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专升本英语模拟试题（四）模拟试题（四）Part I Reading Comprehension (40 35minutes)Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that youre “hot”. Thats true. Time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No ore has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (独白) as: “Get up, John! You11 be late for work again!” Much family quarreling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better Habit can help, Dr Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour This wont change your cycle, but you11 get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before for your sharper hours.1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _. A. he is a lazy person B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle C. he is not sure when his energy is low D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening2. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? A. Unawareness of energy cycles. B. Familiar monologues. C. A change in a family members energy cycle. D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.3. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point the morning, he should_. A. change his energy cycle B. overcome his laziness C. get up earlier than usual D. go to bed earlier4. You arc advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _. A. help to keep your energy for the days work B. help you to control your temper early in the day C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work D. keep your energy cycle under control all day5. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy. B. Dr Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day C. Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle D. Children have energy cycles, tooQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: Another thing to remember in connection with concrete is that you are not allowed very much leeway (余地) for errors in either measurements or location. Once you have a solid mass of concrete set in place, it is going to stay there. You have a difficult job ahead of you if you try to remedy a mistake. Make very sure, before you fill the form, that everything is where and how you want it. There are numerous rules regarding the proper mixing, handling, and finishing of concrete, but the essential one concerns the amount of water to use. The less water in the mix, the less the finished job will shrink. The less water used, the harder and more enduring the job after it has set. The amateur concrete worker is annoyed with two desires. One is to use enough water to have the concrete nice and soft and easy to push around. You have been warned against that. The second is to take off the wooden forms too early, to see what the job 1ooks like. That is really fatal. If the forms are stripped off too soon, while the concrete is still “green”, two things are likely to cause a major crack or defect in the body of the work. An excellent rule is to wait until you are sure the concrete is properly hardened, and then wait another day before removing the forms.6. The best title for this passage would be _. A. Rules for Working with Concrete B. Concrete and Its Uses children C. Concrete, the Homeowners Joy D. Concrete, a Test of Charaeter7. Two of the main thoughts in this passage are (1) preparation of forms for the concrete must be thorough, and (2) forms must be allowed to remain on long enough. The third main idea is _. A. taking off forms beforehand will probably cause a crack in the body of the work B. trying to make changes after concrete has been poured is not recommended C. mixing concrete properly will make it very hard and strong D. using as little water as possible is recommended 8. In mixing concrete, one of the desires the amateur must resist is to _. A. break off a corner to see if the “green” has gone B. leave the form on too long C. strip off the forms a day after the concrete has properly hardened D. use too much water 9. A human quality apparently not essential in someone who works with concrete is _. A. carefulness B. patience C. self-control D. inventiveness 10. By the concrete being too “green”, the author means that the concrete has_. A. dried out B. hardened C. not yet cured D. not crackedQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: If women are mercilessly (无情地) exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a women is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear. Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; necklines are lowered or raised. and so on. No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasnt at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow 1i1 high heeled shoes.When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of womens clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That Is for you to decide.11. Designers and big stores always make money _. A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions C. by constantly changing the fashions in womens clothing D. because they attach great importance to quality in womens clothing12. To the writer, the fact that women alter their old-fashioned dresses is seen as _. A. a waste of money B. a waste of time C. an expression of taste D. an expression of creativity13. The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the _ of clothing. A. cost B. appearanceC. comfort D. suitability14. New fashions in clothing are created for _. A. the commercial exploitation of women B. the womens strength of character C. basic qualities of inconstancy and instability D. an important contribution to society15. By saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious” (Line One, Paragraph Four) the writer means that _. A. womens inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at B. women are better able to put up with discomfort C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashionQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: The black robin (知更鸟) is one of the worlds rarest birds It is a small, wild bird, and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere, off the coast of New Zealand. In 1967 there were about 50 black robins there; in 1977 there were fewer than ten. These are the only black robins left in the world. The island has many other birds, of course, of different kinds, large and small; they seem to multiply very happily. Energetic (有力的, 积极的) steps are being taken to preserve the black robin-to guard those remaining and to increase their number. Detailed studies are going on, and a public appeal for money has been made. The idea is to buy another island nearby as a special home, a “reserve”, for threatened wild life, including black robins. The organizers say that Little Mangere should then be restocked with the robins food-it eats only one kind of seed-and so renewed for it. Thousands of the required plants are at present being cultivated in New Zealand. The public appeal is aimed at the conscience of mankind, so that the wild black robin will not die out and disappear from the earth in our time at least. In the earths long, long past hundreds of kinds of creatures have evolved, risen to a degree of success-and died out. In the long, long future there will he many new and different forms of life. Those creatures that adapt themselves successfully to what the earth offers will survive for a long time. Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early. That is Natures proven method of operation. The rule of selection-“survival of the fittest” is the one by which man has himself arrived on the scene.Life seems to have grown too tough for black robins16. The black robin is dying out mainly because _. A. people have been very careless about its survival B. its only food is becoming exhausted on Little Mangere C. the other birds on the island have destroyed it D. the appeal for money has come at the wrong time17. The success of other small birds on Little Mangere shows that A. the island cannot have very much food 1ef B. something has to die out, they cant all be winners C. the big birds have all been attacking the black robin D. the robin has failed to meet the challenges of life18. As regards selection and survival, the decisive factor seems to be _. A. the ability to adapt to changed or changing conditions B. the number of wild life reserves that are available C. the concern and generosity (慷慨) of the public D. the size of the home, or the amount of space one has to live m19. The evidence seems to suggest that _. A. it is a disaster for everyone when one kind of bird dies out B. all creatures are concerned about the survival of others C. Nature expects and accepts the dying out of weaker breeds D. man is to blame when such a thing happens20. The writers attitude towards the protection of the black robins is _. A. active B. passiveC. indifferent D. pessimisticPart II Vocabulary and Structure(20 25 minutes)Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21. It is necessary that students _ more exercises to do. A. have B. can have C. must have D. will have22. What a beautiful house! Especially there are many _. A. furniture B. furnitures C. pieces of furniture D. pieces of furnitures23. Almost all the parents expect their child _ a successful person. A. being B. to be C. to have been D. to be to24. There is _ that I may have to go into hospital next week because my illness is serious. A. necessity B. possibility C. an opportunity D. an occasion25. Important _ his discovery was it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time. A. even if B. for C. as D. although26. I dont swim now, but I _ when I was a kid. A. used to it B. used to doing it C. used to D. used to do27. _ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes. A. Except for B. With regard to C. Despite D. Although28. Do very few experts have _ with complete new answers to the worlds economic problems? A. come off B. come around C. come up D. come through29. The success or failure of a football team depends on _ its standing position is correct or not. A. whether B. if C. if or not D. whether or not30. The wings of the plane, which stretched out for 80 feet, were _of its body. A. more than the length twice B. more than twice the length C. twice the length more than D. twice more than the length31.The boss made the employees work for him almost _ collapse. A. to the extent of B. to the point of C. on top of D. in spite of32. This _ of shoes is not suitable for you, whose color is too bright. A. suit B. set C. one D. pair33. It was at the airport _ John met Mary. A. the place B. which C. that D. where34. I decided to go to the party as soon as I _. A. would finish what 1 was doing B. finish what I did C. finished what I did D. finished what 1 was doing35. This is the restaurant which _ $20 for a single dish of vegetable. A. claims B. demands C. prices D. charges36. Id rather you _ anything about it for