2012年成人高考高起点英语预测试题三

年成人高考高起点英语预测试题三2012I.Phonetics10pointsDirections:In eachof the following groups of words,there are four underlinedletter combinationsmarkedA,B,C andD.Compare theunderlined partsand identifythe one that isdifferentfrom theothers inpronunciation.Mark youranswer byblackening thecorresponding letteron the Answer Sheet.分]L[1A:ma:rk:B:wa:rm:答案:C:wa:rd:D:wa:r A:ma:rk:分]

2.[1A:th:ree:B:th:ose:C:thank:答案:D:thea:tre:B:th:ose:分]

3.[1A:wind:B:kind:C:find:答案:D:mind:A:wind:分]

4.[1A:plan:t B:c:raf:tC:g:ra:spC:thinking:D:im:pre:ssi:on:答案D:im:pre:ssi:on:［分］

48.The roomis alittle small;it isso hot.lA:in:addi:ti:on:B:in:addi:ti:on:toC:addi:ti:onal:D:adding:答案A:in:addi:ti:on:［分］

49.I wishI heraddress yesterday.1A:kn:owB:had:kn:own:C:would:kn:own:D:kne:w答案:B:had:kn:own:分］

50.It yesterday.The groundis stillwet now.flA:m:ust ha:ve:rained:B:wa:s raining:C:rained:D:had:rained:答案A:m:ust ha:ve:rained:

111.Cloze20pointsDirections:For eachblank in the followingpassage,there arefour choicesgiven belowand markedA,B,C andD.Choose theonethat is mostsuitable andmark youranswer byblackening thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Insure means to protect_51_a lossof money.Most peoplecan budget their moneyso thattheirincome willcover expectedexpenses_52_food,clothing,housing,and publicservices.危机But,there isno wayto know_53_who willsuffer acrisis suchas aserious illness,fire,flood,or acar accident.Such crisesusually_54_great expense.Even ifpeople couldpredictcrises,it wouldbe hardto saveenough moneyto_55_the expenses.Insurance is a system_56_a companycollects moneyfrom manyindividuals andthen payscertain expenseswheneverone ofthose insuredindividuals is faced witha certaincrisis.An insurancepolicy_57_how muchthe insurancecosts andhow muchthe companywill paywhen apolicy holderisfaced witha certaincrisis.There aremany differentkinds ofinsurance,_58_hospital,motor-car andfire.Insurance canbe ratherexpensive butmost people buy insuranceof somekind.Insurance issomething_59_peoplebuy and hopethey will_60_need.分]

51.[2A:f:orB:f:rom:C:again:stD:wi:th:答案C:again:st分]

52.[2A:such:a:sB:f:or e:xam:pie:C:tha:t答案:D:the:same:a:s A:such:a:s分]

53.[2A:predic:tB:ahead:C:in:ad:vance:答案D:ea:rlie:r D:ea:rlie:r分]

54.[2A:re:sul:t f:rom:B:make:C:take:D:re:sul:t in:答案C:take:分]

55.[2A:c:ove:rB:pa:y back:C:fill:D:make:f:ull:答案:A:c:ove:r

56.A:tha:tB:b:y which:C:wha:tD:whe:re:答案:B:b:y which:分]

57.[2A:said:B:ag:ree:C:make:sure:D:sta:te:s答案:D:sta:te:s分]

58.[2A:incl:ude:B:incl:uding:C:a:s well:a:sD:al:so答案:B:incl:uding:分]

59.[2A:which:B:tha:tC:a:sD:like:答案:B:tha:t分]

60.[2A:ne:ve:rB:e:ve:rC:some:time:sD:of:ten:答案:D:of:ten:E:.Reading Comprehension60pointsDirections:There arefour readingpassages in this partEach passage is followedby fivequestions.Foreach question there arefour suggestedanswers markedA,B,C andD.Choose onebestanswer and blacken thecorrespondingletteron theAnswerSheet.Passage OneResearchershave foundthat REMrapid eyemovement sleepis importantto humanbeings.This typeof sleepgenerally occursfour orfive timesduring onenight ofsleep lastingfiveminutes toforty minutesfor eachoccurrence.The deepera persons sleepbecomes,thelonger theperiods ofrapid eyemovement.There arephysical charges in thebody toshow thata personhas changedfrom NREMnon-rapid eyemovement toREM sleep.Breathing becomesfaster,the heart rate increases,and,as the name implies,the eyes begin to move quickly.Accompanying thesephysical changes in thebody isa veryimportant characteristicof REMsleep.It isduring REMsleep thata persondreams.分]

61.According to the passage,how oftendoes REMsleep occurin onenight[3A:Once:B:Twice:C:F:our of:fi:ve:time:sD:F:orty time:s答案:C:F:our of:fi:ve:time:s分]

62.The word“deeper inparagraph1is closestin meaningto whichof the following[3A:hea:vie:r.B:I:oude:r.C:stronge:r.D:ha:ppie:r.答案A:hea:vie:r.分]

