2013成人高考(高起點(diǎn))英語(yǔ)模擬試題及答案七

Ⅰ.Phonetics(10points)

Directions:

Ineachoffollowinggroupsofwords,therearefourunderlinedletter

combinationsmarkedA,B,CandD.Compareunderlinedpartsandidentifytheone

thatisdifferentfromtheothersinpronunciation.Markyouranswerbyblackening

thecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

1.A.enoughB.aboutC.touchD.young

2.A.thirstyB.throatC.youthD.those

3.A.shutB.cutC.funnyD.use

4.A.thanksB.pillsC.newsD.films

5.A.dearB.heartC.earD.tear

6.A.birthsB.depthsC.monthsD.mouths

9.A.mayB.dayC.stayD.Sunday

10.A.weighB.eightC.seizeD.daily

Directions:

Thereare40incompletesentencesinthissection.Foreachsentencethereare

fourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Chooseoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence

andblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

11._______wewonthewar.

A.IntheendB.OntheendC.BytheendD.Attheend

12.Asapoorfreshstudent,hehadtodoapart-timejob_______money.

A.owingtoB.becauseofC.onaccountofD.forthesakeof

13.Toomuchdrinkingwould______hishealth.

A.doharmforB.doharmfultoC.doharmtoD.doharmfulfor

14.Thedays_______youcouldtravelwithoutapassportareathingofthepast.

A.inwhichB.onwhichC.ofwhichD.atwhich

15.Heinsiststhathe______innocent.

16.Theteachersaid,“Stop______”.Sowestopped_______.

A.totalk…toreadB.talking…toreadC.talking…readingD.talking…read

17.CouldIhavesomemilk,someorangejuice,andsomeeggs______?

A.insteadofB.inadditionC.aswellD.somuch

18.______afterhisdeaththathewasrecognizedasagreatcomposer.

A.ItwasnotuntilB.ItisuntilC.ItwasuntilD.Notuntil

A.goB.goingC.togoD.havegone

22.Yourcoat______his.

24.Eachhasanapple,______?

A.hasheB.doesn’theC.doesheD.don’tthey

25.Sports,______perhapsyoudon’tlikeverymuch,maymakeyoustrong.

A.thatB.whichC.itD.and

26.Weshouldlook______thematterbeforewereachaconclusion.

A.intoB.forC.toD.at

27.Hospitaldoctorsdon’tgooutveryoftenastheirwork_______alltheir

time.

C.washurthimselfD.washurtinghimself

31.Marylikes_______verymuch,butshedidn’tgo_______lastSunday.

A.toswim…swimmingB.swimming…toswim

32.More______,lessspeed.

A.hurryB.rushC.quicknessD.haste

33.______withthesizeofthewholeearth,thehighestmountaindoesn’tseem

highatall.

A.WhencomparedB.CompareC.WhilecomparingD.Comparing

34.Thefact______moneyorderscanusuallybeeasilycashedhasmadethema

popularformofpayment.

A.ofB.isthatC.thatD.whichis

35.Heisworkingveryhardto______thelosttimeinthepast10years.

A.makeforB.makeupforC.makeupD.makeout

36.Ifachildisabsent______schoolforlongperiods,heshouldbegivenextra

work.

A.atB.inC.fromD.outof

37.Neitherofyourproposals________.

A.makesenseB.arepracticalC.makessenseD.makesenses

38.Itisobviousthatthereareatleasttwovitamins.______issolublein

fat;_____issolubleinwater.

A.Theone…theotherB.One…theother

C.One…anotherD.One…theanother

A.don’thopeB.hopenotsoC.donothopeD.hopenot

43.Thelastman______thesinkingshipwasthecaptain.

A.leftB.leavesC.tobeleavingD.toleave

44.Oneofhismanyfaultsisthatthathenever______anythingverylong.

A.decidesonB.stickstoC.goesoverD.makesup

45.Youareworthy_______thehonour.

A.toB.atC.forD.of

46.Billingpitchedsowell______everyonecheeredhimattheendofthegame.

A.asB.sinceC.thatD.whereas

47.The_______ofbloodalwaysmakeshimfeelsick.

A.sightB.viewC.lookD.form

48.Achildlearnstoreadbyseeingthewords_______.

A.properlyB.repeatedlyC.repeatlyD.obviously

49.Ourfriendshipis______andwewillneveragainbeseparated.

A.restoredB.reservedC.restrainedD.repeated

50.Hecouldn’texplainthe_______oftenyearsinhisjobhistory.

A.gapB.interruptingC.openingD.margin

Ⅲ.Cloze(20points)

Directions:

Foreachblankinthefollowingpassage,therearefourchoicesgivenbelowand

markedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatismostsuitableandmarkyouranswerby

blackeningthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Investorscan_51_moneysimplybyloaningit.Themoneytheyloaniscalled

capital.Security(擔(dān)保)isanexpensiveitemwhichtheborrowermortgages抵(押)

totheinvestortoshowthatheintendsto_52_thedebt.Thewayinvestorsmake

moneyonloansistochargeinterest.Interestismoneythat_53_paytoinvestors

fortheuseoftheirmoney.Interestisusuallyacertainpercentageofthecapital.

