專升本（英語）模擬試卷133

一、1.Phonetics

0.(1)

A．town
B．gown
C．show
D．drown

1.(2)

A．funny
B．only
C．July
D．lucky

2.(3)

A．tired
B．fire
C．hire
D．bird

3.(4)

A．pays
B．plays
C．stays
D．says

4.(5)

A．fountain
B．obtain
C．contain
D．maintain

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. The airplane arrived one hour behind ______.

A．timetable
B．plan
C．date
D．schedule

1. I would like to stay in the university ______ going home during the holiday.

A．despite
B．in addition to
C．a(chǎn)s well as
D．instead of

2. ______ when she started complaining.

A．Not until he arrived
B．Hardly had he arrived
C．No sooner had he arrived
D．Scarcely did he arrive

3. The last half of the nineteenth century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

A．has witnessed
B．was witnessed
C．witnessed
D．is witnessed

4. One day I ______ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a state college.

A．came across
B．came about
C．came after
D．came at

5. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ______.

A．capacity
B．strength
C．length
D．possibility

6. You ______. him so closely; you should have kept your distance.

A．shouldn"t follow
B．mustn"t follow
C．couldn"t have been following
D．shouldn"t have been following

7. An investigation was made into the accident, ______ fifty people were killed.

A．for that
B．when
C．where
D．in which

8. When he applied for a ______ in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager.

A．location
B．profession
C．career
D．position

9. The new appointment of our president ______ from the very beginning of next semester.

A．takes effect
B．takes part
C．takes place
D．takes turns

10. What he said just now had little to do with the question ______ discussion.

A．on
B．in
C．under
D．a(chǎn)t

11. By the end of next month we ______ this assignment.

A．will finish
B．will be finishing
C．will have finished
D．have finished

12. Only when you have completed the basic English course ______ be permitted to take the advanced courses.

A．you can
B．can you
C．you will
D．that you

13. It was ______ that this matter be considered at the next meeting.

A．proposed
B．opposed
C．supposed
D．composed

14. He climbed up into the tree and picked all of the fruit ______ reach.

A．near
B．inside
C．within
D．beyond

15. We need a chairman ______.

A．for whom everyone has confidence
B．who everyone has confidence of
C．in whom everyone has confidence
D．whom everyone has confidence on

16. The mason ______ I didn"t do this exercise is I didn"t know how to do it.

A．why...because
B．why...that
C．for...that
D．that...because

17. The sports meeting, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally ______ because of the bad weather.

A．set off
B．broken off
C．worn off
D．called off

18. The ______ of finding gold in California were good in the 1840"s.

A．proposals
B．promises
C．prospects
D．privileges

19. To succeed in a scientific research project, ______.

A．one needs to be persistent
B．persistence is needed
C．one needs be a persistent person
D．persistence is what one needs

20. We desire that the tour leader ______ us immediately of any change in plans.

A．inform
B．informs
C．informed
D．has informed

21. Wheat is ______ from the farms to the mills.

A．carded
B．conveyed
C．transmitted
D．transported

22. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ______ one major point in contrast with the other.

A．makes
B．made
C．is to make
D．making

23. Scarcely ______ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady living at the end of the lane.

A．a(chǎn) day passes
B．passes a day
C．does a day pass
D．has a day Passed

24. This playground is ______ the playground we had in our high school.

A．ten times larger
B．ten times that of
C．ten times as large as
D．a(chǎn)s large as ten times

25. When I saw her facial ______ I knew she was angry.

A．a(chǎn)ppearance
B．expression
C．looking
D．feeling

26. If ______, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year.

A．fully occupied
B．to fully occupy
C．fully occupying
D．to be occupied fully

27. ______ in an atmosphere of harmony was what my wife and I have been desiring.

A．The boy to be educated
B．The boy educate
C．The boy"s being educated
D．The boy was educated

28. We all ______ the achievements he has made in his experiments.

A．a(chǎn)dmire
B．a(chǎn)dopt
C．a(chǎn)dvise
D．a(chǎn)djust

29. 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

30. When a rue ______ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.

A．broke off
B．broke out
C．broke down
D．broke up

31. The manage, would rather his daughter ______ in the same office.

A．had not worked
B．not to work
C．does not work
D．did not work

32. ______ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.

