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1、大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟116大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟116专升本英语模拟116 PhoneticsDirections: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark

2、your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.问题:1.A.theseB.eveningC.completeD.planet答案:D解题指要 该题测试元音字母e的读音。A、B、C选项中e发音；D选项中e发i音。问题:2.A.watchB.wasteC.qualityD.wander答案:B解题指要 该题测试元音字母a的读音。选项A、C、D中a发音；选项B中a发ei音。问题:3.A.twoB.answerC.writeD.win答案:D画线部分读w，其他选项的画线部分不发音。问题:4.A.viewB.

3、flewC.fewD.new答案:B问题:5.A.accentB.accompanyC.acceptD.access答案:B选项B画线字母读k，其他选项画线字母读ks。 Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 15 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 and blacken th

4、e corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.问题:1. I cannot sleep. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it _ quiet.A.keptB.would keepC.had keptD.to keep答案:BWish的宾语从句要用虚拟语气。未发生的事要用将来时，虚拟语气的将来时用过去将来时表示。选项B是正确的。问题:2. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we

5、are _ our environment with dangerous chemicals.A.protectingB.savingC.pollutingD.fighting答案:Cpollute意为“污染”。问题:3. _ do we go for picnics.A.CertainlyB.SeldomC.SometimesD.Once答案:B解析 本题考查倒装句的用法。当否定词位于句前时，句子应用倒装句式。只有seldom (很少)表否定意，故选B。问题:4. It is very _ of you to let us know you were going to be late. Ot

6、herwise, we_ on time.A.considerate.wouldnt have begunB.inconsiderate.would have begunC.considerable.wouldnt have begunD.inconsiderable.wouldnt begin答案:A问题:5. It is those people who _ most angry at what is going on at university campuses.A.isB.wasC.wereD.are答案:Dwho替代的是主语those people，因此谓语动词用复数形式，本句时态是

7、现在时。问题:6. Could I speak to the head teacher? _ on for a moment, please. A.GoB.GetC.TakeD.Hold答案:D解题指要 该题测试打电话的用语。Hold on，please=Please hold the line意思是“别挂断电话”。问题:7. My friend was very unhappy for not _ to the party.A.invitingB.to be invitedC.having been invitedD.having invited答案:C解析 本题考查被动语态的用法。主语“m

8、y friend”与“invite”是一种被动关系，故要用被动语态。介词“for”应接动名词形式。故选C。问题:8. I would like to apply _ the position of sales clerk that you advertised in the Sunday news- paper.A.withB.inC.toD.for答案:DApply for申请，apply to应用于，选项D是正确的。问题:9. The teacher asked us to write a _ in one hour.A.two-hundred-word compositionB.two-

9、hundred words compositionC.two-hundreds-words compositionD.two hundreds of words composition答案:A问题:10. Neither Tom nor John _ a bike of _ own.A.have, theirB.has, hisC.have, hisD.has, their答案:B主语由neithernor连接时，谓语形式由最邻近的主语的单复数形式决定。问题:11. What did the mother say? She said that her son went _. A.every d

10、ay to school very slowlyB.slowly every day to schoolC.every day to schoolD.to school slowly every day答案:D解题指要 went to school是谓语，不应分开，slowly是状语修饰went，every day是时间状语。该题测试“地点+状态/方式+次数+时间”的用法。问题:12. Mr. Smith _working till he was seventy years old.A.kept upB.kept onC.kept toD.kept out答案:Bkeep on doing s

11、th意为“坚持做某事”。问题:13. Will it rain tomorrow? I hope _.A.noB.yesC.notD.will答案:C本句是省略句。问题:14. -You seem to have learned all the new English words by heart.- _.A.So I doB.So do IC.So I haveD.So have I答案:C问题:15. I apologize _being late but I missed the bus.A.toB.byC.forD.of答案:Capologize for表示“因道歉”；apologiz

12、e to sb表示“向某人道歉”。 ClozeDirections: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Students will need 1 all of their language skills in order 2

13、understand the reading selections in Readers Choice. The book contains many types of selection on a wide variety of topics. These selections provide practice 3 using different reading strategies to extract the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four 4 reading skills: skimming

14、, scanning, reading for 5 comprehension, and critical reading. Skimming is quick reading for the general ideas of a passage. This kind of rapid reading is 6 when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or when there is not time to read something carefully. Like skimming, 7 is also q

15、uick reading. However, in this case the search is more 8 . To scan is to read 9 in order to locate specific information, when you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning. Reading for thorough comprehension is 10 reading in order to understand the total meaning of the passage. 11 t

16、his level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the authors ideas but has not 12 made a critical evaluation of those ideas. Critical reading demands that a reader 13 judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reading requires posting and 14 questions such as Does my own experience

