voter大学英语预备级1》考核试题b

2021年1月8日发(作者：郝京平)
华中科技大学网络学院
二○○五年招生考试
大学英语模拟试卷
（专科起点升本科）
考试时间: 150 分钟
注：答案必须写在答题卡上，否则按零分处理。

Part I. Phonetics （10 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.
1．A．admire
2．A．advanced
3．A．watch
4．A．courage
5．A．narrow
6．A．energy
7．A．excellent
8．A．secretary
9．A．whisper
10．A．practice




















B．against
B．chance
B．catch
B．passage
B．nation
B．engineer
B．expensive
B．select
B．whistle
B．possible










C．anxious
C．dance
C．match
C．manage
C．national
C．encourage
C．experience
C．separate
C．within
C．physical










D．announce
D．balance
D．snatch
D．geography
D．natural
D．entrance
D．experiment
D．sentence
D．while
D．Pacific
keys: 1－10 CDADBCABDB

Part II. Vocabulary and structure ( 40 Points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there
are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one answer that best complete the
sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
11. The problem, ______ is complicated, has been solved.
A. that B. it C. which D. what
12. Man cannot live on the moon, ______ there is no air and water.
A. / B. where C. on it D. in which
13. He met my mother, from ______ he got the news of marriage.
A. who B. that C. whom D. which
14. I think records are often ______ an actual performance.
A. as good as or better that B. as good or better than
C. like good or better than D. as good as any other

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15. We all got up early ______ we might start at six.
A. in order to B. so as to C. in order that D. though
16. Jane appears as though she ______ the secret.
A. knows B. knew C. has known D. had known
17. The professor gave orders that the test ______ before 5∶30.
A. should be finished B. will be finished
C. will finish D. shall finish
18. In case I ______, I would try again.
A. will fail B. shall fail C. should fail D. did fail
19. He remembered _______ to the zoo by his father when he was little.
A. taking B. being taken
C. to have taken D. have been taken
20. All the machines _______ next month.
A. will be repaired B. will repair C. will have repaired D. will have repair
21. I haven’t heard from Maria _______.
A. since many months before B. for many months
C. for many months ago D. since a long time
22. Spain _______ at one time a very powerful country.
A. was B. has been C. is D. was being
23. – Is Tony making dinner?
-- He’s just _______ to make it.
A. begun B. begin C. began D. beginned
24. – Is Howard mad at me?
-- I think he’s jealous _______ your promotion.
A. at B. for C. with d. of
25. – When is Halloween（万圣节）？
-- It’s _______ October.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
26. – It’s six o’clock and your father is still at the office.
-- I know, who else would _______ he does?
A. be as hard working as B. as working harder than
C. do harder work than D. work as hard as
27. – Do you regret paying fifty dollars for the dog?
-- No, I would gladly pay _______ for him.
A. as much twice B. twice so much C. twice as much D. much twice
28. General George Brown was older than _______ in his regiment（军团）.
A. any officer B. any other officer C. any others officer D. any officer else
29. Nowadays ________ seems to enjoy looking at fat girls. That is why many companies have
developed special foods to help people to slim（苗条）.
A. everyone B. anybody C. somebody D. no one
30. He felt bad because he had drunk too ________ the night before.
A. many B. much C. few D. little
you have taken my advice, you ____ as a manager.
A. would be chosen

B. have been chosen
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C. would have been chosen D. will have been chosen
to the fact ____ this country has not enough natural resources, it has to import
most of its energy needs from abroad.
A. what B. which









C. that D. whose
g speed tends to be slower ____study-type material is read
A. at a snail’s pace
C. in such cases


A. which
A. beautiful
B. the first time
D. word by word
C. those D. that
34. Science does lead to new products, some of ____prove not to be so good.
B. them
B. pretty
35. Physicists also have invented ____lasers that produce concentrated beams of light.
C. sophisticated D. elementary
36. A computer can only do ______ you have programmed it to do.
A. what B. that C. which D. it
37. It wasn’t such a good dinner ______ she had promised us.
A. that B. which C. as D. what
38. Mr. Smith advised us to withdraw _____ involved.
A. so as not to get B. so not as to get
C. not so as to get D. so as to not get
39. The medical service is free of ______ in their school.
A. charge B. expense C. cost D. money
40. The driver was fined because of exceeding the speed limit. He drove _____ 70
miles an hour.
A. with B. in C. at D. on
41. John devoted himself to his .
A. specialty
A. in
B. specialist C. special D. specialization
C. on D. of
42. His work consists explaining ht objects of the organization to the workers.
B. with
43. I’ll the story where you left out.
A. take on B. take over C. take up D. take to
44. In the 19
th
century, it was the largest and most city in the world, the
center of a large and prosperous overseas empire.
A. affected B. influential
A. amount to B. switch to
C. impact D. effected
C. contribute to D. object to
45. How can James seriously my going away with you?
46. I you that if you are late again, you will be dismissed.

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A. persuade B. recommend C. warn
A. guideline B. guide
A. amused B. amusing
A. president
D. dissuade
47. Under my companion’s , we made our way at once to Hudson Street.
C. guidance D. guiding
C. mused D. musing
48. The boys themselves by drawing caricatures of their teacher.
49. An American campaign lasts for eighteen months.
B. presidency C. presidential D. residence
50. Take this empty box away and me a full one.
A. bring B. take C. fetch D. carry
keys:
11-20 CBCAC BACBA 21-30 BAADADCBDB
31-40 CC BACA CA AC 41-50 A DCBDCCACA

Part III． Cloze （20 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.


Once a group of tourists who staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the
restaurant. Fish was brought and while they 51 it some of them told interesting stories about
finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.
An old gentleman . 52 had listened quietly to their conversation, rose and said: “I’ve
heard all your stories, and now I’ll tell you 53 . When I was a young man I was working in a
large importing company in New York. Before long, I 54 in love with a pretty young girl.
Very soon we were engaged .But just two months before our marriage, I was suddenly sent to
Birmingham on very important. I left sweetheart, 55 to write to her.”
“I was obliged to staying in Birmingham longer than I had 56 . 57 last my work
was done, and just before I left for home, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond ring,
intending to give it to my sweetheart.”
“On my way to New York, I was looking through the morning newspaper when I saw an
announcement of my sweetheart’s marriage with another man. This made me so angry 58 I
threw the ring overboard (向船外). A few days 59 when I was eating a fish, I bit something
hard. What do you think 60 ?”
51．A．eat B．are C．had eaten D．were eating
52．A．who B．whom C．that D．which
53．A．a story B．one story C．the story D．one
54．A．fall B．fell C．feel D．felt
55．A．agreeing B．agree C．promising D．promise
56．A．seen B．replied C．promised D．expected
57．A．From B．At C．In D．On
58．A．than B．that C．as D．to
59．A．late B．later C．latter D．latest

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