2023年成人高考专升本英语真题及答案.doc

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1999 年成人高等学校专升本招生全国统一考试
非师范类公共课
英语试卷
Ⅰ . Phonetics (10 points)
Directions : In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations
marked A, B, C and D . Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is
different from the others in pronunciation . Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet .
1 . A . label B . later C . lat ter D . lazy
2 . A . idea B . cheap C . r each D . team
3 . A . purse B . mou se C . tense D . phrase
4 . A . f ry B . supply C . laundry D . try
5 . A . born B . word C . spor t D . horse
6 . A . flood B . loose C . choose D . mood
7 . A . fa rmer B . towa rds C . pardon D . large
8 . A . character B . chea t C . cheer D . champion
9 . A . contain B . stainless C . mountain D . maintain
10 .A . compr ehension B . conclusion C . occasion D . decision
Ⅱ . Vocabulary and Structure (55 points)
Section A: Multiple Choice
Directions: There are 40 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 Anwer Sheet .
11 . Today’s weather isn’t as cold as it was yest erday , ?
A . wasn􊕔t it B . was it C . is n􊕔t it D . is it
12 . I pr efer writing a term paper taking an examination .
A . than B .to C . for D . r ather than
13 . The house needs , but they plan to wait next spring to do it .
A . paint B . to paint C . painting D . be painted
14 . Meet me at the same place you did yeste rday .
A . that B . what C . which D . as
15 . I began to work he re 1978 .
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A . in B . at C . on D . since
16 . Why not Bill to answer this question ?
A . asked B . asking C . ask D . as ks
17 . I would rathe r with you .
A . not to go B . to not go C . to go D . not go
18 . their luggage, the tourists hur ried to the airpor t .
A . Packed B . Afte r packed C . Packing D . Having packed
19 . Reading English newspapers a good way of your English .
A . is; improve B . a re; improving C . is ; improving D .ar e; improve
20 . If you bring your torn shir t to me , I it for you .
A . will mend B . am mending C . have mended D . will have mended
21 . do you think of my new idea ?
A . How B . Which C . Who D . Wha t
22 . It is neces sa ry that he the re on time .
A .is B .be C .will be D .has been
23 . He was overcome by the fea r he had lung cance r .
A . which B . what C . that D . of
24 . They held a conference to decide to meet the eme rgency .
A . how B . what C . that D . which
25 . To my surprise , turned out that John failed in his examination .
A . it B . as C . what D . he
26 . Mr . Smith had the r epor t as soon as he finis hed it .
A . to be typed; to write B . typed; to write
C . being typed; writing D . typed; writing
27 . , s he was very brave .
A . Girl as was she B .A girl as she was
C . As a gir l she was D . Girl as she was
28 . He made it plain he was annoyed with me .
A . that B . what C . which D . whethe r
29 . had he ar rived home than it began to r ain .
A . Not until B . No sooner C . Sca rcely D . Hardly
30 . I forget , please remind me of it tomor row .
A . In case B . In case of C . In any case D . In no case
31 . It’s nice to go for a walk a summer evening .
A . on B . at C . in D . during
32 . Don’t the subject again this evening .
A . speak B . talk C . tell D . mention
33 . I think I must have my purse at home .
A . forgot ten B . mis sed C . taken D . left
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34 . How is it from her e to the city centr e ?
A . long B . fa r C . distant D . nea r
35 . The movie we saw last night was very differ ent the novel .
A . of B . to C . from D . as
36 . I’m looking forward Mike next week .
A . to see B . to seeing C . seeing D . see
37 . Father usually comes back f rom his work .
A . at noon B . in noon C . on noon D . in the noon
38 . You had bet ter wher e you are .
A . remaining B . to remain C . remain D . r emained
39 . I wanted to go home but my wife on going to the concer t .
A . persisted B . intended C . insisted D . argued
40 . fun and good exer cise, swimming is a very useful skill .
A . Except for B . But for C . Beside D . Besides
41 . The salesman persuaded u s his product .
A . buying B . to buy C . buy D . having bought
42 . The weather is hot that we can’t walk fa r .
A . that ; so B . very; much C . so; tha t D . much; ve ry
43 . The a rticle is to be studied car efully .
A . wor th B . worthy of C . worthy D . wor thwhile
44 . I will have to my lawye r before I make a decision .
A . touch B . connect C . contact D . advise
45 . Ma ry is the school holidays with her friends in the count ry .
A . spending B . doing C . making D . going
46 . The children in red sang songs together .
A . dr es sed B . dressing C . worn D . wearing
47 . The Government gave sever al good for increasing the t ax on ciga rettes .
A . purposes B . reason s C . questions D . problems
48 . His job is to the lett ers alphabetically by dist rict .
A . handle B . deal C . sor t D . throw
49 . I objected the meeting without him .
A . to have B . to having C . having D . have
50 . You can’t how frightened I was when I first saw an elep hant .
A . suppose B . propose C . wonder D . imagine
Section B􊷂Mistake Spotting
Directions􊷂Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined and marked A, B, C
and D . Identify the one that needs correction and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet .
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51 . It is of ten easie r to select a par ticular tool than to u se them cor rectly .
A B C D
52 . In wha t count ry he told you tha t he had lived before he came to Canada ?
A B C D
53 . Jim was upset last night because he had to do too many homewor ks .
A B C D
54 . Des pite of the heavy snow last night , none of the classes have been cancelled at the
A B C D
univer sity .
55 . About one- fifth of all the energy in the United Stat es it is changed into electric power
.
A B C D
56 . You have to hur ry up if you want to buy egg s because there’s ha rdly something left .
A B C D
57 . Neithe r John nor his father wer e able to wake up ea rly enough to catch morning
t rain .
A B C D
58 . The ca r he bought in Japan look s similarly to the one he has been driving for sever al
A B C D
yea rs .
59 . Although Mr . White had become one of the best known actors in the country , but he did
not
A B C
enjoy his wor k very much .
D
60 . I don’t remembe r the student whom I have lent my dictionary to him .
A B C D
61 . The mor e that you practise speaking , the better you will do it .
A B C D
62 . My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy it anyway .
A B C D
63 . It was her who s uggested that he go to New York in order to get a direct flight .
A B C D
64 . Both Joh n and Peter study hard , but I think Peter is clever of the two .
A B C D
65 . If her gr andfa ther would have lived three mor e days , he would have been 100 years
old .
A B ■C D
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Ⅲ . Cloze (20 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and
marked A, B, C and D . Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by
blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .
Historians can’t tell us when or where or 66 the first food was cooked . In earliest
67 , people had eaten their food 68 , and fire was used only to provide heat and light .
The first primitive cooks were 69 women , 70 prepa ring food and making
clothing were con sidered women’s work . 71 most of the gr eat chefs ( 厨师) in history
have been men . T his might have been because chefs lea rned 72 work in the kitchen
s of rich families 73 in r estaurants and women didn’t of ten take jobs outside their
homes , or it might have been because kitchen equipment was so heavy and difficult to
work with 74 only st rong men could do it . In mode rn times , great female chefs have
become k nown , and some of the best cook book s 75 by women .
66 . A . who B . which C . how D . what
67 . A . time B . times C . ages D . pe riod
68 . A . uncooked B . being uncooked
C . uncooking D . to be uncooked
69 . A . probable B . possible C . probably D . likewise
70 . A . while B . for C . so that D . unles s
71 . A . But B . T he refore C . And D . Mor eove r
72 . A . his B . its C . their D . their s
73 . A . as well B . either C . both D . or
74 . A . as B . such C . so D . that
75 . A . have writ ten B . have been writ ten
C . we re writ ten D . a re writ ten
Ⅳ . Reading Comprehension (45 points)
Directions􊷂There are three 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 one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .
Passage One
Man’s first r eal invention , one of the most impor tant invention s in history , was the
wheel . All t ranspor tation and every machine in the world depend on it .
The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most r ema rkable of all inventions , because
there a re no wheels in nature—no living thing was ever created with wheels .
How, then , did man come to invent the wheel ?
Perhaps some early h unte rs found that they could roll the dead body of a heavy animal
through the forest on logs more easily than they could car ry it . However , the logs
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themselves weighed a lot . It must have taken a great prehistoric thinke r to imagine two
thin slices of log connected a t their center s by a st rong stick . T his would roll along just
as the log s did , yet be much light er and easier to handle . Th us the wheel and axle ( 轮
轴) came into being , and with them the first ca rts .
76 . The wheel is import ant becau se .
A . it was man’s first real invention
B . all tr an spor tation depends on it
C . eve ry machine depends on it
D . both B and C
77 . It was r ema rkable of man to invent the wheel becau se .
