2022-2023學(xué)年四川省達(dá)州市成考專升本英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)

2022-2023學(xué)年四川省達(dá)州市成考專升本英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、單選題(20題)1.Busyastheyare,parentsshould______atleasttwohourstospendwiththeirchildren.

A.setoutB.setawayC.setasideD.setoff

2.Sendmyregardstoyourwifewhenyou__________home．

A.wroteB.willwriteC.havewrittenD.write

3.—Oh,Mary!YoushoulddoyourworkinsteadofsittingherewatchingTV.—______.

A.That'snotaverygoodidea.

B.TVproducesgoodinfluenceonchildren.

C.Whatmakesyousaythat?

D.YousaidTVwaseducational.

4.

Allthestudentswenttothemagicshowyesterday.Itwasreally______A.amusinglyB.amuseC.amusingD.amused

5.Wecanassigntheworkto__________isreliable.

A.whoseB.whomC.whoeverD.whomever

6.Inoticedhiseyes______,becausetheywereverylarge.

A.inparticularB.withparticularC.inspecialD.withspecial

7.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

8.Tomwasabouttoclosethewindows_______hisattentionwascaughtbyabirdA.whenB.suddenlyC.andD.till

9.Haveacigarette,______?

A.willyouB.don'tyouC.doyouD.aren'tyou

10.—That'smewhenIgotmarried.SeewhatIlooklikenow!—Whynotgoonadiettogetinto______?

A.shapeB.formC.appearanceD.body

11.TomandJackarebothveryclever._________,Tomis____________Jack.

A.Allinall;asacleverboyas

B.Inotherwords;ascleveraboyas

C.Thatistosay;asacleverboyas

D.Inword;ascleveraboyas

12.Myfather______mebysayingthatIcouldwininthespeechcontest,soItookpartinit.

A.discouragedB.encouragedC.preventedD.asked

13.While______ajob,thegraduatestudentgotanoffertostudyabroad

A.appliedforB.applyingtoC.appliedtoD.applyingfor

14.Whenwe______themuseumisnotdecided.

A.visitedB.visitC.willvisitD.visiting

15.Balloonsfloatintheair_________boatsdoonthesea.A.justasB.whenC.thatD.where

16.Itisreportedthatmanyanewhouse_______atpresentinthedisasterareaA.arebeingbuilt

B.werebeingbuilt

C.wasbeingbuilt

D.isbeingbuilt

17.Thisisjusttheplace______heandhiswifevisitedlastyear.

A.whereB.thatC.whenD.why

18.NotonlyIbutalsoTomandMary______fondofcollectingstamps.

A.amB.willC.areD.have

19.Mr.Black,ournewEnglishteacher,isstrict______kind.

A.orB.butC.withD.aswell

20.Noconclusionhasbeen______yet.

A.achievedB.reachedC.attainedD.arrived

二、翻譯(10題)21.Agreatdealofresearchhasbeenperformedonthisquestion,andresultspointstothefollowinganswer:weperformthistaskthroughaspecialtypeofaveraging.

22.SectionA

Directions:TranslatethefollowingEnglishintoChinese.

(非英語(yǔ)專業(yè)學(xué)生做)

Directions:Inthispart,thereare5itemswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese,eachitemconsistingofoneormoresentences.ThesesentencesarealltakenfromthereadingpassageinpartⅡ.Youcanreferbacktothepassagessoastoidentifytheirmeaninginthecontext.

Forexample,itisrecordedinmanyhistorybooksthatpeoplewholivedover3000yearsagoatesaltedfish.ThousandsofyearsagoinEgypt,saltwasusedtopreservethedead.

23.Itisdeterminedthroughteststhattheharmfulsubstancesinafogdroplet,suchasacid,sodium,salt,amine,phenol,dustsandpathogenmicrobes,aredozensoftimesmorethanthatinanormalatmosphericwaterdrop.

24.TheUnitedStatesGreenBuildingCouncil,anonprofitindustrygroupthatencouragesthecreationofenvironmentallyconsciousbuildings,willintroduceabird-safetycreditthisfallaspartofitsenvironmentalcertificationprocess.

25.這位園丁警告我不要在中午給花澆水。____________________________________________________________________________

26.他確保同樣的錯(cuò)誤以后不再發(fā)生。

27.SectionA

Directions:TranslatethefollowingEnglishintoChinese.

(非英語(yǔ)專業(yè)學(xué)生做)

Directions:Inthispart,thereare5itemswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese,eachItemconsistingofoneormoresentences.ThesesentencesarealltakenfromthereadingpassageinpartⅡ.Youcanreferbacktothepassagessoastoidentifytheirmeaninginthecontext.

