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1、大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟92大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟92专升本英语模拟92 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 you

2、r answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.问题:1.A.windowB.flowC.flowerD.know答案:C解析 本题属字母组合的考查题，可利用排除法。A、B、D三项当中的发音均为，只有C项中发音为au。故选C。问题:2.A.climbB.wildC.blindD.April答案:D问题:3.A.flowerB.powerC.towerD.arrow答案:D解析 本题属字母组合的考查题，可利用排除法。A、B、C三项当中的发音均为au，只有D项中发音为。故选D。问题:4.A.earlyB.lea

3、rnC.earthquakeD.beard答案:D解析 本题属字母组合的考查题，可利用排除法。A、B、C三项当中的发音均为，只有 D项中发音为。故选D。问题:5.A.increaseB.mouseC.wiseD.promise答案:C解题指要 该题测试辅音字母s的读音。A、B、D选项中s发s音；C选项中s发z音。 Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C

4、 and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.问题:1. He hardly has anything nowadays _ ? No, I dont think so! A.has heB.doesnt heC.does heD.hasnt he答案:C解析 主句中的hardly是带有否定意义的词，因此主句为否定句，反意疑问部分是肯定的，因此选C项。注意句中的has是实义动词“有”。问题:2. Neither

5、 Bill nor his parents _ at home.A.isB.hasC.areD.was答案:C解析 本题考查固定搭配的用法。当使用neithernor词组时，应该用“就近原则”，即 nor后面的名词应做主语。故选C。问题:3. - How much is your new computer _?- 12,000 Yuan.A.worthyB.paidC.costD.worth答案:D问题:4. He had a pain _ his back.A.onB.withC.inD.onto答案:C解析 本题考查固定搭配，“have a pain in+部位”表示“某个部位疼痛”。问题

6、:5. I have made a(n)_for my mother to see the dentist at 5 oclock tomorrow.A.interviewB.appointmentC.opportunityD.possibility答案:Bappointment意为“约定”。问题:6. She hardly ever eats _ potatoes.A.or bread orB.both bread orC.bread orD.neither bread or答案:C解析 本题考查固定词组的用法。either.or或者，both.and两者都，neither.nor两者都不。

7、问题:7. He _ his speech by calling for a vote of thanks for last years president.A.got upB.wound upC.stayed upD.made up答案:B问题:8. The football match was televised _ from the Workers Stadium.A.aliveB.lifeC.liveD.lively答案:C解析 本题考查形容词的习惯用法。电视现场直播应用形容词：live(现场直播的)。问题:9. We dont know what the surface of Ven

8、us might _ .A.look asB.look likeC.look overD.look about答案:Blook like sth意为“看上去像”。问题:10. You mustnt go unless either your father or I _ with you.A.comeB.comesC.cameD.has come答案:A问题:11. - How much sugar is left?A.NoneB.NothingC.Not manyD.Few答案:ASugar是不可数名词，排除选项C和D。Nothing意为什么都不是。选项A是正确的。 句子大意还剩多少糖?一点都

9、没了。问题:12. It was three weeks later _ he heard the news.A.whichB.thatC.afterD.when答案:B强调句。It is/wasthat/who这种强调句的特征是去掉这两部分，其余仍然是完整的句子。如：Three weeks later he heard the news这句话强调的是时间。这种强调句只用that和who引导从句。三个星期之后他才得到这个消息。问题:13. My parents never let me _ alone.A.to travelB.to travellingC.travellingD.travel

10、答案:D问题:14. In no way _ from practice.A.theory can be separatedB.theory is separatedC.can theory be separatedD.has theory been separated答案:Cin no way是表示否定意义的状语，当它放在句首时句子倒装。问题:15. Do you know any other foreign languages _ French?A.butB.exceptC.besidesD.beside答案:Cbut多与nothing、nobody、all等连用；except表示“除了：

11、除去”：besides是“除了还有”的意思；beside表示“在旁边”。 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. Most of you graduating today will be emplo

12、yees all your working life, working for somebody else and for a paycheck. And so will most, 1 not all, of the thousands of other young Americans graduating this year in all the other schools and colleges across the country. 2 has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one 3 ev

13、ery five Americans all work was employed, i.e. , worked for somebody else. Today only 20% of Americans are not employed but working for themselves. And 4 fifty years ago being employed meant 5 as a factory laborer or as a farm hand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a

14、6 formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring 7 and technical skills. 8 , two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: the middle and upper classes have become employees; and middle-class and 9 employees have been the fastest growing groups i

15、n our working population-growing so fast that the industrial worker, that 10 child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance 11 the expansion of industrial production. This is one of the most profound social changes any country 12 . It is, however, a perhaps 13 greater ch