17、 support 15 of the author?, Do I share the authors point of view? and Am I convinced by the authors arrangements and evidence? 1.A.usedB.usingC.to useD.use答案:C2.A.thatB.toC.forD.of答案:B3.A.onB.inC.withD.by答案:B4.A.basisB.baseC.basicD.habit答案:C5.A.betterB.thoroughC.basicD.general答案:B6.A.appreciateB.app

18、ointedC.approvedD.appropriate答案:D7.A.scanningB.skimmingC.thorough readingD.critical reading答案:A8.A.focusedB.focusC.focusingD.focuses答案:A9.A.carefully.B.slowlyC.quicklyD.casually答案:C10.A.carefulB.slowC.fastD.appropriate答案:A11.A.AtB.ToC.OnD.In答案:A12.A.stillB.yetC.againD.already答案:B13.A.makeB.makesC.to

19、 makeD.making答案:A14.A.to answerB.answersC.answeringD.answered答案:C15.A.whatB.itC.thatD.which答案:C Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose t

20、he best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Communication between villages and the nearest town was poor. Roads were bad; there was some attempt to keep them in order, but as each parish was responsible for its own section of road, the state of repair depends on the zeal

21、 of the parish officers. There was, however, little wheeled traffic except for farm coaches used by men of wealth. Most traffic was by means of pack horses. Travelers rode on horseback or walked. Since communication was so difficult, the local markets, held weekly at the nearest town, or the fairs,

22、held annually at the greater cities, became important places for the exchange of goods of all kinds. 1. In this passage the authors conclusion that local markets and fairs were important is based on his statement that _.A.communication between villages and towns was poorB.roads were badC.there was l

23、ittle wheeled trafficD.exchanges of goods took place at the markets答案:D解析 本题属推理分析题。文章最后一句中的“for the exchange of goods of all kinds”已提示答案。2. Most traffic was not on wheels because _.A.most people could not afford this means of travelB.springless coaches were uncomfortableC.pack horses were better tha

24、n coachesD.roads were so bad答案:A解析 本题属推理分析题。文章第三句已提示：除了富有人有车外，大多数人都没有车轮的交通工具了。3. Poor roads were probably so because of _.A.the costliness of reformsB.politics on a parish levelC.the competition between parishesD.the indolence of local authorities答案:D解析 本题属细节题。文章第二句的末尾部分已经提到：公路修理的状态取决于当地行政长官的热心程度。4.

25、 The authors statement about the importance of markets, and fairs is _.A.a conclusion he draws on the basis of his main thoughtB.an interesting fact he includes although it does not bear strictly on the subject matter of the passageC.apparently contradicted by the main thoughtD.a historical developm

26、ent which took place after the time in which the main events of the passage occurred答案:A解析 本题属理解分析题。文章最后一句已明确提示。 It was sunrise on an August morning when the captain and his crew cast their nets some 50 miles south of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. As the net was pulled over, the contents poured o

27、ut followed by excited cries of Coins ! Coins ! The fishermen quickly realized they had realized a fishermans dream, sunken treasure ! And not just any treasure, but early American silver dollars that had gone down 210 years earlier. In 1784, at the end of the American Revolutionary War, a heavily a

28、rmed ship was bound for the port of New Orleans. On board was a fortune in Spanish Silver Dollars. Hundreds of thousands of them were loaded for the trip to New Orleans, yet not a single one arrived. With no survivors from the ill-fated voyage, historians can only guess at what happened. Some say po

29、werful storms took her down while others speculate it was treasure-hungry pirates (海盗). Whatever happened, the secret-along with a treasure valued near $100,000,000 in todays dollars-was sent to a watery grave some 300 feet below the oceans surface. Spanish Silver Dollars were the favorite coins of

30、colonial Americans. Widely used and accepted as payment in the thirteen colonies, the United States government gave them the status of official legal tender. Unfortunately, even though they were struck in large quantities, not many of them survive today. After the Civil War, the government withdrew

31、them from circulation and they were melted down. Due to the historic discovery of this treasure, GovMint. corn is releasing these coins to the public for an amazingly low price. For a limited time, these authentic silver dollars are priced at $ 49 plus shipping and handling-a dramatic reduction from

32、 the market price of this coin anywhere else worldwide. 1. What surprised the fishermen on an August morning?A.Their net contained a big strange-looking fish.B.They found the treasure sunken 210 years ago.C.They found some pieces of a sunken ship in the net.D.Their net suddenly got caught by somethi

33、ng deep in the water.答案:B2. What happened to the ship heading for New Orleans in 1784?A.Loaded with too much cargo, it hit on the rocks.B.Robbed by pirates, it lost $100,000,000s worth of goods.C.It disappeared but nobody knew exactly what had happened.D.It was caught in a terrible storm and went do

34、wn into the ocean.答案:C3. What do we know about Spanish Silver Dollars?A.Today one coin equals to 49 dollars in the world market.B.They were widely used in America after the Civil War.C.Issued in small amounts, not many of them survive.D.They were officially accepted in the 13 colonies.答案:D4. In whic

