2023年統(tǒng)招專升本英語專家預(yù)測過關(guān)卷4

統(tǒng)招專升本英語專家預(yù)測過關(guān)卷4

一、單選題

1、I'mtryingtobemorewhenIgoshopping,andonlybuywhatIreallyneed（）

A．economy

B．economic

C．economical

D．economics

2、Inourmodernsocietynoonecanavoidbyadvertisements（）

A．tobeinfluenced

B．beinginfluenced

C．influencing

D．havinginfluenced

3、Bytheendofnextyear,theworkersthenewstadium（）

A．willbuild

B．build

C．havebuilt

D．willhavebuilt

4、Youmusthaveseenthefilmlastweek,（）

A．didn'tyou

B．didyou

C．mustn'tyou

D．needn'tyou

5、Irushedtothemeetingwithoutbreakfast,onlythatithadbeenpostponed（）

A．totell

B．tobetold

C．telling

D．told

6、Fewhousesinthisdistricttheterribleearthquakeandmanypeoplewerekilled（）

A．lasted

B．survived

C．deserved

D．passed

7、Itisthatwe'dliketogooutforawalk（）

A．a(chǎn)lovelyday

B．toolovelyaday

C．solovelyaday

D．suchlovelyaday

8、ThisphotomeofthedayswhenIworkedonthefarmmanyyearsago（）

A．reminds

B．recalls

C．retells

D．remembers

9、Asitisgettingwarmer,youmightaswellthesefurcoatsinthatwoodenbox（）

A．putup

B．turnoff

C．putaway

D．turnback

10、TheBrownshavenotyetandIdoubtwhethertheywillcome（）

A．turnedin

B．turnedout

C．turnedup

D．turnedto

11、Thebestwaytomakefriendsistostartaconversationwithsomeoneandwhatyourcommoninterestsareandgofromthere（）

A．leadto

B．laydown

C．keepon

D．findout

12、Jessicaoughttostopstudying;shehasaheadachebecauseshetoolong（）

A．reads

B．isreading

C．hasbeenreading

D．hadread

13、Insomecases,yourinstructormaytellyouthetopicsormaygiveyouachoiceoftopicstowriteabout（）

A．inadvance

B．a(chǎn)headof

C．a(chǎn)boveall

D．justright

14、Thetalltree,leavesaredarkerthanthoseoftheothertwo,wasplantedwhenmygrandpawasyoung（）

A．which

B．whose

C．ofwhich

D．that

15、Thereare40teachersinthisschool,tenofwhomare（）

A．manteachers

B．menteacher

C．manteacher

D．menteachers

16、Hergreatdreamofbecomingawriterhasfinallybecomea（n）（）

A．practice

B．event

C．duty

D．reality

17、Iftheyhadworkedharder,theytheprojectaheadoftime（）

A．willfinish

B．wouldhavefinished

C．havefinished

D．hadfinished

18、impressedmemostaboutthebridgeishowitwasdesignedtoresistthehugewaves（）

A．What

B．That

C．This

D．Which

19、achangeoftheweather,pleasetakethecoatwithyou（）

A．Becauseof

B．Inspiteof

C．Incaseof

D．Butfor

20、Stayinginahotelonedaycostsrentingaroominanapartmentforaweek（）

A．twicemanythan

B．twiceasmuchas

C．twicethesameas

D．twiceasmanyas

二、閱讀理解

1、PassageOne

ItishardtoimaginelifewithoutArabicnumerals（數(shù)字）.Noothernumbersystemeverinventedhasasimplewaytowriteanumberlike1984.InRomannumerals,itcomesoutlikethis:MCMLXXXIV.Imaginehowdifficultitwouldbeforaschoolpupiltorememberit!

TheArabs,however,calltheirnumbersIndiannumerals.ThisisprobablybecausetheygottheoriginalideaalongtimeagofromIndia.Therewerenoprintednewspapersorscientificmagazinesthen,somathematicstraveledalongthesameroutesthatsilkdid,asbusinessmensoldandboughtgoods.TheArabstookthenewnumbersandmadeimprovementsthatquicklyledtoadvancesintechnology.

