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2017年成人高考专升本英语模拟试题及答案
一、语音知识

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A. law B. ignore C. walk D. also
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A. Cabbage B. cage C. captain D. candle

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A. Ready B. weather C. leave D. bread
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A. arm B. party C. warm D. farther

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er age ce

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A. great B. league C. peace D. neat

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A. theory B. throgh C. birth D. there

二、词汇与语法知识
第1题 Johnson ，my father’s younger brother ，will not be at the
picnic ， __________to the family’S disappointment.

much more

第2题 The burglar was caught__________.

he left the house he was left the house

he was leaving the house soon as he was leaving the house

第3题 “Look ，your wife has just come in.”“______”

she did did she has she she has

第4题 Government officials should always__________in mind the pople’s

needs.



第5题 I'like to take__________of this opportunity to thank you all for your
coopera-tion.

l t age st
第6题 It is quite necessary for a teacher to have good manners and__________
knowledge.

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第7题 Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed__________.



第8题 Would you please tell me__________to do next?

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第9题 We should look__________the matter before we reach a conclusion.



第10题 Every officer and every soldier__________obey the rules.

to to to have to

第11题 She’S some water on her face and she may soon__________.

around again back on

第12题 Having been found guilty ，the man was given a severe__________by the
judge。

ce e

第13题 __________the sun is the central body of the solar system so the nucleus is

the core of the atom.

that as

第14题 The sports team of our province won__________they did at the last
National Games.

as many gold medals as many twice gold medals as

many as twice gold medals many gold medals than

第15题 The Speech was not of the people present began to move
about __________

ent ently ence tly

第16题 The harder they worked, ____________.
A. they seemed to do less B. the less they seemed to do
C. they were doing less D. they did less
第17题 Have another cup of coffee。
A. won’t you B. will you C. have you D. haven’t you
第18题 _____ loves them spares no money and makes great efforts to
have them well educated.
’s and Kate’s mother B. Mother of Mary’s and Kate’s
C. Mary and Kate’s mother D. Mother of Mary and Kate’s
第19题 No sooner _______ got to the station than it began to rain heavily.

A. had I B. have I C. I had D. I have
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A. Nor do I B. Neither do I C. Either do I D. So do I
第21题 The new large passenger jets have made the traffic problems at airports
_______.
A. more bad than it was B. the worse than before
C. worse than ever before D. more bad than they were
第22题 I visited Zhangjiajie last in my life ______ so beautiful a
place like that.
A. I had seen B. did I see C. have I seen D. I shall see
第23题
A. So have her brothers B. So her brothers have
C. Her brothers have too D. So have been her brothers
第24题 , and not I , ________ chosen to be the representative of the
class.
B. am C. are D. have been

第25题 I have no intention of relations with them.
A. breaking up B. breaking off C. breaking out D. breaking down
解析： break up意为“打碎 ，分裂”;break off意为“断绝 ，结束”;break out
意为“爆发”;break down意为“崩溃 ，瓦解”。
第26题 The teacher asked me ________.
r or not I had finished my work I finish my work or not
my work finished or not
or not I have finished my work whether or not
第27题 Little Jim should love __ to the theatre this evening.
A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking
解析： 此题考查的是词组should love to do sth.=would like to do sth. ，并且
Jim与take之间是被动关系 ，故应选用take的不定式的被动态 ，即to be taken。
第28题 _______ the importance of wearing seat belts while driving.
A. Little they realize B. They little do realize
C. Little realize do they D. Little do they realize
第29题 This town is famous __ its historical homes.
A. For B. about C. with D. by

解析： be famous for表示“以……而著名”。
第30题 Those are probably the curtains in the store.
A. Fancier B. most fanciest C. fanciest D. more fancier
第31题 She kept a close eye__________the sick child and didn’t sleep the whole
night.



第32题 The effect of TV__________the life of average people is incalculable.



第33题 Jim is the most intelligent ，of __________

US four four US of four

第34题 I like all kinds of fruit ，but my __________is banana.

te d ble red

第35题 We were overjoyed at the news of China__________ another man-made
satel1ite.

ng B.1aunching ng ng

第36题 The headmaster wanted the classroom building__________as soon as
possible.

set up have been set up be set up set up

第37题 __________they who did the thorough cleaning to the classroom
yesterday.

were was was were

第38题 HOW many times did the clock__________?



第39题 He tried to__________his involvement in this robbery ，but he finally
confessed.

e

第40题 Mike wanted to go there by plane but he did not have enough money
to pay for the__________

A. travel B. voyage C. joureny D. fly

第41题 There was plenty of ______.

A. mustn′t have hurried B. needn′t hurry

C. must not hurry D. needn′t have hurried

第42题 Which is more important ，the__________appearance of a book or its
content?

A. artificial B. surface C. physical D. substance

第43题 This year the factory________ almost twice as many motors as it did last
year.

down off out over

第44题 The good service of the restaurant the poor food to some extent.

A. made for B. made out C. made up for use of

三、完型填空

根据以下内容 ，回答下面试题。

（一）What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army 1__________ an

intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 2__________ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not
3__________ have scored more than 80. 4__________ , when anything went wrong with
my car I hurried to him--and he always 5__________ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some
intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a 6__________ . In a world
where I have to work with my hands, I'd do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man 7__________ . He had a habit of telling jokes. One
time he said,a deaf-and- dumb(聋哑) man 8 __________some nails. Having
entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 9
__________movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 10
__________his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk
brought him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 11
__________man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). 12 __________do
you suppose he asked for them?I lifted my right hand and made scissoring
movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said,
fool, he used his voice and asked for them. I've been 13 __________that on all my
customers today, but I knew 14 __________I'd catch you. that?I asked.

__________

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

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（二）What is musice? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting
1__________.It is part of every culture on use music to 2_________feelings
and also serves to entertain and relax.
Music is a performing 3__________ form such arts as painting and poetry, In
which arts 4__________ works and then display or publish l composers
need musicians to 5__________ and perform their works.6__________ most musical
performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.
Music also plays a major role in other 7__________ singing and music
with and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers
8__________ their pictures use music to help set the mood as well as
introduce the actions or enhance its 9__________ on the audience. Music is one of
the 10__________ probably started to sing to as soon as 11__________
g tools struck together may have been the first musical
12__________.By about 10,000 B.C , hollow bones had been used by 13__________
people to make first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.

