貴州省貴陽(yáng)市成考專升本2021-2022學(xué)年英語(yǔ)第二次模擬卷(附答案)

貴州省貴陽(yáng)市成考專升本2021-2022學(xué)年英語(yǔ)第二次模擬卷(附答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、單選題(30題)1.Thebankisreportedinthelocalnewspaper,_______inbroaddaylightyesterday.

A.beingrobbed

B.havingbeenrobbed

C.tohavebeenrobbed

D.robbed

2.Thesearchwas_______whennightcame,eventhoughthechildhadnotbeenfoundA.approvedB.acquiredC.achievedD.abandoned

3.--Ifyouareofferedatriptothemoon,______it?--Ofcourse.Whynot?

A.didyouaccept

B.areyougoingtoaccept

C.willyouaccept

D.wouldyouaccept

4.Little_________thattheirplanhasbeenDiscovered．

A.didtheysuspect

B.dothesuspect

C.dotheysuspect

D.theysuspect

5.Iwonderedwhatdifficultyhehad_________theplan?

A.tocarryout

B.carryingout

C.carriedout

D.withcarryingout

6.Hewasamanofstrongfeelings,______normallylayhiddendeepinsidehim.

A.itB.thatC.thoseD.which

7.______yourhomeworkandmakesurethatyoudon't______anymistakes.

A.Do;doB.Make;makeC.Make;doD.Do;make

8.Finallyhegottimeforaglance______thisreport.

A.offB.roundC.onD.at

9.Thisisjusttheplace______heandhiswifevisitedlastyear.

A.whereB.thatC.whenD.why

10.Helenalwayshelpshergrandmothereventhoughgoingtoschool____mostofherday.

A.takesupB.makeupC.saveupD.putup

11.She'sfainted.Throwsomewateronherfaceandshemay______.

A.comeroundB.comebackC.comeagainD.comeout

12._____cryingsadly,heraisedhisheadandlettearsstreamdownhisfaceonpurposeA.TobeseenB.SeeingC.ToseeD.Havingseen

13.Heistooweakto______theheavybox.

A.riseB.putC.raiseD.arise

14.Theyrequiredthatallthenecessarydocuments______tothepresident'sofficebeforetheendofthismonth.

A.behanded

B.mustbehanded

C.shouldhandin

D.hadbeenhandedin

15.Mary，_________here——everybodyelse，staywhereyouare．

A.comeB.comesC.tocomeD.coming

16.______hecome,theproblemwouldbesettled.

A.WouldB.ShouldC.ShallD.If

17.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

18.Thankyouforthe______youdidme.tomovethesofaupstairs.

A.favorB.goodC.helpD.kindness

19.Theproblemwassettledtothecompleteofthem,sotheydidn‘tcomplain.

A.amazementB.satisfactionC.disappointmentD.attraction

20.Thenovelwrittenbytheauthor_______well,butfiveyearsagronoonecouldhaveimaginedhowgreatarolehe_______intheliteraryworldA.sells;wastoplay

B.selling;wasplaying

C.sold;hadplayed

D.sell;isplaying

21.Myfather______mebysayingthatIcouldwininthespeechcontest,soItookpartinit.

A.discouragedB.encouragedC.preventedD.asked

22.-Betweenthetwopossibleplans,I‘mbound_____thesecondoneA.favouringB.tofavourC.forfavouringD.tofavouring

23.Busyastheyare,parentsshould______atleasttwohourstospendwiththeirchildren.

A.setoutB.setawayC.setasideD.setoff

24.Janehasbrownhair,infact,it'squitesimilarinshade______yours.

A.asB.withC.likeD.to

25.Inoticedhiseyes______,becausetheywereverylarge.

A.inparticularB.withparticularC.inspecialD.withspecial

26.WewereoverjoyedatthenewsofChina__________anotherman-madesatel1ite．A.startingB.1aunchingC.fightingD.shouting

27.—ThisismynewdogHisnameisWisdom—That'sinterestingWhy______didyougivehimsuchaname?

A.intheearthB.inworldC.onearthD.ontheworld

28._______manytimes,hefinallyunderstoodtheproblem.

A.ToldB.TellingC.HavingtoldD.Havingbeentold

29.—What'sthechanceofthere______anelectionthisyear?—Ihavenoidea.

A.isB.tobeC.beingD.be

30.Noconclusionhasbeen______yet.

A.achievedB.reachedC.attainedD.arrived

二、漢譯英(20題)31.（直到最近）peoplebegantopayattentiontotheenvironmentalprotection.

32.Itwasnotuntiltwoo'clocka.mthat（他妻子才回來(lái)）.

33.這表需要擦油了。

34.（無(wú)論在什么情況下）canweacceptchequeorcreditcard.

35.你可以依賴于我的幫助。

36.認(rèn)為有朝一日電腦會(huì)取代人腦的想法是愚蠢的。

37.Althoughhethoughthewashelpinguswiththejob,（但他只是在礙我們的事）.

38.孩子需要鼓勵(lì)，過(guò)多的批評(píng)只能阻礙他們的智力發(fā)展。

39.不言而喻，青年人的教育對(duì)于一個(gè)國(guó)家的未來(lái)是至關(guān)重要的。

40.休息期間她給我講了很多事情，其中有些事真是令人難以置信。

41.昨晚突然發(fā)生的大火奪取了十個(gè)人的生命。

42.Nowadaysmostcompaniesdon'tjudgeanemployeesimply（根據(jù)其所受的教育）.

43.在當(dāng)今時(shí)代，人們?cè)絹?lái)越多地依靠計(jì)算機(jī)來(lái)解決各種各樣的難題。

44.我已了解清楚了，她的結(jié)論是以事實(shí)為根據(jù)的。

45.大多數(shù)有意義的而且大多數(shù)人不得不去做的工作，就其工作本身而言都不是有趣的。

46.像經(jīng)濟(jì)這樣重要的問(wèn)題，要仔細(xì)加以考慮。

47.Thepresident'ssuggestionisthat（在這個(gè)村里建一所小學(xué)）.

48.“他們決定不去了，是嗎?”“是的，他們不去了?！?/p>

49.他將其描繪成一個(gè)位于兩山之間的非?？蓯?ài)而宜人的地方，一條大河從那里川流而過(guò)。

50.電視節(jié)目對(duì)人們的影響很大，對(duì)兒童尤其如此。

三、語(yǔ)法與詞匯(10題)51.Hemadeno______(explain)aboutwhyheactedsorudelytohiswifelastnight.

52.Itisa(n)______(formal)party,soyoudon'tneedtowearsuitandtie.

53.Weregret______youthatthematerialsyouorderedareoutofstock.(inform)

54.Whenwillyoubeabletogetyourbike______(repair)?

55.______(confident)isthekeyfactorincommunicatingwithoppositesex.

56.Tomygreat______(astonish),heenteredmyroomwithoutmyagreement.

57.Hehasmadearrangementsforthe______(collect)ofhisbaggagefromtheairport.

58.Billsaidthatthe______(mix)tastedterrible.

59.Wemadeplansforavisitbutthesubsequent______(difficult)withtheearpreventedit.

60.Todothisjob,weneedtohavespecial______(strong)orskill.

四、詞匯與語(yǔ)法知識(shí)(10題)61.Jackdescribedhisfather，who__________abraveboymanyyearsago，asastrong-willedman．

A.wouldbeB.wouldhavebeenC.mustbeD.musthavebeen

62.17.I'mfamiliar______themusicthattheyaredancingA.to,toB.with,toC.with,withD.with,/

63.

第8題The________ofyourselfthatyouseeinthemirrorisproducedbythereflectionoflight．

A.figureB.appearanceC.100kD.image

64.

第9題IfIhad__________youradvice，thesituationwouldn’thavebeensoterrible．

A.listenedB.followedC.heardD.obeyed

65.

第16題Whoseideawasittogototheopera?Isuggested________

A.goB.togoC.thatgoD.going

66.

第8題Jimisthemostintelligent，of__________

A.fourUSB.USfourC.thefourUSD.USoffour

67.14.Mary______adresswhenshecutherfinger.A.madeB.ismakingC.wasmakingD.makes

68.

第20題Notuntilallthefishdiedintheriver__________howseriousthepollutionwas．

A.didthevillagersrealize

B.thevillagersrealize

C.thevillagersdidrealize

D.didn'tthevillagersrealize

69.Governmentofficialsshouldalways__________inmindthepople’sneeds.

