1、广东专插本（英语）模拟试卷 20（无答案）一、Vocabulary and Structure1 Such a reliable person as him wont make_promises.（A）bare（B） empty（C） blank（D）vacant2 In English vocabulary, words of French_are not rare.（A）source（B） resource（C） birth（D）origin3 One new _ to learning a foreign language is to study the language in its
2、cultural context.（A）approach（B） solution（C） manner（D）road4 Staring at the ruins of his house, he couldn t_how the fire had broken out.（A）bring out（B） turn oat（C） figure out（D）pick out5 I didn t know what to do, but then an idea_to me suddenly.（A）happened（B） entered（C） hit（D）occurred6 The government
3、has lost a great deal of_because of the large increase in food price.（A）strength（B） support（C） agreement（D）vote7 I continued to study _the discouragement I had received.（A）despite of（B） despite（C） in spite（D）in spite that8 They said I had given_the whistle was worth.（A）twice as many as（B） as twice m
4、any as（C） as twice much as（D）twice as much as9 It is necessary to_a large vocabulary in learning a language.（A）accumulate（B） collect（C） assemble（D）gather10 Many people in Africa seem to be _ of the American way of life: driving everywhere.（A）envious（B） hopeful（C） pleased（D）happy11 I wonder why Mary
5、is so unfriendly to us. She is_than unfriendly. I m afraid.（A）shyer（B） much shyer（C） shy more（D）more shy12 He s mean and bad-tempered and lazy, but she loves him_.（A）but for（B） after all（C） above all（D）for all13 The physician considers going to bed early to be more sensible_late.（A）but staying up（B）
6、 than to stay up（C） for staying up（D）than staying up14 This sort of punishment is applied only to nonviolent criminals who are not_to be dangerous to the public.（A）possible（B） probable（C） likely（D）like15 The work_by the time you decide to cooperate with us.（A）will have been done（B） was done（C） had b
7、een done（D）has done16 I remember_the piano beautifully when he was a child.（A）playing（B） him to play（C） him to have played（D）him playing17 The assistant and graduate student_check the exercise books.（A）help（B） helping（C） helps（D）to help18 The ticket_you to a free meal in our restaurant.（A）permits（B）
8、 credits（C） grants（D）entitles19 _, people cant afford to buy expensive things.（A）With the prices of daily goods going up（B） With the prices of daily goods gone up（C） The prices of daily goods go up（D）With the prices of daily goods go up20 Mr. Smith has taught chemistry in that school for more years_
9、.（A）than any teachers（B） than anyone（C） than any teacher（D）than anyone else21 I dont think Mary understood what you said, _?（A）do I（B） didnt she（C） did you（D）did she22 Was it in 1969_the American astronaut succeed_landing on the moon?（A）when; on（B） that; on（C） which; in（D）that; in23 The news reporte
10、rs hurried to the airport, only _ the film stars had left.（A）to tell（B） to be told（C） telling（D）told24 Mrs. White became a teacher in 1985. She_for twenty years by next summer.（A）will teach（B） would have taught（C） has been teaching（D）will have been teaching25 It was not until it got dark_working.（A）
11、that they stopped（B） when they stopped（C） did they stop（D）that they didnt stop26 If you want_, you have to get the fund somewhere.（A）the job done（B） the job to do（C） the job to have done（D）the job that is done27 The gray building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts_
12、.（A）are produced（B） are producing（C） produced（D）being produced28 I_fill in the form now, shouldn t I?（A）could（B） couldnt（C） should（D）shouldnt29 John s score on the test is the highest in the class; _.（A）he must have to study last night（B） he must have studied last night（C） he should have studied las
13、t night（D）he should study last night30 According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one _wait instead of searching for it.（A）would rather（B） had to（C） cannot but（D）had best31 There was a large crowd in the square_against the war.（A）protecting（B） protesting（C） pre
14、venting（D）promoting32 I could not persuade him to accept it, _ make him see the importance of it.（A）if only I could not（B） no more than I could（C） or I could not（D）nor could I33 The technical advisor recommended that we_an inspection on the instrument once every month.（A）have（B） has（C） will have（D）a
15、re having34 Language belongs to each of us, to the flower-seller_ to the professor.（A）As far as（B） as much as（C） as many as（D）as long as35 A Dream of the Red Mansion is said_into dozens of languages in the last decade.（A）to translate（B） to have translated（C） to be translated（D）to have been translate
16、d35 A major incentive(动力)for college attendance is the belief that it will prepare you for a career. Chances are that the career you want, whether in nursing, counseling, law, or management, requires a college education. Even if the return of your education isn t as great as it used to be, you would
17、 probably rather be a relatively poorly paid lawyer than a secretary or a construction worker; you would probably rather be a manager than a managee. In the sense that a degree is increasingly required for even middle-level jobs, your investment in a college education will still pay off.It can pay o
18、ff in other ways too. It is a value judgement to say that a college education will make you a better person, but it is a value judgement that the vast majority of college graduates are willing to make survey after survey to demonstrate that people feel very positive about their college education, be
19、lieving that it has made them better and more tolerant people.Whether it makes you a better person or not, a college education is likely to have a lasting effect on your knowledge and values. If you finish college, you will sit through 30 to 45 different courses. Even the least dedicated student is
20、bound to learn something from these courses. In addition, students learn informally. Whether you go to college in you hometown or across the country, college will introduce you to a greater diversity of people than you re likely to have experienced before. This diversity will challenge your mind and
21、 broaden your horizons.As a result of formal and informal learning, college graduates are more knowledgeable about the world around them, more tolerant and less prejudiced, more active in public and community affairs, and, more open to new ideas.36 It is apparent from the passage that people go to c
22、ollege mainly because they believe_.（A）a college education will provide them with a guarantee of success in life（B） the economy of their country cant absorb an army of untrained youngsters（C） a college education will make them better qualified for a career（D）the investment in a college education can