TheinnersupportsystemwasdesignedbyGustaveEiffel,thesamemanwhomadethefamousEiffelTowerinParis.

28.Bothsoundandnoisecanhavenegativeeffects,butwhatismostimportantisifthepersonhascontroloverthesound.

29.TheGreatWallisthesymboloftheChineseNation,anditisoneofthesevengreatwondersintheworld.

30.ThisistocertifythatMr.TomSmithhasbeenundertakingresearchworkoncomputersciencehereasavisitingscholarinourdepartmentfromOctober2009toOctober2010.

三、書(shū)面表達(dá)(10題)31.寫(xiě)一篇有關(guān)壓力的文章。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)壓力是什么?

(2)減壓的辦法。

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33.標(biāo)題：TheInternet____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

34.隨著電腦和因特網(wǎng)的普及，網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物也進(jìn)入了人們的日常生活。有人支持網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物，也有人對(duì)其保留態(tài)度，你的看法是什么？根據(jù)下表寫(xiě)一篇文章。注意：1.不要逐條翻譯；2.

詞數(shù)150左右。3.

參考詞匯：投訴

complainv./complaintn.

35.以某公司的名義寫(xiě)一個(gè)競(jìng)賽通知。內(nèi)容如下：

(1)競(jìng)賽的名稱和內(nèi)容。

(2)參與對(duì)象。

(3)競(jìng)賽的時(shí)間。

(4)報(bào)名的截止日期。

36.你(LiYuan，TeL：78790765)剛從海邊度假回來(lái)，對(duì)旅行社所定的旅館及其服務(wù)不滿意。因此決定給該旅行社的經(jīng)理寫(xiě)封抱怨信。信的內(nèi)容包括：

(1)說(shuō)明不滿意的具體事件。

(2)提出改進(jìn)建議或賠償要求。

37.你的朋友(Tom)請(qǐng)你(LiYuan)周末和他一起去承德的家里玩兒，但你有事不能去。請(qǐng)你用英文給他寫(xiě)一封信，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)感謝他的邀請(qǐng)。

(2)說(shuō)明不能去的原因。

(3)為不能去表示遺憾。

38.假設(shè)你是Tom，將去上海旅游，寫(xiě)一封信給你在上海的朋友張強(qiáng)，告訴他你將乘火車(chē)于l0月21日上午8點(diǎn)到達(dá)上海，請(qǐng)他接你，并請(qǐng)他幫你安排21至24日的住宿（旅館最好靠近市中心，房間可以小一些，但不要太貴）。此外，你還要他幫你訂24日返回北京的火車(chē)票。

注意：詞數(shù)應(yīng)為100左右

Oct．15

DearZhangQiang，

Allthebest，

Tom

39.你(LiYuan)和幾個(gè)朋友約定明天在人民公園野餐。你們的朋友Peter也應(yīng)邀參加。你給他寫(xiě)封信，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)說(shuō)明野餐目的。

(2)說(shuō)明路線。

(3)說(shuō)明日期、時(shí)間。

40.描寫(xiě)一件你認(rèn)為(或者你經(jīng)歷的、聽(tīng)說(shuō)的)最有意思或最有意義的事。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)何時(shí)、何事、何地。

(2)具體的事件經(jīng)過(guò)。

(3)意義或意思所在。

四、翻譯(20題)41.Weinsistthatinternationaltradeshouldnotbeaone-waystreet.

42.除了看電視，這孩子整晚什么也沒(méi)做。

43.隨著燃料價(jià)格的上漲，購(gòu)車(chē)者買(mǎi)車(chē)的想法正在改變。

A.Withfuelpricesgoingup,carbuyersaregoingtochangetheirideasofbuyingacar.

B.Withfuelpricesgoesup,carbuyersarechangingtheirideasofbuyingacar.

C.Withfuelpricesgoingup,carbuyersarechangingtheirideasofbuyingacar.

D.Withfuelpricesgoesup,carbuyershavechangedtheirideasofbuyingacar.

44.董事長(zhǎng)以公司的名義宣布了這項(xiàng)決定.

45.Itisknowntoallthatthenewtraderuleswillgointoeffectnextyear.

46.們必須提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量，因?yàn)槟切﹪?guó)家買(mǎi)家的質(zhì)量意識(shí)都非常強(qiáng)。

A.Youhavetoraisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinallcountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

B.Youshouldrisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

C.Youhavetoraisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

D.Youshouldrisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

47.Thisreportsummedupthenewachievementsmadeinoureconomy,cultureandeducation.

