2014年成人高考学士学位英语考试考前训练（5）

请以“电话和电子邮件哪个好?”为话题作文

The tribal people in India don’t eat snakes because__________ ．

• A.they are very dangerous
• B.they are respected by Indians
• C.they may spread disease
• D.they help kill rats

The passage is probably written for the purpose of__________ ．

• A.introducing the eating habit of Indian tribal people
• B.distinguishing different types of taste．
• C.accounting for people’s different choices of taste
• D.explaining the relationship between taste and tribes

The tribal people in India may not eat the following animals EXCEPT__________ ．

• A.donkeys
• B.tigers
• C.female deer
• D.house rats

It can be concluded from the first paragraph．that__________ ．

• A.the author is against eating frogs
• B.taste is illogical and inarguable
• C.some types of frogs are poisonous
• D.taste is influenced by many factors

根据以下内容回答题：

“There is no arguing about taste”一runs the Latin proverb．But taste did not just hap—pen．Cuhural，historical，biological and environmental events have interacted to cause frogs，for example，to be viewed as delicious in southem China but to be regarded with revulsion（厌恶）in northern China．Even though much remains unknown，tastes cannot be dismissed as in．arguable or illogical；an attempt will be made here to discover why，as Lucretius put it，“What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others?”Among the approximately thirty million tribal people of India，a total of 250 animal species are avoided by one group or another．Most of these people will not eat meat from a tiger or any of various snakes．Although they say they feel a relationship with these animals，it is obvious that both are highly dangerous and that hunting them systematically would be foolish． Monkeys are avoided，probably because they look like human beings in appearance；in these tribes，man-eating is viewed as extremely cruel．A reluctance to eat some female animals has been attributed to respect for the mother"s role，but it could also be due to a policy of allo-wing the females to reproduce and provide more young for people．Many tribes avoid eating any animal that has died of unknown causes all intelligent attitude in view of the possibility that the animal might have died from a disease that could spread to humans．Animals that consume gar-bage are similarly avoided，an adaptive step that prevents contact with parasites（寄生虫），and that might explain why members of one tribe eat any of twenty-one different species of rats，but not the house rats．

“There is no arguing about taste”，which means __________.

• A.people don’t like to talk about food
• B.one’s taste in food is hard to explain
• C.there is no quarrelling about to eat
• D.no arguments about taste have been heard of before

According to the passage，what is the difference between tidal waves and tides?

• A.Tidal waves are caused by underwater earthquake，but tides are not．
• B.Tidal waves have regular rise and fall，but tides have not．
• C.Tidal waves can be prevented，but tides can not．
• D.Tidal waves can hit the land，but tides can not．

It can be inferred from the passage that__________ ．

• A.tidal waves used to kill more people in the past
• B.tidal waves used to be more powerful than storms before
• C.neither tides nor tidal waves can be predicted
• D.tidal Waves are hotter than tides

What do we know about tsunami?

• A.It is a scientific term for seaquakes．
• B.It iS a Japanese name for true tides．
• C.It is an African word for hurricanes．
• D.It is a name of an unknown American scientist．

According to the article，which of the following is NOT true?

• A.Scientists can predict when seaquake will hit land．
• B.Seismograph is used to predict when a tidal wave will hit land．
• C.Holding back a tidal wave is out of the question．
• D.True tides rise and fall regularly．

The phrase“alert the reader”（Line l，Paragraph 3）means__________ ．

• A.remind the reader
• B.teach the reader
• C.trust the reader
• D.deceive the reader

The passage is probably the__________ ．

• A.main part of a research proposal
• B.opening remark of a lecture
• C.conclusion of a thesis
• D.introduction to a book

根据以下内容回答题：

• A tid．al wave is a very large and very destructive wall of water that rushes in from the ocean toward the shore．Many scientists call these huge waves tsunami（海啸）．In Japanese tsunami means“storm wave”0r“tide”．But do you know that tidal waves are not caused
• According to the article，what causes a tidal wave?
• A.The rise and fall of ocean water at regular times．
• B.Seaquakes．
• C.Storm．
• D.The great speed of the ocean waves．

How many types of cultural differences are mentioned in the first paragraph?