There are two chief kinds of western music, classical and nies,
operas, and ballet are 14__________ is generally harder to write and
ans who perform it need a lot of r music 15__________
country music, folk music, jazz, and rock is easier to perform and
understand.
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四、阅读理解
根据以下内容 ，回答下面试题。
Passage One
There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to
tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual
experience are in the British Admiralty.
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly
the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by
the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James
Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale.
A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale's flesh. The
maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the
wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was
missing.
Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the
whale's dead body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was
important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin
to rot and oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt
something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside.
But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip,
Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.
第1题 This passage is mainly about__________.

to hunt whales for their oil and meat
hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
duties of each man on a whaling ship
D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived
第2题 The sailors knew that something was in the whale's stomach
because__________.
could feel it moving about wildly
whale seemed very heavy
whale was swelling at one spot
captain heard Bartley yelling for help
第3题 James Barfley probably never went to sea again because__________.
wanted different kinds of adventures
fright and shock
was crippled by the whale
often got seasick
第4题 The author, in telling James Bartley's story, informs us by__________.
ing the plain facts ing to whaling in general
ing whaling to other fishing ically telling what happened
Passage Two
In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be
touched: food ,tools, and previous metals and stones. Then the barter system was
replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal.

Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because
everyone agrees to accept them.
Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will
transform money into even less tangible forms,reducing it to a series of
bytes
speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent
and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and
telecommunications devices.
第5题 According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of
exchange of wealth?( )
ed goods. money currency ible forms
第6题 The author mentions food,tools and precious metals and stones together
because they are all__________.
items es of value
ult things to obtain al objects
第7题 According to the passage, coins once had real value currency because
they__________.
ented a great improvement over barter
ted easy transportation of wealth
made of precious metals
become collector's items
第8题 Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems

is NOT supported by the passage?( )
promote international trade.
allow very rapid money transfers.
are still limited to small transactions
are dependent on good telecommunications systems.
Passage Three

Alaska, which was called Russian America before it was sold to U. S. A. ,joined
the union as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

Alaska is now the largest of all the 50 states of the U. S..

It was in 1867 that President A. Johnson's Secretary of State(国务卿) ,Seward
bought Alaska from the Russians at a cost of 7.2 million. The buying of the huge
northern land mass seemed at first something foolishly done. Not only was Alaska
difficult to reach, but it was also hard to bye in, and it appeared to have no
importance in time of war. Besides, there are volcanoes there as Alaska hes on the
Pacific
year. For these reasons the buying of Alaska was called
time.

However, in 1896 gold was found in Alaska, and people poured tin to the land
quickly. Since then other important natural resources were discovered, including oil.
Soon people changed their thinking about
Alaska in order to see the endless beauty of nature that the northern land discloses
to them. For instance, there are a- bout 11,000 islands in Alaska. And in a certain

area of Alaska the sun does not set for 82 days

every year.

第9题 Alaska belonged to__________before 1867.

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第10题 The buying of Alaska was first called__________.

A.a foolish thing 's Fooly

n's Fooly ent's Foolishness

第11题 Volcanoes__________in Alaska as__________.

not found large parts of the land is covered with snow

not found ;it is at the northern top of America

found; it is on the Pacific

found;there are so many islands

第12题 Tourists came to Alaska to__________.

its importance in war its volcanoes

its freezing weather its beauty of nature

Passage Four

Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East. Tennessee is a body of water
known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Bool of World Records as the
world's largest underground lake. The Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic
cave system called Craighead Caverns.

The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian
Nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the

side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in room called
Council Roommany Indian artifacts have been found. Some of the items
discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry.

For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake
somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a
thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three
hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.

Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed
boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have been
mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams
of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, .the full extent of it is still unknown.

第13题 The Lost Sea is unique because it is__________.

of a historical cave system

biggest underground lake in, the world

in the Gninness Book of World Records

largest body of water in Tennessee

第14题 The Craighead Caverns have been known__________.

h history the time of the Indian Nations

1905 divers explored them

第15题 Who located the Lost Sea in recent times?

Cherokee Indians. m.

Sands. ists.

第16题 It can be inferred from the passage that the Craighead Caverns presendy
serve as__________.

underground testing site Indian meeting ground

C.a tourist attraction D.a motor boat race course

Passage Five

of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their
society is based on family life,they are thinking of
European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own
house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the
beginning of a new and independent family-- hence the tremendous importance
of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means
leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be
to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her
financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be
their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the
husband's, nor their brothers or sisters,aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere
with them--they are their own masters.

Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in
former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl's parents,
that is, it was the parents'duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter,
preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask
their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and

maintained in the parents'home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could
be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is
very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and
become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A
girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

第17题 What does the author mean by
ent families have different ways of life.

ent definitions could be given to the word.

ent nations have different families.

ent times produce different families.

第18题 For an English family,the husband's duty is__________.

ting the family while the wife is financial

ing the family while the wife is running the home

ial while the wife is running the home

ndent while the wife is dependent

第19题 Everything is decided in a family__________.

the couple the help of their parents

brothers and sisters the help of aunts and uncles

第20题 What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?

is the best book on marriage.

is a handbook of marriage.

gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.


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provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.

Passage Six
You have studied hard, and the day has 21 __________come when you must
write your exam. Try to arrive a few minutes before the 22__________ starts. Avoid
talking to other students, especially those 23 __________are doing some last minute
cramming. These people will make you nervous and 24__________ your
concentration.

If you can, choose a seat that allows you to 25__________ Try to sit away from
the 26__________ to the room so you are not 27__________ by students leaving before
you are finished. Listen 28__________ to any verbal instructions from the teacher or
any 29__________ written on the beard.

Here are five 30__________ for taking exams:

1. Catch your 31__________

2. Read the 32 __________very carefully;

3. 33 __________through the test

4. 34__________ your time

5. Attack the 35__________ .

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Passage Seven
ng wrong with you?

B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited.

E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

(Fred = A Mr. Smith = B Bob = C)

A: Oh, Mr. Smith, are you very busy?

B: Well, I was just going to give Bob a private lesson, but what's the matter? 36
__________

A: I must tell you my news. Jan has been chosen to play football for London
against Oxford University.

B: 37__________ He must be very pleased about it, isn't he?

A: Yes, he is, although he doesn't say much. The match is at three o'clock next
Thurs- day.

C: 38__________ .

B : We mustn't give no attention to our work, Bob. If you want to learn English,
39 __________.

C : But sir, you needn't sit in a classroom to learn English. Why, ! went to see a
football match last Saturday and I learned a lot of words I had never heard in this
classroom.

B: 40__________.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.
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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.


