1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 254 及答案与解析一、Phonetics（A）expect（B） exact（C） example（D）exam（A）area（B） heat（C） real（D）idea（A）forget（B） born（C） north（D）storm（A）surround（B） surprise（C） survive（D）purpose（A）certain（B） paint（C） sail（D）straight二、Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Each of the following sentences is provi
2、ded with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.6 In 2008,27 people were arrested because of the contaminated(有毒的) milk powder _.（A）incident（B） accident（C） event（D）occurance7 Dont put off until tomorrow _ should be done today.（A）that
3、（B） what（C） is（D）when8 He had a pain _ his back.（A）on（B） with（C） in（D）onto9 They talked and talked as if they _ never meet again.（A）will（B） would（C） should（D）shall10 You cannot ignore the situation forever, one day you will have to _ the consequences of your act.（A）look up to（B） wake up to（C） stand
4、up to（D）face up to11 Open the window, _?（A）do yon（B） dont you（C） will you（D）wont you12 He spoke so quickly that I did not _ what he said.（A）catch（B） accept（C） take（D）listen13 More _, less speed.（A）hurry（B） rush（C） quickness（D）haste14 At the bus stop _ a soldier and two young people on their way to N
5、orth Carolina.（A）were（B） was（C） is（D）sits and waits15 The police chief ordered that parking _ on Main Street during the rush hour.（A）be prohibited（B） be prohibiting（C） is prohibited（D）was prohibited16 This is one of the most beautiful pictures of scenery that _ displayed here.（A）is（B） are（C） has bee
6、n（D）have been17 The gardener was called in to tell the way _ the poor dog had died.（A）/（B） in that（C） which（D）by which18 Somebody _ here only this morning.（A）must be（B） can be（C） must have been（D）should have been19 Children should be taught how to get along with _（A）another（B） other（C） others（D）any
7、other20 Water is _ hydrogen and oxygen.（A）made up（B） made up of（C） made by（D）making 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
8、, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.20 The discovery of a dwarfed (矮个的) “human being“ who lived in Flores, Indonesia, up to 18,000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family. This “ Flores Human“ was three foot tall and her brain was small
9、er than that of the average chimp (黑猩猩) ,yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives. They seem to have made tools, worked together to find food and cook it, and perhaps even burried their dead with ceremony.It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family
10、member. The tools are like those formerly seen only with European fossils (化石)from our own species; Homo sapiens (智人) ;and the oldest of them were made 9400 years ago. Homo sapiens is thought to have arrived in the island about 4000 years ago, much too late to be responsible for the tools. If this t
11、iny human made the tools, then the inside structure (结构)of its brain must have been more like our own than a chimps, despite being just a third the size of ours.This “new human“ was suspected to be a dwarfed branch of Homo erectus (直立人). When creatures are separated in regions with rare resources bu
12、t few enemies, being big is a disadvantage, and evolution tends to shrink them, a process known as island dwarfing, Could natural selection make a human smaller while keepingeven improvingmental ability? Quite possibly, believes Christopher Wills of the University of California.Has the “Flores Human
13、“ even shown the ability of language? “I find it difficult to imagine that people could make tools, use fire, and kill large animals without fairly advanced communication,“ Wills says. Did “Flores Human“ possess the basic components of human culturesuch as the burying of the dead with ceremony? Emil
14、iano Bruner of the Italian Institute points out that Indonesias hot, wet environment is bad for fossilization. It is reasonable to assume, he says, that the 18,000-year-old bones of the most complete Flores woman were well-preserved because she was buried with special care.21 According to the passag
15、e, “Flores Human“ _.（A）lived a partly human life（B） was a branch of Homo sapiens（C） used tools before Homo sapiens arrived（D）had a brain as large as a common chimps22 The underlined part “this tiny human“ in Paragraph 2 refers to _.（A）a chimp（B） Flores Human（C） Homo sapiens（D）Homo erectus23 This pas
16、sage mainly talks about _.（A）the tools made by “Flores Human“（B） the language used by “Flores Human“（C） the evolution of “Flores Human“（D）the major surprising findings about “Flores Human“24 According to the passage, it is believed that “Flores Human“ _.（A）was dwarfed by its enemies（B） could use lan
