成人高考专升本英语试题卷一

成人高考专升本英语试题卷一，是针对成考专升本考试英语科目的模拟试题。

一、Phonetics:In each of the following groups of words， therned letters or letter combinations marked A，B，C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identife are four underliy the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I.

1.

A.lift
B.withdraw
C.fit
D.April

2.

A.dove
B.notice
C.golden
D.toll

3.

A．excellent
B．mix
C．text
D．exist

4.

A．must
B．hunter
C．hut
D．due

5.

A.seizure
B.sure
C.treasure
D.measure

Vocabulary and StructureDirections: 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.

1.The real difficulty ______ their lack of experience.

A．lies in
B．comes up
C．makes for
D．calls on

2.I dont know the product very well, but its ______ to be quite a fashionable one.

A．talked
B．spoken
C．talked
D．said

3.Now, he is in no______ to listen to your explanation.

A．mood
B．spirit
C．temper
D．tune

4.They are ______ in name, but they no longer teach students.

A．woman teachers
B．women teachers
C．lady teachers
D．ladies teachers

5.Lily plays piano very well, but she doesnt make a living by teaching ______ piano.

A．the: /
B．/: /
C．a: /
D．a: a

6.My bike is broken, I need to have it______.

A．repaired
B．repair
C．to repair
D．repairing

7.The teacher suggests that we______our homework every day if we want to get a high score.

A．does
B．did
C．do
D．will do

8.I will not believe you ______ you can give me a perfect explanation.

A．if
B．however
C．whether
D．unless

9.—Glad to see you again. I______you for weeks. —I______in beijing. Ive just got back.

A．didn"t see: am
B．wasn"t seeing: am
C．hadn"t see: have been
D．haven"t seen: was

10.______, she is not a very beautiful girl.

A．As far as her appearance is concerned
B．As far her appearance is concerned
C．With her appearance is concerned
D．As far as her appearance are concerned

11.We never needed to ask him for help, ______?

A．did we
B．didn"t we
C．needed we
D．needn"t we

12.The skirt I bought yesterday is the best one______Ive ever bought.

A．which
B．that
C．what
D．of which

13.—Have you ever heard from Lily and Mary? —I havent heard from______of them.

A．neither
B．any
C．either
D．all

14.______more time, we could have finished the mission very well.

A．Having given
B．Give
C．Given
D．To give

15.Not until______ the whole thing to him______that his mother loved him.

A．had I explained: he knew
B．had I explained: that the knew
C．I had explained: that he knew
D．I had explained: did he know

三、Reading ComprehensionDirections: 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.People enjoy talking about "first". They like to remember their first love or their first car. But not all firsts are happy ones. Few people enjoy recalling the firsts that are bad. One of historys bad but important firsts was the first car accident. Autos were still young when it happened. The crash took place in New York City. The year was 1896. The month was May. A man was visiting the city in his new car. At the time, bicycle riders were still trying to get used to the new set of wheels on the road. No one is sure who was at fault. In any case, the bike and the car collided. The man on the bike injured. The driver of the car had to stay in jail and wait for the hospital report on the bicycle rider. Luckily, the rider was not killed. Thres years later, another automobile first took place. The scene was again New York City. A real estate broker named Henry Bliss stepped off a streetcar. He was hit by a passing car. Once again, no one is sure just how it happened or whose fault it was. The driver of the car was put in jail. Poor Mr. Bliss became the first person to die in a car accident.
This passage is about______.

A．the first bicycle accident
B．first things in the world
C．two of the first auto accidents
D．the first vehicles with wheels

2.In each accident the driver was______.

A．found guilty
B．going to die
C．imposed a fine
D．put in jail for a while

3.We can conclude that accidents involving cars______.

A．happened most often in New York City
B．do not happen as often as they did in the early days of the auto
C．have killed more people since Mister Bliss was killed
D．were always the driver"s fault

4.The"new set of wheels" that bicycle riders had to get used to was______.

A．the new tires on their bikes
B．the automobile
C．the new street
D．the bicycle itself

5.If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削)year after year, they are only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe(衣柜)packed full of" clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear. Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened: necklines are lowered or raised, and so on. No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anvlhing really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability(耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fuel that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasnt at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes. When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashion of womens clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be treated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and feasibility? Thats for you to decide.
Designers and big stores always make monev

A．by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industrv
B．because they are capable of predicting new fashions
C．by constantly changing the fashion in women"s clothing
D．because they attach great importance to quality in women"s clothing

6.To the writer, the fact that women alter their old-fashion dress is seen as______

A．a waste of money
B．a waste of time
C．an expression of fashion
D．an expression of creativity

7.The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the______of clothing.

