新东方专升本《大学英语》期中测试卷

新东方专升本《大学英语》期中测试卷

一•语法单项选择（68分，每题2分）

1.Michael'snewhouseislikeahugepalace,withhisoldone.［单选题］*

A.comparing

B.compares

C.tocompare

D.compared

2.ThereissomethingwrongwithmyTVset,Imusthaveit.［单选题］*

A.checking

B.check

C.tocheck

D.checked（正确答案）

3.manytimes,hefinallyunderstoodit.［单选题］*

A.Told

B.Telling

C.Havingtold

D.Havingbeentold

4.1stillremembertotheFamenTempleandwhatIsawthere.［单选题］*

A.totake

B.tobetaken

C.taking

D.beingtaken

5.一WereyouathomelastSunday?

一Yeah!IdevotedthewholedaytotheEnglishgrammar.［单选题］*

A.review

B.reviewing正确答案）

C.bereviewed

D.beingreviewed

6.Notuntilallthefishdiedintheriverhowseriousthepollutionwas.［单选题］*

A.didthevillagersrealize

B.thevillagersrealized

C.thevillagersdidrealize

D.didn'tthevillagersrealize

7.Nosoonertothecinemathefilmbegan.［单选题］*

A.hadhegot,than正确答案）

B.hehadgot,when

C.didheget,than

D.hadhegot,when

8.LittleTomisanorphan.,hehastomakealivingbyhimself.［单选题］*

A.Achildasheis

B.Childasheis看答案）

C.Childasishe

D.Achildthoughheis

9.Onlywhenthemeetingwasover___gobacktomeethisfriend.［单选题］*

A.hecould

B.hewasableto

C.washeableto滤等工）

D.wasabletohe

10.Themanagerputforwardasuggestionweshouldhaveanassistant.Thereistoo

muchworktodo.［单选题］*

A.whether

B.that（正确答案）

C.which

D.what

11.makesthebooksoextraordinaryisthecreativeimaginationofthewriter.［单

选题］*

A.That

B.What正确答案）

C.Who

D.Which

12.Modernsciencehasgivenclearevidencesmokingcanleadtomanydiseases.

［单选题］*

A.what

B.which

C.that（正确答案）

D.where

13.Scientistshaveadvancedmanytheoriesaboutwhyhumanbeingscrytears,noneof

hasbeenproved.［单选题］*

A.whom

B.which（正确答案）

C.what

D.that

14.Theprizewillgotothewriterstoryshowsthemostimagination.［单选题］

*

A.that

B.which

C.whose

D.what

15.Itisthethirdtimethatshehaswontherace,hassurprisedusall.［单选题］*

A.that

B.where

C.which（正确答案）

D.what

16.AfterlivinginParisforfiftyyearshereturnedtothesmalltownhegrewup

asachild.［单选题］*

A.which

B.that

C.where（正确答案）

D.when

17.isknowntoeverybody,themoontravelsroundtheearthonceeverymonth.

［单选题］*

A.It

B.As确答案）

C.That

D.What

18.1fsstrangethathehavetakenthebookswithouttheowner9spermission［单选题］

*

A.would

B.should（正确答案）

C.could

D.might

19.Whatapity!Youmissedthesightseeing,orweagoodtimetogether.［单

选题］*

A.had

B.willhave

C.wouldhavehad

D.hadhad

2O.Ifyoumyadvice,youwouldbebetternow.［单选题］*

A.hadfollowed（正确答案）

B.followed

C.weretofollow

D.shouldfollow

21.itraintomorrow,wewouldhavetoputoffthevisittotheYangpuBridge.［单选

题］*

A.Were

B.Should（正口

C.Would

D.Will

22.Hisdoctorsuggestedthatheashorttripabroad.［单选题］*

A.willtake

B.wouldtake

C.take（正确答案）

D.took

23.Shakespeare^playHamletintoatleasttendifferentfilmsoverthepastyears.

［单选题］*

A.hadbeenmade

B.wasmade

C.hasbeenmade

D.wouldbemade

24.1don'tunderstandwhyyoudidn'tgotothelectureyesterdayafternoon.

