2012年成人高考高起点英语考前冲刺试题

2012年成人高考高起点英语考前冲刺试题
一、语音知识（共5小题；每题1.5分，共7.5分。）
在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词。
1. A. sense B. position C. cause D. observe ( )
2. A. fur B. burst n D. surprise ( )
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th s ( )
5. A. remain B. certain C. obtain D. entertain ( )
二、词汇与语法知识（共15小题；每题1.5分，共22.5分。）
从每小题的四个选择项中，选出最佳的一项。
6. No decision ________ about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewe
d. ( )
A. will be made B. is made C. is being made D. has been made
7. American Indians ________ about five percent of the U. S. population. ( )
A. fill up B. bring up C. make up D. set up
8.I shut all the windows _ I could set my mind to my paper work. ( )
A. because B. so that C. even if D. as
9. All the teachers and students demand they ________time and freedom of their own.( )
A. had B. must have C. have D. ought to have
10. Peter________be really difficult at times even though he's a nice person in general.( )
A. shall B. should C. can D. must
11. He was busy writing a story,only________once in a while to smoke a cigarette.( )
A. to stop B. stopping C. to have stopped D. having stopped

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12.I began to feel ________ in the new school when I saw some familiar faces. ( )
A. at home B. at heart C. at will D. at sight考试用书
13. China has a ________ population and long history. ( )

some places women are expected to earn money ________men work at home and raise their c
hildren. ( )
A. but B. while C. because D. though
15. Professor Smith,along with his assistants, ________on the project day and night to meet the dea
dline. ( )
A. work B. working working D. are working
16. ________cave that George has discovered in his lifetime is near the Alps. ( )
A. The hundredth B. The hundred
C. Hundredth D. A hundredth
17. We have to ________the wheat as soon as possible because a storm is on the way.( )
A. get away B. get across C. get through D. get in
18. You can find whatever you need at the shopping center,________ is always busy at the weeke
nd. ( )
A. that B. where C. what D. which
19. The final examination is coming up soon. It's time for us to ________ our studies.( )
A. get down to B. get out C. get back for D. get over
20. Lucy tried her best to find a good job in the city,but she had no ( )
A. trouble D. time
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分。）
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填人相应空白处的最佳选项。

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Believe it or not, there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you 21 proud o
f your school. It builds a common spirit of unity among students and 22 them of the values'and histo
ry of their school. But for most students,school uniform are not something to be proud of _ 23 .
wearing the same clothes makes me feel 24 ,senior student from a high school comp
lained. don't like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back, said a junior student.
They could be smaller. The main student complaints about school uniforms are:simple colors,boring d
esigns and 25 quality. And a teacher at a middle schoolin Guangzhou said that 26 a teacher and a
mother,she eagerly 27 the quality of school uniforms will be 28 soon.
What has 29 all these problems? Chen Hong,a uniform designer,pointed out that problems 3
0 because the whole society doesn't see the 31 0f the school uniform
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designers stick to the same old fashion 32 there are no professionals who work for students,
Chen said. quality calls for a high 33 ,said Chen
in some schools,the annual _ 34 _ for each student's uniform is only 50 t0 60 Yuan. How ca
n we produce high quality clothes with s0 35 money?
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23. A. at all all C. for all D. after all ( )
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四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，共45分。）
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选择最佳的一项。
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Windbreaks are green walls that are made of trees and other plants with many s plant
them in lines around their fields. Windbreaks stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep th
e wind from damaging crops. They are very important for growing grain, such as wheat and corn. For
example,in some parts Africa, studies have shown that grain harvests can be twenty percent h
igher in fields protected by windbreaks than those in fields without such protection.
However,windbreaks seem to work best when they allow a little wind to pass the wall o
f trees and plants stops wind completely,then strong air motions（运 动） will take place close to the g
round. These motions cause the soil to lift up into the air where it will be blown away. For this reason,
a windbreak is best if it has only sixty to eighty percent of the trees and plants needed to make a solid
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An easy rule to remember is that windbreaks can protect areas up to ten times the height of the ta
llest trees in the windbreaks.
There should be at least two lines in each windbreak. One line should be large trees.
The second line,right next to it,can be shorter trees and other plants with leaves. Locally grown tre
es and plants are the best for windbreaks.
Windbreaks not only protect land and crops from the wind,they can also provide wood products. T
hese include wood for fuel(燃料) and longer pieces for making fences.
36. Windbreaks work best if they________. ( )
A. block the wind totally B. allow some wind to go through
C. consist of two lines D. protect only a small area
the tallest tree is 5 meters in the windbreak,at most it can protect an area of________.( )
A. 50 meters B. 10 meters C. 25 meters D. 30 meters
38. What kind of trees are best for windbreaks? ( )

