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2018年成人高考高起專英語考試試題及答案
I. Phonetics ( 5 points)
1根據(jù)讀音，選擇出劃線部分讀音不同的選項(xiàng)。( )
A.peasantB.presentC.promiseD.Possession
參考答案：C
參考解析：
A、B、D三項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)濁輔音[Z]，而C項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)清輔音[S]，因此選C項(xiàng)。
2根據(jù)讀音，選擇出劃線部分讀音不同的選項(xiàng)。( )
A.cowB.throwC.lowD.own
參考答案：A
參考解析：
A項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[au]，而B、c、D三項(xiàng)劃線部分的發(fā)音為[ou]，所以選A項(xiàng)。
3根據(jù)讀音，選擇出劃線部分讀音不同的選項(xiàng)。( )
A.replyB.freelyC.uglyD.Lonely
參考答案：A
參考解析：
A項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[ai]，而B、C、D三項(xiàng)劃線部分的發(fā)音是[i]，所以選A項(xiàng)。
4根據(jù)讀音，選擇出劃線部分讀音不同的選項(xiàng)。( )
A.excellentB.excuseC.explainD.express
參考答案：A
參考解析：
A項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[eks]，而B、C、D三項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[iks]，所以選A項(xiàng)。
5根據(jù)讀音，選擇出劃線部分讀音不同的選項(xiàng)。( )
A.shootB.bloodC.roofD.tool
參考答案：B
參考解析：
A、C、D三項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[HI]，而8項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)[A]，因此選B項(xiàng)。
II. Vocabulary and Structure( 15 points)
6To reduce weight,plastic has taken________of iron and steel in making boats.
A.its placeB.placeC.the placeD.a place
參考答案：C
參考解析：
take the place意為“代替，取代”，是固定搭配。
7We'll get in all the wheat before the sun________
A.will setB.was setC.setD.sets
參考答案：D
參考解析：
before引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句可以用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來。
8Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed
A.toB.withC.overD.on
參考答案：D
參考解析：
agree on意為“商定(協(xié)議、方法、措施等)”;agree with sb.意為“同意某人”;agree todo sth.意為“同意做某事”。
9Don't smoke in the meeting-room,________ ?
A.do youB.will youC.can youD.could you
參考答案：B
參考解析：
反意疑問句中，如果陳述部分為祈使句，疑問部分則用will或shall。B項(xiàng)是正確的。句意為：“不要在會議室吸煙，好嗎?”
10John________ he could improve his exam results, but he did not have enough time to study.
A.knows howB.knows thatC.knew howD.knew that
參考答案：C
參考解析：
考查時態(tài)和連詞。根據(jù)從句可判斷為過去時，排除A項(xiàng)和B項(xiàng)。how表示“如何”，符合句意。C項(xiàng)是正確的。句意為：“約翰知道如何提高考試成績，就是沒有足夠的時間學(xué)習(xí)�！�
11It's time he________something for his coming examination.
A.doB.doesC.didD.will do
參考答案：C
參考解析：
在“It is(was)+time+that從句”的句型中，要使用虛擬語氣，即that從句中的謂語動詞要用一般過去時。
12--How did you find your visit to the museum?
--I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was________than I expected.
A.far more interestingB.even much interestingC.so more interestingD.a lot much interesting
參考答案：A
參考解析：
空格后的than表明空格處為比較級，interestin9是一個多音節(jié)形容詞，它的比較級是more interestin9，而far常用來修飾比較級，意為“……得多”。
13I'm sure he understands________you feel. He's very clever.
A.whenB.whatC.whetherD.how
參考答案：D
參考解析：
根據(jù)四個選項(xiàng)中各個疑問代詞、疑問副詞的意義，結(jié)合句意，可知應(yīng)選D項(xiàng)。
14________their luggage, the tourists hurried to the airport.
A.PackedB.After packedC.Having packedD.Packing
參考答案：C
參考解析：
having done sth.表示該動作發(fā)生在其他動作前。C項(xiàng)是正確的。句意為：“收拾好了行李，游客們急急忙忙奔向機(jī)場�！�
15It was not until then that I came to know knowledge________only from practice.
A.had comeB.has comeC.cameD.comes
參考答案：D
參考解析：
客觀真理始終用一般現(xiàn)在時來表示，句中knowledge是不可數(shù)名詞，因此選D項(xiàng)。
16I applied for the job that I saw advertised________ the paper.
