專升本（英語）模擬試卷105

一、1.Vocabulary and Structure

Part I  Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: 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.

0. You may as well ______ us the truth. It will be easy to check your story.

A．to tell
B．telling
C．tell
D．to have told

1. ______ your bad work I am forced to dismiss you.

A．In favor of
B．In consequence of
C．In case
D．In charge of

2. ______ no coffee left, they had to make do with tea.

A．There being
B．It being
C．It was
D．There was

3. He asked us to assist him ______ carrying through their plan.

A．in
B．on
C．to
D．of

4. Small incomes have brought down the birth ______.

A．ratio
B．speed
C．interest
D．rate

5. I regret ______ you that your application has been refused.

A．being informing
B．having informed
C．to have informed
D．to inform

6. When Tom came in, Mary ______ her talk with Jane and talked to Peter.

A．broke off
B．broke down
C．broke away
D．broke in

7. But for my brother"s help I ______ the work.

A．will not finish
B．would not have finished
C．would not finish
D．should not have finished

8. While discovering the cause of a serious illness, ______.

A．the patients should be taken good care of
B．the effective measures should be taken
C．the illness should be cured immediately
D．the doctor should give the patient good care

9. He would like to be informed ______ how she was getting along.

A．a(chǎn)t one time
B．for the time being
C．from time to time
D．a(chǎn)t the time

10. He was obliged to ______ the money to its owner.

A．restore
B．revise
C．reverse
D．resume

11. It is how you behave in difficulties ______ shows what you are really tike.

A．a(chǎn)s
B．which
C．what
D．that

12. Under no circumstances ______ wage control while I am head of the government.

A．there will be
B．will it be
C．will there be
D．we will have

13. I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is ______.

A．without question
B．in question
C．beyond question
D．out of the question

14. Our library is well equipped and students have easy ______ to the books they want.

A．a(chǎn)ccess
B．a(chǎn)pproach
C．path
D．means

15. Bill and Mary had ______ ideas about the weather.

A．conservative
B．direct
C．opposite
D．frank

16. It is most desirable that he ______ the conference.

A．a(chǎn)ttend
B．will attend
C．should attend
D．can attend

17. Have you any idea about the ______ of electrical energy into tight?

A．consumption
B．transformation
C．distribution
D．demonstration

18. ______ nonsense the newspaper print, some people always believe it.

A．What
B．However
C．Whatever
D．Whichever

19. Most supermarkets need a very spacious floor area, sometime ______ that of an ordinary shop.

A．a(chǎn)t least ten times as big as
B．a(chǎn)t least as ten times big as
C．a(chǎn)t least as big as ten times
D．ten times as at least big as

20. She did not feel very well at the moment, but she"ll soon ______.

A．draw up
B．clear up
C．stand up
D．pick up

21. He had understood nothing ______ to understand.

A．neither he had sought
B．nor had he sought
C．a(chǎn)nd he had neither sought
D．a(chǎn)nd nor he had sought

22. The way he talks is simply intolerable. I object to ______ like a child.

A．treat
B．have treated
C．being treated
D．treating

23. I looked up the word in a dictionary to ______ its spelling.

A．verify
B．identify
C．confirm
D．reinforce

24. He was charged by the police ______ breaking the law.

A．of
B．to
C．with
D．from

25. John broke the coffee-pot, so his parents have to buy ______.

A．the other one
B．a(chǎn)nother one
C．other one
D．that one

26. I have never been to Paris but that"s the city ______.

A．where I most like to visit
B．which I like to visit mostly
C．what I"d like most to visit
D．I"d most like to visit

27. I am sorry I"m late. I was held up in a traffic ______.

A．jam
B．plug
C．crowd
D．squeeze

28. He was unable to make much progress, hard ______ he tried.

A．unless
B．a(chǎn)s
C．however
D．because

29. Because he could not find the fight theme ______ , his explanation was vague.

A．to center his thoughts about
B．in which to center his thoughts
C．a(chǎn)round which his thoughts to center
D．on which to center his thoughts

30. You should have been more patient ______ that customer. I"m sure that selling him the watch was a possibility.

A．of
B．with
C．for
D．a(chǎn)t

31. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ______.

A．has been accepted
B．have been accepted
C．was accepted
D．were accepted

32. This box is too heavy, ______ give me a hand?

A．would you mind
B．would you please
C．will you like to
D．would you please to

33. ______ he works hard, I don"t mind when he finishes the experiment.

A．As soon as
B．As well as
C．So far as
D．So long as

34. As early as 1647 Ohio made a decision that free, tax-supported schools must be established in every town ______ 50 households or more.

