2016潇湘职业学院单招测试题(附解析)英语

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．—Will you join us in the Talent Show?

—Thank you，________

A．but why not？B．but I’d rather not.

C．and I won’t.D．and I’ll join.

2．The happiest people don’t have the best of everything.They just________everything.

A．get away from B．make the best of

C．fix attention on D．catch up with

3． The decision about which college to go to cannot be made by any one of us________yourself.

A．more than B．other than

C．rather than D．better than

4． A recent study has ________an unexpected conclusion that the African elephant should be divided into two different species.

A．kept up with B．made up with

C．caught up with D．come up with

5．—He failed the exam again！What should I do，Miss Wang?

—In my opinion，your son is________than stupid.

A．quite lazier B．much lazier

C．more lazy D．lazier rather

6．When________comes to an interview day，we’ve got many things in mind，such as being on time and giving proper answers.

A．that B．this

C．it D．one

7．You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy，________you’re not part of their happiness.

A．even if B．as if

C．if only D．if ever

8．—According to my grandma，it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold.

—________，scientists agree with her.

A．Sooner or later B．Once in a while

C．To be exact D．Believe it or not

9．She will tell us why she feels so strong that each of us has a role________in making the earth a better place to live in.

A．to have played B．to play

C．to be played D．to be playing

10．Oprah (奥普拉)，the queen of American daytime talk TV，is________as one of the most powerful women in the world.

A．raised B．recognized

C．requested D．recommended

11．You________scold such a pupil who always keeps silent so seriously that you________hurt him.

A．should；can B．may；will

C．mustn’t；may D．can’t；must

12．—I happened to meet Lily yesterday.

—Lucky dog！You ________each other for two years.

A．haven’t seen B．hadn’t seen

C．didn’t see D．don’t see

13．Linda’s health is improving________day by day，and the

doctor has advised her to stay home for a couple of weeks.

A．frequently B．gradually

C．fluently D．actually

14． There is________as a free dinner in this world.As the saying goes，“No pains，no gains.”

A．no such a good thing B．such no good thing

C．no such good thing D．not so a good thing

15．As everybody knows，kangaroos are native________Australia and are often regarded as one of Australia’s national treasures.

A．in B．to

C．from D．with

Ⅱ.阅读理解

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When was the last time you did something really fun with one of your parents—just the two of you?

Parents who take their young children to music，swimming and art classes often stop arranging such activities once their kids are older and in school all day.But it doesn’t have to be that way.Doing something enjoyable with your kids just might make you look at each other in a whole new way，especially if you do it through a class or an event.When parent and child become students together，it puts them on the same level，at least for a while.

“I really like parents to come to class with their kids—they start sh aring things and talking about what they’re doing and what they like，”said art teacher Pyper Dixon.

However，finding something new in common is a big choice for