1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 101 及答案与解析一、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: 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.1 Every persons usual temperature varies _ the time of days.（A）from（B） in（C） t
2、o（D）with 2 It is requested that every student _ a paper on sustainable development.（A）writes（B） wrote（C） writing（D）write 3 The only way to do that is to _ expenses.（A）decrease（B） diminish（C） lessen（D）reduce 4 Many a teacher in our department _ abroad.（A）have been（B） has been（C） have go（D）has go 5 My
3、 sole object was to get shelter _ the snow, to get myself covered and warm.（A）for（B） off（C） from（D）over 6 You can stay in my room _ you promise not to use the computer.（A）so far as（B） except（C） unless（D）provided 7 It is _ impossible to find a high building in this part of this poorly developed area.
4、（A）barely（B） nearly（C） hardly（D）merely 8 But for your help, I _ my work yesterday.（A）cant finish（B） wasnt able to finish（C） couldnt finish（D）couldnt have finished 9 Mabel wanted to make a dress, but she didnt know how to go _ it.（A）through（B） over（C） into（D）about 10 There is no point _ it again to h
5、im, for he never listens to our advice.（A）saying（B） to say（C） say（D）said 11 We must get there _ before he has a chance to break the news to her.（A）by no means（B） by all means（C） at no means（D）in all means 12 We must study English well, no matter _ difficult it is.（A）what（B） however（C） how（D）that 13
6、She takes great delight _ cooking fancy dishes.（A）for（B） in（C） of（D）at 14 _ out of money, we were reduced to staying in a cheap hotel.（A）Having almost run（B） Almost run（C） Almost being running（D）Having almost been run 15 In order to proceed we must agree _ a plan of action.（A）with（B） on（C） to（D）in 1
7、6 Nowhere in the world is there _ a place for an idle man _ London.（A）such/that（B） so/that（C） such/as（D）so/as 17 Peter is very smart, polite and well-behaved, _ he is admirable.（A）in short（B） in all（C） in general（D）in brief 18 You seldom go to the cinema on the weekends, _ ?（A）dont you（B） will you（C
8、） do you（D）did you 19 They _ their neighbor of playing his radio too loudly.（A）charged（B） unsatisfied（C） complained（D）accused 20 That book _ color is blue belongs to me.（A）which（B） what（C） that（D）whose 21 The key _ success is hard work and persistence.（A）on（B） to（C） of（D）into 22 He was fired by his
9、boss last week, because he _ his duty.（A）neglected（B） obeyed（C） insured（D）ignored 23 Yesterday when I was walking on the street, I _ to see an old friend of mine.（A）managed（B） happened（C） settled（D）occurred 24 I am considering _ your advice.（A）to accept（B） to receive（C） accepting（D）receiving 25 It t
10、ook me a year to be _ to the college life.（A）adapted（B） adopted（C） received（D）accepted 26 Is he _ much from his injuries?（A）suffering（B） bearing（C） standing（D）tolerating 27 The climate here agrees _ me and I feel pretty comfortable.（A）in（B） for（C） with（D）on 28 To be honest, I am _ already that what
11、you have said is quite right.（A）believed（B） trusted（C） convinced（D）proved 29 I really cant figure _ who the person that phoned me just now was.（A）out（B） from（C） at（D）out of 30 Man is the only animal that has the _ of speech.（A）ability（B） power（C） capacity（D）capability 31 In the _ half of the 18th ce
12、ntury those cities became even more prosperous.（A）latter（B） latest（C） later（D）late 32 When you write a composition, would you please leave enough _ for correction?（A）edge（B） margin（C） border（D）limit 33 It is one of the strangest _ in my life that I got lost in my hometown.（A）accidents（B） incidents（C
13、） presidents（D）dependents 34 After a lot of difficulties, Geoffrey _ to open the door.（A）succeeded（B） gained（C） obtained（D）managed 35 The boss thought that young man was well _ to do the job.（A）able（B） qualified（C） skillful（D）capable 二、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are
14、 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.35 A child of five is friendly, competent and obedient, although he may be
15、 bossy with other children and is sometimes sufficiently independent to call his mother names. He is still dependent on adult approval and praise, and so orientated (对感兴趣) to the grown-up that he tells tales without seeing the other childs point of view. There is no real discussion yet fives talking
16、 together indulge in a“ collective monologue (独白)“ ;quarrelling with words often begins towards the end of the year. Group play is often disrupted because everyone wants to be the mother or the bride or the captain of the fire brigade. Each child has an urgent need for constantly recurring (反复的) con
17、tact with an adult in spite of all his efforts to be independent. In his unsureness he may make statements about his own cleverness and beauty, hoping that the adult will praise him: this is not conceit but a cry for reassurance. He loves to say “Watch what I can do.“ Reality and fantasy are still i
18、ntermingled and this confusion may lead him to elaborate on facts.36 It is implied in the passage that a competent child _. ( )（A）does what he is told（B） plays with other children（C） can perform certain task（D）tells other children what to do 37 A five-year-old child sometimes shows his independence
19、by _. ( )（A）making friends（B） calling his mother names（C） seeking adult approval and praise（D）being bossy with other children 38 The passage points out that when everyone wants to be the mother or the bride, group play is often _. ( )（A）broken up（B） spoiled（C） interrupted（D）halted for a moment 39 Wh
20、ich of the following is not conceit but a cry for reassurance? ( )（A）An urgent need for contact with adult.（B） A childs efforts to be independent.（C） A childs unsureness.（D）A childs making statements about his own cleverness. 40 The last sentence of the passage tells us that the five-year-old child
21、_. ( )（A）likes to recite facts（B） tells lies（C） gets very confused（D）sometimes mixes up what is real with what is unreal 40 Perhaps there is only the moon to compare with it. Of all the achievements of American engineering, only the landing on the moon and the planting there of a wrinkled flag can r
22、ival the construction of Panama Canal as an epoch-making accomplishment. The Suez Canal, the trans-Siberian Railroad and the Taj Mahal all pale beside it. The canals construction is more closely akin to the pyramids of Egypt in its scope and difficulty of execution, but in the modern era, there is o
