2020年广西专升本英语模拟试卷2

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. solution        
B. sensation        
C. situation       
D. suggestion

2.
A. revise
B. purse
C. nurse
D. lease

3.3. A. sew
B. renew
C. few
D. knew

4.
A. waist
B. tailor
C. portrait
D. restrain

5.5.
A since
B. cousin
C. within
D. violin

二、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.

6.6. --Who has been planning the dance? --Everyone in the class ______. A. is B. has C. have D. are

7.7. --Nancy"s grades are really bad. --Yes, but Tom"s are ______. A. bad B. worse C. worst D. well

8.8. --I can"t find my wallet. -- ______ it at home? A. Must you leave B. Maybe you leave C. You might left D. Might you have left

9. All the students went to the magic show yesterday. It was really ______

A.amusingly
B.amuse
C.amusing
D.amused

10.10. We insisted ______ by the president. A. on being seen B. on seeing C. to see D. to be seen

11.11. I"d rather have wine ______ beer. A. instead of B. in case of C. because of D. by means of

12.12. George avoided ______ questions about his drug use. A. to answer B. answered C. answer D. answering

13.13. I should have told you! You ______ the entire house. Our cleaning lady phoned she"s coming tomorrow. A. didn"t need to clean B. needn"t have cleaned C. don"t need to clean D. mustn"t have cleaned

14.14. A small percentage of the grain ______ ruined by the prolonged rain. A. was B. were C. is D. are

15.15. If John leaves, we"ll be in trouble, ______ ? A. if he B. does he C. won"t we D. don"t we

16.It's about time you ______ a little less money.

A.spend
B.to spend
C.spent
D.had spent

17.17. Hardly ______ down ______ the phone rang. A. had she sat; when B. she sat; when C. had she sat; than D. she had sat; than

18.18. Visiting Moscow was great but the temperature was 25 ______ freezing. A. under B. above C. below D. up

19.19. I got to the cinema and saw that the film ______ . A. already started B. had already started C. starts D. had been started

20.20. It was yesterday ______ an eighteen-year-old soldier saved the girl from the river. A. when B. that C. before D. while

三、Ⅲ. Cloze (20 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.

21.I (21) by Mr. J. Gerald Cowcamper"s house one day and was greeted by a rather old looking dog. She was a gentle beast who (22) her tail as she pushed her nose against my hand. "What"s her (23) ?" I asked. "I call her "Dog Face"," replied the old (24) . " (25) do you call her that?" I inquired. "Isn"t it obvious?" asked Mr. Cowcamper. "Not really." Mr. Cowcamper cradled the old animal"s head in his hands. "If you (26) at just the right angle, you can see that she seems to have a dog"s face," he (27) . "But she is a (28) !" I said. "Shhhh!" Mr. Cowcamper responded with the loudest whisper I have ever (29) . "Don"t let her hear you say that! I said (30) , because I didn"t know what to say.
21 . A. stopped B. ran C. went D. carried

22.22. A. chased B. bit C. wagged D. lost

23.23.
A. breed B. problem C. age D. name

24.24.
A. dog B. cow C. lady D. gentleman

25.25.
A. How B. Why C. Where D. When

26.26.
A. listen B. look C. call D. wonder

27.27.
A. explained B. asked C. smelled D. knew

28.28.
A. person B. female C. dog D. potato

29.29.
A. spoken B. seen C. found D. heard

30.30.
A. here B. yes C. words D. nothing

四、Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points) Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer an blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

