专升本英语考试真题及参考答案

一、Phonetics(10points)?Directions:Ineachofthefollowinggroupsofwords,there

arefourunderlinedlettersorlettercombinationsmarkedA,B,CandD.Comparethe

underlinedpartsand?identify?theonethatisdifferentfromtheothersin

pronunciation.Markyouranswerbyblackeningthecorrespondingletterontheanswer

sheet.

第1题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.castle

B.listen

C.soften

D.costly

【正确答案】D

第2题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.sweat

B.wheat

C.meat

D.neatly

【正确答案】A

第3题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.shoot

B.blood

C.roof

D.tool

【正确答案】B

第4题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.accept

B.receipt

C.camp

D.empty

【正确答案】B

第5题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.exact

B.taxi

C.except

D.exercise

【正确答案】A

第6题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.weight

B.eight

C.height

D.neighbor

【正确答案】C

第7题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.literature

B.mature

C.nature

D.feature

【正确答案】B

第8题选出下面读音不同的选项0。

A.four

B.course

C.source

D.pour

【正确答案】D

第9题选出下面读音不同的选项()。

A.encounter

B.fountain

C.background

D.countryside

【正确答案】D

第10题选出下面读音不同的选项0。

A.entertain

B.obtain

C.certain

D.contain

【正确答案】C

二、VocabularyandStructure(40points)?Directions:Thereare40incomplete

sentencesinthissection.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,Cand

D.Chooseoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentenceandblackenthecorresponding

letteronANSWERSHEETI.

第11题Becareful,becausethatknifeisvery.

A.fast

B.hard

C.quick

D.sharp

【正确答案】D

【解析】fast和quick是同义词，意为“迅速的，快的"；hard意为“坚硬的，坚实

的"；sharp意为“锋利的，锐利的”。D项为正确答案。

第12题“Imissedthetrainhomelastnight.”

“So__________

A.haveI

B.Ihave

C.didI

D.Idid

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】“昨天晚上我错过了回家的火车。”“我也一样错过了。”？考点?句法结

构中倒装句的使用。

第13题Whydidtheyrefusetotakeyoursuggestionaccount

A.in

B.into

C.for

D.under

【正确答案】B

【解析】考生若能熟悉常用词组take...intoaccount（把……考虑进去）的意思和用法,

本题就能迎刃而解了。

第14题Acompletelynewsituationwillwhentheexaminationsystem

comesintoexistence.

A.arise

B.rise

C.raise

D.arouse

【正确答案】A

【解析】A.arise(vi.)出现,发生;B.rise(vi.)上升,增高;C.raise(vt.)增加，举起;

D.arouse(vt.)唤醒，引起。也可根据句法结构判定谓语应选择不及物动词，同时考虑词义的

方法来解题。

第15题MyEnglishteachermetotryforapositionatuniversity.

A.insisted

B.persisted

C.encouraged

D.proposed

【正确答案】C

【解析】encouragesomeonetodosomething是一常用句型，意为“鼓励某人做某事”，

如：Weencouragedhimtogotouniversity.我们鼓励他上大学。

第16题Therewasaloudcrashasthedoorbroke,andinthepolice.

A.didcome

B.came

C.havecome

D.theycame

【正确答案】B

【解析】以in,out,away,up等表示处所、方向的副词开头的句子中，主谓语要倒装,

如：Upwenttherocketintheair.火箭直冲云天。

第17题Itwasthatahundredpeoplelookedlostinit.

A.soalargeroom

B.asolargeroom

C.suchalargeroom

D.suchlargearoom

【正确答案】C

【解析】考生对这两种句型较为熟悉，须提及的是：在so...that句型中，so后面跟形

容词或其他副词，而在such...that句型中，such后跟名词，名词是中心词，它的前面可以

由冠词或形容词来修饰。

第18题Thereisnoeasytotheproblem.

A.result

B.consequence

C.solution

D.reason

【正确答案】C

【解析】A.result结果，成果；B.consequence结果，后果；C.solution解答，答案；

D.reason理由，原因。以上是四个名词的词义辨析，另外从词语搭配上也可以认定C项为正

确答案，只有solutionto是固定搭配，而其他三个词的搭配是of,for等。

第19题Withthehelpoftheforeignexperts,thefactoryproducedcars

in2001astheyearbefore.

