专升本入学考试英语试卷(一)

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专升本入学考试英语试卷（一）

考试类型：闭卷总分：100分

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Part I Vocabulary and Structure (40%)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

1. B mistakes in learning English is not stupid, but afraid of making mistakes is.

A. Make; be

B. Making; you are

C. Making; being

D. Making; one is

2. B his arrival at the airport, he made a long distant call to his wife at home.

A. On

B. Since

C. The moment

D. As soon as

3. C a car on an icy road, the brake must be used gently.

A. Driving

B. When driving

C. If driving

D. When one is driving

4. There would be no doubt A the boy had done something wrong.

A. what

B. whether

C. if

D. that

5. It was his own stupidity that C his downfall.

A. brought up

B. brought forward

C. brought down

D. brought about

6. It is true that the surroundings will B one’s work and studies.

A. affect

B. attend

C. alter

D. apologize

7. You are supposed to write your composition every D line.

A. one

B. a

C. other

D. another

8. After living for years in a big city, they found it difficult to settle C in a town.

A. for

B. at

C. up

D. down

9. – I wonder why he was late for the meeting. He has always been punctual.

– So do I. He D an accident.

A. must have

B. should have had

C. would have had

D. might have had

10. Hearing someone unlocking the door, the man rushed to the back door, D the table over and almost all the fine plates.

A. to knock; smashing

B. knocking; smashed

C. knocked; smashing

D. knocking; smashing

11. Before C the office she always makes sure the lights.

A. left; turn off

B. leaving; to turn off

C. leave; turning off

D. to leave; in turning off

12. B computers have greatly changed our way of life is a universally accepted fact.

A. Modern

B. That modern

C. What modern

D. It is modern

13. I am not sure B .

A. whether are these railway timetables accurate

B. how accurate are these railway timetables

C. where can we get these railway timetables

D. if these railways timetables are accurate

14. It was because of his wife’s chance discovery B he was able to find his long-lost

brother.

A. that

B. then

C. so that

D. by which

15. Her parents C to see the doctor without delay.

A. suggested her to go

B. insisted on her to go

C. made her to go

D. insisted that she go

16. Having been treated so badly in her aunt’s family, the girl couldn’t C and left.

A. put it up

B. put up with it

C. put it off

D. put with it

17. This is the subject D they will argue for a long time.

A. which

B. about which

C. about that

D. that

18. A received education as today.

A. Never have so many women

B. Never have women ever

C. Never so many women

D. Never have there been so many women

19. Imagine C with someone who never stops practical jokes on you.

A. to live; to play

B. living; playing

C. to live; playing

D. living; to play

20. When I entered the living-room, mother didn’t say anything, but I noticed a B look

come over her face.

A. surprise

B. surprising

C. surprised

D. surprisingly

Part II Reading Comprehension (60%)

Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some statements and questions. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

When you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?

In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage when they received letters. Sometimes they didn’t w ant to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.

Rowland Hill was a schoolteacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in the 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.

1. People began to use stamps at the beginning of the nineteenth century. A

A. True

B. False

2. Before stamps were used, postage was paid by the letter-receivers. C

A. True

B. False

3. Rowland Hill ___________. D

A. bought the first stamp

B. was a postman in England

C. gave the idea to use stamps