1、专升本（英语）模拟试卷 43 及答案与解析一、Phonetics（A）incline（B） ignore（C） whisper（D）think（A）popular（B） argue（C） remarkable（D）hard（A）challenge（B） chart（C） character（D）cheat（A）cheat（B） weak（C） increase（D）area（A）copy（B） loudly（C） yard（D）Monday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 - Excuse me, Sir, is the swimming pool open all day?-_.Only from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.（A）That s right（B） Yes, of course（C） Sorry, I m not sure（D）Sorry, I m afraid not7 The un
3、employment rate in this city_from 7% to 6% in the past two years.（A）has fallen（B） had fallen（C） is falling（D）was falling8 By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of_you read.（A）that（B） what（C） which（D）whether9 _tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.（A）However the we
4、ather is like（B） However is the weather like（C） Whatever is the weather like（D）Whatever the weather is like10 What I want to do most is to have_quite interesting book, and_time to enjoy it.（A）a; the（B） the; the（C） /; the（D）a; /11 - Have you read the novel?- Yes. I_it three times while I was in unive
5、rsity.（A）had read（B） read（C） have read（D）was reading12 - What an amazing story! Its the most impressive story I ve ever read.- But I m sure it won t interest_.（A）somebody（B） everybody（C） nobody（D）anybody13 Some of the students have already learned enough English to_a conversation with a native Engli
6、sh speaker.（A）carry on（B） keep on（C） go on（D）hold on14 His parents put a lot of effort into getting him_to a key school.（A）accepted（B） received（C） announced（D）admitted15 Even if you are an experienced teacher, you sometimes_make some mistakes.（A）can（B） must（C） should（D）will16 - What are on show in t
7、he museum?- Some pictures_by middle-school students.（A）taking（B） having been taken（C） taken（D）being taken17 Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea._, neither of them could swim.（A）In fact（B） Luckily（C） Naturally（D）Unfortunately18 Most female workers in Beijing suffer from_connected to the glob
8、al financial crisis, according to a recent survey.（A）curiosity（B） eagerness（C） thirst（D）anxiety19 China has a population of 1.3 billion, _it the largest country in the world by population.（A）making（B） made（C） makes（D）to make20 - Did you have a good sleep last night?- Yes, never sleep_.（A）badly（B） be
9、tter（C） worse（D）best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 answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the A
10、nswer Sheet.20 An Indian civil servant, SM Raju, has come up with a new way of providing employment for millions of poor people in Bihar. His campaign to encourage people to plant trees effectively addresses two burning issues of the world: global warming and shrinking job opportunities.Mr Raju s su
11、ccess could clearly be seen on 30 August, 2009 when he organized 300, 000 villagers from over 7, 500 villages in northern Bihar to engage in a mass tree planting ceremony.Mr Raju has linked his “social forestry“ program to the central governments National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), whic
12、h is also designed to provide employment for poor people. Under NREGA started in February 2006 as the government s most ambitious employment generation scheme for poor people the authorities are bound by law to provide a minimum of 100 days of employment a year for members of families living below t
13、he poverty line. About 44% of Bihar s population fall into this category.!Mr Raju says that Bihar being the poorest and most lawless state of India hasn t been able to spend the allocated (分配的) NREGA funds. “This is because of a lack of awareness among officials about the scheme, “ he said. “So the
14、idea struck to my mind: why not involve families below the poverty line in social forestry and give them employment under this scheme for 100 days? Under the scheme, each family can earn a minimum of 10, 200 rupees ($210).“The civil servant immediately made a plan of his idea. In June, Mr Raju publi
15、shed a booklet of “dos and don ts“ and distributed it to village heads. His plan meant that NREGA funds were fully used in the past this hasn t always been the case.“I told the villagers they would get 100 days employment in a year simply by planting trees and protecting them. The old and disabled w
16、ould be given preference, “ he explained.Every village council has now been given a target of planting 50, 000 saplings a group of four families have to plant 200 trees and they must protect them for three years till the plants grow stronger.“They would get the full payment if they can ensure the su
17、rvival of 90% of the plants under their care. For a 75-80% survival rate, they 11 be paid only half the wage. For less than 75%, the families in the group will be replaced, “ the guidelines say.Significantly, his scheme has even stopped the migration of poor labourers from the area in search of empl
18、oyment elsewhere.21 According to the passage, the main purpose of SM Rajus “social forestry“ program is to（A）promote the practice of NREGA（B） make efforts to prevent global warming（C） increase the employment of poor people（D）prevent poor people from migrating elsewhere22 According to the passage, th
19、e poor people in Bihar dont make full use of NREGA funds because_.（A）the local officials dont realize the importance of NREGA（B） the local government doesnt get enough support from the central government（C） the local poor people know little about NREGA（D）Bihar is the most lawless state in India23 We
20、 can infer from the passage that_.（A）most people in Bihar will benefit from NREGA（B） the old and disabled people are not involved in tree planting（C） families who cant ensure 75% survival rate of the trees will not be paid（D）Raju s new plan will reduce Bihars population below the poverty line24 What
21、 is the main idea of the passage?（A）There s a good way to deal with global warming（B） Tree planting provides employment for the poor（C） Tree planting solves the problem of unemployment（D）Rajus “social forestry“ program wins the support of NREGA24 It was when I was attending high school that I first
22、read Asimov s stories. At the time, a few SF magazines began to introduce this author and translate a few pieces from his “Robot Series“. Of Asimov s works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly influenced my early SF writing.Asimov was one of the
23、leading writers of Western science fictions Golden Age, so although his writing may not have a direct influence on writers of today, his underlying (潜在的) influence on many levels is undeniable the famous Three Laws of Robotics, and many classic writing techniques, for example. Of course, his influen
