2016年成人高考專升本（英語）模擬試卷二

2016年成人高考專升本（英語）模擬試卷二，是針對成考英語的模擬試卷。

一、Phonetics:In each of the following groups of words， therned letters or letter combinations marked A，B，C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identife are four underliy the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.

1.

A．expect
B．exact
C．example
D．exam

2.

A．a(chǎn)rea
B．heat
C．real
D．idea

3.

A．forget
B．born
C．north
D．storm

4.

A．surround
B．surprise
C．survive
D．purpose

5.

A．certain
B．paint
C．sail
D．straight

Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

1.It is a small country, yet has a lot of______ resources.

A．potential
B．unknown
C．secret
D．unlimited

2.—What would you wish to do if you were a college student again? —Thats very hard to say, but I wish I______when I was a college student.

A．has not studied psychology
B．had studied psychology
C．did study psychology
D．studied psychology

3.So much______his financial position that he cant sleep at night.

A．he worries about
B．he worried about
C．did he worry about
D．does he worry about

4.______round the city, we were impressed by the citys new look.

A．Taken
B．Taking
C．To be taken
D．Being taken

5.Eat as many vegetables as possible, for they are rich______ iron.

A．of
B．in
C．with
D．for

6.A teacher______do every exercise but a student______.

A．may not: must
B．needn"t: must
C．can"t: should
D．mustn"t: should

7.What we must do now______make a careful investigation on the circumstances.

A．a(chǎn)re
B．is
C．is to
D．were to

8.Could you hold on a few minutes ______ 1 check this with my boss?

A．for
B．since
C．during
D．while

9.The president______ Mr. Baker medical adviser.

A．promised
B．praised
C．imagined
D．a(chǎn)ppointed

10.He ______a great deal in the old days.

A．was suffered
B．had been suffered
C．suffered
D．had suffered

11.The differences between Chinese and western society can______misunderstandings.

A．course
B．causes
C．create
D．rise

12.Wood furniture does not depreciate in value______.

A．if they are handled properly and protected properly
B．unless handling and protecting properly
C．if properly handled and protected
D．unless for all its handling and protection

13.It is no use ______ that you didnt know the truth.

A．pretend
B．to be pretending
C．pretending
D．pretended

14.We couldnt eat in a restaurant because______ of us had______ money on us.

A．a(chǎn)ll: no
B．a(chǎn)ny: no
C．none: any
D．no one: any

15.The letters PTO ______parent-teacher organization.

A．stand for
B．call for
C．head for
D．care for

三、Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1.Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts: they rely on depositors(儲戶)not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs. Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers windows. The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs. Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.
A bank run happens when______.

A．a(chǎn) bank is closed for one or more days
B．too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time
C．there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one time
D．tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank

2.The main cause of a bank run is______.

A．loss of confidence
B．lack of money
C．crowds of people
D．inexperienced tellers

3.Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say?

A．She knew that the bank was not sound.
B．She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank.
C．She was not able to draw out her money.
D．She was tempted to draw out her money.

4.According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaughts bank were affected mainly by the ______.

A．ease with which they could get their money
B．confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed
C．failure of several other banks to open
D．confidence shown by other depositors of the bank

5.Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland, on February 19, 1473. Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10. An uncle adopted him, his two sisters, and his brother. The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education. Copernicus went to the University of Cracow. There he studied such subjects as Latin, mathematics, and astronomy. It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name, Niklas Koppernigk, to the Latin form. of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy, where he spent the next 10 years studying at various universities. In Copernicus time people still believed that all things—the sun, the stars, and the planets moved around the earth. It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned. Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief. Because the Church had long been the center of learning, the theory was also linked to religious beliefs. In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland. A few years later he began to work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy. He had just the most basic equipment and, like other scientists of his day, made observations with only his eyes. Still, using mathematics and logic, Copernicus worked out a different theory, which held that the planets went around the sun. Copernicus did not announce his ideas. He did not want to make trouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth. So he talked about his theory with his friends, who strongly advised him to have his work published. His great book, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, appeared at the very end of his life. Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died, May 24, 1543.
From the passage we can see that astronomy is ______.

A．the life experience of great men
B．the movement of the stars and the planets
C．the scientific study of natural objects in space
D．the theories developed by scientists of old times

6.Copernicus developed his theory______.

A．using various telescopes
B．based on Aristotle"s beliefs
C．through observations and reasoning
D．under the encouragement of his friends

7.The writer of the passage wants us to know that______.

A．Copernicus did not tell about his discovery until the day of his death
B．for many years Copernicus dared to do nothing openly against the Church
C．pushed by his friends Copernicus decided to write a book in May 1543
D．shortly before he got back to Poland Copernicus started to work for the Church

8.Copernicus had his great book published because______.

A．he didn"t agree with Aristotle
B．he could not hide the scientific truth
C．he worked for the Church
D．his friends advised him to do so

9.In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be touched: food, tools, and precious metals and stones. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal. Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone agrees to accept them. Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will transform. money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of "bits and bytes" , or units of computerized information, going between machines at the speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and telecommunications devices.
According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of exchange of wealth?

