專升本（英語）模擬試卷90

一、1.Phonetics

0.(1)

A．friend
B．field
C．piece
D．belief

1.(2)

A．education
B．station
C．a(chǎn)ttention
D．suggestion

2.(3)

A．character
B．China
C．child
D．choice

3.(4)

A．a(chǎn)sked
B．missed
C．whipped
D．played

4.(5)

A．cough
B．weigh
C．enough
D．laugh

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. ______ is announced in today"s papers, all the schools will open on September 1.

A．This
B．That
C．As
D．Which

1. I remember ______ to Paris when I was a very small child.

A．taking
B．to be taken
C．being taken
D．to take

2. Will you please lend me the novel when you ______ ?

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

3. At first he refused to admit his guilt, but when he was shown the evidence he and confessed.

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

4. Why ______ such a lot of money?

A．you spend
B．to spending
C．spend
D．spending

5. Although many colonial scholars consider Jonathan Edwards an important writer, anymore.

A．though few people read his novels
B．but few people read his work
C．a(chǎn)nd his works are not widely read
D．his works are not widely read

6. Very important people don"t often have much free time as their work ______ all their time.

A．takes over
B．takes away
C．takes in
D．takes up

7. Scientists say that many factors ______ changes in the weather.

A．bring in
B．bring off
C．bring about
D．bring forward

8. He takes his ______ home to his wife every Friday.

A．salaries
B．wages
C．incomes
D．savings

9. That is another topic that will come ______ discussion.

A．a(chǎn)bout
B．under
C．with
D．beyond

10. I suggest ______.

A．to bring the meeting up an end
B．bringing the meeting to an end
C．for to bring the meeting up an end
D．having brought the meeting to an end

11. ______ for your help, we"d never have been able to get over the difficulties.

A．If we had not been
B．Were it not
C．If it were not
D．Had it not been

12. With five hungry children seated round the table, the food disappeared ______.

A．a(chǎn)t no time
B．a(chǎn)t a time
C．a(chǎn)t other times
D．a(chǎn)t one time or another

13. It was dark, and we could not ______ who was coming along the avenue.

A．make up
B．make for
C．make out
D．make over

14. John asked his mother to ______ the hole in the pocket of his jeans.

A．fill
B．fix
C．mend
D．repair

15. The price of oil ______ from $15 to $18 per tank during the winter season.

A．ranged
B．differed
C．a(chǎn)ltered
D．repair

16. They found the lecture hard ______.

A．to understand
B．to be understood
C．to have been understood
D．to have understood

17. She was glad to see her children well ______ in the nursery.

A．take care of
B．taken care of
C．taking care of
D．to be taken care of

18. It is necessary to put bottles of pills out of ______ when there are small children around.

A．reach
B．hand
C．hold
D．place

19. I let my children make their own decisions. Now they are older; I wouldn"t ______ to interfere.

A．a(chǎn)ssume
B．consume
C．resume
D．resume

20. I have given up trying to convince him; there is no point ______ with him.

A．on arguing
B．in arguing
C．to argue
D．for arguing

21. The machine is such ______ I have never seen before.

A．that
B．a(chǎn)s
C．which
D．where

22. ______ in India, the banana was brought to the America by the Portuguese who found it in Africa.

A．Originally cultivated
B．Originally being cultivated
C．Having originally cultivated
D．Although it originally cultivated

23. My mother asked me ______ I wanted to go there by bus.

A．if
B．what
C．a(chǎn)s whether
D．if what

24. ______ she will come or not depends on the weather.

A．If
B．Whether
C．That
D．As

25. I suggested that he was ______ of help from the Royal Literary Fund.

A．worthless
B．worthwhile
C．worthy
D．worth

26. It ______ him more than what was reasonable to have his dishwasher repaired.

A．cost
B．consumed
C．spent
D．expend

27. Edwin always has his hair cut at the ______ situated at the comer.

A．barber
B．barber"s
C．barbers
D．barbers"

28. It was the first time that Mary was late. She ______ up in the traffic.

A．could be held
B．can have been held
C．might have been held
D．might be held

29. Because of my poor Spanish, I"m afraid I can"t make myself ______.

A．understand
B．to understand
C．understanding
D．understood

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.Many years ago, children wore clothes that were the same as the clothes worn by adults, except that
they were smaller. People believed that children were just “small adults”, and expected them to dress and act like adults.
  But now people know much more about children. In both body and mind, children are different from adults because they are at a different stage of development. As far as the body is concerned, it is obvious. A baby of six months can sit up, but can not run, and so on. But the development of the mind is not so obvious. A small child, for example, does not understand the difference between the present and the fu ture. So if the child asks for an apple and the parent says,“ No, not now, you can have one after lunch." The child often cries. Some mothers think the child is being difficult, but perhaps he is just being differ ent; he does not understand the idea of the future, and for him ”not now means “never”. So naturally, the child cries.

People used to believe that ______.

