2022-2023學(xué)年山東省聊城市普通高校對(duì)口單招英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)

2022-2023學(xué)年山東省聊城市普通高校對(duì)口單招英語(yǔ)自考預(yù)測(cè)試題(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、單選題(50題)1.Iwonderhowmuch______.

A.thatcarwasB.wasthatcarC.isthatcarD.thatcaris

2.Thesenationalparksareveryimportantforpreservingmanyanimals,whichwouldruntheriskofbecomingextinct.

A.insteadB.thereforeC.neverthelessD.otherwise

3.Whenwe______themuseumisnotdecided.

A.visitedB.visitC.willvisitD.visiting

4.—What'sthechanceofthere______anelectionthisyear?—Ihavenoidea.

A.isB.tobeC.beingD.be

5.Thatistheonlywaywecanimagine_______theoveruseofwaterinstudents‘bathrooms.

A.reducingB.toreduceC.reducedD.reduce

6.Thesearchwas_______whennightcame,eventhoughthechildhadnotbeenfoundA.approvedB.acquiredC.achievedD.abandoned

7.Sendmyregardstoyourwifewhenyou__________home．

A.wroteB.willwriteC.havewrittenD.write

8.

Allthestudentswenttothemagicshowyesterday.Itwasreally______A.amusinglyB.amuseC.amusingD.amused

9.______hecome,theproblemwouldbesettled.

A.WouldB.ShouldC.ShallD.If

10.Finallyhegottimeforaglance______thisreport.

A.offB.roundC.onD.at

11.Letmehelpyou,______?

A.won'tyonB.willyouC.shallID.shan'tI

12.—Hasthewalletbeenreturnedyet?—No，butweexpect______anydaynow.

A.toreturnit

B.ittoreturn

C.ittobereturned

D.itreturned

13.Sicknessdeprivedme______thepleasureofseeingyou.

A.fromB.ofC.outofD.with

14.Hishandwritingis______yours.

A.morebetterB.aswellasC.muchbetterthanD.asbetteras

15.TomandJackarebothveryclever._________,Tomis____________Jack.

A.Allinall;asacleverboyas

B.Inotherwords;ascleveraboyas

C.Thatistosay;asacleverboyas

D.Inword;ascleveraboyas

16.—ThisismynewdogHisnameisWisdom—That'sinterestingWhy______didyougivehimsuchaname?

A.intheearthB.inworldC.onearthD.ontheworld

17.Thebankisreportedinthelocalnewspaper,_______inbroaddaylightyesterday.

A.beingrobbed

B.havingbeenrobbed

C.tohavebeenrobbed

D.robbed

18.Little_________thattheirplanhasbeenDiscovered．

A.didtheysuspect

B.dothesuspect

C.dotheysuspect

D.theysuspect

19.Icanneverforget______thefamousactressduringhervisittoourschool．

A.havingbeenmetB.tomeetC.tohavemetD.meeting

20.Sometimeschildrenhavetrouble______factfromfictionandmaybelievethatsuchthingsactuallyexist.

A.toseparateB.separatingC.forseparatingD.ofseparating

21.NotonlyIbutalsoTomandMary______fondofcollectingstamps.

A.amB.willC.areD.have

22.—TheremustbeadozenpensinthishousebutIcanneverfindonewhenIneedthem.—Keeplooking.______issuretoturnup.

A.OneB.ItC.ThatD.This

23.—That'smewhenIgotmarried.SeewhatIlooklikenow!—Whynotgoonadiettogetinto______?

A.shapeB.formC.appearanceD.body

24.Thescientistsallagreedthatrulesofphysics,______weareallfamiliar,governtheworldA.towhichB.onwhichC.whichD.withwhich

25.Theproblemwassettledtothecompleteofthem,sotheydidn‘tcomplain.

A.amazementB.satisfactionC.disappointmentD.attraction

26.While______ajob,thegraduatestudentgotanoffertostudyabroad

A.appliedforB.applyingtoC.appliedtoD.applyingfor

27.Iwonderedwhatdifficultyhehad_________theplan?

A.tocarryout

B.carryingout

C.carriedout

D.withcarryingout

28.tosunlightfortoomuchtime,asthedoctorssay,willdoharmtoone‘sskin.

