天津大学考试资料专升本文科英语

大学英语模拟题
 
I．Phonetics
Directions:In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the 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. mark               B. warm                  C. ward            D. war
2.A. three                      B. those                   C. thank           D. theatre
3.A. wind                B. kind                     C. find               D. mind
4.A. plant                      B. craft                    C. grasp            D. at
5.A. now                 B. knowledge        C. bow              D. allow
II．Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.
1.  I'd like to take __________ of this opportunity to thank all of you for your co-operation.
   A. profit
   B. benefit
   C. occasion
   D. advantage
 2.  In copying this paper, be careful not to leave __________ any words.
   A. out
   B. alone
   C. off
   D. behind
 3.  People who cannot __________ between colors are said to be color-blind.
   A. compare
   B. separate
   C. establish
   D. contrast
 4.  We finally __________ an agreement after a lot of hard bargaining.
   A. reached
   B. did
   C. arrived
   D. drove
 5.  How could he __________ from believing that she was changing her mind?
   A. avoid
   B. stop
   C. prevent
   D. keep
 6.  It is desirable that the airplane _____________ as light as possible.
   A. is
   B. were
   C. be
   D. had been
 7.  We came finally ___________ the conclusion that she has been telling lies all the time.
   A. of
   B. into
   C. to
   D. at
 8.  I am not used to speaking ______________ public.
   A. in
   B. at
   C. on
   D. to
 9.  He didn't live up to ____________ had been expected of him.
   A. what
   B. which
   C. that
   D. all
 10.  She did not feel ______________ going out, as she had a slight headache.
   A. about
   B. like
   C. after
   D. for
 11.  The price of gold rose again, partly __________ news about war.
   A. result in
   B. go with
   C. because
   D. due to
 12.  Responsibilities _________________ becoming a father.
   A. charge for
   B. go with
   C. save for
   D. go through
 13.  If you ___________ in your rent again, you may get thrown out.
   A. fall behind
   B. account for
   C. charge for
   D. come to
 14.  The country has ____________ too many wars in the past few decades; its people are longing for peace so much.
   A. prevented from
   B. resulted in
   C. gone through
   D. gone with
 15.  She wouldn't even take a drink, _____________ stay for dinner.
   A. much more
   B. much few
   C. much lesser
   D. much less
 16.  The first popularly chosen president has ____________ the political representatives over the slow pace of economic change.
   A. prevented from
   B. charged for
   C. accounted for
   D. clashed with
 17.  Unless we get more money, we'll be ____________ finishing this enquiry program.
   A. separated from
   B. recovered from
   C. prevented from
   D. charged from
 18.  The painter lived more than a decade in Europe, _______ he could be in close contact with other cubists (立体派艺术家).
   A. where
   B. in which
   C. that
   D. in that
 19.  _______ Tom is supposed to make an appointment with the dentist, he says he is too busy.
   A. However
   B. Whomever
   C. Whenever
   D. Whatever
 20.  Every organism produces waste products no longer useful to itself and which _______ to accumulate would in fact be harmful.
   A. if they allowed
   B. if were allowed
   C. if was allows
   D. if allowed
 21.  I didn't make a _______ mistake next time.
   A. like
   B. same
   C. nearr
   D. similar
 22.  Life insurance, _______ available only to young, healthy persons, can now be obtained for old people.
   A. before
   B. after
   C. former
   D. previously
 23.  He _______ lives in the house where he was born.
   A. already
   B. yet
   C. still
   D. ever
 24.  "Are you going to the football game?" "No. The tickets are _______ expensive for me."
   A. very much
   B. so much
   C. far too
   D. highly
 25.  "For tonight's homework, do pages forty and forty-one in the workbook." "Professor Hones, I think that is _______ work."
   A. much too much
   B. much the more
   C. too hard
   D. hardest
 26.  Mary was going to a wedding so she brushed _______ well.
   A. her hair
   B. her hairs
   C. the hair
   D. the hairs
 27.  A series of problems _______ cropped up recently.
   A. have
   B. has
   C. is
   D. are
 28.  The officials in the _______ at London Airport were very polite.
   A. Custom
   B. Customs
   C. custom
   D. customs
 29.  There _______ a lot of _______ on the roads yesterday.
   A. was ... traffic
   B. were ... traffics
   C. was ... traffics
   D. were ... traffic
 30.  _______ is easily seen.
