[专升本类试卷]广东专插本(英语)模拟试卷11.doc

[专升本类试卷]广东专插本（英语）模拟试卷11
一、Vocabulary and Structure
1 It was not until he had arrived home ______ he remembered his appointment with the lawyer.
（A）that
（B）where
（C）when
（D）which
2 ______ put down the receiver when the telephone rang again.
（A）Scarcely did she
（B）Scarcely had she
（C）Scarcely she
（D）Scarcely she had
3 ______everybody knows about it, 1 don't want to talk any more.
（A）For
（B）Even
（C）Since
（D）However
4 The easier the problems are, ______able to solve them.
（A）I am less likely
（B）less likely I am
（C）the less likely I am
（D）the less likely am I
5 ______ more time, we will be able to come up with a better solution to the problem. （A）Given
（B）To give
（C）Giving
（D）Be given
6 ______for their help, we would not shave overcome the difficulties.
（A）Weren't
（B）Had it not been
（C）Hadn't it been
（D）Had it been not
7 The construction of the laboratory______by the end of the year.
（A）will complete
（B）will have completed
（C）will be completed
（D）will have been completed
8 He asked us to ______ them in carrying through their plan.
（A）provide
（B）assist
（C）arouse
（D）persist
9 He was such a______speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.
（A）specific
（B）heroic
（C）dynamic
（D）diplomatic
10 The manager urged his staff not to______the splendid opportunity.
（A）drop
（B）escape
（C）miss
（D）slide
11 The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the______in which people communicate across time and space.
（A）route
（B）vision
（C）transmission
（D）manner
12 Every culture has developed ______for certain kinds of food and drink, and equally strong negative attitudes toward others.
（A）preferences
（B）fantasies
（C）expectations
（D）fashions
13 Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, ______ they have no schedules to keep.
（A）even though
（B）as if
（C）for
（D）since
14 Some plants are very______ to light; they prefer the shade.
（A）sensible
（B）objective
（C）flexible
（D）sensitive
15 The people are fully aware______they have before them problems and difficulties of various kinds.
（A）of that
（B）what
（C）that
（D）which
16 —How did you find your visit to the museum?—I thoroughly enjoyed it. It
was______than I expected.
（A）far more interesting
（B）even much interesting
（C）so more interesting
（D）a lot much interesting
17 She's fainted. Throw some water on her face and she may______.
（A）come round
（B）come back
（C）come again
（D）come out
18 Somebody______here only this morning.
（A）must be
（B）can be
（C）must have been
（D）should have been
19 Jane has a good chance of winning the beauty contest. She is______and intelligent. （A）slender
（B）lean
（C）slight
（D）thin
20 The gardener was called in to tell the way______the poor dog had died. （A）/
（B）in that
（C）which
（D）by which
21 Children should be taught how to get along with ______.
（A）another
（B）other
（C）others
（D）any other
22 He left______an important detail in his account.
（A）off
（B）over
（C）behind
（D）out
23 I hadn't seen him for years, but I ______ his voice on the telephone.
（A）realized
（B）discovered
（C）recognized
（D）heard
24 We' 11 be only too glad to attend your party______we can get a baby-sitter. （A）so far as
（B）provided that
（C）unless
（D）except tha
25 They couldn't______ him of his mistake.
（A）advise
（B）convince
（C）persuade
（D）believe
26 ______ under a microscope, a fresh snowflake has a delicate six-pointed shape （A）Seeing
（C）To see
（D）To be seei
27 —When are you going to visit your uncle in Chicago? —As soon as ______ our work for tomorrow.
（A）we' re complete
（B）we' d complete
（C）we' ll complete
（D）we complete
28 You ought______ the matter to the manager the day before yesterday.
（A）to report
（B）to have reported
（C）to reporting
（D）have repoi
29 It was because he was ill______he didn't go to school.
（A）that
（B）when
（D）so
30 ______, he doesn't study well.
