2019年成人高考专升本英语考前密押试题及答案

第I卷（选择题，共125分）
I . 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 the Answer Sheet.

Ⅱ . 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 the Answer Sheet.

Ⅲ. Cloze（30 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 the Answer Sheet.
  The destruction of habitats（栖息地）all over the world iS the primary reason sDecies are becoming extinct（灭绝）or endangered. Houses, highways, dams, industrial buildings, and ever-spreading farms now dominate    21    formerly occupied by forests, deserts, and wetlands.   22   the beginning of European    settlement in America,   23   , over 65,000,000 acres of wetlands have been drained. One million acres alone vanished    24     1985 and 1995.
   Habitat destruction can be   25    or it can be subtle,occurring over a    26   Deriod 0£ time without being noticed.   27 such as sewage from cities and chemical runoff from- farms,can change the   28   and quantity of water in streams and rivers. To    29   living in a delicately balanced habitat,this disturbance can be as   30    as the clear-cutting of a rain¬forest.
       31     remaining habitats are carved into smaller and smaller pockets or islands, remai¬ning species are forced to exist in these   32   areas,which causes further habitat   33   . These species become less adaptable to environmental  34     ；in fact, they- become 35        endangered. Scientists believe that when a habitat is cut by 90%, one-half of its plants, animals and insects will become extinct.

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension(60 points)
      Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answErs marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
                Passage One
    Woman nabbed for a DUI at same crash spot
    Wed May 21,2：17 AM ET
    TRUCKEE,Calif. —Call it drunken driving deja vu（记忆幻觉).For the second time in five months, a 23-year-old California woman has been arrested after she crashed her car while driving under the influence(DUI) at the exact same spot north of Lake Tahoe.
    And to top it off,Truckee Police say that in both cases, her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit.
    The police say Melissa Dennison of Truckee crashed at about noon on Sunday on Glen- shire Drive just south of the Glenshire Bridge. They say she was extremely drunk and had trouble standing or walking. Her blood alcohol level initially was measured at. 346, The legallimit iS. 08.
Sergeant J. Litchie said Dennison also had been charged with a DUI in January when she crashed at the same spot and registered a blood alcohol level of. 380. If found guilty of the second offense,she faces up to 10 years in prison and fines in excess of $ 2,000.
    A telephone message the Associated Press left at a listing for Dennison in Truckee on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

Passage Two
       There were many difierent cultures in the ancient world, but the two that had the most influence on European and American civilizations were the Greek and the Roman. Often these two cultures are lumped together in our minds, as if they were really exactly alike. But that is not the case. In many ways the Greeks and the Romans could not have been more different.
   The Greeks were truly democratic,often without a single leader but instead governed by a group of men chosen by the people. The Romans were semi-democratic. They had a governing Senate,but the political power was mostly or completely in the hands of a single emperor.
    Both cultures were great builders. But the construction interests of the two cultures were also different. The Greeks tended to be more artistic. Their buildings were well con¬structed and they were especially interested in temples, columns, and decorative forms. The Romans,on the other hand, were more engineers than artists. They concentrated their ef¬forts on urban planning,well-functioning water pipes,and the best roads.
     Only in cooking and eating habits are the two cultures really similar. Both peoples ate very well indeed：lots of fish,fresh vegetables and fruits,healthy meals,holding at the same time long discussions and tasting excellent wines.
     In fact,it would probably be fair to say that they both loved life in their waFffl,sea-o¬riented climates,and they both lived a full life.

Passage Three
      As recently as three decades ago, many Americans believed that using credit was an unwise and dangerous way to pay for what they bought. Some even thought that owing money to a store or a credit company was something to be ashamed of. Good citizens,they believed,always bought what they wanted with real money and they paid the full price im¬mediately.
       Today,however, all that has changed. Credit, as some observers have noted, has be¬come a way of life in the United States. More and more Americans now are depending on those small pieces of plastic,credit cards,to pay for large purchases such as televisions,re¬cord players or furniture. Many people today would consider it unusual not to use a credit card to pay for a costly restaurant dinner, a hotel room or an airline trip. And there are some situations in which Americans must have credit cards. If they want the temporary use of a car,for example,they first must give the car rental company the number of their credit card. That number is considered a guarantee that they will return the car and pay for using it.
           Credit cards offer two major services to Americans. First of all,they are easier and sa¬fer to carry than large amounts of money. Second,they permit people to borrow,to have the immediate pleasure of owning something,even if they do not have enough money to pay for it at the time. With credit cards people pay for goods or services at the end of each month instead of when they buy them. And when the time does come to pay,most credit cards of¬fer people a choice. They can pay all o£ what they owe for the month or they can just pay u- sually between 5 and 10 percent of what they owe.

Passage Four
      At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, a World Fair held in Chicago, chocolate-making machinery made in Germany was displayed. It caught the eye of M. S. Hershey, who saw the potential for chocolate. He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first chocolate bars in 1894.
     Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end of the 1890's and the early 1900's. But it was World War I that really brought attention to the candy bar.
     The U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to provide 20 to 40 pound blocks o£ chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases. The blocks were cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe. E- ventually the task of making smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers. By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived home, the American candy bar business was assured. Why? Because the returning soldiers had grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same. As a result,from that time on and through the 1920?s,candy bar manu¬facturers became established throughout the United States,and as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the seene.
      The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available. Chica¬go became the seat of the candy bar industry and is even today an important base.

Passage Five
     Mark Twain is one of America's much-beloved authors, creating imaginative and hu¬morous classics for children and adults alike,such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Prince and The Pauper, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain passed away in 1910,leaving behind a treasure of great literature. But now, 100 years after his death,he? 11 have a brand-new book on the shelves： a three-volume autobiography.
    Twain hasn't been keeping busy in his tomb：it was his wish that publishers wait until 100 years after his death to publish his memoirs（自传）,which he spent the last decade of his life working on.
    The autobiography totals more than 5,000 pages,and likely won't be all sunshine and roses. It seems that Twain harbored some bitterness against former girlfriends and ex¬friends. He also writes negatively about politicians of his day,such as Teddy Roosevelt. It' S likely that he requested such a long lead time for the memoirs because he didn't want to hurt the feelings of anyone mentioned in this work.
      Although small sections of the memoirs have been previously published,the autobiog¬raphy has never been available in full,and should provide great insights into the man behind the classic books. The first volume of the set will be available in November,and the trilogy is being published by the University of California, Berkeley.
      "There are So many biographies of Twain,and many of them have used bits and pieces of the autobiography. weditor Robert Hirst told The Independent. "But biographers pick and choose what bits to quote. By publishing Twain'S book in full,we hope that people will be able to come to their own complete conclusions about what sort of a man he was.

V. Daily Conversation (15 points)
Directions: Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the fol-lowing dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. When shall we set off        B. What iS the time
C. have a wonderful time       D. start packing
E. be great fun                       F. What could I get
G. What should I take            H. where to

第II卷(非选择题，共25分)
VI. Writing(25 points)
61.Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write an essay in English in 100 — 120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly.