1、2019 年成人高考专升本英语试题及答案（卷四）年成人高考专升本英语试题及答案（卷四）Direction:All the Questions should be done on the Answer Sheet.I.Choose a word that best completes each of the followingsentences:(20*1point=20points)1.The _ driver thinks accidents only happen to otherpeople.A.average B.common C.usual D.normal2.Even if the
2、y are on sale,these refrigerators are equal in price to,ifnot more expensive than,_ at the other store.A.the one B.others C.that D.the ones3.Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so muchtime listening and being talked to _ it has all but lost the will andthe skill to speak for itself.A.
3、as B.which C.that D.what4._ for the timely investment from the generalpublic,our company would not be so thriving as it is.A.Had it not been B.Were it not C.Be it not D.Should it not be5.Asia _ by most experts to be the cradle ofhuman civilization.A.has been always considered B.has always been consi
4、deredC.always has been considered D.has been considered always6.An old woman was badly hurt in _ the police describe asan apparently motiveless attack.A.that B.what C.whatever D.which7.Paul Samuelson revolutionized _ by presenting his studentswith the most advanced economic thinking at an introducto
5、ry level.A.to teach economics B.teaching that economics isC.the teaching of economics D.economics is taught8.If you find this item too difficult to _,it is advisable toleave as it is and move on to the next one.A.work out B.work on C.work for D.work at9.You and I could hardly understand,_?A.could we
6、 B.couldnt you C.couldnt we D.could I10.There was an accident _ the crossroads at midnight lastnight.A.in B.on C.at D.by11.She has managed to obtain a temporary work _ inBritain.A permit B permission C permissiveness D permissible12.The football players need total concentration during_.A match B gam
7、e C play D perform13.Involved in a bribery scandal,the President had to _his resignation.A do B catch C offer D find14.When I go out in the evening I use the bike _the car ifI can.A rather than B regardless of C in spite of D other than15.Some plants are very _ to light;they prefer the shade.A sensi
8、ble B flexible C objective D sensitive16.Dont let the child play with scissors _he cuts himself.A in case B so that C now that D only if17.Without proper lessons,you could_ a lot of bad habitswhen playing the piano.A keep up B pick up C draw up D catch up18.We should always bear in mind that _ decis
9、ions oftenresult in serious consequences.A urgent B instant C prompt D hasty19.The computer can be paid for in ten monthly_ of 100dollars.A pay B pays C payment D payments20.American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to thegrowing difference between American and British usages of English.A.r
10、ealize B.recognize C.research D.reckonIII.Cloze Test(20 points)Read the following paragraph and choose thecorrect word for each blank from the three alternatives.Man cannot go on _1_ his numbers at the present rate,In the _2_30 years man will face a period of crisis._3_ experts believe that therewil
11、l be a widespread food_4_.Other experts think this is 5_ pessimistic,and that man can prevent things _6_ worse than they are now.But_7_ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished orstarving now.One thing that man can do is to limit _8_ of babies born.The need_9_ this is obvious,bu
12、t it is _10_ to achieve.People have to _11_ tolimit their families.In the countries of the population _12_,manypeople like big families.The parents think that this _13_ a biggerincome for the family and ensures there will be someone in the familywho will look _14_ them in old age.Several governments
13、 have _15_ birth control policies in recentyears._16_ them are Japan,China,India and Egypt.In some _17_the results have not been 18_.Japan has been an exception.TheJapanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948.People _19_ to limittheir families.The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year t
14、oabout 17.0 per year _20_.()1.A increasing B to increase C and increase D with increasing()2.A second B recent C next D late()3.A Any B Some C More D All()4.A need B want C absence D shortage()5.A so B much C too D enough()6.A getting B from getting C to get D get()7.A remember B remembering C to re
15、member D remembers()8.A an amount B a number C the amount D the number()9.A for B in C of D about()10.A not easy B no easy C not easily D no ease()11.A persuade B be persuading C be persuaded D persuading()12.A bursting B explosion C raising D extension()13.A takes B brings C makes D earns()14.A upo
16、n B for C into D after()15.A adjusted B created C adopted D presented()16.A Of B Among C Between D Out of()17.A exceptions B examples C events D cases()18.A success B succeeded C successful D succeeding()19.A were encouraged B encouraged C are encouraged Dencourage()20.A presently B at present C in
17、time D on timeIV.Translate the following paragraph into Chinese:(10 points)Rummaging through the fruit and veg section of my localsupermarket,reading the country of origin labels,I am bewildered by thegeography of it all.That the fruits of the earth should all be laid out ontidy shelves in this prov
