专升本（英语）模拟试卷34

一、1.Vocabulary

Part II  Vocabulary
Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the proper word derived from the one given in the bracket.

0. Her ______ (fluent) in English gives her an advantage over other girls for the job.

1. Let"s not wait any ______ (long), he might not turn up at all.

2. Don"t take the boat out in this ______ (storm) weather.

3. She is ______ (fortune) enough to enjoy good health.

4. ______ (confident) is the key factor in communicating with opposite sex.

5. Franklin"s ability to learn from ______ (observe) and experience contributed greatly to his success in public life.

二、2.Reading Comprehension

Part III  Reading Comprehension
Directions: 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.

0. The first sentence lets us know that this passage is about ______.

A．turtles
B．oceans
C．time
D．eggs

1. Turtles bury their eggs ______.

A．to keep them cool
B．to protect them from danger
C．because of deep instinct
D．to protect them from the weather

2. We can conclude from this passage that ______.

A．many turtles die while swimming to shore
B．female turtles protect their babies
C．once turtles leave land, they never return to the sea
D．the job of laying eggs takes tremendous strength

3. The writer compares turtles to mountain climbers

A．because they lay their eggs in mountain areas ______.
B．to give you a picture of how hard they work
C．to tell you that they like to climb
D．to tell you that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles

4. In this passage, the word attain means ______.

A．see
B．push
C．bury
D．reach

5. What is the passage mostly concerned with?

A．The size of beards.
B．The color of beards.
C．Varieties of false beards.
D．The custom of wearing false beards.

6. According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______.

A．handsome and mature
B．too young to have beards
C．aristocrats or fashionable dandies
D．royalty

7. We can assume from the passage that ______.

A．red beards were more fashionable than black ones
B．everyone in fourteenth-century Spain shaved
C．false beards were considered foolish by those who had real beards
D．the popularity of false beards largely died out after the fourteenth century

8. The writer reveals the "foolishness" of the custom in the paragraph by ______.

A．giving old or humorous examples
B．using convincing arguments
C．giving eyewitness accounts
D．saying that Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to it

9. The best definition for the word unfortunates is ______.

A．those who have no facial hair
B．those who are unlucky
C．very young people
D．very poor people

10. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______.

A．when he joined his first rock band
B．after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist"
C．at fourteen
D．before he was fourteen years old

11. According to the article, Piano Man and Street-life Serenade were ______.

A．written when Billy Joel was fourteen
B．released by Columb a Records
C．hit albums
D．written as movies soundtracks

12. Which of the following facts is the last?

A．Piano Man was released.
B．Billy Joel played in a number of Long Island groups.
C．Cold Spring Harbor was released.
D．Billy Joel was named "Best New Male Vocalist".

13. Billy Joel was born in the state of ______.

A．Long Island
B．New York
C．New Jersey
D．Suffolk

14. In this article, you are not told that Billy Joel is a ______.

A．singer
B．composer
C．performer
D．guitar player

15. The author ______.

A．believe that most people are superstitious
B．believe that very few people are superstitious
C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do
D．is superstitious

16. This article suggests that if one wants to be successful he should have ______.

A．luck
B．abilities
C．hard work
D．both B and C

17. According to the author, which of the following is NOT an ancient belief?

A．Gods lived in trees.
B．The gods would be envious of one"s success.
C．Sneezing is unsanitary.
D．Knocking on wood attracting gods" attention.

18. When a person sneeze, others would say "God bless you." It comes of which of the following beliefs?

A．A sneeze makes devils come into one"s body.
B．Telling the name of God can get devils out of one"s body.
C．God may help people sneeze.
D．Both Ａ and Ｂ.

19. Superstitions had their origins (起源于) in ______.

A．commands from the "Gods"
B．fear of the unknown
C．evidence of what had actually happened
D．careful studies

三、3.Cloze

Part IV  Cloze
Directions: 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.

0. 【B1】

A．heard
B．liked
C．needed
D．hated

1. 【B2】

A．that
B．no
C．her
D．his

2. 【B3】

A．letters
B．soup
C．order
D．index

3. 【B4】

A．way
B．year
C．alphabet
D．is

4. 【B5】

A．back
B．beginning
C．center
D．winner

5. 【B6】

A．breakfast
B．kindergarten
C．yesterday
D．tomorrow

6. 【B7】

A．useful
B．thoughtful
C．unnecessary
D．smart

7. 【B8】

A．move
B．worry
C．scream
D．speak

8. 【B9】

A．expect
B．doubt
C．forget
D．review

9. 【B10】

A．dumb
B．bright
C．angry
D．front

四、4.Translation from Chinese to English

Part V  Translation from Chinese to English
Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate Chinese into English.

0. 只要你坚持学习英语，你肯定会取得更大进步。

1. 美国的私立学校在规模和质量上相差很大。

2. 流利的英语使她比别的女孩在竞争这份工作时更有优势。

3. 那辆汽车半途无缘无故熄火。

4. 他刚才说的话与正在讨论的问题几乎无关。

五、5.Translation from English to Chinese

Part VI  Translation from English to Chinese
Directions: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese.

0. (If we are discouraged at the start), we will never succeed.

1. What (fruits are in season) now?

2. (A fall in a pit, a gain in your wit).

3. The general manager"s secretary (has been on the go all day).

4. (By the time he was 18 years old), he had developed to the extent that he never listened to his parents" advice.

六、6.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0. For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Make Our Cities Greener. You should write no less than 150 words and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.
  1. 城市绿化的现状。
  2. 绿化的好处(如：清闲空气，美化城市，改善气候……)。
  3. 怎样才能实现绿化。