2008年成考专升本英语预测模拟试题四

Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 Points)
Directions:
In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined 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. captain B. various C. Atlantic D. metallic
正确答案是:B 您的答案是:B

2.A. beach B. beat C. beast D. great
正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

3.A. heat B. health C. already D. pleasant

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

4.A. waste B. paste C. voyage D. snake

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

5.A. fortune B. public C. Russia D. suffer

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

6.A. familiar B. family C. blanket D. factory

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

7.A. thrown B. follow C. brown D. shown

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

8.A. nineteenth B. ninth C. southern D. fifth
正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

9.A. pull B. pollute C. true D. truth

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

10.A. correct B. discover C. comfort D. come

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (50 points)
Directions:
There are 40 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.
11. The old man found _______ on the floor.
A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

12. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her.
A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

13. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny.
A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

14. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes.
A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

15. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.
A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

16. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang.
A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

17. The ______ candle is still _______.
A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

18. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.
A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

19. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily.
A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

20. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework.
A. in B. with C. on D. for

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

21.―What do you think of it?
―It just happened _______ we had expected.
A. that B. which C. it D. as

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?
As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.
A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.
A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

24. _______, the children went to the park.
A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day
C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.
A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry
C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

26. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.
A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

27. I took _______ tea than you.
A. less B. few C. fewer D. little

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

28. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

29. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school.
A. go B. went C. will go D. am going

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

30. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible.
A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

31. What we are doing _______ good to the people.
A. are B. have been C. is D. be

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

32. John is _______ of the two students.
A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

33. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?
A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

34. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home.
A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

35. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city.
A. or B. but C. and D. so

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

36. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job.
A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept
正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

37. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting.
A. While B. When C. Once D. Since

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

38. Half of those books _______ best-sellers.
A. is B. are C. am D. was

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.
A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.
A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

41. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal?
A. what B. of which C. why D. for

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

42. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven.
A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

43. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.
A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

44. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.
A. When B. After C. Before D. Now

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

45. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?
A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

46. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?
A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

47. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper.
A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

48.―Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere.
―I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.
A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put
C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

49. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.
A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

50.―If that’s not yours, _______?
―Probably John’s.
A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be
C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be
正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

Ⅲ. Cloze (10 points)
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage there are four choices given below and 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.
This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother _51_. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her _52_ in the house all day long.
One day, the Prince was _53_. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. _54_ the dance the Prince would choose his wife.
When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire _55_.
_56_ she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella _57_ and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady.
Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her _58_. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes _59_. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.
“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.”
When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended _60_ the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.
51.A. both were dead B. were both death C. were both died D. were both dead

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

52.A. to do all the work B. did all the work C. do all the work D. doing all the work

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

53.A. old enough to be married with B. old enough to marry
C. old enough to marry with D. old enough to be married

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

54.A. During the night of B. At the night of C. One the night of D. In the night of
正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

55.A. to cry B. crying C. to be crying D. to be cried

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

56.A. Sudden B. All on sudden C. On sudden D. All of a sudden

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

57.A. looked up B. looked at C. looked for D. looked down

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

58.A. at that time B. at times C. all the time D. at one time

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

59.A. on the steps B. within the steps C. in the steps D. under the steps

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

60.A. to put on B. putting on C. to wear D. to have on

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions:
There are four 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 one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage One
What’s the best way to protect a tender, green seedling from the hungry stomach of deer? Give the seedling bad breath!
The same chemical that gives people bad breath after they have eaten garlic can save small trees from being eaten by animals.
A kind of chemical selenium(硒), which is also found in garlic, is planted in the soil near a young tree. The tree’s roots absorb the selenium which is then carried to the leaves.
From there the selenium is used to form a chemical called dimethyl selenide (乙烷硒化物)―the same chemical made in the human mouth after eating garlic. As deer wander around looking for food, they smell the seedlings’ leaves and leave the plants alone.
The selenium is important. Why? Because each year deer eat millions of dollars’ worth of trees farm seedlings.
So far, selenium has been tested only on Douglas fir (枞树) seedlings, but researchers think they could protect fruit trees and garden plants, too.
61. When people eat garlic, ________.
A. they send out a horrible smell B. they are out of breath
C. they will feel sick D. it is hard for them to breathe

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

62. According to this passage the bad smell given off from those leaves is that of ______.
A. the young trees absorb garlic
B. the roots of the young trees smell like garlic
C. the young trees aren’t fit for the deer to eat
D. the leaves of the young trees smell like garlic

正确答案是:B 您的答案是:

64. Up till the time the news was announced, this kind of chemical was used _______.
A. all over the world B. all over the United States
C. on fruit trees and garden trees D. on Douglas fir young trees