A．having
B．to have
C．to have had
D．having had

二、2.Reading Comprehension

Part III  Reading Comprehension
Directions: 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.One answer to the questions of land shortage was suggested by a committee some years ago. A city was to be built at sea, housing 30 000 people.
  The suggestion was to shape the city like a harbour. The outer wall of the harbour would stand on steel columns resting on the sea-bed. Naturally this could only be where the water was fairly shallow. The people would live in flats in the fifty-metre high outer wall. The flats would all face inwards, and would be made of concrete and glass. The glass would be specially made and coloured to control the heat and strong light from the sun.
  The water inside this man-made harbour would be calm. The planners called this water the lake. On it would be floating islands carrying more buildings; a hospital, two theaters, a museum, an art exhibition hall and a church. On one of the islands would be a special plant, to take the salt out of sea water and turn it into fresh water.
  People living in the city could move around on small boats driven by electricity , so there would be no air pollution from the burning of petrol. There would be platforms outside the main wall for ships bringing supplies. People could also travel to the mainland by motorboat or water plane.

What was suggested about the construction of a new city at sea?

A．The city was to be designed together with a harbour.
B．The walls around the city would be made of steel and glass.
C．The buildings of the city would rest on a floating island.
D．The people would live in flats made of coloured glass.

2.
How would fresh water be supplied to the city?

A．By treating sea water.
B．By getting it from the surrounding islands.
C．By building a small lake of fresh water inside the city.
D．By transporting it from the mainland.

3.
There would be no air pollution to this city because ______.

A．there was a special plant to treat the polluted air
B．the city was away from the mainland
C．people in the city did not burn oil or coal
D．vehicles there were powered by electricity

4.
The suggestion made by the committee is to solve the problem that ______.

A．there is not enough space for building cities on land
B．land transportation has become increasingly difficult
C．there are too many people on land
D．present cities are heavily polluted by cars and other vehicles

5.
The purpose of the writer is ______.

A．to suggest how a new type of harbour could be built at sea
B．to give an account of a new-type city
C．to draw people"s attention to the problem of air pollution
D．to introduce a new way of constructing harbour-cities

7.The U.S. generates about four billion tons of solid waste a year. More than 90 percent is composed of agricultural and mining wastes. About 3 percent is from industrial wastes. 250 million tons of garbage and refuse come out from homes, schools, office buildings, stores and hospitals.
  This mass of metals, paper, food, plastic, rubber and glass which is all mixed together seems of no earthly use to anyone.
  Or is it? Scattered efforts across the country indicate that new technology, properly applied, might someday turn these millions of tons of refuse into an excellent source of raw materials for new uses.
  Several new projects are carried out to study the possibility of treating wastes through pyrolysis (高溫分解)--a system of reducing refuse to basic chemicals, liquids and gases which have commercial value. In Florida, a special tube system provides automatic transport of refuse to a central collection building.
  In short, many new ideas are being tested, and many will be needed, since no one method is likely to prove suitable everywhere.
  However, many difficult economic and social questions must be answered before real progress can be made. Can recovered materials compete with new materials? What will be needed as encouragement to make resource recovery work? Will citizens pay the costs of changing our waste system?

The article suggests that garbage and refuse from homes and public places ______.

A．make up the largest percentage of solid wastes
B．make up a small percentage of solid wastes
C．a(chǎn)re not really considered in the solid waste problem
D．a(chǎn)re considered of no use to the earth

8.
The process known as pyrolysis ______.

A．treats scrap from industry
B．reduces refuse into basic chemicals
C．mixes scattered wastes together
D．provides refuse for a collection building

9.
The problem raised by the author in solid waste treatment and reuse is ______.

A．economic and social
B．political and industrial
C．governmental and political
D．traditional and habitual

10.
To make his point, the author uses ______.

A．social opinions
B．a(chǎn)n emotional request
C．sound arguments
D．factual information

11.
This article shows that ______.

A．some people are trying to solve their waste problems
B．the government is not concerned with the problem of wastes
C．recovered materials won"t be able to compete with new materials
D．citizens will unwillingly pay the costs of changing the waste system

13."The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful," says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
  A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. ""Keep cool", says Webster, "anger is not argument. ""Be calm in arguing", says George Herbert," for fierceness makes error a fault."
  To be angry with a weak man is to proye that you are not strong yourself. "Anger", says Pythagoras," begins with folly and ends with regret. "You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
  Self-control is man"s last and greatest victory.
  If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confldence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A．The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.
B．One"s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.
C．To control oneself is the most difficult in one"s life.
D．ff a person holds his own feelings, he will feel most shameful.

14.
What is the correct interpretation of "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad "?

A．If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.
B．If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.
C．If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.
D．If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

15.
Concerning the remarks by those well-known people on self-control, which of the following is NOT true?

A．It is better to keep calm, because anger does not mean truth.
B．Not keeping cool in arguing will make a small mistake serious.
C．Anger begins with folly and ends with regret.
D．Anger begins with a storm, and ends with victory.

