专升本英语模拟试题六.docx

1、专升本英语模拟试题六专升本英语模拟试题（六）模拟试题（六）Part I Reading Comprehension (40% 35minutes)Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the correspon

2、ding letter on the Answer Sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: If you have recently started collecting stamps, or are thinking about starting, you may be wondering if the hobby is expensive. Can you enjoy it with limited money? What if you have no money at all for the hobby? Th

3、e answer is an absolute positive one. Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office. Used stamps are worth saving, have #118alue, and they may cost you nothing. In fact, many stamp collectors save only used stamps! The first place to search for stamps, then. is

4、your own mailbox. You can ask people who write to you to use commemorative (纪念性的) stamps on their mail. Also, if you write away for offers that require a self-addressed stamps envelope, you can put commemoratives on your return envelopes, knowing that they will come back to you later. Neighbors, fri

5、ends, and relatives are another good source of stamps. A majority of people is only too happy to save the stamps on their mail for someone who will appreciate them. You may even know someone who works in an office that gets a lot of mail. Many businesses get a lot of foreign mail and regularly throw

6、 away stamps that may have interest or #118alue to a collector. And dont forget to ask your parents if they have any old letters which may still have stamps on the envelopes.Now that you have stamps on paper, what do you do with them? The most common way to get stamps off paper is to soak them in wa

7、ter, then ry them on paper. To understand more about soaking stamps, it is best to find a handbook on stamp collecting at the library. Stamp clubs are another place to get stamps. A club may offer stamps as prizes, or have inexpensive stamps you can afford to buy. If you dont have a stamp club aroun

8、d you, try to start one with a few others. All it takes are four or five other stamp collectors who are interested in getting together to learn about and trade stamps and ideas. Obtaining a pen pal (笔友) in another country is a very good way to get stamps from that country. His or her extra stamps ma

9、y seem really common in that country, but over here they are much scarcer.1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “positive”? A. certain B. interesting C. impossible D. clear2. Which of the following is true? A. Collecting stamps are a bad hobby. B. Collecting stamps

10、are a hobby for rich people. C. Used stamps are all worth collecting. D. Collecting used stamps can save your money.3. The writer suggests that you should _. A. ask your friends to write to you as often as possible B. ask your friends to write to each other as often as possible C. tell your pen pals

11、 to write to you as often as possible D. get used stamps from all kinds of people you know4. To soak used stamps in water is the best way to _. A. get rid of the print B. make the stamps clean C. get stamps off paper D. increase the #118alue of the stamps5. If you are a member of a stamp club, you c

12、an _. A. become rich by collecting stamps B. have a meeting every day C. get more stamps without anything D. exchange stamps with the other membersQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: The basic flag of the United States is one of the worlds oldest national flags. Only the basic flag

13、s of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older. During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States, the flags of different European nations were flown over the land, as signs of possession. Later, in the Colonial and Revolutionary War perio

14、ds, flags representing famous persons, places and events were flown in the American Colonies. The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14,1777. It was made up Of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies

15、 that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress agreed and accepted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the two new states admitted into the union, Vermont and Kentucky. By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became clear that adding one strip

16、e for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 again used the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912, President William H. T made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars, and

17、 he ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Soon the arrangement of the stars had been left to the flag-makers imagination. The change of the stars and stripes shows the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959 the flag was officially changed

18、 for the 26th time since its creation. There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national flag. Among them are the presidents and vice presidents flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. Th

19、e United States Navy uses special flags for signaling.6. The basic flag of the United States is _. A. the same as the national flag of U.S. now B. one of the worlds oldest flags C. the most beautiful flag in the west D. quite different from the national flag of U. S. now7. Before the War of Independ

20、ence the flags of various European nations flown over the land were symbols of _. A. self-rule B. occupation C. peace and friendship D. independence8. The 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars represent _. A. 13 independent statesB. the colonies that had declared independence C. the U.S. Congr

21、ess D.13 famous figures in the American colonies9. The fact that the flag was officially changed for 26 times shows _ . A. the admission of 50 states into the nation in 200 years B. the growth and independence of the United States C. Hawaii was the last state admitted into the Union D. the U.S. Cong

22、ress had made all the changes 10. Which of the following is TRUE? A. All federal departments and agencies have flags of their own. B. The newly-admitted state of Hawaii has not an official flag. C. No other flags than the national flag and the presidents flag are flown in the United States. D. The U

23、nited States has a number of government flags.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: Taste is such a subjective matter that we dont usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyones preference is that its one persons opinion. But because the two big cola c

24、ompanies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we have wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi fans: find your brand in a blind tastin

25、g. We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought theyd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand. We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then w

26、e fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi, then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants choices with what mere guesswork could have

27、 accomplished. Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a litt

28、le worse only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half of the participants did about as well on the la

29、st round of tasting as on the first, so fatigue (疲劳), or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.11. According to the passage the preference test was condu

30、cted in order to _. A. find out the role taste preference plays in a persons drinking B. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers C. show that a persons opinion about taste is mere guess-work D. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks12. The statistics recorde

31、d in the preference tests show _.A. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are peoples two most favorite drinksB. there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and PepsiC. few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from PepsiD. peoples tastes differ from one another13. It is implied in the first paragraph that

32、 _. A. the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas B. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies C. the competition between the two colas is very strongD. blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans14. The word burnout in Line Four, Paragraph Five, refers to the state of _. A. being seriously burnt in the skin B. being unable to burn for lack