专升本招生全国统一考试
英语命题预测试卷（一）
I. Phonetics (5 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C, and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet. 1. A. great B. measure C. heavy D. peasant 2. A. training B. brain C. remain D. said 3. A. uncle B. umbrella C. custom D. university 4. A. medium B. western C. MediterraneanD.revolution 5. A. taught B. caught C. laughter D. daughter
II. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet. 6. The composition ________any more.
A. need not to be corrected B. doesn’t need be corrected C. need not correct D. doesn’t need to be corrected 7. With the guide _____the way, we set out on foot into the dark night.
A. lead B. leading C. led D. to lead
8. ______Liu Xiang failed to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he is still a hero in the eyes of our Chinese people. A. Although B. Since C. So D. Because 9. _______is terribly tiring working late like_______.
A. This; it B. It; this C. What; it D. It; what 10. The shop assistant didn’t give me the right _______.
A. change B. money C. serve D. note 11. There aren’t many pandas _______in the world today.
A. alive B. living C. lively D. lived 12. We never dared to ask him a question, _________?
A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we 13. Five minutes earlier, ______we could have caught the last train.
A. of B. but C. and D. so 14. The roof fell ______he had time to dash into the room to save his baby.
A. since B. as C. before D. until
15. After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane _______her job as a doctor in the countryside. A. set out B. took over C. took up D. set up
16. In the geography lesson, the teacher told the children that the earth _____round like a ball. A. was B. is C. were D. had been
17. Whatever you do, you _____click with the right mouse button or the program will crash.
A. must not B. don’t have to C. doesn’t have to D. needn’t 18. _______the room temperature, she kept the heater on.
A. Kept on B. Keeping up C. So as to keep up D. To keep up 19. If motorists had to pay an extra tax to drive in cities, they ______their cars a lot less. A. use B. will use C. used D. would use 20. The people are fully aware _______they have before them problems and difficulties of various kinds. A. of that B. what C. that D. which
III. Cloze (30 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally 21 them and the job they do---although there are certain people who do not believe that the police 22 have the power that they do. What does a policeman actually do? It is not 23 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic, either ___24 foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 25 _up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic problem has to help keep the traffic moving, stop 26 motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the 27 too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we 28 the police to come and restore order. And they often have to deal with situation at great risk to their own 29 .
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, even if he is not a detective, will often have to help 30 and arrest criminals.
And 31 do we call when there is an emergency---an air crash, a fire, a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. 32 a policeman has to be prepared to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 33 world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it 34 well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 35 do the job of a policeman.
21. A. dislike 22. A. should 23. A. a funny 24. A. on 25. A. walking 26. A. resting 27. A. peace 28. A. wait for 29. A. safety 30. A. get rid of 31. A. how 32. A. Yet 33. A. future 34. A. extremely 35. A. hardly
B. join B. would B. a pleasant B. by B. driving B. tired B. silence B. call B. families B. question B. where B. Then B. modern B. specially B. forever C. appreciate C. could
C. an interesting C. under C. wandering C. speeding C. situation C. think of C. future C. look for C. what C. As C. real
C. surprisingly C. ever D. admire D. must D. an easy D. with
D. searching D. drunken D. condition D. expect D. expect D. sentence D. who D. So D. whole
D. particularly D. never
IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage one
Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest underground lake. The Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns.
The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in a room called “The Council Room,” many Indian artifacts have been found. Some of the items discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry.
For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.
Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have been mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent of it is still unknown. 36. The Lost Sea is unique because it is ________. A. part of a historical cave system
B. the biggest underground lake in the world C. listed in the Guinness Book of World Records D. the largest body of water in Tennessee
37. The Craighead Caverns have been known ________. A. through history B. since the time of the Indian nations C. since 1905 D. since divers explored them
38. Who located the Lost Sea in recent times?
A. The Cherokee Indians B. Tourists C. Ben Sands D. Scientists.
39. It can be inferred from the passage that the Craighead Caverns presently serve as ____.
A. an underground testing site B. an Indian meeting ground C. a tourist attraction D. a motor boat race course
Passage Two
Human needs seem endless. They might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is enough money to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears.
The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied, the second level of needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World WarⅡ, these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans . Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared: the \enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction , that is , the feeding , comfort , safety , and transportation，this level stresses mental needs for recognition , achievement , and happiness . It includes a variety of goods and services. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing.
On the fourth level, a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods.
A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
40. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when____.
A. he has saved up enough money
B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter C. he has satisfied his hunger D. he has learned to build houses
41. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World WarⅡ, most Americans ____ .
A. were very rich. B. lived in poverty
C. did not own automobiles D. had own automobiles
42. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level? ______.
A. The more goods the better.
B. The more “luxury” items the better. C. The more mental satisfaction the better. D. The more earnings the better.
43. The author tends to think that the fifth level____.
A. would be little better than the fourth level B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four C. can be the last and most satisfying level
D. will become attainable before the government takes actions
Passage Three
It was a case of emergency. The four-year-old girl awoke and smelled smoke. She couldn’t wake her mother, so she dialed “zero”. An operator immediately called the fire department. Help was sent, and a tragedy avoided.
Days before this emergency, the mother had taught her child how to telephone for help. Children as young as two and one-half years old can be taught to use the phone in emergency situations. Here are some points.
Memorizing certain facts is important. Teach your children their names, and the section of town where you live. Try to keep what they learn within their abilities. Simple information, learned well, is better than difficult information partly learned.
Be sure your children know how to use the telephone. They should be taught to dial “zero” for the operator, at the very least. And they should be taught to dial “911” if it is used in your town.
Practice over a period of several days. Over-learning is necessary so the child can act automatically in case of emergency.
If you would like a booklet giving instructions on calling for help, write Telephone for Help, Box 99, Bowling Green Station, New York, NY 10004.
44. Based on the passage, over-learning is good because_________.
A. simple information is used B. children should know their names C. it helps children act automatically
D. difficult information is only partly learned
45. Paragraph 4 talks about dialing “911”. This number is probably _______.
A. the operator B. an emergency number C. a practice number for children D. used to keep children calm
46. One thing the passage does NOT tell you to do is ____.
A. call you neighbor B. practice several times
C. teach children how to use the telephone D. have children memorize some simple facts
专升本招生全国统一考试英语命题预测试卷(一)