Passage Eight

As far back as he could remember, Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and
become a film young man's hopes for success were broken again and
again, ood just did not seem he first came to
California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without
ore, he kept on y, he told himself, his big opportunity
would come.
Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood's big pay
was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he
managed to make a living.
One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot
and getting out of his had recently heard that the man was ready to make
a new picture.
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park
he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director.
only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture.A lot
of big companies are after me.
Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words
and stopped.
Which companies?

the electric company, to tell you only a few.
The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the
young man.
Larry got a small part in the director's next was on his way!
第41题 Which of the following was Larry interested in? ( )
A. Working as a waite
B. Becoming a film sta
C. Parking cars for film star
D. Never going hom
解析：参见文章第一句。
第42题 Why did Larry find a job parking cars? ( )
A. Because he liked the job
B. Because the parking lot was near Hollywoo
C. To make a living and wait for the opportunit
D. To see a lot of film stars and work for the
解析： 参见第二段。

第43题 After reading the story what can we infer about the film director? ( )
A. He wanted to laugh at Larr
B. He recognized Larry at first sigh
C. He was kind and gave Larry a tr
D. He thought Larry would become a sta
解析： 通过两个人的对话可以看出。
第44题 ( ).
A. he gave up and returned home
B. he began to work towards success
C. he took a journey to Hollywood
D. he had difficulties in playing the small part
“If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we
will still be reading is not that newspapers are a now
some people get most of their news from television or buy a paper
only on Saturday or for most people reading a newspaper has become
a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may basically makes news is what
affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes

and other disasters, will continue much the same.I think there will be more
coverage of scientific research, ’s already happening in areas that may
directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) the future, I think there will
be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we
develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings
really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送)
electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own fact, I’m pretty
sure that how it will happen in the will probably be able to choose from
a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to
read — sports and international news, et
C.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the
different media(媒体).They actually feed off each people once foresaw
that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happene
is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or
sound lost in the as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read
something just on a screen.
第45题 What is the best title for the passage? ( )
A. The Best Way to Get News B. The Changes of Media

C. Make Your Own Newspaper D. The Future of Newspaper
第46题 In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______.
A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will watch TV
第47题 What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?
A. Sports and international new B. A menu of important new
C. The most important new D. What you are interested i
第49题 The phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _______.
A. depend on B. compete with C. fight with D. kill off
Passage Nine
We first think of the traditional or nuclear is a two-generation family,
the father and the mother and their own couples wanted to have
four children, two boys, two girls.
Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come
to live with them, that is three kind of family with grandparents,
parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family type was not

very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it's becoming more
common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or
is more possible now that American homes have become
is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the
home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear
family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents,
with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits.
Now, the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a
single-parent the fatherless family it's just the mother and her
I said, this can be the result of the husband's death, of an unmarried mother, of a
separation or are also a growing number of motherless
families--where the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons.A
motherless family may also be fatherless, but still a family with one is
becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her
daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.
One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common.A single
parent with one or more children will marry s the other parent is also a
single er they will start what is called a blended family, which blends
together or combines the children from two other families.
第48题 From the passage, we can infer _______.
A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspaper
D. the writer believe some media will die out
第50题 Who usually looks after the children in a both motherless and
fatherless family in America?( )
A. The children's aun B. The children's nursery or schoo
C. The children's grandmothe D. The children's neighbou
解析：第二自然段后半部分写到：“A motherless family may also be fatherless ，
but still a family with one is becoming more common in the big cities
where a grandmother will raise her daughter’s children while the daughter goes
elsewhere to work.”
第51题 How is a blended family formed?( )
A. A blended family is formed by two single-parent familie
B. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and a grandparen
C. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and grandparent
D. A blended family is formed by two fatherless familie
解析： 由第四自然段可知。
第52题 What is true to the fact in America?( )

A. There are more and more members in a famil
B. There are less and less members in a famil
C. There is an increasing number of grandparents who refuse to look after their
grandchildre
D. There is an increasing number of grandparents who live separately from
their childre
解析： 由第二自然段中句子“This is more possible now that American homes have
become Larger ”。
第53题 Which of the following is the best title of this passage?( )
A. Famil B. American Familie
C. Family Type D. Four Family Types in Americ
解析： 全文讲了四种不同类型的家庭：两代人的家庭、三代人的家庭、单亲家庭和再
婚家庭。
Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years
leased an electric e says he gets more out of driving an electric car than
just a charge.

we get electric vehicles out on the road.

On California roads there are about two thousand electric 2003, ten
percent of all new cars may be required to have zero is a mandate
automakers say it is way ahead of its time.
Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says,
(for zero emissions) isn't here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to
make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience.
Auto makers blame it on the runs out on most cars after about
70 r, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a
ies are ers say there is nothing they can do about it.
Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coalition says,
a vehicle unless required to do so, so it's very important for the state to stay
committed to this program requiting automakers to build small amounts in
beginning years and then the market will take off.
第54题 When did Michael Schwabe say goodbye to the gas pump?( )
A. Two days ago B. Two months ago
C. Two years ago D. Ten years ago
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases
that come from the day- to-day life of the people and develop in their own
expression today is “to face the music”.

When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not
mean he’s planning to go to the is something far less pleasant, like being
called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’
t do this or music indeed, but it has to be faced At sometime or another,
every one of us has had to face the music, especially as can all
remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did
not obey an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old,It
is at least 100 years old
.And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from
the American novelist, James Fenimore said, in 1851, that the expression
was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the they
got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that
was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra which was just below
an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an
audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his
he had to go he did not, there would be no the expression
“to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter
how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”

Other explanations about the expression go back to the the men
faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well
they looked
.Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the
men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the
else could they do?
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the
results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been
, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did
something terrible, he is dishonored
.The band does not the drums tap a sad, slow soldier is
forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.
第55题 How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?( )
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
第56题 What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”( )
A. To face something far less pleasan B. To face the stag
C. To face the back of one’s hors D. To face one’s leade
第57题 Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?( )
A. When we are playing basketbal B. When we are making a speec

C. When we are having a part D. When we are talking with somebod
第58题 The underlined word “hostile” means _______.
A. Unfriendly B. dislike C. unkind D. unnecessary
第59题 How did Californian Michael Schwabe feel about driving an electric
car?( )
A. Too expensiv B. Hard to driv
C. Easy to contro D. More than just a charg
解析： 参见第一段的最后一句：租电动汽车的人说 ，开电动汽车所获得的远比所支
付的要多。
第60题 What do automakers blame for there being few electric cars now on
the road?( )
A. The price of ga B. The mandat
C. The conditions of the road D. The batterie
解析： 参见倒数第二段：汽车制造商抱怨电池消耗得很快 ，而电池很贵。
Passage Ten
Key James, Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State
government, loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be
middle-class,conservative,educated and still be truly black. Once, during an
Abortion debate, a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so

middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life. you
understood what these women go through,
that abortion is their only choice.

James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare. She
already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the
family. Now she discovers another child is on the way. How would you counsel that
woman, asked James.


quality of life.


was my mother. I was the fifth of six children born into poverty. And, in case you're
interested,the quality of my life is just fine!

第61题

move the tables carry the tables away gain courage
gain an advantage after having been at a disadvantage

第62题 James' father__________.

ed his wife to drink ed his family D.B and C

第63题 James' mother__________.

educated conservative poor D.A and B

第64题 James' family led a__________life when she was born.

ble -off
Passage Eleven

When I was about 12 I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my
shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasn't a good student, I
was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on. I put up with her as long as I could. At last,
with great anger, I ran to my father in tears.

He listened to my outburst quietly. Then he asked, the things she says
true or not?

True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it?


that girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points
that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.

I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things
were true. Some of them I couldn't change ( like being skinny), but a good number
I could and suddenly wanted to change.

For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.

for you,he said. know better than anybody else the truth
about yourself, once you hear it. But you've got to learn to listen, not to close your
ears in anger or hurt. When something said about you is true you'll know it. You'll
find that it will echo inside you.

Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments.

第65题 What did the girl's enemy like to do?( )

g with her. ng out her weak points.

ing to the teacher. lling with her.

第66题 What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?( )

turned to her father. cried to her heart's content.

tried to put up with her again. tried to be her friend.

第67题 Why did the girl's father ask her to make the list?( )

wanted to keep the list at home.

didn't know what the girl's enemy had said.

wanted the girl to talk back.

wanted her to check if she really had these weak points.

第68题 What can we infer from reading the passage?( )

girl benefited from her father's advice.

girl was very often angry with her father.

girl's father loved other people's advice,

girl was easily hurt by her father ,

Passage Twelve

Researchers have found that REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is important to
human beings. This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one
night of sleep lasting five minutes to forty minutes for each occurrence. The deeper
a person's sleep becomes, ~the longer the periods of rapid eye movement.

There are physical charges in the body to show that a person has changed
from NREM( non-rapid eye movement) to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster,
the heart rate increases, and, as the name implies, the eyes begin to move quickly,

Accompanying these physical changes in the body is a very important
characteristic of REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that a person dreams..

第69题 According to the passage,, how often does REM sleep occur in one
night? __________

or five times times

第70题 The word
the following? __________

r. . er. r.

第71题 Which of the following shows that a person is NOT dreaming in his
sleep?__________

eyes begin to move. breathing-becomes faster.

heart rate increases. eyes stop moving.

第72题 The subject of this passage is__________.

people sleep human need for REM sleep

characteristic of REM sleep al changes in the human body

Passage Thirteen
Man's first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history,
was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it. The
wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, because
there are no wheels in nature-no living thing was ever created with wheels. How,
then, did man come to invent the wheel? Perhaps some early hunters found that
they could roll the carcass of a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily

than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.

It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log
connected, at their centers by a string stick. This would roll along just as the logs
did, yet be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and axle came into
being and with them the first carts.

第73题 The wheel is important because__________.

was man's first real invention transportation depends on it

machine depends on it B and C

第74题 The wheel is called__________.

cated e l

第75题 It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because__________.

led to .many other inventions had no use for it then

were no wheels in nature of the above

第76题 The wheel was probably invented by__________.

A.a group of early hunters first men on earth

C.a great prehistoric thinker man who made the first cart

Passage Fourteen

Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or
disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000
feet away--straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared (红外线) scanning
technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen
Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine

which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide
(杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes
plants that don't have pest (害虫) problems.

Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop
problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at
3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The
data were transformed into a color-code map showing where plants were running
fevers
they otherwise would.

The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three
years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to
find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements
in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts
have no doubt the technology works~
of agricultural land in the United States
Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agricultrue, thinks re- mote
infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if
Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

第77题 In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared
scanning to__________.

the problem areas a color-ceded map

e the size of the affected area te the damage to the crops

第78题 Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by__________.

orming poisoned rain ting infrared scanning experts

ing to spot- spraying ing crop problems at an early date

第79题 Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are__________.

d with pesticides pour physical condition

an infrared scanner d to excessive sun rays

第80题 The application of infrared scanning technolgy to agriculture met with
some difficulties due to__________.

lack of official support high cost

failure to help increase production lack of financial support

五、书面表达

第1题 假定你是Helen ，要写一封信给Julie ，对她和她的丈夫昨日请你和你
丈夫吃饭表示感谢 ，表示要回请他们 ，以答谢他们的盛情款待。


第2题 你(Li Yuan)刚买了一块表 ，但你不满意 ，因为它总有毛病。写一封抱怨
信 ，其内容如下：
(1)买表的时间、地点;
(2)出现的问题;
(3)要求退货。

第3题 The Internet


















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五、1、答案：Dear Julie：

Thank you very much for the dinner that you invited my husband and I to
food not onlylooked and smelled fabulous but tasted great ，and
my husband and I enjoyed it very ore ，wewould like to invite you to
dinner at 7 Friday at the Northwest Chinese restaurant to return
yourkindness and hospitality.

Please do come.

Yours ，

Helen
2、 答案：Three days ago ，I just got the watch I ordered from your
sent it on time and thanks for I bmnd several ，the color
it not what l wanted.1 wanted golden ，but you gave me silver insteac!.I thought
that would be OK ，if everything else is good enough The stranger thing
happens.
The watch gets five minutes slower every day ，So I have to keep correcting
e of this ，I feel nerv ous about being late for work.I really cannot stand

it any I have to write this letter to request giving the watch back to you
and full money back to me.
Along with the letter is the copy of the order.
Thank you.I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincorely
Li Yuan
3、 答案：The Internet

With the development of computers ，et has become widely
and more information will be provided for can get all kinds
of useful information in any scientific research field whenever we can help
US to enrich our knowledge and help our country to keep up with the developed
countries.

However ，the Internet also brings US too much always make
US very difficult to find something available by browsing many necessary websites.
In a word ，we need the we should make good use of it.

2017年成人高考专升本英语模拟试题及答案
一、语音知识

第1题 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项( )

ic

第2题 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项( )



第3题 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项( )

n iation on ion

第4题 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项( )



第5题 选出下列选项中划线部分读音不同的选项( )



第6题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。
e
第7题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。
e
第8题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。
A. law B. ignore C. walk D. also
第9题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。
A. Cabbage B. cage C. captain D. candle

第10题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。
A. Ready B. weather C. leave D. bread
第11题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。

ce le al c

第12题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。

A. arm B. party C. warm D. farther

第13题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。

er age ce

第14题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。

A. great B. league C. peace D. neat

第15题 请选择出划线部分读音不同的选项( )。

A. theory B. throgh C. birth D. there

二、词汇与语法知识
第1题 Johnson ，my father’s younger brother ，will not be at the
picnic ， __________to the family’S disappointment.

much more

第2题 The burglar was caught__________.

he left the house he was left the house

he was leaving the house soon as he was leaving the house

第3题 “Look ，your wife has just come in.”“______”

she did did she has she she has

第4题 Government officials should always__________in mind the pople’s

needs.