A.astwicemany

B.asmanyastwice

C.astwiceasmany

D.twiceasmany

【正确答案】D

【解析】表示“几倍于..."，用“twice/threetimes等+as...as”结构。

第20题“Whencanwecometovisityou?”

“Anytimeyoufeel.”

A.likeit

B.forit

C.to

D.so

【正确答案】A

【解析】本题的关键在于掌握词语搭配feellike,其意为“感到想要做"，其用法为

“feellikesomething"或“feellikedoingsomething”,如：Doyoufeellikeadrink?

你想喝杯饮料吗?Ifeellikedancingtoday.我今天想去跳舞。

第21题Hecamehereformakingmoremoneyforworkingwith

you.

A.not...yet

B.notbecauseof...but

C.not...but

D.except...but

【正确答案】C

【解析】考生只要理解了题干的意思，就很容易选择not...but（不是……而是）作为正确

答案。

第22题Hecametotheparty,hehadn'tbeeninvited.

A.incase

B.inspiteof

C.even

D.although

【正确答案】D

【解析】从句法结构来看，引导状语从句的应是连接词，可以排除B、C选项，而A项in

case意为“假使，以防万一”，和题义不符，只有D项although（尽管）符合题义。

第23题"I'dliketobuyadigitalcamera.v

“Well,wehaveseveralmodels.”

A.tochoosefrom

B.ofchoice

C.tobechosen

D.forchoosing

【正确答案】A

【解析】动词不定式作定语时，它和它修饰的词有时在意义上是动宾关系，又加之不定式

是不及物动词，其后要跟必要的介词。在本句中choose是不及物动词（做出选择），作定语时

要用tochoosefrom.

第24题Shewassoinherjobthatshedidn'thearthephonering.

A.attracted

B.absorbed

C.drawn

D.concentrated

【正确答案】B

【解析】无论从词语搭配的角度来看：attractedto;absorbedin;drawninto;

concentratedon;还是从意义上来看：beabsorbedin（全神贯注），均可判定B项为正确答

案。

第25题Nosoonerhadhesatdowntolunchtherewasaknockatthedoor.

A.when

B.that

C.as

D.than

【正确答案】D

【解析】nosooner...than（刚一……就）是一常用句型。在表示否定的词与词组放在句

首作状语时要用倒装语序，考生应熟悉这种结构。

第26题Theclockandwerealizeditwastwoo'clock.

A.hit

B.struck

C.turned

D.rang

【正确答案】B

【解析】A.hit打，击中；B.struck（钟）敲响报时;C.turned转动，变成；D.rang敲（钟），

按（铃），其主语是人，如：Herangthechurchbells.他敲响了教堂的钟声。

第27题,wearedeterminedtolearnitwell.

A.NomatterhowEnglishisdifficult

B.HoweverdifficultEnglishis

C.NomatterEnglishmaybedifficultornot

D.HoweverEnglishisdifficult

【正确答案】B

【解析】however=nomatterhow（不管如何），后跟形容词或副词，是一表示让步状语从

句的常用句型，如：Shealwaysgoesswimming,howevercolditis,不论天气多么寒冷，

她都坚持去游泳。

第28题Whentherearesmallchildrenaround,itisnecessarytoputbottlesof

pillsoutof.

A.hold

B.reach

C.place

D.hand

【正确答案】B

【解析】选项中的四个词都是名词，其意思是：A.hold控制，约束；B.reach能达到的

范围；C.place地点，场所（outofplace有“不在适当位置”的意思）；D.hand手，人手。

第29题Heofferedtoherahand,forthesuitcasewastooheavyfor

hertocarry.

A.help

B.show

C.lend

D.borrow

【正确答案】C

【解析】首先要弄懂词组ahand=somehelp（一些帮助），其搭配一般是：lendahand

或lendsomeoneahand,意为“帮助，帮忙”。如：Pleaselendmeahandwiththisheavy

box.请帮我搬一下这只重箱子。

第30题Theydidexcellentwork;,theydeservetobepraised.