17、guage（C） left a lot of fossils in the hot and wet environment（D）reached Flores 40,000 years ago24 Unlike modern animal scientists, dinosaur scientists cannot sit on a hillside and use telescopes to watch dinosaurs in order to know how they lived and whether they were good parents. Instead, they have
18、 to search hard for information from dinosaurs fossils(恐龙化石) because dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.Its very difficult for the scientists to reach an agreement because different results can be got from the same fossils, Many fossils of the same kind of dinosaurs have been dug out from one
19、place. They might have formed when an entire group of dinosaurs got stuck (陷入) all at once. Or they might have been the result of dinosaurs getting stuck one after another over a course of a few centuries. Thus we can say that dinosaurs might have in the first case lived in big groups and in the sec
20、ond lived alone. Though there are two different results, dinosaur scientists now generally agree that at least some kinds of dinosaurs lived in big groups. “Thats pretty much settled at this point,“ says Paul Sereno. A kind of dinosaurs called Sauropods left behind tracks in the western United State
21、s that appear to run north and south, suggesting that they even moved long distances together.As to whether dinosaurs cared for their young, dinosaur scientists have turned to the closest living relatives of dinosaursbirds and crocodilesfor possible models. Birds give a lot of care to their young, w
22、hile crocodiles just help their young to the water. The discovered fossils of dinosaurs sitting on their eggs and staying with their young suggest the parents were taking care of their babies, but we still cannot say that all dinosaurs did the same.There is still a long way to go before the above qu
23、estions could be answered. Dinosaur scientists will have to find more proof to reach an agreement.25 Dinosaur scientists can get information directly by _.（A）studying dinosaur fossils（B） examining modern animals（C） watching dinosaurs（D）using telescopes26 What is pretty much settled according to Paul
24、 Sereno?（A）Half of the dinosaurs lived alone.（B） Most dinosaurs moved long distances.（C） Many dinosaurs settled in the north.（D）Some dinosaurs lived in big groups.27 Dinosaur scientists can probably know whether dinosaurs were good parents by _.（A）watching many kinds of animals（B） studying dinosaurs
25、 living relatives（C） following the tracks left behind（D）working on dug-out dinosaur eggs28 Which of the following is TRUE according to the 4th paragraph?（A）Birds hardly pay attention to their young.（B） Baby crocodiles can look after themselves well.（C） Some dinosaurs took care of their young.（D）Bird
26、s and crocodiles take good care of their youn28 Would you like to spend all evening reading a lovely story with beautiful illustrations and make $ 35,000 at the same time? Millions of people all over the world tried to do just that. Only one succeeded. The book is called Masquerade, and was written
27、by British painter Kit Williams. Within its pages are clues to the location of a golden jewel, and whoever figured out the clues could find and keep the treasure.Some years ago, Williams was asked to write a childrens book. Wanting to do something no one else had done before, he decided to bury a go
28、lden treasure and tell where it was in the book. He began painting without a clear idea of what the story would be about, where he would bury the treasure, or even what the treasure would be. As he painted, he decided that in the story a hare, or rabbit, would travel through earth, air, fire and wat
29、er to deliver a gift from the moon to the sun.After three years, he finished the paintings and then wrote the story. The treasure became an 18- carat gold hare, adorned with precious stones, and it was made by Kit Williams himself. This beautiful jewel, worth around $ 35,000,depending on gold prices
30、, was buried somewhere in Britain, free to anyone who could decipher the clues. Williamss book kept people of all ages amused trying to solve the mystery of Masquerade.The rabbit was finally found in the spring of 1982 ,by a 48-year-old design engineer. It was buried in a park about thirty-five mile
31、s from London.29 The function of the first sentence in this passage is to _.（A）give detail（B） sum up the story（C） capture the readers interest（D）elaborate upon a point30 When Williams began working on his book, he _.（A）was paid $ 35,000（B） learned to paint（C） had already buried the treasure（D）did no
32、t know what the story would be about31 We can conclude from the passage that _.（A）the clues in Masquerade are easy to decipher（B） Kit Williams has many artistic talents（C） many people bury treasures in Britain（D）Kit Williams said he would pay $ 35,000 to whoever found the treasure32 This passage is
