1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 125 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 To reach a correct conclusion, they had debated the subject _.（A）naturally（B
2、） elegantly（C） at last（D）at length 2 _, he overlooks an important point: how to teach children to analyze and solve problems.（A）Unnecessarily（B） Pleasantly（C） Absolutely（D）Unfortunately 3 After I paid the money, the shop assistant gave me a _.（A）receipt（B） reception（C） receiver（D）receptor 4 Under th
3、is _, we cannot choose but obey him.（A）circumstance（B） surrounding（C） situation（D）environment 5 The situation was _ for a breakthrough that night.（A）favourable（B） favourite（C） preferable（D）applicable 6 Many foreigners in England have considerable difficulty making themselves _.（A）to understand（B） to
4、 be understood（C） understood（D）understand 7 They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted _.（A）being unable to help（B） to be not able to help（C） being not able to help（D）not be able to help 8 _ is called erosion (侵蚀).（A）Land which wears away,（B） The wearing away of land（C） To wear away land（D）
5、Wearing away land 9 Id appreciate _ these letters.（A）you to mail（B） you mail（C） your mailing（D）you would mail 10 Variables such as individual and corporate behavior _ nearly impossible for economists to forecast economic trends with precision.（A）make（B） to make it（C） it makes（D）make it 11 The weathe
6、r has changed suddenly; _ we must add more clothes.（A）eventually（B） subsequently（C） accordingly（D）in accordance 12 The _ salary of the staff is about 50.（A）usual（B） average（C） equal（D）common 13 Many people have applied for the _ position.（A）empty（B） bare（C） vacant（D）blank 14 He then _ overalls (工作服)
7、 and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.（A）changed into（B） exchanged for（C） altered（D）turned into 15 The Gulf war has _ lately with heavy losses on both sides.（A）flared up（B） conjured up（C） fired（D）put up 16 Primary batteries of cells are those that, once _, are discarded.（A）to be discharged（B）
8、 being discharged（C） discharged（D）discharging 17 We do not permit _ in the office, so we do not permit him _ here.（A）to smoke; to smoke（B） smoking; to smoke（C） smoking; smoking（D）to smoke; smoking 18 Weather _, we shall go skating tonight.（A）permits（B） permitting（C） will permit（D）permitted 19 There
9、were two small gatherings, each _ by some students.（A）was attended（B） had been attended（C） would be attended（D）attended 20 Wind and rain continually hit against the surface of the Earth, _ large rocks into smaller and smaller particle.（A）to break（B） would break（C） breaking（D）broken 21 He had tried v
10、arious pursuits, but he had to _ teaching in a middle school.（A）settle up（B） settle down（C） settle for（D）settle in 22 The boy was _ by a milk float and taken to hospital.（A）run off（B） run out（C） run over（D）run through 23 From 1970 to 1980 bicycle production increased _.（A）ten-folds（B） ten folds（C） t
11、enfold（D）ten-fold 24 The _ giant enclosed his garden and refused to let the children in.（A）self-made（B） shy（C） generous（D）selfish 25 The villagers were very _ for what those soldiers had done for them.（A）grateful（B） regretful（C） gradual（D）graceful 26 But that he _ short of money at the time. He woul
12、d have come to help us.（A）had been（B） was（C） has been（D）would be 27 When Edison died, it was proposed that the American people _ all power for several minutes in honour of this great man.（A）turned off（B） turn off（C） would turn off（D）must turn off 28 It is economically essential to make sure that thi
13、s entire shipment of new ears _ to the port on time.（A）would get（B） get（C） got（D）gets 29 In this country it is required that anyone who has recently come here _ taxes.（A）will have to pay（B） would have to pay（C） have to pay（D）has to pay 30 The stubborn young man did not follow the advice that he _ on
14、 his behavior since he refused to believe he had done anything wrong.（A）reflect（B） had reflected（C） would reflect（D）must reflect 31 Your explanation is clear and _ under discussion.（A）to the point（B） at the point（C） a case in point（D）on the point 32 Our living standard is still very low, but we are
15、_ living in poverty.（A）by all means（B） by no means（C） by every means（D）by means of 33 The committee is _ session; no one can enter the hall.（A）on（B） at（C） in（D）for 34 We tried to keep a _, but he looked so ludicrous.（A）straight look（B） serious look（C） straight face（D）strict face 35 The news says: An
16、 airline _ kills more than 100 passengers.（A）crash（B） smash（C） rash（D）crush 36 It is most important that one of the brakes on your bicycle _ properly.（A）will work（B） had worked（C） works（D）work 37 _ today, he would get there on Friday.（A）Were he to leave（B） Was he leaving（C） If he leaves（D）If he is l