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A trees. B. Short trees. C. Leafy trees. D. Local trees.
B
Much of the best food in the world is free. These are some of the foods which you can pick for fr
ee in Europe.
Every autumn,people all over Europe go out into the woods and fields to look for mushrooms(蘑菇).
People in France, Germany, Poland and Italy are very interested in mushroom picking. You have to be
very careful when you pick wild mushrooms. Some are delicious,but others that look very like them can
give you a stomachache. Some kinds of mushroom are dangerous. They can make you ill or even kill.y
ou.
The most famous and delicious kind of mushroom is the tru~fle(块菌). It grows underground in for
ests,especially in Italy and France. It is very difficult to find. Farmers usually go out with dogs or pigs.
When the animals get excited and start to dig,they know that there are truffles underground. They dig t
hem up very carefully. Truffles are very valuable. They can be black or light brown or white.
In the countryside,there are lots of different fruits to pick. In June you may find wild strawberries.
The best time to look for them is in the evening. If you walk around in woods,sometimes you will sm
ell them before you see them. The blackberry（黑莓） is also well liked. It grows wild round the edges
of fields in September and early October.
Blackberries are black and small and very sweet. You can eat them as they are with sugar and cre
am. Or you can cook them for four minutes with some sugar and a little lemon juice.
You can also make a very good jam with them.
39. What is the passage mainly about? ( )
A. Wild Mushrooms. B. Truffles and fruits.
C. Best food in the world D. Food you can pick for free.
40. What is TRUE about truffles? ( )
A. They grow on mountains. B. They grow on the ground.
C. They are easy to find. D. They are in three colors.
41. What is the best time to look for strawberries? ( )
A. In June. B. In September.

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C. In early October. D. In Autumn.
42. Which of the following can be smelled before you see them? ( )
A. Mushrooms. B. Truffles. C. Strawberries. D. Blackberries.
C
Matt grows the nicest vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too- big,sweet apples and oranges. A
nd what else? Well,the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Matt's garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sittingroom table;a
nd,of course,he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a
poor man.
He knows a few other gardeners; but he does not have any friends. You might ask, is that?
Why doesn't he have friends?
It is a wonderful garden, Matt plants things in spring, summer,autumn and winter. After that he do
es very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.

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People ask, does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes,but he d
oesn't do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all
day!And that is all quite true. People cannot understand it,and so they don't like it very much.
Matt likes music,but what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you the true thing;the
music does the work. All plants love music;and Matt knows that.
the market,Matt sells________. ( )
A. most of his vegetables only B. all his flowers
C. everything he grows D. most of his products
44. Matt isn't poor because ( )
A. he grows the biggest vegetables and fruit
B. he owns a beautiful garden
C. he gets money from selling his products
D. he has the nicest radio in the village

