银符考试题库-在线练习-专升本英语模拟173

专升本英语模拟173

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.tea
B.read
C.real
D.steal

A B C D

A.understood
B.took
C.po11ute
D.rude

A B C D

画线部分读[u]，其他选项的画线部分读[u：]。

A.flower
B.power
C.tower
D.arrow

A B C D

[解析] 本题属字母组合的考查题，可利用排除法。A、B、C三项当中的发音均为[au]，只有D项中发音为

。故选D。

A.mouth
B.house
C.cloud
D.soul

A B C D

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

A B C D

画线部分读

，其他选项的画线部分读

。

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. They stand ______.

A.under the sun
B.in the sun
C.over the sun
D.against the sun

A B C D

under the sun意为“天下；究竟”；in the Sun意为“在阳光下”；against the sun意为“朝着逆时针方向”。

2. --Have you seen him recently?
--Yes. I met him at ______ this morning.

A.a tailor's
B.tailor's
C.the tailor
D.the tailor's

A B C D

3. I will go back to my hometown as soon as I ______ my examinations.

A.will finish
B.finish
C.has finished
D.would finish

A B C D

时间状语从句中要用一般现在时表示将来。

4. They are______in name, but they are no longer in practice.

A.woman doctors
B.women doctors
C.lady doctors
D.ladies doctors

A B C D

[解题指要] 当woman和man做一个名词的定语时，名词若为复数形式，woman和man也要相应地变为复数women和men。注意这两个单词为不规则变化。

5. You ______ be too careful when you are driving.

A.should
B.needn't
C.cannot
D.must

A B C D

6. ______ makes men different from the other animals is that they can think and speak.

A.That
B.The thing
C.All
D.What

A B C D

what引导主语从句。what在从句中作主语。

7. ______makes men different from the other animals is that they can think and speak.

A.That
B.The thing
C.All
D.What

A B C D

what引导主语从句。what在从句中做主语。

8. ______ illness, he went to the seaside for vacation.

A.Due to
B.According to
C.Owing to
D.For the sake of

A B C D

due to表示“因为”，但不能放在句首。according to是“根据；按照”的意思。owing to相当于because of; for the sake of表示“为了(某人)；看在(某人)的份上”。

9. If I had known you weren't coming, I ______ a cake.

A.would not bake
B.did not bake
C.will not have baked
D.would not have baked

A B C D

与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，主从句均采用完成时态：if．．had done……would have done…。我要知道你不来就不烤蛋糕了。

10. The cost of his car is higher than______of mine.

A.it
B.cost
C.any
D.that

A B C D

[解题指要] 做比较时，为避免重复，可用that代替前面的词语。此时，that = the+单数名词。

11. What would you do if you ______ your job?

A.lose
B.lost
C.would lose
D.will lose

A B C D

对有可能发生的事件的假设，主句谓语用过去将来式，条件从句谓语则用一般过去式。选项B是正确的。

12. ______ he thought he was helping us with the work he was actually in the way.

A.Although
B.Because
C.If
D.When

A B C D

[解题指要] 该题测试although引出状语从句的用法。该题的意思是“虽然他认为他在帮助我们工作，但实际上他在妨碍我们”。题干中in the way意思是“妨碍”。B选项Because“因为”，C选项If“如果”以及D选项When均与题意不合，故不用。

13. This answer sounded ______.

A.correct
B.correctly
C.nicely
D.interested

A B C D

[解析] 本题考查单词的辨别。由题意可知：主语是answer，且sound后常接形容词，故选A。

14. —Have you moved into the new house?
—Not yet. The room ______.

A.is being painted
B.are painting
C.are painted
D.are being painted

A B C D

本句使用被动语态的进行时。

15. Hardly ______ the classroom when the class began.

A.had he entered
B.he had entered
C.he entered
D.he was entered

A B C 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.
On the anniversary of the artist's birth, Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 1 for just under ￡ 25 million at the fine art auctioneers(拍卖), Christie's, in London. The 2 was triple the previous record of ￡ 8 million paid in 1985 for Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi. At least ten bidders 3 for the painting, half 4 telephone, anonymously battling it out in leaps of ￡ 500,000. Van Gogh wrote in a letter of 1889 that one of these Scots or Americans 5 to pay 500 francs--about ￡ 25 at that time-- for 6 a painting.
Christie's chairman 7 reporters after the sale, "it's a rare picture." A spokesman for the firm added, "It's fantastic." Not 8 who was at the auction agreed. One commented, "More money 9 sense."
Many people do 10 uneasy that a picture could be auctioned for such an unbelievable sum. They find distasteful the contrast 11 this sort of money and the impoverished life of the painter 12 Van Gogh, once a lay preacher among the miners of Belgium, was more 13 in producing work that dignified labor than he was in selling for a profit. Depressive, poor, unrecognized and 14 suicidal, he remains a romantic figure in the public 15 .

