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成考专升本英语模拟440

第Ⅰ卷(选择题)
Ⅰ. Phonetics
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or 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.

A.order
B.corner
C.forty
D.visitor

A B C D

[解析] 画线部分读[ə]，其他选项的画线部分读[ɔ:]。

A.torch
B.morning
C.shortly
D.worst

A B C D

A.town
B.snow
C.grow
D.flow

A B C D

A.architect
B.biochemistry
C.butcher
D.ache

A B C D

[解析] 选项C画线字母读[

]，其他选项画线字母读[k]。

A.calm
B.ball
C.call
D.hall

A B C D

Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 15 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.

1. Such problems ______ air pollution and traffic jams are becoming more and more serious in some big cities.

A.like
B.about
C.as
D.of

A B C D

[解析] 句意：像空气污染和交通堵塞这样的问题在一些大城市里变得越来越严重。such+名词+as固定搭配，表示举例“例如，像……这样的”；like也能表示“例如，像”的意思，但不跟such连用，故选C。

2. All those youngesters will become ______ in ten years.

A.growns-ups
B.growns-up
C.grown-up
D.grown-ups

A B C D

3. By the end of this month we surely ______a satisfactory solution to the problem.

A.have found
B.will have found
C.will be binding
D.are binding

A B C D

[解析] 本题测试时态。by后跟一个未来时间表示到这一时间为止，句子谓语动词须用将来完成时will/shall have done。本句大意为：到本月底，我们一定能找到令人满意解决问题的办法。

4. ______ is known to all is that effective measures should be taken to deal with the problem of the over-exploitation of our resources.

A.What
B.It
C.As
D.Which

A B C D

[解析] 句意：众所周知，过度开发资源带来的问题需要用有效的方法来解决。空格引导从句在整个句子中充当主语，句中真正的主语是“effective measures should be taken to deal with the problem of the over-exploitation of our resources.”，由于从句中缺乏主语，所以用关系代词what来代替真正的主语，故选A。

5. -- Where did Mary' s parents buy the beautiful vase?
--It was in the same village ______ they spent their holidays last year.

A.that
B.when
C.as
D.where

A B C D

6. These goods are ______ for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.

A.essentially
B.completely
C.necessarily
D.remarkably

A B C D

7. I remember he's written a book ______ I've completely forgotten.

A.which name
B.the name which
C.the name of it
D.whose name

A B C D

8. For miles and miles, I could see nothing ______ a great fire and lots of smoke.

A.beside
B.besides
C.except
D.without

A B C D

9. Your cough will get worse ______ you give up smoking.

A.so long as
B.on condition that
C.unless
D.otherwise

A B C D

10. Our teachers always tell us to believe in ______ we do and who we are if we want to succeed.

A.why
B.how
C.what
D.which

A B C D

[解析] 句意：老师经常告诉我们，要想取得成功，就要相信我们所做的事，相信我们是谁。分析句子结构可知是介词短语believe in后面的宾语从句缺少宾语。what可做do的宾语，故选C。

11. I was absorbed ______ what I was reading and didn't hear the knock.

A.for
B.in
C.with
D.by

A B C D

12. It isn't quite ______ that he will be present at the meeting.

A.certain
B.sure
C.right
D.exact

A B C D

[解析] It is certain that...是常用句型，表示相当肯定某事要发生。

13. New ideas have been put into practice ______ he was elected our leader.

A.after
B.for
C.since
D.before

A B C D

[解析] 考查连词。After在……之后，for因为，since自……以来，before在……以前。选项C是正确的。

14. I'm very grateful to you for what you've given me and ______ you have done for me.

A.which
B.that
C.all what
D.all that

A B C D

[解析] 此处用and连接一个并列成分，what you've given me和you have done for me应为并列句式，故空格处也应填what，意为“你为我所做的一切”，但选项中没有what，此处用all that，相当于what，故选D。

15. —Why is ______ easy for such a young girl to learn three foreign languages so well?
—Because Britain, Germany and France are all very near ______ country.

A.it; his
B.that; his
C.she; her
D.it; her

A B C D

[解析] 句意：——为什么学好三种语言对这个小女孩来说这么容易呢?——因为英国、德国还有法国都离她的国家很近。第一空是将主语从句中的be动词提前，陈述句语序是it is easy...，所以第一空是it；第二空要填形容词性物主代词，a little girl的形容词性物主代词是her，故选D。

Ⅲ. Cloze
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices 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.
What do we mean 1 a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. 2 two speakers speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences 3 them, and the pronunciation of English varies a great deal in different geographical 4 . How do we decide what sort of English to use 5 a model? This is not a question that can be 6 in the same way for all foreign learners of English. When you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, 7 there is a long 8 of speaking English 9 general communication purposes, you should 10 to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a fashion in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or 11 of the sort. 12 the other hand, if you live in a country 13 there is no traditional use of English, you must take as your model some form of native English pronunciation. It does not 14 very much which form you choose. The most 15 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can hear most often.

