湖北普通专升本英语模
拟试题
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湖北普通专升本英语模拟试题（一）
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
1.I can’t understand how you ________ these unpleasant surroundings. A) put out B) put down C) put up with D) put forward
2.________ you decide to take up you should try to make it a success. A) Whatever B) Unless C) Whenever D) If only
3.If Harry did not attend the conference last night, he ________ too much work to do.
A) must have had B) must have C) had had D) had to have had
4.John often attends public lectures at the University of Oxford, chiefly ________ his English.
A) to improve B) improving C) to have improved D) improved
5.It was suggested at the meeting that effective measures ________ to solve the problem.
A) were taken B) be taken C) must be taken D) take 6.I am ________ of your stupid conversation. A) annoyed B) worried C) angry D) tired
7.They are building the dam in ________ with another firm. A) comparison B) association C) touch D) tune
8.Most parents encourage their children to take an active part in social events, ________ those events do not interfere with their studies. A) lest B) though C) unless D) provided
9.Orlando, a city in Florida, ________ for its main attraction, Magic Kingdom. A) which is well known B) is well known C) well known D) being well known 10.He is ________ a writer as a reporter.
A) more B) rather C) not so much D) not much
11.Jim is sorry ________ so impolite to your guest last Saturday. A) to be B) having been C) being D) to have been
12.I suppose that when I come back in ten years’ time all these old houses ________ down.
A) will have been pulled B) will have pulled C) will be pulling D) will be pulled
13.To be sure, some insects can build complex societies ________ different types of individuals performing different tasks.
A) taken from B) made of C) composed of D) developed from
14.The students will put off the outing until next week, ________ they won’t be so busy.
A) when B) as C) since D) while
15.I have not found my book yet; in fact, I am not sure ________ I could have done with it.
A) whether B) why C) what D) when
16.If you do not fasten your safety belt, your chances of being ________ will be greater.
A) beaten B) hurt C) damaged D) stricken
17.“ ________” for many years, the writer suddenly became famous.
A) Having ignored him B) To be ignored C) To have been ignored D) Having been ignored
18.This bird’s large wings ________ it to fly very fast. A) able B) enable C) unsure D) cause
19.The picture exhibition bored me to death. I wish I ________ to it. A) have not gone B) did not go C) had not gone D) should not have gone 20.I don’t swim not, but I ________ when I was a kid.
A) used to it B) used to doing it C) used to D) used to do 21.I found my daughter sitting in the kitchen, crying ________. A) strongly B) bitterly C) heavily D) deeply
22.You are getting too old for football. You’d better ________ tennis instead. A) take in B) take up C) take for D) take over
23.When the two young people were married, the ceremony was anything ________ up to data.
A) but B) beside C) except D) apart from
24.He didn’t mention anything about the party, ________ the date. A) either even B) even nor C) even neither D) not even
25.After being rescued from the air crash, the people agreed that they had much to ________.
A) thank B) be thanked C) be thankful D) be thankful for
26.This new method not only saves time but also saves energy ________ operating on two batteries instead to four. A) in B) on C) by D) for
27.What ________ to him is whether the job allows him to pursue his studies. A) matters B) refers C) happens D) applies
28.He said that very clearly so that nobody was in any ________ about what was meant.
A) doubt B) wonder C) question D) consideration
29.It is predicted that heavy rains are ________ to flood the area in a few days.
A) frightening B) threatening C) scattering D) warning
30.In most of the United States, the morning newspaper is ________ by school age children.
