高职高专专升本英语模拟试题（三）Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)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 the Answer Sheet.1.It is no use __________ me not to worry about my failure in the examination．A. for you to persuadeB. your persuadingC. you persuadeD. having persuaded2.“Are you worried about your son being alone in a strange country?” “ ________. I’m sure he’11 manage fine.”A. By all meansB. Of courseC. Not in the leastD. No wonder3.__________ he does his work hard, I don’t mind what time he arrives atthe office.A. MeanwhileB. In caseC. So long asD. So far as4.Your shoe s want __________. You’d better do it now．A. cleanedB. cleaningC. cleanD. being cleaned5. ___________ I been there, I could have explained it.A. WouldB. HaveC. ShouldD. Had6.___________ the first to invade the other countries.A. At no time China will beB. Never China will beC. Will China never beD. At no time will China be7.James Joyce’s novels are difficult to understand an d impossible ______into another language.A. to translateB. for translationC. to translate itD. being translated8.I don’t think there’s much sense ________in this cityA. to hang aboutB. in having hung aboutC. in hanging aboutD. to hanging about9.I noticed that the meals were well worth _______ was charged for them.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. With10. He had to leave his family ________ when he went abroad to workA. at a lossB. BehindC. outD. at all costs11.The day will come_____ coal and oil will be used as raw material rather than fuels.A. asB. WhileC. whenD. Whether12._______ student with a little common sense should be able to answer the questionA . Each B．Any C．Either D. One13. A completely new situation will ______ when the new economicsystem comes into existence．A. riseB. raiseC. arouseD. arise14.Would you mind——alone this evening?A .leaving B. be leaving C. being left D. being leaving15.The boy’s father bought him a large toy train ___________.A .which to play with B. to play with itC. to play withD. at which to playPart Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 4 reading passages in this part. After reading each pa ssage, you will find some questions or unfinished statements. For each questio n or statement there are 4 choices marked A.,B.,C., and D. You should choose the most appropriate answer and write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, a gentle married lady and one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world．In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to decide the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was flown to Lo ndon and admitted to Hammer smith Hospital, where specialist help was available (可得到的). She was then only semiconscious (半清醒状态) and on the “Dangerously ill” list.A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were puz zled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby’s case, a nurse asked to speak to them．“Excuse me.” said Nurse Marsha Maitland, “but I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning.”“What makes you think that?” Dr Brown asked. “Thal lium poisoning is extremely r are.”“A few days ago, 1 was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie,”Nurse Maitland explained. “In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the sym ptoms are described. They’re exactly the same as the baby’s.”“You’re very observant and you may be right,” another doctor said. “We’11 carry o ut some tests and find out whether it’s thallium or not.”The tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metall ic substance used in making optical glass. Once they knew the cause of illness, the docto rs were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent bac k to Qatar. Enquiries made people know that the poison might have come from an insect icide used in Qatar.16. Who first suggested the correct cause of the baby’s illness?A. A doctor in Qatar. B . Dr Brown．C. Nurse MaitlandD. Agatha Christie17. Why was the baby sent to London?A . Because she was a British girl whose parents were working in Qatar.B . Because the hospitals in Qatar were full at that time.C. Because she was the daughter of a doctor in one of the hospitalsin London．D. Because the Qatar doctors were not sure they could cure her.18. According to the p assage, what caused the baby’s illness?A .Contact with a pair of infected spectacles．B. Contact with a harmful substance used to kill insects.C. Contact with machinery used in manufacturing optical glasses.D. Contact with her mother who carried thallium germs in her body.19. When the baby was first admitted to hospital in the U. K. what didthe doctors think of her case?A. They thought it was a case needing immediate treatment.B. They thought it was a usual one．C. They thought it was quite a simple one．D. They thought it was the result of thallium poisoning.20. Nurse Maitland spoke to the doctors ___________.A . when she heard them discussing the possibility of thallium poisoning．B. because she could see that the doctors had made a mistake.C. to suggest a possible cause of the patient’s illness.D. after she had read about a horse which had been poisoned.