TheachievementofArabictechnologycanbeseenfromapassageina10th-centurybookaboutanArabiccity:Theneighbouringcountryshowedtheresultsofcarefulworkinagriculture,trade,andindustry.RiceandmanyotherplantsweregrowninfieldswithwatersuppliedbyArabengineers.Thecityincluded900publicbaths,stone-coveredstreets,fountains,andbeautifulbuildings.Atthistime,Londonwasasmalltownwithdirtystreets,andBerlinwasafarmingvillage.Infact,citiesoutsidetheArabworlddidnotreachthesamelevelofsocialdevelopmentuntilcenturieslater

ThispassagetellsusthattheArabswereapeople（）

A．inventingRomannumerals

B．havingadvancedtechnologylongago

C．growingcornandmanyotherplantsthen

D．supplyingothercountrieswithcolorfulsilk

2、Ittakesmuchmoreeffortsto（）

A．learnRomannumeralsthanArabnumerals

B．introducenumeralsthroughprintedmaterials

C．makegreatuseofsilkroads

D．teachbusinessmennumerals

3、TheArabscalltheirnumeralsIndiannumeralsbecause（）

A．thenumeralsaremainlyusedinIndia

B．theycopiednumeralsfromIndians

C．ArabicnumeralswerefirstusedbyIndianbusinessmen

D．theygotsomeideasaboutnumbersfromtheancientIndians

4、Accordingtothepassage,theArabpeople（）

A．didbusinesswiththeIndians

B．learnedsomeideasaboutbusinessfromIndians

C．builtpublicbathsinLondoninthe10thcentury

D．traveledalongwaytolearnmathematicsinRome

5、Froma10th-centurybook,wecanlearnthat（）

A．Berlinwasformerlyadirtycitywithsufficientriceandplants

B．LondonwasundertheruleoftheRomansinthe10thcentury

C．theArabworldwasmoreadvancedthanothercountriesaround

D．Londonchieflydevelopedindustrytencenturiesago

6、PassageTwo

Thefacesofelderly,happily-marriedpeoplesometimesresembleeachother.Dr.Aikenstudiedanumberofcoupleswhohadbeenmarriedforatleasttwenty-fiveyears.Eachcoupleprovidedfourphotographs—onephotoofeachpartneratthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherphotoofeachpartnertwenty-fiveormoreyearslater.Thebackgroundwascutfromthephotostoremoveanyclues.Thephotoswerethendisplayedingroups:arandomgroupingofthepersonsatthetimeoftheirmarriageandanotherrandomgroupingofthesamepersonswhotookphotographslater.Sometesteeswereaskedtopickoutthepartners.Theyfailedtotallywiththefirstgroup.Theirjudgementswerenobetterthanchance.Butwiththephotostakentwenty-fiveormoreyearsafterthemarriage,thetesteeswerequitesuccessfulwiththemosthappily-marriedcouples.

Dr.Aikenbelievesthereareseveralreasonswhycouplesgrowalike.Onereasonhassomethingtodowithimitation.Onepersontendstocopyordothesameassomeoneelsewithoutknowingit.Hesayshumansbegintoimitatetheexpressionsofthefacesoftheirlovedones.Anotherpossiblereason,hesays,isthecommonexperienceofthecouples.Thereisatendencyforpeoplewhohavethesamelifeexperiencetochangetheirfacesinsimilarways.Forexample,ifacouplehavesufferedfromalotofsadexperiences,theirfacesarelikelytochangeinasimilarway

Dr.Aikencutthebackgroundfromthephotosforthepurposeof（）

A．imitatingthecouples'life

B．groupingthecouplesagain

C．leavingnotraceforthetestees

D．givingthetesteesmorechances

7、TheunderlinedsentenceTheirjudgementswerenobetterthanchanceimpliesthatthetestees（）

