成人高考高起点英语真题

成人高考高起点英语真题

( ) 1.A. July ( ) 2. A. tenon( ) 3. A. call ( ) 4. A. visit ( ) 5. A. afraid B. hurry B. questionB. educate B. task B. capt½a n C. recent C. coat C. respect C. fail D. several D. society D. same h. —Would you help me with these books? A. With pleasure B. Never mind C. It’s fine D. Don’t worry 7. Everyone to bring some food to the party on Sunday. B. will suppose D. find R . —Do you have these shoes in size eight?—I’m not sure. I’ll just go and A. sell B. send C. watch D. find 9. Lucy ride a bike when she was three. A. should B. must C. could D. need 1 II. The police told to stay in their cars.. A. anybody B. everybody C. nobody D. somebody 11. Something is wrong my radio. Can you help fix it for me?A. for B. of D. with 12. —Is Tom coming with us? —He can’t .He for his exams. A. prepares B. is preparing C. has prepared D. prepared 13. Follow me and I’ll show you A. what B. when C. where D. which 14. At the end of the year there a test on everything we have studied.B . will be D. would be D. has been 15. The film star walked to his car, by a crowd of fans. A. to follow B. following C. followed D.tobe followed 16 I admire most about Lee is his love of nature. A. What B. How C. That D. Where 17. Tim went to work on the tolast week,and 18. Mike’s health has been improved since he gave up smoking.A. much D. very a small business, Jane is able to support her family now. A. Run B.Ran DTo m n every word of the news.A. took down B. took off C. took away D. took out Recently, some scientists decided to tind out what the funniest joke in the world was. This was clearly a (an) 21 task, as no two people ever really agree about what is tiinny and what is not 22 when they are from different 23 Telling jokes is something people often 24 around the world. 25 ,jokes aresometimes not runny to or are often not 26 by people who are not part of that culture Z Anyhow, 27 a year-long serious study, the scientists 28 the funniest joke in the world: Two hunters I Jé I are out in the woods. One of them 29 to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be 3fl ,his eyes closed. The other hunter takes out his phone and calls emergency I GA ) services. “My iriend is dead!” he 31 to the man on the other side,” What can I do?” The man, in a (an) 32 voice, says,” Don’t worry. I can 33 First make sure he’s 34 .” There is a silence, then a shot is 35 .Bang! The hunter’s voice comesback on the line. He says, ”OK now what?” I 21. A. wonderful I ) 2P. A. wrote I 30. A. thinking I 32. A. anxious B. important B. finally B. countriesB. do B. ThereforeB. held B. during B. touched B.fallsB. speaking B. nods B. angry C. interesting C. gradually C. families C.give C.However C. provedC. before C. decided C. rising D. difficult D. generally D. play D. Anyhow D. understood D. after D. spread D. gets D. breathing D. waves D. curious I 34. A. buried B. feel B. dead B. made C. hitC. taken D. show D. sick D. told A My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We have a yard and a “rock garden”. There the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish. Very often when we have more flowers. Denise or I would plant them between the rocks, just to add somecolor tothe area.Last summer I found, in the rock garden, a tiny little plant that I could not immediately Iknew Ididn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it continuegrowing until we could hnd out what it was. Weeks passed and as Imade my way back to the stmnge plant , it appeared to be a sunflower.It looked thin and t:ill with only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed ( f¼ I around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The sunflower had not started where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.Ii a tiny little sunflower didn’t a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability to do the same thing. If we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reachwhere we aim to go and get what we need for growth. We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ability to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had faith in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what we are, then other things will begin to support us. We will find a way to go under or around any "locks” in order to realize our goals.36. why did the family plant flowers in the “rock garden”? A. To attract visitors. B. To remove the rocks.C. To please their neighbors. D. To make the area colorful. 37. The author let the tiny plant continue growing A. to see how long it could live B. to see how big it could grow C. to find out what it actually wasD. to know if his wife had planted it 3P. Why did the author think the sunflower was unusual? A. It was very thin and tall. B. It had only one head on it. C. It grew on top of a big rock.D. It began to grow under a rock. 39. What does the author want to say through the story? A. Rocks cannot prevent us from success.B. Sunflowers are able to grow everywhere. C. We should take good care of the rock gardens. D. We can get over difficulties if we trust ourselves. It is not easy to become a doctor in the United States. The first step is getting into medicalschools. More than 120 American schools offer sandy programs for people wanting to be doctors. Advice about medical schools can be got from booLs and magazines like The Princ etori £!cvicii , which provide information about medical schools, study programs and jobs. CompetitionI to enter medical schools is strong. American medical schools have only about 16,f1flU openings for students each year. However, more than two times this many want to enter medical An important part of their application I is the Medical College Admission Test(MCAT). The Association of American Medical Colleges provides the test by computer. It is offered in the United States and in other countries. Applicants need to do well on MCAT. They also need a good record in their college studies. An interview RUisalsorequiredforenwancetomedicalschools.Theinterviewerwantsto know if the applicant understands the demands of lift as a medical student and doctor in raining. He also wanLs to know about the applicant’s goals for a 1’ite in medicine.A medical education can cost a lot, from 15,0flfl dollars to 4fl,flfl0 dollars a year or more. Most students need to borrow money to pay for the education. 