安徽省 2021 年普通高等学校专升本招生考试
英语考前冲刺模拟一
注意事项： 1. 试卷共 6 页，请用黑色签字笔答题，答案写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效。 2. 请务必在答题纸指定位置填写姓名、准考证号和座位号。 Part I Vocabulary and Structure (2 point each, 30 points in all)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D, then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. I don't believe we've met before, I must say you do look familiar. A. therefore B. although C. since D. unless
2. The seemingly beautiful and quiet middle-aged woman did not admit in prison twice. A. to be B. to being C. having been put D. putting 3.There are five pairs , but I am at loss which to buy.
A. to be chosen B.to choose from C to choose D for choosing 4. is known to all, the moon travels around the earth once every month. A. It B. As C. That D. What 5. Neither Mary nor her sisters good at singing. A. is B. are C. is not D. are not 6. It was in time of danger Mr. Johnson made the final decision they should send more experts there. A. where;that B. when;which C. when;that D. that； that 7. Staying in a hotel for one night costs renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. three times than B. three times as much as C. as much three times as D. as much three times 8. The loud music of the square dance has caused a number of . A. arguments B. competitions C. complaints D. confusions 9. Free medical service is to nearly all the college students in China. A. favorite B. available C. convenient D. average 10. The ground is wet, so it last night. A. ought to have rained B. must have rained C. should have rained D. would have rained 11. Could you give me your phone number I need your help? A. in case B. unless C. so that D. whether 12. No sooner than the crowd rushed toward it. A. had the train stopped B. the train had stopped C. had stopped the train D. has the train stopped
13. Even though he has lived in China for many years, Mark still can not himself to the Chinese customs. A. adopt B. adjust C. adapt D. accept 14. It is demanded that every student a paper on happiness.
A. writes B. wrote C. writing D. write 15. They from the university by the end of June this year. A. have graduated B. graduate C. will have graduated D. had graduated
Part Ⅱ Cloze(2 point each; 20 points in all)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A ,B ,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Charles Dickens,who was one of the 16 writers, was born in 1812. He didn’t like to take pant (喘息）in noisy and active games. He began to read books in his childhood.
When he was about six, someone 17 him to a theater. He saw a play Shakespeare and liked it 18 that he decided to write a play of 19 . Several years later, the family moved to London. There were several young children in the family 20 Charles. At that time, his father was 21 for debt. So he worked hard 22 early morning till late at night to help his family. Only after his father was 23 free, could Charles go to school. But he didn’t finish school at all. He 24 go on working hard to make a living. When he was fifteen, he often went to the library of the British Museum. There he spent long hours reading and reading. And 25 he received his education in his early life.
16. A. English famous B. England famous
C. famous English D.famous England 17. A. took B. brought C. fetched D. carried 18. A. very much B. too much C. so much D. how much 19. A. him B. himself C. it D. his own 20. A. beside B. besides C. except D. but 21. A. in prison B. in the prison C. into prison D. out of prison 22. A. both B. neither C. from D. in 23. A. given B. shown C. offered D. set 24. A. used to B. was able to C. has to D. had to 25. A. on his way B. in this way C. for this way D. with this way
Part III Reading Comprehension (2 points each, 40 points in all)
Directions: After reading the following 4 passages, your will find questions or
unfinished statements. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.
26. Strange things happen to time when you travel because A. no day really has twenty-four hours B. the earth is divided into time zones C. time zones are not all the same size D. no one knows where time zones begin
27. The time difference between two neighboring zones is A. one day B. twenty-five hours C. one hour D. twenty-three hours 28. According to paragraph 2, it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean A. is one time zone
B. is divided into five time zones
C. is divided into twenty-four time zones D. cannot be crossed in five days
29. If you cross the ocean going east, you set your clock A. ahead one hour in each new time zone B. ahead one hour for the whole trip C. back one hour in each new time zone D. back one hour for the whole trip
30. The International Date Line is the name for A. the beginning of any new time zone
B. any point where time changes by one hour C. the point where a new day starts D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean
Passage 2
“Fingers were made before forks” when a person gives up good manners, puts aside knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying.
The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy， did the custom reach Europe.
By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to eating food touched with fingers, “Seeing all men’s fingers are not alike clean.” English travelers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.
Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next
hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show-offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600’s did using a fork
安徽省 2021 年普通高等学校专升本招生考试《大学英语》冲刺期测试题 (1)
