[大学英语考试复习资料]专升本英语模拟161_1

1、大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟161大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟161专升本英语模拟161 PhoneticsDirections: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C ant! D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark

2、 your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.问题:1.A.forgetB.forestC.foreignD.foreleg答案:A问题:2.A.fluteB.supposeC.autumnD.difficult答案:A问题:3.A.cottonB.historyC.memoryD.potato答案:D问题:4.A.broughtB.roughC.boughtD.thought答案:B问题:5.A.boatB.broadC.goalD.road答案:B Vocabulary and Structure

3、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 ANSWER SHEET I.问题:1. Summer in _ south of France are dry and sunny.A.theB.aC.anD./答

4、案:A问题:2. The book is so _ I returned to the library without finishing it.A.boring thatB.bored thatC.boring whenD.bored as答案:A问题:3. _ of years ago, whales lived _ land and walked on four legs.A.Millions. onB.Million. inC.Millions. on theD.Million. on答案:A问题:4. It was _ last week _ I knew the news.A.un

5、til. thatB.not until. whenC.not until. thatD.until. since答案:C问题:5. Mrs. Smith warned her son _ after drinking.A.never to driveB.to never driveC.never drivingD.drive答案:A问题:6. The changes in the city will cost us a lot of money, _ they will save us money in the future.A.orB.sinceC.forD.but答案:D问题:7. On

6、e of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, and _ white.A.the other isB.the otherC.anotherD.another is答案:B问题:8. I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in my life _ so happy.A.did I feelB.I feltC.had I feltD.I had left答案:C问题:9. Though he had often made his little sister _, today he wa

7、s made _ by his little sister.A.cry, to cryB.crying, cryingC.cry, cryD.to cry, cry答案:A问题:10. The flowers are so beautiful that I would do _ I can to save them.A.whateverB.thatC.whicheverD.which答案:A问题:11. He said the pain had grown worse on their _ to the hospital.A.roadB.streetC.directionD.way答案:D问题

8、:12. The worlds population is becoming _.A.larger and largerB.more and moreC.faster and fasterD.more terrible答案:A问题:13. Heres a man who just breaks into a bank and helps himself _ so much money.A.toB.byC.forD.on答案:A问题:14. Instead of _ sights, Edison would spend the time _ in the public library.A.see

9、ing, readingB.see, readC.to see, to readD.seeing, to read答案:A问题:15. He does not like music, does he?_A.Yes, he doesntB.No, he isntC.No, he doesntD.Yes, he is答案:C ClozeDirections: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitabl

10、e and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I. What do we mean 1 a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there arc speakers of it. 2 two speakers speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences 3 th

11、em, and the pronunciation of English varies a great deal in different geographical 4 . How do we decide what sort of English to use 5 a model? This is not a question that can be 6 in the same way for all foreign learners of English. When you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, 7 t

12、here is a long 8 of speaking English 9 general communication purposes, you should 10 to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a fashion in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or 11 of the sort. 12 the other hand, if you live in a country 13 there is no t

13、raditional use of English, you must take as your model some form of native English pronunciation. It does not 14 very much which form you choose. The most 15 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can hear most often. 1.A.withB.forC.byD.in答案:C2.A.NotB.NoC.NoneD.Nor答案:B3.A.betweenB.form

14、C.sortD.way答案:A4.A.areasB.partsC.countriesD.spaces答案:A5.A.asB.likeC.forD.in答案:A6.A.givenB.respondedC.satisfiedD.answered答案:D7.A.thatB.whereC.whichD.when答案:B8.A.customB.useC.traditionD.habit答案:C9.A.toB.forC.fromD.of答案:B10.A.aimB.proposeC.selectD.tend答案:D11.A.everythingB.nothingC.anythingD.things答案:C1

15、2.A.OnB.AtC.InD.For答案:A13.A.whereB.thatC.whichD.wherever答案:A14.A.careB.affectC.troubleD.matter答案:D15.A.effectiveB.sensitiveC.ordinaryD.careful答案:A Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are fo