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45. Matt has few friends because ________. ( )
A. people don't understand his success
B. he doesn't do any work
C. he loves music too much
D. he grows wonderful vegetables
46. Matt' of growing plants is________. ( )
A. to water them
B. to sit under a tree
C. to keep the garden clean
D. to play music to them
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The newest generation of American youth has been raised on a diet of YouTube,Facebook and Amer
ican Idol. These inventions are harmless but when put together they have produced a culture where youth
want to be rich and famous and believe everyone should know everything about their lives.
The spokesperson for this fame-hungry(追求名誉), talentless generation is Britney Spears.
At a young age,Spears seemed to have it all. She was starring on the Mickey Mouse Club TV sho
w when she was 11. At 18,Spears released（发行） her first album(专辑) Baby
One More Time. The album immediately made Spears a pop iconc偶像）. She had millions of dol
lars and was on top of the world.
With fame came troubles. Photographers followed her everywhere she ally,she couldn't ta
ke it anymore and she made a series of bad decisions. First,she married a high school friend. But the m
arriage only lasted a matter of hours. Then she married her back-up dancer,Kevin Federline,who was a k
nown playboy. Then she shaved her head and suffered a big breakdown. She did all of this with the w
orld watching.
But then her father,Jamie, stepped in and took control. Spears took sometime away from the public
to get things in order. Now she is promoting her new album,Circus,which is a good word to describe
her life. The CD is now N0 1 in America.

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It has been a crazy ride for Spears but when judging her,remember that she was once a sweet,youn
g girl whom a lot of people thought they could make money off. Even with all she's been through,she's
only 27 years old.
47. What is the characteristic of the newest generation of American teenagers? ( )
A. Rich. B. Fame-hungry.
C. Crazy. D. Sweet.
48. According to the passage Spears is ________ . ( )
A. a pop singer and TV star B. a back-up dancer
C. a government spokesperson D. a photographer
49. What happened after Spears became famous? ( )
A. She began to like photography.
B. She was controlled by her father.
C. She had new hairstyle and liked playboys.
D. Her personal life became the focus of media.
50. What is true about Spears? ( )
A. She has always been a crazy girl.
B. She is hungry for attention.
C. She is the best singer in the US.
D. She once made bad decisions.
五、补全对话（共5句；每句满分为3分，共15分。）
根据 中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在横线上，这些句子必须符合表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈
述句；打 问号的地方，用疑问句。
提示：Bob向Adam询问昨天晚上在他家举办的家庭晚宴的情况。A dam讲总体感觉还不错，大家玩的
都很尽兴。但是我们真后悔这次邀请了我夫人的上司。晚宴后，他迟 迟不愿离开。我们觉得很难开口让他
离开我家，只好陪到凌晨1点。

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Bob: How was your dinner party?
Adam： ________．People really seemed to enjoy themselves.
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Bob: _________
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Adam: Yeah,but_____again. We can never get him to
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leave!
Bob: Really?___________
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Adam: Until one o'clock in the morning! And we both had to get up early the next day.
Bob: Oh,he shouldn't have stayed so late. That was really inconsiderate. You should
have asked him to leave earlier.
Adam:Well,____ 一to do that to my wife's boss!
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六、书面表达（满分30分）
假定你是李华，学生会主席。学生会下周三下午要组织志愿者去老人院，外国留学生也可以参加。用
英文写一个通知，内容包括时间、地点以及活动。
注意：
1. 100词左右；
2．开头语已为你写好。
Notice
On Wednesday afternoon,volunteers will go to the nursing home and foreign students can also sign
up.

