2021年成人高考高起点英语精选练习题及答案（一）

2021年成人高考高起点英语精选练习题及答案（一）

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Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 Points)

Directions:

In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C D. Compare the underlined parts identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1.A. nurse B. thirsty C. universe D. surprise

2.A. belief B. niece C. field D. variety

3.A. surprised B. pleased C. refused D. increased

4.A. temperature B. change C. average D. surface

5.A. construction B. coral C. cross D. model

6.A. mental B. metal C. total D. metallic

7.A. detective B. decide C. nephew D. desire

8.A. determine B. demC. medical D. belief

9.A. peasant B. present C. promise D. possession

10.A. speech B. stomach C. charge D. church

Ⅱ. Vocabulary Structure (40 points)

Directions:

There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

11. Luckily, the fire fighters arrived _______ the terrible fire.

A. put on B. put out C. put down D. put away

12. For miles miles, I could see nothing _______ a great fire lots of smoke.

A. beside B. besides C. except D. without

13. The shop assistant didn’t give me the right ________.

A. change B. money C. serve D. note

14. The prices of fridges have been ______ recently.

A. pressed B. brought out C. cut off D. brought down

15. This means the boy may be out of job for some time. In this sentence “be out of job” means _______.

A. be on their days off B. go outside

C. lose his job D. finish his work

16. The TV play we watched last night was very ________.

A. frightening B. afraid C. fright D. frightened

17. We took soft drinks to the _______ our friends took beer there.

A. bench B. beach C. bank D. bend

18. Who will ________ the bill?

A. pay B. pay for C. pay off D. pay out

19. Their debts _______ 700.

A. added to B. adds up C. add to D. add up to

20. There is _______ bread in the cupboard, ________?

A. no more…is there B. not any more…isn’t there

C. no longer…is there D. not any longer…isn’t there

21.—Would you please go out for a walk with us?

—______, but I’m very busy now.

A. Of course not B. I’d like to C. That’s all right D. That’s right

22.—Can I get you a cup of tea?

—______.

A. That’s very nice of you B. With pleasure

C. You can, please D. Thank you for the tea

23.—When can I call on you, afternoon or evening?

—________. I’ll be at home all the time.

A. Any B. Either C. Both D. Neither

24.—Has anyone seen my glasses?

—________.

A. Here it is B. It is here C. Here are they D. Here they are

25.—May I use your phone?

—_______.

A. No, I don’t mind B. Yes, you do it

C. Yes, my pleasure D. I’m afraid not

26. He is much more _______ a German

A. like to be B. liking to be C. likely to be D. likely

27. I had a new tap _______ the day before yesterday.

A. fix B. fixing C. to be fixed D. fixed

28. We couldn’t eat at a restaurant because _______ of us had _______ money on us.

A. all…no B. any…no C. none…any D. no one…any

29. Have you any rooms _______? We’ll stay here for only two days.

A. to spare B. to spend C. to take D. to borrow

30. I was so ______ moved by his words that I couldn’t fall asleep ______ into the night.

A. deep…deeply B. deep…deep C. deeply…deeply D. deeply…deep

31. The crowd cheered ______ the sight of the honoured guests’ motorcade.

A. at B. on C. as soon as D. in

32. He’s a new comer. So we try to be as _______ to him as we could.

A. friend B. friends C. friendly D. good friends

33. She had a good time last night, _______?

A. hadn’t she B. had she C. didn’t she D. did she

34. Don’t _______ the child, it will frighten him.

A. call at B. laugh at C. shout to D. shout at

35.—________?

—He is a tall young man with blue eyes broad shoulders.

A. What is he like B. What does he look like

C. What does he like D. How is he

36. She no longer talked laughed _______ she used to.

A. like B. as though C. as D. just as

37. I don’t know why _______ late for class.

A. you are B. are you C. are you being D. being you are

38. As both dictionaries were good, he said he would take _______.

A. any of them B. all of them C. either of them D. either ones

39. _______ of them knows much English.

