西南科技大学网络教育专升本入学考试
英语复习题
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure
1. ——Where is Dick? Do you think he’s reached home by now?
——He home for a while. A. would be B. should be A. is
B. are
C. would have been
D. should have been
2. Never the weather been so bad in October.
C. has
D. have
3. ——Have you ever played bridge?
——Yes. We on weekend when I was in college. A. would have played B. should have played C. used to play D. have played A. done C. being done
B. to be done D. will be done
4. Their experiment , Tom and Mary set out to write the report on the results.
5. ——I didn’t go to class last night because my car broken down.
——You mine. I wasn’t using it. A. could borrow C. could have borrowed work. A. across
B. may borrow D. may have borrow
6. Nelson is a creative liar who is always making unusual excuses for not doing his
B. away
C. off
D. up
7. Since you feel so strongly about this matter, you should make your views to other
committee members. A. know A. situations A. to
B. knowing
C. being known
D. known
D. positions D. from
8. He is not a stranger for me. I have met him on several .
B. environments B. of
C. occasions C. with
9. This disease is second only heart attack as a cause of death all over the world. 10. ——I’m afraid I have to go now, Jim.
——I’d rather you go alone. It’s already too late. A. don’t B. didn’t C. wouldn’t
D. shouldn’t
11. This is for ten of us to sit at. Please get us a larger one.
A. too small a table C. a such small table my building. A. empty A. informing
B. a too small table D. such small a table
12. If you’re looking for a fully-furnished room to rent, I think there’s a(n) apartment in
B. bare
C. vacant
D. free
13. The manager promised to keep me how our business was going on.
B. informed
C. to inform
D. to be informed
14. The boys spent the whole morning possible answers to the question.
A. discuss
B. to discuss
C. discussing
D. discussed
15. More and more families have moved elsewhere because they cannot the noise from
the neighboring airport. A. come up with
B. put up with
C. catch up with
D. keep up with
16. The traditional approach ________ with complex problem is to break them down into smaller,
more easily managed problems. A. to dealing B. in dealing A. do you
B. will you
C. dealing
D. to deal D. shall we
17. We forget to bring our tickets, but please let us enter,______?
C. can we
18. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of
passing it on her first ______. A. intention B. attempt A. to send C. to have sent
C. purpose
D. desire
19. The ancient Egyptians are supposed _______ rockets to the moon.
B. to be sending D. to have been sending B. Only if; will you D. Unless; will you B. twice as much as D. as much as twice
C. insist
D. resist D. concentrated
20. ______you eat the correct foods ______ be able to keep fit and stay healthy.
A. Only if; you will C. Unless; you will A. twice more C. as much twice as A. consist A. attracted
21. Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
22. The little girl could not _____ the attraction of the piece of the chocolate.
B. persist
23. She was so ____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.
B. absorbed
C. drawn
24. Many children, _____ parents are away working in big cities, are taken good care of in the
village.
A. of them A. glanced A. to A. in
B. whose
C. their
D. with whom D. almost D. about D. at
25. He _____ at the boy into silence.
B. observed B. for B. on
C. watched C. of C. under
26. It is kind ______ you to do me a favor at this moment.
27. You cannot see the patient at the moment; he is now _______ medical treatment. 28. He promised that he would _____ to get us two tickets of the soccer game.
A. manage B. fulfill A. since A. can
C. accomplish D. succeed
29. He got a job with the corporation in 2000 and has worked there ______.
B. ever since C. ever before D. till then B. must
C. should D. would
30. My mobile phone isn’t in my bag. Where ______ I have put it ?
31. Mr.Verder never thought that he would become a member of the board of directors because of
his _____ origin.
