專升本（英語）模擬試卷43

一、1.Phonetics

0.(1)

A．incline
B．ignore
C．whisper
D．think

1.(2)

A．popular
B．argue
C．remarkable
D．hard

2.(3)

A．challenge
B．chart
C．character
D．cheat

3.(4)

A．cheat
B．weak
C．increase
D．a(chǎn)rea

4.(5)

A．copy
B．loudly
C．yard
D．Monday

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. - Excuse me, Sir, is the swimming pool open all day?
-______.Only from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

A．That" s right
B．Yes, of course
C．Sorry, I" m not sure
D．Sorry, I" m afraid not

1. The unemployment rate in this city______from 7% to 6% in the past two years.

A．has fallen
B．had fallen
C．is falling
D．was falling

2. By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of______you read.

A．that
B．what
C．which
D．whether

3. ______tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.

A．However the weather is like
B．However is the weather like
C．Whatever is the weather like
D．Whatever the weather is like

4. What I want to do most is to have______quite interesting book, and______time to enjoy it.

A．a(chǎn); the
B．the; the
C．/; the
D．a(chǎn); /

5. - Have you read the novel?
- Yes. I______it three times while I was in university.

A．had read
B．read
C．have read
D．was reading

6. - What an amazing story! It"s the most impressive story I" ve ever read.
- But I" m sure it won" t interest______.

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

7. Some of the students have already learned enough English to______a conversation with a native English speaker.

A．carry on
B．keep on
C．go on
D．hold on

8. His parents put a lot of effort into getting him______to a key school.

A．a(chǎn)ccepted
B．received
C．a(chǎn)nnounced
D．a(chǎn)dmitted

9. Even if you are an experienced teacher, you sometimes______make some mistakes.

A．can
B．must
C．should
D．will

10. - What are on show in the museum?
- Some pictures______by middle-school students.

A．taking
B．having been taken
C．taken
D．being taken

11. Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea.______, neither of them could swim.

A．In fact
B．Luckily
C．Naturally
D．Unfortunately

12. Most female workers in Beijing suffer from______connected to the global financial crisis, according to a recent survey.

A．curiosity
B．eagerness
C．thirst
D．a(chǎn)nxiety

13. China has a population of 1.3 billion, ______it the largest country in the world by population.

A．making
B．made
C．makes
D．to make

14. - Did you have a good sleep last night?
- Yes, never sleep______.

A．badly
B．better
C．worse
D．best

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.An Indian civil servant, SM Raju, has come up with a new way of providing employment for millions of poor people in Bihar. His campaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses two burning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking job opportunities.
  Mr Raju" s success could clearly be seen on 30 August, 2009 when he organized 300, 000 villagers from over 7, 500 villages in northern Bihar to engage in a mass tree planting ceremony.
  Mr Raju has linked his "social forestry" program to the central government"s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which is also designed to provide employment for poor people. Under NREGA — started in February 2006 as the government" s most ambitious employment generation scheme for poor people — the authorities are bound by law to provide a minimum of 100 days of employment a year for members of families living below the poverty line. About 44% of Bihar" s population fall into this category.!
  Mr Raju says that Bihar — being the poorest and most lawless state of India — hasn" t been able to spend the allocated (分配的) NREGA funds. "This is because of a lack of awareness among officials about the scheme, " he said. "So the idea struck to my mind: why not involve families below the poverty line in social forestry and give them employment under this scheme for 100 days? Under the scheme, each family can earn a minimum of 10, 200 rupees ($210)."
  The civil servant immediately made a plan of his idea. In June, Mr Raju published a booklet of "dos and don" ts" and distributed it to village heads. His plan meant that NREGA funds were fully used — in the past this hasn" t always been the case.
  "I told the villagers they would get 100 days employment in a year simply by planting trees and protecting them. The old and disabled would be given preference, " he explained.
  Every village council has now been given a target of planting 50, 000 saplings — a group of four families have to plant 200 trees and they must protect them for three years till the plants grow stronger.
  "They would get the full payment if they can ensure the survival of 90% of the plants under their care. For a 75-80% survival rate, they" 11 be paid only half the wage. For less than 75%, the families in the group will be replaced, " the guidelines say.
  Significantly, his scheme has even stopped the migration of poor labourers from the area in search of employment elsewhere.

