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

根据内容回答下列各题，For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.

It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly, but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house.

She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round．She began to breathe hard.

She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a soun

D．There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing (楼梯平台). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wante

D．Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.

The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that .

• A.a woman was driving the car
• B.someone was standing by a street lamp
• C.a man and a woman were walking up the street
• D.a woman was walking by herself up the street

根据以下内容回答下列各题,Robert Edwards was blinded in a traffic accident. He was also a little deaf _51_ old age. Last week, he was taking a walk near his home when a thunderstorm came. He hid _52_ the storm under a big tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked _53_ the ground and woke up some 20 minutes _54_, lying face down in water in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in be

D． A short time later, he awoke; his legs felt _55_ and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he _56_ her for the first time in nine years. Doctors _57_ that he had regained his sight and hearing obviously from the flash of lightning, but they were unable to explain that. The only _58_ explanation offered by one doctor was that, _59_ Edwards lost his sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by _60_ traumA．

• A.because
• B.because of
• C.as
• D.since

They kept on ______ till they got to the foot of the hill.

• A.to run
• B.running
• C.runing
• D.run

Many things ________ impossible in the past are common today.

• A.to consider
• B.being considered
• C.considering
• D.considered

The old woman has a letter from her son in the army to her.

• A.read
• B.write
• C.written
• D.received

Two nuclear power stations _______ in the past ten years.

• A.are built
• B.have been built
• C.would be built
• D.are building

I suppose they have known about it, _______?

• A.am I
• B.am not I
• C.have they
• D.havent they

The old in the country _______ taken good care of.

• A.have
• B.has
• C.is
• D.are

Anybody will do, _______ he is responsible for that.

• A.as far as
• B.so far as
• C.as long as
• D.as soon as

These children have an advantage _______ those in calculation.

• A.over
• B.than
• C.to
• D.with

Their debts _______ 700.

• A.added to
• B.adds up
• C.add to
• D.add up to

He is much more _______ a German

• A.like to be
• B.liking to be
• C.likely to be
• D.likely

Today is Jennys wedding day. She _______ to Thomas.

• A.just has got married
• B.has just married
• C.was just married
• D.has just got married

Science seems closer to the question.

• A.to be getting…answering…puzzling
• B.to get…answer…puzzled
• C.to be getting…answer…puzzling
• D.getting…answer…puzzling

Would you mind _______ a photo of you?

• A.me take
• B.to take
• C.my taking
• D.me to take

It _______ to me that he was jealous.

• A.happened
• B.took
• C.occurred
• D.felt

It ______ yesterday. The ground is still wet now.

• A.must have rained
• B.was raining
• C.rained
• D.had rained

He said he had bought dictionary week before, and

dictionary was great help to him.

• A.a…the…the…a
• B.a…/…the…/
• C.a…/…/…a
• D.the…the…the…the

Please ______ me at the station on time.

• A.meeting
• B.to meet
• C.meet
• D.met

______ give us help is welcome.

• A.Who ever
• B.Whoever
• C.No matter who
• D.Those who

Why not _______ me earlier?

• A.to tell
• B.tell
• C.telling
• D.told

Not a single mistake _______ in the test.

• A.he made
• B.did he make
• C.he has made
• D.made he