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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全专升本英语模拟340专升本英语模拟340 Phonetics问题:1.A.civilB.curriculumC.crystalD.country答案:A解析 选项A画线字母不发音，其他选项画线字母读i。问题:2.A.underB.smuggleC.puzzleD.stimulate答案:D解析 画线部分读ju，其他选项的画线部分读。问题:3. coughA.weighB.laughC.throughD.though答案:B问题:4.A.honorB.houseC.horrorD.heel答案:A解析 画

2、线部分不发音，其他选项的画线部分读h。问题:5.A.receptionB.receiptC.captureD.concept答案:B Vocabulary and Structure问题:1. What they said _ us much to think about.A.have leftB.has leftC.to leaveD.leaving答案:B解析 句意：他们说的话让我们考虑了很多。谓语动词时态题。本句的主语是what引导的主语从句。当主语是what/whether/that等引导的从句时，谓语动词用单数。故选B。问题:2. I felt somewhat disappoint

3、ed and was about to leave, _ something occurred which attracted my attention.A.unlessB.untilC.whenD.while答案:C问题:3. I _ that you and Jim and Bill have all finished this work.A.worryB.showC.displayD.suspect答案:D解析 本句的意思是：我猜想你、吉姆和比尔都已经完成了这项工作。动词词义辨析题：suspect意为“猜疑，猜想”；worry意为“担心”，其后不能直接跟宾语从句；show意为“显示，展示

4、”；display意为“陈列，表现”。问题:4. He is the manager of the Human Resources Department _ I must talk to.A.whatB.whichC.whomD.who答案:C解析 句意：他是人力资源部经理，我一定要跟他谈话。本题考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空后为一个定语从句，其先行词是the manager，所以空白处需填一个指代人的关系代词，且这个关系代词在从句中充当宾语，故应用whom，正确答案为C。问题:5. Some of his suggestions had been rejected _ they were

5、 not practicable.A.asB.whenC.untilD.if答案:A解析 他的一些建议因为不可行而被拒绝了。as表原因“因为”；when为“当”；until表“直到”；if为“如果”。问题:6. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of _.A.holdB.reachC.placeD.hand答案:B解析 out of reach意为“够不着，超过所能触及的范围”。问题:7. _ he said he wasnt hungry, he ate a bi

6、g breakfast.A.AlthoughB.UnlessC.DespiteD.Even答案:A解析 虽然他说他不饿，但他早餐吃了很多。根据句意，只有although正确地表达了主从句的逻辑关系。unless“除非”；despite“不管”，一般接名词(词组)；even“甚至”。问题:8. _ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.A.To giveB.GivenC.GivingD.Having g

7、iven答案:B问题:9. Keep in _ that all people are different and some may progress faster than others.A.headB.brainC.heartD.mind答案:D解析 keep in heart“记在心里”，通常用于keep in ones heart；keep in mind“记住”。记住，人与人是不同的，有些人比别人进步快。问题:10. The pressure _ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a const

8、ant emotional strain.A.to competeB.competingC.to be competedD.having competed答案:A问题:11. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary _ it helps us to find and correct our mistakes.A.by thatB.at thatC.on thatD.in that答案:D解析 句意：批评与自我批评很必要，因为它会帮我们找出并改正错误。本题考查介词与that的搭配。只有少数几个介词如in，hut，except等可以加that构成短语后接

9、从句。in that表示“由于，因为”，符合题意。所以答案为D。问题:12. Nobody knows the age of the earth _ certain.A.byB.inC.withD.for答案:D问题:13. Its highly _ that he will be promoted to the post of assistant manager.A.likeB.likedC.likelyD.likelihood答案:C解析 词义辨析题。likely，形容词，表示很可能。问题:14. Whenever I saw her, she was always concentrati

10、ng her efforts _.A.on learningB.in learningC.to learningD.to learn答案:A问题:15. In Britain today women _ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.A.build upB.sand forC.make upD.conform to答案:C Cloze What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army 1 an int