I'msosorry.ButImyhomework.［单选题］*

A.haddone

B.wasdoing冷案）

C.woulddo

D.amdoing

25.Hewasunhappywhenhesoldhisguitar.Afterall,heitforaverylongtime.

［单选题］*

A.hashad

B.hadhad（正确答案）

C.has

D.had

26.Thelibrarywillbebuiltthereusedtobeafactory.［单选题］*

A.atwhich

B.when

C.where（正确答案）

D.asif

27.everyoneishere,letsstartworking.［单选题］*

A.While

B.Unless

C.Asthough

D.Nowthat

28.Hekepthisvoicelowsomeonewaslistening.［单选题］*

A.nowthat

B.sothat

C.incase（正确答案）

D.inturn

29.aboutwildplantsthattheydecidedtomakeatriptoMadagascarfor

furtherresearch.［单选题］*

A.Socuriousthecouplewas

B.Socuriouswerethecouple

C.Sowerecuriousthecouple

D.Sowasthecouplecurious

30.difficultieswemaycomeacross,we'llworktogethertoovercomethem.［单

选题］求

A.However

B.Wherever

C.Whatever（正确答案）

D.Nomatter

31.1amwillingtopayforthebookbecauseitisfairlyusefultome.［单选题］

*

A.twiceasmuch正确告案）

B.twicesomuch

C.asmuchtwice

D.somuchtwice

32.themorningtrain,hewouldnothavebeenlateforthemeeting.［单选题］*

A.Didhecatch

B.Shouldbecatch

C.Hashecaught

D.HadhecaughtE确答案）

33.Tony,whyareyoureyesred?

Iuppeppersforthelastfiveminutes.［单选题］*

A.cut

B.wascutting

C.hadcut

D.havebeencutting

34.Whenyoustudythelocalmap,you'llfindthistownis.［单选题］*

A.astwiceasthatone

B.twiceasalargetownasthat

C.twiceaslargerasthatone

D.twiceaslargeatownasthat

二.阅读理解（一共A、B、C、D四篇阅读，每篇阅读4个小题，每小题

2分，共计32分）

A

You'veheardthatplasticispollutingtheoceans-between4.8and12.7million

tonnesenteroceanecosystemseveryyear.Butdoesoneplasticstraworcupreallymake

adifference?ArtistBenjaminVonWongwantsyoutoknowthatitdoes.Hebuilds

massivesculpturesoutofplasticgarbage,foreignviewerstore-examinetheirrelationship

tosingle-useplasticproducts.

Atthebeginningoftheyear,theartistbuiltapiececaned“Strawpocalypse,“apairof

1O-foot-tallplasticwaves,frozenmid-crash.Madeof168,000plasticstrawscollected

fromseveralvolunteerbeachcleanups,thesculpturemadeitsfirstappearanceatthe

EstellaPlaceshoppingcenterinHoChiMinhCity,Vietnam.

Just9%ofglobalplasticwasteisrecycled.Plasticstrawsarebynomeansthe

biggestsource（来源）ofplasticpollution,butthey'verecentlycomeunderfirebecause

mostpeopledon'tneedthemtodrinkwithand,becauseoftheirsmallsizeandweight,

theycannotberecycled.Everystrawthat*spartofVonWong'sartworklikelycamefrom

adrinkthatsomeoneusedforonlyafewminutes.Oncethedrinkisgone,thestrawwill

takecenturiestodisappear.

Inapiecefrom2018,VonWongwantedtoillustrate（说明）aspecificstatistic:

Every60seconds,atruckload'sworthofplasticenterstheocean.Forthiswork,titled

"TruckloadofPlastic,"VonWongandagroupofvolunteerscollectedmorethan10,000

piecesofplastic,whichwerethentiedtogethertolooklikethey'dbeendumped（倾

倒）lYomatruckallatonce.

VonWonghopesthathisworkwillalsohelppressurebigcompaniestoreducetheir

plasticfootprint.

