2014年成人高考學士學位英語考試考前訓練（5）

A.accurate
B.precise
C.exact
D.perfect

2.

A.grown
B.raised
C.tended
D.cuhivated

3.

A.none but
B.none other than
C.nothing but
D.no other than

4.

A.like having
B.feel like having
C.like hav
D.feel like to have

5.

A.can one succeed in life
B.one can sucqeeded in life
C.one wiU be succeeded in life
D.can one be succeeded in life

6.

A.live up to
B.live in
C.live on
D.live through

7.

A.alike
B.likely
C.like
D.the same

8.

A.repair
B.heal
C.treatment
D.reinedv

9.

A.being developed
B.developing
C.developed
D.to be developed

10.

A.abihty
B.future
C.possibility
D.opportunity

11.

A.to take
B.have taken
C.being taken
D.taking

12.

A.pulled out
B.pulled through
C.pulled up
D.puHed over

13.

A.that
B.with which
C.which
D.to which

14.

A.surroundings
B.circumstances
C.environments
D.surrounding

15.

A.whoever
B.whomever
C.who
D.whom

16.

A.except
B.besides
C.in addition to
D.except for

17.

A.had not worked
B.not to work
C.does not work
D.did not work

18.

A.have．stopped doing
B.stopped doing
C.stopped to do
D.had stopped to do

19.

A.But for
B.In case of
C.In spite of
D.Because of

20.

A.subsequent
B.beneficial
C.sufficient
D.average

二、Cloze Test（20 points）
Directions：There are 10 blanks in the following passage．For each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should choose the one answer that best fits into the passage．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center．

21.根據以下內容回答題：Curiosity is not only a possible motivation，it is also a great help in your learning langua-ges．Remember that a language is not（1）a grammatical system．It is the（2）of a cer-tain culture of different cultures．It is no good（3）strings of words and lists of grammatical rules（4）you know as much as possible about the background of the language，so that you can understand the ideas conveyed and the references made，as well as the inferences whichCan（5）the information clearly given．So learn as much as you can about the different cul．tures which（6）English——watch television programs，listen to the radi0，try to obtain（7）and magazines written by native speakers，look at advertisements，and，above all，read——nottextbooks，（8）novels，poems and plays．They will show you how a language is（9）used．The English language is a living form. of expression which derives much of its（10）from the context，and much of its effect from a whole network of extra-linguistic knowledge．
1.         

A.just
B.even
C.so
D.that

22.2.        

A.outlook
B.outcome
C.outset
D.outline

23.3.        

A.have learnt
B.learn
C.learning
D.learnt

24.4.        

A.since
B.until
C.when
D.unless

25.5.        

A.be carried over
B.be freed from
C.be held up
D.be drawn from

26.6.        

A.influence
B.abandon
C.restore
D.furnis‘h

27.7.        

A.film
B.television
C.radio
D.newspapers

28.8.        

A.but
B.or
C.and
D.as

29.9.        

A.occasionally
B.really
C.casually
D.scarcely

30.10.        

A.structure
B.implication
C.meaning
D.indication

31.根據以下內容回答題：Which is the most important invention?If you（1）toothbrush，then you agreed with42％of the people who were asked the（2）question in a sunrvey done by Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology． Apparently，people have wanted clean teeth for a long time．From as far back as 3，000 B．C．there is（3）of people chewing pieces of wood to clean their mouths．In Roman times，people began to clean their teeth by rubbing them with（4）of cloth．But neither of these（5）was particularly effective． So who deserves the credit for the low-tech，（6）efficient invention of the toothbrush?A Chinese emperor made the first toothbrush in 1498．It（7）hard animal hair stuck into a piece of bone．But toothbrushes didn’t become（8）immediately．They weren’t（9）known until the l600s．Even then，they were so expensive that all the family members in a house usually（10）one!Toothbrushes have come a long way since then．Nowadays，there are many versions for sale from basic，practical ones to state-of-the．art electric ones．
1.        

A.answered
B.questioned
C.spoke
D.inquired

32.2.        

A.silly
B.same
C.awkward
D.direct

33.3.        

A.in Cidence
B.print
C.evidence
D.mark

34.4.        

A.a bar
B.a drop
C.a loaf
D.a piece

35.5.        

A.masons
B.results
C.methods
D.routines

36.6.        

A.and
B.though
C.or
D.but

37.7.        

A.consisted of
B.got hold of
C.made for
D.took uF

38.8.        

A.valuable
B.popular
C.favorable
D.superior

39.9.        