A.by
B.for
C.with
D.in

A B C D

A.Nor
B.No
C.None
D.Not

A B C D

A.between
B.form
C.sort
D.way

A B C D

A.areas
B.parts
C.countries
D.spaces

A B C D

A.in
B.like
C.for
D.as

A B C D

A.given
B.responded
C.satisfied
D.answered

A B C D

A.that
B.where
C.which
D.when

A B C D

A.habit
B.use
C.tradition
D.custom

A B C D

A.to
B.for
C.from
D.of

A B C D

10.

A.aim
B.propose
C.select
D.tend

A B C D

11.

A.everything
B.nothing
C.anything
D.things

A B C D

12.

A.In
B.At
C.On
D.For

A B C D

13.

A.where
B.that
C.which
D.wherever

A B C D

14.

A.care
B.affect
C.trouble
D.matter

A B C D

15.

A.careful
B.sensitive
C.ordinary
D.effective

A B C D

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One
Have you ever been startled by a loud noise or by someone appearing suddenly behind you on dark night or by a snake in the grass? Do you remember the sudden, tight feeling in your chest, the way your heart started go pound, the way you seemed to breathe more rapidly? Such reactions occurred because you were frightened. Your brain sent a signal to the special gland (腺) in your body caned the adrenal (肾上的) gland. Other parts of your body were involved, too, but the adrenal gland has a very special function.
The adrenal gland is located on top of your kidney. Since you have two kidneys. You also have two adrenal glands. Each adrenal gland is divided into two parts: a cortex (外皮) and a medulla (髓质). The cortex forms the outer shell; the medulla forms the central core. Both the cortex and the medulla secrete (分泌) hormones, but they have different functions.
The cortex produces more than forty different chemical compounds and hormones. All these things are essential to sustain life. The medulla secretes adrenalin (also called epinephrine, the hormone that prepares the body for emergencies.)
When you are suddenly faced with a dangerous or stressful situation, part of your brain instantly sends a signal to the adrenal gland, and all sorts of things begin to your body. The medulla releases an extra amount of adrenalin into the bloodstream. The adrenalin is carried rapidly throughout the body, stimulating other glands and systems.

1. In this passage, the author is mainly discussing the function of ______.

A.the human brain
B.glands and systems in the body
C.the cortex of the adrenal gland
D.the medulla of the adrenal gland

A B C D

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The adrenal gland is located on top of the kidney.
B.Each kidney is composed of two adrenal glands.
C.The medulla is inside the cortex.
D.The cortex and the medulla have different functions.

A B C D

3. It is ______ that mainly helps you respond to a dangerous or stressful situation.

A.a signal sent by your brain
B.the special function of the adrenal gland
C.all stimulated parts of your body
D.All of these

A B C D

4. What could be said about the adrenalin?

A.It is secreted by the kidneys into the bloodstream.
B.It is hormone that prepares the body for emergencies.
C.It is the only useful hormone produced in the body.
D.It is essential to sustain life.

A B C D

Passage Two
Eating in space is different from eating on earth. The food that astronauts carry with them does not look like the food you eat. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship the astronaut puts the water back. He "shoots" hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag.
Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There will be no crumbs. Crumbs would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cake often come in bite-sized pieces. Astronauts can't drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn to eat this way.

1. Some space foods are carried in ______.

A.water guns
B.lunch boxes
C.closed bags
D.crumbs

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第三句。

2. The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that ______.

A.you get much hungrier in space than you do
B.you can't have water to drink in a spaceship
C.astronauts must learn many new and different things
D.you can't eat anything in a spaceship

A B C D

[解析] 文章中提到在太空中就连喝水和吃饭都和地面上很不同，可以知道在太空中还有更多新的要学。

3. Why can't astronauts drink water from cups?

A.The water would come out from the open cups.
B.The water would spill all over their food.
C.Crumbs would float in the cups.
D.The cups would float in the air.

A B C D

[解析] 参考第二段第七句。

4. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

A.there is more food and water in space than on earth
B.eating and drinking in space is a special problem
C.astronauts can never eat or drink in a spaceship
D.there is no food or water in a spaceship

A B C D

[解析] 文章主要介绍了在太空中吃饭喝水与在地面的不同之处。

Passage Three
Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. He's an elder man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat, a bow tie, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Who is this strange-looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sam?
During the War of 1812, the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.
Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam's company. They asked a worker what the US on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letters stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam.
The joke spread, and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long, people called all things that came from the government "Uncle Sam's"," Uncle Sam" became a nickname for the US government.
Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures, Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes, but his hair was dark and he had not a beard. The beard was .added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a beard.
The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster, a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says "I want YOU for the US Army."

1. "Uncle Sam" became a ______ for the US government.

