全国高等教育自学考试公共英语模拟试题
1.根据给出的汉语词义和规定的词性写出相应的英语单词, 每条短线上写一个字母, 该词的首字母已给出。
1 )底、底部n. b
2 )介绍, 引进v. i
3 )机器n. m
4 )主要的, 最重要的a. m
5 )预防, 防止v. p
6 )囚徒n. p
7 )记得, 记住v. r
8 )病, 疾病n. i
9 )服从, 听从v. o
10)玻璃n. g
2.根据句子的意思将括号中的词变成适当的形式。
1 )Since the beginning of this semester, Laura (show)some improvement in both her reading and writing.
2 )You (must, misunderstand)me, because I didn’t say that.
3 )Smoking (not allow)in the office.
4 )She proposes that we (have)a birthday party for our English teacher.
5 )The slightest (care)in driving can result in a terrible accident.
6 )I couldn’t understand why he pretended (not see)me in the book store.
7 )He is used to (get up)at six every morning.
8 )My children are looking forward to (make)a trip to Guilin next month.
9 )What were left behind (be)ten empty bottles.
10)Children who are over-protected by their parents may become (spoil).
3.根据句子的意思选择正确的答案。
1 )Without my glasses I can hardly what has been written in the letter.
A. make for B. make out C. make up D. make over
2 )John was never particular the food his wife served.
A. about B. to C. of D. for
3 )The Americans and the British not only speak the same language
but also a large number of social customs.
A. join B. combine C. share D. distribute
4 )The fastest runner took the just ten metres before the finishing line.
A. advance B. head C. place D. lead
5 )A great of workers will be transferred to the new oil field.
A. deal B. amount C. number D. part
6 )We couldn’t see much because there was only a light in the room.
A. dark B. dim C. pale D. dull
7 )That house always me of a holiday I spent in Switzerland.
A. awakes B. recalls C. informs D. reminds
8 )The two countries their diplomatic relations with each other.
A. broke in B. broke off C. broke out D. broke through
9 )It was demanded that the patient at once.
A. was treated B. being treated
C. would be treated D. be treated
10)I’ll come to your offices as soon as I the paper.
A. obtain B. am to obtain C. will obtain D. have obtained
11)There were so many tickets available were asked for.
A. that B. which C. as D. than
12)In England, as early as the twelfth century, young boys enjoyed football.
A. to play B. played C. play D. playing
13)He talks as if he all the work himself, but in fact Tom and I
did most of it.
A. does B. had done C. did D. would do
14)Henry said that he to go home.
A. intends B. is intending C. intended D. had intended
15)He need not have worked so late, ？
A. did he B. needn’t he C. need he D. didn’t he
16)I listened to Tom.
A. talking B. talk C. talked D. to talk
17)Dick won’t drive us to the station, He has to take us all.
A. too small a car B. such small a car
C. very small a car D. a too small car
18)There is nothing I dislike children who are dishonest.
A. less than B. other than C. more than D. rather than
19)Staying in a hotel costs renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. more than twice B. as much twice as
C. as twice as much D. as much as twice
20)I wanted to buy a colour TV set this year , but my brother rejected
the idea a trip to the beach.
A. instead of B. in view of C. in favour of D. in case of
4.下面的句子中每个句子都有四处划有横线并标以A、B、C、D, 其中有一处是错误的。指出你认为错误之处。
1 )It was very late
A to save the drowning boy
B as he had gone down
C for the third time
D
2 )I can’t help to think
A it would be
B fun to
C play such an exciting
D game with them.
3 )That
A is troubling me is
B that I don ’t have much experience in
C business
D .
4 )When I got to
A
the cinema, the film had already started B , I ought to get C there earlier D .
5 )After criticizing A our proposal in every detail B , the director went on telling us C that there was nothing D personal in his comments.
5.本题共有三段短文, 每段短文后面有三至四道小题, 共计十道小题。每道小题都有四个选择项。找出你认为正确的答案。
Passage I
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington spent 17 000 dollars on secret service work. A Committee of Safety employed spies and informers. Many of these operated in a neutral territory, Weschester Country, and posed as sympathizers of the British in order to obtain information. They passed on their information by means of code invisible ink and the hanging of clothes from washing lines. One of these informers pretended to be a shoemaker and a pedlar. His family and friends despised him for his apparent support of
he British, and several times the Yankees almost caught and hung him. Yet secretly he had been sending reports to the American army on the names and activities of the English supporters, and details about the position of the Redcoats. When the war ended and his true role was revealed. Congress voted him a special bonus which he refused. He said he had acted out of patriotism alone. This man was immortalized as Harvey Birch in James Fennimore Cooper ’s novel, The Spy.
1 )The spies and informers obtained information by.
A. pretending to support the British
B. working in a neutral territory
C. hanging clothes on washing lines
D. using code and invisible ink
2 )The word " immortalized" here is likely to mean.
A. considered B. replaced C. well-known D. improved
3 )The informer refused the bonus because he.
A. liked to receive the money secretly
B. had already been very rich
C. didn’t think it’s worth his effort
D. did the service only for his country’s sake
4 )The informer mentioned in paragraph 2 was.
A. only an imaginary figure
B. a professional pedlar
C. an outstanding shoemaker
D. historical figure in the Revolutionary War
Passage 2
A partial answer to the problem of water scarcity is conservation.