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1、大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟137大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟137专升本英语模拟137 Phonetics问题:1.A.cofeeB.deedC.beefD.seed答案:A问题:2.A.careB.fareC.hareD.are答案:D问题:3.A.troubleB.touchC.youngD.house答案:D问题:4.A.pieB.fillC.lieD.tie答案:B问题:5.A.noneB.danceC.lonelyD.thank答案:D画线部分读，其他选项的画线部分读n。 Vocabulary and Structure问题:1. Shes so _ that she

2、cried for days when her cat died.A.sensibleB.sensitiveC.touchedD.impressive答案:B本题为近义词辨析题。sensitive 意为“敏感的；灵敏的”；sensible 意为“可感觉到的；明智的”；touched 意为“受感动的”；而 impressive 意为“给人印象深刻的”。本句大意为：她很敏感，以至于当她的猫死的时候，她哭了好几天。问题:2. She would make a teacher far superior _ the average.A.overB.thanC.beyondD.to答案:Dsuperior

3、 to表“优于”。问题:3. These animals are more _ green colour; they always make for the tag with various shades of green.A.sensitive toB.anxious forC.keen onD.displeased with答案:Abe sensitive to意为“对敏感”。问题:4. I am looking forward _ Mike next week.A.to seeB.to seeingC.seeingD.see答案:BLook forward to doing sth盼望做

4、某事。选项B是正确的。问题:5. Hangzhou, _ we spent last spring, is one of the most beautiful cities in China.A.whereB.whichC.thatD.when答案:A若非限制性定语从句修饰表示地点的名词，则用where引导这个定语从句。问题:6. Had he worked harder, be _the exams.A.must have got throughB.would have got throughC.would get throughD.could get through答案:B从句是一个省略i

5、f的条件句，表示对过去事实的假设，用虚拟语气。问题:7. Walk another block and cross the traffic lights, you will see the museum right the left.A.byB.inC.onD.for答案:C问题:8. The thought _ he might be a scientist some day encouraged him to study hard.A.whetherB.thatC.howD.why答案:B问题:9. Ive forgotten what you said；will you_ me?A.re

6、mindB.recallC.threatenD.realize答案:A解析 remind sb(of sth)“提醒某人()。”问题:10. She _ in wearing that old - fashioned hat.A.insistsB.persistsC.assistsD.consists答案:B根据题意assists和consists均应排除；insist与on(upon)连用，只有B符合题目要求。问题:11. It is extremely urgent that they _ from the mountain before dark.A.must be rescuedB.s

7、hould rescueC.can be rescuedD.be rescued答案:D在句型“nit is urgentnecessaryimportant+从句”中，从句中要用虚拟语气，其构成是：should do,可以将should省略。问题:12. _ to put on warm coats, they ran out of the door.A.Even not pausingB.Not even pausingC.Even not to pauseD.Not to even pause答案:B本题为语法结构题，考分词结构和否定词 not。现在分词表示主动，用作伴随状语，说明一动作

8、发生时另一动作也同时发生。在分词结构中表示否定时，否定词 not 应该放在副词之前。本句大意为：他们甚至没来得及停下来穿上厚衣服，就跑出了门。问题:13. Help others whenever you can _ you will earn respect from others without difficulty.A.andB.orC.unlessD.but答案:A问题:14. _ among the peasants for many years, he knew them very well.A.WorkingB.Having workedC.To workedD.Being wo

9、rked答案:B问题:15. Peter didnt understand the problem until I _ him.A.advisedB.acquaintedC.enlightenedD.communicated答案:C本题测试动词辨义。advise意为“建议”；acquaint意为“使熟悉”；enlighten意为“启蒙，解答疑难”；communicate意为“交际”。本句大意为，直到我给彼得解答，他才理解了这个问题。 Cloze I shouldnt let it bother me. It really doesnt matter anyway. But it does bo

10、ther me ! All those people are preparing to 1 a new century, a new millennium (千年) as well. And it just isnt 2 ! Most of us schedule our lives by the Gregorian 3 . Our years are measured from the 4 of Christ. The first year of the first century is 1, or 1 A.D. The last year of that century is the ye

11、ar 100. Simple? Yes! A century is 100 5 long. A millennium is 1,000 years long, which is 6 ten centuries. Since the last year of the first century is the year 100, the first year of the 7 century is 101. Follow that pattern, century by century and youll get my 8 . The year 2000 is the last year of t

12、he twentieth century. After all, 9 thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twenty centuries. The year 2000 is the 10 , the final, the one thats still here, year of the twentieth century! I know, Im getting too 11 . But it isnt fair, While most people will really be enjoying this c

13、oming 12 celebration, those of us in the know will be yawning. Everyone else will be 13 for the new millennium and well be saying, Its not until next year. I dont agree with the 14 , Ignorance is bliss. But in this case, perhaps its 15 . 1.A.getB.bringC.celebrateD.cheer答案:C这篇文章讲的是新的世纪究竟从哪一年开始算的问题。为了