48.我相信我的學(xué)歷和團(tuán)隊(duì)工作經(jīng)歷完全符合這一職務(wù)的要求。

A.Ibelievemyeducationbackgroundandexperienceinteamworkfitinnicewiththejobrequirements.

B.Ibelievemyeducationbackgroundandexperiencefitinnicelyinteamworkwiththejobrequirements.

C.Ibelievemyeducationbackgroundandexperienceinteamworkfitinnicelywiththejobrequirements.

D.Ibelievemyeducationbackgroundandexperienceinteamworkfitnicelywiththejobrequirements.

49.IftheChinesepeopleworkhard,theycandefinitelyattainthisgrandstrategicobjective.

50.現(xiàn)在年輕人在書(shū)籍上花的錢(qián)越來(lái)越多了。

51.Itwasnearlyimpossibletolivefreefromfinancialstressinmodernsociety.

52.Ithasbecomeharderandharderforateenagertostandupagainstthepopularitywaveandgohisorherownway.

53.Acultureanditslanguagesareasinseparableasbrainandbody;whileoneisapartoftheother,neithercanfunctionwithouttheother.

54.Agreatdealofresearchhasbeenperformedonthisquestion,andresultspointstothefollowinganswer:weperformthistaskthroughaspecialtypeofaveraging.

55.Althoughheisn'tsuccessfulnow,hedoesn'tconsiderhislifeasafailure.

56.Themodernworldisexperiencingrapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology.

57.他們正在尋找那逃掉的瘋子。

58.聽(tīng)到這個(gè)好消息，他簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)法相信自己的耳朵。

59.Whereasapassportisissuedbyacountrytoitscitizens,avisaisofficialpermissiontovisitacountrygrantedbythegovernmentofthatcountry.

60.Theyoungmanofferedtotaketheoldwomantotherailwaystation.

五、閱讀理解(5題)61.42.Whatisthemainconcernofmanonthefourthlevel?

A.Themoregoodsthebetter.B.Themore"luxury"itemsthebetter.C.Themorementalsatisfactionthebetter.D.Themoreearningsthebetter.

62.

Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothestory?

A.Assoonashereceivedthetelephonecall,thedoctorimmediatelydrovetothehouseofthepatient.

B.Thedoctordidnotreceivethetelephonecall.

C.Thedoctorhadalreadyknowntheaccidentbeforehecameoutofhishouse.

D.Thedoctorjustcametohelpthedriverwhometwiththeaccident.

63.Haveyoueverdreamedoftravelinginspace?Itwasimpossibleahundredyearsago,norwasit50yearsago.WiththecomingoftheSpaceAge,man’sdreamofvisitingthemoonhascometrue.

Thejourneytothemoonhasbeenthefirststeptowardsfutureexplorationsinspace.ThedistancebetweenthemoonandtheEarthisveryshortindeedwhencomparedwiththedistancesbetweenEarthandtheotherplanets.Mars,thenearestplanettoEarthisofmilesaway!Travelingtotheplanetsortravelsbetweenplanetswillbeman’snextaim.Suchtravelswillbemoredifficultthanthetriptothemoonandcertainlymoreexciting.

Recently,twoAmericanunmannedspacecraft,Vikings1and2,landedonMarsinanattempttodiscoverwhetherthatplanethadanylifeonit.SofarthepresenceoflifeonMarshasneitherbeenprovednorruledout.Russianspace-probeshavediscoveredthatthesurfaceofVenusissohotthatitisalmostcertainthatthereisnolifethere.AlsotheatmosphereofVenusisextremely,denseandthepressureisnearlyahundredtimesgreaterthanthepressureoftheEarth’satmosphere.

Scientistsbelievethatinthefuture,spacestationscanbebuiltinspace.Thesestationscanactasstop-overpointsinspace.Spacecraftcanrefuelatthesestationsandgettheirsupplyofair,foodandwater.

Spaceshipsofthefuturewillbebiggerandfaster.Theywillbeabletocarrypassengersfortripstothemoonorplanets.

ManmayinthefuturefindplanetswhichhavethesameconditionsasthosewehaveonEarth,andmakethemhishome.Howeversuchapossibilityisstillinthedistantfuture.Atthesametime,ManshouldrealizethattheEarthwillbehisonlyhomeforalongtimeandbegintovalueandcareforit.

Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Recently,twoAmericanastronautshavelandedonMars.

B.ThesurfaceofMarsisveryhot.

C.Thejourneytothemoonstartedthefutureexplorationinspace.

D.ThereislifeinVenus.

64.

Right-handedpeopleareabout______ofthetotalofthehumanbeings.

