2019年成人高考专升本

仿真模拟英语试卷

 

I. Phonetics (5 points; 01-05)

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.

 

01. A. die    B. diet    C. diary   D. diamond

02. A. exchange   B. donate  C. engage  D. disadvantage

03. A. Russian  B. revision  C. session  D. tension

04. A. toothache   B. touch   C. bench   D. butcher

05. A. constitution  B. consume  C. consult  D. continue

 

II. Vocabulary and Structure (5 points; 06-20)

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.

 

06. ______ technique in medicine and surgery we have, ______ patients we can save.

    A. The good; the man  B. The better; the much  C. The better; the more  D. The best; the more

07. ______ nearly six years since I started to study English.

    A. It was  B. There are  C. It is  D. There have been

08. --Mary cares little about money.

    --______.

    A. So do I  B. I am, too  C. Not do I  D. Neither do I

09. Hardly ______ down when the bell rang.

    A. had I sat  B. did I sat  C. I had sat  D. I did sit

10. --Do you think I can use your dictionary?

    --______.

    A. Yes, you may use  B. Yes, you can  C. Sure, here you are  D. Certainly, go out

11. If only she ______ her necklace that night.

    A. didn't lose  B. wouldn't lose  C. hadn't lost  D. hasn't lost

12. His suggestion ______ to see the exhibition interested every one of us.

    A. that we go  B. which we should go  C. that we would go  D. when we go

13. Your mother is at home, ______ she?

    A. mustn't  B. doesn't  C. isn't  D. needn't

14. I want to go to the doctor, but you ______ with me.

    A. need not to go  B. do not need go  C. need not go  D. need go not

15. I haven't got ______ money now. Can you please save the book for me till tomorrow?

    A. any  B. some  C. little  D. a little

16. ______ makes mistakes must correct them.

    A. Who  B. No matter  C. Whoever  D. Ever who

17. --Did you write to Lily recently?

    --No, but I ______ her at a meeting.

    A. am seeing  B. will have seen  C. saw  D. had seen

18. The weather turned out to be very good, ______ was more than we could expect.

    A. what  B. which  C. that  D. its

19. --I usually go there by train.

    --Why not ______ by boat for a change?

    A. to try going  B. trying to go  C. to try and go  D. try going

20. ______ this street and you ______ there.

    A. Followed ; will get  B. Following; get  C. Follow ; will get  D. Follow ; get

 

III. Cloze (30 points; 21-35)

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.

 

Living one' s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to drive well, the driver must carefully examine the --21-- of his car, just as he cares for his own health. Once he goes on the highway, he must --22-- certain rules for his own safety. Just as he must obey certain rules of society in order to be a decent(体面的) human being. For example, on the highway, he is --23-- to keep a constant speed which can be compared with his --24-- life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too --25-- a speed nor at too slow a speed. If he drives over --26--, the police will give him a ticket, just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law. Acting too conservatively(保守地), he will be called old-fashioned --27-- others as they drive at the proper speed. When he wants to change lanes, he must pay --28-- to what he is doing and check in every direction. It is sometimes dangerous to change our way of life --29-- one can be sure of success. He --30-- not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which may be dangerous. Finally, he must discover where he is now by recognizing some --31-- appearing now and then. If he takes the wrong way, he must return to the right as --32-- as he can.

But he may thus lose --33-- and energy both on the road and in life. On the whole, driving on a highway and living one' s life are both hard work. --34-- if he is careful and serious enough, --35-- will provide him much pleasure.

21. A. seat  B. condition  C. petrol  D. passenger

22. A. listen to  B. find  C. follow  D. insist on

23. A. glad  B. required  C. made  D. anxious

24. A. broken  B. bad  C. good  D. continuous

25. A. large  B. fast  C. limited  D. expected

26. A. speed  B. slow  C. order  D. willing

27. A. persuading  B. getting  C. interrupting  D. refusing

28. A. notice  B. attention  C. signs  D. regards

29. A. if  B. when  C. unless  D. because

30. A. dare  B. need  C. may  D. should

31. A. signs  B. roads  C. posters  D. people

32. A. possible  B. soon  C. much  D. hard

55. A. money  B. luck  C. time  D. trust

34. A. Therefore  B. But  C. And  D. As

35. A. our  B. she  C. they  D. your

 

IV.  Reading Comprehension (60 points; 36-55)

Directions: 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 one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

 

Passage One

 

People need to be active to be healthy. Our modern lifestyle and all the conveniences we've become used to have made us keep a long time sitting, such as sitting around in front of the TV or the computer, riding in the car for even a short trip to the store and using elevators instead of stairs. That's dangerous for our health. Physical inactivity is as dangerous to our health as smoking!

