2016年10月自考公共课英语(一)模拟试题

  1.根据给出的汉语词义和规定的词性相应的英语单词。该词的首字母已给出。(10%)

2016年10月自考公共课英语(一)模拟试题

1)吓唬、使惊恐 v.f

2)污染 n.p

3)宠爱的人或物 n.f

4)绝对的、完全的 adj.a

5)斗争、奋斗 v./n.s

6)原理、原则 n.p

7)准确的、精确的 adj.a

8)配偶;搭档、伙伴 n.p

9)卫生,人造卫星 n.s

10)几乎不,几乎没有 adv.s

11)标准,规范 n.s

12)官方,当局 n.a

13)立即的,即可的 adj.i

14)基本的,根本的 adj.f

15)尊敬,尊重 v./n.r

16)监听、监视 v.m

17)分配、委派 v.a

18)结果,后果 n.c

19)比,比率 n.r

20)调查,研究 v./n.r

  2.根据句子的意思将括号中的词变成适当的形式。(10%)

1)I(work)hard this morning and I'm really hungry.

2)She seemed(hear)about the bad news already.

3)Regardless of the heavy rain,they all objected to (put)the meeting off.

4)He (could,not,hear)the news as it was released only a few minutes ago.

5)Many preschool teachers don't like to have commmercially made toy weapons(bring)into the classroom.

6)If she hadn't taken your advice,she(make)a bad mistake.

7)It is desired that she(get)everything ready before Friday.

8)New York City(have)several London-type smogs since 1950.

9)The proverb “There's no smoke without fire.”means that there is generally some truth in even the (wild)rumors.

10)Women(be)the “weaker”and “dependent”sex,it is only natural that they should cry in certain emotional situations.

  3.根据句子的意思选择正确的.答案。(10%)

1)We now have________of traveling that the Atlantic Ocean seems to have grown smaller.

fast way

fast way

tast ways

fast ways

2)Some birds are very lively in their sports;and the same is true________some insects.

3)A scientific truth offers an explanation that is asseptable only________what is hnown at a particular time.

place of

search of

need of

the light of

4)Tom spent four years in China,________he learned chinese.

h

ng which time

5)A bird knows________instinct how to build a nest.

ugh

6)________it is ,the difference can cause circular movement.

l but

l as

small

small

7)We must________the people to the dangers facing our country.

en

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t

8)________than I fell ill.

sooner I had arrived

sooner A arrive

C.I had arrived to sooner

sooner I arrived

9)He said that ________time for improving his physical fitness would be a total misuse of his working hours.

ing aside

ing out

set about

set off

10)If someone buys you lunch,they will expect a favor________.

ing aside

ing out

set about

set off

  4.本题共有三段短文,每段短文后面有三至四道小题,共计十道小题。每道小题都有四个选择项。找出你认为正确的答案。(20%)

Passage 1

A tornado(龙卷风)can do a lot of wind of a tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped(烟囱状的) travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles the wind circles counterclockwise(逆时针方向地),the funnel spirals(盘旋上升)higher and force of the wind sucks up water,dirt,and objects,and carries them along with may drop them again many miles es and huge trees have been drawn into tornado sea,ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes dropping water on them.

East of Australia,people talk about a “rain of blood”。This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to make red e are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping them.

1)The path of a tornado is usually________.

t and narrow

r than it is long

er than it is wide

A and B

2)the wind in a tornado usually travels________.

ight up

and around

and around

3)Ships have nearly been sunk when tornadoes have ________.

ped water on them

n them into the funnel

n them in the wrong direction

ped trees on them

4)The “rain of hlood”east of Australia is made of ________.

es and frogs

dust and water

y water

blood

Passage 2

Life insurance isn't fun to forces you to think about your death,a subject many prefer not no there's a single,overriding reason to buy life insurance:to provide an income for your dependents should you die.

Don't depend only on an agent to figure your life-insurance -of-thumb estimates such as five or eight times your income are guesses;they may produce too little or too much y too little insurance and you may not provide a reasonable standard of living for your family after your death;carry too much and you may not enjoy a reasonable of living while you are alive.