A．didagoodjobinmakingtheirchoices

B．haddifficultyinpickingoutthepartners

C．hadnochancetomaketherightjudgements

D．didbetterwiththefirstgroupthanwiththesecond

8、Theunderlinedwordimitate（Para.2）hasasimilarmeaningto（）

A．copy

B．change

C．know

D．suffer

9、Fromthepassagewecandrawtheconclusionthat（）

A．coupleswholookalikecanlivelonger

B．mostpartnershavebeenprovedtogrowalike

C．theinfluencebetweenpartnerscanbequitestrong

D．happily-marriedcouplesareoftenricherthanothers

10、Themainpurposeofthepassageisto（）

A．explainwhycouplesgrowalike

B．tellhowcoupleslikeeachother

C．discussthefunctionofmarriage

D．describethelifeofhappily-marriedcouples

11、PassageThree

Peoplesaythatmoneycannotbuyhappiness.ThiswastrueforHowardHughes.Hewasoneoftherichestandmostpowerfulmenofhistime.Hehadeverything:goodlooks,success,power,andalotofmoney.Buthedidn'thaveloveorfriendshipbecausehecouldn'tbuythem.Allhislifeheusedhismoneytocontroleverythingandeveryonearoundhim.Intheend,helostcontrolofeverything,evenhimself.

HowardHugheswasbornin1905inHouston,Texas.HisfatherstartedtheHughesToolCompany.Hewasaworkaholic（工作狂）andmadealotofmoney.Heboughteverythinghewanted.HeevengavemoneytoschoolssoHowardcouldgetintothem.Fromhisfather,Howardlearnedtobeasuccessfulbutmercilessbusinessman.Hughes'smother,Alenealsohadabiginfluenceonhislife.Howardwasheronlychild.Sheprotectedhimandgavehimeverything.Unfortunately,Alenehadmentalproblems.Shewasafraidofgermsanddiseases.ShewasobsessedwithHoward'shealth，andhebecameobsessedwithittoo.

AlenediedwhenHowardwas16yearsold.Twoyearslaterhisfatherdied.HughesinheritedtheHughesToolCompany.ThenhemarriedEllaRice.HeandEllamovedtoLosAngeles,California.ItwastherethatHowardHughesbegantobecomealegend（傳奇人物）.Hughesbegantoinvesthismoneyinmovies.HebecameanimportantproducersoonafterhemovedtoCalifornia.Heworkedhard,buthealsoplayedhard.Hebecameobsessedwithpowerandcontrol.Whenhecouldn'tgetsomethinglegally,hegavemoneytopoliticiansandbusinessmensotheywouldhelphim.Heownedalotofbusinesses,includingairplanecompanies,amoviestudio（制片廠）,LasVegashotels,goldandsilvermines,andradioandtelevisionstations.Onceheboughtatelevisionstudiosohecouldwatchmoviesallnight.Healsoboughtahotelbecausehewantedtostayinhisfavoriteroomforoneweekend

Accordingtothepassage,HowardHugheswasnot（）

A．good-looking

B．wealthy

C．friendly

D．powerful

12、WhichofthefollowingaboutHughes'sfatherisNOTTRUE（）

A．HestartedtheHughesToolCompany

B．Helikedtospendmoney

C．Heworkedhard

D．Hedrankalcoholalot

13、HowardHughes'sparentsdied（）

A．whenhewas16yearsold

B．beforehewas19yearsold

C．a(chǎn)fterhegotmarried

D．a(chǎn)fterhemovedtoCalifornia

14、ThewordobsessedinParagraph2probablymeans（）

A．troubled

B．reduced

C．related

D．informed

15、Fromthepassage,welearnwhatMr.Hugheslackedinhislifewas（）

A．education

B．love

C．money

D．goodlooks

16、PassageFour

Fromnowon,neverspendyourprecioustimethinkingofreasonsforyourfailuresandshortcomings.Instead,realizethattheseedsofsuccesswereplantedwithinyouwhenyouwereborn.Onlyyouhavethepowertomakethoseseedsgrow.

