普通专升本考试英语模拟试题

云南普通专升本考试英语模拟试题

I . Phonetics (10 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 ANSWER SHEET I.

1. A. taught B. caught C. laughter D. daughter

2. A. beloved B. control C. comb D. bold

3. A. relieve B. believe C. piece D. friend

4. A. cough B. though C. laugh D. enough

5. A. recommend B. send C. dense D. fever

6. A. attention B. evolution C. revolution D. suggestion

7. A. label B. later C. latter D. lazy

8. A. fry B. supply C. laundry D. try

9. A. child B. church C. chest D. chemist

10. A. knock B. knowledge C. kilometer D. knee

II. Error-spotting (20 points)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect.

11.The coach, as well as the fans all over the country, were

A B C

disappointed at the result of the football match.

D

12.As soon as I got on the bus, I noticed a strange-looked man

A B C

sitting in the corner of the bus.

D

13.The assembly line was redesigned. As a result, not only were

A B

time and energy saved and production was greatly increased.

C D

14.Although the sea became very rough the next night, but

A B

Chichester was very calm and went to sleep in his 16-metre boat,

C D

Gipsy Moth.

15.Of the two lectures, the first was by far the best, partly

A B

because the person who delivered it had such a pleasant voice.

C D

16.I can’t help to think it would be fun to play such an exciting

A B C D

game with them.

17.The chairman proposed that every speaker must limit himself

A B C

to fifteen minutes.

D

18.He went to the library and spent the whole afternoon there to look

A B C

for an article on Shakespeare.

D

19.Since the beginning of this century, more and more scientists

A

have become interested in the way how the human brain works.

B C D

20.On his way to school yesterday morning, Professor Smith met

A B

an old friend and stopped talking with him for quite a while.

C D

III . Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

Directions:

There are 40 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 ANSWER SHEET I.

21. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ______ che mist’s.

A. each

B. some

C. certain

D. any

22.You cannot be _____ careful when you drive a car.

A. very

B. so

C. too

D. enough

23.In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth

of the total ______ for living expenses.

A. acceptable

B. available

C. advisable

D. applicable

24.Every man in the country has the right to live where he wants to, ______ the color

of his skin.

A. with the exception of

B. in the light of

C. by virtue of

D. regardless of

25.Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full

____.

A. capacity

B. strength

C. length

D. possibility

26.I hate people who _____ the end of a film that you have not seen before.

A. reveal

B. rewrite

C. revise

D. reserve

27.He is watching TV? He is _____ to be cleaning his room.

A. known

B. supposed

C. regarded

D. considered

28.The Smiths decided to _____ a boy and a girl though they already had three children.