1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 133 及答案与解析一、Phonetics（A）town（B） gown（C） show（D）drown （A）funny（B） only（C） July（D）lucky（A）tired（B） fire（C） hire（D）bird （A）pays（B） plays（C） stays（D）says （A）fountain（B） obtain（C） contain（D）maintain二、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Each of the following sentences is provided with f
2、our choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.6 The airplane arrived one hour behind _.（A）timetable（B） plan（C） date（D）schedule 7 I would like to stay in the university _ going home during the holiday.（A）despite（B） in addition to（C） as well a
3、s（D）instead of 8 _ when she started complaining.（A）Not until he arrived（B） Hardly had he arrived（C） No sooner had he arrived（D）Scarcely did he arrive 9 The last half of the nineteenth century _ the steady improvement in the means of travel.（A）has witnessed（B） was witnessed（C） witnessed（D）is witnesse
4、d 10 One day I _ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a state college.（A）came across（B） came about（C） came after（D）came at 11 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 12 You _.
5、him so closely; you should have kept your distance.（A）shouldnt follow（B） mustnt follow（C） couldnt have been following（D）shouldnt have been following 13 An investigation was made into the accident, _ fifty people were killed.（A）for that（B） when（C） where（D）in which 14 When he applied for a _ in the of
6、fice of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager.（A）location（B） profession（C） career（D）position 15 The new appointment of our president _ from the very beginning of next semester.（A）takes effect（B） takes part（C） takes place（D）takes turns 16 What he said just now had little to do with the q
7、uestion _ discussion.（A）on（B） in（C） under（D）at 17 By the end of next month we _ this assignment.（A）will finish（B） will be finishing（C） will have finished（D）have finished 18 Only when you have completed the basic English course _ be permitted to take the advanced courses.（A）you can（B） can you（C） you
8、will（D）that you 19 It was _ that this matter be considered at the next meeting.（A）proposed（B） opposed（C） supposed（D）composed 20 He climbed up into the tree and picked all of the fruit _ reach.（A）near（B） inside（C） within（D）beyond 21 We need a chairman _.（A）for whom everyone has confidence（B） who ever
9、yone has confidence of（C） in whom everyone has confidence（D）whom everyone has confidence on 22 The mason _ I didnt do this exercise is I didnt know how to do it.（A）why.because（B） why.that（C） for.that（D）that.because 23 The sports meeting, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _ because o
10、f the bad weather.（A）set off（B） broken off（C） worn off（D）called off 24 The _ of finding gold in California were good in the 1840s.（A）proposals（B） promises（C） prospects（D）privileges 25 To succeed in a scientific research project, _.（A）one needs to be persistent（B） persistence is needed（C） one needs b
11、e a persistent person（D）persistence is what one needs 26 We desire that the tour leader _ us immediately of any change in plans.（A）inform（B） informs（C） informed（D）has informed 27 Wheat is _ from the farms to the mills.（A）carded（B） conveyed（C） transmitted（D）transported 28 The article opens and closes
12、 with descriptions of two news reports, each _ one major point in contrast with the other.（A）makes（B） made（C） is to make（D）making 29 Scarcely _ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady living at the end of the lane.（A）a day passes（B） passes a day（C） does a day pass（D）has a day Passed
13、 30 This playground is _ the playground we had in our high school.（A）ten times larger（B） ten times that of（C） ten times as large as（D）as large as ten times 31 When I saw her facial _ I knew she was angry.（A）appearance（B） expression（C） looking（D）feeling 32 If _, the two World Trade Center towers in N
14、ew York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year.（A）fully occupied（B） to fully occupy（C） fully occupying（D）to be occupied fully 33 _ in an atmosphere of harmony was what my wife and I have been desiring.（A）The boy to be educated（B） The boy educate（C） The boys being educ
15、ated（D）The boy was educated 34 We all _ the achievements he has made in his experiments.（A）admire（B） adopt（C） advise（D）adjust 35 Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university _.（A）has been accepted（B） have been accepted（C） was accepted（D）were accepted 36 When a rue _ at t
16、he National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.（A）broke off（B） broke out（C） broke down（D）broke up 37 The manage, would rather his daughter _ in the same office.（A）had not worked（B） not to work（C） does not work（D）did not work 38 _ the earth to be flat, ma
17、ny feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.（A）Having believed（B） Believing（C） Believed（D）Being believed 39 When you _ your meal, well go to the movies together.（A）have（B） have had（C） will have had（D）had 40 There are many things whose misuse is dangerous, but it is hard to think of
18、anything that can be compared _ tobacco products.（A）in（B） with（C） among（D）by 三、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 each question. Then, mark yo
19、ur answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.40 One friend once said to me, “Do you know that most college students cant even put semi-colons(分号) in the right place?“ Emphatic voices like his have recently made writing courses popular, strangely popular because of their hard-
20、nosed attitude toward correct writing. Most administrators and teachers extend this medicinal metaphor (隐喻), they agree that students are suffering from a serious disease. Many tests identify increasing numbers of student writers as skills cripples (跛子), and they need treatment. Remedial courses are
21、 given everywhere. More writing labs are appearing and expanding.Many students are willing to believe that there is really something wrong with them. More students than ever before tell me and my colleagues that they are indeed bad writers and need lots of help with grammar and punctuation. I feel l
22、ike a doctor, my job is to diagnose (诊断) the disease and prescribe cures whenever I read student writing, It would be easy enough for me to circle spelling errors, cross out unnecessary commas, line out wordy sentences. And knowing that this sort of marking can sting, I would of course write, onto t
23、he end of the paper, something about how I know the student really tried hard, something about his rich imagination or his clear potential for doing well.But I wonder whether all these well-intentioned scrawls (潦草写几句话) would do little more than confirm my students fears about how crippled he is.41 A
24、ccording to the passage, a “skills cripple“ is someone who _. ( )（A）is seriously ill（B） has a rich imagination（C） is a bad writer（D）has a serious injury to the leg 42 Which of the following is the purpose of the first paragraph? ( )（A）To describe some successful doctors（B） To compare poor writers wi
