2021年湖北省宜昌市成考專升本英語自考真題(含答案)

2021年湖北省宜昌市成考專升本英語自考真題(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級:________姓名:________考號:________

一、單選題(20題)1.—Theeducationsystemratherthantheteachers______toanswerfortheoverburdenonthestudents—IagreeIhopethereform.beingcarriedoutinourcountrywillhangaboutthe_____results.

A.are;desiredB.is;desiredC.are;desiringD.is;desiring

2.Myfather______mebysayingthatIcouldwininthespeechcontest,soItookpartinit.

A.discouragedB.encouragedC.preventedD.asked

3.Thankyouforthe______youdidme.tomovethesofaupstairs.

A.favorB.goodC.helpD.kindness

4.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

5.Thenovelwrittenbytheauthor_______well,butfiveyearsagronoonecouldhaveimaginedhowgreatarolehe_______intheliteraryworldA.sells;wastoplay

B.selling;wasplaying

C.sold;hadplayed

D.sell;isplaying

6.Notuntilhelefthishome_______toknowhowimportantthefamilywasforhim.

A.didhebeginB.hadhebegunC.hebeganD.hehasbegun

7.tosunlightfortoomuchtime,asthedoctorssay,willdoharmtoone‘sskin.

A.Beingexposed

B.Havingexposed

C.Exposed

D.Afterbeingexposed

8.Finallyhegottimeforaglance______thisreport.

A.offB.roundC.onD.at

9.

Allthestudentswenttothemagicshowyesterday.Itwasreally______A.amusinglyB.amuseC.amusingD.amused

10.Sometimeschildrenhavetrouble______factfromfictionandmaybelievethatsuchthingsactuallyexist.

A.toseparateB.separatingC.forseparatingD.ofseparating

11.______yourhomeworkandmakesurethatyoudon't______anymistakes.

A.Do;doB.Make;makeC.Make;doD.Do;make

12.--Ifyouareofferedatriptothemoon,______it?--Ofcourse.Whynot?

A.didyouaccept

B.areyougoingtoaccept

C.willyouaccept

D.wouldyouaccept

13.-Betweenthetwopossibleplans,I‘mbound_____thesecondoneA.favouringB.tofavourC.forfavouringD.tofavouring

14.Hewasamanofstrongfeelings,______normallylayhiddendeepinsidehim.

A.itB.thatC.thoseD.which

15.______youmayberight,Ican'taltogetheragree.

A.WhileB.AsC.ifD.Since

16.Theproblemwassettledtothecompleteofthem,sotheydidn‘tcomplain.

A.amazementB.satisfactionC.disappointmentD.attraction

17.Inoticedhiseyes______,becausetheywereverylarge.

A.inparticularB.withparticularC.inspecialD.withspecial

18.Heistooweakto______theheavybox.

A.riseB.putC.raiseD.arise

19.Helenalwayshelpshergrandmothereventhoughgoingtoschool____mostofherday.

A.takesupB.makeupC.saveupD.putup

20.Icanneverforget______thefamousactressduringhervisittoourschool．

A.havingbeenmetB.tomeetC.tohavemetD.meeting

二、翻譯(10題)21.Onereasonisthewaytheyaretreatedoncetheygetthere.ThepeopleatDisneygooutoftheirwaytoservetheir"guests",astheyprefertocallthem,andtoseethattheyenjoythemselves.

22.TodaythecomputerplaysavitalroleinthelivesofmanyAmericansandisseenasoneofthegreatesttechnologicaldevelopmentsofalltimes.

23.MostpeoplewereinfavorofgoingtoShanghaiwhentheywerediscussingwheretospendtheirholidays.

24.論實(shí)際用途，沒有那個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)網(wǎng)絡(luò)能比得上國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

25.Weareconcernedtodeveloptheabilitiesofalloutpupilstothefull,notjusttheiracademicability.

26.Hewantstowriteanarticle,whichwillattractpublicattentiontotheairpollutioninthiscity.

27.Asfarasabilityisconcerned,Tomistherightpersonforthejob.

28.Itisunderstoodthatwhentwounionsquarreloverthreejobs,theargumentissettledbygivingeachuniontwo.Thatmeans33percentovermanning,33percentlessproductivitythancouldbeobtained.

29.Shehasbeenlongingtoworkasalawyer,becausetheworkisnotonlyinteresting,challenging,butalsothesalaryisveryattractive.

30.IhaveboughtthathousefromwhichIcanenjoythebeautifulsceneoftheChangjiangBridge.