A.Beingexposed

B.Havingexposed

C.Exposed

D.Afterbeingexposed

29.Mary，_________here——everybodyelse，staywhereyouare．

A.comeB.comesC.tocomeD.coming

30._______manytimes,hefinallyunderstoodtheproblem.

A.ToldB.TellingC.HavingtoldD.Havingbeentold

31.Busyastheyare,parentsshould______atleasttwohourstospendwiththeirchildren.

A.setoutB.setawayC.setasideD.setoff

32.Wecanassigntheworkto__________isreliable.

A.whoseB.whomC.whoeverD.whomever

33.Whathedescribedasonlya______detailIthoughtwasthemostimportantpartoftheplan.

A.commonB.plainC.justD.mere

34.Tomwasabouttoclosethewindows_______hisattentionwascaughtbyabirdA.whenB.suddenlyC.andD.till

35.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

36.Heistooweakto______theheavybox.

A.riseB.putC.raiseD.arise

37.12．Itwasthetraining_______hehadatschool_______madehimagoodjumper．

A.what;whatB.that;thatC.what;thatD.that;had

38.Itisreportedthatmanyanewhouse_______atpresentinthedisasterareaA.arebeingbuilt

B.werebeingbuilt

C.wasbeingbuilt

D.isbeingbuilt

39.Hewasamanofstrongfeelings,______normallylayhiddendeepinsidehim.

A.itB.thatC.thoseD.which

40.Notuntilthisterm______torealizehowimportantthissubjectistohisfuturecareerasadiplomat.

A.hebeganB.didhebeginC.hehasbegunD.thathehasbegun

41.Myfather______mebysayingthatIcouldwininthespeechcontest,soItookpartinit.

A.discouragedB.encouragedC.preventedD.asked

42.Thewaterwillbefurtherpollutedunlesssomemeasures______.

A.willbetakenB.aretakenC.weretakenD.hadbeentaken

43.WewereoverjoyedatthenewsofChina__________anotherman-madesatel1ite．A.startingB.1aunchingC.fightingD.shouting

44.Inoticedhiseyes______,becausetheywereverylarge.

A.inparticularB.withparticularC.inspecialD.withspecial

45.Noconclusionhasbeen______yet.

A.achievedB.reachedC.attainedD.arrived

46.______youmayberight,Ican'taltogetheragree.

A.WhileB.AsC.ifD.Since

47.TheheavysnowcouldnotkeepUS_________goingouttowork．

A.onB.upC.uponD.from

48.She'sfainted.Throwsomewateronherfaceandshemay______.

A.comeroundB.comebackC.comeagainD.comeout

49.Thankyouforthe______youdidme.tomovethesofaupstairs.

A.favorB.goodC.helpD.kindness

50.Notuntilhelefthishome_______toknowhowimportantthefamilywasforhim.

A.didhebeginB.hadhebegunC.hebeganD.hehasbegun

二、補(bǔ)全對(duì)話(huà)(10題)51.60.Simon:Areyoucomingtomybirthdaypartytomorrow?Gary;______,butIhavetofinishmytermpaperfirst.

52.請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺____處填上正確答案。

53.67.________

54.請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺_____處填上答案。

55.4_________________

56.

第56題請(qǐng)將正確答案填在第56處。

57.57.Receptionist:______,please?Guest:BillGrant.

58.

第57題請(qǐng)將正確答案填在第57空。

59.請(qǐng)?jiān)诘赺____處填上正確答案。

60.第55題________查看材料

三、完型填空(10題)61.

第35題請(qǐng)將正確答案填在第35處。

A.manyB.someC.thatD.Such

62.26.__________A.haveB.eatC.buyD.share

63.(81)

A.guessedB.suspectedC.questionedD.figured

64.67

A.asB.whileC.sinceD.once

65.(70)

A.oneB.anotherC.otherD.others

66.(44)

A.leastB.afewC.littleD.themost

67.(68)

A.onceB.lastC.muchD.least

68.(61)

A.butB.howeverC.moreoverD.therefore

69.【B6】

A.inB.byC.onD.for

70.34.（）A.A.toanswerB.answersC.answeringD.answered

四、翻譯(20題)71.Theyoungmanofferedtotaketheoldwomantotherailwaystation.