A．Having believed
B．Believing
C．Believed
D．Being believed

33. When you ______ your meal, we"ll go to the movies together.

A．have
B．have had
C．will have had
D．had

34. There are many things whose misuse is dangerous, but it is hard to think of anything that can be compared ______ tobacco products.

A．in
B．with
C．a(chǎn)mong
D．by

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.One friend once said to me, "Do you know that most college students can"t even put semi-colons(分號) in the right place?" Emphatic voices like his have recently made writing courses popular, strangely popular because of their hard-nosed attitude toward correct writing. Most administrators and teachers extend this medicinal metaphor (隱喻), they agree that students are suffering from a serious disease. Many tests identify increasing numbers of student writers as skills cripples (跛子), and they need treatment. Remedial courses are given everywhere. More writing labs are appearing and expanding.
  Many students are willing to believe that there is really something wrong with them. More students than ever before tell me and my colleagues that they are indeed bad writers and need lots of help with grammar and punctuation. I feel like a doctor, my job is to diagnose (診斷) the disease and prescribe cures whenever I read student writing, It would be easy enough for me to circle spelling errors, cross out unnecessary commas, line out wordy sentences. And knowing that this sort of marking can sting, I would of course write, onto the end of the paper, something about how I know the student really tried hard, something about his rich imagination or his clear potential for doing well.
  But I wonder whether all these well-intentioned scrawls (潦草寫幾句話) would do little more than confirm my student’s fears about how crippled he is.

According to the passage, a "skills cripple" is someone who ______. ( )

A．is seriously ill
B．has a rich imagination
C．is a bad writer
D．has a serious injury to the leg

2.
Which of the following is the purpose of the first paragraph? ( )

A．To describe some successful doctors
B．To compare poor writers with diseased people
C．To tell the teachers why some students are poor in health
D．To show the importance of a teacher’s job

3.
It can be inferred from the passage that most students ______. ( )

A．a(chǎn)dmit their incorrect writing
B．make use of their dictionaries in writing
C．can correct their own papers
D．help each other in their writing class

4.
Which of the following is TRUE of teacher’s correction of his student’s writing errors? ( )

A．It is good to correct all the errors
B．A teacher should write something on the papers to encourage his students
C．A teacher’s handwriting must be tidy and clear
D．A teacher had better point out the way for each student to improve his writing

5.
The author of the passage is probably a ______. ( )

A．doctor
B．patient
C．student
D．teacher

7.As protector of her family’s health, the poineer woman confronted situations she never imagined before crossing the Mississippi. Few women came West prepared to deal with desert sunburn, rattlesnake bites, or arrow wounds. Even when doctors were available, they were often no more knowledgeable than their patients. And most patent (專利) medicines were no more reliable than the itinerant (巡游) merchants who sold them.
  In certain cases, a woman could draw upon the folk wisdom and remedies she had learned back home; Western mosquitoes, for example, proved to be as repelled by a paste of vinegar and salt as were their Eastern cousins. More often, however, a woman was guided only by her own ingenuity in concocting (調(diào)制的) tonics (補(bǔ)藥), powders, poisons, and polishes from whatever she had at land: salt made a passable toothpaste, gunpowder was applied to wants, and turpentine to open cuts, goose grease, skunk oil, and the ever present lard were basic liniments; medicinal teas and tonics were brewed from sunflower seeds and roots.

Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? ( )

A．Many people who went West were doctors.
B．Medicine and the people who sold it were not reliable.
C．Many pioneer women died from bites inflicted by snakes and mosquitoes.
D．Pioneer women had to invent their own remedies when they moved West.

8.
According to the passage, why were doctors in the West sometimes unable to help their patients? ( )

A．They did not know how to treat the unfamiliar illnesses.
B．They were more interested in establishing practices in the cities.
C．They were more concerned with doing research than with treating patients.
D．They were often overcome by diseases caught from their patients.

9.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about patent medicines? ( )

A．They did not cost much.
B．They helped heal snake bites.
C．They did not work very well.
D．They had a strong taste.

