專升本（英語）模擬試卷157

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. I don"t know ______ standing beside the headmaster.

A．the girl"s name
B．the name of the girl"s
C．the name of the girl
D．the name"s of the girl

1. All ______ is an adequate supply to meet the demand.

A．needed
B．the things needed
C．that needed
D．what is needed

2. It is the ability to do the job ______ matters not where you graduate from or what you are.

A．that
B．it
C．what
D．when

3. The instructor has ______ us of tomorrow"s meeting.

A．told
B．said
C．informed
D．reported

4. The test ______, we began our holiday.

A．was finished
B．finishing
C．was finishing
D．finished

5. He as well as my sister ______ a student of English.

A．is
B．a(chǎn)m
C．a(chǎn)re
D．be

6. ______ shows will be needed if we wanted to collect enough money to start a school.

A．Some other five
B．Another five
C．Other five
D．Five others

7. You can hardly imagine the difficulty the single mum had ______ her children.

A．brought up
B．to bring up
C．bringing up
D．to have brought up

8. He didn"t know German, ______ made it difficult for him to study at a university in Germany.

A．that
B．a(chǎn)s
C．which
D．this

9. I"m sorry to have ______ you waiting for a long time.

A．kept
B．made
C．got
D．let

10. Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to ______.

A．be put up
B．give in
C．be turned on
D．go out

11. She regretted paying ______ for the camera.

A．twice as much
B．a(chǎn)s twice much
C．much as twice
D．a(chǎn)s much twice

12. I will not endlessly question whether I really ______ my title and my pay.

A．reserve
B．conserve
C．deserve
D．preserve

13. Had you worked harder that time, you ______ a better position.

A．could get
B．have got
C．would get
D．would have got

14. ______ I should fail again, I will not give up the experiment.

A．Even so
B．Although
C．Even if
D．Though

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.Long time ago, the ancient people could not travel to any faraway places for they had no instruments to carry them across the wide oceans, the deep valleys, long rivers or the high mountains.
  Nowadays men take advantage of steamships, trains, airplanes for modern bridges. Airplanes can carry us to the far countries in a short time; steamships can travel across the wide oceans. It is convenient to the modern people.
  Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more knowledge about, such as the custom, the geography of other countries. And the people could travel among the different countries in the world. For it is easy to travel from the land by trains, or from the sea by ships.
  We learnt that the Italian who made the world larger was Mr. Christopher Columbus. He was a brave man. Up to the middle of the 15th century, the people were afraid of travelling because they believed it was a dangerous thing.
  There is a saying in China, that is" Travelling for thousands of li is better than reading for ten years. "It is to say that we can learn more in different places than we can learn from books.

The people in ancient times couldn"t travel too far away places because ______.

A．they found it no use doing so
B．they liked staying at home
C．there was no modern transportation
D．they were forbidden to go to other countries

2.
The reason why people like to fly today is that ______.

A．it is interesting
B．it is cheaper than to go in any other way
C．it can cross the wide oceans
D．it takes less time

3.
The modern people like travelling now because ______.

A．it can bring us more knowledge
B．it can make us rich
C．they have too much money
D．it is a good idea

4.
We say Columbus made the world larger, that is to say ______.

A．he founded America
B．he invaded America
C．he was a brave man
D．he discovered the continent of America

5.
The Chinese saying means " ______ ".

A．The farther a man goes, the more treasures he gets
B．The more a man sees, the more knowledge he gets
C．Travelling is more interesting than reading
D．The farther a man goes, the more books he reads

7.The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English "You speak very good English." But the student answered, "No, no. My English is very poor." the foreigner was quite surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, "Yes indeed, you speak English very well." But the Chinese student still kept saying "No. "In the end the foreigner gave up and was at a loss what to say. What"s wrong with the student"s answer? It is because he did not accept a compliment<贊美的話>as the English people do. He should have said "Thank you" instead of "no". He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If he said "Thank you", that would mean he was too proud. According to the western culture, if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say "Thank you". If someone says to a woman "You look so beautiful with the new clothes on", she should be very happy and answer "Thank you". In our country we think being modest is a virtue and showing off a bad thing. But in the west, if you are modest and say" No, I"m afraid I can"t do it well", then the others will take it for granted that you really cannot do it. If you often say "no", you will certainly be looked down upon by others. If asking for a job, one says something like "Let me have a try on the job" instead of "Yes, I can certainly do it," he or she will never expect to get it. So in the west one should always be confident. Without self-confidence, he cannot go anywhere. Confidence is of great importance to one in a country where competition is quite keen.

Why was the American surprised at the Chinese student"s answer?

A．Because he wondered whether the student could really speak good English.
B．Because he could hardly hear what the student had said.
C．Because he wouldn"t like others to say "No".
D．Because the way to accept a compliment in China is not the same as that in the western countries.

