专升本（英语）模拟试卷136

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. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you ______ the new carpet.

A．crash
B．pollute
C．spot
D．stain

1. I" d rather read than watch television; the programs seem ______ all the time.

A．to get worse
B．to be getting worse
C．to have got worse
D．getting worse

2. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are ______ in grocery stores.

A．ready
B．approachable
C．probable
D．available

3. When I caught him ______ me, I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.

A．cheating
B．cheat
C．to cheat
D．to be cheating

4. It is important that enough money ______ to fund the project.

A．be collected
B．must be collected
C．is collected
D．can be collected

5. Some old people don" t like pop songs because they can" t ______ so much noise.

A．resist
B．obtain
C．tolerate
D．understand

6. If only the committee ______ the regulations(规章) and put them into effect as soon as possible.

A．approve
B．Will approve
C．can approve
D．would approve

7. ______ one time, Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.

A．On
B．By
C．At
D．Of

8. ______ it or no, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.

A．Believe
B．To believe
C．Believing
D．Believed

9. Mr. Morgan can be very sad ______ , though in public he is extremely cheerful.

A．by himself
B．in person
C．in private
D．as individual

10. The medicine is one sale everywhere. You can get it at ______ chemist" s,

A．each
B．some
C．certain
D．any

11. You cannot be ______ careful when you drive a car.

A．very
B．so
C．too
D．enough

12. In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth of the total ______ for living expenses,

A．acceptable
B．available
C．advisable
D．applicable

13. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to ______ the color of his skin.

A．with the exception of
B．ill the light of
C．by virture of
D．regardless of

14. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ______.

A．capacity
B．strength
C．length
D．possibility

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.Each day every person in the United States throws away more than five pounds of garbage(垃圾). There is more garbage now than ever before and most of it is made up of the packages and cans in which we put our food. The traditional way of getting rid of solid wastes is quickly becoming inadequate. Many cities are experimenting with newer ways of handling their growing piles of garbage.
  One of these new ways is "recycling"(回收使用). Through recycling usable materials are taken out of garbage and made into something else. These usable parts of garbage are put through the cycle of going from a raw material to a finished product again.
  In some cities a machine called Hydrapulper is being used to help recycle garbage. A Hydrapulper is like a huge mixing machine. The garbage is dropped onto a conveyor belt (传送带) that feeds the machine. At the same time, water is pumped into the Hydrapulper. With a mixing action, the Hydrapulper throws out the heavy metal objects that can later be sold as waste metal. The rest of the garbage—paper, food, plastic, rubber, glass, wood, leaves, and other items—falls apart. The waste is then mixed with water and carried to another piece of equipment where glass, sand and small pieces of metal are thrown out.
  With the Hydrapulper, up to 95 percent of the original garbage is made again useful. The rest turns into furnace ash(炉灰).

Traditionally, garbage is thought to be ______.

A．a worthless burden to big cities
B．something that can be reused
C．a raw material for making new products
D．able to be recycled but difficult to handle

2.
How does the Hydrapulper work?

A．It throws away glass and sand from garbage.
B．It collects heavy metal objects for selling.
C．It separates garbage into useful and useless things.
D．It pumps water into garbage and mixes it.

3.
A lot of cities are trying new ways to treat garbage mainly because ______.

A．their environment is becoming more and more dirty
B．the traditional ways of treating wastes are not efficient
C．they are short of useful materials
D．they need new materials made from garbage

4.
What is done to the waste that is useless when the new way is used?

A．It is thrown away.
B．It is burnt.
C．It turns into some solid objects.
D．It is stored underground.

5.
What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To describe an experiment in which a Hydrapulper is used.
B．To introduce Hydrapulper, a new type of garbage disposer.
C．To tell what the writer thinks of the recycling of garbage.
D．To explain why garbage should be recycled in a new way.