第5题 I'like to take__________of this opportunity to thank you all for your
coopera-tion.

l t age st
第6题 It is quite necessary for a teacher to have good manners and__________
knowledge.

ive ive ive sive

第7题 Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed__________.



第8题 Would you please tell me__________to do next?

er

第9题 We should look__________the matter before we reach a conclusion.



第10题 Every officer and every soldier__________obey the rules.

to to to have to

第11题 She’S some water on her face and she may soon__________.

around again back on

第12题 Having been found guilty ，the man was given a severe__________by the
judge。

ce e

第13题 __________the sun is the central body of the solar system so the nucleus is

the core of the atom.

that as

第14题 The sports team of our province won__________they did at the last
National Games.

as many gold medals as many twice gold medals as

many as twice gold medals many gold medals than

第15题 The Speech was not of the people present began to move
about __________

ent ently ence tly

第16题 The harder they worked, ____________.
A. they seemed to do less B. the less they seemed to do
C. they were doing less D. they did less
第17题 Have another cup of coffee。
A. won’t you B. will you C. have you D. haven’t you
第18题 _____ loves them spares no money and makes great efforts to
have them well educated.
’s and Kate’s mother B. Mother of Mary’s and Kate’s
C. Mary and Kate’s mother D. Mother of Mary and Kate’s
第19题 No sooner _______ got to the station than it began to rain heavily.

A. had I B. have I C. I had D. I have
第20题

A. Nor do I B. Neither do I C. Either do I D. So do I
第21题 The new large passenger jets have made the traffic problems at airports
_______.
A. more bad than it was B. the worse than before
C. worse than ever before D. more bad than they were
第22题 I visited Zhangjiajie last in my life ______ so beautiful a
place like that.
A. I had seen B. did I see C. have I seen D. I shall see
第23题
A. So have her brothers B. So her brothers have
C. Her brothers have too D. So have been her brothers
第24题 , and not I , ________ chosen to be the representative of the
class.
B. am C. are D. have been

第25题 I have no intention of relations with them.
A. breaking up B. breaking off C. breaking out D. breaking down
解析： break up意为“打碎 ，分裂”;break off意为“断绝 ，结束”;break out
意为“爆发”;break down意为“崩溃 ，瓦解”。
第26题 The teacher asked me ________.
r or not I had finished my work I finish my work or not
my work finished or not
or not I have finished my work whether or not
第27题 Little Jim should love __ to the theatre this evening.
A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking
解析： 此题考查的是词组should love to do sth.=would like to do sth. ，并且
Jim与take之间是被动关系 ，故应选用take的不定式的被动态 ，即to be taken。
第28题 _______ the importance of wearing seat belts while driving.
A. Little they realize B. They little do realize
C. Little realize do they D. Little do they realize
第29题 This town is famous __ its historical homes.
A. For B. about C. with D. by

解析： be famous for表示“以……而著名”。
第30题 Those are probably the curtains in the store.
A. Fancier B. most fanciest C. fanciest D. more fancier
第31题 She kept a close eye__________the sick child and didn’t sleep the whole
night.



第32题 The effect of TV__________the life of average people is incalculable.



第33题 Jim is the most intelligent ，of __________

US four four US of four

第34题 I like all kinds of fruit ，but my __________is banana.

te d ble red

第35题 We were overjoyed at the news of China__________ another man-made
satel1ite.

ng B.1aunching ng ng

第36题 The headmaster wanted the classroom building__________as soon as
possible.

set up have been set up be set up set up

第37题 __________they who did the thorough cleaning to the classroom
yesterday.

were was was were

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第39题 He tried to__________his involvement in this robbery ，but he finally
confessed.

e

第40题 Mike wanted to go there by plane but he did not have enough money
to pay for the__________

A. travel B. voyage C. joureny D. fly

第41题 There was plenty of ______.

A. mustn′t have hurried B. needn′t hurry

C. must not hurry D. needn′t have hurried

第42题 Which is more important ，the__________appearance of a book or its
content?

A. artificial B. surface C. physical D. substance

第43题 This year the factory________ almost twice as many motors as it did last
year.

down off out over

第44题 The good service of the restaurant the poor food to some extent.

A. made for B. made out C. made up for use of

三、完型填空

根据以下内容 ，回答下面试题。

（一）What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army 1__________ an

intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 2__________ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not
3__________ have scored more than 80. 4__________ , when anything went wrong with
my car I hurried to him--and he always 5__________ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some
intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a 6__________ . In a world
where I have to work with my hands, I'd do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man 7__________ . He had a habit of telling jokes. One
time he said,a deaf-and- dumb(聋哑) man 8 __________some nails. Having
entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 9
__________movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 10
__________his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk
brought him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 11
__________man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). 12 __________do
you suppose he asked for them?I lifted my right hand and made scissoring
movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said,
fool, he used his voice and asked for them. I've been 13 __________that on all my
customers today, but I knew 14 __________I'd catch you. that?I asked.

__________

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

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（二）What is musice? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting
1__________.It is part of every culture on use music to 2_________feelings
and also serves to entertain and relax.
Music is a performing 3__________ form such arts as painting and poetry, In
which arts 4__________ works and then display or publish l composers
need musicians to 5__________ and perform their works.6__________ most musical
performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.
Music also plays a major role in other 7__________ singing and music
with and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers
8__________ their pictures use music to help set the mood as well as
introduce the actions or enhance its 9__________ on the audience. Music is one of
the 10__________ probably started to sing to as soon as 11__________
g tools struck together may have been the first musical
12__________.By about 10,000 B.C , hollow bones had been used by 13__________
people to make first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.

There are two chief kinds of western music, classical and nies,
operas, and ballet are 14__________ is generally harder to write and
ans who perform it need a lot of r music 15__________
country music, folk music, jazz, and rock is easier to perform and
understand.
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四、阅读理解
根据以下内容 ，回答下面试题。
Passage One
There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to
tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual
experience are in the British Admiralty.
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly
the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by
the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James
Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale.
A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale's flesh. The
maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the
wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was
missing.
Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the
whale's dead body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was
important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin
to rot and oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt
something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside.
But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip,
Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.
第1题 This passage is mainly about__________.

to hunt whales for their oil and meat
hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
duties of each man on a whaling ship
D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived
第2题 The sailors knew that something was in the whale's stomach
because__________.
could feel it moving about wildly
whale seemed very heavy
whale was swelling at one spot
captain heard Bartley yelling for help
第3题 James Barfley probably never went to sea again because__________.
wanted different kinds of adventures
fright and shock
was crippled by the whale
often got seasick
第4题 The author, in telling James Bartley's story, informs us by__________.
ing the plain facts ing to whaling in general
ing whaling to other fishing ically telling what happened
Passage Two
In ancient times wealth was measured and exchanged in things that could be
touched: food ,tools, and previous metals and stones. Then the barter system was
replaced by coins, which still had real value since they were pieces of rare metal.