A.bought
B.sold
C.displayed
D.shown

A B C D

根据单词auctioneers拍卖和给出的具体的钱数，可以知道这句话的大概意思：一幅梵·高的作品“向日葵”拍卖到多少钱。这里应是售出。选项B是正确的。

A.price
B.money
C.sum
D.collection

A B C D

这个空的后面提到以前付过的价钱，这里应指这个价格是以前的多少倍。选项A是正确的。

A.competed
B.shouted
C.fought
D.argued

A B C D

前面已经说了是拍卖，bidder可估计是投标者，为了这幅画竞争。这种竞争不是肢体上的争斗fight，也不是口头上的争论argue，当然也不是喊叫shout了。选项A是正确的。

A.on
B.under
C.off
D.by

A B C D

通过电话竞买这幅画。By经、由，如果用on，名词前应有定冠词。选项D是正确的。

A.must
B.might
C.ought
D.could

A B C D

这里实际指价值多少，应付多少。must表示一定、必须，语气很强；might表示可能，could表示能够，均与上下文语气不符。选项C是正确的。

A.so
B.this
C.very
D.such

A B C D

so，very，such都表示强调，但so后应跟形容词，this和very后应跟名词，但其与名词间不能有冠词。选项D是正确的。

A.said
B.spoke
C.told
D.agreed

A B C D

当用于对某人说某事或争论时，say和speak后不能直接跟某人。选项C是正确的。

A.all
B.everyone
C.none
D.anyone

A B C D

Who was表明所修饰的人是单数。选项B是正确的。

A.to
B.than
C.better
D.over

A B C D

前面有more，表明是比较级：more... than。在根据上下文：花那么多钱买一幅画并不是所有的人都赞同。选项B是正确的。

10.

A.felt
B.think
C.feel
D.thought

A B C D

Do表示强调，修饰动词，被修饰的动词应用原型。根据后面所说，画家的实际生活和他的画的价值具有相当大的反差。所以人们觉得不舒服，但不能说认为不舒服。选项C是正确的。

11.

A.between
B.among
C.of
D.like

A B C D

表示二者之间用between。三者以上用among。选项B是正确的。

12.

A.his own
B.him
C.own
D.himself

A B C D

这里应指画家自己个人的生活。梵·高是男性。选项D是正确的。

13.

A.upset
B.interested
C.happy
D.gloomy

A B C D

more...than的句型说明画家倾向于前者而不是后者，空后有介词in，可以断定选项B是正确的。

14.

A.eventually
B.finally
C.last
D.at end

A B C D

前面列举了几个形容画家悲惨生活的词，最后的词是自杀，这里应是“最终”。Finally终于，last最后，at end结尾。选项A是正确的。

15.

A.mind
B.brain
C.thought
D.imagination

A B C D

全篇讲了画家的画在今天的价值，又说了画家生前的生活，由此，画家的画和画家的生活是人们不可思议的，所以说是给人们留下了无穷的想象。选项D是正确的。

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.

You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster's have made good, safe, interesting toys for more than a hundred years. Now, we sell them, and children play with them, in countries from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil(巴西). We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He (or she) will be between the ages of thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far east.
The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in old markets, and where to find new ones. He will understand money, and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys.
Webster's want someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we are looking for, write to Mr. J. Sloman at our Head Office.
Webster Toys Ltd.
Church Mill, Watford
Herts. WD3 6HE

1. Children play with Webster toys______.

A.only in countries a long way from each other
B.in countries all over the world
C.in only four countries of the world
D.only in New Zealand, Norway, Japan and Brazil

A B C D

[解题指要] 本题考查的是对文章细节的理解能力。文章第一段提到从新西兰到挪威，从日本到巴西，后又提到远东和world markets，可以推断出该品牌的玩具畅销世界各国，即B选项。

2. The person Webster's are looking for, will be______.

A.thirty years of age
B.forty years of age
C.less than forty years of age
D.between thirty and forty years of age

A B C D

[解题指要] 本题考查的是对文章细节的理解能力。第一段第五旬He will be between the ages of thirty and forty的意思是“年龄要求为30到40岁之间”，D选项符合文义。

3. "He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him" means______.

A.he has already sold things in different parts of the world
B.he has sold toys for some years
C.he has already sold toys all over the world
D.he has already sold things for some years

A B C D

[解题指要] 题考查的是对句意的理解能力。该句的意思是“有国际市场销售经验”，A选项符合文义。

4. He will live in Singapore______.

A.for at least 6 months in any one year
B.all through the year
C.for less than six months a year
D.for up to six months

A B C D

[解题指要] 本题考查的是对细节的把握能力。该题可以从第二段第一句得出答案…live in Singapore… but travel for PP to six months in any one year。

5. "Someone who can stand on his own feet" means______.