Theseeds,andthepowertogrowthem,arecontainedinthemostawesomemachineevercreated:thehumanmind.Successisachoiceandnotachance.Youwerebornawinner.Youwerebornrich.Youcanbeasuccessifonlyyoumaketherightchoice.

Youcannotbesuccessfulwithoutfirstdevelopingyourself-esteem.Yourlevelofself-esteemisalwaysbasedonthedegreeofcontrolthatyouareabletoexerciseoveryourself,andthusoveryourlife.Peoplewithlowself-esteemarepeoplewhodonotbelievethattheyhaveanypower,orresponsibilityfortheirlives.Theyaretheperennial（長期的）victimsandmartyrs.Theyareleavestossed（搖擺）bythewindsofchanceandblownaboutwithanysuddenchangeintheweather.

Youcanexercisecontroloveryourlifeonlytothedegreethatyoubelievethatyouareresponsibleforeverythingthathappensinyourlife.Failuresthinkthateverythinghappensbyaccidentandchance.Successfulpeoplerealizethattheyareresponsible.

Everythinghappensasaresultofsomething.Ifwecanidentifythecause,wecancontroltheeffect.Weareresponsibleforwhatwechoosetothinkandbelieve.Onegenerallyrisestothelevelthatoneexpects.Weareresponsibleforsettingourexpectations.Oursuccessisdependentuponourlevelofconfidence.

Ifyouassociatewithpositive-thinkingpeople,youaredefinitelygoingtoachievesuccess.Onthecontrary,theoppositehappens.Weareresponsibleforfinding,planting,andnurturingtheseedsthatcontainfuturevictory,bornfromsetbacks.

Inshort,inallareasofyourlife,whethertheyarefinancial,physical,emotional,orspiritual,youareresponsible.Onceyourecognizethis,acceptit,andfirmlybelieveit,youareontheroadtosuccess

Peoplewithlowself-esteemarecomparedtoleavesbecausethey（）

A．a(chǎn)rereadytochangetheirminds

B．a(chǎn)reeasilyaffectedbywindyweather

C．don'thavethepowertofacetheirfate

D．can'texercisecontroloverthemselves

17、Loserswouldthinkthat（）

A．successistheresultofhardwork

B．workinghardwillleadtosuccess

C．theirfailureisonlybecauseofbadluck

D．theydon'tmakeeffortstosucceed

18、ItcanbelearntfromParagraph5that（）

A．whetherwewillsucceeddependsonourlevelofconfidence

B．developingconfidencedependsonfuturesuccess

C．thoughtsandbeliefsaretheresultofcreativemind

D．settingourexpectationsisessentialbeforetakingaction

19、Thelastparagraphservesas（）

A．theproofoftheauthor'spoints

B．theconclusionoftheargument

C．a(chǎn)nintroductiontoanothertopic

D．a(chǎn)comparisonbetweentwoviews

20、Whichisthebesttitleforthetext（）

A．SuccessIsaChoice

B．TheSecretsofSuccess

C．DevelopOurConfidence

D．HowtoAchieveSuccess

三、完形填空

1、Annuallymyfamilyhasaget-togetherinastateparkinthemountainsofNorthCarolina.Atoneoftheget-togethers,theweatherwascloudy,andmorerainwaspredicted.Thefamilymemberswhoarrivedearlywere41aboutthecomingrainthatwouldhaveabadeffectonthenumberof42.Justastherainbegantofall,acar43tothepicnicshelterandoutofthepassengersidejumpedUncleEarl,44was96yearsoldandhadbeenblindformanyyears.JustthearrivalofUncleEarlimmediatelychangedtheatmosphereofthegroup.

Evercheerfulandoptimistic,Earlcontinuedto45thefamily.HewastheoldestmemberoftheMillerClan,andallgatheredaroundhim.Onebyonehegreetedeachchild,46theirhandsandgivingthemapieceofcandyfromhispocket,andmadethemlaugh.

47Istoodback,Iwatchedhowhisbehaviourandcheerfulnessbroughtasmiletoeveryone'sface.Irealizedthatitwashis48totaketheroadtocheerfulnessandnotfocusonthe49