A.therefore

B.but

C.however

D.still

【正确答案】A

【解析】考生只要读懂题干的意思，就能选出A项为正确答案，therefore（因此，所以）

满足本题逻辑和意义上的要求。

第31题“Doyouhavetoleave?”

uSorry,butIreally.”

A.have

B.hadto

C.doso

D.must

【正确答案】D

【解析】英语的日常交际用语是一种惯常表达，考生应在复习过程中注意其表达方式。本

题中must等于haveto（必须）。

第32题Ilikeblackcoffeesomuch,thestrongeritis,.

A.Ilikeitbetter

B.themoreIlike

C.thebetterIlikeit

D.Ilikeitmore

【正确答案】C

【答案解析】［翻译］我喜欢喝浓咖啡，咖啡愈浓，我愈喜欢喝。？考密?常用句型"the

more...themore...“。【解析】“themore...themore...v句型表示“越（愈）...，

越（愈）...”。如：themore,thebetter,越多越好。

第33题ThatwasthesecondtimeIChinathatyear.

A.havevisited

B.hadvisited

C.wouldvisit

D.wasvisiting

【正确答案】B

【解析】从题干的意思可以直接判定谓语动词的时态用过去完成时。主句为过去时，从句

为过去完成时。

第34题“We'relate.Theplayhasstarted.”

“Iwonderhowlongago

A.diditbegin

B.itbegan

C.wasitbeginning

D.ithasbegun

【正确答案】B

【解析】根据宾语从句是陈述句语序的结构，可首先把A项和C项排除;再根据时态的要

求，有副词ago的情况下，要用过去时，可排除D项，所以B为正确选项。

第35题Themedicineisonsaleeverywhere,youcangetitatchemistJs.

A.both

B.some

C.certain

D.any

【正确答案】D

【解析】本句的关键词是eve与where（到处，处处），和其匹配的词是any。any可以用在

肯定句中表示“任何的"，如：Pleasegivemeabook,anybookwilldo.请给我一本书，

任何书都行。

第36题“ShallIhelpyouwiththewashing-up?v

“Don't.I911doitlater.w

A.trouble

B.bother

C.worry

D.disturb

【正确答案】B

【解析】日常交际用语是一种习惯的表达，通过语言情境表达意思很重要。本句问话是想

提供帮助，应答语"Don'tbother"就等于"Don'tbotheraboutthewashing-up.”（碗

碟不用洗了。）这一表达既是惯常的口语，又很礼貌得体。

第37题Hewasdeterminedtothecauseofthefoodspoilage.

A.findout

B.figureout

C.lookafter

D.turnback

【正确答案】A

【解析】A.findout查明,找到;B.figureout计算出，估计；C.lookafter照料,

照顾；D.turnback返回，折回。

第38题Hiscarbrokedownwhenhewasonlyhome.

A.ahalfway

B.halfaway

C.halfway

D.halfwayto

【正确答案】C

【解析】halfway等同于half?way,意为“在中途，在半路上”。

第39题Itwashisdoctorwhoadvisedthathehisjob.

A.changed

B.change

C.wouldchange

D.hadchanged

【正确答案】B

【解析】在表示建议、要求或命令等意义的动词的宾语从句中，其谓语用虚拟语气“should+

动词原形”的形式，而且should往往可以省略。

第40题Excuseme,butitistimetohaveyourtemperature.

A.taken

B.taking

C.took

D.take

【正确答案】A

【解析】过去分词作宾语补足语是表被动的、完成的，本句中haveyourtemperature

taken(量体温)和havemyhaircut(去理发)的结构是相同的。

第41题Theydon,tstudentsruninthecorridors.

A.allow

B.permit

C.accept

D.let

【正确答案】D

【解析】动词不定式在使役动词(let,have,make,please等)和感觉动词(see,watch,

hear,feel,notice等)后作宾语补足语时，要省略不定式的标记to。只有D项let符合这一

要求，所以D项为正确答案。

第42题Thedailynewsreportedthat305peoplewithSARSinGuangdong

Province.

A.hasbecomeinfected

B.hasbecomeinfecting

C.hadbecomeinfected

D.hadbecomeinfecting

【正确答案】C

【解析】主句中谓语动词用过去式，从句中的谓语动词应和主句时态相一致，用过去完成

工IO

第43题Theoldcoupledecidedtoaboyandagirlthoughtheyhadthree

oftheirown.

A.adapt

B.receive

C.bring

D.adopt

【正确答案】D

【解析】A.adapt:使适应，改写；B.receive:接收,收到；C.bring;带来,引起；D.adopt：

收养，采取。

第44题Howmanycountrieswillinthe2008OlympicGames

A.participate

B.play

C.take

D.have

【正确答案】A

【解析】弄懂题干的意思，显然A项participate（参加，参与）最符合题目的要求。

第45题Icanhardlystandapianosobadly.

A.hearing...beingplayed

B.hearing...playing

C.tohear...playing

D.tohear...play

【正确答案】A

【解析】Icanhardlystand后面应是状语结构，应从A、B选项中选择。钢琴的演奏是

被动的，应选择A项为正确答案。

第46题,theworkerscontinuedtheirworkintheopen.

A.Heavyaswastherain

B.Astherainwasheavy

C.Asheavywastherain

D.Heavyastherainwas

【正确答案】D

【解析】本句中让步状语从句的表语部分提到句首，形成部分倒装句，以表示强调，如

Lateasitwas,wecontinuedtheexperiment•尽管时间不早了，我们仍然继续做实验。

第47题doesMr.RobinsongotoLondononbusiness

A.Howmany

B.Howlong

C.Howoften

D.Howusually

【正确答案】C

【解析】A.Howmany多少（一般后跟名词）;B.Howlong多长时间（指连续时间,常用在完

成时中）;C.Howoften隔多久一次（指间隔时间,常用在一般时态中）；D.Howusually一般没

有这种搭配。

第48题Doctorssaydrinkingwaterwillhelpthepainafterthebody

hastherightamountsofwaterandsalt.

A.disappear

B.disappearing

C.disappeared

D.disappears

【正确答案】A

【解析】根据语法规则：在help后面动词不定式作宾语补足语时，可以省略to,也可

以不省略，可判定A项disappear为正确答案。

第49题WhenafireattheNationalExhibitioninLondon,atleastten

pricelesspaintingswerecompletelydestroyed.

A.brokeoff

B.brokeout

C.brokedown

D.brokeup

【正确答案】B

【解析】A.breakoff折断，断开；B.breakout发生，爆发；C.breakdown击倒，失败；

D.breakup打碎，结束。

第50题abigstoneontheroad,thetruckstopped.

A.Seeing

B.Havingseen

C.Seen

D.Thedriverseeing

【正确答案】D

【解析】有时分词或分词短语作状语时，可以带自己的动作主体，一般用名词或代词表示，

放在分词前面，这种结构就是分词独立结构。例如：Timepermitting,theywillstarttodo

anewjob.（独立结构作条件状语）Theexperimentfinished,weleftthelabandwent

home.（独立结构作时间状语）

三、Cloze（20points）Directions:Foreachblankinthefollowingpassage,there

arefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatismostsuitableandmark

youranswerbyblackeningthecorrespondingletteronANSWERSHEETI.

ItwasaquarterpastnineasMariehurriedintotheofficebuildingwhereshe

wasgoingtowork.Herbusmovedslowlyalongthrough51morningtraffic,

makingherafewminuteslateforherveryfirstjob.Shedecidedtostartouthalf

anhourearlierthenextday.

Onceinsidethehallshehadtostandattheelevatorsandwaitseveral

minutes52shecouldgetononetogotothesixthfloor.Whenshefinally

reachedtheofficemarked“KingEnterprises,“sheknockedatthedoornervouslyand

waited.Therewasnoanswer.Sheknockedagain,butstilltherewasno

reply.53insidethenextoffice,shecouldhearthesoundofvoices,soshe

openedthedoorandwentin.

