编号： 时间：2024年x月x日 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟 页码：第1页 共9页 专升本中期选拔英语试题训练(八)
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
1. _____ he hasn’t any formal qualification, he has managed to do very well. A. Although B. If C. Despite D. Whereas 2. Neither John nor his parents _____ at home.
A. is B. has C. are D. was 3. _____ today, he would get there by Friday.
A. Was he leaving B. Would he leave C. Were he to leave D. If he leaves 4. We believe him to _____ a mistake.
A. have made B. have been made C. be made D. making 5. Not once _____ his view of life.
A. did Mr. Smith mention B. Mr. Smith mentioned that C. Mr. Smith mentioned D. would Mr. Smith mention
6. When I visited your country again last year I found it completely _____. A. to be changed B. to change C. changed D. changing 7. He talks about Rome as if he _____ there himself.
A. has been B. had been C. was D. is 8. If Julia had told me in advance, I _____ her at the airport. A. would meet B. will meet C. are gong to meet D. would have met 9. In our modern society no one avoid _____ by ads. A. to be influenced B. being influenced C. influencing D. having influenced 10. It was the training that he had as a young man _____ made him such a good technician.
A. has B. what C. later D. that
11. The investigation group, which _____ two men and three women, set out last week. A. composed of B. composes C. is composed of D. are composed of 12. _____ the sentence pattern and vocabulary _____, this paragraph is quite simple. A. As far as … is concerned B. As far as … are concerned C. As far as … is concerning D. AS far as … concern
13. Both Mary and Ellen, _____ Jane, are studying Chinese at Beijing University. A. as well as B. and as well C. with D. besides
14. At the beginning of this term, our history teacher _____ a list of books for us to read. A. handed in B. wrote out C. fished out D. passed on 15. The little girl _____ a handkerchief from her pocket to clean her hands.
A. gave out B. brought out C. set out D. left out 16. The good service at the hotel _____ the poor food to some extent.
A. made up for B. made for C. made out D. made off 17. We were _____ the difficulty how to supply food to those in need.
A. faced with B. met C. facing with D. encountered 18. This factory is now trying to _____ a new model.
A. predict B. turn out C. work out D. imitate 19. This computer is _____ storing millions of bits of information.
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编号： 时间：2024年x月x日 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟 页码：第2页 共9页 A. able to B. capable about C. capable of D. able of 20. She longed to visit Italy, _____ she often dream about it.
A. so seriously that B. so eagerly that C. to such an extent that D. so anxiously that
21. _____ out of money, we were reduced to staying in a cheap hotel.
A. having almost run B. Almost run
C. Almost being running D. having almost been run 22. The post of chairman has been _____ for some time.
A. empty B. hollow C. unoccupied D. vacant 23. Yesterday we saw a _____ film about the Independence War.
A. historied B. historical C. historian D. historic 24. He _____ at the doorway to light his cigarette.
A. paused B. delayed C. hesitated D. ceased 25. The war went on for years, _____ thousands upon thousands of people. A. to kill B. killed C. killing D. being killed 26. The police have the authority to _____ law-breakers. A. grasp B. catch C. arrest D. stop
27. When the world-famous painting was found stolen in the morning, the attendant on duty was under _____.
A. suspicion B. doubt C. suspect D. question 28. In the West, stop assistants are not allowed to have a(n) _____ with customers. A. discussion B. quarrel C. argument D. debate 29.Some people find it difficult to _____ between right and wrong. A. divide B. distinguish C. differ D. separate.
30. Tourism, which is a major _____ of income for the city, may be seriously affected. A. source B. resource C. course D. cause
Part II Blank filling
1. If he __________ ( be ) here last night, I would have spoken to him. 2. I am sorry to ___________ ( give ) you so much trouble. 3. Either fans or an air-conditioner __________ ( be ) necessary for our lab. 4. Should it rain, we __________ ( not go ) out.
5. She spoke about him as if she __________ ( know ) him for years. 6. The teacher was standing in front of the blackboard ________( hand out ) the test papers to us.
7. His watch has stopped. He forgot __________ ( wind ) it the train last night. 8. He remembers ___________ ( take ) to Paris when he was a very small child.
9. My father didn’t go to New York; the doctor suggested that he _________ ( not go ) there.
10.Yesterday afternoon they were seen ________ ( play ) football in the classroom and told not to.
Part III Reading Comprehension
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编号： 时间：2024年x月x日 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟 页码：第3页 共9页 1. School Without Walls
In 1968 the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had a problem. The city’s school system needed a new school building and teachers but did not have the money to pay for this multimillion-dollar project. City officials solved the problem in a unique way. They decided to use the many scientific and cultural institutions in the city as the classrooms. Experts who worked in the various institutions would be the teachers. Among these institutions were such prestigious names as the Franklin Institute, with its science museum, workshops, and classes; the Free Library, containing nearly a million volumes; the Academy of Natural Sciences, Fels Planetarium, and the Rodin Museum.
The experiment in education, known as the Parkway Program, began in February 1969. John Bremer, an Englishman and education innovator, planned the program and became its director.
The Program has grown in size from 142 to 500 high school students and is so popular that thousands of applicants are denied places each year. The Program gives a freedom to high school education never known before. To supplement basic courses required for a diploma---languages, history science ---students may choose from more than a hundred other courses. Any subject will be offered if an instructor can be found. Every group of 15 boys and girls belongs to a “tutorial group”, led by a teacher and one assistant. Students in the Program say that school is no longer a place but an interesting activity.
About 100 institutions in Philadelphia --- public, private, commercial---help the Program. During any one week students may be found in such diverse places as a bakery, a church or the municipal gas plant. Such places merely provide space for classrooms. Other institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania or the Temple University Medical School allow the Program’s own faculty to teach in their laboratories or other facilities. Other establishments provide both classroom space and instruction. One pharmaceutical-manufacturing company, for example, conducts a chemistry course. In addition to their studies, students are encouraged to take part-time jobs. “The life of the city is our curriculum,” says Director Bremer. “Life and learning are all part of the same process.” Learning is excitement in this experimental program but it is not meant for every child. The student must be able to handle the freedom and self-discipline that the Program demands for academic success. 1. What was the problem Philadelphia had in 1968? a. Its school system needed a new school building. b. More teachers were needed for its school system. c. It lacked money for its educational project. d. Both a and b.
2. The word “unique” here means _______________.
a. “very unusual” b. “proper” c. “ordinary” d. “pretty usual” 3. Who was the program planner?
a. A famous English innovator. b. The director of a cultural institution. c. An Englishman called John Bremer.
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