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Passage One Sharon Keating was worried about her kids when she got a divorce. Her daughter, says, "I was feeling.., like down and sad and even though I didn"t really show it." Judith Wallerstein says problems from divorce can stay for many years. They can show up when the kids are adults. As adults the kids have trouble. Wallerstein studied 93 children over a generation. The results can only be found in her book. She says children of divorce are more likely to have problems with drugs. They are far more likely to seek therapy. About 40-percent of them do not marry. Their marriages fail at nearly twice the usual rate. It is hard for them to trust. They are afraid of failing. Critics say Wallerstein had too few children in her study. Other things may be the cause of the kid"s problems. The study does not compare kids from divorced families with kids from "healthy" families. Wallerstein"s families divorced a generation ago. Times have changed. People feel different about divorce. Today programs like Kid"s Turn try to lessen some of the effects of divorce with family counseling. Talking about their feelings helps the kids get through it. Since they know more about the problems, maybe the kids will be able to handle it. 31. Children of divorce ______. A. are always happy B. Sometimes feel sad but don"t really show it C. are not affected D. are always very angry

32.32. Children of divorce who marry ______. A. have their marriages fail as often as others B. stay married two times as long C. are two times as likely to have their marriage fail D. are usually happy

33.33. Critics of Wallerstein"s study ______. A. think the number of families studied was too small B. think that all the factors were considered C. think that divorce is not painful D. think that healthy families do not have problems

34.34. Since Wallerstein"s study, ______. A. there are fewer divorces B. children of divorce no longer get therapy C. times and attitudes toward divorce have changed D. people don"t talk about divorce any more

35.35. The tone of this passage is ______. A. private B. critical C. objective D. independent

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Passage Two The lion may be the most famous of all the predators of Africa, but one of the most fascinating is the wild dog. Wild dogs are fairly small, averaging seventy pounds, with round, fanlike ears that look too big for their heads. They have shaggy brown coats with scattered patches of white. One of these animals by itself looks harmless or even comical. But when they band together, in packs of up to forty, the wild dogs become dangerous predators that tirelessly run down and kill animals that are many times their own size. Wild dogs have to be good hunters in order to feed their large families; a single female can have as many as sixteen pups at a time. But usually only one female in a pack breeds at a time, and all the pack members help to care for the young. At first, the pups feed on their mother"s milk. Then the other dogs begin to bring back meat from the kill, carrying it in their stomachs and throwing it up when the pups come running to them to beg for food. Finally, the young dogs begin to go along on hunts. At this time one of the most striking differences between wild dogs and lions can be seen. When a pride of lions makes a kill, the adult males always eat their fill first. But the wild dogs let the pups feed first, even when they are still too young to really help in making the kill. 36. A good title for this passage would be ______. A. Africa"s Wild Dogs B. Killers of the Plains C. Predators of Africa D. The Greedy Lion

37.37. Wild dogs are dangerous predators because they ______. A. are very fierce B. hunt in large packs C. are very intelligent D. have unusually large litters

38.38. You can assume that if all the females in a large pack had pups, ______. A. only the father would help feed them B. lions would find and kill them C. the mothers would fight each other D. most of the pups would starve

39.39. Lions are mentioned in this passage for ______. A. comparison B. excitement C. comic relief D. accuracy

40.40. Striking in the second paragraph is used to mean ______. A. remarkable B. terrifying C. important D. insignificant

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Passage Three Did you know that a turtle can lay twelve eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes. Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is a mystery. When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They struggle like mountain climbers to attain their goal. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs. The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake in one spot. Then you would see tidy black balls coming out of the sand. The tidy heads of baby turtles! Baby turtles have a build-in sense of direction. As soon as they are hatched, they head for the water. Once the babies swim out to sea, they don"t touch shore again until it is time for them to lay their own eggs. 41. The first sentence lets us know that this passage is about ______. A. turtles B. oceans C. time D. eggs

42.42. Turtles bury their eggs ______. A. to keep them cool B. to protect them from danger C. because of deep instinct D. to protect them from the weather

43.43. We can conclude from this passage that ______. A. many turtles die while swimming to shore B. female turtles protect their babies C. once turtles leave land, they never return to the sea D. the job of laying eggs takes tremendous strength

44.44. The writer compares turtles to mountain climbers A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas ______. B. to give you a picture of how hard they work C. to tell you that they like to climb D. to tell you that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles

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45. In this passage, the word attain means ______.

