2023年福建水利电力职业技术学院高职招考英语模拟试题附答案.docx

福建水利电力职业技术学院高职招考英语模拟试题（附答案）
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能够填入空白处最好选项。
21. --Bruce was killed in a traffic accident.
--____ I talked with him only yesterday!
A. Is that right? B. I beg your pardon?
C. I see. D Oh, no!
22. --Was Tom in tile lab when you arrived there?
--Yes, but he soon afterwards.
A. had left B. left C. would leave D. has left
23. The medicine is supposed to cure this disease, but I’m not sure it
A. does B. was C. has D. is
24. Those visitors did not enjoy themselves at all. They had not traveled far __ it began to rain.
A. until B. since C. before D. after
25. A war is so cruel that it always causes great losses, __ has happened in Iraq.
A. what B. as C. which D. one
26. Cold tea an excellent drink when it is very hot in summer.
A. makes B. produces C. remains D. turns
27. --Can you come for dinner on Saturday or Sunday?
I’m afraid __ day is possible.
A. either B. neither C. some D. any
28. --Your dictionary is missing? Could you have left it in the library?
--Yes, I
A. could B. must C. should have D. might have
29 --What place is it?
--Haven’t you seen that we __ back where we ?
A. were; had been B. are; were
C. were; have been D. are; had been
30. I don’t know why you’re worrying about it. __, it’s not your business.
A. What’s more B. In other words
C. After all D. Worse still
31. The word media basically refers to __ we commonly call newspapers, magazines, radios and televisions.
A. which B. what C. why D. how
32. To take a walk after supper seems to me a rule
A. to never break B. never to have broken
C. never to be broken D. never to be breaking
33. She was in her bedroom. Suddenly she heard the boy shouting and ____ out as quickly as possible.
A. going B. go C. had gone D. went
34. The five-year-old boy often says what children _____ will say.
A. twice his age B. twice as old as his age
C. twice older than his age D. twice age more than his
35. ____ to his research work, the professor cared little about any other things.
A. Devoted B. Devoting C. Having devoted D. To. devote
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最好选项。
A farewell (告别) party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any public show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her 36 hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion (场所) like this when she knew 37 , there was no 38 to feel shy. 39 she had made up her mind to 40 people% attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying good-bye to its 41 --she had left so many other 42 , and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.
Yet this 43 was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her 44 . She had put on her 45 black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of 46 for one evening, but now they had 47 old Miss Hutton of all people to give the 48 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense(意义) in getting 49 about it, for it was the first rule her 50 had given her--avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as 51 showed through the sleeve (袖子)of her 52 dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 53 out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off the end of her 54 with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression, She 55_ herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.
36. A. face B. show C. room D. dress
37. A. nothing B. nobody C. everything D. everybody
38. A. chance B. time C. reason D. use
39. A. So B. But C. For D. There

40. A. pay B. give C. enjoy D. offer
41. A. guests B. people C. places D. things
42. A. houses B. friends C. hotels D. parties
43. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
44. A. life B. work C. school D. home
45. A. large B. best C. most D. worst
46. A. service B. exhibition C. group D. attention
47. A. ordered B. chosen C. wished D. helped
48. A. long B. great C. goodbye D. welcome
49. A. excited B. anxious C. puzzled D. pleased
50. A. teacher B. friend C. husband D. doctor
51. A. they B. he C. it D. she
52. A. black B. white C. red D. green
53. A. getting B. putting C. breathing D. speaking
54. A. action B. speech C. work D. performance
55. A. made B. enjoyed C. understood D. thought
第三部分：阅读了解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读以下短文，从每小题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最好选项。
A
In 1960 Khrushchev headed a group to visit Indonesia and was warmly treated by his hosts. Once in Jakarta the hosts treated the guests to a special fruit, the durian. President Sukarno picked one, took a bite and handed it to Khrushchev. Just then, Khrushchev noticed that all the Indonesians present were staring at him, whispering. Obviously something funny was going to happen. Puzzled, he took over the fruit and immediately a very terrible smell attacked his nose, which nearly made him sick Being a good guest, he braced himself up and took a small bite with great care. To his surprise, he found the fruit to be uncommonly delicious. He was so
impressed by this strange fruit that he decided to let his colleagues (同事) in Moscow have a taste of it too. So he sent by air one share for each member of the Presidium. The plane was to pass New Dehli and Kabul and Khrushchev didn’t forget his friends in India and Afghanistan. He gave orders that Prime Minister Nehru and the king of Afghanistan should each have a package.