Investorssometimes_54tenpercentormoreinterestperyear.Theinterestmabye

calculateddaily,monthly,oryearly.Theinterestmustbe_55_beforethecapital

canberepaid.Iftheinterestisnot_56_theagreedrate,theinterestisadded

_57_thecapital.Thentheborrowerhas_58_payinterestontheunpaidinterest

_59_onthecapital.Adebtcangrowquicklythisway.Ifthetotalofthecapital

andaccumulatedinterestgetstoohigh,theinvestorwilltake_60_oftheitemused

assecurityandsellittogethismoneyback.

51.A.getB.makeC.haveD.carry

53.A.borrowersB.lendersC.peoplesD.others

55.A.bydayB.bythedayC.everydayD.daily

57.A.onB.toC.forD.with

58.A.toB.onC.intoDonto

59.A.orB.alsoC.butalsoD.aswellas

Directions:

Therearefourreadingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfive

questions.ForeachquestiontherearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,Cand

D.ChooseonebestanswerandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PassageOne

Studentsenrolledatleasthalftimemayborrowupto$3,000formthegovernment

overatwo-yearperiod.Repaymentoftheloanbeginssixmonthsafterthestudent

leavesschool.Theseloanscarryoninterestuntilthistime.Thecurrentinterest

rateis5percent.Studentsmayborrowupto$4,500annuallyfromabank,credit

union,savingsandloanassociationorothereligiblelender.Repaymentonthese

loansusuallybeginssixmonthsafterthestudentleavesschool.Theseloanscarry

nointerestuntilthistime.Thiscurrentinterestrateis9percent.Parentsmay

borrowupto$300annuallyforeachdependentcollege.Repaymentbeginsforty-five

daysafterreceivingtheloan,andtheinterestrateis12percent.

61.Whichofthefollowingisthemainpurpose?

A.full-timestudentsB.parents

C.studentsborrowingfromacreditunionD.half-timestudents

63.Ifparentshadthreechildrenincollegehowmuchcouldtheyborrowannually?

A.900B.3,000C.300D.9,000

64.Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingistrue.

Thegovernmentlendsstudentsenrolledatleasthalftimeupto3,000annually.

Studentsmayborrowupto$4,500annuallyfromfoursources.

Studentsenrolledlessthanhalftimemayborrowmoney.

65.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_______.

theinterestrateonstudentloansisincreasing

PassageTwo

Areyouawarethatyouactuallypossesssixsenses?Thesixthisamuscularsense

responsiblefordirectingyourmusclesintelligentlytotheexactextentnecessary

foreachactionyouperform.Forexample,whenyoureachforanobject,thesensory

nerveslinkingthemusclestothebrainstopyourhandatthecorrectspot.This

automaticperceptionofthepositionofyourmusclesinrelationtotheobjectis

yourmuscularsenseinaction.

Musclesarestringlybundlesoffibersvaryingfromonefive-thousandthofan

inchtoaboutthreeinches.Theyhavethreeuniquecharacteristics,theycanbecome

shorterandthicker;theycanstretch;andtheycanretracttotheiroriginal

positions.Underahigh-poweredmicroscope,muscletissueisseenaslong,slender

cellswithagrainytexturelikewood.

Morethanhalfofaperson’sbodyiscomposedofmusclefibers,mostofwhich

areinvoluntary—inotherwords,workwithoutconsciousdirection.Thevoluntary

muscles,thosethatwemoveconsciouslytoperformparticularactions,numbermore

thanfivehundred.Womenhaveonly60to70percentasmuchmuscleasmenfortheir

bodymass.Thatiswhyanaveragewomancan’tliftasmuch,throwasfar,orhit

ashardasanaverageman.

66.Accordingtotheselection,themuscularsenseisresponsiblefor______.

A.theefficiencyofourmusclesB.thenormalbreathingfunction

C.directingourmusclesintelligentlyD.theworkofonlyourinvoluntary

muscles

67.Intelligentuseofthemusclesmeansthat________.

onealwaysknowswhathismusclesaredoing

oneperformssimpleactionswhithoutworking

one’smusclesareusedonlytotheextentnecessaryforeachactiontheyperform

oneimprovesmuscularactionconsciously

70.Accordingtotheselectionmorethanhalfofaperson’sbodyiscomposed

of______.