18、incial corner of Britain would have beenunthinkable a few years ago,yet now it is taken for granted.Once strange and exotic fruits that only the rich could afford,if notnow part of everyone s diet,are certainly part of our everyday shoppingexperience.So much so that instead of focusing on the novel,
19、I am drawnto the commonplace.Here,among the“humble”vegetables,something strange and disturbing is going on.V.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish:(10*3points=30points)1.女孩横穿马路时被汽车撞倒.(to knock over).2.这群年轻人听了这则笑话哄堂大笑.(to roar with).3.她很不善于见什么人说什么话.(to have no knack for).4.驾驶员违反交通规则,除了罚款之外,还有别的处罚
20、办法吗?(alternative to)5.为了安全起见,车上每个人都必须系上安全带.(for the sake of).6.我们费了九牛二虎之力将门弄开.(to have job to do).7.这个沙发一拉开,就可变成床.(to convert into).8.成年人学习外语的困难之一是母语的干扰.(to interfere with).9.许多困在山洞里的人在救援队赶到之前就死了.(to trap).10.我突然明白他原来是想帮助我.(to dawn on).VI.Reading Comprehension(38 points)Passage 1I am one of the many
21、 city people who are always saying that giventhe choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt andnoise of a large city.I have managed to convince myself that it werentfor my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and goback to nature in some sleepy village buried in
22、 the country.But howrealistic is the dream?Cities can be frightening places.The majority of the population livein massive tower blocks,noisy,dirty and impersonal.The sense ofbelonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteenfloors up.All you can see from your window is sky,or other bl
23、ocks offlats.Children become aggressive and nervouscooped up at home allday,with nowhere to play;their mothers feel isolated from the rest ofthe world.Strangely enough whereas in the past the inhabitants of onestreet all knew each other,nowadays people on the same floor in towerblocks dont even say
24、hello to each other.Country life,on the other hand,differs from this kind of isolatedexistence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants ofsmall villages together.People have the advantage of knowing that thereis always someone to turn to when they need help.But country life hasdi
25、sadvantages too.While it is true that you may be among friends in avillage,it is also true that you are cut off from the existing and importantevents that take place in cities.There s little possibility of going to a newshow or the latest movie.Shopping becomes a major problem,and foranything slight
26、ly out of the ordinary you have to go on and expedition tothe nearest large town.The city-dweller who leaves for the country isoften oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.What,then,is the answer?The country has the advantage of peaceand quiet,but suffers from the disadvantage of bei
27、ng cut off;the citybreeds a feeling of isolation,and constant noise batters the senses.Butone of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things,andthat life doesnt come to an end at half-past nine at night.Some peoplehave found(or rather bought)a compromise between the two;theyhave expr
28、essed their preference for the“quiet life”by leaving thesuburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities.They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers theyleave behind they are polluted with strange ideas about change andimprovement which they force on
29、to the unwilling original inhabitants ofthe villages.What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate andmurmuring“morning”to the locals as they pass by?Im keen on theidea,but you see there s my cat,Toby,I m not at all sure that he wouldtake to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass,I
30、mean,can yousee him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm?No,he wouldrather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.1.We get the impression from the first paragraph that the authorA used to live in the country B used to work in the cityC works in the city D lives in the country2
31、.In the authors opinion,the following may cause city people tobe unhappy EXCEPTA a strong sense of fear B lack of communicationC housing conditions D a sense of isolation3.The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things inthe country EXCEPTA daily necessities B fresh fruitsC designer
32、 clothes D fresh vegetables4.According to the passage,which of the following adjectives bestdescribes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?A Original B Quiet C Arrogant D Insensitive5.Do you think the author will move to the country?A Yes,he will do so B No,he will not do soC I
33、t is difficult to tell D He is in two mindsPassage 2Clearly if we are to participle in the society in which we live we mustcommunicate with other people.A great deal of communicating isperformed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech.Ifwe travel in buses,buy things in shops,or eat
