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2008年成人高考专升本英语真题1

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Ⅰ. Complete the sentences with the best choice. Write your right letter on the Answer

Sheet:(30%)

1. He would rather you ______ so much money with you.

A. don't take B. didn't take

C. won't take D. are not taking

2. It is said that our heart is nearest ______.

A. in size to our fist B. to the size in our fist

C. to our fist in the size D. in the size to our fist

3. ______ into the classroom when the visiting scholar began his lecture.

A. The moment we rushed B. No sooner had we rushed

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C. Hardly did we rush D. Scarcely had we rushed

4. These chickens require ______ attentively.

A. to be taken care B. taking care of

C. taken care of D. to have been taken care of

5. I do think that it's time ______ to stop cheating in tests.

A. something was done B. everything should be done

C. something is done D. all to be done

6. Though the job was hard and new to them, he ______ accomplish it in two weeks.

A. succeeded to B. managed to

C. tried to D. failed to

7. All the ______ thinking people support the freedom struggle of the Black people of South

Africa.

A. forward B. advanced

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C. progressive D. improving

8. A ______ means the head of some universities, colleges, and schools.

A. Principle B. Minister

C. Principal D. Dean

9. A stranger attacked an old man in the train and ______ him of all his money.

A. stole B. deceived

C. forced D. robbed

10. These insects can ______ the color of their background, so that their enemies can't see them.

A. take on B. take to

C. take over D. take in

11. Some of his books are saved from the fire, but ______ missing.

A. most of mine is B. most of mine are

C. most of my is D. most of me are

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12. We have produced ______ this year as we did in 1993.

A. as much cotton twice B. as twice much cotton

C. much as twice cotton D. twice as much cotton

13. I was worried very much because I'll miss my flight if the bus arrives ______.

A. lately B. late

C. latter D. latest

14. ______ John should have passed the exam.

A. It is no surprise that B. It is surprised that

C. That's no surprise that D. To surprise me that

15. Do you know the student ______ I often talk with?

A. what B. whom

C. as D. who

Ⅱ.Cloze:(15%)

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Complete the passage by putting in the blanks the correct choice. Write your right letter

on the Answer Sheet:

If it takes you six hours to read this book, somewhere in the world 2,500 people will have died

of starvation or of hungerrelated illness by the time you 1 .

Why are so many 2 ? Susan George affirms with conviction, and with solid evidence, that it

is not because there 3 too many passengers on “Spaceship Earth”, not because of bad

weather of changing climates, but because food 4 by the rich. 5 the poor go hungry.

The multinational agribusiness corporations, Western governments with their food “aid”

policies and supposedly neutral multilateral development organizations 6 responsibility for

their 7 . They all work in cooperation 8 local elites themselves nurtured and protected by

the powerful in the 9 world. United States agripower gives the way, leads the pack and is

10 imposing its control over the whole planet.

Only those 11 people who can become consumers will eat in the Brave New World being

shaped 12 the wellfed. The standard liberal solutions to 13 the world — population

control or the Green Revolution—are just what the hungry poor don't need. All they need is social

change, otherwise known as 14 . With that, they could, and would, resolve most of their

problems 15 .

1.A. spend B. read C. finish D. overtake

2.A. hungry B. poor C. rich D. civilized

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3.A. are B. were C. aren't D. left

4.A. was offered B. is controlled C. is meant D. is yielded

5.A. However B. After all C. Still D. Only

6.A. shift

7.A. inspection

8.A. to

9.A. developed

10.A. ideally

11.A. unlucky

12.A. without

13.A. affecting

14.A. trend

15.A. in no time

B. share

B. help

B. against

B. developing

B. repeatedly

B. ill-fed

B. by

B. changing

B. might

B. ourselves

C. originate D. insure

C. fate D. impact

C. with D. among

C. whole D. current

C. gradually D. exclusively

C. willing D. fortunate

C. into D. over

C. ruling D. feeding

C. evolution D. justice

C. themselves D. by them

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Ⅲ. Choose the correct paraphrasing of the following sentences, and then write your right

letter on the Answer Sheet:(10%)

1. But nothing becomes an icon more than a tragic and early death.

A. A tragic and early death can make a common person an icon.

B. Without a tragic and early death, it is still impossible for a person to be an icon even if he has

good looks and a special charisma.

