2021年成人高考高升專英語試題及答案

2021年成人高考高升專英語試題

及答案

I.Phonetics(10points)

Directions:

Ineachofthefollowinggroupsofwords,therearefourunderlinedlettercombinations

markedA,B,CandD.Comparetheunderlinedpartsandidentifytheonethatisdifferent

fromtheothersinpronunciation.Markyouranswerbyblackeningthecorrespondingletter

ontheAnswerSheet.

1.A.clubB.tombC.combD.climb

2.A.foodB.coolC.schoolD.flood

3.A.townB.howC.downD.snow

4.A.eachB.peachC.breakD.deal

5.A.hearB.fearC.dearD.wear

6.A.receiveB.friendC.fieldD.piece

7.A.questionB.notionC.exceptionD.vocation

8.A.exhaustB.exerciseC.examD.exact

9.A.whereB.whatC.whoseD.white

10.A.switchB.hatchC.characterD.match

Ⅱ.VocabularyandStructure(40points)

Directions:

Thereare40incompletesentencesinthissection.Foreachsentencetherearefour

choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Chooseoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentenceand

blackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

11.TodayisJenny'sweddingday.She_______toThomas.

A.justhasgotmarriedB.hasjustmarried

C.wasjustmarriedD.hasjustgotmarried

12.Everyofficerandeverysoldier_______obeytherules.

A.hadtoB.havetoC.hastoD.musthaveto

13.Rarely_______sodifficultaproblem.

A.shecouldhavefacedwithB.couldhaveshefacedwith

C.shecouldhavebeenfacedwithD.couldshehavebeenfacedwith

14.______adogontheroad,thecarstopped.

A.HavingseenB.OnseeingC.ThedriverseeingD.Seeing

15.Iaskedmyteacher_______.

A.whatcoursesshouldItakeB.shouldItakewhatcourses

C.IshouldtakewhatcoursesD.whatcoursesIshouldtake

16.ComradeLipromisedtohelpusandhesaidhewouldcome______.

A.rightawayB.allatonceC.allofasuddenD.allright

17.Therearen'tmanypandas________intheworldtoday.

A.aliveB.livingC.livelyD.lived

18.Suchelectrontubes________inaradiosetarealsofoundinaTVset.

A.thatweuseB.asweuseC.asweusethemD.thatweusethem

19.It_______tomethathewasjealous.

A.happenedB.tookC.occurredD.felt

20.Oneoftherequirementsforafireisthatthematerial______toitsburning

temperature.

A.wereheatedB.mustbeheatedC.isheatedD.beheated

21.Please______meatthestationontime.

A.meetingB.tomeetC.meetD.met

22._______"hello",hereachedouthishand.

A.SaidB.SayingC.TosayD.Say

23.Peoplearemore_______tospendmoneyongoodswithanattractivelookthanthose

without.

A.attractedB.temptedC.persuadedD.tended

24.Itwas______hesawthedoctorcomingoutoftheemergeneyroomwithan

expressionasgraveasajudge_______herealizedtheseriousnessofhiswife'sillness.

A.notuntil…thatB.after…whenC.until…thenD.before…that

25.Pleasetelephonemehalfanhour_______.

A.inchargeB.inadvanceC.intimeD.infront

26.BothMaryandEllen,aswellasJan,_______studyingChineseHistory.

A.areB.isC.arebeingD.isbeing

27.I'dliketo_______himtoyouforthejob.Heisaverycleverandindustriousboy.

A.referB.suggestC.recommendD.propose

28.It______that200peoplediedandover5,000losttheirsheltersaftertheflood.

A.reportedB.reportsC.hasbeenreportedD.hasreported

29.Hewasaskedtospeaklouder______alltheotherstudentsintheclassroomcould

hearhim.

A.asB.soastoC.sothatD.soas

30.Hisreportonthespaceexplorationwasreally________.

A.excitingB.excitedC.excitementD.excitedly

31.Yourchairneeds_______.

A.torepairB.repairingC.torepairingD.beingrepair

32.Ihatetoseepapers_______inpencil.

A.writingB.towriteC.writtenD.write

33.Thejobmadeherdependent_______herhusband.

A.onB.fromC.ofD.to

34.Thisisthesecondtimeshe______improvementonthatequipment.

A.hadmadeB.madeC.ismakingD.hasmade

35.HespokesoquicklythatIdidnot______whathesaid.

A.catchB.acceptC.takeD.listen

36._______determinesagoodmealvariesfromcountrytocountry.

A.WhatB.ThatC.ItD.Which

41.Iamvery_______toyouforyourhelp.

A.gratefulB.agreeableC.pleasedD.thanks

A.hadratherB.prefertoC.hadbetterD.wouldrather

43.IfIwereyou,Iwouldtakeiteasy,_______isnoneedtobenervous.

A.itB.thisC.thereD.which

44.Whynot_______meearlier?

A.totellB.tellC.tellingD.told

45.Joe'shandwritingis________Mary's.

A.morebetterB.aswellasC.muchbetterthanD.morebetterthan

46.Theexperiment_______thediscoveryofacureforcancer.

