专升本（英语）模拟试卷238

一、1.Phonetics

0.(1)

A．town
B．gown
C．show
D．drown

1.(2)

A．funny
B．only
C．July
D．lucky

2.(3)

A．tired
B．fire
C．hire
D．bird

3.(4)

A．pays
B．plays
C．stays
D．says

4.(5)

A．fountain
B．obtain
C．contain
D．maintain

二、2.Vocabulary and Structure

Part I  Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: 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.

0. Five minutes earlier, ______we could have caught the last train.

A．and
B．but
C．or
D．so

1. He was in poor health. He could not make his voice ______.

A．hear
B．to hear
C．heard
D．to be heard

2. The car crashed into the train, and the driver was killed ______the spot.

A．on
B．at
C．to
D．by

3. Keep in ______that all people are different and some may progress faster than others.

A．head
B．brain
C．heart
D．mind

4. Sally seldom does her homework in the morning, ______.

A．so does Jerry
B．Jerry is too
C．neither does Jerry
D．Jerry doesn’t too

5. Had he worked harder, be ______the exams.

A．must have got through
B．would have got through
C．would get through
D．could get through

6. ______determines a good meal varies from country to country.

A．What
B．That
C．It
D．Which

7. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun ______the beginning of life.

A．with
B．to
C．for
D．as

8. I am feeling sick. I ______so much chocolate.

A．needn’t have eaten
B．couldn’t have eaten
C．mustn’t have eaten
D．shouldn’t have eaten

9. Half a year after the war, schools in the country returned to______.

A．normal
B．cultivation
C．instruction
D．education

10. You must take ______for granted that I will help you.

A．it
B．that
C．this
D．its

11. Little ______what others think.

A．does he care about
B．did he care about
C．he cares about
D．he cared about

12. ______have gone abroad.

A．The White
B．The Whites
C．The White’s
D．The Whites’

13. ______we have finished the text, we shall start doing more revision exercises.

A．For now
B．Since that
C．Now that
D．By now

14. My new glasses cost me ______the last pair that I bought.

A．three times
B．three times as much as
C．three times as much
D．three times much as

三、3.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.

1. The Planning Office had decided to close the school because ______.

A．there were too many children in each class
B．the schools in Raval were bigger and better
C．it had too few children and it was expensive to run
D．the teacher was retiring and they could not find another

2. Mr. Karazin said that the children would ______.

A．travel by bus to Raval, without cost to their parents
B．travel to Raval in their parents" cars
C．be taken each day by bus to the Raval Transport Department
D．go by bus to and from school at a low cost to parents

3. "The Chairman voiced the view of the meeting" means ______.

A．he was the one who called the meeting to find out parents" views
B．he spoke most at the meeting because he was chairman
C．he said what everyone at the meeting, had asked him to say
D．he expressed the opinion held by most people at the meeting

5. Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintings?

A．Apollo.
B．The Week.
C．New Internationalist.
D．The Guardian Weekly.

6. It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ______.

A．men
B．women
C．children
D．grown-ups

7. The purpose of writing these four texts is to ______.

A．tell the readers the latest news
B．get more readers to subscribe (订阅)
C．show the importance of the four magazines
D．introduce the four magazines to new readers

9. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ______.

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband
B．women have so much to share
C．women show little interest in ballgames
D．he finds his wife difficult in talk to

10. Rubin"s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to ______.

A．a male friend
B．a female friend
C．her parents
D．her husband

11. According to the text, which type of behavior. is NOT expected of a man by society? ______.

A．Ending his marriage without good reason.
B．Spending too much time with his friends.
C．Complaining about his marriage trouble.
D．Going out to ballgames too often.

12. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph? ______.

A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.
B．Women are more serious than men about marriage.
C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.
D．Women depend on others in making decisions.