A.carryB.takeC.trainD.bear

70.I'liketotake__________ofthisopportunitytothankyouallforyourcoopera-tion.

A.profitlB.benefitC.advantageD.interest

五、閱讀理解(10題)71.WhichofthefollowingfacilitiesisNOTlistedinthisannouncement?

A.Food.B.Transportation.C.Clinic.D.Accommodation.

72.Whatisthemainconcernofmanonthefourthlevel?

A.Themoregoodsthebetter.

B.Themore"luxury"itemsthebetter.

C.Themorementalsatisfactionthebetter.

D.Themoreearningsthebetter.

73.

Theoldladysitting______herhadherhandbagopen.

A.besidesB.infrontofC.nexttoD.behind

74.

WhatathleticeventswereheldinthefirstthirteenOlympicGames?

A.Agreatvarietyofevents.

B.Afieldeventonly,

C.Atrackeventonly.

D.Bothtrackandfieldevents.

75.Perhapsthereisonlythemoontocomparewithit.OfalltheachievementsofAmericanengineering,onlythelandingonthemoonandtheplantingthereofawrinkledflagcanrivaltheconstructionofPanamaCanalasanepoch-makingaccomplishment.TheSuezCanal,thetrans-SiberianRailroadandtheTajMahalallpalebesideit.Thecanal'sconstructionismorecloselyakintothepyramidsofEgyptinitsscopeanddifficultyofexecution,butinthemodernera,thereisonlythemoon.

Likethelandingonthemoon,theconstructionofacanalacrossthenarrowIsthmusofPanamawasadreamlongbeforeitbecamereality.Asearlyas1534,CharlesIofSpainproposedacanalatPanama,butitwouldtakenearly400yearsforbuilderstocatchupwithhisimagination.

Whenthecanalfinallywasproposedrequiredallthecreativitythetwentiethcenturycouldmuster.Itwasthelargestpublicworkeverattempted.Itsengineershadtocontrolawildriver,cutthecontinentaldivide,constructthelargestdamandmanmadelakeknowntothatdateandswingthelargestlockseverconstructedfromthebiggestcementstructuresthenpoured.Alongtheway,twooftheworld'smostdevastatingdiseaseshadtobewipedoutinoneoftheirgreateststrongholds.Andallofthiswastobedonewithouttheairplaneortheautomobile:KittyHawkroseintothehead-linesin1903thesameyeartheU.S.signedatreatywithPanama——andtherewasnoroadacrosstheisthmusuntiltheWorldWarⅡ.

IfPanamahashadanunusualroleinbygonedreams,itmostcertainlyhasastartlingrelationshiptothehardfactsofgeography.Thecountryisfarthereastthanmostpeopleimagine——thecanalandabouthalfofPanamaactuallylieeastofMiami.Becauseofthecountry'sshallow"S"shapeandeast-westorientation,ithasplaceswherethesunrisesinthePacificandsetsintheAtlantic.Moresignificantly,PanamaissqueezedintothenarrowestportionofCentral.Atthecanal,just43milesoflandseparateAtlanticandPacificshores.Perhapsevenmoreimportant,PanamaoffersthelowestpointintheNorthAmericancontinentaldivide——originally312feetabovesealevelatthecanal'sCulebraCut.Bycomparison,thelowestpassintheUnitedStatesisnearly5,000feet.

Inscopeanddifficulty,thecanalsconstructionwasmostcloselyaliketothatofthe______.()

A.SuezCanal

B.trans-SiberianRailroad

C.TajMahal

D.pyramidsofEgypt

76.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatscientistsofthe18thcentury______.

A.thoughtthattheyknewagreatdealandcouldsolvemostproblemsofscience

B.wereafraidoffacinguptotherealitiesofscientificresearch

C.knewthattheywereignorantandwantedtoknowmoreaboutnature

D.didmoreharmthangoodinpromotingman'sunderstandingofnature

77.WhentheTVviewerturnsonhisset,whatsortofprogramsdoeshehavetochoosefrom?Youmightthinktherewouldbemoreprogramsdevotedtoentertainmentthantoanythingelse,butthatsnotthecase.Inmostcountries,fewerthan20%ofbroadcastinghoursaredevotedtoentertainment.U.S.figuresarehigh—34.8%,andthefunlovingCanadiansareevenhigherwith44%.ExceptCanadaandItaly,allcountriesgivemorebroadcastingtimetoeducationthantoeitherinformation(news,documentariesandsoon)orentertainmentprograms.Ofcourse,feweducationalbroadcaststakeplaceduringpeakviewingtimes.InJapanthough,morethan60%ofbroadcastingtimeistakenupwitheducationofonekindofanother—justanotherexampleofthebusinesslikeJapanesephilosophy.IntheU.K.,thefigureis56.4%.TheItalianshavefewereducationalprogramsthananyoneelse.Theydontgoinforentertainmenteither.Onlyabouttenpercentofviewingtimeisdevotedtodramasandserials,quizshows,music,sports,etc.YouwillfindmorenewsinformationprogramsonItalianTVthananythingelse.Thatsunderstandableinacountryexperiencingsocialandpoliticalchanges.ItaliansrelyonTVtotellthemwhatsgoingon—andeventsarehappeningalmosttoofasttofollow.ThepercentageoftimetheU.S.devotedtonewsanddocumentaryprogramsismuchsmaller.Aftereducation,mostTVtimeisgiventoentertainment.Manyoftheseprogramsareshownaroundtheworld.

Basedonthispassage,thepercentageofTVbroadcastinghoursdevotedtoeducationisgreatestin______.

A.JapanB.ItalyC.CanadaD.theUnitedStates

78.Everythinghasaname.Allpeople,places,andthingshavenames.Forexample,JennyisthenameofastudentfromEngland.Englandisthenameofhercountry.Citiesandtownshavenames,too.Schoolsandofficebuildingsalsohavenames.Allthingshavenames.Forexample,tomato,potatoandbeanarenamesofvegetables.Apple,orangeandbananaarenamesoffruits.Namesareimportant.

Weusenameseveryday.Whenwemeetanewperson,weusuallyask,"What'syourname?"Itisimportanttolearnaperson'sname.Mostpeoplehavetwonames.Somepeoplehavemorenames.Namesaredifferentallovertheworld.InJenny'sclass,Jennymustlearnthenamesofstudentsfromallovertheworld.Thisisverydifficultbecausethenamesareverydifferent.

IntheUnitedStates,mostpeoplehaveafirstname,amiddlename,andalastname.Parentschoosethefirstandmiddlenamesfortheirbaby.Therearenamesforboysandnamesforgirls.Forexample,John,Peter,TomandMikeareallnamesforboys.Elizabeth,Betty,Susan,andMaryareallnamesforgirls.Thelastnameisthefamilyname.Usuallyitisthefather'sfamilyname.Inafamily,themother,thefather,andthechildrenusuallyhavethesamelastname.

Sometimesapersonhasanickname(綽號(hào)),too.Anicknameisaspecialname.Itisnotaperson'srealname.AbrahamLincoln'snicknamewas"HonestAbe".Anhonestpersonalwaystellsthetruth,andAbeisshortforAbraham.Becausehewasanhonestperson,hisnicknamewas"HonestAbe".Pele(貝利)isanickname,too.Thefootballplayer'srealnameisEdisonArantesdeNascimento,buteveryonecallshimPele.Doyouhaveanickname?

Namearedifferentallovertheworld.Theycanbelongorshort,buttheyarealwaysveryimportant.

Whydoeseverythinghaveaname?

A.Itisveryinterestingtohaveaname.

B.Itisveryeasytoberemembered.

C.Itisveryeasytobetoldfromothers.

D.BothBandC.

