东北农业大学网络教育学院招生考试专升本模拟试题.doc

东北农业大学网络教育学院招生考试专升本模拟试题

东北农业大学网络教育学院招生考试专升本模拟试题
英语试题（一）
I. Phonetics (5 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or 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. out B. shout C. route D. about
2. A. won B. done C. dozen D. pot
3. A. engine B. end C. envelope D. effect
4. A. program B. nature C. land D. lamb
5. A. gave B. save C. salad D. hate
II. 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.
6. He didn't keep on asking me the time any longer as he had had his watch .
A. to repair B. repaired C. repairing D. repair
7. The two strangers talked as if they friends for years.
A. should be B. would be C. have been D. had been
8. His eyes shone brightly when he finally received the magazine he .
A. had long been expected B. had long expected.
C. has long expected D. was long expected
9. What he said sounds .
A. nicely B. pleasantly C. friendly D. wonderfully
10. The waiter was made to the guest.
A. apologize B. apologizing C. to apologize D. to be apologizing
11. It's believed that you work, result you'll get.
A. the harder…the better B. the more hard…the more better
C. the harder…a better D. more hard…more better
12. Young people may grow quickly in some ways and more slowly in
A. the other B. some other C. others D. these others
13. We won't give up we should fail ten times.
A. even if B. since C. whether D. until
14. He'll be an astronaut by the time he thirty.
A. is B. had been C. will be D. is going to be
15. He looked quite healthy though he was .
A. in seventy B. in his seventy C. at seventies D. at the age of seventy
16. I need cloth, for I'm going to make clothes.
A. a lot of…many B. much…much
C. many... many D. many... a lot of
17. As soon as she entered the room, the girl caught sight of the flowers by her mother.
A. buying B. being bought C. were bought D. bought
18. The boy ought to have gone to school but he slept noon.
A. in that morning…at B. that morning…at
C. in that morning…until D. that morning…until
19. If you really want yourself to be in good health, you must always so much.
A. not…be smoking B. not…have smoked
C. not…to smoke D. be not…smoking
20. What impressed me most was that they never .
A. lost hearts B. lost their heart
C. lost heart D. lost their hearts
III. Cloze (30 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices 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.
Most boys, and many girls too, have at some time or other started to have a hobby 21 popularity has 22 millions of millions of people in many countries throughout the world. The very hobby is stamp collection. Stamp-collecting, or, to call it 23 its correct name, philately (集邮) , 24 an increasing popular hobby from as 25 as 1854. It just took less than two 26 after postage stamps 27. Today the hobby 28 are not only boys and girls, but also men and women 29 all walks of life in society. So people want to share their passion with-the rest of the world. And other people want to show to other increase in the United States of America people how interesting and beautiful this hobby could be. So rapidly 30 the interest in stamp-collecting 31 in 1921 the United States Post Office found itself 32 set up a special department to 33 the needs of collectors. At present the yearly 34 of this department 35 over three hundred thousand dollars. And the same is true of some other countries. and in some the stamp sales have become an important source of national revenue.
21. A. who B. that C. whose D. its
22. A. keep affecting B. keep affect C. kept affecting D. kept being affected
23. A. by B. in C. for D. with
24. A. is B. has been C. was D. had been
25. A. early B. late C. long D. far
26. A. decade B. decides C. decades D. decay
27. A. came into being B. came into use C. began using D. started to publish
28. A. fans B. collectors C. citizens D. followers
29. A. under B. from C. above D. with
30. A. do B. an C. did D. had
31. A. that B. so that C. where D. when
32. A. should B. must C. liked to D. forced to
33. A. fill B. push C. deal D. satisfy
34. A. number B. amount C. money D. sales
35. A. totally B. together C. totaling D. total
IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed. by four 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
The Great Crash of 1929 began on October 24. 1929.
Fear seized the New York Stock Exchange (纽约股票交易市场). Investors wanted to sell their shares before the stock lost value. Over the next 5 days millions of shares flooded the market. Many investors lost all their money.

