厦门城市职业学院高职招考英语模拟试题附答案.docx

1、厦门城市职业学院高职招考英语模拟试题附答案2016某某城市职业学院高职招考英语模拟试题（附答案）第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21I made a call to my parents yesterday. To my disappointment. of them answered it.AeitherBnoneCneitherDnobody22Would you like , sir?No, thanks. I have had much.Asome more orangesBa

2、ny more orangesCsome more orangeDany more orange23If anyone happens to drop in while I am out, him or her leave a message.AhaveBgetCaskDtell24Did Jack e back early last night?Yes. It was not yet eight oclock he arrived home.AbeforeBwhenCthatDuntil25James, I am sorry I used your puter when you were a

3、way this morning. .AThats all rightBIts a pleasureCYou are weleDDont mention it26Mum is ing. What present for your birthday?Ayou expect she has gotByou expect has she gotCdo you expect she has gotDdo you expect has she got27The dictionary is being printed and it will soon .Aturn outBe outCstart outD

4、go out28Father for London on business upon my arrival, so I didnt see him.Ahas leftBleftCwas leavingDhad left29Can the project be finished as planned?Sure, it pleted in time, well work two more hours a day.Ahaving gotBto getCgettingDget30The classroom is big enough , but well have to move if we have

5、 more students.Afor the momentBon the momentCin a momentDfor a moment31Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.Thanks. You it. I could manage it myself.Aneednt doBneednt have doneCmustnt doDshouldnt have done32Only after my friend came .Adid the puter repairBhe repaired the puterCwas the puter re

6、pairedDthe puter was repaired33When help, one often says “Thank you.” or “Its kind of you.”AofferingBto offerCto be offeredDoffered34Why didnt you buy the camera you had longed for?I had planned to. But I was 50 .AfewerBlessCcheapDshort35Is that the small town you often refer to?Right, just the one

7、you know I used to work for years.AthatBwhichCwhereDwhat第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 36 of Harvards president. But they were 37 by his

8、 secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally bee 39 and go away. But they didnt. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40 .A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41 face. The lady

9、told him, “We had a son that 42 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 43 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”The president wasnt 45 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we cant put up

10、a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 46 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly. “We dont want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 48 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 49 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building!

11、 Do you have any 50 how much a building costs? We have spent over 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 51 , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52 ? W

12、hy dont we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 53 their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 54 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about.36AlabBlibrary ChallDoffice37AwatchedBstoppedCfollowedDintervie

13、wed38AhopingBfindingCrealizingDimagining39AsurprisedBdisappointedCworriedDtroubled40AhopelesslyBcarefullyCunexpectedlyDunwillingly41ApleasantBfunnyCcoldDsad42AattendedBvisitedCstudiedDserved43AcleverBbraveCproudDhappy44Aset aboutBset upCtake downDtake over45AsatisfiedBexcitedCmovedDashamed46AhouseBp

14、artCgardenDplace47AexplainedBexpressedCrefusedDadmitted48AbuildingByardCplaygroundDsquare49AlaughedBshoutedCglancedDcalled50AsuggestionBideaCthoughtDopinion51AboredBastonishedCinterestedDpleased52AdepartmentBuniversityCbusinessDclub53AOnceBWhileCSinceDThough54AnameBcharacterCpictureDsign55AtalkedBkn

15、ewCheardDcared第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Paul Zindels death on March 27,2003 ended the brilliant life of a famous writer.Not only did Paul Zindel win a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Prize for his 1970 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon

16、Marigolds, but be was one of the earliest writers in the field of contemporary（当代的） literature for young adults（成人）. The Pigman, published in 1968, is still one of the most well-known and widely-taught novels in the genre. The American Library Association has named it one of the 100 Best of the Best

17、 Books for Young Adults published between 1967 and 1992, and Zindels autobiography, The Pigman and Me, was among the 100 Best of the Best Books published for teenagers during the last part of the twentieth century. Six of Zindels books, in fact, have been voted the Best Books for Young Adults, and m

18、ost of his recent horror books-such as The Doom Stone and Rats-have been chosen as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Clearly, he was a writer who knew how to interest contemporary children. Recognizing that, the American Library Association in 2002 honored Paul Zindel with the Margaret

19、A. Edwards Prize for his lifetime achievements, and later that same year he was presented with the ALAN Prize for his contributions to Young Adult Literature. With his passing, young readers, teachers, and librarians have lost a great friend.56Which of Paul Zindels books was the most popular with yo

20、ung adults in the 20th century?AThe Pigman.BThe Doom Stone.CThe Pigman and Me.DThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.57Why was Paul Zindel honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Prize?AHis books were widely read by children.BHis books were interesting and helpful to adults.CHe made gre

21、at contributions to contemporary literature.DHe wrote a number of horror books for young adults.58When did Paul Zindel win the ALAN Prize?AIn 2002.BIn 2003.CBetween 1967 and 1992.DBetween 2002 and 2003.59Choose the correct statements from the following according to the passage.a.The Pigman and Me wa

22、s one of the Best Books for teenagers.b.Zindel was one of the earliest writers who wrote for adults only.c.The Doom Stone and Rats are not popular with young adults.d.Zindel was given four prizes for literature before he died.e.At least eight of Zindels books were very popular in his times.Ac, d, eB

23、a, b, cCa, b, dDa, d, eBThree months after the government stopped issuing（发放）or renewing permits for Internet cafes because of security（安全）concerns, some cafe owners are having financial（经济的）concerns of their own.The permits were stopped suddenly three months ago by the government until new safeguar

24、ds could be put in place to prevent misuse of the information superhighway, but for cafe owners its a business breakdown with no fix in sight.“I handed in a request to open up an Internet caf and received the conditions,” said the businessman Obeidallah. “I rented a place in the Sharafiah district a

25、t SR45,000 and prepared the place with equipment that cost me more than SR100,000. When I went to the local government after finishing everything, I was surprised to find that theyd stopped issuing permits for Internet cafes.”Having an Internet cafe without Internet is much like having a coffee shop

26、 without coffee. “Im avoiding closing the place, but its been more than three months with the situation ongoing as it is.” Obeidallah said. “Who will bear the losses caused by the permit issue?”The decision took many cafe owners by surprise. “I asked to open an Internet caf, and I was handed a list

27、of all the things that were needed to follow through, such as a sign for the place, filling out forms,” said Hassan Al-Harbi.“I did all that was asked and rented a place. And after the Haj vacation I went to the local government and they surprised me, saying that there are new rules that forbid the

28、issuing of any more Internet cafe permits and that one cant even renew his permit. Ive lost more than SR80,000,” Al-harbi added.As for the government, officials say a method to deal with it is on the way. But security concerns e before profit（盈利）.60The government stopped issuing or renewing permits

29、for Internet cafes .Ato prevent misuse of new safeguards in Internet cafesBto make cafe owners earn less profit from their businessCto stop the use of the information superhighway on InternetDto make sure of the proper use of the information superhighway61The governments decision led to the fact tha

30、t many cafe owners .Asuffered heavy financial lossesBasked to open up Internet cafesCcontinued to operate Internet cafesDasked the government for payment62The underlined phrase in the last paragraph “on the way” means .Ato be studiedBto be put into practiceCto be changedDto be improved63The cafe own

31、ers found the governments decision .Asuprising and unacceptableBunderstandable and acceptableCreasonable but surprisingDsurprising but acceptableCWalk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy ,warm ,damp and thick .But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age ,would it have been the same ?For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted（反应）to the c