79.PassageOneThehumorousstorymaybetoldtogreATlength，andmaywanderaroundasmuchasitpleases，andarrivenowhereinparticular；butthecomic(滑稽的)storyandthewitty(詼諧的)storymustbebriefandendwithapoint．Thehumorousstorycontinuesgentlyalong．theothertwoburst．

Thehumorousstoryisstrictlyaworkofan—highandDelicate(精美的)an-andonlyallartistcantellit；Butnoartisnecessaryintellingthecomicandwittystories；anybodycandoit．Theartoftellingahumorousstory—Imeanbywordofmouth，notprint—wascreatedinAmerica，andhasremainedathome．

Thehumorousstoryistoldseriously；thetellerDoeshisbesttohidethefactthathehim．selfevensuspectsthatthereisanythingfunnyaboutit；butthetellerofthecomicstorytellsyoubeforehandthatitisoneofthefunniestthingshehaseverheard，thentellsitwitheagerdelight，andisthefirstpersontolaugh．

Whenhegetsthrough，andsometimes，ifhehashadgoodSUCCESS。heissogladandhappythathewillrepeatthepointofitandglancearoundfromfacetoface，collectingapplause(喝彩)，andthenrepeatitagain．

Whichstoryhasnoparticularpoint?

A.Thehumorousstory

B.Thewittystory

C.Thecomicstory

D.Allthree

80.Therearetwokindsofmemory:short-termandlong-term.Informationinlong-termmemorycanberecalledatalatertimewhenitisneeded.Theinformationmaybekeptfordaysorweeks.Incontrast,informationinshort-termmemoryiskeptforonlyafewseconds,usuallybyrepeatingtheinformationoverandover.Thefollowingexperimentshowshowshort-termmemoryhasbeenstudied.HenningstudiedhowstudentswhoareleaningEnglishasasecondlanguageremembervocabulary.Thesubjectsinhisexperimentwere75collegestudents.TheyrepresentedalllevelsofabilityinEnglish:beginning,intermediate,advanced,andnative-speakingstudents.Tobegin,thesubjectslistenedtoarecordingofanativespeakerreadingaparagraphinEnglish.Followingtherecording,thesubjectstooka15-questiontesttoseewhichwordstheyremembered.Eachquestionhadfourchoices.Thesubjectshadtocirclethewordtheyhadheardintherecording.Someofthequestionshadfourchoicesthatsoundalike.Forexample,weather,whether,wither,andwetterarefourwordsthatsoundalike.Someofthequestionshadfourchoicesthathavethesamemeaning.Method,way,manner,andsystemwouldbefourwordswiththesamemeaning.Finallythesubjectstookalanguageproficiencytest.HenningfoundthatstudentswithalowerproficiencyinEnglishmademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthatsoundalike;studentswithahigherproficiencymademoreoftheirmistakesonwordsthathavethesamemeaning.Henning’sresultssuggestthatbeginningstudentsholdthesoundofwordsintheirshort-termmemory,andadvancedstudentsholdthemeaningofwordsintheirshort-termmemory.Henningmadetheexperimentinordertostudy__________.A.howstudentsrememberEnglishvocabularybyshort-termmemory

B.howstudentslearnEnglishvocabulary

C.howtodevelopstudents’abilityinEnglish

D.howlonginformationinshort-termmemoryiskept

六、作文(1題)81.假設(shè)你的朋友叫楊立，是優(yōu)秀學(xué)生。校報(bào)請(qǐng)你寫(xiě)一篇介紹他的短文。他的基本情況是：現(xiàn)在讀高二，是班長(zhǎng)，是全班學(xué)習(xí)最好的;最喜歡學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)和數(shù)學(xué);愛(ài)好體育，課余常踢足球，還是學(xué)校游泳隊(duì)隊(duì)員;經(jīng)常幫助別人。注意：(1)基本情況不可遺漏;(2)要有標(biāo)題;(3)詞數(shù)為100左右。

參考答案

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.D解析：which修飾非限定性定語(yǔ)從句，指代前邊一句話。本題涉及句法知識(shí)——簡(jiǎn)單句、并列句和復(fù)合句。例如：Hehastwodaughters.Theyaredoctors.(簡(jiǎn)單句)Hehastwodaughtersandtheyaredoctors.(并列句)Hehastwodaughters,whoaredoctors．(復(fù)合句)

7.D解析：本題考查動(dòng)詞搭配。doone'shomework“做作業(yè)”；makemistakes“犯錯(cuò)誤”。句意為：做作業(yè)，還要保證別犯錯(cuò)誤。

