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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

2、 ( )5.A. 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. like B. wish C. want D. hope ( )7. I _ my bicycle on the left side. A. get off from B. get down C. get down from D. get off ( )8. Coal

3、_ electricity very often. A. is used to producing B. is used to produce C. used to produce D. used to producing ( )9. Why can?t you do this small _ for me? Ive helped you often enough in the past. A. work B. demand C. favour D. good ( )10. Never _ till tomorrow what may be done today. A. put on B. p

4、ut away C. put off D. put up ( )11. Mother kept inviting Mrs. Smith to stay for lunch,and finally she _. A. gave out B. gave off C. gave in D. gave away ( )12. France is _ only European country I have visited. A. an B. a C. the D. 不填 ( )13. The problem of pollution in this city is more serious than

5、_ in other cities. A. that B. it C. this D. those ( )14. Dick found himself walking _ the direction of the post office. A. to B. by C. along D. in ( )15. _ that we were late,we started to run. A. Know B. To know C. Knowing D. Being known ( )16. This room is _ any of the others in the building. A. th

6、e biggest than B. big as C. bigger than D. the biggest of ( )17. Just think Ann got the house _ all by herself! A. paint B. be painted C. to paint D. painted ( )18. The policeman caught the man _ the arm. A. by B. with C. on D. at ( )19. To get an education,_. A. one must work hard B. working hard i

7、s important C. to work hard is necessary D. it is needed to work hard ( )20. The old man could not decide _ the money or to put it in the bank. A. if he spent B. whether to spend C. that he spent D. what to spend ( )21. I wish you?d consider _ to Miami with us this vacation. A. going B. that you?ll

8、go C. to go D. to going ( )22. I think I?ll wait until the mail _. A. should come B. is coming C. comes D. will come ( )23. We found _. A. the work hard for doing B. hard to do the work C. it hard for doing the work D. the work hard to do ( )24. Professor Bixby warned his students _ late for the exa

9、mination. A. not be B. to be not C. not to be D. be not ( )25. I don?t know what Id have done if I _ to make that decision. A. would have B. had had C. have had D. did have ( )26. I don?t know how to play bridge and _. A. my wife doesn?t neither B. my wife does either C. neither does my wife D. neit

10、her my wife does ( )27. He asked _ since he had been chairman for seven years. A. not to have been re-elected B. to not be re-elected C. not to be re-elected D. to have not been re-elected ( )28. The guests said that they wouldn?t mind _. A. to have a little light music B. have a little light music

11、C. having a little light music D. that they have a little light music ( )29. Last night we caught a thief _ John?s car. A. when stealing B. that be stole C. to steal D. 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.

12、is forced B. will be forced C. forced D. 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。 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 wi

13、th _34_ bad cold usually buys some _35_ of medicine. Pharmacies have many _36_ for a cold. However,doctors _37_ that these medicines do not _38_ 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 laborato

14、ry in London hospital. The doctor?s name _41_ Alexander Fleming. One day he _42_ a tiny bit of mold (黴) _43_ a dish that he was _44_ in his work. 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 ki

15、ll 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. some 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 ( )

16、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 ( )42.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

17、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. 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。 A It wa

18、s 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 had begun. Thousands of men came to California. They were called for ty-miners after the year 1849. The forty-miners came from all aroun

19、d 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 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. T

20、hese 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 killed for gold. Did the miners make their fortune? Some did,especially those who came early were lucky. In 1848,miners usually made about twenty d

21、ollars 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 loaf 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

22、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 _. A. they were forty-miners B. they wanted to find gold C. they had families D. California was a beautiful place ( )52. Towns and camps _. A. gr

23、ew quickly B. grew where there was a saloon C. grew where there was no gold D. grew fast wherever there was gold ( )53. Some of the miners who were lucky _. A. made twenty dollars B. made their fortune C. made bread D. became poor ( )54. The towns of the old West were rough places _. A. where people

24、 fought a lot B. where there are mountains C. where there is no water D. with irregular land B Baseball is America?s most popular sport. In a baseball game t here are two teams of nine players. Players must hit ball with a bat and then run around four bases. A player who goes around all the bases sc

25、ores 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 game played by children in England. Other people believe that a man named Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown,

26、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 Cartwright?s rules. The rules worked well. Soon there were many teams. These early teams were not professional. They played only for fun,not money. But

27、 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 was the Red Stockings of Cincinati. Within a few years there were professional teams in other cities. In 1876,these teams

28、 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 formed. To create some excitement,in 1903,the two leagues decided to have their first-place teams play each other. This event was c

29、alled 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 forward to this exciting sports event. ( )55. A group of people that play together is _. A. a team B. a league C. a game D. a player

30、( )56. A wooden stick used to hit a ball in baseball is called _. A. a ball B. a sport C. a bat D. a stick ( )57. When a player runs around all four bases he makes _. A. a four B. a winner C. a run D. a game ( )58. When teams play sports for money they are _. A. businessmen B. fun C. professional D.

31、 amateur C Legend tells us that the city of Ro me was established in 152 BC. It?s 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 cou ntries were included in th