23、nly the moon.Like the landing on the moon, the construction of a canal across the narrow Isthmus of Panama was a dream long before it became reality. As early as 1534, Charles I of Spain proposed a canal at Panama, but it would take nearly 400 years for builders to catch up with his imagination.When
24、 the canal finally was proposed required all the creativity the twentieth century could muster. It was the largest public work ever attempted. Its engineers had to control a wild river, cut the continental divide, construct the largest dam and man made lake known to that date and swing the largest l
25、ocks ever constructed from the biggest cement structures then poured. Along the way, two of the worlds most devastating diseases had to be wiped out in one of their greatest strongholds. And all of this was to be done without the airplane or the automobile: Kitty Hawk rose into the head-lines in 190
26、3 the same year the U. S. signed a treaty with Panamaand there was no road across the isthmus until the World War .If Panama has had an unusual role in bygone dreams, it most certainly has a startling relationship to the hard facts of geography. The country is farther east than most people imagineth
27、e canal and about half of Panama actually lie east of Miami. Because of the countrys shallow “S“ shape and east-west orientation, it has places where the sun rises in the Pacific and sets in the Atlantic. More significantly, Panama is squeezed into the narrowest portion of Central. At the canal, jus
28、t 43 miles of land separate Atlantic and Pacific shores. Perhaps even more important, Panama offers the lowest point in the North American continental divide originally 312 feet above sea level at the canals Culebra Cut. By comparison, the lowest pass in the United States is nearly 5,000 feet.41 In
29、scope and difficulty, the canals construction was most closely alike to that of the _. ( )（A）Suez Canal（B） trans-Siberian Railroad（C） Taj Mahal（D）pyramids of Egypt 42 A canal in Panama was first proposed in the _. ( )（A）1, 300S（B） 1, 500S（C） 1, 600S（D）1,700S 43 The canal was built with the help of _
30、. ( )（A）the airplane（B） the automobile（C） both the plane and the automobile（D）neither the plane nor the automobile 44 Which of these statements is true? ( )（A）About half of Panama lies east of Miami.（B） Panama is squeezed into the narrowest portion of Central America.（C） Panama offers the lowest poi
31、nt in the North American continental divide.（D）All of the above are true. 45 The isthmus of Panama is a _. ( )（A）canal（B） narrow strip of hand（C） kind of crocodile（D）man who once ruled Panama 45 Oceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of the sea“.Before the nin
32、eteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant (不愿意) to go to sea to further his work.For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinent
33、al travellers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?“ had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the lay
34、ing of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.It was to Maury of the U. S. Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853 for information on this matt
35、er. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.The cable was laid, but n
36、ot until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.Within a
37、 few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in
38、 1895.46 The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly _. ( )（A）for oceanographic studies（B） for military purposes（C） for business considerations（D）for investigating the depths of the oceans 47 It was _ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies. ( )（A）the American Navy（B） so
39、me early intercontinental travellers（C） those who earned a living from the sea（D）the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable 48 The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was _. ( )（A）to make some sound experiments in the oceans（B） to collect samples of sea plants animals（C） to estimat
40、e the length of cable that was to be made（D）to measure the depths of two oceans 49 “Defied“ in the 5th paragraph probably means _. ( )（A）doubted（B） gave proof to（C） challenged（D）agreed to 50 This passage is mainly about _. ( )（A）the beginnings of oceanography（B） the laying of the first undersea cabl
41、e（C） the investigation of ocean depths（D）the early intercontinental communications 50 Ever since humans have live on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barr
42、ier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very vivid and exact and can be used internationally;
43、 spelling, however, cannot.Body language transmits ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of indicating that the part is only joking. A nod signifies approval I while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction.Other forms of nonlinguist
44、ic language can be found in Braille ( a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals, Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express
45、human thoughts and feelings.51 Which of the following statements best summarizes this passage? ( )（A）When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.（B） Everybody uses only one form of communication.（C） Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.（D）Although other fo
46、rms, apart from language of communication exist, they are of little value. 52 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )（A）There are many forms of communication in existence today.（B） Language is the most common form of communication.（C） Tourists are incapable of using an oral form of commun
47、ication.（D）Ideas and thoughts can be transmitted by body language. 53 Which form other than oral speech could be most commonly used among blind people? ( )（A）Picture signs.（B） Braille.（C） Body language.（D）Signal flags. 54 Sign language is said to be very vivid and exact and can be used international
48、ly except for ( )（A）spelling（B） ideas（C） whole words（D）expressions 55 How many different forms of communication are mentioned here? ( )（A）5.（B） 7.（C） 9（D）355 Anyone who has ever attended a university knows that the quality of lecturers varies greatly. A few are very effective communicators, conveyin
49、g the substance of their lectures clearly and interestingly and inspiring students to want to know more about the subject. Others produce dull lectures from which the students learn little and which are likely to kill any interest they may have in the subject. Lecturing is a major part of a university lecturers job