   A. The advantage of the economic reform
   B. The economic's reform advantage
   C. The reform of the economic advantage
   D. The economic reform's advantage
 31.  England is an island country. _______ consists of three principal islands, and _______ climate is generally mild.
   A. It ... its
   B. She ... her
   C. He ... his
   D. She ... its
 32.  England took arms against _______ enemy.
   A. his
   B. her
   C. hers
   D. its
 33.  That man looks familiar to me. He reminds _______ Dr. Richards.
   A. me to
   B. me
   C. me for
   D. me of
 34.  It seems very difficult _______.
   A. to stop the child to cry
   B. restraining the child to cry
   C. to keep the child from crying
   D. holding the child's crying
 35.  He thought he could talk Mr. Robinson _______ buying some expensive equipment .
   A. to
   B. about
   C. into
   D. on
 36.  When Laura finally arrived she apologized _______ so late.
   A. for to come
   B. that she was coming
   C. for coming
   D. to come
37.  This boy is able to repeat from memory ______ 200 short poems.
   A. up to
   B. up till
   C. as to
   D. as far
 38.  In Shanghai, city planners have made many places for green belts and garden _____.
   A. places
   B. lots
   C. spaces
   D. strips
 39.  Though we have spent two nights in _______ the problem, we still can't find a solution.
   A. working on
   B. working out
   C. working up
   D. working in
 40.  It was such a wonderful day that they decided to take a day _____ to the mountain.
   A. away
   B. voyage
   C. boat trip
   D. excursion
III．Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.
Passage 1
Researchers have found that REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is important to human beings. This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one night of sleep lasting five minutes to forty minutes for each occurrence. The deeper a person’s sleep becomes, the longer the periods of rapid eye movement.
There are physical charges in the body to show that a person has changed from NREM (non-rapid eye movement) to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster, the heart rate increases, and, as the name implies, the eyes begin to move quickly.
Accompanying these physical changes in the body is a very important characteristic of REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that a person dreams.
1. According to the passage, how often does REM sleep occur in one night?
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Four of five times
D. Forty times
2. The word “deeper” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. heavier.
B. louder.
C. stronger.
D. happier.
3. Which of the following shows that a person is NOT dreaming in his sleep?
A. His eyes begin to move.
B. His breathing becomes faster.
C. His heart rate increases.
D. His eyes stop moving.
4. The subject of this passage is ________.
A. why people sleep
B. the human need for REM sleep
C. the characteristic of REM sleep
D. physical changes in the human body
5. Which of the following is the best title of the article?
A. REM Sleep
B. Two Types of Sleep
C. Sleepers
D. What Happens to Sleepers
Passage 2
The Mother Goose Stories, so well known to children all over the word, are commonly said to have been written by a little old woman for her grandchildren. According to some people, she lived in Boston, and her real name was Elizabeth Vergoose. Her son-in-law, a printer named Thomas Fleet, was supposed to have published the famous stories and poems for small children in 1719. However, no copy of this book has ever been found, and most scholars doubt the truth of this story—and doubt, moreover, that Mother Goose was ever a real person. They point out that the name is a direct translation of the French “Mere I’ Oye.” In 1697 the Frenchman Charles Perrault published the first book in which this name was used. The collection contains eight tales, including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” and “Puss in Boots.” But Perrault did not originate these stories; they were already quite popular in his day, and he only collected them.
6. What is suppssed to have happened in 1719?
A.Elizabeth Vergoose wrote the first Mother Goose Stories.
B.Thomas Fleet published the Mother Goose Stories.
C.The Mother Goose Stories were translated into French.
D.Charles Perrault published the first Mother Goose Stories.
7. Most scholars consider Mother Goose to be _________.
A. a real person
B. a book written by a little old woman
C. a collection by Elizabeth Vergoose
D. a translation from French
8. When Perrault published the first book in 1679, _______.
A.no story of the book had been known to people
B.some stories of the book were already well known
C.few people were interested in the stories of the book
D.stories like “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella” became popular
9. The name used in the first book published in 1679 is supposed to have been _______.
A. Mother Goose
B. Mere I’ Oye
C. Elizabeth Vergoose
D. Charles Perrault
10. On the basis of this passage, what may be concluded about the real origin of stories “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella”?
A.They were invented by Elizabeth Vergoose.
B.They were invented by Thomas Fleet.
C.They were invented by Charles Perrault.
D.Their writers are unknown.
Passage 3
Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’ windows, The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.
11. A bank run happens when _______.
A.a bank is closed for one or more days
B.too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time
C.there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one time
D.tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank
12. The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to ________.
A.explain why they could not pay out all accounts
B.pay out accounts as requested
C.make the depositors believe that the bank was stand
D.pay out money as slowly as possible
13. The main cause of a bank run is _______.
A. loss of confidence
B. lack of money
C. crowds of people
D. inexperienced tellers
14. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say?
