西南财经大学网络教育专升本英语入学考试模拟题及答案(完形填空题)

完型填空题

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The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet, including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually ,e-commerce does not___1___from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone，"mail order" catalogs，or sending a purchase order to suppper via fax. E-commerce fplows the same model___2___in other business transactions; the difference ___3___in the details.

To a consumer， the most visible form of e-commerce consists of onpne ordering. A customer begins with a catalog of possible items，__4__an item, arranges a form of payment， and_5_an order. Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be___6___on the Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to be sent___7___a computer network. Finally， instead of sending a paper representation of payment such as a check, e-commerce __8__one to send payment information electronically.

In the decade after 1993， e-commerce grew from an _9__ novelty(新奇事物)to a mainstream business influence. In 1993， few ___10___ had a web page， and __11__ a handful allowed one to order products or services onpne. Ten years later，both large and small businesses had web pages， and most ___12___ users with the opportunity to place an order. ___13___ , many banks added onpne access, and onpne banking and bill paying became __14__ . More importantly, the value of goods and services ___15___over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997.

1.A)distract B) descend C)differ D) derive

答案：C

2.A) appeared B) used C) resorted D) served

答案：B

3.A) situates B) pes C) roots D) locates

答案：B

4.A) reflects B) detects C) protects D) selects

答案：D

5.A) sends in B) puts out C) stands for D) carries away

答案：A

6.A) visible B) responsible C) feasible D) sensible

答案：A

7.A) beside B) over C) beyond D) up

答案：B

8.A) appeals B) admits C) advocates D) allows

答案：D

9.A) optional B) invapd C) occasional D) insignificant

答案：D

10.A) communities B) corps C) corporations D) compounds

答案：C

11.A) largely B) spghtly C) spely D) only

答案：D

12.A) offered B) convinced C) equipped D) provided

答案：D

13.A) Instead B) Nevertheless C) However D) Beside

答案：D

14.A) different B) flexible C) widespread D) productive

答案：C

15. A) acquired B) adapted C) practiced D) proceeded

答案：A

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From childhood to pd age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1 , they were pke newborn children, unable to use this valuable top. Yet once language developed, the possibipties for human kinds future 2 and cultural growth increased.

Many pnguists bepeve that evpution is 3 for our abipty to produce and use language. They claim that our highly evpved brain provides us 4 an innate language abipty not found in lower organisms. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 5 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 6 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 7 times for language development.

Current 8 of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abipties is undeniable. 9 , more and more schops are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in the lower grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 10 to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 11 of their first language have become firmly fixed.

Although some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 12 from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that 13 with other human beings isnecessary for proper language development. Some pnguists bepeve that this is even more basic to human language 14 than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. 15 , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.

1.A.generated B.evpved C.born D.originated

答案：B

2.A.attainments B.feasibiptyC.entertainments D.evpution

答案：A

3.A.essential B.available C.repable D.responsible

答案：D

4.A.for B.from C.of D.with

答案：D

5.A.potential B.performance C.preference D.passion

答案：A

6.A.as B.just as C.pke D.unpke

答案：A

7.A.idepogical B.bipogical C.social D.psychpogical

答案：B

8.A.reviews B.reference C.reaction D.recommendation

答案：A

9.A.In a word B.In a sense C.Indeed D.In other words

答案：C

10.A.revealed B.exposed C.engaged D.invpved

答案：B

11.A.regulations B.formationsC.rules D.constitutions

答案：C

12.A.distinguished B.differentC.protected D.ispated

答案：D

13.A.exposition B.comparison C.contrastD.interaction

答案：D

14.A.acquisition B.appreciation C.requirementD.alternative

答案：A

15.A.As a result B.After allC.In other words D.Above all

答案：C

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In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whpe vocabulary. First, there are those words 1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we 2 ,that is to say, from the members of our own family and from our famipar associates, and which we should know and use 3 we could not read or write. They 4 the common things of pfe, and are the stock in trade of all who 5 the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since they belong to the people 6 and are not the exclusive share of a pmited class. On the other hand, our language 7 a multitude of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is pttle 8 to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 9 acquaintance with them comes not from our mother’s 10 or from the talk of our schop-mates, 11 from books that we read, lectures that we 12 ,or the more formal conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular 13 in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual 14 of everyday pfe. Such words are called “learned”, and the 15 between them and the “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding of pnguistic process.

1.A.at B. with C. by D. through

答案：B

2.A.study B. imitate C. stimulate D. learn

答案：D

3.A.even B. despite C. even if D. in spite of

答案：C

4.A.mind B. concern C. care D. invpve

答案：B

5.A.hire B. apply C. adopt D. use

答案：D

6.A.in pubpc B. at most C. at large D .at best

答案：C

7.A.consists B. comprises C. constitutes D. composes

答案：B

8.A.prospect B. way C. reason D. necessity

答案：D

9.A.primary B. first C. principal D. prior

答案：B

10.A.tips B. mouth C. pps D. tongue

答案：C

11.A.besides B. and C. or D. but

答案：D

12.A.hear of B. attend C. hear from D. psten

答案：B

13.A.theme B. topic C. idea D. point

答案：B

14.A.border B. pnk C. degree D. extent

答案：D

15.A.diversion B. distinction C. diversity D. similarity

答案：B

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Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 1 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 2 ofits own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 3 ,or by whom. But it began to be heard in the early 1900s.Jazz is Americas contribution to 4 music. In contrast to classical music, which 5 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 6 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz sounded pke America, and 7 it does today. The origins of this music are as interesting as the music 8 . American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 9 .They were brought to Southern States as slaves. They were spd to plantation owners and forced to work long 10 .When a Negro died his friend and relatives 11 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 12 .

On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, spemn music suited to the occasion. 13 on the way home the mood changed. Spirits pfted. Death had removed one of their relations, but the pving were glad to beapve. The band played 14 music, improvising(即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 15 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

1.A.By B. At C. In D. On

答案：B

2.A.music B. song C. melody D. style

答案：D

3.A.discovered B. acted C. invented D. designed

答案：C

4.A.classical B. sacred C. popular D. pght

答案：C

5.A.forms B. fplows C. approaches D. introduces

答案：B

6.A.expressing B. explaining C. exposing D. illustrating

答案：A

7.A.as B. so C. either D. neither

答案：A

8.A.concerned B. itself C. available D. oneself

答案：B

9.A.players B. fplowers C. fans D. pioneers

答案：D

10.A.months B. weeks C. hours D. times

答案：C

11.A.demonstrated B. composed C. hosted D. formed

答案：D

12.A.demonstration B. procession C. body D. march

答案：B

13.A.Even B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. But

答案：D

14.A.sad B. spemn C. happy D. funeral

答案：C

15.A.whistled B. sung C. presented D. showed

答案：C