A.someone who does not stand on other people's feet
B.someone who can understand money
C.someone who can work by himself
D.someone who understands many languages

A B C D

[解题指要] 本题考查的是对词语的理解能力。Stand on one's own feet的意思是“可以独当一面，独立工作”。

Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behaviour. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving as cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in tie hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male-group attackers.
Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new use—that of controlling and domesticating their prey. The hunting became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunting were no longer essential for survival.
The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that were no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten but there were other much simpler ways of obtaining a meaty meal.

1. The author believes that sporting activities.

A.are forms of biological development
B.have actually developed from hunting
C.are essentially forms of taming the prey
D.have changed the ways of hunting

A B C D

2. In a football game what is equal to the prey in hunting is ______.

A.any member of the opposing team
B.the goal-mouth
C.the goal keeper
D.the football

A B C D

3. For over a million years, our forefathers were basically, ______.

A.successful farmers
B.co-operating hunters
C.runners and jumpers
D.skillful sportsmen

A B C D

4. The word "operation" (Line 3, Para. 4) refers to ______.

A.sports activities
B.hunting
C.prey killing
D.domesticating animals

A B C D

England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England or who have visited only one part of it often makes the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire from the job in the north, they often prefer to move down to the south.
Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of(is made up of) the counties of Devon and Cornwall, where palm trees, bamboo and many semitropical plants grow well. Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the areas gain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England's most popular holiday areas.

1. The distance from the center of England to south coast is about ______.

A.one hundred miles
B.three hundred miles
C.one hundred and fifty miles
D.six hundred miles

A B C D

第一段中写到从南到北、从东到西大约是3百多英里，因此本题中从英格兰中部到南海岸应该是300英里的一半：150英里。

2. According to the passage, ______.

A.flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier
B.farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere
C.people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers
D.vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers

A B C D

由第二段可知。

3. In the north of England and the Midland, ______.

A.it is cold and wet all the year round
B.the climate is pleasant as a whole
C.it is warm most of the time in a year
D.only the summer is not cold and wet

A B C D

由第一段可知：从未到过或只到过英格兰部分地区的人误以为英国是个寒冷潮湿的国家，实际上在英格兰北部和中部诸郡从六月到九月确是如此，而英格兰南部的气候却非常舒适。

4. In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall, ______.

A.never see any snow
B.seldom see snow
C.often see snow
D.may have seen several feet of snow

A B C D

由第二段可知，Devon和Cornwall在英格兰西南部。在西南部冬季不下雪。

The crowd stirred and whispered in awe as, on the stage, the horse slowly tapped out the beat. Everyone became tense and quiet as the number of taps neared the correct answer to the horse trainer's question. After The final tap, the horse paused, seemed to look around and stopped. The crowd went wild !
The horse's name was Clever Hans, the Educated Horse, and was featured in a vaudeville(杂耍) act in the early 1900s, in Europe. When asked a complicated mathematical question by his owner, Clever Hans would tap out the correct answer with his hooves. For example, if the answer was sixty- eight, Hans would tap out six with his left hoof and eight with his right hoof. Even mere remarkable, the owner would leave the room after asking the question, so there could be no secret signal between owner and horse. A mere animal seemed to be accomplishing a highly technical skill of man's !
It wasn't until years later that the secret of the trick was revealed. The owner had trained Clever Hans to respond to slight signals. The horse became so sensitive that he learned when to stop from the crowd's reaction. Members of the audience would start involuntarily, or give some unconscious signal, when Hans reached the right answer. Modern scientists now warn against the Clever Hans syndrome (综合征), whereby researchers unconsciously give clues to their animal subjects about the actions they like to see performed!

1. This passage is mainly about ______.

A.animal intelligence
B.mathematical skills
C.Clever Hans
D.unconscious behavior

A B C D

这篇文章讲了一匹名叫Clever Hans的马如何会做数学题。选项C是正确的。

2. The Clever Hans syndrome is a danger to be avoided by ______.

A.audience
B.researchers
C.veterinarians
D.mathematicians

A B C D

最后一段。发现了这匹马会做算术的秘密后，科学家感觉很担心，他们拿来做实验的动物也会在他们无意识的暗示下做出他们希望的行为。这样所做出的结论肯定不会准确，所以是应当被科学家避免的。选项B是正确的。

3. The Clever Hans's real talent was______.

A.his sensitivity to crowd reaction
B.adding large sums
C.standing quietly on stage
D.obeying his owner

A B C D

第三段。马对观众的反应非常敏感，这也是它的主人对它训练的结果。选项A是正确的。

4. The first paragraph of this passage is ______.

A.a first person account
B.a dramatic account
C.an understatement
D.a scientific finding

