福建省专升本入学考试英语模拟试卷5II. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 20 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 the Answer Sheet.11. He took ________ as to what he should do next.A. his friend’s adviceB. his friend’s adviseC. an advice of his friendD. his friend’s advices12. Income tax rates are usually _____ to one’s annual income.A. relatedB. dependentC. connectedD. suitable13. Toward ________ evening ________ cold rain began to fall.A. the, aB. /, aC. a, theD. the, /14. I’m sorry that I’ve got _______ money on me. Could you lend me_______?A. a lot of; someB. little; someC. some; noneD. many; any15. It’s time to _____ action now. Otherwise things will go out of control.A. makeB. findC. takeD. receive16. Peter as well as his friends ________ to music.A. like to listenB. likes to listenC. likes to hearD. like listening17. I wish I _______ you better.A. knowB. knewC. will knowD. have known18. Trains stop here in order to ______ passengers only.A. get offB. pick upC. pull upD. get past19. Now many people spend a lot of money _______ the poor children go to school.A. helpB. to helpC. to helpingD. helping20. You _______ hand it in at once, and you may hand it in tomorrow.A. needn’tB. may noC. can’tD. must not21. _______ we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weatherA. IfB. WhetherC. ThatD. Where22. Have you ever heard of an American writer _______ Mark Twain?A. namesB. namedC. is namedD. was named23. China is one of the _______ countries.A. developB. developedC. developingD. development24. These TV sets are different _______ quality and price.A. toB. withC. fromD. in25. Two days later I received a letter _______ me the job. At that time I was too _______ tosay a word.A. offering; excitedB. offering; excitingC. offer; excitedD. offered; excited26. All life on the earth _____ on the sun.A. dependsB. carriesC. keepsD. goes27. Ann didn’t like our new roommate, and _______.A. I don’t tooB. neither did IC. neither I didD. so did I28. Baker became _______ in science when he was a little boy.A. interestsB. interestedC. interestingD. interest29. We are all going to the games. Why don’t you come ________?A. upB. acrossC. alongD. to30. She cooks a turkey exactly _______ her mother did.A. as ifB. asC. afterD. althoughⅢ. Cloze (10 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B,Cand D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.There were 31 people in the bus and no empty seats. When a woman entered an old man near the door wanted to 32 but she forced him back into his seat.“Thank you,” she said, “but please don’t do that. I am perfectly 33 to stand. ”“But, madam, let me…” began the man.“I ask you to 34 your seat,” interrupted the woman with the hands 35 his shoulders.But the man tried 36 , saying, “37 , will you kindly permit me to…”“No, no,” said the woman and again 38 him back.At last the man 39 to get up, saying, “Madam, you carried me three blocks past my house. I wanted to get 40 .”31. A. a lot of B. a few C. only a few D. few32. A sit B. rise C. lie down D. get off33. A. unfit B. good C. unable D. able34. A. make B. leave C. keep D. stay35. A. on B. by C. in D. at36. A. to rise B. rising C. to stand D. standing37. A. Woman B. Old man C. Old lady D. Madam38. A. put B. forced C. pushed D. pilled39. A tried B. wanted C. managed D. hoped40. A up B. away C. off D. onIV. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D.Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneIt had been said that Lincoln was always ready to join in a laugh at himself. There is one particular story that he always told with great delight.In his early days as a lawyer, Lincoln went from town to town to hear and judge legal cases. During one of these trips, he was sitting in a train when a strange man came up to him. The stranger looked at the tall clumsy（愚笨的）lawyer and said that he had something he believed belonged to him. Lincoln was a bit puzzled. He had never seen the man before. He didn’t see ho w a total stranger could have something of his. Lincoln asked him how this could be. The stranger pulled out a pencil knife and began to explain. Many years before, he had been given the pencil knife. He had been told to keep it until he was able to find a man uglier than himself.Lincoln’s eyes always sparkled when he reached this part of the story.The story always brought smiles to the faces of those who heard it. The tale itself was funny. But even more delightful was the fact that a man as Lincoln could still laugh at himself.20741. This passage is about .A.a stranger and his knifeB. Lincoln’s favorite storyC. meeting strangers on a trainD. Lincoln’s favorite pencil knife42. Lincoln was given the pencil knife for .A. his appearanceB. a good laughC. being a lawyerD. being good-humored43. From this story we know that the stranger in the train .A. liked to make friendsB. liked to tell jokesC. collected pencil knivesD. was not a handsome man44. What do you think would happen to the knife eventually? .A. Lincoln accepted it and kept itB. Lincoln refused it and the stranger kept itC. Lincoln accepted it but immediately threw it awayD. Lincoln refused it and the stranger threw it away45. The MAIN POINT of the story is that .A. Lincoln was a great and proud manB. Lincoln, even though great, was not proudC. Lincoln lacked self-respectD. Lincoln had a good sense of humorPassage TwoYou have been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.There are four basic types of blood: A, B, AB, and O. A simple test can show a person’s blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and height, is inherited (遗传)from parents.Because of substances contained in each type, the four groups must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can be given to any other group; hence, it is often called the universal giver. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal receiver. However, because so many reactions can happen in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (血浆) until their blood can be matched (匹配)as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion.There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among Europeans and people of European ancestry, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O. The rarest is type AB. Other races have different percentages. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.46. A good title for this selection is .A. Getting Blood And PlasmaB. Special Blood ColorsC. Universal Giver and ReceiverD. Human Blood Types47. The word “hence” in the third paragraph means .A. thereforeB. alwaysC. oftenD. while48. The author suggests that the third most common blood type among Europeans be .A. AB. BC. ABD. O49. People with type A blood can receive .A. ABB. BC. OD. all the above50. If you need a transfusion, the best and safest blood for you is .A. type AB. type ABC. exactly the same type as yoursD. a mixture of salt, plasma, and type OPassage ThreeAccording to a recent report from UN, the world’s population continues to grow. There are over 5 billion people now. It could reach 6.2 billion by the end of the century and 8.4 billion in the year of 2025.But during the past 10 years or so, a large rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and developed countries.China is one such country that has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970. Each Chinese family has one child. And the hope is to reach a zero population growth rate by 2000.Several countries in Europe already have a negative growth rate. Experts said that these countries would have not enough workers in the future. And the people who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing retirees.15951. How many people will have been increased by the 2000?A. 3 400 millionB. 1 200 millionC. 2 200 millionD. 6 200 million52. In the past ten years, _______.A. there are fewer and fewer peopleB. the world’s population has not been growing as fast as I used toC. the world’s birth rate has risenD. the number of people has been cut53. In China each family is allowed to have only one child, so that _______.A. the birth rate can be cutB. half of the number of people has been cutC. the number of people has increased by 1/2D. each family is smaller54. In some European countries _______.A. the birth rate is unknownB. the birth rate is too largeC. the death rate is larger than the birth rateD. the birth rate is larger than the death rate55. In the European countries _______.A. not many people would like workingB. supporting the retired would be a big problemC. the people who are working would refuse to pay taxesD. retirees live on taxesPassage FourCan you remember the day when you spoke your first word? If you can, you are unusual.Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like. I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. As you grow older, you were awake more of the time. It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You watched and listened curiously. You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things.Then you began to try making the sounds you heard. And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing.On that day you came to understand the secret of language. The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing. One sound might be as good as another. But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning. Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other. Then, and only then do these people have a language.After you found the secret of language, you learned words. Some of the words meant things, such as books, chairs and shoes. Some words meant doing things, such as go and swim. And other words describe things, such as good and dirty. Soon you learned to put words together to express one’s idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. By means of language people can communicate. So we say languages are means of communication.56. _______ can remember the day when _______.A. One, he spoke his first wordB. No one, he spoke his first wordC. Most people, they spoke their first wordsD. None, they spoke their first words57. When you were a little baby, you _______.A. made sounds to let people know that you wanted to eatB. spent most of your time playing with your parentsC. could not hear any sound around youD. spent most of your time eating, playing and crying58. The “secret of language” is that _______.A. one sound might be as good as anotherB. people can understand each otherC. a certain sound is for a certain thingD. there is a special sound for each person59. You could learn words _______.A. before you knew what the language wasB. after you knew what the language wasC. if you knew the secret of the languageD. when you were a baby60. The aim in using language is _______.A. to get everything one wants from othersB. to say what one wants to knowC. to share ideas, opinions, news, etc with one anotherD. to make oneself understood by othersⅤ.Writing (20 points)Directions: For this part, write a letter in about 80 words based on the following situations.你是Helen，要写一封信给Julie，对她和她丈夫昨天请你和你丈夫吃饭表示感谢，表示要回请他们，以答谢他们的盛情款待。