A. humble B. previous C. critical
D. false
32. It’s bad policy for developing countries to sacrifice environmental protection to ________
economic growth. A. discourage A. with A. drove
B. weaken C. promote B. in
D. create
33. He did it _____ gratitude for everything she had done for him.
C. with regard to D. out of
D. turned
34. The ship ______ form behind the fog.
B. emerged C. passed B. sight B. until
35. I’d rather marry a man who had a(n) _______ of humor than one who was very attractive.
A. capability A. lest
C. knowledge D. sense C. unless
D. provided
36. We’ll visit Europe next year _______ we have enough money.
37. I’m sorry I can’t see you immediately; but if you’d like to take a seat, I’ll be with you
______ .
A. for a moment A. up
B. in a moment C. for the moment B. to
C. in
D. at the moment D. at
38. We love peace, yet we are not the kind of people to yield ______ any military threat. 39. The internet users visiting our website are _______ young people between the age of 13 and
20.
A. most
B. almost
C. mostly
D. at most
40. There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one .Television is
_______.
A. the other A. some
B. the another C. other B. either
D. another D. neither
41. We had borrowed two VCDs but didn’t have time to watch ______ of them.
C. all
42. Would you please let me finish my words? Don’t ______ in the middle of a sentence.
A. put me off C. keep me off
B. cut me off D. get me off
B. what courses I should take D. should I take what courses
D. lived D. anxious
43. In the first semester, I asked my teacher _______.
A. what courses should I take C. I should take what courses A. live
44. There aren’t many wild pandas ______ in the world today.
B. living
C. to live
45. Don’t ask him how old he is-he’s really _______ about it.
A. sensitive
B. careless C. cautious
Part II. Writing
46. Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a composition in English in 100-120
words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly. 以“Failure and Success”为题写一篇短文，内容包括： （1）人生遭遇失败很常见； （2）每个人都渴望成功；
（3）失败走向成功的必经之路。
47. Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a composition in English in 100-120
words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly. 10月27日（星期六），你和同学参观了清华大学，请根据下列内容用英语写篇日记。内容应包括：老教授的热情接待，参观了图书馆、实验楼和校园等。可以适当增减细节。
48. Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100-120 words based
on the following information. Remember to write it clearly. 你是刘玲（Liu Ling），写一封给晓东（Xiao Dong）道歉信，讲明道歉的原因、解决问题的办法，以弥补因晓东来拜访而自己不在家给他带来的沮丧。
49.根据下面的汉语提示，写一篇题为“Why Should We Learn English”的短文。
（1）英语是世界上使用最广泛的语言，大多数商业信件、书籍、杂志都是用英语书写； （2）学好英语可使我们更好地向外国学习先进经验； （3）借助英语可以更快、更好地学习现代科学和技术； （4）学好英语能使我们更好地为祖国服务； （5）学习英语有时也是一大趣事。
50. 你（Li Yuan）负责组织一次班级郊游活动，请根据以下提示写一份通知：
（1）本次活动的时间和地点； （2）郊游的具体活动内容；
（3）要求各自准备一道菜或点心与大家分享；
（4）列出必带物品，如；相机，雨衣/雨伞，遮阳帽，手电筒等； （5）感谢大家合作。
Part III. Cloze
51. 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. Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn. They have 1 that babies learn much more from the sights and sounds around them than we 2 before. You can help your baby by taking advantage of her hunger to learn. From the 3 beginning, babies try to imitate the 4 they hear us make. They “read” the 5 on our faces and our movements. That is 6 it is so important to talk, sing and smile to your child. Hearing you talk is your baby’s first 7 toward becoming a reader, because it 8 her to love language and to learn words. As your child grows older , 9 talking with her. Ask her about the things she does. Ask her about the events and people in the story you 10 together. Let her know you are carefully 11 what she says. By keeping her in 12 and listening, you are 13 encouraging your child to think as she speaks. 14 ，you are showing that you respect her knowledge and her ability to 15 learning. 1. A. discovered B. heard C. watched D. written 2. A. did B. hoped C. studied D. thought 3. A. very B. suitable C. right D. early 4. A. efforts B. faces C. sounds D. stories 5. A. colors B. eyes C. lines D. looks 6. A. how B. why C. when D. what 7. A. way B. time C. step D. set 8. A. allows B. helps C. moves D. persuaders
9. A. continue 10. A. change 11. A. accepting 12. A. talking 13. A. then 14. A. However 15. A. begin B. remember B. read B. enjoying B. singing B. already B. Besides B. depend on C. start C. record C. carrying out C. smiling C. even C. Otherwise C. keep D. try D. tell
D. listening to D. playing D. also D. Again D. turn to
