2018年专升本大学英语试题

2018年专升本大学英语试题

Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 points) Directions:

In each of following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1.A. enough B. about C. touch D. young 2.A. thirsty B. throat C. youth D. those 3.A. shut B. cut C. funny D. use 4.A. thanks B. pills C. news D. films 5.A. dear B. heart C. ear D. tear

6.A. births B. depths C. months D. mouths

7.A. election B. pronunciation C. question D. operation 8.A. hot B. home C. top D. off 9.A. may B. day C. stay D. Sunday 10.A. weigh B. eight C. seize D. daily Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points) Directions:

There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

11. _______ we won the war.

A. In the end B. On the end C. By the end D. At the end

12. As a poor fresh student, he had to do a part-time job _______ money. A. owing to B. because of C. on account of D. for the sake of 13. Too much drinking would ______ his health.

A. do harm for B. do harmful to C. do harm to D. do harmful for

14. The days _______ you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past.

A. in which B. on which C. of which D. at which 15. He insists that he ______ innocent. A. is B. be C. should be D. were

16. The teacher said, “Stop ______”. So we stopped _______. A. to talk…to read B. talking…to read C. talking…reading D. talking…read

17. Could I have some milk, some orange juice, and some eggs ______? A. instead of B. in addition C. as well D. so much

18. ______ after his death that he was recognized as a great composer. A. It was not until B. It is until C. It was until D. Not until 19. Our classroom is ______ in the school building. A. bigger than any other one B. bigger than all

C. the biggest of all the others D. the biggest of any one 20. It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp. A. discovered B. invented C. innovated D. found 21. I’d like you ______ to see him. A. go B. going C. to go D. have gone 22. Your coat ______ his.

A. like B. likes C. is like D. will look like 23. Either you or I _____ meet him at the airport. A. are to B. is to C. am to D. were to 24. Each has an apple, ______?

A. has he B. doesn’t he C. does he D. don’t they

25. Sports, ______ perhaps you don’t like very much, may make you strong.

A. that B. which C. it D. and

26. We should look ______ the matter before we reach a conclusion. A. into B. for C. to D. at

27. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work _______ all their time.

A. takes away B. takes in C. takes over D. takes up 28. He is ______ to speak the truth. A. too much of a coward B. too much a coward C. so much a coward D. so much of a coward

29. It’s strange that you ______ like that at the meeting. A. should speak B. spoke C. should have spoken D. speak 30. He ______ when the bus came to a sudden stop. A. was almost hurt B. was to hurt himself C. was hurt himself D. was hurting himself

31. Mary likes _______ very much, but she didn’t go _______ last Sunday.

A. to swim…swimming B. swimming…to swim C. to swim…to swim D. swimming…swimming 32. More ______, less speed.

A. hurry B. rush C. quickness D. haste

33. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.

A. When compared B. Compare C. While comparing D. Comparing 34. The fact ______ money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.

A. of B. is that C. that D. which is

35. He is working very hard to ______ the lost time in the past 10 years.

A. make for B. make up for C. make up D. make out

36. If a child is absent ______ school for long periods, he should be given extra work.

A. at B. in C. from D. out of

37. Neither of your proposals ________.

A. make sense B. are practical C. makes sense D. make senses

38. It is obvious that there are at least two vitamins. ______ is soluble in fat; _____ is soluble in water. A. The one…the other B. One…the other C. One…another D. One…the another

39. It’s a good _______ to eat with the mouth closed. A. custom B. habit C. way D. style

40. You ought not to _______ him the news that day. A. tell B. be telling C. have told D. be told

41. He attempted _______ to set up a company of his own. A. with vain B. on vain C. in vain D. of vain

42. -“I slipped on the stairs. I think my arm is broken”. -“Oh! I _______.”

A. don’t hope B. hope not so C. do not hope D. hope not 43. The last man ______ the sinking ship was the captain. A. left B. leaves C. to be leaving D. to leave

44. One of his many faults is that that he never ______ any thing very long.

A. decides on B. sticks to C. goes over D. makes up 45. You are worthy _______ the honour. A. to B. at C. for D. of

46. Billing pitched so well ______ everyone cheered him at the end of the game.

A. as B. since C. that D. whereas

47. The _______ of blood always makes him feel sick. A. sight B. view C. look D. form

48. A child learns to read by seeing the words _______. A. properly B. repeatedly C. repeatly D. obviously

49. Our friendship is ______ and we will never again be separated. A. restored B. reserved C. restrained D. repeated

50. He couldn’t explain the _______ of ten years in his job history. A. gap B. interrupting C. opening D. margin

Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points) Directions:

For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security (担保) is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages (抵押) to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily, monthly, or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate, the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high, the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back.

51.A. get B. make C. have D. carry 52.A. repay B. leave C. get D. give

53.A. borrowers B. lenders C. peoples D. others 54.A. cost B. ask C. charge D. change

55.A. by day B. by the day C. every day D. daily 56.A. paid B. to be paid C. pay D. paying 57.A. on B. to C. for D. with 58.A. to B. on C. into D onto

59.A. or B. also C. but also D. as well as 60.A. the place B. possession C. turn D. care