17、eaving 38 One of the requirements for a fire is that the material _ to its burning temperature.（A）is heated（B） be heated（C） will be heated（D）has been heated 39 What do you think of his motion that we _ a play at the English evening?（A）should put on（B） shall put on（C） would put on（D）will have put on
18、40 I think it is high time that Mr. Smith _ his mind.（A）make up（B） makes up（C） made up（D）will make up 二、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: 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 eac
19、h question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.40 In the year 2000, the world is going to have a population of about 8 billion. Most scientists agree that the most severe problem is food supply.Who is going to feed all these people? Where is the food go
20、ing to come from? Are we going to have enough food? Are we going to produce more artificial foods?One way of improving the situation is for people to eat less meat. Why? Because it takes 4 kilos of grain protein (蛋白质) to produce half a kilo of meat protein.Clearly, there is not going to be sufficien
21、t meat protein for 8 billion people. Therefore, it will also be necessary to change eating habits because meat is the main part of many peoples food today.A possible solution to this latter problem is the soybean (大豆). The soybean plant produces beans which have a very high fat and protein content.
22、Scientists can now make these look and taste like real meat. They can also make many other artificial products such as soybean milk, for example, which has a taste of milk and can be used in cooking in very much the same ways as cows milk. In fact, one woman in the United States fed her family only
23、on soybeans for a year! She gave them soybean beef, soybean chicken, soybean mik, and sometimes just soybeans. Possibly, we are all going to eat soybeans in the future and finally give up meat completely from our tables.41 What is the main subject of the passage?（A）A solution to mans food problem.（B
24、） A solution to the population problem.（C） Advantages of soybean.（D）How to develop good eating habits. 42 According to the passage, meat will completely disappear in the future because _.（A）people have to spend too much time and energy to produce it（B） too much grain protein is needed to produce it（
25、C） it contains too much fat and protein（D）it is not good to the health 43 According to the passage, the main part of food that many people are eating today is _.（A）soybeans（B） grain（C） meat（D）milk 44 In this passage, “artificial food“ refers to food made from _.（A）milk（B） grain（C） protein（D）soybeans
26、 45 Soybean meat is similar to real meat _.（A）in appearance, but not in taste（B） neither in appearance nor in taste（C） both in appearance and in taste（D）in taste, but not in appearance 45 In the past fifty years, American society has changed a great deal. Fifty years ago, most Americans lived in sma
27、ll communities. They rarely moved from one area to another and knew their neighbors at least by name if not by close, personal relations. Life was so personal in those days that people often joked about it.They said that a person could not even stay home from church on Sunday without the whole town
28、knowing about it. It was difficult to keep ones secret in a small community like that, but there was usually a sense of safety, of belonging, and of community togetherness in such places. Except for church and the local movie theater, there was not much entertainment. Some people dreamed about movin
29、g to the exciting life of the big cities, but most people were happy to live all their lives in the same community.Few people experience this type of lifelong relationship or sense of community togetherness now. The American society is much more unsettled now; people often move from neighborhood to
30、neighborhood, city to city, and coast to coast. It is rare to find people who have lived all their lives in one community. Because people move so frequently, they do not have a chance to get to know their neighbors. Perhaps this is also why Americans tend to have a more casual attitude about friends
31、hips than people from some other cultures; Americans are accustomed to leaving friends and making new friends. In such an impersonal society, people have lost the habit of saying hello to people they pass on the streets or in the hallways of their apartment buildings.46 What is described in the firs
