2025年浙江汽车职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析

2025年浙江汽车职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共35题)1、材料Do

you

know

how

to

study

better

and

make

your

study

more

effective?

We

all

（1）thatChinesestudentsusuallystudyhardforlonghours.Thisisverygood,butitdoesn't（2）alot,foraneffectivestudentmusthaveenoughsleep,enoughfoodandenoughrestandenough（3）Everydayyouneedtogooutforawalkor（4）somefriendsofsomeniceplaces.It'sgoodfor（5）.

Whenyou（6）toyourstudies，yourmindwillberefreshed(清醒)andyou'lllearn（7）andstudybetter.HeretakesEnglishlearning（8）anexample.Firstyoumakealotofprogressandyoufeel（9）.Thenyourlanguagestudyseemstostay

（10）andyoumaygiveup.Thiscan（11）fordaysorevenweeks,yetyouneedn'tgiveup.Atsomepointyourlanguagestudywill（12）takeanotherbigjump.

Everythingwillbe（13）foryou.Ifyougetenoughsleep,food,restandexercise,studyingEnglishcanbeveryeffectiveand（14）Don'tgiveupalongtheway.Learnslowlyandyou're（15）togetgoodresults.

第(11)选（）(1分)A、stop

B、last

C、happen

D、show正确答案选项：参考答案：B

2、材料Therewasonceagroupofyoungpeoplesearchingeverywhereforhappiness,butwhattheygotwasonlyannoyance,griefandmisery.

Sothey（1）Socrates(苏格拉底)foradviceonwherehappiness（2）.But（3）givinganyanswers,Socratesaskedthemtohelpwithbuildinga（4）first.Thegroupofguyshadto（5）thetask,layingasidetheirownbusinessofseekinghappiness.Ittookthemalongtimetocutdownatalltree,diggingoutthecenter.Throughpainstakingeffort,theymadeacanoeoutofthetree.Theylaunchedthecanoeintoariver,andthen（6）togetherinit,singingwith（7）.

Socratesasked,“Mychildren,doyouhavehappinessnow?”Theyansweredinchorus:“We8behappier!”Socrates（9）,“That'sit!（10）youaretoobusypursuingsomethingtonoticeanythingbitter,happinesswilloccur.”

FromthestoryIgottoknowthathappiness（11）hidesbehindeverytinythingthatyouareinvolvedin,andthatyoumayonlygetpleasurethrough（12）workandcreativity.Wemayhaveto（13）paininourdailylifeandintheprocessof（14）happiness.Sometimeswetendtolookforhappinessin（15）things,likeanewcar,clothes,etc.Truelong-termhappiness,（16）,comesfromwithinour（17）andspirit.Sowhynotturnsufferinginto（18）life,andturntearsintothelightinyourheart?Onlyinthiswaycanwefindtruehappiness.

Somydearfriends,justrememberhappinessisastateofmindandamatterof（19）,andI（20）youallalifeofhappiness第18空填（）。(1分)A、praisingB、blamingC、endingD、cursing正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动词词义辨析。praising意为“赞扬”;blaming意为“责备”;ending意为“结束”;cursing意为“诅咒”。根据下文的“tearsintothelightinyourheart”可知，此处强调转变心态，把消极情绪变为积极情绪，其中praising是褒义词。故选A。

3、OurEnglishteacheris__________American.

(1分)A、an35-year-oldB、an35-years-oldC、a35-years-oldD、a35-year-old正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析35-year-old为形容词短语，且发音以辅音因素开头

4、材料

Whenaclosefrienddies,itoftenforcesyoutoconsideryourowndeath.Themoreyouhaveincommonwiththefriend,themorehisdeathwillmakeyouwonderaboutyourown.Sometimesyouwillnaturallysaytoyourself,“Itcouldjustaseasilyhavebeenme.”Suchadeathhasawayofremindingushoweasilybrokenlifeis,anditmaycauseyoutoreconsiderthedirectionofyourownlife.

