2014年成人高考高升本《英语》临考摸底试题(5)

2014年成人高考高升本《英语》临考摸底试题(5),本试卷总分150分，共有5类型题目。

一、语音知识（在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。）

1.

A.speech
B.stomach
C.charge
D.church

2.

A.switch
B.hatch
C.character
D.match

3.

A.both
B.post
C.cold
D.son

4.

A.exhaust
B.exercise
C.exam
D.exact

5.

A.pour
B.hour
C.course
D.four

6.

A.rare
B.fare
C.scare
D.are

7.

A.persuaded
B.happened
C.treated
D.wounded

8.

A.surprised
B.pleased
C.refused
D.increased

9.

A.crew
B.new
C.few
D.dew

10.

A.suggestion
B.nation
C.dictation
D.satisfaction

二、词汇与语法知识。从每小题的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里

11. It was a ________ room, with beautiful wall paper, waxed floor and nice furniture.

A.pleased
B.pleasant
C.pleasing
D.preasant

12. _______determines a good meal varies from country to country.

A.What
B.That
C.It
D.Which

13. We couldn’t eat at a restaurant because _______ of us had _______ money on us.

A.all…no
B.any…no
C.none…any
D.no one…any

14. —Can I get you a cup of tea?
—______.

A.That’s very nice of you
B.With pleasure
C.You can, please
D.Thank you for the tea

15. As the journey was a long one, he took a friend with him for ________.

A.pleasure
B.entertainment
C.company
D.defence

16. The mountain is 1,000 feet _______ the sea level.

A.over
B.higher
C.above
D.high

17. I want to be told all _______.

A.which happen
B.which happened
C.that had happened
D.that had been happened

18. A person a foreign language must be able to use the foreign language
all his own.

A.learning, forgetting
B.who learns, to forget
C.to learn, to forget
D.using, but

19. This book costs ______ that one.

A.twice more
B.twice more as
C.two times more as
D.twice as much as

20. Please telephone me half an hour _______.

A.in charge
B.in advance
C.in time
D.in front

21. Human beings should find a new _______ of energy.

A.orient
B.source
C.origin
D.souse

22. When wood is burnt, it heat and light, together with heavy smoke.

A.give up
B.sends up
C.sends away
D.sends out

23. It was _______ who helped Tom out when he was in trouble.

A.I
B.me
C.us
D.ours

24. —When can I call on you, afternoon or evening?
—________. I’ll be at home all the time.

A.Any
B.Either
C.Both
D.Neither

25. I don’t know why _______ late for class.

A.you are
B.are you
C.are you being
D.being you are

26. Who will ________ the bill?

A.pay
B.pay for
C.pay off
D.pay out

27. I am very _______ to you for your help.

A.grateful
B.agreeable
C.pleased
D.thanks

28. Your chair needs _______.

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

29. Shanghai has a larger population than _______ in ChinA．

A.any city
B.any other cities
C.other city
D.any other city

30. He spoke so quickly that I did not ______ what he said．

A.catch
B.accept
C.take
D.listen

三、完型填空。通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

31.根据内容回答下列各题，When Pat Jones finished college, she decided she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could _51_ she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job _52_ an English teacher in a school in BoliviA．Pat spoke a little Spanish, _53_ she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.
A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream _54_ a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.
One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had _55_ early, and had slept badly.
“What does this have to do with _56_?” Pat demanded.
“I dreamed all night, Miss, Jones, and my dream was in English!”
“In English” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad students. She was _57_ secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”
“All the people in my dream _58_ English,” the student said, “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”
“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat, “What did all the people say to you?”
“I’m _59_, Miss Jones. that’s _60_ I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they say,It was a nightmare!”

A.as
B.while
C.if
D.since

32.

A.for
B.of
C.as
D.like

33.

A.and
B.but
C.so
D.yet

34.

A.in
B.about
C.of
D.for

35.

A.got up
B.gone to bed
C.fallen asleep
D.woken up

36.

A.you
B.me
C.your dream
D.your homework

37.

A.usually
B.seldom
C.also
D.still

38.

A.read
B.liked
C.spoke
D.learned

39.

A.shy
B.silly
C.sorry
D.sad

40.

A.how
B.why
C.when
D.where

四、阅读理解。阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项，并把她前面的大写字母填在横线上。

41.根据以下内容回答下列各题,
One of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the previous century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested area remained, down to a mere 1 percent of the states 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be foun
d． Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块) were found to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no odor, Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers children who would pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young man, seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with a box of candy or a bunch of flowers.
What is the main topic of this passage?

A.The solution to the Nebraska settlers fuel problem.
B.Life in Nebraska in the late ninteenth century.
C.The imporance of the American buffalo.
D.Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.

42. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived．
B.The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.
C.The children spent a lot of time collecting the chips.
D.Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.

43. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed _______.

A.in greater amounts in summer
B.in greater amounts in winter
C.only in summer
D.only in winter

44. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at?

A.The children needed competitions to them.
B.The buffalo chips gave off no smell.
C.Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers fuel problem.
D.Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.

45. Whats the best title of the passage?

A.Early Settlers
B.One Use of the Buffalo Chips
C.Nebraskas Problems
D.How Young Men Express Their Love for Girls

46.根据以下内容回答下列各题,
In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be touched: food, tools, and precious metals and stones. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal. Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone agrees to accept them.
Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will transform. money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of “bits and bytes”, or units of computerized information, going between machines at the speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and telecommunications devices.
Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

A.International Banking Policies
B.The History of Monetary Exchange
C.The Development of Paper Currencies
D.Current Problems in the Economy

47. According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of exchange of wealth?

A.Bartered foods
B.Fiat money
C.Coin currency
D.Intangible forms

48. The author mentions food, tools and precious metals and stones together because they are all ________.

A.useful items
B.articles of value
C.difficult things to obtain
D.material objects

49. According to the passage, coins once had real value as currency because they ______.

A.represented a great improvement over barter
B.permitted easy transportation of wealth
C.were made of precious metals
D.could become collectors items

50. Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems is NOT supported by the passage?

A.They promote international trade.
B.They allow very rapid money transfers.
C.They are still limited to small transactions (交易).
D.They are dependent on good telecommunications systems.

五、书面表达

51.1.假冒伪劣商品是个严重问题。
2.一些原因导致了这种现象。
3.为了扫除假冒伪劣商品，……