Coins were followed by fiat money, paper notes that have value only because
everyone agrees to accept them.
Today electronic monetary systems are gradually being introduced that will
transform money into even less tangible forms,reducing it to a series of
bytes
speed of light. Already, electronic fund transfer allows money to be instantly sent
and received by different banks, companies, and countries through computers and
telecommunications devices.
第5题 According to the passage, which of the following was the earliest kind of
exchange of wealth?( )
ed goods. money currency ible forms
第6题 The author mentions food,tools and precious metals and stones together
because they are all__________.
items es of value
ult things to obtain al objects
第7题 According to the passage, coins once had real value currency because
they__________.
ented a great improvement over barter
ted easy transportation of wealth
made of precious metals
become collector's items
第8题 Which of the following statements about computerized monetary systems

is NOT supported by the passage?( )
promote international trade.
allow very rapid money transfers.
are still limited to small transactions
are dependent on good telecommunications systems.
Passage Three

Alaska, which was called Russian America before it was sold to U. S. A. ,joined
the union as the forty-ninth state in 1959.

Alaska is now the largest of all the 50 states of the U. S..

It was in 1867 that President A. Johnson's Secretary of State(国务卿) ,Seward
bought Alaska from the Russians at a cost of 7.2 million. The buying of the huge
northern land mass seemed at first something foolishly done. Not only was Alaska
difficult to reach, but it was also hard to bye in, and it appeared to have no
importance in time of war. Besides, there are volcanoes there as Alaska hes on the
Pacific
year. For these reasons the buying of Alaska was called
time.

However, in 1896 gold was found in Alaska, and people poured tin to the land
quickly. Since then other important natural resources were discovered, including oil.
Soon people changed their thinking about
Alaska in order to see the endless beauty of nature that the northern land discloses
to them. For instance, there are a- bout 11,000 islands in Alaska. And in a certain

area of Alaska the sun does not set for 82 days

every year.

第9题 Alaska belonged to__________before 1867.

a

第10题 The buying of Alaska was first called__________.

A.a foolish thing 's Fooly

n's Fooly ent's Foolishness

第11题 Volcanoes__________in Alaska as__________.

not found large parts of the land is covered with snow

not found ;it is at the northern top of America

found; it is on the Pacific

found;there are so many islands

第12题 Tourists came to Alaska to__________.

its importance in war its volcanoes

its freezing weather its beauty of nature

Passage Four

Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East. Tennessee is a body of water
known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Bool of World Records as the
world's largest underground lake. The Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic
cave system called Craighead Caverns.

The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian
Nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the

side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in room called
Council Roommany Indian artifacts have been found. Some of the items
discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry.

For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake
somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a
thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three
hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.

Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed
boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have been
mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams
of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, .the full extent of it is still unknown.

第13题 The Lost Sea is unique because it is__________.

of a historical cave system

biggest underground lake in, the world

in the Gninness Book of World Records

largest body of water in Tennessee

第14题 The Craighead Caverns have been known__________.

h history the time of the Indian Nations

1905 divers explored them

第15题 Who located the Lost Sea in recent times?

Cherokee Indians. m.

Sands. ists.

第16题 It can be inferred from the passage that the Craighead Caverns presendy
serve as__________.

underground testing site Indian meeting ground

C.a tourist attraction D.a motor boat race course

Passage Five

of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their
society is based on family life,they are thinking of
European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own
house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the
beginning of a new and independent family-- hence the tremendous importance
of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means
leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be
to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her
financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be
their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the
husband's, nor their brothers or sisters,aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere
with them--they are their own masters.

Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in
former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl's parents,
that is, it was the parents'duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter,
preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask
their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and

maintained in the parents'home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could
be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is
very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and
become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A
girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

第17题 What does the author mean by
ent families have different ways of life.

ent definitions could be given to the word.

ent nations have different families.

ent times produce different families.

第18题 For an English family,the husband's duty is__________.

ting the family while the wife is financial

ing the family while the wife is running the home

ial while the wife is running the home

ndent while the wife is dependent

第19题 Everything is decided in a family__________.

the couple the help of their parents

brothers and sisters the help of aunts and uncles

第20题 What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?

is the best book on marriage.

is a handbook of marriage.

gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.


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provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.

Passage Six
You have studied hard, and the day has 21 __________come when you must
write your exam. Try to arrive a few minutes before the 22__________ starts. Avoid
talking to other students, especially those 23 __________are doing some last minute
cramming. These people will make you nervous and 24__________ your
concentration.

If you can, choose a seat that allows you to 25__________ Try to sit away from
the 26__________ to the room so you are not 27__________ by students leaving before
you are finished. Listen 28__________ to any verbal instructions from the teacher or
any 29__________ written on the beard.

Here are five 30__________ for taking exams:

1. Catch your 31__________

2. Read the 32 __________very carefully;

3. 33 __________through the test

4. 34__________ your time

5. Attack the 35__________ .

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Passage Seven
ng wrong with you?

B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited.

E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

(Fred = A Mr. Smith = B Bob = C)

A: Oh, Mr. Smith, are you very busy?

B: Well, I was just going to give Bob a private lesson, but what's the matter? 36
__________

A: I must tell you my news. Jan has been chosen to play football for London
against Oxford University.

B: 37__________ He must be very pleased about it, isn't he?

A: Yes, he is, although he doesn't say much. The match is at three o'clock next
Thurs- day.

C: 38__________ .

B : We mustn't give no attention to our work, Bob. If you want to learn English,
39 __________.

C : But sir, you needn't sit in a classroom to learn English. Why, ! went to see a
football match last Saturday and I learned a lot of words I had never heard in this
classroom.

B: 40__________.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.
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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.

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ng wrong with you? B. That's splendid !

