[大学英语考试复习资料]专升本英语模拟288

1、大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟288大学英语考试复习资料专升本英语模拟288专升本英语模拟288 Phonetics Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. 问题:1

2、.A.produceB.trueC.computerD.news答案:B问题:2.A.horribleB.horseC.sortD.northern答案:A问题:3.A.bathroomB.eleventhC.breatheD.maths答案:C问题:4.A.pieceB.cheekC.dealtD.receive答案:C问题:5.A.flewB.knewC.threwD.grew答案:B Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each senten

3、ce 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 . 问题:1. _ the government agrees to give extra money, the theatre will have to be closed next month.A.UnlessB.IfC.SinceD.As答案:A解析 考虑两个分句前后的逻辑关系，空白处应补

4、充Unless，整句的意思是“除非政府同意提供更多的资金，不然这家博物馆下个月就只能关门了”。问题:2. My friend and I would like to go to the concert, but _ of us has got a ticket.A.bothB.noneC.neitherD.all答案:C解析 本题考察代词的用法及单复数性质。由题干中but可以看出两个分句前后是转折关系，应用表示否定的代词，且后面分句中谓语动词是第三人称单数形式，所以应选neither。问题:3. Let me _ you, said my boss, you should call me im

5、mediately after you arrive at the airport.A.askB.adviseC.rememberD.remind答案:D解析 题干中说话人是“my boss”，是上级对下级的语气，故用remind(提醒)较合适。问题:4. Its reported that by the end of last month the sale of the company _ by 10%.A.has risenB.had been risingC.had risenD.has been rising答案:C解析 that引导的从句的主语sale和rise是主动关系，且主句的时

6、间状语是by the end of last month，即截至上个月底，是过去某一时间点，所以从句中应该用过去完成时。问题:5. We should look _ the matter before we reach a conclusion.A.intoB.forC.toD.at答案:A解析 本题考查look+介词构成短语的用法。题干的意思是“在结论出来之前我们应该先调查这件事”，选项里look into调查，最符合。问题:6. He couldnt explain the _ of ten years in his job history.A.gapB.interruptingC.ope

7、ningD.margin答案:A解析 本题考察几个近义词的具体用法，of前应加名词性单词。gap，缺口、空白；interrupting，原形是interrupt，本身有名词性，动名词形式不常用；opening，开口、空缺；margin，边缘、余地、页边空白。综上，gap最符合。问题:7. One of his many faults is that he never _ any thing very long.A.decides onB.sticks toC.goes overD.makes up答案:B解析 本题考查几个近意词组的区别。decide on，选定、决定，是一个非持续性动作；st

8、ick to，遵守、坚持，持续性动作；go over，重复、复习；make up，弥补。问题:8. She is always the first _ to school.A.comingB.to comeC.to have comeD.having come答案:B解析 主句中always指明动作应该是重复发生的，所以完成时态可以排除，另外现在分词后置作定语时，动作是不可重复的。问题:9. The factory has done good honor to the government and the people around so that visitors come to it _.

9、A.in numberB.in larger numbersC.to the numberD.by number答案:B解析 in large numbers，大量的，人数众多的，介词短语作状语。问题:10. Have another cup of coffee, _?A.wont youB.will youC.have youD.havent you答案:A解析 本题考察祈使句的反意疑问句。反意疑问句表示建议邀请时，用wont you?问题:11. She showed him the photo she _ the day before.A.has takenB.tookC.was tak

10、ingD.had taken答案:D解析 本题考察过去完成时的用法。过去完成时表示到过去某时刻前完成的动作，对过去某时刻产生影响。问题:12. He was a good swimmer, so he _ swim to the river bank when the boat sank.A.couldB.mightC.succeeded toD.was able to答案:D解析 题干的意思是“他过去擅长游泳，所以他能够在船沉没的时候游到岸边。”所以选项D最合适。问题:13. Both Tom and Mary _ the exam.A.has passedB.have pastC.have

11、 passedD.had passed答案:C解析 both sb. and sb.结构作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。另外pass the exam的意思是“通过考试”。问题:14. The door was _ and I could not see who she was talking to.A.shutB.shuttedC.shuttingD.being shut答案:B解析 本题考查动词各个时态的区别，句中shut用被动语态表示门处在关闭的状态。问题:15. Mary, along with her parents, _ to Paris.A.have movedB.has move

12、dC.are movingD.have been moving答案:B解析 本题的主语是Mary, along with her parents是介词短语用来修饰Mary。 Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SH

