山大2017专升本科英语1-2试题及答案

I. Vocabulary and Structure

1. —Bill, if it doesn't rain, we can go straight on and spend more time in Vienna.

— I just want to hear Mozart.

A. Well done !

B. No problem.

C.That' s great !

D. That' s it.

2. —Excuse me, do you have the time?

—

A.Yes, I do

B.Of course, I have

C.Aquarter to ten

D.No problem

3. —Will you join us in the game?

—Thank you,

A.but why not?

B.but I’d rather not.

C.and I won’t

D.and I’ll join.

4. —I’ve studied growing plants as one of my interests. Could I make some suggestions?

— ______.

A. You will make it

B. Go right ahead.

C. Don’t mention it

D. Take it easy

5. ．—Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the British Museum?

—Sorry, I'm a stranger here.

—_______.

A. Thanks anyway

B. It doesn't matter

C. Never mind

D. No problem.

6. Researchers have only succeeded in marking off fragmentary stretches of DNA.

A. combined

B. single

C. connected

D. disconnected

7. Companies now have an incentive to file more selective applications.

A. motivation

B. excitement

C. amusement

D. pressure

8. The sloppy reasoning of the speaker disappointed his supporters.

A. plain

B. discontinuous

C. inconsistent

D. careless

9. After three years of efforts, the scientists got _______ further than isolating a single gene with a single known function.

A. no

B. Never

C. seldom

D. not

10. There is still _______ about Lawrence’s novels.

A. competition

B. controversy

C. contention

D. contest

11. Some films have a misleading _____ on children.

A. effect

B. affect

C. fault

D. deficiency

12. Global warming is likely to _____ a series of unpleasant effects.

A. double

B. fasten

C. trigger

D. alleviate

13. That young man still denies _______ the fire behind the store.

A. start

B. to start

C. having started

D. to have started

14. ______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is

never admired.

A. As

B. Once

C. Although

D. Lest

15. I’d rather have a room of my own, ho wever small it is, than _______ a room with someone

else.

A. share

B. to share

C. sharing

D. to have shared

16. American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised

_______ from the United States.

A. transfer

B. deliveries

C. transportation

D. transmissions

17. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of

the medium is _______.

A. granted

B. implied

C. exaggerated

D. remedied

18. Philip Roth was ______ as a major new author in 1960.

A. published

B. hailed

C. guided

D. supposed

19. A _____ number of books on this subject are in the library.

A. little

B. limited

C. tiny

D. low

20. The river dried up during the hot _______.

A. period

B. fit

C. scorcher

D. spell

21. Daylight ______ long in the summer time.

A. lingers

B. stays

C. hovers

D. persists

22. An electronic message snapped his concentration.

A. caused to lose concentration suddenly

B. broke off

C. ceased

D. stopped

23. It is vital for parents to supervise teens as well as to teach them how to manage time.

A. prior

B. very important

C. fatal

D. superior

24. The solid particles were filtered ________ before the solution was used.

A. out

B. over

C. off

D. on

25. I had a bizarre taste, which I acquired playing football games.

A. odd

B. unconventional

C. special

D. extra

II. Cloze

There are 10 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank there are five choices marked A, B, C, D and E. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage(s).

In Britain, a student who receives further full-time education after the age of eighteen, either at a university or at a teachers’ training college or at some other college giving training of a 36 type, can usually receive a grant from the public authorities to cover his expenses, or most of them, unless his parents have a large income. But the number of young people who can 37 universities is limited by the capacity of the universities, which is 38 than enough to take all the young people who have the basic qualifications for university admission. In practice, therefore, entry to the universities is competitive. But university degree courses are also 39 at polytechnics, and entry to the Open University is less restricted.

The academic year begins after the summer holidays and is divided into three “terms”, with the 40 between them formed by the Christmas and Easter holidays. The exact dates of the holidays vary from area to area, 41 in general about two weeks at Christmas and Easter, plus often a week or more at Whitsun, and six weeks in the summer, beginning rather late. Schools outside the state system decide on their own holiday 42 , generally taking a month off at