Jack'sstoryisagoodexample.Asasuccessfulbusinessmanmakingalotofmoney,Jackdidn'tspendasmuchtimewithhisfamilyashewanted.Hisjobrequiredhimtoworklonghours.Butthreeyearsagooneofhisbestfriends,amanwhoworkedinthesameoffice,hadaheartattack.Hediedwhilecelebratinghisdaughter'seighteenthbirthdayinarestaurant.Hewasonlyfiftyyearsold.

Notlongafterhisfriend'sdeath,Jackstartedtohaveachestpain.Finallyhehadagoodphysicalcheck-up.Hereceivedacleanbillofhealth.Butthechestpaincontinued,Hekeptthinkingofthedeathofhisfriend,Jackthoughtabouthowmuchhisfriendmissedinlifeandhesawhowharditwasforhisfriend'sfamilytomanageafterhepassedaway.

Jackrealizedthathedidn'twanttoenduphislifethatway.Hetalkedhisfeelingsoverwithhiswifeandchildren,anddecidedtochangehiswayoflife.Thefamilymovedtoasmalltownwherehestartedasimplelife.Nowheisrunningasmallartgallery(艺术画廊).Heisrelaxed，andsayshehasneverbeensohappyinhislife.Andhehasgotnomorechestpain.

Yourclosefriend'sdeathis____toyou.(1分)A、a

warning

B、

commonC、adirectionoflife

D、anexample正确答案选项：参考答案：A

5、Ienjoy_____books.

(1分)A、lookingB、tolookC、readingD、toread正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析enjoydoingsth享受做某事。

6、在下列各组单词中，找出字母读音y不同于其他三个的选项（）

(1分)A、onlyB、easyC、worryD、fly正确答案选项：参考答案：D

7、材料Iwaswalkinginthestreetwhenapieceofbeautifulmusiccametomyears.Isawsomeone（1）somerubbishandwalktoatruckwhichwascollectingrubbish（2）.

Assoonasthepeoplenearbyhearthemusic,they（3）gooutwiththeirrubbishandthrowitin.It'sa（4）waytohelpkeepourcityclean.Protectingourenvironmentisveryimportant（5）youlive,youcandosomethingusefulinoraroundyourneighborhood.（6）,wehavedonesomethingtoimprovetheenvironment.Forexample,wehavecollected（7）paperorbottlesforrecyclingandwehaveplanted

（8）treesorflowersinornearourneighborhood.If（9）makesacontributiontoprotectingtheenvironment,theworldwillbecomemuchmore（10）.

第(3)选（）(1分)A、sometimes

B、really

C、slowly

D、usually正确答案选项：参考答案：D

8、Thestudentsrunningontheplaygroundareallintheiruniforms,soit’shardforyoutomysisterinthem.

(1分)A、takeupB、takeoutC、pickupD、pickout正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查动词短语辨析。句意：操场上跑步的学生都穿着校服，所以你很难从他们中认出我的妹妹。Atakeup占据；Btakeout取出；Cpickup拾起，捡起；Dpickout认出。根据句意故选D。

9、材料Withthedevelopmentofscience,moreandmorestudentsdon'tliketakingnotesbyhand.In-stead,theyusedigitalcamerastotakepicturesofthewordsthattheirteacherswriteontheblack-boardorrecordwhattheirteacherssayinclass.

Thechildrenmightthinktherearetoomanynotestotakeortheirteacherswriteorspeaksofastthattheycan'ttakemore（specific）notes.Theyaretryingtofindwaystomakethingseasier,sotheyusedigitalcameras.Infact,childrenareveryclevertomakeuseoftechnology.

Butdodigitalcamerasreallymaketakingnoteseasier?

Notreally.Beforeyoureadnotesfromdigitalcameras,therearealotofthingsyouhavetodo.Tobeginwith,youhavetofindacomputer.Thenyouneedtocopythephotosintothecomputer.Next,youhavetofindaprintertoprintthephotos.Anotherthingisthatyoucan'thearthesoundfromthedigitalcamerasclearlybecausethereisusuallylotsofnoise.Youwillhavetolistentoitslowlyseveraltimesbeforeyouunderstandeverything.