• A.six．
• B.Five．
• C.Four．
• D.Two．

Those who are likely to doubt their parents’values and ways of doing things are proba-bly__________ ．

• A.the Japanese
• B.the Americans
• C.both the Japanese and the Americans
• D.neither the Japanese nor the Americans

Why might Irving’s literary ability have been surprising to the English?

• A.They feared competition from American writers．
• B.They did not expect the United States to produce good writers．
• C.They disapproved of the language American writers used．
• D.They thought of the United States as a purely commercial power．

Which of the following best describes the effect of Irving’s personal qualities on his literary success?

• A.His personal qualities were entirely responsible for his literary success．
• B.His personal qualities were primarily responsible for his literary success．
• C.His personal qualities has some effects on his literary Success．
• D.His personal qualities had no effects on his literary success．

根据以下内容回答题：

• As contrasts go，there are few other pairs of culture as distinct from each other as the Japa-nese and the Americans．Japan’s many centuries of history and especially its Buddhist heritage have given the Japanese an attitude of repose（从容）——the best course i
• Cultural differences between the Japanese and the Americans are the__________ ．
• A.most obvious
• B.slightest
• C.Same
• D.less suitable

What is implied by the mention of Scott，Poe and Hawthorne?

• A.Irving enjoyed great popular admiration．
• B.Scott，Poe and Hawthorne were primarily responsible for Irving"s success．
• C.Irving’s work was not only popular，but also of high literary quality．
• D.More Americans than Britains admired Irvin9．

Which of the following best describes the effect of Irving’s Presbyterian background on his life?

• A.It fostered his love for the theater．
• B.It developed his skill in business．
• C.It prompted his interest in law．
• D.It had aimost no effect on his life．

根据以下内容回答题：

Washington Irving was America’S first man of letters to be known internationally．His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States．He was，in fact，one of the most successful writers of his time in either country，delighting a large public and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Haw-thorne in the United States．The respect in which he was held partly owing to the man himself，with his warm friendliness，his good sense，his urbanity，his uplifting spirits，his artistic inte-grity，his love of both the Old World and the New．Thackeray described Irving as“a gentle-man，who，though himself born in no very high sphere，was most finished，polished，witty；so-cially the equal of the most refined Europeans．”In England he was granted an honorary degreefrom Oxford——an unusual honor for a citizen of a．young，uncultured nation——and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature．America made him ambassador to Spain． Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements．A gifted but deli-cate child，he had little schoolin9，He studied law，but without zeal，and never did，practice seriously．He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment，frequenting b&h social gatherings and the theater．

The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was__________ ．

• A.America’s first man of letters
• B.a writer who had great success both in and outside"his own country
• C.a man who was able to move from literature to politics
• D.a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by with basically inferior work

10.     

• A.shared
• B.robbed
• C.washed
• D.chewed

8.     

• A.valuable
• B.popular
• C.favorable
• D.superior

7.     

• A.consisted of
• B.got hold of
• C.made for
• D.took uF

9.     

• A.normally
• B.usuaHy
• C.surprisingly
• D.commonly

6.     

• A.and
• B.though
• C.or
• D.but

5.     

• A.masons
• B.results
• C.methods
• D.routines

3.     

• A.in Cidence
• B.print
• C.evidence
• D.mark

4.     

• A.a bar
• B.a drop
• C.a loaf
• D.a piece

根据以下内容回答题：

Which is the most important invention?If you（1）toothbrush，then you agreed with42％of the people who were asked the（2）question in a sunrvey done by Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology． Apparently，people have wanted clean teeth for a long time．From as far back as 3，000 B．C．there is（3）of people chewing pieces of wood to clean their mouths．In Roman times，people began to clean their teeth by rubbing them with（4）of cloth．But neither of these（5）was particularly effective． So who deserves the credit for the low-tech，（6）efficient invention of the toothbrush?A Chinese emperor made the first toothbrush in 1498．It（7）hard animal hair stuck into a piece of bone．But toothbrushes didn’t become（8）immediately．They weren’t（9）known until the l600s．Even then，they were so expensive that all the family members in a house usually（10）one!Toothbrushes have come a long way since then．Nowadays，there are many versions for sale from basic，practical ones to state-of-the．art electric ones．

1.     

• A.answered
• B.questioned
• C.spoke
• D.inquired

2.     