A . it led to many other invention s
B . man had no use for it then
C . there we re no wheels in nature
D . all of the above
78 . The wheel was probably invented by .
A . a group of ea rly hunters
B . the first men on ear th
C . a gr ea t pr ehistoric thin ker
D . the man who made the first car t
79 . This passage says that the first wheel may have been a .
A . round piece of stone
B . heavy log
C . piece of met al
D . slice of log
80 . The idea for it may have come from .
A . watching a rolling stone
B . rolling a dead body of an animal on log s
C . wa tching running animals
D . hunting an animal
Passage Two
T hen in the 1830s came the invention of the telegr aph .
T he telegr aphist ( 电报员) could send messages from lands hundr eds of miles away
more quickly than a horseman could deliver a lett er from the next village . Of course mistakes
we re made , some of them very fun ny . Sending a telegram to London from the other
end of the wor ld was at fir st ve ry costly . So telegr aphists used as few words as possible
. Sometimes words were misspelt and the telegrams we re difficult to unde rstand .
Her e is a famous example . When the ve ry fir st r ailway line was st ar ted in Queensland ,
Aust ralia, the Gover nor himself dug the first piece of ear th . T his was an import ant e-
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vent . So a telegram was sent to London . I t r ead􊷂“Governor Queensland turns ( digs )
first sod ( piece of ea rth ) ." But when the telegr am a r rived , it r ead􊷂“ Governor
Queensland twins’ fir st son ." The newspaper then printed the exciting news that the
Governor’s wife had had twins , the first one being a boy ! This came as a gr eat s urprise
to everybody , becau se the Governor was not mar ried !
81 . This passage mainly tells about .
A . the expen sive telegram
B . the telegraphists used as few words as possible
C . a funny mistake in a telegram
D . an example of the mistakes in the news
82 . Telegr aphists used as few words as pos sible because .
A . it was too distant f rom London to the other end of the world
B . mist akes u sed to be made
C . word s would be misspelt by them
D . sending a message by telegr aph was very expensive
83 . It made that words wer e spelled by mistake .
A . the telegrams difficult to understand
B . the telegrams funny
C . the telegrams s hor t
D . the t elegrams ha rd to delive r
84 . The word“ " was the misspelt form of the word“ turn s" , and“ "
was“sod" .
A . twin s’; son
B .digs ; ear th
C .twins’; ear th
D .digs ; son
85 . According to the newspaper , .
A . the Gove rnor’s wife was the younger of the twins
B . the Governor and his wife were mar ried and had a son
C . the Gove rnor was his wife’s twin brothe r
D . the Governor’s wife had twinned and the elder baby was a boy
Passage Three
In the United States , it is not customary to telep hone someone very early in the
morning . If you telephone him early in the day , while he is s having or having breakfast ,
the time of the call shows that the mat ter is very impor tant and requires immedia te attention
. T he same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11 ∶ 00 pm . If
someone r eceives a call during sleeping hours , he assumes it is a matte r of life or death .
T he time chosen for the call communicates its impor tance .
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I f a late t elephone call is r egarded in the Unit ed States as a cause for concer n , imagine
the excitement and fear caused by a crowd of people ar riving at the door at 2 ∶00
am . On an island in the south Pacific, a plant manager from the United Stat es had just
such an experience . The natives of the island met one night to discu ss a problem . When
they ar rived at a solution , they went to see the plant manager and woke him up to tell
him what had been decided . Unfor tu nately , they did not know that it is a very se rious
matt er to wake up Ame ricans at such an hour . T he plant manager , who did not unde rstand
the local culture , thought ther e was a fight and called the police . It neve r occur r ed
to him ( or to the natives) that pa rts of the day have differ ent meanings in different cultures
.
86 . According to the U .S . custom, what does a very ear ly telephone call mean to an American
?
A . Very impolite .
B . Not usual .
C . Very urgent .
D . Not necessary .
87 . At which of the following hours is a phone call NOT regarded as of primary importance
?
A . 11∶00 am .
B . 11∶30 pm .
C . 5∶00 am .
D . 12∶00 pm .
88 . Why did the natives go to the plant manager’s home and wake him up ?
A . To have a talk with him .
B . To inform him of their decision .
C . To discuss a problem with him .
D .To tell him a problem they met with .
89 . What was the manage r’s immediate reaction to the natives’ a r rival ?
A . He thought the na tives were mad .
B . He didn’t take it serious