According to the passage, the main purpose of SM Raju"s "social forestry" program is to

A．promote the practice of NREGA
B．make efforts to prevent global warming
C．increase the employment of poor people
D．prevent poor people from migrating elsewhere

2.
According to the passage, the poor people in Bihar don"t make full use of NREGA funds because______.

A．the local officials don"t realize the importance of NREGA
B．the local government doesn"t get enough support from the central government
C．the local poor people know little about NREGA
D．Bihar is the most lawless state in India

3.
We can infer from the passage that______.

A．most people in Bihar will benefit from NREGA
B．the old and disabled people are not involved in tree planting
C．families who can"t ensure 75% survival rate of the trees will not be paid
D．Raju" s new plan will reduce Bihar"s population below the poverty line

4.
What is the main idea of the passage?

A．There" s a good way to deal with global warming
B．Tree planting provides employment for the poor
C．Tree planting solves the problem of unemployment
D．Raju"s "social forestry" program wins the support of NREGA

6.It was when I was attending high school that I first read Asimov" s stories. At the time, a few SF magazines began to introduce this author and translate a few pieces from his "Robot Series". Of Asimov" s works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly influenced my early SF writing.
  Asimov was one of the leading writers of Western science fiction"s Golden Age, so although his writing may not have a direct influence on writers of today, his underlying (潛在的) influence on many levels is undeniable — the famous Three Laws of Robotics, and many classic writing techniques, for example. Of course, his influence is related to the atmosphere that existed in the Golden Age; a science fiction writer today has a hard time reaching that level no matter how outstanding he or she is. Asimov"s novels are marked by a fully integrated logical system, and his stories are a pleasure to read — this is the reason his novels still attract readers today. Naturally, Western science fiction has few people these days who follow Asimov" s creative methods; instead they are closely connected to mainstream artistic trends, employing large amounts of postmodern techniques. This type of science fiction has a hard time blossoming on Chinese soil. The majority of Chinese SF readers would rather read the classic works of Asimov. This is an important question that faces today" s Chinese science fiction writers.
  Compared with the "Robot Series", Asimov"s "Foundation Series" is a little less well-known in China. This is mostly due to the large influence of the Three Laws, and moreover, the Founda-tion novels have never been completely introduced here. In fact, the Foundation series creates an entire world, even grander than that of the "Robot Series"; this science fiction epic(史詩) had a direct influence on later Western science fiction, the most famous example being Star Wars.

We can know from the passage that the author is a______.

A．science fiction writer
B．science fiction publisher
C．high school student
D．novel translator

7.
The Three Laws of Robotics are most probably______.

A．stories written by Asimov
B．writing techniques employed by Asimov
C．techniques to build robots
D．characters in Asimov" s science fiction

8.
The main purpose of the passage is to______.

A．compare Asimov with other science fiction writers
B．a(chǎn)ttract people to read Asimov" s stories
C．introduce Asimov"s influence on SF writing
D．explain why Asimov is popular in China

9.
What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Foundation Series were translated into Chinese earlier than "Robot Series"
B．Science fiction of postmodern style. is not popular with Chinese readers
C．Asimov is the greatest science fiction writer in Western countries
D．The writing techniques by Asimov are better than the postmodern ones

11.Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in E-mails. The fact that E-mails are automatically recorded—  and can come back to haunt(困擾) you—appears to be the key to the finding.
  Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or E-mail exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 percent of E-mails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.
  His results, to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected E-mails to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment(非直接接觸) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form. of communication.
  But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in E-mail than on the phone.
  People are also more likely to lie in real time—in an instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous(脫口而 出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: "Do you like my dress?"
  Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his result, work assessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using E-mail.