A) directed B) discharged C) derived D) delivered Part II Cloze
When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as __31__ announcers were able to be equally effective __32__ television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to __33__ themselves to the new medium were technical. When __34__ on radio, for example, they had become __35__ to seeing on behalf of the listener. This art of seeing for others __36__ that the announcer has to be very good __37__
talking. Above all, he has to be able to __38__ a continuous sequence (序列) of visual (视觉的) images which add meaning __39__ the round the listener hears. In the __40__ of television, however, the announcer sees __41__ with the viewer. His duty, __42__, is completely different. He is there to make __43__ that the viewer does not __44__ any point of interest, to help him focus __45__
particular things, and to help him __46__ the images on the television screen. __47__ his radio colleague, he must know the __48__ of silence and how to use it at those __49__ when the pictures speak for __50__. 31.A) television B) advertisement C) radio D) newspaper 32.A) of B) in C) at D) on
33.A) adopt B) adjust C) alter D) adapt
34.A) working B) listening C) appearing D) showing 35.A) practiced B) experienced C) determined D) used 36.A) guarantees B) means C) convinces D) warns 37.A) at B) with C) in D) of
38.A) reflect B) create C) cause D) affect 39.A) to B) in C) on D) about
40.A) occasion B) matter C) example D) case
41.A) something B) everything C) nothing D) anything
42.A) moreover B) therefore C) furthermore D) nevertheless 43.A) clear B) definite C) sure D) easy 44.A) miss B) ignore C) drop D) catch 45.A) to B) at C) in D) on
46.A) reveal B) expose C) understand D) translate 47.A) Unlike B) Besides C) Like D) As 48.A) price B) cost C) value D) worth
49.A) minutes B) periods C) times D) moments 50.A) them B) him C) themselves D) himself Part III Reading Comprehension Passage One
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Time was—and not so many years ago, either—when the average citizen took a pretty dim view of banks and Banking. That this was so, it should be said, was to no small extent the fault of banks and bankers themselves. Banks used to be—and a few still are—forbidding structures. Behind the little barred windows were, more often than not, elderly gentlemen whose expression of friendliness reflected the size of the customer’s account, and nothing less than a few hundred thousand in the bank could have inspired the suggestion of a smile.
And yet the average bank for many year was, to the average citizen, a fearful, if necessary, instrument for dealing with business—usually big
business. But somewhere in the past quarter century, banks Began to grow human, even pleasant, and started to attract the little man. It is possible that this movement began in medium-sized towns, or in small towns where people know each other by their first names, and spread to big towns. At any rate, the results have been remarkable.
The movement to “humanize” hanks, of course, received a big push during the war, when more and more women were employed to do work previously performed by men. Also more and more “little” people found themselves in need of
personal loans, as taxes became heavier and as the practice of installment (分期付款) buying broke down the previously long—held concept that there was something almost morally wrong about being in debt. All sorts of people began to discover that the intelligent use of credit (信贷) could be extremely helpful.
51.The author believes that the unfriendly atmosphere in banks many years ago was chiefly due to ________.
A) the outer appearance of bank buildings B) unfriendliness of customers toward banks C) economic pressure of the time D) the attitude of hankers
52.The banks of many years ago showed interest only in ________.
A) regular visitors B) rich customers
C) friendly businessmen D) elderly gentlemen
53.When did banks begin to grow human? A) Sometime before the war. B) A few years ago. C) During the war.
D) In the last century.
54.What helped to push the “humanization” of banks?
A) More and more “little” people became customers of banks. B) The elderly gentlemen in banks were replaced by women. C) More banks were set up in small and medium-sized towns. D) The size of the customer’s account was greatly increased.
55.Average People seldom borrowed money from bank in the bank because ________. A) the bank buildings looked forbidding
B) they were comparatively rich before the war C) they thought it was not proper to be in debt D) they rarely spent more than they could earn Passage Two
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Last summer, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole announced a new rule: Unless states representing two-thirds of the country’s population pass compulsory (强制性的) seat-belt-use laws by April 1989, all new vehicles will have to be fitted with air bags or automatic seat belts.
The rule wouldn’t have been necessary but for one simple fact. Even though seat belts could prevent nearly half of the deaths in fatal car accidents, 85 percent of the population simply won’t wear them.
Why not? Behavioral engineers have found that there are all sorts of
reasons—usually unstated. These are some of the most popular. It’s safer to be thrown from a car man trapped. According to E. Scott Geller, that’s a
faulty argument. “In fact”, he says, “being thrown from a car is twenty-five times more dangerous than being trapped”.
It won’t happen to me; I’m a good driver. But what about the other person who may be a terrible driver? The data show that the average incidence (发生率) for all accidents in one per driver every 10 years.
My car will end up underwater or on fire, and I won’t be able to get out. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), only 0.5 percent of all injury-producing accidents occur under these conditions. “If you’re wearing a belt, you’ve got a better chance of being conscious and not having your legs broken—distinct advantages in getting out of a dangerous situation”.
I’m only going a few blocks. Yet 80 percent of accidents happen at speeds or less that 25 miles per hour, 75 percent happen within 25 miles of home. 56.Before 1989, in the United States ________.
A) the use of seat belts was not compulsory for the majority of the population B) a new law requiring the use of seat belts had just been passed
C) people had to choose between the use of seat belts or the use of air bags D) almost fifty percent of the people involved in car accidents were saved by seat Belts
57.The word “trapped” (Para. 3, Line 3) means to be ________.
湖北普通专升本英语模拟试题