A.95%B.90%C.0.1D.0.05

65.Itcanheinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorwas______.A.A.ascientistaswellasanaturalist

B.anaturalistbutnotascientist

C.nomorethanabornnaturalist

D.firstofallascientist

六、作文(1題)66.Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopic"HowIFi-nanceMyCollegeEducation".Youshouldwriteatleast120words,andbaseyourcompositionontheoutlinegiveninChinesebelow：1.上大學(xué)的費(fèi)用（tuitionandfees).可以通過(guò)多種途徑解決；2.哪種途徑適合于我（說(shuō)明理由）。

參考答案

1.C

2.D本題考查時(shí)態(tài)。

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：當(dāng)你寫(xiě)信回家的時(shí)候，請(qǐng)代我向你的妻子問(wèn)好。在時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)代替一般將來(lái)時(shí)。

3.D解析：上句責(zé)備瑪麗應(yīng)該做作業(yè)而不是坐到那兒看電視，下句是瑪麗對(duì)媽媽責(zé)備的一種辯解：“你說(shuō)過(guò)電視是有教育意義的?！彼訢項(xiàng)正確。

4.C所有的學(xué)生都去看了昨天的魔術(shù)表演。它太令人不可思議了。這里主要考查的是動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞和過(guò)去分詞的不同用法。Sth．bedoing表示某一事物令人怎么樣。Sb．bedone表示某人處于某種狀態(tài)。例：Theletteristouching．這封信令人感動(dòng)。

Iammoved．我很感動(dòng)。

5.C

6.Ainparticular是固定搭配，意為“特別地”。

7.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

8.A

9.A解析：此題考查反意疑問(wèn)句的用法。主句為祈使句，因此其反意疑問(wèn)句用willyou。

10.A解析：shape意為“(女人的)姿態(tài)，身段”；form意為“形狀，形態(tài)”；appearance意為“外表，樣子”；body意為“身體”。由題意知應(yīng)選A。

11.B

12.B解析：encourage：鼓勵(lì)、鼓舞；discourage：使泄氣；prevent：阻止；ask：要求。根據(jù)句意只有選B。

13.Dapplyto應(yīng)用；applyfor申請(qǐng)

14.C解析：句子的前半部分是主語(yǔ)從句，主語(yǔ)從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)根據(jù)句意而定。

15.A本句考查兩個(gè)并列句之間的連接的詞。題干的意思是：“氣球能夠浮在空氣中正如船能夠浮在海面上一樣。”在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有A項(xiàng)的justas有“正如，猶如”的意思。故選A。

16.D

17.B

18.C解析：notonly…butalso連接主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞根據(jù)就近原則由butalso后的成分來(lái)決定。TomandMary是兩個(gè)人，所以動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

19.B

20.B解析：本題考查固定搭配的用法。當(dāng)否定詞位于句前時(shí)，得出結(jié)論應(yīng)用reach/achievein/arriveatconclusion，故選B。

21.就這一問(wèn)題曾做過(guò)大量的研究，其結(jié)果揭示出這樣一個(gè)答案:我們是通過(guò)一種特殊的平均化方式來(lái)形成第一印象的。

22.例如許多歷史書(shū)中記載生活在3000年以前的人們吃咸魚(yú)。幾千年前在埃及鹽被用來(lái)保護(hù)尸體。例如，許多歷史書(shū)中記載，生活在3000年以前的人們吃咸魚(yú)。幾千年前在埃及，鹽被用來(lái)保護(hù)尸體。

23.據(jù)測(cè)定，霧滴中各種酸、堿、鹽、胺、酚、塵埃、病原微生物等有害物質(zhì)的比例，比通常的大氣水滴高出幾十倍。

24.美國(guó)綠色建筑協(xié)會(huì)是一家非盈利工業(yè)組織，鼓勵(lì)建造注重環(huán)境的建筑物，并將于今秋引入鳥(niǎo)類安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)作為其環(huán)境認(rèn)證過(guò)程的一部分。

25.Thisguarderwarnedusnottowatertheflowersatnoon.

26.Hesawtoitthatthesamemistakewouldnothappenagain.

27.內(nèi)部支持系統(tǒng)是由蓋斯特夫·埃菲爾設(shè)計(jì)的巴黎的埃菲爾鐵塔也是由他設(shè)計(jì)的。內(nèi)部支持系統(tǒng)是由蓋斯特夫·埃菲爾設(shè)計(jì)的，巴黎的埃菲爾鐵塔也是由他設(shè)計(jì)的。

28.聲音和噪音都有副作用，但是最重要的是人是否能夠控制住聲音。

29.長(zhǎng)城是中華民族的象征,是世界七大奇跡之一.