52. 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. We were late as usual. My husband had 1 watering the flowers in the garden by himself, and when he discovered that he couldn't manage he asked me for 2 at the last moment. So now we had only an hour to get to the airport. Luckily there were not many cars 3 buses on the road and we were 4 to get there just in time. We checked in and went straight into a big hall to wait for our flight to be called. We waited and waited 5 no announcement was made. We asked for 6 and the girl there told us that the plane hadn’t arrived yet. In the end there came an announcement telling us that those 7 for Flight No.108 could get a free meal voucher (代金券) and that the plane hadn't left Spain 8 technical problems. We thought that meant 9 it was not safe for the plane to 10 . We waited again for a long time until late evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were 11 free vouchers to spend the night in nearby hotel. The next morning after a 12 night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we were reported back to the airport. Guess 13 had happened while we were asleep. Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other 14 had been woken up in the night to catch the plane, but for some reason or other we had been 15 . You can imagine how we felt. 1．A. stopped 2．A. food 3．A. and
4．A. impossible 5．A. so 6．A. time 7．A. coming 8．A. for 9．A. when 10．A. repair 11．A. giving 12．A. bad 13．A. what 14．A. workers 15．A. woken
B. insisted on B. advice B. but
B. necessary B. but B. advice B. sitting B. since B. which B. sell B. given B. quiet B. where B. planes B. announced
C. finished C. praise C. or C. able
C. otherwise C. help C. waiting C. because C. what C. fly C. offering C. sweet C. it
C. passengers C. lost
D. given D. help D. since D. unable D. if D. information D. working D. from D. that
D. telephone D. taken
D. pleasant D. that D. flights D. forgotten
53. 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. Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 2. The alphabet we now use 3 down to us
over a long period of time. It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.
Picture-writing was useful in many 4 .It could be used to express ideas as well as 5 . For example, a drawing of a 6 meant the object \ 7 a drawing of a man lying on the ground with a spear in him meant 8. Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 9 the American Indians also developed ways 10 writing in pictures. But only 11 much could be said as follows. Thousands of pictures would have been needed 12 express all the ideas that people might have. It would have shown many thousands more to express all the objects 13 to men. No one could 14 so many pictures in a lifetime. Either could anyone learn the meaning of all 15 drawings in a lifetime. 1. A. when B. because C. where D. how 2. A. over B. more C. else D. Later 3. A. went B. showed C. appeared D. came 4. A. sides B. colors C. ways D. meanings 5. A. stories B. animals C. objects D. subjects 6. A. creature B. being C. woman D. Man 7. A. But B. For C. Besides D. Because 8. A. \ B. \ C. \ D. \ 9. A. and B. with C. helped D. followed 10. A. to B. about C. on D. of 11. A. not B. very C. so D. too 12. A. to B. for C. possibly D. actually 13. A. known B. with C. called D. in 14. A. write B. draw C. watch D. take 15. A. many B. some C. that D. such
Part IV. Reading (30 points, 3 points for each) 54.
In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be touched: food, tools, and precious metals and stones. Then the barter system was replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal. Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because everyone agrees to accept them. Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will transform money into even less tangible forms, reducing it to a series of “bits and bytes”, or units of computerized information, going between machines at the speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and telecommunications devices.
1. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage? A. International Banking Policies B. The History of Monetary Exchange C. The Development of Paper Currencies D. Current Problems in the Economy
2. According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of exchange of wealth? A. Bartered foods B. Fiat money C. Coin currency D. Intangible forms