專升本模擬試題157

專升本模擬試題157：專升本英語模擬試題

一、Ⅰ. Phonetics (5 points)

一、單項選擇題(每小題2分，共10分)

1.

Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

1.

A. neighbor

B. laugh

C. tough

D. cough

2.

2.
A. load               
B. broad              
C. float           
D. road

3.

3.

A. dare

B. far

C. dark

D. bar

4.

4.

A. survive

B. nurse

C. purpose

D. turn

5.

5.

A. call 

B. fall 

C. half   
D. talk

二、Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure

二、單項選擇題(每小題2分，共30分)

6.

Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

6. ______ the look on his face, he wasn"t satisfied with their performance.

A. To judge by                         
B. Judging by

C. Judge by                            
D. To be judged by   

7.

7. The ______ professor found the matter ______.

A. surprising, surprised 

B. surprised, surprised

C. surprised, surprising 

D. surprising, surprising

8.

8. Some of his suggestions had been rejected ______ they were not practicable.

A. as 

B. when 

C. until  

D. if

9.

9. ______ is known to the world, Lu Xun is a great Chinese writer.

A. As 

B. which 

C. It 

D. That

10.

10. I could just ______ a banner in the distance, but I could not see what"s on it.

A. see to 

B. clear up 

C. make out 

D. look at

11.

11. --Are you going to attend the meeting?

--I"m not sure, I ______ go for a business trip instead.

A. would

B. should

C. might

D. must

12.

12. If I had hurried, I ______ the plane.

A. could catch

B. would catch

C. should catch

D. would have caught

 

13.

13. At dusk they reached ______ small village ______ east of Tai Mountain.

A. a; /; the

B. a; /; /

C. the; the; the

D. the; an; an

14.

14. The new bill will come into ______ on the day it is passed.

A. effect

B. use

C. service

D. existence

 

15.

15. They ______ hold the meeting today.

A. wouldn"t rather

B. would not rather

C. would rather not

D. not would rather

 

16.

16. Our teacher says that ______ is not right for us to break the rules of the school.

A. /

B. this

C. it

D. that

 

17.

17. It is the third time that I ______ here.

A. was

B. am

C. have been

D. had been

 

18.

18. The chair looks rather hard, but in fact it is very comfortable to ______.

A. sit

B. sit on

C. be seat

D. be sat on

 

19.

19. The weather in China is different from ______.

A. in America

B. one in America

C. America

D. that in America

 

20.

20. The audience, ______, enjoyed the performance.

A. most of them were students

B. most of whom were students

C. whom they were students

D. they were mostly students

三、Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)

三、單項選擇題(每小題2分，共20分)

21.

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

    In fact, there was hardly any activity or social event that could not be set to Music. Weddings, births, christening, funerals, picnics, parades--  21  had their musical accompaniment.

    After the American Civil War (1860-1865), the Negroes had gained their freedom and were ready  22  a new type of music,  23  that would preserve their musical traditions but be fast and happy  24  their  25  freedom. They wanted something they could play as professional musicians for both black and white audiences. Jazz was the answer. It combined themes from Negro work songs, spirituals and blues, set to a fast beat,  26  the musicians improvising (即興而作) as they went along, like the funeral marching bands. To be good, a musician had not only to remember his part but also  27  able to invent new variations on the spur (激勵) of the moment.

    Jazz  28  the people, but popular  29  is changed many times in form, style, and tempo. Each change added something  30  .

21.

A. which           

B. that             

C. all              

D. those

22.

22.

A. for              

B. in             

C. to               

D. on

23.

23.

A. which

B. that

C. one

D. all

24.

24.

A. in express        

B. to expressing    

C. in expressing      

D. to express

 

25.

25.

A. newly-founded

B. new-found

C. newly-found

D. new-founded

 

26.

26.

A. for

B. as

C. at

D. with

 

27.

27.

A. be

B. to be

 C. is

D. are

 

28.

28.

A. goes along with

B. makes for

C. belongs to

D. fits for

 

29.

29.

A. smell

B. taste

C. sense

D. thought

 

30.

30.

A. interesting

B. fast

C. strange

D. new

四、Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)

四、單項選擇題(每小題3分，共75分)

31.

Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

Passage One

    Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking skill and artistry are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure. The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artists-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph.