三、書面表達(dá)(10題)31.假設(shè)你是一名高中生，一次一位外國朋友問你，除了在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)英語還有什么其他途徑可

以練習(xí)英語。請你根據(jù)提示用英語寫出你參加“英語角”的情況。

提示：

1．“英語角”于兩年前成立，許多中學(xué)生參加，有時(shí)也有一些大學(xué)生和外國友人來此。

2．活動(dòng)時(shí)間：每周六上午。

3．活動(dòng)內(nèi)容：練習(xí)英語口語，談?wù)摯蠹夜餐信d趣的事情，交流學(xué)習(xí)英語的經(jīng)驗(yàn)等。

4．談?wù)勀銋⒓哟隧?xiàng)活動(dòng)的體會。

注意．詞數(shù)應(yīng)為100左右

32.你(LiYuan)丟失了錢包，需要寫一個(gè)尋物啟事。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)丟失的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。

(2)描述錢包內(nèi)外(錢包的顏色、錢包里的東西)。

(3)提供與失主聯(lián)系的方式。

33.你不慎將手機(jī)丟失。請寫--N尋物啟事，內(nèi)容大致包括以下方面：

(1)你的手機(jī)的品牌和外觀(如顏色、形狀等)。

(2)丟失的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。

(3)手機(jī)對你的重要性。

(4)希望拾到的人將手機(jī)送還。

(5)表示感謝，并提供你的聯(lián)系方式(LiYuan，Tel：66778899)。

34.假定你是Helen，要寫一封信給Julie，對她和她的丈夫昨日請你和你丈夫吃飯表示感謝，表示要回請他們，以答謝他們的盛情款待。

35.Ⅵ.Writing(25points)Directions:Forthispart,youaresupposedtowriteacompositionin100—120Fordsbasedonthefollowingsituation.Remembertowriteitclearly.61．你以倫敦國際語言中心的名義向大家介紹：1)該中心的教學(xué)目的既實(shí)用又圍繞商務(wù)。教師經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富，有現(xiàn)代化的教學(xué)方法和設(shè)備。想?yún)⒓诱Z言課程請到105室登記。2)除了教學(xué)之外，該中心還提供許多其他活動(dòng)，如電影、英語角、討論和野餐，其目的是提高學(xué)生的語言技能。3)英語俱樂部每天上午九點(diǎn)至晚上九點(diǎn)開放，只需申請，會員即可免費(fèi)使用。

36.隨著電腦和因特網(wǎng)的普及，網(wǎng)上購物也進(jìn)入了人們的日常生活。有人支持網(wǎng)上購物，也有人對其保留態(tài)度，你的看法是什么？根據(jù)下表寫一篇文章。注意：1.不要逐條翻譯；2.

詞數(shù)150左右。3.

參考詞匯：投訴

complainv./complaintn.

37.假設(shè)你是一個(gè)農(nóng)村學(xué)生，進(jìn)城看到河水被嚴(yán)重污染，請寫一篇議論污染的日記。內(nèi)容包括

以下幾點(diǎn)：

1．河水顏色發(fā)黑，并發(fā)出臭味。

2．水里沒有魚，也沒人游泳。

3．污染原因是附近的工廠往河里排放工業(yè)廢水。

4．大家應(yīng)保護(hù)環(huán)境，減少污染。

注意：

1．要符合日記的格式。

2．詞數(shù)為l00左右。

38.你(LiYuan)和幾個(gè)朋友約定明天在人民公園野餐。你們的朋友Peter也應(yīng)邀參加。你給他寫封信，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)說明野餐目的。

(2)說明路線。

(3)說明日期、時(shí)間。

39.寫一篇有關(guān)壓力的文章。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)壓力是什么?

(2)減壓的辦法。

40.假定你是中國文化知識大賽組委員會主席李華，寫信祝賀參賽選手JohnSmith獲得本次

大賽一等獎(jiǎng)，并通知其以下事項(xiàng)：

1．出席12月10日晚在北京友誼賓館舉行的慶祝晚會。2．贏得了免費(fèi)中國10Et游。

3．如果能夠參加旅游，應(yīng)將信中所附表格填好，并準(zhǔn)備好護(hù)照（passport）。組委會將負(fù)責(zé)

其他相關(guān)事宜。

注音．詞數(shù)為100左右

October17th，2012

DearMr．JohnSmith，

Sincerelyyours，

LiHuaChair

CommitteeoftheChineseCultureContest

四、翻譯(20題)41.SectionB

Directions:TranslatethefollowingChineseintoEnglish.

(英語專業(yè)學(xué)生做)

Directions:Inthissection,thereisashortpassageinChinese.ReaditcarefullyandputitintoEnglish.

