專升本（英語）模擬試卷108

一、1.Phonetics

0.(1)

A．listen
B．castle
C．costly
D．soften

1.(2)

A．receipt
B．a(chǎn)ccept
C．expect
D．empty

2.(3)

A．coffee
B．sorry
C．doctor
D．motor

3.(4)

A．bottle
B．bold
C．college
D．concert

4.(5)

A．cup
B．mud
C．just
D．tune

二、2.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. Can you remember all the ______ for our school? ( )

A．telephone numbers
B．telephone number
C．telephone"s number
D．telephones numbers

1. They are going to give a dinner ______ the new director. ( )

A．in the honor of
B．on the honor of
C．in honor of
D．on honor of

2. They ______ going to see my mother this Sunday. ( )

A．both
B．both are
C．a(chǎn)re both of
D．a(chǎn)re both

3. --Have you moved into the new house? ( )--Not, yet. The rooms ______ now.

A．were painted
B．have painted
C．a(chǎn)re being painted
D．a(chǎn)re painting

4. We"ve done once but failed. We"ll have to do it ______ time. ( )

A．a(chǎn) second
B．the second
C．the twice
D．twice

5. Of the two toys, the child chose ______. ( )

A．the less expensive one
B．one most expensive
C．a(chǎn) least expensive
D．the most expensive of them

6. Don"t leave your luggage in the corridor. It"ll be ______. ( )

A．on
B．by
C．in
D．to

7. "What"s your opinion of our teacher"s new painting?" ( )"It would seem to me that it"s ______ his usual standard."

A．beyond
B．below
C．beside
D．before

8. Don"t ______ your books on the floor. ( )

A．lie
B．lay
C．laid
D．lain

9. I am ______ to hear from you soon. ( )

A．waiting
B．looking forward
C．expecting
D．seeing

10. She showed him the photo she ______ the day before. ( )

A．has taken
B．took
C．was taking
D．had taken

11. He was a good swimmer, so he ______ swim to the river bank when the boat sank. ( )

A．could
B．might
C．succeeded to
D．was able to

12. Both Tom and Mary ______ the exam. ( )

A．has passed
B．have past
C．have passed
D．had passed

13. The door was ______ and I could not see who she was talking to . ( )

A．shut
B．shutted
C．shutting
D．being shut

14. Mary, along with her parents, ______ to Paris. ( )

A．have moved
B．has moved
C．a(chǎn)re moving
D．have been moving

三、3.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.There are many stereotypes about the character of people in various parts of the United States. In the Northeast and Midwest, people are said to be closed and private. In the South and West, however, they are often thought of as being more open and hospitable. Ask someone from St. Louis where the nearest sandwich shop is, and he or she will politely give you directions. A New Yorker might eye you at first and after deciding it is safe to talk to you, might give you a rather unexpected explanation. A person from Georgia might be very kind about directing you and even suggest some different places to eat. A Texan just might take you to the place and treat you to lunch.
  American stereotypes are abundant. New Englanders are often thought of as being friendly and helpful. Southerners are known for their hospitality and warmth. People from the western part of the United States are often considered very outgoing. These differences in character can be traced to different factors such as climate, living conditions, and historical development.
  When travelling from place to place, Americans themselves are often surprised at the differing degrees of friendliness in the United States.

The main idea of the passage is ______.

A．even Americans are surprised at the big differences among themselves
B．there are many differences in character in different parts of the USA
C．there are many reason for the differences
D．stereotypes about people are not necessarily true

2.
Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．New Yorkers are usually open with strangers.
B．People from the South are usually considered good hosts.
C．The friendliest Americans travel from place to place.
D．Different parts have different customs and habits.

3.
The differences lie in the following except ______ of the parts.

A．the weather
B．the history
C．geography
D．the names

4.
The word "abundant" in the second paragraph may probably mean ______.

A．plentiful.
B．normal.
C．curious
D．strange

5.
New Englanders are often thought of as being ______.

A．hospital and warm
B．out going
C．friendly and helpful
D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

7.I always have a difficult time choosing original birthday presents. My imagination never seems to get beyond ties, handkerchiefs, or pairs of socks. But, strangely enough, it did not take me long to decide on Tom"s birthday present. For the first time in my life I had a good idea——I would buy him a bottle of champagne. Before the party began, Tom suggested that I should open the bottle. I put it between my knees and began to pull, but it remained firmly corked. Soon a crowd gathered round to watch the fight between me and the bottle. I could hear all sorts of" helpful" suggestions from the guests like "Break the top off", "Use your teeth!" etc. But I was losing the bottle. We were struggling on the floor together, when all of a sudden there was a loud" pop!" and the cork shot up into the air, while the angry bottle showered everybody with champagne!

