2008 年成人高考专升本英语考试真题及参考答案
一、Phonetics (5 points)?Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there
are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D.Compare the
underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in
pronunciation.Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER
SHEET Ⅰ.
1. 选出下面读音不同的选项()。
A water
B porter
C daughter
D laughter
参考答案:D
2. 选出下面读音不同的选项()。
A naked
B addicted
C smelled
D rested
参考答案:C
3. 选出下面读音不同的选项()。
A structure
B mixture
C gesture
D mature
参考答案:D
4. 选出下面读音不同的选项()。
A honest
B chest
C harvest
D forest
参考答案:B
5. 选出下面读音不同的选项()。
A feather
B leather
C strengthen
D southern
参考答案:C
二 、 Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)?Directions: There are 15 incomplete
sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D.Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the
corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
6. ----Bradford graduated from college with honors at a very young age.
----He _____________ have been an outstanding student.
A must
B could
C should
D might
参考答案:A
7. None of us called the police when the two cars collided, ____________?
A didn’t we
B don’t we
C did we
D do we
参考答案:C
8. Not only I but also Douglas and Miranda ____________ fond of watching television.
A am
B is
C are
D be
参考答案:C
9. ----May I have the ____________ of dancing with you, Madame?
----Yes, of course.
A pleasure
B joy
C right
D desire
参考答案:A
10. Our president made a(n) ____________ speech at the opening ceremony of the sports
meeting which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.
A indifferent
B inspiring
C flat
D dry
参考答案:B
11. Diana was reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, completely ____________
in the mysterious world.
A being lost
B having lost
C losting
D lost
参考答案:D
12. If I had known you weren’t coming. I ____________ a cake.
A would not bake
B did not bake
C will not have baked
D would not have baked
参考答案:D
13. Staying in a four-star hotel for a night costs____________ renting a house in
the suburb for a month.
A twice as much as
B twice more
C as much as twice
D as much twice as
参考答案:A
14. In winter, traffic accidents occur____________ on the highway.
A frequently
B suddenly
C usually
D rapidly
参考答案:A
15. Only when I began to do it ____________ that I had made a mistake.
A I realized
B I had realized
C did I realize
D would I realize
参考答案:C
16. It was three weeks later ____________ he heard the news.
A which
B that
C after
D when
参考答案:B
17. He ____________ live in a remote and underdeveloped country than in this modern
but noisy city.
A prefers to
B likes to
C had better
D would rather
参考答案:D
18. ____________, Sam knows lots of things about philosophy.
A As he is young
B As young he is
C Young as is he
D Young as he is
参考答案:D
19. Today the energy problem becomes critical. It ____________ an immediate
solution.
A calls on
B calls for
C calls up
D calls at
参考答案:B
20. Dr. Zhang was always ____________ the poor and the sick, his private clinic often
providing them with free medical care.
A tended by
B absorbed in
C concerned about
D reminded of
参考答案:C
三、Cloze (20 points)Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are
four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your
answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
The first snowboards were made in the 1960s. However, it was in the late 70s that
they became more__21__. Throughout the80s, more and more people began taking up the
sport, even though snowboards were not allowed on most ski hills. __22__ its earlier
problems, snowboarding is now the world’s __23__ growing winter sport and most
resorts(度假地)welcome snowboards.
In 1963, a Grade 8 student named Tom Sims __24__ a ski-board for a school project
in New Jersey. Then, in 1966, a man name Sherman Poppen __25__ two skis together
for his kids on Christmas day. He called his invention “ the Snurfer,” which __26__
the words “snow” and “surf”. In 1969, Jake Burton Carpenter received a __27__
for Christmas. He soon began designing boards, and today “Burton” is a popular
__28__ of snowboard.
By the 1980s, snowboarding had become very popular. __29__, most ski resorts did
not allow snowboarding because they thought it was too __30__.Since many
snowboarders were young, many older skiers did not want them on the ski hills. The
snowboarders had to go to the backcountry, __31__patrolled(有巡逻的)resorts.
Rejection at the resorts did not __32__ snowboarding from growing in popularity.
Eventually, the owners of ski resorts changed their views. They __33__ that they
could make more money by allowing snowboarding. One by one, the resorts __34__ to
welcome snowboards. Today, many resorts even set __35__special areas where
snowboarders can practice their creative tricks.
21. 填入(21)处的最佳答案是()。
A spreading
B popular
C ordinary
D interesting
参考答案:B
22. 填入(22)处的最佳答案是()。
A Beside
B Instead of
C Despite
D Because
参考答案:C
23. 填入(23)处的最佳答案是()。
A fastest
B best
C most slowly
D most efficiently
参考答案:A
24. 填入(24)处的最佳答案是()。
A discovered
B found
C planned
D designed
参考答案:D
25. 填入(25)处的最佳答案是()。
A bought
B made
C attached
D mended
参考答案:C
26. 填入(26)处的最佳答案是()。