专升本真题-西华英语

专升本模拟题

Part I Listening comprehension (15%)

Section A

Direction: In this section, you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a

questing

will

be

asked

about

what

was

said.

Bothe

the

conversation

and

the

question

will

be

spoken twice. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

choices marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding

letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. A. He wants the others to follow him.

B. He must study the animal he caught.

C. He is behind in his school work.

D. He will catch up with them

2. A. He refused to drive her

B. He is glad to drive her

C. He forgot his driver

’

s license

D. He has a new car

3. A. On the grass

B. In the pool

C. At home

D. On his bike

4. 5 years

B. 100 years

C. 90 years

D. 105 years

5. A. The realization of expectations

B. The possibility of reaching the expectation

C. The ability to handle the boat

D. The stress from parents

6. A. Freshmen and their parents

’

fears

B. Parents problems

C. Parents

’

dream

D. The start f college

7. A. He is seeking a political position

B. He is interviewed on TV

C. He is watching TV

D. He is taking part in the election

8. A. She missed her friends

B. She thinks she is catching another cold

C. She likes tomato sauce on everything she eats.

D. She has a lot of work to make up

9. A. The modern art prints are too expensive.

B. He really appreciates the woman

’

s gift.

C. He hops the woman likes modern art.

D. People who enjoy modern art would like the prints

10. A. They didn

’

t sing as well as they should

B. They should have arrived earlier for the performance.

C. It is a pity that they didn

’

t try their best

D. It is unlucky that they didn

’

t win the first prize

Section B

Direction: In this section, you will hear tow short passages. At the end of each passage, you will

hear some questions. Bothe the passage and the questions will be spoken twice. After you hear a

question, you must choice the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark

the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Question 11 and 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A. the climate varies a little all over the United States

B. The climate varies a lot in the United States

C. There is no variation in climate in the United States

D. The climate is very pleasant all the year round

12. A. It is cold in winter and hot in summer

B. It is warm in winter and comfortably cool in summer

C. It is warm in winter and unpleasantly hot in summer

D. It is neither cold nor hot all the year round

13. A. They grew them by themselves

B. They get them by ships

C. They get them by airplanes

D. They get them by trucks and trains

Question 14 and 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A. At a bus stop

B. At a crossroads

C. At the side of the road

D. At the library

15. A. It was a foreign car

B. The engine looked very bad

C. There were not proper tools

D. He did not know anything about the car at all.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

Direction: There are number of incomplete sentences in the part. For each sentence there are four

choices

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

the

One

answer

that

best

completes

the

sentence.

The

marked the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line across the center. (10%, 20

×

0.5 point)

16. Ann never dreams of ___ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

A. there being a chance

B. there to be a chance

C. there be a chance

D. being a chance

17. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man ___ the exit as quickly as possible.

A. made off

B. made for

C. made out

D. made up

18. It is time that he ___ his plan right away.

A. carries out

B. had carried out

C. would carry out

D. carried out

19. The child was ____ to open the refrigerator door.

A. barely tall enough

B. barely enough tall

C. tall barely enough

D. enough barely tall

20. He found a number of men already _____.

A. worked

B. work

C. to work

D. working

21. We must begin testing this instrument no matter ___ difficult it is.

A. however

B. how

C. whatever

D. what

22. The car was repaired but not quite to my ____.

A. joy

B. pleasure

C. attraction

D. satisfaction

23. I haven

’

t seen him _____.

A. since last week

B. last week

C. from last week

D. during last week

24. There has not been a great response to the sale, ____?

A. is there

B. does there

C. will there

D. has there

25. What you say is, in a _____, true but I should express it differently.

A. sense

B. meaning

C. concept

D. significance.

26. The security of the passengers is supposed to be seen ____ by the captain.

A. to

B. of

C. in

D. over

27. When ____ the power station will have nine 70,000 KW generators.

A. is completed

B. completed

C. being completed

D. having completed

28. The French pianist who had been praise very highly ___ to be a great disappointment.

A. turned up

B. turned in

C. turned down

D. turned out

29. Only under special circumstances ___ to take make-up tests.

A. are freshmen permitted

B. permitted are freshmen

C. freshmen are permitted

D. are permitted freshmen

30. Dick usually looks forward to ____ from her.

A. hear

B. be heard

C. hearing

D. have heard

31. ____, the twins, having identical brains, would have roughly the same intelligence.

