2022年成人高考专升本《英语》预习试题库及答案

1、2022年成人高考专升本英语预习试题库及答案习题1 单选题How did Bob do in the exams this time?Well, his father seems()with his results.ApIeasingBp I easeCpI easedDto please参考答案：c单选题He is nervous()he moved about the room al I thetime.Asuch; thatBthat; thatCso; thatDso; as参考答案：c单选题There()no one to help me at this moment, I need

2、 to handle the work al I by myseIf.AbeBbeingCto beDbeen参考答案：B单 选题 Teachers are some of the most importantprofessionalsintheworld.TheyareresponsibIe 21 prepar ing future generations to become productive and honest citizens, who wi I I 22 to society for the whole of their adult Iife.Obviously, the mos

3、t common reason 23 teachers decideto teach is the ability to make a difference. There are many students can last al I through their Ifessions thatgive peop I e theability to havea (n) 24 i mpacton the world andchange peopIe sI i ves, 25 fewprofessions havea direct i mpacton 26 a better soc ie

4、ty as teachers do. PeopIe tendto 27 their teachers for years after they finish schooI,for good teachers can 28 their students to becomesomething that they 29 thought they could be, or towork 30 a field that they thought they did not 31 Teachersare also important because theyprov i de 32 fortheir stu

5、dents. In certain Iowincomeareas 33 some students may not have bothof theirparents 34 , teachers can provide an importantinfIuencethat helps their students make the right 35 even whenthey are not in the classroom. General ly, teachersi mpact on以下选项24题答案为（）。Af i rmBpositiveCdefiniteDabsoIute参考答案：B单选题

6、Socrates is often referred to as one of the founders of Western philosophy9 and yet he wrote nothing, estab I ished no schoo I, and held no particular theories of his own. What he did do, however, was frequently ask the questions that interested him, and in doing so deveI oped a new way of thinking.

7、 This method proceeds（展开）as a dialogue between opposing views, and it earned him many enemies in Athens, where he lived.As a young man, Socrates i s be I i eved to have studied natural phi losophy, I ook i ng at the various exp I anat i ons of the nature of the universe, but then became invoIved in

8、the pol itics of the city-state and concerned with more down-to-earth moral issues, such as the nature of justice. However, he was not interested in winning arguments, or arguing for the sake of making money Nor was he seeking answers or explanations. He was simply examining the basis of the concept

9、s we apply to oursel ves( such as god”，bad”，and just”)，for he be I ieved that understand i ng what we are i s the f i rst task of ph i Iosophy.He was sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the young with bad ideas. But he also had many fol lowers, and among them was Plato, who recorded Socrates

10、 ideas in the written works, cal led dialogues, in which Socrates sets about examining various ideas.Socrates central concern, then, was the examination of I ife, and it was his cruel questioning of people s most vaIued be Iiefs (largely about themselves)that earned him his enemies but he remained c

11、ommitted to his task unti I the very end.According to the account of his defense at his trial, Socrates chose death rather than face a life of ignorance:“The Iife which is unexamined is not worth living.What is the most important task of phi Iosophy according to Socrates?AUnderstanding our true self

12、.BExamining some basic concepts.CChaI I engi ng the views of enemies.DGiving explanations for arguments.参考答案：A单选题Everybody may have seen the fi Im Death on the Nile （n. 尼罗河）,but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.In June 1977, a baby

13、gi r I became ser iously i I I in Delevi I le.Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many exce I I ent doctors. The baby was so seriously i 11 that a team of doctors hurried to examine the baby without delay. T

14、he doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby s i I Iness and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.“I think the baby is suffering from thaIlium （n. 釦 poisoning, said the nurse. A few days ago, I read a story A Pale Horse written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thaI I i

15、um poison, and al I the symptoms are written in the book. They are exact Iy the same as the baby s. ”“You re very good at observing things, ” said a doctor,“and you may be right. We I I carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thaIlium poisoning or not. ”The tests proved that the baby

16、had i ndeed been po i sonedby thaIlium. Once they knew the cause, the doctors were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got we I I and was sent back to De I ev i I I e A week later, it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide （n. 杀虫剂）used in DeleviIle.The baby wa

17、s sent to a hospital in London because .Aher parents were Iiving in London thenBthe hospitals in De Iev iI Ie were fulI at that timeCshe was the daughter of a famous doctor in LondonDdoctors i n De I ev i I I e were not sure about the cause of her i I Iness参考答案：D单选题In anc i ent times weaI th was mea

18、sured and exchanged in things that could be touched: food , tools, and precious meta I s and stones. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which Still had reaI vaIue sinee they were pieces of rare metaL Coins were to I I owed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone a

19、grees to accept them.Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that wi I I transform money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of bits and bytes11, or units of computerized . information, going between machines at the speed of Iight. Al ready, electronic fun

20、d transfer a I Iows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countr ies through computers and teIecommunications devices.Which of the fol lowing statements about computer ized monetary systems is NOT supported by the passage?AThey promote internat ionaI trade.BThey