35、h section of a magazine would you probably find this article?A.Sports.B.Housing.C.History.D.Fashion.答案:C How can we get rid of garbage.9 Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs? These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man m

36、ight be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the time it can save the land to hold garbage. For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. H

37、owever, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source. Burning garbage is not a new idea. Som

38、e cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons

39、of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil. Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. 1. What two p

40、roblems can man solve by burning garbage?A.The shortage of energy and air pollution.B.The shortage of energy and the land to hold garbage.C.Air pollution and the shortage of fossil fuel.D.Air pollution and the shortage of land to hold garbage.答案:B第二段。燃烧垃圾既补充了能源又省了地。选项B是正确的。2. The heat that is produc

41、ed by burning garbage can be used to_.A.make electricityB.make energy sourceC.boil waterD.save coal答案:C第三段。烧垃圾，用其能量烧水，再用其蒸汽发电。选项C是正确的。3. What is the authors attitude?A.Delighted.B.Sad.C.Agreeing.D.Disagreeing.答案:C作者都是从正面列举了垃圾的处理方法及其所产生的能量的使用。可以断定作者是赞成这些观点的。选项C是正确的。4. The best title for the passage m

42、ay be _.A.Garbage and the EarthB.Fossil Fuel and GarbageC.Land and GarbageD.Garbage? Energy Source答案:D文章主要从能源的角度说明垃圾的处理。选项D是正确的。选项B和C是部分内容，不能涵盖文章主题的全部。 In 1807 Noah Webster began his greatest work, An American Dictionary of the English Language. In preparing the work, he devoted ten years to the stu

43、dy of English and its relationship to other languages, and seven more years to the writing itself. Published in two volumes in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language has become the recognized authority (权威) for usage in the United States. Websters purpose in writing it was to show that

44、 the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English. He is responsible for advancing simplified spelling forms: develop instead of the British form develope; theater and center instead of theatre and centre; color and honor instead of

45、colour and honour. 1. When was An American Dictionary of the English Language published?A.1817.B.1807.C.1828.D.1824.答案:C参见第三句：美国英语辞典于1828，年出版二卷，已被公认为美国用法的权威。2. According to this passage, which one of the following spellings would Webster have approved in his dictionaries?A.Develope.B.Theatre.C.Color

46、.D.Honour.答案:C参见最后一句。3. According to the author, Websters purpose in writing An American Dictionary of the English Language was to_。A.respond to the need for new schoolbooksB.show the distinct development of the English language in AmericaC.improve spelling forms based upon British modelsD.influence

47、 the pronunciation of the English language答案:B参见第四句：Webster写书的目的是表明美国英语正发展成与英国英语不同的含义、发音和拼写的语言。4. In how many volumes was An American Dictionary of the English Language published?A.One volume.B.Two volumes.C.Three volumes.D.Four volumes.答案:B参见第三句。 A warm-hearted nurse on her first days work came to

48、a patient who had come to London for a visit to the famous doctor. She asked the patient whether there was anything that she could do for him. But he only waved his hand, shook his head and said something she couldnt understand. With a pleasing smile she asked him again and he just kept doing the sa

49、me and saying the same words, but in about 3 minutes, he closed his eyes. the nurse felt his pulse and found out that the patient had died. The nurse felt so sorry for the poor patient who had ended his llfe very far away from his home that she ran to the doctor in a hurry and repeated to the doctor

50、 the sounds she had heard. My dear girl, said the doctor after listening to what she repeated,youve just killed him. He was saying, Youve been standing on my oxygen pipe. 1. The patient had come to London _.A.to see whether he could make friends with the nurseB.to get the medical treatment from the

51、doctorC.to do some business to make moneyD.to visit the world-famous city答案:B解析 本题属理解分析题。由文章第一句中的“for a visit to the famous doctor”可知：病人拜访这个著名的医生的目的就是看病。2. The nurse asked the patient _.A.if he was feeling any betterB.whether he wanted to do anythingC.if he needed her helpD.whether she was a warm-he

52、arted lady答案:C解析 本题属细节题。文章第二句可知：护士小姐问病人是否需要帮助。3. When the nurse asked the patient again _.A.he repeated what he had saidB.he kept silent all the sameC.he said he needed her help very muchD.he said she was a very bad woman答案:A解析 本题属细节题。由文章第四句中的“saying the same words”可知答案。4. The patient died _.A.becau

53、se of the doctorB.because Of the nurseC.because his illness was too badD.because of the wrong medicine he had taken答案:B解析 本题属逻辑推理题。在文章的最后医生说出了病人死亡的原因：原来是护士小姐踩到了病人的氧气管。 Daily ConversationDirections: Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 提示：Alice要Bill帮她把书搬到她的房间。Bill问Alice从哪儿得到这么多的书。Alice说她在书