大学英语考试复习资料湖北省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题.docx

1、大学英语考试复习资料湖北省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题大学英语考试复习资料湖北省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题2010年湖北省成人高等教育学士学位英语水平考试真题2010年 第卷 选择题 Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes

2、the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 问题:1. Charles Dickens _ many wonderful characters in his novels. A.invented B.discovered C.uncovered D.created 答案:D解析 查里斯狄更斯在他的小说中塑造了许多精彩的人物形象。 本题考查动词词义辨析。discover发现存在的事物；uncover打开，揭开某个东西。crea

3、te指“有目的地把原材料制成新产品”；也指“创造出原来不存在或与众不同的事物”；invent指“通过想象、研究、劳动，创造出前所未有的东西”，尤指“科技上的发明创造”。小说中的人物是不存在的，所以应使用create。故选D。 问题:2. Who can it be? Im quite _ a loss to guess. A.of B.on C.in D.at 答案:D解析 他会是谁呢?我很困惑，猜不出来。 本题考查固定搭配。at a loss为固定搭配，意为“困惑不解的”。故选D。 问题:3. All things _, the planned trip had to be called o

4、ff. A.considered B.be considered C.considering D.having considered 答案:A解析 考虑到所有的因素，原有的旅行计划不得不取消了。 本题考查非谓语动词。句子两部分的主语不一致，同时all things是动词consider的逻辑宾语，所以应使用过去分词形式。故选A。 问题:4. _ by the look on her face, she didnt catch what I meant. A.Judging B.Judged C.Judge D.To judge 答案:A解析 从她脸上的表情判断，她并没有听懂我的意思。 本题考查

5、固定搭配。judging by (from)为固定搭配，意为“根据来判断”。judging by是英语中的独立主格结构，有点像considering；一般不用judged形式。故选A。 问题:5. Give the books to _ needs them for the English class and the writing class. A.whomever B.whom C.who D.whoever 答案:D解析 把这些书给那些在英语课和写作课上需要用到它们的人。 本题考查宾语从句。whoever既可以作介词to后面的宾语又可以充当needs的主语。故选D。 问题:6. _ a

6、teacher, one must first be a pupil. A.Being B.Having been C.To be D.To have been 答案:C解析 要做老师，就必须先做学生。 本题考查非谓语动词。本句为动词不定式在句中作目的状语。to have done表示的动作发生在谓语动词表示的动作之前，不符合题意。故选C。 问题:7. He was very rude to the customs officer, _ of course made things even worse. A.who B.whom C.what D.which 答案:D解析 他对海关官员的态度很

7、蛮横，这让事情变得更加糟糕。 本题考查非限定性定语从句。此处用which来引导非限定性定语从句，并且代替前面的整个句子，其他选项不符合。故选D。 问题:8. The little village hasnt changed much _ a new road and two more stores. A.except B.besides C.except that D.except for 答案:D解析 这个村庄除了新建了一条路和多了两家商店，没有什么其他变化。 本题考查介词和介词短语的辨析。except表示“除去，不包括”，强调所排除的“不包括在内”，一般表示同类之间的关系；beside表示

8、“除之外”时则表示“另外附加”的含义，相当于in addition to；except that后面跟从句；except for后接的词同句子中的整体词(主语)不是同类的，指从整体中除去一个细节，一个方面。故选D。 问题:9. The children looked up as the planes passed _. A.overall B.overhead C.outward D.forward 答案:B解析 孩子们抬头看从头顶上飞过的飞机。 本题考查副词词义辨析。overall全部地，总的说来；overhead在头顶上，在空中；outward向外，在外；forward向前地，靠前地。故选

9、B。 问题:10. _ he says or does wont make me change my mind at all. A.Whatever B.However C.Which D.How 答案:A解析 不管他说什么或做什么，我都不会改变主意的。 本题考查主语从句。whatever意为“无论什么”，引导主语从句。how表示的是方式，此处不符合题意。故选A。 问题:11. The tsunami (海啸) _ over 160,000 people were killed was a terrible disaster for human beings. A.of that B.amon

10、g which C.during that D.in which 答案:D解析 这场海啸夺去了160000人的生命，这对于人类来说是一场大灾难。 本题考查定语从句的连接词。“在海啸中”应使用介词in，所以此处应用in which来引导定语从句。故选D。 问题:12. These, three teachers vary _ their manner of teaching. A.between B.from C.with D.in 答案:A解析 这三位老师的教学方法各不相同。 本题考查介词的用法。vary意为“不同”，虽然主语是三个人，但是题目表示的是两两之间的不同，所以用between。故选

11、A。 问题:13. Since there isnt much time left, you can just tell us about it _. A.in detail B.in short C.in all D.in brief 答案:B解析 时间不多了，你就跟我们简短地说说吧。 本题考查介词短语辨析。in detail逐一地，详细地；in short简而言之，总之；in all总共，共计；in brief简单地，大概地。故选B。 问题:14. I _ my wallet when I was shopping in the store. A.must have dropped B.s

12、hould have dropped C.could drop D.ought to have dropped 答案:A解析 我一定是在那家店买东西的时候把钱包丢了。 本题考查情态动词表示推测的用法。must have done sth. 表示对过去情况的肯定推测。should have done表示本该发生而实际上未发生的情况。故选A。 问题:15. She _ be ill because I saw her playing tennis just now. A.cant B.couldnt C.mustnt D.may not 答案:A解析 她不可能病了，因为我刚才还看见她在打网球。 本