14、迎接新世纪的到来，人们要做的肯定是庆祝。Cheer欢呼，后通常跟介词。选项C是正确的。2.A.wrongB.soC.importantD.chocolate答案:B根据文章下面所说，作者不认为2000年是新的世纪的开始。所以，这里应是：并非如此。选项B是正确的。3.A.yearB.journalC.programD.calendar答案:DGregorian calendar格里高历日历。根据后面所说，这里讲的是日历的算法。选项D是正确的。4.A.birthB.deathC.lifeD.date答案:A这是一个常识问题，我们的年是从基督诞生之日算起。选项A是正确的。5.A.hoursB.day

15、sC.monthsD.years答案:D这也是一个常识问题。一个世纪是一百年。选项D是正确的。6.A.exactlyB.neverC.sometimesD.often答案:A这里强调其准确性。表示绝对、正好。选项A是正确的。7.A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth答案:B第一世纪是100年，第101年应该是第2世纪了。选项B是正确的。8.A.dinnerB.pointC.jokeD.soda答案:BPoint观点。这里指到现在你该明白我的意思了。选项B是正确的。9.A.aB.sevenC.twoD.which答案:C这是一个简单的数字的不同说法。选项C是正确的。10.A

16、.lastB.firstC.middleD.top答案:A根据第二段的算法，2000年应该是20世纪的最后一年。选项A是正确的。11.A.hungryB.handsomeC.inaccurateD.excited答案:D说到此，作者认为这是一个非常简单而清楚的问题，很容易说服别人。根据后面所说，作者明白事实并非如此，所以他觉得自己过于激动了。其他选项不合文章含义。选项D是正确的。12.A.ThanksgivingB.ChristmasC.New YearsD.weekend答案:C全篇讲的是新的一年的开始，应该是新年。选项C是正确的。13.A.amazingB.greetingC.cheeri

17、ngD.wondering答案:C前面提到聚会，后面提到新的千年，应是欢呼。选项C是正确的。14.A.wordsB.sayingC.speechD.definition答案:BSaying说法、格言，speech演讲，definition定义。选项B是正确的。15.A.sillyB.falseC.funnyD.true答案:D表示作者的无奈。如此简单的道理却无人接受，仍在兴高采烈地庆祝，真是福气。选项 D是正确的。 Reading Comprehension Uncle Sam is a tall, thin man. Hes an older man with white hair and

18、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 U.S. government? But why do you call the U.S. government Uncle Sam? During the War of 1812, the U.S. government hired meat pac

19、kers 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 U,S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look o

20、ver Sams company. They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke, the worker answered that these letter 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

21、 the government Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam became a nickname for the U.S. 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 no beard. The beard was added when Abraham

22、 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 U.S. Army. 1. Uncle Sam often wears a tall

23、 hat, _ , and the stars and stripes of the American flag.A.dark hairB.a bow tieC.a boxD.a shirt答案:B参见第一段。2. Government inspectors came to _ Sams meat-packing company.A.askB.stand forC.look overD.see答案:C由“inspector”可知，这些人是来视察、检查的，所以选C。3. In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam _ .A.he wore the stars

24、 and stripesB.he never had a beardC.he had no hairD.he wore a bow tie答案:A参见倒数第二段。4. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large U.S. for _ .A.Uncle SamB.United StatesC.SoldiersD.America答案:B参见第四段。 As protector of her familys health, the poineer woman confronted situations she never

25、 imagined before crossing the Mississippi. Few women came West prepared to deal with desert sunburn, rattlesnake bites, or arrow wounds. Even when doctors were available, they were of- ten no more knowledgeable than their patients. And most patent (专利) medicines were no more reliable than the itiner

26、ant (巡游) merchants who sold them. In certain cases, a woman could draw upon the folk wisdom and remedies she had learned back home; Western mosquitoes, for example, proved to be as repelled by a paste of vinegar and salt as were their Eastern cousins. More often, however, a woman was guided only by

27、her own ingenuity in concocting (调制的) tonics (补药), powders, poisons, and polishes from whatever she had at land: salt made a passable toothpaste, gunpowder was applied to wants, and turpentine to open cuts, goose grease, skunk oil, and the ever present lard were basic liniments; medicinal teas and t

28、onics were brewed from sunflower seeds and roots. 1. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?A.Many people who went West were doctors.B.Medicine and the people who sold it were not reliable.C.Many pioneer women died from bites inflicted by snakes and mosquitoes.

29、D.Pioneer women had to invent their own remedies when they moved West.答案:D2. According to the passage, why were doctors in the West sometimes unable to help their patients?A.They did not know how to treat the unfamiliar illnesses.B.They were more interested in establishing practices in the cities.C.

30、They were more concerned with doing research than with treating patients.D.They were often overcome by diseases caught from their patients.答案:A3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about patent medicines?A.They did not cost much.B.They helped heal snake bites.C.They did not work

31、 very well.D.They had a strong taste.答案:C4. It can be inferred that most of the pioneers referred to in the passage were originally from where in the United States?A.The desert.B.The West.C.The State of Mississippi.D.The East.答案:D Basketball is still a young game. in the winter or 1891, a certain co

32、llege was having trouble with its boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them often got into fights from time to time. Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E.