Althoughshewassureitwasthesameofficeshehadbeenintwoweeksbeforewhen

shehadhadtheinterviewwithMr.King,itlookedquitedifferentnow.Infact,it

541ookedlikeanofficeatall.Theemployeeswerejuststandingaround

55.Atthefarendoftheroom,somebody56havejusttoldagood

joke,shethought,becausetherewasaloudburstoflaughterasshecamein.Fora

momentshehadthoughttheywerelaughingather.

Thenoneofthemenlookedathiswatch,57hishandsandsaidsomething

totheothers.Quicklytheyallwenttotheirdesksand,inamatterofseconds,everyone

washardatwork.NoonepaidanyattentiontoMarie.Finallyshewentuptotheman

whowassittingatthedesknearesttothedoorandexplainedthatthiswasherfirst

dayintheoffice.Hardly58fromhiswork,hetoldhertohaveaseatand

waitforMr.King,whowouldarrive59.ThenMarierealizedthattheday's

workintheofficebeganjustbeforeMr.Kingarrived.Latershefoundoutthathelived

inConnecticutandcameintoManhattanonthe60traineverymorning,

arrivingintheofficeat9：35a.m.,sothathisstaffknewexactlywhentostart

working.

第51题请选择最佳答案()。

A.light

B.heavy

C.strong

D.serious

【正确答案】B

第52题请选择最佳答案()。

A.since

B.until

C.after

D.before

【正确答案】D

第53题请选择最佳答案()。

A.From

B.Through

C.At

D.Over

【正确答案】A

第54题请选择最佳答案。。

A.much

B.somewhat

C.hardly

D.roughly

【正确答案】C

第55题请选择最佳答案()。

A.chattingandsmoked

B.chattingandsmoking

C.chattedandsmoking

D.chattedandsmoked

【正确答案】B

第56题请选择最佳答案()。

A.should

B.could

C.might

D.must

【正确答案】D

第57题请选择最佳答案()。

A.clapped

B.touched

C.felt

D.shook

【正确答案】A

第58题请选择最佳答案()。

A.lookingup

B.lookingfor

C.lookingdown

D.lookingout

【正确答案】A

第59题请选择最佳答案()。

A.atonemoment

B.atthelastmoment

C.atthemoment

D.atanymoment

【正确答案】D

第60题请选择最佳答案()。

A.busy

B.long

C.same

D.empty

【正确答案】c

四、ReadingComprehension(60points)Directions:Therearefourreadingpassages

inthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.Foreachquestionthereare

foursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Chooseonebestanswerandblackenthe

correspondingletteronANSWERSHEETI.

PassageOne

Itwasacaseofemergency.Thefour?year?oldgirlawokeandsmelledsmoke.She

couldn'twakehermother,soshedialed"zero."Anoperatorimmediatelycalledthe

firedepartment.Helpwassent,andatragedyavoided.

Daysbeforethisemergency,themotherhadtaughtherchildhowtotelephonefor

help.Childrenasyoungastwoandone?halfyearsoldcanbetaughttousethephone

inemergencysituations.Herearesomepoints.

?Memorizingcertainfactsisimportant.Teachyourchildrentheirnames,andthe

sectionoftownwhereyoulive.Trytokeepwhattheylearnwithintheir

abilities.Simpleinformation,learnedwell,isbetterthandifficultinformationonly

partlylearned.

?Besureyourchildrenknowhowtousethetelephone.Theyshouldbetaughttodial

“zero"fortheoperator,attheveryleast.Andtheyshouldbetaughttodial“911”

ifitisusedinyourtown.

?Practiseoveraperiodofseveraldays.Over?learningisnecessarysothechild

canactautomaticallyincaseofemergency.

?Ifyouwouldlikeabookletgivinginstructionsoncallingforhelp,write

TelephoneForHelp,Box99,BowlingGreenStation,NewYork,NY10004.

第61题Fromthispassage,whyisitagoodideaforchildrentolearnhowtouse

thetelephone?

A.Childrenhavefundialing.

B.Emergencieshappenwithoutwarning.

C.Childrencanwaketheirparents.

D.Dialingcanhelpchildrenwiththeirmathstudy.