A. To give equal opportunities

B. Being given equal opportunities

C. Given equal opportunities

D. Equal opportunities given

32. Such is the length of the bridge ___ the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its

designer.

A. so that

B. so

C. and so

D. that

33. _____that book a second time and you will probably have quite different interpretation of the

events described in it.

A. Read

B. As you read

C. Reading

D. While reading

34. The relief agencies have promised to do all ___ lies in their power to bring food to the starving

population.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. as

35. The speaker

’

s voice was so low she could hardly hear him, and ____.

A. neither could I

B. hardly could I

C. so could I

D. I could hardly, either

Part III

Reading Comprehension

Direction: There are several passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should

decide on the best choice and marked the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single

lien through the center (40%, 20

×

2 points)

Question 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

Cars

of

2050

will

travel

the

nation

’

s

highways

in

never-before-dream-of

safety,

comfort

and

convenience.

These

cars

will

float

along

never

touching

the

ground

and

therefore

will

have

no

need for wheels.

Annoying highway vibrations, caused by the rotations of the disc-and-tire- wheels, will be things

of

the

past.

The

coming

highway

passenger

cars

will

literally

fly

above

the

road,

supported

on

columns of air compressed by turning-driven(

涡轮驱动的

) fans.

The

car

without

wheels

has

been

called

a

“

flying

car

”

,

and,

in

a

sense,

that

’

s

just

what

it

is,

however,

it

will

not

back

out

of

the

family

garage,

start

down

the

street,

and

then suddenly

go

quickly

upward

heading

for

some

distant

point.

On

the

contrary,

to

avoid

problems

in

aerial

navigation,

the

wheelless

vehicle

probably

will

travel

no

more

than

three

inches

above

road

surface. It will travel over fairly rough road and even over smooth water!

The inevitable problems of maritime(

水上的

) regulations, severe weather conditions, and running

out

of

fuel

in

remote

areas

all

will

require

new

concepts

of

operation,

servicing

and

vehicle

regulation.

36. The author believes that cars of the future _____.

A. will be replaced by airplanes

B. will have wheels unlike those of today

C. will use columns of air instead of wheels

D. will use wheels without tires

37. Cars of the future will run ____.

A. without annoying noise

B. without fuel

C. much more smoothly

D. on a number of fans

38. The car without wheels has been called a

“

flying car

”

because ___.

A. it travels a few inches above the ground

B. it can fly as a plane does

C. it moves at a very high speed

D. it can travel over smooth water

39. Where is a wheelless car LEAST fit to travel?

A. Over soft land

`

B. Over rough country road

C. Over highways

D. Over waterfalls

40. Wheelless cars will _____.

A. eliminate all traffic problems

B. create new traffic problems

C. eliminate parking problems

D. Both A and C

Question 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

About 70 million Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost I out of every 3 people in the

United States. Some people go on diets. This means they eat less of certain foods, especially fats

and sugars. Other people exercise with special equipment, take diet pills, or even have surgery.

Losing weight is hard work, and it can also cost a lot of money. So why do so many people in the

United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about not looking young and attractive. For many people,

looking

good

also

means

being

thin.

Other

people

worry

about

their

health.

Many

doctors

say

being overweight is not healthy. But are Americans really fat?

Almost 30 million American weigh at least 20 percent more than their ideal weight. In fact, the

United

States

is

the

most

overweight

country

in

the

world.

“

The

stored

fat

of

adult

Americans

weighs 2.3 trillion pounds.

”

Says University of Massachusetts anthropologist(

人类学家

) George

Armelagos. He says burning off that stored energy would produce enough power for 900,000 cars

to go 12,000 miles.

Losing

weight

is

hard

work,

but

most

people

want

to

find

a

fast

and

easy

way

to

take

off

fat.

Bookstores sell lots of diet books. These books tell readers how to lose weight. Each year, dozens

of new books like these are written. Each one promises to get rid of fat.

41. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way of losing weight?

A. To eat less fats and sugars

B. To take much exercise

C. To have surgery

D. To work hard

42. Many Americans are trying to lose weight because ____.

A. they want to look attractive

B. they want t keep fit

C. they are misled by doctors

D. both A and B

43. The figures given in the third paragraph suggest that ____.

A. Americans are dependent on cars

B. cars consumer a lot of energy

C. Americans need losing weight

D. excess of fat can be a source of energy

44. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____.