A.boss
B.nickname
C.picture
D.businessmen

A B C D

[解析] 参考第五段最后一句。

2. Uncle Sam often wears tall hat, ______ and the stars and stripes of the American flag.

A.dark hair
B.a bow tie
C.a box
D.a shirt

A B C D

[解析] 参考第一段第二句。

3. Government inspectors came to ______ Sam's meat-packing company.

A.ask
B.stand for
C.look over
D.see

A B C D

[解析] 参考第三段第二句。

4. In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam ______.

A.he wore the stars and stripes
B.the never had a beard
C.he had no hair
D.he wore a bow tie

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第六段。

Passage Four
As my train wasn't due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three clays before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn't seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and railway-tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs fell out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found. looked at me suspiciously as if to say that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the ease. I told him that it was an old, brown-looking object, no different from the many eases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the chief contents of the ease. If they were correct, he said, I could take the ease away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could have easily claimed the case already. This hadn't happened fortunately, for after a time I found the ease lying on its side high up in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was soon satisfied that it was mine and told me I could take the ease away. Again I took out my wallet: this time to pay. I pulled out ten-shilling note and the "lost" receipt slipped out with it. I couldn't help blushing and looked up at the assistant. He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too!

1. The writer had plenty of time to spare as his train ______.

A.was leaving later than scheduled
B.was not leaving for another hour
C.was not scheduled to leave
D.was delayed for some reason

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第一句。

2. When the writer explained his situation, the assistant ______.

A.responded quickly saying it was a lie
B.believed him
C.gave a suspicious look as much as to say he had heard such stories before
D.just took his story as a joke

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第二段第二句。

3. What dreadful idea occurred to the writer?

A.The receipt had been stolen by someone.
B.someone had taken away the case.
C.He could not claim his case without the receipt.
D.He had left his receipt at home.

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第三段第二句。

4. The case ______.

A.lay right on one side of a shelf
B.was right behind as old brown-looking ease
C.was between two high shelves
D.was among the hundreds of eases

A B C D

[解析] 参考文章第三段第二句。

Passage Five
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The United States was mad at the Japanese so they made many Japanese-Americans leave their homes. They were put in camps with barbed wire around the outside of the camps.
Many Japanese-American young men were called into the army. Some of them joined the U.S. Military Intelligence Service or MIS. The MIS was a secret group that fought the Japanese soldiers. This secret group translated important maps and papers. They questioned Japanese prisoners, Another task they did was to translate diaries written in Japanese.
Sometimes Japanese soldiers hid in caves to hide from, the Americans. The MIS would try to get the scared soldiers to leave the caves. This was known as "cave flushing." Some of the soldiers would give up and leave the caves.
Other Japanese would jump to their deaths.
The MIS never got awards for their efforts until the year 2000. Then they were rewarded for their brave acts in World War II. It took almost sixty years for them to be honored.
Gayle Yamada has made a film about the brave Japanese-American MIS. The film is called "Uncommon Courage" and is a true story. Hopefully, Yamada's film and the movie, "Pearl Harbor," will not cause people to hate Japanese-Americans or any other race.

1. The letters MIS stood for ______ .

A.Missing.Infantry Soldiers
B.Military Intelligence Service
C.Military Intelligence Soldiers
D.Military Infamy Service

A B C D

[解析] 参见第二段的第二句。

2. The MIS finally received recognition ______ .

A.during President Kennedy's term
B.fifty years later
C.ten years ago
D.last year from President Clinton

A B C D

[解析] 2000年是克林顿在任美国总统的最后一年。

3. Gayle Yamada's new film is entitled ______ .

A.Pearl Harbor
B.The Winds of War
C.Uncommon Courage
D.The Greatest Generation

A B C D

[解析] 参见最后一段。

4. Writer hopes that a new movie won't ______ .

A.make people love war
B.cause anger toward Americans
C.be a popular film
D.plant seeds of racism

A B C D

[解析] 参见最后一段的最后一句。

Ⅴ. Daily Conversation
Directions: Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Customer: Do you Charge for checks?
Clerk: 1 . Each check you write will cost 2 dollars.
Customer: 2 deposit a large sum of money if I want to open a savings account?
Clerk: Not necessarily, sir.
Customer: Regarding the interest rate, 3 between a savings account and checking account?
Clerk: Not big difference, sir.
Customer: 4 . 5 to Open a checking account. Will 300 dollars be enough for a minimum deposit?
Clerk: Definitely.

Yes, we do

Do I have to

what is the difference

I see

I would like

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)
Ⅵ. Writing

1. Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write an essay in English in 100-120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly.
假如你叫李华，你的美国笔友Mike即将随父母到中国，并在中国过中秋节。他来信向你询问有关中秋节的习俗，请你回信告诉他。要点如下：
1．历史悠久；
2．中国的传统节日(传统节日traditional festival)；
3．家庭团圆，共进晚餐；
4．吃月饼，赏月。

[范文]
Dear Mike,
I'm glad to know that you are coming to China with your parents and spend the Mid-Autumn Day here.
The Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival with a long history in China. It falls on the 15th August of the Chinese lunar year, when people of a family get together and enjoy the dinner together. After that they eat mooncakes, which stands for the spirits of the festival—unity. Often, if the weather permits, they will go out of the house to enjoy the bright moonlight, talking about something pleasant. It is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people.
I wish you a pleasant journey and I'm sure you'll like our traditional Mid-Autumn Day.

Yours,
Li Hua