10.
It can be inferred that most of the pioneers referred to in the passage were originally from where in the United States? ( )

A．The desert.
B．The West.
C．The State of Mississippi.
D．The East.

11.
As used in line 8, the word "cousins" refers to ______. ( )

A．similar medicines
B．mosquitoes in the East
C．people with the same beliefs
D．family members in the West

13.There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable. At an earlier period, our desire for material wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.
  Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth. These include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible negative effects of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing inertease in the world’s population. As society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.
  People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world. These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world. Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroudings from industrialization.
  This debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry. If those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored. To find a solution, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue discussing them with one another.

According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons EXCEPT that ______. ( )

A．our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry
B．the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue
C．the world population is ever increasing
D．more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life

14.
Those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth ______. ( )

A．is essential to the well-being of society as a whole
B．can provide the solution to many of our social problems today
C．can protect our environment from being polluted by industry
D．can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization

15.
We may infer from the context that "proponents" ( Para. 3 ) most probably means ______. ( )

A．a(chǎn)rguments in support of something
B．disagreements
C．people who argue for something
D．people who argue against something

16.
The passage is mainly about ______. ( )

A．the contradiction between economists and the business community
B．the present debate on economic growth
C．the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth
D．the importance of the debate on economic growth

17.
We may infer from the passage that ______. ( )

A．the author describes the case as it is
B．the author is for economic growth
C．the author is against continued economic growth
D．the author is very much worried about the problems caused by continued economic growth

19.Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian, son of a white trader and an Indian Squaw (北美印第安女人). At an early age, he became fascinated by "tile talking leaf", an expression that he used to describe the white man’s written records. Although many believe this "talking leaf" to be a gift from tile Great Spirit, Sequoyah refused to accept that theory. Like other Indians of tile period, he was illiterate, but his determination to remedy tile situation led to the invention of a unique 86 character alphabet based on the sound pat- terns that he heard.
  His family and friends thought him mad, but while recuperating (恢復(fù)) from a hunting accident, he diligently and independently set out to create a form. of communication for his own people as well as for other Indians. In 1821, after twelve years of work, he had successfully developed a written language that would en- able thousands of Indians to read and write.
  Sequoyah"s desire to preserve words and events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors. The giant redwood trees of California, called "sequoias (紅杉)" in his honor, will further imprint his name in history.

What is the most important reason that Sequoyah will be remembered? ( )

A．California redwoods were named in his honor.
B．He was illiterate.
C．He created a unique alphabet.
D．He recovered from his madness and helped mankind.

20.
How did Sequoyah’s family react to his idea of developing his own "talking leaf"? ( )

A．They arranged for his hunting accident.
B．They thought he was crazy.
C．They decided to help him.
D．They asked him to teach them to read and write.

21.
What prompted Sequoyah to develop his alphabet? ( )

A．People were writing things about him that he couldn"t read.
B．He wanted to become famous.
C．After his hunting accident, he needed something to keep him busy.
D．Future generations.

22.
How would you describe Sequoyah? ( )

A．Determined.
B．Mad.
C．Backward.
D．Meek (溫順的).

23.
Which of the following is NOT true? ( )

A．Sequoyah developed a form. of writing with the help of the Cherokee tribe.
B．Sequoyah was a very observant young man.
C．Sequoyah spent, twelve years developing his alphabet.
D．Sequoyah was honored by having some trees named after him.

25."Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family--hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one’s own life. The man’s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife’s to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife’s parents nor the husband’s, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them they are their own masters.
  Readers of novels like Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl’s parents, that is, it was the parents’ duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents’ home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

What does the author mean by" family is of course an elastic word"? ( )

A．Different families have different ways of life.
B．Different definitions could be given to the word.
C．Different nations have different families.
D．Different times produce different families.

26.
For an English family, the husband’s duty is ______. ( )

A．supporting the family while the wife is financial
B．defending the family while the wife is running the home
C．financial while the wife is running the home
D．independent while the wife is dependent

27.
Everything is decided in a family ______. ( )

A．by the couple
B．with the help of their parents
C．by brothers and sisters
D．with the help of aunts and uncles

28.
What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? ( )

A．It is the best book on marriage.
B．It is a handbook of marriage.
C．It gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.
D．It provides, a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.