人生不是上帝為譴責(zé)我們的缺陷而給我們布下的陷阱。人生也不是一場拼寫比賽，不管你拼出多少單詞，一旦出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤，就會前功盡棄。人生更像是一個(gè)棒球賽季，即使最好的球隊(duì)也會輸?shù)羧种坏谋荣悾幢阕畈畹那蜿?duì)也有春風(fēng)得意的日子。我們的目標(biāo)就是多贏少輸。當(dāng)我們能夠接受不完整是人性的一部分這個(gè)事實(shí)時(shí)，當(dāng)我們的人生不斷滾動(dòng)并能欣賞其價(jià)值時(shí)，我們就會獲得其他人僅渴望的完整人生。我相信這就是上帝對我們的要求：不求“完美”，不求“永不犯錯(cuò)”，而是求得人生的完整。

42.如果你堅(jiān)持進(jìn)行這項(xiàng)試驗(yàn),你將為由此產(chǎn)生的后果負(fù)責(zé).

43.Developmentsincomputertechnologywillhaveamajorimpactonindustrialprocesses.

44.我們在尋找有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人士，他們愿為我們高績效的組織做出貢獻(xiàn)，并能為他們職業(yè)生涯的成功而奮斗。

A.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,willingtoattributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

B.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,arewillingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

C.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,willingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

D.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,reluctanttodistributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

45.Theyalsolearnhowtocopewithpersonalproblemsaswellaslearninghowtothink,tomakedecisions,toanalyzeandevaluate,andtocommunicateeffectively.

46.因?yàn)槲覀兊漠a(chǎn)品在國內(nèi)外聲譽(yù)頗佳，所以產(chǎn)品需求量逐年增加。

47.TheprincipalreasonfortheproportionoftelevisionamongUnitedStatesadvertisersisthatitreachesavastnumberofpeopleatthesametime.

48.現(xiàn)在年輕人在書籍上花的錢越來越多了。

49.Onlythosewhoworkhardwillbefavoredinthefiercecompetition.

50.我能向你保證這一信息是可靠的.

51.Ihavehadgreatdealoftroubleincatchingupwithothersinmyclass._____________________________________________________________________________

52.Shehasbeenlongingtoworkasalawyer,becausetheworkisnotonlyinteresting,challenging,butalsothesalaryisveryattractive.

53.Withouttheencouragementandhelpofmyfriends,Iwouldhavequitschool.

54.國慶節(jié)快到了，很多人在忙著準(zhǔn)備去旅游。

55.Wouldyoupleasetellusthequantityyourequireinordertoenableustoworkouttheoffer?

56.Agreatdealofresearchhasbeenperformedonthisquestion,andresultspointstothefollowinganswer:weperformthistaskthroughaspecialtypeofaveraging.

57.Safetyfirstmaymeanalittlemoretimeandcare,butitmaysaveyoualotoftrouble.

58.Tocontroltheincreasingnumberoftrafficaccidents,thenewsafetyregulationwillbeputintoeffectnextmonth.

59.Itwasnearlyimpossibletolivefreefromfinancialstressinmodernsociety.

60.他們很忙，只是偶爾去看戲。

五、閱讀理解(5題)61.YoucaninferthatanunstatedreasonWinickdoesnotwantaflatratetaxisthat______.

A.shemighthavetopaymoretaxes

B.sheisrich

C.theflatratetaxishardtofigureout

D.theflatratetaxisunfairtotherich

62.

Themainreasonthatboysareseldomtrainedtofollowtheirfather’sbusinessis______.

A.thatchildrenalsoliketohavejobsoutside

B.thatthereisawidechoiceofemploymentforchildren

C.thatfatherdonotliketopursueemploymentathomeanymore

D.thatchildrennowadaysrarelyseetheirplacesofwork

63.

Thebesttitleforthispassageis______.