21、allow very rapid money transfers,CThey are still Iimited to smalI transact ions （交易）.DThey are dependent on good teIecommun i cat i ons systems. 参考答案：c单选题Many peopIe want to know how to analyze problems they meet. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.First the person must recognize that there

22、 is a problem. For example, Sam s b i eye I e is broken, and he cannot ride it to c I ass as he usua I I y does. Sam must see that there i s a prob I em with his bicycle.Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find the reason why it does not work. For ins

23、tance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.Now the person must look for information that wiI I make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does notwork becaus

24、e there is some-thing wrong with the gear wheeIs. At this time, he can look in his b i eye Ie repai r book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop.After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible so Iut i on. Take Sam as an iI lustration

25、. His suggestions might be:put oi I on the gear wheeIs;buy new gear wheeIs and replace the old ones;tighten or Ioosen the gear wheels.Eventual ly one suggest i on seems to be the so I ut i on to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new

26、 or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chew ing gum between the gear whee Is. He i mmed i ate I y rea I i zes the so Iut i on to his problem:he must clean the gear wheels.Final ly the so I ut i on is tested. Sam cleans the gear whee I s and f i nds

27、that afterwards his bi eye I e works perfect ly. In short, he has so Ived the problem.What is the best title for this passage?ASix Stages for Repa i r i ng Sam 1s B i eye IeBPossible Steps of Problem-solvingCNecessities of Prob Iem AnalysisDImportance of Ana lyzing a Problem参考答案：B单选题Pam：Is this the

28、class (o prepare for interviews?Instructor . Please join us. Pam:I have an interview next week, so I hope 57Instructor:Wc are all going to have great interviews. What are some things that wc need toremember in an interview?Pam:I think that we should make sure that our looks are the best they can be.

29、Instructor:Righi. and 58 ?Pam:Yes. and being friendly and having a good attitude also help me relax.Instructor:Did you know that they pay as much attention to what you ask as to what yousay in an inierview?Pam:No. 1 didnt. 59 ?Instructor: 60 . listen carefully to the questions, and be honest in your

30、 responses.请在第60 处填上正确答案。AWhat else shouId I keep in mindBYes, go ahead,pI easeCwhat else don t we needDwhat about our friend Iiness and attitudeEThis is the right placeFJust relaxGl can learn everything quicklyHYou can learn something more参考答案：F单选题请选出读音不同的选项。()。AtwoBanswerCwr iteDwin参考答案：D习题2单选题It

31、seems that she is thinking about something.Yes, she cannot remember what key she ()to her computer.AsetBhas setChad setDsets参考答案：B单选题When I am confronted with such questionst my mind goes , and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.Afaint Bblank CdarkDblind参考答案：B单选题If Peter had told his teacher

32、 about his difficultyin math homework, she()him before the exam.AheIpsBwiI I helpCwouId have he I pedDworId help参考答案：C 单选题One of the political issues wc hear a lot about lately is campaign finance reform. The people who arc calling tor _L_ usually want the government to pay tor campaigns and/or limi

33、t the amount of money that candidates and their supporters can spend.One reason that retbrm is 22tor is that it costs so much to run for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and cObrl 23 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have 24 time to do their jobs since th

34、ey must attend so many fund raising events.Another 25 is the teir that candidates will be owned or controlled by the special interest groups that contribute to lheir campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 26 .On the 7 side arc those who caution that just because you call something refon

35、n.* doesrf l mean it*s really 28 . They 29 that our right to freedom of speech is meaningless if the government can limit anyone s ability to get his or her message out to the people.If one person or a group ot people want to tdl the 30 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to . 3丄

36、advertising on TV. radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want lo display billboards along highway，and banners on heavily traflicked Web sites. /ll this 32 a lot of money.Opponents of laws that regulate or limit spending say that you dont really have freedom of speech or freedom of the p

37、ress if you can t get your message out They say that in a democracy, the government should never be able to regulate political discussion or lhe means to distribute ideas.They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 33 亠What do you think about this issue? Listen to what

38、 lhe 34 for national otllce have to say. Which candidates make lhe most 3S lo you? 请在第35 处填上正确答案。AsenseBdirtCmoneyDmusic参考答案：A 单选题Mary Anning (17991847) was a British fossil hunter who began finding 21 as a child, and soon .supported hcnelf and ber very _ family by finding and selling tcsstls, Ver 2

39、j is known about her lite, but her father was a cabinet maker and he also 24 local fossils,Mary 2S on the southern coast of tngland. in a town called Lyme Regis. Its famous . 26 by the sea contain tbssil layers that 28 from the Triassic. Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (the 29 of the dinosaurs, othe

40、r bizarre reptiles, large insects, sea creatures. 一 mammals, ami 31 life tbrmskMary Anning 32 and prepared the first fossilized plesiosaur (an ocean-dwelling reptile) and the first Ichthyosaurus (an ocean-dwelling reptile that _33 like a dolphin). She found many other important fossils, including Pt