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.A解析：句意：她昏倒了。給她臉上澆些水，或許她會(huì)醒過(guò)來(lái)。本題考查詞組辨析。comeround：過(guò)訪，繞道而來(lái)，蘇醒過(guò)來(lái)；comeback：回來(lái)，恢復(fù)；comeagain：再說(shuō)一遍，重復(fù)一遍；comeout：出來(lái)，傳出。

12.A

13.C解析：本題考查詞義的辨別。rise出現(xiàn)，put放下，raise提起，arise升高。

14.A解析：本題考虛擬語(yǔ)氣在名詞性從句中的用法。在“ask(advise，desire，ordersuggest，require，etc。)+the廣引導(dǎo)的從句中，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)用“should+認(rèn)”，should可以省去，再結(jié)合語(yǔ)態(tài)，故A項(xiàng)正確。本句大意為：他們要求所有的必要文件都必須在月底之前交到校長(zhǎng)辦公室。

15.A本題考查祈使句型：

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：Mary，到這里來(lái)，其余的人待在原處。根據(jù)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)可判斷出這是個(gè)祈使句。所以要用動(dòng)詞原形開(kāi)頭。Mary在句中不是

主語(yǔ)，而是“呼語(yǔ)”。

16.B解析：此處是對(duì)將來(lái)情況的假設(shè)。虛擬條件句的謂語(yǔ)部分為should，had或were時(shí)，可把if省去，而把should，had或were放在從句的主語(yǔ)之前，構(gòu)成主謂部分倒裝。

17.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

18.A解析：favor：幫助，一般用domeafavor；good：好處；help不與do搭配：kindness：善良。故選A。

19.B

20.A

21.B解析：encourage：鼓勵(lì)、鼓舞；discourage：使泄氣；prevent：阻止；ask：要求。根據(jù)句意只有選B。

22.B

23.C

24.D

25.Ainparticular是固定搭配，意為“特別地”。

26.Blaunch為“發(fā)射”講；其余為干擾項(xiàng)。

27.C

28.D

29.C

30.B解析：本題考查固定搭配的用法。當(dāng)否定詞位于句前時(shí)，得出結(jié)論應(yīng)用reach/achievein/arriveatconclusion，故選B。

31.Itwasnotuntilrecentlythat

32.hiswifecameback

33.Thewatchneedsoiling．

34.Undernocircumstances

35.Youcancountonmyhelp.

36.Itisfoolishtothinkthatcomputerswilltaketheplaceofourhumanbrainssomeday.Itisfoolishtothinkthatcomputerswilltaketheplaceofourhumanbrainssomeday.

37.hewasjustinourway

38.Childrenneedencouragementtoomuchcriticismcanonlysetbacktheirmentaldevelopment.Childrenneedencouragement,toomuchcriticismcanonlysetbacktheirmentaldevelopment.

39.Itisself-evidentthattheeducationoftheyoungisvitaltothefutureofacountry．Itisself-evidentthattheeducationoftheyoungisvitaltothefutureofacountry．

40.Duringthebreakshetoldmealotofthingssomeofwhichweremorethanpeoplecouldbelieve.Duringthebreakshetoldmealotofthings,someofwhichweremorethanpeoplecouldbelieve.

41.Thefirethatbrokeoutlastnightkilledtenpersons．Thefirethatbrokeoutlastnightkilledtenpersons．

42.onthebasisofhisorhereducation

43.Inouragepeopledependmoreandmoreoncomputerstosolvevariouskindsofdifficultproblems.Inourage,peopledependmoreandmoreoncomputerstosolvevariouskindsofdifficultproblems.

44.Ihavemadesurethatherconclusionisbasedonfacts.Ihavemadesurethatherconclusionisbasedonfacts.

45.Mostoftheworkthatismeaningfulandthatmostpeoplehavetodoisnotinitselfinteresting.Mostoftheworkthatismeaningfulandthatmostpeoplehavetodoisnotinitselfinteresting.

46.Importantissueslikeeconomydeserveconsideration.Importantissueslikeeconomydeserveconsideration.

47.aprimaryschoolshouldbebuiltinthevillage

48.“Theyhavedecidednottogohaven'tthey?”“Yes．theyhave．”“Theyhavedecidednottogo，haven'tthey?”“Yes．theyhave．”

49.Hedescribeditasaveryagreeab