4f1. How many people hope to go to medical school in the U.S. each year?A. More than 32,tlf lll C. Less than 16,flfl0 B. About 24,tlflfl DAbou2O,OO0 41. Who prepares MCAT for medical school applicants? B. The Medical College Admissions Office. C. The medical schools in the United States. D. The Association of American Medical Colleges. 42. Which of the following do interviewers want to know about the applicants? A. What courses they want to team in medical schools. B. How much money they hope to carn in future.C. When they plan to start their medical training. D. Whether they understand a doctor’s duties. 43. What can be infected about the applicants from the text? A. They must bc hard-working. B. They have to do well in medicine. C. They should have work experience.D. They must carn 15,0flfl dollars a year. Most musicians agree that the best violins I ×]³ I were made in Cremona Italy,abou t 2t)fl years ago. They even sound better than violins made today. Violin makers and scientists try to make instruments «FH I like the Italian violins. However, they are not the same. Why are these old Italian vilins so special? No one really knows. But many people think they have an answer. Some people think it is the age of the violins. But there is a problem here. Not all old violins sound wonderful. Only the old violins from Cremona are special. So age cannot be the answer. Other people think the secret to those violins is the wood. It must be from certain kinds ofDees. It must not be too young or too old. Perhaps the violin makers of Cremona knew something special about wood for violins. But the kind of wood may not be so important. It may be more important to cut the wood in aspecial way. Wood for a violin must be cut into the right size and shape. The smallest difference will change the sound of the violin. Musicians something think that this is the secret of the Italians. Size and shape may not be the answer either. Scientists make new violins that are exactly the same size and shape. But the new ones still do not sound as good as the old ones. Some scientists think the secret may be the varnish ) .It makes the wood look shiny, but it also helps the sound of the instrument. Since no one know what the Italian violin makers used in their varnish,no one can make the same varnish today. There may never be other violins like the violins ct Cremona. And there are not many of the on violins lcft. So these old violins from Cremona become more and more precious.44. What would be the best tithe for the text? A. The Secrets of Cremona Violins. B.TheHistory ofCremona ViolinsC. The Making of Italian Violins D. The Studies of It:than Violins 45.What is still not clear about Cremona violins? A. The shape. C. The size. B. The woodD. The varnish. 46. Which of the following words can best describe Cremona violins? A. Light C. Valuable. B. Shining. D. Modern. D Advice on Public Speaking Faith in yourselt, your topic and your healthy mind is a must if you are to be a better public speaker. Many speakers are not prepared and lose contidence because ot that. But others lack confidence because they are afraid of being judged-and possibly made fun of-just like they were inhigh school speech class. Build your confidence by using all your tools and knowing that you are excellent. Knowing what’s up You have to know your topic inside and out. Nothing kills your speech like “um” and “uh” in every sentence. Research your subject to the point where you are an eKpert. And tfiof 5 Imlf the Practicing Researching and knowing your topic is one thing, but actually delivering that information is another. Practicing your speech in advance i.s a must. You will tind your beats and your direction,through hours in front of the mirror practicing. So when you climb up on stage, it will belike riding a bike, unless you don’t know how to ride a bike. Dressing properly You will want to dress properly for the occasion I i i I —which could be a suit or simply ajacket. Make sure it also has the comfort you need. If the clothes are not comfortable, you may not pay full attention to your speech.D4xl‹ing eoonecfions Make a personal connection with someone in the audience I ºJ1 I .It might be someone you know that you can call out to, or someone in the front row you can .speak directly to. Maybe your speech leads you to ask them a question, which is an easy way for you to take yourself from the st:ige and place yourself as one of your audience. It also takes the pressure off. 47. What does “ that’s half the battle”mean in the tezt? A. You have already won the battle. B. You are getting on the way to final success. C. You need experts to guide you in public speaking. D. You should write sentcnces without “um” and “uh”. 48. The author compares delivering a speech to riding a bike because both of them need A. guiding C.proper dressing B. practiceD. self-confidence 49. Which of the following ways is suggested in making connections with the audience? A. Looking at someone in the distance B. Calling out to someone you don’t know. C. Asking someone in the audience a question.D. Shaking hands with someone in the front row. 5tl. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To show you how to drew properly. B. To help you become a good speaker. C. To teach you how to gain confidence. D. To help you get to know the audience. Mary=M;Cathy=C M: Hi,Cathy, you don’t look happy. I didn’t do well in the chemistry test. M: Re:i11y? I could hardly believe it. Everyone knows you are C: But this time M: What happened? 52 54 M: What a pity! So Yes, I will. Up¼J1b : www.worldeconomicforum.corn 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. B 26. D 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. A 33.A 34. B 35. D 51. What’s wrong/the matter 52. very good at it/chemistry 53. I was too careless/I tailed/I didn’t do well 54. a whole page(of the test) 55. be careful Dear Dr.Huffman,I feel ir a great honor to invite you as one ot be speakers at whe World Economic Forum. It will be held at the National Science Park,Beijing, from April 1f)th to 12",2()13. You are supposed to speak for an hour and an.swer questions for twenty minutes, I am sure your speech will be very important to the success of the Forum next year. If you want to know more about the Forum, youmay visit www.wor1i1economicforu rn.com. Please let me know as soon as possible whether you can join us in Beijing. Yours,Li Hua