C. you have to work, not to go watching football.

D. You look very excited. E. I can quite believe it.

F. I say, couldn't we all go and see it and shout for Jan's team?

G. you must pay much attention to listening and speaking.

H. Don't mention it.


Passage Eight

As far back as he could remember, Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and
become a film young man's hopes for success were broken again and
again, ood just did not seem he first came to
California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without
ore, he kept on y, he told himself, his big opportunity
would come.
Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood's big pay
was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he
managed to make a living.
One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot
and getting out of his had recently heard that the man was ready to make
a new picture.
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park
he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director.
only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture.A lot
of big companies are after me.
Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words
and stopped.
Which companies?

the electric company, to tell you only a few.
The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the
young man.
Larry got a small part in the director's next was on his way!
第41题 Which of the following was Larry interested in? ( )
A. Working as a waite
B. Becoming a film sta
C. Parking cars for film star
D. Never going hom
解析：参见文章第一句。
第42题 Why did Larry find a job parking cars? ( )
A. Because he liked the job
B. Because the parking lot was near Hollywoo
C. To make a living and wait for the opportunit
D. To see a lot of film stars and work for the
解析： 参见第二段。

第43题 After reading the story what can we infer about the film director? ( )
A. He wanted to laugh at Larr
B. He recognized Larry at first sigh
C. He was kind and gave Larry a tr
D. He thought Larry would become a sta
解析： 通过两个人的对话可以看出。
第44题 ( ).
A. he gave up and returned home
B. he began to work towards success
C. he took a journey to Hollywood
D. he had difficulties in playing the small part
“If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we
will still be reading is not that newspapers are a now
some people get most of their news from television or buy a paper
only on Saturday or for most people reading a newspaper has become
a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may basically makes news is what
affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes

and other disasters, will continue much the same.I think there will be more
coverage of scientific research, ’s already happening in areas that may
directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) the future, I think there will
be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we
develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings
really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送)
electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own fact, I’m pretty
sure that how it will happen in the will probably be able to choose from
a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to
read — sports and international news, et
C.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the
different media(媒体).They actually feed off each people once foresaw
that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happene
is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or
sound lost in the as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read
something just on a screen.
第45题 What is the best title for the passage? ( )
A. The Best Way to Get News B. The Changes of Media

C. Make Your Own Newspaper D. The Future of Newspaper
第46题 In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______.
A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will watch TV
第47题 What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?
A. Sports and international new B. A menu of important new
C. The most important new D. What you are interested i
第49题 The phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _______.
A. depend on B. compete with C. fight with D. kill off
Passage Nine
We first think of the traditional or nuclear is a two-generation family,
the father and the mother and their own couples wanted to have
four children, two boys, two girls.
Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come
to live with them, that is three kind of family with grandparents,
parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family type was not

very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it's becoming more
common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or
is more possible now that American homes have become
is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the
home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear
family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents,
with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits.
Now, the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a
single-parent the fatherless family it's just the mother and her
I said, this can be the result of the husband's death, of an unmarried mother, of a
separation or are also a growing number of motherless
families--where the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons.A
motherless family may also be fatherless, but still a family with one is
becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her
daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.
One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common.A single
parent with one or more children will marry s the other parent is also a
single er they will start what is called a blended family, which blends
together or combines the children from two other families.
第48题 From the passage, we can infer _______.
A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspaper
D. the writer believe some media will die out
第50题 Who usually looks after the children in a both motherless and
fatherless family in America?( )
A. The children's aun B. The children's nursery or schoo
C. The children's grandmothe D. The children's neighbou
解析：第二自然段后半部分写到：“A motherless family may also be fatherless ，
but still a family with one is becoming more common in the big cities
where a grandmother will raise her daughter’s children while the daughter goes
elsewhere to work.”
第51题 How is a blended family formed?( )
A. A blended family is formed by two single-parent familie
B. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and a grandparen
C. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and grandparent
D. A blended family is formed by two fatherless familie
解析： 由第四自然段可知。
第52题 What is true to the fact in America?( )

A. There are more and more members in a famil
B. There are less and less members in a famil
C. There is an increasing number of grandparents who refuse to look after their
grandchildre
D. There is an increasing number of grandparents who live separately from
their childre
解析： 由第二自然段中句子“This is more possible now that American homes have
become Larger ”。
第53题 Which of the following is the best title of this passage?( )
A. Famil B. American Familie
C. Family Type D. Four Family Types in Americ
解析： 全文讲了四种不同类型的家庭：两代人的家庭、三代人的家庭、单亲家庭和再
婚家庭。
Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years
leased an electric e says he gets more out of driving an electric car than
just a charge.

we get electric vehicles out on the road.

On California roads there are about two thousand electric 2003, ten
percent of all new cars may be required to have zero is a mandate
automakers say it is way ahead of its time.
Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says,
(for zero emissions) isn't here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to
make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience.
Auto makers blame it on the runs out on most cars after about
70 r, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a
ies are ers say there is nothing they can do about it.
Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coalition says,
a vehicle unless required to do so, so it's very important for the state to stay
committed to this program requiting automakers to build small amounts in
beginning years and then the market will take off.
第54题 When did Michael Schwabe say goodbye to the gas pump?( )
A. Two days ago B. Two months ago
C. Two years ago D. Ten years ago
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases
that come from the day- to-day life of the people and develop in their own
expression today is “to face the music”.

When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not
mean he’s planning to go to the is something far less pleasant, like being
called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’
t do this or music indeed, but it has to be faced At sometime or another,
every one of us has had to face the music, especially as can all
remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did
not obey an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old,It
is at least 100 years old
.And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from
the American novelist, James Fenimore said, in 1851, that the expression
was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the they
got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that
was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra which was just below
an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an
audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his
he had to go he did not, there would be no the expression
“to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter
how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”

Other explanations about the expression go back to the the men
faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well
they looked
.Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the
men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the
else could they do?
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the
results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been
, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did
something terrible, he is dishonored
.The band does not the drums tap a sad, slow soldier is
forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.
第55题 How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?( )
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
第56题 What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”( )
A. To face something far less pleasan B. To face the stag
C. To face the back of one’s hors D. To face one’s leade
第57题 Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?( )
A. When we are playing basketbal B. When we are making a speec

C. When we are having a part D. When we are talking with somebod
第58题 The underlined word “hostile” means _______.
A. Unfriendly B. dislike C. unkind D. unnecessary
第59题 How did Californian Michael Schwabe feel about driving an electric
car?( )
A. Too expensiv B. Hard to driv
C. Easy to contro D. More than just a charg
解析： 参见第一段的最后一句：租电动汽车的人说 ，开电动汽车所获得的远比所支
付的要多。
第60题 What do automakers blame for there being few electric cars now on
the road?( )
A. The price of ga B. The mandat
C. The conditions of the road D. The batterie
解析： 参见倒数第二段：汽车制造商抱怨电池消耗得很快 ，而电池很贵。
Passage Ten
Key James, Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State
government, loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be
middle-class,conservative,educated and still be truly black. Once, during an
Abortion debate, a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so

middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life. you
understood what these women go through,
that abortion is their only choice.

James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare. She
already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the
family. Now she discovers another child is on the way. How would you counsel that
woman, asked James.


quality of life.


was my mother. I was the fifth of six children born into poverty. And, in case you're
interested,the quality of my life is just fine!

