河北专接本考试模拟试卷(一)

河北专接本考试模拟试卷(一)Test I(90 minutes)Part I Reading Comprehension (40/150)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choice s marked A.B.C) and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corres ponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:A forger(伪造者)is a person who makes an imitation or copy of money or a document. A forger usually sells his works to people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for15years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. At first be succeeded in selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签名) Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatur es of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale.In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a Miss Fanny’sfinancial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous f ather. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity di d not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the diff icult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?A. There was a greater demand there than in America.B. There was less chance of being detected there.C. Britain was Spring’s birthpalce.D. The prices were higher in England and Canada.2. After the Civil War, there was g great demand in Britainfor______.A. Southern moneyB. Signatures of George Washington and Ben FranklinC. Southern manuscripts and lettersD. Civil War baffle plans3. Robert Spring spent 15 years_____.A. running a bookstore in PhiladelphiaB. corresponding with Miss Fanny JacksonC. as a forgerD. as a respectable dealer4. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to ____.A. sharp-eyed expertB. persons who aren’t expertsC. book dealersD. owners of old books5. Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?A. The only daughter of General “Stonewall Jackson”.B. A little-known girl who sold her father’s papers to Rob ert Spring.C. Robert Spring’s daughter.D. An imaginary person created by Spring.Passage twoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Obviously it is meaningless in increasing your w.p.m. rate if you do not un derstand what you are reading. When you are consciously trying to increase your reading speed, stop after every chapter if you are reading a novel, or stop ev ery section or group of ten or twelve pagesif it is a textbook, and ask yourse lf a few questions about what you have been reading. If you find you have lost the clue of the story or you cannot remember clearly the details of what was sa id re-read the section or chapter.Try this form time to time. Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly c an. Do not worry about whether you understand or not. Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your normal .w.p.m. rate, the rate at which you can com fortably understand. After a lightnings peed’ read through (probably about 600 w.p.m.) you will usually find that your technique that players use when they h abitually run furtherin training than they will have to on the day of the big race.6. When you are reading a novel, the passage advises you to pauseto check the content____.A. every chapter----------B. every hourC. every three or four pages----D. after every page7. The purpose of pausing so often is to _____.A. rest the eyesB. make sure you have not missed any pagesC. make sure you really understand what you have readD. prevent brain fatigue8. If you have lost the clue of the story you are reading, the passage sugg ests_____.A. choosing an easier bookB. glancing back over the chapter you have just readC. asking a friend to help you with the difficult wordsD. learning the previous chapter9. The purpose of the lightning speed exercise is to ______.A. increase your normal speed by practicing at a very high rateB. get through the book in half the time so that you can go on to with the nextC. help you understand more of the content of the bookD. enable you to win reading races against your friends10. The word “interest” in paragraph 2 means .A. attractive----B. easy----C. interesting----D. importantPassage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:--Sports and games make our bodies strong: prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us health. But these are net their only use. They give us valuable pr actice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain the has to de4cide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back w here it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed; and only those who have had alot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, t he practice of such skills is especially useful.--Sports and games are also very useful for character—training. In their l essons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courag e, discipline and love of one’s country, but what is learned in books c annot have the same deep effect on a child’s character as what is learned by e xperience. The ordinary day—school cannot give much practical training in livi ng, because most of thepu pils’ time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to make their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns t o work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he willlater fi nd it natural to work for their country instead of only for his own benefit.11. According to the author, sports and games are useful because they ____.A.--help us lose weightB.--bring us much practice in bodyC.--make us fat and strongD.--improve our bodily strength and coordination12. The “complicated chain of events ” refers to ______.A.--the passing of information and making of decisionB.--the meeting and hitting back of the ballC.--the coordination lf our eyes, brain and musclesD.--a lot of practice before playing tennis13. By character—training, the author means that sports and games can help children _____.A.--live a better life when they grow upB.--know better how to behave properly in their future lifeC.--understand better the virtues they learn in booksD.--take a better position in society14. According to the author, a child’s character can be most deeply influe nced by ____.A.--what he does after class --B.--what he learns in booksC.--his place in societyD.