专升本中期选拔英语试题训练(七)19页

专升本中期选拔英语试题训练(七)Part I Vocabulary and Structure1. I’d like to ________ him too you for the job. He is very clever and industrious boy.A. referB. proposeC. recommendD. suggest2. Paul invited me to dinner the day before yesterday and I ________ his invitation with pleasure.A. acceptedB. promisedC. permittedD. received3. Even though they seem to be real, all the characters in this book are in fact ________.A. imaginativeB. imaginableC. imaginaryD. imageable4. Both Mary and Ellen, _______ Jane, are studying Chinese in our college.A. as well asB. and as wellC. withD. beside5. She is said to ________ five trips to China in the past three years.A. be madeB. have been makingC. makeD. have made6. A ________ ship is a ship which carries goods.A. goodsB. commodityC. cargoD.fright7. The result of the experiment made me ________. It was not so goodas I had expected.A. disappointB. disappointedC. disappointingD. be disappointed8. It is not always reliable to make a conclusion on the _________of the first impression.A. basicB. baseC. basementD.basis9. Her _________ duties are answering phones, typing letters and making arrangements.A. conventionalB. routineC. traditionalD. regular10. In the United States, few parents _________ to let their childrenuse their cars.A. rejectB. denyC. refuseD. forbid11. In fact, she had done all _________ to help the poor.A. she couldB. which she couldC. what she couldD. as she could12. _________ after his death that he was recognized as a great scientists.A. It was not untilB. It is untilC. It was untilD. Not until13. The patient is still wet. _________!A. Be sure to not touch itB. Be sure not totouch itC. Be not sure to touch itD. Don’t be sureto touch it14. You ________ me about his illness yesterday.A. must tellB. had toldC. ought to tellD.ought to have told15. The design was so _________ that you could not find any faultin it.A. delicateB. elaborateC. fancyD. complicated16. _________ driving to work, Mr. Robins goes to his office by trainevery day.A. WithoutB. Rather thanC. Instead ofD. In spite of17. More than thirty people are ________ in this event.A. happenedB. participatedC. involvedD. included18. You haven’t wasted my time; on the ________, you’ve helpedme save some time.A. contraryB. reverseC. oppositeD. contrast19. All the villagers proposed to _________ the road to the townnearby.A. stretchB. extendC. enlargeD. expend20. Do you have any idea of who will be invited to the press ________this evening?A. conferenceB. gatheringsC. meetingD. talks21. This kind of reading lamp can be ________ to the need of thereader.A. adoptedB. adjustedC. adaptedD. used22. They have placed a large ________ with the Boeing Company for20 new airliners.A. ChargeB. commandC. requestD. order23. The travelers ________ 300 miles a day by car when they werein Africa.A. passedB. tookC. coveredD. went24. Bob had _________ for his father to come whenever needed.A. arrangedB. requiredC. demandedD. invited25. Part of office is _________ off for the use of the manager.A. separatedB. cutC. dividedD. split26. My early ________ at learning to drive were unsuccessful.A. effortsB. temptC. testD. trial27. According to _________ they have told me, they should returnwithin about one week.A. thatB. itC. whatD. which28. She ought to _________ my letter a week ago. But she was busywith her work.A. have answeredB. answeringC. answerD. be answering29. The law requires that everyone ________ his car checked at leastonce a month.A. hasB. hadC. haveD. would have30. If _________ successfully, the plan will completely change thetraffic conditions in our city.A. carrying outB. carried outC. to carry outD. carry outPart II Blank filling1.He showed a _________( child ) lack of control over his temper.2. A _________( self ) person puts his own interests first.3. The whole room was flooded with warm, _________ (gold ) sunlight.4.Views not based on thorough _________ ( investigate) are nothingbut ignorant nonsense.5. They started off at once in search of the _________ ( miss ) girl.6. The government put forward a _________ ( propose ) to improvepublic transportation.7. What we are waiting for is the _________ ( confirm ) of the news.8. It is considered ________ ( polite ) for a man to wear a hatindoors.9. Children should be encouraged to be ________ (dependent )thinkers.10. The patient was ________ ( capable ) of walking, so he had tobe carried.Part III Reading Comprehension1. Getting Lost on PurposeI didn’t know the city at all and what is more, I couldn’t speaka word of the language. After having spent my first day sight –seeing in the town-centre, I decided to lose my way deliberately on my second day, since I believed that this was the surest way of getting to know my way around. I got on the first bus that passes and descended some thirty minutes later in what must have been a suburb.The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. I discovered mysterious little book-shops in back streets and finally arrived at a market-place where I stopped and had coffee in an open-air café. Then I decided to get back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about aimlessly for some time, I determined to ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I know of the language was the name of the street in which I lived --- and even that I pronounced badly.I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he thrust the paper into my hands. Seeing that it would be impossible to argue about the matter, I gave him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was an old lady who was buying vegetables. She was very hard of hearing and I repeated the wordseveral times. When she finally heard me, she seemed to take offence and began shouting and shaking her walking-stick at me. I hurried away quickly and was relieved to see a policeman on a corner. He certainly would be able to help me. The policeman listened attentively to my question, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a distant look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. He glanced at me for approval, and repeated the performance. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me.I had come all the way into the country. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway-station!1. The writer ________________.a. was a complete stranger in the cityb. know the city quite wellc. had once visited the cityd. had only a little knowledge about the city2. The writer believes that if you want to know a strange city you should ______________.a.. go everywhere on footb. ask people the wayc. get lost on purposed. get on the firstpassing bus3. The main cause of all the writer’s troubles was that _______________.a. he fol lowed the policeman’s directionb. he couldn’t speak the languagec. he left the city centerd. he went around without a guidebook4. The newspaper-seller ____________.a. understood what he saidb. thought he would buy a newspaperc. showed him around the cityd. told him how to get to the bus stop5. Why did the writer leave the old woman in such a hurry?a. She did not understand what he said.b. She was getting angry with the writer.c. She was very hard of hearing.d. She had no idea where his hotel was.6. The policeman on the corner _____________when the writer asked the waya. took offenceb. shook his headc. shouted loudlyd. gave him some information2. Churchill’s PortraitWhen Sir Winston Churchill, the great British prime minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for by the members of Parliament, who wanted to honor the Gr and Old Man of World War Ⅱ. Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this mark of respect and affection. Neither of them, of course, allowed the donors to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look stupid---which I am no t!” protested Churchill in private. Publicly, he only remarked that it was “a fine example of modern art.” His friends smiled; it was well known that Sir Winston didn’t care for modern art.Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it destroyed. Churchill died at ninety in January, 1965. Lady Churchill followed him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to Sutherland’s painting, and a heated argument broke out. The painter was understandably sad. The artistic community, shocked and angry, claimed that the destruction of the picture had been a crime. Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a historical document. All agreed that the Churchills didn’t have the right to do what they had done.Well---did they? A good part of the public felt that the subject (and owner) of a portrait had the right to get rid of it if it made him so unhappy, The question, however, has been raised many times before: who has the right to a work of art ---the sitter, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? And when the painting is the portrait of a historical figure, should the right of posterity be considered, as the historians claimed?Another question comes to mind: who is qualified to judge a portrait? Graham Sutherland had told Sir Winston that he would paint him “as he saw him.” Churchill never had a chance to see the work in progress since the painter refused to show it to him. He found out only when he received his present that Sutherland had seen him as a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he hated old age, he wad naturally hurt and offended. But was the portrait a good one, as many (including the painter) said? Or was it bad and offensive as others (and the sitter) thought? Who is to judge? It is well known that we never see ourselves as others see us; but do we see ourselves better than they do? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s satisfaction.1. To have Churchill’s portrait painted wa s the idea of ____________.a. a well-known modern artistb.Parliamentc. a friend of Churc hill’sd. Lady Churchill2. Which of the following is true?a. Churchill liked the portrait but his wife did not.b. Churchill did not like the portrait because he did not likethe painter.c. Churchill liked the portrait because it was a fine example of modern art.d. Neither Churchill nor his wife liked the portrait.3. When Churchill said it was “a fine example of modern art” hewas__________.a. dishonest.b. Jokingc. praising the portraitd. being diplomatic4. When was the destruction of the portrait known to the public?a. As soon as it happened.b. After Churchilldied in 1965.c. Soon after Lad y Churchill’ deathd. Not until recently.5. How did people react to the news?a. People of the artistic community were all very sad.b. The historians felt more strongly against it than the artisticcommunity.c. All people agreed that the Churchills had no right to destroy the picture.d. While some wee upset quite a few people believed the Churchills had the right to destroy it.6. Graham Sutherland painted Churchill ___________.a. as a heavy, sick, tired old manb. as a person much younger than his agec. accordi ng to Churchill’s instructions.d. According to Lady Churchill’s descriptions7. According to the writer, who has the right to a work of art?a. The owner.b. The artist whocreated it.c. The public.d. He is not sure.3. Mr. Smith BlundersMr. Smith is well known in Washington because of his many social blunders. He always likes to attend the various social functions because he wants to expand his circle of friends. WheneverHe is invited, he goes, unless he is ill. Recently he received an invitation to a fashionable banquet. Although he did not know the hostess, he accepted the invitation. He was secretly very pleased, because he felt that his reputation as a desirable guest was growing.When he arrived at the banquet hall, he found that about one hundred people had been invited. He began to move around the hall. He spoke to other guests whether he knew them or not. He soon realized that he had never met any of the other people present, although they seemed to know each other.At dinner, he was seated beside a very dignified woman. The woman tried to be friendly even though she had never met Mr. Smith before. She spoke politely, whenever he spoke to her. Between the first and the second course of the meal, she turned to Mr. Smith and said, “Do you see that gray-haired man at the end of the table?The one with glasses.”