33、about _.（A）British painters（B） golden jewelry（C） a modern treasure hunt（D）writing childrens books32 In Japans capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of buildings. The city has spread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to get from one place to
34、 another. The price of land, too, has become very high. All this explains why a group of Japanese land developers came to the conclusion that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug out space underground for fifteen major shopping centers ,and the underground construction has only beg
35、un.What are some of the advantages of shopping and eating underground? Clean, filtered (过滤 的 ) air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog problems in the world. Another advantage is that there wont be traffic accidents as that on the citys busy streets. Still another is t
36、he convenience of moving from place to place. Youre usually right next to, or even in, a subway station. And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kyobashi Station, for example, in down town Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant and barbershop.33 It is very difficult to get f
37、rom one place to another in Tokyo because _.（A）the city is so large and so high（B） there is no traffic（C） we dont know the road（D）the city is so large and the traffic is so heavy34 All are the reasons for Tokyo to develop underground EXCEPT _.（A）the high buildings（B） the high price of land（C） the fa
38、r spreading, of the city（D）the heavy traffic35 Shopping underground is clean _.（A）without air pollution（B） of water（C） and tidy（D）and beautiful36 The second paragraph tells us _（A）underground is convenient（B） the advantages of underground（C） we can have good food underground（D）you can spend the nigh
39、t underground36 If we had to rely on only five senses for survival, we would be in very sad shape indeed. We wouldnt know up from down. We wouldnt know when to eat or drink. We wouldnt know what our muscles were doing or what position our limbs were in. We wouldnt know when our body was damaged beca
40、use we wouldnt feel pain. We might freeze to death without even a shiver, or overheat without a drop of sweat. The five sensestouch, taste, smell, hearing and sightrespond only to stimulation from the outside world, but the inside world of our bodies must also receive and respond to important messag
41、es.Our internal senses keep us alive and enable us to use our external senses. In effect, the internal senses tell our brains how to run our bodies. Hunger or thirst registers in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus(丘脑下部) , when a lack of food chemicals are detected in the blood.Another inter
42、nal sense that controls our balance is maintained by three fluid-filled loops in the inner ear. changes in position and gravity affect the motion of this liquid and cause changes in the brain. A sense called kinesthesia(肌肉运动知觉) lets us know the relative positions of parts of our bodies. Even our bre
43、athing is caused by a sense that identifies an overabundance of carbon dioxide and a lack of oxygen in the blood.No one has been able to count the number of internal senses. The presence of delicate internal senses shows just how marvelously complex we human beings are.37 This passage deal mostly wi
44、th the _.（A）internal senses（B） sense of balance（C） five senses（D）brains function38 Hunger is caused by _.（A）too much food and water in the body（B） a lack of oxygen in the blood（C） seeing or thinking about food（D）a lack of certain chemicals in the blood39 The passage implies that there are many sense
45、s we _.（A）can use only in emergencies（B） may not understand at present（C） never realize we have（D）do not actively use in everyday living40 In the second paragraph, the term “in effect“ means _.（A）in fact（B） it is doubtful（C） often（D）without reason四、Part IV ClozeDirections: There are some blanks in t
46、he 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.40 The number of speakers of English in Shakespeares time is estimated to have been about five millio
47、n. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a(an)【21】language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas,【22】are a great many regional and social va
48、rieties of the language as well as【23】levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.In fact, it is【24】to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The【25】for English learning and
49、the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is【26】to explain and still more difficult to judge【27】forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.The main reason for the widespread【28】for English is its present day importance as a world language. Besides【 29】the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of importa