Hancock" s study focuses on______.

A．the consequences of lying in various communications media
B．the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas
C．people"s preference in selecting communications technologies
D．people"s honesty levels across a range of communications media

12.
Hancock"s research finding surprised those who believed that______.

A．people are less likely to lie in instant messages
B．people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions
C．people are most likely to lie in E-mail communication
D．people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations

13.
According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?

A．They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies
B．They believe that honesty is the best policy
C．They tend to be relaxed when using those media
D．They are most practiced at those forms of communication

14.
It can be inferred from the passage that______.

A．honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
B．more employers will use E-mails to communicate with their employees
C．email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company
D．suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes

16.Have you ever heard of a flower whose seeds are carried and spread by elephants? The raffle-sia, a rare blossom, is very unusual. Found in the rain forests"of Sumatra, the rafflesia is the world"s largest flower, measuring three feet in diameter!
  This giant flower is a parasite ~ it needs another plant to live on. It lacks the structures needed to survive alone. The rafflesia has no stem or leaves. It is all flower. It attaches itself to the roots of other plants and sucks their juices. The flower"s favorite home is the root of the vine, which grows above ground.
The rafflesia seems to burst right out of the forest floor. Its blossom weighs fifteen pounds! It has thick, spotted petals that give off a rotten smell. The center is about the size of a household bucket. After a rain, it may hold up to twelve pints of water!
  After the rafflesia dies, it becomes a pool of thick liquid in which its seeds float. Elephants wandering through the forest step into the mushy pool, and the seeds glue themselves to their feet. As the animals stomp through the forest, their sticky feet pick up twigs and leaves. The elephants try to rid themselves of the sticky mess, in the same way people try to get bubble gum off their shoes. The elephants rub their feet against the roots of the vine. In no time, seeds left on the vine grow into more monstrous flowers!

Elephants help to______.

A．provide food for the giant flower
B．water the rafflesia with their trunks
C．carry rafflesia seeds from one place to another
D．stomp out the awful smelling petals

17.
From this passage, we can guess that the writer_____.

A．likes elephants
B．has a very large garden
C．a(chǎn)dmires the wonders of nature
D．likes to measure things

18.
To give us an idea of how large the rafflesia is, the author uses______.

A．the size of an elephant for comparison
B．measurements
C．comparisons to other flowers
D．detailed descriptions of the flower"s stem

19.
As used in this passage, "structures" means______.

A．endurance
B．organization
C．necessary parts
D．energy

21.Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that black cats have a strange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.
  Black cats haven"t always had such a bad reputation. Long ago, the Egyptians thought that black cats were holy animals. They even worshipped them. Pasht was an Egyptian goddess who had a woman"s body and a cat"s head. Because the Egyptians had so much respect for black cats, they often buried the </u>sacred</u> creatures with great ceremony. Mummies of cats have often been found in ancient cemetery ruins. To keep the cats company after they died, mice were sometimes buried beside them.
  Feelings about black cats have always been strong. People have thought they were either very good or very bad. The people of Europe, in the Middle Ages, believed black cats were the evil friends of witches and the Devil. Witches were said to have the power to change themselves into black cats. People believed that you could not tell whether a black cat was just a cat, or whether it was a witch disguising herself as she plotted some evil scheme. The brain of a black cat was thought to be a main ingredient in witch"s brew.
  Unlike their ancestors of the Middle Ages, Englishmen today consider black cats to be good luck charms. Fishermen"s wives often keep a black cat around so that their husbands will be protected when they are out at sea.

The Egyptian goddess Pasht had a______.