Infact,takingnotesbyhandhasmanyadvantages.Forexample,itcanhelpyourememberandunderstandwhatyouarelearning.Inordertosavetime,youcanchoosethemostimportantthingsorthethingsyoudon'tunderstandtowritedown.Youdon'thavetowritedowneverything.

Don'tbeafraidtotakenotesbyhand.It'sreallyaneffectiveway.Howmanystepsdothestudentsneedtoreadthenotesfromdigitalcameras?(1分)A、Four.B、ThreeC、Two.D、One.正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析细节理解题。根据第四段第三、四、五句“Tobeginwith,youhavetofindacomputer.Thenyouneedtocopythephotosintothecomputer,Next,youhavetofindaprintertoprintthephotos.”可知，从数码相机上阅读笔记一共需要三个步骤。故选B。

10、Itwouldhavebeenagoodmatchifit（）.(1分)A、didn'trainB、isn'trainingC、hadn'trainedD、hasn'trained正确答案选项：参考答案：C

11、-Haveyoupackedthecamerayet?-Yes,ofcourse.I（）itlastnight.(1分)A、havepackedB、waspackedC、packedD、hadpacked正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查一般过去时。句意为：“你把相机打包了吗?——是的，当然了。我昨晚就打包了。”根据lastnight可知应用一般过去时。故选C。

12、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）car(s)(1分)A、book(s)B、map(s)C、bag(s)D、desk(s)正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析cars，bags的s读浊辅音/z/

13、

Friendsarelikebooks.Youdon'tneedalotofthem______theyaregood.

(1分)A、orB、andC、aslongasD、assoonas正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析句意：朋友像书。只要他们好你不需要很多。or或者；and和；aslongas只要；assoonas一……就……；看书的条件是书必须是好书，因此用aslongas引导条件状语从句，故选C。

14、---Howoftendoyouworkout?---_________,butusuallyonceaweek.

(1分)A、HavenoideaB、Itdepends.C、Asusual.D、Generallyspeaking.正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查情景交际。句意：——你多久锻炼一次？——看情况。但是通常是一周一次。AHavenoidea不知道；BItdepends.看情况；CAsusual.和平时一样；DGenerallyspeaking.一般说来。根据语境，故选B。

15、John（）methebooktwoweeksago,soI（）itfortwoweeks.(1分)A、borrowed;haveborrowedB、lent;haveborrowedC、borrowed;havehadD、lent;havekept正确答案选项：参考答案：D

16、ThesedaysIhiretwo（）inmyhouse.(1分)A、manservantsB、menservantC、manservantD、menservants正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析man、woman作定语修饰名词时，与其后所接名词的单复数形式保持一致。

根据two可知此处用名词复数形式。

17、在下列各组单词中，找出字母读音ch不同于其他三个的选项（）

(1分)A、machineB、chooseC、changeD、chalk正确答案选项：参考答案：A

18、ItwasjustaftersunriseonaJunemorning.“Nicolo,”whoserealnamecannotbe______tothepublicbecauseofItaly’sprivacylaws,finishedworkingthewholenightatafactoryinTurin.

(1分)A、attachedB、allocatedC、exposedD、submitted

正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查动词词义辨析。句意：Nicolo完成了一整夜在Turin一家工厂的工作，他的真实名字因意大利的隐私法不能暴露给公众。Aattached参加；Ballocated分配；Cexposed暴露；Dsubmitted上交。根据下文的becauseofItaly'sprivacy可知此处用beexposedto“暴露”符合语境，故选C。

19、Somepeoplethinktrees（）onTreePlantingDayonly.(1分)A、shouldplantB、shouldbeplantedC、shouldbeplantD、shouldbeplanting正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查情态动词的被动语态。句意为：“一些人认为只应在植树节那天植树。”宾语从句的主语trees·和动词plant之间是被动关系，所以应用被动语态，即shouldbedone。故选B。

20、材料ChinesescientistsareagainbecomingexcitedaboutthefactthatalargehairyanimalmayliveincentralChina.Nowtheyhopeitwon'tbetoolongbeforetheyareableto（1）itsexistence.Theirconfidenceisthe（2）ofanewdiscoveryofthemysteryanimalinHubeiProvince.