23、 bring a higher economic return than before37 We can learn from the second paragraph that .（A）college can hardly help people become better citizens（B） most college graduates refuse to make any comment on their college education（C） a College education may not be the best thing for everyone（D）people c
24、onsider their college education to be of great worth38 The word “dedicated“(Line 3, Para. 3)could best be replaced by_.（A）hardworking（B） competent（C） intelligent（D）conservative39 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?（A）A college student can enrich his knowledge and
25、 broaden his mind through formal and informal learning.（B） A college education is likely to be a required credential(文凭)for the career a person wants.（C） A college student who doesn t work hard can get nothing out of the courses he takes.（D）A college education tends to have long-range effects on a p
26、erson s knowledge and values.40 This passage is primarily concerned with_.（A）the change of peoples attitude toward their college education（B） the benefits of a college education（C） the result of formal and informal learning（D）the intercommunication among college students40 Happiness can be described
27、 as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. According to recent polls(民意测试), sixty to seventy percent of Americans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feel very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. It is not predic
28、table nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously
29、undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this i
30、s mainly because they have more opportunity to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain. Learning to
31、cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness. Those with a good sex life are happier in general, but those who have a loving, affectionate relationship are happier than those who rely on sex alone. Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factor.It should be noted that p
32、eople quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods yet they are not necessarily happier adults when they grow up.The best formula
33、for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration, to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.41 It can be inferred from the passage that_.（A）happiness is predictable（B） a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happ
34、y（C） happiness is not necessarily connected to one s situation in society（D）the rich are likely to be happier than the middle-income group42 People with college education_.（A）have less opportunity to control their lives（B） have more opportunity to control their lives（C） are not happier than those wh
35、o have only an education at high school（D）are much happier than those who did not graduate from high school43 According to the article, happiness is greatly dependent upon_.（A）a happy childhood（B） great wealth（C） a college degree（D）a feeling that conditions are becoming for the better44 Which of the
36、 following is most likely to contribute to happiness?（A）Being exceptionally good-looking.（B） Having a good paying job.（C） Having a loving, affectionate relationship.（D）Meeting lots of people.45 Which of the following attitudes of feelings is most likely to be found in happy people?（A）Having self-est
37、eem.（B） Being sure of keeping everything they already have.（C） Never being jealous.（D）Knowing how to be charming.45 When I was learning calligraphy(书法), my teacher told me a story.A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practiced handwriting with old sheets of newspaper comp
38、lained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe youll write better. “The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked hi
39、s teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn t matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best p
40、aper and youll treasure it. Each time you write your feel strongly about the rarity of chances and youll devote to it with all your heart and soul; youll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you ve made rapid progress. “Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they a
41、re worthless “old newspaper“. We don t care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlesslythe “ old newspaper“ is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons
42、 are used. In everyday life there s no chance for us to draft. That s because what we call “draft“ actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.46 The calligrapher in the story told the student
43、 to write on the best paper because he thought_.（A）the student would practice more carefully on the best paper（B） it was comfortable to write on the best paper（C） the student had enough money to buy the best paper（D）the student could write more on the best paper47 The student didn t make much progre
44、ss at first because_.（A）he didnt follow his teacher s advice（B） he was too poor to buy better paper to write on（C） he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft（D）he was not used to the calligrapher s teaching manner48 We learn from the passage that_.（A）the student finally gave up（B） the
45、student made rapid progress by practicing more carefully（C） the calligrapher was strict with his students（D）old newspaper is not useful49 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?（A）What teachers say is always true.（B） Success calls for attentiveness.（C） Handwriting is easy to practic
46、e.（D）New things are always better than old ones.50 The writer wants to tell us that_.（A）there are some good ways to practice handwriting（B） life is like old newspaper（C） we should learn from the student in the story（D）life will not give us a chance to draw a draft50 Much attention is presently being
47、 given to what is termed “functional illiteracy“. This should not be confused with the problem of illiteracy, that is, the inability to read and write. Current United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)figures indicate that 99 percent of all Americans are literate, the
48、same figure assigned to nations such as Britain, Germany. Functional illiteracy, by contrast, is concerned with how much difficulty people have in actually using and writing skills in everyday situations. This might be interpreted, for example, as the relative ability to understand federal income ta
49、x forms, or printed instructions, or how well someone can write a letter of complaint, or apply in writing for a job.There are no agreed-upon(达成一致的)definitions of what functional illiteracy is and, in practice, definitions vary widely. For many years, reading tests have been used throughout the country which define readi