8.
As the student kept saying "no", the American ______.

A．became disappointed
B．got angry
C．lost interest
D．could not continue the conversation because he did not know what else he could say

9.
According to the western culture, if one is given a compliment, he of she should, say: ______.

A．Pardon
B．Thank you
C．Excuse me
D．Yes, thanks a lot

10.
Why does a man in the west who asks for a job say something like "Yes, I can certainly do it"?

A．Because to get the job he should give an impression that he"s just fit for the job.
B．Because he is not modest.
C．Because he could do nothing but speak that way.
D．Because he was eager to get the job.

11.
What does the passage tell us?

A．Confidence is more important than modesty.
B．How to accept compliments given by westerners.
C．The Chinese people are modest while westerners are confident.
D．About the western culture.

13.Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house, his face white.
  "Mother!" he cried. "A mad dog has bitten my friend Henry, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons. It"s terrible!"
  "Rabies(狂犬病), Louis. Burning the bites is the only hope of stopping Henry from catching the disease."
  Henry did get rabies and died, in great pain, some days later. Louis Pasteur never forgot that. "One day," he thought, "I must do something to help people like Henry."
  Sixteen years later Pasteur became a Doctor of Science. And he began making important discoveries in his special field.
  Pasteur achieved great success in his life. But during the years of research he lost the use of his left arm and leg. Yet he worked on and on, as hard as ever, as he was eager to find a way for curing rabies. He never forgot his friend Henry.
  After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he finally found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days after Pasteur"s treatment the boy got better. He did not catch rabies.
  The discovery gave new hope to people in many countries. People sent money to help build the Pastear Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world"s most famous centres for research.

Pasteur became a Doctor of Science. Doctor of science here means ______.

A．a(chǎn) degree which is the highest in science
B．a(chǎn) person who works in the lab
C．the post in science
D．someone whose job is to make sick people well again

14.
Though Pasteur was in poor health, he worked hard in order ______.

A．to make a living
B．to prevent the dog from rabies
C．to find a good way to cure rabies
D．to protect children from mad dogs

15.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Louis was famous for his discovery.
B．Though his left arm and leg were disabled, he worked even harder than before.
C．In his childhood he made up his mind to become a doctor.
D．His disabled(殘疾的)left arm and leg had nothing to do with the mad dogs.

16.
The fact that people in many countries sent money to help build the Pasteur Institute shows that ______.

A．Pasteur was respected by people
B．the people supported Pasteur"s research on rabies
C．the people rewarded Pasteur for the discovery
D．the people know he lived a poor life

17.
This passage is mainly about ______.

A．how Louis Pasteur"s friend died
B．Louis Pasteur"s experience and achievements in curing rabies
C．how Louis Pasteur"s arm and leg were disabled
D．Louis Pastear cured a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog

19.The atmosphere and oceans are not the only parts of the environment being damaged. Rain forests are being quickly destroyed as well, and their survival is questionable. E. O. Wilson, a biologist at Harvard, calls the depletion(枯竭、耗盡)of rain forest areas "the greatest extinction since the end of the age of dinosaurs(恐龍)".
  Unlike some environmental issues, ram forest depletion has fortunately received significant public and media attention. Despite the opposition to the cutting down of rain forests, the problem continues. Every year, Brazil chops down on area of forest the size of the state of Nebraska. In addition to the Amazon"s rain forests, many other forests are being cut down as well. In Indonesia, Zaire, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Burme, the Philippines peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela, rain forests that were once great have been lost.
  According to some estimates, 50 million acres of rain forest are cut down every year. The United Nations says the figure is closer to 17 million acres. The World Wildlife Fund says that every minute, 25 to 50 acres are cat or burned to the ground.
  The world"s growing population has been a primary reason of rain forest destruction. More people need land to live on and wood products to consume. Limiting population growth may be the first in a series of steps that would limit the destruction of the rain forests.

In the opinion of the author, ______ are being destroyed terribly at present.

A．the oceans
B．the atmosphere
C．the rain forests
D．a(chǎn)ll the above

20.
The word "chop down" in the second paragraph means ______.

A．clear
B．make rooms for
C．destroy
D．cut down

21.
Why did Wilson regard "the greatest extinction since the end of the age of dinosaurs" to be the depletion of rain forest areas?

A．The writer did not give his explanation in detail.
B．The rain forests" survival is questionable.
C．It will become warmer and warmer with the depletion of rain forests.
D．Many wild animals and beasts will extinct as result of the depletion of rain forests.

22.
Which the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The United Nations says about 50 million acres of rain forests are cut down every year.
B．Luckily people and mass media all paid special attention to the depletion of rain forests.
C．The author thought the oceans" survival is questionable.
D．People have stopped cutting down rain forests because of the opposition of most people.

23.
Why did the depletion of rain forests result from the world"s growing population? a. People liked cutting down large amounts of rain forests to make all kinds of furniture. b. People need more land to live on. c. People must make more room to build all kinds of buildings to live in. d. People need more wooden products to use.