A.normally
B.usuaHy
C.surprisingly
D.commonly

40.10.        

A.shared
B.robbed
C.washed
D.chewed

三、Reading Comprehension（20 points）
Directions：There are 4 reading passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with o single line throught the center．

41.根據以下內容回答題：Washington Irving was America’S first man of letters to be known internationally．His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States．He was，in fact，one of the most successful writers of his time in either country，delighting a large public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Haw-thorne in the United States．The respect in which he was held partly owing to the man himself，with his warm friendliness，his good sense，his urbanity，his uplifting spirits，his artistic inte-grity，his love of both the Old World and the New．Thackeray described Irving as“a gentle-man，who，though himself born in no very high sphere，was most finished，polished，witty；so-cially the equal of the most refined Europeans．”In England he was granted an honorary degreefrom Oxford——an unusual honor for a citizen of a．young，uncultured nation——and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature．America made him ambassador to Spain． Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements．A gifted but deli-cate child，he had little schoolin9，He studied law，but without zeal，and never did，practice seriously．He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment，frequenting b&h social gatherings and the theater．
The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was__________ ．

A.America’s first man of letters
B.a writer who had great success both in and outside"his own country
C.a man who was able to move from literature to politics
D.a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by with basically inferior work

42.What is implied by the mention of Scott，Poe and Hawthorne?

A.Irving enjoyed great popular admiration．
B.Scott，Poe and Hawthorne were primarily responsible for Irving"s success．
C.Irving’s work was not only popular，but also of high literary quality．
D.More Americans than Britains admired Irvin9．

43.Which of the following best describes the effect of Irving’s Presbyterian background on his life?

A.It fostered his love for the theater．
B.It developed his skill in business．
C.It prompted his interest in law．
D.It had aimost no effect on his life．

44.Which of the following best describes the effect of Irving’s personal qualities on his literary success?

A.His personal qualities were entirely responsible for his literary success．
B.His personal qualities were primarily responsible for his literary success．
C.His personal qualities has some effects on his literary Success．
D.His personal qualities had no effects on his literary success．

45.Why might Irving’s literary ability have been surprising to the English?

A.They feared competition from American writers．
B.They did not expect the United States to produce good writers．
C.They disapproved of the language American writers used．
D.They thought of the United States as a purely commercial power．

46.根據以下內容回答題：As contrasts go，there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japa-nese and the Americans．Japan’s many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage have given the Japanese an attitude of repose（從容）——the best course is to let it be：When the time is ripe，things will work out by．themselves．America，on the other hand，is just a few centuries old and displays an almost volcanic liveliness and restlessness．For the Japanese，social harmony has a prior claim in every circumstance；for the Americans，harmony is the result of the rational interaction of free and fair-minded people．One does not lightly move from traditions in Japan，many of which are centuries old；in the United States，the habits and attitudes of even one’S parent’S generation are suspect． Every cuhure，through its legal and institutional arrangements，mirrors the society’S reso-lution of some basic human problems．These can provide a useful framework for the analysis of cuhural differences．Organizations also face the same problems and usually take their cue from the prevailing culture in designing solutions to these problems．This suggests that the perspec-tive provided by viewing cuhure through the framework of this problem will be useful for organi-zational analysis as well．The following sections present a discussion of such a framework in the context of the contrast between Japan and the United States． Before this is presented，however，we must alert the reader that the differences are stated here as being sharper than they may be in reality．On each of the aspects discussed later，there is naturally considerable variation within each culture，because examples demonstrating the cul-tural reality opposite to the one described in this book can be found easily．Thus，the following discussion should be viewed in the way it is presented，as generalizations and tendencies rather than as absolutes．
Cultural differences between the Japanese and the Americans are the__________ ．

A.most obvious
B.slightest
C.Same
D.less suitable

47.Those who are likely to doubt their parents’values and ways of doing things are proba-bly__________ ．

A.the Japanese
B.the Americans
C.both the Japanese and the Americans
D.neither the Japanese nor the Americans

48.How many types of cultural differences are mentioned in the first paragraph?