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:E-mail systems at thousands of companies and government offices around the worl d were attacked by a virus (病毒) called “Melissa” that disguises itself as all “important message” from a friend.Even though there was a weekend warning, more than 50,000 companies at about 10 0 places around the world have been attacked by the virus, computer experts said on Mo nday.The virus began to show up last Friday and spread rapidly the next first work day b y making computers send off dozens of e-mails containing the virus. Although the virus had no long-lasting damage to a computer, its effects were far-reaching.Michael Vatic, a senior US official, said military (军事的) and government computers were damaged, along with thousands of the other institutions’ systems.The body of e-mail message says, “Here is what you ask for . . .” once the user op ens it, the virus digs into the user’s address book and sends out messages to the first 50 ad-dresses. The reason the virus spread so rapidly is that you’re getting it from people y ou know and trust. So any one who gets an unexpected e-mail with the “Important Mess age” subject line is advised not to open it and to delete (删除) it immediately.21. From the passage we know that the virus attacked thousands of computers on ______A . Monday B. SaturdayC. FridayD. the first day of a month22. The virus spread rapidly because ____________.A. it makes computers work without stopB. it carries a word “Important Message’’C. it sends out messages to dozens of computers at one timeD. it attacks military and government offices23. The underlined word ‘‘disguise” most probably means __________.A. dressB. cover upC. paintD. notice24. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The computer attacked by the virus won’t work properly.B. Thousands of computers were attacked by the virus one by one.C. The ‘‘Important Message” carries an important message from a friend.D. Any computer with an e-mail system will be attacked by the virus.25.. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Stop Using Your ComputersB. “Important Message” Is A VirusC. Messages Form Friends Contain VirusD. Virus Strikes Hard And FastQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louver.Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure-a surprising and exciting trip They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of hardships, but they’re a lot of fun. One organization, Earth watch, sends small groups of volunteers to different parts of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals Others learn about people of the past.Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The le ader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you.Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.Do you enjoy ocean animal? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball.” They also understand opposites. How much more can they und erstand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows Orcas. We call Orcas “killer Whale”, but they’re really dolphins-the largest kind of dolphin. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers andgreat-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earth watch is studying how this happens.Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure.Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the pastDo you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earth watch vacation is for you.26. The Tai Mahal may be _________.A. a shopping centerB. a hotelC. a dancing hallD. a place of interest27. From the passage, on an adventure trip, people _________.A. may not spend much time on sightseeingB. won’t m eet some difficulties or hardshipsC. can’t enjoy themselvesD. can’t learn something28. If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can __________.A. join the team to HawaiiB. join the team to the Far NorthC. join the team to WashingtonD, join the team to Greece29. The word ‘‘intelligent” in Paragraph Four means __________.A. excitingB. beautifulC. largeD. clever30. Which of the following is false?A .Some people find sightseeing trips boring.B. Earth watch is planning all these special adventures.C. The number of Orcas is decreasing.D. 3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:It is not only experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work after marriage or not. Worldwide this question is being discussed as an increasingly large number of married women enter the workplace.Take the United States for example. Since 1960, the percentage of married women in the work force has jumped from 31.9 percent to 59. 4 percent.American women first moved into the paid labor force during World War II, when men left their jobs to fight.In the last fifty years, more and more women have worked outside the home. And over these years of developing, Americans have changed their social values as a result. In 1975, women aged 35 and above made up half of all working women. And by 1980, 60 percent were women at the age of 45 and above. Now in Japan, wome n’ s work group is M-shaped with middle-aged women and those aged 20-25 at the two peaks.According to statistics (统计), 37.7 percent of Japanese women at childbearing age (25-29) still engaged themselves in work in 1980, and the number reached 50 percent the next year.Being a housewife has always been regarded as a “graceful occupation” in Japan. Some young Japanese women believe it is good to be a “professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessity. In