2025年四川電力職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年四川電力職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、材料

Dangerous

Driving

Mr.Hart,aLondontaxi-driver,hasanewblacktaxi.Withhistaxihehurriesthroughthebusystreetseveryday.

Onedaywhenhewaswaitingathisstand,ayoungmanjumpedintohistaxi.

“Tothestationasfastasyoucan,”shoutedthemaninaveryunfriendlyway.“Mytrainleavesatthreeo'clock.”

Mr.Hartdidhisbest,buttherewasalotoftraffic.Ateverycornertherewasaredlight.Then,atacrossing,apolicemanslowlyliftedhisarmtoletthepeoplecrosstheroad,“Hurryup,man!Idon'twanttomissmytrain,”saidtheyoungmannervously,

“AndIdon'twanttohaveanaccident.”repliedMr.Hartquietly.

Whilehewasdriving,Mr.Hartlookedintherearviewmirrorandsuddenlyrecognizedtheman'sface,Hewasathief!Thepolicewerelookingforhim.Hispicturewasinthenewspapers.

Mr.Hartracedthroughthestreets,drovethroughredlights,anddideverythingtoattractattention.Mr.Hartwasdrivingdangerously.Soontherewasapolicecarbehindhim.Mr.Hartracedonuntilhereachedthestation.Hestoppedinfrontofthestationattwominutestothree,andtheyoungmanquicklyjumpedoutofthetaxi.

“Stop!Thefare!”criedMr.Hart.

Atthatmomentthepolicecarstoppedtoo.

“Quick!Heisthethief!”shoutedMr.Hart.

Twopolicemenrushedintothestation.Threeminuteslatertheyreturnedwiththe

young

man.

“Welldone!”ApolicemansaidtoMr.Hartastheyweretakingthethief

to

the

police

car.

“Heisadangerousthief.”

Theunderlinedword“stand”means___.(1分)A、A

place

where

he

stand

to

buy

somethingB、A

place

where

taxis

wait

to

be

hiredC、A

park

where

people

like

to

walkD、Aplacewhereallthebuseswaittotakepassengers正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

2、Jerry,howwas_______tripwithyourpen-pallastweekend?

--Great!Wehad_______unusualexperience.

(1分)A、a;aB、the;anC、the;theD、an;an正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析杰瑞，上周末和你的筆友的旅行怎么樣？太好了！我們有一個不尋常的經(jīng)歷。

3、—Thankyouforshowingmearoundyourschool,Daming.—（）(1分)A、Don'tmentionitB、NevermindC、OfcoursenotD、Noproblem正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查情景交際。句意為：“——謝謝你帶我參觀你的學(xué)校，大明?！挥弥x。”Don'tmentionit意為“不用謝”;Nevermind意為“沒關(guān)系”;Ofcoursenot意為“當(dāng)然不”;Noproblem意為“沒問題”。根據(jù)“Thanksfor…”可知是在表示感謝，所以答語應(yīng)用“不用謝”來回答。故選A。

4、材料Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.Sohe（1）hard,runningwiththeballlikethe（2）dogswerechasing(追逐)him.Hecoulddefeatanyoftheguysatthe（3）andhesawhiswayoutandheranforit.

OnedaywhenJustinwasplayingbasketball,he（4）hisrightkneebadly.Thedoctorsaidhemightneverplay（5）.Justinwasextremelysad.EverydayJustinjust（6）inbed,watchingTVandeatingpotatochips.Whenhe（7）likeaballoon,hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday,bringingexciting（8）ofafarawaylandcalledcollege.

Justinwas（9）bythedormstoriesandcampus（10）thatshetold,buthecould（11）believeanyofthem.Itwasasifsheweretellinghimaboutsome（12）landhighabovetheclouds.

Justinwasapretty（13）guy,buthissisterhadawayof（14）himtodothingsthatnobodyelsecould.Sowhileshewashomeduringthe（15）,theystudiedtogether,andtheytalked,andtheyworked,andJustinfelt（16）thanheeverhadbefore.

