嘉应学院成人教育本科专业大学英语考试模拟试题1
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. Ms Nancy didn't mind at all ______ to the ceremony.
A. being not invited B. not being invited C. not inviting D. not to be invited 2. \A. How a great success B. What a great success C. How great success D. What great success
3. We must remember that _____fashion is not the most important thing in ______life. A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the 4. We ____ with their constant complaints. A have fed up B. had fed up C. shall feed up D. are fed up 5. He found it difficult to _______ the fact that the ship was lost in a heavy storm. A. receive B. keep C. obtain D. accept 6. Under no circumstance _____ to tell lies to parents. A. children are allowed B. are children allowed C. children will allow D. will children allow
7. When she arrived at the crossroads(十字路口), she went in the wrong ________-.. A. direction B. location C. place D. course
8. Mr. Black is looking forward to __________ his Chinese partner soon. A. seeing B. see C. be seeing D. have seen
9. With his eyes ______ on the family album, he thought of the fun he had when he lived with his parents.
A. fixing B. fixed C. to be fixed D. being fixed 10. Large quantities of water_____ cooling purposes. A. are needed for B. is needed to C. are needed to D. is needed for 11. Professor Wang, _____ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his students. A. knowing B. known C. to be known D. having known 12. ________ new data on this subject.
A. Presenting by the paper is B. Presented by the paper are C. Presented in the paper are D. Presenting in the paper are 13. I didn’t go with them to the beach yesterday. But I do wish I ____. A. had been B. have been C. was D. am 14. My wife is out of work now, so we have to ___ our living expenses. A. cut short B. cut off C. cut out D. cut down
15. Don’t worry. _______ you worked hard, you are sure to pass the exam. A. As much as B. As well as C. As long as D. As soon as
16. It was simply for some special reason I didn’t tell you the truth at that time. A. why B. which C. that D. so
17. Young babies can use hand.
A. every B. each C. both D. either
18. Opposite the river is a very ball building, top is well above the tops of the others. A. its B. which C. whose D. that 19. Stop that hammering. A. continuous B. continual C. constant D. constantly 20. His behavior is to his age and social status. A. proper B. suitable C. fit D. properly 21.Tina _____ have known the truth, or she would have told us. A. mustn't B. shouldn't C. can't D. needn't
22.There are some police cars in front. What do you suppose _____?
A. is the matter B. is happened C. is the wrong D. the trouble is 23. of the dog! A. Aware B. Beware C. Ware D. Watch 24. These seats are for old and sick people. A. preserved. B. conserved C. reserved D. conserve 25. He a bus to go there, but he preferred to walk. A. should take B. could take C. could have taken D. hadn’t taken 26. If it tomorrow, I think, I’ll attend the class. A. rained. B. will rain C. had rained D. rains 27. I’d rather you the victim’s brother. A. don’t go to see B. won’t go to see C. wouldn’t go to see D. didn’t go to see 28. We should think more of others than . A. think of ourselves B. having thought of others C. of ourselves D. with ourselves
29. is known to the world, O.Henry is a great American writer. A. As B. That C. Which D. It
30. Eric didn’t want to miss his drink. did Bill. A. Neither B. Either C. Whether D. No
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways ---or tools ---of learning that are different from those of those others? The answer is no. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power saw is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further: he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his question and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the condition permit. What works under one set of conditions
at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was latter tested through investigation. Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurement. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
31. Albert Einstein built up his theory of relatively through . A. investigation B. experiments C. tests D. mathematics
32. A sound scientific theory should be one that .
A. works under one set of conditions at one time and also works under the same conditions at other times
B. leaves no room for improvement
C. does not allow any change even under different conditions D. can be used for many purposes
33. “…Knowing how to investigate, how to discovered information, is important to everyone.” The author says this to show . A. the importance of information B. the importance of thinking
C. the difference between scientists and ordinary people D. the difference between carpenters and ordinary people 34. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Scientists are different from ordinary people. B. The theory of relativity.
C. Exactness is the core of science.
D. Exactness and way of using tools are the key to the making of a scientist. 35. What, according to the passage, makes a scientist? A. The tools he uses. B. His ways of learning. C. The way he uses his tools. D. The various tools he uses.
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Youth is not a matter of time but a matter of self-improvement， both physically and morally. Being a good youth，one should have those factors：the basic one is health. A healthy body is a kind of priceless treasure. One can do nothing without it. Secondly，we should pay essential attention to our moral character. We should be always willing to help those in trouble without any complaints. Moreover，we should care more about the people around us. Thirdly，cooperation and communication also play an important role in being a good youth. No one can live alone without any friends. And nobody can work out every problem without help of partners. So the youth should and must learn how to live and work well with others，including those people you don’t like to cooperate or communicate with. The last but not the least，patriotism，meaning a love of one’s country，is the one we should never forget. People always misunderstand the word “patriots” by thinking it only refers to those fighters who fight for their country. As a matter of fact，a patriot will do the things his country asks him to do. So being a youth is one thing，being a good one really needs to take every effort to make yourself to be.
