important and necessary.Dietcommercials are constant Iy appearing on our television screens tellin gus that once we lose the weight,we w ill be happy.Wh
48、ile your standingin the check out I ine at the gocery store you are surrounded by magazinesclaiming to have the newest and best diet.Each month another new dietappears claiming to be the diet to end al I diets.Whatever happened tolast month1 s diets that cI a i med the same thing Dieting has become
49、anobsession in North America.W e spend b ill ions of dol lars each year tryingto look the way society tel Is us we need to look.If diets real ly worked,then why are there so many of them The mason a new diet pops up each month,is because last5 s month5 s diets did not work.You know,the ones thatc I
50、a i med to rea I I y work.The truth of the matter i s that DIETS DON T W ORK.The diet and fashion industries are not totaI Iy to blame for societys obsession with thinness.W e are the ones keeping them in business.W ebuy into the idea that we can attain the ideal“body image.W e allowourselves to be