7.Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who inhabit them. City-dwellers are obliged by their environment to adopt a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you are barely conscious of the seasons. A few flowers in a public park (if you have time to visit it) may remind you that it is spring or summer. A few leaves clinging to the pavement may remind you that it is autumn. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are at a premium(珍贵). Tall buildings blot out the sun. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere.
  Even the distinction between day and night is lost. The flow of traffic goes on unceasingly and the noise never stops.

Which is NOT one of the reasons why city life is not preferable?

A．The people are not in regular communication with the rhythm of nature.
B．The people can"t enjoy sunshine and fresh air.
C．Modern cities offer better schools, more chances of employment.
D．Traffic fumes pollute the air.

8.
What are highly esteemed in big cities?

A．Living conditions.
B．Sunshine and fresh air.
C．Air-conditioned houses.
D．A few flowers and a few leaves.

9.
It"s not easy to see much difference between day and night because ______.

A．city-dwellers are obliged to adopt a wholly unnatural way of life
B．the sun was hidden from view by tall buildings
C．the noise made by traffic never stops
D．large modern cities are too big to control

10.
If you want to know what season it is, ______.

A．it is advisable for you to cling to the pavement
B．you"d better visit a public park
C．you can remind yourself that it is spring or summer
D．you should be barely conscious of the seasons

11.
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Large modern cities are not good to live in.
B．Living in large modern cities has so many disadvantages.
C．All the simple, good things of life are imposed on the people who inhabit large cities.
D．Many things that are going on in nature are not connected with large cities.

13.Lawyers are regarded as Darth Vaders of the New Age in America. America has become overpopulated with lawyers—the legal profession has transformed the American system into a government of the lawyers, by the lawyers and for the lawyers. This has led to an explosion of litigation(诉讼), which has burdened the paying public with billions in legal bills. These are paid by all the people in the form. of higher costs, higher prices and lower productivity.
  As a group, lawyers are one of the most reactionary forces in American society. In an age when we need cooperation and self-responsibility, they promote conflict and blame. Where we need unity, they promote division. Where we need honest communications, they practice the art of distortion in an effort to win legal games.
  A recent study reported in the San Francisco Chronicle found lawyers bad for the economy. They are obviously bad for the total society; they have been called America"s own home grown terrorists due to their explosive, random, and negative impact on the nation. It has been suggested that nothing would benefit the society more than a five year moratorium(延期偿付) on all civil litigation and locking down the law schools until the next century. Of course, this will never happen. Lawyers are powerful figures in the Receding Age and they will not readily surrender their privileged positions.
  Given the negative impact of lawyers on society in general, it is not surprising that they have had a very negative impact upon the employee-employer relationship as well. The number of so-called "wrongful discharge" cases has increased dramatically as lawyers have found a new area to exploit. Some employees now spend more time documenting their cases against their employers for future litigation than they do performing their duties.

Which of the following is NOT the result of excessive lawyers in America?

A．Higher costs.
B．Higher prices.
C．Lower productivity.
D．Lower crime rate.

14.
Why do we say that lawyers are one of the most reactionary forces in American society?

A．They practice the art of distortion in an effort to win legal games where we need honest communications.
B．They promote conflict and blame when we need cooperation and self-responsibility.
C．They promote division where we need unity.
D．All of the above.

15.
Which of the following words describes the author"s attitude to lawyers?

A．Optimistic.
B．Indifferent.
C．Negative.
D．Anxious.

16.
Which of the following is NOT true?

A．It"s reported that lawyers are bad for the economy.
B．Lawyers have been called terrorists due to their explosive, random, and negative impact on the nation.
C．A five year moratorium on all civil litigation and locking down the law schools until the next century have been put into practice in America.
D．Lawyers gave a very negative impact upon the employee-employer relationship.

17.
Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The Legal Profession in America.
B．How to Avoid the Negative Impact Caused by Lawyer.
C．Darth Vaders of the New Age in America.
D．Being a Good Lawyer.