24、ce is related to the atmosphere that existed in the Golden Age; a science fiction writer today has a hard time reaching that level no matter how outstanding he or she is. Asimovs novels are marked by a fully integrated logical system, and his stories are a pleasure to read this is the reason his nov
25、els still attract readers today. Naturally, Western science fiction has few people these days who follow Asimov s creative methods; instead they are closely connected to mainstream artistic trends, employing large amounts of postmodern techniques. This type of science fiction has a hard time blossom
26、ing on Chinese soil. The majority of Chinese SF readers would rather read the classic works of Asimov. This is an important question that faces today s Chinese science fiction writers.Compared with the “Robot Series“, Asimovs “Foundation Series“ is a little less well-known in China. This is mostly d
27、ue to the large influence of the Three Laws, and moreover, the Founda-tion novels have never been completely introduced here. In fact, the Foundation series creates an entire world, even grander than that of the “Robot Series“; this science fiction epic(史诗) had a direct influence on later Western sc
28、ience fiction, the most famous example being Star Wars.25 We can know from the passage that the author is a_.（A）science fiction writer（B） science fiction publisher（C） high school student（D）novel translator26 The Three Laws of Robotics are most probably_.（A）stories written by Asimov（B） writing techni
29、ques employed by Asimov（C） techniques to build robots（D）characters in Asimov s science fiction27 The main purpose of the passage is to_.（A）compare Asimov with other science fiction writers（B） attract people to read Asimov s stories（C） introduce Asimovs influence on SF writing（D）explain why Asimov is
30、 popular in China28 What can be inferred from the passage?（A）Foundation Series were translated into Chinese earlier than “Robot Series“（B） Science fiction of postmodern style is not popular with Chinese readers（C） Asimov is the greatest science fiction writer in Western countries（D）The writing techn
31、iques by Asimov are better than the postmodern ones28 Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they ar
32、e in E-mails. The fact that E-mails are automatically recorded and can come back to haunt(困扰) youappears to be the key to the finding.Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or E
33、-mail exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 percent of E-mails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-face interactions and
34、an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.His results, to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected E-mails to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment
35、(非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication.But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real ti
36、me. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in E-mail than on the phone.People are also more likely to lie in real timein an instant message or phone call, saythan if they have time to thin
37、k of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous(脱口而 出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?“Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for
38、sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his result, work assessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using E-mail.29 Hancock s study focuses on_.（A）the consequences of lying in various communications media（B） the success of communications technologies in
39、conveying ideas（C） peoples preference in selecting communications technologies（D）peoples honesty levels across a range of communications media30 Hancocks research finding surprised those who believed that_.（A）people are less likely to lie in instant messages（B） people are unlikely to lie in face-to-
40、face interactions（C） people are most likely to lie in E-mail communication（D）people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations31 According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?（A）They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their l
41、ies（B） They believe that honesty is the best policy（C） They tend to be relaxed when using those media（D）They are most practiced at those forms of communication32 It can be inferred from the passage that_.（A）honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications（B） more employers will use E-mai
42、ls to communicate with their employees（C） email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company（D）suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes32 Have you ever heard of a flower whose seeds are carried and spread by elephants? The raffle-sia, a rare blossom, is ve
43、ry unusual. Found in the rain forestsof Sumatra, the rafflesia is the worlds largest flower, measuring three feet in diameter!This giant flower is a parasite it needs another plant to live on. It lacks the structures needed to survive alone. The rafflesia has no stem or leaves. It is all flower. It
44、attaches itself to the roots of other plants and sucks their juices. The flowers favorite home is the root of the vine, which grows above ground.The rafflesia seems to burst right out of the forest floor. Its blossom weighs fifteen pounds! It has thick, spotted petals that give off a rotten smell. T
45、he center is about the size of a household bucket. After a rain, it may hold up to twelve pints of water!After the rafflesia dies, it becomes a pool of thick liquid in which its seeds float. Elephants wandering through the forest step into the mushy pool, and the seeds glue themselves to their feet.
46、 As the animals stomp through the forest, their sticky feet pick up twigs and leaves. The elephants try to rid themselves of the sticky mess, in the same way people try to get bubble gum off their shoes. The elephants rub their feet against the roots of the vine. In no time, seeds left on the vine g
47、row into more monstrous flowers!33 Elephants help to_.（A）provide food for the giant flower（B） water the rafflesia with their trunks（C） carry rafflesia seeds from one place to another（D）stomp out the awful smelling petals34 From this passage, we can guess that the writer_.（A）likes elephants（B） has a
48、very large garden（C） admires the wonders of nature（D）likes to measure things35 To give us an idea of how large the rafflesia is, the author uses_.（A）the size of an elephant for comparison（B） measurements（C） comparisons to other flowers（D）detailed descriptions of the flowers stem36 As used in this pa
49、ssage, “structures“ means_.（A）endurance（B） organization（C） necessary parts（D）energy36 Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that black cats have a strange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.Black cats havent always had such a bad reputation. Long ago, the Egyptians thought that black cats were holy animals. They