When Khrushchev returned to Moscow, his colleagues all thanked him for his kind gifts, but at the same time they pointed out that either because the plane must have been delayed on the way or because of some other reasons, all the fruit had gone bad. They had to throw them away because they gave out an awful smell. Later Khrushchev received similar messages of thanks from his friends in India and Afghanistan, only the messages were more skillfully worded.
56. What did Khrushchev notice when Sukarno presented a durian to him?
A. The fruit had a terrible smell.
B. He became the centre of the people’s attention.
C. He was made fun of by the Indonesians.
D. There was something wrong with his nose.
57. Which of the following can describe the special fruit?
A. Ugly-looking but extremely tasty.
B. Unpleasant to nose but delicious to mouth.
C. Uncommonly delicious and sweet.
D. Not only delicious but also good-looking.
58. Why did Khrushchev decide to send durians to his colleagues?
A. He wanted to make fun of them.
B. To show his kindness and consideration.
C. To see whether his colleagues would like the taste of them.
D. He was impressed by the fruit, so he wanted his colleagues to taste it too.
59. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The fruit durian is uncommonly delicious but easy to go bad.
B. All delicious fruits can be accepted at once by various people.
C. His colleagues and friends didn’t know the taste of the fruit.
D. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
B
If US software(软件) companies don’t pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top US quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.
Already, of the world’s 12 software houses that have earned the highest position in the world, seven are in india. That’s largely because they have used new methods American software specialists refused to use. For example, for years, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J.M. Juran had tried to persuade US software companies to change their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the US--but not in Japan. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was taking its market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming’s and Juran’s ideas to bring down the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In US factories, the cost of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.
Watts S. Humphrey spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality assurance(确保). But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing(评定) and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost 60 % of total software production costs. It fell to 15% in 1996 and has since further dropped to below 10 %.
Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be winning more praises overseas than at home. The Indian government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India. Let’s hope that US lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.
60. Which country has the most first-class software companies in the world?
A. Germany. B. The USA. C. Brazil. D. India.
61. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is true?
A. He is now still an IBM employer.
B. He has worked for IBM for 37 years.
C. The US pays much attention to his quality advice.
D. India honors him highly.
62. By what means did Japan take its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?
A. Its products were cheaper in, price and better in quality.
B. Its advertising was most successful.
C. The US hardware industry was falling behind.
D. Japan hired a lot of Indian software specialists.
63. What is the writer worrying about?
A. Many US software specialists are working for Japan.
B. The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.
C. The US will lose its lead in software in the world.
D. India and Japan are joining hands to compete with the US.
C
Man-made flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative(装饰) purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can hardly be recognised from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking skill and imagination are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure(结构). The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artist-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph.
The invention was to have the collection stand for at least one member of each flower family native to the US. Although it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred species standing for 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus(真菌) diseases, and thousands of flower parts and fine details. Every detail of these is reproduced in color and structure. The models are kept in locked cases, as they are too valuable and fragile (易碎) for classroom use.
64. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Natural flowers and man-made flowers
B. lives of Leopold and Rudolph
C. Models for flowers native to the US
D. Materials used for man-made flowers
65. Which of the following statements about Leopold and Rudolph is true?
A. They were brothers. B. They were artists.
C. They were fathers. D. They were farmers.
66. It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of Leopold and Rudolph was to __
A. build a botanical garden where only strange and rare flowers grew
B. do a thorough study of plant structure
C. make a copy of one member of each US flower family
D. show that glass flowers are more realistic than wax flowers
67. Man-made flowers are not mentioned of their purposes in the passage.
A. scientific B. decorative C. educational D. medical
D
Two high school students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris made a series of home videos leading up to their killings of fellow students at Columbine High School in Colorado.
Time Magazine viewed the video tapes, and reports that Klebold and Harris expressed hatred for nearly all their schoolmates. Kelbold said on one tape, "I hope we kill 250 of you." At lunchtime on April 20, Kelbold and Harris opened fire, and went on to kill 12 other students and one teacher before taking their own lives.
Time says the tapes--made over a five-week period before the violent(暴力) act--make it clear that Klebold and Harris felt alienated and wanted revenge(报复) against those who disliked playing together with them or laughed at them--mainly the Columbine sports students.
The magazine says the only regret that the shooters show on the tapes is when Harris admits that his and Klebold’s parents would be "put through hell(地狱)once we do this." But he said, "there’s nothing you guys (the parents)could have done to prevent this." Klebold said, "I’m sorry I have so much anger in my heart." Harris talked of having to move often wi