2012年河南省普通高等学校

选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试

公共英语

Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence, and then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1.The police are___ for the thief in the region now. A. running charging

2. What is the reason for ____ on time? A. not your coming not to come

3. The college is planning to offer more English courses to ____ the needs of beginners of English. A. meet with satisfy with

4. He kept silent, so I couldn’t know ____ he agreed ____ not. A. if; or neither; nor

5. He had never given a speech to so many people, so he felt____. A. exciting nervous

6. Once you arrive in a new place, you’d better ____ the local custom. A. keep return

7. The manner ____ which he talked reminded us ____ his grandfather. A. on; towards A. interrupted exploded

9. ----Our holiday cost a lot of money.

----Did it ? Well, that doesn’t matter ____ you enjoyed yourselves. A. unless

B. as far as

C. as long as

D. until D. what

10. I didn’t hear _____ because there was too much noise where I was sitting. A. what did he say for him to say

11. I found her sitting in the corner, reading____ newspaper, with ____in her eyes. A. a; tear piece of ; tear

12._____ you decide to do, you should try to make it a success. A. If only

B. Unless

C. Wherever

D.

B. a piece; tears

C. a; tears

D.

a

B. what he said

C. what was he saying

B. at; in

C. for; by C. knocked

D. in; of D.

8. All of us still remember the terrible earthquake that ____ Wenchuan four years ago.

B. struck

B. make

C. follow

D.

B. stupid

C. disappointed

D.

B. whether; or

C. either; or

D.

B. meet

C. supply

D.

B. you not come

C. your not coming

D. you

B. reaching

C. searching

D.

Whatever

13. So loudly ____ that all the people in the room got a fright. A. he shouted did shout

14. Let’s put that matter to the vote and not waste our time arguing about it, ____? A. shall we you

15. Your children must stop ____ me by asking for candy all day long. I am ____ every day by the slow bus service in this town. A. annoyed; annoying annoying; annoyed

16. He ____ by his sister at that moment. A. happened to see happened to be seen

17. We consider ____ the machine should be adjusted each time it is used. A. that it necessary necessary that

18. ---“I don’t drink coffee at all,” ---“____.” A. So don’t I Neither do I

19. He made another wonderful discovery, _____ of great importance to science. A. which I think is think is

20. His fellow workers saw him fall down and blood came out from the open____. A. wound damage

21. She heard a continual strange noise coming from the next room, her heart ____ fast. A. beat beaten

22. ---- You should have thanked her before you left.

---- I meant ____, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere. A. to do so

23. He is the sort of businessman who would do anything in his ___ of profit. A. pursuit master

24. Either of ____ is quite capable of the work. A. girl girl

25. This treatment works for people of all ages, for the baby ___ for the old man. A. as far as well as

B. as much as

C. as long as

D.

as

B. the girls

C. girls

D.

the

B. catch

C. grasp

D.

B. to

C. doing

D. doing

B. beats

C. beating

D.

B. injury

C. hurt

D.

B. which I think it is

C. which I think it

D.

I

B. I do either

C. Not I do

D.

B. necessary it that

C. it that necessary

D.

it

B. was happened to see

C. was happened to be seen D.

B. to annoy; annoying

C. annoying; annoying

D.

B. can we

C. may I

D. will

B. shout he

C. did he shout

D.

he

26. I like watching TV _____ to the cinema. A. more than to go rather than to go

27. Until then, his family ____ from him for six months. A. didn’t hear hadn’t heard

28. ---“Have you finished reading the novel?”

---“ Not yet. I’m afraid I need ____ couple of days to finish it.” A. several

B. another

C. some other

D. other D.

at

29. I’d like to see him in my office ____ he arrives. A. for the moment any moment

30. A new technique ____, the output as a whole increased by 20 percent. A. working out

B. having worked out D. having been worked out C. rubbish

D. mess D.

ran

C. to have been worked out A. litter

B. the moment

C. in a moment

B. hasn’t been hearing

C. hasn’t heard

D.

B. than going

C. more than going

D.

31. Tom’s bedroom was in a ___, for books and papers were here and there.

B. disorder B. ran into

32. A car ___ Jane’s cat and sped away. A. ran over down

33. ____ idea of ____ sounds much better than Clare’s. A. The; hers her

34. I made this myself but it was____ who taught me. A. he him

35. It was in the factory ____ you worked five years ago ____ you learned the technique. A. that; where where; that

36. We must get there before 7 o’clock. That’s _____ we have to start so early. A. the reason that A. except where

38. _______ looked up in alarm. A. All the present women C. The all women present probably one of the highest. A. since

B. when

C. as

D. while

40. ----Do you like the material? ----Yes, it _____ very soft. A. is feeling

B. felt

C. feels

D. is felt

B. All the women present D. The all present women

B. the reason for why B. provided

C. why that C. although

D. why D.

37. You can only fly to London this evening ___ you don’t mind changing plans in Paris.

B. where; when

C. where; where

D.

B. him

C. himself

D.

by

B. That; her

C. That; her’s

D. One;

C. ran through

39. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, _____ the quality of life is

Part II. Cloze (20 points)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

He has been called the “missing link”. Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world--- Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The _41_ of the Snowman has been around for _42 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they _43_ this creature and called it the“Yeti,”and they said that they had _44_ caught Yetis on two occasions _45_ none has ever been produced an evidence.

Over the years, the story of the Yetis has _46 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not _47 the tracks of a monkey or bear and _48_ that the Abominable Snowman might really _49_ . Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were _50_ footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than _51_ animal tracks, which had been made _52_ as they melted and refroze in the snow. _53 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was _54 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, _55 , no evidence has ever _56 been produced.

These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman _57 _. But if they ever _58 catching one, they may face a real 59 : Would they put it in a 60 or give it a room in a hotel? 41. A. event description 42. A. centuries years

43. A. heard from about

44. A. even probably

45. A. as 46 A. developed continued

47. A. entirely simply

48. A. found doubted

49. A. exist return

50. A. clearer 51. A. huge frightening

B. more B. recent

C. possible C. ordinary

D. rare D.

B. escape

C. disappear

D.

B. declared

C. felt

D.

B. naturally

C. clearly

D.

B. though B. changed

C. when C. occurred

D. until D.

B. hardly

C. certainly

D.

B. cared for

C. knew of

D. read

B. too long

C. some time

D. many

B. story

C. adventure

D.