专升本（英语）模拟试卷36

一、1.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. Not having a good command of English can be a serious ______ preventing you from achieving your goals.

A．obstacle
B．fault
C．offense
D．distress

1. It"s very ______ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

A．concerned
B．careful
C．considerable
D．considerate

2. Many a player who had been highly thought of has ______ from the tennis scene.

A．disposed
B．disappeared
C．discouraged
D．discarded

3. She"s fainted. Throw some water on her face and she"ll ______.

A．come round
B．come along
C．come on
D．come out

4. All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.

A．regain
B．recover
C．rescue
D．reserve

5. Computer technology will ______ a revolution in business administration.

A．bring around
B．bring about
C．bring out
D．bring up

6. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of ______ bacteria which have become resistant to drug treatments.

A．regulating
B．halting
C．interrupting
D．combating

7. The ______ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

A．joint
B．intensive
C．overall
D．decisive

8. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ______ in which people communicate across time and space.

A．route
B．transmission
C．vision
D．manner

9. When I go out in the evening I use the bike ______ the car if I can.

A．rather than
B．regardless of
C．in spite of
D．other than

10. Our new house is very ______ for the office as I can get there in five minutes.

A．convenient
B．comfortable
C．suitable
D．available

11. At that time, most people ______ the notion ______ the sun revolves around the earth.

A．take; for granted that
B．took; for granted that
C．took; for granted which
D．took; for granted which

12. All the objections ______ the policy are ______ the real problem.

A．against; unrelevant with
B．to; irrelevant to
C．at; nonrelevant for
D．for; irrelevant in

13. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical ______

A．facilities
B．appliances
C．instruments
D．equipments

14. Some people can be addicted ______ mahjong.

A．to play
B．with playing
C．by playing
D．to playing

15. ______ of the oil pipeline is elevated above the ground.

A．More than a little half
B．Half more than a little
C．A little more than half
D．More than half a little

16. In countries where there are Still not many schools, education is ______.

A．a power
B．a privilege
C．a program
D．a promotion

17. They find it impossible to express ______ like anger or tenderness.

A．emotions
B．sense
C．passions
D．affection

18. After she had committed the crime, her ______ was troubled.

A．quality
B．behaviour
C．soul
D．conscience

19. The pamphlet argues that imagination is not a gift ______ to poets, but something everyone possesses.

A．special
B．peculiar
C．rare
D．unique

20. It is essential that all the facts ______ first.

A．can be examined
B．will be examined
C．has been examined
D．be examined

21. I have invited my boyfriend to lunch, and it"s too late to ______ him

A．put; away
B．put; off
C．put; out
D．put; in

22. I disagreed fundamentally with what the sign ______.

A．stood by
B．stood out
C．stood up
D．stood for

23. The authorities of this station see unemployment as their ______ priority.

A．standing alone
B．on the grounds that
C．number one
D．at first sight

24. If the machine had been cheaper, it might well have ______.

A．caught up with
B．caught up on
C．caught on
D．caught out

25. The news ______ the radio announced surprised everybody.

A．which
B．that
C．in which
D．where

26. She may come with us ______ that she arrives in time.

A．hence
B．otherwise
C．so
D．provided

27. They denounced the government for its ______ wasting of public funds.

A．reckless
B．supplementary
C．inevitable
D．inadequate

28. ______ only three bodies have been discovered.

A．By far
B．So far
C．As far as
D．Far from

29. Every time a new ______ of some color came into my class at school, my blood would start boiling.

A．emigrant
B．emigration
C．immigrant
D．immigration

二、2.Vocabulary

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

0. When we arrived, she was ______ (occupation) in writing a letter to her sister in America.

1. She is completely ______ (depend) and receives no money from her family.

2. The ______ (provide) of a new and large library is of great advantage to the students.

3. The teacher complained that a majority of her students lacked the ______ (motivate) to study.

4. It is a(n) ______ (formal) party, so you don"t need to wear suit and tie.

5. She has to be very ______ (economy) because she hasn"t much money.

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.

0. According to the passage, the Knights of Labor wanted all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A．an 8-hour workday
B．higher wages
C．improving working conditions in the factories
D．an increase in the employment of small children

1. You can infer that most of the goals of the Knights of Labor were ______.

A．unwelcome by the AF of L
B．not reached until after the Knights of Labor died out
C．not helpful to women
D．welcome by factory owner

2. How long did the Knights of Labor last?

A．60 years.
B．31 years.
C．50 years.
D．21 years.