35.WhatareVonWong'sartworksintendedfor?［单选题］*

A.Beautifyingthecityhelivesin.

B.Introducingeco-friendlyproducts.

C.Drawingpublicattentiontoplasticwaste.

D.Reducinggarbageonthebeach.

36.Whydoestheauthordiscussplasticstrawsinparagraph3?［单选题］*

A.Toshowthedifficultyoftheirrecycling.

B.Toexplainwhytheyareuseful.

C.Tovoicehisviewsonmodernart.

D.Tofindasubstituteforthem.

37.Whateffectwould"TruckloadofPlastic"haveonviewers?［单选题］*

A.Calming.

B.Disturbing

CRefreshing

D.Challenging.

38.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?［单选题］*

A.Artists'OpinionsonPlasticSafety

B.MediaInterestinContemporaryArt

C.ResponsibilityDemandedofBigCompanies

D.OceanPlasticsTransformedintoSculptures

Duringaninterviewforoneofmybooks,myinterviewersaidsomethingIstillthink

aboutoften.Annoyedbythelevelofdistraction（干扰）inhisopenoffice,hesaid,"That's

whyIhaveamembershipatthecoworkingspaceacrossthestreet-soIcanfocus.nHis

commentstruckmeasstrange.Afterall,coworkingspacesalsotypicallyuseanopen

officelayout（布局）.ButIrecentlycameacrossastudythatshowswhyhisapproach

works

Theresearchersexaminedvariouslevelsofnoiseonparticipantsastheycompleted

testsofcreativethinking.Theywererandomlydividedintofourgroupsandexposedto

variousnoiselevelsinthebackground,fromtotalsilenceto50decibels（分贝）,70

decibels,and85decibels.Thedifferencesbetweenmostofthegroupswerestatistically

insignificant;however,theparticipantsinthe70decibelsgroup-thoseexposedtoa

levelofnoisesimilartobackgroundchatterinacoffeeshop-significantlyoutperformed

theothergroups.Sincetheeffectsweresmall,thismaysuggestthatourcreativethinking

doesnotdifferthatmuchinresponsetototalsilenceand85decibelsofbackgroundnoise.

Butsincetheresultsat70decibelsweresignificant,thestudyalsosuggeststhatthe

rightlevelofbackgroundnoise一nottooloudandnottotalsilence一mayactually

improveone'screativethinkingability.Therightlevelofbackgroundnoisemay

interruptournormalpatternsofthinkingjustenoughtoallowourimaginationstowander,

withoutmakingitimpossibletofocus.Thiskindof"distractedfocus"appearstobethe

beststateforworkingoncreativetasks.

Sowhydosomanyofushateouropenoffices?Theproblemmaybethat,inour

offices,wecan'tstopourselvesfromgettingdrawnintoothers9conversationswhilewe're

tryingtofocus.Indeed,theresearchersfoundthatface-to-faceinteractionsand

conversationsaffectthecreativeprocess,andyetacoworkingspaceoracoffeeshop

providesacertainlevelofnoisewhilealsoprovidingfreedomfrominterruptions.

39.Whydoestheinterviewerpreferacoworkingspace?［单选题］*

A.Ithelpshimconcentrate.正确答案）

B.Itblocksoutbackgroundnoise.

C.Ithasapleasantatmosphere.

D.Itencouragesface-to-faceinteractions.

40.Whichlevelofbackgroundnoisemaypromotecreativethinkingability?［单选题］*

A.Totalsilence.

B.5（）decibels.

C.70decibels.（正确答案）

D.85decibels.

41.Whatmakesanopenofficeunwelcometomanypeople?［单选题］*

A.Personalprivacyunprotected.

B.Limitedworkingspace.

C.Restrictionsongroupdiscussion.

D.Constantinterruptions.

42.Whatcanweinferabouttheauthorfromthetext?［单选题］*

A.He'sanewsreporter.

B.He'sonofficemanager.

C.He'saprofessionaldesigner.

D.He'sapublishedwriter.

