成人高考英语本科复习题

I Vocabulary and Structure （10%）

There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each of these, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

1.People in all ____ of life are represented among ardent sports fans.

A. fields

B. walks

C. times

D. places

2. In Germany, ____ with France, friendship is much more clearly a matter of feeling.

A. opposite

B. in addition

C. in contrast

D. related

3. I have had this ____ headache ever since I woke up this morning.

A. consitent

B. consist

C. conscious

D. consequent

4. The authorities have refused to ____ him a visa to visit England.

A. apply

B. grant

C.approve

D.agree

5. My love for you is not depedent ____ whether you fulfill my expectations of you.

A. on

B. of

C. from

D. for

6. If I care ____ you, I’m concerned ____ your growth.

A. of…about

B. about…about

C. about…on

D.of…on

7. The fact that something is cheap doesn’t ____ mean that it is of low quality.

A. probably

B. essentially

C. practically

D. necessarily

8. It would be unwise to ____ too much importance to those opinion polls.

A. stick

B. attach

C. apply

D.mention

9. In their secondary schooling children get more advanced knowledge and begin to ____ on their special interests.

A. take

B. go

C. concentrate

D. keep

10. By the time I saw the job advertised, it was too late to ____.

A. appoint

B. seek

C. demand

D.apply

II cloze （15%）

There are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the correct answer to each

11. A. pass B. reach C. go D. set

12. A. whole B. unit C. part D. total

13. A. falls B. removes C. results D. comes

14. A. what B. that C. which D. it

15. A. Some B. Few C. More D. Most

16. A. extensive B. entire C. overall D. enormous

17. A. way B. means C. habit D. technique

18. A. second B. later C. next D. latter

19. A. learns B. studies C. realizes D. understands

20. A. on B. for C. as D. to

21. A. each B. one C. neither D. either

22. A. being B. are C. be D. were

23. A. although B. whether C. since D. that

24. A. still B. then C. nevertheless D. moreover

25. A. working B. looking C. arriving D. getting

III Vocabulary (10%)

A. enormous E. walks I. faculty M. confined

B. fans F. distinctive J. marching N. conversations

C. groups G. communities K. facility O. programme

D. associated H. church L. array P. striking

What seems __26__ about American interest in sports is that it is not __27__ to particular social classes. People in all __28__ of life are represented among ardent sports __29__. The collective audience for sports events is __30__.

Sports are __31__ with educational institutions in a way that is unique. Junior and senior high schools have coaches as __32__ members, and school athletic teams compete with each other in an __33__ of sports. Each team’s entourage includes a __34__ band and a group of cheerleaders. In some smaller American __35__, high school athletics are a focal point of townspeople’s activities and conversations.

IV Reading (40%)

Passage One

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Because we can feel that things are heavy, we think of weight as being a fixed quality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take a one pound packet of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.

Why would things weigh only a quarter as much as they do at the surface of the earth if we took them 4 000 miles out into space? The reson is this: All objects have a natural attraction for all other objects; this is called gravitational attraction, but this power of attraction between two objects gets weaker as they get farther apart. When the butter was at the surface of the earth, it was 4 000 miles from the centre (in other words the radius （半径）of the earth ia 4000 miles) When we took the