During 1920s many Americans had invested in the stock market (股票市场). Many got rich. In 1928. Herbert Hoover was elected president. He said the future was bright with hope.
People were being advised to buy stock before prices climbed even higher. Common sense was in short supply. Stock market rules let investors buy shares even if they did not have enough money. That is still true today but there are stronger controls.
During the summer of 1929, some economists warned that there was no real value behind the high prices. President Hoover urged stock market officials to make trading safer and more honest. But he did not think the government should interfere in the market.
When the drop in stock prices finally came, it was slow at first. It picked up speed (加速) as investors sold more and more shares. Several bankers bought stocks in an effort to prevent a crash. But the intense activity continued. October 29 is remembered as Black Tuesday. That day alone, stocks lost a tenth of their value.
The crash (暴跌) caused a lot of people to lose their jobs, their farms and their homes. Many banks and businesses failed. The crash led to a worldwide depression (萧条) .
36. The reason for the Great Crash is .
A. that millions of shares flooded the market
B. Herbert Hoover was elected president
C. the future was bright with hope
D. people kept buying stock before prices climbed even higher
37. The government was responsible for the Great Crash of 1929 because .
A. it urged stock market officials to make trading safer and more honest
B. it did not interfere in the market
C. investors sold shares even if they did not have enough money
D. fear seized the New York Stock Exchange
38. The following are all true according to" the passage EXCEPT
A. when the Great Crash came, it was slow at first
B. the Great Crash slowed down in speed as investors sold more and more shares
C. several bankers bought stocks in an effort to prevent a crash
D. on October 29 alone, stocks lost a tenth of their value
39. The passage mainly concentrates on .
A. the context of the Great Crash of 1929
B. the coming and going of the Great Crash of 1929
C. the prosperous period of the America
D. the story of a stock market
Passage Two
There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that his native (本国的) language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world's most widely used language.
As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people: in the U. S. , England, Australia and some other countries.
For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So English is the second language there.
As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.
40. The native language is a person's language.
A. first B. only C. one D. foreign
41. People in use English as their second language.
A. the U. S. B. India C. China D. Australia
42. English is used working language in the United Nations.
A. much B. more C. the more D. the most
43. English is used in ways by people all over the world.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
Passage Three
When Walt Disney was drawing one night, he suddenly heard a strange sound. The sound came from the waste basket. Walt looked at it and saw a family of mice eating pieces of bread in it. For many nights, they played there. And Walt began to like them.
Walt liked one little mouse better than any of the others. This little animal gave him some new ideas for his drawing. He began to draw it. But in the picture, it did not look like a mouse, but more like a funny man. He showed it to his wife and she liked it very much, too.
Walt named this little mouse “Mickey Mouse”. He hoped his Mickey Mouse would be different from the other pictures of his. He wanted to make Mickey talk. He put his fingers on his nose and made a strange sound. Then he recorded the voice this way. Later he sold his sound pictures to a cinema. When the film was shown, many people went to see it. Mickey Mouse in the film sang and danced and did all kinds of funny things. People couldn't help laughing when they saw it. It's a great success. Ever since then, Walt's Mickey Mouse has been one of the most famous film stars in the world.
44. Walt was when he heard the strange sound.
A. reading B. singing C. drawing D. playing
45. The sound from the wastebasket was made by .
A. some mice B. the waste paper
C. the basket D. Walt Disney
46. The mice were eating bread .
A. on the table B. on the plate C. in the basket D. on the floor
47. Walt liked one little mouse .
A. only B. best C. better D. the better
Passage Four
It was almost two 0' clock. A cold wind had come up over the lake. As a black cloud moved across the sun, Wait, a small boy, looked up. “I smell a storm (暴风雨) ,” he thought.
Shorty, a man of forty, had gone into town. He had said he would be back before two. He had told Wait to watch the boats and the shop. There were no people around. They had all gone out on the lake to fish.
So Wait went to work on one of the boats. From, there he could hear the telephone if it rang. And he could watch the door.
It was a little after two when the stranger came. Wait saw him stop by the shop. The stranger looked in for a minute. Then he went down to the boats. He was a big man in a coat.
Wait called to him, “Do you want something, sir?”
The stranger looked at Wait and said, “No, thanks.” Then the stranger moved slowly away. As he went on he looked at the boats one by one.
Wait sat there with his eyes on the back of the stranger's coat. He thought, “I can smell something as I smell that storm. I hope Shorty comes back soon.”
48. The story happened .
A. on the lake at night B. by the lake in the afternoon
C. along the river in spring D. near the river in summer
49. Wait stayed because .
A. there were no people around
B. Shorty had gone shopping
C. people went fishing on the lake
D. Shorty had asked him to watch the boats and the shop
50. Which of the following is true?
A. The stranger came to see Wait.
C. Wait worked far away from the shop.
B. Shorty came back on time.
D. Some people lived around the shop.
51. At the end of the story Wait thought
A. the stranger would not return again
C. trouble might happen around the shop
B. Shorty would not come back soon
D. Shorty would lose his life in the storm
Passage Five
Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
“OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” the boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it so he shouted, “No more.”
The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”
“Burnt yesterday evening.”
52. Mr. Brown told his son that .
A. he would be away from home for four days B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month D. he liked a cup of tea
53. A man came to visit the boy's father on .
A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day
54. The man was very surprised because .
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
55. What was burnt?
A. The piece of paper. B. Mr. Smith. C. The visitor. D. The boy.
V. Daily Conversation (15 points)
Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. Yes. It's very easy. B. Because of heavy fog. C. No, you'd better not.
D. The great favorite of mine. G. Enjoy yourself. E. She's ill. Next week, maybe.
F. The sooner the better. H. No. Thank you just the same.
56. Bill: Do you think I should tell Jim the bad news?
Alice: .
57. Henry: Can you finish your homework tonight?
Jane: .
58. Joe: Why will the plane from New York be