What is NOT mentioned as a birthday present according to the author?

A．Ties.
B．Books.
C．Handkerchiefs.
D．Pairs of socks.

8.
What is the good idea?

A．I should give him nothing.
B．Tom liked the gift very much.
C．I should buy him a bottle of champagne.
D．I would make the champagne shower everybody.

9.
What suggestion of the guests is true?

A．Break the top off.
B．Use the mouth.
C．Step by step.
D．Put it on the floor.

10.
Which is NOT true?

A．It was Tom who suggested that I open the bottle.
B．I opened it easily without any help.
C．I put it between my knees and began to pull.
D．The guests gave me many helpful suggestions.

11.
What is the main idea of the story?

A．I always have difficulty choosing birthday presents.
B．Once I gave Tom a bottle of champagne as a birthday present.
C．The present I gave Tom was a great surprise to him.
D．To my surprise, something funny happened in Tom"s birthday party.

13.If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1947),concluded from other men"s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
  He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.
  Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man"s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
  Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

According to the passage, your intelligence probably ______.

A．stays the same throughout the year
B．varies from day to day
C．changes with the seasons
D．changes from year to year

14.
Ellsworth Huntington-decided that climate and temperature have ______.

A．a(chǎn) great effect on everyone"s intelligence
B．same effect on most persons" intelligence
C．some effect on a few persons" intelligence
D．no effect on most persons" intelligence

15.
It seems that the cold winter ______.

A．increases the ability to think
B．is the best time for thinking
C．is better for thinking than is very warm weather
D．decreases the ability to think

16.
One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that ______.

A．a(chǎn)ll nature, including man, is growing then
B．it lasts longer than the other seasons
C．it is not too warm and not too cold
D．both B and C

17.
According to the passage, any vacations from thinking should be taken ______.

A．several times throughout the year
B．during spring and fall
C．during the summer
D．a(chǎn)s seldom as possible

19.There was ice on the road, and the doctor"s car hit a tree and turned over three times. To his surprise, he was not hurt. He got off the car and walked to the nearest house.
  He wanted to telephone the garage for help. The door was opened by one of his patients.
  "Oh, Doctor," she said, "I have only just telephoned you. You must have a very fast car. You have got here very quickly in deed. There has been a very bad accident on the road outside. I saw it through the window. I am sure the driver will need your help."

The story took place ______.

A．on a rainy day
B．in summer
C．in September
D．on a cold day

20.
Why did the accident take place? Because ______.

A．the doctor drove badly
B．the car hit a tree
C．of the ice
D．the road was too bad

21.
The doctor wanted the garage ______.

A．to repair his car
B．to sent him to a hospital
C．to pull his car back
D．send for another doctor

22.
Where did the doctor meet one of his patients?

A．In the doctor"s houses.
B．In the patient"s house.
C．On the road side.
D．In the hospital.

23.
Which of the following is true according to the story?

A．As soon as he received the telephone call, the doctor immediately drove to the house of the patient.
B．The doctor did not receive the telephone call.
C．The doctor had already known the accident before he came out of his house.
D．The doctor just came to help the driver who met with the accident.

25.The year 2000 will bring big changes in communication Cell phones will be small enough to carry in your pocket. Videophones will let you see the person you are talking to on the phone. Tiny hand size computers will know your favorite subjects. The Internet and email will be everywhere.
  Technologists believe 2000 will be the year of video messaging. You will be able to see whom you"re talking to.
  Also in the near future small wireless boxes will pick up information from satellites. In 5 years, computers won"t need to be connected through wires.
  All of this will be good for rural areas and countries that don"t have cattle or telephone now.
  In 20 years you may only need to think about something and the computer will do it.
  Constance Hale is the author of Sin and Syntax, "I believe that email has been an incredible boon to communication. People are writing today where they would have been telephoning yesterday. So people are engaging with words more than they have for the last couple generations."
  If people use email and the Internet more, it could make people better readers and writers. Some people think the most important part of communication is to make people understand each other better. Will technology make that easier?
  The translator also comes in handy in medical emergencies. Tam Dinh says, "Where people are injured it"s always important to get as much information as quickly as possible."
  Bob Parks is an Associate Editor of Wired Magazine, "Bob"s morning begins at about 6:45 a.m. and Bob is kind of mad, because Bob usually gets up at around 7:15 and likes to cut it close with his morning commute, but I look at my radio and it says that there"s a traffic jam on 101 South and I"m gonna need an extra 1/2 hour. And so my radio has got a net connection, wireless net connection as well as a good old power cord to the wall and it has received notice that there"s a traffic jam and it has calculated an extra 1/2 hour commute time."
  Some day everything may be connected to the Internet. Your refrigerator will add milk to your Internet grocery list when the date on the carton has passed. Light bulbs will be ordered before they bum out.
  It"s fun to try to guess the future. Usually the predictions are wrong. The one thing we know for sure is that we can"t imagine how technology will change.

