2015专升本英语模拟题2答案

2015 专升本模拟题

I. Vocabulary & Structure (20 points with each of 1 point)

Directions: There are 20 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.

1. In ancient China，people used to send smoke _____ to warn that the enemy were coming.

A. signs

B. signals

C. symbols

D. marks

2. The icy conditions made our travel dangerous. So _____ going by car we took the underground.

A. instead of

B. in addition to

C. as well as

D. at the cost of

3. Sometimes my job is boring，but _____ I enjoy it.

A. by contrast

B. by nature

C. on the whole

D. on the average

4. I’ll buy the clock _____ it costs.

A. what

B. whatever

C. where

D. however

5. _____ Mr. Wilson is well again，he can travel.

A. Now that

B. So far

C. Though

D. Even if

6._______ in the dark, his head hit against the wall.

A. Walking

B. His walking

C. When he was walking

D. While walking

7._______ is a term for the partial or complete inability to hear.

A. There is deafness

B. Deafness that

C. It is deafness

D. Deafness

8._______ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

A. That

B. Which

C. As

D. It

9._______ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Midle Age.

A. It is the sun and not the earth

B. Being the sun and not the earth

C. The sun and not the earth

D. That the sun and not the earth

10._______ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.

A. Believe

B. To believe

C. Believing

D. Believed

11. We will have to pay them a large ______ of money for their service.

A) size B) set C) amount D) series

12. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how ______ the machine.

A) operate B) to operate C) operating D) operated

13. I'm sorry to tell you that the materials you wanted are ______.

A) taken off B) put up C) sold out D) got off

14. It is obvious that these small businesses are ______ need of technical support.

A) in B) on C) with D) to

15.______ I am concerned, it is important to get a job first.

A) As long as B) As well as C) As soon as D) As far as

16. Some companies might not let you rent a car ______ you have a credit card.

A) where B) because C) since D) unless

17. In his opinion, success in life mainly ______ on how we get along with other people.

A) keeps B) depends C) insists D) spends

18. We ______ building the bridge by the end of next month.

A) are finishing B) have finished

C) would finish D) will have finished

19. Our company's service is ______ in nearly 80 countries around the world.

A) available B) natural C) relative D) careful

20. It was in Jonson's hotel ______ the business meeting was held last year.

A) this B) that C) what D) which

II. Cloze (30 points with each of 2 points )

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A,B,C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage.

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 21 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 22 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 23 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 24

at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 25 in the actual stuff of language itself — words. Taken individually, words have little meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 26 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing （退回）to

27 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over what you have just read, is

a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 28 down the speed of reading is vocalization — sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 29 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined（预先确定的）speed．The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 30 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 31 word-by-word reading, regression and sub-vocalization（默读）practically impossible. At first 32 is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 33 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 34 Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 128 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 35 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.