南开大学网络教育专升本英语入学模拟题一

专升本入学《英语》模拟题一

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (25%)

1.We have to produce more food to ________ the demand of the ever-growing population.

a. suit b. fix c. meet d. respond

2.I am ________ of the same old breakfast every morning.

a. worn out b. tired c. ill d. exhausted

3.Six o’clock is his ________ hour for getting up.

a. frequent b. regular c. uniform d. settled

4.The committee ________ a conclusion only after days of discussion.

a. achieved b. reached c. arrived d. completed

5.________, that step is not safe!

a. Look around b. Look out c. Look up d. Look down

6.In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept ________ all night.

a. noisily b. sensitively c. soundly d. quickly

7.Nothing that I can see ________ what you have described.

a. compares b. relates c. resembles d. consists

8.George took ________ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

a. advantage b. profit c. interest d. charge

9.Those opinions are now out of ________.

a. fashion b. mood c. order d. form

10.His theory is very difficult, but ________ people understand it.

a. a few b. few c. a pttle d. pttle

11.He wants to read a book, ________ is most unusual for him.

a. which b. that c. this d. what

12.You have the right to pve ________ you want.

a. there b. in which c. where d. here

13.If the sun ________ the players could have finished the game.

a. had shone b. did shine c. were shining d. shone

14.Oh, ________ you have drawn!

a. what beautiful a picture b. how beautiful a picture

c. what a beautiful picture d. how a beautiful picture

15.It was in 1961 ________ John F. Kennedy became president of the United States.

a. when b. and c. that d. then

16.I found that she ________ pved in that apartment.

a. no any longer b. no longer c. not any longer d. not longer

17.I didn’t hear ________ because there was too much noise where I was sitting.

a. what did he say b. what he said

c. what was he saying d. what for him to say

18.________ I look old, I have not lost the use of my pmbs.

a. Though b. In spite of c. Despite d. No matter

19.At first, I didn’t recognize her because she ________ at least fifty pounds.

a. lost b. might lose c. had lost d. would lose

20.Peter said that he wouldn’t mind ________ the windows.

a. my opening b. I open c. me to open d. for me to open

21.She had ________ idea what I meant.

a. few b. not c. no d. a pttle

22.I have been to the West Lake three times ________ 1970.

a. since b. from c. until d. after

23.I suggest that she ________ another day.

a. will come b. comes c. came d. should come

24.I was very tired. Otherwise, I ________ to the theater with you.

a. had gone b. would go c. went d. would have gone

25.Does he speak Engpsh or Russian? –He doesn’t speak ________.

a. either b. neither c. all d. none

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: pterature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first award ceremony.

Nobel’s original legacy of nine milpon dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000.

Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes poptics plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few pterature prizes.

No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

26.When did the first award ceremony take place?

a. 1895 b. 1901 c. 1962 d. 1968

27.Why was the Nobel prize estabpshed?

a.To recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity.

b.To resolve poptical differences.

c.To honor the inventor of dynamite.

d.To spend money.

28.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a.Awards vary in monetary value.

b.Ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel’s invention.

c.Poptics can play an important role in selecting the winners.

d.A few individuals have won two awards.

29.In which area have Americans received the most awards?

a. pterature b. peace c. economics d. science

30.In how many fields are prizes bestowed?

a. 2 b. 5 c. 6 d. 10

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

My formula for staying young is simple: concentrate on the part of you that’s young and growing—your brain. Keep your mind awake and you’ll stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you, and make a point of learning at least one new thing every day.

Regardless of your age, it’s not too late to make your pfe more interesting. I know a housewife with no previous knowledge who made herself into an outstanding industrial designer; I know a retired electrical engineer who has become a highly paid ceramic artist.

Get over the notion that you are ever too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at 70. He got his degree with honors and became an eminent physician. Another man went to law school 71 and is now an active lawyer.

In spite of years, staying young is easy for those who pve in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active; that’s the only youth epxir guaranteed to work.

31.The statement that our brain remains young and growing regardless of age is ________.

a. an impossibipty b. a scientific fact

c. a supposition d. a ridiculous conclusion

32.It is wrong to ________.

a.think oneself too old to go back to school

b.keep one’s mind awake

c.try to stay young

d.get one’s degree with honors

33.The passage states that a man who entered college at 70 became ________.

a. an active lawyer b. an electric engineer

c. a distinguished doctor d. a highly paid ceramic artist

34.The only youth epxir is to ________.

a. go back to school b. forget one’s own age

c. keep in touch with young people d. keep one’s mind awake and active

35.All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________.

a.human brain never gets old with age

b.every person should take up a new occupation when he becomes old

c.staying young is not difficult if one is wilpng to try

d.there is always something to learn if you have an interest in what’s going on around you

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

The Egyptian kingdom was not self-contained but traded widely with the outside world, using the enormous surpluses of wheat grown on the rich valley soil to profit from high prices resulting from famine in various parts of the Mediterranean world. Relations with the neighboring and in some ways similar civipzation of Mesopotamia were always close, though often hostile. Syria and Palestine suffered much in bibpcal times from the competition of the two world powers of the day. For long, Egypt ruled over Syria but gradually its power decpned and it was itself conquered, first by the Assyrians (663 B. C.) and then for a longer term by the Persians (525-332 B. C.).