TenChinese（3）,enjoyingaholidayinaNationalForestPark,weredrivingdownaroad.Astheirbusturnedacorner,themenweresuddenly（4）bywhattheysaw.Three（5）animals,coveredwithlongdarkhair,werecrossingtheroad.Onseeingtheanimals,theengineersimmediatelystoppedand（6）them.（7）,whentheysawhowtheanimalsmovedthroughtheforestwithgreat（8）andstrength,theydidnotdaretofollowanyfurther.

Themendidnottakeany（9）.However,scientistsare（10）bythediscovery,becausetheengineerswereallveryeducatedpeopleandscientistsfeeltheycan（11）whattheydescribed.

Afterthediscovery,scientistsreturnedtotheforestand（12）somehairandmeasuredfootprints,about20inchesappearstobethelengthoftheanimal'sfoot's

Chinesescientistshavenowsetupaspecialgrouptoexchangeinformationandmakea（13）fortheforest.Butinthemeantime,somepeople（14）tobelievethatthishalf-man,half-monkeyexists.Theywillnotbelievethatitis（15）untiloneoftheanimalshasbeencaught.

第(8)选（）(1分)A、difficulty

B、speed

C、care

D、pleasure正确答案选项：参考答案：B

21、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）entra(n)ce(1分)A、la(n)guageB、stre(n)gthC、u(n)cleD、a(n)swer正确答案选项：参考答案：D

22、材料Youneedalotof（1）ifyou’rewaitingforanew（2）andyouneedafew（3）whose

phonesyoucan（4）aswell.Fortunately,Ihad（5）.Decembercameand（6）,buttherewas（7）signofphone.Iwenttothecompany’sofficetoask

aboutit.“TheytoldmeI’dhaveaphone（8）December,”Isaid（9）.“（10）?”theassistantasked.“OhIremember.Theytriedtocontactyoubutfailed.Sorryaboutthat.”Iamstillusingmyoldphone.第（4）选()

(1分)A、lendB、useC、answerD、choose正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查动词。根据上下文内容可知，句意为如果您正在等待新的手机，您需要很多的耐心，并且您需要几个可以使用手机的朋友。

23、材料Mattjumpedintobed.Hisfathercameinand(1)besidehim.“Whatkindof(2)didyouhave,Matt?”heasked.“Itwasabaddayforme,”Matt(3).“IhadafightwithHed.The(4)sentanotehomeaboutme.AndItalkedbacktoMother.”??“Yes,partofthedaywasbad,”Mr.Goldsaid.“Butthereweregoodpartstoo.Nowit'stimetogoto(5).Sotellmeaboutthe(6)thing.”Mattsmiled.“AfterschoolIwentfishing,”hesaid.“Noonewantedtogowithme.SoIhadtogo(7)Ididn'tthinkIwouldhaveanyfun.ButIdid.I(8)abigfish!”“Iamgladyouhadagoodtime,”Mr.Goldsaid,“Thinkaboutituntilyougotosleep.NowIamgoingto(9)offthelight.Happydreams!”“Goodnight,Dad.”Mattsaid.??Everynight,Mr.GoldandMatthavealittletalk(10)this.EverynightMattgoestosleepthinkingaboutthebestthing.

第(7)选（）(1分)A、hard

B、wildly

C、alone

D、fast正确答案选项：参考答案：C

24、Tonyis______theguidebook,lookingforinformationaboutJapan,wherehewilltravelsoon.

