1、江苏专转本（英语）模拟试卷 12 及答案与解析一、Vocabulary and Structure1 _the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.（A）Having believed（B） Believing（C） Believed（D）Being believed2 Until then, his family_from him for six months.（A）didnt hear（B） hasnt been hearing（C） hasnt heard（D）h
2、adnt heard3 If you want this painkiller, youll have to ask the doctor for a_.（A）transaction（B） permit（C） settlement（D）prescription4 If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, _would be getting sick.（A）a lot of more us（B） more a lot of us（C） a lot of us more（D）a lot more of us5 _for my illn
3、ess I would have lent him a helping hand.（A）Not being（B） Had it not been（C） Without being（D）Not having been6 You have nothing to_ by refusing to listen to our advice.（A）gain（B） grasp（C） seize（D）earn7 You dont have to be in such a hurry, I would rather you_ on business first.（A）would go（B） will go（C）
4、 went（D）have gone8 _in an atmosphere of simple living was what her parents wished for.（A）The girl was educated（B） The girl educated（C） The girls being educated（D）The girl to be educated9 I hope that youll be more careful in typing the letter. Dont_anything.（A）lack（B） withdraw（C） omit（D）leak10 It is
5、reported that_ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.（A）the most（B） most of（C） most（D）the most of11 This crop does not do well in soils _ the one for which it has been specially developed.（A）outside（B） other than（C） beyond（D）rather than12 His remarks left me_about his real purp
6、ose.（A）wondered（B） wonder（C） to wonder（D）wondering13 Not that John doesnt want to help you, _ its beyond his power.（A）but that（B） for that（C） and that（D）in that14 Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still（A）blank（B） hollow（C） vacant（D）bare15 If I hadnt stood
7、 under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you_ now.（A）wouldnt be smiling（B） couldnt have smiled（C） wont smile（D）didnt smile16 Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of_.（A）extinction（B） migration（C） destruction（D）extraction17 It took us only a few hours to_the paper off
8、all four walls.（A）shear（B） scrape（C） stroke（D）chip18 The manager tried to wave aside these issues as_ details that would be settled later.（A）versatile（B） trivial（C） preliminary（D）alternate19 The manager lost his_just because his secretary was ten minutes late.（A）mood（B） temper（C） mind（D）passion20 Ho
9、mework_on time will lead to better grades.（A）done（B） be done（C） having done（D）to have been done21 You cannot be_ careful when you drive a car.（A）very（B） so（C） too（D）enough22 It is important that enough money_ to fund the project.（A）be collected（B） must be collected（C） was collected（D）can be collecte
10、d23 Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major_in every familys budget.（A）nutrition（B） expenditure（C） routine（D）provision24 The grey building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts_.（A）are producing（B） are produced（C） produced（D）being produced25 No one ima
11、gined that the apparently _ businessman was really a criminal.（A）respective（B） respectable（C） respectful（D）realistic26 Had he worked harder, he_the exams.（A）must have got through（B） would have got through（C） permitted are freshmen（D）are permitted freshmen27 They were_in their scientific research, no
12、t knowing what happened just outside their lab.（A）submerged（B） drowned（C） immersed（D）dipped28 By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular_children as Coca-Cola.（A）for（B） in（C） to（D）with29 Fortune-tellers are good at making_ statements such as “Your sorrows will change. “（A）philosophical（B） ambiguous（C） lit
13、eral（D）invalid30 The tenant must be prepared to decorate the house_ the terms of the contract.（A）in the vicinity of（B） in quest of（C） in accordance with（D）in collaboration with31 His _ _ was telling him that something was wrong.（A）intuition（B） hypothesis（C） inspiration（D）sentiment32 Only under speci
14、al circumstances_ to take make-up tests.（A）are freshmen permitted（B） freshmen are permitted（C） permitted are freshmen（D）are permitted freshmen33 Before he left for his vacation he went to the bank to_some money.（A）pull（B） pick（C） gain（D）draw34 The prospect of increased prices has already worries.（A）
15、provoked（B） irritated（C） inspired（D）hoisted35 He will agree to do what you require_ him.（A）of（B） from（C） to（D）for36 While_ the sun, the satellite has sent more than four billion bits of information back to earth.（A）having orbited（B） being orbited（C） having been orbited（D）orbiting37 This programme wi
16、ll examine the writers books in detail, _ an introduction to her life.（A）following（B） having followed（C） being followed（D）to be followed38 Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university_.（A）has been accepted（B） have been accepted（C） was accepted（D）were accepted39 The Prime
17、 Minister was followed by five or six_ when he got off the plane.（A）laymen（B） servants（C） directors（D）attendants40 _ they reached the centre of the city, they stopped the car at a bar.（A）Before a mile or so when（B） For a mile or so after（C） Further than a mile or so（D）A mile or so before40 Although
18、April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesnt generally experience the atmospheric sound and lightning that can accompany those rains, its still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.The reason these
19、two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick
20、us into thinking we see a downward motion when its actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think we see, wed still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping bet
21、ween two cloud or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2, 000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, theres enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn mor
22、e about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval between the flash and the crash to learn how