A.People'sGrowingInterestinNaturalFoods

B.NaturalFoodsandHealthyDiet

C.HarmfulEffectsofSugar

D.TheImportanceofFiberinFoods

64.Claude-OscarMonet(1840-1926)wasaFrenchartistandaleadingmemberoftheImpressionistgroupofpainters.BorninParis,MonetspenthischildhoodinLeHavre.Therehemetalocalartist,EugeneBoudin,whoencouragedhimtobecomealandscapepainter.In1859,MonetwenttoParistostudyattheAcadémieSuisse.Between1860and1862,MonetservedinthearmyinAlgeria(阿爾及利亞).HereturnedtoPariswherehemetmostofthemajorartistsoftheera.In1870,MonetmarriedCamilleDoncieux.ToescapetheFranco-Prussianwar,themovedtoLondon.BacktoFrance,theysettledatArgenteuil,aboatingcentreontheSeine(塞納河)whichdrewmanyotherImpressionistpainters.WorkingfromnaturewasaparticularsymboloftheImpressionistmovement,andonethatMonetvalued,reflectinginhispaintingstheever-changingimpactoflightandweatherconditions.In1872,hevisitedLeHavrewherehepainted"AnImpression,Sunrise".Whenexhibitedin1874,partofitstitlewasusedbyacritictolabelthewholemovement"Impressionism".Monet'swifediedin1879,andhesetuphomewithAliceHoschedé,thewifeofoneofhismostimportantsponsors.Duringthe1880s,MonettravelledthroughFrancethroughFrancepaintingavarietyoflandscape.Hegraduallybecamebetterknownandforthelast30yearsofhislifehewasregardedasthegreatestoftheImpressionists.From1890hebegantopaintaseries(系列)ofpicturesofonesubject,including"Haystacks"a"RouenCathedral"an"Waterlilies".ThelatterwerepaintedinthefinegardenMonetcreatedathishouseatGiverny,wherehelivedfrom18830n.Hepaintedthemoverandoveragain,mostsignificantlyinaseriesespeciallyforamuseuminParis.Monetwasintroducedtoart____.

A.byanartistinhischildhood

B.byhisfatherinLeHavre

C.duringhisshortstayinAlgeria

D.duringhisvisittoParis

65.Thereddotonthepolicemapshows______.

A.theaddressofthecriminal

B.RedwoodCity

C.thecapitalofCalifornia

D.thelocationofthegunfire

六、作文(1題)66.假設(shè)你的朋友叫楊立，是優(yōu)秀學(xué)生。校報(bào)請你寫一篇介紹他的短文。他的基本情況是：現(xiàn)在讀高二，是班長，是全班學(xué)習(xí)最好的;最喜歡學(xué)習(xí)英語和數(shù)學(xué);愛好體育，課余常踢足球，還是學(xué)校游泳隊(duì)隊(duì)員;經(jīng)常幫助別人。注意：(1)基本情況不可遺漏;(2)要有標(biāo)題;(3)詞數(shù)為100左右。

參考答案

1.B解析：theeducationsystem是主語，謂語動(dòng)詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)；thedesiredresults意為“期望的結(jié)果”。

2.B解析：encourage：鼓勵(lì)、鼓舞；discourage：使泄氣；prevent：阻止；ask：要求。根據(jù)句意只有選B。

3.A解析：favor：幫助，一般用domeafavor；good：好處；help不與do搭配：kindness：善良。故選A。

4.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.C所有的學(xué)生都去看了昨天的魔術(shù)表演。它太令人不可思議了。這里主要考查的是動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞的不同用法。Sth．bedoing表示某一事物令人怎么樣。Sb．bedone表示某人處于某種狀態(tài)。例：Theletteristouching．這封信令人感動(dòng)。

Iammoved．我很感動(dòng)。

10.B解析：本題考查固定搭配。havetrouble(in)doingsth.“做某事有困難”。句意為：有時(shí)孩子們在分清故事和現(xiàn)實(shí)方面會有困難，相信故事中的事確實(shí)存在。

11.D解析：本題考查動(dòng)詞搭配。doone'shomework“做作業(yè)”；makemistakes“犯錯(cuò)誤”。句意為：做作業(yè)，還要保證別犯錯(cuò)誤。

12.D

13.B

14.D解析：which修飾非限定性定語從句，指代前邊一句話。本題涉及句法知識——簡單句、并列句和復(fù)合句。例如：Hehastwodaughters.Theyaredoctors.(簡單句)Hehastwodaughtersandtheyaredoctors.(并列句)Hehastwodaughters,whoaredoctors．(復(fù)合句)

15.A解析：while意為“雖然”；as意為“因?yàn)椤保籭f意為“如果”；since意為“因?yàn)椤?。根?jù)題意選A。

16.B

17.Ainparticular是固定搭配，意為“特別地”。

18.C解析：本題考查詞義的辨別。rise出現(xiàn)，put放下，raise提起，arise升高。

19.A

20.D解析：forgetdoingsth．忘了已做過某事。注意區(qū)別forgettodosth。忘了而沒有做某事。

21.一個(gè)原因是一旦到達(dá)那兒所受到的接待方式。迪士尼樂園的人走出來為“客人們”提供服務(wù)他們喜歡這樣稱呼游客并且樂見他們玩的高興。一個(gè)原因是一旦到達(dá)那兒所受到的接待方式。迪士尼樂園的人走出來為“客人們”提供服務(wù)，他們喜歡這樣稱呼游客，并且樂見他們玩的高興。

