1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 179 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 The number of the newly admitted students _over 300, but a number of them _n
2、ot arrived yet.（A）is, has（B） are, have（C） is, have（D）are, has2 She has stored _books as I.（A）three times as many（B） three times as much（C） four time as many（D）three time as much3 The computer of the airports have helped people greatly. _,more people travel by plane in China.（A）In fact（B） At least（C）
3、 At one time（D）As a result4 I am not quite myself today. _go and see a doctor?（A）Why dont（B） Why not（C） Why you（D）Better to5 Many people _live in the countryside rather than in the city.（A）would rather（B） prefer to（C） would like（D）had better6 Sorry to trouble you. _.（A）All right（B） No trouble（C） Tha
4、ts right（D）It doesnt matter7 The used computer was sold for 3,600 yuan, which was more than its real（A）worth（B） price（C） value（D）cost8 Mr. Brown owns a _shop in town. He also employs three _assistants.（A）dresses, woman（B） dress, woman（C） dress, women（D）dresses, women9 Are you pleased with your work?
5、 Yes, it couldnt be（A）any better（B） any worse（C） the best（D）the worst10 It seems that the Hope Project _well in China.（A）is getting along（B） is being got along（C） got along（D）is getting on with11 Bob is not a person _you can borrow any money though he is rich.（A）who（B） whom（C） from whom（D）from who12
6、 A decision must be _immediately _stop the factory _waste water without being treated.（A）made, to, pouring（B） made,不填 , to pour（C） done,不填, pouring（D）had, to, to pour13 It is difficult _a world record and even more difficult to _it.（A）keeping, set（B） keep, set（C） set, keep（D）to set, keep14 Mary _her
7、 keys in her office and she had to _out of the house.（A）forgot, keep（B） forget, keep（C） left, be kept（D）leaved, be kept15 The doctor _my forehead and said, “Your forehead _hot.“（A）felt, feels（B） felt, was felt（C） feels, felt（D）feels, is felt二、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part th
8、ere 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.15 There was a nasty (肮脏的，卑鄙的) accident in our town not long ago, a
9、nd I saw it happen. I was standing near a road which was under repair, not doing anything specialjust watching the men at work. It was not far from the new motorway (高速公路) that runs past the town. It was an old road that used to be very busyand dangerous before the motorway was built. Today, most ca
10、rs use the new “superhighway“ and the old road is pretty quiet, although cars do often come off the motorway into the town faster than they should.Anyway, the men were repairing part of the road and there were signs up for at least 200 meters, telling everybody that the road was narrower than usual.
11、 Most of the drivers in both directions saw the signs and slowed down.Then three cars came along close together, the third one moving at a very high speed. The first one pas sed the workmen and wanted to turn left. Meanwhile the third car came flying past the second one. The sec and car stopped. I t
12、hink the driver knew something was going to happen. It did. The third car had no chance of stopping. Its driver braked (刹车) and pulled over to miss the first car and went right off the road.There were four people in that car: a man, two women and a child. The child was a boy of nine. I read later th
13、at they were going shoppingjust shopping, nothing more important than that. The driver was badly hurt. The little bay was hurt too. Both the women were killed immediately. One of them was the drivers wife and the other was the mother of the little boy. They never got to the shops.16 The old road _.（
14、A）was very busy though there was a new motorway（B） was never very busy（C） was always very busy and dangerous（D）was very busy and dangerous before the construction of the new motorway 17 On the day of the accident, part of the old road _.（A）was damaged（B） was broadened to make traffic easier（C） was u
15、nder repair（D）was closed to cars 18 The accident was caused by _.（A）the driver of the first car（B） the driver of the second car（C） the driver of the third car（D）both B and C 19 The driver who caused the accident _.（A）drove very, very fast（B） killed another driver（C） killed himself（D）both A and C 19
16、“Yes, Ill be ready at nine in the morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again. “It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robson to make. Her daughter had been very kind, of course, and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station, but Mrs. Robson hated to admit (承认) that sh
17、e needed help. Since her husband had died ten years before, she had prided herself on her independence (独立生活 ). She had continued to live in their little house, alone.On this evening, however, she was standing at her living-room window, staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden. Her f
18、eelings were mixed. Naturally she was sad at the thought of leaving the house, as it was full of so many memories. But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea, back in the little seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale (出售) of the h
19、ouse, she had bought a little flat there.She turned from the living room window, and looked round at the room. One or two pieces of furniture remained, covered with sheets (被单). The floor was bare boards, and all her pictures had been taken from the walls. There was a small fish-tank, with two goldf
20、ish circling in it. When asked why, her husband used to say, “Its nice to have something alive in the room.“ Since he had passed away, she had always kept some goldfish, had always had “something alive in the room“.Tim next morning, as her train was pulling out of the station, Mrs. Robson called to
21、her daughter, “Kate, you wont forget to collect the goldfish, will you? The children will love them. Its.“I know,“ Kate interrupted (打断) gently. “Its nice to have something alive in the room.“But in the little house, the two goldfish had stopped their circling. They were floating (漂浮) on the water,
22、in the room with its bare boards and silent walls.20 Mrs. Robson _.（A）was a very proud person（B） was helpless（C） did not like asking people for favors（D）wanted to live without her husband 21 On her last night in the house, Mrs. Robson was feeling _.（A）very depressed and dismayed（B） very cheerful but
23、 completely helpless（C） proud and sad（D）a bit sad but not entirely unhappy 22 Mrs. Robson had lived in the house _.（A）since she had sold her flat（B） for less than a decade（C） since she had been born（D）for more than ten years 23 The cause of the death of the goldfish was most probably _.（A）lack of ca