A.onB.ofC.inD.at
參考答案：C
參考解析：
報紙上所登的東西用介詞in。c項(xiàng)是正確的。句意為：“我申請的工作是我在報紙的廣告欄上看到的�！�
17Without electricity human life________quite different today.
A.isB.will beC.would have beenD.would be
參考答案：D
參考解析：
本題考查介詞短語without electricity引起的虛擬語氣，根據(jù)句中的時間狀語today可知是對現(xiàn)在的虛擬。
18He________Chinese history and knows a lot about it.
A.is strict withB.is interested inC.is satisfied withD.is busy doing
參考答案：B
參考解析：
結(jié)合句意可知B項(xiàng)是正確答案。bestrict with意為“對……要求嚴(yán)格”;be interested in意為“對……感興趣”;be satisfied with意為“對……滿意”;be busy doin9意為“忙于做……”。
19The fire________ two persons' death as well as the damage of all the store's property.
A.is resulted inB.is resulted fromC.resulted inD.resulted from
參考答案：C
參考解析：
result in意為“導(dǎo)致”;resuh from意為“起因于”。根據(jù)句意，可知應(yīng)選C項(xiàng)。
20Don't let that old rascal take you________with his clever talk-none of it is true.
A.alongB.inC.aboutD.down
參考答案：B
參考解析：
take in“欺騙”;take down“記下”。B項(xiàng)是正確的。句意為：“別讓那個無賴把你騙了。他說的話沒有一句是真的�！�
III. Cloze ( 30 points)
根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：
The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about fivemillion. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a (an) 21language,mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas,22 are a great many regionaland social varieties of the language as well as 23 levels of usage that are employed both in itsspoken and written forms.
In fact,it is 24 to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The 25 for Englishlearning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is 26 to explainand still more difficult to judge 27 forms an adequate working knowledge~~for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread 28 for English is its present day importance as a worldlanguage. Besides 29 the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in whichsome of important works in science, technology, and other 30 are being produced, and not alwaysby native speakers. It is widely used for 31 purposes as meteorological ( 氣象的 ) and airportcommunications, international conferences, and the 32of information over the radio and televi-sion networks of many 33. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developingcountries, specially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multi-lingual 34 andneed a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, lawand 35 as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and techno-logical developments in the West.
21第21題應(yīng)選( )
A.foreignB.nativeC.secondD.Official
參考答案：B
參考解析：
隨著科技的發(fā)展，英語已成為我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪胁豢扇鄙俚恼Z言工具，并被全球各國廣泛接受。
根據(jù)緊接著的國家名稱的提示可知是指將英語作為母語的人數(shù)。
22第22題應(yīng)選( )
A.theyB.whichC.thereD.that
參考答案：C
參考解析：
該句前面是in addition t0引導(dǎo)的介詞短語，可以確定不是定語從句，再分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，可知該句應(yīng)為there be句型。
23第23題應(yīng)選( )
A.variousB.similarC.FhaniliarD.same
參考答案：A
參考解析：
由前面的varicries of the language提示，以及as well as應(yīng)連接并列成分可知A項(xiàng)正確。
24第24題應(yīng)選( )
A.possibleB.necessaryC.unnecessaryD.Impossible
參考答案：D
參考解析：
操持語言的人數(shù)可以估計，但人們掌握語言的程度就很難估計了，所以用impossible。
25第25題應(yīng)選( )
A.purposeB.causeC.effectD.method
參考答案：A
參考解析：
根據(jù)上下文的意思可知，人們學(xué)習(xí)英語的目的不同，掌握語言的程度也不同。
26第26題應(yīng)選( )
A.simpleB.naturalC.practicalD.Difficult
參考答案：D
參考解析：
該空后面的still more difficult就是提示。