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

65. The best title of this passage is ________.
A. Hungry Deer and Young Trees B. Why Don’t Deer Eat Young Fruit Trees
C. Plants Saved by “Bad Breath” D. How to Protect Young TreesPassage Two

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

Passage Two

Are you aware that you actually possess six senses? The sixth is a muscular sense responsible for directing your muscles intelligently to the exact extent necessary for each action you perform. For example, when you reach for an object, the sensory nerves linking the muscles to the brain stop your hand at the correct spot. This automatic perception of the position of your muscles in relation to the object is your muscular sense in action.
Muscles are stringly bundles of fibers varying from one five-thousandth of an inch to about three inches. They have three unique characteristics, they can become shorter and thicker; they can stretch; and they can retract to their original positions. Under a high-powered microscope, muscle tissue is seen as long, slender cells with a grainy texture like wood.
More than half of a person's body is composed of muscle fibers, most of which are involuntary-in other words, work without conscious direction. The voluntary muscles, those that we move consciously to perform particular actions, number more than five hundred. Women have only 60 to 70 percent as much muscle as men for their body mass. That is why an average woman can't lift as much, throw as far, or hit as hard as an average man.

66. According to the selection, the muscular sense is responsible for ______.
   A. the efficiency of our muscles  B. the normal breathing function
   C. directing our muscles intelligently D. the work of only our involuntary muscles

67. Intelligent use of the muscles means that ________.
A. one always knows what his muscles are doing
B. one performs simple actions whithout working
C. one's muscles are used only to the extent necessary for each action they perform
D. one improves muscular action consciously

68. Muscles are unique fibers because, they can ________.
   A. contract   B. stretch   C. retract   D. do all of the above

69. Under a microscope, muscle cells appear to be _______.
   A. textured like wood      B. colored like wood
   C. smooth and red      D. short and thick

70. According to the selection more than half of a person's body is composed of ______.
   A. voluntary muscles      B. involuntary muscles
   C. muscle fibers       D. sensory nerves

On the morning of November 18,1755, an earthquake shook Boston, Massachusetts. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke. “I rose,” Winthrop wrote, “and lighting a candle, looked on my watch, and found it was 15 minutes after four.” John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather clock. It had stopped four minutes before, at 4:11. Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel (壁炉台) to the floor.
The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for care. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum (钟摆). Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion (运动) by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.
71. The text proves that _______.
A. the power of nature is terrible
B. earthquakes happen most often during nighttime hours
C. the direction of an earthquake can be discovered
D. universities study the cause of earthquakes

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

72. The text suggests that _________.
A. Boston was badly destroyed B. earthquakes are common in Boston
C. John Winthrop had difficulty sleeping D. John Winthrop was a scientist

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73. Which of the following is true?________.
A. Some tubes were broken into pieces and stopped the old clock
B. The professor lit a candle because of power failure
C. Boston is in the southeast of Canada
D. The shocks were slight in one way

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

74. The earthquake happened ________.
A. several minutes before the professor awoke B. and the professor awoke at 4:15
C. in the centre of Boston D. when John Winthrop felt it

正确答案是:A 您的答案是:

Passage Four
Oceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of the sea”.
Before the nineteenth century scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.
For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineer had to know the depth profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.
It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853, for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings (测水深) were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.
The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in deeper parts of the sea.
Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.
76. The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on ________.
A. an academic aspect B. a military aspect
C. a business aspect D. an international aspect

正确答案是:C 您的答案是:

77. It was ________ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies.
A. the American Navy B. some early intercontinental travelers
C. those who earned a living from the sea
D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

78. The aim of the voyages Maury was responsible for in the 1840s was _______.
A. to make some sounding experiments in the oceans
B. to collect samples of sea plants and animals
C. to estimate the length of cable that was needed
D. to measure the depths of the two oceans

正确答案是:D 您的答案是:

79. “Defied” in the 5th paragraph probably means “________”.
A. doubted B. gave proof to C. challenged D. agreed to

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80. This passage is mainly about _______.
A. the beginnings of oceanography B. the laying of the first undersea cable
C. the investigation of ocean depths D. the early intercontinental communications

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Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a letter of about 80 words according to the following situation.
你是Helen，要写一封信给Julie，对她和她的丈夫昨日请你和你丈夫吃饭表示感谢，表示要回请他们，以答谢他们的盛情款待。

正确答案是:

Dear Julie:
Thank you very much for the dinner that you invited my husband and I to yesterday. The food not only looked and smelled fabulous but tasted great, and my husband and I enjoyed it very much. Therefore, we would like to invite you to dinner at 7 p•m. this Friday at the Northwest Chinese restaurant to return your kindness and hospitality.
Please do come.
Yours,
Helen