Afterspendingthose（17）withhissister,Justinrealizedthathedidn'twanttofeelbadforhimselfanymore,andhedidn'twanttoquit.Basketball（18）behisthing,butnowtherewasonly（19）.UsingthestudyskillsJustinhadacquiredfromhissister,hescored（20）ineveryexam.Theuniversitythatheappliedtoacceptedhim.第15空填（）。(1分)A、dutyB、trialC、breakD、strike正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查名詞詞義辨析。duty意為“義務(wù)”;trial意為“試驗(yàn)”;break意為“休息”;strike意為“罷工”。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第一句中的“hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday”可知，此處指她在回家休假期間。故選C。

5、—（）arethey?—Myparents.(1分)A、HowB、WhoC、WhereD、What正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查特殊疑問詞，句意為：“---他們是誰?-----我的父母?！备鶕?jù)“Myparents.”可知空格處是提問誰。故選B。

6、Thefilm（）forhalfanhourwhenIgottothecinemayesterday.(1分)A、hasbegunB、hadbeenonC、hadbegunD、hadbeenin正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查過去完成時。句意為：“昨天我到達(dá)電影院時，電影已經(jīng)開始半個小時了。”“for+一段時間”和現(xiàn)在完成時連用，現(xiàn)在完成時與一段時間連用時謂語動詞應(yīng)用延續(xù)性動詞；begin為短暫性動詞，所以排除A和C;begin可以轉(zhuǎn)化為beon;又因?yàn)椤半娪伴_始在我到達(dá)電影院之前”,所以動作發(fā)生在過去的過去，謂語動詞beon用過去完成時。故選B。

7、____isyouryoungersister?—Sheis16yearsold.

(1分)A、HowmuchB、HowmanyC、HowsoonD、Howold正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析回答是年齡，所以問題應(yīng)該是問多大，用howold

8、材料Considerthesesituations:Youhavejustreadanexcellentbookandwanttotellafriendaboutit.Youhaveseenanexcitingmovieandwantto（1）yourinstructortogotoseeit.Youhaveheardaninspiringlecture,andwantto（2）yournewfoundknowledgewitharoommatewhodidn'tattendthelecture.

Howtogivethistypeof（3）?Youcouldtelleverythingyou（4）aboutthebook,movie,orlecture,butyouwillprobablyjustwanttoselectthe（5）pointsandtellthesetoyourlistener.This,ofcourse,iscalledsummarizing.

Tocreateagoodsummary—onethatisbothaccurateandbrief—youneedtofollowtwosteps.First,（6）informationbyreading,takingnotes,orlisteningcarefullysothatyoursummaryisasbriefaspossiblebutstillaccurateand（7）.Youraudiencewillhelpyoudecidehowthoroughyouneedtobe.Ifyougiveyoursummaryto（8）perhapsforanexamination,itwillneedtobeextremelycomplete

（9）accurate.Youwillneedtokeepinmindany（10）yourinstructormighthavegivenyouduringthelecturetoindicatewhatheorsheconsidersespeciallyimportant.Ifyouaresummarizingamovieforafriend,youcanbelessthorough.Partofthetaskofsummarizingisknowingwhattoincludeandwhattoleaveout.

第(6)選（）(1分)A、send

B、analyze

C、receive

D、gather正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

9、---Ms.Smith,thankyouforinvitingus.Thefoodyoucookedisverydelicious.---__________________.

(1分)A、IpracticeeverydayB、Iamgladyoulikeit.C、No,Idon’tthinksoD、Well,it’snotgoodenough正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查情景交際。句意：--Ms.Smith，感謝邀請我們，你做的飯菜很美味。--很高興你喜歡吃。AIpracticeeveryday我每天都在練習(xí)；BIamgladyoulikeit.很高興你喜歡；CNo,Idon’tthinkso我不那么認(rèn)為；DWell,it’snotgoodenough但是，還不夠好。對于別人的贊賞，要接受，根據(jù)語境選B。

10、I’mnotsurprisedthathebecameawriter.Evenasachildhehada_____imagination.

(1分)A、clearB、cautiousC、funnyD、vivid正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。此處句意為“甚至當(dāng)他很小時，他都有豐富的想象力。clear清晰；cautions細(xì)心，謹(jǐn)慎；funny滑稽；vivid生動，鮮明，豐富；吻合語境，選D。

11、材料Itwasover20yearago,IfirstmetMr.Andrews,myoldheadmaster.DuringtheWarIwasstudyingatschoolinthenorthofEngland.My（1）hadjustreturnedtoLondon,andtherewerenot（2）schoolsleftforchildren.Myfatherhadtogofromoneschooltoanother,tryingto（3）themtotakemeasapupil.Wehad（4）toalltheschoolsnearourhome,butnoonewouldtakeme（5）,wewenttoaschoolaboutfivekilometers（6）fromhome.Theheadmasterkeptuswaitingforatleast（7）.Icouldhearboysplayingontheplaygroundoutside.

