成人高考英语练习

嘉应学院成人教育大学英语（专科）考试模拟试题A

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. He had been sent to English at the age of eight to ______ a school in London.

A. tend

B. attend

C. trend

D. intend

2. What time _________ for work?

A. are you usually leaving

B. do you usually leave

C. you usually leave

D. you usually left

3 .----- Have you finished your homework?

----______.

A. Not yet.

B. Yet not

C. No yet

D. Yet no

4. Listen, I don’t ______ easily. I shall try again.

A. give over

B. give off

C. give back

D. give up

5. It takes about 30 minutes______, or 10 minutes______.

A. by foot, by car

B. by foot, with car

C. on foot, by car

D. with foot, with car

6. You can get your bachelor’s degree after you __________ from the university.

A. end

B. finish

C. graduate

D. are away

7. We do the same job although I am senior him.

A.to

B.than

C. over

D. above

8. I have never read such a ______ book!

A. bored

B. bore

C. boring

D. born

9. The nurse is _____ to a sick man.

A. caring

B. nursing

C. concerning

D. attending

10. It won’t _________ you a long time to finish this homework.

A. spend

B. cost

C. take

D. pay

11. Uncle Johnson didn’t settle_____until he was nearly fifty.

A. up

B. down

C. out

D. in

12. If it hadn’t been Christine, I would never have met Michael.

A. to

B. on

C. for

D. with

13. He was famous both at home and ______.

A. board

B. aboard

C. broad

D. abroad

14. He is getting _________ well in his new job.

A. at

B. in

C. on

D. by

15. That is the ____book I’ve been searching for.

A. very

B. much

C. quite

D. rather

16. Don’t worry; I will have no trouble your home.

A. to find

B. finding

C. find

D. about finding

17. We do the same job although I am senior _______ him.

A. to

B. than

C. over

D. above

18. After he ______ that unforgettable love, he became afraid of it.

A. feels

B. felt

C. experiences

D. experienced

19. ______you should give your mum a call on Thanksgiving Day.

A. May be

B. May

C. Might be

D. Maybe

20. He had been sent to England at the age of eight to a school in London.

A. tend

B. attend

C. trend

D. intend

21. Grandpa once ____ a family of ten on seven dollars a week.

A. raised

B. arose

C. rose

D. risen

22. The teacher asks her students to write a _______ in half an hour.

A. two hundred words composition

B. two-hundred-word composition

C. two-hundreds-words composition

D. two hundreds of words composition

23. We’d be_____to help you whenever and wherever.

A. please

B. pleasing

C. pleasure.

D.pleased

24. I have never read such a book.

A. bored

B. bore

C. boring

D. born

25. I _____ smoke, but now I have given up.

A. was used to

B. got used to

C. used to

D. am used to

26. Please _____ me to introduce my sister to you.

A. give

B. have

C. allow

D. ask

27. I really ______the weekend because that’s when we can spend some time together.

A. look out for

B. look forward to

C. look down on

D. look around for

28. The sun is the center of the universe, ______ we know.

A. for

B. as

C. that

D. what

29. I miss you so much and______from you.

A. look forward to hear

B. look forward to hearing

C. looking forward to hear

D. looking forward to hearing

30. He was famous both at home and .

A. board

B. aboard

C. broad

D. abroad

Part II Reading Comprehension

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. Read the passages carefully and then choose the best answer from the four choices to answer each question.

Passage 1

I have been hearing-impaired all my life. By the time I was 5 years old, putting on hearing aids in the morning was just as normal as brushing my teeth. However, I never believed that it should limit my success in any way.

During my 17 years, I have met many people who don’t know about hearing disabilities and deal with this by stereotyping me. My classmates told me something was wrong with my brain. My teachers wouldn’t let me sit past the second row because they worried I would not be able to hear. My “learning expert” tried to teach me sign language, though I had no need for it. People tend to speak louder than

normal when they see my thick plastic hearing aids in my ears. Almost every month I hear