36. A good youth should help others _________. A. willingly B. at his convenience
C. if he wants to D. with complaints
37. In the author’s opinion，the patriots must ________ .
A. fight for the country B. learn everything
C. do what their country needs them to do D. protect their family and country 38. From the passage，we can know that cooperation and communication are ______. A. good for some introverts B. helpful to us
C. important to everyone D. not necessary to good friends 39. The passage really wants to tell us that ________.
A. what the meaning of “patriots” is B. the qualities a good youth should have C. a youth should be doing good D. one should help others 40. The first thing a good youth should have is ___________. A. the best looking B. the best riches C. the good ability D. a healthy body
Questions41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
In England and Wales alone, over 7,000 people each year die in home accidents. Old people have special safety problems. Falling a is potential hazard: for example, 1,468 women over 75 in England and Wales died in the one year after falling—not downstairs, but on the same level. There are a number of ways of guarding against this: avoiding hard things on the floor, like steel fenders and knobby furniture, avoiding trip-traps like rug edges, door mats and trailing wires, using special non-slip polishes for floors, if they can’t be carpeted, above all, making sure there is enough light. The older you get, the more light you need to see properly. An old person may need four or five times as much light as a child to see as clearly, even wearing spectacles. It is rare to find a home with enough light, especially in corridors and on stairs. Stairs, for example, fatally trip 700 to 800 people a year, most of them old. A 60-watt bulb just is not bright enough.
Young children, too, have special problems. Nearly 200 are accidentally smothered(使窒息) each year in bed. Many of the hundreds of cases of accidental poisoning each year are of children, and the commonest source of all fires in the home is a child playing with fire or with matches. The government tried every possible means to prevent them from happening.
41. What is the main subject of the passage? A) Safety problem for the old.
B) Falling is the fatal cause of death for the old. C) Ways of guarding against falling. D) Children’s problems.
42. According to the passage, the floor for the old should be . A) smooth but not too slippery
B) polished with some special non-slip polishes C) carpeted D) both A and B
43. Which of the following statements in NOT true?
A) The author provides a lot of details about the problems of the old.
B) The author lays much emphasis on the details so as to bring out the importance in ways of preventing the old from falling.
C) The problems of children are not fully discussed as those of the old.
D) Children’s problems, comparatively speaking, are more serious than the old’s. 44. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A) People pay enough attention to lighting their rooms, especially the corridors and the stairs. B) Corridors and stairs are usually dimmer than rooms.
C) People pay less attention to giving enough light to the corridors and stairs, let alone the rooms.
D) A 60-watt bulb is just bright enough.
45. The tone the author used in this passage is . A) subjective B) objective
C) heavily-biased towards the old D) authoritative
Part Ⅲ Close (20%)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
One day, drought may be a thing of the past at least in coastal cities. Vast areas of desert throughout the world may for the first time __46__ to life and provide millions of acres of __47__ where now nothing grows.
By the end of this century this may not be mere __48__. Scientists are already looking for the __49__ of using some of the available ice in the polar regions. In these regions there are vast ice-caps formed by snow __50__ over the past 50,000 years. Layer __51__ layer of deep snow means that, when melted, the snow water would be pure, not salty __52__ sea-ice would be. There is so much potential pure water here __53__ it would need only a fraction of it to turn much of the desert or poorly irrigated parts of the world __54__ rich farmland. And what useful packages it would come in! It should be __55__ to cut off a bit of ice and transport it!
__56__ perhaps a passing iceberg could be captured. They are always breaking away from the main caps __57__ around, pushed by currents, until they eventually melt and are wasted. Many icebergs are, of course, far too __58__ to be towed any distance, and would melt before they reached a country that needed them anywhere. It would be necessary to __59__ one that was manageable and that was big enough to provide a good supply of ice when it __60__ us. Engineers think that an iceberg up to seven miles long and one a half miles wide could be transported __61__ the tug pulling it was as big as a supertanker! Even then they would __62__ only 20 miles every day. However, once the iceberg was at its __63__, more than 7,000 million cubic meters of water could be __64__ from it!
That would probably be more than enough for any medium-sized city __65__ in the hottest summer!
46. A) go B) come C) recover D) restore 47. A) earth B) lands C) ground D) land
48. A) imagination B) declaration C) expectation D) description 49. A) occasion B) chance C) approach D) opening 50. A) fallen B) falling C) that has fallen D) that fell 51. A) on B) upon C) after D) over 52. A) than B) as C) unlike D) like 53. A) therefore B) so C) which D) that 54. A) into B) for C) as D) to 55. A) necessary B) capable C) possible D) probably 56. A) Alternatively B) Obviously C) Surprisingly D) Frankly 57. A) and floated B) floated C) and floating D) to float 58. A) slippery B) small C) round D) big 59. A) make B) measure C) locate D) search
成教本科专业大学英语考试模拟试题1
