2023年统招专升本英语强化练习4

统招专升本英语强化练习4

一、词汇与语法

1、Ican’t_______thistypeofcomputer;it’stooexpensive（）

2、Ithinkitwashightimethey_______totakeyoumoreseriously（）

3、John’sneverbeentoNewYork.__________（）

4、Thereisnotmuchnewsintoday’spaper,________（）

5、Thefarmer,_______isverypessimistic,saysthattherewillbenoharvestthisyear（）

6、Onlyyearslater_______thetruthaboutthematter（）

7、Notuntilthemid-12thcentury_______asanationwithitsowncultureandlanguage（）

8、Heistotally_______tootherpeople’sattitudes（）

9、_______moretime,shewouldcertainlyhavedoneitmuchbetter（）

10、Bythetimeyougraduate,we_______inAustraliaforoneyear（）

11、It’salready5o’clocknow.Don’tyouthinkit’sabouttime________（）

12、Wouldyouliketogooutforapicnic?Yes,it’s_______day!（）

13、You_______havebeenhungryafterallthatwalking（）

14、Thelittlegirlcouldnot_______theattractionofthepieceofthechocolate（）

15、Onlywhenshehadaccomplishedthetask_______thatshehadmadeamistake（）

16、WhenIsawthemessmypaperwasin,itwasobviousthatsomeone_______it（）

17、While_______yourimagination,youshouldbealoneandcompletelyundisturbed（）

18、Wehadthemachine_______justnow（）

19、Thesebooksaredesignedto_______children（）

20、Youngpeopleareredefiningforthemselves_______itmeanstobeamanorawoman（）

21、Ihavenochoicebut_______hisinvitation（）

22、Californiareliesheavilyonincomefromfruitcrops,__________（）

23、Hedoesn’ttalktoomuch,butwhathesaysisalways_______thepoint（）

24、Please_______yourovercoatfromtheseatsothatIcansitdown（）

25、Hewascaught_______intheexamination（）

26、Ifindithardtoimagineatimewhen_______tosolve（）

27、Theengineersuggestedthatwe_______ourproductivitythroughtechnicalinnovation（）

28、Reducingthesizeofclassesinschoolsisa_______aiminthenearfuture（）

29、Thankyouforthe_______youdidmetomovethesofaupstairs（）

30、Youngadults_______olderpeoplearemorelikelytopreferpopsongs（）

31、—Doyoufeellikeeatingout?

—__________.Wehaven’teatenoutforages（）

32、Topgraduatesfromuniversitiesareoften_______bymajorinternationalcompanies（）

33、Hemadeaquick_______fromhisillness（）

34、Ithinkyou’dbetterholdyoupositionanddon’t_______totheirdemands（）

35、Itisduringhissparetime_______Johnsonhasbeenstudyingacourseinhistory（）

36、Michaellikedthecarvingverymuch,whichcosthim＄2000.However,hewouldgladlyhavepaid_______forit（）

37、Weather________,Iamplayinggolfthisafternoon（）

38、Atleast150peoplearebelieved_______intheaircrash（）

39、Imustdeclineitbecausetheconditionsyouofferedarenot_______（）

40、Everythingcomeswitha________,thatis,there’snosuchthingasafreelunchintheworld（）

41、IthoughtIwasgoingtofailtheexam,butIpassed________（）

42、Ididn’tbuyacaryesterdayforthesimplereason_______itwastooexpensive（）

43、_______seemedstrangetouswasthathecamebackwithnothingthatday（）

44、Shegrabbedme_______andpulledmeoutofthetaxi（）

45、IknowMikeisslowatunderstanding,butweshouldbepatient_______him（）

46、MoreandmorepeoplearebeginningtolearnEnglish,_______canpartlyexplaintheboomingoflanguagetrainingcentersinChina（）

47、Heisstudyingdiligently_______heshouldfallbehind（）

48、Thisvillage_______hitbyahurricane,forwesawtheruinedhousesandthefallentreesallovertheplaces（）

49、Jennywaslookingforaseatwhen,luckily,aman_______andleft（）

50、Itisnotalwaysreliabletomakeaconclusiononthe_______ofthefirstimpression（）

51、Itisalready9o’clock,butshestilldidnot________（）

52、Helikesnovels,_______Ilikepoetry（）

53、Thisboxis_______thatone（）

54、Atthetimeofeconomiccrisis,hecouldonlyearna_______of＄2000permonth（）

55、You'vealreadymissedtoomanyclassesthisterm.You_______fourclassesjustlastweek（）

56、He_______toseeyouyesterday,buthehadanimportantmeetingtoattend（）

57、Hedidn’tkeeponaskingmeforarideanylongerashehadalreadygothisowncar_______（）

58、Onlyunderspecialcircumstances_______totakemake-uptests（）

59、Theperson_______Icomplainedisthesupervisor（）

60、Dr.John_______beinParisbecauseImethiminthetownjustnow（）

二、阅读理解

1、Afewcenturiesago,peoplelookedatthebirdsandwonderedwhatitwouldbeliketoflylikethem.Therewerestoriesofheroeswhogluedbirdfeathersontheirarmsandflewupintothesky.About500yearsago,somepeopledreamedadifferentdream.Insteadofflyinguptothesky,theydreamedoffallingfromthesky!

