1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 168 及答案与解析一、Identification Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underline parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the ONE that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1 He went to the library (and) spent th
2、e whole afternoon there (to look) for (material) for an article (on) Shakespeare.（A）and（B） to look（C） material（D）on 2 In order to (attain) our objective, it is (essential) that we (will make) the best use of the limited resources (available).（A）attain（B） essential（C） will make（D）available 3 He doesn
3、t (say) in his letter (that) he s going to (be back) (or not).（A）say（B） that（C） be back（D）or not 4 I cant help (to think) it (would be) fun (to play) such (an exciting) game with them.（A）to think（B） would be（C） to play（D）an exciting 5 (By no means) (it is) true that (all English people) know their (
4、own) language.（A）By on means（B） it is（C） all English（D）own 6 The (first) Olympic (Games) (in) modern (time) took place in 1896.（A）first（B） Games（C） in（D）time 7 (I have been) told that he (will have come) if he (were) (able).（A）have been（B） will have come（C） were（D）able 8 Mr. Brown often (wore) a hea
5、vy coat because he was not (used to) (live) in such a (cold climate).（A）wore（B） used to（C） live（D）cold climate 9 (Those of us) who work in chemical (laboratories), should have (their) lungs (checked) quite regularly.（A）Those of us（B） laboratories（C） their（D）checked 10 (Either) the brother (or) the s
6、ister will tell (their) father about (what has happened).（A）Either（B） or（C） their（D）what has happened 二、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 Shee
7、t.11 Is this the entrance _ the garden?（A）towards（B） of（C） for（D）to 12 Will you mind _ him now _ the next stop?（A）my telling; to take（B） my showing; to taking（C） me to tell; take（D）me to tell; to taking 13 Our sports team won _ many gold medals _ they did at the last National Games.（A）twice as. as（B
8、） as twice. as（C） as. as twice（D）twice. than 14 Quite a lot of people came over to help the poor man _ at once.（A）not asking（B） without being asked（C） without asking（D）not asked 15 _ any information about Mary, give me a call.（A）If you are getting（B） Should you get（C） Had you got（D）Would you get 16
9、Dont say anything more about it to others, or youll _ it even worse than before.（A）prove（B） make（C） regard（D）drive 17 Im going to the hairdressers to _.（A）cut my hair（B） have my hair cut（C） have cut my hair（D）cut me my hair 18 Please come back as soon as _.（A）you can（B） being able（C） you want（D）to b
10、e able to 19 We have no idea at all _.（A）gone where he has（B） why was he questioned by the police（C） where he has gone（D）where has he gone 20 -If you are offered a trip to the moon, _ it?-Of course. Why not?（A）did you accept（B） are you going to accept（C） will you accept（D）would you accept 21 John sa
11、id he wouldnt go to the party as he was busy, but he went there _.（A）after all（B） above all（C） at all（D）in all 22 Not until the bell rang _ in.（A）do they come（B） came they（C） did they come（D）they came 23 After living in London for fifty years he returned to the small town _ he grew up as a child.（A）
12、which（B） where（C） that（D）when 24 -“Did you review your lessons last night?“-“No, but if I _, I would have done better on todays test.“（A）had reviewed my lessons（B） will review my lessons（C） have reviewed my lessons（D）have done 25 -Can you and Alice come to dinner tonight?- No, Alice has _ much work
13、to do that she is staying late at the office.（A）such（B） so（C） of（D）very 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 your an
14、swer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.25 Are you a good reader? Good readers know that reading isnt just about knowing words its a way of thinking. Here are some tips that may be of some help.Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions that w
15、hy you are reading it and what you want to get from it. These will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? A text will often give examples that may h
16、elp you understand some words. For example: Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture. The words “Chelyabinsk and “Irkutsk may be new to us, but the sentences before and after it tell us what they are.Think after you read. What is the main
17、idea of the text? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a better reader and you will learn better and faster.26 This passage is probably taken from_.（A）a newspaper for general readers（B） a magazine for language teachers（C） a book f
18、or language learners（D）an advertisement for a new book 27 The word “scan“ in the second paragraph probably means_.（A）reading carefully（B） reading quickly and not word by word（C） reading by repeating some important words（D）reading more than one article at the same time 28 What do the words “Chelyabin
19、sk and “Irkutsk“ refer to?（A）Countries.（B） Mountains.（C） Rivers.（D）Cities. 29 The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_.（A）we should think before, while and after we read a passage（B） wed better look up every new word in a dictionary（C） we should learn to guess the meaning
20、s of new words（D）the clues in a passage should be made use of 30 We can learn from the passage that_.（A）Reading is just a way of knowing new words（B） A good reader must learn more new words（C） A good reader can think before, while and after reading（D）Reading takes a lot of time 30 One day I was at t
21、he airport waiting for a ticket to New York and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.“I looked down on the comp
22、uter and every passenger was just standing there staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.“So when it goes down, you go down with it.“Thats good, sir. “How
23、long will the computer be down?“ I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer.“After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?“I wouldnt know,“ she said
24、, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ITknows. Itcant tell me.By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.31 The best title for the article is_.（A）Whe
25、n the Computer Is Down（B） How to buy a ticket（C） The Computer of the Airport（D）Asking the Computer 32 What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?（A）She could sell a ticket.（B） She could write out a ticket.（C） She could answer the passengers questions.（