41、crodactylus (a flying reptile), sharks (and other fish), and so on. with her brother Joseph. Mary supplied prepared fossil specimens (o 35 museums, scientists, and private collections.请在第24 处填上正确答案。AhunterBfindCwantedDeo I Iected参考答案：D 单选题Mr. Smith was a wealthy industrial ist , but he wasnot sat i

42、sf i ed with Iife. He did not sleep we I I and his fooddid not agree with him. This situation lasted for some time.Finally , after several sleepless nights , he decided toconsult his doctor. The doctor advised a change of surroundingsGo abroad , 11 he said. 11 But 11 m not good at foreign Ianguage ,

43、said Mr. Smith. 11 It doesn11 matter , said the doctor. 11 Itwon t hurt you top I enty of exerc i se.talk a IittIe less. Go on a voyage. TakeIITry to reduce your weight. Avoid rich food.Mr. Smith wentto Switzerland. He did not know French orGerman , and had to commun i cate through gestures. He atte

44、nded a physicaI training course. The instructor made him bend his knees , swing his arms , stretch his neck and shake his head rapidly. He had to I ie on the ground and raise his right and left legs alternately. After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He forgot the financial crisis and the impo

45、rtance of raising the level of production. He even began to notice individual trees and individual birds.Finally he returned home. But unfortunately hisimprovement was only temporary. Soon he was a normal businessman again , worried about his property , his profits , his savings , his advancement in

46、 a technological society , and things in general.In the second paragraph , the word gestures1 meansAbody movementsB simple wordsC pens or penc iIsD body words参考答案：A单选题Alan Lakein, a time management expert, thinks that nothing is a total waste of time, including doing nothing at times. If you arrange

47、 things so that you find time to relax and“do nothing”，you wi I I get more done and have more fun doing it.One of his cl ients, a space engineer, didn t know how to“do nothing” . Every minute of his leisure time was scheduled with intense activities. He had an outdoor-activities scheduIe i n wh i ch

48、 he sw i tched from skiing to tenn is. His gi r If r i end kept up with him in these activities, although she would have preferred just to s i t by the fire and relax once in a whi le. like too many people, he felt the need to be doing something al I the time, for doing noth i ng seemed a waste of t

49、ime. His re I axing by the fire” consisted of playing chess, reading magazines, or checking emails.For an experiment, Alan asked him to waste” his time for five minutes during one of thei r sessions together. What the engineer ended up doing was relaxing, sitting quietly and daydreaming. When he was

50、 f inal ly able to admit that emotionaI reasons caused him to reject relaxing as a waste of time, he began to look more critical ly at that way of thinking. Once he knew that relaxing was a good use of time, he became less serious about being busy and started enjoying each activity more. Previously

51、he had been so busy doing that he had no time to have fun at anything. He began to do less and have more fun. When Alan saw the cl ient about three years later, he sti I I had as busy a schedule as ever, but he was able to ba I ance his activity with relaxing so that he came back to work Monday morn

52、ing not fee I i ng t i red out from a busy weekend but refreshed.What can be inferred from the passage about “doing nothing ?Alt makes peopIe enjoy more indoor activities.Bit enables you to have more work time.Clt serves to improve family relationship.Dlt helps you do things more efficiently.参考答案：D单

53、选题There is a popular be Ii ef among parents that schooIs are no longer interested in speI Iing. No schooI I have taught in has ever ignored speI Iing or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be given

54、 over general Ianguage deveIopment and writing abi I ity. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of speI Iing.If speI Iing becomes the only focal point of his teacher s interest, clear ly a bright c

55、hi Id wi I I be I ike I y to play safe1. He wi I I tend to write only words within his speI I ing range, choosing to avoid adventurous Ianguage. That s why teachers often encourage the ear ly use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical abiIity.I was once shocked to read on

56、 the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience:This work is terrible! There are far too many speI I ing errors and your writing is i 11 eg i b I e （难以辨认的）.11 It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupi V s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection o

57、n the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the chi ldz s deep feel ings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his prior it ies had centred on the chi ldz s idea, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation

58、 would have given the pupiI more motivation to seek improvement.The expression play safe1 probably means A to write carefullyBto do as teachers sayCto use dictionaries frequentlyDto avoid using words one is not sure of参考答案：D 单选题 根据以上内容，回答下列各题。Anyone who has ever attended a university knows that theq

59、ua I ity of lecturers varies greatly. A few are very effect i ve communicators, conveying the substance of their lectures clearly and interestingly and inspi ring students to want to know more about the subject. Others produce du I I lectures from which the students learn I i tt I e and which are I

60、i ke I y to kill any interest they may have in the subject. Lecturing is a major part of a university lecturer s job and it wouId seem reasonable that effectiveness in this task should be a major standard in assessing a lecturer for promotion. However, it is very often the case that far more weight