專升本（英語）模擬試卷139

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. Weather ______, we"ll have an outing tomorrow.

A．permits
B．permitted
C．permitting
D．permit

1. In 1959 we produced a hundred-fold ______ steel as we did in 1949.

A．more than
B．a(chǎn)s much
C．a(chǎn)s many
D．doubled

2. Whether that is a good solution depends on ______.

A．how you look at it
B．what you look at it
C．you look at it
D．that you look at it

3. The school ______ because of the influenza (流行性感冒), the children had a week"s holiday.

A．has closed
B．being closed
C．had closed
D．having been closed

4. I had hoped that I ______ the lecture on American Romanticism.

A．a(chǎn)ttend
B．a(chǎn)ttending
C．could attend
D．can attend

5. They did research on how ______ their customers.

A．they can satisfy
B．to satisfy
C．satisfying
D．their satisfying

6. Advertising is different from other forms of communication ______ the advertisers pay for the message to be delivered.

A．in order that
B．where
C．in that
D．in the way

7. ______ the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Professor White persisted his research.

A．Because of
B．As
C．In spite of
D．In view of

8. ______ enough time to study, I would have been able to enter university.

A．Have I
B．I have
C．Had I
D．I had

9. What you should say in your speech is entirely ______ you.

A．up to
B．owing to
C．due to
D．a(chǎn)ccording to

10. Our country is getting ______.

A．strong and stronger
B．stronger and strong
C．stronger and stronger
D．strong and strong

11. The failure in the exam made her very ______.

A．oppressed
B．expressed
C．depressed
D．impressed

12. ______ he can recover soon, I don"t mind how much money I have to pay.

A．So long as
B．So far as
C．In case
D．When

13. He is the only relation of his aunt, ______ her last will must be for his favour.

A．therefore
B．then
C．a(chǎn)ccordingly
D．consequently

14. How close parents are to their children can produce some influence ______ their children.

A．in
B．a(chǎn)t
C．on
D．for

15. Yesterday we saw a ______ film about the Independence War.

A．historied
B．historical
C．historian
D．historic

16. The board of trustees agreed to the plan ______,but there were several details they didn"t like.

A．in principle
B．in practice
C．in essence
D．in theory

17. He is my ______ classmate I haven"t seen for ten years.

A．former
B．form
C．farmer
D．farm

18. We can"t go to Swizerland this month but we"ll go ______.

A．by and by
B．later and later
C．little by little
D．step by step

19. Five years ago, John Smith was once involved ______ a traffic accident.

A．a(chǎn)t
B．by
C．in
D．on

20. As Edison grew ______, he became more and more interested in science.

A．elder
B．the elder
C．older
D．the older

21. Generally ______, small cities are less crowded than the large ones in any state.

A．remained
B．saying
C．speaking
D．telling

22. The report showed us clearly how the car got ______ and crashed at last.

A．into control
B．under control
C．within control
D．out of control

23. In some cases, different approaches to the same scientific problem lead ______ conflicting theories.

A．a(chǎn)t
B．to
C．of
D．for

24. Please remember to keep in ______ with me through e-mail when you are abroad.

A．touch
B．trouble
C．promise
D．a(chǎn)pproval

25. I hear that in some countries children are ______ from buying cigarette.

A．forbidden
B．banned
C．not allowed
D．prohibited

26. If you have any trouble, you can turn ______ him for help.

A．for
B．a(chǎn)t
C．to
D．in

27. I don"t want to lend any money to him; he"s already in debt ______ me.

A．to
B．for
C．of
D．with

28. Do Chinese laws ______ with any international laws?

A．oppose
B．struggle
C．resist
D．conflict

29. Don"t blame him for this; I am responsible ______ what has happened.

A．in
B．to
C．for
D．with

30. The plane is going to ______ in five minutes.

A．take up
B．take out
C．take off
D．take to

31. As the chairman is ill, I am asking Mr. Sharp to act ______ him.

A．on
B．a(chǎn)s
C．for
D．up

32. ______ the weather is concerned, I don"t think it matters.

A．As long as
B．As far as
C．As good as
D．As well as

33. These students, ______,like to go with us.

A．a(chǎn)lso
B．yet
C．either
D．too

34. Please let me know ______ he comes.

A．for a moment
B．in a moment
C．the moment
D．a(chǎn)t the moment

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.Much of a parent"s job is to provide the gifts of caring, love, and emotional support to children. But one gift is often beyond their reach: the resources to meet the financial demands of college tuition.
  For more than 54 years, the United Negro College Fund has fulfilled the dreams of deserving students by closing the gap between the cost of college and what their parents can afford. More than 300,000 students have graduated from United Negro College Fund member colleges since 1944, and 54,000 more are currently enrolled.
  The oldest and most successful minority higher education support organization, the United Negro College Fund, is a combination of 39 private, historically black member colleges and universities. Since its founding, it has raised more than $1.3 billion to keep the dream alive for needy families across the country.
  What is it that makes the United Negro College Fund so important to America"s families ? As well as raising funds and giving technical support to member colleges and universities, it creates hope and opportunity by providing financial assistance to deserving students. Consider the contributions of just a few of the distinguished graduates who have realized the benefits: civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King; Olympic track star Edwin Moses; and filmmaker Spike Lee.