（A）As clever is he
（B）He is as clever
（C）Clever as he is
（D）, As clever he is
31 Dr. Seaman would prefer the matter______at the next meeting. （A）to be discussed
（B）being discussed
（C）discussing
（D）discussed
32 Rod did nothing but______trick on me.
（A）playing
（B）to play
（C）to playing
（D）play
33 ______ they will produce cars next year or not hasn't been made clear.
（A）Whether
（B）That
（C）If
（D）What
34 My cousin demanded that she______ accompany me to the doctor.
（A）should
（B）would
（C）could
（D）might
35 When I was a child, I______ for a swim, if the weather was fine.
（A）will go
（B）was going
（C）would go
（D）had gone
35 Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is " Don't " ! But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming
famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre:painting scenery, publicity (宣传) , taking care of the costumes (舞台服装) , and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed. The hours are long and the salary is tiny.
Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
36 From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession______. （A）for ambitious people only
（B）for young people only
（C）too difficult for young people
（D）sought after by too many people
37 For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that______.
（A）he will become a film star at long last
（B）he will be well paid
（C）he will end up without becoming a film star
（D）he will become a stage manager
38 A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself______.
（A）as famous as the greatest actor of the world
（B）playing the leading female role in a play
（C）no less famous than the leading actor of the day
（D）the most famous actress of the world
39 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of an assistant stage manager's job? （A）Help advertise plays.
（B）Play minor roles.
（C）Collect tickets.
（D）Take care of the dress to be worn on the stage by an actor or actress.
40 The concluding sentence " chances like this happen once in a blue moon " means （A）this is a highly profitable chance
（B）this is something highly possible
（C）this is something which happens once in while
（D）this is very rare chance
40 Washington Irving was America's first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in either country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Thoreau in the United States. The respect in which he was
held was partly owing to the man himself with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his politeness, his gray spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the old World and the New. Thackeray described Irving as a "gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans". In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford—an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation—and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature; America made him ambassador to Spain. Irving's background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little Schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater.
41 The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was______.
（A）the world's first man of letters
（B）a writer who had great success both in his own country and outside
（C）a man who was able to move from America to England
（D）a man whose personal achievements made him able to sell works
42 What is the most proper comment on Irving?
（A）His works were very popular in England and the United States.
（B）He was respected by many fellow writers.
（C）His works were of popularity and high quality.
（D）He is a gentleman.
43 Why is it unusual that Irving was granted an honorary degree from Oxford?
（A）Because his degree was honorary, rather than earned.
（B）Because he was not so successful as his fellow writers.
（C）Because he was from America which was a country with young history and less culture.
（D）Because Oxford was a famous university in England.
44 What is true about Irving's background?
（A）His background had provided opportunity for his literary achievement.
（B）He spent very little time working as a lawyer.
（C）As a gifted child, he had received good education.
（D）His religious beliefs helped him a lot.
45 The tone of the author can be said to be______.
（A）serious
（B）mild
（C）friendly
（D）appreciative
45 Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and bills of one kind or another. However, this has not always been true. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market place that he or she considered to be of equal value. Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people 's
precise needs were seldom met. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods that the members of society recognized as having value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, feathers, salt, elephant tusks, and tobacco had all been used. Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.
A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears words, designs or numbers showing its value. Until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value—the value that the governments choose to give them, which doesn't show the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, aluminum (铝) , nickel(镍) , lead, zinc (锌) , plastic and in China even from tea leaves. Most governments now issue paper money in the form of bills, which are really" promise to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Checks and credit cards are being used increasingly, and it is possible to imagine a world where "money" in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used. Even today, in the United States, many places, especially filling stations will not accept cash at night for security reasons.
46 Barter here means ______.
（A）exchanging goods for money
（B）exchanging sheep for anything in the market
（C）exchanging goods for goods
（D）exchanging money for goods
47 Why were precious metals gradually used for making coins?
（A）Because they were durable and portable.