16、ange for the individual young man 14 to start. Whatever he does, in all 15 , he will do it as an employee; wherever he aims, he Will have to try to reach it 16 being an employee. As an employee you work with and through other people. This means that your success as an employee will 17 on your abilit

17、y to communicate with people and to present your own thoughts and ideas to them 18 they will both understand what you are driving 19 and be persuaded. The letter, the report or memorandum (记录) the 20 spoken presentation to a committee are basic tools of the employee. 1.A.butB.ifC.nearlyD.fortunately

18、答案:B2.A.OursB.MineC.OurD.it答案:A3.A.exceptB.ofC.out ofD.among答案:C4.A.WhenB.whereC.whatD.wherever答案:B5.A.to workB.workingC.to workingD.work答案:B6.A.substantialB.materialC.substantiveD.important答案:A7.A.mechanicalB.liberalC.practicalD.intellectual答案:D8.A.ThereforeB.InsteadC.IndeedD.After all答案:C9.A.upper

19、-classB.lower-classC.low-classD.the rest答案:A10.A.oldB.olderC.oldestD.small答案:C11.A.despiteB.spiteC.due toD.in case of答案:A12.A.has undergoneB.undergoesC.underwentD.had undergone答案:A13.A.moreB.evenC.littleD.a lot答案:B14.A.ableB.immediatelyC.aboutD.off答案:C15.A.likelinessB.likelihoodC.likablenessD.probab

20、leness答案:B16.A.onB.inC.throughD.as答案:C17.A.focusB.spendC.expendD.depend答案:D18.A.in orderB.in caseC.so thatD.therefore答案:C19.A.toB.atC.inD.from答案:B20.A.ten-minuteB.ten minutesC.ten minuteD.ten-minutes答案:A Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is f

21、ollowed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. America is a country on the move. In unheard of numbers, people of all ages are exercising their way to better health.

22、According to the latest figures, 59 percent of American adults exercise regularly-up 12 percent from just two years ago and more than double the figure of 25 years ago. Even non-exercisers believe they would be more attractive and confident if they were more active. It is hard not to get the message

23、. The virtues of physical fitness are shown on magazine covers, postage stamps, and television ads for everything from beauty soaps to travel books. Exercise as a part of daily life did not catch on until the late 1960s when research by military doctors began to show the health benefits of doing reg

24、ular physical exercises. Growing publicity (宣传) for races held in American cities helped fuel a strong interest in the ancient sport of running. Although running has leveled off in recent years as Americans have discovered equally rewarding and sometimes safer forms of exercise, such as walking and

25、swimming, running remain the most popular forms of exercise. As the popularity of exercise continues to mount, so does scientific evidence of its health benefits. The key to fitness is exercising the major muscle groups vigorously (强有力地) enough to approximately double the heart rate and keep it doub

26、led for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Doing such physical exercises three times of more a week will produce considerable improvements in physical health in about three months. 1. According to the passage, what was the percentage of American adults doing regular physical exercises two years ago?A.About

27、 70%.B.Nearly 60%.C.Almost 50%.D.More than 12%.答案:C2. A growing interest in sports developed utter _.A.research showed their health benefitsB.people got the. message from magazine covers and postage stampsC.scientific evidence of health benefits was shown on TV adsD.an increasing number of races wer

28、e held in American cities答案:A3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase leveled off (para. 2, Line 6)?A.become very popularB.stopped being popularC.reached its lowest level in popularityD.stopped increasing in popularity答案:D4. It can be learnt from the passage that the health bene

29、fits of exercise.A.are yet to be provedB.are to be further studiedC.are supported by scientific evidenceD.are self-evident答案:C As protector of her familys health, the poineer woman confronted situations she never imagined before crossing the Mississippi. Few women came West prepared to deal with des

30、ert sunburn, rattlesnake bites, or arrow wounds. Even when doctors were available, they were of- ten no more knowledgeable than their patients. And most patent (专利) medicines were no more reliable than the itinerant (巡游) merchants who sold them. In certain cases, a woman could draw upon the folk wis

31、dom and remedies she had learned back home; Western mosquitoes, for example, proved to be as repelled by a paste of vinegar and salt as were their Eastern cousins. More often, however, a woman was guided only by her own ingenuity in concocting (调制的) tonics (补药), powders, poisons, and polishes from w

32、hatever she had at land: salt made a passable toothpaste, gunpowder was applied to wants, and turpentine to open cuts, goose grease, skunk oil, and the ever present lard were basic liniments; medicinal teas and tonics were brewed from sunflower seeds and roots. 1. Which of the following statements b

33、est expresses the main idea of the passage?A.Many people who went West were doctors.B.Medicine and the people who sold it were not reliable.C.Many pioneer women died from bites inflicted by snakes and mosquitoes.D.Pioneer women had to invent their own remedies when they moved West.答案:D2. According t

