现代远程教育
2011年专升本大学英语
入学考试复习题
（一）
注；答案一律写在答题纸上，做在试题上无效 I. Grammar Structure and Vocabulary Section A (1.5 marks each)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. 1. Many things ___ impossible in the past are common now. A. considered B. considering C. to consider 2. The factory is said ___ in a fire two years ago.
D. to be considered
A. to be destroyed B. to destroy C. to have destroyed D. to have been destroyed 3. The reason for his success is ____ he worked hard. A. why B. that C. because 4. By the time the course ends, ___ a lot about Britain.
D. for
A. we’ll learn B. we are learning C. we have learnt D. we’ll have learnt 5. I did not know ___ him or not. A. whether to help B. if to help 6. It was very good _____ him to help us.
C. how to help
D. what to help D. about
A. by B. of C. from 7. We’ll have to get out and walk; the car’s _____ down. A. fallen B. broken C. run 8. There was a small _____ of sugar in the cup.
D. gone
A. amount B. number C. the number D. few
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9. His parents died when he was young, so he was _____ by his aunt. A. brought up B. brought out C. grown up 10. He failed the examination three times but ____ he passed.
D. grown
A. at end B. at finish C. at least D. at last 11. Not only I but also Ted and Mary ____ fond of watching TV. A. am B. is 12. I am sure that ___ you say is true.
C. are
D. be D. why
A. who B. what 13. The house is dark, the Browns ____ to bed.
C. which
A. should go B. should have gone C. must go 14. The mother ___ the baby from his deep sleep.
D. must have gone
A. aroused B. rose C. arose D. raised 15. The plane _____ from the airport and headed north toward Shanghai.
A. took away B. took up C. took over D. took off
16. Being college students of new China, we should never fail to ___ the expectation of the Party and the people. A. make use of B. give rise to C. get rid of D. live up to
17. You can’t depend on John to ____ some practical suggestions for increasing sales. A. come up with B. come up to C. come to 18. The factory ___ 1 000 buses each year.
A. turns over B. turns on C. turns out 19. Mary is the most ___ secretary I’ve ever had. A. efficiency B. efficient C. effect 20. It is ___ that he will come at midnight.
D. come across D. turns into D. affect
A. maybe B. lovely C. lively D. likely 21. If you don’t know the word, why don’t you ___ in the dictionary? A. look at it B. look after it C. look up it D. look it up 22. Because of my poor English I’m afraid I can’t make myself____.
A. understand B. to understand C. understanding D. understood 23. To succeed in a scientific research project ___.
A. one needs to be persistent B. persistence is needed
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C. one needs be a persistent person D. persistence is what one needs
24. Wood does not conduct electricity; _____.
A. so doesn’t rubber B. also doesn’t rubber C. nor does rubber D. nor rubber does 25. I found ___ to answer all the questions within the time given.
A. no possibility B. there was impossibility C. impossible D. it impossible 26. Mrs. Lindon has ______ that she is unable to get a job. A. such small education B. so little education C. a such little education D. a so small education 27. ___ there is enough snow, we can’t go skiing.
A. Unless B. Because C. As D. However 28. Ellen was absent this morning because she had her tooth ___. A. filling B. to fill C. fill 29. His doctor suggested that he ___ a short trip abroad.
D. filled
A. will take B. would take C. take D. took 30. You would prefer visiting the city to staying at home, _____? A. won’t you B. do you C. would you D. wouldn’t you
Section B (1 mark each)
Directions: In this section of the test, there are 10 sentences with the underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. 31. It was said that John decided to go to the university rather than get a job. A B C D 32. The more he tried to help her fix the radio, the lesser she seemed to like it. A B C D
33. A great many educators firmly believe that English is one of the poorest taught
A B C subjects In high schools today. D
34. I, who is a doctor, work now in a factory, but not as a doctor but as a worker. 3 第 页 共42页
A B C D
35. Hardly had he entered the office than he realized that he had forgotten his wallet. A B C D
36. We are to make such computers which are needed in different branches of science.
A B C D
37. Jean is the only one of those girls who go to classes after work. A B C D
38. If the policeman would have arrived earlier, he would have seen the accident. A B C D
39. We advice him to give up smoking and do a lot of exercise. A B C D
40. Thunder is the sound produced by the rapid expanding of air heated by lighting. A B C D
II. Reading Comprehension (3 marks each)
Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
Questions 41 ~ 45 are based on the following passage:
It is the duty of every man to work. The lazy man wastes his time, and his life is of no use to himself or to others. The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is generally most ready to beg or steal. Every one when he is young should learn some useful work. But it is not enough that one should learn some kind of work. He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours. “Work while you work and play while you play” is as good a rule for young people as for the old.
There is no better aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, is most easily formed in youth.
There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent, and must make a good use of his time. One must study hard when he is
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young, so that he may succeed in his life and become useful to his country.
I have never heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars. Therefore, I should say that diligence is the mother of success.
41. The best title of the passage could be “_____” A. Learn to work
B. diligence
C. Early Rising Is a Good Habit D. Students Should Study Hard 42. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. Habits are easily formed when one is young.
B. Old people can easily form the habit of getting up early C. One should be diligent
D. A lazy man is likely to be harmful to society 43. From the passage, we can concluded that ______.
A.diligence can always help one to achieve success B. laziness always leads to theft C. “Lost time never returns” is a law of physics D. youth is the only important period in life
44. According to the passage, the best way to make a person diligent is ___. A. to make good use of his time B. to learn some useful work C. to work hard D. to get up early
45. From the passage, we can guess that the author of the passage is ____. A. a lazy man
B. a beggar
C. a diligent man D. a writer
Questions 46~50 are based on the following passage:
Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man show what he was learning. He was learning Latin. He was very interested in the basics of good behavior in society and was reading English literature.
At school he seems to have been interested in mathematics. In fact his formal education was surprisingly brief and incomplete. For unlike other young men of good families, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital. In terms of formal training then, Washington was different from some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had nothing to do with everyday practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French
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