C. But the easiest way for a celebrity to be an icon is a tragic and early death.

D. But all icon must have a tragic and early death.

2. That did not answer; the sherry was a little too dry.

A. His efforts of selling sherry proved a failure; the sherry was not moist enough.

B. Nobody answered his hawking; people did not buy his sherry because it was too dry.

C. His trail of selling sherry did not provide a solution; he soon became tired of it again.

D. He did not get money in this business; the sherry dried out and he had nothing to sell.

3. The Sea Around Us was a delightful antidote to our ignorance.

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A. Because of our ignorance, The Sea Around Us becomes a delightful reading-matter.

B. It is not only a delightful book but also a useful one, because it can cure the disease of

ignorance.

C. Being an appealing book, The Sea Around Us enlarged our limited knowledge of the ocean

and its creatures.

D. The Sea Around Us is a healthy book which is especially helpful for the ignorant.

4. But he could see that the gift required caution and watchfulness.

A. But he could see that only person with caution and watchfulness would have such gift.

B. But he could understand that the gift always comes together with caution and watchfulness.

C. It was apparent to him that the gift was very careful and watching when it was benficical.

D. But he understood that he must use his gift in a careful and alert way, or it might be harmful.

5. Get out in the kitchen and help Doris do those dirty dishes.

A. Get out from here and go to the kitchen; help Doris making the dishes dirty.

B. Go to the kitchen and help Doris make dishes.

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C. Go out from here and go to the kitchen; help Doris wash those dirty dishes.

D. Go out and go to the kitchen; help Doris move those dishes.

Ⅳ. Translate the following sentences into English, and then write your answer on the

Answer Sheet:(15%)

1. 那位老人的子女不明白，从市场买菜更便宜，他为什么还要费大劲自己去种菜。(take the trouble to)

2. 谁也没有找出解决问题的方法，最后还是比尔想出了个主意。(come up with)

3. 她希望她女儿能够自立，而不要靠她的丈夫养活。(be dependent on)

4. 你要是穿这件连衣裙去参加葬礼，你会出丑的。(make a fool of)

5. 他是一个能力很强的律师，但在同行中间人缘不太好。(popular with)

Ⅴ. Read the following passages and complete the statements or answer the questions

with the correct choice. Write your right letter on the Answer Sheet.(30%)

Passage 1

Perhaps no single monument in the USA is as famous as the Statue of Liberty. Standing on a

small island in New York Harbor, the crowned lady, holding aloft in her right hand the torch of

freedom and in her left hand a tablet which is inscribed “July 4

th

, 1776”, is a symbol of American

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democracy. She is colossal. She is 151 ft. high and the pedestal on which she stands is almost as

much. An elevator takes visitors to the top of the pedestal, around which a balcony runs.

A spiral staircase goes up to the crown, and another to the torch. The State of Liberty was a

gift to the USA from France in 1886, as a mark of friendship and also in memory of the aid France

gave the Americans during the American Revolution.

For millions of immigrants the Statue was their first sight of the promised land, and for a few it

was also the last, as they sailed back home again. About a mile from Liberty Island, there is another

small island, called Ellis Island, which was looked upon with dread by the immigrants. For it was here

that they had to wait their turn to be examined by doctors and officials. Most of the immigrants

could not speak a word of English. But only two out of 100 immigrants were refused admission to

New York City. Often the person refused turned out to be a grand-mother or a weary, frightened

girl mistakenly labeled “feeble-minded.” Sometimes husbands and wives were parted because

one of them happened to have a bad cough and was suspected of having tuberculosis.

New York City was a bitter disillusionment to some immigrants. Far from being a city paved

with gold, it was a city teeming with overcrowded, unhealthy and unsafe ghettos. The immigrants

looked for earlier immigrants of their own nationality or religion. So Italian, Polish, Irish, Jewish

neighborhoods grew up. Because they could not speak English, the newcomers found it difficult to

get work at once, and their living quarters were often slums.

However, they found in the USA opportunities of bettering themselves. Today immigrants no

longer have to endure the indignities of Ellis Island. The grim buildings were closed down in 1924.

In 1976, Ellis Island became an historic monument.

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1. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. Gateway to the USA B. Statue of Liberty

C. Ellis Island D. Immigrants of the USA

2. The word “colossal”(Para.1, Line 4) means ______.

A. miniature B. colorful C. enormous D. beautiful

3. Immigrants looked upon Ellis Island with dread because ______.

A. they could not speak a word

B. they might be refused admission to the USA

C. husbands and wives might be recognized

D. they were suspected

4. Paragraph 4 implies that ______.

A. New York City was paved with gold

B. immigrants of the same nationality or religion lived in the same building

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