A．money
B．fashion
C．comfort
D．quantity

8.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of womem.
B．The constant changes in women"s clothing reflect their strength of character.
C．The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.
D．Fashion designers should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

9.How men first learned to invent words is unknown: in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other: and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience: and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past: and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary(文字的)style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and rude.
The origin of language______.

A．is a legend handed down from the past
B．is reflected in sounds and letters
C．have been found by the scientist
D．is a problem not yet solved

10.One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions is that______.

A．they could agree upon certain signs
B．they could buy something
C．they could communicate with each other
D．they could create word

11.What is TRUE about words?

A．They are used to express feelings only.
B．They can not be written down.
C．They are represented either by sounds or letters.
D．They are visual letters.

12.The real power of words exists in their______.

A．sound
B．writing
C．charm
D．representative function

13.Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born around 287 B. C. and he died in the year 212 B. C. . Archimedes is most well-known for one specific idea that he came up with. " Archimedess 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 Syracuse asked him to solve a problem. The king wanted to know if his crown was pure gold or a mixture of gold and silver. The king, of course, did not melt his crown to find out. The idea came to Archimedes as he lowered himself into his bath. He noticed how the water spilled out of the tub. He decided to use the same idea for the crown. He knew that a gold crown immersed in water would weigh more than one made of silver. The experiment was done and the goldsmith was proved guilty of trying to cheat the king.
A good title for the selection is______.

A．Archimedes
B．Archimedes"s Principle
C．A Gold and Silver Crown
D．The King of Syracuse

14.The word" immersed" in the second paragraph means "______".

A．carry
B．take
C．arouse
D．under water

15.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

16.From this selection we may conclude that the kings 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

17.There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The mans name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty. Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whales flesh. The maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Battley was missing. Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the whales dead body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.
The theme of the passage is______.

A．how to hunt whales for their oil and meat
B．the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
C．the duties of each man on a whaling ship
D．a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived

18.The sailors knew that something was in the whales stomach because______.

A．they could feel it moving about wildly
B．the whale seemed very heavy
C．the whale was swelling at one spot
D．the captain heard Battley yelling for help

19.James Bartley probably never went to sea again because______.

A．he wanted different kinds of adventures
B．of fright and shock
C．he was died after that
D．he doesn"t have boat

20.The author, in telling James Batrleys story, informs us by______.

A．narrating the plain facts
B．doubt the progress of the story
C．comparing whaling to other fishing
D．dramatically telling what happened

四、ClozeDirections: 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.The number of speakers of English in Shakespeares time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a(an) 【C1】______language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas,【C2】______are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as【C3】______levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms. In fact, it is【C4】______to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The【C5】______for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is【C6】______to explain and still more difficult to judge【C7】______forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation. The main reason for the widespread【C8】______for English is its present day importance as a world language. Besides【C9】______the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other【C10】______are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for【C11】______purposes as meteorological(气象的)and airport communications, international conferences, and the【C12】______of information over the radio and television networks of many【C13】______It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, specially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual【C14】______and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and【C15】______as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
【C1】

A．third
B．native
C．second
D．foreign

2.【C2】

A．where
B．those
C．there
D．this

3.【C3】

A．various
B．kind
C．two
D．four

4.【C4】

A．needed
B．important
C．unnecessary
D．impossible

5.【C5】

A．purpose
B．way
C．result
D．skill

6.【C6】

A．pure
B．native
C．special
D．difficult

7.【C7】

A．what
B．which
C．that
D．where

8.【C8】

A．advice
B．suggestion
C．offer
D．demand

9.【C9】

A．offering
B．serving
C．giving
D．making

10.【C10】

A．areas
B．courses
C．races
D．fields

11.【C11】

A．such
B．so
C．much
D．various

12.【C12】

A．difference
B．spread
C．various
D．combination

13.【C13】

A．areas
B．cities
C．towns
D．nations

14.【C14】

A．languages
B．populations
C．accents
D．customs

15.【C15】

A．education
B．market
C．college
D．business

五、Writing

1.For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in 100 -120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly. 请以“Failure and Success”为题写一篇短文，内容包括： (1)人生中遭遇失败很常见； (2)每个人都渴望成功； (3)失败是走向成功的必经之路。