专升本（英语）模拟试卷44

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. Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to______ any further responsibilities.

A．take on
B．get on
C．put up
D．look up

1. The French pianist who had been praised very highly______ to be a great disappointment.

A．turned up
B．turned in
C．turned out
D．turned down

2. Having been found guilty, the man was given a severe______by the judge.

A．service
B．sentence
C．crime
D．crisis

3. ______is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

A．That
B．Which
C．As
D．It

4. I would appreciate______it a secret.

A．you to keep
B．your keeping
C．that you keep
D．that you will keep

5. In some countries, ______ is called "equality" does not really mean equal rights for all people.

A．which
B．one
C．that
D．what

6. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of______.

A．hand
B．reach
C．hold
D．place

7. Two middle-aged visitors fell into the sea. ______, neither of them could swim.

A．In fact
B．Luckily
C．Unfortunately
D．Naturally

8. He gave me some very______advice on buying a house.

A．precious
B．expensive
C．wealthy
D．dear

9. Don"t worry. I have already informed them______ the decision.

A．with
B．of
C．for
D．that

10. He looks as if he______ nothing about the news.

A．would know
B．would have known
C．knew
D．should know

11. Many cities in the southern part of the United States have difficulty______traffic flowing when it snows.

A．kept
B．keeping
C．to keep
D．in being kept

12. He failed the test many times. ______, he didn"t stop trying.

A．But
B．So
C．Although
D．However

13. Bacon and scrambled eggs______the standard American breakfast.

A．were
B．are
C．have been
D．is

14. ______we all know, it is impossible to speak or write English or any other language without using the verb.

A．For
B．Since
C．As
D．Which

15. I consider it an honor______to study here.

A．to permit
B．being permitted
C．to have been permitted
D．to have permitted

16. His integrity is______, which earns him a good reputation.

A．out of the question
B．without the question
C．without question
D．in question

17. It is not easy to learn English well but if you______, you will succeed in the end.

A．hang up
B．hang about
C．hang on
D．hang onto

18. What he did is______what he said to us. He didn"t keep his promise.

A．just
B．related
C．nothing but
D．contrary to

19. Before Christmas all the shops are______with customers.

A．loaded
B．jammed
C．charged
D．mixed

20. When Linda was a child, her mother always let her have______bed.

A．the breakfast in
B．the breakfast in the
C．breakfast in
D．breakfast in a

21. We realized that he was under great______, so we took no notice of his bad temper.

A．excitement
B．stress
C．crisis
D．nervousness

22. Not only I but also David and Iris______fond of playing basketball.

A．am
B．is
C．are
D．was

23. By the time you get through with high school, I______ my postgraduate work.

A．am doing
B．will do
C．have already done
D．shall have done

24. He asked me to lend him some money, which I agreed to do, ______that he paid me back the following week.

A．on occasion
B．on purpose
C．on condition
D．only if

25. ______ difficulties we may come across, we will help one another to get over them.

A．Whatever
B．Which
C．However
D．What

26. Don"t let me catch you______.

A．do that again
B．to do that again
C．doing that again
D．done that again

27. —Does your wife like tea?—Well, she doesn"t really______tea, she likes coffee better.

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

28. This problem is______his ability and I don"t think he can solve it.

A．to
B．in
C．beyond
D．under

29. Whenever we are in______, we must never lose______, but try to think of the way out.

A．the trouble; our heart
B．troubles; hearts
C．trouble; the heart
D．trouble; our heart

30. Franklin" s ability to learn from observations and experience______ greatly to his success in public life.

A．contributed
B．owed
C．attached
D．revealed

31. No agreement was reached______ how much we must pay.

A．up to
B．thanks to
C．as to
D．due to

32. Little______ that the area was so rich in mineral resources.

A．we expected
B．we expect
C．did we expect
D．expected we

33. She said she wouldn"t call us the next day, ______ she?

A．would
B．wouldn"t
C．did
D．didn"t

34. To have some rest and relaxation, I lay back and read my favorite sports magazine______ leisure.

A．at
B．by
C．in
D．with

35. We are______faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower standard of living.

A．readily
B．inevitably
C．smoothly
D．deliberately

36. He quarreled with his mother this morning because he always objects to ______ early, which was just what she did today.

A．waking up
B．wake up
C．being woken up
D．to be woken up

37. Hardly had he put aside his books for a rest______ the bell rang.

A．when
B．that
C．than
D．which

38. Mercury differs from other industrial metals______ it is a liquid.

A．thus
B．because of
C．consequently
D．in that

39. You______ me because I never said that I would meet you here.

A．must have misunderstood
B．must misunderstand
C．must be misunderstanding
D．had to misunderstand

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.

1.Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don"t like crowds and in any case we are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents.
  Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so they were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.
  When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. "Oh, dear!" I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again.