A. No B. None C. Both D. Not all

40. Will you ______ the book Tom Sawyer ______ him if he wants to _____ it _____ you?

A. lend…to…borrow…from B. lend…to…borrow…of

C. borrow…to…lend…from D. lend…for…borrow…of

41. It was _______ who helped Tom out when he was in trouble.

A. I B. me C. us D. ours

42. The leaves of many trees turn ______ in autumn.

A. to red D. red C. to be red D. into red

43.—Will you go to the museum tomorrow?

—Yes, I will go _______ it’s windy.

A. since B. as though C. if D. even though

44. Mary used to stay up until far into the night, ______?

A. didn’t she B. usedn’t she C. does she D. Both A& B.

45. It is very kind ______ you to supply us _______ so much information.

A. for…with B. for…in C. of…with D. of…in

46. Five minutes earlier, _______ we could have caught the last train.

A. of B. but C. D. so

47. Many a boy many a girl _______ it since then.

A. have seen B. has seen C. has been seeing D. had seen

48. I regretted _______ the days when I _______ hard at school.

A. wasting…must have worked B. having wasted…should have worked

C. to waste…could work D. to have wasted…would work

49. He’s sure you’ll pass the examination, _______?

A. isn’t he B. do you C. won’t you D. hasn’t he

50. With ______, the man had to go out of his hiding place.

A. his food ran out B. his food running out

C. him running out D. his food run out

Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)

Directions:

For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below marked A, B, C D. Choose the one that is most suitable mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

When Pat Jones finished college, she decided she wanted to travel around the world see as many foreign places as she could _51_ she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job _52_ an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, _53_ she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.

A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream _54_ a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish they would dream in English.

One day, one of her worst students came up explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had _55_ early, had slept badly.

“What does this have to do with _56_?” Pat demanded.

“I dreamed all night, Miss, Jones, my dream was in English!”

“In English” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad students. She was _57_ secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”

“All the people in my dream _58_ English,” the student said, “all the signs were in English. All the newspapers magazines all the TV programs were in English.”

“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat, “What did all the people say to you?”

“I’m _59_, Miss Jones. that’s _60_ I slept so badly. I didn’t understa word they said. It was a nightmare!”

51.A. as B. while C. if D. since

52.A. for B. of C. as D. like

53.A. B. but C. so D. yet

54.A. in B. about C. of D. for

55.A. got up B. gone to bed C. fallen asleep D. woken up

56.A. you B. me C. your dream D. your homework

57.A. usually B. seldom C. also D. still

58.A. read B. liked C. spoke D. learned

59.A. shy B. silly C. sorry D. sad

60.A. how B. why C. when D. where

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

Directions:

There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C D. Choose one best answer blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length gave one stick to each man.

He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”

The thief was afraid of being found out, so the cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, was at once taken away to prison.

61. A bag of corn was found ________.

A. to be stolen B. stolen C. being stolen D. having stolen

62. The judge gave each man a stick _______.

A. to change back the farmer’s corn B. to beat the thief

C. as a tool to find out the thief D. so as to play a game together

63. According to the judge, the next day the thief’s stick would be one inch longer than the others’ because _______.

the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer

the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter

something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick

the judge had given the longer stick to the thief

64. Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.

he was found out

the judge couldn’t catch him

his stick had an equal length with the others’

his stick wouldn’t be any longer

65. The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.

the thief to cut an inch off the stick

the thief cut an inch off the stick

the stick grow an inch longer

the thief tell him what he had done

Passage Two

The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists technicians have been making them smaller cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes businesses.

Computers have been designed to store information compute problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voices that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories (库存货物) to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to copy letters, record business keep in touch with other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend.

One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games. People also have been buying home computers to play computer games, watch movies listen to concerts at home. They have become very popular indeed.

