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 choices marked A.B.C) and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 1to 5 are bad 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 lls 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 for 15years by lling fal signatures of famous Americans. At first be succeeded in lling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签名) Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lesn the chance of detection, he nt 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’s financial problems forced her to ll a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of parating his forgeries from the originals.
1. Why did Spring ll his fal 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 Britain for______.
A. Southern money
B. Signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin
C. Southern manuscripts and letters
D. Civil War baffle plans
3. Robert Spring spent 15 years_____.
A. running a bookstore in Philadelphia
B. corresponding with Miss Fanny Jackson
C. as a forger
D. as a respectable dealer
4. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to ____.
A. sharp-eyed expert
B. persons who aren’t experts
C. book dealers
D. owners of old books
5. 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 Robert Spring.
C. Robert Spring’s daughter.
D. An imaginary person created by Spring.
Passage two
Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the following passage:
Obviously it is meaningless in increasing your rate if you do not understand what you are reading. When you are consciously trying to increa your reading speed, stop after every chapter if you are reading a novel, or stop every ction or group of ten or twelve pages if it is a textbook, and ask yourlf 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 said re-read the ction 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 can. Do not worry about whether you understand or not. Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your normal . rate, the rate at which you can comfortably understand. After a lightning speed’ read through (probably about 600 ) you will usually find that your technique that players u when they habitually run further in training than they will have to on the day of the big race.
6. When you are reading a novel, the passage advis you to pau to check the content____.
A. every chapter----------B. every hour
C. every three or four pages----D. after every page
7. The purpo of pausing so often is to _____.
A. rest the eyes
B. make sure you have not misd any pages
C. make sure you really understand what you have read
D. prevent brain fatigue
8. If you have lost the clue of the story you are reading, the passage suggests_____.
A. choosing an easier book
B. glancing back over the chapter you have just read
C. asking a friend to help you with the difficult words
D. learning the previous chapter
9. The purpo of the lightning speed exerci is to ______.
A. increa your normal speed by practicing at a very high rate
B. get through the book in half the time so that you can go on to with the next
C. help you understand more of the content of the book
D. enable you to win reading races against your friends
10. The word “interest” in paragraph 2 means .
A. attractive----B. easy----C. interesting----D. important
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are bad on the following passage:
--Sports and games make our bodies strong: prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us health. But the are net their only u. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes e 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 nd its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed; and only tho who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For tho who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially uful.
--Sports and games are also very uful for character—training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unlfishness, courage, discipline and love of one’s country, but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child’s character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day—school cannot give much practical training in living, becau most of the pupils’ time is spent in class, 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 to work for his team and not for himlf on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for their country instead of only for his own benefit.
11. According to the author, sports and games are uful becau they ____.
A.--help us lo weight
B.--bring us much practice in body
C.--make us fat and strong
D.--improve our bodily strength and coordination
12. The “complicated chain of events ” refers to ______.
A.--the passing of information and making of decision
B.--the meeting and hitting back of the ball
C.--the coordination lf our eyes, brain and muscles
D.--a lot of practice before playing tennis
13. By character—training, the author means that sports and games can help children _____.
A.--live a better life when they grow up
B.--know better how to behave properly in their future life
C.--understand better the virtues they learn in books
D.--take a better position in society
14. According to the author, a child’s character can be most deeply influenced by ____.
A.--what he does after class --
B.--what he learns in books
C.--his place in society
D.--his lessons at school
15.What is of the greatest importance to a football team is _____.
A. its members ------B. its team work--
C. the football field ----D. the climate
Passage Four--
Questions 16 to 20 are bad on the following passage:
--In 1848 a ttler in remote, undeveloped California discovered gold near Sacramento. As the news spread, a great tide of gold —hungry men flowed into California. The “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 American, finally reaching the California shore. Since the first discovery was of tiny pieces of gold at the bottom of a stream, many of the prospectors ud pans and sieves, arching the waters of brooks and rivers for the precious specks of yellow metal. Others made channels to draw off flowing water in order to examine it carefully for specks of gold. They worked with almost insane determination 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. After having uprooted themlves 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 ttle as ordinary 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 becau _____.