(1分)A、tracingB、skippingC、inspectingD、scanning正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析

D考查动词词义。Atracing追踪，描摹Bskipping跳跃，跳过Cinspecting检查Dscanning浏览，搜索。句意：托尼正在旅游指南，寻找关于日本的信息，他很快就要去那儿旅行了。根据句意，故选A考点：考查动词词义

25、材料Iwaswalkinghomefromschoolonedayandithappenedtobeaparticularlycoldandwindyday.Itwas（1）andIwascrazyenoughtoforgetmyhatandscarf.Youcanimaginemycheekswererosy（2）andmyhandswereasnumbastheycanbe.

Allofasudden,anoldlady（3）upbesidemeandaskedifIwouldlikearide（4）.Atfirst,IsaiditwasOKandher（5）smilemelted(融化)awaythethoughtthatIshouldnevertalkto（6）!Wehadanamazingchatandshewasjust（7）agoodwoman.Shetoldmeher（8）andshedroppedmeoff.

Ididn'tseeherortalktoherforaboutamonthandonenightasI（9）herkindgesture,Idecidedtoreturnthefavor.So,Imadealotof（10）andwalkeddowntoherhousewithmy

friend.AtfirstIwasabit（11）shewouldn'tremembermeorthinkthatIwasabadmanwhopoisonedcookiesbutluckily,Iwas（12）wrong.Shewassohappy,andshehuggedmeandkissedmeandseemedso（13）thatsomeonewoulddosomethinglikethat!

WhenIgothomemymumtoldmethatshe（14）andtoldmymumonthephonethatshe（15）becauseshewassotouched.Shesaidshewouldnever（16）thekindnessthatwasgiventoher!Thatfilledmewithsuch（17）!Therereallyisnothingelsejoyfullikehelping（18）andmakingsomeone'sday（19）!

Letusneverforgetthejoyweget（20）givingothersahand!第14空填（）。(1分)A、visitedB、cameC、droveD、called正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查动词词义辨析。visited意为“参观；拜访”;came意为“来”;drove意为“驾驶”;called意为“打电话”。根据下文的“toldmymomonthephone”可知，这位老妇人给“我”妈妈打电话。故选D。

26、Thefootballmatchwas________,sotheboyswere________aboutit．

(1分)A、excited；excitingB、exciting；excitedC、excited；excitedD、exciting；exciting正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析一些与心理状态有关的形容词有-ed形式和-ing形式．-ed形式意为“感到……的”，往往用来修饰人，-ing形式意为“令人……的”，往往用来修饰物

27、Thefirstlesson________at7∶00a.m.Andmyfather________metoschoolafterbreakfast．

(1分)A、isstarting;willdriveB、starts;drivesC、starts;isdrivingD、isstarting;isdriving正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析第一节课从早上7点开始，我父亲早餐后开车送我去学校。and连接两个并列句，前后时态保持一致，此句叙述经常性动作，应用一般现在时，两个并列句的主语都是单数，谓语动词也应该用第三人称单数形式

28、Helivesinavillage________therearealotoftrees.

(1分)A、thereB、whereC、thatD、which正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析B状语从句，他居住在有很多树的地方。也就是therearealotoftreesinavillage后面的从句修饰那个village

29、材料GovernmentsandbusinessesworldwidearecreatingsmartphoneappstohelptrackthespreadofCOVID-19.Trackingthespreadofadiseaseisanimportantstepinstoppingitsoutbreak（爆发）.BytrackingdownpeoplewhohavebeenincontactwithCOVID-19patients,healthresearcherscanwarnthem,andkeepCOVID-19fromspreadingfurther.Thisiscalledcontacttracing（接触者追踪）.AsgovernmentsremoveCOVID-19limits,they’llneedtobeabletoquicklyfindandcontrolnewoutbreaks.Contacttracingwillbeanimportantpartoftheprocess.ButbecauseCOVID-19spreadssoquicklytosomanypeople,it’salmostimpossibletotraceallcontactswithphonecalls.That’swhymanypeoplehopethatdigitalcontacttracingwithsmartphoneswillhelp.Mostcontacttracingappscollectinformationaboutwherepeoplehavegoneandthepeoplethey’vehadcontactwith.TheappscantelluserswhenoneoftheirrecentcontactshasbeenfoundtohaveCOVID-19.Somesystemsalsotellgovernmentsorhealthcareworkers.Nowmanyappshavebeendevelopedallovertheworld.