How will wireless computers and Internet services help rural areas?

A．One of the biggest barriers to Internet use is getting wires into rural areas.
B．The wireless computers will be cheaper.
C．People in rural areas don"t have anything else to do.
D．People in rural areas already have wireless boxes on their roofs.

26.
Constance Hale says "email has been an incredible boon to communication". What does she mean by this?

A．People want to see the person they are talking to on the phone.
B．Email is easier than talking on the phone.
C．People are using writing and reading more with email.
D．Email is not private enough.

27.
In which case mentioned in the passage would an automatic language translator be helpful?

A．A medical emergency.
B．Police action.
C．Traveling.
D．All of the above.

28.
Why did Bob Parks radio wake him up 1/2 hour earlier than usual?

A．The electricity had gone off during the night.
B．Bob had set the alarm wrong.
C．Bob did not want to be late.
D．The Internet had informed the radio of a traffic jam.

29.
Which of the following are not expected within the next 5 years?

A．Talking on giant screens.
B．Automatic language translators.
C．Computers that respond to brain waves.
D．Computers that do not need wires.

四、4.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.Cotton, like silk, was discovered and made【61】cloth by man before the historical period【62】. Its first recorded use was in India【63】cotton cloth of very fine texture, almost【64】 silk, was made. When the Spanish【65】in the New World, they found that the Incas, the Mayas, and the Aztecs knew【66】cotton cloth.【67】of the cotton cloth made in Peru, even before the days of the Incas,【68】that it is kept in museums.
  Cotton is the most important of【69】textiles. Even now, with many artificial materials【70】,more than half of all textile products are made of cotton.
  Cotton comes【71】a plant of that name. When the plant is mature, the cotton grows in a white ball around the seed. To【72】the cotton for market, the seed【73】from the cotton fiber. This【74】by a machine called the cotton gin. Then cotton is【75】into huge bundles called bales,【76】are sent to the mills.【77】the fibers are combed【78】they will all be turned in the same direction.【79】, the fibers are spun into thread. From the thread, the cotton is woven into【80】.
(46)

A．into
B．out of
C．from
D．through

2.(47)

A．begins
B．has begun
C．began
D．was begun

3.(48)

A．there
B．where
C．which
D．that

4.(49)

A．so fine as
B．such fine as
C．a(chǎn)s fine as
D．a(chǎn)s fine like

5.(50)

A．a(chǎn)rrived
B．reached
C．returned
D．came

6.(51)

A．to how make
B．how to make
C．how was made
D．how making

7.(52)

A．Any
B．Some
C．Certain
D．Many

8.(53)

A．very fine
B．so fine
C．is very fine
D．is so fine

9.(54)

A．a(chǎn)ll the other
B．a(chǎn)ll other
C．a(chǎn)ll
D．a(chǎn)ny

10.(55)

A．a(chǎn)vailable
B．given
C．required
D．ready

11.(56)

A．from
B．through
C．out of
D．into

12.(57)

A．prepare
B．leave
C．grow
D．start

13.(58)

A．removes
B．removed
C．must remove
D．must be removed

14.(59)

A．is done
B．was done
C．done
D．being done

15.(60)

A．placed
B．packed
C．set
D．crowded

16.(61)

A．that
B．those
C．which
D．they

17.(62)

A．Where
B．There
C．In which
D．These

18.(63)

A．so as
B．such that
C．a(chǎn)s that
D．so that

19.(64)

A．Secondly
B．After
C．Next
D．Lately

20.(65)

A．clothes
B．cloth
C．clothing
D．dress

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   Write a composition on the topic "Air Pollution." Start writing your composition with the topic sentence: "There is obviously a very serious problem of pollution in our cities nowadays." You are supposed to write at least 100 words in your composition using the words and expressions given below.
  cause   reduce   control   deal with   waste disposal   cleaner fuel