In January

A．lots of people go shopping for discount
B．people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas
C．all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday
D．people don"t have enough money to go looking for bargains

2.
In this passage, the word "bargain" could best be replaced by "something ______".

A．given to people
B．offered at a reduced price
C．offered, sold or bought which is expensive
D．sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement

3.
The husband and wife in the story

A．wished to buy a TV
B．went to the sales the year before
C．often went to the sales to buy clothes
D．were usually not short of money after Christmas

4.
The phrase "split up" in the second paragraph means " ______".

A．break apart
B．cause to break
C．become pieces
D．go in different directions

5.
After their day" s shopping, they ______.

A．were happy with their bargains
B．had got everything they wanted
C．got more than they had hoped for
D．had to go back to the sales the next day

7.Although the United States cherishes the tradition that it is a nation of small towns and wide open spaces, only one in every eight Americans now lives on a farm. The recent population trend has been a double one, towards both urbanization and suburbanization. Metropolitan areas have grown explosively in the past decade, and nearly half this increase has been in the suburbs. With the rapid growth of cities has come equally rapid decentralization. The flight of Americans from the central city to the suburbs constitutes one of the greatest migrations of modern times; quiet residential sections outside cities have become conglomerations (密集) of streets, split-level houses, and shopping centers.
  This spurt of suburban expansion, however, does not alter the basic fact that the United States has become one of the most urban nations on the face of the earth. Census (人口调查) Bureau figures show that the rural population has been shrinking steadily since 1830. When the United States became a nation it had no large cities at all; today some fifty cities have populations of more than 258 ,000. Mammoth complexes of cities are developing in the area of the East Coast and the east north-central states, on the Pacific and Gulf coasts, and near the shores of the Great Lakes. Some sociologists now regard the entire 600-mile stretch between Boston and Washington, D. C.—an area holding a fifth of the country" s population—as one vast city or, as they call it, megalopolis.

A traditional American belief is that ______.

A．few people live on farms
B．the nation consists mainly of small towns and wide open spaces
C．the population is the greatest in the world
D．the United States is a nation of big cities

8.
The selection says that trends are towards the

A．growth of cities and shrinking of suburban areas
B．growth of both rural and suburban areas
C．shrinking of urban and suburban areas
D．growth of urban and suburban areas

9.
Nearly half the increase in metropolitan population is accounted for by the

A．growth of small towns
B．migration to farm areas
C．growth of the suburbs
D．expansion of existing urban areas

10.
The author implies that the modern suburb is

A．quiet and residential
B．very rural in character
C．confused and overgrown
D．much like a small town

11.
Megalopolis is the sociologist" s name for a .

A．suburban area around a city
B．large city and its suburbs
C．group of towns organized as a city
D．group of cities blending to form. one huge city

13.Economically, the world can be divided into two parts. The difference between them is that one part is poor and the other is wealthy. In the poor countries of the world, a lot of people never get enough to eat. In the wealthy countries, a lot of people eat too much. The tragedy is that there are more people in the poor countries than there are in the wealthy countries. It is estimated that about 80% of the world" s population cannot afford to have proper food, housing or medical care. The poor countries are often referred to as the Third World. They have special problems. Often their land is too poor to grow anything on. The land can be improved. But a lot of things have to be done first; new farming methods have to be introduced, people have to be educated, and reliable sources of water and energy have to be found.
  Many of these problems are too complex for one country to solve alone. Outside help is needed, but it has to be the right kind of help. Money is not enough. Newly developed countries need to be helped to be able to help themselves.

According to the article, what is the tragedy?

A．There are more wealthy countries in the world.
B．There are more poor countries in the world.
C．There are more wealthy people in the wealthy countries.
D．There are more poor people in the poor countries.

14.
What is estimated in the poor countries?

A．Many people have not enough money.
B．Many people have no place to live in.
C．Many people have not enough money to see doctors.
D．All of the above.

15.
All of the following suggestions are made in the first paragraph for the improvement of the land conditions in the poor countries except______.

A．new farming methods to be introduced
B．people to be educated
C．reliable sources of water and energy to be supplied
D．better living conditions to be provided

16.
What would be the right kind of help in the author" s opinion?

A．The wealthy people should give them money.
B．The developed countries should teach them ability needed for self-help.
C．The wealthy people should send over technicians to help install sophisticated machines.
D．The wealthy people should establish some shops over there.

17.
The last word of this passage "themselves" means______.

A．newly developed countries
B．rich countries
C．developing countries
D．developed countries

19.The U. S. Department of Labor Statistics indicate that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there is an overabundance of teachers, engineers, physicists and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren"t there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree. These "temporary" jobs have a habit of becoming permanent.
  On the other hand, there is a tremendous need for skilled workers of all sorts; carpenters, electricians, mechanics, and TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can handle and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old distinction that white-collar workers make a better living than blue collar workers no longer holds true.
  The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that a college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. Parents begin telling their children this myth before they are out of grade school. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn"t matter. Everybody should go to college.
  One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up.