36.This passage is mainly about ________.

a. the early history of Egypt b. wheat trade between Egypt and its neighbors

c. the fall of Egypt d. famine in the Mediterranean world

37.Egypt sold its wheat at a high price because ________.

a.the Mediterranean nations were at war

b.the wheat was of high quapty

c. Egypt had control over the neighboring countries

d. the neighboring countries were badly in need of food

38.Egypt’s relations with its neighbors were ________.

a. close and friendly b. close but hostile

c. friendly though sometimes hostile d. hostile but sometimes friendly

39.By “the two world powers” the author means ________.

a. Egypt and Syria b. Egypt and Persia

c. Syria and Palestine d. Assyria and Persia

40.Which of the following statements is true?

a.The famine in the Mediterranean countries brought about damaging results to Egyptian farming.

b.Egypt had developed an entirely different culture from its neighbors.

c.Egypt turned out much more wheat every year than its people could eat.

d.Egypt ruled over Assyria and Persia before 633 B. C.

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

How men first learned to invent words is unknown. In other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unpke animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feepngs, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agree upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words, then pes in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we pve, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increase.

41.How language began is ________.

a. a legend handed down from the past b. a matter that is hidden and secret

c. a question difficult to answer d. a problem not yet solved

42.Why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that ________.

a. they could agree upon certain things b. they could communicate with each other

c. they could write them down d. they could combine them

43.The meaning of words comes from their ________.

a. letters b. differences c. sounds d. associations

44.By “association”, the author means ________.

a. a joining of ideas in the minds b. a special quapty

c. a strange feature d. an appearance which is puzzpng

45.Which of the following statements is true?

a.The more we read and learn, the more ignorant we are.

b.The more we read and learn, the more sensitive we become.

c.The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.

d.The more we read and learn, the more confused we will be.

Part III Cloze (15%)

Cotton, pke silk, was discovered and made (46)________ cloth by man before the historical period began. Its first recorded use was in India, (47)________ cotton cloth of very fine texture, almost as fine as silk, was made. When the Spanish (48)________ in the New World, they found that the Incas, the Mayas, and the Aztecs knew (49)________ cotton cloth. Some of the cotton cloth made in Peru, even before the days of the Incas, (50)________ that it is kept in museums.

Cotton is the most important of all textiles. Even now, with many artificial materials (51)________, more than half of all textile products are made of cotton.

Cotton comes (52)________ a plant of that name. When the plant is mature, the cotton grows in a white ball around the seed. To (53)________ the cotton for market, the seed must be removed from the cotton fiber. This (54)________ by a machine called the cotton gin. Then the cotton is (55)________ into huge bundles called bales, (56)________ are sent to the mills. (57)________ the fibers are combed (58)________ they will all be turned in the same direction. (59)________, the fibers are spun into thread. From the thread, the cotton is woven into (60)________.

46.a. into b. out of c. from d. through

47.a. there b. where c. which d. that

48.a. arrived b. reached c. returned d. came

49.a. to how make b. how to make c. how was made d. how making

50.a. very fine b. so fine c. is very fine d. is so fine

51.a. available b. given c. required d. ready

52.a. from b. through c. out of d. into

53.a. prepare b. leave c. grow d. start

54.a. is done b. is made c. done d. made

55.a. placed b. packed c. set d. crowded

56.a. that b. those c. which d. they

57.a. Where b. There c. In which d. These

58.a. so as b. such that c. as that d. so that

59.a. Secondly b. After c. Next d. Lately

60.a. clothes b. cloth c. clothing d. dress

Part IV Translation (10%)

61.If you want to find out about the manners of your foreign friends, you will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own.

62.Above all, in an ideal home, the members of the family must treat one another sincerely. They pke to get together and communicate with one another in a democratic way and without any unreasonable arguments or quarrels.

63.Scientists are trying to design some small cars that may some day take the place of today’s big automobiles.

64.The rescue effort has now focused on providing food, shelter and drinking water for the milpons of people affected by the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province.

65.Ministers plan legislation this autumn to guarantee agency staff equal treatment but this depends on a similar EU directive being passed before then.

Part V Writing (10%)

Directions: Write an essay on the topic “Bad Eating Habits” and base your essay on the outpne below. Your essay should be about 100 words.

1.不良的饮食习惯有什么坏处

2.举例(至少两例)说明哪些习惯属于不良的饮食习惯

3.我们应该克服不良的饮食习惯