A．children should wear adults"
B．children were the same as adults, except that they were smaller
C．children acted like adults
D．children were adults in small clothes

2.
According to the writer, adults and children differ ______.

A．in the body
B．in the mind
C．in the clothes
D．in the body and the mind

3.
Why does a child cry when his mother tells him to have an apple after lunch?

A．Because he is being difficult.
B．Because he understands what “not now” really means.
C．Because he understands he will never have it.
D．Because he knows his mother is cheating him.

4.
Which of the following statements is true?

A．Many adults don" t talk clearly to their children.
B．The development of a child" s mind is as obvious as that of his body.
C．Now there are no children who act like children.
D．A small child can not understand tile difference between the present and future.

5.
In this passage, the writer tells us ______.

A．the difference between children and adults
B．the different stages of the development of children
C．how to dress children
D．the slow development of the mind of a child

7.The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world. Only the Pacific and the Atlantic are larger. More than one-fifth of all the world"s water supply is in the Indian Ocean.
  The Indian Ocean touches four different continents. To the south is Antarctica and to the east is Australia. Africa lies to the west and Asia lies to the north. There are several important islands in the Indian Ocean. These include Madagascar, the largest one, which is near Africa, and Sri Lanka, which is near India.
  There is also a group of islands called the Seychelies near the African coast. The Indian Ocean is extremely important to the countries in southeast Asia. Strong winds from the Indian Ocean bring warm weather, and heavy rains are necessary for growing food.

We may conclude that______.

A．India is larger than Antarctica
B．The Indian Ocean is to the east of Australia
C．Madagascar is larger than Sri Lanka
D．The India Ocean is larger than the Atlantic

8.
Sri Lanka lies near______.

A．Madagascar
B．Africa
C．the African coast
D．India

9.
Of all the oceans in the world, the Indian Ocean contains more than ______.

A．5 percent of the world" s water
B．15 percent of the world" s water
C．20 percent of the world" s water
D．50 percent of the world" s water

10.
Which of the following statements is true?

A．The Indian Ocean comes before the Pacific and the Atlantic in size.
B．The Indian Ocean is surrounded by four countries.
C．Sri Lanka is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.
D．Strong winds from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains to the countries in southeast Asia.

11.
The word “supply”in the third sentence means ______.

A．liquid or wet
B．bigger or larger
C．store or saving
D．a(chǎn)mount or quantity

13.A stamp is just a piece with a picture and some words printed on one side and some glue on the other side. What makes one of these bits of paper worth any money at all? What makes a ten - fen stamp worth ten fen?
  When you buy a stamp, you also buy service from the post office. You get the letter sent by post. After the stamp has done its work, the post office says it is worthless. You must buy a new one for each letter you send.
  But people often pay money for stamps that have already been used. Stamp collectors have fun just trying to collect as many different kinds as possible. Certain kinds are hard to find. To get one of these uncommon stamps, some collectors are willing to pay a great deal of money. They think it is worth something, and that gives it value, If you Collect stamps because they are especially beautiful or tell an interesting story or show all kinds of animals, then those are the ones that have value to you.

When you post a letter, you must buy ______.

A．a(chǎn) ten - fen stamp
B．a(chǎn) new stamp
C．a(chǎn) twenty - fen stamp
D．a(chǎn) stamp worth 10 fen or more

14.
The post office says the stamp is useless when ______.

A．you buy it
B．you write a letter
C．put a letter into a postbox
D．it has a postmark on it

15.
When some of the stamps are difficult to find, ______?

A．nobody will try to get them
B．they can become very valuable
C．everybody would like to buy them
D．they will be worthless

16.
Which of the following statements is not true?

A．Some stamps have a flower or animal on one side.
B．Along with a picture on one side, there are also some words.
C．Some used stamps can be worth a lot of money.
D．A stamp, when used, is worth more than a new one.

17.
Which of the following statements is true?

A．Grown - ups like new stamps while young boys like used ones.
B．There are hundreds of kinds of stamps in the world.
C．Sometimes stamp collectors are willing to pay thousands of yuan or more for a used stamp.
D．A post - office worker does not want to buy any used stamps.

19.Which of your two hands do you use much better? Very few of us can use both of our hands equally well. Most of us are right - handed. Only about five people out of a hundred are left - handed. Newborn ha bies can grasp objects with either of their hands, but in about two years they usually prefer to use their right hands.
  Scientists don"t know why this happens. They used to think that we inherited (繼承) this tendency from our animal ancestors (祖先), but this may not be true. Monkeys are our closest relatives in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys prefer to use one of their hands more than the other, but it can be either hand. There are as many right - handed monkeys as there are left - handed ones. Next time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys carefully. You" 11 see that some of them will prefer to swing from their right hands, and others will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands better, and this makes life difficult for those who prefer to use their left hands.

Most of us use our right hands ______ the left ones.