Add up your activities during the day in periods of at least10 minutes each. Start slowly... and build up. If you're already doing some light activities move up to more moderate ones. A little is good, but more is better if you want to achieve health benefits.

Scientists say accumulate 60 minutes of physical activity every day to stay healthy or improve your health. Time needed depends on effort - as you progress to moderate activities, you can cut down to thirty minutes, four days a week.

Physical activity doesn't have to be very hard to improve your health. This goal can be reached by building physical activities into your daily routine. Just add up in periods of at least ten minutes each throughout the day. After three months of regular physical activity, you will notice a difference --people often say getting started is the hardest part.

36. Nowadays people ______.

    A. are less active than in the past

    B. are more active than in the past

    C. are as active as they used to be

    D. are as inactive as they used to be

37. Time needed for physical activity depends on ______.

    A. health

    B. effort

    C. money

    D. creation

38. You can improve your health ______.

    A. relaxing and keeping cool

    B. spending longer hours in activities

    C. eating less and less during short periods of time

    D. integrating physical activity into your timetable

39. People say that ______.

    A. they do not have time for physical activity

    B. getting started into physical activity is not so difficult

    C. getting started into physical activity is the most difficult part

    D. they prefer keeping the present situation to doing any activities

 

Passage Two

 

Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carets for

siblings, or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them. Thousands more are not registered at any school at all, because of their families' unstable lives.

Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths. First of all, the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves. Secondly, once children go to school, we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going.

In Britain, the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade schools to bring truants(children who do not go to school when they should) and excluded children back into the classroom. It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children. Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign, too: the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school, and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets.

40. According to the text, there are thousands of children who ______.

    A. live in stable families

    B. walk around on the streets

    C. are not registered at any school

    D. stay at home doing the housework

41. Part of the problem that children do not go to school is that ______.

    A. police to pick up truants on the streets are not enough

    B. these children think education is a waste of time

    C. the number of stable families is not big enough

    D. Government doesn't pay enough for children's education

42. The Ministry of Education will take away a school's grant if ______.

    A. they meet their targets

    B. children escape from school

    C. they do not reach their objectives

    D. they failed to persuaded truants' parents

43. The Home Office ______.

    A. will punish parents who fail to send their children to school

    B. will give money to parents to send children to school

    C. has given powers to the police to pick up parents

    D. persuaded children not to escape from school

 

Passage Three

 

We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world.

We have granted ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? Have we developed a sense of acoustic responsibility?

The evidence suggests that we have not. Many people seem to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures have been taken to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law has been passed preventing people from disturbing their neighbors with music at night.

It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way. Noise is in reality a particularly insidious(潜在的) form of rubbish. It destroys community life, pursues us into our homes, keeps us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss.

Our acoustic environment belongs to all of us. Everyone has the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let's start using it responsibly.

44. The level of noise produced in cities and towns ______.

    A. is four times higher every ten years

    B. is four times lower every two years

    C. is twice as high now than ten years ago

    D. is twice as high now than two years ago

45. The right to make noise ______.

    A. is often questioned

    B. is particularly insidious

    C. should be completely forbidden

    D. should be accompanied by a sense of responsibility

46. Many people ______.

    A. think that they have the right to use noisy motorcycles or cars

    B. think that cars and motorcycles are disturbing

    C. feel responsible for their noise

    D. feel guilty for making loud noise

47. The author points out that ______.

    A. noise cannot be prevented at all

    B. people do not feel responsible for their rubbish

    C. noise and garbage are problems that disturb us at home

    D. we should accept our responsibility for noise as we do for rubbish

 

Passage Four

 

The majority of people in Scotland are in favor breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent, according to a poll taken just before the300th anniversary of the Act of Union, which united Scotland and England.

A pair of Acts of Parliament, passed in1706 and1707 that came into effect on May l, 1707, created Great Britain. The parliaments of both countries were dissolved, and replaced by a new Parliament of Great Britain in Westminster, London.

The poll showed support for independence for Scotland is running at51%. This is the first time since 1998 that support for separation has passed50%, and the first time since devolution gave power to the country in1999. Six months before elections for the Scottish Parliament, these poll results come as good news to the Scottish Nationalist Party, who are hoping to make progress against Labor and further the cause of an independent Scotland.