11、elligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 2 of 100, scored 160. I had an auto-repairman once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3 have scored more than 80. 4 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to himand he always 5 it. Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed

12、 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them Id prove myself a 6 . In a world where I have to work with my hands, Id do poorly. Consider my auto-repair man 7 . He had a habit of telling jokes. One time he said, Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man 8 some nails. Having entered a store, he pu

13、t two fingers together on the counter and made 9 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 10 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk brought him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc., the 11 man who came in was blind. He wa

14、nted scissors (剪刀). 12 do you suppose he asked for them? I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, Why, you fool, he used his voice and asked for them. Ive been 13 that on all my customers today, but I knew 14 Id catch you. Why is

15、 that? I asked. Because you are so goddamned edycatedm Doc. I knew you couldnt be very 15 . And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. 1.A.failedB.wroteC.receivedD.chose答案:C解析 从第一段第二句知“所有的士兵都参加了考试”，故可排除D项；“我得了160分而平均分才100分”，可以排除A项。而B项搭配不对。故应选C项。2.A.an averageB.a totalC.an examD.a number答案:

16、A解析 根据“所有的士兵都参加了考试，而我得了160分”可以推断出平均分是100分，故应选A项。3.A.alwaysB.possiblyC.certainlyD.frequently答案:B解析 根据四个选项的含义，再结合生活常识，可以判定他只是有可能得分不会超过80分(也有可能得分超过80分)，故应选B项。4.A.ThenB.ThusC.ThereforeD.Yet答案:D解析 根据前后两个句子的意义及转折关系可以判定应选D项。5.A.fixedB.checkedC.droveD.changed答案:A解析 根据前文“车坏了，我去找他”可知是去修车，故应选A项。6.A.teacherB.do

17、ctorC.winnerD.fool答案:D解析 根据下一句话中“我会做得很差”可知在这种实践性较强的考试中我会显得像傻瓜一样，故应选D项。7.A.againB.as usualC.tooD.as well答案:A解析 上文已经提到修车工出题的事，这里再提他另外的事，故应选A项。8.A.boughtB.tastedC.foundD.needed答案:D解析 根据下文他去买钉子，可知他需要钉子，故应选D项。9.A.cuttingB.hammeringC.wavingD.circling答案:B解析 因为钉钉子要用锤子，下文也提到售货员拿给他锤子，所以他做出的动作应该是用锤子钉钉子的动作，故应选B

18、项。10.A.noddedB.raisedC.shookD.turned答案:C解析 从上文可知：“他需要钉子，而售货员拿给他锤子”，他理应摇头，故应选C项。11.A.cleverB.otherC.fightD.next答案:D解析 上文讲完了那个聋哑人的故事，下文又来了一个盲人，故应选D项。12.A.WhatB.HowC.WhoD.Which答案:B解析 根据上下文语境可推出句意为：“你认为他会以何种方式来买它们呢?”how在此作状语，符合语境。13.A.tryingB.provingC.practicingD.examining答案:A解析 根据本句结构(try+sth.+on+sb.)及

19、上下文含义，可知“他一直在所有的顾客身上试验这同一个问题，”因此应选A项。14.A.for sureB.at onceC.in factD.right now答案:A解析 根据上文内容可知，修车工早就预料到“我”会误入歧途，因此应选A项。15.A.clearB.sillyC.slowD.smart答案:D解析 根据文章中心可知：我考试中理论知识还不错，但实际动手能力不是很强。因此对于这种实践性较强的问题，不会反应那么敏捷。所以应选D项。 Reading Comprehension The humorous story may be told to great length, and may w

20、ander around as much as it pleases, and arrive nowhere in particular; but the comic (滑稽的) story and the witty (诙谐的) story must be brief and end with a point. The humorous story continues gently along, the other two burst. The humorous story is strictly a work of arthigh and delicate (精美的) artand onl