27第27題應(yīng)選( )
A.whatB.howC.whyD.where
參考答案：A
參考解析：
分析句子，judge是動詞，后面應(yīng)該接從句且所填詞應(yīng)作賓語從句的主語。
28第28題應(yīng)選( )
A.requireB.requestC.supplyD.Demand
參考答案：D
參考解析：
根據(jù)后一句中的a world language可知應(yīng)選擇demand表示對英語的需求。
29第29題應(yīng)選( )
A.providingB.servingC.supposingD.Leaving
參考答案：B
參考解析：
根據(jù)the indefinite needs可知應(yīng)選擇servin9，意思為“滿足不同的需要”。
30第30題應(yīng)選( )
A.areasB.coursesC.racesD.Fields
參考答案：D
參考解析：
分析四個選項(xiàng)areas，courses，races，fields的意思、，fields的意思最準(zhǔn)確，意思為“領(lǐng)域”，與前面的other搭配構(gòu)成意義完整的句子。
31第31題應(yīng)選( )
A.suchB.allC.manyD.Those
參考答案：A
參考解析：
such與空格后的as搭配。
32第32題應(yīng)選( )
A.useB.spreadC.coverD.connection
參考答案：B
參考解析：
根據(jù)0ver the radio and television net.works可以確定答案為spread，意思為“語言的傳播”。
33第33題應(yīng)選( )
A.citiesB.stationsC.statesD.Nations
參考答案：D
參考解析：
根據(jù)前面句子中的networks“網(wǎng)絡(luò)”可知應(yīng)選擇nations，指“國家”。其他選項(xiàng)只是國家的部分地區(qū)。
34第34題應(yīng)選( )
A.languagesB.populationsC.accentsD.Customs
參考答案：B
參考解析：
根據(jù)British colonies可推測應(yīng)表示各種“人口”。
35第35題應(yīng)選( )
A.educationB.marketC.collegeD.business參考答案：A
參考解析：
market，business包括在commerce中;college包括在education中。
IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points)
Luckily, the back tires of their car stayed on the road. Otherwise, the young couple would have
driven right into a pit twenty feet wide and thirty feet deep!
The man and woman were coming home from a party. They were enjoying the landscape aroundSwansea, Wales. Suddenly, they found the front of their car leaning into a huge hole. The car barely hung onto the edge of the pit. It swayed back and forth like the arm of a balance.
In their precarious position,the couple knew that each movement they made could be a matterof life and death. Slowly, slowly, they edged toward the backseat. Then each opened a back door. An don the count of three,they jumped out together. The accident was so scary that they ran a long way before they calmed down. But later they returned to see what had happened. They found that a big chunk of the road had sunk into the ground! And at the bottom of the pit lay their car--roof down and wheels up.
Was this mystery of the sunken road ever solved? It turned out that an abandoned mine shaftlay under the road. It had collapsed and taken the pavement with it. Layers of tunnels intersect be-neath the city of Swansea. The tunnels were built so many years ago that no one knows where they end or begin. The tunnels are shaky, like those that ants build in the sand. No one knows when the entire city might collapse.
36This passage is primarily about __________ .
A.driving carefullyB.the city of Swansea, WalesC.a road that caved inD.tunnels that ants build
參考答案：C
參考解析：
本文講了一對夫婦因道路塌陷而經(jīng)歷的一次險情。C項(xiàng)是正確的。cave in“塌陷”。
37It is probably true that _________
A.the other roads in Swansea are pretty safeB.other sections of Swansea will cave in sometimeC.everyone should move out of SwanseaD.Swansea is a very interesting city
參考答案：B
參考解析：
最后一段指出這座城市的地下有座被遺棄的煤礦，煤礦坑道的倒塌帶動了道路的下沉，整座城市隨時都會倒塌。B項(xiàng)是正確的。
38The writer creates interest in the first sentence by using _________
A.a funny storyB.romantic imageryC.a vivid descriptionD.a precise argument
參考答案：C
參考解析：
作者在文章的一開始就生動地描述了這對夫婦所處的險情。c項(xiàng)是正確的。
39The underlined word "precarious" in the third paragraph means _________
A.unexpectedB.DangerousC.unusualD.ridiculous.