32、t paragraph?（A）Entertainment in small towns.（B） Americans adjustment to a moving society.（C） The life style of Americans in the past.（D）Personal relations in small communities. 47 Which of the following is true of the people in small towns many years ago?（A）They used to stay home from church on Sund
33、ays.（B） They knew each other well.（C） Most of them prepared to live in big cities.（D）They liked to tell jokes among themselves. 48 It can be learned from the passage that _.（A）country life is peaceful but dull（B） people living in big cities are easy to get excited（C） few Americans go to church on Su
34、ndays now（D）Americans tend to be rough and impolite today 49 Why does the writer say that the American society today is an “impersonal“ society (last paragraph)?（A）Because American people do not like to talk to each other.（B） Because the society does not have small communities now.（C） Because not ma
35、ny people say “hello“ to each other when they meet.（D）Because people no longer maintain close relations with each other. 50 Which of the following best describes the purpose of the passage?（A）To show how American society has changed.（B） To compare two different ways of American life.（C） To tell the
36、meaning of the American peoples attitude towards life style.（D）To prove that modern life is better than the life in the past. 50 A very rapid increase in the number of ships sailing between American and European ports began almost immediately after the end of the war of 1812 in order to meet the new
37、 need for the regular rapid transportation of mail, light cargo, and passengers. It was the increase in emigration to America that for the first time made the carrying of passengers across the Atlantic more profitable than the transportation of heavy cargo. A new type of sailing vessel, the packet,
38、appeared to meet this new demand, and the extent of the demand very soon resulted in strong competition among several packet lines. The earliest to these was the Black Ball Line established in New York in 1816, only a year after the end of the war. The scheduled service of this famous line started w
39、ith four of the new fast packets, each of 400 to 500 tons: the Pacific, the Amity, the James Cooper, and the William Thompson. During the first twenty years of service, the average time from New York to Liverpool was 23 days and the average trip back to New York took 40 days.By the middle of the cen
40、tury, packets had increased in size to between 900 and 1,000 tons, and their speed had increased. The Red Jacket once sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 11.5 hours. The Mary Whiteridge took 4.5 hours off this record on a run from Baltimore to Liverpool. Such speeds were far greater than t
41、he average of from 19 to 21 days to Liverpool and from 30 to 35 homeward to New York, but the packet had still set a new standard for transoceanic travel. No wonder that steamships, the first of which tried to compete with the packets in 1838, only began to replace them in the 1850s.51 The fastest t
42、ransatlantic voyage by a packet mentioned by the author was from _.（A）Liverpool to New York（B） New York to Liverpool（C） Liverpool to Baltimore（D）Baltimore to Liverpool 52 According to the author, in which decade of the nineteenth century did a steamship first attempt to compete with the transatlanti
43、c packets?（A）The twenties.（B） The thirties.（C） The forties.（D）The fifties. 53 Which of the following was most important in the development of the fast packets?（A）The increased demand for the transportation of all kinds of cargo.（B） The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to Europe afte
44、r the war of 1812.（C） The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to America.（D）The increased volume of mail. 54 The elapsed time of the fastest transatlantic crossing mentioned by the author was 13 days and _.（A）11.5 hours（B） 7.5 hours（C） 7 hours（D）4.5 hours 55 The size of the Amity was a
45、bout _.（A）250 tons（B） 450 tons（C） 650 tons（D）950 tons 55 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful?This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.During the hours when you labor through your work y
46、ou may say that youre “hot“. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such
47、 familiar monologues (自言自语) as: “Get up, John! Youll be late for work again!“ The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each me
48、mber of the family has. You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than
49、you want to. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point.Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on t