13、题考查情态动词表示推测的用法。cant表示“不可能”，是肯定的推测。couldnt语气较委婉，may not表示不肯定的推测。because引导原因状语从句，解释不可能的原因。所以这里表示肯定的推测。故选A。 问题:16. Since he left the university, he _ in an accounting company. A.has been working B.had worked C.had been working D.was working 答案:A解析 他大学毕业后一直为一家会计事务所工作。 本题考查时态。从过去某个时间开始到现在一直在进行的动作，应使用现在完成

14、进行时。故选A。 问题:17. To succeed in a scientific experiment, _. A.one needs being patient person B.patience is to need C.one needs to be patient D.patience is what needed 答案:C解析 为了使科学实验成功，人必须要有耐心。 本题考查句子。题干中是动词不定式作目的状语，因此填空处应由“人”作主语；need后面接动名词主动形式表被动意义，与need后跟不定式被动意义相同。故选C。 问题:18. He asked her to go to a

15、concert with him but she _ his invitation politely. A.turned down B.turned out C.turned away D.turned up 答案:A解析 他约她一起去听音乐会，但是她很有礼貌地拒绝了这个邀请。 本题考查动词短语辨析。turn down拒绝，调低(音量或热度)；turn out结果是，证明是：turn away避开，解雇；turn up出现，开大。故选A。 问题:19. The doctors advice was that the patient _ at once. A.to be operated B.b

16、eing operated C.be operated D.operated 答案:C解析 医生的建议是立刻给病人做手术。 本题考查虚拟语气的用法。advice后面接从句时，需要用虚拟语气，其结构是“should+动词原形”，其中should可以省略。故选C。 问题:20. It was not until dawn _ their way out of the forest. A.when they found B.that they found C.did they find D.that they didnt find 答案:B解析 他们直到天快亮时才找到走出森林的路。 本题考查not

17、until的用法。本句是强调句型，其结构为It is/was not until+从句/表时间的词+that+.当not until位于句首时，句子要倒装，其结构为not until+从句/表时间的词+助动词+(主句)主语+谓语+故选B。 Part Reading Comprehension Directions: In this part, there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements. Each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Cho

18、ose the ONE you think is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Advertisement can be thought of as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services. Advertisement aims to increase peoples awareness

19、 and arouse interest, it tries to in-form and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local market. Television, although more expe

20、nsive, can be very effective. Public notices are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement. There can be no doubt that the growth in advertisement is one of the

21、 most striking features of the western world in this century. Many businesses such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tobacco and medicines have been built up largely by advertisement. We might ask whether the cost of advertisement is paid for by the producer or by the customer. Since advertise

22、ment forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the customer who pays for advertisement. However, if large scale advertisement leads to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less. It is difficult to measu

23、re exactly the influence of advertisement on sales. When the market is growing, advertisement helps to increase demand. When the market is shrinking, advertisement may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for a

24、dvertisement if they were not convinced of its value to them. 1. Advertisement is often used to _. A.deceive customers B.increase production C.arouse suspicion D.push the sale 答案:D解析 第一段第一句：“Advertisement can be thought of as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services. ” 事实细

25、节题。根据定位句中的“in order to buy or sell goods or services”可知，广告常常被认为是促销商品或服务的手段。故选D。 2. The word media (in the first paragraph) includes _. A.the press B.television C.radio D.all of the above 答案:D解析 第一段。 事实细节题。因为在media后的句子中作者紧接着列举了press，magazines，the cinema，commercial radio，television，exhibitions等词。因此可以断

26、定media应当包括the press，television和radio。故选D。 3. Advertisement is mainly paid for by _. A.the customer B.the producer C.increased sales D.reduced prices 答案:A解析 第三段第二句：“Since advertisement forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the custo

27、mer who pays for advertisement. ” 事实细节题。根据定位句中的“it is clear that it is the customer who pays for advertisement”可知，广告的费用主要是由顾客来付的。故选A。 4. Advertisement can increase demand _. A.at the time B.in any circumstances C.in a growing market D.in a shrinking market 答案:C解析 第四段第二句：“When the market is growing,

28、advertisement helps to increase demand. ” 事实细节题。根据定位句可知，如果市场扩大了，广告有助于增加需求。故选C。 5. From the last sentence of this passage we conclude that _. A.businesses usually do not pay much for advertisement B.businessmen know well that advertisement could bring them more profits C.advertisement could hardly co

29、nvince people of the value of the goods D.advertisement usually cost businesses large amounts of money 答案:B解析 第四段最后一句：“What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertisement if they were not convinced of its value to them. ” 逻辑推理题。根据定位句可知，显然，如果商家认为广告不会给他们带来利润，那么他们是不可能在广告上投资那么大的。

30、由此可推断：商家非常清楚广告会给他带来更大的利润。故选B。 Passage Two Another thing an astronaut has to learn about is eating in space. Food is weightless, just as men are. Food for space has to be packed in special ways. Some of it goes into tubes that a man can squeeze into his mouth. Bite-sized cookies are packed in plastic

31、. There is a good reason for covering each bite. The plastic keeps pieces of food from traveling in the spaceship. On the earth very small pieces of food would simply fall to the floor. But gravity doesnt pull them to the floor when they are out of the plastic in a spaceship. They move here and there and can get into a mans ey