參考答案：B
參考解析：
第三段整段都在描述這對夫婦的危險境地，他們采取的冒險的自救方式等等，這些都充滿了危險。B項(xiàng)是正確的。unexpected“出人意料的”;dangerous“危險的”;unusual“不平常的”;ridiculous“愚蠢的”。
31第31題應(yīng)選( )
A.suchB.allC.manyD.Those
參考答案：A
參考解析：
such與空格后的as搭配。
32第32題應(yīng)選( )
A.useB.spreadC.coverD.connection
參考答案：B
參考解析：
根據(jù)0ver the radio and television net.works可以確定答案為spread，意思為“語言的傳播”。
33第33題應(yīng)選( )
A.citiesB.stationsC.statesD.Nations
參考答案：D
參考解析：
根據(jù)前面句子中的networks“網(wǎng)絡(luò)”可知應(yīng)選擇nations，指“國家”。其他選項(xiàng)只是國家的部分地區(qū)。
34第34題應(yīng)選( )
A.languagesB.populationsC.accentsD.Customs
參考答案：B
參考解析：
根據(jù)British colonies可推測應(yīng)表示各種“人口”。
35第35題應(yīng)選( )
A.educationB.marketC.collegeD.business參考答案：A
參考解析：
market，business包括在commerce中;college包括在education中。
根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：
Luckily, the back tires of their car stayed on the road. Otherwise, the young couple would have
driven right into a pit twenty feet wide and thirty feet deep!
The man and woman were coming home from a party. They were enjoying the landscape aroundSwansea, Wales. Suddenly, they found the front of their car leaning into a huge hole. The car barely hung onto the edge of the pit. It swayed back and forth like the arm of a balance.
In their precarious position,the couple knew that each movement they made could be a matterof life and death. Slowly, slowly, they edged toward the backseat. Then each opened a back door. An don the count of three,they jumped out together. The accident was so scary that they ran a long way before they calmed down. But later they returned to see what had happened. They found that a big chunk of the road had sunk into the ground! And at the bottom of the pit lay their car--roof down and wheels up.
Was this mystery of the sunken road ever solved? It turned out that an abandoned mine shaftlay under the road. It had collapsed and taken the pavement with it. Layers of tunnels intersect be-neath the city of Swansea. The tunnels were built so many years ago that no one knows where they end or begin. The tunnels are shaky, like those that ants build in the sand. No one knows when the entire city might collapse.
36This passage is primarily about __________ .
A.driving carefullyB.the city of Swansea, WalesC.a road that caved inD.tunnels that ants build
參考答案：C
參考解析：
本文講了一對夫婦因道路塌陷而經(jīng)歷的一次險情。C項(xiàng)是正確的。cave in“塌陷”。
37It is probably true that _________
A.the other roads in Swansea are pretty safeB.other sections of Swansea will cave in sometimeC.everyone should move out of SwanseaD.Swansea is a very interesting city
參考答案：B
參考解析：
最后一段指出這座城市的地下有座被遺棄的煤礦，煤礦坑道的倒塌帶動了道路的下沉，整座城市隨時都會倒塌。B項(xiàng)是正確的。
38The writer creates interest in the first sentence by using _________
A.a funny storyB.romantic imageryC.a vivid descriptionD.a precise argument
參考答案：C
參考解析：
作者在文章的一開始就生動地描述了這對夫婦所處的險情。c項(xiàng)是正確的。
39The underlined word "precarious" in the third paragraph means _________
A.unexpectedB.DangerousC.unusualD.ridiculous.
參考答案：B
參考解析：
第三段整段都在描述這對夫婦的危險境地，他們采取的冒險的自救方式等等，這些都充滿了危險。B項(xiàng)是正確的。unexpected“出人意料的”;dangerous“危險的”;unusual“不平常的”;ridiculous“愚蠢的”。
根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：
Every country has its heroes. They may be soldiers or sports people, doctors or film stars. Weadmire them for their courage, their strength, their devotion to duty or their talent. Their exampleinspires us to live better, to work harder.
Terry Fox was a young student who loved life and who loved sports. When he was just 18 yearsold a terrible tragedy occurred : his right leg had to be cut off because of cancer. Such an experiencewould have destroyed a weaker person--but Terry Fox was a fighter. He refused to give up. Instead,while he was recovering from the operation, an idea slowly formed in his mind. He decided he wouldrun across Canada--in order to raise money for cancer research.
Slowly and carefully, he began to train. Every step was extremely painful, but he insisted,increasing the distance covered day by day. Sixteen months later, in the spring of 1980,he was readyfor the long journey across Canada--his Marathon of Hope. It was a time of inspiration and heart-breaking emotion. Through television, every home saw his distinctive style of rnnning a kind of half-hop and half-run. Thousands of people lined the route to encourage him and to wish him well.They also gave money to fight cancer. Then, on September 1st,1980, after 143 days and more than5,000 kilometers completed,everything came tragically to an end. Terry had to stop.,He lived on foranother nine months and died on June 28th,1981. He was almost 23.