第61题

move the tables carry the tables away gain courage
gain an advantage after having been at a disadvantage

第62题 James' father__________.

ed his wife to drink ed his family D.B and C

第63题 James' mother__________.

educated conservative poor D.A and B

第64题 James' family led a__________life when she was born.

ble -off
Passage Eleven

When I was about 12 I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my
shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasn't a good student, I
was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on. I put up with her as long as I could. At last,
with great anger, I ran to my father in tears.

He listened to my outburst quietly. Then he asked, the things she says
true or not?

True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it?


that girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points
that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.

I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things
were true. Some of them I couldn't change ( like being skinny), but a good number
I could and suddenly wanted to change.

For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.

for you,he said. know better than anybody else the truth
about yourself, once you hear it. But you've got to learn to listen, not to close your
ears in anger or hurt. When something said about you is true you'll know it. You'll
find that it will echo inside you.

Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments.

第65题 What did the girl's enemy like to do?( )

g with her. ng out her weak points.

ing to the teacher. lling with her.

第66题 What did the girl do when she could no longer bear her enemy?( )

turned to her father. cried to her heart's content.

tried to put up with her again. tried to be her friend.

第67题 Why did the girl's father ask her to make the list?( )

wanted to keep the list at home.

didn't know what the girl's enemy had said.

wanted the girl to talk back.

wanted her to check if she really had these weak points.

第68题 What can we infer from reading the passage?( )

girl benefited from her father's advice.

girl was very often angry with her father.

girl's father loved other people's advice,

girl was easily hurt by her father ,

Passage Twelve

Researchers have found that REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is important to
human beings. This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one
night of sleep lasting five minutes to forty minutes for each occurrence. The deeper
a person's sleep becomes, ~the longer the periods of rapid eye movement.

There are physical charges in the body to show that a person has changed
from NREM( non-rapid eye movement) to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster,
the heart rate increases, and, as the name implies, the eyes begin to move quickly,

Accompanying these physical changes in the body is a very important
characteristic of REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that a person dreams..

第69题 According to the passage,, how often does REM sleep occur in one
night? __________

or five times times

第70题 The word
the following? __________

r. . er. r.

第71题 Which of the following shows that a person is NOT dreaming in his
sleep?__________

eyes begin to move. breathing-becomes faster.

heart rate increases. eyes stop moving.

第72题 The subject of this passage is__________.

people sleep human need for REM sleep

characteristic of REM sleep al changes in the human body

Passage Thirteen
Man's first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history,
was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it. The
wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, because
there are no wheels in nature-no living thing was ever created with wheels. How,
then, did man come to invent the wheel? Perhaps some early hunters found that
they could roll the carcass of a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily

than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.

It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log
connected, at their centers by a string stick. This would roll along just as the logs
did, yet be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and axle came into
being and with them the first carts.

第73题 The wheel is important because__________.

was man's first real invention transportation depends on it

machine depends on it B and C

第74题 The wheel is called__________.

cated e l

第75题 It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because__________.

led to .many other inventions had no use for it then

were no wheels in nature of the above

第76题 The wheel was probably invented by__________.

A.a group of early hunters first men on earth

C.a great prehistoric thinker man who made the first cart

Passage Fourteen

Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or
disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000
feet away--straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared (红外线) scanning
technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen
Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine

which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide
(杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes
plants that don't have pest (害虫) problems.

Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop
problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at
3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The
data were transformed into a color-code map showing where plants were running
fevers
they otherwise would.

The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three
years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to
find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements
in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts
have no doubt the technology works~
of agricultural land in the United States
Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agricultrue, thinks re- mote
infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if
Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

第77题 In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared
scanning to__________.

the problem areas a color-ceded map

e the size of the affected area te the damage to the crops

第78题 Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by__________.

orming poisoned rain ting infrared scanning experts

ing to spot- spraying ing crop problems at an early date

第79题 Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are__________.

d with pesticides pour physical condition

an infrared scanner d to excessive sun rays

第80题 The application of infrared scanning technolgy to agriculture met with
some difficulties due to__________.

lack of official support high cost

failure to help increase production lack of financial support

五、书面表达

第1题 假定你是Helen ，要写一封信给Julie ，对她和她的丈夫昨日请你和你
丈夫吃饭表示感谢 ，表示要回请他们 ，以答谢他们的盛情款待。


第2题 你(Li Yuan)刚买了一块表 ，但你不满意 ，因为它总有毛病。写一封抱怨
信 ，其内容如下：
(1)买表的时间、地点;
(2)出现的问题;
(3)要求退货。

第3题 The Internet


















参考答案
一、1-5DBCBD
二、1-5BCDDC
21-25CCAAB

6-10ABDBC
6-10ADBAC
26-30AADAC
11-15ACDAB
31-35DDBAB
16-20BACAD
36-40CCDDC 41-44DCCC
11-15BCCAD

三、（一）1-5CABDA 6-10DADBC 11-15DBAAD
(二)1-5DACBB 6-10ADABC 11-15DCDCB
四、1-4DABD 5-8ADCC 9-12ABCC 13-16BBCC 17-20BCAC
21-25DBDCD 26-30ABCAB 31-35BCCAD 36-40BDFGE
41-44BCCB 45-49DCDBA 50-53CAAD 54C 55-60CABADD
61-64BADA 65-68BADA 69-72CADC 73-76DDDA 77-80ACBD
五、1、答案：Dear Julie：

Thank you very much for the dinner that you invited my husband and I to
food not onlylooked and smelled fabulous but tasted great ，and
my husband and I enjoyed it very ore ，wewould like to invite you to
dinner at 7 Friday at the Northwest Chinese restaurant to return
yourkindness and hospitality.

Please do come.

Yours ，

Helen
2、 答案：Three days ago ，I just got the watch I ordered from your
sent it on time and thanks for I bmnd several ，the color
it not what l wanted.1 wanted golden ，but you gave me silver insteac!.I thought
that would be OK ，if everything else is good enough The stranger thing
happens.
The watch gets five minutes slower every day ，So I have to keep correcting
e of this ，I feel nerv ous about being late for work.I really cannot stand

it any I have to write this letter to request giving the watch back to you
and full money back to me.
Along with the letter is the copy of the order.
Thank you.I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincorely
Li Yuan
3、 答案：The Internet

With the development of computers ，et has become widely
and more information will be provided for can get all kinds
of useful information in any scientific research field whenever we can help
US to enrich our knowledge and help our country to keep up with the developed
countries.

However ，the Internet also brings US too much always make
US very difficult to find something available by browsing many necessary websites.
In a word ，we need the we should make good use of it.

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