2019年成人高考高起點《英語》模擬試題及答案3

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A

Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States， yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies. As she once said of herself： “I would never sit back in a rocking-chair， waiting for someone to help me.”

She was born on a farm in New York State. At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven， she married Thomas Moses， the tenant of hers. They farmed most of their lives. She had ten children， of whom five survived; her husband died in 1928.

Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby， but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition， and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art， and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures： careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known， with a wonderful sense of color and form.

( )1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Grandma Moses

B. The Children of Grandma Moses

C. Grandma Moses： Her Best Pictures

D. Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition

( )2. From Grandma Moses‘ s words of herself in the first paragraph， it can be inferred that she was _______.

A. independent B. pretty C. rich D. alone

( )3. Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _______.

A. make her home beautiful B. keep active

C. improve her salary D. gain an international fame

( )4. Grandma Moses spent most of their life ________.

A. nursing B. painting C. farming D. embroidering

B

In the fall of 1924 Thomas Wolfe， fresh from his courses in play writing at Harvard joined the eight or ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University. I had never before seen a man so tall as he， and so ugly. I pitied him and went out of my way to help him with his work and make him feel at home.

His students soon let me know that he had no need of my protectiveness. They spoke of his ability to explain a poem in such a manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep back their tears， of his readiness to quote in detail from any poet they could name.

Indeed， his students made so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little test and see for myself. My chance came one morning when the students were slowly gathering for nine o‘clock classes.

Upon arriving at the university that day， I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the English composition teachers as an office. He did not say anything when I asked him to come with me out into the hall， and he only smiled when we reached a classroom door and I told him to enter alone and look around.

He stepped in， remained no more than thirty seconds and then came out. “Tell me what you see.” I said as I took his place in the room， leaving him in the hall with his back to the door. Without the least hesitation and without a single error， he gave the number of seats in the room， pointed out those which were taken by boys and those occupied by girls， named the colors each student was wearing， pointed out the Latin verb written on the blackboard， spoke of the chalk marks which the cleaner had failed to wash from the floor， and pictured in detail the view of Washington Square from the window.

As I rejoined Wolfe， I was speechless with surprise. He， on the contrary， was wholly calm as he said， “The worst thing about it is that I‘ll remember it all.”

( )5. What is the passage mainly discussing?

A. Thomas Wolfe‘s teaching work.

B. Thomas Wolfe‘s course in playwriting.

C. Thomas Wolfe‘s ability of explaining.

D. Thomas Wolfe‘s genius.

( )6. Which of the following is NOT said in the passage?

A. Wolfe‘s students praised Wolfe’s power of observation.

B. The author made an experiment on Wolfe‘s ability.

C. Wolfe‘s students asked the author to have a test of their ability.

D. Wolfe did not feel angry when he was tested.

( )7. What do we learn about Wolfe from the passage?

A. He tried hard to remember what was in the classroom.

B. He stayed in the classroom for a short time.

C. He stayed drew a picture of Washington Square.

D. He followed the author into the classroom.

( )8. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author was happy to see the test result.

B. What the students said was hardly true.

C. Wolfe would remember forever what the author had done.

D. Wolfe felt joyful after he had been tested.

C

Uncle Sam is a tall， thin man. He‘s an older man with white hair and a white beard. He often wears a tall hat， a bow tie， and the stars and stripes of the American flag.

Who is this strange， looking man? Would you believe that Uncle Sam is the US government? But why do you call the US government Uncle Sam?

During the War of 1812， the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man named Samuel Wilson. Samuel was a friendly and fair man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam.

Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with a large US for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sam‘s company. They asked a worker what the US on the boxes stood for. As a joke， the worker answered that these letters stood for the name of his boss， Uncle Sam.

The joke spread， and soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long， people called all things that came from the government “Uncle Sam‘s”， “Uncle Sam” became a nickname for the US government.

Soon there were drawings and cartoons of Uncle Sam in newspapers. In these early pictures， Uncle Sam was a young man. He wore stars and stripes， but his hair was dark and he had not a beard. The beard was added when Abraham Lincoln was President. President Lincoln had a beard.

The most famous picture of Uncle Sam is on a poster from World War I. The government needed men to fight in the war. In the poster， a very serious Uncle Sam points his finger and says “I want YOU for the US Army.”

( )9. “Uncle Sam” became a ________ for the US government.

A. boss B. nickname C. picture D. businessmen

( )10. Uncle Sam often wears tall hat， ________ and the stars and stripes of the American flag.

A. dark hair B. a bow tie C. a box D. a shirt

( )11. Government inspectors came to ________ Sam‘s meat-packing company.

A. ask B. stand for C. look over D. see

( )12. In the drawing and cartoons of Uncle Sam ________.

A. he wore the stars and stripes B. the never had a beard

C. he had no hair D. he wore a bow tie

D

The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital who needs blood， a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake， and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.

The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent， the Red Mogen David， the Sun， and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.

The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859， he observed how people were suffering on a battle field in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention. It protects prisoners of way the sick and wounded， and other citizens during a war.

The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public， such as helping people in need， teaching first aid and providing blood.

( )13. A good title for this selection is _______.

A. People in Need of Help B. Safety and Protection

C. The International Red Cross D. Forming an Organization to Help People

( )14. The word “aided” in the first paragraph means ________.

A. needed B. helped C. caught D. protected

( )15. We may draw a conclusion that _______ during a war.

A. the Red Cross only protects the wounded

B. the Red Cross only helps prisoners of war

C. the Red Cross only helps citizens

D. the Red Cross helps all the people in need no matter which side they are fighting for

參考答案：

1.A 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.D