recent years, a growing number of city housewives have poured out of homes to take part-time jobs.Even the UN has given its support. The 34th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination (歧视) against women. So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t, including the United States. The UN aims to get it agreed by a11 members by 2000.31. From the first paragraph, we can learn that ___________.A. experts encourage women to take paying jobsB. men encourage women to take paying jobsC. governments encourage women to take paying jobsD. more and more people begin to care about women’s life32. In the USA ___________.A. married women arc lazier than their husbandsB. husbands are lazier than their wivesC. fewer married women used to work outsideD. more married women used to work outside33. Married women in Japan ___________.A. all work outside their homesB. seldom work outside their homesC. have different opinions on their working outsideD. all do housework at their homes34. More and more women have taken jobs outside for the reason thatA. they have no children to take care ofB. they have no housework to doC. they want to make more friendsD. they want to improve their living conditions35. What’s the main idea of this passage?A. Women should stay at home and do housework.B. More women take lobs worldwide.C. The Unit ed Nations should pay more attention to women’s rights.D. Women in the poor countries should work outside.Part Ⅲ ClozeDirections: There is a passage in this part with 10 blanks in it. Read the passage carefully and then choose the most the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A., B., C. and D. Then you should write the letter in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.In the month of September, in Britain, you may see large number of birds perched (栖息) on roofs and telegraph wires. These birds are swallows. They are 36 together because, very soon, they will be flying south to much warmer lands, where they will find 37 the small flying insects on which they feed . These are no such insects 38 in Britain during the winter; it is too cold for them．The swallows settle, fly off, swoop and 39 again. This they do many times, for they are making short practice flights in order to be fit for the long journey40 them.A flock of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly steadily for hundreds of miles 40 they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there, for many of them perish in the stormy weather they meet with42 .In the spring of the following year they 43 the long and tiring journey b ack to Britain. They return to the identical barn or tree in the identical district which they had left the previous autumn. How do these birds find their 44 there and back over such vast distance? Nobody knows exactly 45 ，but it has something to do with winds and air currents.36. A. gathering B. assembling C. waiting D. be perched37. A. great number of B. a great deal of C. plenty of D. numerous38. A near B. about C. nearby D. over39. A fly off B. swoop C. settle D. turn back40. A. in advance B. ahead of C. in front of D. in front41. A. until B. before C. when D. as42. A. in the way B. on the way C. half the way D. all the way43. A. have B. fly C. find D. make44. A. way B. path C. course D. route45. A. why B. when C. how D. WhatPart Ⅳ Word formsDirections:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.46. The roads are run, not for profits, but for ______ (serve)to the people.47. “Are you really feeling OK, Tom?” Asked the mother with a touch of ______(anxious).48. The next morning he packed up his __________ (person) belongings andchecked out of the hotel.49. It was a fearful __________ (disappoint) to the old lady that her daughterdidn’t come to see her on her eightieth birthday．50. After much thought, he agreed to help, but still with great ______ (reluctant).51. At the age of 37, Tom finally settled down in Chicago after he had got a well ____ _____ (pay)position in a big company there.52. The old professor’s ________ (mean) smile added greatly to o ur confidencethat we would succeed.53. In _______ (add) to a cowboy movie, we also saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon.54. The little child is always eager to show his _______ (use) when his motheris busy.55.We should not earn money in such a __________ (honest)way．PartⅤ Translation—English into ChineseDirections:This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. There are 5 sentences in this part. Write your translation in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.56.In addition, 75% of the world’s mail is written in English; 60% of theworld’s radio stations now broadcast in English.57.A supermarket is different from other types of stores in several ways.58.A product that is placed at eye level on a shelf sells much better thatone which is placed on a lower or higher shelf.59.How men first learned to invent words is unknown, in other words, theorigin of language is a mystery.60.We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use themaccurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.Part VI WritingDirections: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a letter on the following information. You should write about 100 words.以“Preserving Our Environment”为题，写一篇征文。