13、EET . You have studied hard, and the day has 1 come when you must write your exam. Try to arrive a few minutes before the 2 starts. Avoid talking to other students, especially those 3 are doing some last minute cramming. These people will make you nervous and 4 your concentration. If you can, choose

14、 a seat that allows you to 5 . Try to sit away from the 6 to the room so you are not 7 by students leaving before you are finished. Listen 8 to any verbal instructions from the teacher or any 9 written on the board. Here are five 10 for taking exams: 1. Catch your 11 ; 2. Read the 12 very carefully;

15、 3. 13 through the test; 4. 14 your time; 5. Attack the 15 . 1.A.fortunatelyB.lastlyC.latelyD.finally答案:D解析 这篇文章告诉考生考试时应当注意什么。你学习很努力，终于到了考试的这一天了。2.A.classB.examC.issueD.final答案:B解析 要在考试开考前几分钟到达考场。3.A.whichB.examineesC.studentsD.who答案:D解析 不要与别的考生交谈，尤其不要与那些突击应考的人交谈。cram意为“临时应试”。4.A.destroyB.hurtC.dist

16、urbD.distress答案:C解析 这些人会使你心情焦虑，搅乱你的注意力。5.A.reduceB.listenC.be quietD.concentrate答案:D解析 如果有机会，选择能够集中精力的座位就座。6.A.exitB.windowC.gateD.seat答案:A解析 尽量不要坐在出口处的位置。7.A.upsetB.botheredC.excitedD.annoyed答案:B解析 这样在你答完试卷之前离开考场的学生就不会影响你了。8.A.stillB.silentlyC.carefullyD.instantly答案:C解析 仔细听监考教师宣读的指令。9.A.messagesB.l

17、etterC.informationD.words答案:A解析 注意写在黑板上的信息。10.A.tipsB.stepsC.followingD.figures答案:B解析 下面是考试的五个步骤。11.A.attentionB.breathC.focusD.spirit答案:B解析 屏住呼吸。catch ones breath意为“屏住呼吸”。12.A.testB.questionsC.directionsD.words答案:C解析 仔细阅读指令。13.A.LookB.ListenC.SkimD.Read答案:C解析 快读一遍试题。skim through意为“快速浏览”。14.A.Budget

18、B.ThinkC.CountD.Number答案:A解析 计算好时间。15.A.studentsB.concentrationC.problemsD.questions答案:D解析 着手解答问题。attack意为“从事，着手，开始做某事”。 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers mark

19、ed A, B, C and D. Passage One Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the d

20、epositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experie

21、nced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tel

22、lers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers windows, The power of the panic atmosphere wa

23、s such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same. 1. A bank run happens when _.A.a bank is closed for one or more daysB.too many de

24、positors try to draw out their money at one timeC.there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one timeD.tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank答案:B解析 参考文章第二、三句。2. The tellers in Mrs. Vaughts bank were told to _.A.explain why they could not pay out all accountsB.pay out accoun

25、ts as requestedC.make the depositors believe that the bank was standD.pay out money as slowly as possible答案:B解析 参考第二段第三句。3. The main cause of a bank run is _.A.loss of confidenceB.lack of moneyC.crowds of peopleD.inexperienced tellers答案:B解析 文章第一段一直强调如果银行有足够的钱，就不会发生bank run。4. Which of the following

26、did Mrs. Vaught say?A.She know that the bank was not sound.B.She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank.C.She was not able to draw out her money.D.She was tempted to draw out her money.答案:D解析 参考文章最后一句，“she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.”即她也做了和别人

27、一样的事。Passage Two One of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the previous century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third-of the originally forested area remained, down to

28、a mere 1 percent of the states 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be found. Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块) were found

29、 to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no odor, Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers children who would pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young m

30、an, seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with a box of candy or a bunch of flowers. 1. What is the main topic of this passage?A.The solution to the Nebraska settlers fuel problem.B.Life in Nebraska in the late ninteenth century.C.The impo

31、rance of the American buffalo.D.Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.答案:A解析 参考文章第一句，此句为本文中心句。2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived.B.The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.C.The chi

32、ldren spent a lot of time collecting the chips.D.Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.答案:B解析 文章未提及孩子们是否喜欢捡干粪块。3. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed _.A.in greater amounts in summerB.in greater amounts in winterC.only in summerD.only in winter答案:B解析 第一段最后一句说冬天不仅要做饭而且要取暖，所以冬天需要大量的

33、燃料。4. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at?A.The children needed competitions to them.B.The buffalo chips gave off no smell.C.Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers fuel problem.D.Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.答案:A解析 文中未提及此项。Passage Three

34、 Eating in space is different from eating on earth. The food that astronauts carry with them does not look like the food you eat. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship the astronaut puts the

35、 water back. He shoots hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag. Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There will be no crumbs. Crumbs would float around the spaceship and get in the way.

