專升本（英語）模擬試卷109

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. The real trouble ______ their lack of confidence in their faculty.

A．lies in
B．results in
C．leads to
D．brings about

1. Well, let" s put our heads together and find a(n) ______ to the problem.

A．answer
B．way
C．solution
D．method

2. It" s bad policy for developing countries to sacrifice environmental protection to ______ economic growth.

A．discourage
B．wea
C．promote
D．create

3. He did it ______ gratitude for everything She had done for him.

A．with
B．in
C．with regard to
D．out of

4. Stop making so much noise, for you are ______ me in my studies.

A．attracting
B．disturbing
C．contracting
D．contacting

5. The forest was ______ to a few trees by the great fire.

A．reduced
B．lessened
C．decreased
D．restricted

6. He claimed that he would be a ______ in the presidential election, and would win the election at last.

A．voter
B．candidate
C．partner
D．comrade

7. He is quite thoughtless, for very seldom can he ______ other people" s troubles.

A．agree with
B．interfere with
C．identify with
D．rest with

8. Let" s think of a situation ______ this idiom can be used.

A．where
B．which
C．that
D．what

9. We wouldn"t lose heart even if we ______ again.

A．would fail
B．failed
C．had failed
D．fail

10. The general strike is a means of ______ the total authority of the government.

A．informing
B．recommending
C．challenging
D．transforming

11. Thoughts are expressed ______ words.

A．by all means
B．by no means
C．by the way
D．by means of

12. She went round the room, talking to each woman in turn but ______ little response from any of them.

A．obtaining
B．arousing
C．commanding
D．engaging

13. The ship ______ from behind the fog.

A．drove
B．emerged
C．passed
D．turned

14. I" d rather marry a man who had a(n) ______ of humour than one who was very attractive.

A．capability
B．sight
C．knowledge
D．sense

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.A number of persons have expressed concern about possible health dangers to workers who use devices called video-display terminals (終端) or VDTs. These are the devices used to show computer information. Some reports link VDTs to health disorders including eye problems and muscle problems. Even the health of the pregnant women and their unborn babies is said to be endangered. Video-display terminals produce low levels of the electromagnetic radiation(電磁輻射). Experts say most modern VDTs have been designed to limit the dangers from such radiation. However, study shows that even low levels of electromagnetic radiations can affect the growth of the cells. As a result, some doctors advise women to stop working with VDTs while they are pregnant. One study found women who work with VDTs in early pregnancy are more likely than others to have their pregnancy end unexpectedly. Researchers said that this does not necessarily mean that VDTs themselves cause problems. Some experts said the findings show working conditions, not the machines, cause the problems. Law makers in m6re than American states have proposed bills to control working conditions for VDT operators.

What kind of disease does the VDTs cause?

A．Eye problems.
B．Muscle problems.
C．Health disorders.
D．Heart trouble.

2.
According to the passage, we know it"s better for the pregnant women ______.

A．to do other work than on VDTs
B．to change their computers if necessary
C．to go back home to have a rest
D．to have their health tested

3.
Which of the following statement is false?

A．Study shows working with VDTs would cause miscarries (流產）.
B．Study shows even low levels of radiation is harmful.
C．Study shows working conditions rather than VDTs have the pregnancy ended unexpectedly.
D．Study shows stopping working with VDTs is the best way to protect women"s health.

4.
According to the passage we know most modern VDTs ______.

A．can change the working conditions for the operators
B．can limit the dangers from the electro-magnetic radiation
C．can also affect the growth of the cells
D．can protect the health of the computer operators

5.
What is the best title of the passage？

A．Problems Existing in the American States.
B．Working Conditions for VDTs Operators.
C．Health Dangers to Workers Using VDTs.
D．How to Protect the Pregnant Women.