13. The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around ______.

A．happy and successful marriages
B．friendships of men and women
C．emotional problems in marriage
D．interactions between men and women

15. Mr. Barlow was invited to the head office ______.

A．to apply for a job as a travelling salesman
B．so that Mr. Snell could decide whether he was the man for the job
C．to find out more about the job of a travelling salesman
D．so that he could sell Caldwell"s office materials to Warman"s

16. One reason why Mr. Barlow left the job was that ______.

A．he found it difficult being sincere to housewives after walking so far
B．he did not think he was selling enough
C．he found it difficult to say they were good brushes when he knew they were not
D．he was unable to sell any of the brushes because they were of such poor quality

17. Another reason Mr. Barlow left his job was that ______.

A．he was given a job selling brushes and dusters at Caldwell"s
B．he applied for the job of travelling salesman at Warman"s
C．his family did not support him in his work as a brush salesman
D．he was not earning enough money as a brush salesman

18. Mr. Barlow thought he could be "sincere" about selling Warman"s office materials because ______.

A．Warman"s would pay him well to sell their materials
B．Warman"s materials were known to be of high quality
C．he was used to selling them, so knew how to do it
D．he would not have to sell direct to housewives

四、4.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.

1.Mary Arming (1799—1847) was a British fossil hunter who began finding【21】as a child, and soon supported herself and her very【22】family by finding and selling fossils. Very【23】is known about her life, but her father was a cabinet maker and he also【24】local fossils.
  Mary【25】on the southern coast of England, in a town called Lyme Regis. Its famous【26】by the sea contain【27】fossil layers that【28】from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (the【29】of the dinosaurs, other bizarre reptiles, large insects, sea creatures,【30】mammals, and【31】life forms).
  Mary Arming【32】and prepared the first fossilized plesiosaur (an ocean-dwelling reptile) and the first Ichthyosaurus (an ocean-dwelling reptile that【33】like a dolphin). She found many other important fossils, including Pterodactylus (a flying reptile), sharks (and other fish), and so on.【34】with her brother Joseph, Mary supplied prepared fossil specimens to【35】museums, scientists, and private collections.
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A．cliffs
B．dinosaurs
C．fossils
D．museums

2.(37)

A．poor"
B．rich
C．famous
D．unknown

3.(38)

A．a lot
B．little
C．many
D．much

4.(39)

A．hunter
B．find
C．wanted
D．collected

5.(40)

A．traveled
B．lived
C．went
D．arrived

6.(41)

A．cliffs
B．place
C．people
D．creatures

7.(42)

A．believable
B．untrusting
C．incredible
D．funny

8.(43)

A．period
B．date
C．started
D．beginning

9.(44)

A．date
B．year
C．animals
D．time

10.(45)

A．early
B．last
C．before
D．later

11.(46)

A．other
B．new
C．any
D．specific

12.(47)

A．looked
B．interested
C．worked
D．found

13.(48)

A．seemed
B．thought
C．considered
D．looked

14.(49)

A．Separated
B．Together
C．Formed
D．United

15.(50)

A．little
B．many
C．a few
D．a little

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   For this part, you are supposed to write a narrative passage in 100-120 words according to the following situations.
  假设你在上班的路上(或公交车上)发现小偷正在偷别人的钱。描写这个事件的过程。

六、6.Daily Conversation

1.Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. What about making it a little earlier?     B. I have no idea.
C. Let"s go together.             D. Thank you all the same.
E. Do you like basketball?           F. When and where shall we meet?
G. It doesn"t matter?             H. What are you going to do?
A: What do you plan to do this weekend?
B:【61】
A: I hear there"s going to be a basketball match this Sunday. Tom and I are going to watch it.【62】
B: Of course. Basketball is my favourite. But I have no ticket for the match. What a pity!
A: You"re lucky. I have some free tickets.【63】
B: Great!【64】
A: Let"s meet at the bus stop at half past five.
B: I think there must be a big crowd of people there.【65】
A: OK. See you at five o"clock.
B: See you.
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2.(53)

3.(54)

4.(55)

5.(56)