专升本英语模拟试题三

模拟试题（三）Part I Reading Comprehension(40％35minutes)Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehensio n questions. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet．Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unus ual way. The author was Agatha Christie, a gentle married lady and one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world．In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable t o decide the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was flown to London and admitted to Hamme rsmith Hospital, where specialist help was available (可得到的). She was then only semiconscious (半清醒状态) and on the “Dangerously ill” list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to disc over t hat they, too, were puzzled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby’s case, a nurse asked to speak to them．“Excuse me.” said Nurse Marsha Maitland, “but I think the baby is suffering from thallium poiso ning.”“What makes you think that?” Dr Brown asked. “Thallium poisoning is extremely rare.”“A few days ago, 1 was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie,” Nurse Maitlan d explained. “In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They’re exactly the same as the baby’s.”“You’re very observant and you may be right,” another doctor said. “We’11 carry out some tests and find out whether it’s thallium or not.”The tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance u sed in making optical glass. Once they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the ba by the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Enquiries made people know that the poison might have come from an insecticide used in Qatar.1. Who first suggested the correct cause of the baby’s illness?A. A doctor in Qatar. B . Dr Brown．C. Nurse MaitlandD. Agatha Christie2. Why was the baby sent to London?A . Because she was a British girl whose parents were working in Qatar.B . Because the hospitals in Qatar were full at that time.C. Because she was the daughter of a doctor in one of the hospitalsin London．D. Because the Qatar doctors were not sure they could cure her.3. According to the passage, what caused the baby’s illness?A .Contact with a pair of infected spectacles．B. Contact with a harmful substance used to kill insects.C. Contact with machinery used in manufacturing optical glasses.D. Contact with her mother who carried thallium germs in her body.4. When the baby was first admitted to hospital in the U. K. what didthe doctors think of her case?A. They thought it was a case needing immediate treatment.B. They thought it was a usual one．C. They thought it was quite a simple one．D. They thought it was the result of thallium poisoning.5. Nurse Maitland spoke to the doctors ___________.A . when she heard them discussing the possibility of thallium poisoning．B. because she could see that the doctors had made a mistake.C. to suggest a possible cause of the patient’s illness.D. after she had read about a horse which had been poisoned.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:E-mail systems at thousands of companies and government offices around the world were attacke d by a virus (病毒) called “Melissa” that disguises itself as all “important message” from a friend.Even though there was a weekend warning, more than 50,000 companies at about 100 places aroun d the world have been attacked by the virus, computer experts said on Monday.The virus began to show up last Friday and spread rapidly the next first work day by making com puters send off dozens of e-mails containing the virus. Although the virus had no long-lasting damage t o a computer, its effects were far-reaching.Michael Vatic, a senior US official, said military (军事的) and government computers were damage d, along with thousands of the other institutions’ systems.The body of e-mail message says, “Here is what you ask for . . .” once the user opens it, the vir us digs into the user’s address book and sends out mes sages to the first 50 ad-dresses. The reason the virus spread so rapidly is that you’re getting it from people you know and trust. So any one who gets an unexpected e-mail with the “Important Message” subject line is advised not to open it and to delete (删除) it immediately.6. From the passage we know that the virus attacked thousands of computers on _________.A . Monday B. SaturdayC. FridayD. the first day of a month7. The virus spread rapidly because ____________.A. it makes computers work without stopB. it carries a word “Important Message’’C. it sends out messages to dozens of computers at one timeD. it attacks military and government offices8. The underlined word ‘‘disguise” most probably means __________.A. dressB. cover upC. paintD. notice9. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The computer attacked by the virus won’t work properly.B. Thousands of computers were attacked by the virus one by one.C. The ‘‘Important Message” carries an important message from a friend.D. Any computer with an e-mail system will be attacked by the virus.10. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Stop Using Your ComputersB. “Important Message” Is A VirusC. Messages Form Friends Contain VirusD. Virus Strikes Hard And FastQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go d ancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Lou ver.Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure-a surprising and exciting trip They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they d0 this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventure s. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of hardships, but they’re a lot of fun. One organization, Earth watch, sends small groups of volunteers to different parts of the world. Some volunteers spend tw o weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals Others learn about people of the past.Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weat her, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.Do you enjoy ocean animal? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach la nguage to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball.” They also understan d opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent a nimals. Another study trip goes to Washington S tate and follows Orcas. We call Orcas “killer Whale”, but they’re really dolphins-the largest kind of dolphin. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earth watch is studying how this happens.Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred yea rs ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Moun t Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learni ng more about people from the pastDo you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? The n an Earth watch vacation is for you.11. The Tai Mahal may be _________.A. a shopping centerB. a hotelC. a dancing hallD. a place of interest12. From the passage, on an adventure trip, people _________.A. may not spend much time on sightseeingB. won’t meet some difficulties or hardshipsC. can’t enjoy themselvesD. can’t learn something13. If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can __________.A. join the team to HawaiiB. join the team to the Far NorthC. join the team to WashingtonD, join the team to Greece14. The word ‘‘intelligent” in Paragraph Four means __________.A. excitingB. beautifulC. largeD. clever15. Which of the following is false?A .Some people find sightseeing trips boring.B. Earth watch is planning all these special adventures.C. The number of Orcas is decreasing.D. 3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:It is not 0riv experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work after marriage 0r not. Worldwide this question is being discussed as an increasingly large number of married women enter the workplace.Take the United States for example. Since 1960, the percentage of maⅢed women in the work for ce has jumped from 31.9 percent to 59. 4 percent.American women first moved into the paid labor force during World War II, when men left their j obs to fight.In the last fifty years, more and more women have worked outside the home. And over these year s of developing, Americans have changed their social ＆#118alues as a result. In 1975, women aged 35 and above made up half of all working women. And by 1980, 60 percent were women at the age of 45 and above. Now in Japan, women’ s work group is M-shaped with middle-aged women and those a ged 20-25 at the two peaks.According to statistics (统计), 37.7 percent of Japanese women at childbearing age (25-29) still eng aged themselves in work in 1980, and the number reached 50 percent the next year.Being a housewife has always been regarded as a “graceful occupation” in Japan. Some young Jap ane se women believe it is good to be a “professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been cha nging everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessity. In recent years, a growing number of city housewives have poured out of homes to take part-time jobs.Even the UN has given its support. The 34th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination (歧视) against women. So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t, including the United States. The UN aims to get it agreed by a11 members by 2000.16. From the first paragraph, we can learn that ___________.A. experts encourage women to take paying jobsB. men encourage women to take paying jobsC. governments encourage women to take paying jobsD. more and more people begin to care about women’s life17. In the USA ___________.A. married women arc lazier than their husbandsB. husbands are lazier than their wivesC. fewer married women used to work outsideD. more married women used to work outside18. Married women in Japan ___________.A. all work outside their homesB. seldom work outside their homesC. have different opinions on their working outsideD. all do housework at their homes19. More and more women have taken jobs outside for the reason thatA. they have no children to take care ofB. they have no housework to doC. they want to make more friendsD. they want to improve their living conditions20. What’s the main idea of this passage?A. Women should stay at home and do housework.B. More women take lobs worldwide.C. The United Nations should pay more attention to women’s rights.D. Women in the poor countries should work outside.PartⅡVocabulary and Structure(20％25 minutes)Directions:Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best co mpletes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21. It is no use __________ me not to worry about my failure in the examination．