23、close they were to the actual spark.41 It can be concluded from the passage that_.（A）we should not believe what we see or hear（B） things moving downward are more noticeable（C） people often have wrong concepts about ordinary phenomena（D）adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural
24、phenomena42 What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?（A）Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.（B） Lightning travels 5 minutes faster than thunder.（C） Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.（D）There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth tha
25、n we imagine.43 According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley, _.（A）rains usually come without thunder and lightning（B） it is usually dry in April（C） children pay no attention to natural phenomena（D）parents are not interested in thunder and lightning44 The word “activity“(Para. 3, Line
26、4)is most closely related to the word(s)（A）cloud（B） lightning strikes（C） lightning flashes（D）thunderstorms45 We believe that lightning is a downward notion because_.（A）we were taught so by our parents from our childhood（B） we are deceived by our sense of vision（C） it is a common natural phenomenon（D
27、）it is a truth proved by science45 Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But Agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define “wisdom“ and consider means of promoting it.There are several factors tha
28、t contribute to wisdom. Of these I should put first a sense of proportion; the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special knowledge requir
29、ed of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine
30、. You succeed(let us say)as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowing the standard of life in the parts of the world
31、 that have the greatest populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybodys mind at the present time; you study the make up of the atom from a disinterested(无利害关系的)desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human ra
32、ce.Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments(增强)our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity for evil, if our purpose are unwise.46 What is the main idea of the passage?（A）It is unwise to pla
33、ce the results of scientific research in the hands of a powerful mad man.（B） The more knowledge one has, the wiser one becomes.（C） Any increase of knowledge could lead to disastrous results without the guidance of wisdom.（D）Wisdom increases in proportion to ones age.47 The author uses the examples i
34、n the passage to illustrate his point that_.（A）its extremely difficult to consider all the important elements in problem（B） success in medical research has its negative effects（C） scientists may unknowingly cause destruction to the human race（D）its unwise to be totally absorbed in research in scient
35、ific medicine48 Disagreement arises when people try to decide_.（A）how much more wisdom we have now than before（B） what wisdom is and how to develop it（C） if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age（D）whether wisdom can be developed or not49 Lowering the infant death-rate may .（A）prove to be he
36、lpful everywhere in the world（B） give rise to an increase in population in Europe（C） cause food shortages in Asia and Africa（D）raise the living standard of the people in Africa50 According to the author, “wisdom“ is the ability to_.（A）carefully consider the bad effects of any kind of research work（B
37、） give each important problem some careful consideration（C） acquire a great deal of complex and special knowledge（D）give suitable consideration to all the possible elements in a problem50 It is everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so
38、 in so short a period of time challenges explanation.Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey“ spoken instructions some time before the
39、y can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babie
40、s make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to sho
41、w the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyments, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire(能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to de
42、liberate(有意识的)imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.51 The best title for this passage would be_.（A）How Babies Learn to Speak（B） Early Forms of Language（C） A Hug
43、e Task for Children（D）Noise Making and Language Learning52 By “. challenges explanation“(Line 2, Para. 1)the author means that_.（A）no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon（B） no explanation has been made up to now（C） its no easy job to provide an adequate explanation（D）its high tim
44、e that an explanation was provided53 The authors purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children_.（A）usually obey without asking questions（B） are passive in the process of learning to speak（C） are born cooperative（D）learn to speak by listening54 The third paragraph is mainly about_.
45、（A）the development of babies early forms of language（B） the difficulties of babies in learning to speak（C） babies strong desire to communicate（D）babies intention to communicate55 From the passage we learn that_.（A）early starters can learn to speak within only six months（B） children show a strong des
46、ire to communicate by making noises（C） imitation plays an important role in learning to speak（D）children have various difficulties in learning to speak55 American society is not nap(午睡)friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. “The
47、res even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep. “ Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote proverb: “Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven. “Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. “W
48、e have to totally change our attitude toward napping“, says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an “American sleep debt“ which one member said was as important as the national debt, the commission was con
49、cerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half-hour snooze(打瞌睡)every afternoon.About 60 percent of American adults n
