1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 241 及答案与解析一、Phonetics（A）song（B） wrong（C） among（D）along（A）starve（B） towards（C） warn（D）warm（A）expert（B） exhibition（C） exercise（D）exist（A）rough（B） laugh（C） tough（D）neighbour（A）courage（B） operate（C） palace（D）orange二、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Each of the following sentences i
2、s provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.6 Human skin is very thin on the eyelid and quite thick on the _ of the foot.（A）sole（B） soul（C） base（D）basis 7 In architecture (建筑学), a vault (拱顶) is a proof or ceiling in the _
3、of an arch.（A）form（B） figure（C） shape（D）appearance 8 Leaving the market place, the fat man looked pleased _ himself _ having discovered a bargain.（A）at; for（B） at; at（C） with; for（D）with; at 9 Hawthorne differed from other writers _ he saw the potential consequences of all decisions resulting in eit
4、her regeneration or punishment.（A）in which（B） in that（C） in what（D）in how 10 Since you need to catch an early train tomorrow morning, we _ now.（A）might as well leave（B） had better to leave（C） ought to have leave（D）should have to leave 11 We didnt see him at the lecture yesterday.He _ it.（A）would hav
5、e not attended（B） can not have attended（C） neednt have attended（D）mustnt attend 12 Are the terms “pure“ and “applied“ two totally different activities, having little or no interconnection, as _ often implied?（A）is（B） are（C） that（D）what 13 I do want to fire him.But you wont do it, _?（A）are you（B） won
6、t you（C） do you（D）dont you 14 Hes working hard for fear that he _.（A）should fall behind（B） fell behind（C） may fall behind（D）would fall behind 15 It is a fantastic landscape that we _.（A）never see（B） did never see（C） had never seen（D）shall never see 16 In the U. S. , the television set has attained t
7、he rank of a legal necessity, safe from repossession. _ debt, along with clothes, cooking utensils, and the like.（A）on accout of（B） at the risk of（C） in case of（D）in spite of 17 What did the children do in school?Their teacher _ a short talk about their holiday.（A）made them all to given（B） is gettin
8、g them all giving（C） made them all giving（D）got them all to give 18 George entered the box and picked up one of the directories inside, _ that someone unknown had torn out the very page he needed（A）only to discover（B） discovered（C） to discover（D）only discovering 19 A friend of mine returned to his h
9、ouse after a holiday only to find it _ broken into.（A）be（B） was（C） had（D）had been 20 Remember _ the letter in the post office, will you?（A）post（B） to post（C） posting（D）to have posted 三、Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a numbe
10、r 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.20 Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat, is the most important thing you own, so it needs proper treatm
11、ent and proper nourishment(营养). The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away“ is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit and vegetables because they. contain vitamin C. Many people take extra vitamins in pill form(丸剂), believing that these will make them healthy. But a good d
12、iet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need. The body doesnt need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them? In modern western world, many people are too busy to bother about eating properly.The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is fri
13、ghtening. 21 “Your body, which has close relations with the food you eat“ means that_.（A）all kinds of food you eat can be made into your body（B） your body is made up of the food you eat（C） what you eat has a great effect on your health（D）the more you eat, the healthier you will feel22 The old saying
14、 referred to in the passage tells us that_.（A）eating apples regularly does lots of good to our health（B） the apple is the best among all kinds of fruits（C） apples can take the place of doctors（D）an apple is a sure cure for illness23 In the paragraph, the writer tries to let us know_.（A）our bodies ne
15、ed food, or we cant live（B） eating apples often is a good habit（C） a good diet is of great importance for our health（D）taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless24 In the modern western countries_.（A）people dont want to pay more attention to their eating（B） lots of peoples illnesses are caused
16、 or made worse by bad eating habits（C） people throw everything into their stomachs without chewing（D）people are only too busy to cook meals for themselves25 From the passage we can draw a conclusion that if we want to keep healthy, we should_.（A）only eat an apple a day（B） eat properly（C） take as man
17、y vitamin pills as possible（D）throw something into our stomachs slowly and carefully25 Fire and WaterShundagarh is a village on Indias east-facing coast. It is a village of simple mud and grass houses built on the beach just above the water-line. The Khadra Hills rise immediately behind the village,
18、 to a height of one hundred and fifty meters. A simple, good-hearted old man, whose name was Jalpur, farmed two small fields on the very edge of these hills, overlooking Shundagarh. From his fields he could see the fishing-boats that travelled up and down the coast. He could see the children playing
19、 on the sand; their mothers washing clothes on the flat stones where the Shiva River flowed into the sea; and their fathers landing the latest catch or repairing nets and telling stories that had no end.All Jalpur owned in the world were the clothes he wore day in and day out, the miserable hut that
20、 he slept in at night, a few tools and cooking potsand his fields. The corn that he grew was all that made life possible. If the weather was kind and the harvest was good, Jalpur could live happily enoughnot well, but happily. When the sun was fierce, and there was little or no rain, then he came cl
21、ose to the line between a life which was too hard, and death itself.Last year the weather had been so kind, and the harvest promised to be so good, that Jalpur had been wondering whether he could sell all that he had and live with his son farther up the coast. He had been thinking about doing this f