16.
If a man is short of self-control, all of the following will take place except that ______.

A．he will lack the very backbone and nerve of character
B．he will lack patience and power to control himself
C．he will lack strong feelings
D．he will lack self-confidence

17.
The author"s main purpose in writing this article is to ______.

A．explain that self-control is the key to success
B．teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success
C．distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for it
D．a(chǎn)dvise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

19.Lithography is an art process of printing from a plane surface on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent. Lithography is based on the antipathy of oil and water. A drawing is made in reverse on the ground surface of the stone with a crayon or ink that contains soap or grease. The image produced on the stone will accept printing ink and reject water. Once the grease in the ink has penetrated the stone, the drawing is washed off and the stone kept moist. It is then inked with a roller and printed on a lithographic press. As a process, lithography is probably the most unrestricted, allowing a wide range of tones and effects. Several hundred fine prints can be taken from a stone. The medium was employed by many 19th century artists, including Goya, Delacroix, Daumier, Degas, and remains popular with contemporary artists. Among American artists noted for their lithographs are Currier and Ives.
  The Currier and Ives firm of lithographers was founded by Nathaniel Currier in 1834. James Ives joined the firm as a bookkeeper eighteen years later just after becoming Currier"s brother-in- law, and was made a partner in 1857. The pair showed an uncanny ability to predict what the American public would rush to buy in the way of cheap art, and literally hundreds of thousands of prints from as many as 7,000 individual pictures were named out and sold from the firm"s shop in lower New York by street vendors and over shop counters throughout the country and even in Europe. Though in the course of time the firm employed some of America"s finest artists, artistic excellence could certainly not be counted among the firm"s real goals. Nevertheless, some time after it went out of business in 1907, the prints enjoyed new popularity as collectors" items, the rarer examples fetching thousands of dollars in the 1920"s.

What is the most appropriate title of this passage?

A．Lithography as a Process of Commercial Printing.
B．The Currier & Ives Finn.
C．Lithography and the Currier & Ives Finn.
D．A Popular Medium of Artistic Printing.

20.
According to the passage, what material is required for lithography?

A．Rugged bark.
B．Coarse canvas.
C．Crinkled aluminum foil.
D．Smooth metal plate.

21.
In terms of artistic printing ,lithography can be best described as being very

A．costly
B．vulgar
C．prolific
D．surrealistic

22.
What occurs when a design has been drawn on a flat surface with a special grease crayon and to which( the surface)water and then ink are applied?

A．The ink adheres to the crayon image and is repelled by the moist areas.
B．The ink adheres to the moist areas and is repelled by the crayon image.
C．The water adheres to the crayon image and is repelled by the moist areas.
D．Both ink and water are repelled by the crayon image.

23.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A．During its whole history it sold 7,000 prints.
B．The firm"s prints were especially popular in Europe.
C．The average number of prints from each picture was fewer than 7,000.
D．Street vendors were among the firm"s most effective sale force.

三、3.Cloze

Part IV  Cloze
Directions: 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.A land not suffering from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labour supply--all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.【21】they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "some thing special" was men--【22】individuals who could invent machines, find new【23】of power,
  The men who【24】the machines of the Industrial Revolution【25】from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were【26】inventors than scientists. A man who is pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research【27】. He is not necessarily working and that his findings can be used.
  An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a real and specific【28】. He may try to solve a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a【29】result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of light bulb, or one of【30】other objectives. Most of the people who developed the machines were inventors, not trained scientists.
(56)

A．But
B．And
C．Besides
D．Even

2.(57)

A．generating
B．effective
C．motivating
D．creative

3.(58)

A．origins
B．sources
C．bases
D．discoveries

4.(59)

A．employed
B．created
C．operated
D．controlled

5.(60)

A．came
B．a(chǎn)rrived
C．developed
D．a(chǎn)ppeared

6.(61)

A．less
B．better
C．more
D．worse

7.(62)

A．happily
B．occasionally
C．reluctantly
D．a(chǎn)ccurately

8.(63)

A．plan
B．use
C．idea
D．means

9.(64)

A．single
B．sole
C．specialized
D．specific

10.(65)

A．few
B．those
C．many
D．a(chǎn)ll

四、4.Translation from English to Chinese

Part VI  Translation from English to Chinese
Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese.

0. A number of persons have expressed concern about possible health dangers to workers who use devices called video-display terminals or VDTs. (Passage One)

1. One study found women who work with VDTs in early pregnancy are more likely than others to have their pregnancy end unexpectedly. (Passage One)

2. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2 400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns. (Passage Two)

3. Thus these factors affect each other, either detracting or adding to the attractive forces to add or subtract from the weight of the tide. ( Passage Three)

4. Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood--a poor, crowded area where a boy"s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous. athlete or entertainer. (Passage Four)

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a composition of about 100 - 120 words ac- cording to the following topic:
  我的信用觀(My Opinion on Keeping One"s Word)