Inthe15thcentury,Italianinventorsdesignedacone-shaped（锥形）devicethatwassupposedtobringamandownsafelyfromagreatheight.Theoperatorheldontoahandlewithastrapstrappedtohiswaist.Thiswasthefirstknowndesignforaparachute（降落伞）.

EventhegreatinventorLeonardodaVincisketchedatypeofparachute.Hisparachutedesignwasintheshapeofpyramid（金字塔）.Otherinventorsalsosketchedtheirowndesignsforaparachute.Unfortunately,thesewereonlydesignsonpaperandnoonetestedthem.

ACroatianinventornamedFaustoVeranziolookedatLeonardodaVinci’sparachutedesignandreplacedthepyramidshapewithonethatlookedlikeasailfromaship.WhenVeranziowas65yearsold,hefellill.Thinkinghewouldnotlivelonger,hedecidedtotryouthisparachuteinvention.Hebuilthisparachuteusingwoodandcloth.Strappinghisinventiontohiswaist,hejumpedoffthetallbelltowerinhiscity.Helandedsafely!Hewassupposedlythefirstmantosuccessfullyuseaparachute.However,someotherpeoplethoughtthisstorywasnottrue.Ifthatwasthecase,thenthefirstpersontosuccessfullyuseaparachutewouldgotoaFrenchmannamedLouis-SebastienLenormandin1783

Thefirstknownparachutewasdesignedby__________（）

A．Frenchmen

B．Italians

C．Croatians

D．Englishmen

2、LeonardodaVinci’sparachutewasshapedlikea__________（）

A．cone

B．feather

C．pyramid

D．sail

3、WhichofthefollowingaboutFaustoVeranzioistrue（）

A．HecopiedLeonardodaVinci’sparachutedesign

B．Hemadehisparachutewithfeatherandwood

C．Heexperimentedwithhisparachutemanytimes

D．Hedecidedtotryhisparachuteafterhewasseriouslyill

4、Asforthefirstmanwhosuccessfullyusedaparachute,__________（）

A．itwassaidtobeLeonardodaVinci

B．weknowforsurehewasVeranzio

C．thereweresomehistoricalrecords

D．wedon’tknowforsureyet

5、Thepassageismainlyabout__________（）

A．theoriginoftheparachute

B．thedreamsofflyingandfalling

C．thecourageofdroppingfromthesky

D．theapplicationofparachuteinvention

6、Everyoneknowsthatlazinessisnotgood.Wehaveprobablyallhadlecturestellingthatlazinessisimmoral,thatitiswasteful,andthatlazypeoplewillnevergainanythinginlife.Butlazinesscanbemoreharmfulthanthat,anditisoftencausedbymorecomplexreasons.Somepeoplewhoappeartobelazyaresufferingfrommuchmoreseriousproblems.Theymaynottrusttheirfellowworkersandtheyareunabletojoininanygrouptaskforfearofbeinglaughedatorforfearofhavingtheirideasstolen.Thesepeoplewhoseemlazymaybeaffectedbyafearoffailurethatpreventssuccessfulwork.Somepeoplearesobusyplanninggreatdealsthattheyareunabletodealwitheasierworkonhand.Stillothersarenotavoidingwork;strictlyspeaking,theyaresimplyputtingofftheirwork.

Laziness,however,canactuallybehelpful.Somepeoplemaylooklazywhiletheyarereallythinking,planningandresearching.Weshouldallrememberthatgreatscientificdiscoverieshappenedbychance.Newtonwasn’tworkingonthefarmwhentheapplehithimandhedevisedthetheoryofgravity.Allofuswouldliketohavesomeonelazybuildthecarwebuy,particularlyifthatlazinesswerecausedbytheworker’stakingtimetocheckeachstepofhisworkandtodohisjobright.andsometimes,beinglazy—thatis,takingtimeoffforarest—isgoodfortheoverworkedstudentsorexecutives.Takingarestcanbeparticularlyhelpfultothesportsmanwhoistryingtoohardorthedoctorwhoissimplyworkinghimselfovertimetoomanyeveningsinthehospital.Sobecarefulwhenyouwanttocallsomeonelazy.Thatpersonmaybethinking,resting,orplanninghisorhernextwork