A.happenedtoB.ledupC.resultedinD.setup

47.Toproduceonepoundofhoney,acolonyofbeesmustflyadistance_______totwice

aroundtheworld.

A.similarB.equalC.comparedD.corresponding

48.Ididnotmean____anything,butthoseappleslookedsogoodIcouldn'tresist___one.

A.toeat…tryingB.toeat…totryingC.eating…totryD.eating…totrying

49.Ihadhardlysatdown_______hesteppedin.

50.Inhistimeheenjoyedareputation_______.

A.asgreatasMozart,ifnotgreaterthanB.asgreatas,ifnotgreaterthan,Mozart

C.asgreat,ifnotgreater,asMozartD.greater,ifnotasgreatasMozart

Ⅲ.Cloze(20points)

Foreachblankinthefollowingpassage,therearefourchoicesgivebnelowandmarked

A,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatismostsuitableandmarkyouranswerbyblankening

thecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

RobertEdwardswasblindedinatrafficaccident.Hewasalsoalittledeaf_51_oldage.

Lastweek,hewastakingawalknearhishomewhenathunderstormcame.Hehid_52_the

stormunderabigtreeandwasstruckbylightning.Hewasknocked_53_thegroundand

wokeupsome20minutes_54_,lyingfacedowninwaterinwaterbelowatree.Hewentinto

thehouseandlaydowninbed.Ashorttimelater,heawoke;hislegsfelt_55_andhewas

trembling,but,whenheopenedhiseyes,hecouldseetheclockacrosstheroomfadingin

andoutinfrontofhim.Whenhiswifeentered,he_56_herforthefirsttimeinnineyears.

Doctors_57_thathehadregainedhissightandhearingobviouslyfromtheflashoflightning,

buttheywereunabletoexplainthat.Theonly_58_explanationofferedbyonedoctorwas

that,_59_Edwardslosthissightasaresultoftraumainaterribleaccident,perhapstheonly

wayitcouldberestoredwasby_60_trauma.

51.A.becauseB.becauseofC.asD.since

54.A.lateB.soonC.laterD.after

59.A.althoughB.becauseofC.eventhoughD.since

60.A.othersB.otherC.anotherD.oneother

Ⅳ.ReadingComprehension(60points)

Directions:

Therearefourreadingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.

ForeachquestiontherearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Chooseonebest

answerandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PassageOne

Inancienttimeswealthwasmeasuredandexchangedinthingsthatcouldbetouched:

food,tools,andpreciousmetalsandstones.Thenthebartersystemwasreplacedbycoins,

whichstillhadrealvaluesincetheywerepiecesofraremetal.Coinswerefollowedbyfiat

money,papernotesthathavevalueonlybecauseeveryoneagreestoacceptthem.

Todayelectronicmonetarysystemsaregraduallybeingintroducedthatwilltransform

moneyintoevenlesstangibleforms,reducingittoaseriesof"bitsandbytes",orunitsof

computerizedinformation,goingbetweenmachinesatthespeedoflight.Already,electronic

fundtransferallowsmoneytobeinstantlysentandreceivedbydifferentbanks,companies,

andcountriesthroughcomputersandtelecommunicationsdevices.

61.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostappropriatetitleforthepassage?

A.InternationalBankingPoliciesB.TheHistoryofMonetaryExchange

C.TheDevelopmentofPaperCurrenciesD.CurrentProblemsintheEconomy

62.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingwastheearliestkindofexchange

ofwealth?

A.BarteredfoodsB.FiatmoneyC.CoincurrencyD.Intangibleforms

63.Theauthormentionsfood,toolsandpreciousmetalsandstonestogetherbecause

theyareall________.

A.usefulitemsB.articlesofvalue

C.difficultthingstoobtainD.materialobjects

64.Accordingtothepassage,coinsoncehadrealvalueascurrencybecausethey______.

representedagreatimprovementoverbarter

permittedeasytransportationofwealth

weremadeofpreciousmetals

couldbecomecollector'sitems

65.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutcomputerizedmonetarysystemsisNOT

supportedbythepassage?

Theypromoteinternationaltrade.

AttheUniversityofKansasartmuseum,scientiststestedtheeffectofdifferentcolored

wallsontwogroupsofvisitorstoanexhibitofpaintings.Forthefirstgrouptheroomwas

paintedwhite;forthesecond,darkbrown.Movementofeachgroupwasfollowedbyan

electricalequipmentunderthecarpet.Theexperimentshowedthatthosewhoenteredthe

darkbrownwalkedmorequickly,coveredmorearea,andspentlesstimeintheroomthan

peopleinthewhiteone.Darkbrownmadepeoplemoreactive,buttheactivityendedsooner.

Notonlythechoiceofcolorsbutalsothegeneralappearanceofaroomaffectsthoseinside.