Most people who have life insurance don't have median amount of coverage for all adults with life insurance was only £15 000

in 's obviously not enough to sustain a family with young children for very onwide Insurance found that the married men in its 1984 survey carried an average of about £101 880 in life insurance;they needed about £100 706 ied women carried about £43 516 worth insurance needed some £98 507 more.

How do you determine the amount of life insurance you would need to maintain your family's current life style if the breadwinner died?First,figure what your family's expenses would be if you died analyze your assets and the sources of income that you can use to cover the expenses,Finally,subtract(减去)the assets from the result is the amount of additional insurance that you'll need to buy.

5)The reason why life insurance is not fun to buy lies in that________.

people prefer not fo face the subject

e is a riding reason

reminds you that you may die one day

forces you to think

6)If you carry too lottle or too much insurance________.

er you or your family might suffer

may not provide a reasonable standard of living for your family after your death

may not enjoy a reasonable standard of living while you're alive

will know in the end that they are just wild guesses

7)How do you determine the amount of life insurance you would need?

yze your assets and sources of income

mate your family's expenses

away the assets from the expenses

of the above

Passage 3

The beavers of North America build a dam to create an artificial lake in which to construct an island home or n the beavers work in r choosing a narrow place in a shallow stream with a firm bottom,they set to work felling trees by standing on their hind legs and gnawing(咬)round the trunks with their large chisel-like the tree is down,the beavers lop(砍)off the branches and cut the trunk into suitable lengths which they drag into the stream and sink across the ks,stones and mud are used to keep the dam in position and make it watertight.

In the middle of the lake thus created the beavers use the same materials to build their completed this is a dome-shaped(圆屋顶的),ventilated(通风的)structure about 8 feet in diameter and rising well clear of the surface of the e are two entrances,both under of these is used for general purpose,the other as an escape route in an emergency or for bringing in food.

The lodge serves as a home,a nursery for the baby beavers and a storehouse for food in beavers feed chiefly on the bark of trees,of which they keep a plentiful supply at the bottom of the dam,on the ded of the lake and built into the fabric of their home.

In winter,when the lake is frozen over and snow covers the ground,the lodge is virtually an impregnable(牢不可破的)fortress(堡垒)which the beavers can leave and enter by swimming under the ers are experts at keeping the water in the lake at the right level by constructing work industriously to maintain both dam and lodge -hence the origin of that popular phrase about being “as busy as a beaver”。

8)The main idea of this passage is________.

beaver's living habit

beaver's eating habit

beaver's working habit

beaver's protection habit from its enemy

9)According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

ers have large teeth like shisels.

ers'home is dome-shaped and ventilated.

island home has two entrances,both of which are near the surface of water.

ers chiefly eat barks of trees.

10)The author adds the popular phrase “as busy a beaver”to the end of the passage just for________.

ofucing the origin of the popular phrase

luding the hard-working character of the beavers

ng entertainment to the readers

ing the wide range of knowledge of the author himself

  5.完形填空(10%)

Smoking (1)may be a pleasure for some people,is a serious source of discomfort for their her,medical authorities express their

(2)about the effect of smoking (3)the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who do fact,non-smokers who must involuntarly breathe in the air (4)by tobacco smoke may (5)more than the smokers them-selves.

As you are doubtless awake,a considerable number of our students bave joined in an effort to (6)the university to ban(禁止)smoking in the classroom.I believe they are totally right in their (7)。(8),I Would hope that it is (9)to achieve this by calling on the smokers to use good judgement and show concern (10)others rather than by regulation.

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  6.将下面的短文译成汉语。(15%)

Man still has a lot to nearn about the most powerful and complex part of his body-the brain.

In ancient times men did not think that the brain was the center of mental totle the philosopher of ancient Greece thought that the mind was based in the was not until the 18th century that men realized that the whole of the brain was involved in the workings of the mind.

During the 19th century scientists found that when certain parts of the brain were damaged men lost the ability to do certain so,people thought that each part of the brain controlled a different modern research has found that this is not is not easy to say exactly what each part of the brain does.

  7.将下面的句子译成英语。(15%)

1)每次我去上海,都能看到这个城市的巨大变化。

2)如果遇到生词,最好查字典。

3)直到读了你的报告我才了解到事实的真相。

4)这些商品的价格从几美元到数百美元不等。

5)不是因为我不喜欢那工作,而是因为我现在没有时间去做。