英语成人高考试题.docx

1、英语成人高考试题2009年成人高考高起点英语模拟试题二一、语音知识(共5小题;每题1.5分，共7.5分。)在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。( )1.A. either B. fail C. decide D. try( )2.A. curtain B. paint C. sail D. straight( )3.A. country B. courage C. pronounce D. double( )4.A. carriage B. idiom C. immediate D. material( )5.A

2、. neither B. thirsty C. through D. thousand二、词汇与语法知识(共25小题;每题1.5分，共37.5分。)从每个小题的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括弧里。( )6. What would you _ to eat tonight?A. likeB. wishC. wantD. hope( )7. I _ my bicycle on the left side.A. get off fromB. get downC. get down fromD. get off( )8. Coal _ electricity very o

3、ften.A. is used to producingB. is used to produceC. used to produceD. used to producing( )9. Why cant you do this small _ for me? Ive helped you often enough in the past.A. workB. demandC. favourD. good( )10. Never _ till tomorrow what may be done today.A. put onB. put awayC. put offD. put up( )11.

4、Mother kept inviting Mrs. Smith to stay for lunch， and finally she _.A. gave outB. gave offC. gave inD. gave away( )12. France is _ only European country I have visited.A. anB. aC. theD. 不填( )13. The problem of pollution in this city is more serious than _ in other cities.A. thatB. itC. thisD. those

5、( )14. Dick found himself walking _ the direction of the post office.A. toB. byC. alongD. in( )15. _ that we were late， we started to run.A. KnowB. To knowC. KnowingD. Being known( )16. This room is _ any of the others in the building.A. the biggest thanB. big asC. bigger thanD. the biggest of( )17.

6、 Just think Ann got the house _ all by herself!A. paintB. be paintedC. to paintD. painted( )18. The policeman caught the man _ the arm.A. byB. withC. onD. at( )19. To get an education， _.A. one must work hardB. working hard is importantC. to work hard is necessaryD. it is needed to work hard( )20. T

7、he old man could not decide _ the money or to put it in the bank.A. if he spentB. whether to spendC. that he spentD. what to spend( )21. I wish youd consider _ to Miami with us this vacation.A. goingB. that youll goC. to goD. to going( )22. I think Ill wait until the mail _.A. should comeB. is comin

8、gC. comesD. will come( )23. We found _.A. the work hard for doingB. hard to do the workC. it hard for doing the workD. the work hard to do( )24. Professor Bixby warned his students _ late for the examination.A. not beB. to be notC. not to beD. be not( )25. I dont know what Id have done if I _ to mak

9、e that decision.A. would haveB. had hadC. have hadD. did have( )26. I dont know how to play bridge and _.A. my wife doesnt neitherB. my wife does eitherC. neither does my wifeD. neither my wife does( )27. He asked _ since he had been chairman for seven years.A. not to have been re-electedB. to not b

10、e re-electedC. not to be re-electedD. to have not been re-elected( )28. The guests said that they wouldnt mind _.A. to have a little light musicB. have a little light musicC. having a little light musicD. that they have a little light music( )29. Last night we caught a thief _ Johns car.A. when stea

11、lingB. that be stoleC. to stealD. stealing( )30. Without the invention of writing， a man _ to remember so many things which he can write down or find in a book.A. is forcedB. will be forcedC. forcedD. would be forced三、完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分，共30分。)通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白出的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括弧里。

12、The common cold is familiar to everyone. People often catch cold in _31_ winter or spring. They may _32_ catch cold at other times _33_ the year. A person with _34_ bad cold usually buys some _35_ of medicine. Pharmacies have many _36_ for a cold. However， doctors _37_ that these medicines do not _3

13、8_ very much. They that _39_ person with a bad cold _40_ stay in bad， keep warm， and drink a lot of water.In 1928 an English doctor was working in his laboratory in London hospital. The doctors name _41_ Alexander Fleming. One day he _42_ a tiny bit of mold (黴) _43_ a dish that he was _44_ in his wo

14、rk. He started _45_ throw the mold away. Then _46_ noticed that it seemed unusual. He _47_ the mold and studied _48_ for a long time. He _49_ that it could kill germs. He _50_ it penicillin.( )31.A. a B. the C. some D. none( )32.A. too B. also C. to D. still( )33.A. at B. from C. of D. on( )34.A. so