    The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States. Although it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower parts and magnified details. Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models ate kept in locked cases, as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use.

31. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers.

B. The Live Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka.

C. Flowers Native to the United States.

D. Materials Used for Artificial Flowers.

32.

32. Which of the following statements about Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka is TRUE?

A. They were brothers.                

B. They were artists.

C. They were florists.                 

D. They were farmers.

33.

34. In line 2 (Pare. 2), the word "it" refers to which of the following phrases?

A. "the intention" (line 1)             

B. "the collection" (line 1)

C. "one member" (line 1)              

D. "each flower family" (line 1)

 

34.

Passage Two

    America put more people in prison in the 1990s than in any decade in its history. That started a debate over the wisdom of spending billions of dollars to keep nearly 2 million people locked up. According to statistics, the United States ends 1999 with 1983084 men and women in prisons. That shows an increase of nearly 840,000 prisoners during the 1990s and makes the United States the country with the highest prisoner population in the world. With the cost of housing a prisoner at about $20,000 a year the cost in 1999 for keeping all these prisoners behind bars is about $39 billion.

    Some experts argue that the money is well spent, saying the cost of keeping prisoners behind bars doesn"t seem much in comparison in the 1990s coincided with (與……相一致) a steady drop in the US crime rates. It is reported that serious crime has decreased for seven years in a row.  "There are noticeable number of people who don"t do crimes because they don"t want to go to prison," they say.

36. There is a heated debate among American experts because ______.
A. America has put 2 million people in prison

B. the cost for housing a prisoner keeps rising

C. billions of dollars has been spent on prisoners

D. the prisoner population is the largest in the world

 

35.

38. In 1999, the government spent about $ 39 billion to ______.

A. improve the prison conditions      

B. keep men and women in prison

C. build houses for prisoners          

D. maintain the prisons

32.

33. It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka was to ______.

A. create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grow

B. do a thorough study of plant structure

C. make a copy of one member of each United States flower family

D. show that glass flowers are more realistic than wax flowers

33.

35. Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University?

A. Models of 164 families of flowering plants.

B. Magnified details of flower parts.

C. Several species of native birds.

D. A group of diseased fruits.

34.

37. From the first paragraph, we learn that ______.

A. the number of prisoners in America is increasing

B. America has the largest prison in the world

C. crime in America is getting much more serious

D. it is easy for a person to be locked up in America

35.

39. Some experts argue that the money is well spent because ______.

A. crime will cost more money to society

B. the government can well afford the money

C. the number of prisoners is not really large

D. prisoner population decreased in the 1990s

38.

40. The author"s attitude towards the government"s policy is ______.

A. negative 

B. doubtful         

C. positive   

D. unknown

39.

Passage Three

    Many theories about the origin of the ocean have been proposed by scientists. The most widely accepted one is that the earth at some time in its very early history became hot enough to melt the materials from which it was formed. While in this molten state, lighter rock-forming materials (造巖材料) floated on the surface of the heavier ones. Then, between four and a half four billion (十億) years ago, the molten earth cooled sufficiently to form. a crust of rock that was many miles thick.

    Surrounding the earth was an unbroken canopy of clouds miles thick and made up mostly of water vapor. Rain falling toward the still-hot earth was heated to steam and rose to the clouds again. After many millions of years, as the earth continued to cool, its surface temperature fell below the boiling point of water. Rainwater could now remain on the earth, covering its whole surface except for the higher places on earth that had been formed from the lighter rock materials.

    In 1970, scientists had pieced together evidence that the lighter rock materials had formed one huge continent by a vast ocean. Then, about 200 million years ago, the great continent began to break up, the pieces moving slowly apart.

    The onrushing waters of the single huge ocean now entered and filled the spaces between the separating continents--and became the several oceans and seas we know today.

41. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A. the origin of the earth      

B. the origin of the ocean

C. the history of the earth     

D. the forming of the earth"s crust

40.

42. According to the passage, the earth in its very early period was ______.

A. in molten state                 

B. in water state

C. in rock state                   

D. a vast ocean

41.

43. It can be learned from the passage that about four billion years ago ______.

A. the earth was in molten state

B. the earth surface temperature was above 100℃

C. the earth surface temperature was below 100℃

D. rain water could remain on the earth

42.

44. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, "the higher places on earth" refers to ______.

A. the high mountains            

B. the lighter rocks

C. the vast ocean                 

D. the great continent

43.

45. According to the passage, which is true about the ocean?

A. The waters of the ocean came from rain water.

B. The ocean was formed from the, lighter rock materials.

C. The vast single ocean formed about 200 million years ago.

D. The ocean covered the whole surface of the earth at very beginning.

44.

Passage Four

    If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ells- worth Huntington (1876-1947) concluded from other men"s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and: temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.

    He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than summer heat is. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that mental, abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.

    Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking.  One reason may be that in the spring man"s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.

    Fall is the next best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

46. According to the passage, your mental ability ______.

A. depends on your attitude towards people in different time of the year

B. changes for the worst when you dislike most people in hot season

C. will be best in winter and worst in summer if you want to be creative

D. turns to be more powerful in spring than in any of the other seasons

45.

47. Mr. Huntington"s study showed that ______.

A. the climate of the place where one lives may have an effect on his intelligence

B. all people turn out to be less intelligent in summer due to the hith temperature

C. people are less smart in summer due to the lack of factors existing in spring

D. people live in tropic are less intelligent than people live in cooler area

46.

48. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The climate is associated with man"s intelligence.

B. People"s creative thinking is changing from season to season.

C. That temperature affects one"s creative thinking has been scientifically proved.

D. Autumn is the second best season for thinking.

47.

49. The concept discussed in the passage is actually the ______.

A. traditional beliefs among people living in different areas

B. results of certain study on people living in different climate zones

C. belief that has no longer accepted by most of people

D. study done by Ellsworth Huntington alone

48.

50. It is not stated but implied in the passage that ______.

A. Ellsworth Huntington is a fortune-teller rather than a scientist

B. cool weather is more effective on man"s creative thinking

C. certain elements in nature are more active in one season than in other seasons

D. summer is a good season for vacation

49.

Passage Five

    In the 1900"s, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and combed their hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐) and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there.

    The bathtub was a wash tub (澡盆) filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest, Otherwise, you washed yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday-night because Sundays they went to church.

    A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on Whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing (水管實施 ). Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

51. In the first paragraph, "took care of" means ______.

A. kept         

B. looked after      

C. used             

D. kept and used

50.

52. In order to use the water from the stove, there ______ be a pipe connecting the tub with the stove.

A. must      

B. seemed to    

C. needn"t         

D. should

51.

53. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Males and females in the family took turns using the bathtub.

B. Some bathtubs were big enough for many people to bathe in at the same time.

C. All the women and girls of a family could bathe together standing up in the tub.

D. When several family members bathed together, they did not use the bathtub.

52.

54. ______ Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.

A. Many        

B. Not all          

C. All             

D. Few

53.

55. We can infer that the plumbing ______ at that time.

A. cost little

B. was more expensive than a water system

C. was too expensive for every family to afford

D. was not necessary

五、Ⅴ. Daily Conversation

五、單項選擇題(每小題2分，共10分)

36.

Direction: Pick out the appropriate expression from the eight choices and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

 A. What happened?     

 B. Nice to meet you.  

 C. please take it easy.

 D. No trouble at all.     

 E. Coffee, please.   

 F. I forgive you.     

 G. But he panned to.

H. Can I have the bill?

56. Tom: Hello, first let me introduce myself. I"m Tom Hall, I am in charge of MAP Advertising.

   Tony: ______, I" m Tony Blair.

57. Student A: I am very grateful to you for taking so much trouble to explain the best way of getting there.

   Student B: ______.

58. Child: Mom, I"m very sorry, really. I didn"t mean to hurt you.

   Mom: It"s OK. ______. Do behave yourself next time!

59. Guest: Waiter! ______, please?

   Waiter: Yes, sir. Here is the bill. The total is 200 yuan.

60. Doctor: ______? You don"t look well.

   Patient: I broke my left leg when climbing the mountain yesterday.

六、Ⅵ. Writing

寫作（15分）

37.

Directions: Study the following table carefully and write a composition on A Survey on Reading. Your composition should be based on the information given in the table. Write 100-120 words to (1) state the amount of reading, reading speed and the results of reading; (2) describe the possible relationship among the variables.

A Survey on Reading

The Results of Survey on Reading

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