16、ur suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.Passage One A child of five is friendly, competent and obedient, although he may be bossy with other children and is sometimes sufficiently independent to call his mother names. H

17、e is still dependent on adult approval and praise, and so orientated (对感兴趣) to the grown-up that he tells tales without seeing the other childs point of view. There is no real discussion yet fives talking together indulge in a collective monologue (独白); quarrelling with words often begins towards th

18、e end of the year. Group play is often disrupted because everyone wants to be the mother or the bride or the captain of the fire brigade. Each child has an urgent need for constantly recurring (反复的) contact with an adult in spite of all his efforts to be independent. In his unsureness he may make st

19、atements about his own cleverness and beauty, hoping that the adult will praise him: this is not conceit but a cry for reassurance. He loves to say Watch what I can do. Reality and fantasy are still intermingled and this confusion may lead him to elaborate on facts. 1. It is implied in the passage t

20、hat a competent child _.A.does what he is toldB.plays with other childrenC.can perform certain taskD.tells other children what to do答案:D2. A five-year-old child sometimes shows his independence by _.A.making friendsB.calling his mother namesC.seeking adult approval and praiseD.being bossy with other

21、 children答案:B3. The passage points out that when everyone wants to be the mother or the bride, group play is often _.A.broken upB.spoiledC.interruptedD.halted for a moment答案:A4. Which of the following is not conceit but a cry for reassurance?A.An urgent need for contact with adult.B.A childs efforts

22、 to be independent.C.A childs unsureness.D.A childs making statements about his own cleverness.答案:DPassage Two Perhaps there is only the moon to compare with it. Of all the achievements of American engineering, only the landing on the moon and the planting there of a wrinkled flag can rival the cons

23、truction of Panama Canal as an epoch-making accomplishment. The Suez Canal, the trans-Siberian Railroad and the Taj Mahal all pale beside it. The canals construction is more closely akin to the pyramids of Egypt in its scope and difficulty of execution, but in the modern era, there is only the moon.

24、 Like the landing on the moon, the construction of a canal across the narrow Isthmus of Panama was a dream long before it became reality. As early as 1534, Charles I of Spain proposed a canal at Panama, but it would take nearly 400 years for builders to catch up with his imagination. When the canal

25、finally was proposed required all the creativity the twentieth century could muster. It was the largest public work ever attempted. Its engineers had to control a wild river, cut the continental divide, construct the largest dam and man made lake known to that date and swing the largest locks ever c

26、onstructed from the biggest cement structures then poured. Along the way, two of the worlds most devastating diseases had to be wiped out in one of their greatest strongholds. And all of this was to be done without the airplane or the automobile: Kitty Hawk rose into the head-lines in 1903the same y

27、ear the U. S. signed a treaty with Panamaand there was no read across the isthmus until the World War . If Panama has had an unusual role in bygone dreams, it most certainly has a startling relationship to the hard facts of geography. The country is farther east than most people imaginethe canal and

28、 about half of Panama actually lie east of Miami. Because of the countrys shallow S shape and east-west orientation, it has places where the sun rises in the Pacific and sets in the Atlantic. More significantly, Panama is squeezed into the narrowest portion of Central. At the canal, just 43 miles of

29、 land separate Atlantic and Pacific shores. Perhaps even more important, Panama offers the lowest point in the North American continental divideoriginally 312 feet above sea level at the canals Culebra Cut. By comparison, the lowest pass in the United States is nearly 5,000 feet. 1. In scope and dif

30、ficulty, the canals construction was most closely alike to that of the _.A.Suez CanalB.trans-Siberian RailroadC.Taj MahalD.pyramids of Egypt答案:D2. A canal in Panama was first proposed in the _.A.1, 300SB.1, 500SC.1, 6008D.1, 700S答案:B3. The canal was built with the help of _.A.the airplaneB.the autom

31、obileC.both the plane and the automobileD.neither the plane nor the automobile答案:D4. Which of these statements is true?A.About half of Panama lies east of Miami.B.Panama is squeezed into the narrowest portion of Central America.C.Panama offers the lowest point in the North American continental divid