34、o the passage, why were doctors in the West sometimes unable to help their patients?A.They did not know how to treat the unfamiliar illnesses.B.They were more interested in establishing practices in the cities.C.They were more concerned with doing research than with treating patients.D.They were oft

35、en overcome by diseases caught from their patients.答案:A3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about patent medicines?A.They did not cost much.B.They helped heal snake bites.C.They did not work very well.D.They had a strong taste.答案:C4. It can be inferred that most of the pioneers

36、 referred to in the passage were originally from where in the United States?A.The desert.B.The West.C.The State of Mississippi.D.The East.答案:D People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, mov

37、ie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have. But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is flourishing year after year. People wait haft an hour for a parking space to become available. This outdoor festival, spon

38、sored by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This years attendance was estimated at 70,000 on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival consisted of 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an audience question-and-answer period following each talk. Autograph(亲

39、笔签名)seekers sought out more than 150 authors. A food court sold all kinds of popular food and diverse foreign foods, from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks. Except for a $ 7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people avoided the food court prices by staying away and havi

40、ng their own sandwiches and drinks. People came from all over California. One couple drove down from San Francisco. This is our sixth year here now. We love it, said the husband. Its just fantastic to be in the great outdoors, to be among so many books and authors, and to get some very good deals, t

41、oo. The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles residents welcome one? The citizens of the city are very unpredictable, said one of the festival founders. 1. The underlined sente

42、nce in the first paragraph implies that _.A.city libraries have a very limited number of readersB.only a small proportion of the readers go to libraries by carC.city libraries provide fewer places for car washesD.city libraries have fewer parking places答案:A2. The outdoor book festival attracts _.A.a

43、utograph seekers and authors onlyB.people with different interestsC.people who love Los AngelesD.people who like cooking答案:B3. At the very beginning, people were _ about the idea for the book festival in Los Angeles.A.confidentB.pessimisticC.uncertainD.indifferent答案:C4. The success of Los Angeles bo

44、ok festival shows that _.A.book reading is still popular in Los AngelesB.Los Angeles people prefer library to book festivalC.people attend the book festivals for fun not for readingD.libraries should have food courts to attract more readers答案:A British Columbia is a province in the western half of C

45、anada. It is the largest province in the western half of Canada, but two other provinces are larger. The weather in the southern half of British Columbia is mild. In fact, it is the mildest in Canada. For this reason, many older people come to live in this area of Canada. There are about three and a

46、 half million people living in British Columbia. Only Ontario and Quebec have more people, about half of British Columbias people originally came from England. Many other peoples families came to Canada from Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. Today this province has a higher percentage of Asians than a

47、ny of the Other nine provinces. Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia. Many international visitors come to Vancouver. They come to see the natural beauty of the coast and the beautiful mountains. Many ships stop at Vancouver, and it is the largest port in all of Canada. 1. The main idea

48、of paragraph 3 is _.A.the people in this province came from many placesB.not many people from France or Spain came hereC.there are more Asians in this province than in the other provincesD.the people in this province came from one place答案:A解析 本题属理解分析题。文章第三段主要讲：British Colunbia的人来自England，Scot- land,

49、 Ireland, Germany and Asia等地。2. The word port in the last line means _.A.a city in the mountainsB.a city on the CoastC.a city with many peopleD.a country on the coast答案:B解析 本题属词汇测试题。由文章最后一句中的“many ships”和“in all of Canada”可知： Vancouver是加拿大最大的港口城市。3. In Canada the weather is the mildest in _.A.Vancou

50、verB.OntarioC.British ColumbiaD.Quebec答案:C解析 本题属细节题。文章第二段第一、二句已明确点明答案。4. Vancouver is _.A.the capital of British ColumbiaB.the largest city in British ColumbiaC.in the western half of CanadaD.both A and B答案:B解析 本题属细节题。文章第四段第一句已明确点明。 Which of your two hands do you use much better? Very few of us can

51、use both of our hands equally well. Most of us are right-handed. Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed. Newborn babies can grasp objects with either of their hands, but in about two years they usually prefer to use their right hands. Scientists dont know why this happens. They used

52、 to think that we inherited this tendency from our animal ancestors, but this may not be true. Monkeys are our closest relatives in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys prefer to use one of their hands more than the other, but it can be either hand. There are as many right-handed mon

53、keys as there are left-handed ones. Next time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys carefully. Youll see that some of them will prefer to swing from their right hands, and others will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands better, and this makes life difficult for those who

54、 prefer to use their left hands. 1. Most of us use our right hands _ the left ones.A.as well asB.not so well asC.much better thanD.more better than答案:C2. The number of right-handed monkey is _ the left-handed ones.A.greater than that ofB.smaller than that ofC.as much as that ofD.equal to that of答案:D3. Which of the following is true? _A.When a child is two years old, he prefers to use both of his hands to grasp objects.B.Scientists have given the reason for t