Themainideaofthispassageisthat__________（）

A．lazinessisabadhabitthateveryonewantstogetridof

B．thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesinbeinglazy

C．lazinessisthesignofveryseriousemotionalproblems

D．lazypeopleusuallydotheirworkmorecarefully

7、Whichofthefollowingstatementsismentionedinthepassage（）

A．Lazinessisakindofmentaldisease

B．Lazinessismorebeneficialthanharmful

C．Lazinesscannotbeexplained

D．Lazinessissometimesduetoafearoffailure

8、Whichofthefollowingideasdoesthepassagesupport（）

A．Mostofthetimelazinessisagoodquality

B．Mostassemblyworkersarelazy

C．Thewordlazinessissometimesmisused

D．Mostoverworkedpeoplearelazy

9、Theauthor’sattitudetowardslazinessis__________（）

A．objective

B．subjective

C．critical

D．humorous

10、Asusedinthispassage,theworddevised（Paragraph2）probablymeans__________（）

A．understood

B．wrote

C．created

D．proved

11、Sometimes,peoplesimplydonotrealizetheyarebeingillmannered.TakeTed,forexample.Heprideshimselfonspeakinghismind,andhassomethingtosayoneverything.Buthisfranknessisoftenextremelyembarrassing.

Heisincapableofsaying,Ithoughtthatlastadvertisingcampaignhadalotofgoodideasinit,butperhapsnexttimewecouldgivethecopymorevitality（活力）.Instead,hewouldsay,Thatcampaignwasadisaster.Achildofthreecouldhavedonebetter!

Thefactthatheisoftenrightdoesnothelp.Otheremployeesdislikehismannerevenmore,heistooinsensitivetonotice.

Anothercharacteramongthelistofill-manneredemployeesisSally,whoseemstoregardjustbeingatworkasaseverepunishment.Everythingisdoneunwillingly.Askinghertodoataskbeyondherbasicjobdescriptionisoftennotworththetrouble.Itwillbedone,buthalf-heartedly.

Fergusisjusttheopposite.Heshowsanover-familiaritytohisboss.Whenanimportantvisitorisshownintothemanager’soffice,Ferguscannottakethehintandleave.Insteadhewillattempttotakepartintheconversation,declaring,Youcantalkinfrontofme.HenryandIdon’thavemanysecrets,dowe?OvertheyearsFergushasfallenbehindhisformerequals.Butheseekstomaintainthesamecloserelationshipthatheimaginesexistedintheiryoungerdays

WhichofthefollowingwordsdescribesTedbest（）

A．Cold

B．Tactless

C．Stupid

D．Warm-hearted

12、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatTed__________（）

A．iswell-knownforhishonesty

B．tendstoblameothersratherthanhimself

C．oftengivestherightideainthewrongway

D．istreatedunfairlybythemanagement

13、WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutSally（）

A．Shethinksit’sunfairtohavesomuchworktodo

B．Sheisunhappytohelpothers

C．Shehatesbeingorderedabout

D．Shedoeseverythingunwillingly

14、Fromthepassage,wecaninferthatFergus__________（）

A．wasonceclosetoallhiscolleagues

B．hasremainedinthesamepositionforyears

C．doesn’tknowwhatahintis

D．knowseverythingthathappensintheoffice

15、Thewriteristakingthepointofviewof__________（）

A．acolleague

B．peoplelikeTed

C．anemployee

D．amanager

16、Everyonebecomesalittlemoreforgetfulastheygetolder,butmen’smindsdeclinemorethanwomen’s,accordingtotheresultsofaworldwidesurvey.Certaindifferencesseemtobeinherentinmaleandfemalebrains:Menarebetteratmaintaininganddealingwithmentalimages（usefulinmathematicalreasoningandspatialskills）,whilewomentendtoexcelatrecallinginformationfromtheirbrain’sfiles（helpfulwithlanguageskillsandrememberingthelocationsofobjects）.

Manystudieshavelookedforaconnectionbetweensexandtheamountofmentaldeclinepeopleexperienceastheyage,buttheresultshavebeenmixed.

Somestudiesfoundmoreage-relateddeclineinmenthaninwomen,whileotherssawtheoppositeorevennorelationshipatallbetweensexandmentaldecline.Thoseresultscouldbeimproperbecausethestudiesinvolvedolderpeople,andwomenlivelongerthanmen.Thementestedarethesurvivors,sothey’retheonesthatmaynothaveshownsuchcognitivedecline,saidstudyteamleaderElizabethoftheUniversityofWarwickinEngland.

Peoplesurveyedcompletedfourtasksthattestedsex-relatedcognitiveskills:matchinganobjecttoitsrotatedform,matchinglinesshownfromthesameangle,typingasmanywordsinaparticularcategoryaspossibleinthegiventime,e.g.objectsusuallycoloredgray,andrecallingthelocationofobjectsinalinedrawing.Thefirsttwoweretasksatwhichmenusuallyexcel;