2012年5月河南专升本公共英语模拟试卷及答案[1].docVIP

Part I. Vocabulary and Structure（40point） Directions：there are 40 incomplete sentences in this part，for each sentences there four choices marked a，b，c，and d. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence and tick it off on the answer sheet.1. With oil prices keeping _, people are hesitating whether to buy a car or not.A. rising B. arising C. raising D. arousing2. We were very disappointed at the _ to our advertisement, and our products didnt sell well.A. replies B. response C. answers D. words3. My suggestion yesterday was that a meeting _ to discuss the matter.A. should hold B. must be held C. would be held D. be held4. This is one of the best books _ on the subject.A. that have ever been writtenB. which have ever been writtenC. that has ever been written D. whatever have been written5. _ you dont know the rule wont be a sufficient excuse for your failure.A. It is B. That C. Because D. What6. No one can possibly recall any detail about the meeting. It is at least five years since it_.A. had taken placeB. was taken placeC. took placeD. was taking place7. Some people like drinking coffee, for it has _ effects.A. promoting B. stimulating C. enhancing D. encouraging8. After the war , a new school building was put up _ there had once been a theatre.A. that B. where C. which D. when9. A modern city has been set up in _ was a wasteland ten years ago .A. what B. which C. that D. where10. Professor Smith, along with his assistants, _ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.A. work B. working C. is working D. are working11. The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without _ his notes.A. bringing up B. referring to C. looking for D. trying on12. The Internet has brought _ big changes in the way we work.A. about B. out C. back D. up13. Her brother _ to leave her in the dark room alone when she disobeyed his order.A. declared B. threatened C. warned D. exclaimed14. A man is being questioned in relation to the _ murder.A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admired15. Modern plastics can _ very high and very low temperatures.A. stand B. hold C. carry D. support16. The news quickly spread through the village _ the war had ended.A. which B. what C. that D. where17. We hurried to the station _ find ourselves three hours earlier for the train.A. only to B. in order to C. so as to D. such as to18. I meant _ you , but Im afraid I forgot.A. ringing B. being ringing C. to ringing D. to ring19. Because of many mistakes, she was made _ these letters again.A. type B. to typing C. typed D. to type20. He began by showing us where the country was and went on _ us about its climate.A. telling B. to tell C. to telling D. to be told21. Once _ of the necessity of a move, he worked hard to find a new home.A. convinced B. be convinced C. convincing D. having convinced22. So many representatives _ , the conference had to be put off.A. were absent B. to be absent C. being absent D. had been absent23. In no case _ the students from exploring new ideas.A. we should prevent B. we could prevent C. should we prevent D. shouldnt prevent24. I dont think it advisable that Tom _ to the job since he has no experience.A. be assigned B. is assigned C. will be assigned D. has been assigned25. With all this work on hand, she _ to the dance party last night.A. oughtnt to go B. hadnt gone C. shouldnt have gone D. mustnt have gone26. As Christmas was coming, the town began a _ clearing on a large scale.A. through B. thorough C. though D. thought27. The river here is very wide but _, so you can walk across it.A. narrow B. arrow C. shallow D. hollow28. The streets were empty _ the policemen on duty.A. besides B. except C. excepting D. except for29. How did you pay the workers?As a rule , they were paid by _.A. the hour B. an hour C. hour D. the time30._ of the students in our class are from the north.A. Two ninth B. Second ninth C. Second nines D. Two ninths31. My father has classes _ day: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.A. each other B. every other C. this and the other D. all other32. He talks as if he _everything in the world.A. knows B. knew C. had known D. would have known33. Id _ you didnt touch that, if you dont mind.A. rather B. better C. happier D. further34. The magnificent museum is said_ about a hundred years ago.A. to be built B. to have been builtC. to have built D. to have being built35. The ability _is very important for any speaker.A. to hear clearly B. to be clearly heardC. to hearing clearly D. to being clearly heard36. We all feel sorry for _for so long after your arrival.A. keep you waiting B. having kept you waitingC. waiting for you D. keep you wait 37.At that time, the poor girl cant but _all her belongings at a low price. A. to sellB. sellC. sellingD. sold38. How the fire in the dancing hall started _ a mystery. A. to remainB. remainsC. remainD. is remaining39. I will never forget the ten years _ we both spent in the little village. A. whenB. during whichC. whichD. in which40. The United States is composed of fifty states, two of_ are separated from the others by landor water. A them B that C which D thosePart II. Cloze(20point)（2000年北京成人本科学士学位英语）Directions：There are 20 blanks in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked a, b , c and d. Choose the best one and tick it off on the ANSWER SHEET.Tourism has become a very big _41_. For Spain, Italy and Greece it is the largest_42_of foreign exchange, and _43_for Britain, it is the fourth. Faced _44_ this huge new income, no government can afford to look _45_ on the business; questions of hotelbath rooms, beach umbrellas and ice-cream sales are now _46_by ministers of tourismwith solemn expertise. Before the Second World War the tourist industry was widely _47_ as being unmanly and stupid. But _48_has become a new industry, as trade businessused _49_; in Spain, Italy, Greece and much of Eastern Europe, new road _50_have opened up in the country, first to tourists, and _51_ to industry and locals._52_of tourism is a nationalized industry, a _53_ part of national planning. In a place west of Marseilles, the French government is killing mosquitoes and _54_ six big vacation places to_55_nearly a million tourists. In Eastern Europe, a whole new seaside _56_ has sprung up _57_the last few years: the governments have greatly _58_when tourists from the West _59_from half a million four years _60_to nearly two million last year.41. A. firmB. business C. company D. affair42. A. factorB. resource C. sourceD. cause 43. A. evenB. yetC. alsoD. ever 44. A. in front