A.voluntarymusclesB.involuntarymuscles

C.musclefibersD.sensorynerves

PassageThree

ThelargepartwhichwarplayedinEnglishaffairsintheMiddle-Ages,thefact

thatthecontrolofthearmyandnavywasinthehandsofthosethatspokeFrench,

andthecircumstancesthatmuchofEnglishfightingwasdoneinFranceallresulted

intheintroductionintoEnglishofanumberofFrenchmilitaryterms.Theartof

warhasundergonesuchchangessincethebattlesofHastings,Lewes,andAgincourt

thatmanywordsoncecommonarenowonlyinhistoricaluse.Theirplaceshavebeen

takenbylaterborrowings,oftenlikewisefromFrench,manyofthembeingwords

acquiredbytheFrenchinthecourseoftheirwarsinItalyduringthesixteenth

century.YetwestilluseFrenchwordsoftheMiddleAgeswhenwespeakofthearmy

andthenavy,ofpeace,enemy,battle,soldier,guardandspy,andwehavekeptthe

namesofofficerssuchascaptainandsergeant.SomeoftheFrenchtermswere

introducedintoEnglishbecausetheywereneededtoexpressanewobjectoranew

idea.InothercasesaFrenchandanativeEnglishwordforthesamethingexisted

sidebyside.Sometimesoneortheotherhassincebeenlostfromthelanguage;but

sometimesboththeborrowedandthenativewordhavebeenstillincommonuse.

71.Themainideaofthispassageisthat______.

mostoftoday’scommonEnglishmilitarytermsdatedfromthesixteenthcentury

orlater

astudyoftheEnglishvocabularyshowstheimportantpartwhichwarhasplayed

inthehistoryofEngland

manyFrenchwordsborrowedintoEnglishduringtheMiddleAgeshavesince

disappearedfromthelanguage

manymilitarytermsusedinEnglishwereoriginallyborrowedfromFrench,some

asearlyastheMiddleAges

72.AllofthefollowinghavesomethingtodowiththeintroductionintoEnglish

ofmanyFrenchmilitarytermsexceptthat_______.

warplayedanimportantpartinEnglishaffairsintheMiddleAges

theEnglisharmyandnavywerecontrolledbythosewhospokeFrenchinthewar

betweenEnglandandFrance

FranceinvadedEnglandintheMiddleAgesandmanybattleswerefoughtinEngland

muchofEnglishfightingwasdoneinFranceinthewarbetweenEnglandandFrance

73.Theartofwarhasundergonesuchchangesthat_______.

wenolongeruseanyFrenchwordsoftheMiddleAges

manywordsoncecommonarenotusedanylongerandtheyarereplacedbyItalian

words

FrenchmilitarytermshavedisappearedfromtheEnglishlanguage

manywordsoncecommonarenowonlyinhistoricaluseandtheirplaceshavebeen

takenbythenewly-borrowedwords

74.WhichofthefollowingisnottheFrenchwordborrowedintoEnglishduring

theMiddleAges?

75.Thewritertakesthewords“battle”and“fight”asanexampleto

show______.

Frenchwordsareneededtoexpresssomethingnew

aFrenchandanativewordforthesamethinghavebeenstillincommonuseside

bysideFrenchwordortheotherhasbeenlostfromtheEnglishlanguage

“battle”istheborrowedwordand“fight”isthenativeone

PassageFour

“Fingersweremadebeforeforks”whenapersongivesupgoodmanners,puts

asideknifeandfork,anddivesintohisfood,someoneislikelytorepeatthat

saying.

Theforkwasanancientagriculturaltool,butforcenturiesnoonethoughtof

eatingwithit.Notuntiltheeleventhcentury,whenayoungladyfromConstantinople

broughtherforktoItaly,didthecustomreachEurope.

BythefifteenthcenturytheuseoftheforkwaswidespreadinItaly.TheEnglish

explanationwasthatItalianswereaversetoeatingfoodtouchedwithfingers,

“Seeingallmen’sfingersarenotalikeclean.”Englishtravellerskepttheir

friendsinstitcheswhiledescribingthisridiculousItaliancustom.

AnyonewhousedaforktoeatwithwaslaughedatinEnglandforthenexthundred

years.Menwhousedforkswerethoughttobesissies,andwomenwhousedthemwere

calledshow-offsandovernice.Notuntilthelate1600’sdidusingaforkbecome

acommoncustom.

76.Thecustomofeatingwithaforkwas_______.

A.broughttoEuropefromAmericaB.begunwhenforkswereinvented

C.broughttoEuropefromAsiaD.inventedbyItalians

77.Bythefifteenthcenturyforkswereused_______.

A.alloverItalyB.onlyinConstantinople

C.widelyinEuropeD.InEngland

78.ToEnglishtravellersinItaly,theuseofforksseemed_______.

A.cleverB.necessaryC.goodmannerD.ridiculous

79.TheEnglishthoughtthatItaliansusedforksinorderto________.

A.imitatethepeopleoftheEastB.keeptheirfoodclean

C.impressvisitorswiththeirgoodmannersD.amusetheEnglish

80.