22.今天計(jì)算機(jī)在許多美國人的生活中起了一個(gè)重要的作用并被認(rèn)為是所有時(shí)代中最偉大的技術(shù)發(fā)展之一。今天計(jì)算機(jī)在許多美國人的生活中起了一個(gè)重要的作用，并被認(rèn)為是所有時(shí)代中最偉大的技術(shù)發(fā)展之一。

23.在討論暑假里去哪里度假的時(shí)候大多數(shù)人贊成去上海。在討論暑假里去哪里度假的時(shí)候，大多數(shù)人贊成去上海。

24.NocomputernetworkiscomparabletoInternetforpracticalapplication.

25.我們關(guān)注的是充分開發(fā)所有學(xué)生的各項(xiàng)能力，而不僅僅是發(fā)展他們的學(xué)習(xí)能力。

26.（他準(zhǔn)備寫一篇關(guān)于城市污染的文章，來引起大眾對于這一問題的關(guān)注）

27.就能力而言湯姆是此項(xiàng)工作的合適人選。就能力而言，湯姆是此項(xiàng)工作的合適人選。

28.據(jù)說當(dāng)兩個(gè)工會為三項(xiàng)工作爭執(zhí)的時(shí)候，解決爭端的辦法是給每個(gè)工會兩項(xiàng)工作。這就意味著有33%的人員配置是多余的，勞動(dòng)生產(chǎn)率比實(shí)際降低33%。

29.她一直渴望當(dāng)律師因?yàn)檫@工作不僅有趣和富有挑戰(zhàn)性而且薪金非常誘人。她一直渴望當(dāng)律師,因?yàn)檫@工作不僅有趣和富有挑戰(zhàn)性，而且薪金非常誘人。

30.我買下了那座房子從那里我可觀賞長江大橋的美景。我買下了那座房子，從那里我可觀賞長江大橋的美景。

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38.DearPeter,

We'resogladyou'recomingtojoinustomorrow.Hereishowyoucanfindus.We'llhaveourpicnicinthePeople'sPark.Youknowwhereitis,don'tyou?Afteryouentertheparkbythemaingate,walkstraightontillyoucometoastream.Crossthestreamandturnright.Afterwalkingforawhileyou'llcometoalake.We'llhaveourpicnicthereinthesmallwoodsbythelake.I'msureyou'llhavenotroublefindingus.Docome!

Yours,

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39.Stressisaforce,pressureortensionthatmakespeoplefeeldepressedorworried.Itcanmakepeoplephysicallyormentallyill.Buthowdowegetridofit?Thereareseveralways:

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Forreducingastressfullife,peopleshouldlivewiththesimplewaysthatareallaroundthem.

40.Onepossibleversion:

October17th，2012

DearMr.JohnSmith，

ItismygreathonortotellyouthatyouhavewonthefirstprizeintheChineseCultureContest.Congratu-lations!

IwouldliketoinviteyoutoattendthecelebrationpartyontheeveningofDecemberlOthatFriendship

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Sincerelyyours，

LiHua

ChairCommitteeoftheChineseCultureContest

41.LifeisnotatrapsetforusbyGodsothathecancondemnusforsailing.Lifeisnotaspellingmatchwherenomatterhowmanywordsyou'vegottenright.You'redisqualifiedifyoumakeonemistake.Lifeismorelikeabaseballseasonwhereeventhebestteamlosesonethirdofitsgamesandeventheworstteamhasitsdaysofbrilliance.Ourgoalistowinmoregamesthanwelose.Whenweacceptthatimpressionispartofhumanbeingandwhenwecontinuerollingthroughlifeandappreciateitwe'llachievewholenessthatotherscanonlyaspireto.ThatIbelieveiswhatGodasksofus-not"beperfect"not"don'tevenmakeamistake".But"bewhole".LifeisnotatrapsetforusbyGodsothathecancondemnusforsailing.Lifeisnotaspellingmatch,wherenomatterhowmanywordsyou'vegottenright.You'redisqualifiedifyoumakeonemistake.Lifeismorelikeabaseballseason,whereeventhebestteamlosesonethirdofitsgamesandeventheworstteamhasitsdaysofbrilliance.Ourgoalistowinmoregamesthanwelose.Whenweacceptthatimpressionispartofhumanbeing,andwhenwecontinuerollingthroughlifeandappreciateit,we'llachievewholenessthatotherscanonlyaspireto.That,Ibelieve,iswhatGodasksofus-not"beperfect",not"don'tevenmakeamistake".But"bewhole".

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