Whentheheadmaster'ssecretaryletus（8）hisoffice.Mr.Andrewssaid,

“（9）doyouwanttocomehere?”Ihad（10）ofsayingsomethingaboutstudying,

（11）nowIcouldn'trememberanything,onlythoughtoftheboysplayingoutside,“Idon'tknow（12）inLondon,”Isaid.“I'dliketoplaywith（13）boys.I'llreadalotofbooks,too.”“Allright,”Mr.Andrewssaid.“Wehaveoneseat（14）”

Mytwoyearsatthatschoolwere（15）thehappiestofmylife.

第(8)選（）(1分)A、in

B、to

C、inside

D、into正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

12、-Howmany________arethereonthefarm?-Two

(1分)A、sheepB、appleC、breadsD、banana正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析Howmany+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)+arethere+地點(diǎn)?可用來詢問”在某處有多少....?"回答通常用Thereare+基數(shù)詞+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)+地點(diǎn),或直接回答具體數(shù)字。-Howmanysheeparethereonthefarm?-Two./Therearetwosheeponthefarm.一農(nóng)場有幾只綿羊?-2只。/農(nóng)場有2只綿羊。BD沒有使用復(fù)數(shù)，C為不可數(shù)名詞，可以通過piece這類詞表達(dá)復(fù)數(shù)概念

13、Thepostofficeis________thebank________theschool．

(1分)A、between;andB、between;orC、next;toD、across;from正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析between：(空間上或時間上)在…中間

14、材料TomandPeteraretalkingabouttheirvisittothenaturalreserve(自然保護(hù)區(qū)),

Tom:(1)

Peter:At8:30.

Tom:Doyouknowhowtogetthere?

Peter:(2)Itwilltakeusabouttwohourstogettherebybus.

Tom:(3)

Peter:It'sanareathatprotectslotsofdifferentanimals.

Tom:(4)

Peter:I'mnotreallysure.IknowtherearedifferentkindsofbirdsthereandI'mgoingtotakemycamerawithme.

Tom:(5)Whatclothesareyougoingtowear?

Peter:Well,ifit'swet,I'llwearmysportsshoesandtakemyraincoatwithme.

Tom:SowillI.第（5）空填（）(1分)A、Whatkindofanimalswillweseethere?B、Yes,I'vegotamap.C、No,wedon't.D、Whatdoyouknowaboutthereserve?E、Whendowemeettheothersatthereserve?F、Don'tworryG、That'sagoodidea.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：G

15、材料TianwuhasclimbedHuashanmorethan3,000timesinthepastdecade.Heisa（1）,transportinggoodsuptheslopesonhisback,foraliving.Butheismost（2）,forhisdisability:Hehasonlyonearm.

He（3）hisleftarminanaccidentin1992atthecoalmine.Withtwoyoungchildrenandparentsto（4）,hewasworkingovertimethatdaywhenapulleybrake（5）.Afterthatheopenedastore,butitwentbankruptfromtoomany（6）sales.（7）hishardwork,hewasleftwithnothingbutdebts.ThenheheardaboutbearersforHuashanMountainfromafriendandthoughtitwouldbean（8）job.

Hisfirstjobwasto（9）30kilogramsofgoodstoHighLadder.Hehadacompanionwho（10）mid-way,buthefinishedhisjobwith（11）paininhisknees.Butashe（12）experiencethroughtheyears,hehasdevelopedhisown（13）forclimbingthemountain.

Nowhecarries60kilogramsofgoodsupthemountaineveryday—1kilogrammorethanhisownbodyweight.（14）,hemakesthreetofourtripseachdaytoandfrom.“I（15）eachstepverycarefullyandhaveneverhadanyaccidentinthepast10years.”Hesaid.

