专科起点升本科英语入学试卷

1、 专科起点升本科英语入学试卷 4（提示：请将答案全部写于答题纸上，答在试卷纸上无效） I. Phonetics (5 points)Directions：In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A，B，C, and D Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation 1A. secure Bfa

2、ilure C. pure Dcure2Adust Bcut Cfun Dbury座位号： 姓名： 3Asuggest Bsudden C. suffer Dsugar4. Athirsty Bthreaten Cthunder Dthose5A twenty Bsweet Cwrong Dworthy Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)Directions：There are 15 incomplete sentences in this sectionFor each sentencethere are four choices marked A，B，

3、C and，D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence. 6Bill doesnt _what people say about him A listen Bdepend Cmatter Dcare7In Britain, the best season of the year is probably _ spring A later B 1atter C last D late8. I think I must have _ my purse at home. Aforgotten Bmissed Ctaken Dleft9 H

4、ow _is it from here to the city centre?A long Bfar Cdistant D. near 10When John in London he went to see the London Bridge A. came Breached Carrived D. got11. The smoke from that factory is_ our air to a dangerous degree.A. destroying B spoiling C. polluting D damaging12 _ hard he tried，he could not

5、 lift it AWhichever B NO matter C Although D. However13Having entered the room，the teacher_ the instrument on the device. A laid B lay C lied D lays14They climbed to the top of the hill _they could get a birds eye view of the city A for fear that B in case C in order that D as a result15I _have coff

6、ee than tea A like more Bprefer C. had better Dwould rather16He had no difficulty_ the problem Aworking out B. having worked out C. to have worked out Dto work out17After seeing the movie，_. Athe book was read by him Bthe book made him want to read it Che wanted to read the book Dthe reading of the

7、book interested him18. All _ is a continuous supply of fuel A what is needed Bthe thing needed C that is needed Dfor their needs19. The more he tried to please her， _ she seemed to appreciate it A less B lesser C. the less D. the lesser20Not until the early 1900s_to vote in the United States A women

8、 were allowed B they allowed women C when women were allowed D were women allowedIII. Cloze (20 points)Directions: For each blank in following passage，there are four choices givenbelow and marked A, B, C and D .Choose the one that is most suitable. Smoking is considered dangerous to the healthOur to

9、baccoseller，MrJohnson，therefore，always asks his customers，if they are very young，whom the cigarettes are bought 21 . One day， a little girl whom he had never seen before walked straight into his shop and demanded twenty cigarettes She had the large amount of money in her hand and seemed very 22 of h

10、erselfMrJohnson was so 23 by her confident manner that he 24 to ask his usual questionAnyway， he asked her what kind of cigarettes she wantedThe girl replied and handed him the money. While he was giving her the 25 ，MrJohnson said laughingly that as she was so young she should hide the packet in her

11、 pocket in 26 a policeman saw it. Nevertheless，the girl did not seem to find this very funny. Without even smiling she took the 27 and walked towards the doorSuddenly she stopped，turned round and looked steadily at Mr. Johnson 28 was a moment of silence and the tobacco-seller wondered what she was g

12、oing to say. All at once，in a clear，29 voice，the girl declared，“ 30 dad is a policeman”，and with that she walked quickly out of the shop. 21Awith Bto Cfor Dby 22. Aashamed Bsure Cfond Dglad 23Aworried Bannoyed C. surprised Dpleased 24Aforgot Bcame Cfeared Dremembered 25Achange and cigarettes Bwarnin

13、g Ccheque Dcigarettes 26A. time Bcase Cfear Dconsequence 27Apacket B. money Cadvice Dbill 28AIt BThere CShe D. Here 29Aweak Bfirm C. joking Dhumble30. A. The B. For C. My DAs Reading Comprehension (30 points)Directions：There are two reading passages in this partEach passage is followed by five quest

14、ionsFor each question there are four suggested answers marked A， B，C and D, Choose one answer that best completes the sentence Passage One We have no idea about when men first began to use salt， but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history For example，it is reco

15、rded in many history books that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fishThousands of years ago in Egypt，salt was used to preserve the dead In some periods of history，a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the lawTake the eighteenth century for exampleIf a person was

16、 caught stealing salt，he would be thrown into prisonHistory also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years before， in the year 1553，if a man took more than his share of salt, he would thought t

17、o have broken the law and would be seriously punished，and his ear would be cut offSalt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eatImportant guests at the kings table were seated near the saltLess important guests were given s

18、eats father away from it. 31Thousands of years ago in Egypt salt was used_ A. to punish people who had broken the law Bto keep dead bodies from going bad Cto keep fish alive Dto make chemicals32. During the 18th century about ten thousand people were put into prison in England because _. Athey had b

19、een caught stealing salt Bthey had sold salted fish Cthey had taken salt from the kings table D. they had used salt to preserve dead bodies33In the_ century，a man who took more than his share of salt would_. Afifteenth；lose all his salt Bsixteenth；be thrown into prison Cfifteenth；lose an ear Dsixtee

20、nth；lose an ear34When a king had his dinner ，salt was placed_. Ain front of the important guests Bfar away from him C. in his front Dnearer to the less important guests35The best title of the passage is_. A Nobody Knows When Salt Began to Be Used B The Uses and the Importance of Salt in History C Th

21、ousands of People Were Punished Because of salt D Salt Was Important in HistoryPassage Two To us it seems so natural to put up all umbrellas to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rainIts first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody

22、knows who first invented it，but the umbrella was used in very ancient times Probably the first to use it were the Chinese， as early as the eleventh century BC We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshadeAnd there was a strange thing connected with its use： it became

23、a symbol of honor and authority In the Far East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high Office In Europe，the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshadeAnd the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece But it is believed that the first

24、persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans During the Middle Ages， the use of the umbrella practically disappeared Thenit appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680，the u

25、mbrella appeared in France， and later on in England. By the eighteenth century，the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of EuropeUmbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time， though they have become much lighter in weight It wasnt until the twentieth century that womens um

26、brellas began to be made，in a whole variety of colours36. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented_. A in ancient China B in ancient Egypt C in ancient Greece D in ancient Rome37 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the umbrella? A No one exactly knows who was the inventor of the umbrella. B The umbrella was fist invented to be used as protection against the sun. C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eigh