34、 in restaurants,we arelikely to have conversations where we give information or opinions,receive news or comment,and very likely have our views challenged byother members of society.Face-to-facecontactisbynomeanstheonlyform ofcommunication and during the last two hundred years the art of masscommuni
35、cation has become of one of the dominating factors ofcontemporary society.Two things,above others,have caused theenormous growth of the communication industry.Firstly,inventivenesshas led to advances in printing,telecommunications,photography,radioand television.Secondly,speed has revolutionized the
36、 transmission andreception of communications so that local news often takes a back seatto national news,which itself is often almost eclipsed by internationalnews.No longer is the possession of information confined to a privilegedminority.In the last century the wealthy man with his own library wasi
37、ndeed fortunate,but today there are public libraries.Forty years agopeople used to flock to the cinema,but now far more people sit at homeand turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled intomillions of homes.Communication isno longer merely concernedwith thetransmission of informatio
38、n.The modern communication industryinfluences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons byallowing access to information,education and entertainment.Theprinting,broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved withinforming,educating and entertaining.Although a great deal of
39、 the material communicated by the massmedia is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he isa part,the vast modern network of communications is open to abuse.However,the mass media are with us for better,for worse,and there isno turning back.6.In the first paragraph the writer em
40、phasizes the _ offace-to-face contact in social settings.A nature B limitation C usefulness D creativity7.It is implied in the passage that_A local news used to be the only source of informationB local news still takes a significant placeC national news is becoming more popularD international news i
41、s the fastest transmitted news8.which of the following statement is INCORRECT?A To possess information used to be a privilegeB Public libraries have replaced private librariesC Communication means more than transmissionD Information influences ways of life and thinking9.From the last paragraph we ca
42、n infer that the writer is_.A indifferent to the harmful influence of the mass mediaB happy about the drastic changes in the mass mediaC pessimistic about the future of the mass mediaD concerned about the wrong use of the mass mediaPassage 3Human cloning technology could be used to reverse heart att
43、acks.Scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack victims bycloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of theheart that have been damaged,and other problems may be solved ifhuman cloning and its technology are not forbidden.With cloning,infertile couples co
44、uld have children.Currenttreatments for infertility,in terms of percentages,are not verysuccessfully.Couples go through physically and emotionally painfulprocedures for a small chance of having children.Many couples run outof time and money without successfully having children.Human cloningcould mak
45、e it possible for many more infertile couples to have childrenthan ever before.We should be able to clone the bone marrow for children andadults suffering from leukemia.This is expected to be one of the firstbenefits to come from cloning technology.We may learn how to switch cells on and off through
46、 cloning andthus be able to cure cancer.Cloning technology can be used to test for and perhaps curegene-related diseases.The above is just a few examples of what human cloning technologycan do for mankind.This new technology promises unprecedentedadvancement in medicine if people will release their
47、fears and let thebenefits begin.10.Heart attacks can be treated with human cloning technologyby_.A removing the damaged part of the heartB replacing the old heart with a cloned oneC repairing the heart with cells cloned from healthy onesD giving the patients injections of various medicines11.The wor
48、d“infertile”(Line 1,Para.2)most probably means“_”.A unable to give birth to a childB with physical and emotional problemsC short of time and moneyD separated from each other for long12.According to the passage,one of the first expected benefitsfrom cloning technology may be in _.A the treatment of h
49、eart attacksB the bearing of babiesC the cure of blood diseasesD the detection of gene-related diseases13.Cancermaybecuredwiththecloningtechnologyby_.A attacking the diseased cells with healthy onesB controlling the growth of the cellsC detecting disordered genes in the cancel cellsD activating canc
50、er cells by switching them on14.According to the writer,the main problem with thedevelopment of human cloning technology is that_.A it may be out of human controlB it has brought about few benefits so farC people still know little about itD people are afraid of such technologyPassage 4Ideas about ed