72.Internationalstudentscan'tworkwhiletheyarestudyingintheU.S.,sotheymustshowschoolsthattheyhaveenoughmoneyfortuitionandlivingexpenses.

73.Sheisdeterminedtobeasingernomatterwhatdifficultiesshemaymetwith.

74.SectionB

Directions:TranslatethefollowingChineseintoEnglish.

(英語(yǔ)專(zhuān)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(chǎng)拼寫(xiě)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(huì)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(huì)輸?shù)羧种坏谋荣?，即便最差的球?duì)也有春風(fēng)得意的日子。我們的目標(biāo)就是多贏(yíng)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(huì)獲得其他人僅渴望的完整人生。我相信這就是上帝對(duì)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。

75.Agreatdealofresearchhasbeenperformedonthisquestion,andresultspointstothefollowinganswer:weperformthistaskthroughaspecialtypeofaveraging.

76.ThisistocertifythatMr.TomSmithhasbeenundertakingresearchworkoncomputersciencehereasavisitingscholarinourdepartmentfromOctober2009toOctober2010.

77.Astheyarepartlyisolatedintheirownworld,twinscommunicatelesswithadultsthandootherchildren.

78.Weappreciatethegoodqualityofyourproducts,butunfortunatelyyourpriceappearstobeonthehighside.

79.Theyhavemadeanambitiousplansoastobuyalargercompany.

80.Thisbookisdividedintosixteenunitesthandealswithtopicsofeverydayconversation.

81.Forweekshehadworriedoverhowtoconvincethegraduatesthatthey,too,couldsucceedagainstseeminglyimpossibleodds,thattheycouldmovemountains.

82.Acultureanditslanguagesareasinseparableasbrainandbody;whileoneisapartoftheother,neithercanfunctionwithouttheother.

83.Psychologistsnowbelievethatnoisehasaconsiderableeffectonpeople’sattitudesandbehavior.

84.WewelcomeallthosetoattendtheconferencewhoarekeenlyinterestedinInternetdevelopment.

85.Nomatterwhathesaid,Iregardedhiscommentonmyabilityasachallenge.

86.Therearesignsthattheareaisgettingmoretourismthanitcanhandle.

87.Itwasnearlyimpossibletolivefreefromfinancialstressinmodernsociety.

88.近期的心理學(xué)研究表明許多孩子純粹是憑想象產(chǎn)生了對(duì)危險(xiǎn)的恐懼感.

89.TheprincipalreasonfortheproportionoftelevisionamongUnitedStatesadvertisersisthatitreachesavastnumberofpeopleatthesametime.

90.在簽訂合同之前必須充分理解合同中的所有條款。

A.Itisnecessarytohaveagoodunderstandingofallthetermsandconditionsbeforesigningacontract.

B.Itisnecessarytointerpretallthetermsandconditionsbeforesigningacontract.

C.Havingagoodunderstandingofallthetermsandconditionsbeforesigningacontractisnecessary.

D.Itisnecessarytohavingagoodunderstandingofallthetermsandconditionsbeforesigningacontract.

五、閱讀理解(5題)91.

Judgingfromthispassage,peopleoftheMiddleAgesprobably______.

A.treatedblackcatswithrespect

B.treatedblackcatsbadly

C.werewitchesiftheyhadblackcats

D.thoughtblackcatswerebeautiful

92.Thesmallnumberofnewbornbabies,whichhasbeencausedbyhighpricesandthechangingsocialsituationofwomen,isoneofthemostseriousproblemsinAsia.Whenpeopletalkaboutit,youcanhearawordinventedinJapan,"DINKS",whichmeansDoubleIncomeNoKids.InmanymajorAsiancitieslikeSeoul,Singapore,andTokyo,thecostofahouseisextremelyhigh.Ayoungcouplewhowanttobuytheirownhousemayhavetopayabout$300,000(thoughpriceshavefallen).Foraflatwithonebedroom,onedining-room,akitchen,andabathroom,thecouplewillpayabout$900amonth.Whatsmore,iftheywanttohaveachild,thechildseducationisveryexpensive.Forexample,mostkindergartenchargesareatleast$5,000ayear.Insuchasituation,itsdifficulttoaffordchildren.Thenumberofmarriedwomenwhowanttocontinueworkingincreasesrapidlybecausetheyenjoytheirjobs.However,iftheywanttohavechildren,theyimmediatelyhaveseriousproblems.Thoughmostcompaniesallowwomentoleavetheirjobsforashorttimetohaveababy,theyexpectwomenwithbabiestogiveuptheirjobs.Inshort,iftheywanttobringupchildrenproperly,bothparentshavetowork,butitishardformotherstowork.Indeed,womenwhowanttocontinueworkinghavetochoosebetweenhavingchildrenorkeepingtheirjobs.Inaword,Asiangovernmentsmusttakestepstoimprovethepresentsituationassoonaspossible.