A．a(chǎn) and b
B．a(chǎn) and c
C．c and d
D．b and d

25.Jim was intelligent, but he hated hard work. He said, "You work hard, and make a lot of money, and then the government takes most of it. I want easy work that gives me lots of money and that the government doesn"t know about."
  So he became a thief--but he did not do the stealing. He got others to do it. They were much less intelligent than he was, so he arranged everything and told them what to do.
  One day they were looking for rich families to rob, and Jim sent one of them to a large beautiful house just outside the town.
  It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the windows, he saw a young man and a girl playing on a piano.
  When he went back to Jim, he said, "That family can"t have much money. Two people were playing on the same piano there."

The word "intelligent" in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ______.

A．clever
B．honest
C．interesting
D．modest

26.
What Jim said can be said to be ______.

A．a(chǎn)n excuse
B．a(chǎn) lie
C．a(chǎn) joke
D．a(chǎn) truth

27.
Jim did not do the stealing, ______.

A．so he was not a thief in fact
B．because he was less intelligent than others
C．but he made stealing plans and gave orders
D．for he was afraid of being caught

28.
Where did one of the thieves go to do the stealing."?

A．To the village.
B．To the country.
C．To the city.
D．To the town.

29.
It can be concluded from tile story that ______.

A．Jim and his men didn"t rob the family
B．the family they were going to rob was not rich in fact
C．the thief sent to the beautiful house was foolish enough
D．the young man and the girl were husband and wife

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.Even a child knows that nodding head means "Yes". But some people would probably【56】when they first came to India. When they talked to【57】Indian, he would often shake his head. They【58】think that the India did not like【59】they said, but on the contrary, he was expressing【60】.
  The Indians【61】a habit of shaking their【62】slightly when they talk to【63】. It doesn" t mean "No", but"【64】". If a person doesn"t【65】, it might cause misunderstandings.
  At one time, a foreign diplomat (外交官)【66】told his driver who was an Indian【67】 him to his office. The driver【68】his head. The young diplomat repeated his【69】and the river shook his【70】again. At last, the【71】shouted angrily, "Drive me【72】my office at once !"【73】driver also in a quite loud【74】, "Yes, sir. "smiling and【75】his head at the same time.
(46)

A．puzzled
B．be puzzled
C．puzzle
D．be puzzling

2.(47)

A．a(chǎn)
B．a(chǎn)n
C．one
D．a(chǎn)nother

3.(48)

A．might
B．may
C．can
D．must

4.(49)

A．that
B．which
C．how
D．what

5.(50)

A．a(chǎn)gree
B．disagree
C．a(chǎn)greement
D．disagreement

6.(51)

A．having
B．had
C．has
D．have

7.(52)

A．head
B．heads
C．hand
D．hands

8.(53)

A．a(chǎn)nybody
B．somebody
C．nobody
D．everybody

9.(54)

A．Yes
B．No
C．Not
D．Before

10.(55)

A．know
B．speak
C．say
D．talk

11.(56)

A．to India
B．on India
C．a(chǎn)t India
D．in India

12.(57)

A．send
B．sending
C．to send
D．sent

13.(58)

A．nodded
B．shakes
C．shaking
D．shook

14.(59)

A．a(chǎn)nswer
B．request
C．question
D．difficulty

15.(60)

A．hand
B．head
C．hands
D．driver

16.(61)

A．diplomat
B．officer
C．Indian
D．difficulty

17.(62)

A．a(chǎn)t
B．in
C．to
D．into

18.(63)

A．A
B．An
C．The
D．One

19.(64)

A．sound
B．noise
C．sounds
D．voice

20.(65)

A．shaking
B．nodding
C．shook
D．/

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0. 1. 請(qǐng)你以學(xué)校青年志愿者(young volunteers)的名義，根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容擬一篇廣播通知。
時(shí)間：3月12日，植樹節(jié)(Tree Planting Day)；
地點(diǎn)：北京奧林匹克公園(Olympic Park)；
抵達(dá)方式：乘校車；
出發(fā)時(shí)間：上午7:30，在學(xué)校圖書館前；
活動(dòng)內(nèi)容：1．組織青年志愿者植樹，為把北京2008奧運(yùn)會(huì)辦成綠色奧運(yùn)會(huì)做貢獻(xiàn)(make one"s contribution to)；
2．自帶鐵鏟(spade)、水桶(bucket)；
返回時(shí)間：上午11:30，在公園門口集合。

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.Pick out the appropriate expression from the eight choices and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
A. I think so.   B. Haven"t seen you for ages.   C. Please take it easy. D. Don"t mention it.   E. Coffee, please. F. That"s just what I am thinking. G. No problem.     H. I would if I could.

Tony: Will you help me with my math problem after school?Tom:______. You know I like math.

2.
John: Hello, Maria!______.Maria: Yes, I"m pretty busy lately. How about your studies?

3.
Lily: Thank you again for the concert tickets you sent me. It was wonderful.Phil:______.

4.
Student A: The Spring Festival is coming finally! What about going for a picnic tomorrow?Student B: Great!______. What time and where?

5.
Simon: Are you coming to my birthday party tomorrow?Gary;______, but I have to finish my term paper first.