Most of parents fell embarrassed when their children graduate from high school because they can"t ______.

A．a(chǎn)fford their children"s college tuition
B．offer their children emotional support
C．look after their children
D．give them gifts on their birthdays

2.
How does the United Negro College Fund make students" dream become true?

A．By giving them part-time jobs.
B．By opening an account for them.
C．By providing them with a sum of money.
D．By recommending a member college to them.

3.
What does the word" raise" (Line 3, Para. 3) mean?

A．Bring up.
B．Collect.
C．Put on.
D．Lift.

4.
What else does the United Negro College Fund bring to the good students?

A．Fame and benefit.
B．Confidence and hope.
C．Encouragement and determination.
D．Hope and opportunity.

5.
Which of the following could probably be the title of the passage?

A．Who Can Benefit from the Fund?
B．Bridging the Gap Between Dreams and Reality.
C．How the United Negro College Fund?
D．Introduction to an Education Support Organization.

7.Does a bee know what is going on in its mind when it navigates its way to distant food sources and back to the hive (蜂房), using polarized sunlight and the tiny magnet it carries as a navigational aid? Or is the bee just a machine, unable to do its mathematics and dance its language in any other way? To use Donald GrifTm"s term, does a bee have awareness, or to use a phrase I like better, can a bee think and imagine?
  There is an experiment for this, or at least an observation, make long ago by Karl Von Frisch and more recently confirmed by James Gould at Princeton, Biologists who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior. in general have to train their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. To do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive so that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn what the game is about. Then, at regular intervals, the dish or whatever is moved progressively father and farther from the hive in increments (增長) of about 25 percent at each move. Eventually, the target is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. Sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologists shifting the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, precisely where the next position had been planned. This is an uncomfortable observation to make.

With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?

A．The bee, a social animal.
B．Navigational techniques of bees.
C．Testing the awareness of bees.
D．The bee hive, nature"s candy shop.

8.
Why does the author mention Karl Von Frisch in the second paragraph?

A．To make people believe his description of the beehive.
B．To introduce Karl"s observation on bee behavior.
C．To contrast his theories with those of Karl Von Frisch.
D．To support the argument that bees use sunlight to navigate.

9.
According to the passage, sugar was used in the study to ______.

A．feed the bees during the experiment
B．make the bees live in groups
C．reward the bees for good performance
D．train the bees to travel to a particular place

10.
Which of the following can be concluded from the passage?

A．The bees are not likely to sting the scientists in the experiment.
B．Bees are unable to navigate 100 feet beyond their hive.
C．Experimenting on bees is too dangerous to be successful.
D．Bees are able to perform. limited reasoning tasks.

11.
Which of the following is the organization of the passage?

A．Procedure is explained and its importance is emphasized.
B．Two contrasting views of a problem are presented.
C．A question is followed by a possible answer.
D．Recent experiments on bees are outlined.

13.Considered as a continuous body of fluid, the atmosphere is another kind of ocean. Yet, in view of the total amount of rain and snow on land areas in the course of a year, one of the most amazing water facts is the very small amount of water in the atmosphere at any given time. The volume of the lower seven miles of the atmosphere--the realm of weather events- is roughly four times the volume of the world"s oceans. But the atmosphere contains very little water. It is chiefly in the form. of invisible vapor, some of which is carried over land by air currents. If all vapor suddenly fell from the air onto the earth"s surface, it would form. a layer only about one inch thick. A heavy rainstorm on a given area may use up only a small percentage of the water from the air mass that passes over. How, then, can some land areas receive more than 400 inches of rain per year? How can several inches of rain fall during a single storm in a few minutes or hours? The answer is that rain yielding air masses are in motion, and as the driving air mass moves on, new moist air takes its place.
  The basic source of most water vapor is the ocean, evaporation, vapor transport, and precipitation (陳雨) make up the continuous movement of water from ocean to atmosphere to land and back to the sea. Rivers return water the sea. In an underground arc (弧) of the cycle, flowing bodies of water discharge some water directly into rivers and some directly to the sea.

What might have been discussed before this passage?

A．The ocean.
B．The earth.
C．The rainfall.
D．The atmosphere.

14.
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A．the atmosphere has a lot of water in it when it circulates
B．the water in the atmosphere is purer than that in the world"s oceans
C．the amount of water in the atmosphere is greater than that in the oceans in the world
D．the small amount of water in the atmosphere plays an important role in the yearly rainfall

15.
Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The volume of the atmosphere is four times that of the world"s.
B．The water in the oceans is the main source of rain and snow on land areas.
C．The atmosphere is mainly composed of the vapor carded over land by air currents.
D．The earth cannot support the water in the atmosphere if it falls down onto the earth suddenly.

16.
Which of the following cannot be known from the passage?

A．There is little water contained in the atmosphere even in a heavy rainstorm.
B．In some places there falls an amount of over 400 inches of rain every year.
C．Most water vapor comes from the Oceans all over the world.
D．The process of water returning to the atmosphere is called evaporation.