Whatisthemainproblembeingdiscussedinthepassage?

A.Thesmallnumberofnewbornbabies.

B.Thechangingsocialsituationofwomen.

C.Thehighpricesofhousesandeducation.

D.ThenecessarystepsofAsiangovernments.

93.

Youarelikelytobeattackedifyou______.

A.keepafteraflyingtarget

B.hitaflyingsaucer

C.firestraightatamissle

D.keepchasingtheenemy'stanks

94.

Thereasonwhyallthesolarenergyfallingontheearthcan'tbeutilizedisthat______.

A.onlyaverysmallpartisavailable

B.thesunistoodistantfromtheearth

C.ittakesthousandsofyearsforthisenergytobestoredupincoalandoil

D.ourscientificknowledgeisnotsufficient

95.

EverytimeTomWenttoMr.White,hewould______.

A.directlyaskedforsomemoney

B.givesomereasonsbeforeaskingformoney

C.givereasonsandthenborrowfivepounds

D.askformoneybeforeexplaininghistroubles

六、作文(1題)96.假定你是Helen，要寫(xiě)一封信給Julie，對(duì)她和她的丈夫昨日請(qǐng)你和你丈夫吃飯表示感謝，表示要回請(qǐng)他們，以答謝他們的盛情款待。

參考答案

1.D解析：從句中的問(wèn)句主謂不倒裝。從句的時(shí)態(tài)隨主句。我想知道那輛車(chē)的價(jià)格。

2.D

3.C解析：句子的前半部分是主語(yǔ)從句，主語(yǔ)從句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)根據(jù)句意而定。

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.D本題考查時(shí)態(tài)。

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：當(dāng)你寫(xiě)信回家的時(shí)候，請(qǐng)代我向你的妻子問(wèn)好。在時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)代替一般將來(lái)時(shí)。

8.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(guò)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)。

9.B解析：此處是對(duì)將來(lái)情況的假設(shè)。虛擬條件句的謂語(yǔ)部分為should，had或were時(shí)，可把if省去，而把should，had或were放在從句的主語(yǔ)之前，構(gòu)成主謂部分倒裝。

10.D

11.A解析：反問(wèn)疑問(wèn)句的陳述部分是肯定式時(shí)，疑問(wèn)部分用否定式。以letme或letus起始的反問(wèn)疑問(wèn)句，疑問(wèn)部分用willyou或won'tyou，所以選項(xiàng)A是正確的。

12.C

13.B解析：本題考查動(dòng)詞固定搭配的用法。deprive后常接介詞of，表示剝奪什么。

14.C解析：much用在句中修飾比較級(jí)better。

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.D解析：forgetdoingsth．忘了已做過(guò)某事。注意區(qū)別forgettodosth。忘了而沒(méi)有做某事。

20.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?cè)诜智骞适潞同F(xiàn)實(shí)方面會(huì)有困難，相信故事中的事確實(shí)存在。

21.C解析：notonly…butalso連接主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞根據(jù)就近原則由butalso后的成分來(lái)決定。TomandMary是兩個(gè)人，所以動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

22.A解析：根據(jù)上文提到“findone”，故下文中也應(yīng)填one，表示泛指。

23.A解析：shape意為“(女人的)姿態(tài)，身段”；form意為“形狀，形態(tài)”；appearance意為“外表，樣子”；body意為“身體”。由題意知應(yīng)選A。

24.D

25.B

26.Dapplyto應(yīng)用；applyfor申請(qǐng)