    A. see        

    B. push      

    C. bury        

    D. reach

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Passage Four Dressing fashionably was very important in fourteenth-century Spain. This was especially true for any man who considered himself an aristocrat or dandy. Before going out, a well-dressed man would put on his finest boots, one of his embroidered caps and his favorite beard, dyed to match the color of his clothing. Believe it or not, false beards were once as popular as neckties are today. Beards had for years considered a sign of strength and manhood, and the bigger and thicker they were, the better. Those unfortunates who had little facial hair were forced by custom into wearing false beards made of horsehair. Soon, however man in the Spanish fashion world was wearing them too, while many quite substantial real beards were shaved off to make way for the false variety. By day, the fashionable dandy might wear a yellow or a crimson beard to impress his friends, but in the evening a long black beard was proper for serenading his senorita, Any color or shape of beard could be had. However, as you can imagine, the growth of this unusual custom created many interesting problems. People with similar beards were mistaken for one another. Creditors could not find debtors, and police often arrested the wrong people, while the real villain escaped wearing their hairy disguises. The price of horsehair skyrocketed. Finally, King Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to all the foolishness by outlawing the wearing of false beards. 46. What is the passage mostly concerned with? A. The size of beards. B. The color of beards. C. Varieties of false beards. D. The custom of wearing false beards.

47.47. According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______. A. handsome and mature B. too young to have beards C. aristocrats or fashionable dandies D. royalty

48.48. We can assume from the passage that ______. A. red beards were more fashionable than black ones B. everyone in fourteenth-century Spain shaved C. false beards were considered foolish by those who had real beards D. the popularity of false beards largely died out after the fourteenth century

49.49. The writer reveals the "foolishness" of the custom in the paragraph by ______. A. giving old or humorous examples B. using convincing arguments C. giving eyewitness accounts D. saying that Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to it

50.50. The best definition for the word unfortunates is ______. A. those who have no facial hair B. those who are unlucky C. very young people D. very poor people

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Passage Five Billy Joel was born on Long Island, in New York State. He began taking piano lessons at an early age and joined his first rock band when he was fourteen. After playing in a number of Long Island groups, Billy began concentrating on his song-writing. His first album of completely original songs was Cold Spring Harbor. It was released in 1972. Two years later, after the release of the smash-hit albums Piano Man and Street-life Serenade. Billy was named "Best New Male Vocalist" by Cask Box magazine. 51. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______. A. when he joined his first rock band B. after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist" C. at fourteen D. before he was fourteen years old

52.52. According to the article, Piano Man and Street-life Serenade were ______. A. written when Billy Joel was fourteen B. released by Columb a Records C. hit albums D. written as movies soundtracks

53.53. Which of the following facts is the last? A. Piano Man was released. B. Billy Joel played in a number of Long Island groups. C. Cold Spring Harbor was released. D. Billy Joel was named "Best New Male Vocalist".

54.54. Billy Joel was born in the state of ______. A. Long Island B. New York C. New Jersey D. Suffolk

55.55. In this article, you are not told that Billy Joel is a ______. A. singer B. composer C. performer D. guitar player

五、Ⅴ. Daily Conversation (10 points) Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogs by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

56. A. what are you preparing B. I"m giving a presentation on the new account. C. "Do you mean D. is scheduled for 10 o"clock E. just studying for history class F. what are you doing G. that"s not true H. It"s interesting Harry: What are you working on? Susan: Oh, I"m (56) .

57.Harry: I hate history.Susan: I don"t. (57) I"m reading about the Romans.

58.Harry: (58) the people from Romania? Susan: No, stupid. The Romans as in "Julius Cesar". You know, people from ancient Rome.

59.Harry: Oh, those Romans... Susan: You are hopeless. So, (59) ? Harry: I"m preparing for a meeting tomorrow.

60.Susan: When"s the meeting? Harry: I"m driving into London tomorrow morning. The meeting (60) .

六、writing

Ⅵ. Writing (25 points) Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter of 100-120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly on the Answer Sheet.

61．有一天在上班的路上，你碰到小偷正在偷别人的钱。描述这一过程。