22、or some years. It was his dearest wish to spend his last days with his son and his wife and children. But he would go only if he could give; he would not go if it meant taking food out of the mouths of his grandchildren. He would rather die hungry than do this.On the day on which Jalpur decided that
23、 he would harvest his corn, sell it, and move up the coast, he looked out to the sea and saw a huge wave, several kilometres out, advancing on the coast and on the village of Shundagarh. Within ten minutes everyone in Shundagarh would be drowned. Jalpur would have shouted, but the people were too fa
24、r away to hear. He would have run down the hill, but he was too old to run. He was prepared to do anything to save the people of Shundagarh, so he did the only thing that he could do: he set fire to his corn. In a matter of seconds the flames were rising high and smoke was rising higher. Within a mi
25、nute the people of Shundagarh were racing up the hill to see what had happened. There, in the middle of his blackened cornfield, they found Jalpur; and there they buried him.On his grave, they wrote the words: Here lies Jalpur, a man who gave, living; a man who died, giving.26 Shundagarh is a villag
26、e_.（A）one hundred and fifty metres above the waterline（B） of mud and grass houses in the Khadra Hills（C） of simple houses, built on the beach facing towards the east（D）built around small fields overlooking the coast27 From his fields Jalpur could see_.（A）men fishing and mothers and fathers playing w
27、ith their children（B） fishermen mending their nets and washing them on flat stones（C） men fishing in the Shiva River and telling endless stories（D）men fishing, women washing and children playing28 It was Jalpurs ambition to_.（A）live an easy life in the village of Shundagarh（B） sell his corn and go t
28、o live with his son and his family（C） live farther along the coast where the weather was kinder（D）spend a few days with his wife and son on the coast29 The villagers were thankful to Jalpur because he had_.（A）given his life in order to save theirs（B） saved their village from being drowned by the wav
29、e（C） given them many things during his life（D）given them his corn in order to save them from hunger29 HOW TO BOOKBook opens for Beckett Shorts on 8 September.BY TELEPHONEFor credit card (信用卡) bookings.Calls are answered.BOX OFFICE01789 295623 9am - 8pm (Mon - Sat)0541 541051 (24 hours, 7 days, no bo
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34、051（C） 01789 261174（D）01862 38766532 English as a Foreign LanguageWho taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly
35、global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in Engl
36、ish.Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures (文化)? Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-culturalism“, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food
37、 and listen to the same music?Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary (相反), I would have thoughtalthough I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where ma
38、ny of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India)If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds hamburgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的) ,will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am alway
39、s surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ir
40、eland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe its like a rose,“ he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?“Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you dont necessarily need
41、 to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, thats fine by me.33 By saying “Ask the people of India and Pakistan“ (Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that_.（A）speaking the same language doesnt necessarily bring peace（B） wars can destroy the relationship
42、between two countries（C） English doesnt kill other languages（D）English is widely used in the world34 The author would probably agree that_.（A）its very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden（B） its good for people from other countries to learn English（C） more and more people like to plant ro
43、ses in their gardens（D）English is easier to learn than other languages35 This passage is mainly about_.（A）why English has become a global language（B） how many people in the world speak English（C） how people in the world learn English as a foreign language（D）whether we need to worry about English bei
44、ng a world language四、Part IV ClozeDirections: There are some blanks 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 Airport baggage screeners
45、in the USA, displaying seized chain saws, machetes and knives,【21】travelers to check their luggage for offensive objects before boarding a【22】.Officials of the Transport Security Administration (TSA)【23】that since February 2002 more than 7.5 million【24】items had been seized. They included 50,000 box
46、 cuttersa【25】said to be used by the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackers and 1,437 firearms as【26 】as 2.3 million knives.The TSA officials told a news conference most people with【27】items in their bags intended no malice but advised【28】to consult the website www. Tsatraveltips.usa for advice on what to leave be
47、hind when【29】a trip.Since the Sept. 11 attacks screeners have confiscated seemingly【30】items like nail clippers and cigarette lighters【31】passengers.But some carry more obviously【32】items. Chain saws, a weed cutting machine, hand saws and machetes, steak knives, bottles of camping stove fuel and per
48、fume bottles shaped like hand grenades were among items【33】as a sample of objects seized at New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport.While some carry-on items may have been【34】a hockey stick or a childs plastic swordother【35】by TSA have yielded razor blades in tennis shoes and a bayonet hidde
49、n in a hollowed-out artificial leg. （A）persuaded（B） helped（C） stopped（D）warned （A）flight（B） bus（C） train（D）car （A）argued（B） screamed（C） said（D）cried （A）prohibited（B） expensive（C） valuable（D）allowed （A）tools（B） weapon（C） conditions（D）facts （A）good（B） bad（C） better（D）well （A）so（B） such（C） many（D）a few （A）people（B） passengers（C） officials（D）travelers （A）had（B） enjoying（C）