“Ah,yes. Who is he?” asked Smith.He’s the Secretary of the Interior!” she replied. M r. Smith said, ”So that’s the Secretary of the Interior! I’m afraid that I find very little to admire about him, although he is the Secretary.”The woman stiffened and did not reply, Smith continued in spite of her coldness. “I really can’t see how he received his appointment, unless he is perhaps a relative of the President.”“It hardly matters whether you like the Secretary or not,” she said. “He was chosen because the President thought he was the man for the job. If he does the job well, you should h ave no complaint. ”“That’s just it,” persisted Smith. “No one does the thingsthe does, unless he is a complete fool!”“Sir!” said the woman in all her dignity. “ Do you know who I am?” “No,” replied Smith.“I am the Secretary’s wife,” she said col dly. Mr. Smith was shocked, but he went on in spite of his embarrassment.“Madam, do you know who I am?”“No, I don’t ,” the woman replied.“Thank goodness!” exclaimed Mr. Smith, as he quickly left the table.1. Mr. Smith is well known in Washington because ______________.a. he is the Secretary of the Interiorb. he has more friends than other peoplec. he likes to go to all kinds of partiesd. he always makes foolish mistakes on social occasions2. Why was he very glad when he got an invitation to a grand party on day?a. He could meet more people at the party.b. He knew the hostess quite well.c. It was the first time he had been invited to such a banquet.d. He felt that his reputation was growing.3. At dinner Mr. Smith happened to sit beside a _________woman.a. beautifulb. seriousc. nobled. fashionable4. The woman ______________.a. kept speaking to him politelyb. turned away when Mr. Smith spoke to herc. wished to introduce him to her husbandd. asked Mr. Smith if he knew the gray-haired man at the end of the table5. Mr. Smith said something against the Secretary of the Interior because ____________.a. they had different political viewsb. he knew for sure the Secretary was a relative of the Presidentc. Mr. Smith did not like the Presidentd. he only wanted to carry on the conversation6. How did the Secretary of the Interior get his post?a. he was a relative of the President.b. The President appointed him.c. He was elected by a majority.d. He was recommended by his wife.Part IV CloseI shall never forget one showing which was really a challenge.I was busy getting ready to 1 my winter fashion. Then justthirteen 2 before the showing, the sewing girls were called out on 3 . I found myself left with one 4 and the woman who was in charge of the sewing room! I was as 5 as my models and salesgirls. “We’ll never 6 it.” one of them cried.Here, I thought, is the test of all tests for Father’s 7 . Where is the way 8 this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would 9 to call off the showing---- 10 else show the clothes unfinished. Then it dawned on me. 11 show the clothes unfinished? We worked extremely hard. And 12 thirteen days later, right on time, the showing took place.What a 13 it was! Some coats had no sleeves (袖子); others had only one. Many of our clothes were 14 in an early stage, but in this way we were 15 to show what colors and textures the 16 would have when they were 17 .All in all, the showing was 18 . It was so different that it was a great success. Our 19 showing caught the attention of the public, and 20 for the clothes poured in. Father’s wise words had guided me once again. There is more than one way to the square----always.1. A. sell B. show C. design D. make2. A. days B. hours C. months D. weeks3. A. business B. sale C. show D. strike4. A. model B. salesgirl C. tailor D. customer5. A. busy B. tired C. excited D. gloomy6. A. expect B. have C. make D. enjoy7. A. advice B. wisdom C. hope D. method8. A. out B. in C. to D. at9. A. like B. have C. ought D. try10. A. but B. so C. rather D. or11. A. Why not B. How about C. What if D. Who ever12. A. almost B. exactly C. probably D. about13. A. day B. surprise C. situation D. showing14. A. still B. even C. already D. ever15. A. asked B. able C. allowed D. unable16. A. blouse B. shirts C. skirts D. coats17. A. finished B. shown C. worn D. hung18. A. perfect B. colorful C. different D. tiring19. A. modern B. unusual C. natural D. simple20. A. needs B. suggestions C. orders D. messagesPart V Translation1. You can refer to a dictionary to find the meanings of these words.2. His failure to observe the safety regulations resulted in an accident to the machinery.3. Throughout his life, Benjamin Franklin continued his education, learning from human contacts as well as from books.4.China has a deep pool of talented scientists and engineers, and we think there is a great opportunity to assemble a world- class team here to do some outstanding research.5.We have ruled out tool use and invention as ways of telling animal behavior from human behavior.1. 这些事实足以证实那么采取这些措施是完全正确的。