【正文】 but it may also be true that it owes something of its wide appeal to qualities and characteristics inherent in are these characteristic features which outstand in making the English language what it is, which give it its individuality and make it of this worldwide significance? First and most important is extraordinary receptive and adaptable — it has taken to itself material from almost everywhere in the world and has made the new elements of language its , which when the AngloSaxons first conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries was almost a “pure” or unmixed language—which could make new words for new ideas from its own pounded second outstanding characteristic of English is its simplicity and the relationship of words in a sentence with only the minimum of change in their shapes or variation of third quality of English is its relatively fixed word passage is primarily concerned with for the popularity of English language has 。re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what is the main idea of the article? can improve your speaking ability. poor speaker can never change. should always make a short speech. is enjoyable to make a speech. is the main idea of paragraph 1? says it is difficult to improve your speech. doesn180。ll see that you don180。t spoken rainbow is one of the most beautiful ____ in nature. ____ into the students180。d just as soon ____ rudely to her. not not speakingC)you didn180。資料來源：環(huán)球卓越第五篇：2006年GCT英語模擬試題(一)及答案解析12006年GCT英語模擬試題（一）及答案解析Simulating Test One（本試題共50題，每題2分，滿分100分，考試時間45分鐘）Part OneVocabulary and Structure Directions: In this part there are ten inplete sentences, each with four suggested the one that you think is the best your answer on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the had the minister finished his statement ____ several reporters raised their hands and put forward a string of questions. the members are participating in the scheme ____ a few small firms. addition to shouldn180。The ratio of 1 to 5 and 20 to 100 are the 。ratio的意思是“比，比率”，表示兩個量之間的關系。exchange rate是固定的搭配，意思是“兌換率”。[分析]rate的意思是“比率。pare的意思是“比較，比喻”，可用于pare?with?結構中，意思是“與??相比”。[分析] distinguish的意思是“別，區(qū)別”，經(jīng)常用于distinguish one thing from the other 和distinguish between A and B結構中。pension的意思是“養(yǎng)老金，退休金”。ine 的意思是“收入，所得”。3.[答案]B[翻譯]作為一個銷售員，他按照銷售量的10%提取傭金。dismiss的意思是“解雇，開除”。[分析]release的意思是“釋放，解除”。rally的意思是“回升”。bearish的意思是“看跌的”。 a matter of rule, the scrap value of a vessel can hardly be at ________ with the sound a defense against airpollution damage, many plants and animals_________ a substance to absorb harmful a salesman, he works on a(an)________ basis, taking 10% of everything he all of us know, colorblind people often find it difficult to ________ between blue and everyone knows, the exchange ________ fluctuates almost 答案解析1.[答案]A[翻譯]按照常規(guī)，報廢船只的價值是比不上好船的價值的。s not too bad．D．It39。s the problem?SpeakerA: Iswitched on the power five minutes ago, and now it doesn’t show up．A．Are youthe owner of the puter here?B．Do you know whom this puter belongs to?C．What can I do for you?D．Could you help me?50．Speaker A:After the terrible downpour last nigh, It’s lovely today, isn’t it?Speaker B: _____A．Yes, isn39。s not too bad．D．It39。 m sorry but that style doesn’t e in half size．Ican show you a seven．B．That pair of sandals? Why do you like that pair of sandals?C．Do you like the pair of sandals like the brown ones inthewindow? Fine, thank you．D．Isee what you mean．But I am afraid that that pair will be tooexpensiveto you．48．Speaker A:After the terrible downpour last night, It’s lovely today, isn’t it?Speaker B: _____A．Yes, isn39。 s lived in the Far East for most of her life．Speaker B: _____A．Yes．I know she is an American．But what about an American?B．Yes．But an American is merely anAmerican．Do American speak English?C．Yes．But don39。 t you need any aspirin?Here you are．As for the prescription, I haveto think it over．44．Speaker A: If I were youI39。 s your aspirin．Could you wait a moment and I can have the prescription for you．B．Well．I don’t think you need any aspirin．I don39。資料來源：環(huán)球卓越第三篇：2009年GCT考試英語強化訓練模擬試題(三)2009年GCT考試英語強化訓練模擬試題（三）Part Three ClozeDirections:There are ten blanks in the following passage ．For each numbered blank , there are four choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single through the center．“Without time to relax and have fun, kids can suffer stress just like adults,” warn expertswho say as many as one in four youngsters have symptom of burnout．More and more parents are pushing their kids to be busy in structured activities 31 ______ ．Many of these activities for children are not for recreational 32 ______ involve petition．The kids 33 ______ to “win”, not just participate, and this can cause34 ______ ．Today’s parents have the 35 ______ that children don’t pursue a lot in outside activities will be36 ______ ．Parents are in panic because they know it’s a 37 ______ world out there．They are running scared to be sure their kids can go into marketplace and pete as adults, but38 ______ some cases they are missing the big picture．Kids who are unhappy and depressed grow up to be unhappy, despress adults who don’t do well in their jobs or 39 ______ life．And these kids will not know as adults how to relax．Everyone needs time just to relax and recharge．When you are not stressed, you can be 40 ______ productive．That’s why it’s important to help your child find a balance．31．A．a(chǎn)t no time B．a(chǎn)t times C．a(chǎn)ll the time D．a(chǎn)t one time32．A and B．but C so D as33．A push B are pushed C have pushed D are being pushed34．A failure B threat C stress D diligence35．A mood B attitude C style D idea36．A left alone B left behind C left out D left over37．A pleasant B tough C colorful D adventurous38．A in B at C under D on39．A personal B pu