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Direction: All the Questions should be done on the Answer Sheet.

I.Choose a word that best completes each of the following sentences:

(20*1point=20points)

1. The ________ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.

A. average

B. common

C. usual

D. normal

2. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more

expensive than, _______ at the other store.

A. the one

B. others

C. that

D. the ones

3. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time listening and

being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

A. as

B. which

C. that

D. what

4. _____________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company

would not be so thriving as it is.

A. Had it not been

B. Were it not

C. Be it not

D. Should it not be

5. Asia _______________ by most experts to be the cradle of human civilization.

A. has been always considered

B. has always been considered

C. always has been considered

D. has been considered always

6. An old woman was badly hurt in _______ the police describe as an apparently

motiveless attack.

A. that

B. what

C. whatever

D. which

7. Paul Samuelson revolutionized ______ by presenting his students with the most

advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.

A. to teach economics

B. teaching that economics is

C. the teaching of economics

D. economics is taught

8. If you find this item too difficult to _______, it is advisable to leave as it is and

move on to the next one.

A. work out

B. work on

C. work for

D. work at

9. You and I could hardly understand, ________?

A. could we

B. couldn’t you

C. couldn’t we

D. could I

10. There was an accident _______ the crossroads at midnight last night.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D.by

11.She has managed to obtain a temporary work __________ in Britain.

A permit

B permission

C permissiveness

D permissible

12. The football players need total concentration during ___________.

A match

B game

C play

D perform

13. Involved in a bribery scandal, the President had to ___________ his

resignation.

A do

B catch

C offer

D find

14. When I go out in the evening I use the bike __________the car if I can.

A rather than

B regardless of

C in spite of

D other than

15. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.

A sensible

B flexible

C objective

D sensitive

16. Don’t let the child play with scissors _________he cuts himself.

A in case

B so that

C now that

D only if

17. Without proper lessons, you could________ a lot of bad habits when playing

the piano.

A keep up

B pick up

C draw up

D catch up

18. We should always bear in mind that _________ decisions often result in serious

consequences.

A urgent

B instant

C prompt

D hasty

19. The computer can be paid for in ten monthly________ of 100 dollars.

A pay

B pays

C payment

D payments

20. American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to the growing

difference between American and British usages of English.

A. realize

B. recognize

C. research

D. reckon

III.Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives.

Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.

One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population __12__, many people like big families. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age.

Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __16__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results have not been 18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__.

( )1.A increasing B to increase C and increase D with increasing

( )2.A second B recent C next D late

( )3.A Any B Some C More D All

( )4.A need B want C absence D shortage

( )5.A so B much C too D enough

( )6.A getting B from getting C to get D get

( )7.A remember B remembering C to remember D remembers

( )8.A an amount B a number C the amount D the number

( )9.A for B in C of D about

( )10.A not easy B no easy C not easily D no ease

( )11.A persuade B be persuading C be persuaded D persuading

( )12.A bursting B explosion C raising D extension

( )13.A takes B brings C makes D earns

( )14.A upon B for C into D after

( )15.A adjusted B created C adopted D presented

( )16. A Of B Among C Between D Out of

( )17.A exceptions B examples C events D cases

( )18.A success B succeeded C successful D succeeding

( )19.A were encouraged B encouraged C are encouraged D encourage

( )20.A presently B at present C in time D on time

IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (10 points)

Rummaging through the fruit and veg section of my local supermarket, reading the country of origin labels, I am bewildered by the geography of it all. That the fruits of the earth should all be laid out on tidy shelves in this provincial corner of Britain would have been unthinkable a few years ago, yet now it is taken for granted.

Once strange and exotic fruits that only the rich could afford, if not now part of everyone’s diet, are certainly part of our everyday shopping experience. So much so that instead of focusing on the novel, I am drawn to the commonplace. Here, among the “humble” vegetables, something strange and disturbing is going on.

V. Translate the following sentences into English: (10*3points=30points)

1.女孩横穿马路时被汽车撞倒.(to knock over).