（B）Because they were recognizable.
（C）Because they were divisible.
（D）All of the above.
48 Coins were given value according to the exact amount of metals contained in them （A）before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
（B）after the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
（C）during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
（D）between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
49 "promises to pay"( Paragraph 2) means______.
（A）possibilities to pay
（B）obligations to pay
（C）necessities to pay
（D）opportunities to pay
50 A world without any money in the form of coins and paper is______ .
（A）suitable
（B）necessary
（C）possible
（D）avoidable
50 What will man be like in the future—in 5 , 000 or even 50, 000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, which will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? It will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
51 The passage tells us about______.
（A）how man's life will be in the future
（B）what future man will look like
（C）the fact that man's organs will function differently in the future
（D）the fact that man is growing uglier as time passes
52 There is evidence that______.
（A）man has been growing taller over the past 500 years
（B）man has got stronger eyes than he ever had
（C）man's hair is getting thinner and thinner
（D）man's limbs are getting weaker because he tends to make less use of them 53 Man's forehead will grow larger because______.
（A）he will make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity
（B）the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time
（C）he had rather narrow forehead a few hundred years ago
（D）he will have to use his brain more and more as time goes on
54 Future man will probably ______.
（A）have smaller eyes
（B）see better
（C）have larger eyes
（D）wear better glasses
55 The reason for believing that future man will be different is that he______. （A）is always willing to change
（B）hopes for a change
（C）never stops changing
（D）will live a different life
三、Cloze
55 Life on earth【56】many shapes and surely of the strangest is a newly discovered 【57】whose ability to change the bodily (身体的)【58】is so dramatic that some biologists【59】disbelief when they first heard about it.
Sometimes, the【60】creatures seems to behave like a green plant, calmly photosynthesizing (进行光合作用)【61】the sun. These organisms can transform themselves into【62】monsters,【63】within minutes into a block-like form at least 100 times【64】
In its free-swimming【65】, the organism feeds on fish flesh, but if the supply【66】, the creature simply goes into suspended (暂停的，中止的) condition【67】a protective shell around itself and dropping to the bottom【68】it can wait【69】years. When more fish happen【70】, the creature senses their presence, breaks out of its shell and swims free again.
The species would be【71】more than a scientific curiosity, a marvel of nature,【72】for one fact. When the organism detects fish and【73】out, it produces a powerful【74】that kills the fish, often【75】minutes, sometimes by the millions.
（A）saves
（B）makes
（C）brings
（D）takes （A）creature （B）fossil （C）life
（D）spectacle （A）form （B）shell （C）temperature （D）live
（A）do
（B）be skeptical （C）speak （D）express （A）acquired （B）aquatic （C）active
（A）under
（B）in
（C）for
（D）out of
（A）gigantic （B）marble
（C）beautiful （D）ugly
（A）swelling （B）swelled
（C）swell (膨胀) （D）to swell
（A）as before （B）than that before （C）as big
（A）phrase （B）appearance （C）phase （D）approach （A）appears （B）vanishes （C）keeps （D）admits （A）finding （B）showing （C）missing （D）forming （A）where （B）then （C）therefore
（A）in
（B）from （C）for
（D）by
（A）to
（B）along （C）on
（D）up
（A）a great deal （B）even （C）a little （D）little （A）if it is not （B）were it not （C）had it been
（D）if it would be
（A）catches
（B）hatches
（C）dispatches
（D）matches
（A）current
（B）liquid
（C）air
（D）poison
（A）within
（B）for
（C）by
（D）in
四、Writing
76 This part is to test your ability in practical writing. Now you are required to write a letter to one of your best friends to invite him/her to take part in your birthday party. Your writing should contain 100 to 120 words and you should write it on the Answer Sheet.
1．告诉生日宴会的时间和地点；2．介绍宴会中的活动内容；3．阐述被邀请人参加的必要性。