26、D）She could do nothing. 33 Why do you think they had not a backup computer?（A）Because it was easy down.（B） Because it was very expensive.（C） Because it was not advanced enough.（D）Because it was not as big as the main computer. 34 What does the underlined sentence “So when it goes down, you go down w
27、ith it.“ mean?（A）When computer doesnt work, you cannot work too.（B） When computer falls down, you fall down with it.（C） When computer is working, you can do nothing.（D）You can sell ticket without asking the computer. 35 The last paragraph suggests that_.（A）a modern computer wont be down（B） computers
28、 can take the place of humans（C） there will be great changes in computers（D）sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people 35 For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey ch
29、ildren“. Theyre children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad conditions have become a social problem.Lyne Brown was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached.! was constantly telling them to pu
30、t them inside shirts. There were so many keys, it never came to my mind what they meant. “,slowly, she learned they were house keys.Lyne learned of the impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. She found that Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone.
31、 Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. Theyll often play it at high volume. Its hard to get statistics (情况，材料) on latchkey childr
32、en. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone. 36 The main idea about “latchkey children“ is that they_.（A）are growing in numbers（B） are also found in middle-class neighborhoods（C） watch too much television during the day（D）suffer problems from being left alone 37 Which sentence
33、 in the second paragraph is the topic sentence?（A）Lyne was a headmaster.（B） A lot of kids had chains around their necks.（C） I was constantly telling them to put inside their shirts.（D）They were house keys. 38 The main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is_.（A）tiredness（B
34、） fear（C） loneliness（D）freedom 39 We may draw a conclusion that_.（A）latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone（B） latchkey children try to hide their feeling（C） latchkey children often watch TV with their parents（D）its difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are
35、40 Which of the following statements is NOT true?（A）Latchkey children feel free at home.（B） Working parents often leave their children alone at home.（C） Many parents do not admit that they leave their children alone.（D）Latchkey children have to learn to take care of themselves. 40 26-meter-tall Yao
36、Ming made his NBA debut (初资登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points (得分) for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points in another game.Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playi
37、ng in the NBA, it is really not so easy. He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work, I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,“ he said.Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand e
38、ach other. They dont think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy
39、 (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.41 Yao Ming got 13 points on October_, 2002.（A）22（B） 23（C） 24（D）2642 Yao Ming said that_.（A）it was hard to watch NBA games on TV（B） playing
40、 in the NBA was difficult（C） he was an NBA star（D）it was boring to play basketball 43 The people of Houston hope Yao Ming will_.（A）speak excellent English（B） bring new energy（C） make NBA games easy（D）face new challenge 44 From the passage we can know that Yao Ming_.（A）will work hard for his team（B）
41、made the highest score in his first NBA game（C） cant understand his teammates（D）teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself 45 The passage is probably taken from_.（A）an advertisement（B） a textbook（C） a news report（D）an instruction (说明书 ) 45 In the United States, it is important to be on time, or pun
42、ctual, for an appointment, a class, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian (巴西的) university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A. M. and end at 12. On the first day, when the professor
43、arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after the scheduled time. Several arrived half an hour later. Few apologized for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students, behavior.The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about l
44、ateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university class. He found that if they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. However, the average Brazilian student felt the frie
45、nd was late after 33 minutes.In an American university, classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12: 00; many remained past 12: 30 to discuss the class and ask more questions.
46、While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late. 46 The word “punctual most probably means_.（A）leaving soon after class（B） coming early（C） arriving a few minutes late（D）being on time 47 Why did the professor study the Brazilian students behavior?（A）He felt puzzled at
47、 the students being late.（B） He felt angry at the students rudeness.（C） He wanted to make the students come on time later.（D）He wanted to collect data for one of his studies. 48 It can be inferred from the professors study of lateness in the informal situation that_.（A）American students will become
48、impatient if their friend is five minutes late（B） neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in appointment（C） being late in one culture may not be considered so in another culture（D）Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time 49 From the last paragraph w
49、e know that in Brazil_.（A）it is important to arrive at the appointed time（B） it is rude for professors to be late for class（C） it is normal for students to leave during lectures（D）it is natural to keep the professor staying after class 50 What is the main idea of this passage?（A）It is important to be on time for class in the United States.（B） The importa