【正确答案】B

第62题Basedonthispassage,over?learningisgoodbecause.

A.simpleinformationisused

B.childrenshouldknowtheirnames

C.ithelpschildrenactautomatically

D.difficultinformationisonlypartlylearned

【正确答案】C

第63题Paragraph4talksaboutdialing“911”.Thisnumberisprobably.

A.theoperator

B.anemergencynumber

C.apracticenumberforchildren

D.usedtokeepchildrencalm

【正确答案】B

第64题OnethingthepassagedoesNOTtellyoutodois.

A.callyourneighbor

B.practiseseveraltimes

C.teachchildrenhowtousethetelephone

D.havechildrenmemorizesomesimplefacts

【正确答案】A

第65题Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Giveinstructionsoncallingforhelp.

B.Partly?learnedinformationisuseless.

C.Teachchildrenhowtodealwithemergencies.

D.Keepwhatchildrenlearnwithintheirabilities.

【正确答案】C

PassageTwo

IwasonlyeightyearsoldwhentheSecondWorldWarended,butIcanstillremember

somethingaboutthevictorycelebrationsinthesmal1townwhereIlivedontheday

whenthewarinEuropeended.Wehadnotsufferedmuchfromthewarthere.Butbothat

homeandatschoolIhadbecomeaccustomedtothephrases“beforethewar"and“when

thewarisover”.“Beforethewar”,apparently,thingshadbeenbetter,thoughI

wastooyoungtounderstandwhy,exceptthattherehadbeennobombsthen,andpeople

hadeatenthingslikeice?creamandbananas,whichIhadonlyheardof.Whenthewar

wasoverwewouldgobacktoLondon,butthismeantlittletome.Ididnotremember

whatLondonwaslike.

WhatIremembernowaboutVE（VictoryinEurope）DaywastheMayevening.After

dinnerIsaidIwantedtoseethebonfire（大火堆），sowhenitgotdarkmyfather

tookmetotheendofthestreet.Thebonfirewasveryhigh,andsomehowpeoplehad

collectedsomeoldclothestodresstheunmistakablefigurewiththemoustache（胡

子）theyhadtoputontopofit.Justaswearrived,theysetlighttoit.Theflames

roseandsoonswallowedthe"guy”.Everyonewascheeringandshouting,andanold

womancameoutofherhousewithtwochairsandthrewthemonthefiretokeepitgoing.

Istoodbesidemyfatheruntilthefirestartedtogodown,notknowingwhatto

say.Hesaidnothing,either.HehadfoughtintheFirstWorldWarandmayhavebeen

rememberingtheendofthat.Atlasthesaid,“Well,that'sit,son.Letshopethat

thistimeitreallywillbethelastone.”

第66题WheredidtheauthorlivebeforetheSecondWorldWar?

A.InLondon.

B.Inasmalltown.

C.InEurope.

D.Inthecountryside.

【正确答案】A

第67题Whatkindoffoodhadtheauthorcertainlynotstatedduringthewar?

A.Bread.

B.Butter.

C.Meat.

D.Ice?creamandbananas.

【正确答案】D

第68题Theunmistakablefigurewiththemoustachemostprobablyrepresents.

A.thosewhodiedinthewar

B.thosewhohadwon

C.animaginaryfigure

D.themosthatedpersoninthewar一Hitler

【正确答案】D

第69题Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theauthor,sfatherbuiltabonfireonVEDay.

B.Theauthor?sfatherhadfoughtintheFirstWorldWar.

C.Theauthor?sfatherhadfoughtintheSecondWorldWar.

D.Theauthor"sfatherthrewtwochairsonthefiretokeepitgoing.

【正确答案】B

第70题Bysaying"Let'shopethatthistimeitreallywillbethelastone”,

thefathermeantthat.