A．woman"s head and a cat"s body
B．woman"s head and a lion"s body
C．cat"s head and a man"s body
D．woman"s body and a cat"s head

22.
Judging from this passage, people of the Middle Ages probably______.

A．treated black cats with respect
B．treated black cats badly
C．were witches if they had black cats
D．thought black cats were beautiful

23.
People of ancient Egypt and Europeans of the Middle Ages______.

A．both worshipped black cats
B．both feared black cats
C．thought black cats could bring good luck
D．felt very different about black cats

24.
"Sacred" means______.

A．dead
B．holy
C．black
D．fearful

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.It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet【C1】______ . The loaded plates I carried【C2】______ to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn" t able to do anything【C3】______. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream【C4】______ a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father【C5】______ at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you" ve【C6】______ us really well." Suddenly my tiredness【C7】______. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I"d like my first day, I said, 【C8】______!" Those few words of praise had【C9】______ everything. Praise is like【C10】______ to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And【C11】______, while most of us are only too【C12】______ to apply(應(yīng)用)to others the cold wind of criticism (批評(píng)), we are【C13】______ to give our fellows the warm sunshine【C14】______ praise. Why— when one word of praise can bring such【C15】______?

【C1】

A．rested
B．hurt
C．broke
D．slipped

2.
【C2】

A．remained
B．looked
C．seemed
D．turned 23.

3.
【C3】

A．new
B．special
C．nervous
D．right 24.

4.
【C4】

A．order
B．price
C．material
D．chair 25.

5.
【C5】

A．stared
B．smiled
C．glared
D．nodded

6.
【C6】

A．called on
B．looked after
C．passed by
D．thought of

7.
【C7】

A．a(chǎn)rrived
B．continued
C．disappointed
D．developed

8.
【C8】

A．Oh
B．Well
C．Fire
D．Terrible

9.
【C9】

A．made
B．changed
C．found
D．improved

10.
【C10】

A．heat
B．warmed
C．snowstorm
D．sunlight

11.
【C11】

A．then
B．thus
C．therefore
D．yet

12.
【C12】

A．ready
B．doubtful
C．satisfied
D．disappointed

13.
【C13】

A．unable
B．unwilling
C．likely
D．a(chǎn)nxious

14.
【C14】

A．of
B．in
C．on
D．from

15.
【C15】

A．a(chǎn)ttention
B．choice
C．pleasure
D．difficulty

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0. 不同的學(xué)生對(duì)自己心目中好老師的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)有所不同，但也有共同之處。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下列表格中的內(nèi)容以Good Teachers in Our Heart為題，寫一篇120詞左右的英語短文。
約40%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：對(duì)學(xué)生友好 上課認(rèn)真
約60%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：知識(shí)淵博；講課清晰
一致認(rèn)為：嚴(yán)格要求學(xué)生，又善于幫助學(xué)生解決問題；風(fēng)趣幽默，上課生動(dòng)有趣。
              Good Teachers in Our Heart
Good teachers are those who are popular with students. But what kind of teachers are popular with students? Different students have different opinions about this question.

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.A. Hold the line         B. flight number
C. ask a question        D. To New York
E. May I have your name     F. reconfirm my seat
G. please check in______     H. On May II______
Reservations clerk: Northwind Airlines. Can I help you?
Daniel Adams: Hello. I"d like to【56】, please.
Reservations clerk: May I have your name and【57】, please?
Daniel Adams: My name is Daniel Adams and my flight number is 374.
Reservations clerk: When are you leaving?
Daniel Adams:【58】.
Reservations clerk: And your destination?
Daniel Adams: Buenos Aires.
Reservations clerk:【59】, please. (...) All right. Your seat is confirmed, Mr. Adams. You"ll be arriving in Buenos Aires at 4 o" clock p. m. local time.
Daniel Adams: Thank you. Can I pick up my ticket when I check in? Reservations clerk: Yes, but【60】at least one hour before departure time.
(57)

2.(58)

3.(59)

4.(60)

5.(61)