Butsomepeopleworrytheappsarebeingmadetooquicklyandmaynotprotectpeople’sprivateinformation.Whatdoyouthinkofthiskindofapp?Contacttracingappsaremainlyusedon______.

(1分)A、smartphones

B、computersC、cars

D、telephones

正确答案选项：参考答案：A

30、（）Iknow,teaplantsaregrownonthesidesofmountains.(1分)A、AsfarasB、AswellasC、AssoonasD、Asmuchas正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查连词。句意为：“据我所知，茶树种在山坡上。”asfaras意为“就……来说；在……范围内”,作从属连词，引导状语从句，强调程度或范围，从句中动词常用know,see,concern等，相当于“sofaras”。故选A。

31、材料Beingjoblessforthelastthreemonths,Iamupsetnowadays.Mysonhaslosthis（1）fromagoodschoolandhemighthavetogotoalessqualifiedschool.Ihavemovedfromaspacious(宽敞的)apartmenttoasmalloneinorderto（2）mylivingexpenses.Mywifehasbuiltextrastress.Ontopofthat,myfather-in-law（3）aweekago,whichhasaddedfueltofire,（4）ourfamilyintoamoreterriblestate.

InthesecircumstancesIhavetwomental（5）:eithertofeelupsetandkeeplosingmypeaceofmind,or（6）mynegativethoughtswithsupermentalpowersaboutself-confidenceandconsistency,and（7）applyingfornewjobswithpositiveattitude.

IchoosethesecondoptionbecauseIbelievethatthepainIam（8）todaywillbuildupmy（9）.Mystrengthswillthenincreasemyconfidenceandmakemeagoodtimes,makemea（10）manoneday.Iunderstandthatgoodandbadstagesarepartof（11）.Whilegoodtimesmakemehappy,badtimes（12）the“inner”me.

Twomonthslater,（13）,Ihavefinallylandedonajobwhichisveryexcitingandoffersanicesalary.Timehashealedmywife'smentalstress（14）thedeathofherfather.Mysonhasalreadybeenacceptedbyanothergoodschoolbecausetheadmissionsfornewacademicyearwerestill（15）!

AsIambackonthetrackofnormallife,Ican（16）saythatthemostimportantthingsthathelpedme（17）thecrisisweremyconsistentcharacterofpatience,and（18）attitudetowardslife.So,whileIwishyouallthebestlifecan（19）you,Iwouldhighlyrecom-mendtakingthesameattitudetowardslife（20）youaretrappedinanyofsuchsituations.第7空填（）。(1分)A、regretB、stopC、keepD、risk正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查动词词义辨析。regret意为“后悔”;stop意为“停止”;keep意为“继续”;risk意为“冒险”。此处指作者用积极的态度继续找工作。故选C。

32、Ourteacher’svoice____sweetandmanyofusliketohearhersing.

(1分)A、soundsB、listensC、seesD、looks正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析我们老师的声音听起来很甜美，我们很多人都喜欢听她唱歌。一、Hear意为“听到，听见”，强调听的结果。如:hearsb.dosth.听到某人做了某事，hearsb.doingsth.听到某人正在做某事，Hearyourvoice.听到你的声音。Didyouhearwhatlsaid?你听到我说什么了吗?lcan'thearyou.我听不到你。二、A选项sounds为连系动词，意为“听起来”，常接形容词作表语。如:soundlike听起来像，Soundgood.听起来不错。Youknowwhoyousoundlike?你知道你听起来像谁吗?Doesthatsoundcrazy?那听起来很疯狂吗?三、B选项listen为不及物动词，意为“倾听”，是有意识的动作。listento意为:听......，后跟人或物作宾语。如:listentotheradio听广播，Whyshouldllistentoyou?我为什么要听你的?Listentomeverycarefully.请仔细地听我说。

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