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参考答案
一、语音知识
1．A sense中的s读[S]，其他的读[z]。
2．D字母组合ur在重读 音节中发[a:]，在非重读音节中发[a]。surprise中的ur是非重读音节，发[a]。
其 他是在重读音节中。
3.C powder中的OW发[au]。其他单词中的ow发[au]
4．D clothes中的th发[6]，其他单词中的th发[e]。
5．B certain中的ai是非重读音节，发音是[a]，其他为重读音节，发音是[ei]。
二、词汇与语法知识
6．A参考译文：所有候选人都经过面试后才能决定将来的任命。此题考查时 态。until引导的条件状语
从句是现在（完成时），根据主将从规原则，主句应为将来时。
7．C参考译文：美国印第安人构成（占）美国人口的5%。其他不合题意。make up是一个多义词组，
其中之一是“构成，组成”。
8．B参考译文：我关上所有的窗户以便能集中精力写论文。so that引出目的状语从句，说明关窗户的
目的。
9．C参考译文：所有的老师和学生都 要求应该有自己的时间和自由。此题考察should型虚拟语气。当
主句谓语是表示要求(如本句de mand)，命令(如order)，建议(如advise)的动词时，宾语从句的谓语应是sho
u ld do--，但should可以省略，因而只剩动词原型。
10.C参考译文：尽管一般的 说，彼得是个好人，但他有时够难相处的。本题考查情态动词。can表示“有
时会（不经常如此）”， 其他不合题意。
11.B参考译文：他在忙着写小说，只是偶尔停下来吸支烟。本题考查分词的用 法。此处是分词短语作
伴随情况状语。
12．A参考译文：在这个新学校里，当我看到一些熟悉的面孔时，开始感到舒心了。feel athome是固
定短语，表示：感觉舒适，自在。
13.B参考译文：中国有众多的人口和悠久的历史。说明人口众多，用great population。
14.B参考译文：在一些地方，妇女外出挣钱而男人在家干活，抚养孩子。while在本句中表 示一种对比，
转折：然而。

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15.C参考译文 ：史密斯教授和他的助手们夜以继日的忙着这个项目，争取按时完成。此题考查主谓一
致。当主语是A， along withBtogether with B as well as B等结构时，谓语动词与A保持一致。本句主
语是史密斯教授一人，（第三人称单数）因而只能选C。
16.A参考译文：乔治一生中发现的第100个山洞靠近阿尔卑斯山。此题考查序数词的用法。
17．D参考译文：暴风雨就要来了，你必须尽快收割 18.D参考译文：在购物中心，你 可以找到你所
需要的任何东西。在周末那里总是很忙。which引导非限定性定语从句，代替thes hopping center，并在从
句中作主语。that不能引导非限定性定语从句；where 在从句中只能做地点状语，what根本不能引导定语从
句。
19.A参考译文：期末考试就要来临了。j该是我们认真考虑我们的学习的时候了。getdown to开始认
真考虑。其他不合题意。好小麦。get in收获，收割。其他不合题意。strawberries and blackberry。D的意
思是：你可以免费采摘的食品。
20.C参考译文：Lucy尽她最大的努力要三、完形填空
21.B feel (be) proud of sth.为……感到自豪，是一个固定词组。
22.C remind sb. of sth.使某人想起某事，是一个固定词组。
23.A at all表示“根本，无论如何”。跟在否定句后，起加重语气的作用，表示“根本就不。”
24． A本句的意思是“总穿一样的衣服令人感到厌烦”。分词做表语，在说明人的感觉时，用过去分词；
说明 某事物的特征时用现在分词。
25.B此句的意思是“学生们对校服的主要的抱怨是：单调的颜色 ，陈旧的设计和的质量”。可以推断选
B．bad quality（糟糕的质量），与前面提到的校服 的两个特征一致，说明校服的不足之处。其他三个不合
句意。
26.D as有“以……的身份，作为……”的意思，as a teacher and a mother，作为一名教师又是一名母
亲，符合题意。
27.D本题考查动词的搭配。requires可以跟一宾语从句，但其中的谓语动词应是should be，而不是wi
ll be。need和want后面不接宾语从句。hope后可以接宾语从句，并 且从句中的谓语动词是真实语气，即
可以是will be。
28.A前面提到学生们抱怨校服的种种缺陷，所以作者呼吁校服应尽快得到改进一improved。
29.B此句意思是：什么导致了这些问题？cause是“导致某事发生的人，事，理由，动机等 ”。其他不合
题意。
30．B此题考查词组的意义。come up有“发生，被提出，和讨论”的意思。其他不合题意。