36、 Meat and cake often come in bite-sized pieces. Astronauts cant drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn to eat this way. 1. Some space

37、 foods are carried in _.A.water gunsB.lunch boxesC.closed bagsD.crumbs答案:C解析 参考文章第三句。2. The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that _.A.you get much hungrier in space than you doB.you cant have water to drink in a spaceshipC.astronauts must learn many new and different

38、thingsD.you cant eat anything in a spaceship答案:C解析 文章中提到在太空中就连喝水和吃饭都和地面上很不同，可以知道在太空中还有更多新的要学。3. Why cant astronauts drink water from cups?A.The water would come out from the open cups.B.The water would spill all over their food.C.Crumbs would float in the cups.D.The cups would float in the air.答案:A解

39、析 参考第二段第七句。4. The main idea of the whole story is that _.A.there is more food and water in space than on earthB.eating and drinking in space is a special problemC.astronauts can never eat or drink in a spaceshipD.there is no food or water in a spaceship答案:B解析 文章主要介绍了在太空中吃饭喝水与在地面的不同之处。Passage Four Wh

40、ats the best way to protect a tender, green seedling from the hungry stomach of deer? Give the seedling bad breath! The same chemical that gives people bad breath after they have eaten garlic can save small trees from being eaten by animals. A kind of chemical selenium (硒), which is also found in ga

41、rlic, is planted in the soil near a young tree. The trees roots absorb the selenium which is then carried to the leaves. From there the selenium is used to form a chemical called dimethyl selenide (乙烷硒化物)the same chemical made in the human mouth after eating garlic. As deer wander around looking for

42、 food, they smell the seedlings leaves and leave the plants alone. The selenium is important. Why? Because each year deer eat millions of dollars worth of trees farm seedlings. So far, selenium has been tested only on Douglas fir (枞树) seedlings, but researchers think they could protect fruit trees a

43、nd garden plants, too. 1. When people eat garlic, _.A.they send out a horrible smellB.they are out of breathC.they will feel sickD.it is hard for them to breathe答案:A解析 参考文章第二段。2. According to this passage the bad smell given off from those leaves is that of _.A.the young trees absorb garlicB.the roo

44、ts of the young trees smell like garlicC.the young trees arent fit for the deer to eatD.the leaves of the young trees smell like garlic答案:B解析 参考文章第三段。3. Up till the time the news was announced, this kind of chemical was used _.A.all over the worldB.all over the United StatesC.on fruit trees and gard

45、en treesD.on Douglas fir young trees答案:D解析 参考文章最后一段。4. The best title of this passage is _.A.Hungry Deer. and Young TreesB.Why Dont Deer Eat Young Fruit TreesC.Plants Saved by Bad BreathD.How to Protect Young Trees答案:C解析 文章主要介绍引起bad breath的气体及其在保护树木不被deer吃掉方面的作用。Passage Five Auctions (拍卖) are public

46、 sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or bids, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of goods. This is called knocking dow

47、n the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning increase. The Romans us

48、ually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called subusta, meaning under the spear, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often soldby the candle, a short candle was lit by the auctioneer; and

49、bids could be made while it stayed alight. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by possible buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold

50、together, called a lot, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneers services are paid f

51、or in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. Practicaly all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hider, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit

52、 and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china, and similar works of art. The auction-rooms at Christies and Sothebys in London and New York are world famous. 1. Auctioned goods are sold _.A.at a price less than thei

53、r true valueB.very cheaplyC.for the highest price offeredD.only at fixed prices答案:C解析 参考第一段第三句“.finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of good.”2. The Romans used to sell by auction _.A.spoilt goodsB.property taken from the enemyC.old worn-out weaponsD.spears答案:B解析 参考第二段第二句。3. The end of the

54、bidding is called knocking down because _.A.the auctioneer knocks the buyer downB.the auctioneer knocks the rostrum downC.the goods are knocked down on to the tableD.the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer答案:D解析 参考第一段第四句。4. A candle used to burn at auction sales _.A.to keep the auctioneer warmB

55、.to limit the time when offers could be madeC.because they took place at nightD.as a signal for the crowd together答案:B解析 参考第二段最后一句，可推知是为了限制叫价延迟的时间。 Daily Conversation Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the correspond