19.I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at (attempting to seize) one another"s hands for reassurance.
  They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus—and—such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoons(蚕茧) into a larger cocoon.
  It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today"s parents have come toward high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don"t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That"s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to tell ______.

A．readers how to be popular with around
B．teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves
C．parents how to control and guide their children
D．people how to understand and respect each other

20.
According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them ______.

A．have much difficulty understanding each other
B．lack confidence
C．dare not cope with problems single-handed
D．are very much afraid of getting lost

21.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．There is no popularity that really counts.
B．What many parents are doing is in fact hindering their children from finding their own paths.
C．It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.
D．Most teenagers claim that they want to do what they like to, but they are actually doing the same.

22.
The author thinks of advertisements as ______.

A．convincing
B．instructive
C．influential
D．authoritative

23.
During the teenage years, one should learn to ______.

A．differ from others in as many ways as possible
B．get into the right season and become popular
C．find one"s real self
D．rebel against parents and the popularity waves

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.Nowadays most people decide quite【61】what kind of work they would do. When I was at school, we had to choose【62】when we were fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. "【63】, scientists will earn a lot of money," my parents said.【64】I tried to learn physics and chemistry, but in the【65】I decided that I【66】a scientist. It was a long time【67】I told my parents that I wasn"t happy at school. "I didn"t think you were," said my mother. "【68】," said my father. "Well, the best thing to do now is to look for a job."
  I【69】about it with my friends Frank and Lesley.【70】of them【71】suggest anything, but they promised that they would ask their friends. A few days later【72】I was still in bed,【73】telephoned. "Is that Miss Jenkins?" a man"s voice asked. "I【74】your hobby is photography and I"ve got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr. Thomson. "He seemed pleasant on the phone【75】I went to see him. I was so excited that I almost forgot【76】goodbye. "Good luck!" my mother said to me.
  I arrived【77】early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if I【78】waiting a long time. "No, not long." I replied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he【79】me a job-- not as a photographer though,【80】a model!
(36)

A．early
B．presently
C．soon
D．quickly

2.(37)

A．what should study
B．what be studied
C．what to study
D．what studied

3.(38)

A．For the future
B．In the future
C．For future
D．In future

4.(39)

A．In three years
B．For three years
C．Three years
D．After three years

5.(40)

A．close
B．last
C．end
D．final

6.(41)

A．would be never
B．never would be
C．would not be ever
D．would never be

7.(42)

A．before
B．as
C．when
D．while

8.(43)

A．I didn"t either
B．Nor did I
C．So didn"t I
D．Also didn"t I

9.(44)

A．told
B．asked
C．talked
D．said

10.(45)

A．Both
B．Neither
C．Nor
D．Not all

11.(46)

A．could
B．should
C．might
D．must

12.(47)

A．since
B．while
C．whereas
D．before

13.(48)

A．everyone
B．anyone
C．no one
D．someone

14.(49)

A．understand
B．suggest
C．recognize
D．inform

15.(50)

A．so
B．later
C．that
D．at last

16.(51)

A．saying
B．to say
C．speaking
D．to speak

17.(52)

A．much
B．more
C．a bit
D．a lot

18.(53)

A．had been
B．would be
C．was
D．might be

19.(54)

A．afforded
B．offered
C．paid
D．decided

20.(55)

A．being
B．as
C．to be
D．but

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. 看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受．

1. 这个地区有大量肉类供应，但新鲜水果奇缺。

2. 我们有充裕的时间从从容容地吃午饭。

3. 丈夫死后，她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重担。

4. 那位业余歌手在歌咏比赛中击败了众多的职业歌手，真令人难以置信。

五、5.Writing

Part VII  Writing

0.   Write a composition on the topic "Birth Control." Start writing your composition with the topic sentence: "Since the Chinese Government singled out family planning as one of the basic state policies in 1978, the country has adopted various measures and achieved great success in birth control." You are supposed to write at least 100 words in your composition using the words and expressions given below.
  decrease  China"s population  It is reported that..,  affect  control  stress  take effective actions