17.
Which of the following may best describe the writer"s style. in writing the passage?

A．Humorous.
B．Light-hearted.
C．Factual and informative.
D．Informal and careless.

19.Leading Sydney citizens used to complain that Sydney, unlike many smaller cities in Europe and America, lacked a large modem center for the arts. Public pressure became so great that a committee was finally set up to look into the situation and make proposals. It considered thirty possible sites before it chose Bennelong Point. The Government decided to find a design for an Opera House by holding a worldwide competition. The prizes were quite small, but the winner could expect to earn a lot more when he designed the working plans and took charge of the construction. An international group of judges received designs from more than thirty-two countries. They all agreed that the first prize should go to Iota Utzon, who had sent in a highly imaginative, bold design of a great building that looked like a beautiful concrete butterfly. They nevertheless commented that Utzon"s drawings lacked detail. They were thought to go beyond the limit of existing technology.
  Even before the difficult construction work began on the roof, the engineering firm had to face unusual technical problems in building the platform. About seven hundred concrete piers (碼頭) had to be sunk to a depth of thirteen meters in Sydney Harbor to support the building. The company ran into so many difficulties that they had to be paid twice as much as was originally agreed upon.
  Almost six years were needed to work out a way of building the platform. Thousands of calculations were made using a computer. Utzon had had disagreements with many engineers. But most Australians are extremely proud of this house which stands on the finest site of any public building constructed this century.

From the passage we can see that this building ______.

A．was big enough to hold all the citizens of the city
B．was difficult because of the lack of detail
C．was the most modem Opera House till then
D．was built with the joint efforts of the country

20.
Building designers competed for the project because ______.

A．the building could be the one in the world
B．the building could be named after the winner"s name
C．the winner could benefit a lot from the designing and construction
D．the winner could get much money from his investment

21.
It is implied that ______.

A．the building of the roof of the Opera House came out to be the most difficult job
B．the building of the Opera House met with unexpected technical problems
C．the committee didn"t have enough fund for the construction of the house
D．the city government had to seek financial support abroad

22.
It can be inferred that the project of building the opera House started when ______.

A．more and more citizens were eager to watch operas
B．a(chǎn) committee decided to hold an important meeting in Sydney
C．Sydney became more and more civilized
D．more and more citizens became dissatisfied with the vacancy of an art center

23.
Which of the following may be the proper title for the passage?

A．Utzon--a Genius in Architecture.
B．The Joint Efforts for Arts.
C．A Pride to the Australians.
D．The Process of Building Sydney Opera House.

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.People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember solution from the last time they had a【21】problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without【22】, they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods【23】, the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are sever al stages in analysing a problem.
  First, the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam" s bicycle is bro ken. Sam must【24】that there is a problem with his bicycle. Next the person must【25】the problem. Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. Now the person must look for【26】that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. Suppose Sam decides that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. At this time he can look in his bicycle repair book and【27】his friends at the bike shop. After【28】.the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. In the end, one suggestion seems to be the solution【29】the problem. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖) stack to a brake. What he will do is to clean the brake. Finally the solution is【30】. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.
(56)

A．serious
B．usual
C．similar
D．common

2.(57)

A．practice
B．thinking
C．understanding
D．help

3.(58)

A．fail
B．work
C．change
D．develop

4.(59)

A．explain
B．prove
C．show
D．see

5.(60)

A．judge
B．find
C．describe
D．face

6.(61)

A．a(chǎn)nswers
B．skills
C．explanation
D．information

7.(62)

A．look for
B．talk to
C．a(chǎn)gree with
D．depend on

8.(63)

A．discussing
B．settling down
C．comparing with
D．studying

9.(64)

A．with
B．into
C．for
D．to

10.(65)

A．recorded
B．completed
C．tested
D．a(chǎn)ccepted

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. Foreign business people who are late are often left outside to cool their heels as a means of letting them know the importance of promptness.

1. Specially trained outsiders often see trends or problems that people inside a company might miss because they are too close to the situation.

2. Music is a part of the history of America. It expresses the problems and feelings of its people. As the years pass, the music grows and changes.

3. The war that broke out between the North and the South in 1861 is known in history as the American Civil War.

4. Many parents in the United States set aside a fund for their children"s education before they are born.

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   Write a composition on the topic "Key to Success." Start writing your composition with the topic sentence: "Success is our common dream in life." You are supposed to write at least 100 words in your composition using the words and expressions given below.
  share  diligence  remove  enlighten  persist in  be patient with  feel exhausted put ...into practice

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
  A. Let me see.                B. Be careful.
  C. I" m sorry, but I have other plans.    D. I" d rather stay at home.
  E. I" m glad you like it.           F. Sorry, it is out of order.
  G. No wonder, here it is.           H. That" s very kind of you.

Black: I" d like to invite you to dinner this Saturday, Mr Smith.Smith: ______

2.
Tom: Thank you ever so much for the book you sent me.Peter: ______

3.
Lisa: I wonder if I could use your telephone.Lily: ______

4.
Peter: Can I get you a cup of tea?Tim: ______

5.
Tom: Mum, I" ve cut my finger. It" s bleeding.Mum: ______