What does the U. S. Department of Labor Statistics show?

A．There is an oversupply of labor force and this oversupply is increasing.
B．Many college graduates find it difficult to get jobs for which they were trained.
C．There is a short supply of teachers, engineers and other professionals.
D．There are more temporary jobs than permanent ones in U. S. companies.

20.
What does the author mean by saying " these " temporary" jobs have a habit of becoming permanent" ?

A．Once college graduates take a temporary job, they soon become used to it.
B．College graduates have developed the habit of taking temporary jobs.
C．Many college graduates might never find jobs for which they were trained.
D．More and more college graduates are unwilling to change their jobs.

21.
What is implied but not stated in the passage is that in the past

A．blue-collar workers made a better living than white-collar workers
B．college and graduate schools trained more skilled workers
C．there were more white-collar workers than blue-collar workers
D．there were less white-collar workers than blue-collar workers

22.
By "many people go to college who do not belong there," the author means that

A．many people who are not fit for college education go to college
B．many people who don"t have adequate financial support go to college
C．many people who go to college drop out within one or two years
D．many people who go to college find the courses are not interesting

23.
We can conclude that the author believes______.

A．every young man and woman should go to college
B．more young people should be trained for skilled jobs
C．people with higher education should receive higher pay
D．the government should offer more opportunities for college graduates

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.

1.Shopping for clothes is not the【61】experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in【62】. He knows what he wants,【63】his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary【64】All men simply walk into a shop and ask【65】what they want. If the shop has it in【66】, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of【67】it on proceeds at once. All【68】well, the deal can be and often is completed【69】less than five minutes, with【70】chat and to everyone" s satisfaction.
  Now how does a woman go【71】buying clothes? Her shopping is not always【72】on needs. She has【73】fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only " having a look【74】". She is always open to【75】, indeed she gets great store by what the salesman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind【76】the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her.【77】to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always in the lookout for the unexpected【78】. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily【79】an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an【80】one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
(61)

A．similar
B．different
C．same
D．time consuming

2.(62)

A．detail
B．advance
C．time
D．mind

3.(63)

A．since
B．but
C．and
D．as

4.(64)

A．matter
B．thing
C．objective
D．consideration

5.(65)

A．about
B．of
C．for
D．on

6.(66)

A．sale
B．stock
C．store
D．supply

7.(67)

A．putting
B．testing
C．examining
D．trying

8.(68)

A．is
B．goes
C．happening
D．being

9.(69)

A．after
B．much
C．in
D．spending

10.(70)

A．hardly
B．no
C．nor
D．seldom

11.(71)

A．on
B．about
C．for
D．out

12.(72)

A．decided
B．put
C．depended
D．based

13.(73)

A．nevertheless
B．already
C．never
D．yet

14.(74)

A．round
B．about
C．at
D．for

15.(75)

A．persuasion
B．words
C．fashion
D．deal

16.(76)

A．was
B．is
C．were
D．are

17.(77)

A．According
B．As
C．So as
D．Contrary

18.(78)

A．bargain
B．fashion
C．style
D．mode

19.(79)

A．use
B．cost
C．spend
D．need

20.(80)

A．worthwhile
B．tolerant
C．enjoyable
D．tiresome

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. 只要有耐心，你一定会成功。

1. 有准备的人更容易抓住机遇。

2. 这位著名的科学家把他的一生都献给了祖国。

3. 在英语学习中，你认为“读”和“说”哪个更重要?

4. 全世界都认为中国经济的迅速发展是个奇迹。

5. A：你足足迟到了一个小时。
B：对不起，今天下雨，路上堵得厉害。
A：那你也应该打个电话说一声。
B：实在对不起。手机没电了。
A：下不为例啊。赶紧去工作吧。

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. It would be impossible for our body to relax to such an extent if we were awake.

1. Not knowing her address, we couldn"t get in touch with her.

2. Not that I don"t want to help you, but that it" s beyond my power to do so.

3. All this is very difficult for a college student to explore, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild weeds.

4. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman" s life spent in caring for children.

5. A: Do you know which country will held the 2010 Asian Games?
B: It is the People" s Republic of China.
A: China" Oh, I heard it was a great country with long history and deeply culture.
B: And it is very rich and strong now. And Chinese leaders and people are very friendly and open.
A: It seems that it will give a blow to the world in 2010.

六、6.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0. For this part, you" re required to write "An Application Letter". You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition on the Answer Sheet.
请你(Susan)给人事部经理写封求职信，申请一份秘书的工作。除了注意信的格式外，信件应包含以下内容：
(1)从中国日报(China Daily)上看到广告，前来应聘，随附简历(无需写简历)；
(2)介绍个人情况和工作经历，说明你为什么适合这份工作；
(3)要求给予面试机会。