2014年成人高考高升本《英语》临考摸底试题(1)

The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.

• A.the thief to cut an inch off the stick
• B.the thief cut an inch off the stick
• C.the stick grow an inch longer
• D.the thief tell him what he had done

金钱是一切吗?(Is Money Everything?)

According to the judge, the next day the thief’s stick would be one inch longer than the others’ because _______.

• A.the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer
• B.the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
• C.something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick
• D.the judge had given the longer stick to the thief

Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.

• A.he was found out
• B.the judge couldn’t catch him
• C.his stick had an equal length with the others’
• D.his stick wouldn’t be any longer

The judge gave each man a stick _______.

• A.to change back the farmer’s corn
• B.to beat the thief
• C.as a tool to find out the thief
• D.so as to play a game together

Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for .

• A.might be in the kitchen
• B.was more likely to be upstairs
• C.would be easily seen by the light from the hall
• D.would look frightening to a child

根据内容回答下列各题，

• According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length
• He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”    The thief was afraid of being found out, and so the cut an inch
• A bag of corn was found ________.
• A.to be stolen
• B.stolen
• C.being stolen
• D.having stolen

After the woman closed the front door, she .

• A.looked round quickly
• B.started breathing again
• C.rested before moving
• D.walked straight towards the front door

When she was upstairs, the woman .

• A.saw that there was a wash - basin in each room
• B.noticed a mirror which she was looking for
• C.found a torch in one of the rooms
• D.opened four different doors

Which of the following plans (平面图) is the right position of the child’s room?

• A.= door = stairsF
• B.= front room
• C.= child’s room P = passage K
• D.= kitchen W= washroom