7.There are many reasons of the tidal action which is a very complicated phenomenon involving many factors all of which must be considered to predict tide in any one place at any one time. The alternate rise and fall of the surface of the seas and the ocean is mainly caused by the attractive force of the moon alone. When the attraction is great, the tide is high; and conversely when the attraction is minimal, the tide is low. Between the high and the low tide is a period of a little over six hours, being called during its rise a flood tide, and during its fall an ebb tide.
   The sun also exerts its effect on the tide, being a lit fie less than half as much as the moon, although its mass is so much greater. When the moon and the sun are horizontal, the highest high tide occurs and when they are vertical the lowest low tide takes place.
   The wind also plays an important part in the modification of the normal rise and fall of the tide. Thus these factors affect each other, either detracting or adding to the attractive forces to add or subtract from the weight of the tide. But the tides still move inexorably on, rising twice a day, getting a little later each day and posing a problem of correctly predicting their heights and lows.

Which of the following factors will not affect the time of the tide?

A．The position of the sun and the moon.
B．The mass of the moon.
C．The wind.
D．All of the above mentioned factors.

8.
The principal idea of this article is ______.

A．the attraction of the sun and the moon
B．the sun, the moon and the wind
C．the changing tide
D．the factors affecting the tide

9.
It can be concluded from this article that the attraction of the sun is ______.

A．more than half that of the moon
B．more than that of the moon
C．more than twice that of the moon
D．half that of the moon

10.
If the first high tide takes place at 1:00 A.M., the next high tide will probably take place at ______.

A．7:20 Ａ.M.
B．8:00 Ａ.M.
C．1:45 P.M.
D．high noon

11.
According to this article, it is clear that the force of the moon

A．is not as important as that of the wind
B．is less than half as much as the sun
C．causes the alternate rise and fall of the surface of the seas
D．does not influence the rise and fall of the surface of the seas

13.Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. 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. The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: It is a weekend crime. It is also a night-time crime: 62 percent of murders are done between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m..
  Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, robbing has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The month with least crimes of all is May--except for one strange fact. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.
  Obviously our seasonal cycles of knowledge are completely different from our tendencies for crimes. Professor Huntington made extensive studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings and get highest results on examinations. In all cases, he found a separated high and autumn high separated by a summer low.
  Possibly, high temperature and high humidity cause our strange and violent summer actions, but police officials are not sure. "There is, of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder, "they say," Why murder"s high time should come in the summer time we really do not know."

A good title of the passage would be ______.

A．Crime-Cycles
B．Summer Crimes
C．A Time for Murder
D．The Most Peaceful Month

14.
According to the passage, _____.

A．there is a link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns
B．crime is not linked to the cycle of the weekdays
C．there is a sure connection between murder and hot weather
D．there is a connection between robbing and murder

15.
A murder would most likely occur _____.

A．on a weekend night in summer
B．on a weekend afternoon in summer
C．on a weekend night in winter
D．on a weekday afternoon in spring

16.
It is reported that more dog bites occur in ______.

A．February
B．December
C．May
D．January

17.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The police records were collected from a large number of cities and towns.
B．The pattern of crime varies from year to year.
C．Our cycles of learning are different from those of wrong action.
D．The police are not sure that humidity and murder are related.

19.Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been a few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way--was it through training and practice, or are great players" born, not made" ? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past--players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup--three from South America and three from western Europe. There has never been a great national team--or a really great player--from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.
  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. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beatles, had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a "ball" made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast.
  All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn"t explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.

According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

A．Soccer is popular all over the world, but truly great players are rare.
B．Millions of people all over the world are playing soccer, but only six countries have ever hadfamous stars.
C．Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but only six countries from SouthAmerica and western Europe have ever had great national teams.
D．All over the world soccer is one of the most popular games, but it seems least popular in North America or Asia.