66. Computers used to _______.

A. work rapidly B. be large expensive

C. be easy to use D. be used for fun

67. In recent years, computers are being made _______.

larger more expensive B. smaller cheaper

C. more difficult to use D. to work more slowly

68. Home computers can be used for _______.

A. writing letters B. playing games C. doing business D. all of the above

69. Salesmen use computers mainly to _______.

check the list of goods materials that are kept in the store house

play games for pleasure

talk with their friends

write letters

70. The best title for the passage would be _______.

A. New Uses For Computers B. The Popularity of Home Computers

C. The Home Computer Industry D. Computers At Home

Passage Three

Mr. Chen living next door to us has a habit of drinking. The best present to him, of course, is wine, Now his eldest son brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad stared at it for some time, then wrote “105” on the corner of the trademark with a pencil, meaning he had already drunk 105 bottles of the famous wine. Two days later a stranger came. He offered to pay 5 yuan for the empty Mao Tai bottle. Mr. Chen was pleased sold it. Several weeks later, his second son brought him another bottle of Mao Tai. While examining enjoying it, he was suddenly terrified—he found “105”—the very mark on it.

71. The story is mainly about _______.

A. two sons of Mr. Chen’s B. wine, the best present

C. the secret of “105” D. an empty bottle worth 5 yuan

72. The story tells that the stranger was a man who _______.

A. took back empties B. produced famous wine

C. promoted (促进) the sale of Mao Tai D. knew how to meet people’s needs

73. Mr. Chen sold his empty Mao Tai bottle because ________.

he had already numbered it “105”

he knew his second son would bring him another

the price offered was high enough

he hoped the bottle could be used again

74. When examining enjoying the wine sent by his second son, Mr. Chen was terrified because he found _______.

A. the wine was mixed with water B. he should have marked it “106”

C. the wine had exceeded (超出) the time limit D. his second son had been cheated

75. According to the story, who do you say learned a lesson?

A. The stranger B. Mr. Chen C. His neighbour D. Mr. Chen’s eldest son

Passage Four

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it is painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands wives realize what these energy cycles mean, which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam (鼓起干劲) work better at your low point.

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get with a leisurely yawl stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the trouble some search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. When ever possible, do routine work in the afternoon save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

76. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _______.

he is a lazy person

he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

he is not sure when his energy is low

he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

77. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?

A. Unawareness of energy cycles. B. Familiar monologues.

C. A change in a family member’s energy cycle.

Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family member.

78. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _____.

A. change his energy cycle C. get up earlier than usual

B. overcome his laziness D. go to bed earlier

79. You are advised to rise with a yawn stretch because it will ______.

help to keep your energy for the day’s work

help you to control your temper early in the day

enable you to concentrate on your routine work

keep your energy cycle under control all day

80. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.

Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peak at different hours of day.

Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.

Children have energy cycles, too.

Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a short composition of about 80 words on the title: Fake Commodities. Base your composition on the outline given below.

1.假冒伪劣商品是个严重问题。

2.一些原因导致了这种现象。

3.为了扫除假冒伪劣商品，……

参考答案

Ⅰ. Phonetics

1.D 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.C

8.C 9.C 10.B

Ⅱ. Vocabulary Structure

11.B 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.C 16.A 17.B

18.A 19.D 20.A 21.B 22.A 23.B 24.D

25.D 26.C 27.D 28.C 29.A 30.D 31.A 32.C 33.C 34.D 35.B 36.C 37.A 38.C

39.B 40.A 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.D 45.C

46.C 47.A 48.B 49.C 50.B

Ⅲ. Cloze

51.B 52.C 53.C 54.A 55.B 56.D 57.C

58.C 59.C 60.B

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension

61.B 62.C 63.C 64.A 65.B 66.B 67.B

68.D 69.A 70.B 71.C 72.A 73.C 74.D

75.B 76.D 77.A 78.C 79.A 80.B

Ⅴ. Writing

Fake Commodities

Fake poor quality commodities are a serious problem. Many things can be faked such as soybean sauce, vinegar, bicycles, many other things. The interests of consumers are affected, many enterprises keep losing money because of cheap fake commodities.

There are some reasons for such a phenomenon. The major one is the desire of some people to “make easy money”. These people think nothing of the law of the protection of intellectual property rights.

To get rid of fake poor quality commodities, the government should educate people to obey the law of the protection of individual intellectual property rights not to sell any fake goods. The government should punish severely close down all the factories producing fake goods.