Anotherexperimentpresentedpeoplewithphotographsoffaceswhoseenergywastobe

commented.Threegroupsofpeoplewereused;eachwasshownthesamephotos,buteach

groupwasinanordinaryroom-aniceoffice.Thethirdwasinatastefullydesignedliving

roomwithcarpeting.Resultsshowedthatthepeopleinthebeautifulroomtendtogive

highermarkstothefacesthanthoseintheuglyroomdid.Otherstudiesthatstudentsdo

betteronteststakenincomfortableroomthaninordinary-lookingoruglyrooms.

66.Whichofthefollowingisthebestexpressionofthemainideaofthispassage?

Peopleinbeautifulroomstendtogivehighermarkstophotosoffacesthanpeoplein

uglyrooms

Thecolorandgeneralappearanceofaroomhaveadeepereffectonthebehaviorof

thepeopleinit

TheUniversityofKansashasstudiedtheeffectsofthecolorofroomonpeople's

behavior

Beautifullyfurnished,light-colouredroomsmakepeoplemorecomfortablethanugly,

darkrooms

67.Accordingtothepassage,wemayconcludethatthewhiteraroomis________.

A.thelongerpeopleliketostayinitB.thesoonerpeopleinitwillleave

C.themoreactivepeopleinitwillbecomeD.themoreexcitedpeople

68.Whatisreferredtoasthe"generalappearance"inthispassageis________.

howmanybroadwindowsaroomhas,throughwhichsunlightmightcomein

thesizeofaroom

whethertherearebeautifulwallsinaroom

whattheroomlookslike

69.Thispassageprovidesuswith_______.

A.apieceofscientificinformationB.anormallesson

C.aninterestingtestD.apieceofnews

70.Atleasthowmanytestswerecarriedoutbythescientistsreferredtointhispassage?

A.ThreeB.TwoC.OnlyoneD.Nooneknows

PassageThree

Thewaterwedrinkanduseisrunningshortintheworld.Weallhavetolearnhowto

stopwastingourlimitedwater.Oneofthestepsweshouldtakeistofindwaysofreusing

it.Experimentshavealreadybeendoneinthisfield.

Todayinmostlargecities,freshwaterisusedonlyonce,thenitrunsintowastesystem.

Butitispossibletopipetheusedwatertoapurifyingfactory.Thereitcanbefilteredand

treatedwithchemicalssothatitcanbeusedagain,justasitwerefreshfromaspring.

Butevenifeverylargecitypurifiedandreuseditswater,westillwouldnothaveenough.

Thenwecouldturntotheoceans.Allwe'dhavetodotomakeuseoftheseawateronearth

istogetridofthesalt.Thisprocessiscalleddesalinization,anditisalreadyinuseinmany

partsoftheworld.

72.Thefollowingtellsushowtoreusetheusedwater.Whichistherightorderofthe

passage?

A.tohavetheusedwaterfilteredB.toputchemicalsinit

C.topipeittotheusersD.topipetheusedwatertobepurifiedtoafactory

73.Therewouldn'tbeenoughwaterforusifwedidn't_________.

A.turntotheoceansformorewaterB.reuseusedwaterandmakeuseofseawater

C.desaltseawaterD.takestepstoreuseallwateronearth

74.Thewould"it"inthelastsentencerefersto_______.

A.seawaterB.purifiedwater

C.theprocessofgettingridofthesaltinseawater

D.theprocessofcollectingsaltfromtheseaoceans

75.Thebesttitleforthepassageis"_______".

A.HowtoReuseWater

B.TwoSolutionstotheProblemofWaterShortage

C.StopWastingOurLimitedWater

D.HowtoMakeUseofSeawater

Somepeoplehateeverythingthatismodern.Theycannotimaginehowanyonecan

reallylikemodernmusic;theyfindithardtoacceptthenewfashionsinclothing;theythink

thatallmodernpaintingisugly;andtheyseldomhaveagoodwordforthenewbuildings

thatarebeingbuilteverywhereintheworld.Suchpeoplelookforperfectionineverything,

andtheytaketheirstandardsofperfectionfromthepast.Theyareusuallyimpatientwith

anyonewhoisbraveenoughtoexperimentwithnewortoexpresshimselfortheagein

materialsoriginalways.Itis,ofcourse,truethatmanyartistsdonotsucceedintheirwork

andinsteadproduceworksthatcanonlybeconsideredasfailures.Iftheworkofartisa

painting,theartist'sfailureconcernshimselfalone,butifitisabuilding,hisfailureconcerns

otherstoo,becauseitmaydamagethebeautyofthewholeplace.Thisdoessometimes

happen,butitiscompletelyuntruetosay,assomepeopledo,thatmodernarchitectureis

nothing.

Wecan'tjudgeeverymodernbuildingbythestandardsoftheancienttime,even

thoughweadmiretheancientbuildings.Technologically,themodernbuildingsaremore

advanced.Themodernarchitectknowsheshouldlearnfromtheancientworks,butwithhis

greaterresourcesofknowledgeandmaterials,hewillneverbecontenttoimitatethepast.

Heistooproudtodothat.

itisuntruetosayartistsfailintheirwork

itistruetosayonlypaintersfailintheirwork

78.Thewriterthinkst