• A.silly
• B.same
• C.awkward
• D.direct

10.     

• A.structure
• B.implication
• C.meaning
• D.indication

8.     

• A.but
• B.or
• C.and
• D.as

9.     

• A.occasionally
• B.really
• C.casually
• D.scarcely

6.     

• A.influence
• B.abandon
• C.restore
• D.furnis‘h

7.     

• A.film
• B.television
• C.radio
• D.newspapers

5.     

• A.be carried over
• B.be freed from
• C.be held up
• D.be drawn from

4.     

• A.since
• B.until
• C.when
• D.unless

根据以下内容回答题：

Curiosity is not only a possible motivation，it is also a great help in your learning langua-ges．Remember that a language is not（1）a grammatical system．It is the（2）of a cer-tain culture of different cultures．It is no good（3）strings of words and lists of grammatical rules（4）you know as much as possible about the background of the language，so that you can understand the ideas conveyed and the references made，as well as the inferences whichCan（5）the information clearly given．So learn as much as you can about the different cul．tures which（6）English——watch television programs，listen to the radi0，try to obtain（7）and magazines written by native speakers，look at advertisements，and，above all，read——nottextbooks，（8）novels，poems and plays．They will show you how a language is（9）used．The English language is a living form. of expression which derives much of its（10）from the context，and much of its effect from a whole network of extra-linguistic knowledge．

1.     

• A.just
• B.even
• C.so
• D.that

3.     

• A.have learnt
• B.learn
• C.learning
• D.learnt

2.     

• A.outlook
• B.outcome
• C.outset
• D.outline

The storm，the ship would have reached its destination on time．

• A.But for
• B.In case of
• C.In spite of
• D.Because of

Do vou think they have__________ food for all these people here?

• A.subsequent
• B.beneficial
• C.sufficient
• D.average

The manager would rather his daughter__________ in the same office．

• A.had not worked
• B.not to work
• C.does not work
• D.did not work

It‘s high time you__________ all this translation and started thinking in English．

• A.have．stopped doing
• B.stopped doing
• C.stopped to do
• D.had stopped to do

The family is going to move to the suburb so that the children may grow up in beautiful

• A.surroundings
• B.circumstances
• C.environments
• D.surrounding

The older New England villages have changed relatively little__________ a gas station or two in recent decades．

• A.except
• B.besides
• C.in addition to
• D.except for

They always give the vacant seats to__________ comes first．

• A.whoever
• B.whomever
• C.who
• D.whom

I dislike the school__________he belongs．

• A.that
• B.with which
• C.which
• D.to which

The doctor had almost lost hope at one point，but the patient finally__________ ．

• A.pulled out
• B.pulled through
• C.pulled up
• D.puHed over

“I had a hard time__________ notes on the lecture．”“I did too．The professor speaks exceedingly fast．”

• A.to take
• B.have taken
• C.being taken
• D.taking

He soon receive promotion．for his superiors realized that he was a man of considera-ble．

• A.abihty
• B.future
• C.possibility
• D.opportunity

I have taken many photos．I‘m going to get the film__________ .

• A.being developed
• B.developing
• C.developed
• D.to be developed

Lie can hardly tell one from the other，the twin sisters are SO much__________．

• A.alike
• B.likely
• C.like
• D.the same

Optimistic people saw in the League of Nations a__________ for the illnesS of the world．

• A.repair
• B.heal
• C.treatment
• D.reinedv

Only by diligence and honesty__________ ．

• A.can one succeed in life
• B.one can sucqeeded in life
• C.one wiU be succeeded in life
• D.can one be succeeded in life

Students should__________certain standards of behaviors．

• A.live up to
• B.live in
• C.live on
• D.live through

When he arrived，he found__________ the aged and the sick at home．

• A.none but
• B.none other than
• C.nothing but
• D.no other than

You look tired．Do you__________ a rest?

• A.like having
• B.feel like having
• C.like hav
• D.feel like to have

According to the weather forecast，which is usually__________ ，it will snow this after-noon．

• A.accurate
• B.precise
• C.exact
• D.perfect

Though__________ in a big city，Peter always prefers．to paint the primitive scenes of country life：

• A.grown
• B.raised
• C.tended
• D.cuhivated