20.
The word "tricks “at the end of paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to "______".

A．experience
B．cheating
C．skills
D．training

21.
Liverpool and Brazilian streets are two geographic terms used to illustrate ______.

A．where soccer players get their way
B．how neighbourhood affects a soccer player"s success
C．why they can produce the best soccer teams
D．what a poor, crowded area will provide a future soccer player with

22.
In the last paragraph the statement "but only one became Pele" indicates that ______.

A．Pele is the greatest soccer player
B．the greatest players are born with some unique quality
C．Pele"s birthplace sets him apart from all the others
D．the success of a soccer player has everything to do with the family background

23.
To get the way for a great player, a series of factors are directly mentioned, except

A．age and birth
B．family and neighbourhood
C．training and practice
D．personality and character

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.The appeal of the world of work is first its freedom. The child is compelled to go to school: he is【21】of authority. As he grows up, he sees what it is to be free of school and to be able to choose his job and change it if he doesn"t like it. The boys and girls,【22】he has long observed, revisit school utterly changed and apparently mature. Suddenly teachers seem as out of date as his parents and the authority of school a ridiculous thing. At the moment the adult world may appear【23】the school world that the desire to enter it cannot be satisfied by exercises in school books. This may not be the【24】but it is a necessary part of growing up, for every man and woman must come sooner or later to the point of saying "Really, I"ve had enough of being taught; I must【25】". Some young people come to this decision sooner than they ought. Yet in a way this is not a bad frame. of mind to be in【26】leaving school. At work, the young man makes one of the first great acceptances of life——he accepts the discipline of the material or the process he is working with. He sees the point of it and in doing so【27】life. The work process constitutes a reality in some sense superior to that of school, and this is why he so often longs to get to grips with it. Nothing done in school imposes its will in【28】the same way; if the maths master is ill one can get on with something else. But even the boy delivering papers,【29】the driver taking out his bus, discovers that one cannot put it off because there is snow on the ground, or the foreman (工頭) is easily annoyed, or he himself【30】that morning.
(36)

A．under the thumb
B．below the hands
C．subject to the palm
D．in the fingers

2.(37)

A．that
B．whom
C．which
D．what

3.(38)

A．so much more real than
B．so much realer than
C．so much more actual than
D．so far more in fact than

4.(39)

A．wiser attitude
B．most wise attitude
C．wiser of attitudes
D．wisest of attitudes

5.(40)

A．do a real work
B．make a real job
C．make a proper work
D．do a proper job

6.(41)

A．at the
B．in
C．in
D．for the

7.(42)

A．puts himself to agree with
B．makes terms to
C．goes to an agreement with
D．comes to terms with

8.(43)

A．rather
B．enough
C．even
D．quite

9.(44)

A．like
B．as
C．similar than
D．the same that

10.(45)

A．is in a bad mood
B．has the bad temper
C．has the bad humour
D．has lost his mood

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. Miniaturization (小型化) means making things small in size, which is of great importance for the development of the electronics industry.

1. Do not show impatience if you feel the interviewer is repeating things or asking questions that have no relevance to the matter in hand.

2. Even when people cannot understand the same language, they can share the same music. Many people learn and practice English by singing songs. Understanding American music can help you understand American people, their history and culture.

3. American eat a lot of beef because there is plenty of land for raising cattle and their meat can be shipped cheaply for long distances by railroads.

4. To develop a socialist market economy, we have no ready pattern to follow.

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   Write a composition on the topic "How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic." Start writing your composition with the topic sentence: "In recent years many cities are faced with the problem of heavy traffic." You are supposed to write at least 100 words in your composition using the words and expressions given below.
  waste time  accident  solution  roads  crowded  advantage  disadvantage

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
  A. how"s it going?
  B. Well, it"s not a compliment.
  C. Yes, please.
  D. What happened? You look so down!
  E. Eleven dollars.
  F. Where"s the men"s department?
  G. I heard you"re going out with Jane.
  H. Maybe you"re right.

Sean: Two for A Walk in the Clouds, please.Agent: ______Okay. Here are your tickets, and here"s your change.

2.
Cashier: Can I take your order?John: ______ Could I have a cheese burger, a small order of fries, and a large Diet Pepsi.

3.
Mark: Excuse me, please. Just a quick question. ______Salesperson: On the fourth floor, Sir.

4.
Anna: Hi, ______Masahiro: Fine, I guess. How about you?

5.
Jack: Well, it"s always difficult to choose between career and family.Tom: ______.