C

Whenyouweretryingtofigureoutwhattobuyfortheenvironmentalistonyour

holidaylist,furprobablydidn'tcrossyourmind.Butsomeecologistsandfashion（时

装）enthusiastsaretryingtobringbackthemarketforfurmadefromnutria（海狸鼠）.

UnusualfashionshowsinNewOrleansandBrooklynhaveshowcasednutriafur

madeintoclothesindifferentstyles."Itsoundscrazytotalkaboutguilt-freefur-unless

youunderstandthatthenutriaaredestroyingvastwetlandseveryyear”,saysCree

McCree,projectdirectorofRighteousFur.

ScientistsinLouisianaweresoconcernedthattheydecidedtopayhunters$5atail.

SomeofthefurendsupinthefashionshowsliketheoneinBrooklynlastmonth.

NutriawerebroughttherefromArgentinabyfurfarmersandletgointothewild.

“Theecosystemdowntherecan'thandlethisnon-nativespecies（物种）.It，sdestroyingthe

environment.It9sthemorus."saysMichaelMassimi,anexpertinthisfield.

Thefurtradekeptnutriaincheckfbrdecades,butwhenthemarketfornutria

collapsedinthelate1980s,thecat-sizedanimalsmultipliedlikecrazy.

BiologistEdmondMoutonrunsthenutriacontrolprogramfbrLouisiana.Hesaysit's

noteasytoconvincepeoplethatnutriafurisgreen,buthehasnodoubtaboutit.Hunters

bringinmorethan300,000nutriatailsayear,sopartofMouton'sjobthesedaysistrying

topromotefur.

Thenthere5sRighteousFuranditsunusualfashion.ModelPaigeMorgansays,“To

givepeopleaguilt-freeoptionthattheycanwearwithoutsomeonethrowingpainton

them-1thinkthat'sgoingtobeamassivething,atleasthereinNewYork.^^Designer

JenniferAndersonadmitsittookherawhiletocomearoundtotheopinionthatusing

nutriafurforhercreationsismorallyacceptable.Shetryingtocomeupwithalabelto

attachtonutriafashionstoshowitiseco-friendly.

43.WhatisthepurposeofthefashionshowsinNewOrleansandBrooklyn?［单选题］*

A.Topromoteguilt-freefur.

B.Toexpandthefashionmarket.

C.Tointroduceanewbrand.

D.Tocelebrateawinterholiday.

44.Whyarescientistsconcernedaboutnutria?［单选题］*

A.Nutriadamagetheecosystemseriously.（正确答案）

B.Nutriaareanendangeredspecies.

C.Nutriahurtlocalcat-sizedanimals.

D.Nutriaareillegallyhunted.

45.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"collapsed"inparagraph5probablymean?［单选题］

*

A.Boomed.

B.Becamemature.

C.Remainedstable.

D.Crashed.（正确答案）

46.WhatcanweinferaboutwearingfurinNewYorkaccordingtoMorgan?［单选题］*

A.Ifsformal.

B.Ifsrisky.（正确答案）

C.It'sharmful.

D.It'straditional.

D

Ihaveaspecialplaceinmyheartforlibraries.IhaveforaslongasIcanremember.I

wasalwaysanenthusiasticreader,sometimesreadinguptothreebooksadayasachild.

Storieswerelikeairtomeandwhileotherkidsplayedballorwenttoparties,Ilivedout

adventuresthroughthebooksIcheckedoutfromthelibrary.

MyfirstjobwasworkingattheUkiahLibrarywhenIwas16yearsold.Itwasa

dreamjobandIdideverythingfromshelvingbookstoreadingtothechildrenforstory

time.

AsIgrewolderandbecameamother,thelibrarytookonanewplaceandanadded

meaninginmylife.Ihadseveralchildrenandbookswereourmainsource（来源）of

entertainment.Itwasabigdealforustoloadupandgotothelocallibrary,wheremy

kidscouldpickoutbookstoreadorbookstheywantedmetoreadtothem.

Ialwaysread,usingdifferentvoices,asthoughIwereactingoutthestorieswithmy

voiceandtheyloved