Beingabearerisatiresomeanddulljobinmanypeople'sminds,butheenjoyshimself.Heap-preciatesandremembersthecalligraphy（16）intherocksandcopiesthem.Hisfavoriteoneis,“Thoughheavysnowfallsdownonverdant(青翠的)pines,thepinesstillstand（17）?！盚eoncesaid,“I'dliketostayherebecausethemountainpaysmyhardwork（18）?！?/p>

“Idon'tlament(對……感到悲痛)formy（19）daysandwillnotfearthefuture,”Hesaid.Thepainstakingjobhasgivenhimastrong（20）第18空填（）。(1分)A、backB、offC、awayD、up正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查固定搭配。句意為：“他曾說：‘我想一直待在這里，因?yàn)榇笊阶屛宜械呐Φ玫搅嘶貓??！眕ayback意為“償還；報答”。此處是指田武作為搬運(yùn)工的努力得到了回報。故選A。

16、-Haveyoufinishedthework?-Notyet.I_______todoitjustamomentago.

(1分)A、setoffB、setupC、setoutD、setdown正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查短語辨析。句意：--你完成工作了嗎？--還沒有，我剛剛開始做它。Asetoff出發(fā)，使爆炸；Bsetup創(chuàng)立；Csetout著手，開始；Dsetdown定居。根據(jù)句意可知，setouttodosth.意為著手做某事，相當(dāng)于setaboutdoingsth.與題意相符，故選C。

17、We'llgototheparkthisSunday___itissunny.

(1分)A、sinceB、ifC、unlessD、until正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析本題考查連詞。句意:如果周天是晴天，我們會去公園。if連詞，表?xiàng)l件，譯為如果;sinceconj.....以來，因?yàn)?unlessconj.除非，若非;untilconj.到..時，直到...為止;根據(jù)句意可知，應(yīng)該是選B。

18、Hislackofprofessionalknowledge_______forthefailureoftheexperiment.

(1分)A、accountedB、explainedC、countedD、contributed正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析

考察固定搭配。本題中只有account可以和for連用形成accountfor占據(jù)…的比例；解釋；其余三項(xiàng)都不能和for連用。句意：缺少專業(yè)知識可以解釋他的實(shí)驗(yàn)的失敗。故A正確。

19、The（）wereaskedtovisitthisresearchcentre.(1分)A、AmericanB、GermanC、FrenchD、Japanese正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

20、Neverputoff（）tomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.(1分)A、untilB、beforeC、whenD、as正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查介詞。句意為：“不要把今天能做的事推到明天去做。”until意為“直到……為止”,經(jīng)常和否定詞連用。故選A。

21、材料AshleySmithisa26-year-oldsinglemotherwithadaughter.ShewasmovingintoherhouseinAtlanta,GeorgiaearlyonthemorningofMarch12nd,whenaman

（1）hertoherdoor,andputaguntoherside.

“Istartedwalkingtomydoor,andIfeltreally,really（2）,”shesaidinaTVinterviewlastweek.

ThemanwasBrianNichols,33yearsold.He（3）atanAtlantacourthouseonMarch11st.Thepolicewere（4）him.

NicholstiedSmithupwithtape,butsetherfreeaftershebeggedhimnottotakeher

（5）againandagain.“Itoldhim（6）hehurtme,mylittlegirlwouldn'thaveamummy.”shesaidwithtears.

“Ijusttalkedtohimandtriedto（7）believeme,”Smithsaid.

SheaskedNichols（8）hechoseher.“HesaidhethoughtIwasallangel（9）fromGod,andGodaskedhimtodoso.”

Smitheven（10）forthemanbeforeheallowedhertoleave.Nicholswas（11）whenshemadehimbreakfastandthatthetwoofthemwatchedTV,seeing（12）lookingforhim.“Ican't（13）that'smeontheTV!”Nicholstoldthewoman.

Then,NicholsaskedSmithwhatshethoughthe（14）do.Shesaid,“Ithinkyoushouldturnyourselfin.Ifyoudon't,morepeoplearegoingtoget（15）.”

第(13)選（）(1分)A、slept

B、lostaear

C、caughtathief

D、killedthreepeople正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

22、材料“Dad,I'msureIcandoitwellthistime,Ipromise.”Isaidtomyselfandwentuptothestageandbeganmyplay…

FinallyI（1）frommypianoandtookabowtothepeopleinthehall.Therewasa（2）andthenloudapplause(掌聲)burstout.IknewI（3）it.Tearsfilledmyeyes.ThenI（4）threeyearsagorightherewhenitwasmyturntoplay.I（5）thehallandsawmydad.Hesatattheendofa（6）withaseriousface.

SuddenlyIbecame（7）.Ihadpracticedmypieceformonths,（8）thenitseemedtherewassomethingwrongwithmyfingers.Iforcedoutsome（9）tuneandleftthestageintears.I（10）.