--his lessons at school15.What is of the greatest importance to a football team is _____.A. its members ------B. its team work--C. the football field ----D. the climatePassage Four--Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:--In 1848 a settler in remote, undeveloped California discovered gold near Sacramento. As the news spread, a great tide of gold —hungry men flowed into C alifornia. These “Forty--niners” (migrants of 1849) came from Europe. Some of the people moved across the country by wagon, traveling almost half a year and meeting many hardships and danger.Others sailed all the way around South Amer ican, finally reaching the California shore. Since the first discovery was of t iny pieces of gold at the bottom of a stream, many of the prospectors used pans and sieves, searching the waters of brooks and rivers for the precious specks of yellow metal. Others made channels to draw off flowing water in order to exa mine it carefully for specks of gold. They worked with almost insane determinat ion ad fierce competition.--Life was hard and rough in the days of the California gold rush.A few of the adventurers became rich, but most of them were bitterly disappointed. Afte r having uprooted themselves from home and from livelihood and after traveling the long, dangerous road to California, they had found little or nothing. Some returned home. But many remained in California to work and to settle as ordinar y citizens without the riches they had dreamed of.--It was this great influx of population that built up California very fast and led to its becoming a state of the United States in 1850.16. Many people rushed to California because _____.A. they were hungry for discoveriesB. they were attracted by goldC. they were travelers form EuropeD. they looked for a new competition17. According to the author, some gold—seekers were perhaps from____.A. South American -------- ----B. England or FranceC. prosperous Sacramento ------D. industrialized California18. In line two, “Forty--niners” referred to _____.A. those people who left California-- ----B. the number of the gold—rusher sC. the newcomers to California in 1849--D. the year of gold rush19. A great many people remained in California because _____.A. they found what they had expected----B. life there was full of competiti onsC. they had no better choices --------D. they still dreamed of the riches20. What was the suggested title for the passage?A. The California Gold Rush--------B. The Migrants of 1849C. The Hard and Rough Life in California --D. How to Find Gold in Californi aParts II Vocabulary and Structure (50/150)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences I this part. For each sentenc e there are choices marked A),B),C) and D. Choose the ONE that best completes t he sentence. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sin gle line through the centre.21. Have you _____ a single word I’ve been saying to you?A. taken in ----B. taken up ----C. taken over ----D taken off22 Dr. Paul charges a high ____ for his service.A. profit ----B. pay------C. salary ----D. earning23. You should keep your anger ____control.A. with----B. below ----C under ------D. within24. We all ____the achievement he has made in his experiment.A. admire ----B. adopt------C. advise ----D. adjust25. Since we can’t hear you at the back of the hall, you’ll have to ____y our voice.A. rise ----B. raise ------C. arouse------D. arise26. He’s really a ____ man , who always does unusual things.A. considerable--B. responsible----C. remarkable----D. available27. I ____ an old classmate of mine yesterday evening.A. ran out ----B. ran into ----C. ran over ----D. ran away28. My sewing machine is not working _____.A. relatively --B. correctly----C. properly----D. reasonably29. The manager promised to keep me ____ of how our business was going on.A. to be informed --B. inform ----C. informed----D. informing30. On our road of advance we are _____ to meet with difficulties.A. found ------B. bound ----C. forbidden----D. inclined31. It was not until 1936 _____ factories in this city ______before.A. when ------B. which------C. then------D. that32.There were only ____ factories in this city _____before.A.--one-fifth as many … as------B. one-fifth as many … thanC. one –fifth fewer … than ----D. as one-fifth … as33. Little ____ of passing the coming examination.A. I did think ----B. thought I----C. did I think--D. I thought34. It will not be long ____ we can have a trip to the moonA. that-- --B. after----C. until----D. before35. In choosing a career, many young people would ___ of their parents.A. take the words----B. listen to the advice----C. follow the advice--D. hear the words36. Florida can ____ vegetable ____ the rest of the country in AmericaA. give… with --B. provide… for --C. meet… for --D. supply... with37. He was in a traffic jam.___ made him late for school.A. that ----B. which ----C. what----D. how38. I don’t think that I shall ta il. But if I ____ I would try again.A. should fail ----B. would fail----C. shall fail ----D. had fail39._____ had they heard the news ____ they rushed out of the classroom.A. Hardly… when --B. Hardly…then --C. Scarcely… than --D. No sooner…when40. The subject____ I am most interested is English.A. in that --B. in what ----C. in which----D. in where41. They are very sad to learn ____ students passing the exam is small.A. a number of --B. the number of --C. an amount of --D. the amount of42. I have never spoken ill of her,____ I don’t like her.A. if ----B. because----C. so that ----D. though43. I have no doubt____ he will overcome all the difficulties.A. whether --B. if ----C. that ----D. so as to44. I gave him the book , but demanded that he ____ it to me in a week.A. return----B. return ----C. would return ----D. returned45. Bob’s right hand was seriously injured and he would be____ for work fo r several weeks.A. healthy ----B. unfit ----C. suitable ----D. anxious46. Will you please telephone a hotel in the city to ____ a roomfor me?A. book ----B. occupy ----C. preserve ----D. ask47. It seems to me that you have been ____ your studies recently.A. ignoring ----B. neglecting ----C. overlooking ----D. missing48. The song sung at the party reminded him____ his first lesson during his school-days.A. of ----B. on----C. to ----D. off49. Some people want to go hunting _____ others want to go fishing.A. or----B. because----C. while----D. since。