專升本英語模擬172

專升本英語模擬172：本試卷總分150分;共有六類題目

一、Ⅰ. Phonetics(5 points)

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.

1.

A. sugar

B. sudden

C. surprise

D. Saturday

2.

2.

A. massage

B. traffic

C. apple

D. major

3.

3.

A. follow

B. throw

C. somehow

D. blow

4.

4.

A. thirty

B. though

C. there

D. rather

5.

5.

A. lose

B. shoe

C. whose

D. whole

二、Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure(15 points)

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

6.

6. A ______people come to visit the Great Wall every day.

A. large amount

B. great deal of

C. good many

D. large quantity

7.

7. He was ______strict man and he was strict with his work. When he was 36, he was elected ______chairman of the committee.

A. a, the

B. the, the

C. the, a

D. a,不填

8.

8. He has never seen the Greens and he knows ______about them.

A. little

B. a little

C. something

D. anything

9.

9. The boat sailed slowly, keeping ______to the coast as the man in it was afraid of ______the direction.

A. close, lost

B. close, losing

C. next, losing

D. closely, lost

10.

10. —Which subject do you like______?

—I like chemistry than any other one.

A. better, better

B. best, better

C. best, best

D. better, best

11.

11. Our plane ______at six and landed in

A. takes off, within four hours

B. took off, four hours later

C. rose up, after four hours

D. raised up, in four hours

12.

12. The foreigners once ______their products to our company at a ______higher price.

A. sent, very

B. lent, still

C. sold, much

D. showed, more

13.

13. Just then he ______that the hen ______three eggs a day.

A. lied, lay

B. lied, laid

C. lay, laid

D, laid, lay

14.

14. It is high time that we ______all ready for the meeting, ______it would be late.

A. must get, or

B. got, or

C. should get, and

D. get, and

15.

15. ______the news, she jumped with joy.

A. Heard

B. Hearing

C. To hear

D. To be heard

16.

16. ______to do now is just I am eager to know at first. But how can I get to know it?

A. What, what

B. Will, what

C. Which, which

D. I will, which

17.

17. It is necessary that anyone ______exercises every day if he wishes to keep healthy.

A. do

B. would do

C. did

D. will do

18.

18. He said he had no difficulty ______the boat himself.

A. mending

B. to mend

C. in mending

D. A and C

19.

19. ______of the young men in our village find odd jobs in the city.

A. Half

B. Fifty percent

C. Two fifths

D. All the above

20.

20. ______is forbidden in the meeting-room, but we are allowed in the room for smokers.

A. Smoking, smoking

B. Smoking, to smoke

C. To smoke, smoking

D. To smoke, to smoke

三、Ⅲ. Cloze(30 points)

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.

21.

The Voice of America began during the World War II when

After the World war II (27) in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's (28) had to be changed, (29) the Soviet Union (蘇聯(lián))became the enemy of America. They wanted to reach Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began (30) something new to its broadcast that was (31) "Music" , Another new idea came (32) in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know (33) English to completely understand its normal English broadcast. So VOA (34) a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken (35) ,of course, it is Special English.

21.

A. business

B. culture

C. support

D. information.

22.

22.

A. reply

B. answer

C. join

D. interrupt

23.

23.

A. accidents

B. incidents

C. events

D. peace

24.

24.

A. time

B. short

C. English

D. German

25.

25.

A. news

B. problems

C. effects

D. opinions

26.

26.

A. stations

B. news

C. announcers

D. officials

27.

27.

A. broke out

B. developed

C. won

D. ended

28.

28.

A. home

B. position

C. purpose

D. result

29.

29.

A. if

B. supposing

C. considering

D. in order that

30.

30.

A. connecting

B. adding

C. sticking

D. leading

31.

31.

A. known

B. reported

C. called

D. printed

32.

32.

A. into

B. across

C. down

D. along

33.

33.

A. American

B. British

C. standard

D. enough

34.

34.

A. invented

B. discovered

C. taught

D. stopped

35.

35.

A. slowly

B. rapidly

C. normally

D. loudly

四、Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension(60 points)

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

36.

Passage One

It was a very happy family. They were fairly well-off. The father, Leopold, was a master of music in

There was no end to the fun during tea, and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang wanting to play a difficult piece. When the meal was finished, Marianne helped to clear away the dishes. Suddenly Leopold got up. "Listen!" said he in a surprised voice. "Listen! Marianne is playing the piece better than ever!"

But Marianne was washing dishes in the kitchen.

His wife following, Leopold walked quietly upstairs, the lamp in one hand, his music book in the other. He pushed open the door, and there was little Wolfgang playing in the darkness. "I love it" whispered the child.

It was the beginning of Mozart's life of music.

36. Wolfgang was quiet when his sister practiced the piano because______.

A. he loved music

B. he liked his sister

C. he didn't want to make a noise

D. he didn't feel well

37.

37. Wolfgang's father told him he couldn't play the piano yet because______.

A. his sister was taking lessons

B. he had to help his mother

C. he was too small

D. he had to wait for his sister to finish practising

38.

38. At tea-time the family had______.

A. no fun

B. a little fun

C. little fun

D. a lot of fun

39.

39. Shortly after the tea Leopold heard the music from upstairs. He was astonished because______.

A. Wolfgang loved the piece so much

B. Wolfgang was playing in the darkness

C. Marianne had never played the piece so beautifully

D. Marianne was washing dishes in the kitchen

40.

Passage Two

The National Weather Service at Ryan Airport brought out the following forecast (預報). Saturday night for Satonp Rouge and vicinity(附近地區(qū)).