2.这群年轻人听了这则笑话哄堂大笑.(to roar with).

3.她很不善于见什么人说什么话.( to have no knack for).

4.驾驶员违反交通规则,除了罚款之外,还有别的处罚办法吗?(alternative to)

5.为了安全起见,车上每个人都必须系上安全带.(for the sake of).

6.我们费了九牛二虎之力将门弄开.(to have …job to do).

7. 这个沙发一拉开,就可变成床.(to convert into).

8. 成年人学习外语的困难之一是母语的干扰.(to interfere with).

9. 许多困在山洞里的人在救援队赶到之前就死了.(to trap).

10. 我突然明白他原来是想帮助我.(to dawn on).

VI. Reading Comprehension (38 points)

Passage 1

I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream?

Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window

is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up

at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other.

Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the existing and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on and expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.

What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two; they have expressed their preference for the “quiet life” by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind— they are polluted with

strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.

What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “morning”

to the locals as they pass by? I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby, I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass, I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.

1.We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author

A used to live in the country

B used to work in the city

C works in the city

D lives in the country

2. In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT

A a strong sense of fear

B lack of communication

C housing conditions

D a sense of isolation

3. The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT

A daily necessities

B fresh fruits

C designer clothes

D fresh vegetables

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, thanks. , I do. . I'd rather not. idea. 答案：B 二、阅读理解 Peter arrived home and discovered that he had forgotten his door key. He rang the bell, but nobody came to open the door. He rang again, and waited, but still there was no answer. He walked around the house to see if he could find an open window. But they were all closed. It was beginning to rain and he did not know what to do. Dorothy, his wife, had obviously gone out, and he did not know where she had gone, or when she would return. He waited for half an hour. Still nobody came. Finally feeling wet and angry, he picked up a big stone and threw it through the kitchen window and was climbing through it. When he heard the front door open, his wife came back. could not open the door with his key one day. 答案：B was raining that day. 答案：A threw a big stone through a window to get into his house. 答案：A wife came back when he was walking around the house.

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2017年专升本大学英语模拟试题（二） I.Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 45 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. 1. Their idea is ______ to all of us and you do not need to tell us more about it. A. apparent B. appearing C. approaching D. apart 2. Please do not ______ when somebody else is talking. A. intend B. interpret C. interrupt D. invest 3 It has been about 7 years since they __________. A. got married B. got marry C. get marry D. have married 4 Everyone, as a citizen, _______do his best for the economic development of his own country. A. would B. might C. should D. had to 5 _______ breaks the law must be punished. A. Who B. However he C. Whoever D. No matter who 6 This is the air conditioner ________ we have had so much trouble. A. at which B. of which C. to which D. with which 7. _______ we know, there are 107 elements found in nature. A. As long as B. Just as C. So far as D. For all 8. There ______ not only the earth but also eight other planes in the solar system A. are B. were C. is D. was 9 Not until the mid-nineteenth century _______ achieve recognition A. had EL Greco’s work C. did EL Greco’s work B. EL Greco’s work D. EL Greco’s work did 10. He is one of the best players in the game, ________? A. is he B. doesn’t he C. does he D. isn’t he 11. When you go to a foreign country, you must _________yourself to the manners and customs there. A. admire B. adopt C. adapt D. admit 12. We regret _______ you that you are to be dismissed next week. A. to have informed C. to inform B. informing D. having informed 13. There were one thousand _______ at the national entrance examinations last year. A. applicants B. participants C. assistants D. candidates 14 Plenty of hard work _______ the process. A. accompany B. is accompanied C. accompanies D. are accompanied 15 They talked in whispers, but stil l I couldn’t help but _______ their conversation. A. overhear B. to overhear C. overhearing D. overheard 16 The students expected there ________ more reviewing classes before the final test. A. is B. being C. have D. to be 17. Since it rained yesterday and the ground is still ______ today, you can not sit on the ground. A. damp B. moist C. rainy D. humid 18 But for the heavy rain, we _______.