63.Which of thefollowingshows thata personis NOTdreaming inhis sleep[3A:H:i:s e:ye:s begin:tom:ove:.B:H:i:sb:rea:thing:bee:ome:sfa:ste:r.C:H:i:s hea:rt ra:te:inc:rea:se:s.D:H:i:s e:ye:s stopm:oving:.答案C:H:i:s hea:rtra:te:inc:rea:se:s.分]

64.The subject of thispassageis.[3A:wh:y pe:ople:slee:pB:the:h:uman:need:f:or REM:slee:pC:the:cha:rac:te:ri:Stic:of:REM:slee:pD:ph:ysical:change:s in:the:h:uman:b:od:y答案D:ph:ysical:change:sin:the:h:uman:b:od:y分]

65.Which of thefollowingis thebest titleof thearticle[3A:REM:Slee:pB:Two Type:sof:Slee:pC:Slee:pe:rsD:Wha:t H:a:ppen:stoSlee:pe:rs答案:A:REM:Slee:pPassage TwoTheMother GooseStories,so wellknown to children allover theword,are commonlysaid tohavebeen writtenby alittle oldwoman forher grandchildren.According tosome people,shelived inBoston,and herreal name was ElizabethVergoose.Her son-in-law,a printernamedThomas Fleet,was supposedto havepublished thefamous storiesand poemsfor smallchildrenin

1719.However,no copyof thisbook hasever beenfound,and mostscholarsdoubt thetruth ofthis story-and doubt,moreover,that Mother Goose wasever areal person.nThey pointout that thenameisadirect translationoftheFrench MereI Oye.In1697theFrenchman Charles Perrault published the first book inwhich thisnamewasused.Thecollection containseight tales,including SleepingBeauty,”“Cinderella,”and Tussin Boots.But Perraultdid notoriginate thesestories;they werealready quitepopular inhis day,and heonlycollected them.分]

66.What issuppssed tohave happenedin1719[3A:E:li:zabe:th:Ve:rg:oose:wrote:the:fi:rst M:othe:r G:oose:Storie:s.B:Th:oma:s F:lee:t publi:shed:the:M:othe:r G:oose:Storie:s.C:The:M:othe:r G:oose:Storie:s we:re:tran:sla:ted:in:to F:rench:.D:C:ha:rle:sPe:rra:ul:t publi:shed:the:fi:rst M:othe:r G:oose:Storie:s.答案B:Th:oma:s F:lee:t publi:shed:the:M:othe:rG:oose:Storie:s.分]

67.Most scholarsconsider MotherGoose tobe.[3A:a:real:pe:rson:B:a:b:ook:wri:tten:b:ya:li:ttle:old:woman:C:a:c:ollec:ti:on:b:y E:li:zabe:th:Ve:rg:oose:D:a:tran:sla:ti:on:f:rom:F:rench:答案D:a:tran:sla:ti:on:f:rom:F:rench:分]

68.When Perraultpublishedthefirstbookin1679,.[3D:a:t答案D:a:t分]

5.[1A:n:owB:kn:owledge:C:b:owD:all:ow答案B:kn:owledge:分]

6.[1A:sa:ysB:pla:ysC:sta:ysD:da:ys答案:A:sa:ys分]

7.[1A:lea:ve:B:sc:ream:C:head:D:lead:答案:C:head:分]

8.[1A:re:semble:B:re:si:stC:re:sol:ve:D:re:spec:t答案D:re:spec:t分]

9.[1A:fa:ul:tB:da:ugh:te:rC:ca:use:D:la:ugh:答案:D:la:ugh:

10.A:c:re:wB:ne:wC:fe:wD:de:w答案:A:c:re:wII.Vocabulary andStructure40pointsDirections:There are40incomplete sentencesinthissection.For eachsentence therearefourchoicesmarked A,B,C andD.Choose oneanswer thatbest completes the sentenceandblackenthecorresponding letterontheAnswerSheet.分]

11.Which iscountry,the UnitedStates or Canada[lA:a:la:rge:rB:la:rge:rC:the:la:rge:rD:the:la:rge:st答案C:the:la:rge:r分]

12.The silkfeels.[1A:sof:tB:sof:tl:yC:sof:tne:ssD:sof:ty答案:A:sof:t分]

13.Two nuclearpower stationsin the past tenyears.[lA:a:re:b:uil:tB:ha:ve:been:b:uil:tC:would:be:b:uil:tD:a:re:b:uilding:答案:B:ha:ve:been:b:uil:t分]

14.They kepton tillthey gottothefoot ofthe hill.[lA:to run:B:running:C:runing:D:run:答案:B:running:［分］

15.There ismuch workto do,1A:i:sn:ti:tB:i:sthe:re:C:i:sn:tthe:re:D:i:si:t答案:C:i:sn:tthe:re:1分］

16.as heis,he can t understandthe Englishfilm.flA:A:studen:t of:E:ngli:sh:B:Th:ough:a:studen:t of:E:ngli:sh:C:Studen:t of:E:ngli:sh:D:B:eing:a:studen:t of:E:ngli:sh:答案:C:Studen:tof:E:ngli:sh:［分］