A. for you to persuadeB. your persuadingC. you persuadeD. having persuaded22. “Are you worried about your son being alone in a strange country?” “ ________. I’m sure he’11 manage fine.”A. By all meansB. Of courseC. Not in the leastD. No wonder23. We’ll go out for relaxation ________ there is much time we have.A. asB. thoughC. unlessD. even if24. The car was repaired but not quite to the owner’s _________.A. pleasureB. satisfactionC. joyD. attraction25. __________ he does his work hard, I don’t mind what time he arrives atthe office.A. MeanwhileB. In caseC. So long asD. So far as26. There is always _______ for improvement however much you havealready done in this field.A. roomB. placeC. areaD. occasion27. I am certain Jane has been here and __________.A. did what required herB. has done what required herC. has done what was required of herA.does what is required her28. The president proclaimed that the problem of setting all the harmedpeople should be _________ immediate solution.A. called forB. called offC. called upD. called on29. A completely new situation will ______ when the new economicsystem comes into existence．A. riseB. raiseC. arouseD. arise30. He hardly _________ say anything more, since you know more about it.A. needB. needsC. needn’tD. don’t need to31. The forecast for this evening is windy and rainy. _________ the outlookfor tomorrow is fine and sunny.A. Out of handB. On every handC. On the other handD. On all hands32. They decided to chase the elephant away __________ it did moredamage to the field.A. unlessB. untilC. beforeD. although33. Would you mind——alone this evening?A .leaving B. be leavingC. being leftD. being leaving34. _______ student with a little common sense should be able to answerthe questionA . Each B．AnyC．Either D. One35. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and to run ______to catch itA. stronglyB. nearlyC. hard D hardly36. All——is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of lifeA . what is needed B. for our needsC. the thing neededD. that is needed37.The famous painting on which he spent so much time is now carefully———.A. perceivedB. reservedC. promotedD. preserved38 She was cooking so carelessly that her apron_______ fire.A. tookB. caughtC. setD. became39. He is an outstanding lawyer; ——．he should have a high status in society．A. thereforeB. becauseC. howeverD. and then40．Henry doesn’t work hard, through the examination his study proves _____than in his class．A. no more better；othersB. no more better}that of othersC.not much better; that of othersD. not much as good; them41 The day will come_____ coal and oil will be used as raw material rather than fuels.A. asB. whileC. whenD. whether42. I am not sure which restaurant________ ．A. to eat onB. for eatingC. eating atD. to eat at43. He had to leave his family ________ when he went abroad to workA. at a lossB. behindC. outD. at all costs44. It is one thing to enjoy actors’ performance，but it is quite _____to actby yourselfA. another thingB. troublesomeC. a difficult thingD. a hard job45. I noticed that the meals were well worth _______ was charged for them.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. with46. “1 doubt that your parents will allow you to go out this evening” “I'm goingOut__________’’A. without they permittingB. although they says otherC. no matter what they saysD. despite their saying it47. As a matter of fact，Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves ______those of Kuwait.A. come second followingB. come second withC. are only secondD. are second only to48. The boy knew his teacher _____the method of solving the math problem.A. should disapprove atB. might disapprove withC. will disapprove inD. would disapprove of49. I don’t think there’s much sense ________in this cityA. to hang aboutB. in having hung aboutC. in hanging aboutD. to hanging about50. When Mr. Alfred gets old, he will __________over his business to his sonA. takeB. handC. thinkD. get51. The boy’s father bought him a large toy train ___________.A .which to play with B. to play with itC. to play withD. at which to play52. I couldn’t find ________ and so I took this one.A. a large enough coatB. an enough large coatC. a large coat enoughD. a coat enough large53. ________ you decide to do, one thing is certain, you should put yourheart into it and try to make it success.A. WhateverB. WhoeverC. WhereverD. Whichever54. Some foreign students find certain structures particularly difficult, ____,they