A.hewishedpeoplehadnotbuildthebonfire

B.hehopedpeoplewouldnotbuildanymorebonfires

C.hehopedtherewouldbenomorewarsintheworld

D.hewishedtheSecondWorldWarhadnothappened

【正确答案】C

PassageThree

AtthefirstsighttheplanetMarsdoesnotappearverywelcometoanykindof

life.Ithasverylittleoxygenandwater,thetemperatureatnightisbelow?50℃and

windsof100milesperhourcausesevereduststorms.However,thesurfaceoftheplanet

seemstoshowthatwaterflowedacrossitsometimeinthepast,anditisbelieved

thatthereisenoughiceatthepolestocovertheplanetwithwaterifitmelts.Although

thereisnolifeontheMarsnow,somescientiststhinkthattheremayhavebeensome

formoflifelongtimeago.Atthattime,theplanethadactivevolcanoes;theatmosphere

wasthickerandwarmer;andtherewaswater.Infact,insomewaystheMarsmayhave

beensimilartotheEarth,wherelifeexists.

SomepeoplebelievethattheMarscouldsupportlifeinthefutureiftheright

conditionswereproduced.Thefirststepwouldbetowarmtheplanetusingcertaingases

whichtraptheSun'sheatintheplanetJsatmosphere.Withwarmth,waterandcarbon

dioxide（二氧化碳）,simpleplantscouldbegintogrow.Theseplantscouldslowlymake

theMarsmoresuitableforliving.Itisestimatedthatthewholeprocessmighttake

between100,000and200,000years.Inthemeantime,peoplecouldbegintoliveonthe

planetinspecialclosedenvironments.Theywouldprovidealotofusefulinformation

aboutconditionsontheMarsandtheproblemsconnectedwithlivingthere.

第71题SomescientiststhinktheremayhavebeenlifeontheMarsinthepast

because.

A.thereisnolifetherenow

B.thereisalargeamountofwateratthepoles

C.theMarsmaybeabletosupportlifeinthefuture

D.conditionsmayhavebeensimilartothoseontheEarth

【正确答案】D

第72题TherecouldbelifeontheMarsinthefutureif.

A.itsupportedlifeinthepast

B.certaingasesareusedtocooltheplanet

C.theatmospherecanbeheatedenoughtogrowsimpleplants

D.theplanet?svolcanoesbecomeasactiveastheywereinthepast

【正确答案】C

第73题PeoplemaybeabletoliveontheMars.

A.withinthenext200,000years

B.only200,000yearsfromnow

C.only150,000yearsfromnow

D.assoonastheplanetbecomescoolenough

【正确答案】A

第74题Theauthor?sattitudetowardsthepossibilityoflifeontheMarsinthe

futureis.

A.doubtful

B.positive

C.negative

D.uninterested

【正确答案】B

第75题Whichisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.ThePossibilityofLifeontheMars.

B.FutureConditionsontheMars.

C.TheMarsandtheEarth.

D.AStudyoftheClimateoftheMars.

【正确答案】A

PassageFour

Itisphysicallyimpossibleforawell?educatedintellectual,orabravemanto

makemoneythechiefobjectofhisthoughts;asphysicallyimpossibleasitisfor

himtomakehisdinnertheprincipalobjectofthem.Allhealthypeopleliketheirdinner,

buttheirdinnerisnotthemainobjectoftheirlives.Soallhealthy?mindedpeople

likemakingmoney一oughttolikeitandtoenjoythesatisfactionofwinningit;but

themainobjectoftheirlivesisnotmoney;itissomethingbetterthanmoney.

Agoodsoldier,forinstance,mainlywishestodohisfightingwell.Heisglad

ofhispay一veryproperlyso,andjustcomplainswhenyoukeephimtenmonthswithout

it;still,hismainopinionoflifeistowinbattles,nottobepaidforwinningthem.

Soofdoctors.Theylikefeesnodoubt一oughttolikethem;yetiftheyarebrave

andwelleducated,theentireobjectoftheirlivesisnotfees.Theywouldrathercure

theirpatientsandlosetheirfeesthankillhimandgetit.Andsowithallotherbrave

andrightlytrainedmen;theirworkisfirst,theirfeessecond,veryimportantalways,

butstillsecond.

第76题Themainideaofthispassageisthat.

A.moneymattersmorethanwork

B.moneyisnotnecessaryatall

C.moneyisasimportantaswork

D.moneycomessecondtoworkinim