吉林成人学位英语模拟试题及答案.docx

1、吉林成人学位英语模拟试题及答案2014年吉林成人学位英语模拟试题及答案Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sh

2、eet with a singe line through the center1The advantage of the new bridge will be the way it the towns on the opposite banks of the river.A)communicates B)connects C)attaches D)spans2MrsKarnowsky has the being the oldest person to graduate from this collegeA)distinct of B)distinction of C)distinctive

3、 of D)distinguish of3Saudi Arabia has planted the trees to keep the sand from fertile areasA)taking over B)taking out C)taking down D)taking up4Because she gates dishonesty, she is her sonA)strict on B)heavy on C)hard on D)tight on5You must walk through the underground to get across that busy street

4、A)pass B)past C)passage D)passenger6.“When you leave the roommake sure the door”A)of locking B)you lock C)for you to lock D)to lock7.I come yesterday but I had an important meeting to attendA)had to B)must have C)ought D)was to have8Many an airplane and many a big gun in the exhibitionA)are shown B)

5、has been shown C)has shown D)shown9“Alice acts quite unfriendly”“NoShe is than unfriendlyA)more shy B)shyer C)more shyer D)shy more10.After the coffee with a teaspoon the hostess gave it to the guestA)whipping B)whirling C)stirring D)beatingl1Even a child would not be by such an obvious lie.A)cut of

6、 B)make up C)pulled through D)taken in12The child Was terribly frightened of school in his early school days，but he soon it.A)got of B)got away C)got across D)growth13Her excellent performance made a deep on the audienceA)impression B)comment C)reaction D)opinion14Who on Saturday?A)do help you B)you

7、 help C)do you help D)you do help15 Plastics, the machine is light in weight.A)To make of B)Having made C)to be made of D)Made of16. His success was due to he had been working hard.A) that B) the fact that C) the fact which D) the fact17. On the river there is _bridge.A) an old stone fine B) an fine

8、 old stoneC) an old fine stone D) a fine old stone18. Only when it rainsA) does the river overflow B) the river does overflowC) overflow does the river D) overflows the river19. He as well as I you.A) agree with B) agree toC) agrees with D) am to agree20. What kind of dress are you going to make?”I

9、would like one something like_you are wearing.A) one B) that C) the one D) which21In 1939 the Ohio and Mississippi river overflowed the worst flood ever known in the United StatedA)the cause of B)which caused C)and caused D)they caused22The earth might look like a perfect sphere，but careful measurem

10、entsA)show is not B)show that it is notC)that shoe it is not D)show it that is not23.For many children，nothing seems so exciting their first airplane rideA)so does B)as C)on D)is24Marine reptiles are among the few creatures that are known to have a possible life span greater than .A)man B)the mans C

11、)the one of mans D)that of man25. the financial means to remain independentThomas Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator.A)He was deprived of B)Deprived ofC)That he was deprived D)Although he was deprived of26. The police accused him of setting fire to the apartment bu

12、t he denied in the area on the night of the fireA) have been B) to beC) to have been D) having been27. Why do you stand and watch the milk _over?A) boiling B) boiledC) to boil D) being boiled28. Would you like to go for a walk? Yes, Its A) so warm the day B) such warm a dayC) so warm a day D) rather

13、 warm a day29. Not only the players but also the coach has on uniform.A) their B) hersC) his D) our30. Did Young and Tom understand her? No,_ of them is very bright.A) No one B) NoneC) Not one D) NeitherPart II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is fo

14、llowed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following p

15、assage.I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan communityI wasted a lot of time looking for the typical villageYet no such thing existsConditions vary too widelyBut the villages I stayed in had

16、 much in common poverty, ignoranceOften the villagers themselves were puzzled suspiciousWhy had I come I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas hadchangedI had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything elseBut to understand

17、how three quarters of the worlds people live，and how their future might affect oursI felt that I first had to try and share their way of lifeIn the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plainsI took the bus from town along a bumpy(崎岖不平的)road，then came a roug

18、h walk down a steep path to the riverAfter this I began the climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath，there was a magnificent viewAfter several hours walk the village came into view31After the writer had arrived in IndiaA)he spent a year writing about the place he lived inB)he took

19、 quite a long time finding a suitable place to liveC)he spent years looking for a certain villageD) he lived in a Himalayan community for many months32While looking for a“village”the writer foundA) he was searching for the impossibleB) all the village were exactly the sameC) the villagers made him f

20、eel confusedD) the village asked him a lot of questions33Before coming to India the writerA) had been a successful politicianB) had made a decision to do no more workC) had been dismissed from his jobD) had written articles for publication34The writer decided to change his way of life becauseA)he no

21、 longer found his work interestingB)he wanted to live a peaceful life in the countrysideC)he wanted to find out more about the Third WorldD) he thought living in a small community would be rewarding.35The village the writer finally chooses to live inA) was situated at the end of a bumpy roadB) had a

22、 letter climate than those in the plainsC) was a short walk from the riverD) had a magnificent view of the riverPassage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 arc based on the following passageNatural gas began with the plant and animal life of the earths prehistoric seasDead organisms settled on the ocean floor and

23、 were covered by layers of mud，silt(淤泥)，and the layers of mud，silt，and sand were compressed into solid rockAs millions of years passed，these rock layers bucked shiftedand accumulationof gas and oil were displaced and became trapped beneath masses of nonporous rockPrimitive man discovered natural gas

24、 quite by accidentThe temple fires of Baku on the Caspian Sea(里海)were fired by natural gas seeping(渗漏)from rock fissures(裂缝)，and worshipers(礼拜者，崇拜者)of hire journeyed to Baku from ad afar away as IndiaThe mysterious“burning springs”in North America and elsewhere were also evidence of escaping gas，pro

25、bably ignited by lightingThe first industrial application of natural gas was made by the ChineseGas transported by bamboo pipes was burned to evaporate brine and produce saltToday there are some twentysix thousand industrial uses for natural gas，and new uses are constantly being developedGas manufac

26、tured from coal was first produced early in the seventeenth centuryBecause of its elusive nature, it was called ghost, meaning “ghost”-hence, someday ,our word gas.36The original material for natural gas were prehistoric .A)plant life B)animal life C)minerals D)both a and b37The natural forces actin

27、g on the material were .A)decay B)heat C)pressure D)all of the above38Over time，layers covering these materials changed toA)rock B)oil C)mud D)all of the above39The occurrence of natural gas at Baku was once linked withA)medicine B)religion C)chemistry D)geology40The probably cause of the “burning s

28、prings” is given as A)earthquakes B)heat C)lighting D)pressurePassage ThreeQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.Experiments have been carried out on volunteers to see what happens when all sensations are stopped. This can be done in several ways. One method is to put a man inside a

29、completely isolated room. This room is heavily sound-proofed and absolutely dark. There is no light or sound and the person is instructed just to lie motionless on a bed. People have stayed in rooms such as this for as long as four days. The results of sensory deprivation (SD) vary with the individu

30、al.Soon after entering the confinement cell most subjects went to sleep and slept almost without interruption for ten to twenty-four hours. These are gross estimates for there was nothing by which the subjects could determine the time which had elapsed. We know for certain that one subject slept for

31、 nineteen hours but insisted that he had had a nap of less than one hour. According to the monitoring microphone, which was capable of picking up the deep breathing of sleep, it seems more likely that most subjects slept all of the first twenty-four hours.We felt that so much sleeping in the first day wasted the effects of confinement, so we started placing subjects in S