25、th diseased people（C） To tell the teachers why some students are poor in health（D）To show the importance of a teachers job 43 It can be inferred from the passage that most students _. ( )（A）admit their incorrect writing（B） make use of their dictionaries in writing（C） can correct their own papers（D）h
26、elp each other in their writing class 44 Which of the following is TRUE of teachers correction of his students writing errors? ( )（A）It is good to correct all the errors（B） A teacher should write something on the papers to encourage his students（C） A teachers handwriting must be tidy and clear（D）A t
27、eacher had better point out the way for each student to improve his writing 45 The author of the passage is probably a _. ( )（A）doctor（B） patient（C） student（D）teacher 45 As protector of her familys health, the poineer woman confronted situations she never imagined before crossing the Mississippi. Fe
28、w women came West prepared to deal with desert sunburn, rattlesnake bites, or arrow wounds. Even when doctors were available, they were often no more knowledgeable than their patients. And most patent (专利) medicines were no more reliable than the itinerant (巡游) merchants who sold them.In certain cas
29、es, a woman could draw upon the folk wisdom and remedies she had learned back home; Western mosquitoes, for example, proved to be as repelled by a paste of vinegar and salt as were their Eastern cousins. More often, however, a woman was guided only by her own ingenuity in concocting (调制的) tonics ( 补
30、药), powders, poisons, and polishes from whatever she had at land: salt made a passable toothpaste, gunpowder was applied to wants, and turpentine to open cuts, goose grease, skunk oil, and the ever present lard were basic liniments; medicinal teas and tonics were brewed from sunflower seeds and root
31、s.46 Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? ( )（A）Many people who went West were doctors.（B） Medicine and the people who sold it were not reliable.（C） Many pioneer women died from bites inflicted by snakes and mosquitoes.（D）Pioneer women had to invent their ow
32、n remedies when they moved West. 47 According to the passage, why were doctors in the West sometimes unable to help their patients? ( )（A）They did not know how to treat the unfamiliar illnesses.（B） They were more interested in establishing practices in the cities.（C） They were more concerned with do
33、ing research than with treating patients.（D）They were often overcome by diseases caught from their patients. 48 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about patent medicines? ( )（A）They did not cost much.（B） They helped heal snake bites.（C） They did not work very well.（D）They had a
34、strong taste. 49 It can be inferred that most of the pioneers referred to in the passage were originally from where in the United States? ( )（A）The desert.（B） The West.（C） The State of Mississippi.（D）The East. 50 As used in line 8, the word “cousins“ refers to _. ( )（A）similar medicines（B） mosquitoe
35、s in the East（C） people with the same beliefs（D）family members in the West 50 There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable. At an earlier period, our desire for material wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious pr
36、oblems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth. These include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible negative effects
37、of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing inertease in the worlds population. As society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth
38、 rate there are still many poor people in the world. These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed to improve the quality of life in the world. Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect
39、 our natural surroudings from industrialization.This debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry. If those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored. To find a solution, economists and the
40、business community must pay attention to these problems and continue discussing them with one another.51 According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons EXCEPT that _. ( )（A）our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry（B） the
41、fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue（C） the world population is ever increasing（D）more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life 52 Those who want more economic growth believe that continued economic growth _. ( )（A）is
42、essential to the well-being of society as a whole（B） can provide the solution to many of our social problems today（C） can protect our environment from being polluted by industry（D）can provide us with more natural resources for industrialization 53 We may infer from the context that “proponents“ ( Pa
43、ra. 3 ) most probably means _. ( )（A）arguments in support of something（B） disagreements（C） people who argue for something（D）people who argue against something 54 The passage is mainly about _. ( )（A）the contradiction between economists and the business community（B） the present debate on economic gro
44、wth（C） the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth（D）the importance of the debate on economic growth 55 We may infer from the passage that _. ( )（A）the author describes the case as it is（B） the author is for economic growth（C） the author is against continued economic growth（D）the author is v
45、ery much worried about the problems caused by continued economic growth 55 Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian, son of a white trader and an Indian Squaw (北美印第安女人). At an early age, he became fascinated by “tile talking leaf“, an expression that he used to describe the white mans written records. A
46、lthough many believe this “talking leaf“ to be a gift from tile Great Spirit, Sequoyah refused to accept that theory. Like other Indians of tile period, he was illiterate, but his determination to remedy tile situation led to the invention of a unique 86 character alphabet based on the sound pat- te
47、rns that he heard.His family and friends thought him mad, but while recuperating (恢复) from a hunting accident, he diligently and independently set out to create a form of communication for his own people as well as for other Indians. In 1821, after twelve years of work, he had successfully developed
48、 a written language that would en- able thousands of Indians to read and write.Sequoyahs desire to preserve words and events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors. The giant redwood trees of California, called “sequoias (红杉)“ in his honor, will further im
49、print his name in history.56 What is the most important reason that Sequoyah will be remembered? ( )（A）California redwoods were named in his honor.（B） He was illiterate.（C） He created a unique alphabet.（D）He recovered from his madness and helped mankind. 57 How did Sequoyahs family react to his idea of developing his own “talking leaf“? ( )（A）They