A. they were hungry for discoveries
B. they were attracted by gold
C. they were travelers form Europe
D. they looked for a new competition
17. According to the author, some gold—ekers were perhaps from ____.
A. South American -------- ----B. England or France
C. prosperous Sacramento ------ D. industrialized California
18. In line two, “Forty--niners” referred to _____.
A. tho people who left California-- ----B. the number of the gold—rushers
C. the newcomers to California in 1849-- D. the year of gold rush
19. A great many people remained in California becau _____.
A. they found what they had expected----B. life there was full of competitions
C. they had no better choices --------D. they still dreamed of the riches
20. What was the suggested title for the passage?
A. The California Gold Rush--------B. The Migrants of 1849
C. The Hard and Rough Life in California --D. How to Find Gold in California
Parts II Vocabulary and Structure (50/150)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete ntences I this part. For each ntence there are
choices marked A),B),C) and D. Choo the ONE that best completes the ntence. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single 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 off
22 Dr. Paul charges a high ____ for his rvice.
A. profit ----B. pay------C. salary ----D. earning
23. You should keep your anger ____control.
A. with----B. below ----C under ------D. within
24. We all ____the achievement he has made in his experiment.
A. admire ----B. adopt------C. advi ----D. adjust
25. Since we can’t hear you at the back of the hall, you’ll have to ____your voice.
A. ri ----B. rai ------C. arou------D. ari
26. He’s really a ____ man , who always does unusual things.
A. considerable--B. responsible----C. remarkable----D. available
27. I ____ an old classmate of mine yesterday evening.
A. ran out ----B. ran into ----C. ran over ----D. ran away
28. My wing machine is not working _____.
A. relatively --B. correctly----C. properly----D. reasonably
29. The manager promid to keep me ____ of how our business was going on.
A. to be informed --B. inform ----C. informed----D. informing
30. On our road of advance we are _____ to meet with difficulties.
A. found ------B. bound ----C. forbidden----D. inclined
31. It was not until 1936 _____ factories in this city ______before.
A. when ------B. which------C. then------D. that
32.There were only ____ factories in this city _____before.
A.--one-fifth as many … as------B. one-fifth as many … than
C. one –fifth fewer … than ----D. as one-fifth … as
33. Little ____ of passing the coming examination.
A. I did think ----B. thought I----C. did I think--D. I thought
34. It will not be long ____ we can have a trip to the moon
A. that-- --B. after----C. until----D. before
35. 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 words
36. Florida can ____ vegetable ____ the rest of the country in America
A. give… with --B. provide… for --C. meet… for --D.& with
37. He was in a traffic jam.___ made him late for school.
A. that ----B. which ----C. what----D. how
38. I don’t think that I shall tail. But if I ____ I would try again.
A. should fail ----B. would fail---- C. shall fail ----D. had fail
39._____ had they heard the news ____ they rushed out of the classroom.
A. Hardly… when --B. Hardly…then --
C. Scarcely… than --D. No sooner…when
40. The subject____ I am most interested is English.
A. in that --B. in what ----C. in which----D. in where
41. 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 of
42. I have never spoken ill of her,____ I don’t like her.
A. if ----B. becau---- C. so that ----D. though
43. I have no doubt____ he will overcome all the difficulties.
A. whether --B. if ----C. that ----D. so as to
44. I gave him the book , but demanded that he ____ it to me in a week.
A. return----B. return ----C. would return ----D. returned
45. Bob’s right hand was riously injured and he would be____ for work for veral weeks.
A. healthy ----B. unfit ----C. suitable ----D. anxious
46. Will you plea telephone a hotel in the city to ____ a room for me?
A. book ----B. occupy ----C. prerve ----D. ask
47. It ems to me that you have been ____ your studies recently.
A. ignoring ----B. neglecting ----C. overlooking ----D. missing
48. The song sung at the party reminded him____ his first lesson during his school-day
s.
A. of ----B. on---- C. to ----D. off
49. Some people want to go hunting _____ others want to go fishing.
A. or---- B. becau---- C. while----D. since
