函授英语专升本.docx

1、函授英语专升本1. (单选题) As they are retired, Mr. and Mrs. Scott prefer to spend their _ years there.A、 remainingB、 savingC、 comparingD、 previous标准答案：A2. (单选题) We all think that John is the only candidate _ will get the job.A、 whoB、 whomC、 whoseD、 whoever标准答案：A3. (单选题) _ Hong Kong is often regarded as _ inte

2、rnational centre for business, finance and tourism.A、 /; anB、 An; /C、 The; /D、 /; the标准答案：A4. (单选题) _ Hong Kong is often regarded as _ international centre for business, finance and tourism.A、 /; anB、 An; /C、 The; /D、 /; the标准答案：A5. (单选题) The point is not who said the words, _ they are true or not.A

3、、 but whetherB、 and whetherC、 but howD、 and how标准答案：A6. (单选题) Coffee is said to have _ effects.A、 promotingB、 stimulatingC、 encouragingD、 enhancing标准答案：B7. (单选题) _ this is the first time she had lied to her parents.A、 On no meansB、 For no meansC、 By no meansD、 To no means标准答案：C8. (单选题) Teacher asked

4、 us to _ sentences with the phrases we just learnt.A、 make ofB、 makeC、 make outD、 make up标准答案：D9. (单选题) As they are retired, Mr. and Mrs. Scott prefer to spend their _ years there.A、 remainingB、 savingC、 comparingD、 previous标准答案：A10. (单选题) The police officers here do not usually _ guns.A、 bringB、 ca

5、rryC、 takeD、 hold标准答案：C11. (单选题) If they _ to make a heart-felt apology, we will have to bring an action against them.A、 disagreedB、 refusedC、 agreedD、 hoped标准答案：B12. (单选题) They went _ the schedule for the conference again and again until they felt satisfied with every detail of it.A、 ourB、 upC、 ove

6、rD、 by标准答案：C13. (单选题) The new _ didnt know how to use the system until I explained it to him yesterday.A、 staffB、 stuffC、 stageD、 stair标准答案：A14. (单选题) John was asked to _ the man who stole his wallet.A、 recognizeB、 claimC、 confirmD、 identify标准答案：D15. (单选题) _ this is the first time she had lied to he

7、r parents.A、 On no meansB、 For no meansC、 By no meansD、 To no means标准答案：C16. (单选题) How can you _ if you smoke so much every day?(本题3.0分)A、 keep upB、 keepC、 keep toD、 keep him标准答案：B17. (单选题) As far as Im concerned, I dont like _ in that way.A、 to be treatedB、 to treatC、 treatedD、 treating标准答案：A18. (单

8、选题) Everyone in our class was working hard and doing what we could _ a good college.A、 enterB、 toenterC、 enteringD、 entered标准答案：B19. (单选题) I think that the Great Wall is worth _ hundreds of miles to visit.A、 to travelB、 travellingC、 traveledD、 travel标准答案：B20. (单选题) I didnt know your mobile phone num

9、ber, _ I would have rung you the moment I got to Washington.A、 whereasB、 howeverC、 whateverD、 otherwise标准答案：D21.(阅读理解题)The poverty line（贫困线）is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study th

10、e causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with todays relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, i

11、f these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By l

12、aw, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old, the normal retirement age.Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they do not have any motiv

13、ation（动力）. They have family problems, or they do notbelieve that they can find a job.Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.At the present time, the government thin

14、ks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries hire more workers. Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may find employment. Then they will no longer be below the poverty line.Second, if society invests in t

15、he poor, the poor will become more productive. If the government spends money on social programs, education, and training for poor people, the poor will have the skills to offer. Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.Finally, if the government distributes societys income differently, it rai

16、ses some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare. In 1975 over 18 million people in the United States received welfare.Some economists are looking for better solutions to the povert

17、y problem. However, at the present time, many people depend on welfare (福利)for a minimally acceptable standard of living.(1). (单选题)The authors main purpose to write this article is _.A、to define what the poverty line isB、to explain why some people live below the poverty lineC、to find solutions to th

18、e problem of povertyD、to show sympathy for those poor people标准答案：C(2). (单选题)Which of the following is NOT true?A、Ten percent of the Americans live a poor life.B、Poor people are those who live below the poverty line.C、The poverty line rises as the general standard of living rises.D、The poverty line t

19、ends to be at the same level.标准答案：D(3). (单选题)More than 40 percent of the poor people are children. This is mainly because _A、they do not have enough motivationB、they are so young that they are deprived of chances to workC、they fail to get enough educationD、they are very poor in health标准答案：B(4). (单选题

20、)Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because _A、they to not have any motivation to workB、they are not very self-confidentC、they are too young or too old to workD、they have physical and family problems标准答案：C(5). (单选题)We may conclude from the passage that _.A、better solut

21、ions to the poverty problem are not yet foundB、welfare will enable people to be richC、poor people are bound to go out of the poverty line if they have chances to do businessD、employment is the best solution to the poverty problem标准答案：A22.(阅读理解题)There is much more water than land on the surface of th

22、e earth. The seas and oceans cover nearly four-fifths of the whole world, and only one-fifth of it is land. If you traveled over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time moving on water than moving on roads or railways. We sometimes forget that for every mile

23、 of land there are four miles of water.There is so much water on the surface of our earth that we have to use two words to describe it. We use the word SEAS to describe those parts of the water surface which are only a few hundred miles wide, and the word OCEANS to describe the huge areas of water w

24、hich are thousands of miles wide and very deep.A sea such as the Mediterranean Sea provides an easy way of travelling from one country to another. Ships are frequently crossing the small seas of the world in all directions. Oceans separate the great continents. Until steamships were invented, a voya

25、ge across a wide ocean was a long and sometimes very dangerous journey. Oceans have only been used for travelling and trading within the last few hundred years. Even now, ships only use those parts of oceans which provide the shortest way across. The other parts of oceans are very seldom visited.You

26、 can understand that we do not know much about the oceans because of their huge size. Another reason why we know so little about them is because of their great depth. At the bottom of an ocean there is black darkness. Sunlight cannot reach the great depth.(1). (单选题)Travelling on water takes much mor

27、e time than on roads or railways because the seas and oceans cover nearly_ of the whole world.A、two-thirdsB、one-fourthC、three-fifthsD、four-fifths标准答案：D(2). (单选题)Seas are those parts of the water surface which are_.A、only a few hundred miles wideB、hundreds and hundreds of miles wideC、tens of hundreds

28、 of miles wideD、only a few hundred meters wide标准答案：A(3). (单选题)Because of invention of steamships a voyage across a wide ocean became_A、a long and sometimes very dangerous journeyB、a shorter and safer journeyC、a long journeyD、a very dangerous journey标准答案：B(4). (单选题)Oceans have only been used for trav

29、elling and trading_.A、very long agoB、in the past few hundred yearsC、for many hundreds of yearsD、within the last few thousand years标准答案：B(5). (单选题)The reason why we know so little about the oceans is_.A、because of their huge sizeB、because of their great depthC、because of their huge size and great depthD、because of the black darkness at the bottom of an ocean标准答案：C