30.茲證明TomSmith先生自2009年10月至2010年10月在我系作為訪問(wèn)學(xué)者從事計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)的研究茲證明TomSmith先生自2009年10月至2010年10月在我系作為訪問(wèn)學(xué)者從事計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)的研究

31.Stressisaforce,pressureortensionthatmakespeoplefeeldepressedorworried.Itcanmakepeoplephysicallyormentallyill.Buthowdowegetridofit?Thereareseveralways:

Travellingisaneffectivewaytoreduceanykindofstress.Planningthetripgivespeopleanexcitingmoodthatinspiresthemtobeactive.Byescapingfrompressure,theirmindwillberefreshedandpositive.

Gardeningisanotherfavorablewayoftreatingstress,becauseitprotectspeoplefrommentalandphysicalproblems.Flowersgivepeopleapeacefulandcheerfulfeeling,andthesunshinestrengthenstheirbodiestoresistthestresses.

Forreducingastressfullife,peopleshouldlivewiththesimplewaysthatareallaroundthem.

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33.TheInternetWiththedevelopmentofcomputers，theInternethasbecomewidelyused.Moreandmoreinformationwillbeprovidedforpeople.Wecangetallkindsofusefulinformationinanyscientificresearchfieldwheneverweneed.ItcanhelpUStoenrichourknowledgeandhelpourcountrytokeepupwiththedevelopedcountries.However，theInternetalsobringsUStoomuchinformation.ItalwaysmakeUSverydifficulttofindsomethingavailablebybrowsingmanynecessarywebsites.Inaword，weneedtheInternet.butweshouldmakegooduseofit.

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36.DearManager,

Iamwritingthislettertomakeacomplaint.

Iamoneofyourcustomerswhowerejustbackfromtheseven-daytriptoHainan.Iwastotallydisappointedbytheveryunhappystayweexperiencedinthehotelyoureservedforus.First,itislongdistancetotheseasidefromthehotel.Ittookus20m

Istronglysuggest:

1.Rentabusspeciallyfortravelers.

2.Movethebaroutofthehotel.

Lookforwardtohearingfromyou.

Yours,

LiYuan

Tel.78790765

37.DearTom,

ThankyousomuchforinvitingmetogowithyouandseeyourfamilyatChengdethisweekend.I'veheardalotaboutyourkindandwarm-heartedparentsfromyouandhopetoseethemforalongtime.AndchengdeisabeautifulcityIdreamtovisit.

ButIhavetosaysorrythatIcannotgo.Unfortunately,myuncleiscomingtoseemethisweekendonSaturdayandonSundayIhaveanEnglishexam.So,Ihavetostayhere.

Idohopethatwecandoitanothertime.Pleasesendmybestwishestoyourparents.

Thankyouagainandtakecare.

Yours,

LiYuan

38.Onepossibleversion:

DearZhangQiang，

Howareyoudoingrecently?I"mplanningtogotoShanghaiandlookaroundinthecityforafewdays.I"11takethetrainandarriveat8o"clocka.m.onOctober21st.Willyoupleasecomeandmeetmeatthestation?I"mgoingtostayinShanghaitillOctober24th.Pleasehelpmebookahotelroom.Ihopetostayinahotelaroundthedowntownareabutthepriceshouldn"tbeveryhigh.Idon"tmindiftheroomissmall.Besides，canyoubookaticketformebacktoBeijingon24th?

Allthebest，

Tom

39.DearPeter,

We'resogladyou'recomingtojoinustomorrow.Hereishowyoucanfindus.We'llhaveourpicnicinthePeople'sPark.Youknowwhereitis,don'tyou?Afteryouentertheparkbythemaingate,walkstraightontillyoucometoastream.Crossthestreamandturnright.Afterwalkingforawhileyou'llcometoalake.We'llhaveourpicnicthereinthesmallwoodsbythelake.I'msureyou'llhavenotroublefindingus.Docome!

Yours,

Lihua

40.OnethingshockedmeintheAmericaistheculturedifferencebetweenChinaandAmerica.

OneofmyAmericanfriends,aprofessorinauniversity,hasaboyatfivewhenIwasthere.Suchalittleboyhadagirlfriendatfivetoo.Theboyalwaysinvitedherwhereverhisfamilywent.ThelittleboyintroducedhertomewhenImetherthefirsttime,"Thisismygirlfriend."Icouldn'thelplaughing.Heseriouslyansweredmylaugh:“DoyouthinkI'llmarryher?Noway!”

Howdifferentthetwo