Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 Points) Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. A. head B. horizon C. honour D. human 2. A. city B. bicycle C. face D. climb 3. A. think B. these C. breathe D. with 4. A. ground B. country C. thousand D. found 5. A. pour B. hour C. course D. four 6. A. both B. post C. cold D. son 7. A. altogether B. talk C. always D. also 8. A. suggestion B. nation C. dictation D. satisfaction 9. A. started B. closed C. waited D. needed 10. A. rare B. fare C. scare D. are Ⅱ.Vocabulary and Structure(40 points) Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 11. ___C____ idea of _______ sounds much better than Clare’s. A. The, hers B. That, her C. That, hers D. One, her 12. China is famous ____B____ the Great Wall. A. about B. for C. as D. of 13. Our school ____A____ new facilities. A. is equipped with B. equips with C. will be equip with D. has equip with 14. I made this myself but it was ___A____ who taught me.
A. he B. him C. himself D. by him 15. He had his bicycle ___C____ yesterday.
A. repair B. repairing C. repaired D. be repaired
16. It was a ____B____ room, with beautiful wall paper, waxed floor and nice furniture.
A. pleased B. pleasant C. pleasing D. preasant 17. He regretted ___C____ the decision too hastily.
A. make B. to make C. making D. have maked
18. The professor insisted that we ___C____ our homework before next month.
A. handed in B. will hand in C. hand in D. must hand in 19. It ___C___ me of the country which we visited last summer.
A. remembers B. recalls C. reminds D. tells 20. He ___A____ smoking at last.
A. gave up B. gave out C. gave in D. gave off
21. John was ___B____ he lay down for an hour before dinner.
A. so tired as B. so tired that C. too tired that D. too tired so 22. Your answer is different ____C____ the teacher’s.
A. to B. at C. from D. with
23. It would be ___A____ a risk to leave the baby alone.
A. running B. passing C. carrying D. obeying 24. The fact ___B____ his health is bad is not true.
A. which B. that C. as D. what
25. These ___B___ did unusually well in the contest, so the judges didn’t
know whom to give prize to.
A. woman singers B. women singers C. women singer D. womans singers 26. Man must stop ___C____ the earth’s atmosphere.
A. filling B. wasting C. polluting D. blackening 27. We can’t ___C____ another 100 kilometers any more.
A. have B. turn C. make D. reach 28. Is Mary ___A___ to join in us?
A. supposed B. exposed C. supported D. indicated 29. I want to be told all ___C____.
A. which happen B. which happened C. that had happened D. that had been happened 30. We’ve all heard of Thomas Edison, ___C____ who invented the electric light and many other things.
A. man B. a man C. the man D. men 31. Don’t tell me such things ___D____ you are not certain.
A. that B. which C. those D. as
32. ___C____ a microscope we can see different kinds of things that are unable to be seen by our naked eyes.
A. In terms of B. In place of C. By means of D. By far 33. Jackson went to work ___C___ his illness.
A. besides B. even though C. in spite of D. although 34. Anybody will do, ___C____ he is responsible for that.
A. as far as B. so far as
C. as long as D. as soon as 35. I suppose they have known about it, ___D____?
A. am I B. am not I C. have they D. haven’t they 36. It ___A___ him ten years to write that novel.
A. took B. spent C. cost D. costed
37. The students are looking forward to ___B____ their holidays in Japan.
A. spend B. spending C. for spend D. spent 38. They all ___A___ mentioning that girl.
A. avoided B. got away C. ran away D. escaped 39. Human beings should find a new ___B____ of energy.
A. orient B. source C. origin D. souse 40. The couch is comfortable to ___D____.
A. sit B. be sat C. sitted D. sit on
41. So loudly ___C____ that all the people in the room got a fright.
A. he shouted B. shout he C. did he shout D. he did shout
42. He is the only one of the sons in the family who ___D___ received high
education.
A. are B. is C. have D. has 43. We think of Mr. Li ___C___ our good friend.
A. is B. to be C. as D. has been 44. The mountain is 1,000 feet ___C____ the sea level.
A. over B. higher C. above D. high 45. The road will be blocked if there ___A____ another snow.
A. is B. will be C. to be D. will have
46. David like country life and has decided to ___C____ farming.
A. get hold of B. get along with C. go in for D. go thorough 47. These children have an advantage ___A____ those in calculation.
A. over B. than C. to D. with
48. Shanghai has a larger population than ___D____ in China.
A. any city B. any other cities C. other city D. any other city
49. In some countries there are a lot of young people now need ___A____
teeth.
A. false B. untrue C. wrong D. erroneous 50. This book costs ___D___ that one.
A. twice more B. twice more as C. two times more as D. twice as much as Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points) Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. _51_, medical authorities express their concern about the effect of smoking _52_ the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, non-smokers who must involuntarily inhale (吸入) the air _53_ by tobacco smoke may suffer more than the smokers _54_.
成人高考专升本英语模拟试题及答案一