32、e.D.All of the above are true.答案:DPassage Three Oceanography has been defined as The application of all sciences to the study of the sea. Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his

33、writings, but he was reluctant (不愿意) to go to sea to further his work. For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travellers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath

34、 the surface. The first time that the question What is at the bottom of the oceans? had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile (起伏形状) of the route to estimate the length

35、of cable that had to be manufactured. It was to Maury of the U. S. Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853 for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlant

36、ic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea. The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was

37、found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea. Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of

38、 samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895. 1. The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly _.A.for oceanographic studiesB.for military purposesC.for business conside

39、rationsD.for investigating the depths of the oceans答案:C2. It was _ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies.A.the American NavyB.some early intercontinental travellersC.those who earned a living from the seaD.the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable答案:D3. The aim of voyages Maur

40、y encouraged in the 1840s was _.A.to make some sound experiments in the oceansB.to collect samples of sea plants animalsC.to estimate the length of cable that was to be madeD.to measure the depths of two oceans答案:D4. Defied in the 5th paragraph probably means _.A.doubtedB.gave proof toC.challengedD.

41、agreed to答案:CPassage Four Ever since humans have live on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in

42、which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to resort to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very vivid and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language transmits ideas or

43、 thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of indicating that the part is only joking. A nod Signifies approval, while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction. Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dot

44、s read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals, Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings. 1. Which of the following state

45、ments best summarizes this passage?A.When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.B.Everybody uses only one form of Communication.C.Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.D.Although other forms, apart from language of communication exist, they are of little v

46、alue.答案:A2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.There are many forms of communication in existence today.B.Language is the most common form of communication.C.Tourists are incapable of using an oral form of communication.D.Ideas and thoughts can be transmitted by body language.答案:C3. Whi

47、ch form other than era4 speech could be most commonly used among blind people?A.Picture signs.B.Braille.C.Body language.D.Signal flags.答案:B4. Sign language is said to be very vivid and exact and can be used internationally except for _.A.spellingB.ideasC.whole wordsD.expressions答案:APassage Five Anyo

48、ne who has ever attended a university knows that the quality of lecturers varies greatly. A few are very effective communicators, conveying the substance of their lectures clearly and interestingly and inspiring students to want to know more about the subject. Others produce dull lectures from which

49、 the students learn little and which are likely to kill any interest they may have in the subject. Lecturing is a major part of a university lecturers job and it would seem reasonable that effectiveness in this task should be a major standard in assessing a lecturer for promotion. However, it is ver

50、y often the case that far more weight is given to such factors as participation in research, number of publications and even performance of administrative duties. My point of view is that a lecturers lecturing should be regularly evaluated and that the best people to carry out this evaluation are th

51、ose directly on the receiving end. It could, of course, be argued that students are not competent to evaluate the academic quality of lectures, If anyone should evaluate lecturers, it should be their colleagues. However, I am not arguing that students should be asked to comment on the academic conte

52、nt of lectures, but to evaluate the effectiveness. I suspect that many of the objections to student evaluation stem from the fear some lecturers have of being subject to criticism by their students. However, lecturers should see such evaluation as an opportunity to become aware of defects in their l

53、ecturing techniques and thus to become better lecturers. Such a system should benefit both students and lecturers as well as help department heads to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their teaching staff. 1. According to the author, all the students know that _.A.there are great differences am

54、ong the lecturers as to their quality of teachingB.quite a lot of teachers can produce the results students desireC.they must be inspired to learnD.it is too dull to attend lectures答案:A2. In the authors opinion, teachers can only be promoted depending on _.A.how well they get along with the students

55、B.how well they give their lecturesC.how many papers and books they have publishedD.how well they conduct their academic researches答案:B3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.Students are academically capable of making comments on the skills of teaching.B.Students are actually capable of judging the class accomplishments of lectures.C.Students likes and interests are the standards of evaluation of a teachers lecturing.D.Students are not to give assessments of a teachers lecturing.