15、me B. a C. one D. the( )35.A. kind B. set C. quantity D. deal( )36.A. medicine B. much C. medicines D. doctors( )37.A. tell B. speak C. talk D. say( )38.A. helps B. help C. helping D. helped( )39.A. many B. some C. a D. one( )40.A. ought B. shall C. to D. should( )41.A. is B. was C. called D. be( )4

16、2.A. finding B. founded C. found D. finds( )43.A. in B. among C. above D. into( )44.A. playing B. using C. cooking D. making( )45.A. to B. and C. but D. by( )46.A. she B. Dr C. it D. he( )47.A. kept B. keeps C. keep D. keeping( )48.A. them B. mold C. it D. him( )49.A. knew B. studied C. invented D.

17、discovered( )50.A. calls B. named C. made D. liked四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括弧里。AIt was January 1848. A man was digging near the small village of San Francisco， California， Suddenly， he saw something shinygold.By the next year the California gold rush

18、had begun. Thousands of men came to California. They were called “forty-miners” after the year 1849. The forty-miners came from all around the USA. They even came from other countries， including Mexico， Australia， China， France， and England. They left their families and jobs， and made the difficult

19、trip to California. They all shared a dream. They all wanted to make a fortune in gold.Towns and camps grew quickly wherever gold was found. These towns were rough places. There was almost always a saloon， where the men drank whiskey and gambled at cards. In mining towns， men stole and sometimes kil

20、led for gold.Did the miners make their fortune? Some did， especially those who came early were lucky. In 1848， miners usually made about twenty dollars a day. In 1852 miners made about six dollars a day. Many other people came to California to make money from the miners. Prices were very high. A loa

21、f of bread， which cost five cents in New York， cost almost a dollar in San Francisco.In 1848 San Francisco had been a village. Six years later it was a city with a population of 50，000. In 1850 California had enough people to become a state.( )51. In 1849 thousands of men came to California because

22、_.A. they were forty-minersB. they wanted to find goldC. they had familiesD. California was a beautiful place( )52. Towns and camps _.A. grew quicklyB. grew where there was a saloonC. grew where there was no goldD. grew fast wherever there was gold( )53. Some of the miners who were lucky _.A. made t

23、wenty dollarsB. made their fortuneC. made breadD. became poor( )54. The towns of the old West were rough places _.A. where people fought a lotB. where there are mountainsC. where there is no waterD. with irregular landBBaseball is Americas most popular sport. In a baseball game there are two teams o

24、f nine players. Players must hit ball with a bat and then run around four bases. A player who goes around all the bases scores a run for his team. The team that finishes with more runs wins the game.Where did baseball come from? No one knows for sure. Many people believe that the idea came from a ga

25、me played by children in England. Other people believe that a man named Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown， New York， in 1839. But the first real rules of baseball were written in 1845 by Alexander Cartwright. Two teams from New York played a game following Cartwrights rules. The rules

26、 worked well. Soon there were many teams.These early teams were not professional. They played only for fun， not money. But baseball was very popular from the start. Businessmen saw that they could make money with professional baseball teams.The first professional team was started in 1869. This team

27、was the Red Stockings of Cincinati. Within a few years there were professional teams in other cities. In 1876， these teams came together in a league， or group， called the National League. The teams in the National League played one another.In 1901， a new league， called the American League， was forme

28、d. To create some excitement， in 1903， the two leagues decided to have their first-place teams play each other. This event was called the World Series.Each year since then the National League winner and the American League winner play in the World Series. And， each year， millions of people look forw

29、ard to this exciting sports event.( )55. A group of people that play together is _.A. a teamB. a leagueC. a gameD. a player( )56. A wooden stick used to hit a ball in baseball is called _.A. a ballB. a sportC. a batD. a stick( )57. When a player runs around all four bases he makes _.A. a fourB. a wi

30、nnerC. a runD. a game( )58. When teams play sports for money they are _.A. businessmenB. funC. professionalD. amateurCLegend tells us that the city of Rome was established in 152 BC. Its a fact， however， that by 100 AD， Rome was the center of a vast empire. It ranged from Syria in the east to Spain in the west. It stretched from Britain in the north to Africa in the south. All or part of 27 of todays countries were included in the Roman Empire. All of their people were ruled by one government， that of Rome. All educated citizens spoke