need much more practice to do.A. so thatB. in order thatC. consequentlyD. eventually55. James Joyce’s novels are difficult to understand and impossible ______into another language.A. to translateB. for translationC. to translate itD. being translated56. ___________ the first t0 invade the other countries.A. At no time China will beB. Never China will beC. Will China never beD. At no time will China be57. ___________ I been there, I could have explained it.A. WouldB. HaveC. ShouldD. Had58. They came to the lecture so late that they _______ listened to it.A. almostB. nearlyC. hardlyD. simply59. All the students could tell the teacher was surprised from the _______off his face.A. appearanceB. shockC. sightD. expression60. Your shoos want __________. You’d better do it now．A. cleanedB. cleaningC. cleanD. being cleanedPart III Cloze(10％15minutes)Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passages. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.A.Passage 1In the month of September, in Britain, you may see large number of birds perched (栖息) on roofs and telegraph wires. These birds are swallows. They are 61 together because, very soon, they wil l be flying south to much warmer lands, where they will find 62 the small flying insects oil whic h they feed off These are no. such insects 63 in Britain during the winter; it is too cold for the m．The swallows settle, fly off, swoop and 64 again. This they do many times, for they are m aking short practice flights in order to be fit for the long journey 65 them.A flock of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly steadily for hundreds of mil es 66 they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there, for many of them per ish in the stormy weather they meet with 67 .In the spring of the following year they 68 the long and tiring journey back to Bitain. Th ey return to the identical barn or tree in the identical district which they had left the previous autumn. How do these birds find their 69 there and back over such vast distance? Nobody knows exactly 70 ，but it has something to do with winds and air currents.6l. A. gathering B. assembling C. waiting D. be perched62. A. great number of B. a great deal of C. plenty of D. numerous63. A near B. about C. nearby D. over64. A fly off B. swoop C. settle D. turn back65. A. in advance B. ahead of C. in front of D. in front66. A. until B. before C. when D. as67. A. in the way B. on the way C. half the way D. all the way68. A. have B. fly C. find D. make69. A. way B. path C. course D. route70. A. why B. when C. how D. whatPassage 2Mr. Brown is 102 years old. He is leading a full and active life Why has he 71 so lon g? Many 72 would like to know the answer to the question. They are studying groups of old pe ople all over the world and try to find why some very old people remain healthy 73 and spirit while 74 become weak and ill in their 60s. They have observed, first of all, that doing 75 work is a way of life for all these long-lived people. They began their long days of physical labor 76 children and never seem toStop. Second, all these people come from 77 . The air has 78 oxygen (氧气) and is pollutio n-free, 79 makes the hearts stronger. Third, these people eat little animal meat. They like to have fr esh vegetables, nuts (坚果)，grains，and 80 . They never eat more food than their bodies need.71. A. been B. worked C. stayed D. lived72. A. scientists B. people C. men D. women73. A. in mind B. of mind C. in body D. of body74. A. the Others B. some others C. those people D. no people75. A. hard B. light C. easy D. difficult76. A. from B. 1ike C. as D. when77. A. big cities B. small townsC. seaside and grasslandD. mountain areas78. A. little B. much C. less D. more79. A. which B. that C. this D. it80. A. beef B. pork C. mutton D. milkPart IV Vocabulary (10％l0minutes)Directions:Complete each of the following sentences with the proper word derived from the one given in the bracket.81. The roads are run, not for profits, but for ______ (serve)to the people.82. “Are you really feeling OK, Tom?” Asked the mother with a touch of ______(anxious).83. The next morning he packed up his __________ (person) belongings andchecked out of the hotel.84. It was a fearful __________ (disappoint) to the old lady that her daughterdidn’t come to see her on her eightieth birthday．85. After much thought, he agreed to help, but still with great ______ (reluctant).86. At the age of 37, Tom finally settled down in Chicago after he had got a well _________ (pay)po sition in a big company there.87. The old professor’s ________ (mean)smile added greatly to our confidencethat we would succeed.88. In _______ (add) to a cowboy movie, we also saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon.89. The little child is always eager to show his _______ (use) when his motheris busy.90. We should not earn money in such a __________ (honest)way．Part V Sentence Completion(20％30minutes)Directions: Put the underlined part in each sentence into English.91. If he was not at home, 他一定在图书馆，他经常去那里。