A.six．
B.Five．
C.Four．
D.Two．

49.The phrase“alert the reader”（Line l，Paragraph 3）means__________ ．

A.remind the reader
B.teach the reader
C.trust the reader
D.deceive the reader

50.The passage is probably the__________ ．

A.main part of a research proposal
B.opening remark of a lecture
C.conclusion of a thesis
D.introduction to a book

51.根據以下內容回答題：A tid．al wave is a very large and very destructive wall of water that rushes in from the ocean toward the shore．Many scientists call these huge waves tsunami（海嘯）．In Japanese tsunami means“storm wave”0r“tide”．But do you know that tidal waves are not caused bv storms and that they are not true tides at all?A true tide is the regular rise and fall of ocean waters，at def-inite times each day．But a tidal wave comes rushing in suddenly and unexpectedly．A tidal wave is caused by an underwater earthquake．Scientists call the underwater earthquake a seaquake．The word“seaquake”is made up of two words．the word’“sea”which means“ocean”and the word“quake”．To quake means“to shake”or“to tremble”．When a seaquake takes place at the bottom of the ocean，the ocean floor shakes and trembles，and sometimes the ocean floor shifts．It is this shifting that produces the tidal wave．The tidal wave begins to move across the sea at great speed． Tidal waves have taken many human lives in the past．Today scientists can predict when a tidal wave will hit land．They use a seismograph to do this．A seismograph is an instrument that records the strength，the direction，and the length of time of an earthquake or seaquake．It is not possible to hold back a tidal wave，but it is possible to warn people that a tidal wave is coming．This warning can save many lives．
According to the article，what causes a tidal wave?

A.The rise and fall of ocean water at regular times．
B.Seaquakes．
C.Storm．
D.The great speed of the ocean waves．

52.What do we know about tsunami?

A.It is a scientific term for seaquakes．
B.It iS a Japanese name for true tides．
C.It is an African word for hurricanes．
D.It is a name of an unknown American scientist．

53.According to the article，which of the following is NOT true?

A.Scientists can predict when seaquake will hit land．
B.Seismograph is used to predict when a tidal wave will hit land．
C.Holding back a tidal wave is out of the question．
D.True tides rise and fall regularly．

54.According to the passage，what is the difference between tidal waves and tides?

A.Tidal waves are caused by underwater earthquake，but tides are not．
B.Tidal waves have regular rise and fall，but tides have not．
C.Tidal waves can be prevented，but tides can not．
D.Tidal waves can hit the land，but tides can not．

55.It can be inferred from the passage that__________ ．

A.tidal waves used to kill more people in the past
B.tidal waves used to be more powerful than storms before
C.neither tides nor tidal waves can be predicted
D.tidal Waves are hotter than tides

56.根據以下內容回答題：“There is no arguing about taste”一runs the Latin proverb．But taste did not just hap—pen．Cuhural，historical，biological and environmental events have interacted to cause frogs，for example，to be viewed as delicious in southem China but to be regarded with revulsion（厭惡）in northern China．Even though much remains unknown，tastes cannot be dismissed as in．arguable or illogical；an attempt will be made here to discover why，as Lucretius put it，“What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others?”Among the approximately thirty million tribal people of India，a total of 250 animal species are avoided by one group or another．Most of these people will not eat meat from a tiger or any of various snakes．Although they say they feel a relationship with these animals，it is obvious that both are highly dangerous and that hunting them systematically would be foolish． Monkeys are avoided，probably because they look like human beings in appearance；in these tribes，man-eating is viewed as extremely cruel．A reluctance to eat some female animals has been attributed to respect for the mother"s role，but it could also be due to a policy of allo-wing the females to reproduce and provide more young for people．Many tribes avoid eating any animal that has died of unknown causes all intelligent attitude in view of the possibility that the animal might have died from a disease that could spread to humans．Animals that consume gar-bage are similarly avoided，an adaptive step that prevents contact with parasites（寄生蟲），and that might explain why members of one tribe eat any of twenty-one different species of rats，but not the house rats．
“There is no arguing about taste”，which means __________.

A.people don’t like to talk about food
B.one’s taste in food is hard to explain
C.there is no quarrelling about to eat
D.no arguments about taste have been heard of before

57.It can be concluded from the first paragraph．that__________ ．

A.the author is against eating frogs
B.taste is illogical and inarguable
C.some types of frogs are poisonous
D.taste is influenced by many factors

58.The tribal people in India don’t eat snakes because__________ ．

A.they are very dangerous
B.they are respected by Indians
C.they may spread disease
D.they help kill rats

59.The tribal people in India may not eat the following animals EXCEPT__________ ．

A.donkeys
B.tigers
C.female deer
D.house rats

60.The passage is probably written for the purpose of__________ ．

A.introducing the eating habit of Indian tribal people
B.distinguishing different types of taste．
C.accounting for people’s different choices of taste
D.explaining the relationship between taste and tribes

四、Writing（40 points）
Directions：For this part．You are to write 100～120 words.
You have to write your composition based on the outline given below in Chinese below

61.