24、re（B） old age（C） the small fish tank（D）lack of water 23 The war had begun, and George had joined the air force. He wanted to be a pilot and after some months he managed to get to the air force training school, where they taught pilots to fly.There, the first thing that new students had to do was to
25、be taken up in a plane by an experienced pi lot, to give them some ideas what it felt like. Even those who had traveled as passengers in commercial (商业的 ) airline planes before found it strange to be in the cockpit (驾驶舱)of a small fighter plane, and most of the students felt nervous.The officer who
26、had to take the students up for their first flight allowed them to fly the plane for a few seconds if they wanted to and if they were not too frightened to try, but be was always ready to take over as soon as the plane started to do dangerous things.George was one of those who took over the controls
27、 of the plane when he went up in it for the first time, and after the officer had taken them Yom him again. George thought that he had better ask a few questions to show how interested he was and how much he wanted to learn to fly. There were a number of instruments (仪表) in front of him, so he chose
28、 one and asked the officer what it was. The officer looked at him strangely for a moment and then answered, “That is the clock.“24 George went to the air torte training school because he wanted _.（A）to fight the war（B） to fly（C） to be pilot（D）to be a passenger 25 The first thing George did at the tr
29、aining school was _.（A）to take an experienced pilot in a plane（B） to be taken up into the air in a plane by an officer（C） to fly a commercial plane（D）to talk about his ideas 26 The officer allowed _.（A）the students to fly the plane all the time（B） all students to fly the plane（C） the students who we
30、re not frightened to fly on their own（D）some students to fly a little while 27 George asked the question because he wanted to show that he was _.（A）interesting（B） not nervous（C） different（D）eager to learn 27 Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it t
31、he same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their cale
32、ndar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to dr
33、ive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rimIn the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Years Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often gather together at a party on New Years Eve, and when
34、 the new year comes, all ring bells, blow whistles, sing songs, and kiss each other. A favorite Scottish song which everyone sings together is Auld Lang Sync. The words tell of old friends and good times.In all cultures, New Years Day is a time when people think of new beginnings. They want to make
35、the coming year better than the last one. Many people in the United States make New Year resolutions. These are specific promises that they make to improve their behavior, change their habits, and become better people. There are many jokes about how a person keeps his or her New Year resolutions.28
36、In ancient times, the practice of making noise was meant _.（A）to keep the evil spirits away（B） to have fun（C） to celebrate the coming of the new year（D）to keep to a custom 29 Auld Lang Sync is _.（A）a Scottish song which says good-bye to old friends（B） a Scottish song that welcomes the coming of the
37、new year（C） a song sung by the Scottish people only（D）a Scottish song remembering obi friends and good times 30 A New Year resolution is _.（A）made to begin a new year（B） a promise to make a joke（C） a decision to improve oneself and make one a better person（D）to be kept for the New Years Day only 31
38、The Jewish New Year most probably comes between _.（A）July and September（B） October and December（C） January and March（D）April and June 31 In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal (目标) of language use is communication (交际),
39、 then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example,
40、 a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it“ to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by communicating with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “Ill do it“. The result can serve as a basis for the student to change his way of using
41、the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to communicate in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.32 According to the passage, the present tense in English is _.（A）not used to express ones readiness to do something in the immediate future（B） used
42、with some verbs but not with others to express future intention（C） basically the same in English as it is in Spanish（D）not the most difficult problem for foreign students 33 According to tile passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by _.（A）asking native speakers for explan
43、ations（B） reading good books in the foreign language（C） comparing their speech with that of native speakers（D）paying no attention to them while speaking 34 According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because _.（A）native speakers, like foreign s
44、tudents, also try hard to learn their language（B） communication is the primary goal of language learning（C） native speakers will ignore their mistakes（D）everyone makes mistakes in speaking a strange language 35 The authors major conclusion about mistakes in foreign language learning is that（A）mistak
45、es are not important in the process of learning a language（B） learners are often very afraid of making mistakes（C） making mistakes can help the learner discover the roles（D）native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes 三、Part IV ClozeDirections: There are some blan
46、ks 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.35 Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth
47、 and maintenance of life of animals, including man.They do not provide energy,【21】do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for【22】foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if【23】is missing a deficiency disease becomes【24】.Vitamins are, si
48、milar because they are made of the same elements-usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and【25】nitrogen. They are different【26】their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin【27】one or more specific functions in the body.【28】enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutriti
49、onal use for【29】vitamins. Many people,【30】, believe in being on the “safe side“ and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet will usually meet all the bodys vitamin needs. （A）either（B） so（C） nor（D）never （A）shifting（B） transferring（C） altering（D）transforming （A）any（B） some（C） anything（D）something （A）serious（B） apparent（C） severe（D）fatal （A