17.The oldin thecountry takengood careof.lA:ha:ve:B:ha:sC:i:sD:a:re:答案:D:a:re:分］

18.Not asingle mistakeinthetest.flA:he:made:B:did:he:make:C:he:ha:s made:D:made:he:答案:B:did:he:make:［分］

19.my surprise,I gota highgrade inthis test.lA:F:orB:ToC:To be:D:On:答案B:To［分］

20.She neveragree you,did shelA:toB:wi:th:C:in:D:a:t答案:B:wi:th:［分］

21.Would youmind aphoto ofyou lA:me:take:B:to take:C:m:y taking:D:me:to take:答案C:m:y taking:［分］

22.The ladytreats theboy wellas ifhe herown son.lA:i:sB:wa:sC:we:re:D:would:be:答案:C:we:re:分］

23.round the city,we wereimpressed bythecitys newlook.flA:Taken:B:Taking:C:To be:taken:D:B:eing:taken:答案A:Taken:［分］

24.He hada painhis back.lA:on:B:wi:th:C:in:D:on:to答案C:in:［分］

25.The cityI wasborn isonthenew railwayline.lA:which:B:tha:tC:on:which:D:whe:re:答案D:whe:re:［分］

26.I hadthat Iwould alwaysremember it.lA:so a:g:ood:e:xpe:rience:B:such:a:g:ood:e:xpe:rience:C:so g:ood:an:e:xpe:rience:D:such:g:ood:an:e:xpe:rience:答案B:such:a:g:ood:e:xpe:rience:分］

27.give ushelp iswelcome.fiA:Wh:o e:ve:rB:Wh:oe:ve:rC:N:o ma:tte:r wh:oD:Th:ose:wh:o答案:B:Wh:oe:ve:r［分］

28.After runningfor nearlyhalf anhour,I was.1A:out of:place:B:out of:c:on:trol:C:out of:b:rea:th:D:out of:prac:tice:答案:C:out of:b:rea:th:［分］

29.The mothertold thelittle boyto doall thethings.1A:on:him:self:B:on:hi:s own:C:to him:self:D:b:y own:答案:B:on:hi:s own:［分］

30.You hadbetter ajacket,because itis coldoutside.lA:take:on:B:to take:on:C:put on:D:to put on:答案:C:puton:［分］

31.If youwill dothat,please takeme into.1A:think:B:thinking:C:th:ough:tD:acc:oun:t答案:D:acc:oun:t分］

32.My penhas ink.flA:run:out of:B:a:fe:wC:run:a:wa:yD:n:o li:ttle:答案A:run:out of:［分］

33.There are,of course,bad teachersas wellas.1A:g:ood:one:B:some:g:ood:C:g:ood:one:sD:th:ose:g:ood:答案C:g:ood:one:s［分］

34.haste,the lessspeed isgood advicehe oftengives us.lA:M:ore:B:The:m:ore:C:The:m:ore:rD:M:ore:r答案:B:The:m:ore:分］

35.You dolook.You arenot atall likea personwho hasbeen illin bedfor years.flA:g:ood:B:well:C:sad:D:di:sa:ppoin:ted:答案:B:well:［分］

36.Some peoplelike toeat apples.But someprefer bananasapples.lA:toB:f:orC:wi:th:D:again:st答案:A:to［分］

37.I heretwo yearsago.lA:m:oved:toB:ha:ve:m:oved:C:ha:ve:m:oved:toD:m:oved:答案:D:m:oved:分］

38.He isstrong aman hecan liftten stoneslike thisone.flA:such:---soB:so…tha:tC:such:a:•,,tha:tD:so a:…f:or答案:B:so---tha:t分］

39.It theywho lentme thetelevisionalA:wa:sB:i:sC:we:re:D:a:re:答案:A:wa:s

40.A famousCanadian doctorexpressed thevalue ofhobbies bysaying,man isreally happy［分］without ahobby.”1A:N:otB:Wi:th:outC:N:oD:N:one:答案:C:N:o

41.Television broadcastsare toan areathat iswithin sightofthesending stationof分］its relay.flA:prohibi:ted:B:b:ounded:C:limi:ted:D:re:stric:ted:答案:C:limi:ted:分］

42.Many thingsimpossible inthepastare commontoday.flA:toc:on:side:rB:being:c:on:side:red:答案C:c:on:side:ring:D:c:on:side:red:D:c:on:side:red:［分］

43.My parentswanted me.lA:make:a:scien:ti:st B:to make:a:scien:ti:st C:make:a:scien:ti:st of:D:to make:a:scien:答案ti:st of:D:to make:a:scien:ti:st of:［分］

44.He hasa badhabit ofothers whenthey arespeaking.1A:in:vol:ving:B:in:ve:stiga:ting:C:in:te:rfe:ring:答案:D:in:te:rrupting:D:in:te:rrupting:,分］

45.I likethat newwatch verymuch,but Icantit.fl答案:A:c:ost B:offe:rC:pa:y D:spend:B:offe:r［分］

46.Tom arrivedat theoffice anddiscovered thathe hadhis doorkey.lA:len:tB:b:orrowed:答案C:I:ost D:n:o C:I:ost分］

47.The beautifulscene lefta deepontheforeign visitors.fiA:th:ough:t B:idea:。