21、y an artist can tell it; But no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories; anybody can do it. The art of telling a humorous storyI mean by word of mouth, not printwas created in America, and has remained at home. The humorous story is told seriously; the teller does his best to hide th

22、e fact that he himself even suspects that there is anything funny about it; but the teller of the comic story tells you beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has ever heard, then tells it with eager delight, and is the first person to laugh. When he gets through, and sometimes, if he h

23、as had good success, he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it and glance around from face to face, collecting applause (喝彩), and then repeat it again. 1. Which story takes the longest to tell?A.The humorous storyB.The witty storyC.The comic storyD.All three take the same amount of

24、 time答案:A解析 参见第一段第一句，“The humorous story may be told to great length”，意思是幽默故事可以被讲述得很长。及第二句，“but the comic story and the witty story must be brief”，意思是滑稽故事和诙谐故事必须是简洁的。(所以讲述时间最长的是A)幽默故事。2. Which story has no particular point?A.The humorous storyB.The witty storyC.The comic storyD.All three答案:A解析 参见第一段

25、第二句。3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.The humorous story was created abroadB.The humorous story is basically AmericanC.The humorous story is also loved in other countriesD.The humorous story is the least popular in the U.S.A.答案:B解析 参见第二段最一后句，“The an of telling a humorous storyI mean by

26、word of mouth, not printwas created in America, and has remained at home”，意思是口头而非书面讲述幽默故事的艺术发源于美国，并一直在国内流传。答案A项说幽默故事产生在国外，显然是错误的。C项说其他国家的人民也喜爱幽默故事，文中并未提到。D项说幽默故事在美国最不受欢迎，显然也是错误的。4. The teller of a humorous story _.A.laughs at his own jokeB.repeats it several timesC.is very serious when he tells itD.

27、is concerned about the reaction of his listeners答案:C解析 参见第三段第一句，“The humorous story is told seriously;”，意思是讲述幽默故事是很严肃的，与C项同义。 Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a b

28、ank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their mo

29、ney when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as

30、 a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to

31、push and then to fight for places near the tellers windows, The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from d

32、oing the same. 5. A bank run happens when _.A.a bank is closed for one or more daysB.too many depositors try to draw out their money at one timeC.there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one timeD.tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank答案:B解析 参考文章第二、三句。6. The tellers in Mr

33、s. Vaughts bank were told to _.A.explain why they could not pay out all accountsB.pay out accounts as requestedC.make the depositors believe that the bank was standD.pay out money as slowly as possible答案:B解析 参考第二段第三句。7. The main cause of a bank run is _.A.loss of confidenceB.lack of moneyC.crowds of

34、 peopleD.inexperienced tellers答案:B解析 文章第一段一直强调如果银行有足够的钱，就不会发生bank run。8. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say?A.She know that the bank was not sound.B.She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank.C.She was not able to draw out her money.D.She was tempted to draw

35、 out her money.答案:D解析 参考文章最后一句，“she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.”即她也做了和别人一样的事。 Visitors from space may have landed on our planet dozens, even hundreds of times during the long, empty ages while Man was still a dream of the distant future. Indeed, they could have landed on 90 p

36、ercent of the earth as recently as two or three hundred years ago, and we could never have heard of it. If one searches through old newspapers and local records, one can find many reports of strange incidents that could be interpreted as visits from outer space. A stimulating writer, Charles Fort, h

37、as made a collection of UFO sighting in his book! One is tempted to believe them more than any modern reports, for the simple reason that they happened long before anyone had ever thought of space travel. Yet at the same time, one cant take them too seriously, for before scientific education was wid

38、espread, even sightings of meteors, comets, auroras, and so on, gave rise to the most incredible stories, as they still do today. 1. According to the passage, visitors from space may have landed on the earth _.A.long before man had dreamed of itB.long before there were human beingsC.in the last few

39、hundred yearsD.after the space age began答案:B解析 根据本段第一句，Visitors from space may have landed on our planet dozens, even hundreds of times during the long, empty ages while Man was still a dream of the distant future作出该项选择。2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A.All obs