27.B

28.A

29.A本題考查祈使句型：

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：Mary，到這里來(lái)，其余的人待在原處。根據(jù)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)可判斷出這是個(gè)祈使句。所以要用動(dòng)詞原形開(kāi)頭。Mary在句中不是

主語(yǔ)，而是“呼語(yǔ)”。

30.D

31.C

32.C

33.D解析：本題測(cè)試形容詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思分別是“普通的”，“清楚的”，“正義的”，“僅僅的”。根據(jù)句意，D項(xiàng)正確。本句大意為：他僅僅把它作為一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)來(lái)描述，而我卻認(rèn)為它是這個(gè)計(jì)劃中最重要的部分。

34.A

35.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

36.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。

37.B

38.D

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

40.B解析：表示否定的副詞前置于句首，句子需要不完全倒裝，即助動(dòng)詞提前。其余選項(xiàng)均可排除。除Notuntil外還有never，seldom，rarely，seldom，no，little，hardly，innotime等否定副詞或結(jié)構(gòu)放在句首時(shí)，句子需要部分倒裝。

41.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。

42.B解析：takemeasures意思為“采取措施”，本句應(yīng)用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

43.Blaunch為“發(fā)射”講；其余為干擾項(xiàng)。

44.Ainparticular是固定搭配，意為“特別地”。

45.B解析：本題考查固定搭配的用法。當(dāng)否定詞位于句前時(shí)，得出結(jié)論應(yīng)用reach/achievein/arriveatconclusion，故選B。

46.A解析：while意為“雖然”；as意為“因?yàn)椤?；if意為“如果”；since意為“因?yàn)椤?。根?jù)題意選A。

47.D

48.A解析：句意：她昏倒了。給她臉上澆些水，或許她會(huì)醒過(guò)來(lái)。本題考查詞組辨析。comeround：過(guò)訪(fǎng)，繞道而來(lái)，蘇醒過(guò)來(lái)；comeback：回來(lái)，恢復(fù)；comeagain：再說(shuō)一遍，重復(fù)一遍；comeout：出來(lái)，傳出。

49.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。

50.A

51.H60.H

52.A

53.ifyoucango(totheconcert)withme

54.B

55.Canweservenow?

56.B

57.E

58.C

59.BItcanbesmall

這是有關(guān)婚禮的一段對(duì)話(huà)。

Dodd：他們的婚禮真是太漂亮了。

Gwen：的確。我但愿能有一個(gè)像那樣的婚禮。

Dodd：你覺(jué)得他們婚禮的花費(fèi)是多少?

Gwen：我認(rèn)為一定花了他們大把的銀子。

Dodd：你想要這樣豪華的婚禮嗎?

Gwen：不一定，我寧愿簡(jiǎn)樸一點(diǎn)的。

Dodd：我可不想要儉樸的。

Gwen：為什么不?

Dodd：我希望我的婚禮豪華并有紀(jì)念意義。

Gwen：婚禮簡(jiǎn)樸也可以有紀(jì)念意義呀。

Dodd：看來(lái)各有所好。

Gwen：你說(shuō)得太對(duì)了。

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61.Dmany和some前面不能用all，that是單數(shù)，后面不能接復(fù)數(shù)名詞，只有such前面可以用all，后面可以接復(fù)數(shù)名詞。

62.D

63.C解析：question“詢(xún)問(wèn)”。被店員盤(pán)問(wèn)、詢(xún)問(wèn)。

64.D

65.C解析：ontheotherhand屬于固定搭配，意為“另一方面”。暗含和上文提到的事進(jìn)行對(duì)比。

66.D解析：見(jiàn)上一條。

67.D

68.B解析：從句子的意思和句子的結(jié)構(gòu)看，本處應(yīng)選用一個(gè)可以表示轉(zhuǎn)折或能起到承上啟下作用的副詞。B項(xiàng)however作副詞時(shí)意為“可是，然而，不管怎樣”，使用時(shí)前后可以用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)，符合題意。but雖然也表示轉(zhuǎn)折含義，但不是轉(zhuǎn)折連詞，用來(lái)引導(dǎo)一個(gè)并列從句，此處在結(jié)構(gòu)上與題意不符。

69.B解析：byoneself是固定搭配，意為“獨(dú)自地”。

70.C

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73.她決心成為一名歌手，不管可能會(huì)遇到什么困難。

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