A B C D

第一段。第一段叙述了马在舞台上的令人不可思议的算术表演。选项B是正确的。

Memory is the ability to keep track of things that have happened in the past. Memory really is learning. One needs memory to ride a bicycle. A dog needs to remember if it is to come when called.
Memory is said to be stored in the brain as a "memory trace (记忆痕) ". What makes up this trace is not known. Some scientists believe that certain chemical substances may carry certain memories. For example, one substance, when given to rats, causes them to fear the dark.
Other research into memory has to do with how the brain works. Psychologists use three means to find out bow a person remembers. For example, give a person a grocery list. Let the person memorize the list, then put it away. The most natural way to find out how much a person remembers of the grocery list is to ask what he or she remembers. This is called the method of recall. Another method is called recognition. Give the person another grocery list. Ask him or her to choose items on the first list from the items that are on only the second list. Often a person will be able to recognize things that he or she cannot recall. A third method of finding how much a person remembers is called relearning. Here the person is asked to read over the first list. The person will probably learn the list the second time faster than he did the first time. The difference in the time it takes to relearn the list is thought of as measure of how much a person has remembered.
One way of remembering something is to repeat it many times. Interest is very important. Boring lists of facts are much more difficult to remember than something that we understand and are interested in. Motivation, or wanting to do something, is also important. Motivation is linked with reward. For example, a hungry animal quickly learns how to do something if that action gets the animal food. In humans, wanting to learn is often motivation. The praise of a teacher or the knowledge that an answer is correct is rewarding.

1. We can learn from the 2nd paragraph that ______.

A.bad memories may cause rats to fear the dark
B.it is hard to tell what a memory trace consists of
C.chemical substances carry certain memories
D.memory is stored in the brain as a substance

A B C D

第二段。文章说，人们还不知道这个痕迹是由什么构成的。虽然文章紧接着说有些科学家believe(认为)如何。但believe这个词显示了不肯定的含义。It is hard to tell很难说，也表示了不肯定。选项A，给老鼠某种物质可使它害怕黑暗，而不是不好的记忆会使它害怕黑暗。选项C，某些化学物质会导致某些记忆，但不是所有的化学物质都会导致某些记忆；而这并不是此段的中心内容。选项D，存在大脑中的记忆实际上是一种记忆痕，而不是一种物质。

2. The way to pick out the items on the first list from the second is known as ______.

A.recognition
B.recall
C.memorization
D.relearning

A B C D

第三段。三种方法检验大脑是如何工作的。第一种，给受试者一张购物单，让他记，然后看他能记多少。这种办法叫回忆(recall)。第二种，给受试者另一张购物单，让他在第二章购物单中找出曾在第一张购物单中出现的物品。这个办法叫识别(recognition)。第三种办法是让受试者反复记第一张购物单，第二遍比第一遍的速度要快。这个办法叫重复记忆(relearning)。

3. What is considered as a measure of how much one has remembered?

A.The length of the list.
B.The type of the items.
C.The time difference of relearning.
D.The time difference of brain working.

A B C D

第三段最后一句。在反复记忆的过程所花的时间的差异是衡量记忆多少的标准。

4. A good way to train an animal to do something quickly is to ______.

A.make the action easy
B.praise it in words
C.reward it with food
D.weaken its motivation

A B C D

最后一段。给动物食物以奖励它做某事，它就会很快记住。

Ⅴ Daily Conversation
Directions: Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. I miss you, too B. It's nice C. Oh, come on
D. for the world E. Sounds as if F. in the world
G. To tell you the truth H. I can't wait
John: Hi, Kim. I haven't seen you for ages. How are you?
Kim: I'm fine, thanks. I moved house recently, so I've been very busy.
John: (57) you need a rest! Listen, I'm having a Halloween party on Saturday night. Would you like to come?
Kim: It's very good of you to ask me, but I'm too busy. I still have a lot to do in the house.
John: (58) ! Everybody needs a break now and then.
Kim: Yes, you are right. 1 , I'm getting a bit fed up with it! When does your party start?
John: Around 8 o'clock in the evening.
Kim: Sounds great! 2 .
John: OK! I'll see you on Saturday, then.
Kim: I wouldn't miss it 3 .

Ⅵ Writing
Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100-120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.

1. 路边跪着一个学生模样的年轻女子，她面前放着一张纸，上面写着因父母突然病重而退学，希望好心人相助。写一篇短文描述此情景，并说明面对此事你如何做。

Nowadays, some people try hard to get money in a way of begging.
One day I saw a student-like girl kneeling at the side of the street with a large sheet of paper laid in front of her. We read and knew that both of her parents were seriously sick with no money for operations and she had to quit school. She knelt there for people’s help.
I’d like to help people who are in trouble but I would first check if what she said is true.

Ⅰ Phonetics

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Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure

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Ⅲ Cloze

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Ⅳ Reading Comprehension

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Ⅴ Daily Conversation

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Ⅵ Writing

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