ofB. ofC. withD. for45. A. upB. atC. forD. down46. A. determined B. discussedC. arguedD. sold 47. A. regardedB. saidC. talkedD. spread48. A. agriculture B. warC. tourismD. education 49. A. be doneB. doneC. to doD. to doing50. A. typesB. stylesC. buildingsD. systems51. A. thanB. laterC. thenD. latter 52. A. ManyB. AllC. NoneD. Much53. A. keyB. minorC. linkingD. questioning54. A. builtB. buildingC. to be builtD. have built 55. A. attractB. pullC. holdD. contain 56. A. civilizationB. cultureC. writingD. book 57. A. overB. forC. afterD. beyond 58. A. sufferedB. lostC. investedD. benefited59. A. addedB. dividedC. reducedD. multiplied60. A. sinceB. beforeC. agoD. afterPart III .Reading Comprehension(40point)Direction: Each of the passage below is followed by five question. For each question there are four answers marked a, b , c, and d. Choose the best answer to each of the question and tick it off on the ANSWER SHEETPassage oneIn ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome , testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctors degree.Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same question, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the developmentof modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers ,resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Generally, during examinations teachers and students are expected to actlike machines.One type of test is sometimes called an objective test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like correct answers to students who have not learned the material properly.61. In the Middle Ages students_.A. took objective tests B. specialized in one subjectC. were timed by electric clocks D. never wrote exams 62. The main idea of paragraph 3 is that_.A. workers now take examination B. the population has grownC. there are only written exams D. examinations are now written and timed 63. The kind of exams where students must select answers are_.A. personalB. spokenC. objectiveD. written 64. Modern industry must have developed_.A. before the Middle AgesB. around the 19th centuryC. in Greece or RomeD. machines to take tests 65. It may be concluded that testing_.A. should test only opinionsB. should always be writtenC. has changed since the Middle Ages D. is given only in factoriesPassage two The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting (报价), what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselors offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course , there are some other ways of making market investigations.66. In making market investigation , one should_.A. get enough information concerned B. advertise his productsC. produce high quality goods D. none of the above 67. The word indispensable in the first line means_.A. impossibleB. essentialC. advisableD. available68. Which of the following statements is not true? A. The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth. B. It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation. C. There are various ways of making market investigation. D. Production goes before market investigation.69. Making market investigation is very important Because_.A. in market, goods on sale are numerous B. every producer is facing keen competitionC. it can greatly promote sales D. all of the above70. All the following are channels to get market information except _.A. to have commercial counselors office of our embassies stationed abroadB. to promote the quality of our own productsC. to send trade groups abroad every now and thenD. to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen Passage three On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked , I have failed again. On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed.Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little as people read the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.Today, every American school child learns Lincolns Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.71. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was_.A. very criticalB. unpopularC. very popularD. very courteous 72. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was_.A. a famous speakerB. a very handsome manC. President of the country D. a popular statesman 73. It can be inferred from the text that_.A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didnt have much time to prepare his speechC. Lincolns speech was full of rich words D. Lincolns speech was very long74. It was a fact that Lincolns speech was _. A. an immediate successB. warmly applaudedC. a total failureD. not well-received at first75. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Lincolns Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.B. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is simple in style.C. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child. D. Lincolns Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.Passage four Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant flavor was added to the vitamin-enriched fluid, the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it ,even after the vitamins were switched to the clear water. In time, however ,they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria feeding arrangement, with a wide selection of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to select well-balanced diet.So, in selecting food, rats and babies do seem to know and act on whats best for them. Apparently, there is a kind of body wisdom,which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by long-established habits. Some people eat fox, dog and blackbirds ,while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them.76. In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rats drinking water to_.A. encourage rats to drink vitamin-enriched waterB. find out rats preference in flavor C. test whether rats know which drink is good for them D. demonstrate that vitamins are tasteless 77. The expression the habit (para.1, sentence 4) refers to drinking water which_.A. has no smellB. is tastelessC. has vitaminsD. is flavored 78. According to the passage ,adults eating habits differ from those of babies because_.A. adults know better than babies what kind of food are good for their healthB. adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foodsC. adults eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customsD. adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns 79. The author implied in the passage that most of us_. A. eat a balanced dietB. choose the food that is of nutritionC. have the habits