48Terry Fox was a_________
A.studentB.movie starC.soldierD.Sportsman
參考答案：A
參考解析：
文中第二段第一句話“Terry Fox wasa young student...”給出了答案。
49What idea was gradually formed in Terry's mind during his recovering stage?
A.Earning money.B.Cutting off the other leg.C.Running across the country.D.Exercising hard.
參考答案：C
參考解析：
根據(jù)文中第二段最后兩句“...anidea slowly formed...He decided he would run Terry Fox的做法是贊美的、欽佩的。
50Terry Fox ran his journey_________
A.with thousands of people supporting himB.without raising any moneyC.with few people watching him on TVD.with his teachers and classmates following him
...
參考答案：A
51The author's attitude to Terry Fox is_________
A.sympatheticB.jealousC.indifferentD.admiring
參考答案：C
根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：
Researchers have found that REM (rapid eye movement)sleep is important to human beings.This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one night of sleep lasting five minutes toforty minutes for each occurrence. The deeper a person's sleep becomes, the longer the periods ofrapid eye movement.
There are physical changes in the body to show that a person has changed from NREM (non-rapid eye movement)to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster, the heart rate increases, and, as thename implies, the eyes begin to move quickly.
Accompanying these physical changes in the body there is a very important characteristic of
REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that a person dreams.
52According to the passage,how often does REM sleep occur in one night?
A.Once.B.Twice.C.Four or five times.D.Forty times.
參考答案：C
參考解析：
根據(jù)文中第一段第二句的提示，可知REM一晚上發(fā)生四到五次。
53The word "deeper" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________
A.heavierB.louderC.strongerD.happier
參考答案：A
參考解析：
文中的deeper指“人睡得深，睡得沉”，可以用heavier代替。
54Which of the following shows that a person is NOT dreaming in his sleep?
A.His eyes begin to move.B.His breathing becomes faster.C.His heart rate increases.D.His eyes stop moving.
參考答案：D
參考解析：
根據(jù)文中第二段的提示，可知D項(xiàng)不是做夢的特征。
55Which of the following is the best title of the article?
A.REM SleepB.Two Types of SleepC.SleepersD.What Happens to Sleepers
參考答案：A
參考解析：
文章主要講述了人們在睡眠時的REM階段的情況。
V. Daily Conversation ( 15 points)
根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：
Gary:Dear,I have to go to the office early today. Can you take Sally to school?
Ada:Sure. Want me to give you a ride?
Gary:No, forget it. 56 . It's very quick. I'll pick Sally up this afternoon. You can just come horr after work.
Ada: OK. Oh, I almost forgot. 57 . I've made an evening appointment with Mr. Steven to tall about our next project.
Gary:Oh, I see. 58 . Hurry Sally up a little. She hasn't even had her breakfast yet. Ada: OK. 59 . Love you,honey
Gary : I love you,too.6.0love you,too. 60
56第56題應(yīng)填( )
參考答案：H
57第57題應(yīng)填( )
參考答案：D
58第58題應(yīng)填( )
參考答案：B
59第59題應(yīng)填( )
參考答案：G
60第60題應(yīng)填( )
參考答案：A
VI. Writing (25 points)
61假設(shè)你是Matt Hand，在報上看到一則招聘廣告，正符合你的情況，于是寫信求職。廣告要點(diǎn)：
(1)招聘對象：有計算機(jī)工程(engineeing學(xué)歷的工程師;
(2)條件：有兩年以上計算機(jī)工程工作經(jīng)驗(yàn);年齡在22～30歲之間;身體健康。注意：地址和招聘單位名稱可自編。
參考解析：
1073，Green Street
Atchison，Kansas，66002
March l0，2012
P.O.Box 2035
Clare Corporation，Ltd.
Dear Sirs，
I read your advertisement in yesterday’S paper.I think I am the best person fit for the position.
I'm 23 years old.I graduated from Boston University two years ago.My major at university was computer engi—neering.After graduation l worked as a computer engineer in a big company for two years.Now I have enough expe-fience in this field.And I'm very interested in it.
I like sports and I am in good health.I like hard work.I’m sure I can do your iob well if I can become a member of your company.
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Very sincerely yours，
Matt Hand
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