3. The underlined words "resorted to" mean ______.

A．stopped doing something
B．gave up
C．turned to something else for help
D．went on with

4. Which of the following statements about labor unions can be concluded based on the information in the passage?

A．Labor unions reached their peak of power in the 1986"s.
B．It. took labor unions many years to improve conditions for workers.
C．The early labor unions failed .because they were not concerned with the well-being of workers.
D．The early labor unions failed because they could not agree on what they wanted to fight for.

5. A postage stamp"s value to collectors is raised if ______.

A．there are few others like it
B．there are no errors on the stamps
C．a mistake is made in the ,printing
D．both A and C

6. In 1847 most countries of the world were ______.

A．not yet using postage stamps
B．collecting valuable stamps
C．buying stamps from Neuritis
D．printing their own stamps

7. The mistake in the locally printed postage stamps was in the ______.

A．spelling of postage
B．price
C．wording
D．color

8. $ 16,800 is the collector"s value of ______.

A．the One Penny Orange-Red
B．a correctly printed"1847 stamp
C．the Two Penny Blue
D．both A and C

9. The best title for this selection is ______.

A．The "Post Paid" Error
B．The Two Penny Blue
C．A Rare Stamp
D．How Mauritius Became Famous

10. The man asking for a lift was ______.

A．a robber who robs drivers
B．a policeman who had worked in prison
C．a prisoner who had escaped from prison
D．a stranger with ￡ 100.00 in his pocket

11. Mr. Green, was worried because ______.

A．he was driving along a lonely road
B．he had taken a stranger in his car
C．he saw a police-car
D．he was afraid that the man might rob him

12. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station because he ______.

A．didn"t like to give his name and address to the policeman
B．wanted to get help and tell the truth there
C．didn"t like to talk too much with the policeman
D．wanted to leave the man in his car and let him go

13. After reading the story, you can probably tell which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mr. Green didn"t go to the police station until the man got off his car and ran away.
B．Mr. Green would go to the police station as soon as possible.
C．The robber got out of Mr. Green"s car at the outskirts of London safely.
D．Mr. Green might not go to the police station unless he was wanted.

14. What"s the end of the story?

A．The prisoner stole the policeman"s notebook and gave it to Mr. Green in return.
B．The prisoner was caught.
C．The prisoner robbed Mr. Green.
D．Mr. Green sent the prisoner to the police station.

15. The computer DIDN"T help the police ______.

A．to find the suspect
B．to find the murdered couple
C．to arrest the suspect
D．to search a 1950 or 1951 Chevrolet

16. It is clear from the passage that Chevies refer to ______.

A．the murdered couple
B．elderly owners of cars
C．computers
D．Chevrolets

17. The murderer was at last found ______.

A．with the help of a Chevrolet owner
B．with the help of computers
C．by a witness
D．in a car

18. The best title for this passage is ______.

A．Crime--A Grave Problem in the West
B．Chevrolet--A Make of an Old Car
C．Computer--A Powerful Aid in Fighting Against Crime
D．Police--A Useful Force in the Fight Against Crime

19. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Searching through the files of Chevies owners was impossibly difficult.
B．The suspect lived within a fifteen-mile radius of the suburb.
C．The suspect had received a number of traffic tickets before.
D．It took the police hours to find the suspect.

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.

0. 【B1】

A．forget
B．remember
C．compare
D．miss

1. 【B2】

A．today
B．yesterday
C．tomorrow
D．poor

2. 【B3】

A．great
B．huge
C．setbacks
D．remarkable

3. 【B4】

A．gone
B．replaced
C．expensive
D．popular

4. 【B5】

A．old
B．good
C．had
D．best

5. 【B6】

A．films
B．movies
C．billboards
D．televisions

6. 【B7】

A．movies
B．video
C．watch
D．telephone

7. 【B8】

A．loss
B．increased
C．decreased
D．played

8. 【B9】

A．books
B．shows
C．authors
D．awards

9. 【B10】

A．movies
B．food
C．cars
D．television

五、5.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. 据说这幅画是毕加索(Picasso)的名作。

1. 我记得以前在电视上见过他，但我不能肯定。

2. 我们的冰箱坏了，必须找人修一下。

3. 面对这样复杂的情形，他努力抑制着自己的情感。

4. 我期待着再次见到他，因为我们已整整十年没见面了。

六、6.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. (Far from admiring his paintings) I dislike them intensely.

1. The progress of our country in the past few years (was indeed beyond belief).

2. I was just preparing to go to bed (when the telephone bell rang).

3. On new year"s eve, (fireworks went off all over the city), adding gaiety to the festival.

4. Although we still have some problems to face, (by and large our work has been successful).