A.She know that the bank was not sound.
B.She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank.
C.She was not able to draw out her money.
D.She was tempted to draw out her money.
15. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s bank were affected mainly by the _______.
A.ease with which they could get their money
B.confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed
C.failure of several other banks to open
D.confidence shown by other depositors of the bank
Passage 4
One of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the previous century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested area remained, down to a mere 1 percent of the state’s 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be found.
Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块) were found to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no odor, Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers’children who would pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young man, seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with a box of candy or a bunch of flowers.
16. What is the main topic of this passage?
A.The solution to the Nebraska settlers’ fuel problem.
B.Life in Nebraska in the late ninteenth century.
C.The imporance of the American buffalo.
D.Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.
17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived.
B.The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.
C.The children spent a lot of time collecting the chips.
D.Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.
18. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed _______.
A. in greater amounts in summer
B. in greater amounts in winter
C. only in summer
D. only in winter
19. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at?
A.The children needed competitions to them.
B.The buffalo chips gave off no smell.
C.Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers’ fuel problem.
D.Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.
20. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Early Settlers
B. One Use of the Buffalo Chips
C. Nebraska’s Problems
D. How Young Men Express Their Love for Girls
Ⅳ．Cloze
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.
Passage 1
Insure means to protect _1_ a loss of money. Most people can budget their money so that their income will cover expected expenses _2_ food, clothing, housing, and public services. But, there is no way to know _3_ who will suffer a crisis (危机) such as a serious illness, fire, flood, or a car accident. Such crises usually _4_ great expense. Even if people could predict crises, it would be hard to save enough money to _5_ the expenses. Insurance is a system _6_ a company collects money from many individuals and then pays certain expenses whenever one of those insured individuals is faced with a certain crisis. An insurance policy _7_ how much the insurance costs and how much the company will pay when a policy holder is faced with a certain crisis. There are many different kinds of insurance, _8_ hospital, motor-car and fire. Insurance can be rather expensive but most people buy insurance of some kind. Insurance is something _9_ people buy and hope they will _10_ need.
1.A. for      
B. from           
C. against        
D. with
2.A. such as                             
B. for example            
C. that 
D. the same as
3.A. predict              
B. ahead                     
C. in advance                    
D. earlier
4.A. result from        
B. make                     
C. take                              
D. result in
5.A. cover                
B. pay back                
C. fill                                 
D. make full
6.A. that                   
B. by which                
C. what                             
D. where
7. A. said                  
B. agree                     
C. make sure                     
D. states
8.A. include       
B. including                 
C. as well as                      
D. also
9.A. which                
B. that                        
C. as                                 
D. like
10.A. never                
B. ever                       
C. sometimes              
D. often
Passage 2
       This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother _11_. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her _12_ in the house all day long.
One day, the Prince was _13_. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. _14_ the dance the Prince would choose his wife.
When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire _15_.
_16_ she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella _17_ and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady.
Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her _18_. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes _19_. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.
“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.”
When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended _20_ the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.
11.A. both were dead
B. were both death
C. were both died
D. were both dead
12.A. to do all the work
B. did all the work
C. do all the work
D. doing all the work
13.A. old enough to be married with
B. old enough to marry
C. old enough to marry with
D. old enough to be married
14.A. During the night of
B. At the night of
C. One the night of
D. In the night of
15.A. to cry
B. crying
C. to be crying
D. to be cried
16.A. Sudden
B. All on sudden
C. On sudden
D. All of a sudden
17.A. looked up
B. looked at
C. looked for
D. looked down
18.A. at that time
B. at times
C. all the time
D. at one time
19.A. on the steps
B. within the steps
C. in the steps
D. under the steps
20.A. to put on
B. putting on
C. to wear
D. to have on
 
Answer:
I．Phonetics
1．A 2．B 3．A 4．D 5．B
II．Vocabulary and Structure
1-10
D A B A D; C C D A B
11-20
D B A C D; D C A A D
21-30
D D C C A; A B B A A
31-40
A B D C C C A B A D
III．Reading Comprehension
1．C 2．A 3．C 4．D 5．A
6．B 7．D8．B 9．B 10．D
11．B 12．B 13．B 14．D15．C
16．A 17．B 18．B 19．A 20．B
Ⅳ．Cloze
1．C         2．A          3．D          4．C          5．A          6．B         7．D         8．B          9．B           10．D
11．D 12．C 13．B 14．C 15．B
16．D 17．A 18．C 19．A 20．A