Onthewayhomemyfatherdidn'tsayevenaword.Hejust（11）thecarinsilence.Ididn'tsayanythingeither.WhatcouldIsay,really,afterwhatI'ddone?Iknewhow（12）Dadworkedtoearnenoughmoney（13）mypiano.Thattimehewas.（14）tocometoacompetition,butIlethimdown.

Ididn'trememberhowwegothome.Dadneversaidawordtheentirewayhome,andhenever（15）oneofmycompetitionsagain.Inevergotoverthehurtofhaving.（16）thepersonImostwantedtomakeproud.I’d（17）morethanmycompetitionthatafternoon.IfeltasifI'dlostthekeytomyfather'sheart,andhediedbeforeIcould（18）itagain.

“God,whydidn'tyougivemea（19）tomakeituptohim?”I'doftenasked.

Iwonfirstprizeinthecontestnow.HowIwishmyfathercouldsharethe（20）momentwithme!第3空填（）。(1分)A、gotB、missedC、madeD、caught正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查動詞詞義辨析。got意為“獲得”;missed意為“想念；錯過”;made意為“獲得”;caught意為“抓住”。很顯然，“我”演出成功了，得到了在場觀眾的認(rèn)可。makeit為固定搭配，意為“成功”,相當(dāng)于succeed。故選C。

23、Heisagoodstudent.Hegets（）well（）others.(1分)A、up;onB、in;onC、on;withD、on;at正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

24、I________untiltwoo'clocklastnightbecauseIhadsomuchhomeworktodo.

(1分)A、wassleepingB、fellasleepC、didn'tgotobedD、slept正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析我昨晚一直到兩點(diǎn)還沒有上床休息，因?yàn)槲矣刑嗟淖鳂I(yè)要做。

25、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第16空填（）。(1分)A、goneB、disappearC、leftD、lost正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查動詞詞義辨析。gone意為“離去的”;disappear意為“消失”;left意為“離開”;lost意為“丟失”。此處指老太太已經(jīng)走了。故選A。

26、Nooneknowsexactly______after2012.

(1分)A、whatwillourworldlooklikeB、howwillourworldlooklikeC、whatourworldwilllooklikeD、howourworldwilllooklike正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析本題考查名詞性從句。句中what引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中作looklike的賓語，并且用陳述語序。句意：沒有人確切知道2012年之后世界會是什么樣子。

27、-Chinais（）Asiancountrywith（）longhistory.—Soitis.(1分)A、a;aB、an;aC、a;anD、an;an正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查冠詞。句意為：“——中國是一個歷史悠久的亞洲國家。——的確如此?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指。Asian是以元音音素開頭的單詞，所以用an;long是以輔音音素開頭的單詞，所以用a。故選B。

28、﹣﹣﹣Mikeplaysthedrumssowonderfully!﹣﹣﹣Ofcourse．Heis________thananyotherstudentsinhisclass．

(1分)A、talentedB、moretalentedC、lesstalentedD、themosttalented正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析根據(jù)句意：﹣邁克的鼓打得好極了!﹣他比班上任何其他學(xué)生都要有天分．than是比較級的標(biāo)志，moretalented有才華的，lesstalented更沒有才華的．選項(xiàng)B符合題意．故選：B。

29、材料ChinesescientistsareagainbecomingexcitedaboutthefactthatalargehairyanimalmayliveincentralChina.Nowtheyhopeitwon'tbetoolongbeforetheyareableto（1）itsexistence.Theirconfidenceisthe（2）ofanewdiscoveryofthemysteryanimalinHubeiProvince.

TenChinese（3）,enjoyingaholidayinaNationalForestPark,weredrivingdownaroad.Astheirbusturnedacorner,themenweresuddenly（4）bywhattheysaw.Three（5）animals,coveredwithlongdarkhair,werecrossingtheroad.Onseeingtheanimals,theengineersimmediatelystoppedand（6）them.（7）,whentheysawhowtheanimalsmovedthroughtheforestwithgreat（8）andstrength,theydidnotdaretofollowanyfurther.

Themendidnottakeany（9）.However,scientistsare（10）bythediscovery,becausetheengineerswereallveryeducatedpeopleandscientistsfeeltheycan（11）whattheydescribed.

Afterthediscovery,scientistsreturnedtotheforestand（12）somehairandmeasuredfootprints,about20inchesappearstobe