29.
With regard to marriage in Britain, present-day girls differ from former-time girls in ______. ( )

A．the right marry
B．more parental support
C．choosing husbands
D．social position

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.Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student.【61】a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the【62】in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The【63】student is considered to be【64】who is motivated (激發(fā)) to learn for the sake of【65】, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned【66】brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the students is【67】for learning the material assigned. When research is【68】, the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with【69】guidance. It is the【70】responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain【71】a university library works; they expect students,【72】graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference【73】in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but【74】that their students not be【75】dependent on them. In the United States, professors have many other duties【76】teaching, such as administrative or research work.【77】the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is【78】. If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either【79】a professor during office hours【80】make an appointment.
(66)

A．If
B．Although
C．Because
D．Before

2.(67)

A．suggestion
B．context
C．a(chǎn)bstract
D．information

3.(68)

A．poor
B．ideal
C．a(chǎn)verage
D．mediocre

4.(69)

A．such
B．one
C．a(chǎn)ny
D．some

5.(70)

A．fun
B．work
C．learning
D．prize

6.(71)

A．by
B．in
C．for
D．with

7.(72)

A．criticized
B．innocent
C．responsible
D．dismissed

8.(73)

A．collected
B．distributed
C．a(chǎn)ssigned
D．finished

9.(74)

A．maximum
B．minimum
C．possible
D．practical

10.(75)

A．student"s
B．professor"s
C．a(chǎn)ssistant"s
D．librarian"s

11.(76)

A．when
B．what
C．why
D．how

12.(77)

A．particularly
B．essentially
C．obviously
D．rarely

13.(78)

A．selections
B．collections
C．sources
D．origins

14.(79)

A．hate
B．dislike
C．like
D．prefer

15.(80)

A．too
B．such
C．much
D．more

16.(81)

A．but
B．except
C．with
D．besides

17.(82)

A．However
B．Therefore
C．Furthermore
D．Nevertheless

18.(83)

A．plentiful
B．limited
C．irregular
D．flexible

19.(84)

A．greet
B．a(chǎn)nnoy
C．a(chǎn)pproach
D．a(chǎn)ttach

20.(85)

A．or
B．a(chǎn)nd
C．to
D．but

五、5.Translation from Chinese to English

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

0. 據(jù)報道 a student of Beijing University has a habit of climbing on roofs in his sleep.

1. We sent the letter by airmail 以便他們能及時收到.

2. 我頗為相信 that he will agree with our plan.

3. He remained calm even 面臨如此明顯的危險.

4. 他別無選擇 but to lay facts before the public exactly as they occurred.

5. She hurried back to school 怕缺課太多.

6. The mind cannot be made up 一成不變.

7. 聽說有客人要來, she shopped all morning in that supermarket.

8. 這么多人不在,we decided to put the meeting off.

9. 給我印象最深的 was his image.

六、6.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. All of us live on a tiny spaceship carrying with it its own limited resources for survival. (Passage One)

1. World population is growing at such a rate that by the year 2050 nearly seven billion people will live on the earth. (Passage One)

2. This means that we must understand "psychologically" why a particular behavior. occurs before we can understand what physiological events made it Occur. (Passage Two)

3. Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who are determined that their children take full advantage of what the American educational system has to offer. ( Passage Three)

4. Knowing what is happening and what to do in a car emergency can save time, money, worry--even your life. (Passage Four)

八、8.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. I don" t care.      B. He" s a doctor.     C. I believe not.
  D. Yes, you could.     E. He" s much better.    F. It doesn" t matter.
  G. I don" t believe it.   H. Yes, help yourself.

Mary: How" s the young man?Jane: ______

2.
Jack: Do you think it"s going to rain over the weekend?Tom: ______

3.
Lily: I" m sorry I broke your mirror.Smith: Oh, really? ______

4.
Bob: Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?Black: ______

5.
Tom: Be careful. A policeman is coming.John: Oh, really? ______