40、ervations of UFOs are unreliable.B.Charles Fort sighted a lot of UFOs himself.C.Older civilization may exist on other planets.D.People have seen visitors from other planets everywhere.答案:C解析 根据本段第二句，they could have landed on 90 percent of the earth as recently as two or three hundred years ago，and w

41、e could never have heard of it符合题意。选项A中的 unreliable不恰当，选项B中的sighted a lot of UFOs himself不正确，选项D中的everywhere不恰当。3. If visitors from other planets have actually landed on the earth, one can assume that they came to _.A.make warB.communicateC.settle downD.explore答案:D解析 根据本段最后一句，Yet at the same time, o

42、ne cant take them too seriously, for before scientific education was widespread, even sightings of meteors, comets, auroras, and so on, gave rise to the most incredible stories作出该项选择。4. The author implies that the space age has _.A.weakened the reliability of reported sightingsB.increased the number

43、 of UFO sightingsC.allowed more scientific study of UFOsD.solved the age-old mystery of UFOs答案:C解析 根据本段最后一句，Yet at the same time, one cant take them too seriously, for before scientific education was widespread, even sightings of meteors, comets, auroras, and so on, gave rise to the most incredible

44、stories, as they still do today作出该项选择。5. According to the passage, _.A.UFOs are only recent observationsB.UFO sightings are not newC.UFOs are just comets, and auroras etc.D.UFOs are inventions by people who lack scientific knowledge答案:B解析 根据本段第三句，If one searches through old newspapers and local reco

45、rds, one can find many reports of strange incidents that could be interpreted as visits from outer space作出该项选择。选项A中的only recent observations不恰当，选项C中的just comets， and auroras etc不正确，选项D中的are inventions by people不恰当。 Trees should only be pruned (修剪) when there is a good reason for doing so. Many garde

46、ners believe that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way. First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and to help the growth of small side branches which will

47、thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus causing wounds. A tree may grow healthier by removing the branches that are locking up the cent

48、re and so preventing the free movement of air. One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry (进入) for diseases, but it is a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die. Pruni

49、ng is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without the interference from the leaves. 1. According to the article, which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Pruning is necessary when there are unwanted branches.B.Damage is done to a tree if it is left to gro

50、w in its own way.C.Diseased or dead branches should be cut away if they are found to rub against each other.D.Growing side branches often prevent air from moving freely.答案:B解析 根据第一段最后一句可知该陈述是错误的，修剪和自由生长都有可能带来伤害。2. Which of the following usually causes a tree to grow unhealthy?A.Giving a tree a speci

51、al shape and a definite height.B.Removing small side branches and making a tree look less thick.C.Allowing too many branches to grow in the middle.D.Having a tree surrounded by many other trees.答案:C解析 根据第二段A tree may grow healthier by removing the branches that are locking up the centre可知树中间的枝杈不利于树木

52、生长，C与文章内容相反，因此错误。3. The wounds result from pruning will do the following EXCEPT _.A.damage the treeB.heal itselfC.cause the diseaseD.give the tree a desired shape答案:D解析 根据第三段可知A、B、C选项都被提到，只有D选项不相关。4. The writer suggests that pruning should be done in winter because _.A.the cut surface can heal more

53、quicklyB.open wounds on the tree run the less risk of getting diseasedC.a gardener can do pruning more easilyD.the leaves can interfere答案:C解析 根据短文最后一句得知冬季树叶少能方便修剪树木，A、B、D皆为干扰项，与原句不符。5. The writers purpose when writing this passage is _.A.to describe how pruning a tree is doneB.to discuss different w

54、ays of pruning treesC.to give practical instructions for pruning a treeD.to explain how a tree wound gets diseased and heals答案:C解析 通过全文的介绍可知该文章讲述了修剪树木的注意事项，因此C是正确答案。 Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. Hes an elder man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars

55、 and stripes of the American flag. Who is this strange-looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sam? During the War of 1812, the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sams company. They as