A．a(chǎn)s well as
B．not so well as
C．much better than
D．more better than

20.
Right -handed people are about ______ of the total of the human beings.

A．95%
B．90%
C．0.1
D．0.05

21.
The number of fight - handed monkey is ______ the left - handed ones.

A．greater than that of
B．smaller than that of
C．a(chǎn)s much as that of
D．equal to that of

22.
Which of the following is true?

A．When a child is two years old, he prefers to use both of his hands to grasp objects.
B．Scientists have given the reason for this tendency.
C．A monkey can use both of his hands equally well.
D．Those who prefer to use their left hands live a difficult life.

23.
The best title of the passage is ______.

A．Newborn babies can use both hands well
B．Most human beings use their fight hands better
C．Few human beings use their left hands
D．We live in a fight - handed world

25.I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months be fore I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.
  I wasted a lot of time looking for the ‘typical’ village. Yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely. But the villages I stayed in had much in common——poverty, dirt, and ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three-quarters of the world" s people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first bad to try and share their Way of life.
  In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began to climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours" walk the village came into view.

After the writer had arrived in India ______.

A．he spent years writing about the place he lived in
B．he took quite a long time finding a suitable place to live
C．he spent years looking for a certain village
D．he lived in a Himalayan community for many months

26.
While looking for a‘ typical’ village the writer found ______.

A．he was searching for the impossible
B．a(chǎn)ll the villages were exactly the same
C．the villagers made him feel confused
D．the villagers asked him a lot of questions

27.
Before coming to India the writer ______.

A．had been a successful politician
B．had made a decision to do no more work
C．had been dismissed from his job
D．had written articles for publication

28.
The writer decided to change his way of life because ______.

A．he no longer found his work interesting
B．he wanted to live a peaceful life in the countryside
C．he wanted to find out more about the Third World
D．he thought living in a small community would be rewarding

29.
The village the writer finally chose to live in ______.

A．was situated at the end of a bumpy road
B．had a better climate than those in the plains
C．was a short walk from the river
D．had a magnificent view of the river

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.Cars are【21】important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn"t feel really poor when he has a car.
  Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large【22】He probably didn"t know how much the car was going to【23】American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.
  There are three main reasons the car【24】so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides【25】comfortable and cheapest form. of all the means of transportation. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.
  The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States has never really【26】an efficient and inexpensive form. of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air service【27】by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.
  The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is【28】really made cars popular. Americans don"t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don"t like to have to【29】an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is【30】that Americans want most to have.
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A．the
B．a(chǎn)n
C．a(chǎn)
D．not

2.(62)

A．number
B．a(chǎn)mount
C．numbers
D．members

3.(63)

A．a(chǎn)ffects
B．effect
C．a(chǎn)ffected
D．a(chǎn)ffect

4.(64)

A．became
B．started
C．becomes
D．grow

5.(65)

A．the more
B．better
C．the most
D．fastest

6.(66)

A．developing
B．developed.
C．development
D．develop

7.(67)

A．provided
B．supply
C．offer
D．providing

8.(68)

A．which
B．that
C．what
D．where

9.(69)

A．go
B．a(chǎn)ct
C．follow
D．carry out

10.(70)

A．freedom
B．democracy
C．the freedom
D．the democracy

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   請(qǐng)以Food and Health為題寫一篇文章。
  提示：在發(fā)達(dá)國家，人們?cè)絹碓蕉嗟匾庾R(shí)(become aware of)到了飲食與健康之間的關(guān)系 (link)。好的飲食包括蛋白(protein)、脂肪、維生素(vitamins)等等。然而，在發(fā)展中國家，相當(dāng)一部分人仍然沒有意識(shí)到健康飲食的重要性。結(jié)果，像癌癥、心臟病這類疾病與日俱增。而在發(fā)達(dá)國家中，這類疾病口益減少。所以發(fā)展中國家的政府應(yīng)該采取措施，鼓勵(lì)人們重視正確飲食，否則，人們將會(huì)被病魔纏身。
  要求：字?jǐn)?shù)為100左右。

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.根據(jù)中文提示，將對(duì)話中缺少的內(nèi)容寫上。這些句子必須符合英語表達(dá)習(xí)慣。打句號(hào)的地方，用陳述句；打問號(hào)的地方，用疑問句。
  提示：小張邀小王星期日一起去看中國隊(duì)對(duì)日本隊(duì)的排球比賽。比賽將于下午4：00開始。小工建議3：50在體育館門口見面，小張同意小王的建議并告訴小王不要來晚，小王答應(yīng)決不遲到，兩人就分手了。
  Zhang: It"s Sunday tomorrow.【56】?
  Wang: Of course I would.【57】?
  Zhang: It"s between the Chinese team and the Japanese team.
  Wang: That"s great.【58】?
  Zhang: At four o"clock in the afternoon. Here"s the ticket.
  Wang: Good.【59】?
  Zhang: All right.【60】.
  Wang: No, I won"t. Good-bye !
  Zhang: Bye-bye.
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2.(73)

3.(74)

4.(75)

5.(76)