Many people have become disillusioned with devolution, and believe that the Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver what they had hoped it would; only a tenth has no opinion. In fact, only39% of those polled want to keep things as they are.

48. Scotland and England ______.

    A. were united by war

    B. have always been united

    C. want to break up the union

    D. have been united for a long time

49. People who want independence for Scotland ______.

    A. are in the minority

    B. are the vast majority

    C. are the slight majority

    D. have decreased in number since devolution

50. Many people's opinions of devolution ______.

    A. make progress against Labor

    B. have gone down

    C. have gone up

    D. are the same

51. The best title for this passage could be ______.

    A. The Poll in Scotland

    B. Two Acts of Parliament

    C. England and Scotland

    D. Scottish Independence

 

Passage Five

 

Twelve years ago, oceanographer Captain Charles Moore was skippering his yacht the Alguita in the North Pacific. He sailed into a mass of floating plastic rubbish which took him and his crew a week to cross. This floating rubbish dump is now called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and doubles the size of the USA.

The United Nations says there are now18, 000 pieces of plastic in every square kilometre of sea everywhere in the world. A walk along any beach will give you some idea of the seriousness of plastic pollution.

The trouble is, when we throw out plastic with the trash, the plastic doesn't go away. Plastic does not biodegrade. It photo degrades into smaller and smaller particles which then enter the food chain. Plastics contain cancer-causing chemicals along the food chain in increasing concentrations and end up in our fish and chips, along with hormone disruptors. Scientists try to tell us that we are killing ourselves as well as other animals. At least200 species are, as I speak, being killed by plastic. Whales, dolphins, turtles and albatross confuse floating plastic, especially shopping bags and six pack rings, with jellyfish.

Some countries have rebelled and banned plastic bags. And the first was brave Bangladesh. Then China took the same decision. Botswana, Canada, Israel, Kenya, Rwanda, Singapore and South Africa have also banned plastic bags. Notice how many of the world's richest countries are not on this list. It's an absolute disgrace.

Think globally, act locally. A small Australian town is now one step ahead of the rest of the world. The inhabitants of Bundanoon in New South Wales have banned plastic bottles from the town. We need to follow their example and eliminate plastic from our lives, take care of the earth and vote for people we think will do the same.

52. The writer says that we can get an idea of how much plastic rubbish there is in the oceans by ______.

    A. looking at the sea

    B. travelling across the USA

    C. sailing across the Pacific

    D. taking a walk along any beach

53. The reader learns that toxic chemicals get into our food ______.

    A. when plastic becomes small enough to enter our food chain

    B. because other animals are being killed by plastic

    C. because plastic does not biodegrade

    D. from plastic bags from supermarkets

54. In the fourth paragraph the writer is angry because ______.

    A. not many of the world's richest countries have banned plastic bags

    B. not many countries have banned plastic bags

    C. countries are not developing countries

    D. most of the countries are African

55. In the final paragraph the writer advises us to ______.

    A. stop buying plastic bottles

    B. take individual action

    C. visit Australia

    D. stop voting

 

V. Daily Conversation (15 points; 56-60)

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

 

A. that would be nice

B. it's time for me to see my friends

C. What can do for you

D. Thanks for coming so quickly

E. I'll get them immediately

F. you may do me a favor

G. I'll have them cleaned

H. I enjoy it

 

Maria: (knocks on the room door) May I come in, madam?

Ms Anderson: Yes. --56--.

Maria: Certainly, madam. How can I help you?

Ms Anderson: I'd like some fresh towels in the suite when I get back this evening.

Maria: --57--. Would you like me to also change the bed sheets?

Ms Anderson: Yes, --58--. Could you also turn down the covers?

Maria: Is there anything else I can do for you? Perhaps you have some laundry I can take to be cleaned.

Ms Anderson: Now that you mention it, I do have some clothes in the laundry bag.

Maria: Very good, madam. --59-- and folded when you return.

Ms Anderson: Excellent. You know, it gets stuffy in this room.

Maria: I'd be happy to open the window while you are away. I'll make sure to close it before you return.

Ms Anderson: That's good to hear. Well, --60--. Today we're visiting a vineyard.

Maria: Enjoy your day, madam.

 

VI. Writing (25 points)

Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100-120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.

 

你叫李平,是英语系学生会主席。写一封信给王教授,请他做一个有关中国历史的报告。注意信中要包括目的、时间、日期和地点。