A．Bartered goods.
B．Fiat money.
C．Coin currency.
D．Intangible forms.

10.The author mentions food, tools and precious metals and stones together because they are all ______.

A．useful items
B．a(chǎn)rticles of value
C．difficult things to obtain
D．material objects

11.According to the passage, coins once had real value as currency because they______.

A．represented a great improvement over barter
B．permitted easy transportation of wealth
C．were made of precious metals
D．could become collector"s items

12.Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems is NOT supported by the passage?

A．They promote international trade.
B．They allow very rapid money transfers.
C．They are still limited to small transactions(交易).
D．They are dependent on good telecommunications systems.

13.There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The mans name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty. Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whales flesh. The maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing. Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the whales dead body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.
This passage is mainly about ______.

A．how to hunt whales for their oil and meat
B．the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
C．the duties of each man on a whaling ship
D．a(chǎn) man who was swallowed by a whale and lived

14.The sailors knew that something was in the whales stomach because_____

A．they could feel it moving about wildly
B．the whale seemed very heavy
C．the whale was swelling at one spot
D．the captain heard Bartley yelling for help

15.James Bartley probably never went to sea again because______.

A．he wanted different kinds of adventures
B．of fright and shock
C．he was crippled by the whale
D．he often got seasick

16.The author, in telling James Bartleys story, informs us by ______.

A．narrating the plain facts
B．referring to whaling in general
C．comparing whaling to other fishing
D．dramatically telling what happened

17.This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment:" an interesting week of poetry. " This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field? The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing—the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didnt write anything on the board. The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers(層次)of meaning. Some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface : other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesnt happen much in undergraduate(本科)science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科學(xué)). Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using careful, clear definitions(定義)when he explains a poem. He also plans to be more informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, "We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students. " But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this: All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.
What do we know about this unusual class?

A．The teachers did lots of writing on the board.
B．The teachers were invited to attend several lectures.
C．The students were professors from a university.
D．The students were studying science and humanities.

18.The experiment was designed to find out______.

A．how to teach the students in the science class
B．whether poetry is difficult for science students
C．what to be taught in the humanities class
D．why many humanities students find science hard

19.Finding levels of meaning is______.

A．important for graduate students in humanities
B．difficult for graduate students in humanities
C．common for undergraduate students in science
D．easy for undergraduate students in science

20.What did the science professors learn after the experiment?

A．They should change the way they teach.
B．A poem could be explained in clear definitions.
C．A poetry class could be more informative.
D．Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.

四、ClozeDirections: There are some blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passages. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1.Los Angeles has planted 2, 000 rubber trees down the middle of one of its main streets. These trees do not【C1】______rubber. They are, 【C2】______, made of rubber. Mr. Joe Dynamo, a spokesman for Los Angeles【C3】______council, explained the reasons. He said: "These【C4】______are representative of our virtual society. We have polystyrene grass on our golf【C5】______. We have non-milk powder【C6】______our coffee. We【C7】______copies in plastic of old wooden furniture. We have fiberglass tombstones.【C8】______shouldnt we have trees made of rubber?" "At 50 miles an hour, 【C9】______motorist will see any difference. And our preservation【C10】______will be lower. You give the trees an annual rinse(清洗)with detergent, and 【C11】______them off twice a year. We【C12】______a lot of money because transplanting, pruning, weeding and leaf-collection are all【C13】______. And we have a 60-year【C14】______guarantee on each plant. This is rationalization at【C15】______best.
【C1】

A．invent
B．do
C．produce
D．create

2.【C2】

A．in fact
B．eventually
C．practically
D．a(chǎn)s a matter

3.【C3】

A．country
B．state
C．city
D．county

4.【C4】

A．plants
B．trees
C．rubber
D．streets

5.【C5】

A．courses
B．places
C．courts
D．playground

6.【C6】

A．on
B．of
C．a(chǎn)t
D．in

7.【C7】

A．make
B．introduce
C．build
D．set

8.【C8】

A．What
B．How
C．When
D．Why

9.【C9】

A．some
B．no
C．many
D．a(chǎn) few

10.【C10】

A．costs
B．price
C．money
D．a(chǎn)ward

11.【C11】

A．sweep
B．wash
C．tidy
D．dust

12.【C12】

A．waste
B．keep
C．save
D．store

13.【C13】

A．essential
B．a(chǎn)ccidental
C．unnecessary
D．necessary

14.【C14】

A．fade
B．non-fade
C．die away
D．everlasting

15.【C15】

A．one"s
B．its
C．their
D．the

五、Writing

1.For this part, you are supposed to write a composition of about 100 - 120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly. S城的交通擁擠現(xiàn)象日趨嚴(yán)重，事故時有發(fā)生，特別是在早晚上、下班高峰期。市政府決定采取措施改善交通現(xiàn)狀，向廣大市民征集建議。請根據(jù)下面的要點向市政府提出建議。 (1)修繕公路，改善路面狀況； (2)修筑立交橋，緩解交通阻塞現(xiàn)象： (3)控制小轎車的產(chǎn)量。 要求：短文需要涉及上述所有內(nèi)容，可以適當(dāng)增加內(nèi)容，闡述自已的其他想法。