It will be partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of afternoon showers. High Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 80s,with a low Sunday night in the upper 60s. Winds will be southeasterly 10 to 15 miles per hour diminishing at night.

Probability of rain will be 20 percent Sunday.

On the coast, winds will be southeasterly 10 to 15 knots(節(jié)、海里/小時). Seas will run 2-4 feet and will be 3 feet higher near a few thunder-showers. High tide will be at

Record high for May 22 was 93 posted in 1956 and record low was 51 recorded in 1954. Normally, temperatures should be from 86 to 65 degrees.

There will be afternoon thunder-showers Tuesday and over the west part of the state Thursday. Tuesday through Thursday, lows will be in the mid to upper 70s,with highs in the mid to upper 80s.

High Saturday was 86, with a low 65.

40. This weather forecast probably appeared in a______.

A. Saturday morning paper

B. Sunday evening paper

C. Sunday morning paper

D. Monday morning paper

41.

41. This forecast predicts______.

A. records will be broken

B. skies will be partly cloudy on Sunday and Monday

C. there will be no rain in the forecasted period

D. temperatures will be lower than normal for the time of year

42.

42. This forecast states that winds will______.

A. slow down at night

B. be from south to east

C. bring heavy rain on Sunday

D. be from different directions

43.

43. According to the forecast the lowest recorded temperature was______.

A. 51 degrees

B. 65 degrees

C. in the upper 60s

D. in the mid to upper 70s

44.

Passage Three

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.

In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all—whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they consider "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.

But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and secondly, we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work, or to scorn someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.

44. Education is______.

A. a purpose

B. a means

C. fashionable

D. the first system

45.

45. In many modern countries, children go to school______.

A. by free education

B. to be able to marry

C. to work for society

D. to rid themselves of "low" work

46.

46. In our country, the educational purpose is______.

A. to make children get degrees

B. to prepare children for life

C. to get everyone to live happily

D. to choose a system of education

47.

47. Cleaners and farmers do ______scientists do.

A. the same work as

B. less important work than

C. more work than

D. as important work as

48.

Passage Four

Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born around 287 BC and he died in the year 212 BC.

Archimedes is most well-known for one specific idea that he came up with. "Archimedes's Principle" states that a solid object which is immersed in a liquid is pushed up by a force which is equal to the weight of the water that the object moves. For example, if you put a piece of wood and a piece of gold the same size in water, only the wood will float. Both the wood and gold move the same amount of water, but the wood weighs less than this water, while the gold weighs more.

It is believed that Archimedes discovered this principle when the king of

48. A good title for the selection is______.

A. Archimedes

B. Archimedes's Principle

C. A Gold and Silver Crown

D. The King of

49.

49. The word "immersed" in the second paragraph means“______”.

A. lifted

B. raised

C. rose

D. under water

50.

50. We drop a piece of metal into a jar full of water, the metal will float if it weighs less than______.

A. an equal amount of silver

B. an equal amount of gold

C. all the water in the jar now

D. the water that leaves the jar

51.

51. From this selection we may conclude that the king's crown______.

A. moved less water than pure gold of the same size

B. moved more water than pure gold of the same weight

C. moved more water than pure gold of the same size

D. moved less water than pure gold of the same weight

52.

Passage Five

From the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Man of the earliest times used the rivers as a means of traveling. Today rivers still serve as a great waterway for the transport and people.

In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires.

Water is the Nature's most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations all over the world rivers mean life and wealth. They feed and clothe the nations around them.

Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across the river to control the water for irrigation and get the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then directed to homes, cities, factories and television stations.

Man uses water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs, which in turn get their water from the rivers.

Rivers also bring down soil and minerals from the mountains and deposit them on the plains building up rich river deltas for raising plants and crops. Fresh water life in rivers or in lakes fed by them provide man with food.

In a small way rivers help to keep man in good health and provide for his amusements. Various forms of water sports keep man strong and healthy.

Rivers have run on this earth long before man. Man's future ability to live is uncertain, but rivers will flow on forever.

52. Rivers have been important to man______.

A. since the last century

B. for a very long time

C. since a few hundred years ago

D. since a few years ago

53.

53. Rivers bring_______.

A. people and crops

B. life and wealth

C. poverty and death

D. agriculture and bridge

54.

54. Energy is obtained from rivers by______.

A. building bridges across them

B. driving generators into them

C. building dams across them

D. directing them into homes and factories

55.

55. The thins brought down by rivers from the mountains that are useful for cultivation are______.

A. deltas

B. crops

C. fresh water life

D. soil and minerals

五、Ⅴ. Daily Conversation(15 points)

Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

56.

A. sooner or later

B. pro or con

C. now and then

D. To take dancing lessons

E. Put him in prison

F. here and there

G. when will I get out of jail

H. Very much

A thief with a long record was brought before a judge.

Judge: Have you ever stolen things?Thief. Oh, (56) .

57.

Judge: And where have you stolen these things?

Thief: Oh, (57) .

58.

Judge: Right. Lock him up, officer. (58)

59.

Thief: Hey, you didn't tell me (59) .

60.

Judge: Oh, (60) .

六、Ⅵ. Writing(25 points)

For this part, you are supposed to write a letter about 100-~120 words on the following situation:

61.

寫信邀請朋友參加你的生日聚會。信的內(nèi)容包括：

(1)告知對方聚會的具體時間、地點;

(2)到達聚會地點的行車路線及便利的交通工具，

(3)要求對方就是否能參加聚會作回復。