2011年成人高考高起點英語模擬試卷四2011年成人高考高起點英語模擬試卷四. Phonetics (10 points)Directions:In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and 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. caused B. wished C. guessed D. dressed2.A. tea B. read (原形) C. real D. steal3.A. through B. famous C. route D. wounded4.A. native B. active C. national D. narrow5.A. like B. limit C. knife D. inside6.A. ear B. early C. earth D. earn7.A. thank B. another C. smooth D. clothes8.A. afternoon B. classroom C. roommate D. boot9.A. houses B. horses C. rises D. exercises10.A. expression B. discussion C. vision D. permission. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.11. _ riding to school, Mary usually goes to school on foot.A. Without B. Rather than C. Instead of D. Inspite of12. The teacher will tell us _ to have the exam next Monday.A. if B. that C. if not D. whether13. In order to grow well, the Blue Sprace, like other pine trees, _ a temperate climate.A. require B. requires C. is required D. that requires14. It took them more than ten years to _ the defensive works.A. build in B. build into C. build on D. build up15. I havent decided which seat _.A. to sit B. is to sit C. to sit on D. is for sitting16. Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed _.A. to B. with C. over D. on17. All _ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.A. what is needed B. for our needs C. the thing needed D. that is needed18. His hard work _ when he won the prize.A. paid off B. showed off C. rang off D. kept off19. The fire _ two persons death as well as the damage of all the stores property.A. is resulted in B. is resulted from C. resulted in D. resulted from20. On Sundays I prefer _ at home to _ out.A. to staygo B. staygoing C. stayinggoing D. stayinggo21. Generally, the thicker a mammals (哺乳動物) skin is, the less hair _.A. that has it B. that it has C. has it D. it has22. My father _ an invitation to a dinner party, but he _ it.A. acceptedreceived B. receivedacceptedC. accepteddidnt receive D. receiveddidnt accept23. _ their homework, the children went for a walk.A. When they were doing B. After they have doneC. Having done D. They had done24. My parents never let me _ alone.A. to travel B. to travelling C. travelling D. travel25. Hardly _ the classroom when the class began.A. had he entered B. he had entered C. he entered D. he was entered . Cloze (20 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.The death of a child, _51_ ones own child, is something the mind can hardly comprehend. It seems to go _52_ nature. The end of a life that is still forming _53_ has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty.But it happens. Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children _54_ whom they gave birth. And _55_ will ever fill the empty place that the dead child leaves behind. Parents _56_ to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events. When the situation is reversed and a child dies _57_ the parents it seems wrong.Yet we never know why one person dies and another lives. But we do know _58_ a child is gone, the parents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem. Death may take the child, but the love never _59_.The sorrow after a childs death is one of the longest and hardest type of _60_ to live with. And it takes long to deal with the parents own emotions.51.A. especially B. special C. especial D. most52.A. with B. against C. beyond D. above53.A. and B. or C. but D. so54.A. at B. with C. to D. for55.A. everything B. other thing C. something D. nothing56.A. think B. expect C. like D. surely57.A. before B. after C. in front of D. as58.A. as if B. as though C. even if D. that59.A. gives up B. goes away C. goes back D. goes through60.A. loss B. losses C. losing D. lost. 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 and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneIn the old days, divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly, 1,500 lives. It has four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $ 300,000 or more. The ship lying on the sea-bed has been brought by a man called John Light. He paid about $ 1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $ 600,000.61. Divers today try to bring to the surface _.A. gold and jewels B. parts of shipsC. whole ships D. all of the above62. Diver try to bring up metals because _.they have been in the sea for a long timegold and jewels are not valuable thingssome kinds of metals are worth a lot of moneyit is easy to bring up metals63. The word “surface” in the passage means the _.A. market B. air C. top of a liquid D. sea64. John Light hopes that he may be able to sell all the parts of the “Lusitania” for about _.A. $12,000 B. $300,000 C. $1,200,000 D. $1,800,00065. John Light bought the “Lusitania” _.A. before 1915 B. before it sankC. after it sank D. after they had brought up the propellersPassage TwoMans first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it. The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, because there are no wheels in nature-no living thing was ever created with wheels. How, then, did man come to invent the wheel? Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the carcass of a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log connected, at their centers by a string stick. This would roll along just as the logs did, yet be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and axle came into being and with them the first carts.66. The wheel is important because _.A. it was mans first real invention B. all transportation depends on itC. every machine depends on it D. both B and C67. The wheel is called _.A. simple B. complicated C. strange D. unusual68. It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because _.A. it led to many other inventions B. man had no use for it thenC. there were no wheels in nature D. all of the above69. The wheel was probably invented by _.A. a group of early hunters B. the first men on earthC. a great prehistoric thinker D. the man who made the first cart70. This selection says that the first wheel may have been a _.A. round piece of stone B. heavy log C. piece of metal D. slice of log Passage ThreeEating in space is different from eating on earth. The food that astronauts carry with them does not look like the food you eat. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship the astronaut puts the water back. He “shoots” hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag.Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There an be no crambs. Crambs would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cake often come in bite-sized pieces. Astronauts cant drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn to eat this way.71. Some space foods are carried in _.A. water guns B. lunch boxes C. closed bags D. crumbs72. The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that _.you get much hungrier in space than you doyou cant have water to drink in a spaceshipastronauts must learn many new and different thingsyou cant eat anything in a spaceship73. Why cant astronauts drink water from cups?The water would come from the open cups.The water would spill all over their food.Crambs would float in the cups.The cups would float in the air.74. The main idea of the whole story is that _.there is more food and water in space than on eartheating and drinking in space is a special problemastronauts can never eat or drink in a spaceshipthere is no food or water in a spaceship75. Which of the following does the story lead you to believe?Food for astronauts must be made in a special way.All meat on earth comes in bite-sized pieces.Astronauts will only eat cakes made from crambs.Astronauts have to go hungry in a spaceship.Passage FourThe energy which the sun radiates goes in every direction, and only a minute part of it falls on the earth. Even so, it represents power of about 5,000,000 horsepower (馬力) per square mile per day; the sun gives us as much energy every miunte as mankind utilizes in a year. At present, we use this energy indirectly, and it is our final source of power. Coal represents the chemical action of the sun on green plants thousands of years ago. Water power results from the rain formed by vapor which comes from the evaporation of water under the sunshine. Even windmills operate because of air currents set in motion by the different heating affects of the sun in different places. Some day, through chemistry or some type of solar engine, we shall harness this great source of energy more directly. Already a scientist has worked out an engine, surprisingly efficient, in which the suns rays are concentrated through mirrors on a tube of water to create steam.76. How much energy given off by the sun reaches the earth?A. 100% but indirectly. B. 5%.C. 50%. D. only a very tiny amount.77. The reason why all the solar energy falling on the earth cant be utilized is that _.only a very small part is available the sun is too distant from the earthit takes thousands of years for this energy to be stored up in coal and oilour scientific knowledge is not sufficient78. Which of the following statements is NOT true?Even windmills action depends on the sun.The sun produces enormous energy for man to make use of.Some day man will be able to utilize 100% of the solar energy that gets to the earth.The sun produces different heating effects in different places.79. In order to support this argument, the writer gives the example that _.a machine using solar energy efficiently has already been developedthe sun is our final source of powerman uses only a tiny part of the suns energythe part of the suns energy we use is used indirectly80. This passage centers mainly on _.harnessing energy through chemistryour last source of powerhow water power is producedthe amount of solar energy that can be utilized. Writing (20 points)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a letter of about 80 words according to the following topic.男女應(yīng)該平等嗎？(Should Men and Women Be Equal?) 2011年成人高考高起點英語模擬試卷四參考答案. Phonetics1A 2C 3B 4A 5B6A 7A 8B 9B 10C. Vocabulary and Structure11C 12D 13B 14D 15C16D 17D 18A 19C 20C21D 22D 23C 24D 25A26C 27C 28A 29D 30B31D 32B 33D 34C 35B36C 37B 38B 39B 40A41A 42B 43C 44A 45D46D 47D 48D 49C 50A. Cloze51A 52B 53B 54C 55D56B 57A 58C 59B 60A. Reading Comprehension61D 62C 63C 64D 65C66D 67A 68C 69C 70D71C 72C 73A 74B 75A76D 77D 78C 79A 80D. WritingShould Men and Women Be Equal?People have different ideas about this issue, Some people say that men are superior to women in ability because men are physically stronger, do most of the hard labor in the world and hold most important positions. Other people believe that women have the ability to compete with men. There have been many famous women state leaders and great scientists in the world. We should fully carry out the principle “to each according to his work” so that the enthusiasm of both men and women for work can be fully aroused.