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31.A整句的意思是“……指出，问题的出现是因为全社会没有看到校服的重要性。”function功能， desi
gn设计，profit利润放人此句，语法方面没有错误，但句意不合逻辑。
32.C合乎逻辑的句意是“很多设计师一直用着旧款式是因为没有为学生设计的专业人员。”所以选beca< br>use。
33.B整句的意思是“高质量需要高价钱。但在一些学校，平均每套校服的费用 仅50～60元。用这么一
点钱怎么生产高质量的衣服呢。”高价钱是high price。
34.A expense泛指“为得到某物或达到目的而支付的东西，或金钱”。fee指的是 “会费、学费等费用或
酬金”。fare表示交通费用，如乘公共汽车费用。mcome是收入。
35.D说明钱少，用little。
四、阅读理解36.B细节题。第三段第一句就是答案。
37.A推论题。第四段说，防 风林可以保护的面积范围是防风林中最高的树高的10倍。由此可以推断，
当树高为5米时，可保护的范 围应该是50米。
38.D 细节题。第五段最后一句说：locally grown trees and plants are the best forwindbreaks.
39．D主旨题。第一句话点出了全文的主要意思：Much of the best food in the world isfree.后面段落
分别介绍了mushroom，
40.D细节题。第三段最后一句在介绍truffle时提到，他们可以是黑色的，浅褐色的或是白色的。
41．A细节题。第四段提到“In June youmay find wild strawberries”。
42.C细节题。第四段提到，如果你在林子里走，有时在你看到草莓之前，你能闻到他们的气味。
43.D细节题。从第二段可以知道他出售他的大部分产品。因为他自己要吃掉或用去一些他所生产出来
的东西，所以C“everythinghe grows他所种植的一切东西”不对。
44.C 推论题。第二段提到，他在市场上出售所有其他的东西。所以他不是穷人。可以知道“他不穷是因
为通过 售出他的产品挣钱的。”
45.A推论题。第三段问到“他为什么没有很多朋友呢？”随后的两段 文字说明是如何劳动的，并且提到“P
eople cannot understand itand so they don't like it very much。”可以推断出他没有朋友的原因。
46.D细节题。最后一段告诉了我们一个事实( true thing):“the music does the workAll plants love mu
sic; and Matt knows that.”
47.B 细节题。第二段提到“Thespokesperson for this fame-hungry, talentlessgeneration is Britney Spe
ars.”(这群追求名利，而无能的一代的代言人是Britney Spears)。其他三个特征文章里没有提到。

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48．A细节题。第三段中提到“She wasstarrmg on…TV show,…release her firstalbum.她主演电视节目，
出版个人专辑”，说明她是a pop singer和TV star.
49.D推论细节题。从第四段中提到的“with fame came troubles. Photographersfollowed her everywher
e she went. …she didall of this with the world watching.”可以推断出她的一切都有摄影师跟踪拍摄，成
为媒体关注的中心。
50.D细节题。A，B，C三项文章里没有提到。但在第四段中提到“She made a series ofbad decisions”，
所以选D。
五、补全对话
51.I think it went pretty well
52. That's good
53. we shouldn't have invited my wife's boss
54. How late did he stay this time
55. it's pretty difficult
参考译文：
Bob: 你昨天的晚宴怎么样？
Adam:我觉得很不错。大家似乎玩的都很开心。
Bob:太好了。
Adam:嗯。不过我们真不应该又请了我夫人的老板来。我们没有办法让他离开。
Bob: 真的吗？这次他呆到多晚？
Adam:直到凌晨1点。而我们俩第二天都 要早起。
Bob: 哦，他真不应该呆到这么晚。一点都不考虑别人。你们应该让他早 点走。
Adam:是啊。只是对我夫人的老板那样说有些困难。
六、书面表达
Notice

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Next Wednesday afternoon,volunteers will go to the nursing home and foreign students can also sign
up.
We will meet at 2 the university gate and take the school bus,arriving there at about 2:30. T
hen we will visit some aged people and do some cleaning for them. After that,we
在城里找一份好工作，但她运气不好。luck运气，好运。其他不合题意。will talk with them and giv
e some performances such as singing and dancing. We will return at
about s p. m. .
If you would like to join us,please call us at 62288817 and tell Li Hua. You need to sign up by F
riday this week.
Cordially yours,


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