33、 Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court was not very large. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast. exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball.

34、It was played between two teams. To make score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wail. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had

35、 to use fruit basket in- stead. That is how the game got its name. 5. In fact, it has just a history of _.A.less than two hundred yearsB.more than a hundred yearsC.less than a centuryD.nearly a century答案:B解析 本题属推理分析题。通读全文后可知：篮球在1891年的冬天被发明，故它有一百多年的历史了。6. _today, basketball was invented as an indoor

36、game at first.A.Though its often played outsideB.Because its often played outsideC.since its always played outsideD.Although its never played inside答案:A解析 本题属细节题。由文章第二段最后一句中的such a game.in doors可知：最初篮球是在室内玩的。7. Naismith had thought of using a box in the game, yet he gave up the idea before long and

37、fixed something different _ on the wall.A.the wallB.a kind of ball gameC.a fruit basketD.the basketball team答案:C解析 本题属细节题。文章第三段倒数第二句已明确点明。8. Indeed the name of the new game _ what the ball should be thrown into in a match.A.had nothing to do withB.had something not much to do withC.had a few things

38、to doD.had something to do with答案:D解析 本题属深层理解题。文章第三段倒数第二句已指出：Naismith没找到合适的盒子时，他不得不用篮子来代替，也就是说，在实践过程中，篮球才逐渐被使用的。 An employer has several choices he can consider when he wants to hire a new employee. First, he may look within his own company. But if none of the present employees are suitable for the

39、position, he will have to look outside the company. If his company has a personnel office, he can ask them to help find qualified applicants. There are other valuable sources the employer can use, such as employment agencies, professional societies and so on. He can also advertise in the newspapers

40、and magazines and ask prospective candidates to send in resumes. The employer has two kinds of qualifications to consider when he wants to choose from among applicants. He must consider both professional qualifications and personal characteristics. A candidates professional qualifications include hi

41、s education, experience and skills. These can be listed on a resume. Personal characteristics must be evaluated through interviews. 1. This passage mainly tells us _.A.there are many applications looking for a jobB.how an employer hires his employeesC.employer hires a new employee within his company

42、D.employer can advertise in newspapers and magazines答案:B这是文章的中心思想。2. When an employer wants to hire a new employee, he will consider _.A.the applicants professional qualificationB.the applicants personalitiesC.the applicants education and family backgroundD.both A and B答案:D参见句子：He must consider both

43、 professional qualifications and personal characteristic3. Professional qualification does not include _.A.good healthB.skillsC.experienceD.education答案:A参见句子：A candidates professional qualifications include his education，experience and skills4. We can conclude that a candidate who _ is in a better p

44、osition to be hired.A.has worked for two monthsB.has had college educationC.is getting trainingD.is fond of sports答案:B参见最后一段。 Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene 答案:A6. According to the study

45、, organic food is _ than conventionally produced food.A.much healthierB.betterC.no healthierD.less healthier答案:C7. Sales of organic food have fallen because of _A.high priceB.economic declineC.bad serviceD.poor quality答案:B8. Where can you find this passage in a newspaper?A.EconomyB.Science.C.Food 答案

46、:C Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carers for siblings, or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them. Thousands more are not registered at any school at all, because of their families unstabl

47、e lives. Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths. First of all, the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves. Secondly, once children go to school, we need to make sure that the experience is a positive

48、one so that they want to keep on going. In Britain, the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade schools to bring truants and excluded children back into the classroom. It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help the

49、se children. Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign, too: the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school, and has

50、given the police power to pick up truants on the streets. truant = a child who does not go to school when he or she should. 1. According to the text, there are thousands of children who _.A.run away from schoolB.live in stable familiesC.are not registered at any schoolD.stay at home doing the housew

51、ork答案:C第一段。由于家庭生活的不稳定，超过数干的孩子甚至没有在学校注册。2. Part of the problem is _.A.that people feel very emotionalB.that parents worry their children at schoolC.that these children think education is a waste of timeD.that there are not enough police to pick up truants on the streets答案:C第二段。最后一句中的positive experien

52、ce意为“有用的知识”。全句大意是“对孩子来说，如果在学校学到的知识对他们有用，他们将愿意在学校学下去”，而不是去浪费时间。3. The Ministry of Education will take away a schools grant if _.A.they do not reach their objectivesB.they do not contact parentsC.children escape from schoolD.they meet their targets答案:A第三段。英国教育部设置了一种奖励制度，如果学校能将一定数目的应该念书的孩子劝回学校，该校就可获得一定

53、的奖励。4. The Home Office _.A.has given powers to the police to pick up parentsB.will give money to parents to send children to schoolC.will go to the family and persuade parents and their childrenD.will punish parents who fail to send their children to school答案:D最后一段。家庭办公室也实施一种政策，即不送孩子进校念书的家长要被罚款，并赋予警

54、察权力。警察可以抓游荡在街上的学龄儿童。 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

55、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 w